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committee. for criminal justice reform of and dick durbin has worked with one of the top democrats in the u.s. senate. remember last week, chris christie was at the white house. you know what he was doing? having a meeting on prison reform. can you imagine only in this trump shakespearean world would this happen. chris christie who put jared kushner's father in jail in new jersey, he gets the ag job and works on criminal justice reform. it could happen. >> the republican party. >> the world turned upside down. >> democrats have the house and the margin looks better than they once expected in the senate. there will be a question about whether the liberal democratic senators think let's hold out. that's also another dynamic there. >> the house has a version of this bill that only does prison reform and does not reduce mandatory minimums. the only reason it doesn't go that far, this is weak on crime and we are not going to pass this. there is bipartisan oversight in the house and it's clear if it moves to the senate. >> they are not here very much. they are only here about half the week. they hav

litigates appeals for the committee for public counsel services, the public defender of massachusetts, answers on the board of committee for civil rights and economic justice. professor bowie receiving a ba in history from yale and a jb and phd in history from harvard, and has clerked for judge jeffrey sutton of the u.s. court of appeals, for the sixth circuit and justice sonja of the supreme court. andrew manwell an assistant professor of law here at hls teaching criminal law and criminal procedure. his research focusing on the institutional design and administration of the criminal justice system, looking especially the administrative role that the courts play in regulating law enforcement behavior. before entering academics, the professor served as a staff attorney with the public diff service district of columbia, graduating magna [null] laude from hls in 2008, where he served as the first latino president and went on to clerk for judge stephen reinhardt of the u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit and associate justice stephen breyer and associate justice elena kagan of the u.s. supreme court. professor charles reed is the beneficial professor o

for republicans. >> dana: do you support senator chuck grassley's committee looking into allegations where you had accusers of brett kavanaugh recanting them and he's referring those for investigation? >> he's referring them to the justice department. i think he's doing the right thing. >> dana: let me ask you about tax cuts. i'll play that for you. >> if the democrats come up with an idea for tax cuts, which i am a big believer in tax cuts, i would absolutely pursue something, even if it means some adjustment. some adjustment to make it possible. i would love to see a tax cut for the middle class now. >> dana: we don't know yet who will be the chairman of the house ways and means committee, but do you think it would be possible to try to do this in the next congress if nancy pelosi was willing to play ball? >> all tax legislation has to orange nate in the house. democrats are in charge of the house. if they've got a good idea about how to reduce middle class taxes, we would be anxious to take a look at it. >> dana: i wanted to ask you about this problem republicans and democrats have. that is this deepening urban and rural divide. where the republicans are so strong in all of the rural areas across america, but in the

tweet before i let you go, from chairman chuck grassley of the senate judiciary committee, chief justice roberts rebuked trump for comment he made about a judges decision on asylum. i don't recall the chief attacking obama when that president rebuked justice alito during a state of the union. a snapshot of the intensity that we continue to have as we watch this issue unfold, and i predict, though it is a vacation week, this is something we will be talking about for some time you have to come. leland? >> leland: intensity on thanksgiving, who would've thought. kevin corke, west palm beach, florida, best to you and to christian brown from your fearless producer as well. thanks for working, buddy. >> elizabeth: we are going to bring in our political panel, a g.o.p. strategist and former spokeswoman for california's republican party and a democratic strategist, thank you both for joining us this thanksgiving day. >> thank you, happy thanksgivin thanksgiving. >> i want to start with you, we now president trump is not a man to back down and he's been rewarded politically for that position but do you think it is wise of

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for asylum. thousands of central american migrants are at the southern border. welcome to fox news at night. upping the stakes tonight the chairman of the senate judiciary committee is weighing in. chuck greatly tweeting chief justice roberts rebukes trump for a comment about judge's decision on asylum. i don't recall the chief protecting obama when that president reviewed alito during the state of the union. the washington post said this wondering why does president obama criticize the supreme court so much. kristin fisher is looking into the details. >> donald trump challenging individual judges is nothing new. what is new and truly unprecedented is the chief justice of the supreme court has responded. tensions between the executive and judicial branch in the trump administration has been building for some time but it really boiled over when district judge john to your. and obama appointee, ruled against the new asylum policies putting them on hold. the caravan of migrants moved closer to the united states donald trump tried to change us asylum policy so no one could apply for asylum if they enter the country illegally but they had to apply for asylum at this point of entry but judge to ruled against prompting th

the ones including those referred to the department of justice by the grassley committee for making false statements. those unanswered questions? it would be interesting. >> greg: it would be a great book. if the book was focused on two weeks, it would be a great book. i know it's small and i am small but i feel some justice to see how avenatti response now that he's on the other side. >> jesse: isn't it funny how life can hold a mirror up and show you lessons learned. it was a couple months ago that this exact same thing was happening to brett kavanaugh allegedly and he wasn't giving him the benefit of the doubt. event happen to this person and this person, the entire media can step back and say innocent until proven guilty. except hillary, because we know she's guilty. you look at this guy, it's looking like his 15 minutes or up. let's say something happened that was bad. he rode the lawsuit to fame. and he's now being investigated for lying to the senate. a judge ruled he owes millions to his business partners. he's accused of felony domestic assault. rethinking how bad can it get many

committee so whoever the nominee is, i look forward to hearing from that individual. their background, their record, their qualifications and their vision for what the department of justiceuld be doing. >> brennan: should there be legislation to protect the special counsel? >> i don't think there should. we had a bill come through the judiciary committee that tried to make it impossible for special counsel to be removed. i believe that legislation was unconstitutional. that it was inconsistent with article ii of the constitution. >> brennan: you were very critical of the obama administration for taking action via executive, called it dangerous,ump on immigration had orders by passing congress toang the border illegally can claim asylum. are you okay with that now? >> well, i'm still studying the specific immigration order but i tell you -- >> brennan: bypassing congress. >> let me explain my view on executive orders whether from trump, obama, george w. bush or anybody else. there is a legitimate role for an executive order, that is governing how the executive branch operates, how -- under article ii of the constitution, the president, executive branch is charged with tak

committee. he said this. he sees lots of potential for impeaching trump and as for kavanaugh, now justice kavanaugh, he says thatmittee would launch a probe into the fbi not doing a proper investigation of the sexual misconduct accusations against kavanaugh. that dates to his high school years. are we back to -- how is leadership feeling about this? is impeachment back on the tabl table? >> i think if you looked at the talk show rounds the democrats made this weekend, leader pelosi was very focused on the fact that number one she will be the next speaker of the house and number two as speaker of the house she will make sure that she has focused on working with republicans across the aisle on issues like health care, the opioid crisis, infrastructure, issues that the american people actually voted for democrats for because they want to see a balance of power, they want to make sure that there are two parties working together to find the best solution. that's what she is focused on. adam schiff, jerry nadler and elijah cummings, all three of whom will be chairing the respective oversight committees that have juris

case is known as the post those responsible for mr rush ots death must be held to account and must face justice as speaks. in brontosaurus for this committee as we've seen a lot of issues on the table at this g twenty first of all how much as a saudi crown prince has appearance clouding the event this is a big diplomatic test for him what can we expect what can he expect. well all eyes are going to be on the fact that he will be in the same room as the u.s. president on that least four different ok asians and so we're watching that very closely in fact if you hear the helicopters buzzing about above me here the noise is a little bit loud that's because donald trump is set to meet in the casa rosato pink house behind me in just a few moments that's where he'll be greeted by the argentinean leader but when it comes to the interactions that the white house has not ruled out between the crown prince the saudi crown prince and donald trump certainly there is going to be a lot of scrutiny given the fact that the united states is essentially given the crown prince now a free pass you heard those statements coming from the secretary of defense air

professor belli also litigates appeals for the committee for public counsel services, the -- the death -- the defender of massachusetts, and economic justice. professor belli received a ba in history from yell and a jd in phd in history from harvard and has colored for judge jeffrey set and the u.s. court of appeals for the sixth circuit. is an man well is a's -- assistant professor teaching criminal law and criminal procedure. his research focuses on the institutional design and administration of the criminal justice system looking at the administrative courts play in regulating law enforcement behavior. before entering academics, he served as a staff attorney with the public defender service for the district of columbia representing adults and juveniles charged with serious mental -- felonies. ingraduated magna cum laude 2008 where he served as the for such as the first latino president and went on to clerk for judge stephen reinhardt of the u.s. court of appeals and associate justice stephen breyer of the u.s. supreme court. charles freed is the beneficial professor of law and has been teaching at hls for some time. from 1985-1989, prof

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committee set up by the u.n. you said you were frustrated that you gave up that there is no justice for syria you said why is that and who do you think is to blame. first of all i confirm what you are saying yes resign in protest to be. the security council. is guilty on this situation because the security council did not take a decision to put in. its regular doc or to be fair to the. money into criminal court. so. after six years in the commission. trying to obtain justice for the victims and it was not possible nobody's listening to us to the commission and then see the. total impunity when you said that the u.n. commission was not backed by any political will for example which countries on the security council were you referring to which countries specifically lacked the political will that you were looking for or its well known needs russia first of all to russia and china and russia uses a victorian right so they stopped each resolution that want to to put in place the international tribunal it was not possible it is still not possible because russia is still putting an obstacle to each each decision to tin

by the justice department for lying to the senate judiciary committee about. those are just political plays that some woman were making and yes that's sad at the day's work with some woman has to go through i don't think nothing was proven. so we shouldn't make false allegations and that's a good. confirmation on the other side i want to bring up that many women have taken it upon themselves to go out and fight it because just recently. african-americans women will elect a into the just ship in texas that was a good boy. i'm hoping that the people will. find them so i would love to see more minorities i would love to see more women.

grassley, obviously very important when it comes to the judiciary with his committee, tweets out, chief justice roberts rebuked trump for a comment he made about judge's decision on asylum. i don't recall the chief attacking obama when that president rebuked alito during his state of the union. now, we're working on getting that. i'll let you know if we can get it in time. we do have it okay. so he's referencing president obama's rebuke of a supreme court ruling on campaign advertising. the president did this during the state of the union in 2010. let me just show it to you. >> -- open the floodgates for special interests, including foreign corporations, to spend without limit in our election. last week the supreme court reversed a century of law. >> all right. so justice alito there shakes his head, which, you know, saying not true, right? that's this moment that everyone remembers. joan, are these situations comparable because clearly what grassley is saying, obviously, the power judicial committee senator, is saying that these two things are comparable, and it seems that he's taking trump's side, it seems from this t

committee weighing in. senator chuck grassley tweeting "chief justice roberts rebuked trump for a comment he made about judges decision on asylum. i don't recall the chief attacking obama when that president rebuked justice alito during a state of the union." "washington post" in 2015 said wondering why does president obama criticized the supreme court so much? kristin fisher is looking into the details. good evening. >> president trump challenging individual judges and rulings here is nothing new. what is new in truly unprecedented if that the chief justice of the supreme court has finally responded. tensions between the executive and judicial branch of the trump administration have been building for some time but it really boiled over when u.s. district judge john tager, an obama appointee, ruled against the administration's asylum policies. the caravan of migrants moves closer to the united states, president trump tried to change u.s. asylum policy so that no one could apply for asylum if they entered the country illegally. they had to apply for asylum at an official point of entry. yesterday judge tigar r

grassley, obviously very important when it comes to the judiciary, with his committee, tweets out, chief justice roberts rebuked trump for a comment he made about judge's decision on asylum. i don't recall the chief attacking obama when that president rebuked alito during a state of the union. now, we're working on getting that. i'll let you know if we can get it here in time. we do have it? he's referencing president obama's rebuke of a supreme court ruling on campaign advertising, and the president did this during the state of the union in 2010. let me just show it to you. >> we will open the flood gates for special interests, including foreign corporations. to spend without limit in our elections. last week, the supreme court reversed a century of law. >> all right, so, justice alito there shakes his head. which, you know, saying not true. that's the moment that everyone remembers. joan, are these situations comparable? because clearly what grassley is saying, obviously, the powerful judicial committee senator, is saying that these two things are comparable and it seems that he's taking trump's side. it seems from tha

grassley, chairman of the judiciary committee in the senate, thanks to attorney general sessions for his service to our country. both leading the department of justice and in the u.s. senate serving the people of alabama. i have enjoyed working with him for decades. he is a true public servant and i appreciate his service. his friendship. jerrold nadler, the congressman from new york, currently the ranking democrat on the judiciary committee, meaning he's the likely ranking chairman of that committee, when the 116th congress gavels in, part of his statement saying, we're immediately issuing multiple letters to key officials demanding they preserve all relevant documents related to this action, talking about the mueller investigation, make sure that the investigation and any evidence remains safe from improper interference or destruction. one more from the likely incoming speaker, nancy pelosi, it's impossible to read attorney general session's firing as anything other than a plateant attempt by donald trump to undermine special counsel mulers' investigation. from nancy pelosi. the balance of power in the u.s. senate. 97 senate seats, totaled 35 elec

for your intelligence committee or other committees in the house? >> absolutely. i mean, the first role, i think, for the congress in all of this, is to try to protect the independence of the justice department and the integrity of bob mueller's investigation, and that means learning, finding out, exposing if there's any interference, any political interference by the president or his team in any way, shape or form. and if so, exposing it. and then, there's a whole series of potential consequences. it would add to a growing of evidence that the president is involved in trying to obstruct justice. that might mean the special counsel, in his report, makes those findings, or recommends prosecution, either, you know, during the presidency or when the president leaves office. it obviously would be something the house would have to consider in terms of whether it rose to the level of a high crime or misdemeanor, but -- and it, you know, it also may mean that this is merely information that is going to be provided to voters so that in 2020 they can decide whether they want a president who is willing to obstruct justice, but there are a lot of potential consequences that can flow from it

executions a murderous history and for decades on is the verdict finally justice our coverage begins with this report. this is a long awaited moment to form a committee rouge leaders known chair and some friends are sentenced to life in prison for genocide by a un backed court. home. but the chamber has considered the gravity of the crimes including the scale of brutality the number and the vulnerability of the victims for which the accused have been convicted. these two old men the last surviving leaders of the committee rouge already serving life sentences for crimes against humanity but this new verdict is a landmark ruling for the first time it says that the crimes against cambodians vietnamese and cham minorities amounted to genocide delivery of the judgment today in face to zero zero two is an historic achievement in the work of the extraordinary chambers in the courts of cambodia. this court has once again demonstrated that it has the capacity to prosecute and try the most complex cases in accordance with international standards. the committee rouge under its leader pol pot sought to create a communist utopia but forcibly moving people from th

for your intelligence committee or other committees in the house? >> absolutely. i mean, the first role, i think, for the congress in all of this, is to try to protect the independence of the justiceity of bob mueller's investigation, and that means learning, finding out, exposing if there's any interference, any political interference by the president or his team in any way, shape or form. and if so, exposing it. and then, there's a whole series of potential consequences. it would add to a growing boz of evidence that the president is involved in trying to obstruct justice. that might mean the special counsel, in his report, makes those findings, or recommends prosecution, either, you know, during the presidency or when the president leaves office. it obviously would be something the house would have to consider in terms of whether it rose to the level of a high crime or misdemeanor, but -- and it, you know, it also may mean that this is merely information that is going to be provided to voters so that in 2020 they can decide whether they want a president who is willing to obstruct justice, but there are a lot of potential consequences that can flow from it and our ultimate oblig

classified setting in private to the committee so really what the house of representatives can do is shame president trumps administration for not pursuing justice in the case of jamal khashoggi and expose more details to the public but again its power is quite circumscribed and silva so is we started off the program talking about one is handed over these recordings to germany u.k. u.s. and france. which of those countries do you anticipate. having a really strong position to continue to publicly push for answers on what happened out of those countries i just said do they all need to be on the same page well saugor be as the main oil suppliers to international comic system is crucial for everybody and on top of that of course germany u.k. even france ok janelle you of course united states is selling syria's size of arms to saudi arabia so this is economy an energy based thought ice is absolutely very making the issue hectic hectic for everybody and also for turkey that's why turkey is not pushing very explicitly very strongly against is. against to solder mbia because. turkey trying to to manage or balance all this different aspects of this prob

so the new georgia project, asia americans advancing justice have filed a lawsuit with the lawyers committee forrgians who were kept on the pending list and kept off the voter rolls even though they are eligible to vote, they have registered to vote. there is a lawsuit demanding that absentee ballots that are still coming in from, again, active duty military personnel be counted. there are counties where, you know, georgians had to wait three and four hours in line just to vote, and they ran out of vote cards, so they were given provisional ballots, they were given paper ballots, so we're imploring each of georgia's 159 counties to make sure that the sacred fundamental right to vote is protected and is honored and that every vote is counted before we certify any elections. >> and the certifying process or the deadline for it is supposed to be tomorrow, tuesday. we'll see if that is the end of the line or whether this goes on any further. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> a glitch in the va has caused some veterans to be evicted. we have one more thing for you after the break.

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enforcement was at a level of anemia by the ftc and the justice department and he put together advisory committees, testimony before congress, petition for regulatory agencies and the justice department and he revived this important segment of american law that deals with monopolization in what's supposed to be competitive markets. each speaker will speak just under 20 minutes, if we're going to fit everything in, and then we may have a discussion, if there's time at the end of the last speaker in the afternoon. bert ford. [ applause ] >>> thank you, ralph. one thing i'll say at the outset is i'm not speaking on behalf of the american antitrust institute, another is i am not an economist. i did study at the university of chicago law school but please don't confuse me with being an economist. the third thing is the title of this talk, antitrust and how klepocracy corrupts what democracies are supposed to do well is not my idea, it's ralph's. ralph is ralph and i'm not ralph. so i'm going to deal with this challenge by asking four questions. what is market fundamentalism? what are markets supposed to do well? what is antitrust supposed to

committee chairman chuck grassley referred them to the justice department for a criminal.ent chairman grassley saying there is no evidence my client or i did anything wrong. we are waiting and hoping the fbi fully investigate this matter. chuck evidently doesn't have any. fox news reached out to six democrats in the senate judiciary committee for reaction. none responded. chairman grassley, meantime, mao anyone who made materially to the committee. >> shannon: doug mckelway, thank you very much. just as kavanaugh's confirmation process motivated voters on both sides of the ipo that was a month ago. let's talk about an hour fox news politics editor and author of every man a king, chris stirewalt. dana perino, host of "the daily briefing," they have been known to do projects together. >> she's pretty good to work with. [laughter] >> shannon: we are glad to have you guys as we are talking with a midterm previous. there is disagreement about how much kavanaugh may factor, because it was a month ago, people were fired up. over the weekend, some more advancing of the story becau

for impeaching any such judge, but we haven't done that. i was hoping our judiciary committee would begin to bring n justices who had shown a contempt for the constitution in violation of their oath, but cause of what i believe is the lack of keeping our promises, we didn't get enough people out in the last election and we lost the majority in the house. i know we had house republican leaders whose mentor was when there's no drama we win. but it seemed very clear the senate won. they picked up a couple seats because they fought. there was drama and they stood p against the outrageous attacks on an honorable man named kavanaugh. kind of like judge bourque. probably nobody more qualified than justice bourque when he was nominated, but he was a bit arrogant. so they got the votes to bring him down. you had senator ted kennedy did an amazing job of character assassination. it was effective in the lies made up about judge bourque that kept him from being confirmed. of course there was a big celebration that -- not for the truth but for the fact that regardless of the truth they were able to block justice bourque. the term obama judge or obama ju

committee spoken with coursey and roger stone, for that matter? >> well, wolf, it's the intelligence committee. not a lot i can talk about. >> all right, that's understandable. let's talk about something else going on over at the justice department. an enormous amount of concern, not just for democrats, but for some republicans, as well. the concern over matthew whitaker being appointed the acting attorney general of the united states. do you think his appointment violates the u.s. constitution as the state of maryland is now arguing in federal court? >> there's going to be those people that have the -- have the background as far as the judicial background arguing that up and down. first of all, from a political standpoint, you can't put a political hack in charge of an agency that's looked upon as far as the leading agency we have in federal government that's going to protect the people of the united states of america. and i understand political people get put in all of these different agencies, and i understand that. but the people leading these agencies have to be beyond the politics, if you will. and he's a pretty hard core politician. so i don't think it fares well at all. he's not going to be able to get confirm

war of words between president trump and chief justice john roberts joining us now as john g garamendi, a member of the armed services committee. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> let's begin first with your reaction to what is just an extraordinary comment from chief justice john roberts, issuing this statement, criticizing president trump's attacks on the federal court system. how stunning is this, do you think? >> well, i think it's extraordinarily important. ultimately, all of these questions are going to wind up at the supreme court. and the chief justice is laying down, i think, a very, very important marker here. and he is defending the judiciary, the third branch of government. he says, basically, we are independent, we'll take the facts as they come. we'll measure them against both the law and the constitution. and mr. president, notwithstanding whatever you say, we are here. and ultimately, we will be the deciders of whether law is appropriate, whether an interpretation by the president or any other thing is appropriate. it's very, very important. equally important is the way in which the president is once again seeing him

committee as ranking democrat, dianne feinstein, call for emergency hearings with whitaker and jeff sessions. the committee as republican chairman controls the calendar and knows whitaker from iowa politics, pointed to the ongoing justice department ethics review. >> if he is going through this process -- >> are you concerned about comments whitaker made? >> long as he made them as a private citizen, no. >> reporter: sources familiar with the process tell fox news the office of legal counsel plans to offer an opinion defending the whitaker appointment and pushing against legal analysis, the appointment is unconstitutional. the opinion is expected in coming days possibly as early as tomorrow. shannon: maryland is not the only jurisdiction challenging whitaker's appointment, demanding the white house provide legal basis for why the president bypassed rod rosenstein. joining the is mike lee, senate judiciary committee where we could have more action. i saw another round of nominations today. >> we are looking forward to pushing ahead getting the president's people confirmed. shannon: senator feinstein said there's a record-breaking pace by this administration and not as a compliment. >> it is a real compliment and i appre

grassley on the judiciary commit at this, that he -- committee, that he referred this woman, judy monroe leighton, to the justice department of the fbi forrosecution for making false statements. she sent and e-mail to the committee, saying brett kavanaugh and a friend sexually assaulted and raped her in his car. well, it turns out she turned around and said i made it up. she told the committee i was angry and i sent it out. and julie swetnick and attorney michael avenatti have been referred to justice concerning false statements about brett kavanaugh and based on her interview she did with nbc, her story didn't add up from her first breath. maria: the media was driving the bus on that. think bang about what we witnessed -- think back about what we witnessed with the kavanaugh hearing, how that man's life was changed and his reputation was through the mud. two women made up stories of sexual misconduct. >> and they told these to federal investigators. they have the same status as an fbi officer or a federal law enforcement officer. if you lie to them, you're lying and breaking the law. maria: that's a disgrace that we are not seeing this

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justice reform to make our city safer and compassionate. thank you to the rules committee to passing this. i hope i can count on all of you for your support extending the life of this collaborative public body that has been central in providing accountability for our criminal justice system and improving the lives of those reentering the society after serving their time. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much. colleagues same house same call? we can take that without objection. this resolution is adopted. >> number two 23, ordinance amending the campaign and government conduct code to update conflict of interest form. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. colleagues any discussion? seeing none. same house same call? this ordinance pass on the first reading. >> clerk: item number 24 is an ordinance amending the police code to extend by one year the possible duration of a cannabis business permit. >> supervisor cohen: supervisor mandelman any remarks. we can take this same house same call? ordinance passed on the first reading. >> clerk: item number 25 a motion approving the president of the board of supervisors nomination to the b

house judiciary committee chairman bob goodlatte speaking today after they issued subpoenas for james comey and former attorney general loretta lynch. in the ongoing investigation this justice department and fbi conduct leading up to the 2016 presidential election. james comey must answer questions from the committee in public. not behind closed doors. here's the response from bob goodlatte. >> a thing is particularly telling the former director of the fbi said he would resist a lawfully issued congressional subpoena because it is done in the same fashion that every investigation he ever conducted as an investigator and as director of the fbi, which was behind closed doors. chris meanwhile bob goodlatte talking. and nadler a known critic of the president talking. >> i'm very concerned that mr. nadler who had not done anything other than criticize this investigation, since it started, a little over a year ago, is not going to follow through and it is too bad because democrats should be just as concerned about james comey his actions in 2016. including his decision to reopen the hillary clinton investigation and tell the world a week before the election. >> now there is expec

committee in april, however mitch mcconnell never called for a floor hevote. believes there is no legitimate threat and the legislation is unnecessary. >> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is recoveri after breaking three ribs. sh fell inside her court office earlier this week. she was admitted to the hospital yesterday morning. she has had health problems in the past. in 2012, she broke two ribs in a fall. she hasd survi cancer and had a stint implanted in 14. >> now to decision 2018, two of the most closely watched races in the country are headed toward a recount. razor thin margins separateu.s. senate and governor in florida. absentee and military ballots in two largely democratic counts are still being counted. that tightened the race between andrew gillum and ron desantis. gillum nowit less than half a percentage point behind him. meanwhile, bill nelson has ao begun preparing for a potential only 15,000 votes separate him and rick scott. scott filed a lawsuit yesterday ofccusing democrats to try to steal the election by engaging in voter fraud. first this morning, our look at passages from michelle obama's auto biography. she does not hold back when