nineteen eighty during this time presidents republican presidents have appointed justices o'connor souter and kennedy and to the supreme court these are the very three justices republican president appointed justices who are third take a seat just said jim which really a perv drove further more pro-choice groups vigorously opposed each of these justices nominations incredibly they even circulated biden's with the slogan stop souter or women will. just two years later justice souter co while out there in the case he opinion reaffirming a woman's right to choose suffice it to say prominent advocacy organizations have been wrong these same interest groups have speculated that judge cavanagh was selected to do the bidding of conservative idiots despite his record of judicial independence i.e. as the judge point blame whether he had made any commitments or pledges to anyone at the white house to the federalist society to any outside groet. on how he would decide cases he unequivocal assured me that he had not judge cavanagh has received rave reviews for his twelve here track record as a judge

incredibly, they even circulated buttons with the slogan "stop souter or women will die." just two years later, justice souter co-authored the casey opinion reaffirming a woman's right to choose. prominent to say, advocacy organizations have been wrong. groups haventerest speculated that judge kavanaugh was selected to do the bidding of conservative ideologues despite his record of judicial independence. i asked the judge point-blank whether he had made any commitment or pledges to anyone at the white house, so the federalist society, to any outside group on how he would decide cases. me thativocally assured he had not. receivedanaugh has rave reviews for his 12 year track record as a judge, including for his judicial temperament. the american bar association gave him its highest rating. the standing committee conducted in its ordinary listeningssessment, to input from almost 500 people, including his judicial colleagues. the adba concluded that his integrity, judicial temperament and professional confidence met the highest standard. who has argued more cases before the su

in any event, souter was the calm between two storms. next came my dear friend, clarence thomas, who is here tonight. i'm surprised he's still alive after all he went through, i'll tell you. [ laughter ] anybody with a laugh like that has got to live forever, as far as i'm concerned. in any event, souter was the calm between two storms. like i say, clarence thomas was next. i had thought, perhaps, naively, that the bork nomination was as bad as it could get. senate democrats had taken a universally admired and respected jurist and managed to paint him as a threat to freedom and prosperity. they twisted his record and his words until they were completely unrecognizable. then came my friend, justice thomas. it turns out that they grossly -- that grossly misrepresenting a nominee's record is only part of the playbook. there's also character assassination. justice thomas, as i think most people know, is a dear friend of mine. we're honored to have him here tonight. i'd like to make just a few points about his confirmation experience. not man

he were still alive, he might've said, david souter was fine, probably. he didn't really have an agenda he wanted to put on the court in a way that he would be expressing a lot of disappointment right now. ronald reagan never expressed disappointment in how sandra day o'connor turned out, and the talking about -- how he evolved. but they mostly get what they want. >> sort of the reasons we are getting judges and justices these days is because the pattern is, if we can put them on the lower federal courts and observe them, make sure they will behave themselves, we will have a better sense of what they would do. >> in 2004, scalia gave a speech , a little article in the times and someplace else, largely unreported, that's -- in which she said that the jews in germany would have been much better off if they didn't have separation of church and state under hitler's. that synagogue was founded by the first jews to come here in 1654, fleeing the inquisition they received. reich's in the third constitution, hitler's inserted a paragraph that said, we will bring

but then we were reminded that justice kagan and justice souter were all confirmed in midterm election years and evaporated. next they said that should be delayed because too few documents were available but then with the supreme court nomination so what came next? that democrats call for delay because there were too many documents for them to read. i wish we could have remained inin the realm that when none of theseud tactics work as he had his brilliance and some chose a darker road. that the politics of personal destruction and i spoke at length of the allegation and for six weeks the confidential accounts from the democratic side of the judiciary committee to the washington dc lawyers were hand-picked for her. and with that confidential letter finding its way into her hands with proper procedure listening to the plea for privacy this is not politics as usual. doctor ford's allegation is not the only uncorroborated allegation that has been paraded around. all the mud and muck open entirely on brett kavanaugh and his family. and then came or corroborated allegations more outlandish.

then they were reminded justice kagan, breyer and souter were all confirmed during midterm election years and that argument evaporated. next, democrats said the process should be delayed because too few documents were available from judge kavanaugh's past public service. then they received the most pages of documents ever produced for supreme court nomination, so guess what camet next year or goalposts move down the field and democrats called for a delay because they were too many documents for them to read. i wish this fight could remain in the realm of normalcy but when none of these tactics work, when judge kavanaugh demonstrated his wife acknowledged brilliance open-mindedness and collegiality at his confirmation hearings, some chose a darker road. the politics of personal destruction will willfully unleashed. i spoke at length about the under headways senate democrats are treated dr. ford and are allegation, and brief or six weeks dr. ford's confidential account passed from one democratic member of congress to the democratic side of the judiciary committee to the washington, d.c. law

incredibly, they even circulated buttons with the slogan "stop souter or women will die."ust two years later, justice souter co-authored the casey opinion re-affirming a woman's right to choose. suffice it to say, prominent advocacy organizations have been wrong. these same interest groups have speculated that judge kavanaugh was selected to do the bidding of conservative ideologs. i asked the judge point blank whether he had made any commitment or pledges to anyone at the white house, to the federalist society, to any outside group on how he would decide cases. he unequivocally assured me that he had not. judge kavanaugh has received rave reviews for his 12-year track record as a judge including for his judicial temperament. the american bar association gave him its highest possible rating. standing on the judicialry committee conducted a thorough assessment soliciting input from 500 people, including his judicial colleagues. the a.b.a. concluded that his integrity, judicial temperament and professional confidence met the highest standards lisa black, who has argued more

justice souter, justice souter, who was nominated by george h.w. bush, another conservative, turned out to be as liberal as you. anthony kennedy, reagan appointee turned out to , be the deciding vote on gay marriage. republicans are saying why is it that so many people start out republican, and turn out to be liberal on the court? we have to find out a way they do that. why did you, suter, and kennedy, sort of drift away from the orthodoxy of the republican party? hon. stevens: first of all, i never really have been a political person of any kind. i am not conscious of changing my basic views. and first, it was clear from the heard when this started that president ford would still appoint me. i think what has changed is a republicansumber of -- i really don't think all republicans are like donald trump. frank you don't think so? hon. stevens: no. frank: if that's true, why does the whole party get behind him? hon. stevens: i don't know. frank: that is an honest answer. okay. another case when people think about your long history, one of the cases b

the very near lections used to be coronation style transfers of power but marcos souter knows he faces a fight in sunday's elections. believe me it's currently we're seeing something totally different here in germany you know turning away from the c.s.u. in both directions current polls predict the greens could become the various second strongest political force and could well join the c.s.u. led government the top candidates see themselves as living proof that a left wing alternative for germany is possible but i am not to mention a small town this area has a great motto to live and let live and i think that sums it up perfectly and of course we are open to the world where pro europe and we want to stay that way and i believe the citizens of the very odd on the politicians another spreading hate and fear. here in munich like the whole of europe politicians are struggling to understand the new public discontent many feel a new right wing mainstream. it is open to the world with a very in soul that's how we should behave we don't need those nazis. the nazis to put on it. what we need to

listing names like warren, blackman, stevens and souter, does not gain say, the general point. of course, it is true, that elections matter in this regard. that said however, the data does not show that a political background of a justice is dispositive. there is ample evidence in literature, notwithstanding political background, where the precedence is pushed to certain result. my early story about the chief justices decision in the free exercise case, shows that the chief was among those who understood that. and to follow precedent, even where he disagreed. a specific instance, where i saw him engage in magnificent thought and treatment of nuance and complexity, involved a first amendment challenge to a federal requirement that tv networks provide time to candidates. a divided panel of the court of appeals, had upheld the requirement, with the majority opinion written by the chiefs long standing adversary. at conference, after oral argument, the vote was 5 to 4, to reverse. the chief justice was in the majority, and delighted that he assigned the opinion to himself. the next

sham of david souter that is. so. so this is. and what we're trying to do is figure out how many mosquitoes and houses to bite people in the us and if we can do this on a daily basis consistently we would be able to know the number of employees going down and also by figuring looking at whether this was good as a cutting. so we can know the density of transmission in this over town. now the bed nets have done a tremendous job later prevalence is gone down almost fifty sixty percent snow but this is a massive success we very effectively way able to control these mosquitoes that go into the house uninvited people what we haven't been able to do very well or equally well is to control those prosecutors that don't necessarily have to come into the house those more scooters that would still they believe by if you were here outside what this picture tells us is that little transmission epidemiology is slightly changed with the coming of bed nets so this is the challenge that we have now on one hand it's a success story you've dealt wit

in bavaria for a perceived election defeat although they will become the strongest party michael souter the top candidate already placed the blame with so in directly implicating the german chancellor at the very least would be yet another indication that her support is dwindling that questions are being raised but at the same time what is expected to be an earthquake here those tremors felt in berlin already factored into this. elections we need to watch our out for the elections in in two weeks time where merkel might see one of her very own being humbled a state premier. thank you. this coming week is crucial for britain's withdrawal from the european union prime minister to resign may and e.u. leaders hope to see the deal at a summit on thursday but even if that happens may will still have to sell the deal at home and that will not be an easy task british politics remains deeply divided on the issue and to resume a has to walk a fine line not only to get a brig's a deal accepted but also to keep a fragile government in power orders are making a last ditch effort to prevent what they

are more conservative ground or will they have to go into a coalition with the greens which michael souter the c.c.v. counted it and safely said he doesn't want to do right now. michelle is taking this to it and national level what implications are we likely to see. you're not going to see a one to one translation of this result in berlin in particular also when it comes to the power base of angela merkel but it feeds into a momentum that is building of a political dynamic where marco is losing ground also in the statistical state which used to be a conservative stronghold and questions keep being asked whether that is the right leader to go into more elections we have the next election coming up in two weeks time in the state of heston if that force is that is no longer conservative see the loose days that could be a critical turning point in the debate about michael's leadership. chief political correspondent reporting for us in munich thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world e.u. officials say breaks of negotiations have not yet sealed a deal on britain's

i'm trying to be the best person i can be a second at a time a david souter was decent i'm human. sometimes i mess up on the mistakes you know why i need help and i don't share the about myself shop most of mossad's i've tried i understand what they're going through and i can make their life a little bit more comfortable become the. face of the homeless and have a platform in the us for the homeless and then let them know that is really all self is less a selfish thing because it's really not about me anymore it's all about you know what can i do to make life better for somebody else having that experience myself there's a place surveyed sandlin for. just a thought. when i wanna be. at your shows. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics. i'm showbusiness i'll see than. most people think to stand out in this business you need to be the first one on top of the story or the person with the loudest voice of the biggest raid in truth to stand down lose business you just need to ask the right questions and demand the right

in bavaria for a perceived election defeat although they will become the strongest party michael souter the top candidate already in place the blame with so in direct implicating the german chancellor at the very least would be yet another indication that her support is dwindling that questions are being raised but at the same time what is expected to be an earthquake here those tremors felt in berlin already factored into this. elections we need to watch our out for the elections in in two weeks time where merkel might see one of her very own being humbled a state premier. named munich thank you. to syria now where a deadline is fast approaching to create a diminished her eyes to zone in north and province those own should be established by monday and that's a spot of a deal agreed to by turkey and russia last month is meant to prevent a governmental soult on the rebel held area which the u.n. says could provoke a humanitarian catastrophe but there are also reports that hard line fighters have yet to stop withdrawing from the area. syria's last major rebel stronghold is just a few kilo

i recently sat down with parenting expert ericka souter to talk about it.g out all the parents. you know, i think fondly of my childhood, and some of my favorite memories were playing outside, but i worry that my own kids aren't getting enough of that same experience. what do you recommend? >> well, our kids aren't getting enough outside time, and the first thing we need to do as parents is relax. >> okay. >> we are overscheduling our children. i've been guilty of that. robotics class, extra language class, chess class. all those things are great but there needs to be a balance between those rigid structured activities and free time and we need to think back and let kids be kids. >> so, if we take a step back then the question is, what specific activities should we focus on? >> good old-fashioned outdoor time. shooting the hoops in the backyard, kicking around the soccer ball. you have a child that's into art. get some sidewalk chalk and go crazy, and i also like to look at how i grew up. what i was like as a child. i built forts in the backyard with sticks

the next nominee was david souter, the stealth nominee. had he been confirmed to the first second -- circuit only two months before president george h w bush nominated him to the court, he had a minimal paper trail. it was virtually impossible for opponents to represent his record the way they had justice bork's, mainly because he didn't have any. the stealth strategy was a success. he was confirmed by a vote of 90-9. even he had nine against him. some would say the stealth strategy was somewhat less than a success. in any event he was the calm between the t-storms. next came my friend clarence thomas, who is here tonight. i'm surprised he is still alive after all he went through. >> [laughter] sen. hatch: anybody with a laugh like that -- souter was the calm between the storms and clarence thomas was next. naively, i thought the bork nomination was as bad as it could get. senate democrats had taken a universally admired and respected tourist and managed to paint him as a threat to freedom and prosperity. they have twisted his record and h

. >> souter does he faces a fight in sunday's elections. >> currently, we are seeing something totallyifferent here in germany. people should be happy and content because things have never been better in germany. >> despite that strong economy, the public are unhappy and turning away from the csu in both directions. current polls addict the greens could become bavaria's second strongest political force and could well join the csu-led government. their top candidates see themselves as living proof that the left-wing alternative for germany is possible. >> bavaria has a great motto -- to live and let live. i think that sums it up perfectly. of course we are open to the world. we are pro-europe, and we want to stay that way, and i believe the citizens of the very a are done with politicians and others spreading hate and fear. >> in munich, like the whole of europe, politicians are struggling to understand the new public discontent. many fear a new right-wing mainstream. >> munich is open to the world with a bavarian soul. that's how we should behave. we don't need those nazis. >> what we

it's her only joint appearance with a conservative top candidate marco souter machall calls for confidence in being german as an antidote for fear of others. because they did not and those who are no longer aware of their own foundations of course don't know how to integrate others and in this debate about islam i sometimes get the sense that some may have become jealous that others are living their religion while we forget ours. the very near lections used to be coronation style transfers of power but marco sudan knows he faces a fight in sunday's elections. believe it that's currently we are seeing something totally different here in germany you know people should be happy and content because things have never been better in germany. despite that strong economy the public are unhappy and turning away from the scene as you in both directions current polls predict the greens could become the various second strongest political force and could well join the c.s.u. led government the top candidates see themselves as living proof that a left wing alternative for germany is possible by an atten

incredibly, they even circulated buttons with the slogan "stop souter or women will die." just two years later justice souter coauthored the casey opinion reaffirming a woman's right to choose. suffice it to say, prominent advocacy organizations have been wrong. these same interest groups have speculated that judge kavanaugh was selected to do the bidding of conservative ideologues despite his record of judicial independence. i asked the judge point-blank whether he had made any commitments or pledges to anyone at the white house, to the federalist society, to any outside group on how he would decide cases. he unequivocally assured me that he had not. judge kavanaugh has received rave reviews for his 12-year track record as a judge, including for his judicial temperament. the american bar association gave him its highest possible rating. its standing committee on the federal judiciary conducted an extraordinarily thorough assessment, soliciting input from almost 500 people, including his judicial colleagues. the a.b.a. concluded that his integrity, judicial temperament and

the very an election it's used to be coronation style transfers of power but marco souter knows he faces a fight in sunday's elections. believing the ets currently we're seeing something totally different here in germany you know people should be happy and content because things have never been better in germany. despite that strong economy the public are unhappy and turning away from the scene as you in both directions current polls predict the greens could become the various second strongest political force and could well join the c.s.u. led government the top candidates see themselves as living proof that a left wing alternative for germany is possible but i am not to mention a small town this area has a great to live and let live and i think that sums it up perfectly and of course we're open to the world we're pro europe and we want to stay that way and i believe the citizens of the very up down the politicians anothers spreading hate and fear. don't have some hits of fish. here in munich like the whole of europe. politicians are struggling to understand the new public discontent man

only chance that sebastian codes to join them in their final campaign rally the lead candidate marco souter and the party leader who will see her for who is also the german federal interior minister here in berlin and yet they're quite nervous of course because as current polls suggest he sees you could face historically quite bad results currently polling at around thirty five percent which is far far away from top results they had in the history of their. it was sixty. almost single party rule in bavaria and so yeah they're trying to now mobilize their electorate and tomorrow is the last day where they actually can do that on friday that's not allowed anymore and they also said today ahead of their campaign event that tomorrow they want to go back to the streets and get everybody to they come all right now all let's talk about numbers are you already brought it back so this election comes as findings of a nationwide opinion poll show that the traditional parties are losing voters to the greens and the far right let's take a quick look at the numbers right now in the poll say that if the e

their final testimonies for and against brett kavanaugh is approval in a thirty hour debate that souter wrap up his lifetime seat looks all but confirmed after he won the backing of key senators despite an f.b.i. investigation into sexual assault allegations made against him by several women while dozens of people have been arrested while protesting the upcoming vote on the steps of the u.s. capitol the demonstrators are urging senators to vote no to his nomination saying he is unfit to serve the court among the protesters on many women who have suffered sexual assault. there but the truth of what happened to me is. i don't live. in turkey read another instance of wondering if i know a little bit louder. a little harder maybe some kind of different. we have correspondents monitoring events on capitol hill and outside this you think horses well let's start with mike hanna and mike how soon before we see a vote. well we expect a vote within this hour possibly in about thirty minutes there are indications that the senators are gathering at the moment they have of course being in continuous

party you mentioned some of what see as you party leader marcus souter said earlier he added that the c.s.u. party had kept the far right a day and i'm wondering if that's a sentiment that's widely shared there. well that's a positive way of looking at it the if he didn't get upwards of twenty percent which he did get in some eastern states here in germany certainly but at the same time it's came from absolutely nowhere to be a political force to be reckoned with and this is something that d.c. is he recognizes he also when he talks in leading figures but it was the one who turned around the whole campaign just a couple weeks ago when the c.d.c. realized that starting to sound like the f.t. simply didn't go down well with the traditional conservative support base who shy away in the end and i think that's also what we've seen here with the relatively strong showing of the c.s. you compared to some polls in the end they saw away from a die hard fall right if d. and to some i spoke to in the background told me that chemists those attacks on the streets where the if he closed ranks with

did so well in the last financial year that owners sir richard branson and stagecoach's sir brian soutert to run the troubled east coastline, the government was forced to step in and was left with a £2 billion shortfall. there is, of course, nothing to stop a private company rewarding its owners, but these large pay—outs will add to concerns that billionaires are cherry picking the most profitable parts of the railways. that's certainly labour's view. it says any money made in the west could be spread around the country if the railways were re—nationalised. buying a ticket is so extortionate these days that many people can't afford simply to travel by rail. so we want to see that investment being pulled back into a good, publicly owned railway system which really does put the passenger at the heart. virgin says passengers are satisfied with its west coast service, and in a statement, the department for transport stood behind the company, saying that: commuters caught up in this year's summer of chaos may well beg to differ, but one passenger group says it's the management rather than the

just two years later, justice souter co—authored the casey opinion, reaffirming a woman's right to choose groups have speculated that judge wrong. they same interest groups have speculated thatjudge kavanaugh was selected to do the bidding of conservative idiom logs despite his re cord conservative idiom logs despite his record ofjudicial conservative idiom logs despite his record of judicial independence. conservative idiom logs despite his record ofjudicial independence. i ask the judge point—blank whether he had made any commitments are pledges to anyone at the white house, to the federalist society, to any outside group. on how he would decide cases. he unequivocally assured me that he had not. judge kavanaugh has received rave reviews for his 12 year track record as a judge, including for his judicial temperament. the american bar association it gave him its highest possible rating. it's standing committee on the federaljudiciary conducted an extraordinarily furrow assessment soliciting input from almost 500 people, including his judicial colleagues. they concluded that his integrity

david souter, ruth bader , theyrg, stephen breyer were sworn in at the white house. in each case, i didn't go. i did swear in john roberts because i strongly approved of the appointment. i thought he was the appointment. i still think he is an excellent chief justice, even though i disagree with the number of his rulings, but he is a very fine person. i thought that if i did not go to the white house on his swearing in, it would create an impression that he did not approve of the appointment which was not true with the others. so i did go to the white house and swear him in at that time. and i think that was the right thing to do. >> the obama appointments were held in the supreme court. hon. stevens: yes. obama follow the correct practice in this regard. justice stevens wrote an opinion piece on a case that is somehow relevant, and that was the bill clinton versus paul a jones case. aur opinion basically said sitting president is not immune from civil prosecution or civil litigation, and can be held accountable while serving as president. the same way about a presid

finish to thursday that there is some haze in the atmosphere but was -- as we gaze toward the west, at souter toller, a beautiful finish to the day. we see the golden glow. the numbers, still warm in the east bay, 77 a concord, san francisco, close to the marine layer, 59 degrees, 70 for san jose and santa rosa. santa rosa gets down to 45 exxon up on friday morning at 7:22 am, lows in the mid 40s and low 50s. high pressure directs the weather for the next 3 to 4 days. the high pressure nudges inward and pressures come up that much and temperatures come into the mid to upper 80s by saturday. saturday may be the last really, really warm day in the upper 80s. we might say goodbye to those for quite a while or it might get warm again in november but we will see. in the meantime, the next 7 days will be the warmest, mainly clear tonight. marches out overhead at 11 pm tonight. fog and sunny for most of friday. it will begin to cool down next week. air quality is not terrific. tomorrow does not have a spare the air day but there is moderate quality. visibility will be down. temperatures we up, san f

david souter, sandra day o'connor and justice kennedy. they said the same thing. women will die. this is just outrageous. i work to preserve funding for planned parenthood over and over again and i'm going to continue to do so. >> i understand you are upset and i can see that, but generally to women who are saying this and have no connection to planned parenthood who feel you betrayed them, what do you say? >> i met with so many groups of survivors. i talked to friends that with one exception who confided in me years ago. i had no idea they had been sexually assaulted. i have learned how pervasive this terrible problem is in our society. clearly we need to step up and do something about it. every survivor deserves to be heard and respected. this is a case where there is an incident that happened allegedly 36 years ago where there is no corroborating evidence. it is not fair to brett kavanaugh for this to be disqualifying in the absence of evidence. that does not mean that i don't believe that dr. ford was not a victim of sexual assault. i think she is a survivor. >> beyond the al

then you cut to george herbert walker bush who appointed david souter, yet another example of why conservatives believed they had to have an absolutely pure conservative to put on the court. and what senator collins seemed to be doing is saying you know what? ignore all that. he's not that conservative. he's actually a centrist. that's who i'm going to vote for. question for all of us now because 40 years of american jurisprudence just got shaped today going forward. is which kavanaugh is going to show up and be a supreme court justice. is it the collins one or the federalist society one. >> this is a collection of human beings. it's a living breathing body full of living breathing bodies. stranger things have happened than to have a john roberts the chief justice move himself even more into the center. >> john roberts has become the most important person in america to some extent. roberts is now the swing vote. so the chief is now what justice kennedy was. and it will be a fascinating drama to watch. the battle is over over justice soon to be justice kavanaugh. the war goes on. and i think wha

of emotions that clearly came into these elections but it was also very interesting to hear marco souter here saying that he once looked to with the conservative camp to form a government i think we're in for a very interesting to see and it's quite interesting because i mean this is a party of course it's very specific to bavaria but you know there are national implications for this election hail and i know as our chief political editor i mean you you really you travel the country you gauge the gauge the mood what do you see as the potential. what comes next nationally. well the bedrock of solid conservative support here in bavaria which is also a cornerstone of angular machall scour in berlin that is crumbling and visibly so for absolutely everybody and the more questions will be asked about how to win back voters both left and right left of center green voters because they certainly fled in two directions is not as simple as saying that people simply are shifting to the right that simply is not the bavarians story they went in both directions also to the greens so a lot of convincing

don't forget also they are still, to this day, the republicans are so furious about people like david souter, or john paul stevens. those were both put on the bench by republicans, and they thought -- they became more liberal in their votes. that's why it was so interesting when the president put out that list. they not only put out a list, but they vetted them. >> i'm told that don mcgahn is the one who was pushing for kavanaugh and put him on the list. personally good friends. kavanaugh is sort of well-known republican figure here in washington, and hence he's friends with don mcgahn and a lot of other republican attorneys, one would presume, so they added him to the list and mcgann pushed it. >> it was very political, though. remember when he put out the list in may of '16. there was no inside the beltway person, no swamp. that was part of the message, and then he wasn't even on the list in september of 2016. brett kavanaugh did not get on the list until november, you know, so he -- he's one of the most recent people added to it, but once he got on, his inside connections to don mcgahn an

bush and david souter.istence of the conservatives since 1990 has been that we are always going to know exactly what we're getting. and that's -- that's at the core of this, i think. and that's who judge kavanaugh is, and he shouldn't be apologetic about it. that's who he is and that's who the president appointed and who 51 senators are confirming. but i wouldn't be distracted by senator collins' attempt to turn him into some creature out of the brookings institution. >> my last question is personal for you. i mean we don't talk enough about the human beings, and i think i was struck last thursday by the line from donald trump's inauguration speech about human carnage when i watched professor ford, whose life has been destroyed since this incident, obviously, who overcame that trauma and testified before the country and the world, and judge kavanaugh's life will never be what it was before. what do you make of this moment in just human carnage and human calamity? i've had a window that i would trade with an

ling and they're increasingly weak and that's good news according to the pen people like john david souter from the german huffington post say it's a good thing that things of being shaken up a bit he writes simple life is arriving in berlin politics no matter whether you have cd you leanings or not the fact that this and finally some competition can only have a positive effect on the mood of the country and people agree maybe it's time for miracle to move on but they're still paying tribute to her as well this is under us klute from hundreds blots he says i can say this about until americal she's almost certainly the most dignified world leader today or in my lifetime a she sets an example still a lot of questions being thrown up today for mongul america's announcement can the coalition government go to its full term what is life going to look like after i'm gone and we have some really good analysis on our website about these questions it's d.w. dot com jared thanks so much. well i'm going to measure is announcement to step down as party leader not seek reelection is also a topic among i

. >> don't you get the sense that david souter who left we 10 years ago or justice powell or justiceharland during the late 50s and 60s didn't you get the impression you can see the wheels turning, trying to reconcile that and apply neutral principles, nonpolitical principles in choosing? do you get that sense now? >> i do. you have tween 9 people up there, the partisan way to decide this, what is the way to advance? they are trying, they are trying -- >> i completely agree they don't explicitly say we are going to vote as we would is a legislature. >> and would pass a lie detector test for that. they don't want to do that. when you have two arguments that are closely balanced as you take out something has to break the tie and what breaks the tie is the republicans go down the line for autonomy and democrats go down the line for equality. if you want to take a look how the court is going to break in a case in which autonomy and equality are in tension, tell me which party controls the court. i will tell you what that precedent is. i don't know there's anything wrong with that, if the

patients or the public but labour has argued that this was not about why was parliament not told souterlse positive results. women have been advised to return any ‘clear and simple' digital devices to their pharmacy and to use another testing method. the uk's medicines and health care products regulatory agency says patient safety is its highest priority. new research suggests three quarters of children under five have access to a tablet, smartphone or computer. and preschoolers spend nearly three hours a day watching tv and online content, that's acording to a survey of more than a thousand parents for the market research firm childwise. colletta smith has been talking to parents in manchester. just like adults, children are spending more time looking at screens. over half of three to four—year—olds have their own device and in two thirds of preschool households, alexa or siri are on hand to help out. wow, you found a ladybird. but it's not all about screen time. this survey also showed an increase in the number of preschoolers getting their hands mucky. my son is four and he is diagno

when david souter got up and said, imagine at this moment we want to run the risk of a rogue conventionppealing the first amendment, the audience changed its mind and voted against. it would take two thirds of both houses of congress, which is unlikely to happen because congress does not want to restrict itself in this way, or two thirds of the state legislatures could call a convention of the states and that would have to be ratified by three quarters of the state legislatures or conventions held in the state. even if the convention goes on, it is unlikely a totally crazy proposal could get through three quarters of the states. ruth: i am with madison. [laughter] bob: are you with madison? ibram: i would like some amendments. [laughter] bob: those are in the atlantic tent. amendments, we are selling them here. -- new amendments, we are selling them here. >> do you think you could name five democratic values that all the tribes of our current nation could agree to? congress shall make no law reflecting freedom of speech, abridging the freedom of conscience, allowing unreasonable searche

souter co-authored the casey opinion reaffirming a woman's right to choose.acy organizations have been wrong. these same interest groups have speculated that judge kavanaugh was selected to do the bidding of conservative ideologues despite his record of judicial independence. blankd the judge point whether he had made any commitments or pledges to anyone at the white house to the federalist society, to any outside group on how he would decide cases. he unequivocally assured me that he had not. judge kavanaugh has received rave reviews for his 12 year track record as a judge including for his judicial temperament. the american bar association gave him its highest possible rating. a committee conducted an extraordinary thorough assessment soliciting input from almost 500 people including his judicial colleagues. concluded that his integrity, judicial temperament, and professional confidence that the highest standard. a judge who has argued more cases before the supreme court than any other woman in history that by any objective measure judge kavanaugh is clearl

david david souter ended up being different than what george bush thought he was? >> people are sensitive to know what they're wanting to get out of justices. with justice kavanaugh and 12 year record on the bench and many years of public service you know what you're getting with him. expect him to be the type of man, type of judge he is in the past. neil: this is outside of your purview, you can ignore this, timing of nikki haley's resignation as our u.n. ambassador, after the whole kavanaugh thing was settled, what did you make of that or is there a connection? >> certainly says to me the senate judiciary committee's work never ends. i'm sure they turn shortly to the nomination and confirmmation process whoever will replace her of the political process chugs along. neil: indeed it does. that was well-put. >> thank you. neil: first full day on the bench for judge kavanaugh, justice kavanaugh. we'll monitor that. also monitoring a 60-point selloff in the dow. cyclical stocks affected by trade, higher interest rates, are ones taking it on the chin, albeit mildly so

then they were reminded that justice kagan, breyer, and souter were all confirmed during midterm election years and that argument evaporated. next, democrats said the process should be delayed because too few documents were available from judge kavanaugh's past public service. well then they received the most pages of documents ever produced for a supreme court nomination, so guess what came next? the goalpost moved down the field and the democrats called for delay because there were too many documents for them to read. i wish this fight could have remained in the realm of normalcy, but when none of these tactics worked, when judge kavanaugh demonstrated his widely acknowledgeed brilliance, open-mindedness and collegiality at his confirmation hearings, some chose a darker road. the politics of personal destruction were willfully unleashed. i've spoken at length about the underhanded way senate democrats have treated dr. ford and her allegation. in brief, for six weeks, dr. ford's confidential account passed passed from from the democratic side of the judiciary committee to lawyers that de

slatesld not have blank like david souter.ost: that is pat in new jersey giving comments on term limits for the supreme court. many people talked about expanding the court, retirement age, a minimum age -- hi.pendent line, caller: i think we need wisdom on the supreme court and younger people, they have not experienced what an older person has. they cannot comprehend or even imagine what an older person has been through. wisdomer people have the of not only making decisions, but they have seen what their decisions lead to. that is why i think we should have the older people on the court and they should stay. i agree that it should be a two thirds majority to vote a supreme court justice in. thank you. host: the previous caller said that minimum age should be 62 years old. what that work with you? caller: i would say 50. 50 years old is half your life and i would say 50 should be the minimum -- minimal age. host: david in california, democrats line. hi. caller: hi, how are you doing? first of all, you can have term limits. limi

did i not come from any souter of ag background.wing i was going to learn something new. i like that. pete: on a farm but still on campus at the college of the ozark. we have peas over here. green beans, color flower. broccoli. pumpkin. pete: i look around this is not your typical experience. >> the school likes to educate the head, the heart and the hands. by going to class i'm age to learn a lot and implement what i learn in class work station like the campus garden. pete: we are can over 40,000 different products. students make that? >> correct. >> have you learned how to be proud of your country from being at this college. >> definitely. and the ability to stand up for what you believe. pete: ability to make killer job and families and butter. >> um-huh. pete: would you be willing to show me how to do this? >> yes, of course. >> can i try one of these? >> yeah, be careful, it's hot. >> it is. am i going to burn my tongue? >> no. >> good? >> fantastic. really good. well done. brian: pete, you learned a lot. [applause] >> it's a v

and the person who makes sure it always happens, all comes together is lisa souter, the executive director of beans cafe, and lisa is our alaskan of the week. mr. president, let me tell you a little bit about lisa. she was born in anchorage, moved to the west coast with her parents when she was a young teenager, and when she graduated from pepperdine university with a degree in communications and political science, she was on her way back home to alaska. alaska always calls you when you leave it, she said. it's always the place that feels most like home. she worked at a local bank, the anchorage convention and visitors center, where she was able to travel all around the country into visiting our great state, particularly in the offseasons like fall, like now. then her husband's job took them to the east coast where they stayed for some time, but once again alaska beckoned and they returned. shortly after coming back home again, lisa saw an ad to help run beans cafe, and she knew she had to go for it. she knew that passion was in her heart. the fact that it's completely local and completely

israel equalised. john souter was sent off before that own goal.ance wasn't good in a pop records. that is very disappointing. we need to dust ourselves down. we cannot dwell on this result. they say top of their league group, which includes albania and israel. —— they stay. wales were also beaten, losing 4—1 to spain in a friendly in cardiff. the spanish have beaten both england and croatia in the nations league, and continued to look the part, scoring three goals inside the first half an hour. burnley‘s sam vokes, did score a consolation goal but it was a heavy defeat for ryan giggs side and england under—21s, have thrashed andorra in chesterfield to qualify for next year's euros. they only needed one point to qualify, but the whistle blew, at 7—0. liverpool striker dominic solankey, here with the final goal. elsewhere northern ireland beat iceland 1—0. england's senior team, will play their first game behind closed doors in croatia, in the nations league tonight, with no fans allowed in, because of sanctions against the hosts. the punishment com