robert bk chbeged that, and clarence thomas confirmed it. d wi the clarence thomas nomition, everybodyatching >> this vote, thas are 52 and the nays are 48. the nomination of clence thomas of georgia is hereby confirmed. 43 years old.clarence thomas was he vowed to stay on the court for 43 more years. ♪ in the years after thomas' confirmation, mcconnell watcnntc as democratic and republican presidents tried to tip the balance of the court. >> president clintonod nominated ruth bader ginsburg... >> narrator: with republicans in the minority, bill clinton placed rh bader ginsnd stephen breyer on the bench. >> ...the president sent congress the name of his nominee >> narrato george w. bush, with a republican senate, put john roberts and samuel alito on the court. >> barack obama is projected to be e next... >> narrator: with democrats ck in control, barack obama appointed sonia sotomayor and elena kagan. >> still, many republicans aresh asking is the right person for the job... >> narrator: throught all, mcconnell had been cing to por inside the senate. majority whip. republican leader. a

>>he sexual harassment sto around clarence thomas is i intensifying.to >> nar now mcconnell would watchita hill threatened to derl thomas' nomination. >> tom, the stage is set for what everyone ticipates will be a brutal hearing. (gavel banging) >> professor, do you swear to tell the whole truth and noing but the truth, so helpu yod? >> do. >> thank you. >> it was incredibly compelling television. you know, she was gorgeous, composed, obviously projecting sincerity. >> on other occasions, referred to e size of os own penis as being largenithan normal and he also spoke on some occasions of the pleasures he had given to women...th ral sex. >> you could not take your eyes off this thing you couldn't believe that people were accusing each other of these things. d, and the senate had probably never heard language like this before. >> narrator: the republicans had watched bork attacked for his ideology. now it was thomas's character would go all out to defend their nominee. >> my purpose is to find outy what happened.>> arrator: senator arlen specter led the charge. >> i find the references t

clarence thomas gets a call saying you got to read this book the capital missouri? jefferson city? rives all the way to st. louis because thomas soul, this is 1975, thomas soul is their debate upcoming law professor by the name of ruth bader ginsburg stop he goes and kind of said, this is conversion this is the role to damascus road to st. louis. so was a huge influence on him. however, i think you can't homogenize black conservatives because there are other black conservatives who have a much stronger individualistic streak and a much stronger streak that believes in colorblindness and i don't think you see those in thomas. he's a little more intentioned with. >> is today's strain of afro pessimism analogous to those of the early 70s and to the point in similar politicaldirections i'm going to pass on that question, to be honest. my thoughts are too unsettled i feel like i'd be thinking out loud which is very dangerous thing for me to do. >>. [indiscernable] [laughter] i think there's a potential for Ãbi think there's a potential in the afro pessimist claims that you have to unders

now there are questions of another justice, clarence thomas. he was not on the bench today. the court says he's home likely recovering from the flu.

so lots on the calendar, and this would have been -- if clarence thomas had come today, it would haveing because brett kavanaugh didn't make the first monday in october last year because his confirmation was still finishing up. >> that's a good point. so we'll have questions about kavanaugh, the president's most recent appointee in all of these cases. it's october 19 that some of these cases will be decided, in the middle of the 2020 campaign which makes you say wow. you're in the courtroom today, clarence thomas home with the flu, and ruth bader ginsburg had issues over the summer. >> she made some cases this morning. sounded loud and clear. she's still here is her message, but we're just on round day one of a nine-month term, so watch for june. >> how conscious are the judges or politics in any case going into a presidential election? the court will be an issue. the democrats will be saying look what president trump did, kavanaugh will still be an issue. how much does that wrinkle in to what they do? >> they like to say they're only looking at the law, they're only looking at preced

so whether or not he is impeached, whether or not we can look back on clarence thomas and alall of theccusations against these individuals, i think what we need to do now is look at the power they hold in our lives today and say "we have to mass mobilize to ensure the decisions they make about whether we live or die are ones that we are going to hold them accountable to." at the end of the day, the court will decide things, but it is us in the streets, movements, changing hearts and minds, and building power that is ultimately going to transform the country we live in. we want to hold people to account, but we also have movementd the inside and outside the court. i want everyone to know they have the power to say that whatever happens on the court, that we are going to keep demanding we be seen and we get to live in the light. amy: laverne cox, are you going to be there tomorrow? >> yes. my first time going to the supreme court. amy: can you directly address president trump and vice president pence your message, what you feel they need to hear right now? sure it is really about our pre

senate rather than hung from a tree. >> you know, i'm so glad you brought up clarence thomas becausetoo was ridiculous. he invoked a history of african-american men being lynched as a way to get past anita hill's acswraegcusations . and we see how he's decimated the civil rights program and legacy from that perch. i believe anita hill and i was appalled to listen to him. you know, as i've gotten older, listen to him invoke that history it's so deeply disturbing. and no, lynching is not a thing that only happened to african-americans, but it was certainly one of the primary ways the state enforced its supreme power to determine african-american life. and trump is doing it again. he is presiding over the terror of people at the border. he is presiding over a campaign of state violence and now he's trying to argue that the state holding him accountable is a form of violence. and one of the ways that trump is most effective is he's able to flip our media scripts and pretend to be the victim. and we should not allow him to do that because america has yet to reckon with the blood on its ha

i knew justice clarence thomas, who was also in the d.c. circuit.andra was as close as i came to having a big sister. and i did have a big sister, but she died in my infancy, so i never knew her. o'connor was the most welcoming. she gave me some very good advice. not only when i was a new justice, but also during my first cancer battle. justice o'connor had breast bench and she was on the nine days after her cancer surgeries. david: wow. ruth,insberg: she said, you have your chemotherapy on friday, that way you will get over it during the weekend, see you can be back. [laughter] way to win the best a case if you are arguing one before the supreme court is to write a great brief, to write -- be a great oral advocate, does the oral argument make a difference or the brief or what is the best way to win a case in the supreme court? for somebody who might want to argue a case. [laughter] an oral argument at the court is not a debate. i would say the two components, the brief is by far the most important. it is what we start with and what we end up with w

it was clarence thomas, supreme court justice clarence thomas in 1991 who warned us against what the democrats in the media would do to black people like us when he said this is a circus, it is a national disgrace and from my standpoint as a black american, it is a high-tech lynching for any waylacks who in gain to think for themselves to do for themselves to have different ideas and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, this is what will happen to you. you will be lynched, destroyed, caricatured rather than home from a tree. how right was supreme court aboute clarence thomas the treatment of black america today? it is a disgrace. it let them continue their attacks on freethinking blacks. it's not going to stop us in any way from supporting this administration. from supporting people as our honorable vice president, mike pence who is finally talking about god again in the national stage. [applause] president trump views us as americans. the answer of course to that question is that we had absolutely nothing to lose from taking a chance on him and now, we are winning

more, as i to know heard justice clarence thomas once say to a house panel, google it. [laughter] robert cultural is a professor of history and sociology at george washington university. as well as specializing in legal history, he has taught tort and criminal law. he is an expert on the second amendment. associate.an is -- professor of law in houston. he specializes in constitutional law, the supreme court, and the intersections of's law and personality. if the author of three books. i forget the name of the other one. [laughter] he also writes at josh blackman.com. he usually writes more about the court than those who are paid to write about it. carrie severino is chief counsel of the judicial crisis network and co-author with molly hemingway of the best selling book "-- line >> i did not bring it -- >> i did not bring a copy. justice on trial, the kavanaugh confirmation in the future of the supreme court. at the supreme court for justice thomas. megan brown handles regulatory issues. she represents companies and associations including the u.s. chamber on first amendm

today, we take up the question implicitly raised by justice clarence thomas. do the limits placed on the press serve the common good? we have assembled a distinguished panel to discuss and debate the matter, because at the heritage foundation, we like to have debate on these difficult and contentious questions. speaking first will be my colleague, arthur milikh, who will set up a framework with which we should think about the power of the press. he is the associate director for the simon center at the heritage foundation and conducts research on america's founding principles. he also gives talks on the tenets of the american political atditions to the public large and public officials in washington. he is written in a variety of including an essay on benjamin franklin's criticism of the press. it is excellent. he will be followed by someone who argue against the sullivan ruling. she is a highly accomplished defamation lawyer and litigator who devotes her client to representing clients facing high profile reputational attacks. in the courtroom, she was the lead

today, we take up the question implicitly raised by justice clarence thomas, do the present limits on the press serve the common good? we have assembled a distinguished panel to discuss and debate the matter. because at the heritage foundation would like to debate on these difficult and contentious questions. speaking first will be my colleague arthur milikh who will set up the framework for which we should think about the power of the press here arthur is the associate director of the center for principles and politics are at the heritage foundation and he conducts research on america's founding principles. he also gives talks on the tenets of the american political traditions, for the public at large and look officials here in washington. he is written in outlets including an essay i would commend to your attention. he published an essay on benjamin franklin's critique of the freedom of the press and national affairs the few good to go. it's excellent. arthur will be followed by elizabeth locke to argue against the sullivan ruling. libby is a highly accomplished defamation lawyer an

. >> well, justice clarence thomas will not be in court today because of an illness. a ruling on these cases is expected by the end of june. >>> a standoff over diplomatic immunity is intensifying between the u.s. and britain after a crash that killed a 19-year-old man. the wife of a u.s. diplomat is a suspect in that fatal crash. she allegedly hit the teen while she was driving on the wrong side of the road near a u.s. military base in england then fled the country claiming diplomatic immunity. british prime minister boris johnson was the first to publicly identify her. >> i hope that anne sacoolas will come back and will engage properly with the processes of laws that are carried out in this country. >> johnson says if the case isn't resolved, he'll ask president trump to intervene. the teenager's family is vowing to come to the u.s. to personal appeal to the u.s. president. cases like this are considered carefully but immunity is rarely waived. >>> well, back in this country high winds and dry conditions may force utility companies in california to turn off the pow

clarence thomas seems eager to tackle the issue.called nationwide injunctions legally and historically dubious and all but invited a legal challenge to come to the high court. when justices will decide whether the president has the authority to end the program for dreamers, the obama era directive for people brought to the us illegally as children with renewable work permit and a path to citizenship. three injunctions by federal judges income for you, new york and washington dc have blocked the president's efforts to end the dac a program and john roberts is decisive. after the president's criticism over obama judges roberts issued a rare public statement defending the integrity of his judicial colleagues. we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges are clinton judges. what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to give equal right to those appear before the but action by the president's critics suggest they may believe differently. often filing the request for injunctions against t

the nation's highest court started its new term without clarence thomas.ourt spokesperson says he might have a flu. new york city couple charged in the college admission scandal will be sentenced today. greg and marcia abbott face eight months in prison after pleading guilty to paying $125,000 to have their daughter's test answers corrected. felicity huffman starts later this month. the us attorney says they will push for a harsher sentence when lori laughlin is sentenced next year. she pleaded not guilty. the new york yankees are step closer to a 28 world series title. >> the yankees swept the win. the first team to the championship series. >> the bronx bombers beating the twins 5-1 to win a complete series sweep. they are swept by the houston astros watching the nationals, a winner go home game over the los angeles dodgers and they avoid elimination pushing the atlanta braves with a 5-4 win in extra innings. the time is 9 minutes after the top of the hour and turkey is gearing up to invade syria after donald trump told us forces what happens next in the

he started without justice clarence thomas, he might have the flu.san francisco 49ers with a big win on monday night football. >> coming off of the right tackle to the end zone. rob: the quarterback leading the 49ers to a win over the cleveland browns. san francisco one of two teams. jillian: the yankees are closer to a 28 world series title. >> the yankees swept the twins. to the championship series in 2019. jillian: they beat the minnesota twins 5-1 to win a complete series sweep. tampa bay rays wind-3 by the houston astros and washington nationals force a win with five with a 6-1 win over the dodgers, they lost in-numfour and the cardinals avoiding elimination pushing the atlanta braves with a 5-4 win. rob: just over the globe. got a car wash yesterday. >> the day rob gets the car wash. scientifically proven. we have a coastal low off the northeast coast that will bring increment weather for the next couple days. cold air moving into the northwest, a big snowstorm. here is the east coast, we have this friend moving through bringing potential for s

jedediah: joining to us discuss clerk to supreme court justice clarence thomas carrie serino.iah: what do you think about that sound by the different set of rules for a black conservative? >> that's from an amazing new documentary coming out. i understand it's going to be on parkways in the spring. i'm so excited because you get to see a side as justice thomas as a clerk for him i got to see and most people don't. it's him in his own words, really. i think he is absolutely right no. one could have put it better than anita hill herself who told meet the press in 1998. maybe there is a double standard. isn't that the nature of politics. she was defending bill clinton with serial sexual misconduct. he is good on other women's issues i like let's give him a pass. that's outrage jugs. that is the kind of thing that justice thomas has experienced his whole career. they have been trying to block him the whole time because he is that articulate principled conservative voice on the court. and you know what? i think he has shown them because he has been one of the most influential supre

host: on clarence thomas, couldn't they use that as thinking for the second amendment? guest: the decision that came out that antonin scalia wrote, it said that the second the members as right to bear arms but left open the possibility that there could be common sense restrictions on that fundamental right. as long as we can all agree to live by what antonin scalia sent -- set on the opinion, we could find common ground. most of the gun safety is not going to try to relitigate whether they're trying to bear arms but the second part where it said let's focus on issues like expanded background checks, banning weapons of war, like assault weapons, because that should fit in with the carveout that antonin scalia of had about -- antonin scalia a had about safety. we are going to try to hollow out that second half and the new york case that they seem to want to hear, it could be the trojan horse opportunity where they come in and say that theoretically congress could pass gun safety legislation but we will strike down everything they might consider. they basically would hollo

justice clarence thomas seems eager to tackle the issue in last year he called nationwide injunctionsd historically dubious" and all but invited a legal challenge to come to the high court. that come next month when the they the president has the authority to end the program for so-called dreamers. that's an obama era directive for people brought to the u.s. illegally as children renewable work permits and a possible path to citizenship. three injections by federal judges in california, washington and new york have blocked the president's efforts to block the program and its chief justice john roberts whose votes may prove decisive. that's defending the integrity of judicial colleagues. what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to have equal rights to those appearing before them. they request injunctions against trump administration policies and courts where they believe judges are most friendly to their positions. the trump department has asked the justices for more than 20 separate emergency stays of lower court judgment. some court watchers n

do you think watching kavanaugh was equivalent to clarence thomas. >> one of the things i talked about is standards and protocols or regulation that's are violated to lay them out. when have you the minority member of the senate judiciary committee withholding this information until after the nominee is completed -- has completed their hearings, when you have members of the committee saying they're going to release confidential sensitive committee information in violation of the rules because they have to do it to stop donald trump and this nominee, when you have liberal senators deputizing the fbi to pass judgment. these are new things, new rubicons that have been crossed. paul: are the democrats going to impeach. >> there is no question. paul: we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week. orlando isn't just the theme park capital of the world, it also has the highest growth in manufacturing jobs in the us. it's a competition for the talent. employees need more than just a paycheck. you definitely want to take advan

clarence thomas the high-tech lynching. exactly. of a sudden you get the deodorizing of something that's a crime against humanity. >> listen to that. >> from my standpoint, as a black american as far as i'm concerned. it is a high-tech lynching. for uppity blacks. who in any way dane to think for themselves. to do for themselves. to have different ideas. and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, it this is what will happen to you. you will be lynched, destroyed, caricatured. by a committee of the u.s. senate. >> folks didn't like that then. >> at least he was black. when he used the term. look, i think that in certain circumstances you're using verbal hyper bole to make a point and qualifiers. and is it a term we should use, probably not. just like holocaust. you don't use that to describe anything in any other context than the horrors it was in. i think that in the situation like this specifically with trump and the way that the right is trying to justify this, is really just so dishonest. like i said rush limbaug

makes it even more interesting is on the bench, justice thomas notoriously reticent to speak out, clarence thomassaid when he saw me in the court being admitted to practice before then he was later deciding who would be the 43rd president of the united states. >> dana: he is like geraldo is here! justice thomas beloved by his clerks former and present. >> kennedy: if you are in the mood for key west, they have the best pet costume contest we have several of the entries here. they were guitar players it looks like for cheap trick possibly, the tortoise being ridden by the hair because we always know the hair piggybacks on the tortoise, diana benton dressed her two cats and country artist willie nelson and dolly parton. >> greg: do you think people should dress up their pets? >> kennedy: i dressed up lenny as queen elsa last year, he was not happy. it also includes a headrest ball, and a dance party. >> dana: a couple years ago, i got him a unicorn costume and he hated it so much. >> greg: it would still fit me which was great. i wear that at the gym. >> kennedy: that is it for us, we will see you

that's followed by political science professor cory robbins look at supreme court justice clarence thomas jurisprudence. at 10:00 p.m. eastern on our author interview program "after words" former obama administration national security advisor and un ambassador susan rice will reflect on her life and career. later tonight syndicated columnist jackie in the dispersement shares her thoughts on how to reduce political polarization. that's this evening's prime time lineup. here's a dismissal smithsonian secretary lonnie bunch. >> good evening. on behalf of the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture welcome to "a fool's errand" book tour a conversation with secretary lonnie bunch and scott kelly. please welcome to the stage interim director of the national museum of african-american history and culture doctor spencer crew. [applause] good evening. what a wonderful crowd terrific to see this hall filled with so many people and we are very glad to have you here. i think you for the introduction. it's my pleasure to be here to welcome you to our building. happy third a

clarence thomas was not here, likely just sick. it is a big deal, got people talking.r as this long list of high-profile cases the court will be considering this term, one of the biggest involves the first major gun rights case heard by the court in about a decade. new york law restricting individual handgun transport beyond city limits. the question? is a ban on transporting a licensed, locked and unloaded gun consistent with the second amendment? another big case involves the president's plan to end the daca program, protecting young migrants or dreamers from deportation. shep, also a case about abartion that was just added to the docket last week. shep. >> shepard: tomorrow begins clear and transgender part, right? >> that is right. tomorrow the supreme court will begin considering two cases involving do federal civil rights laws extend their protections to lesbian, gay, transgender people, protect them from discrimination at work? two cases. one involving two gay men, first fired from a government job, he claims it was because of his sexuality, his employer says it

clarence thomas used the same word when he was talking about how democrats were treating his nomination. it's -- >> dana: i don't remember. was there backlash -- at the time he got a lot of push back -- >> it's another vehicle to attack the president. there's bigger -- if you really should be impeach, there's bigger fish to fry here. >> dana: he talks about impeachment and whether he thinks it's a good thing or bad people. what people are telling him on sean hannity. let's take a listen to that. >> everybody tells me it's going to be great for us as a republican party if they impeach me because the 40 seats -- many more than the 32. 40, 45 seats, where i won or did really well or very close, that those people are going to get hammered. meaning running in congress. >> dana: how do you see that? good thing or bad thing? >> you and i both sat in an oval office with the president. can you imagine any president thinking impeachment is going to work for him? >> dana: if you like at bill clinton's experience at the time. >> not at the time. i doubt he thought it at the time. also, he had more

now there are questions of another justice, clarence thomas. he was not on the bench today. the court says he's home likely recovering from the flu. unclear, dana, if he's going to be back tomorrow. >> keep in touch. the nba is feeling the heat accused of kowtowing to china. the houston rockets tweeted out the support for the prodemocracy protesters in hong kong. then the league apologized to china saying it was regrettable. china is one of the biggest abusers when it comes to human rights. both sides of the aisle immediately dumped on the nba. guy benson now from the guy benson show. you lived in hong kong for seven years. i know you followed the issue of the protester, they're in the 18th week of protests, then this thing happens when you have the national basketball association basically throwing a general manager under the bus and apologizing for simply saying he supports the freedom of expression. >> it's shocking, it's craven. i was reading coming out from the league itself, mealy mouth, extremely weak. they put out a separate statement? mandarin, in china, that was mo

i had been very critical of justice clarence thomas, and this was on television. a lot of the conservative media of really brutal on me. the congressman reached out to me and said i saw what you said, i really agree with your criticism. but he said stay true to your blins s. if you do it will be your north star and you'll never get lost. i've never forgotten that. i've tried to do that throughout my career. i appreciate the congressman for what he did in terms of his guidance for me. >> if you could stay with us, professor, i would very much appreciate it. geoff bennett, in terms of the coming hour or so, can you give us a sense of what we're expecting to see here. >> reporter: we'll hear some remarks i suspect in the house speaker. we expect a number of leaders in the house will lay a wreath, and then we're going to hear a performance by the morgan state university choir. morgan state located in baltimore, the city that congressman cummings loved. he was on the board of regents for that university for almost two decades. and this ceremony will give way to the fun

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and when clarence thomas said a high tech lynching, it meant something for him as an african-american man to say that. this is a different -- >> harris: it was on purpose to say that. speak to you make a great point about hogan gidley, his job to get out there and defend this, absolutely nobody else in the planet has to. so for anybody else who is going to jump on this and burn their fingers on this fire, don't do it. i mean, there is no reason to do it. it is in the know-go zone with a not that other words. >> harris: so, you know, johanna, you said something that was really interesting about the messaging here and the president of the united states. if the goal is to get republicans on board to support him in this journey, does this get you to that goal? i guess is a question that i would ask about the tweet where he uses the word lynching. let's move on and then i will get a response to this. so let's compare this to may be other times when you see a speed up or slow down or just the normalcy of putting together an impeachment inquiry. 599 days before house lawmakers voted to autho

clarence thomas used the word linked about the political process happening to him.he president has been called, white supremacist. racist, nazi, all sorts of things and then they get all bent out of shape on this. i think it's fake. they like indulging in the outrage against donald trump. >> bret: last word joanne? >> this is the party of lincoln and i think he should really decide whether he wants to use the word lynching. i did try to look up whether lynching had been used in an impeachment investigation. and i found an 1898 a republican congressman from massachusetts actually moved an impeachment resolution on a judge for using the word lynching in his sentencing. >> bret: we like history here on "special report." >> yes, we do. >> bret: all right. panel, thank you very much. next up, our late friend chakrabarti on baseball as his beloved washington nationals begin to play in the world series tonight. go nats. ♪na to treat very high triglycerides, discover the science of prescription vascepa. proven in multiple clinical trials, vascepa, along with diet, is the on

but today the focus was on justice clarence thomas because he was not here.rt says he is home sick, likely with the flu, harris. >> harris: kristin fisher, thank you very much. bernie sanders is recovering at home after suffering what turned out to be a heart attack, prompting new discussions about his age and campaign transparency, as of the 2020 democrats continue to close the polling gap. the power panel slides back in, next. ♪ great news for my fellow veterans. va mortgage rates have dropped to near record lows. the newday team is working overtime so every veteran can save $2000 a year. ]úpxzv@÷bh ab1 >> vo: my car is my after-work de♪ music ion zone. >> vo: so when my windshield broke... i found the experts at safelite autoglass. they have exclusive technology and service i can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ test test test test test test test test test test test test test newday has extended their call center hours to help every veteran refinance their mortgage at these near record low rates. one call can save you $2000 every y

only eight justices, clarence thomas is out with the flu.nsburg who finished her fourth bout of cancer was there in her usual seat. she asked the first question wearing her lace collar. it's hard to see how this court is going to stay outside of the political fray this year. the docket almost demands it. as you said, they're hearing lgbt rights, gun rights, todaca and abortion. and chief justice roberts will decide how far and how fast this court goes. he has institutional concerns on one side. he doesn't want the court with its new conservative majority to swerve too quickly to the right. but also he's a conservative. and the right flank of this bench is going to want to hear these cases and decide them outright even if it comes in an election year. so a lot going on this term. >> all right. we will be watching closely. you will be very busy keeping track of all of it. thank you very much. >> if you need more evidence that your vote matters in a presidential election year. >> there you go. >>> there's a lot going on, and here's what to watc

i don't like it when now just clarence thomas used it talking about the anita hill hearings as a high tech lynching or when bill cosby spoke about it because it was inconvenience to him about allegations and cannot be reduced in this way and we're here we few weeks before halloween where the term is a witch hunt. that might have been better in this instance but to have the president of the united states given all of the things he's said by race up to this moment in time to be completely inept to understanding the racial dynamic in this country, we don't reduce things in that way and lynching is not one of the categories to reduce and use as a cole o-- cole oak wal punch line. >> murdered by white supremacists and trump used that word to describe impeachment. i'm as disgusted as laura and i'm less dumbfounded because he's a racist and when his back is up against the wall he does racist things. did he tweet in this way because he's winking at those who show up at his base in rallies or is he rude and crude on twitter. it is an eternal mystery. you're not sure if it is one or the other o

clarence thomas testified at night. who won? >>> meanwhile another central figure in the impeachment probe is speaking to reporters right now intentionally. i don't know this term but i'm learning it. giuliani, here it is, butt dialled nbc news reporter ricktia peero last week. giuliani accidently followed up with a, quote, message exactly three minutes long. the words tumbling out of giuliani's mouth was not directed att shapiro but he was speaking to someone in the same room. a few weeks earlier he did the same thing this time railing against the bidens. let's listen. >> i expected it to happen. the ment you touch on one of the protected people, they go crazy. they're coming after you. it's very powerful. >> the most powerful weapon. >> they follow a pattern when peoples lives are somewhat disorganized. >> i tell you what bothers people about this entire episode the most, why do you have people like rudy giuliani conducting foreign policy? he's talking about our policy towards turkey, and the front liners it, the democrats who

clarence thomas testified at night. who won? >>> meanwhile another central figure in the impeachment probe is speaking to reporters right now intentionally. i don't know this term but i'm learning it. giuliani, here it is, butt dialed nbc news reporter rick shapiro last week. the two had spoken earlier that day, but around 11:00 p.m., get the time of day, giuliani accidentally off the top of my head with a message exactly three minutes long. the words tumbling out of giuliani's mouth was not directed at shapiro but he was speaking to someone in the same room. this isn't the first time that giuliani accidental or butt dialed someone. a few weeks earlier he did the same thing, this time railing against the bidens. let's listen. >> these things follow a zblarn i tell you what bothers me about this entire episode the most. why do you have people like rudy giuliani conducting american foreign policy. in the call that's leaked he's talking about policy towards turkey and bahrain. and the front liners, the reason they've come out is th

like he's channeling clarence thomas somehow. aside, though, we don't need to explain the racial insensitivity, but let's be specific. he is about to undergo a trial. lynchings were not trials. people were executed summarily based upon allegations which he wanted to do to the central park five, now the exonerated five. so for him to say he's a victim of a lynching when he is in the process of a trial, witnesses in his administration are testifying against him, it's patently absurd. look, you have been more outspoken than anyone about how ridiculous he is, and frankly, how stupid he is. so it just doesn't work. he is being given a fair and due process and he needs to go ahead and participate in it. and if there's any vindication, put it on the table. we doubt there's any vindication whatsoever. >> john heilemann, when i was hearing donald trump lead his crowds and encourage them in their "lock her up" chants, i never heard them chanting about her having a trial before they locked her up. >> yeah, you know, lawrence, the recourse t

notably absent from the bench was justice clarence thomas. chief justice roberts said the 7171-year-old was s ill with an undisclosesed illness. 86-year-old justice ruth bader ginsberg, who received radiation treatment for a cancerououtumor over the summer, was presentnt d asked the first question of the session. on the u.s.-mexico border, democratic presidential candidate julian castro on monday escorted 12 asylum-seekers to the u.s. port of entry at brownsville, texas, in a challenge to president trump's "remain in mexico" policy. all 12 were turned around by u.s. customs and border protection. the group included a disabled salvadoran woman and her relatives, as well as nine lgbtq people from cuba, guatemala, and honduras. many of them report they've been threatened and assaulted while they've been forced to wait in the mexican border city of matamoros. on twitter, castro wrote -- "by law, these migrants are supposed to be exempt from the remain in mexico policy --but customs and border protection had decided to ignore their due process. ou