thank you, natalie haynes and rob merrick. goodbye. good evening.s, jason sullivans is with me. jason, what have you been watching this week? jane, this week we go to chicago, where an angry ape is on the rampage and the gorilla does not look too happy about it either. let's find out why the rampage? it's based on the rock, dwaynejohnson's star power. we buckle up for a french tension of the highest order, custody, it's about a bitter divorce and a father and son are trying to reconnect, but can they? and our thoughts turn skyward for the titan, a secret mission to populate one of saturn's moons with human life. quite a mixed bag. rampage, what do you make of that? this is a monster movie mashup of every monster movie you've ever seen before. think king kong gorilla, thinkjumanji because it's got the rock in it, or dwaynejohnson as we must now call him.

obstruction when leader mcconnell made obstruction his watch and ward when he did when he did to merrick garland. and he has not stopped. the republicans engaged in hard ball tactics at the district circuit court levels. here's what happened. take the seat vacant on the second circuit. because senators leahy, then chairman, honored the blue strip, a seat in the second circuit that belongs to wisconsin was held open for six years -- six years by refusing to approve two nominees by president obama. now the president has nominated a very conservative judge, mike brennan, who failed to earn the recommendation of the bipartisan commission. respected in wisconsin, set up by both senators, baldwin and johnson, one a democrat, one a republican to recommend nominees, but this administration has no real concern about the qualifications of the judges as long as they meet the long right checklist. despite the fact that senator baldwin did not return a blue ship, chairman grassley moved him out of committee anyway. the blue slip tradition was faithfully honored by the chairman. it was used to an exte

performing trio's like the king sin or peter paul and mary, pop duo , paul,ston trio or peter and merricko's. people where to explore the origins. people became fascinated with these origin stories to the point of tracking down individuals who had recorded this music in the 1920's and 1930's. >> the folks decided it would be great to have a program where folks could understand -- not just talk about this, but learn to play the instrument, and i was new in town, really. i moved here in 1973, and we are talking about 1975. i was a guy from the outside, and pretty much the only guy from the outside collecting music. i had all of these different music. of the they were mad at each other. i was a perfect person to go in between and have them come out to the college to teach. the collection is about 110 reel to reel cassette tapes. that was the best we could find in those days. i collected a lot of it and the students collected a lot of it. i had students that works for me and their job was to go out and collect music from these old-timers. night came home the other as drunk as i could be and i

we've got merrick's a ferry and on the line with us he's an independent researcher and yet of on the emini in capital now several opposition leaders have been detained including nicole passing on who we saw in that report why were they taken into custody. if they. have indicated for a long time now. base our legal. we're showcasing restraint. that restraint. and number of over two hundred protesters have. included all major opposition leaders three of those leaders as you mentioned are in fact members of parliament so enjoy immunity and in the next days within seventy two hours. to vote on stripping them of their immunity . and how are you expecting protesters to respond to these arrests will they just turn out even larger numbers. that was an open question throughout the day there have been regular evening rallies in the central republican square this past week that rally did in fact take place today there were speculation about these interventions or other things but even though the leaders are not available there was the massive turnout estimates range from anywhere between sevent

interests are very vital interests which we are trying to protect now there was a moment when dan merrick an attack on syria seemed not just an avid to blow but also imminent. possibly expansive and evolving not just syrian targets but since then both washington and i think if the european allies have stabbed back a little bit. do you take it as a tactical move or do you think there has been some reassessment about what has actually happened and do more perhaps they were assessment of what can happen as a result of the american strikes i think there's a problem in the way we perceive this something happens in this case it was the chemical attack on civilians and the syria and then the public in the media are waiting for the response of course playing into this is also this this very unique american president which tells us via twitter what he plans to do and so everyone's waiting for this attack remember that the last attack by the united states was also not a game changer but more a signal and also here again is a four waiting we're sitting back and waiting for the american response it's

now merrick is new secretary of state mike pompei or has started out on his new job with a speech at nato headquarters in brussels and many fielded questions too from the press do you think germany is doing enough to meet the two percent target now. what should germany do they should meet the goals that they agreed to. they're referring to nato as two percent target it specifies that each member state is obliged. we spend at least two percent of g.d.p. on the military germany been falling behind on that one but now burleson apparently playing catch up with pumping more money into military hardware including aircraft and drones peter oliver looks at what's on the.

with me are the broadcaster and author natalie haynes, and rob merrick, deputy political editor of the independent. busy weekend. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the observer says theresa may faces a furious backlash from mps after ordering uk forces to join in with targeted military strikes on syrian chemical weapons facilities without having gained parliamentary consent. the sunday express says a strike at the heart of evil, picturing a missile taking off. meanwhile, the mail on sunday also pictures a missile — it has a comment from president trump, who tweeted ‘mission accomplished' following last night's raids. "striking back at evil" says the daily star on sunday, which pictures am raf tornado taking off on raid. "locked and loaded" says the sunday telegraph, as president trump says he's ready to launch further strikes against syria's bashar al—assad. the sunday times focuses on survivors of a suspected chemical attack in syria. it pictures a seven—year—old girl who described the conditions she was caught up in. pretty harrowing stuff. the syria missile strikes of c

with me are the political commentators jane merrick and jo—anne nadler.e story dominates most of the front pages. the daily telegraph has coverage of the pensioner who's been arrested on suspicion of murder following a burglary at his home. the metro has a picture of that pensioner, richard osborn—brooks, on its front page under the headline. it's the top story for the express too, but the paper also headlines news that former england captain ray wilkins has died at the age ofjust 61. again the i leads with the same story, pointing out that the pensioner is in custody following the death of a 38—year—old man. the daily mail claims that mr osborn—brooks was simply defending his wife and home. the times breaks with the consensus, it reports that british security services believe they have pinpointed the russian laboratory, which the paper says made the weapons—grade nerve agent used, in the salisbury attack. the ft says that world markets are reeling after the trade war between the us and china deepens. and the guardian, as part of its long—running campaign

tonight's reviewers are jane merrick and jo—anne nadler. good evening and welcome to bbc news.e start with some breaking news this hour — a man in his twenties has died after being stabbed in east london this evening. the met police say officers on patrol on link street in hackney were approached by a man suffering from stab injuries around 8pm tonight. the man was pronounced dead at the scene. police say there have been no arrests and the victim's next of kin have not yet been informed. in the same area, police have confirmed another death this evening, following a serious assault. we'll bring you more on this story as we get it. meanwhile, detectives are continuing to appeal for witnesses and information following the fatal shooting of a 16—year—old boy in walthamstow on monday night. police have named the victim as amaan shakoor from leyton. relations between britain and russia have worsened againm following the chemical attack on a former russian agent in salisbury. russia is now being accused by britain and other eu countries of attempting to frustrate the official investi

bipartisan consensus around net neutrality by adding a regulatory regime that more conservative policy merricks were never going to -- policymakers were never going to support. and the court gave them such extraordinary deference on changing their mind, the court essentially created a regime where you can change your mind anytime you want. so we're just going to be in this loop until congress accept ises its responsibility to step in and not try to profit from the controversy, but to solve it. but what's depressing to me about this issue is it's infinitely solvable. the sides are not very far apart at all, nor have they ever been. there's lots of opportunity in this controversy. senator markey makes no secret that he's excited about the cra because he thinks it's going to drive millennial voters in the 2018 election. are we solving communication policy or just trying to advance political outcomes? and i think we've lost the policy thread altogether. most of the energy going into this issue, i think, is about political calculus and political power, not solutions. and i also think when we're done

our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster and author natalie haynes, and rob merrick, deputy join us if you can. some breaking news regarding ukip. gerard batten has become the unopposed new leader of ukip. they have leased a statement saying we are pleased to announce that as of ibm today gerard batten mep is the new leader of the uk independence party. he has assumed the leadership after what has been an uncontested election. still many troubles ahead for ukip. finding its way and finding its policies and getting the support for the leadership so far many leaders have refused to get. ukip leader gerard batten commenting on the confirmation in the last two minutes saying, i'm pleased to accept the leadership of ukip since may appointment as interim leader i have made a number of decisions that have made a number of decisions that have but the party on a firm footing financially and as an organisation, as leader i will do all i can to work for the progress of the party. ukip is the only real opposition to our political establishment as we needed now as as much as ever. one of

interests are very vital interests which we are trying to protect now there was a moment when dan merrick an attack on syria seemed not just in abbottabad but also imminent and possibly expansive involving not just syrian targets but since then both washington and i think if the european allies have stepped back a little bit. do you take it as a tactical move or do you think there has been some reassessment about what has actually happened and do more perhaps they were assessment of what can happen as a result of the american strikes i think there's a problem in the way we perceive this something happens in this case it was the chemical attack on civilians and syria and then the public in the media are waiting for the response of course playing into this is also this very unique american president which tells us via twitter what he plans to do and so everyone is waiting for this attack remember that the last attack by the united states was also not a game changer but more a signal and also. here again is a four waiting we're sitting back and waiting for the american response it's not goin

interests are very vital interests which we are trying to protect now there was a moment when dan merrick an attack on syria seemed not just an abba to blow but also imminent. and possibly expansive and evolving not just syrian targets but since then both washington and i think it's the european allies have stabbed back a little bit. do you take it as a tactical move or do you think there has been some reassessment about what has actually happened and do more perhaps they were assessment of what can happen as a result of the american strikes i think there's a problem in the way we perceive this something happens in this case it was the chemical attack on civilians in the syria and then the public in the media are waiting for the response of course playing into this is also this this very unique american president which tells us via twitter what he plans to do and so everyone's waiting for this attack remember that the last attack by the united states was also not a game changer but more a signal and also here again is a four waiting we're sitting back and waiting for the american response

with me are the political commentators, jane merrick and jo—anne nadler.any of tomorrow's front pages are already in. and one story dominates most of the front pages. the daily telegraph has coverage of the pensioner who's been arrested on suspicion of murder following a burglary at his home. the metro has a picture of that pensioner, richard osborn—brooks, on its front page. it's the top story for the express too, but the paper also headlines news that the former england captain ray wilkins has died at the age ofjust 61. again, the i leads with the burglar attack in south london — pointing out that the pensioner is in custody following the death of a 38—year—old man. the daily mail claims that the man being questioned, mr osborn—brooks, was simply defending his wife and home. the times breaks with the consensus. it reports that british security services believe they have pinpointed the russian laboratory, which the paper says made the weapons—grade nerve agent used in the salisbury attack. the ft says that world markets are reeling after the trade war bet

i'll bring up merrick garland. we'll go one after the other at the end of the day we are at a standstill of the situation. i've been here a few years and some of you have, too. it is hard to explain to newer members of the senate what they used to be like her views before the senate for debate and amendments. it was a regular occurrence and it was exciting. there were tough votes. don't get me wrong. you thought they would kill you. they didn't, but she thought they would. it really was what the senate was about and it was real debate going on there. i long for that. i try to explain to younger members what it was like. i cannot believe they can offer amendments and vote the same day. such a thing would happen. most of us who've been around for a while. now it is completely beyond our reach for appears to be. i have one glimmer of hope. i don't support senator lankford's approach by senator klobuchar has outlined here. when you look at the actual numbers, 74 of 86 nominations and it is a solution in search for prob

democrats to me had a pretty untenable position of not supporting mike pompeo, but merrick garland who did not get a vote in 2008. that's where they're going to try to hang your hat. >> very different situation. you're absolutely right. traditionally secretaries of state are confirmed by huge numbers. colin powell was confirmed by a unanimous vote, john kerry by 90 votes, hillary clinton, i think it was 85 votes for her. the point is people believed that the president had the right to have his people in place and particularly with regard to secretary of state. the question is whether you're qualified or not. mike pompeo is imminentry qualified. he graduated top of his class at west point, army officer, harvard law school. goes on to become an active member of the intelligence committee, cia where he's done a fine job. he's qualified to do the job. the president needs somebody in that position that cares about the country. you should welcome somebody like that. >> dana: i noticed yesterday that when we find out that mike pompeo had gone to pyongyang to sit down with kim jong-un with the

they left that seat open for quite a while, refusing to even have a hearing on merrick garland. how to republicans defend that? >> senator mcconnell said it very well, since this was a rare vacant see that happened during an election treer it was appropriate for the electorate snooshs it's profession i -- >> it's okay to leave a seat open on the supreme court? on election year in we have had seats open up an election year before? not on the united states supreme court. which is lifetime appointment not just an appointment that goes with a pegs tenure. again, this is very different. where to democrats want to draw the line in terms of their resistance? it's one thing if you are going to resist policy. we will have that argument during the mid terms. we will have it again in 2020. but when it comes to the national security we have a long history of both parties coming to the in a unifying theme whether it be when we are facing terror back in the early 2000s following 9/11. whether it was touring the original gulf war one, when it was going back to some of the actions that presiden

. >> isn't.mitch mcconnell just going to put this bill where he stored the merrick garland flom nation in his office? >> i think that is a well earned skepticism. but this is something that i think is gaining momentum. i think that mitch mcconnell is right it, his rights to do what he's doing right now but he's within his rights to change his mind. as we get more bipartisan support, as more activism happens around the country and if trump continues with the kind cuff bluster we've been seeing, here's a president that has been undermining the special counsel, attacking his integrity, undermining the investigation. i think at some point people have to choose from a tribalism party politics between that and sort of a faithfulness to their country and our institutions. i'm hoping that mitch mcconnell will come around. but right now, we're step by step. we wrote a bill. we got the bill hearings. we got the bill now ready to go into committee. every step of the way as you said, people didn't think we could make it the next step. i have a feeling we might get this to the floor. >> do you thin

we have resources and the land merrick cases companion book, a link to the constitutional tenlter's interactive constitution and the landmark indications podcast at c-span.org/land mark cases. tuesday, tuesday, our live coverage of the he visit for the french president begins with the eye rival ceremony at the white house. 9:00 a.m. eastern live coverage on c-span2. continuing tuesday, the joint news conference 11:45 a.m. eastern live on c-span 3. and the first state dinner of the trump administration is 6:30 p.m. eastern live on c-span3. wednesday, president macron will be on capitol hill to address a joint he meeting of congress at 11:00 a.m. eastern and live on c-span. snechlt next, a look at the role that congress has in providing oversight of the justice department and the fbi. gerald nabler on the house judiciary

syrian merrick said least seventy people have been killed in a suspected chemical attack in the rebel stronghold of duma and eastern good this video shows victims appeared to show symptoms consistent with a gas attack the syrian government is calling it a fabrication miniatures intensified its bombardment of duma in recent days after talks with rebels collapsed u.s. state department said in a statement that russia ultimately bears responsibility for the brutal targeting of countless syrians with chemical weapons russia's protection of the assad regime and failing to stop the use of chemical weapons in syria calls into question its commitment to resolving the overall crisis and how it's a reporter warning you may find some images in her report disturbing. believe it or not these children are the lucky ones basic and crude emergency care for victims of a suspected chemical attack but they survived they didn't these the latest victims and used to go to as regime forces a closer to defeating opponents and the rebel held pocket medical sources on the ground say victims appeared to show sym

we have resources and the land merrick cases companion book, a link to the constitutional tenlter's interactive constitution and the landmark indications podcast at c-span.org/land mark cases. tuesday, tuesday, our live coverage of the he visit for the french president begins with the eye rival ceremony at the white

our guests joining me tonight are the political commentators jane merrick and jo—anne nadler.ays the duke of edinburgh has had a successful hip replacement operation today and is in good spirits. 96—year—old prince phillip is likely to remain in hospital for a number of days. our correspondent richard lister is at the king edward the seventh hospital in london. richard, from what we understand this has been a routine operation and the press seems to have come to it pretty well. -- the prancing soup. the kind underlined this is an unremarkable operation, in fact, there are more than 800 people in their 90s who have hip replacements in the uk come up are from scotland every year. in the uk come up are from scotland every yea r. to in the uk come up are from scotland every year. to that extent, the duke is not a loan having this operation at his age. the palace is making it clear that things went as well as could of been expected. and he is progressing satisfactorily at this early stage. he is comfortable in good and will remain in the hospital for several days but that is entire

disappointed in how he handled the merrick garland nomination fight.best vessel to talk about the breakdown in washington, d.c. when you look at slander and lies that he posted in 2012 against mitt romney. just the numerous things that he did over his career. >> i note that heidi said he's worried about decorum in the senate. this is the guy who blew up, who pushed the first button on the nuclear option by lowering the judicial nominee standard from 60 votes to 51 votes. which we can discuss as a matter of governance, but that was very much a part of the classic senate tradition that created the atmosphere of decorum that is now, you know, breaking down. and he was the person who did that. republicans had a chance to do that when he held the majority in 2005, 2006, and they pulled back from it. and here we are now, harry reid having retired suddenly discovering the virtues of the very things that he destroyed. >> no i actually asked him about that, guys. i asked him specifically about that and blowing up the filibuster and he became very animated. and

we have resources and the land merrick cases companion book, a link to the constitutional tenlter's interactive constitution and the landmark indications podcast at c-span.org/land mark cases. tuesday, tuesday, our live coverage of the he visit for the french president begins with the eye rival ceremony at the white house. 9:00 a.m. eastern live coverage on c-span2. continuing tuesday, the joint news conference 11:45 a.m. eastern live on c-span 3. and the first state dinner of the trump administration is 6:30 p.m. eastern live on c-span3. wednesday, president macron will be on capitol hill to address a joint he meeting of congress at 11:00 a.m. eastern and live on c-span. snechlt next, a look at the role that congress has in providing oversight of the justice department and the fbi. gerald nabler on the house judiciary committee, former congressman tom davis and a former fbi special agent who once served as a especially assistant to former fbi directors james comey. this is an hour and a half. >>> typically think identify with the supreme court. there are two far more powerful ins tuctions crea

he also said the aggressor still atmentver republicans' tre of judge merrick garland.hat debate happening in the senate rules committee, and that is happening today at 3:30, if you want to watch it. we are carrying it on the web at c-span.org, so you can watch it there. brian in indianapolis, indiana, republican line. go ahead. caller: yes, i was just wondering why everyone wants to get donald trump out? he is doing an awesome job, and there is no way he could have ever been president unless we voted for him. nobody wanted hillary, and now aboutis something out hillary clinton and some other lady killing and molesting a child. host: what video are you referring to? miliar with it. caller: it is called fizzle drip. just google it. ,ost: line for independents go ahead. caller: i think picking dr. jackson for the v.a. was a very poor choice. he was not vetted, his background was not checked out thoroughly, and i think that is a nomination that is going to be lost. i think the president has not been very careful in picking nominees for some of the post. he had a very good

i mean, it certainly is very, you know, this is a case that if, in all likelihood, if merrick garland had been put on the supreme court of the united states would have come out the other way. >> but he wasn't. >> anyway, these things matter. >> [inaudible] roosevelt tried it once. didn't get very far. >> i mean -- >> it's a little beyond the scope of this panel. [laughter] let's go to another question. >> i'm a retired -- [inaudible] i'm a retired santa clara county worker, so i'm under calpers. and i'm thinking that, as we all know, just like social security my pension check comes not from the money that i have put into calpers, but from the workers who are working today. and if those workers disappear, who's going to pay for my pension. >> good question. it illustrates perfectly the point that it's important to keep them in the system paying, to pay well. look, the reality of pensions is that there are, you know, not every generation is the same size, right? we know that the baby boom is a big generation, we know that the millennial generation is a large generation. my generation, g

erica: the caller also referenced the merrick garland nomination.hat was president obama's supreme court pick who senator mcconnell stalled in the senate and once trump came in, and it up nominating and confirming neil gorsuch. remained veryl upset about how that played out. issue of to the larger nomination fights in the senate and currently, senator mcconnell is working very hard to approve as many nominees as he can while democrats are resisting and part of that is the concern that there is the possibility in november of the senate changing hands at which point democrats would control what comes to the floor. host: when it comes to another topic altogether, several requests by congress members of the justice department for information regarding hillary clinton, what is behind their interest still in getting access to this material and could you explain what is being asked for? erica: this is coming primarily from the house who remain focused on hillary clinton and the way the investigation into her emails was conducted. they have requested the ju

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i mean, it certainly is very, you know, this is a case that if, in all likelihood, if merrick garlandhad been put on the supreme court of the united states would have come out the other way. >> but he wasn't. >> anyway, these things matter. >> [inaudible] roosevelt tried it once. didn't get very far. >> i mean -- >> it's a little beyond the scope of this panel. [laughter] let's go to another question. >> i'm a retired -- [inaudible] i'm a retired santa clara county worker, so i'm under calpers. and i'm thinking that, as we all know, just like social security my pension check comes not from the money that i have put into calpers, but from the workers who are working today. and if those workers disappear, who's going to pay for my pension. >> good question. it illustrates perfectly the point that it's important to keep them in the system paying, to pay well. look, the reality of pensions is that there are, you know, not every generation is the same size, right? we know that the baby boom is a big generation, we know that the millennial generation is a large generation. my generation, ge

what is partisan is to hold up a qualified nominee for justice to the supreme court like merrick garland for 295 days without a hearing or even a vote. so please save me the sanctimonious voices of this question of partisanship. it is the article 1 right of this body to vet nominees and cast a vote they think is correct. i believe strongly that the congress plays a vital role in the check and balance of any executive branch, and i believe that regardless of who is -- regardless of who is sitting in the white house, that's what article 1 is all about. so i -- i close simply by saying we will continue to work to advance those nominees that are qualified. we will continue to work with the chairman as we have. and we will support those nominees who truly are qualified. and even if we do not agree, we certainly want to be of support in the mission to make sure that america is safe and secure. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. corker: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. corker: i want to thank the ranking member for allowing the process to go fo