let me turn to the aba panel. i will swear you in. do you confirm the testimony will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god? left a record reflect the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. judge williams, please commence. you need to turn on your microphone. judge williams: thank you. you were at both of my confirmation hearings, a thumbs up to you, senator grassley and other members. it is an honor and a privilege to appear before this committee. i am a retired federal judge and chair of the committee for federal judiciary. i am joined by jean veta and joe drayton. our vice chair, david brown, deeply regrets he is unable to attend, especially since he was the principal evaluator of judge jackson's d.c. circuit judge and. the standing committee has been asked to present to this committee our peer-reviewed, independent, nonpartisan comprehensive rating on a professional qualification of a lifetime appointed federal judge. the standing committee is made up of outstanding lawyers from every circuit

. >> you are representing the aba, correct? ms. veta: we are representing the standing committee of the federal judiciary committee of the american bar association. >> that is part of the aba, right? ms. veta: we are appointed by the president of the american bar association but that is the only interaction we have with the aba. >> in times past, the aba has appeared to be, frankly, a partisan during some judicial confirmation proceedings i have participated in during the past and it is a cause for concern. i am not suggesting that is happening today and i take your testimony at face value. i know you have done a lot of hard work and i appreciate that, that is important. your voice is important. but i think one of the things that senator grassley perhaps alluded to in past supreme court nomination proceedings, it appears the american bar association has taken sides, so to speak, in controversial nominations. i am not suggesting that is the case today but that causes concern about whether we should take the testimony of the stan

the aba rating process began in the eisenhower presidency.was looking for outside advice to help bring ideas in. there is a turning point with reagan. before reagan, the aba would be involved in the process before the president announced who the ultimate choice was. to go back to nixon's shortlist, the aba rated judge lily as unqualified, even though on paper years later, nixon's white house counsel took her resume and sandra day o'connor's resume and said quite publicly that lily was as qualified. it was widely known that the aba system was discriminating against women, minority women. reagan did not go through a similar process. in more recent history, the aba has gone from having a part of its institution that was holding women back to being a much better champion of women. also in the process, the aba does not weigh in until after the nominee is announced. there wasn't this behind the scenes vetting of haydn's list in the same way that would have occurred decades ago. i anticipate ketanji brown jackson is well-qualified when they do her r

another aba witness said the aba heard consistently from not only defense counsel but from ... reserve board. they say that his nominees are ready to get to work fighting inflation. yet we could have confirmed nominees many weeks ago. still haven't voted on two of the nominees that have unanimous republican support and near unanimous democrat support, which makes you wonder about our colleagues' commitment to this urgency. maybe it's because our democratic colleagues know that even if we don't confirm these nominees, the fed has nine out of 12 voting members on the fomc in place. thatthat is more than enough to raise rates if they decide to raise rates to fight inflation. how do we know for sure that those more than enough? well, at their last meeting just two weeks ago, the fed did in fact raise interest rates. so it was never the case that the fed is somehow unable to fight inflation until the nominees are confirmed. so we really should be asking ourselves, are these nominees going to be the inflation fighters that we need, that the white house claims they are? in my view, on

the aba had called for an fbi investigation into brett kavanaugh.ome of the distinctions and the reaction to some of these nominees. i wonder what you thought about republicans, what they did during this hearing, and how they seem to say, well, brett kavanaugh was treated very poorly. >> look, as someone who was a republican for years 25 years of my life as a black woman, i understand how difficult it is to be a part of that party. but the shenanigans and the disrespect we witnessed this last week was race-baiting. nothing that this judge has done or said in her past warranted those type of attacks. you made a good distinction about justice kavanaugh. i didn't think justice kavanaugh was well treated, brianna. i thought they should have gone into private session with that information and spared the judge and the witness, most importantly, the type of attacks and scrutiny they came under. but the point here is that if you look at the record, republicans supported ketanji brown jackson in the past. mitch mcconnell has voted for her. ted cruz has voted

this is a serious and violent incident that goes against the aba's ends and policies values and everything. we believe in and support it is inexcusable. and so i wanted to ask you guys. how do you what do you think about this language that's being used. where are they getting this language? yeah, let's talk about that. yeah, i can start with the word violence. there's this term came out of academia. it's called discursive violence that is language. use that is deemed violent again. it stems out of postmodern ideas that language of its in and of itself is a form of action that it that it has this kind of efficacy and it has this kind of power that an act itself has and this filtered into legal studies through critical race theory and other types of studies. and so the idea then is that language is violent and this is a means by which people get shot up basically. basically the to the left your language is violence. or your speech is violence and our violence of speech. that's basically what it comes down to in other words. we can burn down buildings up and down the street and that's just fr

i also asked judge williams, serving as a spokesperson as the aba the comment on the allegations that the judge judge ketanji brown jackson is somehow soft on crime, that's coming from the otherth side of the i/o it's common aggressive asking tutor 50 different judges prosecutors and defense lawyers, and all of the people who worked with and around her, was there any evidence he was soft on crime they said no, no, none. that's amazing when you think that's the number-one talking tpoint against her from the republican side of the il and none whatsoever is whatot judge williams said in another nest jean - said that maybe heard consistently from not only the defense counsel, but from the prosecutors about unbiased judge ketanji brown jackson was throughout her career and just as impressive as requalification was her performance and candor for the senate judiciary committee and u.s. were questioned about something she will start by responding by defining it in plain english just make sure everybody at home, lawyer or nonlawyer follow along and she expresses rethinking with surgeon like pr

during an aba panel on international law last year, justice breyer said that as a federal judge, quote, you can't do your job properly, end quote, without considering international law and, quote again, in some cases, and it's a growing number, end of quote, and i assume a growing number of opportunities to use international law. in 2018 op-ed, justice breyer said that, quote, the best way to preserve american values may well be to take account of what happens abroad, end quote. under what circumstances is it appropriate to consider international law when interpreting our constitution? >> thank you, senator. i have nothing but the highest esteem and respect for my former boss, whom i've spent the better part of the past couple of decades calling my justice, having clerked for him. but i do think that the use of international law is very limited in our scheme, in our judging. there are certain cases in which it is relied upon where congress directs or where the standard or such, the case involves a treaty, for example, and you have to interpret international law in order to be able to a

and that is why i am talking aba compromise. >> in kyiv, a few cafes are open and it is less tense thanth ago. these two were intrigued by what the president had said. >> nobody is saying we should give up the territories, but there should be some compromise or concession. >> we hope that putin is a sane person. but it is a very small hope. >> but at the end of the lonely roads out to the front line towns, the war feels much closer. in one city facing the russians to the east, people risk a trip to the market. but the mayor shows up his ukrainian mate assault rifle and says nato's only choice is to give them the tanks and planes they need to beat the russians. >> i think it putin wins this war, they don't stop. next wl be poland. maybe romania, bulgaria, and other countries in the european union, i think. >> biden and some of the other leaders have said that if they intervened in the war, there could be a world war iii. >> maybe. maybe. but if they don't close the sky, they will be next. >> ukraine's president was right to talk about compromise. but it may never happen. cease fire agree

this place has been a hub for baghdad. intellectuals to the abas lead times, almost in the lenny mego and its literary fame extends beyond the borders of iraq. according to a local saying, kyra writes, bay root prince baghdad, reads from books about women travelling and living alone, 2 marks of socio ology and hungary to novels and poetry. i picked out alice's adventures in wonderland on the thirties and a book of english. $3.00 for both novel alma to not be st. isn't doing all too well today. people still remember the bombs that went off here in 2007, killing many people. and decades of conflict have lowered the demand for books, but a spirit in jews. a select few still come here to meet their friends and read books in cafes. ah, meat ali, my guide and fix a here in iraq. he's the owner of a promising travel start up cold bill weekend. one of the very 1st of its kind in iraq. tell me like he's on arrival now, like most nationally, we can just get it at the airport. right. so why did that? 2 main reasons. i believe the 1st one is economy. iraq is a market voted with some people, lexus

oilfields that president biden decides to spend and cost is 10,000 jobs and 800,000 barrels of oil abaay. the other thing you say where is this all gone? look around. americans have the cheapest energies in the world we all compare complain about our prices go by in a gas of an england, france, israel or other places. you will begin to see how lucky we are pretty have the cheapest electricity in the world. and by the way, any of you are looking to locate your business come to oklahoma we have the cheapest electricity in america. we are proud of that probe are proud of the men and women that produce the product that let us do it for. >> are i think you can appreciate it. we are going to wrap it up here with the u.s. house coming in but as always we appreciate you talking to our viewers and listeners here on "washington journal". thanks so much for. >> thank you. >> c-span as your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more. including cox. >> cox is committed to providing eligible families access to affordable internet for the connect to compete program.

outside withins include the aba and those who support and oppose the nom neap.uestions. this is not before things got heated between judge jackson and ted cruz. >> you suddened them to low sentences and why do you consistent ly choose to do that? >> no one can stand in for a judge's entire sentencing record, i've sentenced 100 people, you have eight or nine cases in that chart. >> ashley: when asked, jackson told cruz she would recuse herself from a discrimination case against harvard based on her ties to harvard. it is believed most of the gop will vote against jackson's confirmation. there were fiery arguments with republicans. >> if i had some information that sketchy at best somehow you have done something wrong, i promise from human decency, i would share it with you, not disclose it last minute of the last day of the hearing. >> she had nothing to do with the -- >> asking her about -- >> you won't let her finish the response. >> carley: emotional brown tearing up during booker's speech. back to you guys. >> todd: thank you. bring in david webb, host of rea

aba do. it's true russia invaded ukrain and like joe biden reading children's book, with every passing day, things just get more desperate, meanwhile, my mother-in-law escape from ukraine to poland, no she didn' write out on her broom, she got out with the help of some very amazing people which i will get into in the second. know my wife is out there in warsaw trying to figure out a way for her mom to get home. which means i'm all alone. but i've been trying to keep busy. it's been really tough. but i've managed to make some sympathetic friends. look, i had to do something. changing all the locks and the doors of the apartment only too about an hour. in all seriousness, thanks to fox i was able to get my mother-in-law out of kyiv. its amazing tale they picked he up in a small village and drove four hours, days even and was able to get her out of danger i poland. i believe they did this so i could use my new mother-in-law jokes. for example, my mother-in-law was stuck in kyiv and two posed a d

i just wanted to comment as a small business owner on the aba application and if you have jurisdiction over the grants that are coming that you include the small architects not just ask members because as a business owner, i can do this stuff, so just to let you know it's to make sure that they extend to small architecture firms in the city. these are on the a.b.a. applications. [ indiscernible ] >> president laguana: okay. thank you. is there any other public commentors on the line? >> secretary: we have no other commentors on the line. >> president laguana: okay. seeing none. public comment is closed. next item, please. >> secretary: item ten, director's report. presentation and discussion item. this is an update and report on the office of small business and the small business assistance center, department programs, policy, and legislative matters, announcements from the mayor and announcements regarding small business activities. >> director: all right. through the chair, thank you and good evening commissioners. really nice to see you all in person and, again, congratulations to c

her car, found abaed with keysll in the ignition. wee police and volunteers have been searching for her with no luck,ortuna. 'll meet at theeetst brentwood mall at 10:00 this mornin >>> covid rules are changing for big events. moving you forward, california is dropping the requirement to be vaccinated oret a covid test before going toarge in events. things like concerts, warriors' games and other big gatherings. last night john mayer played at chase center. you had to show proof of vaccination or a negative test get in. of april 1st, maybe not here is nbc bay area's cheryl hurd. >> it is in here somewhere. i'm trying. >> how long is it going to t yoo find it? >> it will take me ano minute or two. >> reporter: finding the vaccination card before entering places like the s.a.p. center in san jose isn't always easy. soon it will become a thing of the past. the reason why i'm here is because on april 1st you won't have to do this. >> really? >> reporter: yeah. >> that will be fun. >> reporter: the california department of health updating

during an aba panel on international law last year, justice breyer said that, as a federal judge, quote, you can't do your job properly, end of quote, without considering international law and, quote again, in some cases, and it's a growing number, ends of quote, and i assume a growing number of opportunities use international law. in 2018 op-ed, justice breyer said, quote, the best way to preserve american values may well be to take account of what happens abroad, end of quote. under what circumstances is it appropriate to consider international law when interpreting our constitution? >> thank you, senator. i have nothing but the highest esteem and respect for my former boss, who i've spent the better part of the past couple of decades calling my justice, having clerked for him. but i do think that the use of international law is very limited in our scheme and in our judging. there are certain cases in which it is relied upon where congress directs or where the standards are such, the case involves a treaty, for example, and you have to interpret international law in order to be able t

i thought it was fascinating that today that the letter that came from the aba, finding her well qualifieddge ann clair williams who herself should be on that court right now but for our history of just not nominating and pursuing really qualified and excellent and tremendous black women. >> well, you make several important points including one that we touched on before. discrimination by its very essence is the nonmericratic and nonsubstantive disappearance of people. that not only hurts those people and unfair, period, it also hurts the rest of us in society when we're denied those talents and skills. so i appreciate your point there. i'm curious what you thought of the white house, we showed this because i was there in talking to them, and it's always funny as a journal ust, a lot of civil rights add voluntary kts are the advocates are excited. you bring that up around the white house and they say, yeah, that's cool. that's cool. but look at the police endorsement. look it at the other stuff. i'm curious what you think about all that. >> well, i think it's hilarious, of course. because

in washington, alex prerb shea, aba*bz 7. reggie: watch all the confirmation hearings on our abc 7 bay area 24 sthr-rb 7 live stream. on our stream be tvapp you can download on roku, apple tv, fire tv, and andrew tv devices. jobina: if you head to chase center and vaccinated you don't need to wear a mask. no one is required to show prove of vaccination or negative covid test. next friday, april 1, the arena is changing the rules to align with the city's public health department. if you are unvaccinated you still have to wear a mask unless you are eating or drinking. reggie: here are some other covid headlines this morning. the f.d.a. will bring a panel of experts together in two weeks to talk about whether we need a second worcester. booster. both advisor and moderna have asked them to authorize the fourth shot. covid-19 is surging once again in parts of asia and europe. some a bay area health experts say it's not serious concern here because we have so much immunity. the omicron subvariant is showing up in about 25% of west

after research and hundreds of interviews, the aba gave judge jackson their seal of approval >> reflecting combined views of more than 250 judges, attorneys and academics, the standing committee concluded that judge jackson is well qualified to serve as an associate justice on the supreme court. >> alabama's attorney general was the witness for the republicans today. he testified against judge jackson by saying she's received support from activist groups that back defunding the police judge jackson's confirmation, though, is all but guaranteed. democrats say she'll have no problem making it out of committee and that she may even pick up some republicans when it goes to the full senate. only a simple majority needed. senate majority leader, chuck schumer, says he expects the full vote before april the 8th if confirmed, she will be the first black woman on the u.s. supreme court. >>> the new york city mayor, eric adams, facing new backlash tonight. he just lifted the vaccine mandate for professional athletes and performers but will keep it in place for thousands of city workers. critics accu

during an aba panel on international law last year, justice breyer said that as a federal judge, quoteu can't do your job properly, end quote, without considering international law and, quote again, in some cases, and it's a growing number of, end of quote, and i assume a growing number of opportunities to use international law. in 2018 op-ed, justice breyer said that, quote, the best way to preserve american values may well be to take account of what happens abroad, end of quote. under what circumstances is it appropriate to consider international law when interrupting our constitution? >> thank you, senator. i have nothing but the highest esteem and respect for my former boss, who i've spent the better part of the past decade calling my justice, having clerked for him. but i do think that the use of international law is very limited in our scheme and in our judging. there are certain cases in which it is relied upon where congress directs or where the standards are such, the case involves a treaty, for example. and you have to interrupt international law in order to be able to addres

and in the decision about the aba slide unified school district. the superintendent adam clark says that this is ultimately going to be a matter of choice. once the rule goes away. >> well, happening today in the south bay to san jose city council is going to be voting on whether to repeal an ordinance regarding the city's booster mandate for large events as it stands right now, they do require people to be fully vaccinated and boosted or show proof of negative covid tests in order to get inside these big events that city own facilities. the council is also going to be discussing making a new ordinance taat would be more restrictive. then california's requirement for large indoor gatherings. the state requires people to show proof of vaccination or a negative test for indoor events. with more than 1000 people. >> it's 9.12, right now. and still ahead, as we told you, we're waiting for the president to deliver his first state of the union address tonight. more on what we can expect him to say. and the hearing that could decide if scott peterson gets

the aba woman, i was cedis. they war crimes in ukraine.ican adam kinzinger says declaring a no fly zone is necessary calling on the u.s. in a tweet on friday to take action immediately. but florida republican senator marco rubio warned on abc's this week that doing so could start an all out war with russia. basically a no fly zone is that people understood. that means that means world war 3. i mean, starting world war, 3 secretary of state antony blinken said on nbc's meet the press that the biden administration stance is clear america will not engage in combat with russia were not going to the united states in direct conflict with russia. >> not you know, american planes flying against russian planes were our soldiers on the ground in ukraine. instead, blinken says the u.s. and poland are in talks to send polish air force fighter jets to help ukraine. >> but west virginia democrat joe manchin says the u.s. should consider all options to take anything off the table thinking we might not be able to use things because we've already taken off

i just wanted to comment as a small business owner on the aba application and if you have jurisdiction over the grants that are coming that you include the small architects not just ask members because as a business owner, i can do this stuff, so just to let you know it's to make sure that they extend to small architecture firms in the city. these are on the a.b.a. applications. [ indiscernible ] >> president laguana: okay. thank you. is there any other public commentors on the line? >> secretary: we have no other commentors on the line. >> president laguana: okay. seeing none. public comment is closed. next item, please. >> secretary: item ten, director's report. presentation and discussion item. this is an update and report on the office of small business and the small business assistance center, department programs, policy, and legislative matters, announcements from the mayor and announcements regarding small business activities. >> director: all right. through the chair, thank you and good evening commissioners. really nice to see you all in person and, again, congratulations to c

during an aba panel on international law last year, justice breyer said that as a federal judge, quote, you can't do your job properly, end of quote, without considering international law and, quote again, in some cases and it's a growing number, end of quote. i assume a growing number of opportunities to use international law. in 2018 op-ed justice breyer said that, quote, the best way to preserve american values may well be to take account of what happens abroad, end of quote. under what circumstances is it appropriate to consider international law when interpreting our constitution? >> thank you, senator. i have nothing but the highest esteem and respect for my former boss, who i've spent the better part of the past couple decades calling my justice, having clerked for him. but i do think that the use of international law is very limited in our scheme and in our judging. there are certain cases in which it is relied upon where congress directs or where the standards are such the case involves a treaty, for example, and you have to interpret international law in order to be able to a

during an aba panel on international law last year, justice breyer said, as a federal judge "you cannotdo your job properly without considering international law and in some cases, it is a growing number." i assume a growing number of opportunities to use international law. in 2018 justice breyer said "the best way to preserve american values may well be to take account of what happens abroad." under what circumstances, is it appropriate to consider international law when interpreting our constitution? judge jackson: thank you senator. i have nothing but the highest esteem and respect for my firmer boss -- my former boss who i spent the better part of the past decades calling my justice, having clerked for him. i do think the use of international law is very limited in our scheme and judging. there are certain cases in which it is relied upon where congress directs or where the standards are such, the case involves a treaty for example and you have to interpret international law in order to address it, but they, there are very few cases in which international law plays any role and cert

ranked well qualified by the aba. what's very interesting is seeing someone like senator graham, who has voted for her confirmation. so we have to keep in mind this is her fourth confirmation hearing. senator graham has voted for judge jackson's confirmation in the past, so to see this political theatre and the point scoring, the attempts to point score without really thinking about and talking about specifically her record is to me disappointing, but it also lends this incredibly partisan trend to supreme court confirmation hearings. and so even though we heard a lot of talk yesterday about civility, about complaining about how political and ugly these confirmation hearings have become, we've seen that trend continue today with lot of questions that have nothing to do with judge jackson's outstanding qualifications and record as a judge and she has an extensive record. which could be actual talked about in many of the moments where political point scoring is being attempted. >> i want to follow up on that, danielle.

senators will hear from outside witnesses including the aba and those who support and some who opposeed cruz grilled her on her record. >> you sentenced them to very, very low sentences and why do you consistently 100% of the time choose to do that? >> senator, no one case can stand in for a judge's entire sentencing record. i've sentenced more than 100 people. you have eight or nine cases in that chart. cheryl: fellow republicans said they believe most of the gop will vote against the confirmation. they might vote april 4th. the biden administration set to renew tariff exemptions on goods from china, some items on the list are bicycle parts, machinery, kimless calls, seafood and -- chemicals, seafood and duffel bags. tariffs of course are paid by u.s. companies. well, spotify reaching a deal with google to offer an alternative payment method within its app for users. most significant concession to allow third party billing systems inside of apps. spotify users will be allowed to choose between the alternative payment method an google's own which takes a 30% share of the revenue. ther

i just wanted to comment as a small business owner on the aba application and if you have jurisdictiongrants that are coming that you include the small architects not just ask members because as a business owner, i can do this stuff, so just to let you know it's to make sure that they extend to small architecture firms in the city. these are on the a.b.a. applications. [ indiscernible ] >> president laguana: okay. thank you. is there any other public commentors on the line? >> secretary: we have no other commentors on the line. >> president laguana: okay. seeing none. public comment is closed. next item, please. >> secretary: item ten, director's report. presentation and discussion item. this is an update and report on the office of small business and the small business assistance center, department programs, policy, and legislative matters, announcements from the mayor and announcements regarding small business activities. >> director: all right. through the chair, thank you and good evening commissioners. really nice to see you all in person and, again, congratulations to commissione