the case was so weak, and yet aggressively pursued by then-attorney bibas. professor bibas apologiesed at the hearing for this prosecution, but we've seen over and over again many people who try to walk away from who they are, what they've done when this comes to a confirmation hearing. i believe these cases that i've mentioned, and particularly this outrageous article, show a real insight into the judgment and temperament of this judicial nominee. mr. president, i've been a member of the senate judiciary committee fo for a number of yes and i have a seen many nominees. i will tell you without fear of contradiction, i've never seen a nominee who has written an article that is so unsettling, so worrying. i wonder about the temperament of this nominee. given the power that we are about to give him to judge the fate of others for decades to come, can we really trust his temperament? can we really trust his judgment? sadly, if the shoe were on the other foot, if this were a nominee that had been proffered by a democratic president before that same committee, i k

bibas. i look forward to the senate confirming autumconfirming -- cf them next week. now, madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: madam president, i have nine requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. mcconnell: i yield the floor.

critic see that it is actions as a ploy to silence them senator line of the biba a long time opponent of the purpose policies. on drug trafficking charges a case mostly based on testimonies of convicted illegal drug traffickers. came from. a decade of being a political leader without realizing it. the nation is different from the city of that has become very defensive which. critics say do their test on dangerous ground they see he's attacking institutions that investigate corruption and bad governance organisations like the supreme court and the ombudsman that must remain independent and free from any political interference again al-jazeera monella saudi arabia's ambassador to the united nations has rejected accusations that his country's lacks towards child casualties in its war in yemen the un says hundreds of children have been killed or maimed in attacks on schools and hospitals by both the saudi led coalition and who three rebels mike hanna has more from the u.n. . report lists four thousand recorded violations against children by government forces and some twenty zones of confl

critics see the actions as a ploy to silence them senator let the biba a long time opponent to take this policies. on drug trafficking charges. mostly testimonies of convicted illegal drug traffickers. came from. a decades of being a local political leader without realizing the nation is different from the city of buffalo he has become very defensive which. critics say dude. on dangerous ground he's attacking institutions that investigate corruption and bad governance organizations like the supreme courts and the ombudsman that independent and free from any political interference. which is author and professor of political science at the university in manila he's joining us from there thank you very much for being with us what do you think this case and others similar to it tell us about the justice system in the philippines. well i mean for critics of president it's there at that there's a sense that we are seeing a specter of furthur in the ism that you're seeing a gradual and she ation of institutional checks and balances the lower house of the philippine congress is seen more or less

we will have this week stephanos bibas, president trump's nominee to the third circuit court of appeals who believes that over-incarceration in our jails has nothing to do with race or with mandatory minimums, despite all the research and data that show otherwise. he takes on and disagrees with the experts on medical care who understand the fundamentals of addiction and that said simply drug addiction being painted as a disease, requiring medical intervention -- he says all those unnecessary, just drug addicts can in fact just stop using drugs. if only it was that easy. but to have such a profound misunderstanding of a basic health care issue that person after person after person on this side of the aisle say is an addiction and yet a nominee that doesn't understand any of that. well, he also believes that when it comes to legal sentences, corporal punishment should be applied that are, quote, public and painful. despite the understanding of rare and unusual punishment is something missing in his legal education. and let's look at his two years as a prosecutor in the southern district o

bibas. i look forward to the senate confirming autumconfirming -- cf them next week. now, madam president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: madam president, i have nine requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. mcconnell: i yield the floor. mr. cardin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: thank you, madam president. i rise today to address the latest mass shooting in our country. this one took place last week in my own state of maryland, in the city of edgewood, in hartford county, northeast of baltimore. in this case, the suspect gathered coworkers during work hours at his place of business, advanced granite solutions, and began shooting. he killed three coworkers and critically wounded two others who rem