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shannon: one friend he did make, antonin scalia. 2016, i'm having lunch with a buddy who is a former e said he had taken justice scalia hunting and he had not hit anything for the whole hunting trip and was getting cranky about it. he saw a giant elk and everybody said don't take the shot, it's too far. but he wanted his trophy. god smiled that day and it was a clean shot. and my friend had the elk's head head stuffed and named it leroy. i got a call from mrs. scalia and she said as the first scalia law clerk, would you mind being my date for the evening? of course i say yes. my buddy rolls out this giant crate and presents me with leroy the elk. so leroy ander stuck together. shannon: coming up after the break. future of the court and the republic. >> i have two rules. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck... that's when you know, it's half-washed. downy helps prevent stretching by conditioning fibers, so clothes look newer, longer. downy and it's done. if ylittle thingsate tcan be a big deal., that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psori

:00 a.m., the confirmation hearing for eugene scalia, son of the late justice antonin scalia. he's been nominated to serve as the next labor secretary. tell bernie i sanders voters, i defy you to i tell bernie sanders voters, i defy you to tell me that you care more than i do, because you don't. but we have very different solutions on how to get there. cole cer: k: james -- kay james, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span's "q&a." president trump visited a section of the border wall currently under construction in southern california. joining him were acting homeland security sick terry kevin mcaleenan -- security secretary kevin mcaleenan. he also took questions about his new national security advisor. pres. trump: this has been a very exciting project, as you know. we have a wall the likes of which very few places have ever seen. i want to thank all of the people. general semonite with the army corps of engineers. we are very closely working with them. kevin and your staff. i want to see some of the details of the wall. you can see a pretty good view. this is going to

he took the seat once held by justice antonin scalia, a man whose traditional footsteps gorsuch has followedapproach to the law. >> i'm an originalist, and unabashed, unafraid originalist. originals is all about protecting and the way i approach any of these cases, it's all about protecting the original structure of the constitution. your rights today and your children's rights are the same and never infringed, ever. same now and always. >> martha: you quoted justice scalia at the end of your book. he said if you're going to be a good and faithful judge, you're not always going to like the conclusions that you reach. if you like them all the time, you're probably going to make doing something wrong. >> i think that's the essence of being a good judge and part of what's totally misunderstood. a lot of nonlawyers assume that if i rule a certain way i must like that person or that policy or dislike the other person who lost and dislike that policy. half the time i go home at night thinking what i've had to do didn't like, found troubling but it's something the law compels. it's important that j

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and 14% thought it was antonin scalia and 18% thought aoc was the author of the new deal. to be very careful. but when you lose and forget something like 9/11 and have no reverence for loss of life, you've lost something and you are not prepared for the next tragedy or the next danger. >> laura: my own kids both studied it in school today and i quizzed them and they knew it. but they learned it in school and i was really happy to hear that. raymond, thank you very much for tonight as always. up next, it's hard to say who is maria upset by the results of north carolina special election last night. the democrats more upset that they lost or the media. dan by gino and chris home face-off next for that debate since you're heading off to school, i got you this brita. dad... i just got a zerowater. but we've always used brita. it's two stage-filter... doesn't compare to zerowater's 5-stage. this meter shows how much stuff, or dissolved solids, gets left behind. our tap water is 220. brita? 110... seriously? but zerowater- let me guess. zero? yup, that's how i know it is the pure

9:00 a.m., the confirmation hearing for eugene scalia, son of the supreme court justice antonin scalia appeared he has nominated to serve as the next labor secretary. >> c-span it back in des moines, iowa this saturday for life campaign 2020 comverge for the annual steak fry. presidential candidates will take the stage for speeches. watch the iowa steak fry live on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. the chair of the federal reserve, jerome powell announced a one quarter point reduction in the fed's target interest rate range. he spoke following the meeting of the federal open market committee. he says the cut would above the economy to avoid contraction. this is 50 minutes. other economic policies. his is almost an hour. mr. powell: good afternoon veryone and welcome. my colleagues at the federal reserve and i are dedicated to serving the american people. we do this by steadfastly pursuing the goals that congress has given us, stable employment and we are committed to making the best decisions we can based on facts and objective analysis. today, we decided to lower

course such was expected to be more in the mold of antonin scalia who happened to introduce him to thelosophy known as original is him. >> i never heard the word originalism. justice scalia coming to speak, he talked about originalism and it had a profound effect on me. >> reporter: the concept sounds simple, interpreting the law according to the original intent of those who wrote them. >> the right in the constitution given in 1789 apply today, they can never be taken away. the alternative is what they call a living constitution. judges making it up. who would want 9 older people in washington dc governing a continental country of 300 million people. judges should fearlessly defend the rights people have agreed to, we the people, the first few words of the constitution, we agreed to in this document. now rights get taken away when judges have a living constitution. >> critics say things change with time and the constitution couldn't have foreseen everything we are dealing with now. >> the constitution is one of the greatest documents in human history and it deserves our respect. if yo

eugene scalia, the son of the late supreme court justice antonin scalia a testifies before the senate labor and pensions committee with his nomination to serve as labor secretary. watch live on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. is james poniewozik, the author of "audience of one: donald trump, television, and the fracturing of america," and he is also a chief television critic for the "new york times." thank you for joining us. i want to begin with this moment from president trump's first cabinet meeting on january 10, 2018. listen to what he says as the cameramen and reporters enter the cabinet room. [video clip] pres. trump: welcome back to the studio. you heard the president say, welcome back to the studio. what do you make of that? guest: i'm sorry, i was not sure if it was a question. it is very revealing, in "the new york times," one of the political reporters reported early in the administration that president trump, who was not only a reality show, but a figure in many ways created by television throu

you won't tell me much, but i do know that there's a whole chapter about justice antonin scalia. justice ginsburg's great friend, sparring partner and entertainer, in some ways. [laughter] so tell me why there is a whole chapter about him and about your interview of him? >> sure. so there's also a whole chapter of him -- about him in "my own words" including justice ginsburg's reminiscences about justice scalia. and everyone i think in this room knows about the unlikely friendship between the two. and interviewing justice scalia was a real treat for the book, and we interviewed him for the biography, but parts of that interview are in "my own words." and as they are so different in so many ways, going into his chambers is very different. justice ginsburg's chambers are light, airy, modern art, dozens or hundreds of pictures of friends, family, colleagues. and going into justice scalia's chambers, dark, leathery. there's a big dead animal looking down on you -- [laughter] so as i sat there interviewing justice scalia, i watched how he went from the kind of tough jurist that we all

on c-span3, the nomination for eugene scalia, the son of antonin scalia a. he's been nominated to serve as the next labor secretary. next, a hearing on efforts to identify and remove violent and extremist content from the web. representatives from google, facebook, twitter, and the anti-defamation league testified better the senate commerce science and transformation -- transportation committee.

the same study found that 26% thought kavanaugh was the chief justice, 14% thought it was antonin scalia and 18% thought aoc was the author of the new deal.this, we have to be very careful. you have to be very careful. we're making fun of this like slipped facts, but when you lose and forget something like 9/11 and have no reverence for loss of life you've lost something and you are not prepared for the next tragedy or the next danger. >> laura: my own kids both studied it in school today and i quizzed them and they knew it.md it into their head. they learned it in school and i was happy to hear that. thank you very much for tonight, as always. up next, it's hard to say whoo s more upset by the results of north carolina special election last night. the democrats more upset that they lost or the media. dan bongino and chris hahn face-off next for that debate >> two media narratives, two bubbles burst. here to debate is dan bongino fox news contributor and author of the upcoming book "exonerated." and chris hahn.rformer aide to r and host of a progressive, progressive podcast. let's get in

on c-span3, the nomination for eugene scalia, the son of antonin scalia a. he's been nominated to serve as the next labor secretary. next, a hearing on efforts to identify and remove violent and extremist content from the web. representatives from google, facebook, twitter, and the anti-defamation league testified better the senate commerce science and transformation -- transportation committee. the hearing is two hours and 10 minutes. >> we will come to order, please. together the cometty gathers to discuss >> this meeting will come to order. thank you. this committee gathers to discuss what the technology industry is doing to remove sleep. and extremist content from their platforms. this is a matter of serious importance to the safety and well-being of our nation's communities. i sincerely hope we can engage in a collaborative discussion about what more can be done within the jurisdiction of this committee to keep our communities safe from those wishing to do us harm. to do us harm. representatives social world's largest media companies. several r from rep

court justice ruth bader ginsburg talking about her career, her friendship with the late justice antonin scalia and health following cancer treatment, the event in little rock, arkansas part of lecture series hosted by the clinton foundation and clinton school of public service, she's introduced by former president bill clinton. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much, thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you.e thank you, i want to thank stephanie and skip for the clinr and clinton school of public service, i want to thank the family for sponsoring this lecture series and thank you -- [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> i want to thank -- -- i want to thank all of you. i tried to entertain justice ginsburg for a few moments before we came over here by telling her stories of my adventures and misadventures in arkansas politics. [laughter] >> back when we all thought of each other as people, 3 dimensional human beings before we realized we were -- [cheers and applause] >> and it's fairly well known, not actually met justice ginsburg until that memorable sunday even

[laughter] and neither one of us will ever forget antonin scalia. [applause] >> speaking of your former boss taken me up to the top floor to show me the basketball court which is above the supreme court chambers which is the highest court in the land. [laughter] do you ever sneak away to shoot some hoops during the day? >> i like to row and ski and do a lot of things. occasionally i will go up there and have some happy memories of their my old boss white who is now forgotten but i would like to remember him a little bit of justice from colorado their special places and that is one of them. and is one of the great athletes of the day highest-paid nfl football player leading rusher, i don't think that will happen in the supreme court. [laughter] anyway he had a mean game of horse now when he was younger hughes to elbow the law clerks now by the time i got there it was horse he was so good he had a shot over the back of his head he could make nine times out of ten it didn't mind taking your money when he did. [laughter] the other place i think of him i

scalia is the son of the late far-right supreme court justice antonin scalia a and a partner at the powerful law firm gibson dunn & crutcher. scalia has a long history of opposing labor unions on behalf of corporate clients, including walmarart. much of scalia's legal work has been aimed at stopping the dodd-frank financial regulations enacted d after the 2008 financl collapse. in west papua, at least 32 people -- many of them student demonstrators -- were killed earlier this week in a brutal crackdown on anti-racism protests. indodonesian security forcrces reportedly opened fire on a group protestining students at a university in jayapura, killing four. 28 more were killed in a separate uprising sparked by a teacher's racial slurs. the teacher reportedly called a high school student a "monkey." the violence follows last month's escalating demonstrations calling for papapuan independence, which wee also met by bloody repression fromom the indonesian army. this is edison waromi, one of the leaders of west papua, speaking at the democracy now! studio here in new york on thursday. -- dying will

. >> tomorrow eugene scalia, the son of the supreme court justice antonin scalia testifiesover his nomination to serve as the next labor secretary. that starts live thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. >>> president trump and first lady melania trump will host the second state dinner of his administration as we welcomes the australian prime minister and his wife. watch guest arrivals and dinner toasts. live coverage begins friday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> c-span is back in des moines, iowa, this saturday for live campaign 2020 coverage of the poke county democrats annual steak fry at 2:00 p.m. eastern where 18 presidential candidates will take the stage for speeches. watch live on c-span, c-span.org or listen live on the go using the free c-span radio app preponderance. >>> i tell bernie sanders voters all the time i defy you to say you care more about poor people than i do because you don't. i defy you to say you care more about access to health care than i do, because you don't. i defy you to say you care more abou

the president nominated eugene scalia to the role in july, son of late supreme court justice, antonin scalia. the previous secretary, alex acosta resigned over his handling of the jeffrey epstein case when he was a u.s. prosecutor in 2008. >>> the inspector general for the intelligence committee meeting behind closed doors with the house and tell committee over whistleblower complaint. "the washington post" reports it stems from a promise made by president trump in a phone call to a foreign leader. rick jenkins has the story. >> reporter: an internal trump administration whistleblower complaint sparking a likely standoff between the intelligence community, congress, and the white house. this over the presence communication with a foreign leader at the heart of it, washington post report with this quote, trumps interaction with the foreign leader included a promise regarded so troubling, it prompted an official in the u.s. intel community to file formal whistleblower complaint with the inspector general for the intelligence community said the official speaking on the condition of anonymity be

and he shares a story about fishing with the man he replaced, the late supreme court justice antonin scaliawith you. >> justice scalia and i agreed on a lot of things. i admire him greatly. he was an enthusiastic fly fisher. we didn't see eye-to-eye on presenting a fly to a trout. i would say mr. justice, see that rock under there, i'm pretty sure there's something hiding behind it. i know this stream like the back of my hand. i said if you could wade over there a little bit, drop the fly down, you are going to catch a fish. well, he would stomp over there, slap the line on the water, as hard as he could, as if the harder he cast, the more the fish would like a presentation, and then he'd look at me and he'd say neil, you told me there was a fish there. there had been. jon: you can watch neil gorsuch, justice for the republic, in its entirety sunday night 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox news channel. >>> it is nowhere near the devastation we've seen in the bahamas, but hurricane dorian also left behind plenty of damage in the u.s., as it pounded the southeastern seaboard.

supreme court associate justice antonin scalia. also today, ryan mccarthy was confirmed in the u.s. be army secretary. the senate has passed a temporary government-wide funding bill that staves off the risk of the government shutdown through november 21st. the measure would buy additional time for lawmakers to work on a $1.4 trillion bundle of yearly spending bills that's hung up on the advice over president trump's border wall and abortion. if the bill heads to the white house for the white house's expected signature. markets today, stocks are down, the dow lost 80, the s&p 500 lost 7, the nasdaq fell 47. tonight we take you along as federal immigration agents try to track down illegal immigrant immigrants. wanted on criminal charges in california. correspondent griff jenkins is our guide. >> can you come to the door please? >> we placed a detainer on august 9th. that detainer wasn't honored. he was released. >> in those releases of criminal illegal immigrants remain a problem for ice. they say it's extremely hard and dangerous in places like los angeles county, the largest so-call

. >> so you listen to a justice like antonin scalia, not the most liberal justice who served on the supreme court, and even he found that there is no absolute guarantee under the second amendment and that the government does have a power to regulate those kinds of weapons that are extraordinarily unusual or deadly. and an a.r.-15 or an a.k.-47 like the one used in el paso and i'm grateful that you came to el paso and came and saw and met some of those victims yourself. in under three minutes, 22 people were killed and dozens more grievously injured. that's what that a.k.-47 was designed to do. >> nobody will argue with the you unique capabilities of this weapons. what has been experienced in this country is horrible. you and i stood next to each other at one. i have been to dozens so i get you on that. just to be clear on the law -- i'll get with you on the politics but on the law he said, yes, you can have regulations but remember what they struck down. couldn't even tell people how to store their weapons disassembled and he says weapons in common usage get the protection of an individual

he is the son of late supreme court justice antonin scalia, a partner at a washington law firm, gibsonanies such as walmart, ford and others in worker rights claims. still the vote was 53-44. so he is in place. >>> meantime a new survey from the kaiser family foundation coverage, that health coverage in the u.s. is topping 20,000-dollars a record while single coverage also jumping. as costs rise workers at health care firms may pay a larger share. could this be a deciding factor in the 2020 elections. we have jenna ellis reeves and democratic strategist rashad ritchie. let me start with you. from everyone who covers this the midterm elections were decided on health care. if i'm elizabeth warren i'm touting numbers every single day. >> not the crazy impeachment narrative democrats seem to be focused on, if we're talking about policy, single-payer health care is very, very bad for the american people. this is about the government becoming an interested party in the distribution of a scarce and limited resource. we've seen how that plays out in the united kingdom with charlie gard where t

. >>> eugene scalia the son of antonin scalia has been confirmed as the new labor secretary. was confirmed in the senate with a 53-44 vote and replace alex acosta who resigned after his involvement of jeffery epstein's plea deal. scalia worked at gibbs and dunn and crusher, at the law firm, where he defended powerful corporate clients that dealt with government rules. he has also worked for other prominent american corporations such as goldman sachs, bank of america, ford, facebook, delta, marriott and juul. and trump first announced scalia's nomination for labor secretary back in august and faced heavy pushback from labor unions because of his resume with large corporations and work as a corporate lawyer. minority leader chuck schumer addressed his concern following the confirmation on the senate floor yesterday. >> mr. scalia's nomination is a slap to the face of labor. because mr. scalia's life work has been utterly opposed to the mission of the agency to which he is nominated. he has sided repeatedly with the large corporate interests against working people. if any workin

join us tomorrow when eugene scalia, the son of the late supreme court justice antonin scalia testifies before the labor committee on his nomination to serve as labor secretary. watch that live tomorrow 9:30 a.m. >>> president trump and first lady melania trump will host the second state dinner as he welcomes the australian prime minister and his wife. watch the guest arrivals and the dinner toasts. the live coverage begins friday at 6:30 eastern on c-span, and online at cspan.org or listen to the free c-span radio app. >>> this weekend on american history tv, saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, scott mingas and coauthor of "targeted tracks" talks about the importance of the cumberland valley railroad in the civil war.

some ways he's carrying on the torch of justice antonin scalia.s to the original meaning of the constitution. he doesn't believe that judges should invent new rights and of course that's where he comes under criticism because many people, his critics say that that's an outdated way to look at the constitution. a lot has changed since 1787. there was slavery there. women didn't have the right to vote, and they say that look, his view rights certain individuals out of the constitution. he comes back strong, and he says he rejects that. he says if you want to change the constitution, then you've got to amend it. it was a really interesting honest philosophy on the eve of this huge turn that's coming up. >> it's so interesting to hear ever from a supreme court justice, what a revealing interview. >>> up next, the last frontier on the front lines of the climate crisis. see how a brutally hot summer is transforming alaska and what that could mean for the rest of the planet. a lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesn't get everything clean. i tell

from parents on the border to claim if it is the law and you know also who was quoted romans 13 antonin scalia on the supreme court he is kind of like my nemesis. [laughter] because a lot of people died at his hands i watch people be executed because of the way he interpreted the constitution. something is legal and it comes from god the authority of god. the attorney general of the united states and he got away with it. just from the scriptures. so slavery was legal so now that's the will of god quick so teaching people to read now that's the will of god? people treating them as property, that's the will of god? since when do you quote the will of god isn't that a theocracy? okay jeff sessions the attorney general quote the authority of god to justify to do what we are doing at the border we are democracy not a theocracy. but we have to think through these things as you can see i have been doing a lot of thinking. [laughter] and what's good is that we think together so it is good. >> so i went to pull this back a little bit. [laughter] so one of the things that i think is moving and interesti

she talks about her career, friendship with antonin scalia, and her health following cancer treatment. justice jens berg spoke in little rock, arkansas, as part of a special lecture series -- supreme court justice ginsburg delivered remarks in little rock, arkansas as part of a special lecture series hosted by the clinton foundation, and the clinton school of public service. she sat down with the conversation with npr's nina totenberg. this is about 90 minutes. >> wow. you got to look at this crowd. [applause] >> for those who this evening, and those watching by livestream c-span, welcome to the distinguished lecture series. we would ask that you please silence your cell phones. a little activity there. let me begin by first lifting up those who have been impacted in our giving -- and are dealing with hurricane dorian. if you are able, please consider supporting relief efforts. clintonrd dean of the school, and on behalf of at&t, the clinton foundation, and the clinton school, we are glad you're here. special thanks to catherine and compurisrue and dean for establishing this series ho

[laughter] [laughter] and neither one of us will ever forget antonin scalia. speaking of your former boss, once had the tour of the supreme court to or from him he took me to the top floor and showed me the basketball court. which is above the supreme court chambers and is therefore known as the highest court in the land. [laughter] do you ever sneak away to shoot a few hoops during the day? >> i like to ride my bike, i like to row and i like to ski i like to do a lot of things, occasionally i will go up there and i have some happy memories up there. my old boss byron white, who now is largely forgotten but i'd like to remember him a little bit, first justice from colorado there are two special places in the court when i think of him and that was one of them. he was one of the great athletes of his day, rhodes scholar, highest-paid nfl football player, leading rusher, i will think of it happened again at the supreme court. it would be neat if it did. anyway, he had a meaty game of course. and we would go up there and play horse. dwhen he was younger he used to

this is why we have the vacancy of antonin scalia pending. on the lower courts, there have been a record number of appointments to the very powerful appeals court posts. through the former white house counsel don mcgahn in league with leonard leo of the federalist society of just screening people looking for developing teams at the district court level, the appeals court level for the supreme court. by putting out lists of names and encouraging people to buy for these positions, the opinions we are seeing generated below. many of these people would probably be ruling and writing as they are doing, but there is a lot of attention getting opinions in the lower courts that are almost designed to play two people from the federalist society that would be looking for folks to move up in sequence. i went to new orleans for the new affordable care act challenge. that is a very strong challenge to the entire law heard by the fifth circuit. i was aware of just how strongly conservative -- that is a circuit that is very much unlike the ninth. it has bee

more establishment republican voters and it did do the trick which is why we had the vacancy of antonin scalia pending that on the lower courts there have been a record number of appointments to the very colorful appeals court through again the white house consul don mcgann in league with leonard leo of the federalist society screening people, looking, developing at the district court level, for the supreme court and by putting out lists of names and encouraging people to buy for these positions, in terms of opinions we are seeing many of these people would be writing as they are doing but there is a lot of attention getting opinions i have seen in lower courts almost designed to play 2 people from the federalist society looking for folks to move up in sequence. i went to new orleans for the affordable care act challenge that is out there, a very strong challenge for the entire law heard by the fifth circuit and i was aware how strongly conservative, unlike the ninth, tends to be traditionally conservative with trump appointments but i am seeing in lower court rulings where it is a big deal an

the president's pick is the son of late supreme court justice antonin scalia.ebook is headed to capitol hill today for a second round of meetings. mark zuckerberg will meet privately with lawmakers to discuss data privacy, competition, and election interference. facebook also says zuckerberg plans to pitch his vision for internet regulation. i believe he met with some lawmakers last night for dinner. brian: those meetings go so well. he is always so candid. >>> canadian prime minister justin trudeau apologizing after a shocking video surfaces of him wearing brown face. >> dressed up in "aladdin" costume and put makeup on. i shouldn't have done that. when i was in high school i, dressed up at a talent show and sank daoi. with makeup on. i didn't consider it a racist action at the time. now we know better. ainsley: joining us to react, nationally syndicated radio show host dana loesch. what are your thoughts? how do you react to that? >> good morning to you all. this is the second scandal for him in recent time. he was trying to influence his ag earlier. i don't

we wouldn't have said that that about antonin scalia, the right to jury trial, key facts have to be decided by a jury, may be constitutionalism coming out which i think he seems in other cases to be extremely devoted to. >> he says i come out of the west and see myself in the ranch -- new word for me. no, no, police are chasing this guy in reckless race in motorcycle, they see the motorcycle in a driveway, under top, that's the one, no, can't reach it. claim of privacy, so gorsuch has expansive notion of understanding this. i think the libertarian comes out with vengeance. [inaudible] >> new natural law help explain any of this? >> i don't think so. >> i don't't think so. many people in the room may know gorsuch did file in oxford, revised published by princeton, law perspective but i don't see -- i don't see any strong evidence that the doctrines or teachings have juries prudence. >> no, but i do see willingness toto interpret the law and claus of the constitution. the libertarian civic engagement, if that's what's going on, judicial engagement is actually trying to restore original meanin

hearings on merrick garland, president obama's nominee, to fill that supreme court seat went antonin scalia unexpectedly died in 2015, by blocking hearings and not allowing merrick garland to be confirmed, mitch mcconnell health donald trump to mobilize untold numbers of voters who may not have been willing to turn out and vote for donald trump otherwise. mitch mcconnell is first person to realize come he and i had a discussion about this in detail, when you think about the fact donald trump won the presidency by three states, michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania by a combined margin of 77,744 votes, and when you look at the exit polling in the states, the issues most important to people, and would use some of between 18-22% of the republican voters said the number one issue was judges, do the math. mitch mcconnell wasn't loving or hating, with your diehard liberal or a bleeding heart conservative, mitch mcconnell absolutely delivered the widest of donald trump by holding open that judicial vacancy. traditionally i think we all can recognize, those of us who pay attention to politics, those

. >>> eugene scalia, son of late supreme court justice antonin scalia testifies before the senate health education labor and pensions committee on his nomination to serve as labor secretary. watch live on thursday at 9:00 a.m. on c-span3, online at c- span.org or listen life with the free c-span radio app. >>> c-span is back in des moines, iowa, this saturday for life campaign 2020 coverage of the polk county democrats annual steak fry beginning at 2:00 p.m. eastern. 18 candidates will take the stage for speeches. watch live on c-span, c- span.org, or listen live on the go using the free c-span radio app. >>> this weekend on american history tv, saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on the civil war, scott mingus, co-author of targeted tracks talks about the importance of the cumberland valley railroad during the civil war and at 8:00, on lectures in history, a discussion on playwright august wilson. >> the things motivating august wilson are his desire to move black people from the margins to the center. and say what's true about us? what matters to us? what's happening in our lives? >> and sun

we wouldn't have said that ant antonin scalia. the key facts have to be decided by a jurimey. it may be constitutionalism coming out which he seems in the other cases to be extremely devoted to. >> he'll tell you himself, he says i come out of the west. i see myself on a ranch. i identify with that ethic. but look -- what's the case of the kurtilag. this is a new word for me? the police are chasing this guy in a reckless race with a motorcycle. now they see that motorcycle in a driveway. it's under a tarp. you look -- ah, that's the one. nope. can't reach it. it's part of the claim of privacy. so, gorsuch has an expansive notion of understanding that. i think it's the libertarian comes out with a vengeance. >> since we're on gorsuch, does new natural law help explain any of this? >> i don't think so. >> i don't think so. as many people in the room may know, justice gorsuch did was at oxford under john fennis. his dissertation was published oc on assisted suicide euthanasia from a new law perspective. but i don't see any strong evidence that the doctrines or teachings of the ne

to justify the death penalty and to -- justice antonin scalia on the supreme court. he's kind of my nemesis. [laughter] a lot of people died by his hands. the way he interpreted the constitution. like if something's legal, it comes from god, it's the authority of god. jeff sessions, the attorney general of the united states, saying that. and he got away with it. he just goes for his little proof text from the scriptures. so when slavery was legal, that's the will of god, huh? teaching a slave to read, which was against the law, that's the will of god? whipping people and treating them as property, that's the will of god? since when in democracy do you quote the will of god, isn't that what a theocracy is? why is jeff sessions, the attorney general, then quoting the authority of god to justify what he's doing at the border? we're democracy, we're not a theocracy. but we've got to think through these things. so as you can see, i've been doing a lot of thinking. [laughter] and what's good about being on the road and being with groups like you i mean, we think together a

court justice ruth bader ginsburg talking about her career, her friendship with the late justice antonin scaliaand health following cancer treatment, the event in little rock, arkansas part of lecture series hosted by the clinton foundation and clinton school of public service, she's introduced by former president bill clinton. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much, thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank y

and coming up thursday eugene scalia the son of the late supreme court justice antonin scalia will testify before the senate health education and labor -- that starts live thursday at 9 am eastern also on c-span three. >>> pres. trump and first lady manon you trump will host the second state dinner of his administration as he welcomes australian prime minister scott morrison and his wife jenny morrison. watch guest arrivals, it begins friday at 6:30 pm eastern on c- span. online@c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> c-span is back into wine iowa for live campaign 2020 coverage of the polk county democrats annual steak fry beginning at 2 pm eastern where 18 presidential candidates will take the stage for speeches. watchhe polk county iowa state fry, or listen live on the go using the free c-span radio app. >>> up next sen. ted cruz talks about us foreign policy and national security including threats from china and russia, he also shared his views on iran at this event at the hudson institute. >>> thank you very much john and thank you to hudson for hosting me, thank you fo

scalia is the son of the late supreme court justice antonin scalia.previously served as top solicitor during the george h.w. bush administration. he was asked about safety, the minimum wage and protections for lgbtq workers among other topics. >> good morning. >> good morning. should. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> the committee will come to order. today we're considering the nomination of eugene scalia. >> the senate committee on health education and pensions will please come to order. today we're considering the nomination of eugene scalia to serve as united states secretary of -- of labor. let me say before i begin my opening statement that we welcome secretary chao, secretary, good to see you, and we welcome mr. scalia's family. we'll give him a chance to introduce all of them a little later. there are so many of them -- i will -- the scalias are especially productive family, apparently, so it won't come any of your allotted time for your statement, and i would say to the family members that -- the confirmation hearings are a not necessarily

she talks about her career, friendship with antonin scalia, and her health following cancer treatmentens berg spoke in little rock, arkansas, as part of a special lecture series -- supreme court justice ginsburg delivered remarks in little rock, arkansas as part of a special lecture series hosted by the clinton foundation, and the clinton school of public service. she sat down with the conversation with npr's nina totenberg. this is about 90 minutes. >> wow. you got to look at this crowd. [applause]

. >> it should the some of the late supreme court justice antonin scalia. very busy day coming up.is monday. on friday, it has been revealed that apparently the inspector general for the intel community, michael attkisson is actually going to appear before a closed session of the house intel committee. he, of course, is the person who handled the whistleblower complaint. said it rose to an urgent concern. and so i'm sure the republicans are going to be asking questions like hey, when exactly did you change it from you had to have firsthand knowledge to you could have heard somebody talking about it and that rises to the level of a whistleblower. ainsley: used to be they wouldn't investigate. you weren't considered a whistleblower if you were second hand. if you got second hand information. you had to hear it directly. in this case they changed the law and that's why this whistleblower didn't listen to the conversation. wasn't in the room but still reporting on what he heard was said. steve: and we had sean davis from the federalist with us about 45 minutes ago. and he said he was t

scalia is the son of the late supreme court justice antonin scalia. interesting.ll," that means everybody in the country has health care including undocumented. i want to make public colleges and universities tuition free. that also includes undocumented. ed: former obama attorney general eric holder is schooling democrats a little bit on the rule of law when it comes to the border. >> the emphasis was on people who had criminal records, people who posed a danger, public safety risk. democrats have to understand that we do have to have borders do mean something. jedediah: here to react, acting commissioner of u.s customs & border protection mark morgan. >> good morning. thank you. jedediah: we're now at a point where eric holder has to come out and try to restore sanity. he is the one actually talking about why borders matter. what has happened to the democratic party? >> so jedediah, first of all, you know, it is interesting, i hope people now are actually listening to what former attorney general eric holder said, if this happens, if we put a moratorium on depor

eugene scalia, the son of the late supreme court justice antonin scalia a testifies before the senate labor and pensions committee with his nomination to serve as labor secretary. watch live on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. is james poniewozik,

she discusses her career, relationship with justice antonin scalia, and her health. this is about an hour and a half. we will break away from this event when the debate on brexit continues in the house of commons. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] evening, and those watching by livestream c-span, welcome to the distinguished lecture series. we would ask that you please silence your cell phones. a little activity there. let me begin by first lifting up those who have been impacted in our giving -- and are dealing with hurricane dorian. if you are able, please consider supporting relief efforts. clintonrd dean of the school, and on behalf of at&t, the clinton foundation, and the clinton school, we are glad you're here. special thanks to catherine and compurisrue and dean for establishing this series honoring their parents. what a gift. [applause] and what a tribute to your mom and your dad. just please know how grateful we are. i want to recognize the new class of clinton school students. stand up, guys. [applause] as well as our returning studen