sort of scenario as i said in my report there the republicans argument that was made during the brock obama administration that the american people should have the opportunity to weigh in on this in the u.s. election and this vote should be delayed in the senate while that same argument is now being made by democrats and so there's a bit of a battle going on such as a bit of a battle this battle both sides spending tens of millions of dollars because the concern is that donald trump has had his shortlist vetted by very conservative groups and as you said in the intro to this segment that in fact this could shift the balance of the court further to the political right that is what democrats are concerned about going to try and stall this vote but the top republican in the senate says that it will happen before the u.s. election congressional elections in november and really how kip following that story for us from washington kimberly thank you. well the leading human rights group in the u.s. says it's unlikely that present government will reunite migrant told lies with their families before

elections republicans made the same argument back in two thousand and sixteen and successfully block brock obama's third appointment to the supreme court their argument now blowing back that americans should have the opportunity to weigh in on a justice with the potential to influence the supreme court for at least a generation kimberly health at al jazeera washington writing on losing continue in haiti's capital even though the government is suspending a proposed hike in fuel prices. police fired warning shots of the crowd to strip supermarkets set on fire during two days of violent protests at least three people have died since the demonstrations began on friday the government wants to increase the cost of fuel by about forty percent to generate more tax revenue. syrian state television says its air defenses of hit an israeli warplane and shot down missiles that targeted the tea for base in homs province it says six missiles were aimed at the base and several was shot israel has carried out dozens of our strikes in syria over the course of the war hitting what it says were armed shipments on the

as he was barely accomplishing anything it's like ok why should we trust another democrat when brock obama in my opinion made things worse than even made progress on a big picture so it's like hard to trust the democratic party when they have nothing to be responsible for having fixed in recent memory you know the only the only talking point we've had since the election of two thousand and sixteen from the left is to hate and undermine and dismiss everything the president of the united states said the democratic choice of the american people i mean it it's painful to watch cable t.v. like m.s.n. b.c. and c.n.n. i mean it's not even worth watching like why should i sacrifice the time they will never get back in my life just to hear slurs and. and really just incredible bias it's such poison for our for our political dialogue when there is no dialogue ok it's just one it's a one way direction propaganda this is so damaging to the electoral process and i think and i put it squarely on the left for this go ahead julio just definitely i mean all he's done is be divisive and separate america and

elections republicans made the same argument back in two thousand and sixteen and successfully block brock obama's third appointment to the supreme court their argument now blowing back that americans should have the opportunity to weigh in on a justice with the potential to influence the supreme court for at least a generation kimberly health at al-jazeera washington. one of the world's largest smartphone makers has debuted on the hong kong stock exchange shalmi is expected to become the world's third biggest publicly traded mobile phone manufacturer estimates had valued the company one hundred billion u.s. dollars with hopes of drawing ten billion from early investors but so far it has underperformed. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera this hour the mission to rescue eight remaining school boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in northern thailand has resumed at least divers brought out the first four on sunday they are said to be in good health but are being kept from their parents for now as they're monitored for infections two journalists have been ordered to stand trial and

elections republicans made the same argument back in two thousand and sixteen and successfully blocked brock obama's third appointment to the supreme court their argument now blowing back that americans should have the opportunity to weigh in on a justice with the potential to influence the supreme court for at least a generation kimberly health at al-jazeera washington well there are forty leading contenders here fifty three year old brett kavanaugh began his career as a clock to justice kennedy and is popular with conservatives because of his stance on abortion immigration and gun rights then has raymond catholic a fifty one year old sixth circuit appeals court judge he's seen as supporting originalism that scinto approaching the constitution along the lines of its meaning at the time of enactment forty six year old mother of seven amy coney barrett is viewed as the outside choice she's a former professor of law and member of the people of praise religious organization and a favorite among social conservatives on the fourth candidate is thomas hardy man a fifty three year old philadelphia appeals

holiday.eople come on >> brock and michelle obama. >> he was good enough to invite me to the oval officeor lunch. we had a lovely lunch. we agree with each other on most aspects of life. >> he was a nice houseguest? >> both of them are absolutely delightful. competition and he beat me. it was a great privilege. >> many times people who become financially successful they seem to be unhappy. sad personbe a very if i have been blessed and every day i am learning. i see life as one long education that i never had. i am a perpetual student. ♪ you have met a lot of great leaders and brought them together as something called elders which are people like nelson mandela. you are very close to an. >> i was very close to him. we knew each other very well. we set up the elders which were 12 men and women who go into conflicts and try to resolve them. are the most important thing because if you have a conflict everything else breaks down. >> what is it that makes great leadership? >> being a really good listener is the key thing. when i sit around listening to realize why they have become elders is b

he was nominated by president brock barack obama but previous previously served both bushes and he is now a senior national security and intelligence analyst for nbc news, michael hayden the cia director from 2006 to 2009. president george w. bush nominated him hayden was president obama's cia director for about a month. hayden said it won't have any impact on what i write or say. says he doesn't get invited to the white house anyway. james clapper served as the director of national intelligence. he was also an obama nominee with a long history in the intelligence community serving under president's george h.w. bush, clinton and george w. clapper called the threat to take away clearance quote petty. james comey, president obama nominated him as fbi director and he served until president trump fired him over the russia investigation. previously comey served as deputy attorney general under president george w. bush. threat is not much of a threat 25 at all. andrew mick kab. >> say that one more time. >> no more clearance. just to say it. for sar -- he doesn't have experience. andrew mic

brock turner will be in court. he served three months behind bars for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. >>> the white house is threatening to strip security clearances from six former obama who have been critical of president trump, including former fbi director james comey and former cia director john brennan. >>> in greece, at least pedead ter two tearing through resorts near athens. >>> the yosemite fire is now 16% contained. the ferguson fire burned more than 36,000 acres since it broke out is 1 days 11 days ago. >>> 40 minutes to get to the maze this morning, an additional 20 minutes to get into san francisco. we have an accident at the toll plaza there. and we have muni rerouting buses due to the police activity. neda? >>> check this view out. it's a little gloomy at the bay bridge. same with the golden gate bridge. this is where the sunshine is, over san josi this morning, 62 degrees and 56 in san francisco. afternoon highs in places like san josi will be 84 degrees, 93 in fairfield. the east bay is feeling that heat. starting at noon today, we have heat advisories and excessive heat warnings in southern california, near triple digits for areas all around us. >> a