ninth circuit court of appeals. if you missed any of this event it will be available to view online shortly at cspan.org type in house judiciary ninth circuit in the search bar. and some news today related to the ninth circuit. this from the washington post. five judges on the u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit implicitly took president trump to task for his disparaging comments on judges and the judiciary. the response the strongest to date from sitting judges came in a dissenting opinion yesterday in which the five actually agreed with president trump on the legal issues surrounding his executive order on travel to the united states, but judge j.bibe joined by four other members of the court did not mention trump by name but the opinion decried the personal attacks by parties to the case on judges who blocked the president's first executive order, including u.s. district court judge james

robard in seattle and the three appellate judges who upheld robard. that from "the washington post" today. we'll have more from the house judiciary committee this afternoon as members look into crimes against children. that hearing is scheduled to get underway at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. you can watch it here live on cspan 3. now a live picture from the house budget committee. members are working on the republican plan to repeal and replace the affordable care act. earlier today they advanced the bill by a vote of 19-17, and they're expected to continue work on the measure most of the day. you can watch live coverage of that over on our companion network cspan 2. a note, you can also read the new health care bill at cspan.org. of course this monday the president's pick for the next supreme court justice, neil gore

sick will be starting his hearings. they'll hear opening statements with the questioning of the nominee himself slated for next tuesday. watch it 11:00 a.m. eastern monday on cspan 2. in advance of next week's hearings we're taking a look back at the confirmation process for all current sitting supreme court justices. let's get a preview of that now. >> my grandparents grew up and lived their lives in an era of blatant segregation and overt discrimination. their sense of fairness was molded in a crucible of unfairness. i watched as my grandfather was called, boy. i watched as my grandmother

suffered the indignity of being denied the use of a bathroom. through it all they remained fair, decent, good people. >> indeed, in my lifetime i expect to see three, four, perhaps even more women on the high court bench, women not shaped from the same mold but of different complexions. yes, there are miles in front, but what a distance we have traveled from the day president thomas jefferson told his secretary of state the appointment of women to public office isn't innovation for --

is innovation for which the public is not prepared nor, jefferson added, am i. a short portion there of tonight's program on the confirmation of current confirm current supreme court justices. you can watch the program in its entirety tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. this weekend c-span's cities tour will explore the literary scene and history of wilmington, north carolina. saturday at noon eastern on book tv author philip gerard discusses his book "cape fear rising." >> wilmington was one of the largest cities in north carolina. two thirds were black. they achieved an amazing thing in just a little more than a generation of being enslaved. they have achieved a status of middle class and achieved political leadership and power.

they had achieved social standing and economic wealth. >> then we will travel to fort anderson as he talks about wilmington's role in the civil war and what happened at this place. fort anderson and the battle for wilmington. >> wilmington's importance was so great that it became known as lee's life line and the life line of the confederacy. >> on tuesday visit what remains of fort fisher which was once the largest fort in the confederacy. >> this was the largest amphibious operation undertaken by the united states up until june 6 of 1944 which was the invasion of france. >> and tour the missile defenses on uss north carolina. >> the "uss north carolina" is the official memorial to the

veterans from world war ii. i am awe struck with what was accomplished in 1940 in terms of technology, training, dedication to the mission. you can say the last war that everybody agreed on. >> watch c-span's cities tour of wilmington, north carolina saturday at noon eastern and sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span 3. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. now it's the group freedomworks. they held a rally yesterday on capitol hill urging congress to repeal the affordable care act. rand paul joined ted cruz. senator mike lee at the event. it is just over an hour.