one man who would know is larry lewis, research director at the center for naval analyses. he used to lead thnse department's efforts to prevent civilian casualties, and was t state department's senior advisor on civilian protection. larry lewis, you creed the team in saudi arabia that investigates civilian ca respect what was your mission and were the saudis interested in your helping thm? >> so i was asked to go over to saudi arabia and work with theio saudi coaland try to repeat the kind of work i'd done with the u.s. international forces in afghanistan, work with them to identify patterns and causal factors for civilian casualties and help them to reduce them. >> were they interested? they were definitely interested. they actually embraced the kind of measures i was trying to take place and, in fact, as we were measuring operational outcomes for the first few months, wea actuallyw measurable reduction in civilian casualties. >> if th saudi kohl's seemed interested several years ago when you we there in reducing civilian casualties, why are we getting so many incidents o

who drove the car fastest around the track today find our show wasn't expected to be lewis hamilton larrys are leading the world title but he's made a big move in his efforts away in a fifth former want world championship he won the singapore grand prix he's now forty points clear of his main rival sebastian vettel who could only manage third place david starts reports. after a stunning performance in qualifying lewis hamilton still needed to have his wits about him going into the first few corners and he did well to emerge unscathed with his lead intact for the back esteban are called was not so lucky his race ended early having been shoved into the wall by his force india teammate sergio perez. that accident needed some clearing up but crucially just before the safety car came out sebastian vettel was able to pass max for stop and to take second place. he was now perfectly positioned to attack hamilton. that was until ferrari decided to bring him in early for a tire change. it proved a costly decision by the team many expected to dominate in singapore vettel ended up losing time and ulti

brethren, perhaps america's most distinguished constitutional lawyer, larry tribe, and a former republican appeals court judge, tim lewis and i authorized a report saying this has reached a breaking point. just like those breaking points i write about in the book, this has reached a break point for our democracy. if there is one lesson of the century, when you accumulate enough of these breaking points, no one can do it, but when you accumulate enough, you can head into a democratic recession, deterioration and decline. this is a very dangerous moment for our country. >> by the way, that book norm eisen mentioned, this would be the book right here. he is the author of this. tom goldstein writes the equivalent of a book per week on scotus blog that we highly recommend to everyone in our audience as we thank both gentlemen for coming on tonight. >>> coming up, more warnings about what the president is saying and carrying out right there and plain sight. that and more when our modest broadcast continues. >>> we were going to give a whole lig buildup and review of the day, but suffice it to say, we've invited two of our fav

that report with america's most preeminent constitutional scholar, larry tribe, and with a republican, federal appellate judge, tim lewis there, president trump, while he is a named subject in a criminal investigation. and he's picked the single judge, as far as we know, who has the most extreme views that a president cannot be prosecuted. virtually above the law, those kavanaugh denies it. the constitution doesn't allow that. we can't get the documents we need to evaluate the man. over 40,000 dropped. yes, the hearing should be paused. but it's not over, don, because this is the constitution. if kavanaugh goes on there and he won't recuse, that will be a major public fight. >> i want to get your book in. you were inspired to write this book when you were u.s. ambassador to the czech republic. in 20 seconds or less, can you tell me whabout what inspired y? >> don, what i discovered when i moved into that house was a swastika under a table in the american ambassador's house. and that led me on a journey through the past century. five incredible people, four of whom lived before me in that house. and one of whom, the most

that report with america's most preeminent constitutional scholar larry tribe and with a republican retired federal appellate judge, tim lewisll agree, this is not a closed question. kavanagh must recuse. his payton htron has put him on when he is a named subject in a criminal investigation. he's picked the single judge as far as we know who has the most extreme views that a president cannot be prosecuted. is virtually above the law, although kavanagh denies it. the constitution doesn't allow that. it's a broken process. we can't get the documents we need to evaluate the man. 40,000 -- over 40,000 dropped. yes, the hearing should be paused, but it's not over, don, because this is the constitution. if kavanagh goes on there and he won't recuse, then that is going to become a major public fight. >> norm, i'm running out of time. i want to get your book in. you were inspired to write this book when you were u.s. ambassador to the czech republic. in 20 seconds or less, can you tell me about it, what inspired you? >> don, what i discovered when i moved into that house was a swastika under a table in the american ambassador's hous