CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE WENT

VIRAL WHEN SHEOSTED A FALSE

CLAIM ABOUT THE MORNING AFTER

PILL.

PAM KEITH TWEETED, QUOTE,

TENNESSEE JUST BANNED PLAN B AND

MADE IT A CRIME PUNISHABLE BY A

$50,000 FINE TO ORDER IT.

THE PROBLEM WITH IT, IT IS NOT

ACCURATE.

JOINING US NOW TO EXPLAIN, CNN

REPORTER DANIEL DALE WITH A FACT

CHECK.

DANIEL?

>> YOU'RE RIGHT, TENNESSEE HAS

NOT BANNED PLAN B, PLAN B

CONTINUES TO BE AVAILABLE TO

TENNESSEE RESIDENTS THERE IS NO

FINE FOR ORDERING PLAN B.

THE VIRAL TWEET IS PLAIN

INACCURATE.

HERE ARE THE FACTS.

LAST WEEK GOVERNOR BILL LEE OF

TENNESSEE SIGNEDED A NEW LAW

THAT INCREASES THE PENALTY FOR

SENDING PEOPLE IN TENNESSEE

ABORTION MEDICATION BY MAIL OR

COURIER.

MAKES THAT A FELONY WITH A FINE

OF UP TO $50,000.

UNDER BOTH PREVIOUS TENNESSEE

LAW AND THIS NEW LAW, DOCTORS

HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE ABORTION

MEDICATION TO PATIENTS IN PERSON

ONLY.

BUT HERE'S THE THING, JOHN, PLAN

B IS NOT ABORTION MEDICATION, IT

IS CALL THE MORNING AFTER PILL

FOR A REASON, IF PURPOSES

PREVENTING PREGNANCY NOT

TERMINATING PREGNANCY.

THE LANGUAGE OF THE NEW

TENNESSEE LAW MAKES CLEAR THAT

THIS RESTRICTION AND THE FINE

JUST DON'T COVER PLAN B AND

OTHER EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION AT

ALL.

SECOND, THE FINE OF UP TO

$50,000 IS FOR PEOPLE WHO

PROVIDE ABORTION PILLS BY MAIL,

COURIER OR DELIVERY.

AGAIN, TALKING ABORTION PILLS,

NOT PLAN B.

AND CRITICALLY, THE LAW

EXPLICITLY SAYS THAT PATIENTS

ARE EXEMPT FROM PENALTIES.

THE PENALTIES ARE FOR THE

PROVIDERS WHO BREAK THE LAW, NOT

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ORDER THE

MEDICATION.

NOW, MISS KEITH'S TWEET WAS UP

FOR A FEW DAYS, GOT MORE THAN

26,000 RETWEETS.

SHE DELETED IT AFTER I REACHED

HER BY PHONE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON

AND EXPLAINED THE LAW.

SHE SAID SHE NEVER CLAIMED TO BE

A DOCTOR, TO BE IN TENNESSEE OR

TO BE AN EXPERT IN NEW TENNESSEE

LAW.

BUT I DON'T KNOW, TWEET WAS

PRETTY DEFINITIVE SOUNDING AND

THIS SUBJECT IS SO PERSONAL THAT

INACCURATE CLAIMS CAN REALLY

AFFECT PEOPLE'S EMOTIONS AND

POSSIBLY THE LIFE DECISIONS THEY

MAKE.

ONE ABORTION RIGHTS GROUP IN

TENNESSEE TOLD ME THEY DECIDED

TO PUT OUT AN INSTAGRAM

STATEMENT CLARIFYING THAT THE

NEW LAW DOESN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE

MUCH FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE PEOPLE

THEY'RE IN TOUCH WITH WERE

TAKING IN MISINFORMATION AND

GETTING CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THE

LAW ACTUALLY DOES.

>> NOT JUST GETTING THE TRUTH,

BUT GETTING RESULTS, DANIEL

DALE.

SO, LOOK, IF ROE IS STRUCK DOWN

BY THE SUPREME COURT, ABORTION

LAW WOULD BE SET BY EACH STATE.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT

TENNESSEE'S POSSIBLE POST ROE

FUTURE?

>> IF ROE IS INVALIDATED,

TENNESSEE IS PLANNING TO BAN

ALMOST ALL ABORTIONS.

IT IS ONE OF MORE THAN A DOZEN

STATES THAT HAS SO-CALLED

TRIGGER LAW IN PLACE, A LAW THAT

SNAPS INTO EFFECT IF ROE IS

OVERTURNED AND THIS TRIGGER LAW

SAYS 30 DAYS AFTER ROE GOES

DOWN, ABORTION IS BANNED.

THERE IS AN EXCEPTION FOR THE

LIFE OF THE MOTHER, BUT NO

EXCEPTION FOR RAPE OR FOR

INCEST.

>> AND THAT HAPPENS 30 DAYS

AFTER ROE IS STRUCK DOWN.

DANIEL DALE, AS I SAID, NOT JUST

THE TRUTH, BUT RESULTS, THANKS

SO MUCH FOR THAT.

>> THANKS, JOHN.

>>> LET'S BRING IN CNN CHIEF

POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT DANA

BASH, AND CNN CHIEF WHITE HOUSE

CORRESPONDENT KAITLAN COLLINS.

I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT

SOMETHING SENATOR TED CRUZ SAID

THERE ARE SOME IN THE REPUBLICAN

PARTY WHO ARE NERVOUS ABOUT THE

POSSIBILITY OF OVERTURNING ROE

V. WADE.

>> I CAN TELL YOU DEMOCRATS IN

WASHINGTON ARE HOLDING ON TO

THAT AS THEIR HAIL MARY CHANCE

TO SAVE THE MIDTERMS.

THEY BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WILL BE

HORRIFIED AND THAT WILL HELP

THEM WIN.

AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, MORE THAN

A FEW REPUBLICAN SENATORS ARE

NERVOUS THAT'S THE CASE.

>> WE KNEW THIS, BUT IT IS SO

INTERESTING TO HEAR HIM SAY IT.

>> IT IS.

HE ALSO SAID IN THAT SAME

PODCAST, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO

HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT OF PEOPLE

IN THE PRO LIFE COMMUNITY WHO

HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS FOR

50 YEARS.

HE MIGHT BE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

BUT IF HISTORY IS ANY GUIDE FOR

US HERE ON THE WAY POLITICS AND

POLITICAL MOVEMENTS AND FERVOR

WORKS, IT IS NOT ON THE SIDE OF

THE VICTOR, AND IN THIS CASE

POLITICALLY SPEAKING THE

CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN

WORKING ON THIS FOR 50 YEARS,

SINCE ROE FIRST WAS -- HAPPENED

IN THE EARLY '70s.

NOW THE QUESTION REALLY IS ABOUT

HOW MUCH OF A GALVANIZER THIS IS

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE,

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN FOR

GRANTED THAT THIS WOULD JUST BE

THE LAW OF THE LAND FOREVER.

AGAIN, HISTORY TELLS US THAT

THAT IS WHERE THE ENERGY IS MORE

LIKELY TO BE.

NOT ON THE SIDE OF THOSE WHO --

WHOSE ENERGY FOR 50 YEARS PAID

OFF.

>> THIS IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING

THAT A LOT OF CONSERVATIVES HAVE

WANTED TO SEE FOR SO LONG.

IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THEIR

DEFINING PRINCIPLES.

MAYBE IT ANIMATES THE BASE, BUT

NOT THE SWING VOTERS WHO ARE

HESITANT ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE

THIS, HAD THIS RULING HAPPENING,

THIS COMING DOWN, WHAT IT MEANS

FOR THE FUTURE OF THAT.

THAT'S WHERE THE CONCERN FROM

SOME OF THESE REPUBLICAN

SENATORS COMES FROM.

>> ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT,

BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING INTO THE

NITTY-GRITTY OF THE MIDTERMS,

THERE IS SUCH A DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE

AND THE DYNAMICS THAT COULD PLAY

OUT WITH THIS AND OTHER ISSUES.

THERE IS SO FEW SWING DISTRICTS

LEFT IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF

REDISTRICTING AND LOTS OF OTHER

REASONS THAT THE POOL OF

POLITICIANS FOR WHOM THIS COULD

MAKE A MAKE OR BREAK DIFFERENCE

IS SMALL.

ON THE SENATE SIDE, YOU HAVE

LARGE STATES, YOU HAVE LOTS OF

SUBURBAN POCKETS, LOTS OF

POCKETS WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE

ENERGIZED COULD MAKE A

DIFFERENCE.

>> WHEN WE COVERED CONGRESS

TOGETHER, THERE WERE SO MANY

DEMOCRATS WHO WERE, YOU ANY,

PRO-LIFE.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY,

BECAUSE HERE IN A FEW HOURS

WE'RE GOING TO SEE PRESIDENT

BIDEN GIVING A SPEECH ADDRESS

INFLATION.

THERE ARE SO MANY AMERICANS SOUR

ON THE ECONOMY.

WHAT DO WE EXPECT HE'S GOING TO

SAY?

>> THE THING IS, IT IS THE FACT

HE'S GIVING THIS SPEECH, THAT HE

FEELS THE NEED TO COME OUT TO

ADDRESS THIS, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT

HIS GAME PLAN IS, WHEN YOU HEAR

WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAY, YOU

KNOW, THERE ARE LIMITS TO WHAT

HE CAN DO TO TRY TO BLUNT THIS.

BUT THEY SAY THEY KNOW HE HAS TO

BE OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT IT

BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THEY WANT

TO SHOW HE IS ADDRESSING IT,

BECAUSE FOR ALL THE TALK ABOUT

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE

SUPREME COURT RULING, ONE THING

WE DO KNOW IS RIGHT NOW THE

NUMBER ONE CONCERN THAT VOTERS

HAVE IS INFLATION.

AND THE ECONOMY.

AND THEY DON'T THINK IT IS GOING

WELL.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE PRESIDENT

BIDEN COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT HE

HAS DONE SO FAR, WHAT HE PLANS

TO DO, BUT LOOK AT THE REPORTS

THIS MORNING ABOUT GAS PRICES

REACHING A NEW HIGH.

GOING UP 17 CENTS JUST IN THE

LAST WEEK ALONE, IN THE LAST

SEVERAL DAYS, AND THAT'S A MAJOR

CONCERN FOR THEM, BECAUSE, YES,

PRESIDENT BIDEN RELEASED OIL

FROM THE STRATEGIC RESERVES LAST

MONTH, PRICES DIPPED A LITTLE

BIT, AS WE SAID AT THE TIME, AS

WHAT ANALYSTS WERE TELLING US,

EXPERT OZ ON THIS MATTER, IT IS

GOING TO BE TEMPORARY AND

THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK UP.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT,

YOU'RE HEARING CONCERNS ARE

GOING TO GO UP EVEN FURTHER THIS

SUMMER.

IT IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT IS GOING

AWAY FOR THEM.

THEY KNOW IT IS NUMBER ONE.

>> THEY'RE HEARING, I'M SURE

WHAT WE'RE BOTH HEARING, FROM

THE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE ON THE

BALLOT, IN NOVEMBER, BEGGING THE

PRESIDENT TO GET MORE INVOLVED

ON THE ISSUE OF THE ECONOMY,

BEGGING HIM TO GET OUT MORE --

MORE OUT FRONT ON IT.

THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY I CAN

RUN SEPARATELY, TRIANGULATE,

HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

FOR THE MOST PART, THOSE RINNING

CAMPAIGNS SAY THE PRESIDENT IS

TIED TO THE ECONOMY.

>> DO YOU THINK RIGHT NOW IF WE

CAN SWITCH TOPICS AND TALK ABOUT

VLADIMIR PUTIN AND HOW THE WHITE

HOUSE, HOW THE PRESIDENT HAS

SEEN PUTIN AFTER THAT SPEECH HE

GAVE YESTERDAY ON A KEY DAY ON

VICTORY DAY, WHAT ARE THEY

THINKING NOW AFTER PUTIN REALLY

DIDN'T SAY WHAT THEY THOUGHT HE

MIGHT.

HE DIDN'T DECLARE VICTORY.

HE DIDN'T DO SOME SORT OF

VICTORY LAP OR ANYTHING.

WHAT ARE THEY THINKING HE'S

GOING TO DO NOW?

>> THERE WAS A BIT OF A DIVIDED

VIEW IN THE WHITE HOUSE OF WHAT

YESTERDAY'S SPEECH FROM HIM WAS

GOING TO LOOK LIKE.