legal documents seen by the bbc show that mark kennedy's cover officers and line manager knew about hisnd allowed it to continue. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. he posed as mark stone, an environmental activist and a single man. in reality he was mark kennedy, an undercover police officer, married with children. one of a number of officers who have relationships with women campaigners that they were spying on. 15 years ago, mark kennedy began a two—year relationship with kate wilson. as a result, she is currently involved with legal action against the metropolitan police. in her case, police have admitted for the first time that mark kennedy abbas cover officer and line manager knew about the relationship and allowed it to continue. kate wilson is currently abroad. via skype she spoke about how this new information from police contradicts what they told when they paid her compensation. they gave me an apology in a civil claim where they said these relationships should never happen, it would not authorise and it was a failure of management. that is not case, managemen

mark kennedy, here with the newspaper during his years undercover.te. kate was involved in socialjustice and environmental campaigning. she does not expect that the state could actually order or allow or acquiesce in an undercover officer having a sexual relationship in order to facilitate his gathering of intelligence. it's a very, very shocking revelation in a so—called democratic society. in a statement, scotland yard said that as a result of the ongoing legal action it would be inappropriate to comment at this stage. adding again that those relationships were wrong and should not have happened. kate wilson was just one of the women who was duped into a relationship with mark kennedy. the question now being asked is whether police bosses knew about all his undercover relationships, and those of the other police spies. a bbc news investigation has found that police are struggling to combat child grooming taking place on a smartphone messaging app called kik, which is popular with teenagers. kik has played a part in over 1100 police investigations i

mark kennedy, here with the newspaper, during his years undercover. thought he was her political soulmate. kate was involved in socialjustice and environmental campaigning. she does not expect that the state could actually order or allow or acquiesce in an undercover officer having a sexual relationship in order to facilitate his gathering of intelligence. it's a very, very shocking revelation in a so—called democratic society. in a statement, scotland yard said that as a result of the ongoing legal action it would be inappropriate to comment at this stage. adding again that those relationships were wrong and should not have happened. kate wilson was just one of the women who was duped into a relationship with mark kennedy. the question now being asked is whether police bosses knew about all his undercover relationships, and those of the other police spies. june kelly, bbc news. two major drugs companies have failed in a legal bid to prevent nhs doctors prescribing a cheaper treatment for a debilitating eye condition. the drug avastin is just as effec

mark kennedy, here with the newspaper, during his years undercover.r political soulmate. kate was involved in socialjustice and environmental campaigning. she does not expect that the state could actually order or allow or acquiesce in an undercover officer having a sexual relationship in order to facilitate his gathering of intelligence. it's a very, very shocking revelation in a so—called democratic society. in a statement, scotland yard said that as a result of the ongoing legal action it would be inappropriate to comment at this stage. adding again that those relationships were wrong and should not have happened. kate wilson was just one of the women who was duped into a relationship with mark kennedy. the question now being asked is whether police bosses knew about all his undercover relationships, and those of the other police spies. june kelly, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may demands the eu breaks the impasse in brexit talks and vows to defend the referendum result. the health service could save hundreds of millions of pounds e

officer mark kennedy posed as mark stone and had a two—year relationship with kate wilson.be inappropriate to comment because of ongoing legal action. rescue teams in northern tanzania have resumed their efforts to find survivors of a ferry that capsized on lake victoria, after halting operations overnight. local media say at least 80 people have died, with many still missing. officials have said the ferry was carrying more than a00 passengers. parts of the uk have been hit by heavy rain, flooding and strong winds from storm bronagh. this is the moment a passer—by rescued an elderly lady from her flooded car. richard hamshaw is seen wading through the water to get to the driver after she became trapped. the storm moved eastwards across wales and england overnight, and police warned motorists to take extra care during the morning rush hour. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. thank you. it's one of the most prestigious awards in music, for the best british or irish album. and last night the mercury prize went to... wolf alice... cheering. ..for their album visions of a

in reality he was mark kennedy, an undercover police officer, married with children.ers who had relationships with women campaigners they were spying on. 15 years ago, mark kennedy began a two—year relationship with kate wilson. as a result, she is currently involved in legal action against the metropolitan police. in her case, the police have now admitted for the first time that mark kennedy's cover officers and his line manager knew about this relationship and allowed it to continue. so, we've been told... kate wilson is currently abroad. via skype she spoke of how this new information from the police contradicts what they told her when they paid her compensation. they gave me an apology in our civil claim, where they say these relationships should never have happened, they would never have been authorised and they were a case of failures of supervision and management. and that is just not case — management were absolutely complicit in what was going on. in a statement, scotland yard said that, as a result of the ongoing legal action, it would be inappropriate to co

mark kennedy, here with the newspaper, during his years undercover.ation in a so—called democratic society. in a statement, scotland yard said that as a result of the ongoing legal action it would be inappropriate to comment at this stage. adding again that those relationships were wrong and should not have happened. kate wilson was just one of the women who was duped into a relationship with mark kennedy. the question now being asked is whether police bosses knew about all his undercover relationships, and those of the other police spies. june kelly, bbc news. the bbc has found that there are no less than 39 different sets of rules for plastics recycling across the uk, and understandably households are mightily confused as to what can, and cannot be put in recycling bins. now the government is considering changing the guidelines to make it all easierfor us, and crucially, boost domestic recycling rates. here's our science editor, david shukman. in swansea in south wales, pink bags are for plastic recycling. all over the country, different councils re

legal documents seen by the bbc reveal that bosses allowed the relationship between mark kennedy anduntil now, the police had maintained such relationships would never have been authorised. a bbc news investigation has found that police are struggling to combat child grooming taking place on kik, a smartphone messaging app popular with teenagers. kik has played a part in over 1,100 police investigations into child sex offences over the past five years. but officers say the company won't help identify predators, unless they overcome major bureaucratic hurdles. angus crawford reports. mark, you're wanted. not the wake—up call he was expecting. hello, mate, you all right? mark kirby is about to be arrested. police officers. under his duvet, two phones — from his bed, he's been sexually grooming children using kik, a messaging app, free to download and popular with teenagers. you're under arrest... he was sent to prison for more than three years, but kik‘s users are often anonymous, so police can't trace and help his victims without help from the company. there's a child that is probably

brett and mark kennedy bedroom and locked the door behind them. s music playing in the bedroom, it was turned up louder by either brett or mark once we we re louder by either brett or mark once we were in the room. i was pushed on to the bed and practical on top of me. he began running his hands over my me. he began running his hands over d me. he began running his hands over my body and granted into me. i yelled, hoping someone downstairs might hear me, and i try to get away from him but his weight was heavy. groped me and tried to take off my clothes. he had a hard time because he was very immigrated and because i was wearing a 1—piece paving suit and my clothing. i believed he was going to rate —— rape me. i tried to yelled for help. when i did, brett had his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most and has had the most lasting impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. both brett and mark were drunkenly laughing during the attack. they seemed

mark: senator kennedy added, "we are doing all we can to be fair, but we have to be met halfway."ders of north and south korea wrapped up their summit by announcing the next steps toward getting rid of the nuclear weapons in the north. kim jong-un has agreed to shut down a missile testing facility and will also close a nuclear facility, depending on u.s. actions

a sexual relationship with an environmental activist with the knowledge of his bosses. 0fficer mark kennedyonship with kate wilson. legal documents seen by the bbc show that his bosses knew about the relationship and allowed it to continue. scotland yard said it would be inappropriate to comment because of ongoing legal action. a third of drivers say they have become more dependent on their cars over the last year because of failing public transport. that's according to a survey by the rac. they found that attitudes to public transport and changing lifestyle are behind the trend, despite fuel prices being at a four year high. wolf alice are this year's mercury prize winners. the indie bands album ‘visions of a life' beat the likes of noel gallagher, arctic monkeys and lily allen. here's our arts & entertainment correspondent colin paterson. indie band wolf alice, winners of the mercury prize for their second album, ‘visions of a life'. the judges said it combined the epic and intimate in equal measure and were visibly shocked by the result. thank you so much! this was the second time they h

concerned it will jeopardise efforts to make it illegal, and two, an incredible quote from harold kennedy, sorry, markshould hatred of men be also considered a crime? if it is hatred of women as a crime, what about hatred of men? and senator creesey leads strongly on this, doesn't she? yes, and has been a lot of work to make upskirting a crime, a lot of people in the police and justice have said there are concerns over whether or not it is necessary, whether this could be done within existing legal frameworks, but obviously stella creesey's argument is at the moment with hate crime we look at race, religion and disability as aggravating factors —— stella creasy. when it comes to employment, if women are discriminated against, we look at that in law. so in some ways is making sure that gender along with race, religion and disability, and also the rise in the workplace work outside in the streets. it is one of the slightly complicated areas, isn't it, where there is a fear according to the times, ministers fear that the amendment, the stella creasy proposal, could delay the criminalising of upskirting,

kennedy: unless mark cuban transitions into oprah. >> president avenatti. kennedy: i puckered in part from my intestines that shouldn't be doing such things. but it's hopefully not going to be tbhoarg 2020. we shall see. everyone should buy the art of the donald. speculation continues to swirl around the white house over who wrote that anonymous op-ed piece. the president is calling on jeff sessions to launch an investigation, and vice president pence is willing to go a step further and take a lie detector test. chris: should all law officials take a lie detector southeast? >> i would agree to take it in a heartbeat and submit to any review. kennedy: pence knows all he has to do is sit there and nod politely and there is a very good chance he's going to be our next president. maybe in a few weeks. white house press secretary press secretary says no lie detector test will be administered even though a quinnipiac poll shows people believe the op-ed's claim. the president says the dems are going crazy. is this the beginning of the end or the end of a bipartisan

. >> one of the mentors justice kennedy wrote land, mark opinions in the area of lbqq rights that >> you can watch "washington journal." former president obama is about o receive an award and will be delivering remarks at the university of illinois and will talk about the state of democracy. live coverage on c-span. >> with the start of every new fall semester but the news that today's distinguished guest was coming up ramps it up. i'm thrilled he accepted our offer to come and

can someone else, there is another set of eyeballs that can put brett kavanaugh and mark judge in that room. kennedy: if she said this was in july of 1982, i'm sure of it, he could say those four weekends i was with my family camming in cn the ozarks. >> this is the problem when you have a single source allegation not connected to a a term of behavior. kennedy: with someone like roy moore, we saw accuse kerr after accuser come out. -- we saw accuser after accuser. the same with ool franken. >> there was no pattern here, and that puts an awful lot of pressure on her. that goes to the unfairness of diane with feinstein. they could have done this in july behind closed doors. he said why didn't we talk about this during the 1,300 submitted questions to kavanaugh. kennedy: it made it worse for dr. ford who has come forward in all this. who knows if anyone will accept one version of the truth in this story. the panel will return later on. that's absolutely true. first up, president trump ordered key fisa documents related to the russia probe declassified. will they confirm bias against conservatives? cong

i was in dallas during the kennedy assassination. something that marked my life because when you are from dallas during that period of time, people heated you. they hold you responsible. you actually did have a sense that people thought you were a murderer. it was also politically off the rails. i fled texas and dallas as soon as i could when i graduated high school. i went to college in new orleans at tulane. it was the city least like dallas that i could find and i thought i'd never go back to texas. in 1978, i was working for a local magazine. some of your old enough to remember. i went back to texas to cover the 12 men that walked on the moon. and one of them was walking on a little german town called newport rules,new braunfels , t. i found myself at a dance hall and a band called, asleep at the wheel was playing and george strait was opening for them. the boys were dancing with longnecked bottles in the back of their blue jeans and the girls had these aerodynamic skirts and everybody talked like i used to. the music was so familiar and the food and

kennedy assassination. and something that marked my life because when you are from dallas people hated you. and how do you responsible. you are actually did have a sense that people thought you were a murder. a it was also politically off the rails. i went to college in new orleans. i thought i would never go back to texas. but in 1978 i was working -- for look magazine. and i went back to texas to cover the 12 men that walked on the moon. and one of them was walking there. i found myself at a dance hall that night and another little germantown. in a band call sleep at the wheel was plain. all of these people were there. they were dancing with longneck bottles in the back with their blue jeans. i was living in atlanta at the time. t mething is happening in texas. that's where we've stayed ever since. the book came about because the editor at the new yorker asked me to explain texas. my name is dan coffman. it is famously derided surrounded by reality. i was also a fact checker for many years. i care about these things.s. in 2011 i have moved to new york many years ago in 1990 and in 2011 sc

to be more conservative, and john roberts will not be the swing vote that we saw anthony kennedy will be. >> mark or joan, how is kavanaugh preparing for some really tough questions he is going to get in the next couple of days? >> let me let joan address that first. >> i love you, mark, but i know joan is kind the walking encyclopedia on all of this stuff. >> i love listening to joan. >> go ahead joan. >> right now he is trying to breathe deeply. he has done his prep. he looked through john roberts' confirmation hearing videos. he's practiced many, many answers here. and he has trying to get a good night's sleep before tomorrow. >> okay. >> let me, mark, to you move and then i have one more for you, joan. mark, the battle for control of the house, right -- we are looking past the kavanaugh hearings into the next, you know, two months before november 6th, and the battle for control of the house of representatives is coming into focus. we have new numbers today here at cnn. what races are shifting? >> there are 11 races right now that are shifting brooke, shifting towards democrats primarily. if w

. >> one of the mentors justice kennedy wrote land, mark opinions in the area of lbqq rights that >> you can watch "washington journal." former president obama is about o receive an award and will be delivering remarks at the university of illinois and will talk about the state of democracy. live coverage on c-span. >> with the start of every new fall semester but the news that today's distinguished guest was coming up ramps it up. i'm thrilled he accepted our offer to come and accept an award from our institute of government and public affairs, an award that honors the integrity and high ethical standards that have guided his lifetime of public service and i'm greatful that he is using the opportunity to personally share his unique insights with our student body, with student from across the university of illinois system who are here and the thousands more who are watching the live stream online. welcome to you all. and let's hear from each of our universities. will all the university of illinois springfield students stand briefly and let their presence be known. cheers and applause

. >> one of the mentors justice kennedy wrote land, mark opinions in the area of lbqq rights that hadmpact on americans.f many let's des cuss one of those cases. that is the yeahs the court held that same-sex couples have a to marry. my question is whether the case yourorrectly decide in opinion? >> senator, justice kennedy the mayor opinion in a cases,roma versus evans. i want to explain. know the history leading up to it. theyou pleased a just comments to case? i would like to explain if it i can. majority opinion inroma versus evans and united versus windsor, masterpiece cake shop importantly with the statement if i could read. >> please don't. actually have read it. i am sure most have. my question specific. personalomment on your opinion on whether o be rga was decide. is yes or no. in masterpiece cake shop. i think, relevant to your question. justice kennedy wrote the of opinion joined by chief justice roberts and gore sip of and justice brier and the days of against gay and lesbian americans or treating gay and lesbian americans as inferior in dig tain worth are over. >> are ov

mark judge. he's the only other person placed in that room. kennedy: he plays a big part in the declaration the third accuser made today. i agree with you. i think we deserve an explanation from him. it won't be a satisfying process for anyone. it's a giant distraction. i don't know if kavanaugh survivors. >> i was surprised president trump stated that he would keep an open mind and his mind could be changed. kennedy: he's one of the few people who said that. democrats and republicans decided the other person is guilty of something. much more on the kavanaugh controversy coming up later. keep it here tomorrow starting at 10:00 a.m. in the east, 7:00 a.m. in the west. up next more on the president's pugnacious press conference where he battled the press. susan li mixed it up with the president. she is next. it's easy to think that all money managers are pretty much the same. but while some push high commission investment products, fisher investments avoids them. some advisers have hidden and layered fees. fisher investments never does. and while some a

kennedy, bbc news, in southampton. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has confirmed he is in talks with the treasury overank. he's due to leave the post injune 2019 — just three months after brexit. but he told mps that he wanted to support the uk through the process. even though i have already agreed to extend my time to support a smooth brexit, i am willing to do whatever else i can in order to promote a smooth brexit and an effective transition at the bank of england. mark carney. the chief executive of tsb, paul pester, has resigned with immediate effect five months after a failed computer upgrade affected up to two million online banking customers. mr pester will receive a pay—out of around £1.7 million. japan has been hit by the strongest typhoon in 25 years with winds of up to 135 miles an hour. more than a million people have been told to leave their homes. the typhoon struck afterjapan‘s summer of extreme weather, with flooding that killed more than 200, and the highest—ever recorded temperature. robin brant reports. screaming. japan knew that this storm was coming, but some were still caught ou

will happen when kennedy, who was at those swing, viewed as a the swing member on the supreme court's when he leaves was mark and judge cap --? and judge kavanaugh was to replace them. not just the balance on women's reproductive issues, but so many other issues that are concern for a lot of constituents, the red state that believes strongly in ensuring we are respecting second amendment rights. identify or say there is one issue that, for me, will guide my determination under this nomination or any future nomination for the united states in paris in court, that is not how i operate. and looking at his record holistically as idea that with and i amer justice perhaps taking more time then some would like me to. some on the right would like to say you need to be deciding the you are supporting care. on at the left when you say you needed to decide is not acceptable. i do not operate that way. i will be thoughtful. i joked with my son who is finishing up law school that i feel like i am in law school. i am reading the opinions. i want to gauge for myself. i know i am not going to be able to ask him a question o

[bell tolling] [♪] kennedy: a very solemn day in new york city as we mark 17 years since the september1 attack. nearly 3,000 people lost their lives at the world trade centers, shanksville, pennsylvania and the pentagon. president trump: we grieve for every mother and father, sister and brother stolen from us. we honor their sacrifice by pledging to never flinch in the face of evil and to do whatever it takes to keep america safe. kennedy: here is a live look at lower manhattan. with the passage of time, the memories grow more distant. but as the families of those killed will tell you, we must never forget. edward lawrence is live with a report from the nation's capital. reporter: the president visited the field in shanksville, pennsylvania where flight 93 was brought down by the courageous people on board. he told the families of the victims of flight 93 that america will never forget what their loved ones did for all of us. >> while we all suffered loss that day, we know you bear a special burden. but we gather here in the shadow of the building where your loved ones departed this li

i was in dallas during the kennedy assassination. something that marked my life because when you are from dallas during that period of time, people heated you. they hold you responsible. you actually did have a sense that people thought you were a murderer. it was also politically off the rails. i fled texas and dallas as soon as i could when i graduated high school. i went to college in new orleans at tulane. it was the city least like dallas that i could find and i thought i'd never go back to texas. in 1978, i was working for a local magazine. some of your old enough to remember. i went back to texas to cover the 12 men that walked on the moon. and one of them was walking on a little german town called newport rules,new braunfels , t. i found myself at a dance hall and a band called, asleep at the wheel was playing and george strait was opening for them. the boys were dancing with longnecked bottles in the back of their blue jeans and the girls had these aerodynamic skirts and everybody talked like i used to. the music was so familiar and the food and

kennedy. his partner, his adversary, mark salter was telling a story the other night, they both happened to beor at the same time, saw two young senators having a debate, decided to get in the middle of it, ended up in the well of the senate with their fingers in one another's chests, yelling at one another, left the senate chamber hugging one another. it was so perfectly john mccain. >> it is also worth mentioning his role with the military and veterans. vice president pence said yesterday at the capital nobody gave generals a harder time and nobody worked harder for everyday soldiers. and that's important to remember today as well. >> i mean, his background and everything, and man of great faith, but yet was irreverant. that captured people. that's a little of what we all are. bigger than life. he would rather people's names campaigning around the country haven't seen in five years. i said john, how do you remember their names, he looked at me with a straight face, and he goes because they told me! >> his mission was traveling the world that our commitments were steadfast, even if leaders we

the yankees in the wild card race...mark carpenter has details...and all the sports...coming up ((ken))here's what we are tracking new tonight at nine... i'm april kennedy i'm an arborist with pg&e in the sierras. since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees n't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. hop concert is rolling into the bay area this weekend. with names like wiz khalifa and travis scott headlining. it is so popular, several east bay police departments are already warning about loud music and traffic backups. kron 4's justine waldman is live tonight at oracle arena.. where the stage is set for the rolling loud festival. justine (justine)this is the stage outside in the parking lot of oracle.the festival starts tomorrow..today, p

kennedy in 1961. we are honored to be conceiver this site summit this he can -- let's dive into lbj. mark your leadership with the , lbj foundation monday would have been 110th birthday of president johnson. he was larger than life as president, larger-than-life post-presidency. what would we think of his legacy as we see him today? well, first of all, stewart, to you and a knit -- anita congratulations on this , conference. [ applause ] i know how much work they have put into this, and it is clearly paid off, because it's been a rousing success. so congratulations to both of you. thanks to all of you for what you do. i mentioned it yesterday to the group that convened around lunch, but i'm not only historian, i'm a patron of your establishments and i appreciate so much not only what you do, but the passion that you put into what you do. so thanks so much for preserving and perpetuating the history of this great country. stewart, to answer your question, i told a story yesterday that i'll repeat, but lbj when he was a senator was campaigning for re-election, and he convened his speech wri

mark meadows * urging the president to show the memos. >> we are kawrling on you to encourage those around you to release the documents within the next week. kennedy is there any down side to more transparency? in won word, hell no. the panel is here to discuss. the panel is tom shillue, chris baron and tom shillue. i would love to see what bruce ohr was saying to christopher steele and about christopher steele. it seems that the people from the freedom caucus have a pretty good idea of what's in them. democrats created this fantasy, the russia collusion thing that is completely and totally based on faulty original intel, and they have hitched their wagon to it, and i would love nothing more than for them to be embarrassed to have it revealed exactly what happened. this is a great precedence. i can't believe we have gotten to the point in this country where the liberals are telling us we should be trusting the fbi and the cia without any question. they are always the good guys. we only have decades of experience that says that's not the case. kennedy: people that talk about the deep state they say are crazy, nutty weirdoes. but whenever you have t

mark what are the repercussions? question,the first let's review what happened. on the last day of the term, which he was serving, justice anthony kennedy made the announcement to the nation that he was stepping down. within a very short period of july,the president, in nominated brett kavanaugh, and the hearings were set. the hearings were set to provide literally weeks of opportunity to review records and the like, to do the assessment process. then the hearings were set for early september. we are talking about a two month plus process, all designed to have a vote, and for my perspective hopefully confirming judge kavanaugh to the supreme court, in time for the judge, justice to join the court which begins its work in literally two weeks. it begins on monday, october 1. judiciary-- senate committees set a schedule and everyone knew what the schedule was, and the process began. it was in july, so early on, that the accuser came to senator feinstein, and the 11th our concern is, nothing was done, as i understand it, with those allegations, even though the senate judiciary committee wanted public appearance and went into executive sessi

mark . you think judge kavanaugh is the right nominee to replace kennedy given his vote in fisher versus university of texas? the supreme court upheld the race conscious admission policies and given judge kavanaugh's record? >> senator, look, the question has been asked now very consistently about affirmative action, whether it's in the bacce or others whether it's still necessary. and we will take it out of legalese for a moment. if a ball is rolling down the hill, the only way to stop it is to apply and opposite force on the ball of racism and discrimination have rolled down the hill for centuries and the only way to stop it is an opposite but equal force and that's what affirmative action and that's what those cases mean. and if you look at some of the decisions and you look at scalia's comments in the last case, he actually questioned the intellect of african americans and their ability to succeed at a prestigious university so when you couple the other justices and their opinions with kavanaugh's record, that's what leads to the real concern about where we are going to go with affirmative acti

mark . you think judge kavanaugh is the right nominee to replace kennedy given his vote in fisher versus university of texas? the supreme court upheld the race conscious admission policies and given judge kavanaugh's record? >> senator, look, the question has been asked now very consistently about affirmative action, whether it's in the bacce or others whether it's still necessary. and we will take it out of legalese for a moment. if a ball is rolling down the hill, the only way to stop it is to apply and opposite force on the ball of racism and discrimination have rolled down the hill for centuries and the only way to stop it is an opposite but equal force and that's what affirmative action and that's what those cases mean. and if you look at some of the decisions and you look at scalia's comments in the last case, he actually questioned the intellect of african americans and their ability to succeed at a prestigious university so when you couple the other justices and their opinions with kavanaugh's record, that's what leads to the real concern about where we are going to go with affirmative acti

mark cuban publicly apologized and said he will pay $10 million to women's organizations as part of an agreement with the nba. the robert f. kennedy human rights group has announced plans to bail out more than 500 women and teenagers from rikers island in new york in an attempt to show how the current bail system criminalizes poverty. the group's president kerry kennedy said -- "there are no wealthy people on rikers island because if you are wealthy, you go free because you make bail." in news from chicago, disgraced chicago police commander jon burge has died at the age of 70. between 1972 and 1991, more than 200 people, most of them african-american, were tortured under his reign. officers under his command routinely used electric shock, suffocation with plastic bags, typewriter covers, among other methods, to extract confessions from men who were later shown to be innocent. in 2015, the chicago city council approved a $5.5 million reparations fund for victims of police torture. one victim of the torture was an african-american man named darrell cannon who spent more than 20 years in prison who confessed to a murder he didn't co

ran a couple of marathons this is the 20-milewh mark and you have hit the wall but you are getting closer. briefly your conversation with senator kennedy about your law clerks and to be proactive reminds me of a conversation i had briefly withha you serving on state appeals board the texas supreme court where i would also higher law clerks most often they were female and i would ask them occasionally why do you think it is i end up hiring predominantly female lawt clerks? it's easier on her. we are smarter and we work harder. so with that we will take a 30 minute break and then senator booker will begin before our third round. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee could question him for more than 20 hours over two days today members heard from outside witnesses and legal experts we will have the day for you after 8:00 o'clock eastern

kennedy: what is the worst case scenario for judge kavanaugh thursday. >> i'm open to the fact that when she testifies, she'll have responses that are not convincing. if they bring out his friend mark judge who by all accounts, his own accounts of his own life is he hasn't lived an outstanding life in high school. everybody should be watching to see who is more credible. the woman making the accusation. we all should have an open mind. i'm hoping a handful of senators can be swayed and this can end one way or another. kennedy: i hope they are looking for the truth and suspending their judgments until after both people have testified. >> just when you thought the story couldn't get any crazier, michael avenatti gets involved. stormy daniels' lawyer claims he has a new claimant against judge kavanaugh. he has not disclosed details. but he told "politico" she is a former government employee who hold security clearance. he says she'll come forward via a tv interview. kavanaugh categorically denied all these allegations in his interview with martha maccallum. does anything michael avenatti says hold any water right now? steve hilton is here. and "reason" magazine editor at large and hos

you know, mark leibovich, i'm old enough to remember when george bush was the most divisive president and barack obama was the most divisive president of our times. >> and ted kennedy at his funeral, what eight years ago, there was a same sort of call to unity. he worked across the aisle. not cliche there, but it's real. this was deeply personal. no question it was deeply personal. there was no president who was like not invited. pointedly not invited to an event like this. and yes, this environment was created and donald trump might be perpetuating it in some ways but i think this is very trump specific. this is -- i mean, i think larger words and concepts like unity are important. but this was very trump specific. >> let's -- it was trump, the president's comportment that has bothered so many people, matthew. like really, you can't -- i guess we should be glad he didn't tweet a negative. >> right. >> but that's a low ball. >> certainly the mccain/trump feud began with the trump comments. there's an ideological component, talking about john mccain's ideas. when i looked at that ceremony, i saw john mccain designing the rebuttal to president trump's inaugural addre

kennedy. we will show you that scene as we hear from mark in massachusetts. welcome to the program.aller: good morning. i want to say i am an end -- i am an independent, i vote for character and not color. i would have to say that i am externally disappointed in the state of affairs right now, and i have to say that during blasey ford's testimony, she said that after this event, she went to the grocery store with her mom and you chose to go in a separate door and when she walked in that door, she noticed mark judge who was the other person supposedly in the room while she was being assaulted and laughing at her, not helping her of course. he did not notice her but she made a point of saying hi, how are you doing, approached him and then stated that they were friendly. you figure it out. that is a message to the fbi. host: just a moment ago, we saw attorney general jeff sessions entering st. matthew's cathedral. braces for the battle as the fbi starts its one-week investigation. from charleston, west virginia. caller: good morning. i am calling because i strongly support judge kavana

mark where you've hit the wall. but we're getting closer. i just want to say briefly your conversation with senator kennedy about your recruiting female law clerks and the importance of being pro active reminds me of the conversation i had briefly before we met when i served on a state appeals court, the texas supreme court where i would also hire law clerks. i asked them why do you think it is i end up hiring female law clerks. she said it's easy, your honor, we smarter and we're work harder. so with that we're going to take a 30-minute break. we'll be back at 6:15 then senator booker, senator tillis, senator harris and i will ask questions before we go to the third round. [ no audio ] [ no audio ]

mark where you've hit the wall. but we're getting closer. i just want to say briefly your conversation with senator kennedy about your recruiting female law clerks and the importance of being pro active reminds me of the conversation i had briefly before we met when i served on a state appeals court, the texas supreme court where i would also hire law clerks. i asked them why do you think it is i end up hiring female law clerks. she said it's easy, your honor, we smarter and we're work harder. so with that we're going to take a 30-minute break. we'll be back at 6:15 then senator booker, senator tillis, senator harris and i will ask questions before we go to the third round. [ no audio ] [ no audio ] [ crowd noise ] [ crowd noise ]