bork's video rental history was even leaked to the press. in a desperate attempt to find something salacious to embarrass him with. of course, they got tired of the easygoing family shows that he was used to. regrettably, democrats succeeded in their slanderous tactics. they took one of the greatest legal minds of a generation, a former yale law professor, and solicitor general of the united states, and defeated him. final vote was 58-42 against confirmation. it was a dark day for our country. president reagan ultimately nominated 9th circuit judge anthony kennedy to that seat. after a fairly smooth confirmation process, justice kennedy was confirmed 97-0. the next nominee to the supreme court was david souter, the stealth nominee. having been confirmed to the 1st circuit only two months before, president george h.w. bush nominated him to the supreme court, souter had a minimal paper trail. it was virtually impossible for opponents to misrepresent his record the way they distorted judge bork's. mainly because he didn't have anyone. the steal

mark: we used the bork hearing as a way to show how the process has changed.obert bork got up there and the point is made, and it's a good point, he spoke his mind. you saw it in the clip. he gave them answers he felt he should give them. ever since then, and we even had mitch mcconnell on the floor saying, congratulations robert bork, you basically set the bar for everybody to come after you. and now what we have at confirmation hearings that people think doesn't inform the public are these questions from the supreme court nominees that don't get answered. brian: here is a man who lived to be 100 years old, 48 years in the senate. his name is strom thurmond, another south carolinian. >> i rise today in support of the amendment offered by my distinguished friend from north carolina, senator helms. they knew the design pattern for the confederacy. the congress began considering the extensions of design patterns early in this century. to protect and give by congress to various organizations by extension of design patterns has been the most common form of proud p

grilled sausage is a favorite and has become a traditional dish at the christmas market in wharton borke in bavaria to us from around the world visit this old town to enjoy its unique ambiance so we decided to share the experience with you. the middle ages come alive again in the streets of waldenbooks. many of the lovely patrician houses date from the fourteenth century during advent visitors flock to this very in town to visit the writer les mocked one of the nicest christmas markets in europe. today sixty seven market stalls can be found around the renaissance style city hall and in the nearby alleys. visitors often stop to enjoy a famed regional specialty franconian grill sausage this and other video was one we grew up eating these grilled sausages which make us love them all the more they're just too long in a market like this or given. any trumps butcher shop supplies the market with fresh sausages his store is a meat lovers paradise trumps wife sonia serves customers. some canadian tourists try out the fresh grilled sausages right in the shop. and delicious yeah very good but we d

this was not an act by bob bork asserting some authority he did not have.red it with the white house counsel, as i understand it, that these are the regulations that i will propagate as the attorney general who reports to the president of the united states. so it was in that extra measure, mr. ambassador, of achieving that goal of job security and independence. greta: i want to know if any of you have any thoughts about the responsibility of the press and his whole business of special prosecutor and coverage, because the country is electrified right now, as it was during the clinton days. it is almost like shirts and skins or hatfields and mccoys, whatever is your preference. the free press corps, the american people have a right to know what is going on. on the other hand, there is a rage bonanza with this, and sometimes the rage causes people to get on tv -- i heard people a week ago talking about a memorandum -- it was one of the ones in the michael cohen testimony, but it was completely blacked out. some people said what they thought was in it, even tho

bork was ordered to fire special prosecutor cox.kept saying, that couldn't be. but it was. >> i can make no further comment now other than their offices have been sealed by the fbi. >> how could you possibly bring this man to justice if it was within his power to call the investigation to a close? >> please, everyone. >> basically, the president has seized full control of the special prosecutor's office and is in full position of potentially incriminating evidence that could lead to the conviction of his closest associates and to his conviction and that is the definition of tyranny. >> there could be no doubt this was a constitutional crisis. this was are a president trying to stand above the law, and i remember thinking at the time the country is not going to stand for this. >> i think it's amazing that the country is not already fighting in the streets. he's divided the country that much. >> events of the past few days leave us little choice but to move ahead with preparation for impeachment proceedings. >> do you think the presid

the solicitor general robert bork agreed to fire cox. it was that recollection that led to the creation of the office of special counsel. here is an interesting tidbit, and that is having created this office with great fanfare, the president signed a law almost 40 years ago -- october 26, 19 78 -- the first special counsel appointed is none other than arthur christie investigated the allegation that his own chief of staff, the president's own chief of staff and campaign genius had sniffed cocaine at studio 54 in new york. the allegation was made by none other than roy cohen, who was -- represented one of the owners of studio 54 who was the hatchet man for senator mccarthy and donald j. trump's first political mentor. he went to our attorney general and represented one of the owners of studio 54, which was under tax evasion charges, thinking he could plea bargain by falsely accusing him. so $1 million later of legal fees out of his own pocket with a hair trigger allegation, all you needed was a simple allegation with hardly any vetting, h

added industry its economy and its sovereignty nevertheless been preserved by our want to bork. was it a total or partial american victory was the alliance with the french the internet. or reality. come to speak to it. on film. it is. back to the twenty first of june twenty fourth team are no meant to book turns the sale of al storm into an alliance three joint ventures a created run equally by general electric and the first in networks the second in renewable energy and the third in nuclear power it appeared to be an equal partnership between france and the united states. take. on an oil. price a and. you know among them again you. are you. give us your. good. news some ask. that jeep who volunteered. no more. malt resolution out of the section where he did it at reform and not let go. you know it on his own. five months later on november the fourth emanuel mccrone concluded the sale the final agreement turns out quite different the joint venture companies are no longer equally shared with us the deal covering nuclear power is controlled more than eighty percent by general elec

grilled sausage is a favorite and has become a traditional dish at the christmas market in wharton borke in bavaria to us from around the world visit this old town to enjoy its unique ambiance so we decided to share the experience with you. the middle ages come alive again in the streets of. many of the lovely patrician houses date from the fourteenth century during advent visitors flock to this very in town to visit the writer les mocked one of the nicest christmas markets in europe. today sixty seven market stalls can be found around the renaissance style city hall and in the nearby alleys. visitors often stop to enjoy a famed regional specialty franconian grill sausage is another matter i grew up eating these grilled sausages which make us love them all the more they're just too long in a market like there's. any trumps butcher shop supplies the market with fresh sausages his store is a meat lovers paradise trumps wife sonia serves customers. some canadian tourists try out the fresh grilled sausages right in the shop. and from delicious yeah very good but we don't have anything quite

hearings, honestly, i think is the best way to think about bork. we have this notion, ever since the merrick garland situation, when mitch mcconnell said the american people will decide our next justice. that's actually not how it's set up. it's not a popularly -- it's not an elected position. it's an appointment for life. it's meant to be insulated from public opinion. so, i think it's quite troubling to imagine that twitter is deciding who will hold the next seat on the supreme court. >> one of the themes in your work -- and einstein once said it -- is that, in american democracy there seems to be gyroscope, just when it's tipping one way it knows how to right itself. do you think we have, in our history, in our dna, and going forward, the mechanisms to right ourselves when we seem to have become so divided? >> i do. i do. whether that will happen, i don't know. and i work pretty hard to hold onto that hope. i think a lot about the speech that frederick douglass gave in 1894, shortly before his death, to an audience of schoolchildren in manassas,

in 1987, i believe it was, president reagan nominated robert bork to the court.not get confirmed. justice kennedy: it was a three-month -- there were long hearings. david: long hearings. justice kennedy: and very acrimonious. david: he was not confirmed. president reagan then appointed harvard law professor doug ginsburg. justice kennedy: he did not appoint him. david: he didn't actually appoint him. he thought about appointing him. but he did not actually appoint him. so, then, when professor ginsburg didn't get the appointment, you get a call from the white house. did you say, how come you didn't call me earlier? [laughter] david: what did they say when they called you? justice kennedy: they asked me to come back to washington, which i did. i told the president that mary and i talked about this and i did not want to come to washington. mary had a couple of years left for her teaching retirement, and this was our hometown, and we thought the kids would be californians. the youngest was a sophomore at stanford. we knew they wouldn't come back to washington. i tol

i said bob bork is here. he was the number three guy in the department.ble to do it. >> the commander in chief found someone willing to carry out his orders. bork fired cox. >> and i have asked all personnel in the department to stay and help keep the department from going in this extraordinarily difficult time. >> and so ended what would become known as the saturday night massacre. >> one white house source said the president's motive was to remove a constitutional confrontation as quickly as possible. >> richard nixon violated the law, he compromised the office and he violated the compact that we thought we had with him. >> before he did all of this he must have considered the probable reaction in congress including the possibility of impeachment. >> there with some of us who felt that the imperial presidency was getting out of hand. the saturday night massacre was a signal to the american people that a president was putting himself above the rule of law and they demanded action. >> and the public outcry to the saturday night massacre was so significant

had the rise of populists so when mccomas able to win they were socially recognized as he was the bork against the populist but. again the problems from the global financial crisis was never sold. i think it's best was able to temporarily delay what have to happen which is an upset in the french political system as well as people do want real changes so you know what is interesting to hear more is that it wasn't political parties that were. pushing this forward it wasn't trade unions it was no it wasn't institutions it was the lack of functioning institutions that have brought people out into the street and high prices of course the lack of funds winning institutions and mccraw and neoliberal globalist policies. approval rating has fallen from some fifty five percent down the eighteen percent while polls also show that sixty eight to seventy two percent of the french people support the protests that the media is trying to create a myth as violent and mobs and so on when we see clearly that it is you and fire men and students out there protesting and it's not just in paris it's all acro

in 1987, president reagan nominated robert bork to the court.didn't get confirmed by the united states senate. justice kennedy: they were long hearings. very acrimonious. david: he was not confirmed. president reagan appointed doug ginsburg. -- he thought about it. he did not actually appoint him. when professor ginsburg didn't get the appointment, you got a call from the white house. did you say, how come you didn't call me earlier? [laughter] david: what did they say when they called you? justice kennedy: they asked me to come back to washington, which i did. i told the president that i did not want to come to washington. mary had a couple of years left until her teaching retirement. this was our hometown. we thought surely the kids will be californians. the youngest was a sophomore at stanford. we knew they wouldn't come back to washington. i told him i'd rather he look for somebody else. and i said, i don't know anybody in washington. he said, you know me. [laughter] justice kennedy: what am i supposed to do, come for lunch everyday? [laught

and his dog video on returning from their morning borke they live in a little large in the heart of the forest. it's been hunters home not just a vacation pad for the last fifty four years. in spite of its remote location it does have electricity but he still he said it would hit up by hand. this is chris is the kitchen and the hall or from here i can go in any direction that's the way to the greenhouse and the storage cellar at the back. this is my store wrong it's my pride and joy i don't have a refrigerator here and this is mouse proof was a see here before this here is my bedroom though it's a bit more than a bedroom it's my lounge and reading corner believes there should be this mirror illuminates the stove top directly and indirectly of course. there should be that mirror lights up this dark corner of the cupboard and whatever else is there all the way to my bookcase which gets light from the corner window it's this this is one of my favorite places that i like to see here in the winter when the fireplace is lit to read and reflect to doing. good to hunker lives like a hermit but

the contractors went to the lysis bork and they launched a criminal investigation whether he illegally used a license to work on fire alarms at apartments, businesses, and schools across san francisco. this is the spokesman. >> people could die because of this. it is a concern. by hiring somebody who does not have a license, the consumer has no idea if they have knowledge of what they are doing.>> reporter: after the fire department said he must the cease and desist. they received tips that he was working on fire alarms. now under chan electric works. >> all i have to do is go people will waive them and they will send it from the licensing board and thence in somebody else's name. >> it seems like faking credentials is not that hard. >> anybody can say they work with somebody. do they have workers comp insurance. >> we started with the owner of chan electric. the business phone or worked. we played -- paid him a visit. >> we are sorry. the number has been disconnected or is no longer in service.>> reporter: it seemed like he did not want to talk with us. excuse me. excuse me. sir? are

that is not say that pirates were bork. far from it. while the pirates of blahing flag blue water cam compete with the magnets tick charms charms d witty repartee of captain jack spare row, they are compelling and the real story of america's pirates is even more astonishing and fast nation than any fictional pirate adventure cast -- within or cast on the selling very screen. people often ask me, in fact every talk i give, how i come up with the idea for my book. the first thing is to find a topic that will excite peoplous you need to have readersed and the origin story for blahing flags blue wears came from any kids, sewn here,ly, i ann, hard russian after my last book, a history of me american lighthouse i began looking for a new topic gave some ideas to both my kid us, presented them with idea and when i mentioned pirates, their eyes lift up, saying, that's its. you have to write but pirates. and lilly threw out two possible title for the book. swords, sealings and swashbucklingers and, arggh. which i have to tell lily much to her cha

originalism is a judicial doctrine that was first created by robert bork at chicago in the '70s, andchicago is a school which believes in the great books, something i like, but this is an application of the great books philosophy to the law, and that the constitution is equivalent of the ancient greek text, and the eternal truths are buried there, if we can find them. this would be a judicial doctrine that would have enjoyed some brief measure of success in elite law schools for a period of time and can be replaced by some more fashionable theory. but it stuck because it became a weaponized, a weapon, a weaponized doctrine to undermine the liberal principles of the presidents of the 20th century court. because the originalism claim, originally they claim that the original intentions of the framers have died and now their change it to the original meaning. the difference between those things is more verbal than real. what they're saying is they want to recover the mentality of the people at that moment. this to me is utterly preposterous. it's not sort of, well, i don't completely agr

. >> i borked a lot of women in my day. >> it's a guy bragging about sex, but clearly he's never hadwonderful about the "40-year-old virgin," you are thinking of sex as teenager. >> you are terrible at this. you should just give up forever. he was just terrified and we tried to think about it as honestly as we could. how would you feel if sex just got by you? >> wow, this is graphic. >> and then suddenly you're just scared to do it. >> any man you meet of a certain age, they all grew up with this foundation of sex comedies upon which to build. but women didn't really have that same foundation for female characters and sex. >> the real shift is the sex quest of young women, who started looking at it from this new way which the sex scene in and i want to lose my virginity. >> we can go to dinner everybody year and commemorate it. >> olive garden. >> ha is the fun of the comedies. it's like, women can be funny in a way. >> there is a big audience for this body sexual honest humor from women. >> can we get some [ bleep ] this weekend? >> you know? i need to you use your lady mouth. >> i

house and then the third person who didn't even know he was third in line until that week was robert bork ps general carried out the order and archibald cox inspired. it sparks a wave of outrage across the country for the first time and nixon resigns, the only president to resign in history so the massacre is an important moment. it gets the coverage that it should get but it's also seen as an extension of all these other behind the scenes battles involving moderate civil service clashing the approach to politics and so i started this project in 2011 granted further chrism wasn't an issue then but i wasn't particularly thinking about just donald trump in 2011. but over the last seven years, this project has become a little more relevant. i've gotten more interest and that is of course because of everything that's happened over the last two years. you can go from donald trump's actual relationship with richard nixon in the 1980s they were not close friends that they were acquaintances they would go to the games in new york city in the mid-to late 1980s. while people are justifiably focused

one of those crossing was major harris von bork. "it was indeed a magnificent sight as the long column stress across the beautiful potomac. the evening sun slanted upon the waters and furnished them with gold. gold.nished then with there were a few moments from the beginning to the close of the war of excitement more intense than, of exhilaration wee delightful than wqhen ascended the opposite bank to the thrilling music maryland, my maryland." after crossing the potomac, lee's first stop is frederick, maryland. the confederate army will gather there. lee does not get support a maryland. will these next few quotes explain why the citizens did not run to join the army. an unnamed citizen. "i have never seen a mess of such filthy strong smelling men. three and a room would make it unbearable. when marching along the streets, the smell was most offensive. that pervades them is most lockable. they have no uniforms. they are well armed and equipped." they have no uniforms bu well armed and equipped and become the hardships they care litt

house and the third person in the line someone who didn't even know until that very week was robert bork would be the solicitor general trait of the order and archibald cox inspir inspired. it is a wave of outrage across the country for the first time the polls show a plurality of the voters now support the idea of impeachment and this than ten months later richard nixon resigns. so the massacre is an important moment. it gets the coverage that it should get the dat it should ale seen as the extension of all of these othe other behind the sces battles involving moderate civil servants clashing with a approach to politics. so i started this project in 2011 granted perverse and was an issue but i wasn't particularly thinking about just donald trump in 2011 but over the last seven years, this project has kind of become a little bit more relevant i guess now that i've gotten more interest about it and that is because of everything that has happened in the last two years. you can go from donald trump's actual relationship with richard nixon in the 1980s they were not close friends but they we

amy klobuchar adding these workers bork for the fbi and they signed up to protect us and work for america regardless of party. later in the day, the president firing off a pair of tweets accusing democrats of obstruction on what he calls an the needed wall. underscoring just how far apart both parties remain on this standoff, illinois's dick durbin wrote, no end in sight to the president's government shut down. technically, both houses of congress were in session today. although both the house and senate convened for only a few minutes, both took nothing steps to end the partial shut down. house members were advised there would be no more votes while the senate adjourned till monday at 4:00 p.m. effectively insuring the shut down continues through the weekend at least to the brink of the new year. i'm joined byia meech alcindor for the pbs "newshour" it, eugene robinson, wall street post and glenda blair, thanks to all of you for being with us. ya meech, trying to get to the bottom line. the key players in this. you've got the president, you've got the republicans on capitol hill. and you

it happened to robert bork and he was not confirmed.d to clarence thomas and he was confirmed and bret kavanaugh and he was confirmed. if you want to get in the weeds a little bit when george h.w. bush learned about the allegations of clarence thomas he said stop everything. send out the f.b.i. to investigate and let them look at everything. when they're finished with their investigation we'll resume the confirmation process. when anita hill testified against clarence thomas she was cross-examined by specter. she told the f.b.i. a different version than what she told the senate committee. he was able to expose that. why? because george h.w. bush had the patience and the big mindedness of let's let the f.b.i. do their job. i don't think this is true about the guy i nominated but i need to f.b.i. to tell me whether it's true or not. >> sandra: we're waiting to see the arrival of the hearse carrying bush 41's casket in houston and military band and 21 gun salute. as we await that and talk about our 41st president and his term and obviously

solicitor general robert bork was made acting attorney general and he fired cox. >> that's a stunningin all of our history. >> the news caused a sensation in the white house press room and sent reporters scrambling for their telephones. >> pottinger, then a deputy attorney for civil rights, was with richardson that night. >> the fbi had been ordered to secure the office of the attorney. two fbi agents appeared in the hall. one took his coat off. you saw his chest holster. they marched into the attorney general's office. richardson was extremely gracious and said welcome. the office is yours. >> one white house source said the president's motive was solely to remove the possibility of a confrontation. the president may have an even more grave constitutional crisis on his hands. >> the saturday night massacre triggered a firestorm of protest. >> more than 50,000 telegrams poured in on capitol hill today. so many western union was swamped. most of them demanded impeaching mr. nixon. >> the president is gambling. gambling that the congress doesn't have the courage to impeach. >> up to now