in 2009, atkins died in prison.ve a chance at freedom. >> it doesn't matter whether i wooe wielded the fatal blows or not. i feel responsible for both of their deaths. >> two months ago the parole board recommended releasing van houten. governor brown vetoed the idea. sharon's younger sister was relieved. >> they don't deserve it. these people were brutally butchered. there has to be some kind of accountability in this world. >> convincing the jury of this sle esoteric, sophisticated motive of charles manson -- >> the prosecutor died in 2015. the story he wove for the jury, helter skelter, added to manson's enduring legend. >> what do you want to call me a murderer for? i never killed anyone. i don't need to kill anyone. >> charlie manson would spend the rest of his life behind bars. in november 2015, shortly after his 83rd birthday, nearly 50 years since he orchestrated those brutal crimes, he died in prison. throughout his long life, he never admitted regret or remorse. >> remorse for what? you people have done ev

kimberly atkins, kelsey snell, robert costa, jeremy bash.eremy, again, this announcement from the white house, while it's announced tonight under this headline in the "new york times," "trump gives attorney general sweeping power in review of 2016 campaign inquiry" by maggie haberman and mike schmidt. it appears the a.g. has to follow established norms. does this worry you in any way? >> very much so, brian. and look, let's break this down. what this order, this directive issued by the white house tonight, does is it strips the power of the cia director, the nsa director, and the director of national intelligence from making decisions about what information should remain classified, which intelligence sources should remain protected, and it gives all of that power over to bill barr. now, the power to declassify, which is what now barr has, is also the power to selectively declassify, to let drips and drabs out there, to bolster the president's political narrative. and i think that power in the hands of a political ally of the president, the

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source.he european parliamentary election results. in the uk, one party is grabbing most of the headlines at least. the brexit party was born just a few weeks ago, but it swept to victory, getting over 30% of the vote. and it also left the ruling conservative party licking its wounds. it came in fifth with a vote below 10%. elsewhere in europe, we have seen mixed success for populists and nationalists. in france, where marine le pen's national rally came top, and austria's government has collapsed. more political drama, nothing to do with the european parliamentary elections but chancellor kurtz has lost a no—confidence motion, so the government has gone. let's turn our attention to france next. this was very much billed by both marine le pen and emmanuel macron as a political duel between the two of them and they're very different visions of france and europe. the poll said it would be tight, and so it proved, but marine le pen and her national rally party came out on top. it is going to tak

he's done more than 1,100 funerals for veterans which included the service for travis atkins. and while we all appreciate our brave men, our brave women who serve in the military every day, this month is military appreciation month. this month is about giving these men and women the added appreciation that they richly deserve. i will continue to advocate for policies that strengthens our military and gives our men and our women who serve the strategic advantages they need to win. thank you to all who serve and to all who have served. and on behalf of a very grateful nation, we honor you and we appreciate you. i yield back. mr. lankford: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: mr. president, the month of may is military appreciation month. it's a time when we, as a country, we come together, we pause, we recognize the sacrifice of those who have raised their right hand, worn the cloth of our country and they continue to serve the world's greatest military day in and day out. they have exceptionally long days, difficult tasks. sometimes the

brett stevens and kimberly atkins. the lone republican member of congress calling for trump's impeachment laid out a scathing assessment of william barr's actions and the congressman took his case for impeachment for voters in michigan and got a standing o. you will hear about that in a moment. my conversation with pete buttigeig. i spent the day with the mayor in south bend and we covered a lot of ground. repeated attacks on joe biden and the supreme court ruling on a new abortion law in the state of indiana. you don't want to miss this. watch our live town hall next monday with mayor pete and tz vo the voters live from fresno state in california. much more ahead tonight. stick with us. california. much more ahead tonight. stk icwith us. get it! get that butterfly! you know those butterflies aren't actually in the room? california. much more ahead tonight. stick with us. california much more ahead tonight. stick with us. she's not a baker. she wears that apron to sell insurance. nobody knows why. she's the progressive

cowards emily atkin joins me now. why did you write this piece?limate change. it's not something i normally write about. it's not like i walked into the office that day thinking i was going to disclose my abortion to the world. but i was just so angry when i was reading the news that day that we had just -- it seemed that everything that had been told to me that was going to happen that we were going to backwards on this issue was happening. and i was seeing the anger of all these women around me, on the internet, and i couldn't concentrate on my general reporting. one of the reasons that i don't talk about this in the piece, but one of the reasons i made the choice to get an abortion at age 19 is because i was in college. i was pursuing a journalism degree, and that was my passion, that was what i wanted to do. that's one of the many reasons i made that choice. so that day i was going to still do journalism that day, but there was no way i could focus on climate change, so this is what happened. >> you disclosed having a medical abortion in the p

kimberly atkins, it does seem as if nancy pelosi is right. >> that the white house is basically daring the democrats and they're going to poke and they're going to delay, delay. we know what the strategy is. greg brouwer is right. i think they know they will lose this court fight, but they're going to make congressional democrats take them to court. >> that seems to be the game plan. >> then that will become the focus. >> that creates the democrats against the white house, trying to extend an investigation that has concluded and the president believes that that is going to val beganize his base behind him. his base is already unified. the latest gallop pool 91% of republicans back this president. so they see this as a winning fight. it's a losing fight for the democrats. the more they talk about this and the less they talk about the things that had been resonating in the day and the mid-terms, healthcare, affordability of housing. wages. they think that focusing on this will be helpful. >> first of all, i think the democrats have been focusing on the wrong issue. we played christopher

stephanie ruhle will stick around and kimberly atkins along with shannon and bloomberg news white house reporter, as well. kristen, do we have you from the north lawn? >> you absolutely do, hallie. >> let's start there with the latter news out of the white house this morning. >> as you say, president trump has really thrown a wrench into these high-stakes trade talks with china. essentially threatening over the weekend to slap a new round of tariffs on china. take a look at these numbers, hallie. essentially starting to raise tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion worth of goods. and then to raise them another 25% on all goods a short time thereafter. so, why this pivot? why this move now? president trump indicated he doesn't feel as though the talks are progressing quickly enough and doesn't feel as though the administration is getting what it wants from china. now, chinese officials scheduled to come this week, hallie, for that final round of talks. this, again, has rattled the markets. it caught chinese officials off guard. but, look, this is thenegotiate. folks who follow him shoul

is a german mep and co—founder of the european green bloc, she's been speaking to my colleague ros atkinsis now a big task and big responsibility to put our demands into practice when it comes to climate protection, but also when it comes to making sure the european union becomes a social union. those two big centrist blocks, the ebp and esd are going to want to talk to you because they need you to have a functioning majority. what do you wa nt functioning majority. what do you want in return for voting with them on occasion? for us it is clear. we are the greens and we want to put green policies into place. so we wa nt to green policies into place. so we want to vote for policies of climate protection, we want to create a social europe with social protection for everyone, social rides for eve ryo ne for everyone, social rides for everyone and we want to make sure the rule of law and civil liberties are the rule of law and civil liberties a re protected the rule of law and civil liberties are protected everywhere in europe including hungary. some people are sceptical of the european parli

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. talks aimed at ending the trade war between the us and china are about to resume. and president trump has set the tone: we are the piggy bank that everybody steals from. including china. the us says china has backtracked on a deal — china says it hasn't. we look at what's gone wrong, and the chances of the two sides ever agreeing. pope francis issues guidelines for priests and churches around the world, aimed at fighting child sexual abuse. syrian government forces are launching assaults on the last rebel—held areas in the country. we will bring you up—to—date on the stage of this conflict, which is now eight years long. and an ancient royal burial tomb was unearthed between a supermarket and a pub here in the uk has finally revealed its treasures. the two largest economies are in a trade war. in two hours, the us and china start talks in washington aimed at ending it. but the build up has been fraught. here's president trump earlier. the vice premier is coming here today, we were get

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. which feed into the structure of power at brussels as well. tonight we are live from berlin. yesterday we are in poland and we will be in paris tomorrow, looking at those in a moment. britain's prime minister theresa may tells mps they will get a vote on whether to hold a second referendum if they approve her brexit withdrawal bill. the government will therefore include in the withdrawal agreement bill at introduction a requirement to vote on whether to hold a second referendum. it's definitely true that in order to understand the elections you have to understand the elections you have to look at all 28 member states we can also talk about themes that run through those countries, one is that voters tend to look at their own government and pass judgement on them and neither is people are concerned about immigration, it's become a potent political issue within the european union. particularly because i what happened in 2015 and 2016. the international organisation for migration estimate

hans nichols at the white house and susie kim along with kimberly atkins and shana thomas on set. to get to her reporting in a second, but new reaction from the white house to this viral moment with secretary carson and from the congresswoman, too, katie porter who questioned him. >> katie porter is not pleased with the response and part of the frustration stems from something larger than one exchange, hallie. a big deal with how hud is being developed and run under this administration. secretary carson has actually defended budget cuts up to 10% of 2019 levels. he talked about eliminating community block grants and that question of that $31,000 mahogany table. so, serious bipartisan concerns how hud is being run by secretary carson. i asked sarah sanders how she thinks secretary carson is doing. here is her response. >> how does the president feel ben carson is doing over at hud? >> he has a great deal of confidence in secretary carson. he is doing a tremendous job and supportive of the work he's doing over there. >> hallie, normally you know when a cabinet official has a great d

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. we are in brussels next to the building that houses the european parliament. there are any number of stories in these election results. we will start with the uk. a party that formed only six weeks ago is the big winner in the eleciton — the uk's brexit party has swept to victory. we have got the right experience, let us make sure the country is ready on the 31st of october to leave the european union on whatever terms. it was a disastrous election for the opposition labour party and the ruling conservatives who had their lowest national election result in their history. this is the worst result in our party's history in elections. we are also watching closely for the su ccesses we are also watching closely for the successes or otherwise of populist and nationalist parties. in france, marine le pen beat emmanuel macron. translation: emmanuel macron has no choice but to dissolve the national assembly and make it a more democratic election that reflects the opinion of the country's peop

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. three years after voting to leave the eu, britain will be taking part in the european elections. voters will have to choose new representatives in europe, because the british government has run out of time to sort brexit before the vote. ideally, we would like to be in a situation where that is from the uk never have to take seats in the european parliament. meanwhile talks on a compromise brexit deal between labour and the government restarted with low expectations on both sides, we'll bring you all the analysis. some good news out of myanmar, two reuters journalists are freed, after 500 days injail linked to their reporting on an atrocity. doubts about us china trade talks have been sending financial markets sharply downwards again. and we'll be looking at the diesel emissions scandal — as car—maker porsche is fined almost $600 million for cheating. the uk is definitely going to take part in european elections that begin later this month. the british government says there simply isn

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0ut5ide source. welcome to warsaw on a dank spring evening, we are here as part of a trip to a number of european capitals as we build up to the european parliamentary elections, which start on thursday. these elections reveal an awful lot about domestic policies and the member states of the eu but also about ambitions europeans have for the eu. we will talk about that across the hour and your questions are very welcome. we will also bring you the main stories from elsewhere in the world, we have to talk about huawei and google, a huge announcement today from google saying it is cutting ties with the well‘s second biggest smartphone maker. if you have a huawei phone, we will talk through what that is going to mean for you. and we are going to report from vienna because the political turmoil in austria is deepening. at the weekend, we had the vice chancellor walking out and no more of his colleagues have walked out as a complaint about how the chancellor sebastian kurz is dealing with the whole thing.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. a baby boy for the deep and catches of sussex, prince harry announced the news earlier. as every father of parent would say, your babyis father of parent would say, your baby is absolutely amazing that this little thing is absolutely to die for i am over them in. a royal baby boy has been born today, god say that the green. celebrations in windsor, the new arrival deadline to the throne, we are told that megan and the baby are doing well. i live in windsor to bring you all the reaction to the wellness. also bring in the main stories of the day you and whiting i million species facing threat of extinction, because that insatiable consumption of natural world by humans. the us is sending aircraft carrier to the persian gulf and saying it wants to deter iran from attacking us troops, we will talk about that. after the ruling party lost the first time around, take the accepted rewrite elections in istanbul. lots of excitement here in the uk. the duke and duchess of sussex — harry and megh

hello, i'm ros atkins, live in paris, this is outside source. all week long within the around the eu ahead of the parliamentary elections, we are live in the centre of paris this evening. our attention must turn to westminster because brexit continues to reach adequate british politics. andrea leadsom resigns from the british cabinet, saying in a letter to theresa may "i no longer believe that our approach will deliver on the referendum result". isa time is a time to go prime minister? the resignation adds to the pressure theresa may faces from her party to step down. the time has come for a change of leader we only have a few months before the deadline and we need a new leader and team to be able to deliver that. the prime minister is to meet with backbench representatives on the 1922 committee on friday to discuss what happens next. here in paris i'll bring you much more on these two — here in paris i'll bring you much more on these two — emmanuel macron and marine le pen — her party came out top the last time european elections were held five

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. donald trump has blocked congress from getting the full details of the mueller report. that came as the house was poised to hold attorney general william barr in contempt forfailing to hand over an unredacted version. this sums up the democrats‘ mood. in this country, no one is above the law, including the president of the united states. iran say it's withdrawing from some of the commitments it made under the iran nuclear deal — a year after the us pulled out. we're also in south africa where people have been voting in the country's general elections. it's the first real test for president ramaphosa. we'll also be live at the uber headquarters in san francisco as drivers from ride—hailing apps strike over wages and conditions. president trump has blocked congress from seeing the entire mueller report on russian election interference. the president has previously claimed the report's findings exonerate him completely. today for the first time, he used presidential secrecy powers to pre

very elections here on bbc news and our very own elections here on bbc news and our very own ros atkinsbc during the week. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: will europe go dutch and hand the netherlands their first eurovision victory in 44 years? all eyes are on this weekend's song contest in tel aviv. this morning an indian air force the plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so it has become the first country in the world to approve the change in a national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it has been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far but suddenly the police are tear gassing the crowd. we don't yet know why. the pre—launch ritual is well established here. helen was said to be in good spirits butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was

for global viewers, there'll be a special programme presented by ros atkins from inside the european that's the results of the eu elections 2019, from 2000 gmt on bbc world news. of course, the uk is expected to leave the european union at some point in the next few months. the failure to deliver a clear exit plan, has cost prime minister theresa may herjob, and the race to succeed her has intensified, with more candidates entering the field. former brexit secretary dominic raab, the former leader of the commons, andrea leadsom, and the environment secretary, michael gove, are the latest to have declared their candidacy. people in ireland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of making it easier to get a divorce. with nearly all the results now in, the ‘yes' vote stands at 82%. it comes after the public backed legalising abortion and gay marriage in other recent votes, as our correspondent louise cullen explains. divorce only became legal in the republic of ireland just over 20 years ago, and that referendum in 1995 passed with a tiny margin, just 50.3%, here we are some 23, 2a years l

the organiser of the events told the bbc‘s ros atkins who he's backing in the uk.e? i am waiting for him. would you like him in your coalition? yeah, the new european parliament. but he wants to leave the european union. you think he should? forthe moment, he is in. do you hope he stays? we can work together, we can work together, i hope. on which issues? the economy, immigration? both. even though these parties are nationalist in their nature, unlike mr farage's brexit party in the uk, most want to stay in the european union. there are also differing attitudes towards russia from these populist leaders. but they'll want change in the way the eu is run. germany's chancellor angela merkel and other european leaders came under attack by matteo salvini. he said they had betrayed the continent by constructing a europe of finance and uncontrolled immigration. but the german leader hit back, speaking at a rally in croatia. translation: being proud of one's homeland and building europe at the same time is not a contradiction. nationalism is the enemy of the european proje

the bbc‘s ros atkins has been reporting from the piazza del duomo in central milan.e caught up with the italian deputy prime minister, matteo salvini. did you enjoy today's events? i'm late, i'm terribly late. what were your emotions today? speaks italian. what did you say about mr farage? i'm waiting for him. are you? would you like him in your coalition? yeah. the new european parliament. he wants to leave the european union. do you think he should? for the moment, he is in. do you hope he stays? we can work together, we can work together. on which issues, immigration, the economy? both. yeah. thanks for speaking to us. there's been a shock result in australia's general election, with the governing liberal—national coalition being returned to power. exit polls had suggested a narrow victory for the opposition labor party for the first time in six years. in the end, prime minister scott morrison's party edged ahead, prompting the leader of the opposition bill shorten to resign. let's have a listen to some of scott morrison's victory speech in sydney tonight is about

will be a special programme presented from roz _by special programme presented from roz —— by roz atkinsopean parliament. of course the uk is expected to leave the eu at some point in the next few months. failure to deliver a clear plan has cost theresa may herjob. in the race to succeed her has intensified. more candidates are entering the field. the former brexit secretary dominic raabe and the former leader of the commons of the latest to say they will stand for conservative party leader. another brexiteer, michael gove, will dig claire his candidacy later today. —— claire his candidacy. —— declare his candidacy. people in ireland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of making it easier to get a divorce. with nearly all the results now in, the ‘yes' vote stands at 82 %. it comes after the public backed legalising abortion and gay marriage in other recent votes, as our correspondent louise cullen explains. divorce only became legal in the republic of ireland over 20 years ago and that referendum in 1995 past bya ago and that referendum in 1995 past by a tiny margin, just 50.3%. here we

at the end of the rally, the bbc‘s ros atkins caught up with matteo salvini.e, i'm terribly late. what were your emotions today? speaks italian. what did you say about mr farage? i'm waiting for him. are you? would you like him in your coalition? uh, yeah. the new european parliament. but he wants to leave the european union. do you think he should? for the moment, he's in. do you hope he stays? we can work together, we can work together, i hope. on which issues, immigration, on economy? uh, both. yeah. thanks for speaking to us. 0ur europe producer, sara monetta, in brussels told us more about the strength of the far right alliance. it certainly has grown since it was formed in april. in april, it started with matteo salvini's league party. the front national of marine le pen and the danish people's party.. and then the afd in germany and the finns party, it's got also vox from spain, ekre from estonia. but essentially, the most important bit would be what happens after the european union elections. if hungary's fidesz party, the party of the prime minister v

coverage of the european election results, which are on sunday, in special programme presented by ros atkinsults of the eu elections 2019 — this sunday from 2000 gmt on bbc world news. jamie 0liver‘s recipes are popular with amateur chefs everywhere, and his boyish enthusiasm for cooking made him a tv star. but in the uk, jamie's restaurant empire has collapsed, with 1,000 jobs being lost. emma simpson reports. so, what you get... from the cheeky new chef on the block... look at that! ..to campaigner, tv star and books, jamie 0liver‘s built an empire as britain's most successful chef, and he opened dozens of restaurants too. come in and see us at jamie's italian. nothing was being served up today, though. his restaurant business collapsed, 22 outlets closed with immediate effect. around 1,000 jobs lost. in a statement, jamie oliver said: so, what went wrong? itjust got a bit too chain... chainy. chainy, yeah. whereas just around here, there are so many quirky little restaurants, and just one—offs that you can go to. today's news isn't a total surprise. this chain almost went bust a couple of

at the end of the rally, the bbc‘s ros atkins he caught up with the italian deputy prime minister, matteots? i'm late, i'm terribly late. what were your emotions today? speaks italian. what did you say about mr farage? i'm waiting for him. are you? would you like him in your coalition? yeah. the new european parliament. but he wants to leave the european union. do you think he should? forthe moment, he is in. for the moment, he is in. do you hope he stays? we can work together, we can work together. on which issues, immigration, the economy? both. yeah. thanks for speaking to us. with us now sara monetta, bbc europe producer. how strong is this far right alliance? when it formed in april, materials fill ——it was matteo salvini's lead party. and then the afb in germany and marine le pen's party in france. it has gone to spain and estonia. essentially, the most important bits would be what happens after the european elections. if in hungary, it is viktor orban, it would make it quite significant. at the moment, it is a popular party that they have been pa rt popular party that they have bee

joining me is kimberly atkins and brendan buck. shawna thomas. and philippe reinus.e. quote, bob mueller should not testify. president trump said that in a tweet 48 hours after saying this in the oval office. >> mr. president, should mueller testify? >> i don't know. that's up to our attorney general. >> when the president made that comment, bill barr had already said publicly on multiple occasions that she does not have a problem with mueller testifying. the president's shift in tone comes as a house judiciary source tells nbc news so date is set for mueller to testify before the committee but that talks are ongoing. the senate side, chairman graham has already sent a letter to mueller offering him the opportunity to testify about, quote, any misrepresentation by the attorney general of the substance of a phone call that mueller had with barr about barr's four-page summary of the mueller report. here is barr's description of that phone call. >> i said, bob, what's with the letter? you know? why don't you just pick up the phone and call me if there's an issue? and he

at the end of the rally, the bbc‘s ros atkins caught up with matteo salvini.erribly late. what were your emotions today? speaks italian. what did you say about mr farage? i'm waiting for him. are you? would you like him in your coalition? uh, yeah. the new european parliament. but he wants to leave the european union. do you think he should? for the moment, he's in. do you hope he stays? we can work together, we can work together, i hope. on which issues, immigration, on economy? uh, both. yeah. thanks for speaking to us. the partner of murdered journalist lyra mckee has made a public plea for same—sex marriage in northern ireland. sara canning told the crowds gathered outside city hall for the rainbow rally that a law change would be a win for everyone. ms mckee, a 29—year—old journalist and author, was shot dead by dissident republicans as she observed rioting in londonderry last month. the differences made, and the rights not extended to same—sex couples is not acceptable. it is not fair, it is not right and it's an affront to us as individuals, as couples,

rancid backstairs deal between the northern ireland office and sinn fein ira to sell corporate johnny atkins—establishing the executive. up with that, i believe this house will not put. we have a moral duty to defend those who defended us, and we abrogate that duty if for reasons of political convenience we allow that scapegoating of our veterans to pander to terrorists. i am sure that my honourable friend speaks for everybody in this house, he certainly speaks for me when he says we will have no rancid political deals here. that is not acceptable and it is something which if we are going to ask people to potentially put their lives on the line to serve in her majesty's armed forces anywhere in the world, then we need to make sure that we are doing the right thing by then when they have done the right thing by their country. i think we have to be very clear in this house that investigating the most serious crimes, a death has taken place, crimes, we have to be resolute and absolute in saying there can be no statute of limitation. crime is crime, murder is murder, and we need to establish, as

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source.ssex, prince harry announced the news earlier. as every father of parent would say, your babyis father of parent would say, your baby is absolutely amazing that this little thing is absolutely to die for i am over them in. a royal baby boy has been born today, god say that the green. celebrations in windsor, the new arrival deadline to the throne, we are told that megan and the baby are doing well. i

backs stayers deal between the northern ireland office and sinn fein ira, to sell corporaljohnny atkinsxecutive. up with that, sir, i believe, this house will not put. we have a moral duty to defend those who defended us. and we abrogate that duty if for reasons of political convenience we allow the scapegoating of our veterans to pander to terrorists. i am sure my honourable friend speaks for everybody in this house, he certainly speaks for me, when he says we will have no rancid political deals here. that is not acceptable and it is something which if we are going to ask people to potentially put their lives on the line, to serve in her majesty's armed forces, anywhere in the world, then we need to make sure we are doing the right thing by them when they have done the right thing by their country. as he will also understand, as somebody who has served, the importantance of military discipline, that is not an unqualified thing because there are rules within the armed forces, but providing people having to adhere to those rules, then we in this place on all sides of the aisle and across

victoria atkins.rime, mps and peers have been told there's been a considerable increase in the number of threats to politicians which are now at "unprecedented levels". the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, said recent attacks, including the murder ofjo cox three years ago, added up to what she called "an extraordinary set of circumstances". the commissioner was one of two senior police officers who gave evidence to thejoint committee on human rights. we do believe that the current context is, in our policing term at least, unprecedented. and some of the recent events, including the ghastly murder that you referred to in relation tojo cox, and of course the attack on parliament and other attacks on parliaments, add up to an extraordinary set of circumstances. and what we are also seeing, which no doubt we will come on to later on, is polarised opinions and having a big impact on the scale and nature of protest activity. notjust in the environment of parliament, but beyond. it is quite r

still with us, kimberly atkins, eugene robinson, elliot williams on this monday night. eugene, is this the absence of rigor or the presence of an active policy? >> maybe a bit of both but i think it is mostly absence of rig or. -- rigor. it is not an unreported story of the trump administration, but underappreciated fact about the trump administration, its its general slip shod nature and the fact there are all these empty jobs, never fully staffed the way a normal administration is. never been staffed with people of equality that a normal administration has. whatever your political leanings. people that have experience and knowledge and know how to get stuff done, the trump administration has never been fully staffed with that and that's one reason why a lot of the work that comes out of the administration is so lacking. just down to the misspellings, also big policy. the detention of children at the border. that was a deliberate policy. once they decided to take it back, reunite families, didn't know where the kids were, they're still trying to match kids and parents.

inside scoop from nbc news justice correspondent pete williams and at the table sam steil and kimberly atkins for wbur and msnbc contributor as well. pete, first of all, what did the court do? am i correct that two of the justices both said they shouldn't have taken it up. 7-2, shouldn't have taken up the fetal remains burial issue. >> reporter: that appears to be the vote. this is what's known as a unsigned opinion. unsigned order of the court. in the difference the justice didn't get into the merits at all and justice ginsberg did. the unsigned opinion is that number one, the state has a legitimate interest in how human remains are disposed of. it cited an earlier ruling and said that provision of the law that the court lawed to go into effect was rationally tied to that even though it may not have been a perfect fit. as for the other question, though on the characteristics of the fetus law, that was -- the lower court ruling remains in place. the court said we're not expressing any view at all on the merits of that question on who should win or who should lose or whether it's constitutiona

the senate president pro tem tony atkins, by the way, a san diego resident refused to pressure portino the bill. governor newsom, a proponent of public housing made no effort. a lot of inaction even from those who claim they want action. >> this does sound like it's getting deep in the legislative weeds from frustrates people who say we have jobs, wealth, a strong tax base, we even have a governor who says we need more housing. are we going to rely on googles of the world to come and build housing for us or are legislators going to take this up? >> time will tell. the legislative process is fraught with barriers because there's so many opponents to any issue. in this case it appears southern california interest found this change too hard to accept. with the governor refusing to step in, weiner is going to be forced to find more supporters downstream. we do know this, absent some kind of change, housing will remain at an unbelievable premium in california and even more so in the bay area. >> you wonder how much we're going to lean on the companies, sales forces and googles who do say th

up with me this morning, eddie glaw, jackie allenishi, kimberly atkins and matt welch.itting of hairs here. michelle goldberg has a piece in which people are calling this a constitutional hardball. you have senator mark warner, the rank member of the senate intelligence committee saying this is a constitutional confrontation, but not a crisis. give us your read. are we in a constitutional crisis? we're certainly on the edge of one. and i want to -- we have to make a decision. there is the bad actor that is donald trump. there's the mueller report. there's the investigations that are ongoing and the way in which the white house is effectively stonewalling. there is that question, it's on analytically separate of the ongoing question around executive power. and that argument goes back a ways, right? what we are dealing with are the folks that are the children of nixon, of cheney and rumsfeld, bill barr comes out of iran contra. he is a cheney guy. when you think of emmet flood, there are folks holding the claims of executive power that have nothing to do with donald trump

that note and here with us for our lead off discussion on this memorial day monday night, kimberly atkins, correspondent for wbur, boston's station and eugene robinson columnist for "the washington post" and elliott williams, former federal prosecutor who was also deputy assistant attorney general and counsel to the senate judiciary committee. good evening and welcome. kimberly, i'd like to start with you. when we look back at it, do you think it will be seen as donald trump's version of project head start, the favorite, the boost he got from his new attorney general barr, those weeks of time where barr controlled what we knew and thought about the mueller report and gave the president flat out the air cover he needed. >> i think that's absolutely true. i mean, we saw for more than a year, the president absolutely bar rate the previous attorney general jeff sessions for not protecting him and not acting in the president's interest because he recused himself from this investigation and what we've seen in attorney general barr is the exact opposite. he is really inserted himself into this,

and kimberly atkins. plus former federal prosecutor paul butler joins us from washington. >>> let me start with this mike flynn ruling. mike flynn i think a lot of people stopped paying attention to, he pleaded guilty to lying in the early days of the trump administration. he's still on our radar because he hasn't been sentenced yet. a judge putting out an order saying by the end of may, i understand that could get pushed, we'll have access to possibly a transcript and maybe even a recording of a call between the president's lawyer, john dowd and mike flynn, where a phone call might have been discussed and some of that underlying collusion-y evidence between sergey kislyak and mike flynn. >> this is the video version of the mueller report. most people haven't read those 400 pages that outline those those ten episodes of obstruction of justice. but people will tune in to a congressional hearing or listen to a recording of a telephone call, especially an incriminating one like this. just like if mueller tes