u.s. justice department continues to insist that out she is facing no substantial reporting restrictions in america left by the child. forced to register as a foreign agent back in november we examine the claim after this point. that it connected at good to have you with independence party and we had a spanish it's over and over again what happens. in public or stopping the use of the dependent this one it's an extraordinary moment for democracy in europe but also it's a reaction to that we can expect right now i think the problem is that the madrid government and the madrid media are as or have gone through all of the tools in their tool box they've used violence used media demonisation they tried to ban the color yellow they've tried to go after the cattle and autonomous t.v. stations simply for calling people. calling the president a president exile and i don't know what are their tools they have left certainly what we've seen up until now is that negotiation is not one of their tools and sadly negotiation is the only tool the good of it all of this off long ago so i don't know what else

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u.s. justice department south korea's president moon j.m. is making his first state visit to china for a bilateral summit with president xi jinping the nuclear missile threat from north korea will be high on the agenda during the visit when jay is also looking to improve the really the pair's relationship after china was angered by the u.s. in the missile defense system to south korea and the stream leg stay with us here on our. jews are. swear every since. hi i'm femi oke a and i'm really could be hurricanes are my house a anne-marie are long gone but the past of destruction they.

u.s. justice department if the deal goes through media experts say disney could become a new contender in the realm of streaming online video is can really help that. really this is refreshing of the media landscape as we know it will allow disney as well as fox to become more competitive and essentially this is a response to changing viewing patterns by consumers you see in a really large growth in recent years by companies like amazon and google who have built up their online alah carton video viewing availabilities for consumers and it's made these traditional film companies. less competitive and so as a result we've seen now the siphoning off of the the the film division by twenty first century fox is going to the disney company it's a company that's known for historic films like the sound of music also marilyn monroe and even the first star wars that is all going to now be part if approved the disney company and this would allow fox then to focus more tightly on its news and sports broadcaster visions. still to come on the program benefiting from breakfast it's from moves to attract

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u.s. justice department if it goes through media experts say disney could become a new contender in the realm of streaming online video united states is going to overturn net neutrality rules eliminating the regulations which ensure a free and open internet u.s. federal communications commission voted to undo the obama era legislation meaning large corporations can pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block their competitors net neutrality advocates worry it could lead to censorship and increased internet access costs archon president latina putin says the u.s. is in the grip of a family case it's by mania created by opponents of donald trump in his annual press conference putin also praised the u.s. president's achievements sharing his time in office and said he's on a first name basis with trump. all those are all of your top stories i'll be back in about twenty five minutes with much more news stay with us. we bought the house about c. years ago hoping that we would be able to retire here but from here you could see how much sand we lost underneath the house

u.s. justice department has sued to block the deal last month of the department's argument is the deal would substantially lessen competition resulting in a higher prices and less innovation for millions of americans the deal is now heading to court to eighteen believes the justice department stepped in due to president donald trump's comments of time warner c.n.n. generating fake news now in two thousand and nine comcast was heavily criticized by u.s. officials during that successful bid for n.b.c. universal according to reports regulators are concerned about media mergers i can buy and content films and television what the livery cable and satellite. thank you actually really interesting now tell us a little bit more because. you know they're also in fox is also in discussion with comcast right that's right yes fox is in discussions with khan cast but if iraq strikes this deal with that disney then it might pose fewer risks than it would if it were to merge with comcast now according to experts a deal with comcast could be it could bring about similarities to the eighteen t. and time warne

u.s. justice department recently said eighteen t's bid to acquire time warner is unlikely to be approved without major changes that signals that plan pacts like this could also have to pass intense antitrust scrutiny before they become reality . joining us from london now mark mulligan he's a media and technology analyst and the founder of media research thank you so much for your time disney and twenty first century fox there's almost not enough suppose heads to say how big this deal and this company will be or the interesting thing is it's all about your perspective so in the media world yes absolutely huge in the tech world you know the combined entity is still far off the likes of facebook and google and amazon and i think that's actually the point you know that it does mean folks are realizing that with the growth that you're seeing within the tech majors versus media companies the only chance they've got of even being on the same lap of the races of these guys is by being a combined entity but are they really good i mean i know they're competing obviously in these online world but there's

u.s. justice department and a detainer from i.c.e.emanding that jose ines garcia zarate be turned over. even if he leaves that san francisco jail after december 14th when he is sentenced he will certainly not be a free man in the united states. >> before being transferred to san francisco to face drug charges jose ines garcia zarate had been detained in texas for illegally reentering the united states. then 14 days after he confessed to shooting kate steinle, on july 14, 2015, a u.s. district court in texas issued a warrant for his arrest. and today, less than 24 hours after the verdict, that same court again asked t

u.s. justice department won't charge six baltimore officers involved in freddie gray's arrest and possibly death and that's what led to the uprising somewhat collett to those protests you saw in the streets and to why those activists were there so that moment of course is sparked a lot of conversation online this is read out this is what she thinks of it she says i have zero respect for darryl davis his exchanges black lives matter was pathetic what is dinner with the k.k.k. going to do for my people just one more before i let you respond don't read the comment says i'm not against errol's methods from an individual standpoint but when black americans are tasked with changing the minds of bigots that's a problem so lots of criticism there what do you how do you respond to that i was pondering. don't criticize someone until you've walked in their shoes been to places they've never been to and possibly may never go to you know we spend too much time. in echo chambers agreeing with one another if you and sammy and i are all in agreement about racism and we form a group and we meet every other

u.s. justice department but if it goes through media experts say disney could become a new contender in the realm of streaming online video coming up next the stream looks at the impact on president donald trump of this week's shop democrat win in the state of alabama i'll be back with much more news after that in about twenty five minutes time see them. ok during the stream we are live with al-jazeera and you cheat today it's been six months since the grenfell fire tragedy in london are survivors getting what they need and i'm really could be glad i'll be bringing our gas to your comments also on today's show a new report by the committee to protect journalists says that twenty seventeen saw a record number of journalists jailed we'll be asking why but first a stunning defeat for the republican party right here in the u.s. and some say for president donald trump as well have a look at this clip from the al jazeera online tape. joining us now from new york some time co-hosts of aisles at the stream we have d.n.a. is. on it as well he's returned from alabama just on wednesday night at lead f

u.s. justice department had been investigating widespread corruption within feet more than forty people have been charged in total more than half have pleaded guilty. to trial has implicated major media outlets accused of paying bribes to taint broadcasting rights charges they denied one former official says a corruption drama highlights how widespread the culture of corruption is it and the ongoing need for reform the culture that the things that he's still the same one that. those instances of corruption and that allowed those people to have the positions of power that the old. prosecutors clearly feel that justice was served this was a complex trial that lasted nearly a month and it took jurors six days of deliberations to reach their verdict but it's not completely over yet the third person men will berger the former head of the proven football federation the jury was unable to reach a verdict on him so they'll be back on tuesday to continue their deliberations gabriels on the al-jazeera new york. catalonians exiled leader has called on the spanish government to allow him to return home

u.s. justice department. shield information relating to agreements with .ay-tv companies to distribute this week, elon musk gave his phone number to his twitter followers in what looks to be a message intended for the cofounder of oculus. the ceo quickly deleted the post. in the meantime, tesla got big news this week. united parcel service has placed a reservation for 125 semi-trucks. that is the biggest preorder yet. the new trusts will join ups's existing alternative fuel fleet. -- the new truck will join ups's existing alternative fuel fleet. up, revamping its ipo in order to lower a new group of the companies -- new group of companies. -- amazon on track for another major milestone. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vision fun isk's fund to itstech portfolio. uses artificial intelligence and box to minimize paperwork and speedup claims process. alibaba famously chose to lift -- to list its ipo in the u.s.. now, the hong kong stock exchange is targeting the next alibaba by revamping its ipo rules. interview and they

u.s. justice department recently said eighteen t's bid to acquire time warner is unlikely to be approved without major changes that signals that plan pacts like this could also have to pass intense antitrust scrutiny before they become a reality john hendren al-jazeera. you're watching or just their arms the whole robin these are all top stories the united states has presented what it calls undeniable evidence that iran is violating u.n. resolutions and supplying weapons to fighters in yemen and the turnaround calls the allegations unfounded and irresponsible saudi arabia is demanding the u.n. security council hole to iran accountable the syrian government and the opposition are blaming each other after the eighth round of talks in geneva aimed at ending the war finished without any progress the u.n. special envoy for syria called it a missed opportunity peru's president says a lot resigned over a corruption scandal involving brazilian construction giant bracht this follows revelations that the company transferred nearly five million dollars of the company's assets into the account of pedre publ

u.s. justice department south korea's president moon j.m. is making his first state visit to china for a bilateral summit with president xi jinping the nuclear missile threat from north korea will be high on the agenda during the visit when jay is also looking to improve the really the pair's relationship after china was angered by the u.s. in the missile defense system to south korea it's the stream leg stay with us here on our. al-jazeera. where every. hi i'm femi oke a and i'm really could be hurricanes are magos am marie are long gone but the past of destruction they carved through the caribbean left indelible marks on the region and its people three miles off to a record breaking hurricane season first up ended their life's we speak to a few of the thousands working to pick up the pieces and rebuild their homes that's today all the strain will live on al-jazeera. a sociology student. in the street. one after another harkens. back to the caribbean causing widespread devastation out of public health crisis due to an abundance of water alt

u.s. justice department and a detainer from i.c.e. demanding that jose ines garcia zarate be turned over. even if he leaves that san francisco jail after december 14th when he is sentenced he will certainly not be a free man in the united states. >> before being transferred to san francisco to face drug charges jose ines garcia zarate had been detained in texas for illegally reentering the united states. then 14 days after he confessed to shooting kate steinle, on july 14, 2015, a u.s. district court in texas issued a warrant for his arrest. and today, less than 24 hours after the verdict, that same court again asked that he be turned over to the u.s. marshal. that request was sent to the sheriff's office in san francisco, which said once he is eligible to be released with san francisco's sheriff's department will notify the u.s. marshal pursuant to the federal criminal warrant. what charges could jose ines garcia zarate face? according to immigration law because he illegally reentered the jieunited states fives timee could face 10 ye

u.s. justice department because they don't seem to be cooperating with investigations and with calls from the committee at this point we've heard from devon newness his chairing the committee this is what he had to say by hiding from congress and from the american people documented political bias by a key f.b.i. head investigator for both the russian collusion probe and the clinton e-mail investigation the f.b.i. and the do you engage in a willful attempt to thwart congress's constitutional oversight responsibility. now the committee is demanding that by the end of the day on december fourth the following things take place they are demanding that the f.b.i. director and or mckay have testified before the committee they are demanding that peter strock who was the head of the how the intelligence counterintelligence division of the f.b.i. also testified before the committee now they're also asking and demanding essentially that they handler of christopher steele the former british spy who was the author of the infamous dossier that he also appeared before the committee and they're demanding

u.s. justice department and a detainer from i.c.e. demanding that jose ines garcia zarate be turned over. even if he leaves that san francisco jail after december 14th when he is sentenced he will certainly not be a free man in the united states. >> before being transferred to san francisco to face drug charges jose ines garcia zarate had been detained in texas for illegally reentering the united states. then 14 days after he confessed to shooting kate steinle, on july 14, 2015, a u.s. district court in texas issued a warrant for his arrest. and today, less than 24 hours after the verdict, that same court again asked that he be turned over to the u.s. marshal. that request was sent to the sheriff's office in san francisco, which said once he is eligible to be released with san francisco's sheriff's department will notify the u.s. marshal pursuant to the federal criminal warrant. what charges could jose ines garcia zarate face? according to immigration law because he illegally reentered the jieunited states fives timee could face 10 ye

u.s. justice department, and it's disappointing that m.t.a. would have partnered with ford on the go bikes, they should have done their due diligence and recognized that ford owned chariot and that chariot was not providing wheelchair accessible service and the analogy is that i think that it was back in the 1990s that s.f.o. required airlines and other partners that were using s.f.o. to provide partner benefits which is the right thing to do and they basically said that we're not going to do business with you people and let you land unless you do that. even though that was beyond what the law really required. so i really hope that, you know, m.t.a. or any other city agency would not partner with someone that is -- that owns a company that is basically discriminating against people with disabilities. that's number one. and the second comment has to do with the hop on/hop off buses and other privately operated tourist type buses. i have written to several of those, and probably half of them are not accessible. and, you know, i have written to m

u.s. justice department recently said eighteen t's bid to acquire time warner is unlikely to be approved without major changes that signals that plan pacts like this could also have to pass intense antitrust scrutiny before they become a reality john hendren al-jazeera. and let's take you through some of the headlines now there is no end in sight for millions of syrians who suffered years of turmoil after the latest round of geneva talks failed to bring about any hopes of peace all sides are blaming each other for the lack of progress this leaves many syrians continuing to live either under siege or in camps protests are planned around the globe on friday against the u.s. president's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel the outrage over donald trump's order to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem hasn't died down since the announcement last week a five year inquiry in australia shows major institutions of failed to protect tens of thousands of children have been sexually abused the royal commission has been investigating abuse in catholic churches schools and spor

u.s. justice department recently said eighty in ti's bid to acquire time warner is unlikely to be approved without major changes that signals that plan pacts like this could also have to pass intense into a trust scrutiny before they become a reality john hendren al jazeera all right so here's something unusual ten members of the u.k. criminal gang of been jailed after they were caught on camera smuggling contraband into a prison using drones the operation was caught by chance on remote cameras set up to film wildlife in the middle of the county of was to show. a person prosecutors say drugs phones and weapons with an estimated value of more than a million dollars or smuggled into he will prison south of the city of birmingham it's alleged a prison oka straight to the operation from behind was. well as much more on everything we're covering right here al jazeera dot com is wanita. let's just take a quick look at the stories top stories before we go the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. says washington plans to build an international coalition to push back against iran nikki haley held a news con

u.s. justice department official and constitutional lawyer he told al-jazeera why this case could be of great concern to the trump administration. we know that mr flynn got a relatively minor charge that carries maybe a prison term of less than six months in a fine that's clearly lenient and you'd expect that mr moeller would have done that only if he expected something in return namely cooperation which would lead to other dominoes to fall moreover mr flynn had indicated later that someone high up in the white house directed him to speak to miss the ambassador of russia and the only persons who would have authority in my judgment at that level would be those who are acting at the direction of the president himself the speculation is that gerrard questioner was the intermediary between the president mr flynn but the idea that jared questioner on his own initiative a junior official who's got no experience at all in government seems utterly ludicrous and that all means that the finger is pointing more and more towards mr trump suppose that mr flynn now testifies under oath that he acted in spe

u.s. justice department. and the government could ask for the charges to be dropped. 1.5 billion for helping mexican drug cartels laundering money. company has aing $1.8 million margin. according to people the startup manager wants banks to agree not to sell stock to baxter financing until next year. steinem up after saying it was unable to publish its results. >> one time king of the coto market is closing its fun. he is shutting down the cc plus fun which specialized in trading coffee. they found it difficult to make money against algorithmic traders. the bloomberg business flash. vonnie: coming up, dimitri papadimitriou, minister of economy and development at hellenic republic. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: in 2017, it look like the year when moderate politicians backed europe, germany and france, look again. the election of and the worker -- and go merkel -- angela merkel. the first far right party entered in more than five decades. meanwhile, the dutch freedom party became the netherlands' number two party. analysts looked at 22 countries over 30 years to gain h

u.s. department of justice, is an independent arm, because its job is to uphold the laws oh of the unitedtes, not to uphold the special interest of a particular president. >> howard? >> donald trump came into the white house dragging this blossoming controversy behind him, and it hasn't left him and it's not going to leave him any time soon. his people told him it would be behind him before the end of the year. i think it's going to last at least another year, maybe longer. people have been indicted and decided to cooperate with the investigation. i think that looking at two things, the obstruction part of it is going to be more political, and i think in the end more difficult for bob mueller because of the campaign that's begun and will be continuing to discredit james comey. the choose part of itollusion p money is and where the real controversy will be in the next year. >> howard, you cover sod many administrations. there is a fair argument that inexperience, especially when it comes to washington, can be good for a president. as you know, a lot more candidates have gotten into that wh

u.s. justice department says it is delaying challenging a stay on president trump's transgender ban.official says the trump administration is waiting to review a department of defense study. >> it is deeply and dangerously cold across much of the northern united states. cold enough for a sizable part of niagara false to -- look at that -- freeze up. wow. our meteorologist derek van dam is here to talk about it, derek, i know you like pictures like that. it's just incredible to see how that happens? >> yeah, i've got amazing video to show you as well equally as amazing as niagara falls. if you can to take a plane you'd have a 100 degrees temperature difference. >> between morning and afternoon? >> if you want to get warm, go south or southwest. those are about the only two locations in the united states that are enjoying some warmth here as we close out 2017. here's the cool video i wanted to show you. you know it's cold when you've got bubbles and ice freezing over like this. i mean, just incredible to see. some of the images that ice, as it forms right before your eyes. you have to

u.s. justice department. agency handling sexual harassment complaints is being called a systemic problem. we're going to dig into that problem. and a live look at time square. more than 1 million people expected for sunday's new year's eve celebrations. could be among the coldest ever. forecast for you next. >>> welcome back. the massive stretch of brutally cold weather across the country is showing no signs of letting up. many set to ring in the new year with sub zero temperatures. in erie pennsylvania, five feet of snow have fallen in the last couple of days. even keeping the postal service from fulfilling its oath. >> reporter: more snow fell on erie pennsylvania. >> have you ever seen anything like this. >> not really. >> called for help. even the national guard. >> you haven't had a break. >> we have not had a break since really christmas eve. >> guard troops helped dig out this senior center. exit blocked by snow. >> now, god forbid. what they usually get all winter. one sign of progress, erie's airport

u.s. justice department waits its turn, looking into five different cases overpricing, bribery, and tradeecrets. but one thing is for sure, 2018 uber goeshe year public. instead, it will be the year it has to rebuild its reputation in the court of public opinion. cory: that was our one and only eric newcomer. sticking with uber, up next, we talked to bill gurley, one of our favorites -- we talk to bill gurley, one of our favorites. is liverg technology" streaming on twitter. this is bloomberg. ♪ loomberg. ♪ benchmark is one of uber earliest investors. bill gurley has stepped off the uber board earlier this year, but he is still vocal about the company. benchmark is one of uber earliestbloomberg's emily change with him and new vendor -- him in november. bill: i know through my own conversations with dara that he is getting good advice and help from travis. when i look at the current situation, you know, i feel extremely happy relative to where we were back in may or june. i think the entire board, including travis, is excited about dara as ceo. i think he is doing an incredible job. i thin

u.s. justice department's on going investigation into the scheme given the trump administration's conflicts of interest in the matter. republicans running the financial services committee had no interest in doing any such thing. and zest jushe's just a democra the republicans run the committee. couple months later, she was like okay, i'll write myself to deutsche bank and told them they needed to hand over to her committee, to her, the internal reviews they had done as a bank on the russian money laundering scandal and on their banking relationship with the president and the business and his family. deutsche bank responded saying no, we're not giving you anything. but maxine waters did not give up. by july this summer she was still pushing. >> donald trump is clearly hiding something when it comes to his finances. there are many unanswered questions. why does trump refuse to reveal his tax returns to the public? why was deutsdeutsche bank a ba that's been fined for russian money laundering and other violations of the law willing to lend hundreds of millions of dollars to trump after his ban

u.s. justice department. >>> the president is making new demands on democrats, saying if they want an immigration deal that would protect hundreds of thousands of young d.r.e.a.m.ers, they will need to deal with big concessions. first and foremost, a desperately needed border wall. i will speak with our correspondence and specialists standing by with full coverage. we begin with growing signs that north korea may be moving towards a new missile launch. i want to go to cnn correspondent, barbara starr. tell us what you are learning. >> the latest we have is several u.s. officials are telling me there are signs north korea could be preparing for another missile test launch. they don't think it's imminent, but anytime after new year's it could happen if north korea decides to proceed, the evidence is not that they are going for a satellite launch at this time, more the case that it's a ballistic missile launch. this comes as defense secretary, james mattis, met with the reporters at the pentagon today for an end of the year chat, and he said he's not impressed with the north korean weapons program.

u.s. justice department could still pursue federal charges against zarate.ttorney general jeff sessions released a statement on the verdict. it reads, san francisco's decision to protect criminal aliens led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of kate steinle. while the state sought a murder charge for the man who caused her death if the city honored an ice detainer. the people ultimately convicted him of a felon in possession of a firearm. one of the most shocking aspects of the verdict is it comes despite the defendant admitting to shooting steinle. >> "abc 7 news" reporter cornell barnard conducted the interview two days after the shooting. >> reporter: did you shoot kate steinle, the lady down on pier 14? >> yes. >> reporter: you did shoot her? >> uh-huh. i hear the boom-boom three times. >> reporter: he claims he kicked the gun into the bay, lit a cigarette and walked off not knowing he shot someone until he was arrested by police hours later. >> reporter: where did you get the gun? >> on the ground when the -- when the -- over the bench, with my

u.s. justice department wages its terms, looking at the five different cases of overpricing, bribery and tradeg is for sure, 2018 will not be the year uber goes public. instead, it will be the year it has to rebuild its reputation in the court of public opinion. up, we will take a look at what is in store for amazon and 2018, and discuss the role of alexa will play in their plans. check out bloomberg markets on the radio. you can check out our coast-to-coast podcast on itunes. and you can listen to the bloomberg radio app and in the u.s. on the sirius xm radio station 119. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ could once again be the biggest winner this holiday season. the tech giants sold tens of millions of amazon alexa enabled devices during the holidays, not told exactly how many. echo was in the top spot. and said 4 million people started amazon prime free trials or paid memberships in the week , over the holidays. we discussed this with our market analyst. >> they said their top two items was the echo and the fire stick. there are a couple of wins. the potential is how many alexa enabled devices are th

u.s. justice department is now dealing with its own sexual harassment scandal. tor general called attention to the issue as far back as may noting the justice department has systemic problems in how it handles sexual harassment complaints with some perpetrators given little discipline or even later being rewarded. many of the cases including senior justice officials including a u.s. attorney who had a sexual relationship with a subordinate and sent harassing texts and e-mails when it ended, a civil division lawyer who groped the breasts and buttocks of attorneys. and another that hacked into a personal e-mail account and creating a fictitious online profile to entice her. julia, what have we got? >> so this is a june report which i think is sort of the first thing that surprised me. was that there were a lot of details in here that have been swept under the rug. and partly it was because there weren't many names and it was a little bit vague. but some of these things do, you know, obviously raise a lot of questions. in fact, there's one example here about a man a

u.s. justice department rates these terms, looking into five different cases over pricing, bribery and tradeone thing is for sure, 2018 won't be the year that uber goes public and instead, it will be the year that it has to rebuild its reputation in the court of public opinion. coming up, we'll take a look at what is in store for amazon, they will discuss the rolex will play on the e-commerce giant plans. if you like bloomberg news, check out bloomberg markets on the radio. we can check out our post -- coast to coast podcast, and in the u.s. and sirius xm, station 119. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> amazon to be the biggest winner this holiday season. they saw tens of ninth of amazon and alexa enabled devices during the holidays but they won't tell us how many. they said i could not was the top-selling spot across all categories on the site. amazon also said that 4 million people started amazon prime, three trials or memberships -- free trials or membership over the holidays. a top to selling items, one was an echo and the other was a feisty. there are a couple wins for the company, the tangentia

u.s. justice department said we reviewed information from various sources and we believe that allowing for people to come in from these majority muslim countries does do direct -- detriment to the united states. you are saying in these arguments that they have to be able to prove that. have they done so? >> that will be the question that we see answer. what the state of hawaii was saying is we already have a process in place from countries like this that you cannot come in automatically. canada and the united kingdom -- you just go to the border and wave your passport and they ask you two questions and you are in. countries like chad, libya -- you have to go through a huge and detailed process. you have the burden of persuasion. do you have good reason to come to the united states and you are not going to be a danger. what the state of hawaii was saying is that the government has not made showing findings that more is required and to have some sort of a blanket ban with narrow exception does not -- just is not required under that suit. >> they are also challenging the presidents over all a

u.s. justice department has opened the door for regulating certain bump fire stock devices by redefining themof equipment used the to modified rifles so they can shoot much like a machine gun. >> but legislators have been calling for a fix since the las vegas massacre when a gunman opened fire on concert goers, that gunman killing 58 people. investigators say he equipped his rivals with bump stocks to be able to shoot 1,000 rounds in less than 10 seconds. >>> the trump administration has been slow to fill vacant government positions, but not when it comes the to federal judges. there has been a white house full speed ahead strategy on that. >> maybe too fast. one of its nominees kaem up embarrassingly short as he was grilled from a republican legislator about his qualifications. >> it's not often that a confirmation hearing for a district court judge grabs anyone's attention. but on thursday, a republican senator grilled nominee matthew peterson. he's up for a seat on the united states district court for the district of columbia and the video of his testimony went viral. he stumbled on basic