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the conservative attacks were having their effect.e 1978 midterm, the coalition of democrats and republicans would expand their size. poundeda on c -- media on carter. one of the favorite stories in the 1978 carter administration was the tension between security hevisor brzezinski and t advisor more open to agreement with soviets. the media loved to present stories about chaos in the white house, where the president couldn't even control his own advisors, let alone deal with the soviet union. younger republicans such as newt gingrich, who entered into office in 1978, argue there is no room to work with the democrats on this issue, and claim that national security will be the issue through which control of the white house is won. carter shifts a bit in 1978 to a more hawkish position on foreign policy, just as ford had done in 1975. a series of crises leads to the undoing of this idea. on june 18, 1979, carter meets with brezhnev in vienna and signs an agreement, despite all the political opposition back in the united states that would

bush nominating a conservative because it was replacing a conservative with a conservative. the stakes are higher for conservatives and liberals, republicans and democrats. what do you think about -- from a strategy standpoint for republicans, what would be the best way to get this through the chamber and do you favor getting it done before or after the mid-terms? >> justice kennedy was appointed in 1987. 31 years ago. for 31 years, justice kennedy has been at the crossroads at every decision for three decades, this is an opportunity -- what i hope the president will do is nominate a principled constitutionalist. someone whose number 1 focus will be faithful to the constitution and bill of rights and defending the first amendment, defending free speech, the second amendment, the tenth amendment. all of our basic liberties. in terms of timing, the president will come forth with a nomination quickly. i would anticipate in the next couple weeks. the senate will take up and we will confirm this nominee before the election in november. i expect we'll have confirmation hearings in

ohio's 69th governor john kasich is every liberal's favorite conservative and every conservative's never-trumper>> [ laughs ] >> he came to washington amidst reagan's conservative revolution and culminated his 18 years in congress in the gingrich revolution. as chairman of the house budget committee, he worked across the aisle to balance the budget and reform welfare. some have said he got out of congress when the going was good. and as governor of ohio, he claims the conservative successes of cutting income taxes and balancing budgets, which helped him win re-election with nearly 64% of the vote. a former television host -- i'll be asking him for notes in a minute here. a wall street banker, a son of a postman, two-time presidential candidate. and you know what they say about the third time. he'll be stepping down next year and promises me he will not go quietly into the night. thank you for being on "firing line" to reflect on the conservative movement at this moment in history, governor kasich. what does conservative mean to you now? >> well, what it's always meant, which is government as a l

a number of conservative organizations such as the american conservative union, the conservative caucusittee for the survival of a free congress were all lobbying against the senate to avoid and reject the ratification of this deal that would give control back to the panamanians. they sent out prominent figures like ronald reagan to speak to local groups about the dangers this posed. carter pushed back against conservatives as the senate battled over this. he had a pretty successful plan. he lobbied politicians individually to win over support. we have no chips to call in the way president johnson, nixon, and ford did because we've not been there long enough, one of carter's advisers admitted. carter figured out a way to win over senate support. to get the vote of florida, democratic senator richard stone , the administration agreed to a private meeting with the president and a personal letter from carter to stone that stone show constituents, assuring the senator that the treaty did not mean he was weakening his resolve and commitment to america's strength in the region. the administra

not the conservative republican side. you know, that was a reason this was a big issue in the last election. donald trump won. he will probably get a conservative justice on the supreme court, which will make it a solid 5-4 majority. not a swing vote. a solid 5-4 majority, this is the biggest moment of the president presidency so far. >> shepard: is there a chance in your mind -- can you come up with a way that if democrats work very hard and the president's detractors try all they will that they could delay this until after the mid-terms or is that not going to happen? >> no. first of all, why would you if you have a majority and it's one vote majority, the reason we're talking about 99 senators is because john mccain, of course, is very ill and hospitalized in arizona. he can only vote if he comes back to the floor. that's not expected to happen any time soon. so they have a one-vote majority. while there's a good chance that they will hold that majority or increase it in the mid-terms, they could lose it. why on earth

the one that was voted on was shot down, the conservative bill, but conservatives will point to the fact that that bill got 193 votes. this one about 70 fewer than that. the reality going forward is the next step moving forward is the likelihood o at least the attempt to stand behind much more tailored measure, at the southern border. legislative folks on capitol hill earlier today figuring out the next way forward as w we witnessed on the house floor was anticipated by this white house. the president despite that tried to implore republicans in the house to pass the measure. he took to twitter which he wrote the following -- he ends by writing when. instead it would try to build up the cfius process, that process as you know brought by the treasury department. in this case has the ultimate say to ensure that firms that are trying to be acquired. it's not meant to be harder or softer. it's going to be very comprehensive and very effective at protecting our technological family jewels. reporter: the administration is throwing weight behind legislation that has passed the house, needs to b

there is a greatest hits of deeply conservative -- and i would argue extreme conservative people. jurists and most of them, 16 are judges in our country and i would argue most of them are not in step with the vast majority of americans. and so what that means is that for the more moderate republicans like the two senate ors we just discussed, it is critically important to require that the nominee is reflective of america than just the extreme right which seems to be dictating the politics in the court right now. so this is a decision that -- this is going to last for -- they'll nominate somebody who is probably late 40s, early 50s. this individual will sit on the court for 30 years and so these two senators and really a handful of senators will be able to decide, does the nominee -- is he or she within the heartland of america or somebody an extreme far right conservative, and that may undo existing laws and so -- and rulings. so this is critically important. that is the conversation we have to have. >> these are lifetime nominations appointments to the supreme court. so 30 or may

this is really the chance for donald trump and the conservatives in the senate to cement a conservative supreme court for another 25 years because we tend to appoint new justices who are in their late 40s or early 50s now. but it is also a chance to move the court even further to the right because on a number of issues, justice kennedy had kind of limited the ability to undo more liberal jurisprudence from 20 or 30 years ago. >> talk about that while i give you a chance to clip that on. justice kennedy, ever since sandra day o'connor retired in 2006, justice kennedy has, in essence, been the swing vote, the deciding vote on the supreme court. when he voted with the conservatives, the court, for example, gutted the voting rights act, upheld the citizens united which allowed more corporate and union money in politics, gave new life to the second amendment and the right to own a gun. on the other hand, when justice kennedy voted with the liberals, they trimmed back the reach of the death penalty saying it didn't apply, for example, to juveniles. they gave civil rights to -- or rather legal

reagan talked about the three legs -- social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, national security conservativesists in washington, d.c., beyond in the think tank world, the activist world, and they would say conservatism is doing fine. there's a real rift in the party. you see commentators like charles krauthammer-- may he rest in peace-- and george will. >> stephen: who said don't vote for republicans in 2018, vote for democrats. that seems there might be a problem. >> there is a real rift between conservative intellectuals, many conservative intellectuals and sort of the conservative apparatus that still exists in d.c., is still well funded and is still sort of moving ahead saying, "everything it is fine. nothing to see here, folks." and they say trump is relative conservatism, they approved a supreme court justice, gotten rid of regulation-- conservatives, there are many people who say it's fine. i'm more with george will and charles krauthammer, and the folks who have a real problem with the president and his approach. >> stephen: we have to go, but before we do, what gives you hope? >> loo

program, the land and water conservation fund. over the past five decades, lwcf has helped protect our nation's most treasured places, including many in my congressional district. like the great national wild refuge in the richmond national battlefields. as we know, authorization of lwcf is set to expire in 100 short days. that is why the timing of this special order hour is so critical. if congress does not re-authorize lwcf, we will lose one of our most powerful tools for protecting our nation's natural, historical and cultural landmarks. if that happens, every state and district in our country will feel the damaging consequences. that outcome is unacceptable. which is why i'm proud to co-sponsor h.r. 502, which is ranking member grijalva's legislation to permanently re-authorize lwcf. i also support robust funding for lwcf in the appropriation bills. for my constituents, preserving our lands and waters is personal. virginia's fourth congressional district is home to many beautiful public lands and waters, along with many other

ronald reagan picked a conservative that turned out to be a liberal and picked a conservative that turned out to be a swing vote. george h. bush picked a conservative that turned out to be a liberal. so to pick another gorsuch, he will try. and then there's what you just mentioned. the fact that the media will go after these senators. it's not just the nominee that will have every bad thought he's ever had exposed. it's one by one these senators. they're going to be on the spot. the media will hold their feet to the fire. >> neil: yeah. robert, what are you looking for in whoever the president chooses? what are they looking for? >> what we have to look at, a fair jurist and similar to anthony kennedy. i don't understand at what point we got to the supreme court justices picking a team and voting with that team 100% of the time. let's get justices in place that follow tradition of the sandra day o'connor that can analyze facts, sometimes vote liberal, sometimes vote conservative. we're getting the best rules and best laws out of it. >> neil: sometimes the candidates to doug's point will su

conservatives and even business conservatives who have a great deal money, poured a huge amount of money mcconnell when he didn't want to consider garland and shoring up -- i think there were oemp $2 -- over $20 million spent by the judicial crisis network for gorsuch. in the last analysis, conservatives at the polls have cared more about judges than democrats at the polls. it's their biggest issue and it now works for them. >> charlie sykes, a lot of conservatives like yourself and me have been very disappointed by what donald trump has done from day one since getting into the office but a lot of conservatives like you and me who have voiced these concerns are -- what is in first corinthians? clanging dongs. nobody is listening to us in part because donald trump is going to put the second conservative on the united states supreme court. how much will them power donald trump within the republican p t party in the next two years? >> tremendously. no question about it. for the last year we've been hearing the "but gorsuch" to every outrage from the president. now it's going to be but gorsu

and is so conservative, conservative really conservative, not a trumpist, so conservative that even the freedom caucus said we would not have passed the tax cuts without mark. there is no more conservative person on protecting tax dollars, balancing the budget, paying down the debt. it's been, that's been mark's sole obsession since 199 4. but primary voters said no, we don't care that he's one of the most conservative people in congress. he said one or two bad things about trump. >> it's, there are two things to say. the two -- >> why don't we just say its had devolved into a cult. primary voters in the republican party have devolved into a trumpist cult. >> it's clear that conservatism, liberalism, voting records, none of those things matter, it's a cultive personality and the president has an extraordinary hold over his base. cultive personality is one good description for it. for all of the people out there, at various times everyone at this table and me, all of us who have sat and said, why are republicans afraid of donald trump? why do they -- why will they never cross him? he's t

party, unhappy with conservative party, unhappy the way it is going. will this india her. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you, seven days a week bbc.co.uk/paper5 and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you john and kate. next, it's the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is ja5on solomons. so jason, what do we have this week? we have got book5, sex and football this week in the cinema releases. diane keaton and jane fonda rekindle a passion for reading in book club. is it dinnerfor two or room for more in sexy french thriller l'amant double? and who is the greatest engli5h football manager of all time? some famou5 names put the case in football documentary bobby. what can possibly go wrong with this one? i did wonder. we will start with jane fonda, diane keaton. they are all there. it is four old friends who have been going t

justice kennedy is a conservative but he is a northern california conservative. pete knows that, he went to stanford. northern californians are conservative on economic and partisan issues but on social issues they are live and let live. they are tolerant. they have gay friends, they think in terms of a conmow poll tan setting. that's what kennedy has been like. his decision in the lawrence case and the case involving california and that decision where he basically established marriage equality that wouldn't have happened under a regular hard nosed conservative pick by president. now trump is going for it, going for roses, to get hive hard nose ed conservatives. >> what choice do the democrats have. >> they have to use delayer to tactics, all the "hardball" tactics that mcconnell is good at. >> what choice do they have. >> don't allow a vote, don't have a hearing, don't allow anything to go forward. don't play ball with this decision. this is almost july. with an election for the senate which is to thorring right now between democrat and republican. and they want

conservative. kennedy had a little bit of a libertarian streak in him. so sometimes on something like row v. wade he ruled with democrats on. trump's not going to pick someone with libertarian streak. it turned out warren was often liberal particularly on immigration. trump is going to have people vetted and have them vetted more. and find someone like a neil gorsuch, if he can find another one like that. this is going to play out in the fall heading to the mid-terms. and instead of the mueller report keeping trump in a box, they're going to be running this on tv and trump may be able to tell the electorate come november i've got two supreme court justice. yes, i'm a little weird in my tweets, yes i say bigoted things, but conservatives come out. you're getting what you need out of me. >> that is almost certainly the game plan. they are going to run right at those democratic senators up for re-election in states that donald trump carried. and it's going to be all about getting votes to confirm an e

on straight conservative issues, you have anthony kennedy as a conservative.aign finance, on gun laws, et cetera. but on issues that required the swing vote, things like lgbt rights, death penalty cases, he was a key member of the actual supreme court. now that's all going to change. having a strong conservative replacement like antonin scalia is more like something somebody who is not like anthony kennedy who's a swing vote, somebody who actually would be a conservative and a stronghold and consistent one, not a swing vote. >> jeffrey, give us the big picture, how unflewentiinfluent. >> justice kennedy controlled the outcome in so many cases, whether it was abortion rights, whether it was bush v. gore where he essentially delivered the presidency to george w. bush, affirmative action, saving it last year and of course all of the gay rights decisions including a 5-4 decision directing that all 50 states have to have same-sex marriage. and this week with the travel ban case. the court followed kennedy's vote and that vote is now going to be a solid conservative

probably say he was conservative. i try in the book to use the term "libertarianism" to get away from the label "liberal" because it don't think that's label that accurately describes justice kennedy and i don't think the conservative label does either. libertarianism seems to me, if you think but the fundamental principles of libertarianism, that is probably an accurate tribal apply to his juris prudence. >> thank you, helen. should also mention that chapter one of the book is an excellent primmer on libertarianism, libertarian theory and the various strains of club tarean -- strains of libertarianism and she brings out it's not a theory but the relationship between the spread state. there are many strains of libertarianism and it's to her credit she brings this out in chapter one over the book. now let's turn it over to you folks and question that you may have. please wait until the microphone arrives, identify yourself and any affiliation. we have one right in front. >> good afternoon. i'm ken hop p with the intern

writer, conservative thinker in the conservative movement, what price you pay for being so criticalof donald trump? >> i don't call myself never trumper but that term lost relevance after the election. i think what you had to do is -- i call my cell trump skeptic, sometimes trumper, agree with women i agree with him. i think all those labels are a tempest in the teapot. i just take the position that, no offense, i think most talk about journalistic ethics is justification for the guild that runs the columbia journalism school and all these things but one thing i take seriously is part of the job is not to lie. i won't say things i don't believe to be true or right things i don't believe to be true, one of the most painful things is to hear fans and friends essentially disappointed in me because i failed to live down to their expectations and they thought once he is actually pres. about the nomination i would have to fall in line and just become a guy for the are in c. that is not my job. it has cost me some friends, it has been disruptive of my business model. telling -- coming out

how's that for conservative? i was pretty far in the left when i was a young man as many are and i might be the living embodiment of that quote attributed to churchill or maybe it's not virtual but if a man is not a liberal at 20 he has no heart and if he is not a conservative at 30 has no brain so whatever that quote was given it was given to people who lived a lot shorter but you get the idea. i'm more of a 911 person who came over around then. >> host: 911 impacted your politics. >> guest: a great deal. >> host: walk us through that. >> guest: my politics has been slightly impacted by the oj trial. the trial here in la was a gigantic deal predictable the city is people who were alive and remember. i went to the child and i was an x civil rights worker from the south and it started -- it disturbed me to see someone obviously guilty getting off for racial reasons. back in the days that i was in the civil rights movement i believed in integration but it was a return to tribalism because essentially tribalism they

party the c d u still backs her the bavarian conservatives the c s u r n open rebellion. despite attempts at finding a consensus c s u leaders say a change in policy is needed now. to flaws in the stream of illegal migrants to germany is a big problems with the populace is very critical but it's a political hot potato wherever we go we have to solve this problem now. machall hopes to negotiate a european solution to the migrant issue when e.u. heads of state meet in brussels in two weeks' time she argues that germany shouldn't be acting on its own offering a quote to the effect that international problems require international solutions. the world is highly integrated everything is too interconnected for any individual country to determine its destiny alone very wise words. but germany c.s.u. interior minister horst c. who for wants germany to refuse entry to migrants registered in other countries and he made issue orders to that effect against merkel's wishes the opposition sees this as a political puts does isis deneuve the government is on thin ice that's obvious this

their federal society folks and other folks who have been this larger pool of conservatives and conservativeful they'll nominate somebody with a serious mind, and admiration for the rule of law. that should balance out some of the concerns that it's somebody that trump is putting on the court. unless he nominates janene pirro which will be hilarious and horrifying, a lot of these folks are serious people. many of the people on that list -- again that are not trump's people, their serious jurists from our system, that hopefully we'd see them exercise,-on, this sort of judicial discretion as one hope they would as conservatives. >> can i add something to that real quick, don? >> yeah, go ahead. >> the president's often criticized for his process, how does he go with the people he's pardoning and using his gut. gorsuch, he was praised by the process that put into place -- >> that process was called mitch mcconnell. >> no, the vetting process in the white house, the process office, working with people in the society coming up with the list you talked about, vetting those sources interviewing --

still backs are the bavarian conservatives the c.s.u. are in open rebellion despite attempts at finding a consensus c.s.u. leaders say a change in policy is needed now. the stream of illegal migrants to germany is a big problems of the before and the populace is very critical it's a political hot potato wherever we go we have to solve this problem now done medical hopes to negotiate european solutions of the migrant issue when e.u. leaders meet in brussels in two weeks' time he argues that germany shouldn't be acting on its own she offered a quote along the lines that international problems require international solutions . the world is highly integrated everything is too interconnected for any individual country to determine its destiny alone a very wise words. but the c.s.u. interior minister horse doesn't think a european solution is coming soon he wants germany to refuse entry to migrants registered in other e.u. countries and he may issue orders to that effect against miracles wishes the opposition thinks he's going too far. that's

still backs the bavarian conservatives the c.s.u. or in open rebellion despite attempts at finding a consensus c.s.u. leader a change in policy is needed now. the stream of illegal migrants to germany is a big problem for the before and the populace is very critical but it's a political hot potato wherever we go we have to solve this problem now than merkel hopes to negotiate a european solution to the migrant issue when e.u. leaders meet in brussels in two weeks' time she argues that germany shouldn't be acting on its own she offered a quote along the lines that international problems require international solutions . the world is highly integrated everything is too interconnected for any individual country to determine its destiny alone and very wise words. but the c.s.u. interior minister horsy ho for doesn't think a european solution is coming soon he wants germany to refuse entry to migrants registered in other e.u. countries and he may issue orders to that effect against merkel's wishes the opposition thinks he's going too far.

i would say was ninety percent conservative ten percent liberal what does it mean richard. well a president will seek to nominate someone to the court the question is how the senate judiciary committee should respond and i have called on the house and the senate judiciary committee for quite some time now to convene a hearings to investigate this president and his administration and their abuse of power and their violations of the constitution we may very well have a situation that involves high crimes and misdemeanors. offenses were way past the point where we were in one thousand nine hundred seventy three with respect to president nixon and to me it be quite shocking to see the senate judiciary committee proceed with yet another supreme court nomination for someone with a lifetime tenure when they haven't been doing their job which is to investigate what's going on in this administration as a once again we are well past where we were in one thousand nine hundred three with respect to becks and when the senate as well as the house had judiciary committee hearings and this

unfortunately i believe that islamophobia does exist now within the conservative party have tried to deal with the matter quietly by writing to the present prime minister to the previous prime minister as well as have spoken to the c.c. h.q. . but unfortunately we have not received the right reply and no positive action has been taken i believe that the party should accept that there is a problem let's come off his high horse of the denial and i feel first thing the party should do is to accept that there is a problem and that's then probably time we have an inquiry led by perhaps and it odd judge i think you see and not only interview parliament days but i also interviewed a member of the party from the ground because i think we need to establish the extent of the problem now. over the during the month of april you and me nineteen members of the conservative party were either expelled or suspended because of the unsavory remarks they made regarding the muslims last friday two conservative councillors were suspended because of the remarks we they made about the muslim it was a counci

conservative. we fought on that one. i voted against him but he's there. he replaced scalia. this is about a swing vote. this is a different seat, a different seat and everything lays in the balance in terms of how this court could swing on everything from choice, roe versus wade to what we did in terms of same-sex marriage to so many issues that are about fundamental rights and about respecting the constitution of the united states. so this is not like gorsuch. >> yeah. >> this will have generational impact and let's all be clear about this. the decisions made by the united states supreme court make decisions about who we are as a country and who we can be and who will be where in this country. had the supreme court under the leadership of erl warren not decided brown v. board of education, i would not be sitting here talking with you right now. >> the heart we'll lose here, justice kennedy was a conservative, he was a northern california conservative. i get that. he was a bit of live and let live

, national security conservatives and social conservatives into a very powerful bloc.ers, trump has a majority negative approval rating. >> take us inside trump's thinking here as he and the administration are compiling a short list for supreme court nominees. >> the supreme court wasn't something donald trump thought about a lot. he knew his supporters were super interested in some of the social issues he were to consider. so remember during the campaign he announced his short list for supreme court justices to fill the scalia vacancy. he thought that was a political masterstroke that got his conservative backers riled up. he added to that again in november. one thing we have on axios this morning is a chart listing how conservative that list is, far more conservative than justice kennedy, who he's replacing. trump is going with conservative allies like ralph reed, the federalist society which vet as lot of conservative judges at the lower positions. one thing to note, the ages. trump is very interested in appointing young justice, someone who can serve on the court f

one conservative certainly thinks so. history and has been in british hands since the 18th century. craig mackinlay argued it had a unique constitutional position, post—brexit, leaving the eu with the uk. gibraltar already has electoral links with the uk through its attachment to the south west region for representation in the european parliament. this will disappear upon brexit and the way to protect this attachment is for this parliament to allow the people of gibraltar direct representation here in this house. potholes are the curse of many a car and bike user and hitting one can have serious consequences. the government says it is increasing the money available to highways england, but one peer thought they were not the only peril on our roads. potholes or not, how can pedestrians on the pavements alongside these roads maintain themselves in safe conditions, when cyclists refuse to equip their machines with bells and curse those like me, who politely ask them to mend their ways? could they possibly be in league with t

rehnquist was very conservative, and john roberts who is fairly conservative.t's a matter of degree whether you think it's a conservative or liberal court. they did recognize gay marriage and a woman's right to choose abortion. true conservatives also follow precedent. the big key issue will be whether the president nominates a free-wheeling conservative who thinks it's up to him or her to overrule rulings or say i would have voted differently, but the law is the law and i'm not going to change it. lou: i think msnbc, nbc news, cbs, cnn. what's the other one? and their hair is on fire talking about the decline of roe versus wade. >> the cnn and msnbc pundits have been wrong from day one. they predicted the supreme court would overrule the travel ban. they predicted so many things that proved to be wrong. i hope these stations play clips of their pundits, when it turns out they are wrong, showing how wrong they were. jeffrey toobin says we'll see a woman's right to choose overruled. that's not going to happen. justice roberts is not going to vote for that. lou:

>> i think so, especially on a court that had conservatives that were very staunch conservatives. he hated being called the swing justice. he often said, just end up where i end up. he was a conservative, a soli conservative, but he has a libertarian strea and if you look at his decisions over the years, especially in the most edntroversial ones that he mov left in terms of a victory there, his jurisprudence is really animated by two things, his stong belief in the dignity ofhe individual, as well as in the concept of liberty that the 14th amemes due process clause guaranteesish and you see that, i think, most dramatically in the decision he wrote, allowing orupholding the right of same-sex couples to marry. >> you mentioned the same-sex marriage decision there. he has weighed in and made a difference on some of the most heated issues and cases of our time. >> that's ght, we could go down the list -- abortion, affirmative action, civil rights, gay and lesbian equality, e death penalty, he wrote decisions that ended the death penalty for minors und age 18, and, when there is the in

i think you will see that overturned and this is what a conservative court does. in a liberal court the liberal court creates imaginary rights for some people while erasing real rights of other people. there is no right to abortion in the constitution but there is a right to life and i think a conservative court eventually will see that. >> a lot of people will get hives with you saying that. richards talked about the fact she believes the president has a litmus test whether someone is willing to overturn roe v wade or whether they have a pro-life record. how do you tough will it be to get someone through the senate? not just talking democrats but republicans who would be resistant to someone who might do that. >> it would be tough for anyone except donald trump. he has the guts to push forward in this. i talked to the president not long ago. he is a smart guy. he knows the number one reason evangelicals voted for him in the largest margin in history was his commitment to a conservative judiciary and the reason evangelicals continue to support him at 75% approval

he is quite conservative. it may not be surprising that he would prefer that his successor be appointed by a republican president. but, no, he hadn't publicly signaled this in any clear way. and obviously it will massively disrupt the entire landscape. >> so clearly the timing, you mentioned he is 81 years of age, he's been on the court for years. but the timing, knowing that this is a republican administration under which he would be retiring has to have factored in. obviously we can't climb into his heart and mind, but that had to have factored in as far as the timing to bow out. >> and he would certainly have been aware of it. what i actually do find kind of amazing is that justice kennedy is someone who carri cares a gr deal about the institutional legitimacy of the supreme court. and we're coming up on a midterm election that otherwise would have been a referendum on the extraordinary and might be deeply disturbing developments of the first two years of the trump administration. and he just dropped a supr

but the former conservative party leader, current conservative mp iain duncan smith has spoken aboutnd immigrants. "with the uk being part of the eu," i quote, "at present a white romanian jobseeker faces far fewer obstacles to come to britain then an indian engineer or brazilian dentist. but brexit can mean fairness all—round on the basis of meeting our own nation's requirements". so actually, as he states quite clearly there, a post—brexit migration policy could actually let more brown and black people into the uk? so it is not about race? that is a false prospectus being put forward by iain duncan smith because the conservatives have a policy of reducing migration to the tens of thousands. that is a change of course from sajid javid, the new british home secretary who has signalled... what the new home secretary has said in the uk is that the hostile immigration policy announced by one of his predecessors, the prime minister, he will not press on with. but the requirement that immigration be reduced to the tens of thousands, not only requires a reduction in net immigration from th

>> yes, he voted to conservative unions that represent unionship and influence. if they don't want to belong to a union, they don't have to contribute union fees. >> pete williams, thank you. >>> kennedy's announcement kicked off the guessing game who the president will nominate to replace him. among democrats, it kicked off as a desperate way to gain a voice in the process. chief white house correspondent hallie jackson reports on the battle ahead. >> reporter: at the white house, a secret meeting minutes before the announcement. >> breaking news from washington, d.c. supreme court justice anthony kennedy has just announced his retirement. >> reporter: justice kennedy slipping into the west wing for what the president called a deep discussion. >> he's displayed tremendous vision and tremendous heart. and he will be missed. and hopefully we're going to pick somebody who will be as outstanding. >> who will you peick to replace him, sir? >> we have a list of 25 people that we had during my election. >> reporter: that list includes mostly conservative leading judges

the two conservative leaders or at least trying to mend fences. which obviously i didn't hear any remarks against me when the chancellor sat down i said nothing that ramped up today did it with talk. it didn't come and hope. the c.s.u. chairman has struck a conciliatory tone but that doesn't mean he's necessarily changed his position. so we have domestic good german politics and their potential effect on the europe let's bring in europe correspondent bob of a slim brussels simon young in welcome both with you simon what are we to make of this apparent rapprochement between chancellor and interior minister. well phil today wasn't the day for sharp words or public displays of hostility or stay home for he's already got his tanks parked on medicals lawn and that is to say that he's threatened to take tough action on migration if merkel doesn't come up with real progress as he sees it on the issue. within the next couple of weeks leading up to that a european summit next week everyone knows that it hasn't changed of course this wasn't an occasion for