that is what ed markey told us.even from the grave, supreme court justices get to determine who replaces them. but now, ruth bader ginsburg, rest in peace, is no longer useful to people like ed markey, so they want you to forget what she herself said about court packing about a year before she died. >> i have heard that there are some people on the democratic side who would like to increase the number of judges. if anything, it would make the court appear partisan. it would be that one side thing. >> tucker: now, at the time, it was, i think a federal law, that all democrats had to agree with ruth bader ginsburg, so joe biden did. >> i would not get into court packing. we at three justices, next time around, we lose control, they add three justices, we begin to lose any credibility te court has at all. >> tucker: we can go on and on. we've got a lot of tape. these are all sound bites we can play you of democrats telling you "no, no, no we need nine justices." but we are not going to. brazen hypocrisy is starting to

senator ed markey joins me now. u.s. code. it would increase the number of supreme court justices from nine to 13. the number nine is not in the united states constitution. originally we only had six supreme court justices. so the number has been changed six or seven times in our history. and it just requires an alteration of the u.s. code and it would be done by congress. and so we want to begin this debate because of the historically unprecedented actions which the republicans have taken over the last five years to steal two supreme court seats. >> you know, the historic precedent here that people i think call to mind is fdr and the new deal. he was pushing this new progressive legislation at a time of national crisis. he inherited a very conservative court which kept striking it down, striking it down. people see it as an iconic example of overreach. what do you say to people who say this is dangerous and crazy and wild-eyed? >> i would say the republicans just engaged in crazy, wild overreach when justice scalia

"to the best campaign manager in ed markey's or anyone else's 1984 senate campaign. days of your campaign are in september, that means you lost in the democratic primary. joining us now, the first person in history to lose a campaign run by ron klain, senator ed markey of massachusetts. senator, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> well, actually, to clarify, i didn't run. and so the reality was that if i had the final days, ron klain would have been the perfect person, but unfortunately, i decided i would rather be the chairman of the energy and environment committee in the house of representatives. so i did not run in 1984, although ron klain was my legislative staff director and brilliant at it, and the campaign manager for the race that i decided not to complete. >> that's the kind of campaign that i could run, the one that you don't actually run in. that would be the one i could do. senator, so when you were in the house in the 1980s and certainly the end of the 1980s, the last big infrastructure bill was done in 1991 with that democratic congress with

ed markey in 2016 saying we only needed nine.ed markey did not have double standards, he would have no standards at all. now, joe biden got the ball rolling when he formed of a supreme court commission last week. but democrats know this bill is a hard sell. take nancy pelosi. she said she won't even bring it to the floor for a vote, but ed markey thinks she will come around, and when she does, he will be ready to get rid of the filibuster and pass it anyway. >> well, ultimately, we have to repeal the filibuster. and then we can move this legislation, as they can move the legislation in the house of representatives right now with a majority of the votes. >> lawrence: see, if you noticed, democrats have us all planned out. they want to abolish the filibuster, jam through their radical agenda, and pack the court to uphold their outrageous laws. all in the name of restoring democracy. that leaves me to ask one question: have democrats lost control of their party? or has the party just lost its mind? anyway, joining me now's karl rove

joining us now, the first person in history to lose a campaign run by -- senator ed markey.d run, ron klain would've been the perfect person. unfortunately, i decided i would rather be the chairman of the energy and environment community in the house of representatives. so, i did not run in 1984. although, ron klain was by legislative staff director, and brilliant at it. he was the campaign manager also for the race i decided not to compete. >> that's the kind of campaign i can run. the one you actually don't run. and that would be the one i can do. senator, when you were in the house in the 19 eighties, and certainly the end of the 19 eighties, the last big infrastructure bill was done in 1991 with that democratic congress with you in the house. senator mana handover in the senate in the environment public works committee was very proud of the title of the big committee. it was the intermodal transportation inefficiency act which took on the name ice tea. that's the way these kinds of bills used to be named. now, joe biden, is the american jobs bill. it's amazing that it to

and you people like jerry nadler and ed markey saying we are going to pack the corporate thing peopleitutional amendment. we need nine for it's really funny because ed markey on 2016 was standing in front of a # we need nine which was also what to advertise, go ahead. >> we have markey and nadler heading up an effort and pelosi saying i'm not going to bring it to the floor you note the seriousness of this is. really, if anything is strength to toss a bone to the left wing base. also it may be trying to roberson brett kavanaugh little bit. probably like michael corleone he's tried to get out of the immediate attention but they keep bringing the court. and you know what, i agree with joe biden. all this clips you paid for know who else, bernie sanders of the two last man standing in the democratic primaries pretty much the only two candidate for the presidency on the democratic side that were against court packing for those reasons that biden said craig sanders i'm not going to the accent is that if we do this and the republicans do it organ of 87 justices it's crazy i agree, vertebrate

the senator who propose that bill which -- ed markey joins me now. senator markey, talk me through if you are successful, how the bill would work? >> well, the bill would amend the u.s. code and it would increase the number of supreme court justices from 9 to 13. the number nine is not in the united states constitution. originally, we only had six supreme court justices. the number has been changed, 6 to 7 times in our history. it just requires an alteration of the u.s. code and it would be done by congress and so, we want to begin this debate, because of the historically unprecedented actions which the republicans have taken over the last five years to seal two supreme seats. >> the historic precedent here that people i think are called to mind is the new deal, he was pushing this new progressive legislation in a time of crisis with the conservative court and they kept striking it down. but, that is also, i think, it is an iconic example of overreach. would you say to people who say that this is a -- that is dangerous and crazy and wild eyed? >> wel

ed markey and others.pand the court. they make their case. i want you to listen to a little bit of what they have to say and get a response. >> republican stole two seats on the supreme court, and now it is up to us to repair that damage. our democracy is in jeopardy today because the supreme court standing is sorely damaged, and that way we repair it is straightforward. we undo the damage that the republicans have done by restoring balance. we do it by adding watch proceeds to the court to create a 13 member supreme court. these four new seats to be filled by president biden will reconstitute united states supreme court. at the bench will then rightly reflect the values of the majority of the american people on whose behalf they serve. expanding the court is constitutional. congress has done it before, and congress must do it again. we must expand the court and abolish the filibuster to do it. the words etched above the main entrance of the supreme court building behind us express the ultimate responsibil

. >> new york representative alexandria cortez announced ed markey reintroduce a resolution in support of a comprehensive plan to fight climate change . >> -- >> thank you to everyone for joining us this morning near the national mall. which was a major renovation project, of franklin delano roosevelt's new deal. it was funding made available through the public works administration in the 1930s at me the national mall literal living proof of the power of the new deal. and investments from the federal government to transform our country. my deepest gratitude to my good friend congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez. it's a privilege to work with you and stand shoulder to shoulder with you, to rattle cages with you and to fight together for the future of the people of this country and the planet and i could not be prouder to be working with you on this issue and so many others. as my colleague alex padilla from california, congressman jared huffman, congresswoman corey busch of missouri, we thank you for your leadership and coming here today to speak. i also want to recognize our allies s

now, ed markey five years ago was at the supreme court standing in the exact same spot he was yesterday, calling for adding justices to the supreme court and saying nine was enough, that we did not need to change the supreme court. so, see, this is an argument to say you're making because they think this is their time to destroy our institution. they railed against donald trump for four years because they did not like what he was doing, standing on the constitution. so, griff, they are taking this opportunity to take about adding two new states, about packing the courts, removing the electoral college, federalizing elections, all these leftist, progressive policies that they have tried to push, they are now going into overdrive, trying to get these because they know they are going to lose the house and the senate in 2022. >> well, we'll see. senator, let me ask you, on the progressive point though, is what this group of progressives doing from ed markey to jerry nadler, does it undermine the president's own commission to study it for six months? >> i think what they're doing is trying t

senator ed markey argued the supreme court's conservative majority is illegitimate. republicans refused to give merrick garland a hearing in 2016 holding the seat open, which president trump later filled. went back on their own policy and rushed justice justice barrett's confirmation ahead of the election depriving biden of the same chance. >> it's going to become clear as decision after decision emanates from this supreme court that there needs the be a historic balance, which is restored. so we begin this debate, i believe, that ultimately it's going to be very clear that this legislation has to pass. >> now, a lot of people ask how likely is this to pass? the answer is without filibuster reform, zero. right now senate majority leader chuck schumer is encouraging democrats to have more conversations with the republicans to try to reach consensus on other issues. the expectation is that effort won't go anywhere and then it will wet the appetite among more democrats to pursue filibuster reform. senator joe manchin holding the line against big shakeups said today he h

you have a bill introduced in the senate by ed markey that is a sign of weakness, not strength.hat the leftists who are pushing this are trying to show some sign of life for this proposal, given that president biden's, commissioner he set up clearly is not going to be interested in this. i think this is really a way to agitate the base of the democratic party. elizabeth: yeah. we hear what you're saying. we know what it feels like. you don't, you're not winning by the old rules. change entire institutions to get what you want. just feels like that. because now, ed, we have one democrat saying, you know what? it should be at least 13 justices. so what, when does it end? 1300 justices? you know what i mean? by the way, republicans could take advantage of this too down the road. i don't get this infinity hall of mirrors they're talking about. go ahead, ed. >> absolutely. they would destroy the supreme court in the process of trying to steal it. you're exactly right, there would be repeated escalations over the years. the strategists proposing this never seem to have looked more tha

senator ed markey plans to reintroduce legislation this year that would change the seatback standard. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. >> next on the cbs weekend news, why nasa's new helicopter on mars is grounded for now. reason rescue operations are under way in indonesia after a deadly earthquake rocked java's main island on saturday, at least eight people were killed when the magnitude 6 quake struck, just days after a deadly cyclone hit java. today was the day nasa's new helicopter on mars was supposed to take flight. but ingenuity seen here in animation is grounded. the flight test for the helicopter was delayed friday because of a computer-related rotor issue. nationala-- nasa says the chopper is safe and healthy and will try to take off again later this week. when we return, the performing arts makes a comeback at one of the country's greatest venues. guess where. 7 >> finally tonight the world stages fell silent when covid struck but as cbs's nancy chen in new york reports, live music is again being heard. >> hon a spring day full of new beginnings, these prt first soun

and in the senate by senator ed markey of massachusetts. again, packing the supreme cou

. >> massachusetts senator ed markey says republicans have done damage to the judicial branch making americans lose faith in the high court. and make no mistake about it, the court is broken because leader mitch mcconnell, his senate republican colleagues and donald trump broke it. but republicans like south carolina senator lindsey graham say this is a terrible idea you make the supreme court. basically a political football. >> it loses independents is consistency and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says it is an attempt to threaten current supreme court justices and responsible people across the political spectrum. >> have an absolute duty. good enough says. >> now during his campaign, president biden said he was not a fan of expanding the courts. but he is allowing this commission to look into the idea reporting live in washington. i'm basil john. >> is there any likelihood of the bill passing in getting to the president's desk. >> well, certainly the main objective would usually be to get that majority within the senate because that's usually where most of these face diffi

senator ed markey and congressman jerry nadler t chairman of the house judiciary committee.rence in front of the supreme court. there are also co-sponsors that will be there. >> even when our troops come home, our partnership with afghanistan will continue. our security partnership will endure. there is strong bipartisan support for that commitment to the afghan security forces. >> secretary of state state anthony blinken going to afghanistan to make the case for president biden's decision to withdraw u.s. troops by september 11. it's hardly the only foreign policy challenge facing the president. as hot spots overseas heat up. griff jenkins live at the white house with more on this. >> good morning, trace. no shortage of hot spots or foreign policy challenges for the president and secretary blinken's surprise trip to kabul isn't the only thing he is making news with. the secretary announcing new sanctions against the kremlin to hold the government accountable for the solar winds breach as well as the reports of bounties on u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. now, these new sanctio

pedro: you are probably aware of this legislative effort by senator ed markey and others to expand the court. they appeared in front of the court to make their case. i want you to listen to a little bit of what they had to say and then get your response to it. senator markey: republicans stole two seats on the supreme court and it is now up to us to repair that damage. our democracy is in jeopardy today because the supreme court's sit standing -- court's standing is sorely damage. the way we repair it is straightforward, we undo the damage republicans have done by restoring balance and we do it by adding four seats to the court to create a 13-member supreme court. these four new seats to be filled by president biden will reconstitute the united states supreme court. the bench will then rightly reflect the values of the majority of the american people on whose behalf they serve. expanding the court is constitutional. congress has done it before and congress must do it again. we must expand the court and must abolish the filibuster to do it. the words etched above the main entrance of th

now leaders in congress including ed markey on the senate side and mondaire jones, new york congressman jerry nadler, the chairman of the house judiciary committee, offered this proposal to add four seats to the supreme court. it is not in the constitution the number of justices on the court. it is up to congress to set that number. congress has changed the number seven times in history. it is the most constitutional way to achieve violence and undo the lopsided super majority. i wrote that op-ed the other day to draw attention to new polling to show that the proposal is supported by a plurality of the american voters. more people support adding seats than do not. host: you mentioned the late justice bader ginsburg. you have probably seen stories that she had said that may be expanding the court was not a good idea. justice breyer is saying so in recent days. what you think about members of the court being hesitant? guest: i have been asked about a -- that a lot. i was a, what do you expect them to say? as sitting justices, they are going to say there is nothing illegitimate about the i

. >> reporter: democratic senators ed markey and richard blumenthal are hoping to pass this as part ofresident's infrastructure bill. the national highway traffic safety administration, the regulator, declined to comment on proposed legislation. norah. >> o'donnell: kris van cleave, thank you. hollywood's biggest night certainly had a different look in the pandemic year. it was a night of firsts with a plot twist at the very end. here's cbs' carter evans.arter . >> reporter: and >> reporter: and the oscar goes to nomads. >> i am just... houseless. >> reporter: immigrants. and a messiah. >> i am a revolutionary. >> reporter: women won a record 17 oscars include best director chloe zhao for "nomadland." >> this is for anyone who has the faith and the courage to hold on to the goodness in themselves. >> reporter: the film's star, frances mcdormand, won best actress-- her third oscar. it was a celebration of diversity both in front of theth camera and behind. jamika wilson and mia neal are the first african-american women to win for makeup and hair. ( applause ) >> i can picture black tran

. >> massachusetts senator ed markey says republicans have done damage to the judicial branch making americans lose faith in the high court. and make no mistake about it, the court is broken because leader mitch mcconnell, his senate republican colleagues and donald trump broke it. but republicans like south carolina senator lindsey graham say this is a terrible idea you make the supreme court basically a political football. >> it loses his independence is consistency and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says it is an attempt to threaten current supreme court justices and responsible people across the political spectrum. >> have an absolute duty could announce this. >> during his campaign. president biden said he was not a fan of expanding the courts. but he is allowing this commission to look at this idea reporting live in washington. i'm basil john. >> appreciate a basal. other national news now today president biden announced he has signed an executive order aimed at russia, including sanctions and diplomatic expulsions. >> today i read through several steps, including expul

. >> massachusetts democratic senator ed markey says the court is broken. >> mitch mcconnell, his senate republican colleagues and donald trump broke it. >> but hse speaker nancy pelosi said thursday she is not ready to support the bill. >> i don't know that that's a good idea or bad idea. i think an idea that should be considered. >> pelosi does support president biden's plan creating a bipartisan commission to study expanding the high court republicans like south carolina senator lindsey graham and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell called the idea a power grab by democrats. >> if they tried to expand the court to dilute a conservative majority. the next time republicans in power we change the number. >> and responsible people across the political spectrum. have an absolute duty could announce this. >> now the bill is unlikely to become law given the slim majority democrats hold in congress in washington, rashad hudson back to you. thank you for that report was shot. >> well, coming up, getting more bang for your buck. the employee exodus from san francisco and silicon valley is le

now, it's going to be led by senators ed markey and senator jerry nadler. with hank johnson and jones. and they are going to bring the total number mo it from 9 to 13. now, here is the current makeup of our court just so everyone is clear about it. nine justices and six justices. barrett, kavanaugh, gulch, alito, thomas and chief justice roberts. three liberals, sotomayor, kagan and breyer. president biden's sudden change of heart on their about packing the court is far cry from his views when he was in the 180s a senator on the senate judiciary committee and even as a candidate last october. watch. >> it was a bone-head idea. it was a terrible, terrible mistake to make. >> it you will know my opinion on court-packing when the election is over. there has never been a court appointment once an election begun. will. griff: make no mistake this is a progressive dream to take this action. but conservatives, republicans are staunchly opposed. last night the former white house chief of staff mark meadows had this to say. >> they have gone so far left they have go

jordan and the republican and you've heard it, they'll they have had jerrold nadler together with ed markeybecause mitch mcconnell and president trump packed it in a way that conservatives can for now in decades and years to come. >> this is about raw political power. why not just go from -- because four gives them a 7-6 majority. this is raw political power from the left and it was no accident, they introduced this bill one day after they passed through the oversight committee and the bill to get them to more democratic senators by making d.c. estate. it's all about raw political power and think about this, the left can controls everything. and they control hollywood, and the one institution in this house, they don't control the court. this is the quest for power that the left had, and i don't think they will stand for it. be one he doesn't think is a good idea and neither does philip hamburger who wrote an op-ed of "the threat of court packing is vandalism far beyond the scale of destruction of statute. it undermines judicial duty and independence and destroy the legitimacy of the supreme

to be introduced today cosponsors of the new bill include jerry knadler and massachusetts senator ed markeyshington examiner commentary writer tina we heard lots of teasing of this during the election season. your reaction to now the democrats producing a bill to do just that. put four liberal democrats on the supreme court to pack it. >> good morning, maria, so for one thing it seems like an oven overstep considering you don't even have kyrsten sinema or joe manchin onboard this is not cleanly going to go through and if you're really going to try to use mitch mcconnell threats against him, you've not witnessed the entire transformation of the federal judiciary under mitch mcconnell during the trump administration. but more importantly, it's the idea that democrats are not saying that they want it to enact reform say term limited tenures for everyone on the federal judiciary. you can tack to conservative or so-called conservative justices who are district court judges who say that this might be a good idea. but just packing the court? all right so we're taking this back to, you know, world

. >> check out this picture of senator ed markey shows him in 2016 and his presser on the supreme court steps calling for merrick garland to get a vote saying we need nine. fast forward to yesterday, same senator, saims steps with a sign reading expand the court. now his magic number is 13. >> dana: let's bring in jonathan turley. we had coverage and outrage from both sides yesterday and you wake up this morning and try to sort it all out. how do you see it right now? i feel the democrats might have given the republicans the opening they needed to find a way to unify. >> well, the politics is baffling. first of all the politics directed at the court is baffling. justice breyer came out and made a perfectly reasonable statement about the dangers of packing the court. and the left launched a campaign to try to force him to resign saying that his legacy is in danger with actual billboards in washington how do you think that's going to play with breyer who just told you he wants to protect the integrity of the court? is the same guy going to say i'll just resign because you have billboards

. >> 9 justices presided over the highest court in the land but democrats led by senator ed markey andttee chairman jerry never want to change that and add four more. >> the supreme court is broken. >> it will enable us to do justice and to rectify the great injustice that was done packing the court. some people say we are packing the court. we are unpacking it. >> just minutes before they unveil the legislation, shut down any hope of obtaining the light of day. >> will you commit to bringing that bill to the floor? >> policy voice support for the expansion and could change her mind at some point bringing it to the floor at the white house, the president's position remains unclear on an issue he strongly opposes until it would be a controversy for the campaign trail. >> the president creating a bipartisan commission. and wait for that to play out and read the report. >> republicans are unanimously opposed pushing legislation to stop the efforts in its tracks as kevin mccarthy accuses democrats from a progressive power-play. >> they plan to dismantle government institution and in pursui

. >>> next up, alexandria ocasio-cortez and ed markey set to reintroduce the green new deal. >>> butmorning, the political world is remembering former vice president walter mondale who died monday at his home in minneapolis at the age of number three. he is widely credited with transforming the not earn vice presidency. it was walter mondale that defined the vice presidency as a full partnership. known to many as fritz, the family said we're grateful he had the opportunity to see the emergence of another generation of civil rights reckoning inth past months. despite losing to ronald reagan in a landslide, he made history by being the first presidential nominee in either party to choose a woman as his running mate. i picked someone that i thought would make a superb vice president or if necessary president. >> he sent a message to over 300 former staffers and associates saying well, my time has come. before i go, i want today let you know how much you mean to me. i know you will keep up the good fight. e odgo fight. we started with computers. we didn't stop at computers. we didn't sto

this is the green new deal, senator ed markey.ublicans are wrong on this, congresswoman. he says republicans in congress say the ambitious goals of the green new deal are radical. to most americans, they're common sense. the green new deal is a bold plan and time has come. so how do you respond to markey making the case this is what the american people want? >> if you can't get a single republican on the green new deal, then no, it's not common sense. it's not pragmatic. the best thing we can do for the american people is to work together and do this. republicans and democrats alike. that's the way that we can bring together people all across this country, this is an opportunity for us to lead and once again they're doing this in a very partisan manner and trying to shove this down the throats of the american people. there's no way that we can afford this without the largest tax hike in american history. i don't care if you're a republican or a democrat. none of us can afford that right now. >> nancy mace, we appreciate you coming

and in the senate by senator ed markey of massachusetts.in, packing the supreme court, remember president biden said he was inin paneling some kind of blue ribbon commission to consider this now, elected democrats in the congress are trying to force it. joining us now to react is judge jeanine pirro, the host of "justice with judge jeanine." judge, thanks so too much for joining us tonight. packing the supreme court, this is something franklin roosevelt tried, had to back off because c it was considered too radical in the middle of the most radical legislative.ro in american history, the new deal, this was too much? what would this mean if it were to happen? >> what this would mean, tucker, is that we would have another legislative body in the united states. congress has historically -- the supreme court has historically been filled by presidents who, when they are there, if there is a vacancy, they appoint someone in line with their thinking. so, sometimes they are more liberal, sometimes they are more conservative. w and i think when pres

what was your reaction when he saw democrats being accused of intimidate the supreme court, senator ed markeyto the new bill to pack the supreme court after they see how the supreme court strikes progressive laws, is this a threat. >> i think it's part of long runningg strategy that began during the trump administration with the conservative justices to de- legitimize the court to intimidate the court and stay away from controversial issues, i don't think it's going to work on the court and the court has public confidence in its committed to doing its job upholding the rule of law. liz: now the democrat pushes the get justice breyer out he is against court packing we have new york house democrat representative mondaire jones saying there is no question he should retire at the end of this term, there is no term limits for justices, what is your take going after breyer's. >> both sides often hope when they have control of the process the older justices on their side of the bench as they perceive it will retire but as we've seen throughout history justices don't work for the president or congres

. >> it's called the judiciary act of 2021, jerry nadler and ed markey are the sponsors.l comes a week after the white house announced the commission to study court reform. nancy pelosi says she is not ready to bring the bill to the floor. yet. >> it's not out of the question, in spin done before. speak of the president is also not taking a stance on this call to pack the court. >> the president has an executive order creating the bipartisan commission on the supreme court, he's going to wait for that to play out and wait to read the report. >> as expected, the crowds get to do the move to pack the court. >> if you want to destroy evidence of the court of law they are suggesting. >> the most conspicuous voice that was absent is president biden. this is when the president shows that he's not just a politician, you step forward and you say we can talk about reforms, but what you're talking about, that will not happen. >> strong analysis thereby jonathan turley, now critics have argued that this is really about intimidating the court in fact just today, one of the sponsors s

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senator ed markey and aoc pushing the green new deal ahead of president biden's earth day climate summitlot going on. but if you are a leader or policymaker, got to do more than one thing. this is a big issue. thanks for joining me. >> great to be with you, ari. thank you. >> i see you have the earth behind you. i mean, we're on the earth, but you also have the earth behind you. very on point. walk us through why you think you have any kind of shot at moving it now? >> well, we have the world coming together this week and president biden is going to make a very ambitious promise to the rest of the world that we will reduce our greenhouse gases by 50% by the year 2030. but then we need action in congress. we need -- we need there to be legislation that is put on joe biden's desk that is concrete in its goals and in its ambition. so when alexandria to kas you cortez and i introduced it, it was about jobs, millions of them, union jobs and justice, environmental justice for all those communities which have been adversely affected. and our goal ultimately is to have 50% go to those communitie

one of the bill's cosponsors, senator ed markey, explained why he believes the change is necessary. >ly here because the united states supreme court is broken. the court is out of balance. too many americans view it as a partisan, political institution, not our impartial judicial branch. of government -- branch of government. >> but republicans introduced their own legislation to maintain the bench at nine justices, slamming democrats' motives behind the move. >> this is a power grab by the left. many of us are concerned this will destroy the foundation of our very government. remember our founding fathers, they knew the government had to be restrained, it had to be contained to protect the freedomses and the rights to of the american people. >> reporter: and justice stephen breyer, one of the most liberal members on the bench since 1999 4, said earlier this month that making changes that might be perceived as political in nature would lead to an erosion in trust in the high court. this as another cosponsor of the bill, freshman congressman jones of new york, is calling on breyer at 8

given climate change, for example, it's a huge challenge hundreds of billions and recently senator ed markey was pushing for a $10 trillion green infrastructure plan. when you look at the $10 trillion and $2 trillion, everything is relative in life i know but you're thinking we could go bigger if we want to take climate change seriously. >> without a doubt climate change is an kpigexistential tht and we do need to address it if this is the maximum the democratic caucus can maintain to maintain their 50 vote and vice president harris breaking the tiebreaker and proceeding through reconciliation, you know, i'm going to be ultimately okay with that because this would be a first down payment on infrastructure as far as i'm concerned joe biden is living up to his promise. he promised infrastructure week, and today in pittsburgh it was infrastructure week. >> so talk to me about what this bill -- this proposal as it currently stands will mean for pittsburgh and pennsylvania more broadly? >> i meanit would mean everything my gosh, i said this earlier today. it's like if infrastructure is elvis, pit

this week congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez and senator ed markey reintroduced the green new dealn in the house with over 100 co-sponsors. this comes as indigenous leaders and land and water defenders have denounced the army corps of engineers decision not to shut down the dakota access pipeline as it continues a second environmental review of the pipeline on standing rock sioux land. this is a clip from a video message to president biden produced by the standing rock sioux tribe and the group rthjusti in the kota language >> in his fure. mind remembers. it was the gatring of all directio. standi rock, 26. thats where all beg. ousas aner theall and came tether to proct our river. u cabe on th right se of story. shut down the dakota access pipeline. amy: more than two centuries of indigenous resistance created -- let up to the movement at standing rock proclaiming "water is life." we spend the rest of the hour history and a vision for the on the future is detailed a new book published today titled "the red deal: indigenous action to save our earth." for more, we are joined by two o

democratic senator ed markey blames republicans. >> the republicans stole two seats on the supreme court and now it is up to us to repair that damage republicans say look no further than the words of ruth bathed quincy goldberg to explain why packing the court is a bad thing. >> if anything would make the court appear partisan it would be that. in 1983 joe biden called. >> it was a bone head idea. it was a terrible, terrible mistake to make. >> today republicans on capitol hill reminded now president biden of what he said nearly 40 years ago. >> we may not agree on much when it comes to policy president biden and i certainly agree on this point that it ask a terrible terrible mistake to make. >> it was a bad idea when fdr tried to do it it's a terrible idea now. >> on the campaign trail then candidate biden said he still was not a fan of adding more justices to the supreme court. >> i would not get in court-packing. >> when pressed where the president stood today the white house press secretary said: >> his position was not changed. >> but just last week the president created a commissio

senator ed markey seas the public will sign on after they see how the supreme court strikes down progressivening strategy that began at least during the trump administration with the new conservative justices to delegitimize the court, to try to intimidate the court, to stay away from potentially controversial issues. i don't think it's going to work on the court. i think the court has mix confidence, i think the court is committed to doing its job. elizabeth: now the democratic push is to try to get justice breyer out. he's against court packing. we had a representative saying, quote, there's no question he should retire at the end of this term. okay, there are no term limits for justices. what's your take on going after breyer? >> yeah. i think -- [laughter] partisans of both sides often hope when they have control of the confirmation process that the older justices on their side of the bench if they perceive it will retire. but as we've seen throughout history, justices don't work for the president or congress. so congressmen can hope that happens, but justice breyer will make his own dec

. >> juan: dana, why all the attention to ed markey and alexandria ocasio-cortez and the green new dealappens will have to go through moderate joe manchin environmental committee in the senate. why pay attention to them? >> dana: i think the people most paying attention to markey and ocasio-cortez are the republican operatives that will use it as a bludgeon to basically take back the house and attempt to try the take back the senate next year. they learned nothing. nancy pelosi must be absolutely wanting to pull her hair out. then when biden is going to make the pledge tomorrow first of all there is no binding commitment. nothing that says that you have to do it. it's about as meaningful as the paris climate accords. so i don't see that as going too far. look, america has already cut emissions so much through innovation and basically efficiency over the last several years it could be -- you could basically hit that target if the technology is there. >> juan: right. dagen, moody's says that even with the green new deal, you know, at least in terms -- the biden terms as we just heard, far

this is massachusetts senator ed markey. >> the court is broken. make no mistake, it is broken because leader mitch mcconnell, the senate republican colleagues, and donald trump broke it. amy: house speaker nancy pelosi said she does not plan to bring the bill to the floor, instead throwing her support behind biden's recently launched supreme court reform commission. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. a warning to our viewers, the following story contains graphic descriptions and footage of police violence. protesters took to the streets of chicago thursday night to condemn the police killing of adam toledo, a 13-year-old latinx boy. police bodycam video released by the chicago police shows adam had his hands up in the air when a police officer shot him dead march 29. adam was a seventh grader at gary elementary school. the chicago police initially described the incident as an "armed confrontation," but the video shows adam raised his hands after being ordered to do

now, we heard -- i'm sorry senator ed markey from massachusetts there saying that too many americans don't trust the supreme court. they think it is ideological. but the surveys that i've seen say most americans don't want to expand the number of justices on the supreme court. he seems to be just making that up. >> he is completely making it up. both the lefts and the right are frustrated that you cannot predict the decisions of the court in advance based on who put them there. president trump was repeatedly told by the supreme court in a number of key areas that he couldn't do what he wanted to do as it was president obama. the court has worked to restrain if you will, the intentions and the desires of presidents of both parties and they've done so well over the years. even when one side or the other had a majority of appointment. >> so if democrats were successful were to be successful in adding four seats to the supreme court during the biden administration, what's to prevent the next republican administration when there might be a republican congress from adding four more seats o

new york congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez and massachusetts senator ed markey reintroduced theirreen new deal resolution tuesday, over two years after it was first unveiled. it now has over 100 co-sponsors in the house. the plan would overhaul u.s. infrastructure, investing in clean energy, and creating 20 million union jobs. this is ocasio-cortez at a press conference on capitol hill. >> we are going to transition to a 100% carbon-free economy that is more unionized, more just, or dignified, and guarantees more health care and housing then we have ever had before. that is our goal. that is the goal of a green new deal. what we're going to do is make sure communities like flint, baltimore, the south bronx, st. louis -- will ban community's's infrastructure was never properly built in the first place are first in line to rectify the injustices of the past. amy: meanwhile, president biden will reportedly announce plans to cut u.s. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030 -- nearly doubling the target the u.s. committed to under the 2015 paris climate agreement. biden has c

ed markey five years ago stood on the supreme court steps with a sign reading we need nine as he pushed for president obama's nominee merrick garland to get a hearing and vote. >> it is not seeking for a more just justice system but seeking for a liberal court. >> and if you go back in time, i remember a time when many of these democrats were saying nine is the right number. but now they've changed their tune. >> this bill has no shot of passing without filibuster reform but the expectation is that if democrats can't work with republicans to pass more of president biden's agenda, more democrats may warm to that idea. harris. >> harris: jackie, thank you very much. republican senator tom cotton of the senate judiciary and intelligence committees joins me now. great to have you on the program. thank you. >> good morning, good to be on with you. >> harris: so explain to me what the whole point of this is if democrats actually might not be able to get court packing passed? and those democrats who were pushing against it, what is the political play here for them? >> the whole point is the de