harry litman is of legal affairs columnist for the los angeles times newspaper.e's also a former u.s. attorney and previously served as a law clerk to thurgood marshall and anthony kennedy. in new york is vincent warrant, civil rights attorney and executive director at the center of constitutional rights. i would like to begin in fairfax virginia. it seems anathema to the rest of the world that the highest court in the u.s. has appointees that have a political opinion, a political slant. for most of the rest of the world when they think of u.s. justice, they think of it as being blind. but that's really not the case, is it? >> just in the introduction to this conversation i wrote down five words that were said that i think are misleading about how the courts in the united states operate. those words are policy, what the framers intended, conservative, ideological and to the right. those are all political terms and i think that's the wrong way to evaluate what courts do in the decisions that judges render. even the case involving the affordable care act. the decis

senator orrin hatch from the california harry letterman is a legal affairs columnist for the los angeles times newspaper he's also a former u.s. attorney and previously served as a law clerk to supreme court justices thurgood marshall and anthony kennedy and in new york is vincent warren he's a civil rights attorney and executive director at the center of constitutional rights i welcome to each one of you let's begin in fairfax virginia woods' home gypping 1st it seems an anathema to the rest of the world that the highest court in the u.s. has appointees that have a political opinion a political slant. for most of the rest of the world when they think of u.s. justice they think of u.s. justice as being blunt but that's really not the case as it well i just really introduction to this conversation i wrote down 5 words that were said that i think are misleading yang about how the courts in the united states operate those words are policy. what the framers intended the conservative idiom logical and to the right those are all political terms and i think that's the wrong way to evaluate what courts do and t

. >> we're speaking with eli stokeles from the los angeles times newspaper. do you have any insight on how the decision was made not to come out with the nice that hope hicks had tested positive for the virus last evening it came from a reporter, not from a release do you know the back story on that >> reporter: well, jen jacobs is a good reporter. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: and she was able to break that news. and i think there are different -- differing stories in terms of when people in there knew about it. mark meadows today said we didn't find out until the afternoon might when the president was departing and heading up to new jersey for the fundraiser. >> just a second you said they didn't find out until the president was heading to new jersey. so they knew when the president was leaving for bedminster, new jersey, right? >> reporter: right that is the more conservative. >> if that is the most conservative -- that is the president's closest ally saying this so his closest ali is saying we didn't know until the president would go to new jersey so let's ge

border patrol is slamming the los angeles times, the newspaper claimed the agents intentionally separatedleasing a statement reading in part: or this allegation is false, we are sick and tired of our agents being villainized for macing their own safety and -- placing their own safety and security behind that of errs. these agents did everything in their power for the baby as well as the mother. brian: celebrations for the lakers' championship getting out of control, people were throwing fireworks and looting as massive crowds gathered in los angeles. the chaos ruining a historic night. >> this historic 2020 nba championship belongs to the los angeles lakers. the lakers conquer the bubble. bain brian the lakers beat the heat 106-93, their 17th championship in team history. lebron james winning his fourth title and fourth finals mvp. kobe bryant's widow, vanessa, posted a photo, the two passed away in a helicopter crash in january. that's a quick look at what's happening with your headlines. steve: our top story looking live inside the studio, senators are set to spar over judge barrett's n

newspapers. >> we begin with ""the los angeles times" on the right, republicans start splitly distancing.nk, backing away urging voters to save the senate as a check on president biden. >> and watch that space, far right groups, it says, will be staking out the polls. troubling banner there as well. >> and in atlanta, black women you have to lead way to the polls there. and below the fold, data shows police killings are more likely if police get military gear. experts say weapons of war excerpt subtle pressure on culture of police. >> in "the "chicago sun-times" illinois governor tried to force a million dollar refund on president trump off taxes paid years ago on a trump skyscraper. >> from the raleigh news and observer, despite aid thousands file for bankruptcy, this as democrats and republicans fail to gree on another covid-19 stimulus package. we don't like to tell you this but coronavirus cases in the u.s. are hitting record highs again. ten states recorded their single highest-day increase of the pandemic last week. now some are calling the midwest a possible hot spot. >> joining us

a lot of newspapers, including my old newspaper at the time, "los angeles times," some editors felt that the story was unprovable or hasn't been proved and that "the washington post" was hanging out there by itself and that was fine with the other newspapers. so they didn't always jump in on it. and mcgovern himself, to his credit, hammered away at it but it didn't catch on with the press the way you would have expected it to. >> and were the american people paying attention? >> they were reading about it. but you have to remember most of the destructive discriminating aspects of the watergate campaign were revealed when the campaign was over. when the trial began and one of the defendants told the judge that there was more to the story than had come out. so a lot of that stuff came out too late for it to be of any benefit to mcgovern, but he certainly did try. >> all right. we discussed the primary, let's go up to the convention. here's director mcgovern at the convention in miami joking about giving his speech at 2:30 in the morning. >> chairman o'brien, tara romenburg, senator kennedy

in 19 06 when newspapers starte covering a major religious event known as the azeusous street revival. here's an image in los angeles. the "los angeles times" reporting weird babel of tongues last seen. google of words on azusa street. what is this reporter, this bewildered reporter talking about? all right. well, pentecostal leaders had been traveling the country for a few years at this point. when an african-american hotel waiter, a guy named william seymour picked up this message of the radical power of the holy spirit to work in you and through you. he'd gotten this from a reviva revivalist he heard teaching in houston and he traveled to los angeles and brought it with him. now, he probably wouldn't have been most people's pick for likely evangelicalists which ignite a world revival although that's what he comes to do. he was a son of slaves. he was born in louisiana in impoverished circumstances. and raised as a catholic, he wasn't raised as a protestant. he got called to preach. and like many pentecostal evangelicalists, it was a near death experience that did it. he believed that god yanked him back from the brink and wanted him to

newspapers started covering the azusa street revival. here is an image of the mission on azusa street in los angeles. "the los angeles timesreporting these new tongues and new fanatics are breaking loose. wild seen last night on azusa street, gurgle of wordless talk of a sister. what is this bewildered reporter talking about? all right. well pentecostal heed hers been traveling the country for a few years at this point. when an african-american hotel waiter, a guy named william seymour picked up this message of the radical power of the holy spirit to work in you and through you. he'd gotten this from a revivalist. he heard teaching in houston and he traveled to los angeles and brought it with him. now he probably wouldn't have been most people's pick for likeliest e vafrjellisevangelis wasn't even raised as a protestant, but as a young man he had fallen in with the holiness movement and he felt called to preach, and like many, he almost died of smallpox and lost an eye and he believed that god yanked him back from the brink and wanted him to do this work. seymour is second from the right in the front row and these were whe

newspapers are handling this news. "new york post," president has covid. "the daily news" infected. with a picture of the president and first lady. "the los angeles times" this morning trump tests positive for coronavirus. the minnesota star tribune, trump has virus. san francisco chronical, trump says he has the virus. and "the sun," trump tests positive for coronavirus. obviously, willie, newspapers across the world -- here's a picture of the president with the prime minister of britain, who also has had the coronavirus, and had a very difficult fight with it. "the new york times," trump tests positive for covid-19 and the world shudders. obviously the impact of a united states president having a disease that has killed over 200,000 in this country and a million worldwide. obviously is going to cause the markets to shudder, cause our allies to shudder and as "the new york times" said will cause the world to shudder. >> our thoughts and our prayers and hearts are with the trump family right now, hope hicks and anyone in the white house because we don't know how far this ripples out yet. there will be tests, obviously, across the white house to see if