MTP NOW July 1 — Gov. Jay Inslee, Cheney’s Wyoming Debate, Abortion battle moves to states
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🗓️ 1 July 2022
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| 0:00.0 | If it's Friday, the abortion battle rages across America as President Biden meets with |
| 0:06.9 | blue state governors on where the fight goes from here. Inside that meeting, the president's message |
| 0:11.6 | and how states are reacting all in just a moment. Plus, the climate crisis, the Supreme Court |
| 0:17.3 | delivers a blow to Biden's climate agenda, rolling back some federal powers on that |
| 0:21.8 | issue, why it matters and what it means for the fight against climate change in this country |
| 0:25.9 | and in the courts. |
| 0:28.0 | And later, Odessa's mounting death toll new reporting from Kiev after Russian rockets pummel |
| 0:33.7 | residential areas in the key area of the southern part of that country. |
| 0:51.9 | Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Chuck Todd, and welcome to a post-Roe America, where the battle over abortion rights is now being contested at the state level and at the ballot box. And the battle begins in 32 days. A group of Democratic governors met virtually this afternoon with President Biden on the issue of abortion rights. Those governors urged the president to consider more action, including expanding abortion access on federal lands. And while President Biden said he would |
| 1:15.4 | consider their suggestions, he also warned that the full impact of the court's decision has yet |
| 1:20.1 | to be felt nationwide. I think people are going to be shocked when the first state, the first state that tries to arrest a woman for crossing a state line to get health services. |
| 1:38.8 | And I don't think people believe that's going to happen. |
| 1:42.6 | But it's going to happen and it's going to |
| 1:44.3 | telegraph to the whole country that this is a gigantic deal that goes beyond. |
| 1:53.0 | I mean, it affects all your basic rights. |
| 1:56.0 | In just a few moments, I'm going to talk to one of the governors who is in that meeting, |
| 1:59.2 | Washington's Jay Inslee. |
| 2:00.8 | In the wake of last week's Supreme Court ruling abortion access has now been banned or restricted I'm going to talk to one of the governors who is in that meeting, Washington's Jay Inslee. |
| 2:04.5 | In the wake of last week's Supreme Court ruling abortion access has now been banned or restricted in at least 12 states. |
| 2:07.2 | Restrictions are pending or tied up in the courts and a whole bunch more, as you can see |
| 2:12.0 | on our screen. |
| 2:12.6 | And we're about to see the nation's first direct ballot test on abortion since the ruling. |
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