supreme court. brett kavanaugh is a 53—year—old conservative justice who serves on the us court of appeals in washington confirmed, he'll move the supreme court further to the right. i'm sophie long, live outside the caves where rescue teams will shortly resume their operation to bring the remaining boys to safety. so far, eight of the children have been brought to safety. all are said to be in good health. in the past hour president trump has named his nominee for the supreme court. he's brett kavanaugh, a 53—year—old conservative justice who serves on the us court of appeals in washington. judge kavanaugh worked as a white house aide under president george w bush and faced a long confirmation battle when nominated for his current post. here is what president trump had to say about him. judge kavanaugh has impeccable credentials, unsurpassed provocations and an unproven commitment to equal justice provocations and an unproven commitment to equaljustice under the law. a graduate of yarck college at school, he teaches at harvard, yale and georgetown. he is considered a judge isjudge, a true thought leade

our top stories: a crucial newjudge for the us supreme court, president trump expected to reveal his choice within minutes. hopes are high that four remaining boys and their coach will be rescued from caves in northern thailand within hours. hello and welcome to bbc world news. president trump is due to announce his nomination for the supreme court shortly. thejudge will replace justice anthony kennedy, a moderate conservative, who is standing down. let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis in washington. that is the scene in washington where we are expecting donald trump to reveal his pick for the supreme court. david, the shortlist down to four. any clues as to who might be the frontrunner? well, it is down to four and they all have quite a few things in common. they are all white, they all federal appeals courtjudges and they all have a record of conservative judgements. that is something that has unnerved the democrats, particularly since justice anthony kennedy, who is retiring, was somewhat known as the swing vote on the supreme court. he was conservative when

court. could those pro—life or conservative judges do what was until recently unthinkable and overturn the legislation that legalised abortion in the us. in a landmark ruling, the supremevs wade legalised abortion in all 50 states based on a woman's right to prove the sea is laid out in the us constitution but the ruling only applied to the first trimester of a woman's pregnancy. after that, individual states could make their own rulings. more and more are doing so, effectively restricting access to abortions. it's a bit complicated but nearly 20 states already have bans on abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy. 0thers bans on abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy. others like mississippi and iowa are trying to make it even earlier. we are also seeing more restrictions on waiting periods and the use of private insurance to pay for procedures. so ifan insurance to pay for procedures. so if an abortion case were to come for a new more conservative supreme court, there is a chance that roe vs wade could be overturned. that would bea wade could be overturned. that would be a huge victory to mr trump's christian—based. nearly half of conservative republicans say abo

by the way, "centre" is a relative term when it comes to the us supreme court.in favour of same—sex marriage and the broadening of gay rights. based on the idea that the state has no business interfering with personal lives. he is reluctant to overturn the now infamous decision in 1973, roe v wade, which gave women the right to have an abortion. he is retiring. he has had a bit of pressure from the president to go and he will be replaced by someone who will vote to overturn roe v wade. there are other things to talk about. but to me, the important thing to understand is this represents the single—minded success of an activist group within american society, going back to a decision in 1973, and some people on this panel were probably not born then. in 1973 this happened, and the religious right made common cause with kind of hardline tax—cutting conservatives. it actually affected their own livelihoods because they were not getting the full benefits of the tax cuts. they have pushed and pushed and pushed and they have finally got to the point where they have a pr

are many unions in the us are expecting their incomes to go down drastically as a result of a us supreme court decision it ruled the public sector unions can no longer collect fees from workers who choose not to join the country's largest teachers' union say this won't stop them from political advocacy john hendren reports from minneapolis . the largest teachers' union in the united states says it has a secret weapon in its campaign to boost school funding a lot of our own teachers a lot of educators have said we've spent so much time trying to convince politicians to do the right thing maybe we should be the politicians. unhappy with political leaders on capitol hill and in state houses across the u.s. national education association president lilly is skills and garcia says the union is turning teachers into legislators we had over one hundred. educators just at this last go around on the ballot in the primaries seventy percent of them are successful and they will be on the ballot in november the move was planned ahead of a u.s. supreme court decision last week that found public unions like t

our top stories: a crucial newjudge for the us supreme court, president trump expected to reveal hisin hours. hello and welcome to bbc world news. president trump is due to announce his nomination for the supreme court shortly. thejudge will replace justice anthony kennedy, a moderate conservative, who is standing down. let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis in washington.

us president donald trump has said he wants to nominate a newjustice for the us supreme court within to replace the liberaljustice anthony kennedy who is retiring. if his court candidate his confirmed, it will almost certainly make it easier for president trump to succeed in one of his key campaign promises: to rollback what he has called burdensome environmental regulations. already, the us environmental protection agency claims to have rolled back or delayed the implementation of more than a0 such regulations. which has alarmed notjust environmentalists—but even some trump voters as the bbc‘s kim gittleson reports from the us state of alabama. in 2008, the town of kingston in tennessee turned into this eerie moonscape after a dam broke, spilling 1 billion tons of coal ash into a nearby river in one of the worst environment disasters in us history. now covered in grass, most of that coal ash ended up here, nearly 300 miles south in a landfill just outside uniontown, alabama. i am standing on top of the more than 400 million tons of coal ash that came from kingston, tennessee to this

supreme court. brett kavanaugh is a 53—year—old conservative justice who serves on the us court of appeals in washingtonright. i'm sophie long, live outside the caves where rescue teams will shortly resume their operation to bring the remaining boys to safety. so far, eight of the children have been brought to safety.

donald trump has nominated a former adviser to ex—president george w bush as his pick for the us supreme courtncement, the president called brett kavanaugh one of the finest and sharpest legal minds of our time. the court's rulings influence many contentious issues in american politics such as abortion, the death penalty, voter rights and immigration policy. thousands of prisoners will be able to make telephone calls from their cells under plans announced by the government. the phones will be installed in 20 prisons as part of a drive to improve safety in jails across england and wales and stem the trade in illicit mobiles. oakwood prison in wolverhampton already permits calls from cells, its director welcomed the announcement. anything that enhances the contact between a prisoner and his family or his loved ones is vital. i've worked in prison wills where telephony has been available on the landings, it creates a queueing system, prisoners can't get in contact with their loved ones at the right time of day. so when it's in a cell they have privacy and have the ability to have lengthy conversa

a crucial vacancy on the us supreme court. judge kavanaugh is known as a conservative justice who worked as a white house aide under president george w bush. he also assisted with the impeachment investigation into president bill clinton. rescuers in thailand are preparing for what they hope will be a third and final day of the operation to free the remaining four footballers and their coach trapped in a cave. so far eight boys have been brought to safety. they are now in isolation in hospital. the british prime minister theresa may appears to have weathered an immediate challenge to her leadership. during a turbulent 2a hours, two of her senior ministers — both supporters of brexit — resigned over her plans to keep close trade ties with the european union after britain leaves the bloc. after almost 70 years as the uk's leading rehabilitation centre for injured servicemen and women, headley court in surrey is to close its doors. originally set up to care for raf pilots injured during the second world war, it's recently provide

donald trump has confirmed he is nominating brett kavanaugh as his pick for the us supreme court. ative justice who serves on the us court of appeals in washington. judge kavanaugh worked as a white house aide under president george w bush. he is used to this high office. joining me now is david willis. he is our correspondent in washington. good to see you, david. tell us more about the choice. sally, judge brett kavanaugh was unveiled to the media and indeed to the world in the east room of the building just behind me a few hours ago. if his nomination is confirmed, then it's likely he will take the highest court in the land here in a markedly different directions. president trump called him one of the sharpest legal minds of our time. he is a federal appeals court judge. he worked as an aide to former president george w bush, he helped investigate another former president, bill clinton. and he has an ivy league education. but he's considered conservative in sharp contrast to the man he once worked for and maybe could be destined to replace, justice anthony kennedy. anthony kenne

president donald trump will announce his nominee for the us supreme court today. justice anthony kennedy who was a swing vote on the nine—member court. it is believed president trump's choice will dramatically affect many aspects of american life, from abortion to voting rights and immigration. prince louis is being christened today. the youngest child of the duke and duchess of cambridge will be baptised at the chapel royal at stjames's palace in london. the ii—week—old, who is fifth in line to the throne, will be baptised by the archbishop of canterbury, the most reverend justin welby. prince george, four, and three—year—old princess charlotte will be there for their younger brother's big day. stay with us on the briefing. still to come: we will bring you more on the dramatic rescue operation taking place in thailand. we will be live with our correspondent at the scene. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hos

president trump is due to announce his nomination for the us supreme court shortly.d to pick one of four conservative appeal courtjudges and that is to replace justice anthony kennedy who is seen asa justice anthony kennedy who is seen as a moderate conservative. the replacements are in their 40s and 50s and that means they could actually serve for decades. we expect that in the next hour also so we will bring you up—to—date with that when that happens. the supreme court in india has upheld the death penalty for three men sentenced for the rape and murder of a young woman ona the rape and murder of a young woman on a public bus in india. film producer harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty at a court in new york to charges of sexually assaulting a woman in 2006. it's the third criminal sexual assault case brought against him. his lawyer says he's innocent and that all sexual encounters were consensual. a court in myanmar has decided to press charges against two reuters journalists, who've been in detention for the past seven months. the pair, who reported on the roh

and the us supreme court has upheld its death sentence for three men convicted over the gang rape and murder of a woman on a daily bus back in twenty twelve the defendants were tried under a special fast track court after the woman succumbed to her injuries following the brutal assault make a spark nationwide protests against abuse of women. the japanese government says at least one hundred twelve people are dead after days of heavy rain and mudslides rescuers have been digging through mud and rubble racing to find survivors tens of thousands of emergency workers have been deployed to help and more than two million people were ordered to evacuate their homes. in thailand the head of the rescue mission working to free a soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave has confirmed that four more boys have been freed and that brings the total number of those rescued to eight the children have all been taken to the hospital after spending more than two weeks trapped underground and officials say the rescue operation is now ended for the night they also say the four boys and coaches left

supreme court. in anticipation of the announcement. can you give us a sense of the scene where you are? court and they are expecting a protest at 9 pm local. that is when the pic will be coming down. there will be a number of high- profile democrats including senator elizabeth warren who will be speaking here. the big thing we have been hearing from democrats is that they are afraid of whoever the president pics being a nominee who will be in favor of overturning roe versus wade which of course is what a protester behind me, a pro-life protester is doing. there will be pro-choice protesters here as well because they in particular have a potential nominee having democrats worried that she is in favor of overturning roe versus wade. but you have to imagine, whoever the nominee ends up being, that will be a main concern for a number of democrats on the hill as they get a chance to talk with this person one-on-one. >> have you heard anything about democrat strategy? how will they in fact block the nomination? >> reporter: that will be the interesting part. to see if they actually do have a s

vacancy on the us supreme court. judge kavanaugh is known as a conservative justice who worked as a white house aide under president george w bush. he also assisted with the impeachment investigation into president bill clinton. rescuers in thailand are preparing for what they hope will be a third and final day of the operation to free the remaining four footballers and their coach trapped in a cave. so far eight boys have been brought to safety. they are now in isolation in hospital. the british prime minister theresa may appears to have weathered an immediate challenge to her leadership. during a turbulent 2a hours, two of her senior ministers, both supporters of brexit, resigned over her plans to keep close trade ties with the european union after britain leaves the bloc. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to former us deputy national security advisor, ben rhodes. welcome to hardtalk with me, sarah montague. throughout president obama's time in office, my guest today was by his side, one of his clos

many unions in the us are expecting their income to go down drastically as a result of the u.s. supreme court decision that ruled that public sector unions can no longer collect fees from workers who choose not to join but the largest teachers' union says this won't stop them from political advocacy john hendren reports from minneapolis. the largest teachers' union in the united states says it has a secret weapon in its campaign to boost school funding a lot of our own teachers a lot of educators have said we've spent so much time trying to convince politicians to do the right thing maybe we should be the politicians. unhappy with political leaders on capitol hill and in state houses across the u.s. national education association president lilly is skills and garcia says the union is turning teachers into legislators we had over one hundred. educators just at this last go around on the ballot in the primaries seventy percent of them are successful and they will be on the ballot in november the move was planned ahead of a u.s. supreme court decision last week that found public unions like the

i want to read a tweet from jeffrey toobin, see the new us supreme court clearly, abortion illegal, doctorsprosecuted, gay people barred from restaurants. african-americans out of elite schools, gun-control banton 50 states, the end of regulatory state. if that is what is coming i don't think anybody is looking forward to that. >> i think the future medical school discussions when they say here are symptoms of insanity they are going to show that tweet from jeffrey toobin and say this is what happens when a person loses his mind, this is such a departure from reality when people go to these hyperbolic comments and that was over the top. that is not what this is about. legitimately i would love to see the supreme court take up the issue but not so much from the standpoint of the roe v wade decision which was based on privacy. the real issue that is going to bubble up to the supreme court is personhood because if it is personhood the fifth and 14th amendment guarantee that a person cannot be denied life or liberty without due process. if a person includes an unborn person then they should be

supreme court? exactly relevant. under oath, heunder oath, he st, and now we have somewhat contradictory evidence to the contrary. we have a bipartisan standard we have used over and over with supreme court nominees. unfortunately we are in a position where this administration and this leadership in the senate has decided to change the rules. it doesn't help us do our job. senator durbin: thank you, dick. before we call onour -- call on our guests, could you move over a bit? these are the missing empty record boxes. we want them filled with records. >> [laughter] haveor schumer: we now kristine lucius with us from the leadership conference on civil and human rights. durbin, yourenator comments take me back to the confirmation hearing, and what a stunning moment it was when he responded to your question with a blanket denial of any involvement. that is a great reminder for anyone wondering if we should judge brett kavanaugh's responsiveness by the number of pages, or judge it by the completeness of the record. your complete question definitely needs answering. someone that could not be honest under oath -- should they be given a promotion? i work at the le

used to have. the supreme court behind us is crucial to the protection and liberty and equality that are part of that american dream. trump has told us what he is giving us with his nominee. do we want a nominee who will overturn roe v. wade? no. no, we do not. who despite nominee the tragedy of gun shooting will expand the second amendment? no, we don't. but we do want a nominee who will focus on equality and justice for all and we will not have up the fight until we get that nominee. with the constitutional accountability center are fighting with you every day to make sure we get justices on the or two will raise act the whole constitution. who will respect that the right for all of us cannot be trumped by those big business interests the richrt that favors and powerful. we are here to say we will not accept that. we are reclaiming the constitution for we the people. we will win this fight. thank you. [cheering] >> my name is hillary sheldon. i'm director of the naacp washington bureau. i'm fired up. and ready to go. fired up! crowd: ready to go! crowd: ready to go! >> i'm here to celebrate the con

union's president says republican backers will not stop them from moving ahead what they used the supreme court decision to do is to encourage members to drop your membership knowing that if enough members drop their membership that our union will disappear that is. union teachers say that even with less money they plan to forge ahead with more protests that began in west virginia this year and spread across the u.s. winning teachers' pay raises in budget increases john hendren zero minneapolis minnesota. a mexico's president elect has met the current president enrique pena nieto to talk about his transition to office in december and this man lopez obrador want to round hof the vote in sunday's election he says he'll hold a referendum in three years half way through his presidency to let voters decide if he should stay in power john heilemann has more from mexico city. this was really a symbol of a sea change in mix kampala tix at the current mexican president rica pena nieto from the governing pre party meeting president elect lopez obrador now the pre party has really been seen as a central c

court. could those pro—life, more conservativejudges, now do and to what was recently unthinkable and overturn the legislation that legalised abortion in the us? in a landmark ruling the supreme in all 53 state, based on a woman's right to privacy, as laid out in the us constitution. but the ruling only applied to the first trimester of a woman's pregnancy. after that, individual state could make their own rulings. more and more of them are now doing so, effectively restricting access to abortions. it's a bit complicated, but nearly 20 states already have bands on abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy. others, like mississippi and iowa are trying to make it even earlier. we've also seen more restrictions on waiting periods and the use of private insurance to pay for procedures. so, if an abortion case were to become before a conservative supreme court, there is a chance it could be overturned and that would be a huge victory for mr trump's christian base. nearly half of conservative republicans say abortion was a very important factor in their vote in 2016. for white evangelicals, that number is even higher. what do we want? abortion rights! but here is a twist, polls als

him from such hits as 2 live crews "me so horny" and "do wa didi" or the ground breaking far use supreme courtnt from growing up in miami than you would growing up in l.a or new york? >> luther: a lot of people would have said southern people, whatever they want to call us, in all actuality, we're an island town. miami was made of bohemians that miami was made of bohemians that built the city of miami. so now you have a lot of different cultures. >> anthony: caribbean, southern american. very, very different. >> luther: yeah. >> anthony: how was that mix? how has that impacted music? >> oh, it's everything in the music. it's everything in the music. when people think about me, this guy makes bootie shaking music. everybody's dancing. everybody is dancing in a sexual way. the girls are standing up on you. the girls stand up on you and put their butt on you. >> anthony: i've seen this on television. >> luther: it's no different than a lap dance. >> anthony: among your other accomplishments, you ran for office. >> luther: yeah. >> anthony: about 70% residents of miami speak spanish at home. >> lu

<"tonight it is my honor and prive to annoucen that i will annoucne brett kavanaugh to us supreme court.">(pam) now at 10 -- president donald trump has nominated brett kavanaugh to succeed anthony kennedy on the u.s. supreme court.(pam) good evening -- i'm pam moore.(ken) and i'm ken wayne. the 53-year old kavanaugh serves on the court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit. if confirmed.... he would make the supreme court solidly conservative...providing a five-vote majority. but -- as camila bernal reports -- democrats are already voicing strong opposition. pres donald trump: tonight it is my honor and prive to annoucen that i will announced brett kavanaugh to us supremem courttthe president touting his pick to replace justice anthony kennedy - a conservative and often key swing vote on the high court. pres donald trump: 21:07:36 judge has impeccable credentials and proven commti to equal justice under the laweven before his announcement-- democrats were already voicing strong opposition. at the heart of their concerns -- that the president's pick would undermine roe v wade -

. >>> president trump is asking his vice president to weigh in on some of the possible us supreme courts. there are reports this morning that mike pence is also meeting with some of the candidates. a person familiar with the search confirmed that mike pence is participating that would not -- but would not say which president. the president has spoken with seven possible nominees were chosen from a list of 25 names approved by conservative groups. mr. trump plans to ahis choice on monday. >>> and african-american lawmaker in oregon says one of her own constituents called the police on her while she was canvassing in a neighborhood that she presents. state representative donal bynum said she was knocking on doors on tuesday afternoon. the sheriff's deputies said a woman called and reported the woman appeared to be spending a long time a houses in the area and appeared to be casing the neighborhood while she was on her phone. ms. bynum said she understood the woman concerns but felt the woman could've tried to talk to her first or contacting a neighbor to speak to her rather than calling t

<"tonight it is my honor and prive to annoucen that i will annoucne brett kavanaugh to us supreme courtnow at 10 -- president donald trump has nominated brett kavanaugh to succeed anthony kennedy on the u.s. supreme court.(pam) good evening -- i'm pam moore.(ken) and i'm ken wayne. the 53-year old kavanaugh serves on the court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit. if confirmed.... he would make the supreme court solidly conservative...providing a five-vote majority. but -- as camila bernal reports -- democrats are already voicing strong opposition. pres donald trump: tonight it is my honor and prive to annoucen that i will announced brett kavanaugh to us supremem courttthe president touting his pick to replace justice anthony

supreme court. if confronted the challenges to r roe. and let us remember that it's the supreme court that sets precedent and that could happen if judge kavanaugh is on that court and really the dissent in this case is a view of someone chosen for a reason, ready to fulfill donald trump's campaign promise to see roe vs wade overturned this fight matters. who sits on our courts matters and how we exercise our constitutional duty to examine a nom fee for the highest court in our land matters. justice will finance conservative interest spent deck cates setting the stage for the court packing going on today. those of us who oppose this agenda need to mobilize, resist and stay engaged for the long haul in the fight for a fair and independent judiciary. mr. president, i yield the floor. floor. >> my gosh. today on c-span live coverage of the house starts at 10:00 eastern as members work on the annual intelligence authorization bill. senate will debate judicial and executive branch nominations. live coverage on c-span2. live at 10 eastern on c-span 3, a j

but also your party controls both chambers of congress and you are making nominations to the us supreme courtoice of his supporters. he criticises the establishment and contrasts himself with the establishment. saying that he is attempting to change things and it's not always easy. there was a poll just yesterday from cbs that showed that donald trump's core base of supporters believe him, rather than the mainstream media, or even their friends and family. that shows that at least among his base he is still considered an outsider, still considered someone different and washington. you can imagine he will run on that in the mid—term elections later this year and also when he runs for election in 2020. malaysian investigators have released a report into the disappearance of flight mh370, leaving many questions still unanswered. what they did say conclusively was that the plane made an "about turn" shortly after take off. here's the head of the malaysian investigation. from our analysis and findings we can conclude that flight had turned back, and we can also confirm that this was not because of

use it as a factor. like this person was in the marching band. this person is african-american. so the supreme court has been chipping away at the notion of using race for a while. although it has upheld these policies. i can't stress enough it has expressed criticism not once but over decades now. >> matt, how much of this is about the administration launching yet another culture war? culture war perhaps may be too strong, matt, but how much of this is about starting another conversation in this country about race? >> it's certainly about having a fresh conversation on affirmative action. now, remember, when you say have a conversation about race, it gets complicated because what you talked about the asian students suing harvard. they're saying harvard has dis -- harvard has policies that ultimately are discriminatory to asians. if you just went by test scores or quantitative scoring, more asian and more asian-american students should be getting admitted. so it's not so clean as to say it's a discussion about race, but it's absolutely a discussion about affirmative action, that this administration

union's president says republican backers will not stop them from moving ahead what they've used the supreme court decision to do is to encourage members to drop your membership knowing that if enough members drop their membership that our union will disappear that is not happening. union teachers say that even with less money they plan to forge ahead with more protests that began in west virginia this year and spread across the u.s. winning teachers' pay raises in budget increases john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis minnesota. still ahead on al-jazeera and sport the australian basketball team returned home after an ugly brawl at a world cup qualifier against the philippines. al-jazeera. you ran for your. al jazeera. every. time for sport with saddam. thank you very much the tops he's continued to fall in the women's draw at wimbledon with carlo wishnie akki the latest to exit determined while in the midst of all roger federer remains on track for a ninth title at the all england club for port. wimbledon has never been kind to caroline wozniacki in the past eleven outings she's never made it beyon

donald trump has confirmed he is nominating brett kavanaugh as his pick for the us supreme court. o serves on the us court of appeals in washington. judge kavanaugh worked as a white house aide under president george w bush. film producer harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty at a court in new york to charges of sexually assaulting a woman in 2006. it's the third criminal sexual assault case brought against him. more than 70 women have accused him of sexual misconduct, including rape. his lawyer says he's innocent and that all sexual encounters were consensual. the raf will celebrate its centenary this afternoon with a parade on the streets of london and a huge fly—past over buckingham palace. aircraft representing the raf across the decades will be involved in the fly—past over london at lunchtime. the queen will be among members of the royal family attending the events. westminster abbey will host a special service and more than a thousand servicemen and women will take part in the parade. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. more at 9.30. thank you and thank you for your m

we have come up with a bipartisan standard we have used over and over again with supreme court nominees. unfortunately we are in a position where this administration and this leadership in the senate has decided to change the rules. doesn't help us do our job. >> thank you and before i call on our guests, could i ask you to move over? missing records empty boxes. we want them filled with records. we now have christine lucius who has been around a long time, even though she looks so young. on the part of the leadership council on civil and human rights. thank you senator schumer and thank you ranking member feinstein for your leadership. your comments take me back to this confirmation hearings and what a stunning moment it was when he responded to your question with a blanket denial of any involvement and i think that is a great reminder for everybody wondering whether we should judge brett kavanaugh's response by the number of pages or the completeness of the record. because your direct question definitely needs answering. if someone should be honest under oath, -- my name is christine

us president donald trump has said he wants to nominate a newjustice for the us supreme court withinkennedy announced his retirement. if trump gets his pick it will almost certainly be easier for him to fulfil his campaign pledge almost certainly be easier for him environmental regulations. like in the state of alabama from where kim gittleson reports. to and eight, the count of kingston tennessee turned into this airy moonscape. after a dam broke, spilling a billion toll tonnes of coal ash. it one of the worst environmental disasters in us history. now covered in grass, most of that coal ash ended here. nearly 300,000 south in a landfilljust outside uniontown alabama. i am standing on top of the more than 4 million tonnes of coal ash that came from kingston tennessee to this landfill. arrowhead has long since stopped accepting coal ash, the impact of that spill and the ash underneath me were profound. regulations were passed by the environmental protection agency in 2015. they mandated for the first time that utilities like this alabama power plant monitor their coal ash sites for c

we can expect that we will see reduction in the ionefits of diversity that the supreme court has long recognized for all of us reporter: the supreme court has outlawed quotas or numerical goals, but has refused to end affirmative action entirely, and has said that race can be hansidered as one of many factors to get a diverse student body. justice anthony kennedy was the key swing vote. his retirement could shift the court's balance on affirmative action, and a case is brewing in the lower courts. c it always takes courage to agak up against injustice. >> reporter: in recent years, asian americans have become vocal opponents of affirmative action, which they say holds them to higher academic standards than white and other snority students. the justice department has agreed to help them challenge affirmative action policies at tyrvard university. kelley babphavong is a rising junior. >> for us, the asian americans, ca have our applications sort of reduced to our identity and hold us to a higher standard in that regard is really demeaning. >> reporter: harvard university itysident larry bacow told boston's wbur

president donald trump is due to announce his latest pick for the us supreme court it's going to be the second time he's been able to choose a justice in the past eighteen months and it's significant because his decision will probably swing the court firmly towards the right before leaving his new jersey golf club to return to washington trump told reporters he'll announce the decision monday night i'm getting very close to making the final decision. and i believe. this person will do a great job but i've come very close to making a decision have not made it official yet obviously have not made a final but we're very close to making a decision. well let's say it's there let's say it's the four people but they're actually everywhere you can't go wrong and john hendren has more from washington d.c. . in what is increasingly looking like a reality t.v. presidency donald trump has left an air of mystery as to who he will choose for the supreme court and he's going to pick that person on television i'm time here in the united states on monday the president has four main contenders at this ti

supreme court justice. swaying people in making arguments. a lot of the arguments have been used by supreme court majority rules. >> dana: because this is the second time that this white house has gone through this, early on, in the first year of his first term to be able to put a justice on the bench, takes a lot of coordination. the rollout at this particular nominee, the second one, was even smoother than the first. the first one was pretty good. >> who is it going to be. but what it came down to is the original list. the president stuck to the 25 names. and he did that through candidate trump and rolled that out. and a lot of people looking at it on both sides of the aisle, think it was ingenious. for people who are skeptical of donald trump the candidate they looked at that list and said, wow, donald trump the appointor of nominees to the supreme court is a pretty good choice. >> dana: in the "new york times" there was an op ed by a liberal who said good appellate judges faithfully follow the supreme court. great ones influence and steer it. many of his opinions have found t

the supreme court, george, said don't count on us, the supreme court, and our old 50 year old physical presence rule. we'll make that go way. but congress can make physical presence the rule again and then it can use that what did you call it a quid pro quo to cover physical presence. physical presence isn't dead. supreme court just said their version is no longer law. >> the chief justice went through a series of different possibilities in regard to how congress could act including restoring physical presence test or establishing a physical presence test and then having an exception for it for states that, in fact, simplify and make more uniform their tax systems. one of the things which i'm encouraged by and agree with jennifer on, it's time for industry, states, the big box retailers to have a serious conversation about what an american consumption tax system should look like. and the issue isn't whether the states should be deprived of revenue, the issue is how can you simplify the tax system to make it work for all participants. i would hope the panelists on this table, the people

union's president says republican backers will not stop them from moving ahead what they've used the supreme court decision to do is to encourage members to drop your membership knowing that if enough members drop their membership at our union secure that is. union teachers say that even with less money they plan to forge ahead with more protests that began in west virginia this year and spread across the u.s. winning teachers' pay raises in budget increases john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis minnesota. estate agents are having a busy time on the border between china and north korea property sales especially since the singapore summit between donald trump and kim jong un investors are betting on the lifting of sanctions to boost the dandong region as robin wright reports carrying much of the trade that keeps north korea going the friendship bridge is a good barometer of the state of relations with china. and the bridge remains busy despite sanctions there is speculation china is now more relaxed about imposing them given the easing of tensions. and another indicator of business picking up north k

us on the side of the aisle. can you imagine a supreme court thrusting us back into a time when you could be denied because you needed that so desperately to a time when a mother with a child who has cancer is made to watch her daughter suffer because they can't get affordable healthcare, do we want to go back to that? it's not democrat or republican. it's what america believed in. to their credit long term diligence is getting these people on the court. they could never pass such a law in the congress, even with republican majorities but the court, the unelected branch, that's what they're headed for and that's why we have to be so vigilant. up to 130 nonelderly americans have a pre-existing condition. a third of america, more than a third period for insurance companies that used to be the case that a condition as commonplace as asthma was justification for jacking up rates to unaffordable levels. the law was rewrote to prevent that from insurance company is on the chopping block, likely to go if judge cavanaugh becomes justice cavanaugh. how can we afford that? the american people should have their eyes wide open t

president trump has nominated brett kavanaugh to replace justice kennedy on the us supreme court. on capitol hill to meet with top republicans and those who will try to guide his nomination through the senate. so what do we know about mr kavanaugh? well, he is 53 and a conservative at heart. he is a former adviser to president george w bush and he is currently a judge at the district of columbia appeals court. 0n abortion he has not expressed outright opposition. in a ruling last year he said that the right to abortion was ‘based on a constitutional principle as novel as it is wrong'. but he also recognised previous abortion rights cases ‘as precedents we must follow‘. 0n the powers of the executive branch he has written that there should be ‘a law exempting a president from criminal prosecution and investigation' while he is in office. mr kavanaugh is pro—second amendment. in 2011 he ruled that ‘semi—automatic rifles are also constitutionally protected' and finally, he has issued several rulings against the regulations of the environmental protection agency. he wrote that... as h

to either vote for his nominee or suffer at the polls f and what is interesting is thatbe use the supreme court was so much bigger an issue for conservative who felt betrayed their presidents than liberals who are perfectly content to see them nominate liberals and moderates, among those who picked the court as the key voting issue in the last presidential electioey broke heavily for trump, in fact you could argue that's why trump is in the white house, and one of the things we are going to see is that the prospect of a very conservative supreme court, we will find out whether that is going to make democrats make t supreme court as big a voting issue as it has been for republicans, so there is an enormous amount at sta, whoever the president decides to nominate tomorrow. >> sre greenfield joining us from california, thanks a so much. >> thank you. >> read how and -- >> sreenivasan: read how and why there are fewer zika virus infections, and how it may come orck. visit pb/newshour. >> sreenivasan: the bosnian war of the early 1990's drew the world's attention to the term" etic cleansing." e also

when we talk to his core supporters, lots of them say as long as he delivers for us, tax cuts, more supreme court more supreme courtjustices on the supreme courtjustices on the supreme court, perhaps changing abortion law, we can hold our nose about the rest. there's a suggestion the economy you might make a difference, the tariffs might make a difference. the tariffs might make a difference, particularly if the economic effect is directly felt. it's conceivable too that the russia investigation, or other investigations, if they ta ke or other investigations, if they take a really strong turn, they can finally make a major impact but so far that hasn't happened. it's an obvious point, but a great deal depends on the democrats, doesn't it? it doesn't feel as though they've got it together yet. they haven't got it together but it's hard to unite when they're strictly in the opposition in the us because they have no leadership, because they have no leadership, because its structure that way, there's no leadership and a number of different voices... probably not as an united as we might think because

and i think it works for us because this is an opportunity ar the supreme court to be conversation and all those elections, which is a critically important conversation. during the presidential election in 2016, 1 candidate, donald trump, talked a lot about it. the other, not so much. this will be an opportunity for candidates in house races, senate races, to talk about what the stakes are in an election. and the stakes really, for the supreme court, obviously, a presidential election is even more important because whomever is elected president can name court,s, to the lower but i think it is also a very good time. i also think if you take a walk back in history a little, let us go back to daniel manion, i know that that is many years ago, 1986. there was one republican senator, slate gorton. againstll set to vote daniel manion for his feet on the seventh circuit court of appeals -- his seat. at the last moment, he. changed his mind and voted for daniel manion. and you know what? slate gorton lost his seat that year. if you look back to a net at heal, clarence town -- anita hill, clare

union's president says republican backers will not stop them from moving ahead what they've used the supreme court decision to do is to encourage members to drop your membership knowing that if enough members drop their membership that our union to secure that is not. union teachers say that even with less money they plan to forge ahead with more protests that began in west virginia this year and spread across the u.s. winning teachers' pay raises in budget increases john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis minnesota. mexico's president elect has met the current president and they to keep him in the outer to discuss the transition to office in december and there is money well lopez obrador won around half of the vote in sunday's election he says he'll hold a referendum in three years hof way through his presidency to let focuses decide if he should stay in power to home and has more from mexico city. this was really a symbol of a sea change in mix kampala ticks at the current mess can president riek opinion yet from the governing pre party meeting president elect lopez obrador now the pre party has rea

us. i'm heather childers. we begin with fox news alert. supreme court nomination.nt trump announcing judge bret kavanaugh is his choice to sit on the nation's highest court but the left is already vowing a confirmation fight. garrett tenney live in washington, d.c. for next steps towards confirmation. >> heather, good morning to you, usually takes a come of months to get judge confirmed. he's a highly regarded judge and last night president trump said it was that reputation that played a role in his decision. >> judge kavanaugh has impeccable credentials, unsurpassed qualifications and proven commitment to equal justice under the law. throughout legal circles he is considered a judge's judge, universally regarded as one of the finest legal mind of our time. >> judge kavanaugh expected to face tough questions on previous rulings and how he may decide on future cases dealing with controversial issues like immigration and abortion. last night he vowed to be independent to interpret constitution as it was risen. >> if confirmed by the senate, i will keep open mind in e

that's probably the number one reason he's opposed by so many of us on this side of the aisle. can you imagine a supreme court thursdaying us -- thrusting us back to a time when you could be denied health insurance precisely because you needed it so desperately, to a time when a child who has cancer is made to watch her daughter suffer in agony because they can't get affordable health care because no insurer will insurance them with a child who has cancer in their family. do we want to go back to that? come on. this is not democrat or republican. this is what america believes in. and the hard right through subterfuge, and to their credit, long-term diligence, is getting these people on the court that could not pass such a law in the congress even with republican majorities. but the court, the unelected branch, that's where they are headed for and that's why we have to be so vigilant. up to 130 nonelderly americans have a preexisting conditions -- a third of america. for insurance companies it used to be the case that a condition as commonplace as az ma was -- asthma was justification to jack up rates. the l