chief justice roberts court headed by chiefjusticejohn roberts. , independent and inspiring leader for the american judiciary. as a country, we are fortu nate to judiciary. as a country, we are fortunate to havejohn roberts as chiefjustice of the united states. iam chiefjustice of the united states. i am honoured to serve alongside all of my new colleagues, each of whom i know, and each of whom i greatly admire and deeply respect. all nine of us revere the constitution. article three of the constitution provides that the judicial power shall be vested in one supreme court, the supreme court is an institution of law. it is not a partisan political institution. the justices do not sit on opposite sides of an aisle. we do not caucus in separate rooms. the supreme court isa in separate rooms. the supreme court is a team of nine, and i will always bea is a team of nine, and i will always be a team player on the team of nine. applause has a newjustice on the supreme court, i understand the responsibility that i bear. some 30 yea rs responsibility that i

have a reliable conservative majority, this could be a turning point, or it may be that the chiefjusticejohn robertsto be the more centrist voters. this is certainly a defining appointment that the president was able to make and as he said in his opening remarks, i have been told this is the most important decision at president can make. president trump has got to pick two justices on the court. thank you much for talking us through those images, that light ceremonyjust now, all eyes forward now to the mid—term. or the time being now, thank you very much. —— for the time being. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. china's foreign ministry has defended the investigation into the man who untiljust a few days ago was the president of interpol, saying beijing is determined to stamp out corruption. mung hongwei had spent more than three decades extablishing himself as a senior figure in the chinese power structure. but his fall from grace has been swift. our correspondent in beijing, john sudworth reports. the head of interpol, an organisation that tracks criminals across international bord

the chiefjusticejohn feelings behind the scenes. the chiefjustice john robertse court as nonpartisan as possible. do you think now with brett kava naugh possible. do you think now with brett kavanaugh coming onto the court in the way that he is that thatis court in the way that he is that that is a bigger challenge?m court in the way that he is that that is a bigger challenge? it is a bigger challenge and he will be a fascinating figure because he is open to conservative guides and they would probably like to see the court moved to the right that he has also recognised, particularly in the 0bama care case a few years ago, the court's institutional integrity could be at stake and he may put the bra kes could be at stake and he may put the brakes on anything looking like a british art move to the right. here isa british art move to the right. here is a quote from anotherjustice who was nominated to the court back in 2010. she was talking at princeton and said that an incredibly important thing for the court to rip protect... in mind of what you just said about tha