gabe roth will be joining us. that conversation is coming up on "washington journal." ♪ >> edward acorn has been a lifelong reader of abraham lincoln. in 2020, he published his first book on the 16th president called". every drop of blood" in his second book just published on lincoln, he dropped back to the beginning of honest apes national political career in. 1860 the subject matter was inside the republican convention held in chicago. this time, the book is titled ". the lincoln miracle" \ he's a former editorial page editor of the providence journal and lives in rehobeth, massachusetts. >> thas on the next episode of bo notes plus available on the c-span now free mobile app or were ever you get your podcasts. c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of happening in washington live and on demand. keep up with the day's biggest events with live streams of floor proceedings and hearings from the u.s. congress, white house events, campaigns and more from the world of politics all at your fing

geoff: gabe roth, executive director of fixed accord. ♪ amna: for the first time in history, the world's, the u.n.'s international court of justice, has been tasked with determining what countries are ligated to do to fight climate change. william brangham reports on the young people who were instrumental in bringing this issue to the hague. william: 27-year-old cynthia houniuhi lives in sydney, australia. more than a thousand miles from her home in the solomon islands. but she says just being at the beach reminds her of the ocean's importance in her early life. >> i was in the sea after school. i had to cross the sea to go to school. and during lunch time we usually fished for our own lunch, so we would catch about maybe one if we're lucky, sometimes when we're very lucky we get four. william: but because of warming waters and rising sea levels, that ocean, which once gave so much to her and millions of other pacific islanders, is now threatening to take it all away . >> this feeling, when the sand is slipping between your fingers, that's what it feels like for us. when we're trying to

joining me now is gabe roth, executive director of fixed the courts. good morning to you, gabe so that that statement from justice thomas that are in devo. just read that he said that you know, he was advised that the sort of personal hospitality from close friends was not reportable. um was there room for confusion here because when it comes to hospitality from friends, there is an exemption right when it comes to disclosing this on the financial disclosure jher forms. yes that that's exactly right. and thanks. thanks for having me there is an exemption for personal hospitality for food, lodging or entertainment that takes place on the properties or facilities of a close friend or family member. and i think that that reading of property or facilities and thomas's mind includes private planes and we know justices in the past have used that exemption. justice scalia for one, has used it many times to go on hunting trips during his, uh, nearly 30 year tenure on the court. um so it's good that the judicial conference the policy making body, the judiciary h

this is gave roth -- gabe roth joining us for this conversation.will start on the independent line in maryland. go ahead. caller: good morning. i have a question as it relates to conflict of interest. it doesn't deal with this direct subject matter but it's difficult to hear topics pertaining to the supreme court. the particular justice i'm interested in is brett kavanaugh. in my opinion, during his confirmation, it was awkward and it was expedited. there were a lot of questions that were not answered it he set on a case of mine at the circuit level for the district. however, i discovered was also a special counsel to the administration where he confirmed an appointee through the judiciary committee which i had adjudication against that agency. my concern as i realized through public service announcements, where does the conflict of interest lie. i solicited against his confirmation for the supreme court although that case matriculated to the supreme court at that time. host: what would you like airgas specifically to address? -- our guest caller:

gabe roth will be joining us.ersation is coming up on "washington journal." ♪ >> edward acorn has been a lifelong reader of abraham lincoln. in 2020, he published his first book on the 16th president called". every drop of blood" in his second book just published on lincoln, he dropped back to the beginning of honest apes national political career in. 1860 the subject matter was inside the republican convention held in chicago. this time, the book is titled ". the lincoln miracle" \ he's a former editorial page editor of the providence journal and lives in rehobeth, massachu >> that's on the next episode of book notes plus available on the c-span now free mobilerpp were ever you get your podcasts. c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of happening in washington live and on demand. keep up with the day's biggest events with live streams of floor proceedings and hearings from the u.s. congress, white house events, campaigns and more from the world of politics all at your finger pit tips -- s