Dec. 5 — Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Mike Braun and NIH Director Francis Collins

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🗓️ 5 December 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In exclusive interviews with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Chuck discuses the future of abortion rights, after the Supreme Court hears a challenge to Roe v. Wade. Chuck sits down with NIH Director Francis Collins to discuss the omicron variant, and how it will affect public health measures. Ashley Parker, Eugene Daniels, Stephen Hayes and Errin Haines join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, the fate of Roe v. Wade.
0:05.0	Life is so precious and these babies have a chance now.
0:10.0	The Supreme Court signals it's ready to allow an abortion ban at 15 weeks.
0:14.0	Is it going to weaken or overturn Roe v. Wade?
0:17.0	If it really is an issue about choice, why is 15 weeks not enough time?
0:21.6	Lawyers defending Roy argue that fetal viability should remain the standard.
0:25.6	Mississippi's ban on abortion, two months before viability, is flatly unconstitutional under decades of precedent.
0:33.6	And liberal justice is worn of damage to the court's reputation.
0:36.6	My guest this morning, Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar and Republican Senator. And liberal justice is worn of damage to the court's reputation.
0:42.1	My guest this morning, Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar, and Republican Senator Mike Braun.
0:43.9	Plus, Omicron.
0:49.4	I'm going to fight this variance with science and speed, not chaos and confusion.
0:55.8	New travel restrictions amid concerns about transmissibility and how effective vaccines will be. Because of the number of mutations that are seen, the concern is vaccines won't work as well.
1:00.8	I'll talk to the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins.
1:06.3	Also, the parents of the boy accused of killing four high school classmates in Michigan
1:10.8	are themselves
1:11.6	charged with involuntary manslaughter.
1:13.6	There was absolute reason to believe this individual was dangerous and disturbed.
1:22.6	They are now in jail for hiding from authorities after failing to appear in court. The entire family behind bars.
1:29.3	Joining me for Insight and Analysis are Washington Post White House Bureau Chief Ashley Parker,
1:34.3	Playbook co-author, Eugene Daniels, Aaron Haynes, editor at large of the 19th, and Stephen Hayes, founder of the dispatch.
1:42.3	Welcome to Sunday.
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