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September 5 — Gov. Larry Hogan, Gov. Andy Beshear, Claire McCaskill and Barbara Comstock

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🗓️ 5 September 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Governors Larry Hogan (R-Md.) and Andy Beshear (D-Ky.) discuss the state of polarized Covid politics. Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and former Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) break down what the Texas abortion law means for the future of Roe v. Wade. Yamiche Alcindor, Matt Bai, Brendan Buck and Betsy Woodruff Swan join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0

This Sunday, a divided America. People are enraged on both sides of the issue, and it's completely

0:09.0

tearing this community apart. The country split in two on multiple fronts, one battlefield,

0:14.1

COVID and masks. As do not stop the spread of this virus. It only stops the spread of friendship

0:19.9

and learning. This is all smoke and mirrors.

0:23.7

This is tyranny. Even as the pandemic is again killing 1,500 Americans a day. I feel like I'm in some weird

0:29.4

twilight zone, why we're still going over wearing masks and having safe schools for our kids. It's bananas.

0:36.6

This morning I'll talk to two governors trying to bridge

0:39.1

that divide. Larry Hogan, the Republican governor of Blue State Maryland, and Andy Bashir,

0:43.9

the Democratic governor of Red State Kentucky. Plus, the newly elevated fight over abortion.

0:49.6

Texas enacts the most restrictive abortion law in the country, dismaying abortion rights advocates.

0:57.5

As a matter of reality, Roe versus Wade is a dead letter in Texas today.

1:01.5

And the Supreme Court lets the law stand for now, cheering abortion opponents.

1:06.5

The child is a child, that this person is a person.

1:09.5

My guest this morning, former Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri,

1:13.1

and former Republican Congresswoman Barbara Comstock of Virginia.

1:17.1

Also long-term power outages in Louisiana, record rainfall and flooding in the northeast.

1:22.7

What Hurricane Ida tells us about the threat of climate change.

1:26.1

Joining me for insight and analysis are Yamishal Sender, the moderator of climate change. Joining me for insight and analysis are

1:28.0

Yamichael Sindor, the moderator of Washington Week,

1:31.3

Washington Post-contributing columnist, Matt By,

1:34.2

Betsy Woodruff Swan of Politico,

1:36.1

and Republican strategist Brendan Buck.

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