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gore that took the case to court that the roe question was put to decide a highly partisan supreme court or the u.s. supreme court. but isn't the supreme court highly partisan these days my father persisted. it looks that way so justice scalia which is unfortunate but in fact we are not. it's just a particular judicial philosophy which votes down party lines but that's misleading. in any event most of our cases are political at all. we are doing mundane lawyer work with regulatory authority. as we left the restaurant is a good buy to my father and mary irene is headed for a taxi. walking on the cobblestones the promenade spotted the marshall's car waiting on hat while avenue. they said you were so mollycoddled. you have marshall's taking care of you. you make everything so easy for you. don't that you. i'll bet what you forgotten what it's like to travel as a normal person. not at all. i'm aware of what's going on. i'm not like warren burger. i'm not like warren burger who was known by insiders as mr. magoo. he wasn't aware? are you kidding? he was the real mr. magoo. the marshall's would lead her

u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. ktvu's alyssa harrington was there and shows us what happened. >> reporter: the stop cavanaugh unite for justice rally in the san francisco started with a somber march through civic center plaza. women draped in red, a reference to that handmaid's tale, a book and tv show where women are property of the state. >> this is the single largest day of action ever in american history to oppose a supreme court nominee. >> reporter: protesters argue that president donald trump's nominee for the u.s. supreme court, brett kavanaugh, poses a direct threat to women's rights, reproductive rights, lgbtq writes, and other freedoms. >> this is a lifetime appointment. one that we have to do everything we can to stop. >> reporter: many public officials attended the event including sentences go mayor london breed's. -- london breed. >> it is one thing to have a president that continues to lie to the american people but it is another to have someone who can use a legal system to roll it back. >> so much

u.s. supreme court justice. publicans want him sworn in by october first, when the high court begins its new term. democrats say they're being forced to make a rush to judgement. at least 49 of 51 republican senators have said they'll vote to confirm kavanaugh. senator ben cardin is a democrat from the state of maryland. it's nice to have you with us today. sen. cardin: thank you. confirmed without icde support llyou have 51 republicas -- let's say 50 depending on how senator mccain is able to participate or not. you would have to flip one republican, maybe two. you have three democrats in red states who are up for re-election who have signaled that they'd support kavanaugh. so you might have to flip four people in order to block kavanaugh's being appointed to the u.s. supreme court. what is the strategy right now? sen. cardin: i think first our strategy is to find out more information about judge kavanaugh. it's somewhat shocking in the american people should really be concerned that the republican leadership ar

u.s. supreme court already in his young career. prior to joining the law firm, he served as an assistant to the u.s. solicitor general as an advisor on the iraqi constitutional process to the u.s. ambassador to iraq and as the director for the iraq table at the national security council. please join me in welcoming our panelists. [applause] >> rebecca, the floor is yours. >> good afternoon. thank you all for having me. i'm going to talk a little bit about what judge kavanaugh is like as a person and as a boss. a lot of people have said that judge kavanaugh is humble and down to earth, and those are true, but those cliches don't really quite capture the full extent of the man. and similarly, people have said that he's quite normal. that again is true. that alone would be unusual i think for someone as accomplished and brilliant as he is. but again, it's not quite right. he's not actually just normal. he is in fact way way nicer than normal. he's not only approachable, he is more approachable than almost anyone you will ever approach,

back in 1926, in a supreme court case, the u.s. supreme court okayed the basic forms of what we know as zoning, telling people that they can construct private housing or commercial buildings, that they could only be a certain size. or that you cannot put commercial use to close to places where people live. for the most part, environmentalist began to hope to expand on that kind of principle. to justify more intervention into private development, in the interests of better protecting habitats, better protecting ecosystems. better protecting natural values. parts of the movement wondered if that concept, if that was enough. they wondered whether the concept of private property that americans had inherited was ultimately flexible enough for that sort of task. as early as 1971, a lot aw professor, one of the leading minds of the environmentalism movements as well as a theorist of law and politics more generally, suggested that the american understanding of property had become so tilted towards the rights of property he argued it needed

u.s. supreme court.following some administrative amount and of justice clears his throat and indicates that the court will now hear argument in the first case of the day. the attorney rises, proceeds to the lector and offers the following open observations. mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, i understand that this will be a difficult case for you in the court to decide. if the majority of this court believing that the direct interpretation of the due process of the 14th amendment is a narrow one that is defined by closely consulting the nations traditional history than my client will not prevail in this case. in the months since the court in the case if court watchers were to be believed, the justices were truly up for grabs. however, on this occasion, the attorneys opening sentence prompted all nine members of the court to set up and take notice, encouraged the attorney continued. if on the other hand the majority of this court affords liberty of more expansive interpretation, embodying the

u.s. supreme court. he is speaking at the republican national lawyers association meeting in washington, d.c. he will be able to watch it live here on c-span. president trump will be at a federal -- fundraiser in ohio. speech istrump's scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. eastern and he will be able to see it live on c-span. coming up this evening, the national institutes of health director testifies before the senate health committee regarding medical and scientific research at the nih. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> he is one of the most qualified nominees ever picked for the supreme court. he has contributed a great deal to his community and the legal profession besides being an on the d.c.judge circuit court of appeals. >> judge kavanaugh has a special obligation to make his views clear given the president's litmus test that he would only appoint judges who would overturn roe. on that obligation, judge kavanaugh failed spectacularly. >> i look forward to watching his confirmation hearing,

u.s. supreme court, we end testsh this panoply of being applied. but the courts are looking to see if perhaps this is the tests that should be applied nationwide. >> now we are confused together. let's ask the panel of a can help here this up, but first, let's set some context. the mpa has been very active in this space as has sag aftra. talk to us about what the interest of your members is and why the mpa ahaz taken the position they have in the past? write sure. inst, it is an honor to be front of this audience. was notdes, the mpa concerned about right of publicity for the reasons kelly just explained because it was limited to uses in advertising. if coca-cola was to take my image, everybody understands i should have a cause of action against coca-cola. that does not bother studios. the problem is tort has expended -- expanded and expanded, and plaintiffs have tried to push the envelope. many have made claims when real people are portrayed in movies, television shows, books, etc.. our position is clear. that is all protected by the first amendmen

u.s. supreme court decision to allow such betting back in may we thought it was time for an update plus there's now a new way to bet you could do it on your phone our team sports correspondent steve any up the details give us deal with the details on what's going on is it taking off steam. it really is it's happened very quickly you know since may you know just a few months ago there's already now four states including about of course new jersey delaware mississippi mississippi coming just now in this month in august and new jersey and delaware jumped on it pretty quickly in june and they already have some impressive numbers delaware being a very small state you know population under one million they generated already fifteen million dollars in total bets netting about one point five million now new jersey four million dollars in revenue revenue in their first month alone but since the launch they've generated over forty million dollars in bets you know over seven million in revenue so it's really taken off in west virginia rhode island and pennsylvania are next in the coming months all those a

u.s. supreme court. 5-4 decision supreme court says you are right. 40-years-old based on the 41-year-old data. the circumstances of shelby county now of 1964 congress needs to fix thi this provision since they failed to do so we are striking it down. they had an emergency coverage formula to address this kind of problem. they struck down the authority to use bad old evidence. so what happens is this powerful tool who can change faster than you can strike them down is taken away. and within hours those of us would assume maybe things were getting better seven or eight years ago either something changed again for the confederates are coming out of the attic because now all of a sudden every voter id law in the south is being pushed forward with implementation. there are states looking at doing things with redistricting to try to ensure that they are maximizing republican advantage because now the white vote in in the south is predominantly republican. all these steps are being taken to act on voter participation to make it more difficult. this violates the tax and makes it needlessly difficult

u.s. supreme court. 5-4 decision. the supreme court says you are right. the coverage formula is too old. 40 years old. they have 41-year-old data. congress would caution the circumstances of shelby county or not the circumstances of shelby county in 1964. congress needs to fix this coverage provision and if they fail to do so we are striking it down. they strike down congress's authority to have an emergency coverage formula to address this kind of problem. they struck down congress's authority. what happens is this wonderful powerful tool for ross barnett who said you can change the law and strike it down is taken away. and within hours those of us who assumed that what happened eight years ago either something changed again or the confederates are coming out because now all of a sudden every voter i.d. law in the south is being pushed forward with implementation. their states are looking at doing things with redistricting and trying to maximize republican advantage because now the white vote in the south is up for republicans. all of these steps are bei

u.s. supreme court and i imagine the supreme court would take it fairly quickly.ey have done so in the past when there have been serious constitutional issues between the legislative and the executive branch, and here, it would be within the executive branch. >> and quickly you have don mcgann leaving, it's affecting the office of the presidency. >> i want to correct something, i said the editorial was today but it was last week. >> either way, don mcgann sat down for over 30 hours and thousands of documents. this is unprecedented. there were several investigations, not to this degree of course, for the obama white house. i think it's pretty impressive with the white house has done. more news coming up. big primaries last night including the important swing state of florida, my home state. so what are the key takeaways? and were last night's results the latest sign that president trump can help our republican candidates to victory? and we will bring you coverage of the memorial service honoring senator john mccain. he will lie in state at the arizona capitol build

u.s. supreme court. people are now coming to learn more about judge most distinguished career. school, supreme court clerkship, a prestigious law firm, associate candle -- independent counsel under can assisted to president george w. bush and for the past dozen years a judge on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. what sort of a judge hand was were of a person is brett kavanaugh? today forhave with us people who are very well-positioned to answer both of those questions. the each clerk for judge kavanaugh. the first person that we will hear from clerk for judge kavanaugh in 2010 2011 before going on to clerk for justice scalia. she received her undergraduate and law degrees from yale. she has previously worked for the washington dc firm. then we will hear from sarah. she clerked for judge kavanaugh from 2010 to 2011, got her undergraduate degree from boston college. in appliedegree biomedical ethics from the catholic university of leuven. her law degree from yale. after practicing for several years, she currently serves as special counsel for the st. thomas more society. then we w

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u.s. supreme court now leading to a fight for hearts and minds before the upcoming confirmation hearings beginfight over the u.s. supreme court is heading to the nation's airwaves. both supporters and activists against judge brett kavanugh are launching ad campaigns about the nomination. (pam) our washington correspondent mark meredith is in washington with a closer look. < áánats of political adáá> nat: "this woman has cancer..." and democrats say..this woman and women like her could lose their health insurance....if judge brett kavanugh is confirmed to the u.s supreme court...nat: "now she's got even more to worry about..." "she shouldn't have to fight to keep her health care"leslie dach's group, "protect our care", is launching this tv ad in three states... "brett kavanugh poses a real risk to anyone with a pre-existing condition"dach says kavanaugh's past opinions against the affordable care act... show that if given the chance on the supreme court, he would vote to overturn obamacare...now dach hopes to convince moderate republican senators in nevada, maine, and alaska to vote against kav

u.s. supreme court. he's an adviser on the iraqi constitutional process and as a director for the iraq table of the national security council. rebecca? good afternoon. i'm going to talk about what judge kavanaugh is like. a lot of people say that judge kavanaugh is humble and down to earth and those are true. those cliches don't quite capture the full extent of the man. people have said that he is quite normal, that again is true. again, it's not quite right. he's not just normal. he is way nicer than normal. he is not only approachable, he is more approachable than almost anyone you will approach and i don't just mean among the ranks on the d.c. circuit. he has a great sense of humor, very easy laugh. he laughs at basically every joke i made even though less than 10% are funny. he is one of those people that first make you feel that during -- it's not unusual for law clerks to bring their family to visit the clerk and meet the judge. everyone's family is diverse, and have differing levels of sophisticat

u.s. supreme court already in his career. prior to joining his current firm, he served as an assistant to the u.s. in general as an advisor on the iraq constitution process to the u.s. ambassador for iraq. please join me in welcoming our panelists. [applause] he's an adviser on the iraqi constitutional pro >> rebecca, the floor is yours. >> a lot of people have said that judge kavanaugh is humble and don't to earth. those are true. similarly, people have said he is quite normal. that again is true. that alone would be individual for -- unusual for someone as accomplished as him. he is not actually just normal. way nicer than normal. he is not only approachable, he is more approachable than almost anyone you will ever approach. i don't just mean amongst the ranks of judges on the justices on the supreme court. .e has a great sense of humor he laughs that basically every , even have ever made though objectively they are not more than 10% funny. he is one of those people that makes you feel good. it is not unusual for law clerks

u.s. supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh part of a national day of action. with similar protests around the country. th more now on the message from demonstrators. >> the rally in san francisco started with a somber march through civic center plaza. women drapped in red. a reference to the book and tv show where women are property of the state. >> this is the single largest day of action ever in american history to to oppose a supreme court nominee. >> reporter: they say judge brett kavanaugh poses a threat to women's rights, lgbtq rights and other freedoms. other freedoms. >> this is a life time appointment. one we have to do everything we can to stop it. >> reporter: many officials attended the event. including san francisco mayor. >> one thing that has a president that continues to lie to the american people, another people, another to have someone who can use the legal system to roll back the clock. >> it will bring a political agenda to the supreme court. so much is at risk. the over turning of roe v. wade. putting women in back alleys to have abortions

u.s. supreme court will step in and resolve. >> also really quickly, i will say, if weot feel like we can't get the life rights and there's no other book or article or something like that, we will not do the project. this is too much risk involved. >> i see a lot of documentary film acres who can't afford to t buy life rights. is there difference from yourd perspective between a documentary film in a feature film that's scripted. >> i'm not a documentarian. se, i know little bit about it and my understanding is that often time it's all about exclusive access so it's more about getting an agreement with them where you're not actually buying or getting be able toights to explain all mediums or a buyout of their life rights but just access to those agreements are little bit different and often times the financial renumeration is different where for some people it will be a smaller change of money than a life rights buyout or no money at all. i think there's little difference there. >> from a legal perspective, there should be a difference at all. you get things with life rights that you wouldn

u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh.e president is an unindicted co-conspirator and i do not owe this president the courtesy to meet with his nominee, brett kavanaugh, who by the way is being nominated because the president expects justice cavanaugh should he make it to the supreme court to protect the president. >> your colleague on the committee, richard blumenthal is calling for delay in the scheduled hearings, supposed to start september 4th for brett kavanaugh. is that realistic? you're the minority, republicans are the majority. >> from the beginning we democrats have called for delay in terms of the hearing and we said what's good for the goose is good for the gander, whatever the saying is becau, mitch mcco held that seat for a year, we are asking for delay until this election so the american people can weigh in. we called for delay. even more so now with what's transpired, we think it is important for us to get all of the documents we need and what is the all fire rush to get the person on the supreme court. i t

u.s. supreme court. a texas company that makes 3d-printed plastic guns began selling the plans online today. that is despite a federal judge's order not to post the blueprints on the web. in austin, the company's owner, cody wilson, argued that he still has the right to sell the instrujuions. >> thie's order stopping us from simply giving thingsan away was onluthorization that we could sell it, that we could mail it, that we cou email it, that we could provide ity secure transfer. i will be doing all of those things now. >> woouff: wilson said buyers can name their price for the plans, and that he's already received hundreds of orders. on wall street, the dow jones industrial arage gained 14 points to close at ,064. the nasdaq rose 12, and the s&p 500 added a fraction of a pot. and, a public viewing beganda for aretha franklin, the queen of soul, in her hometown of detroit. hundreds of fans and mourners filed through the city's african american history museum, past the gold-plated casket.pe thousands are

u.s. supreme court but the federalic jry for some period of time. it's a positive thing that most republans can get behind. a lot of republicans who wince at the president's twitter account are very happy with whag he's d with the judiciary. robert: you spend every dayin tato trump and his advisors. what is behind the language about the nfl at this point? >> there are a couple of factors in play. and regarding theweets from friday, the president is accusing his nfl players of not bein to define what they're protesting. in fact, they've been articulate in saying they're protesting police brutality and other issues. the president thinks this is a winning issue for himselfs he thi anytime he brings up the nfl protest debate he is inciting his base, giving him a reason to rally behind him. donald trump lives in perpetual fear that his base is ing to abandon him at any moment. i think what happenedith the nfl this week is there were a few players on thursday night's games who stood in protest. he seid its an opportunity to make it a political forum for h

u.s. supreme court. bipartisan empathy tonight for an amerin hero. this after the family of senator john mccain released a statoment y announcing that the senator will stop treatment for aggressive brain cancer. politicians on both sides of the aisle are offering prayers and paying uttr >> this is a man who served our country in so many ways and. capaciti we just want to keep john mccain, cindy and their entire faprly in our ers. >> when he was by your side as your friend and ally, you couldn't have had a stronger ally, a stronger friend. >> you don't meet too many great men. he was onef them. >> the president made no mention of mccain during a republican party dinner in ohio tonight. the twoe been at odds since mccain voted against replacing obamacare. >>> when we come right back on news4 at :00 tonight, reaction to president trumfis dlt week. chuck todd explains what it tells us about the direction of the mueller investigation. >>> and has washington turned into a gambling destination? the new list that puts us jt us president trump wrappin up a tu

u.s. supreme court.sco dozens rallied at civic sister plaza urging senators to vote know on his nomination. the senate began confirmation hearings. protesters also held a rally in santa clara. >>> hundreds opened their hearts and wallets to celebrate the mission of the taylor family foundation. music, grade food and drinks made for a wonderful afternoon at livermore camp arroyo to ben fate a great cause. the benefit sends children with chronic illnesses and life-threatening conditions to camp. several members of our abc 7 family joined in the fun today, including cheryl jennings, and meteorologist mike nicco. abc 7 is a longtime proud sponsor of day in the park. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news, learning from the best, hundreds of underserved bay area kids get one on one training with stars of the gridiron. >>> drew tuma is up next with the accuweather forecast. >>> all eyes are on the boys in the little league world at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. con

u.s. supreme court struck down voting rights in 2013, when i saw the trayvon martin case unfold was there was no level of education, no level of income that could protect me or my child from being the next trayvon martin. >> the violence, the latest is stephon clark in california. you heard from the white house, i believe, they called it a local matter. the press spokeswoman at the white house. i guess william, i want to ask you. it really matters to boys. i hear and i read these chilling reports that fathers have to have the conversation with their kids as young as 11 years old, how to behave in white neighbors or if you go past white law enforcement. you are the father of girls. but was that conversation ever had to you and the fact that it's still necessary is terrifying? >> that's a conversation that every black parent has with their child or parent of black children has with their child. boy or girl. it's something that's going to need to be continued, unfortunately, for a long time. dr. king said the soul of the nation cannot be redeemed until we irreradicated racism in all for form

u.s. supreme court, and for social conservatives, a former playboy is delivering precisely that. >> even therican people in tennessee would rather have a personn the white house that may be a womanizer vs. a person in the white hse who upholds gay marriages. nick: the issue of gay marriage ishat important to you? >> if i pick one of the two, i think they will pick the womanizer. nick: white evangelicals used to be the most likely to believe that ' politician'private immorality would impact behavior in their public life. polling shows they are now the demographic least likely to think that. h the become more forgiving since the advent of donald trump. nick bryant, bbc news, tennessee. rajini: before we go, let's get sa update on the top story. the president ha the paul manafort case has nothing to do with russian colsion, and once ain he has called the special prosecutors probe a witchhunt. mr. trump also says he feels bad for his former campaign chairman. this afternoon a jury in f virginiaound manafort to the of8 -- guilty on 8 charges tax and bank fraud. r they failed toch a verdict on 10

u.s. supreme court. 39% support kavanaugh's nomination 35 oppose and 26% have no opinion. 91% say the high court's decisions affect their everyday lives. 56% say justices are split politically and 64% say the court should allow cameras. the survey was conducted with 1,000 likely voters. see all the survey results online at c-span.org. watch live coverage of the confirmation hearings starting tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3, streaming on c-span.org or listen live with the free c-span radio app. announcer: join us for book tv's live coverage of the 18th annual library of congress national book festival saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. coverage includes viewer call-ins with pulitzer prize winning biographer john meacham and his book "the soul of america, the battle for our better angels" and doris kearns goodwin with "leadership in turbulent times" and brain kilmeade. announcer: at the white house president trump announced grants for a drug free community programs. he answered questions. this is a portion of the event. president trump: awarded to more than 730 communities in a

u.s. supreme court. >> jose innez garcia is being tried on federal gun charges related to the fatal shooting of steinle on san francisco's embarcadero three years ago. >> the attorney asked for a delay in the trial to wait for a decision on the case currently being considered by the supreme court, an issue on whether federal charges on crimes already prosecuted in a state court like garcia zarate's amount to double jeopardy. >> that is something unconscionable, and therefore, you know, we have our fingers crossed. we're hoping for a good supreme court ruling on the issue of double jeopardy. >> the judge in garcia zarate's federal case says he will rule on the postponement request quickly. >>> we're learning new details about how mollie tibbetts died. preliminary autopsy results show she suffered short -- she went missing last month while jogging, the suspect in her murder led police to her body in an iowa corn field tuesday. cristhian rivera is an undocumented immigrant, his arrest becoming a rallying cry for those who support stricter immigration laws. >>> >> now, both the steinle and tibbe

u.s. supreme court we get an update on how the business is flourishing and how one gaming company is making it easier than ever for folks to place their bets are two sports correspondent steve christophe host auntie's up and deal with details lots to get. let's go market reactions to the attempted rewrite of the north american free trade are in the headlines today as nest egg sets a new record nasdaq the. tech heavy stock index broke eight thousand at level yesterday powered by familiar names such as netflix and google that have had a very good twenty eight team on the stock front and the dow jones industrial average hit twenty six thousand yesterday that's a first time since february more broadly markets seem to react favorably to yesterday's announcement on a potential bilateral u.s. mexico trade agreement that u.s. president donald trump suggested would replace nafta treasury secretary steve i'm a new ssion hailed the bilateral agreement earlier today. this is seriously as a c.e.o. it's about. it's about intellectual property it's about market access it's about financial services it's ab

u.s. supreme court robert oulds al jazeera los angeles now has announced the first nine astronauts who head into space on rockets built by aerospace companies boeing and space x. the flights are settled for next year to take the crews to the international space station and the restore the u.s. is ability to send its own ostomy wants into space for the past seven years nasa crews have had to fly on i owe it to the i s s on russian soyuz spacecraft. together we're delivering on the critical task of providing a capability to fly our crews on a u.s. built rocket and spacecraft from u.s. soil on florida's space coast to the international space station so we no longer have to rely on our russian partners to get our crews to space nasa boeing and space x. have pulled expertise from across the nation in the development of the c s t one hundred starliner and crew dragon systems spurring innovation and economic growth and expanding u.s. leadership in space so i had an al-jazeera sports. direct route in touch with the leader of the british open. time for the sport here's peter. thank you very much it'

u.s. supreme court, virginia v. black, statute that made it felony to burn a cross in someone else's property and stipulated the burning of the property was to intimidate, although the court ruled that states consistent with first amendment may ban burning crosses with the intent to intimidate disagreement whether cross-burning could be created as intent to intimidate. in recent years new waves of controversial speech and speakers have swept across the united states, reuniting debate about whether first amendment should provide protection and other messages from college carve -- campuses to twitter, we have seen free speech become a mantra for vitriol and trolling and sometimes with harsh consequences, similarly violent clashes like virginia, atlanta, georgia, st. louis, missouri have resulted in laws to change laws related to protesting with some suggesting free speech shouldn't protect speech that den gaits others. today's climate, must we tolerate, how do we combat racist or homophobic viewpoints within the market

u.s. supreme court we'll get an update on how the business is flourishing and how one gaming company is makingit easier than ever for folks to place their bets r t sports correspondent keep the stock antes up the deals the details lots to get to let's go market reactions to the attempted rewrite of the north american free trade are in the headlines today as nest egg sets a new record nasdaq the. tech heavy stock index broke eight thousand at level yesterday powered by familiar names such as netflix and google that have had a very good twenty eight team on the stock front and the dow jones industrial average hit twenty six thousand yesterday that's a first time since february more broadly the market seemed to react favorably to yesterday's announcement on a potential bilateral u.s. mexico trade agreement that u.s. president donald trump suggested would replace nafta treasury secretary steve i'm a new ssion hailed the bilateral agreement earlier today. this is very explicit this deal is just sit down it's about intellectual property it's about market access it's about financial services it's abo

u.s. supreme court in westborough, it does or at least it can. so coming back to the challenge, i will call it, and if any of the panelists can comment on that issue and whether they see that as part of the challenge and part of the problem, particularly if we are targeting hateful speech above and the on the other two. missingnthesize, are we differences between offensive speech, hateful speech, and harmful speech, and is a part of our difficulty in crystallizing some of these issues? we are not. is, no, i think first amendment doctrine, as it exists, is very clear. define threat, define incitement, and the kind of isensive speech that ubiquitous in our society and around the world generally is not a threat in terms of first amendment doctrine and is generally not indictment in terms of first amendment doctrine. for me, that is not a problem. the question is whether the doctrine is wrong. you -- with apologies on returning to charlottesville, president was condemned, i think appropriately. i think the condemnation against him was right, because

u.s. supreme court robert oulds al jazeera los angeles well let's get more on all of this now we're joined by appealing mumble he's the president of the copenhagen consensus a think tank focusing on smart economic profit highs ation he is also the author of cool it and the skeptical environmentalist and he's joining us on skype from the swedish. very good to have you with us on algis there are so i do want to talk more about the policies of the current to u.s. administration that we've just covered a little bit more in a moment but first how do you view. the sort of the rising temperatures that were commonly seeing and covering all over the world. well look it's very likely that the heat waves we're seeing are also being pushed by all the warming that's just basic sense as temperatures rise you're going to see more heat waves so clearly this is one of the consequences of global warming and eventually this will be a net negative but of course we also have to remember and this is one of the things that are problematic in the whole conversation that you can't just look at one part of this rem

u.s. supreme court robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. japan's government has condemned one of the country's top medical universities for systematic discrimination against female students turkey a medical university is accused of deliberately slashing the entrance scores of female applicants for japanese newspaper says the school wanted to keep female the brits down because it believes they quit being doctors or just starting a family the school has launched an investigation and of course a high ranking buddhist monk has also been accused of sexually harassing nuns in china and is now being investigated by the government she share shong is a political advisor to the government and had of china's buddhist association and id five page document leaked by two former monks alleges he co worse the nuns she denies the allegations calling them distorted. please not over us and thirteen former government staff and business leaders in connection with a corruption scandal which implicates two former presidents and the chances of christine of kosher

u.s. supreme court robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. over five hundred fathers are holding a hunger strike in an immigration detention center in the u.s. state of texas the khans county residential center currently houses hundreds of newly reunited migrant families according to races and advocacy and legal services group the father's a striking to urge the government to expedite their cases u.s. president donald trump has been forced to end his zero tolerance family separation policy last month that made public outcry the us immigration and customs enforcement agency has reiterated it stands on hunger strikes saying in general ice fully respects the rights of all people to voice their opinion without interference ice does not retaliate in any way against hunger strikers ice explains the negative health effects of not eating detainees for their health and safety ice closely monitors the food and water intake of those detainees identified as being on a hunger strike jennifer falken is communications director at the races organization and s

u.s. supreme court given the number of death penalty cases the court heard every term and the fact the catholic church at the time the formal position was the death penalty was immoral. it will be a somewhat surprisingly wrote an article saying that if he believed his catholic faith actually prohibited the death penalty he would have the obligation to resign from office rather than decide those cases but he thought his view of the catholic doctrine that it was not immoral and that allowed him to continue to be a justice it was very provocative and interesting take on things that was criticized and celebrated by others but i do happen to know this because of the office of legal counsel, justice scalia started at the head of the office of the ford administration he had to do extraordinary work when presidential power was cut back right after watergate. in the following years every time there was a reunion he always had say the same thing about the office it was the best job he ever had and in office he feared but yet he lamented he didn't think it was what used to be in the days he was there beca

u.s. supreme court, it does. conflation to the challenge and if any panelists can comment on that and if they see that as part of the problem, particularly if we are targeting hateful speech above and beyond the other two. -- sotoo thin tash so to to synthesize, our wait missing the differences and is that part of our difficulty in crystallizing the issues? >> no. first amendment doctrine is very clear and it is easy to define a threat. ubiquitous speech is not generally a threat. for me that is not the problem. for me it is whether the doctrine is wrong. i think president trump was condemned rightly. perceived that the messages of both sides were equal. if you believe in human decency and right and wrong, if you believe there is good and bad in the world that is just wrong. the two are not morally equivalent. is that is not first amendment doctrine. equivalent.ally you cannot move against either side. the local cops cannot do anything against either side until throw -- until someone does something that crosses a

u.s. supreme court robert oulds al jazeera los angeles let's head to africa now and football rebel leaders and politicians has launched his not the case into running the democratic republic of congo's upcoming election the rebel commander arrived home on wednesday after eleven years in exile ten of them spent in prison katherine sawyer to pull from the capital kinshasa. john pierre bemba arrives at the electoral commission offices to submit his candidacy for president the last twenty four hours have been a whirlwind for him has been heavily guarded by police party officials say his movement has been restricted he's not allowed to publicly address his supporters and the government has denied him access to a residential home in the suburb called in the capital city. the police are telling us that have been. residents this is a violation of his words he's come home and should be able to freely move around and leave where he wants. kinshasa as police commissioner is in charge of security arrangements he says all this is for his protection but they will not allow him to go to court which is als

u.s. supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh part of a national day of action.ore now on the message from demonstrators. >> the rally in san francisco started with a somber march through civic center plaza. women drapped in red. a reference to the book and tv show where women are property of the state. >> this is the single largest day of action ever in american history to apose a supreme court nominee -- to oppose a supreme court nominee. >> reporter: they say judge brett kavanaugh poses a threat to rights and freedoms. >> this is a life time appointment. one we have to do everything we can to stop it. >> reporter: many officials attended the event. including san francisco mayor. >> one thing that has a president that continues to lie it the american people, another to have someone who can use the legal system to roll back the clock. >> it will bring a political agend to the supreme court. so much is -- agenda to the supreme court. so much is at risk. the undermining of the lgbt community, the over turning of civil rights laws. >> reporter: democrats are callin