justice clarence thomas:"plus, i love my wife." as told cnn's jamie gangel that his wife is his rock.clarence thomas, associate justice of the supreme court:"some people can put your life on a worse course. some people can put your life on a better course. uh, you take my wife, she put it on a better course."but he also seemed to distance himself from her outspoken conservative commentary in the daily caller interview.justice clarence thomas/daily caller interview/january 2018:"as a judge, you don't get to be on one team or the other. you have to think independently in order to live up to the oath you take."ginni thomas:"and the best part of being a justice?"justice clarence thomas/daily caller interview/january 2018:"it's first of all, it'd be impossible without you. i have to be honest." (justine) some supreme court watchers say virginia thomas is fully entitled to her own opinions. but with the high court being under close scrutiny, it's also important to stay away from any appearances of impropriety. (jr storm) the cold temperat

. >> the senate is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the supreme court nomination of clarence thomas.re concerned about the accusation of sexual harassment dating back ten years. >> anita hill enters the room now. >> democrats were going to challenge clarence thomas on the basis of his conservative views. his race was not going to be an issue. but i think the anita hill allegations brought race back into the picture. >> the senate judiciary committee is meeting to hear evidence on sexual harassment charges that have been made against judge clarence thomas. >> he spoke about acts that he had seen in pornographic films involving such matters as women having sex with animals. >> this seemingly personal matter is being aired out in front of this jury of all-white men. and it created quite a spectacle. >> this is a circus, and from my standpoint as a black american, as far as i'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks. >> clarence thomas decided to fight back by invoking one of the most painful elements of black history, which was designed to point out the burden of being

right to sue if they lose a benefit from medicaid or whatever now having said that i believe clarence thomas i said he hit it on the head and here's what he said planned parenthood because planned parenthood was mentioned in there even though it had nothing to do in this case with abortion it scared the heck i believe add of roberts and it scared the heck for whatever reason had a kavanagh and they wanted nothing to do with that it's a lightning rod a political lightning rod and i think that that's what turned them off and it's very troublesome and worrisome for someone like me who is hoping that you know these guys at least have the guts to hear a case let alone you know decide on it the right way i mean it's just going to keep going through the system you realize that and you know it wasn't about a person but it does have to do with the fact that there is then this idea that because planned parenthood does due to pregnancy terminate a sense that they said and get any funding and that's not grants when they provide women's health care when they're providing birth control when they're provid

i see opinions by justice clarence thomas. thin look at the author, the editor of the casebook. some of the most of liberal intelligentsia in the they will community showing respect for clarence thomas. he appointed mr. john roberts to the circuit coast appeals and he appointed mr. samuel alito to the court of appeals, each of which ascended to the supreme court by his son. i don't know that he could have expected justice thomas would serve as well and as long as he has. justice thomas has more, justice clarence thomas, has more of his own clerks now as federal judges and senior administrators in the non-political appointee, civil service than any judge in modern history. liz: senator hoeven is still here. can you react to what judge napolitano was saying about the h.w. bush's impact on the supreme court? >> the fact is that the media just ignores what the impact that he has. so you don't read in the public press much about him. but he's had the kind of impact i think if george h.w. bush would have chuckled and appreciated, somebody who is laid back as thomas is, and as george h

like i say, clarence thomas was next. i had thought, perhaps, naively, that the bork nomination was as bad as it could get. senate democrats had taken a universally admired and respected jurist and managed to paint him as a threat to freedom and prosperity. they twisted his record and his words until they were completely unrecognizable. then came my friend, justice thomas. it turns out that they grossly -- that grossly misrepresenting a nominee's record is only part of the playbook. there's also character assassination. justice thomas, as i think most people know, is a dear friend of mine. we're honored to have him here tonight. i'd like to make just a few points about his confirmation experience. not many people remember this, but there were actually two sets of hearings on justice thomas' nomination. the first was the standard set of hearings on his record and qualifications. the sort of hearings all supreme court nominees have to endure and go through. the second set was the hearings with professor hill. by the time hi

he stood by clarence thomas and he fought for that man. >> he always believed in clarence thomas as did many american people. he wanted to nominate clarence thomas earlier and decided he would first put david sater on the court. and becoming a conservative icon in his own right. he is an intellectual heavyweight on that court. he is one of the most forceful voices of conservatism on a supreme court. in fact, of all the nominees that president trump has put on the federal appeals court since he's been in office, more of those have been clarence thomas clerks when they were coming out of law school than any other justice. so you can't overstate justice thomas' influence in the legal community and on the courts, and that is as a result of george h.w. bush. >> and once again, highlighting, though it may have been a shorter presidency than george h.w. bush had hoped for, obviously it had lasting impact, norah and john, as i send it to you, lessons that he passed on to his son as well. but what was also fascinating was when his son did become president, he put the brakes on and sat in the sha

clarence thomas is upset about this and in the dissenting opinion he made it known. >> i'm hearing thatcase didn't have to do with abortion so much of it had to do with funding for planned parenthood for non-abortion-related services. it was the right decision to make. if he were really going to the supreme court with determination to buckle down on abortion, there would have been an opportunity to do that. rob: that is a fair assessment. it does go down that line. you would think someone, here is the washington post headline from july 10th. with the appointment of brett cavanagh, roe versus lied -- roe versus wade is likely dead. they will not want to take this on. >> this is an opportunity to chip it away bit by bit. there will be a conversation to do that but he made a very fair decision. rob: an interesting day and you will not see a lot of coverage of this because it goes against many articles spent about how roe v wade is dead because of this justice's nomination, thanks very much. 53 minutes after the hour. he clung to the back of a bus risking the ride of his life. why this teen

justice clarence thomas issued somewhat of a stinging disent, saying the only reason the supreme courte case is because it involved the phrase or the words of the organization planned parenthood here. so jim, in part, the supreme court giving a win to planned parenthood, but also we're beginning to see how this court is taking shape. who's siding with whom, and right now today, we're seeing that the chief justice, john roberts, and the new justice brett kavanaugh, actually siding with the liberals here, deciding not to take the case. >> extremely interesting detail. jessica, thanks very much. a story we'll continue to follow. >>> still to come this hour, president trump is now linked to federal crimes for the first time since taking office. this in the sentencing memo of his former lawyer and fixer michael cohen. we'll speak to former white house communications director anthony scaramucci about this and many other developments. stay with us. [leaf blower] you should be mad at leaf blowers. [beep] you should be mad your neighbor always wants to hang out. and you should be mad your smart

bush wearing his nominations to the supreme court and a lasting impact of clarence thomas as a pick. justice thomas is beyond president bush president bush's wild imaginings for three reasonings. one, after 27 years, he's not regarded as having authored truly brilliant opinions on shrinking congressional overreach, stopping congress from regulating areas of the constitution that it doesn't authorize. second, even his adversaries, even those who fought fiercely to prevent them from getting on the court, have finally recognized these opinions. how do i know this? they show up in casebooks that lost in the study and those case books are written by a very, very liberal faculty members. third, justice thomas holds the record for his own law clerks themselves become federal judges and high-ranking government administrators. these are things that george bush could have never imagined. he's the senior justice of the supreme court, one who others look. >> martha: thank you, judge. always good to see you. >> pleasure, martha. >> martha: we are watching the lives seen here as people cycled throu

clarence thomas and neil gorsich. john roberts and brett kavanaugh appeared to have voted with the rest of the court not to take this case. clarence thomas says why didn't we take this case. it's a big deal about whether medicaid patients get to sue over who their health care providers are. that really should be a state decision. he says i think the reason we didn't take it is because planned parenthood is involved here and that's no reason not to take this case just because it's politically fraught. it leaves the victory for planned parenthood in tact. >> very interesting. pete williams outside the court. thank you. >>> up next, james comey is stepping back into the spotlight quite literally on stage in new york. telling our nick coole wallace president obstructed justice. maria ramirez? hi. maria ramirez! mom! maria! maria ramirez... mcdonald's is committing 150 million dollars in tuition assistance, education, and career advising programs... prof: maria ramirez mom and dad: maria ramirez!!! to help more employees a

for years, ginni thomas, justice clarence thomas' wife, has been a vocal presence in conservative circles jessica schneider reports, her more recent rhetoric is #maga all the way. >> i, clarence thomas. >> reporter: a supreme court spouse for decades, virginia thomas, better known as ginni, is well known for speaking out among conservative circles. >> the second reagan revolution is growing. >> reporter: but it's her recent rapid succession of facebook posts blasting democrats and promoting highly partisan views that are prompting pushback. earlier this month, thomas put up this meme, asking, where is the wall? portraying california as a war zone where undocumented immigrants attack and carjack americans. she reposted this claim of democratic voter fraud after the midterms with no proof at all. she has even derided republicans for not going after the left, who she's labeled as liberal fascists, one week after a nazi sympathizer killed a woman in charlottesville. one user responded to a recent post, you're literally married to a sitting supreme court justice and you put out this partisan p

pointing people like justice clarence thomas. they trashed him for clarence thomas. >> remember the thomas hearings something. >> laura: oh, yeah. but that is the world as it is. so we're not trying to gloss over the real differences that exist. but craig, reagan and bush, you've written about it, reason did rendezvous with destiny, tell us about that. >> it was very contentious, they didn't get along. during the 80 primaries, it was heated, argumentative, they were from two cultural different uni versus, one was more moderate, the other more conservative. it was a marriage of convenience at the detroit convention. reagan so opposed picking george bush who most people thought was the obvious choice, bush was second in the primaries, is that they saw the co. president to gerald ford and tried to get the senator from nevada on the ticket. so they very much resisted the idea of picking george bush. >> laura: they ended up having eight years in the white house and it was a great partnership. it ended up being a really good pick in th

they trashed him for clarence thomas for whom i worked and love. that is the world as it is. we're not trying to gloss over the real differences that exist but craig, reagan and bush. you have written about it. "rendezvous with destiny" which is one of the great biographies of reagan. tell us about that. >> it was very contentious. they didn't get along. the 1980's primaries, boyden was there. it was heated. it was argumentative. they were in two cultural universes. one was more moderate, one was more conservative, it was a marriage of convenience at the detroit convention, reagan opposed picking bush most considered the obvious choice because he had come in second in the primaries, they sought the co-presidency with gerald ford and sought paul laxalt of nevada on the ticket. they resisted the idea of picking george bush. >> laura: they ended up with eight years in the white house and a good pick in the end. >> that's politics. >> laura: that's politics. it's a trade-off, right, boyden? >> absolutely, it was a great choice and reagan really appreciated bush who never wanted t

when anita hill testified against clarence thomas she was cross-examined by specter.he 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 you have a very special way of looking back at him. a very unique perspective, this country is coming together in this moment to bid farewell and watch him make his final departure to washington, d.c. as this country looks back and remembers our 41st president and his lasting impact on this country. >> you know, for some strange reason in the past year or so i've developed an email relationship with jeb bush, his youngest son. and we were emailing each other yesterday

not possible to filibuster the executive calendar, it was not done would you agree that was the clarence thomas nomination for the supreme court quick. >> i would agree on that. i would. we could get into a lively dispute among us who shot whose back who is the fault over the democrats in 2003 who began for the first time to require 60 votes for circuit judges are the republicans who stopped a couple of obama's judges the fact of the matter is. i believe that i know for a fact that most of us believe we should keep the legislative filibuster. how? because senator collins and senator coons who will speak following, offered into the record in 2017 from 29 republicans and 32 democrats is that we are mindful of the legislative process we steadfastly are committed to ensure the constitution continues to serve the deliberative body therefore we are asking you to join us to oppose any effort to curtail any existing rights or prerogatives for full robust debate as we consider legislation before this body in the future. madamef president that is 61 senators. on record about the legislative filibuster. o

of tradition even when possible to filibuster the executive calendar that would have to be the clarence thomas nomination for the supreme court quick. >> i would agree on that. i would agree on that. we could get into a lively dispute about who shot or who scratched who's back in 2003 that began for the first time to require 60 votes for the circuit judges that the fact of the matter is most of us believe we should keep the legislative filibuster . . . . mindful of the senate place for legislating process. we've committed to enter this institution continues to serve as a world greatest body. therefore, we are asking you to join us in opposing any effort to present the existing rightsf and prerogatives of senators who engage in extended debate as we consider legislation before the spotty in the future. that's 61 senators. our records about the legislative filibusters, the one reason -- one reason the legislative filibusters were to stay. you are not supposed to change it. let me offer a better reason. not to change it. a reason why we should change it if we consider it the right way. we have ru

and what clarence thomas wrote, joined by justices alito and gorsuch was, look, you're avoiding thisbout plpt plpanned parenthood,e abdicating your judicial duty because it's a politically fraught, ideologically fraught case. >> hmm. what do you think this will mean for abortion rights moving forward? >> well, that's a great question. because as much as medicaid funding matters for poor women who are using these kinds of services that planned parenthood provides, the larger question is, what will happen down the road to roe v. wade? and we know the four liberals don't want to take that up. and i think today is a signal from chief justice john roberts and from brett kavanaugh that there's a good flashing sign that says, not now. that they do not want to tangle with even tangential reproductive rights question here. they don't want to go near abortion, i would suspect, brooke. >> joans s bs b biskupich, tha. >>> coming up, why comey says he doesn't want to see the president impeached. say hello to the braava jet mopping robot from irobot. its precision jet spray and vibrating cleaning

and with anita hill, more people believed clarence thomas.can make the argument that the kind of movement and fierceness and anger that arose from brett kavanaugh's nomination hearings led to that democratic wave that we saw in november where you had a record number of women who were elected. >> beyond the kavanaugh hearings can't you also make the argument that there has been a real cataclysm in terms of the me too movement and the huge names, certainly in tv news and beyond that it brought down. i mean, people that were once seen as truly indispensable lost their jobs because of credible allegations. >> yeah, i mean, i think that there was so much reporting in 2017 and i remember thinking, wow, is there going to be more? is this just a couple weeks or a flash in the pan? 2018 we saw that there were still so many stories left to tell and they were stories of hotel housekeepers and they were stories of farm migrant laborers and they were also stories of people working in the most powerful places in this country. so what does it mean? whose vo

. >>> and supreme court justice clarence thomas' wife sharing on facebook much more than their holiday pics. the controversial highly political post she is promoting and how it could impact the high court. >>> welcome to "the lead," i'm dana bash in for jake tapper. and we begin this friday afternoon with the politics lead. a new year, a new congress fast approaching, president trump issues another shutdown threat. this time, the warning is that he may seal off the entire southern border with mexico and insisting the federal government will not reopen until he gets his billions in wall funding. day seven of the partial shutdown and neither side is giving ground. white house press secretary, sarah sanders, telling cnn the president has been in the office for the past several hours and making calls all morning. but it seems much more of his attention has been on his twitter feed. cnn's jessica dean joins me now from the white house. jessica, we learned today the president will stay in washington through new year's instead of going to his mar-a-lago club in florida. but that does not sign

clarence thomas has been arguing to do so for 30 years. neil gorsuch is not far behind, they are sitting in the backseat, brett kavanaugh or whoever winds up taking that seat, not sure but they are close. depending on whether ginsburg last two more years or six more years, if they get enough votes, roberts is no longer the middle. if i understand what you mean by that terminology, i entirely pessimistic. >> you see any traction to the idea of throwing out robie wade? because number one abortion only involves women, men don't need them. why not just have women decide it? and number 2, separation of church and state? conservatives and others believe in the sanctity of human life, but if you don't believe in abortion don't have one. maybe we could throw out roe v wade and redo it. >> guest: i don't think it will be thrown out and i don't think it should be thrown out. i think precedent is important and if i were a justice, i would be i think circumspect in over ruling many decisions. i don't argue in the book that robot to be overturned. >> i

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his cover storie stories include profiles of the justices william brennan and clarence thomas, not to mention george who did get a cover story. george lucas, mayor giuliani and he interviewed a majority of the supreme court justices with this book i don't know if it was 5-4 or 6-3. he's the author of three previewed books about the culture of silicon valley, the accidental president about the 37 days following the 2000 election which was also the basis for the recount. his last book was called mine'ss bigger a biography of the largest private failing dot in the world but one the award for the best title, the best business book of the year. david also practiced law on wall street and was a white house intern. that is a lot of information to unpack. i always hesitate to use the clichÉ our next guest needs no introduction, but he really does fit into that category but it's too much of an honor to have him here not to dwell because all of us in new york were in the country are in his debt for his brilliant legal work and teaching his advocacy. he is a professor of civil liberties and lega

that would have to agree it was the clarence thomas to the supreme court. >> i would agree on that. we could get into a lively dispute among us about who shot john and who scratched whose back and whose fault it is, whether the democrats in 2003 who began to require 60 votes for circuit judges or the republicans who stopped a few of president obama judges. the fact of the matter is, i believe, i know most of us believe that we should keep the legislative filibuster. how do i know that? because senator collins who is presiding at the moment senator coons will speak following my remarks offered into the record a letter from 29 republicans and 32 democrats which said we are mindful of what the senate plays in the legislative process. were committed to ensuring this institution continues to serve as the world's greatest body therefore we are asking you to join us in opposing efforts to curtail the existing rights of senators to engage in extended debate as we consider legislation in the future. that is 61 senators. on record about the legislative filibuster. one reason the filibuster is

juan: of course, you gave us -- he gave us clarence thomas as a supreme court justice. >> please, don'ttart -- one: i want to ask greg grandin -- >> very strongly. juan: i want to ask -- >> and let's don't even speak about his attitude toward eggs. he told gays that they should change their behavior as if they were to blame for the fact that aids was decimating them. don't forget that he was the vice president of reagan. my gosh, that would be enough to condemn him to the hall of infamy. juan: i want to ask greg grandin , the issue of the sector of the republican party of the american elite that bush represented were was essential to, vis-a-vis the trump administration and those who are in power in the republican party today? iel pointedy, as ar out, there's a lot of nostalgia and your earning and the praise of george h.w. bush has to do with the politics today and bush seen as the opposite of trump will step there is a continuation. , the rock that george h.w. bush represented. cia, coming to power in 1988, was a big deal a cia director -- this was like a fulfillment of the national se

some want justice clarence thomas named removed from a building why do they get to get rid of it? the man behind that video is here next. steve: exactly two weeks to go until christmas. need a special gift for the lady in your life? we have the gifts. she wants brand new luggage, she needs a bag. ainsley: ship her off now. steve: that's what it sounds like. we'll be right back. ♪ all i want just for me ♪ underneath my christmas tree ♪ ♪ voice-command navigation with waze wifi wireless charging 104 cubic feet of cargo room and seating for 8. now that's a sleigh. ford expedition. built for the holidays. and for a limited time, get zero percent financing plus twelve hundred and fifty dollars ford credit bonus cash on ford expedition. ainsley: he is a sitting supreme court justice some students and alumni in his home state of georgia wants justice clarence thomas' name removed from a campus building at the savanna building of college of arts and design. what happened when campus reform went to see why they wanted his name removed. here is cabot phillips. thanks for joining us. >> than

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. >> you have been through the process for a number of years, i know you covered the clarence thomas hearings. recently, we. saw the lack of the confirmation hearing for president obama's appointees, judge garland. recently come at justice kavanaugh's contentious confirmation hearing. what do you think or feel are the long-term ramifications of these events? nina: i do think the confirmation hearings should be -- should look into somebody's background completely, and when they are rushed, that makes it much more difficult to do with for party -- propriety or respect for the nominees privacy in any way. -- partly in in the confirmation hearings of justice thomas, and it was even more so true in the kavanaugh hearings. where they were just -- basically the time schedule was on a speed train from japan somewhere, and nobody was going to interrupt that. that is not to say the democrats performed admirably either. they did not seem to be able to talk to each other and figure out what to do about ms. christine blasey ford ahead of time, and then of course, the story leaked. but i think tha

not possible to filibuster the executive calendar, it was not done would you agree that was the clarence thomas nomination for the supreme court quick. >> i would agree on that. i would. we could get into a lively dispute among us who shot whose back who is the fault over the democrats in 2003 who began for the first time to require 60 votes for circuit judges are the republicans who stopped a couple of obama's judges the fact of the matter is. i believe that i know for a fact that most of us believe we should keep the legislative filibuster. how? because senator collins and senator coons who will speak following, offered into the record in 2017 from 29 republicans and 32 democrats is that we are mindful of the legislative process we steadfastly are committed to ensure the constitution continues to serve the deliberative body therefore we are asking you to join us to oppose any effort to curtail any existing rights or prerogatives for full robust debate as we consider legislation before this body in the future. madamef president that is 61 senators. on record about the legislative filibuster. o

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in clarence thomas, supreme court justice, his wife's name is jenny thomas.nyone who knows her knows she is passionate about that. ed: she is outspoken. pete: she always has been. on facebook a couple weeks ago again the wife of clarence thomas well known in d.c. as a conservative. she wrote california residents are sounding the alarm aliens are carjacking and attacking americans. where is the national guard and where is the wall? ed: what is going on with guinea thomas. she sounds like the washington wire of or. pearl earrings sunglasses on facebook behaving like slightly paranoid neighbor who stockpiles bullets and astronaut food. why are they going after her? her looks what she is wearing. by the way her opinions she is a strong woman speaking out. just because you don't like what she says. rachel: look at the stereotype of what a conservative woman looks like, blonde bob with a tier on her head, pearls a reagan dress it is just dripping with condescension and, again, liberals think women should speak up and have opinions as long as they are not conservati

i know you covered the clarence thomas thing. recently, we've seen the lack of a confirmation hearing for president obama's appointee, judge garland, and recently justice kavanaugh's contentious confirmation hearing. what do you think or feel are the long-term ramifications of these events? >> well, i think it's sort of -- i do think the confirmation hearings should be -- should look into somebody's background completely, and when they're rushed, that makes it much more difficult to do it with any propriety or respect for the nominee's privacy in any way. this was true partly in the confirmation hearings of justice thomas, and it was even more so true in the kavanaugh hearings, where they were just basically -- the time schedule was on a speed train from japan somewhere. and nobody was going to interrupt that. so that's not to say the democrats performed admirably either. they did not seem to be able to talk to each other and figure out what to do about miss blasey ford ahead of time. then the story leaked. but i think that's one

president will be judged -- clarence thomas to the supreme court which turned out to be a divisive action. there will be some accountability by historians for the 1988 campaign. part of the that campaign. that comes and goes with the turf. politicians will make tough decisions and will be held accountable. >> let us talk about nancy pelosi. you will with here for a long time, a decade. it should become speaker as is expected at this point, what will she bring to the table having been speaker before? what has she learned that she will apply? she: her strengths are that was one of the most successful speakers in american history. whichritics of the way in congress operates. able to play different roles. she is not like the president. she is not supposed to be. her job is to manage the democratic caucus and she does that in parallel fashion. it is like trying to herd chickens. it has many factions in it. together --et them she says if he did not have 218 votes do not have a conversation. she is to figure out how to make that caucus a coherent and productive unit. she was able to do that. she

whether it is chief justice roberts sanity or clarence thomas still being raised over his confirmation hearings from years ago or how you were did the impossible and nobody likes him -- [laughter] or how kegan is the hardest working of the justices and of course the arrival of brett kavanaugh after his recent unpleasantness at thehe confirmation hearings may be the book will t have questions on tt and i'm happy to talk about that but i think what i would like to focus my few minutes on is the argument in the book that it's too involved in american life. it's too powerful and interventionist p p and acts bee it can and not because it should. that isn't a liberal perspective or conservative perspective. in my book it criticizes the court in roe v. wade which constitutionalist the right to abortion and criticizes bush v. gore which results in the presidential election and criticizes the gun control ruling in 2008 that said it was the right to own a handgun and criticizes citizens united on the campaign and shelby county, which gutted most of the civil rights act of 1965 and more tentative

thomas to the white house. >> he says, i got you in this. and i will be with you to the end. when things got tough, he was the same honorable person. dear justice, dear clarence >> later, he sent justice thomas an extraordinary personal letter, never before made public. >> i will never forget our chat right here in our house in maine just before were you thrown to the lions and put through a cruel exercise that only a strong and principled person could have survived. you didn't have to say you'd serve with honor and respect for the court. i knew that all along. >> he had your back. >> he stood shoulder to shoulder. >> when i would be attacked in washington, he would come to my defense. and he said, don't worry about it, we'll make it. and we did. >> many a time when i had done something that had got me in an a little trouble with somebody or the press, and i'm in my office, saying oh, dear, i could expect a call. colin, president. don't worry about it. everything's fine. >> even when there were disagreements. >> in his diaries, he called you iron ass. >> right. >> now i know that the two of you have actually joked about it. >> he sent me a nice note. >> and t

year of the woman because apparently we're only supposed to get one anita hill's stood up to clarence thomas during a supreme court confirmation hearing questioning the lack of women in congress and the dominance of male voices there is the years following i watched as janet reno became the first united states female attorney general madeleine albright became the first woman to serve as secretary of state congolese or rice begin the first black woman to become secretary of state and today at the more mature age of older we're seeing a new year of the woman take hold we finally joined forces to take down the likes of harvey weinstein and les moonves and made sure no one would ever forget the brett kavanaugh is a beer lover first and a judge second we took no prisoners and the dam of female rage resistent respect it's broken so i sat down earlier with some of my favorite women here at r.a.t america scotty now accuse of news views hughes those of a question bonilla chan and correspondents are a month or so ago to discuss some of the year's best and worst for women. so ladies when rachelle twee

. >> supreme court justice clarence thomas, who was appointed by president george h.w. bush, released a statement today saying "it is with the event profound sadness that virginia and i learned of the passing of president bush. i was honored to be nominated by him to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit, and the supreme court of the united states. both he and mrs. bush were the essence of decency and kindness, and throughout the years. virginia and i extend our thoughts and prayers to the entire bush family." "the washington journal," we dedicate our first hour to remembering president george h.w. bush, who died at age 94 on friday. john we will hear from lawrence, former chief of staff who represented nancy pelosi, discussing the future of democratic leadership in the 100 60th congress. also, sebastian gorka, former deputy assistant president trump, talks about the mueller investigation and the trump administration alison -- national security policy. live, sundayurnal, at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. received a statement from the offi

president and elsewhere in the dignitaries at the front there we've seen supreme court justice clarence thomas we've seen ruth bader ginsburg as well this is an enormous event today i think dick cheney is there as well behind bill clinton i think i saw. joe biden as well this he is there as well it's and it is one of these extraordinary days where so many people from across the aisle as they say republican and democrats come together the death of a u.s. president the casket is making its way now through the streets of washington d.c. from the capitol building to the national cathedral a very somber day in washington d.c. as they say goodbye to george h. w. bush the forty third president of the united states. had a comment from facebook where yes inside the bush family was disastrous for many parts of the world especially the middle east interestingly we have a new opinion piece up that to zero dot com today rory miller wrote this he's a professor of government at georgetown university here in an opinion piece looking back at the bush legacy in the gulf particularly he talks about caution relia

bush called thomas to the white house. >> he says, i got you in this, and i will be with you 'til the end. when things got tough, he was the same honorable person. dear justice, dear clarence later, the president sent justice thomas this extraordinary personal letter, never before made public. >> i will never forget our chat right here in our house in maine just before you were thrown to the lions and put through a cruel exercise that only a strong and principled person could have survived. you didn't have to say you would serve with honor and respect for the court. i knew that all along. >> he had your back. >> he stood shoulder to shoulder. >> when i would be attacked in washington, he made come to my defense. he said, don't worry about it, we'll make it. and we did. >> many a time when i had done something that had gotten me in a little trouble with somebody or the press, and i'm in my office saying, oh, dear, i could expect a call. colin, president. don't worry about it. everything's fine. >> even when there were disagreements. in his diaries, he called you "iron ass." >> right. >> i know that the two of you have joked about it. >> he sent me a nice note. >> and the no

including clarence thomas. the president stuck with them through the end. i think it has to be the highlight of this year. the first year since 2005 we would be above 3% gdp growth. i think he has a lot less control over. he gets a lot of credit for the strong economy. he is in a take the foot off that neck of the businessman. he has damaged himself quite a bit from his trade agenda. and i think that has caused a lot more uncertainty in the economy. and they have thrown down those in the second half. that can take a while to heal. what about the setbacks. you get the downside. i think the trade war would be the chief among them. the recent decision. i think that has to be counted among the top setbacks of the year. how little they really accomplished in the last chance. you fought for very hard as i recall. the cost was not a lot of domestic spending. >> they did, but it is a two gear pump. will end up being pretty modest. is there any downside that you see here. or upside. we are living one of the downsides right now. the failure to get an immigration deal

conservative justice samuel alito, neil gorsuch and clarence thomas voted to hear the case with justiceomas writing a scathing dissent writing what cleans the court its refusal to do its job? i suspect it has to do with the fact that some respondents are named planned parenthood, making the court's decision troubling as the justice presented has nothing to do with abortion. several states alleged planned parenthood affiliates engaged in the illegal sale of fetal organs. controversial videos released in 2015 by the center for medical progress appeared to support the claim for planned parenthood said the videos were highly edited and misleading but brett kavanaugh's decision considering pro-life group celebrated his confirmation because he solidified the conservative majority they assumed would take on abortion rights but experts say it is possible roberts and brett kavanaugh are resisting dealing with any abortion related issue so soon after brett kavanaugh's contentious nomination. justices to debating these cases before his arrival and he may have chosen not to be the fourth vote to ac

justices clarence thomas, send mail alito, neil gorsuch said they would have heard the case.is thursday for paul manafort. said manafort has lied about contacts with trump administration officials. and with an associate who u.s. authorities say has ties to russian intelligence. manafort pleaded guilty to conspiracy in september and agreed to cooperate with mueller's investigation. in the southeastern u.s., digging out from a snowstorm that has made travel a misery. up to two feet fell in parts of north carolina amber junior. that forced airlines to cancel more than 1300 flight over the weekend, almost 400 flights more owing to and from charlotte, north carolina were canceled today. roughly 300,000 homes and businesses are without power. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more 120 countries. this is bloomberg. guy: thank you very much. if you basically have had an up on the trading desk, and it has been quite an afternoon, and you decided to go home and get a new car and drive there, please tune in

two justices the don't agree on anything, ruth bader ginsburg and clarence thomas joined an opinion a another look at this doctrine. it is not fair and it allows the federal government to federalize all kinds of street crimes, something founders never envisioned. how does that apply in the present context? interesting to see. rob: bring that in the bob mueller investigation. a lot of the thinking is if the president was to pardon paul manafort for his crimes he could be charged for the same crimes in local court? >> in theory if the president's pardon power and wish everything in the federal system he doesn't have the power to pardon state crimes but in the case of manafort if the supreme court were to change the current law and say prosecutors get together on this, you will get one chance to prosecute somebody for the same crimes, a decision like that could help manafort to some extent, he was convicted of eight crimes and pled guilty to others. if he is pardoned for those crimes he is off of the federal hook but to the extent those crimes constitute state crimes, he would also be ou

let's talk about clarence thomas. one of his supreme court appointments.lasting legacy. >> if you remember president bush angered conservatives when he nominated david souter, for supreme court nominee, he ended up deciding consistently with the liberal wing of the bench and conservatives can be very pleased with what they have seen from justice thomas and president bush's decision to nominate him. he has been a reliable conservative vote on the bench nearing his 30th year. this is one of president bush's longest lasting legacies. jillian: some of his clerks are in high-powered positions in the administration. >> not only in terms of his writings and opinions but also those that he hired to work for him on the court. rob: 36 after the hour, france on fire, protesters vowing to fight the country's climate change plan but is this a sign of a bigger movement happening around the globe? >> graham allen thinks so and americans need to take note. he is live next. stop fearing your alarm clock... with zzzquil pure zzzs. a drug-free blend of botanicals with melato

justices clarence thomas, samuel alito, and neil gorsuch say they would have heard the case.news, 24 hours a day and online and on tv. i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. sheri: welcome to bloomberg markets. here are the top stories. qualcomm strikes back after apple stops paying licensing fees. they won a decision accord to ban the sale of some iphones in china. who is running monetary policy in india question mark the central bank governor unexpected quit. the big bed ceo speaks to us about his high-stakes strategy. >let's get started with a quick check of the markets. we are seeing u.s. stocks under pressure. the s&p 500 is headed to the weakest level in eight months. we saw the nasdaq turnaround little bit and fluctuate. it's worth mentioning that the certain coming only in stocks. 60% of the nasdaq is in the red. the dow is also losing 100 points. it lost more than 1000 points last week. 1.3%, at thealling weakest level against the was dollar since april of last year. this is over concerns of brexit. prime minister may is delaying that controversial vote. equity bulls