american history tv on c-span3, saturday at 4:55 p.m., prominent figures in american law including elena kagan on the late thurgood marshall. reel america,on face the nation programs from 1968 with ronald reagan and george wallace. watch this weekend on the c-span networks. >> after president trump's trade meeting, some senators talked with reporters about the meeting and the presidents remarks on the transpacific partnership agreement. >> good afternoon. i have the privilege of being chairman of the senate agriculture committee. we have just had a fine meeting with the president. we are joined here with two senators on the committee and one not, but is very interested in our culture. i would like -- agriculture. i would like to say the most important organizations, i don't know any that would not be in this category, and every member of the senate ag committee would prefer trade as opposed to aid. that about says it. i was very pleased with the president's openness. he got a lot of input from three governors and a lot of members that are certainly impacted by agriculture. that i thing he did

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but he said specifically to elena kagan's question talking about an outright ban, if a candidate hadd been -- said that anti israel remarks during the campaign and then became a president after taking an oath, he really stressed the oath being a marker. you can't think about candidates. his bottom line message was don't think private citizen donald trump, for example, think of president trump who has taken an oath who may be standing for something different. he encouraged elena kagan and the other justices to draw a line between statements saying at the campaign and afterward. and then talking about if an individual could claim discrimination, that person could probably appeal and get an exemption to the ban. she was quite firm with that hypothetical and others picked up on it. >> that was an interesting argument the lawyer was making against that hypothetical. we shall see what happens in june. joan, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> james comey had a tough night at the cnn townhall. he rejected the president claim that releasing his memos were illegal. we have highlights of th

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amy: so that was elena kagan questioning solicitor general francisco. diala shamas, your response to this line of questions? just said no one from israel can come in? >> i think what is obvious about that, the hypothetical that really isn't so much havoc that it will because if you just the jewish identification with muslim identification, yet exactly what has happened here. general the solicitor kind of waiver a little bit in his response there i think really signals a level of discomfort that he had and that the government is going to ultimately be facing when it of the issue,crux the issue of discrimination and the constitutionality of the ban . nermeen: can you give us a sense, for the people were not quite aware of what the impact of this ban has been and will be in the event that it is kept in place, who are the people who are most impacted? you are in djibouti last month speaking to yemenis. can you talk about that as well as the other people who are included in this list, 150 million? >> one of the reasons we went to djibouti in the first place

today at 4:55 p.m., prominent figures in american law including supreme court justice elena kagan the late thurgood marshall. and sunday at 4:00 on reel america, two cbs face the nation programs with ronald reagan and former alabama governor george wallace. watch this weekend on the c-span networks. >> yesterday evening, president trump announced the u.s. was launching airstrikes in syria. in cooperation with france and the u.k., as part of a response to the alleged chemical attacks taking place last weekend, killing more than 40 people and injuring hundreds. his statement from the white house diplomatic room was just under 10 minutes. pres. trump: my fellow americans, a short time ago, i ordered the united states armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator bashar al-assad. a combined operation with the armed forces of france and the united kingdom is now underway. we thank them both. tonight i want to speak with you about why we have taken this action. one year ago, assad launched a sa

amy: so that was elena kagan questioning solicitor general francisco. diala shamas, your response to this line of questions? just said no one from israel can come in? >> i think what is obvious about that, the hypothetical thatt really isn't so much havoc that it will because if you just the jewish identification with muslim identification, yet exactly what has happened here. general the solicitor kind of waiver a little bit in his response there i think really signals a level of discomfort that he had and that the government is going to ultimately be facing when it of the issue,crux the issue of discrimination and the constitutionality of the ban . nermeen: can you give us a sense, for the people were not quite aware of what the impact of this ban has been and will be in the event that it is kept in place, who are the people who are most impacted? you are in djibouti last month speaking to yemenis. can you talk about that as well as the other peoeople who are included in this list, 150 million? >> one of the reasons we went to djibouti in the first pla

eastern, prominent figures in american law including supreme court justice elena kagan and the late thurgood marshall. sunday at four clock him on real america, two cbs face the nation programs from 1960 eight with republican california governor ronald reagan and former alabama governor yours wallace. watch this weekend on c-span network. president trump announced the launching airstrikes on syria with cooperation from the -- the u.k. and france as to the chemical attack last week and that killed more than 40 blend injured hundreds. his statement from the diplomatic room was just under 10 minutes. my fellow americans, a short time ago, i ordered the united states armed forcesthan 40 blen. to launch pushes and strikes -- precision site -- strikes with the weapons capabilities of bashar al-assad. a combined operation with the forces

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trump said as a private citizen before taking the oath of office is irrelevant, but justice elena kagangested a different view of a president's past statements. >> the question is not really what his heart of hearts is. the question is, what are reasonable observers to think? to right. >> glor: jan, the president did tone down the rhetoric after the election. how did that play in court today? >> reporter: well, i mean, jeff, the government's lawyer specifically pointed out that since taking office, president trump has declared this was not intended to target muslims, and he went on to say that it doesn't apply to the vast majority of muslim countries. a decision is expected in june. jeff? >> glor: jan crawford, outside the supreme court. jan, thank you. a dallas police officer died this morning, one of two officers shot yesterday at a home depot, along with a store security guard. 25 officers have been gunned down this year in the line of duty. at this time last year, it was 14. the rising toll has some who wear the badge feeling like they're wearing a target. here's omar villafranca. >

on american history tv, four prominent figures in american law, including supreme court justice elena kagan, recall their experience working as clerks for supreme court justice thurgood marshall. they talk about his personality, his skill as a story teller, and his impact on their careers. the supreme court historical society hosted this event in the supreme court chamber. >>

justice elena kagan asking this. >> let's say in some future time, a president gets elected who is a vehement anti-semite and asks his staff or cabinet members to issue recommendations so that he can issue a proclamation of this kind, and they dot all the is and they cross all the ts. and what emerges is a proclamation that says no one shall enter from israel. >> if his cabinet were to actually come to him and say, mr. president, there is honestly a national security risk here, and you have to act, i think then that the president would be allowed to follow that advice, even if in his private heart of hearts, he also harbored animus. >> audio from the supreme court. a final decision is expected at the end of june. >>> in the meantime, we move on tonight. the recordings leaked, nfl players and owners, their private meeting. they were talking about nfl protests and president trump. and the president's own friend, patriots owner bob kraft, and what he said about the president. here tonight, gio benitez. >> reporter: the president and the patriots, again and again talking up his friendshi

and elena kagan had this to say -- >> the question is not really his heart of hearts but what are reasonablebservers to think. >> right. >> the president did tone down >> the >> reporter: the govern's lawyer pointed out since taking office president trump declared this was not intended to target muslims and went on to say it doesn't apply to vast majority of muslim countries. a decision is expected in june. your digestive system has billions of bacteria, but life can throw them off balance. try align, the #1 doctor recommended probiotic. with a unique strain that re-aligns your system. re-align yourself, with align. >>> time magazine announced this year's list of the 100 most influe influe influential people in the world. we got to meet the winners on the red carpet. >> this was a convergence of cultural figures. >> an incredible honor to be on the list. >> millie bobby brown at 14 youngest ever to make the list. >> is this a little intimidating. >> yeah. >> i'm here to be a looky loo, just like looking around. >> just head on a swivel. >> all eyes on performer jennifer lopez who made the li

voice of justice elena kagan/supreme court justice: so let's say in some future time, a president getsho is a vehement anti-semite. and says all kinds of denigrating comments about. what emerges is a proclamation that says "no one shall enter from israel"voice of justice samuel alito/supreme court justice: if you looked at the ten countries with the most muslims, exactly one, iran, would on that list of the top ten,in a crucial moment -- justice anthony kennedy -- who could be the key swing vote -- seemed to express more sympathy for the president's position voice of justice anthony kennedy/supreme court justice: i thought it had to be re-examined every 180 days. neal katyal/argued against travel ban: no, that's not what it says. it says there is a report that has to come in at 180 days and nothing happens at the end of the report.voice of justice anthony kennedy/supreme court justice: that indicates there will be a reassessment.outside the court-- passionate views from demonstrators noah gottschalk, senior policy advisor/ oxfam america: one of the things that's particularly concerning

now, it was interesting because elena kagan, a liberal supreme court justice said what happens, she sayse attorney arguing for the administration. what if we had a president who didn't like jews and said we don't want anyone coming from israel. he said you have to justify -- yeah, have you justified it? there was a lot of laughter. he she said this is hypothetical out of the box and everyone said yeah, we have a nonhypothetical out-of-the-box president in donald trump. i think this is not about the powers because of its about the powers, and i think the conservative majority on the court is going to rule this way. if it's just about the powers, the president has the power. in the case of this president, it's a question about religious freedom and anti-muslim sentiment generating. >> dana: is a dangerous precedent to look at what anybody might say on a campaign trail versus what they actually do as president? >> jesse: the twitter clause. he did muddied the waters with the tweets and some of the rhetoric. like you said on the merits, it's clear here that president has broad authority to r

on american history tv, four prominent figures in american law, including supreme court justice elena kagan, recall their experience working as clerks for supreme court justice thurgood marshall. they talk about his personality, his skill as a story teller, and his impact on their careers. the supreme court historical society hosted this event in the supreme court chamber. >> so we have an array of three marshall clerks, four marshall clerks with myself, i was there from '74 to' 75, four d.c. circuit clerks, and all of us, like virtually all of our other alumni of justice marshall's chambers were very much affected in our careers and in our lives by the experience of having been in his chambers and in close contact with him for a year. so we're going to reminisce a little bit if that's okay. i'm not sure there will be more to it than that for you, but we hope that is of some interest. and so i'm going to start with you unless you want to pass. >> okay. >> you didn't pass in class, did you? >> never. >> good. so why don't you tell us about how the clerkship affected your career. >> starting

christian nation. 4:55 eastern, prominent figures in american law including supreme court justice elena kagan and the late thurgood marshall. on "reel america," two cbs face the nation programs from 1958 with ronald reagan and former alabama governor george wallace. watch this weekend on the c-span networks. next on "american history tv," a briefing for members of congress and their staffs on the history of the higher education act of 1965, signed by president lyndon johnson which offered federal money to colleges and universities and financial assistance to students. historians trace the origins of the act beginning with a push to science research as well as the funding of the g.i. bill in the 1940's. they also explore congressional support for the measure, changes and reauthorizations made to the act, and the long-term impact of the federal government's impact in higher learning. the national history center hosted this hour-long event. arnita: good morning and welcome to the congressional briefing on the higher education act. i am arnita jones. i

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the justice elena kagan had a scenario. >> let's say in a future time a president gets elected who isasks his staff or cabinet members to issue recommendations so that he can issue a proclamation of this kind, and they dot all the is and cross all the ts and what emerges is a proclamation that says no one shall enter from israel. >> if his cabinet were to actually come to him and say there is honestly a national security risk here and you have to act i think the president would be allowed to follow that advice even if it's in his private heart of hearts he also harbored animus. >> questions from justice anthony kennedy who's often a swing vote seemed to suggest he would rule in favor of allowing the ban. >>> and a bar accused of throwing out a patron with a make america great again cap. >> an accountant says he was bounced from a bar in manhattan's west village last year. his attorney argued that he had just visited the 9/11 memorial and the bar discriminated against his client's spiritual beliefs. >> but the judge said he failed to state any faith-based reason behind the cap. and the

. >> let's listen to the current justice, elena kagan and unsuccessful reagan nominee talk about their views of the griswold case. >> what i objected to was the way which this right of privacy was created. that was simply this. justice douglas observed that a number of provisions of the bill of rights protect aspects of privacy, and indeed they do and indeed they should. he went on from there to say that, since a number of the provisions it did that and since they had emanations, but -- by which i think he meant buffer zones, he would provide the penumbra which created a new right of privacy that existed where no provision of the constitution applied. >> i think that the griswold and the holding in griswold does have grounding in the constitutional text. the way most justices have thought about this is that the 14th amendment, the due process clause guarantees liberty. ,when it guarantees such liberty it means more than freedom from , physical constraints. it also guarantees more than procedural protections. there is some substantive protection of liberty that is incorporated within th

let's listen to elena kagan. >> well, i object the two in the way this right of privacy was created and that was simply this. justice douglas observed directly of a number of provisions of the bill of rights protect aspects of privacies and indeed they do and indeed they should. but, he went on from there to say that since the number of provision did die and since they did have -- he would find a number which created a new right of privacy that existed when no provision of the constitution applied. >> i actually think that the griswold and that the holding of griswold does have grounding in the constitutional text. the way most justices thought about this is the 14th amendment, the due process, and guarantees liberty. when it guarantees such liberty, it means more than freedom of physical constraints, it guarantees more than procedural protection, and there is protection of liberty that's incorporated of the 14th amendment of the constitution. and, so we'll move from those arguments since we have been talking about the reaction around the country and new york times front page. the 1965

. >> there have been so-called rumors of a rift on the supreme court between gorsuch and elena kagan and they've been fighting in the conference meetings, which i have to say, i'd love to know who the source is because i don't think any of the justices are sharing that information, and i don't know who else would have this information about what happens during the conference because no one else is allowed in other than the justices, and on the point about the media trying to make up this narrative, i think it's really entertain that jeffrey toobin has been criticizing justice gorsuch for asking too many questions and being pushy al oral argument but he wrote a piece about calling justice thomas a disgrace because he never asks questions because he doesn't think it's a good use of his time interrupt the advocates and hear what he sass to say help wants to hear what they have to say. >> you're getting in trouble either way with them. the other thing point is the gorsuch style hash tag comes off as mocking his tile as being overexplaining of something but that goes to a point of who jus

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elena i would like to -- we will come back to you. justice kagan: we used to call him judge, tm but never justice marshall. here's one that will not be so surprising. this is one that really brought on the knucklehead appellation. it was a case called -- appellation. -- it was ae called case about a white 12-year-old girl in rural kansas. away fromsome miles the nearest school. there was a bus service that they made you pay. ,hey would not give a waiver not even for indigent students. the school did not get to squirrel -- girl did not get to school. the idea of a state charging was aor the school bus constitutional challenge brought under the equal clause. we walked into his office and i laid out the arguments and i said to him, judge i think it is win. to be hard for her to why?oked at me and asked i told him indigency is not a suspect class and education is not a fundamental right. that means rational basis applies and the state has a rational basis here. he looked at me as if i must have lost my mind. idea of what he was there to do was to ensur

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on american history tv on p.m.,3, saturday, at 4:55 prominent figures in american law, including elena kagan on the late thurgood marshall. watch this weekend on the c-span networks. >> earlier this evening, president trump announced the u.s. was launching airstrikes in syria. in cooperation with france and the u.k., as part of a response to the alleged chemical attacks taking place last weekend, killing more than 40 people and injuring hundreds. his statement was just under 10 minutes. pres. trump: my fellow americans, a short time ago, i ordered the united states armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator bashar al-assad. a combined operation with the armed forces of france and the united kingdom is now underway. we thank them both. tonight i want to speak with you about why we have taken this action. one year ago, assad launched a savage chemical weapons attack against his own innocent people. the united states responded with 58 missile strikes that destroyed 20% of the syrian air force. last saturday, the assad