dr. steiger, do you agree that legislation is not an effective way dr s this? >> it depends on the legislation. don'ts particular piece i treat kids so i can't really speak with much authority about who needs pain relief through opioids or not in that -- that particular clinical setting, but i can sayett has notroven to put a curve on the number of overdose deaths oo a nal scale or in california and so it seems like maybe other ways of -- other kinds of legislativent ventions are -- would be more important for curbing the tide of death. marin county aside from the lawsuit, it's been pretty active in stepping up andfi ding a community-based solution to this. can you talk about that? >> that's correct. i canttalk a little about it. our public health department is leading an innovative program called rx marin working with the public, physicians, nonprofits to make sure we're rachetting down the level of opioid presc'sptions. thaeen a successful effort the past few years. >> pretty innovativ it's a whole collaboration between law enforcement groups, doctor pharmaci

dr. steiger was saying, they have a dependency, they need to fulfill it elsewhere. he's saying, yes, let's get rid of prescribing in the way we do, but it needs to happen slowly. it can't be legislated out slowly. >> dr. steiger, do you agree that legislation is not an effective way to address this? >> it depends on the legislation. in this particular piece i don't treat kids so i can't really speak with much authority about who needs pain relief through opioids or not in that -- in that particular clinical setting, but i can say it has not yet proven to put a curve on the number of overdose deaths on a national scale or in california and so it seems like maybe other ways of -- other kinds of legislative interventions are -- would be more important for curbing the tide of death. >> in marin county aside from the lawsuit, it's been pretty active in stepping up and finding a community-based solution to this. can you talk about that? >> that's correct. i can talk a little bit about it. our public health department is leading an innovative program called rx marin workin

dr. scott steiger, laurakleiver and brian with marin county council. t>>> on tuesday presirump announced he will withdraw the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal signed in 2015. this was one of president obama's key foign policy achievements. it requires that iran never builds nuclear weapons. in exchange, the u.s. would lift sanctions that havere se stifled iran's nuclear growth. to discuss this i'm joined now by professor abas maladi from stafford university and a fellow at e hoover institution. professor malani, nice to have you here. >> nice to be here. >> on thtwsday tensions ben sran and israel escalated as israeli war pla attacked dozens of iranian war targets inside of what role would you say the u.s. pulling out of the iran nuclear deal played in that? >> i think it's what part of the same dance, a complicated dance that i think was coordinated between israel and the united states. it began with benjamin netanyahu's conference or show where he talked about all the new intelligence that they hadn found iran indicating that iran had lied about it mi

dr. carol steiger. she has argued against the death penalty in a number of cases before the court. she was also a former clerk of thurgood marshall. watch landmark cases next monday at 9 eastern on c-span, and join the conversation. our hashtag is landmark cases, and follow us on c-span. we have resources on our website for each case. a link to the national constitution center's and our active constitution, and the landmark cases podcasts. >> now a conversation with doug because -- he talks about the history of the supreme court, including his time as a clerk. it runs about 40 minutes. >> let me first off say thank you again, judge ginsburg. >> [ applause ] >> thank you very much. a command performance. let's talk a little bit about your own interest in the law. when did you first know you wanted to get into the law and pursue a career? >> right after christmas. i was out of school and in business for three and half