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roberts who said the way to stop racial discrimination is to stop discriminating based on race. on abortion i'm not certain itju take replacing kennedy torn overlanned parenthood vs. casey and rowe. john roberts is a more yondamentalist. have to look ate issue by issue. there will be moreti transfors, but doesn't mean every case in the last five or ten years where kennedy joined with liberals that it now is all of a sudden in play or be overturned. >> nawaz: let's look at the issue of abortion, been coming i conversations since justice kennedy announced his departure. what do you make of that?i is there a p it could come up with a more conservative nominee moving forwardhat justice kennedy's previous decisions could be undone? >> well, if president trump succeeded in nominating and confirming a justice like justice gorsuch, i think i would be an enormous change in the consequence of the courtat. to with abortion, there are only four justices on the court that, i think, would isn't roe v. wade or even planned parenthood vs. casey. justice kennedy was the key vote to strike down regulations that, in his view and in the view ofma thority, had no metical basis that would have closed

row litfest. cary kennedy, daughter of robert f kennedy, and her book, "robert f. kennedy: ripples of hope." biles.torian roger on sunday, our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with former president of the aclu and her book "hate: why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship." burn:thing you love will inside the rebirth of white nationalism in america." "the gulf: the making of an american sea." rocketmen: the daring odyssey of apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon." watched our live coverage of the printers row lit fest in chicago starting saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. saturday morning, a senior research fellow at george mason university. a discussion of trump administration trade policies. ted johnson will talk about the upcoming court decision on the at&t and time warner merger. watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern on sunday morning. caller:oin the discussion -- join the discussion. >> this weekend, b

ed: robert denner row what he said does that help or hurt. s. pete: seth rogan to robert deniro to tom around the actor that you may or that the. abby: wasn't he married to roseanne barr. >> he was. extending 15 minutes of fame. ed: need one of those charts bring everything together. pete: tried to connect the dots. he gave interview where he claimed to know some things. ed: michael cohen formerring attorney of the united states mr. b. to flip. that he is in cahoots with tom arnold and blow the lid on something. we don't know. what has tapes. and all because of some reality show that arnold is pushing. abby: what information does he know? ed: here is what arnold said. >> the president of donald trump, ivanka trump, i am spending the weekend hanging out with michael cohen. and there is a lot going on. >> did michael cohen tell you specifically that he is working with the authoritie authorities? >> i wouldn't -- um, this is too important to me to f around. >> did michael cohen tell you specifically really just yes or no that he is cooperating wi

. >> john roberts will be in the middle but what he does in the liberals it will have weight towards the right side than justice kennedy. on rowe can see them chipping away, imposing new regulations that would make it harder for a women to exercise their right. robert: this week, carl, the democratshe saw in primaries, alexandria won a primary in new york.if you are senator bill nelson of florida, you arere underure to maybe not move to the left. i think chuck schumer is in a tenable position and he is th docratic leader and they need to show their base they are doing all th can. they are pretty limited what they can do. not show up? that would be very extreme, but what would that do to the moderate democrats in the other states? i think there is an argument you can make forth democrats to say, listen, we know how this is going to end. we need to put up a figd ork over the nominee. but maybe get it done before t election and then go to our base and say look at what is happening here. you need to elect democrats so we can sfp more o this. >> the key for chuck schumertsnd democ is they have to first keep their own members unified

row. it was you and robert smiegel, it was louie c.k., it was steve carell, it was me. >> stephen colbert.stamatopolous, robert carlock, who created "30 rock" with tina fey, amazing group of op >> yeah, freaky. >> stephen: and so we're-- the carvey-- the what-you-ma-call it, the o.j. trial it going on. and i find out, the night before, "dana can't find a hook for geraldo. you do it." ( laughter ) >> well, i thought i was doing cato, which was basically garth, with a little bit more energy. ( laughter ) >> stephen: so here's me as geraldo. and you as cato kalin. "cato, my friend--" >> "i heard a thump, thump. and then o.j. was sweatin'." that's what i remember. you handled it well. >> stephen: well, thank you. but i have to-- i have to thank you for hiring me for that show. because i can draw a direct line from you hiring me for that show, and being right here. >> wow. >> stephen: because all the jobs i got-- ( cheers and applause ) all work-- it's absolutely true. >> i like to think that's true. i don't fancy myself a talent scout. but we did look at 300 people and pretty soon, over time,

row litfest. cary kennedy, daughter of robert f kennedy, and her book, "robert f. kennedy: ripples of hope." biles.torian roger on sunday, our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with former president of the aclu and her book "hate: why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship."

for several nights in a row, people have been kept up by street racers. robert handa joins us, and that's not an area where you usually see people having these kind of intruders or people coming out. >> reporter: well, not before anyway. seems to be that way now. we're here along pine avenue in willow glen, a long, straight street with very few stops, as you can see now, plenty of tire tracks. while we heard complaints about speeding sideshows, the intersections near river glen are where of hand. street racing sideshows pop up all around the bay area, crea create havoc and roar off usually before neighborhoods or policean much about itcept asse. these are scenes from several sideshows last year. here's what pine street in willow glen looks like today after the screeching of squealing tires woke up casey. >> you see people racing by at high speed. i'd come down and take a look. i saw kids doing donuts out there. you see the doughnut marks out front. >> reporter: casey took this video of one vehicle speeding off until the guys inside saw him shooting. >> a couple

row fest in chicago. darting saturday at 11 am eastern with national reviews jonah goldberg and his book against the west. kerry kennedy, daughter of robert kennedy and her book robert f kennedy, social. professor wendy for perlman with request originated called. voices from syria. and historian roger biles , author of mayor harold washington, champion of race and were in chicago. on sunday our coverage continues at 11 am eastern president of the aclu nadine strassman and her book why we should resist free speech, not censorship. journalists biggest titles with his book everything you love will burn, inside the rebirth of white nationalism in america . pulitzer prize winning author jackie will: the making of an american seat and author robert churchman with rocket man, the gary odyssey of apollo 8 and the afterthoughts made man's first journey to the moon. watch our life weekend coverage of the 34th annual printers row literature in chicago starting saturday at 11 am eastern on the tv. >>. >> senator marco rubio. >>

we have general robert wall, 6th wing aviator and commanding general of the marine corps command at quant co. we have general brian bud row, infantry officer, and now deputy for plans, and operations at headquarters. we have lieutenant general robert headlin, helicopter pilot and deputy for plans, policies, and operations. now, notes are wrong. i apologize, i would have brought you back, up to washington. no. and dr. maurly of csif and the office now, senior analyst outside johns hopkins university in the physics lab. our program today will have a discussion here among the panel and open it for questions from the audience. >>> let me start and as we were talking a little behind the scenes here before hand, we have a new national defense strategy, we have a new national security strategy. this highlights high-end competition, talks about long- term competition, particularly with russia and china, although it notes threats from north korea, iran, and global terrorism. i wanted to ask, first, what are the challenges and opportunities that that brings to the levels? we can start, i guess, general wallish, start there, and mov

row versus wade. at time the chief justice roberts has occasional been cautious being making bold steps from the bench. that's -- that's a lot to rely on, he's a very conservative jurist. >> all right, ryan, is the court becoming as polarized of a country? >> i think in some ways. i think if you read the immigration decision, what struck me about that decision was that the five justices and the majority basically explained away, or ignored all of donald trump's statements about anti-muslim bias and said, if you just read the order, it survives constitutional strut scrutiny. whereas the four liberals on the court said wait a second. this is the most important thing, the history animus towards hmuslims is the key driving factor. a lot of republicans waive away or explain away some of the more provocative and frankly racist statements of the president. whereas for democrats that is what is essential front in center. we got our first taste this week with that decision on immigration, of how the court mirrors the larger body politic when it comes to the trump era. >> democrats are really, they feel burned,

procession, the motorcade it, will inger called travel past the rows of government office buildings, past the justice department where robertennedy served as attorney general during his brother's administration. years of controversy and landmark decisions in the field of civil rights. the avenue swings up past the treasury department, almost the reverse of the route taken during a presidential inaugural. fast white house where senator kennedy then attorney general remembered the late nights during the cuban missile crisis. the white house, which he had hoped this year to claim in his own right. then motorcade will head south past the lincoln memorial, past resurrection city, home of the poor people who in an almost ersonal way were the special constituency for this man. and now to arlington national cemetery. robert keensd life since 1963 has echoed through that earlier tragedy in dallas. those echos, that sense of history grew with kept's decision to seek the presidency. grew during the campaign as a voice with a familiar accent, a familiar cadence, stirred crowds to memory and to new enthusiasm. it is fitting that the jou

author robert churchman with rocket man, the gary odyssey of apollo 8 and the afterthoughts made man's first journey to the moon. watch our life weekend coverage of the 34th annual printers row literature in chicago starting saturday at 11 am eastern on the tv. >>. >> senator marco rubio. >>. >> obviously there's a great deal of interest on the upcoming summit with the north korean, we have secretary pompeo here who will take remarks on that topic. the president has agreed on a press conference today. >> .. and ballistic missile programs. these programs threaten our homeland our allies and partners and the broader nonproliferation regime. north korea's path ken made -- to make what is the proliferation to other actors that creates in addition to the primary risks. it has supporting infrastructure that is also a concern. in early 2017 the trump administration decided on a policy we have referred to as the maximum pressure campaign to the campaign enacted the strongest economic and diplomatic sanctions against north korea in history. the goal was to set the conditions for the dprk to make a strategic decision to denuclearize as the best means by which will achieve its own secu

they may even said what john roberts said when he was being put through the confirmation process. believing rowtare de -- would that be enough to relay your concerns? >> i don't think that's going to happen. the president's told us it's not going to happen. president trump said i'm going to pick from this list of 25. and that my goal in any one of the justices is to overturn roe v. wade. he made it clear who he was going to choose and why. to think you're going to have a normal process under this president who hasn't done anything normally at all, i think it's not -- it's not a smart bet. the truth is he's not going to do it. he's going to pick -- >> gorsuch talked that talk. >> and nobody believed him. no one believed him. >> still got the votes. >> he didn't get a vote from one democrat. and i believe now that we've seen what gorsuch has done in the court, he's undermined women's rights and union rights and civil rights in this country, i don't think people are going to trust that president trump isn't going to do what he said he was going to do. >> are you right that he didn't get one vote?

pirates of the caribbean he hears them say, there he is, robert kennedy in front of him and picks up camera and snaps kick picture. >> second row here. >> two questions. one is what -- what would dick daley have done and the other question is how would the peace candidate have responded to russia's encouragement of east europe in. >> the first question is what would richard daley, he was the power house mayor of chicago who ran and richard was much of a party guy, richard was also very close with president johnson. daley was not pleased that the antiparty people as he perceived them were challenging the establishment, the establishment of the incumbent president. he understood party organization, he came up rank and expected other party people to do the same, bobby kennedy wasn't there in chicago, eugene mccarthy was there in chicago and all of the mccarthy people brought their signs to convention hall and they had them all stored in these lockers through some accident the national guard tear-gassed all of the mccarthy signs and made them unusual. there's also a story in the book, the story i didn't know until i i researched th

robert courson with rocket men. the daring odyssey of apollo eight and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon. watch the live weekend coverage of the 34th annual printers row lit fest in chicago. >> as president trump was leaving the white house to attend the g-7 summit in canada he talked to reporters about a number of topics including trade issues, north korea, and his presidential pardoning power. this is about 20 minutes. reporter: mr. president. mr. president. mr. president. is the comey report going to be your birthday present? president trump: well, it seems it's coming out on my birthday. maybe that's appropriate. look, he's a very dishonest man. i have been saying it for a long time. i think i did our country a great favor when i fired him. we'll see what happens. we'll see what the report says. but i guess it just got announced, it's coming out on june 14. so that will be maybe a nice birthday present. who knows. reporter: are you glad they caught a leaker? president trump: we will deal with the unfair trade practices. if you look at what canada and mexico, the european union, all of them have been doing to us for many, many decades, we have to c

row fest in chicago. starting saturday at 11:00 a.m. eastern with national reviewer goldberg and his book. and then the book robert f kennedy, ripples of hope. northwestern university professor wendy perlman with we crossed a bridge and it crumbled. and a historian champion of race and reform in chicago. on sunday our coverage continues at 11:00 a.m. eastern with former president of the aclu, nadine -- and her book, hate. why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship. a journalist with his book everything you love will burn . inside the rebirth of white nationalism in america. the pulitzer prize-winning author davis with his book the making of an american sea. and in author with "rocket man". apollo 8 in the astronauts that made the journey to the moon. this will be in chicago starting saturday. at 11:00 a.m. eastern c-span2, booktv. >>> up next foreign policies since the cold war per the former state and defense officials as well as a "washington post" columnist david ignatius, the radcliffe institute organized the event. and later you'll see the former secretary of state, hillary clinton. [applause]

in congress had a heated exchange with row rod rosenstein stein during a special hearing rosenstein has been criticized by trump's supporters for appointing robert mueller to lead a special investigation into links between russia and the trump campaign. u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived in guatemala where immigrations expected to be on the gender in talks with three central american presidents it's the last stop on his tour of latin america that also included visits to ecuador and brazil parents met ecuadorian president logan moreno earlier on thursday radio used the meeting to express his concern over the separation of child migrants from their parents along the us mexico border. we have also highlighted our great concern with regards to the situation of the latin american children that are separated from their families not only does the situation of the youngsters from lots of other nations cause us pain but also that of two ecuadorian children we are looking after and protecting ecuador is hosting at least one hundred fifty thousand people who fled the economic crisis in venezuela and during his tour pence's been urging leaders to fu

robert houston, who is here in the audience. [applause] aaron: we also have laura jones, who is right here in the front row. she is a photographer we are presenting. [applause] aaron: as well as photographs by roland freeman, joe friedman, ron comedy, and claire watkins. i would say with the claire watkins photographs, these are also new discoveries. we found about 1600 frames of photographs of caravans coming to resurrection city. they had not been seen before. we found these negatives that were here at the smithsonian. the smithsonian archives have them. when they heard about this exhibition, they called and asked if we would like to have the negatives transferred to our collection. of course, we said yes. the other thing to pay attention to about the exhibition, would be all of the color. generally, with the civil rights exhibitions, we are accustomed to seeing photographs and media images in black and white. but what we are doing, which is pretty innovative, is showing the civil rights movement, particularly one that honors the memory of king's life and memory, we are showing them in color. i have been

row v wait -- roe v wade. >> and then with the nest on -- the next justice but how john roberts wants to move? asking what kennedy had for breakfast now is what roberts had for breakfast now it is an entirely different menu. >> we are out of time. thank you. [applause] >> friday on this is a network, we review the c-span term. -- supreme court term. c-span2, at 9:00 a.m., a discussion about steel and aluminum tariffs. at noon, a discussion about the legal challenges facing immigrants. with usn journal, live issues that impact you. discuss the high court's ruling this week. malcolm talks about his new book that examines the tactics and rationale a kind russia's -- kind of russia's interference in the 2016 election. watch washington journal live on c-span. join the discussion. deputy attorney general rudd wasn't time and effort the i director christopher wray -- fbi director christopher wray, focused on the 2016 clinton enough investigation. the committee voted to waive the seven-day notice rule, which required seven days notice of the hearing to be sent to all members of the committee. the chai

row v wait -- roe v wade. >> and then with the nest on -- the next justice but how john roberts wants to move? asking what kennedy had for breakfast now is what roberts had for breakfast now it is an entirely different menu. >> we are out of time. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> born and raised in fairbanks and the most important issue to me are the laws of our society i think for nations built on immigrants and diversity, we are finding it hard to use those businesses and we pride ourselves on something not how we are different because it is our differences that make us great. >> what is interesting to me is here we have this perception we are following -- falling behind other nations and also to understand with the federal government. >> i am a dentist here in fairbanks and i came up here from michigan i went to school at university of michigan and this is a very important issue in the state in the small rural communities where there is no access to care facilities so we just finished a mission of mercy for thousands of people free of charge for two days because the second

row lit fest. starting now, robert kirsen talks about the apollo 8 mission. >> welcome to the 34th annual chicago tribune lit fest. i want to give a special thanks to all of our sponsors. today's program will be broadcast on c-span2's booktv. if there is time at the end for q&a session with the author, please we ask you to use the microphone located to the center of the room so that the home viewing audience can hear your question. before we begin today's program, we ask that you silence your cell phones and turn off your camera flashes. please welcome today's moderator, tribune columnist rick kogan. [applause] >> well, thank you, and thank all of you for coming out on such a miserable, rainy, rainy day. i've been an admirer of robert's for many, many years, and he has, to my mind, one of the most interesting kind of back stories before we get to this remarkable book that i've ever encountered. not only was he a journalist, a disreputable enough profession, before that you were a lawyer. [laughter] your back story, rob, really has always and ever will fascinated me. could you tell them in short, if that'

counsel robert mueller alleged that man a fort and one of his associates had tried to tamper with witnesses in the case. the leaders of france and italy have met in paris to end a diplomatic row over how to handle europe's migration crisis the french president had criticized the italian government for refusing to accept a rescue ship carrying more than six hundred migrants from libya the ship is now on route to spain but luck was comments sparked a war of words with the italian leadership who accused paris of hypocrisy. afghanistan's ministry of defense says the head of the pakistani taliban has been killed by a u.s. drone strike. was responsible for a number of high profile attacks including the shooting of schoolgirl malala yousafzai in twenty twelve assad led coalition in yemen has seized the entrance to an airport in the country's main port city the operation to retake her data from hoofy rebels was launched three days ago the coalition says it can capture the area without disrupting aid to the millions of yemenis needed. thousands of mourners have attended the funeral of a leading journalist who's shot dead on thursday in indian administered kashmir the car it was the ed

rows for seven passengers. lease the 2018 rx 350l and rx 350l awd for these terms. experience amazing at ur lexus dealer. >>> special counsel roberton a round today in federal court in virginia. paul manafort, the trump campaign chairman, had tried to get charges against him dropped in virginia, but the federal judge in that case today said nope. the judge said the investigation of manafort falls squarely within the special counsel's legal purv and so mueller and his prosecutors won this round. but here is something to stick a pin in. even though mueller won this round from the judge, manafort isn't getting the charges dropped, this ruling also has some profoundly hostile language against robert mueller and the special counsel's office. the judge says, quote, given the investigation's focus on president trump's campaign, even a blind person can see that the true target of the special counsel's investigation is president trump, not the defendant, and that defendant's prosecution is part of that larger plan. specifically, the charges against defendant are intended to induce defendant to cooperate with the special counsel by providin

special counsel robert mueller allege that manna for some one of his associates to try to tamper with witnesses in the case. the leaders of france and italy have met in paris to end a diplomatic row about how to handle europe's migration crisis the french president emanuel macron the had criticized the italian government for refusing to accept a rescue ship carrying over six hundred migrants from libya the ship is now on route to spain but comments fox a war of words with the italian leadership the accused paris of hypocrisy. afghanistan's ministry of defense says the head of the pakistani taliban has been killed by a us drone strike. was responsible for a number of high profile attacks including the shooting of schoolgirl malala yousafzai in two thousand and twelve is believed to have been killed in a targeted strike on wednesday in the afghan province of coonana. the saudi led coalition in yemen has seized the entrance to an airport in the country's main port city the operation to retake a day from who the rebels it was launched three days ago the coalition says it can capture the area without disrupting aid to the millions of yemenis who depend on it most of yemen's humanitari

robert brack, a deral district judge based in las cruces, new mexico. >> the vast majority of the work you do here, of the casesou see in your courtroom deal with immigration. off front row seat thow the changes in policy affect what you do. you said it looks like we're in the death throws of a system that's been on life supprt way too long. what did you mean by that? >> so i think wge all aree and have for many years that our immigrion system is broken and as heartbreaking this crisis along the border was this last couple of weeks, a guy that shows up here every day and does this every day has to find hope somewhere, and i'm thinking, i'm hoping that maybe the moral outrage associated with what's happened will be the thing that -- the catalyst that finally makes us look had at this immigration system that we all agree needs to be fied, and if that's the case, then this was the last gasp, you know, of that system, and maybe we can replace it with something that makes sense, that's humane and compassionate and still addresses our security needs and our labor needs. >> most federal judges, i think, don't speak out about these t kinds ngs, it's fair to say, but you have bee

robert pearson with rocket man. the odyssey of apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon. watch our live c-span coverage of the 34th annual printers row expo on saturday at 11 am eastern on c-span two. coming up saturday remarks from black president -- vice president mike pence. you can see his comments

row lit fest in chicago. starting saturday at 11:00 a.m. with jonah goldberg and his book "suicide of the west." carol kennedy and "robertennedy, ripples of hope." crossedrlman with "we the bridge and it trembled." "c roger biles, author of hampion of race and reform in chicago." and with the former president of aclu and her book "hate, why we should resist it with free speech and not censorship." " everything you love will burn." and pulls her prize-winning author jack davis with "the gulf, the making of an american sea." of apollon the book and the first journey to the men.""rocket watch, starting on saturday on c-span2's book tv. in anticipation of the upcoming u.s. and north korea diplomatic meeting set for june 12, but tv will feature authors with books about the region. this sunday, starting at 5:00 ..m. eastern with young me park, and "without you, there is no us." "north korea and regional security." thomas hendrickson and his book "america and the rogue state." watch sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern. announcer: washington journal continues. host: this is representative paul gosar, republican of arizona, who serves th

row fest in chicago. 11 a.m. saturday at eastern. cary kennedy, daughter of robert f kennedy and her book. northwestern university professor wendy perlman. voices from syria. and historian roger biles, author of mayor harold washington. on sunday, our coverage continues at 11 a.m. eastern with former president of the aclu and her book hate. why we should resist it with free speech, not censorship. a journalist with his book everything you love will burn. inside the rebirth of white nationalism in america. pulitzer prize-winning author jack davis. and author robert courson with rocket men. the daring odyssey of apollo eight and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon. watch the live weekend coverage of the 34th annual printers row lit fest in chicago. >> as president trump was leaving the white house to attend the g-7 summit in canada he talked to reporters about a number of topics including trade issues, north korea, and his presidential pardoning power. this is about 20 minutes.

robert pearson with rocket man. the odyssey of apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man's first journey to the moon. watch our live c-span coverage of the 34th annual printers row expo on saturday at 11 am eastern on c-span two. coming up saturday remarks from black president -- vice president mike pence. you can see his comments live starting at 630 eastern on c- span. the national league of cities recently released its annual state of the city report. the mayor talks about affordable housing, education, jobs and race relations. lawrence mayor and memphis mayor discussed their current focus is in their city. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. thank you all for joining us. welcome to the folks joining us from around the country. we are here today to release the fifth annual state of the city report. and to learn about the priorities of america's mayors. five years ago we began this research when washington was in dysfunction. even today, things are not much different. as you know, city leaders don't have the luxury of doing nothing. i learned that early in my life when i served as mayor of a small city in south florida. for 24 years. we dealt with issues of