mr. chief justice. the first question is what did the manufacturer know or should have known at a particular point in time. and then the next question is what did the fda understand about that. because if you take the statute that i started my argument with, it's always on the manufacturer to stay up to date. remember, the manufacturer has superior information about these drugs to the fda. the budget of the fda's drug safety division was less than the annual sales of this very drug, and so you're talking about a massive resource disparity between what the agency has and what the drug company has. >> what we're talking about is what they told the fda, what the fda understood, and if when they told the fda about, and we heard the different citations to the joint appendix from your friend on the other side, about the notion that stress fracture included the things that the atypical fractures, and if that is what merck understood, they gave to the fda what they had, and if that's what the fda understood, th

mr. barr will be a good leader for the justice department as he has demonstrated in the past. in my opinion, at this judiciary committee nomination hearing, mr. barr was very candid with senators. i believe he did his best in answering questions on his views, on a wide variety of topics, as well as addressing concerns including my own concerns. for example, at the beginning of this confirmation process, i had concerns regarding mr. barr's prior negative statements on a subject that i'd been working on for four years with senator durbin and senator lee, criminal justice reform. in particular, i was concerned about a 1992 justice department report released when he was attorney general entitled "the case for more incarceration". that title ought to tell you he's tough on law enforcement. and also a letter that he signed in 2015 opposing the bill that we then entitled the sentencing reform and correction act of so obviously if i think that we 2015. need criminal justice reform for the first time in a generation, and the attorney general puts out a letter against the part of it that

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bobby joe mr justice minister thank you very much. that you were here in the plane maker has announced that it will and production of its super jumbo passenger jet the a three eighty after a decade in production the company had hoped to they. would revolutionize and travel but i'm supreme cautious about committing to the cost of double the planes the final straw came to king and once qantas and emirates counseled the owners so let's take a look at the rise and fall of the world's biggest airline. the optimism alone could have lifted the massive jet liner at its two thousand and five unveiling in toulouse to a three eighty wasn't just the future of aviation but the symbol of what the e.u. strive to be unified industrious competitive as is stein triomphe it's a triumph of european science of and european engineering schools but the a three eighty was more than a symbol it was a product in a competitive market and that market was indeed moving to bigger jets when air bus began talking about a super jumbo in the early one nine hundred nin

mrs justice parker sits in the family division and she nodded off momentarily and is full of remorsese it must be, you know, these very long winded court cases, incredibly involved, and even if it is your dayjob, you can sometimesjust and even if it is your dayjob, you can sometimes just lose the thread and you need a break, and also court rooms are incredibly stale, sort of stuffy environments, and you need a bit of fresh air. hopefully it as it was the family court she was not wearing all the palaver that judges have the web. that wouldn't help, the big heavy week and the thick ropes. the costume ofjustice. i would be interested to see her defence, may be that the lawyers need to argue more interestingly. maybe they could have some props and things to make more lively. geoffrey cox, maybe. he would make a wonderfuljudge, when he retires from politics. the most embarrassing place you have fallen asleep? in the cinema during films. tom hanks, bridge of spies, i missed the second half. i have never fallen asleep in the cinema, i rememberfalling asleep in school once, and my teacher sh

mr. chief justice, my friends, this is a day of national consecration, and i'm certain that on this day my fellow americans expect that on my induction into the presidency i will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impels. it is the time to speak the truth truth, the whole truth frankly an boldly. nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. this great nation will endure as it has endured. we will survive and we will prosper. so, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing that we have to fear is fear itself. nameless unreiningach -- unrein -- r roason ing roasoning fear. >> i present george mitchell from the state of maine. >> mr. president, mr. mr. ambassador distinguished guests and friends of the roosevelt library i'm pleased to join in this commemoration to speak of a past president in the presence of our current president is a rare honor. i'm from maine and we have a special interest in franklin roosevelt's life and career. like many other americans, including president-elect bush he had th

aware of justice ginsburg's history with respect to gender, excluding women from an institution, i was very much aware of that. and i was trying to fashion an argument that would penetrate that. >> mrmen significantly benefit from a single sex education. >> the curiosity is you're defending single-sex education when virginia abandoned single-sex education in all schools but one. >> there are a number of women's only schools in virginia that chose themselves to go to co-education because of demands that occurred -- >> demands from whom? >> the trends that were away from single-sex education. >> i was dealing with a very worthy and formidable force at the other side of that bench. >> to clarify, you are defending vmi for all males and no public program for women? >> the effort by virginia is to promote diversity by creating opportunities for people of both sexes. >> that was my pitch. as you know, it didn't work. >> the opinion of the court in virginia against the united states will be announced by justice ginsburg. >> some women can meet the physical standards vmi imposes on men, are capable of all the activities required of vmi cadets, and would want to attend vmi if they had the c

mr. chief justice, members of the arkansas general assembly, constitutional officers and to the people ofgratitude and in a spirit of humility i enter my second term as the 46th governor of arkan s arkansas. i want to recognize my family, my wife and wonderful first lady susan who has devoted herself -- [ applause ] -- devoted herself to helping those children of our state who have experienced abuse or neglect. thank you, susan. i want to introduce my son, assasa iii, jon paul and nubia, seth and julia hutchinson as well and then my daughter sara and her husband dave, my grandchildren are here, four of them, ella beth, malcolm, isabella and pablo. i have two that aren't here, asa iv and ahbel. my family is important to me and i'm grateful they are here for this important occasion. i want to extend a special welcome to the many foreign dignitaries who are with us. councils generals, ambassadors, business leaders, welcome and thank you for coming to this important occasion in arkansas. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, in the course of time, there are special moments where life and history

mr. chief justice, my friends, this is a day of national consecration. and i am certain that on this day, my fellow americans expect that on my induction into the presidency, i will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impels. [applause] pres. roosevelt: this is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, and boldly. nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. this great nation will endure as it has endured. we will thrive and we will prosper. [applause] pres. roosevelt: first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. >> ladies and gentlemen, i am honored to introduce the majority leader of the senate of the united states, senator george mitchell of the state of maine. [applause] sen. mitchell: mr. president, mr. ambassador, distinguished friends of the roosevelt library. i am pleased to join in this commemoration

which as two other justices point out mrs. bennett didn't , bring an excessive fines defense. had she done so, at least those three justices would have been inclined to rule in her favor. >> so you are saying even if , it's a classic forfeiture, of the kind that's been known for centuries, that would potentially violate the excessive fines clause? wesley hottot: yes, your honor. this court has rejected the idea that states can work their way around the excessive fines clause based on nothing more than a label. this is not a labeling game. the court looks to the substance of what's happening. it emphasized that most recently kesh decision you know, , fines, penalties, they sometimes serve several purposes. but with respect to civil forfeitures, if any of those purposes are punitive in nature, then the defense can be raised. and that makes sense. >> the situation with jail, prison. i have a vague recollection often such recollections are , incorrect -- [laughter] justice breyer: but i have a vague recollection that there was a case in which california's three strike law was appli

mr. chief justice, members of the general assembly, distinguished guests, and fellow vermonters, two weeks ago, i stood before you as a major challenge we face and opportunities to address them. for those who have been here a while, i don't have to tell you doing a budget is never easy. year after year, with many worthy initiatives and programs, it is our job to separate our wants from our needs, to make sure we are meeting our goals and where we can get by with less. this is a difficult path before us in a process that forces us to find balance between our hearts and minds, that each dollar will be spent comes directly from hard-working vermonters. but i am certain if we compromise when we can then we can grow our economy, making vermont more affordable, and protecting the most vulnerable. [applause] gov. scott: the budget i present today is balanced and spends within our means while investing in both our obligations and areas that will give us the highest return. as i said many times, i believe our biggest threat is the declining workforce. it is at the root of every problem we face so t

mr. chief justice, may it please the court. the freedom from excessive fines applies to the states, because it is deeply rooted in our nation's history and traditions and fundamental to our scheme of order and liberty. the state of indiana appears not to dispute that straightforward answer to the actual question presented. and for good reason.

justice. i made the decision in eckstein babbitt decision. >> mr. attorney general, i spent a number of years as a federal prosecutor. because of that, i have friends of the justice department right now and at its component agencies like the fbi. folks that i have tremendous respect for. so i appreciate your stated desire earlier today to want to highlight their good work. for the new members of the judiciary committee, and oversight hearing is typically where that would take place. where an attorney general would give an accounting of the work of 115,000 men and women in the justice department, and provide some idea of the vision, with respect to the department's priorities. priorities like drug and human trafficking, preventing terrorism, reducing gun and gang violence. earlier this week, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle indicated that they had a great desire to reduce gun violence in this country. in fact, we had an eight hour hearing with six witnesses that talked about the need to reduce gun violence in this country. we started this

specific evidence crimes were committed we would be interested at the department of justice. >> thank you. >> thank you. mr. stanton. >> thank you for appearing before us here today. your time as acting attorney general is near an end, after that you may or may not be working for department of justice or another position within the trump administration, there are of course several congressional investigations this involve yourself and i want you here today to pledge that you will answer any -- inspector general questions and cooperate fully with the investigations even after you depart from your current position? >> are you talking about the d.o.j. inspector general? >> yes, considering requests for information and investigations that involve you, since you will be leaving this position soon, i want you to commit in front of the committee you will answer the ig question and cooperate fully with the investigations. >> i'm happy to commit to that, i will cooperate with inspector general, michael horowitz is a fine d.o.j. career employee, utmost respect for him. >> thank you. the impact of the government shut

mr. radcliffe previously stated, and in the administration of justice. and for 13 months i was the chief of staff for attorney general sessions and i had done the full year with him, side by side. obviously he made the decisions but he gave him advice and counsel. and i was aware of everything that was going on at the department of justice, that i obviously -- that general sessions wasn't recused from. i think the president was comfortable that to continue the momentum at the department of justice, that we had established, in addressing these important priority issues like reducing violent crime, combating the opioid crisis and others, that the president felt i was best positioned to do the duties of attorney general. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'll just say to mr. whitaker, my questions in a normal oversight committee would be vastly different than the direction i'm going to go because we've kind of wandered into this other stream over here. so i'm going to ask you some questions. the longstanding constitutionally based department of justice policy hol

justice? >> to answer your question directly, mr. collins, bruce or in-store employed with the department of justice. >> okay. is there any process at this point that you could, on, personal issues but are you aware of the discussions and also the implication investigations from congress and from others surrounding his involvement in investigation problems we've seen over the past few years at doj? >> i am generally aware of mr. ohe questions being raised. >> levitated away. knowing what you know and seeing what you've seen and using your past expense of prior knowledge do you believe mr. ohr is operating outside normal channels and appropriate channels in which is operating under which is been publicly reported? >> mr. collins, this is a very important question for many people both in this body and in the general public. the office of inspector general is currently looking at the carter page size application and it is also being reviewed at the same time simultaneously by the u.s. attorney from utah was asked by attorney general sess

justice that call its impartiality into question. i've been reading greg jared's book and the mueller investigation into the trump campaign. in it mr. jarrett meticulously documents case after case of political bias by the fbi, of illegal conduct at the highest levels of the department of justice, destruction of evidence, possible obstruction of justice by mr. comey himself, a perjury by top doj officials, prosecutorial misconduct and political bias throughout mueller's team. now, if the russia investigation was initiated because of a patently false dossier, why aren't we seeing an equally aggressive investigation into these charges? >> as we said in the beginning, we do conduct our investigations independent of political interference at the department of justice. >> that's not what -- the preponderance of evidence is telling me from sources such as this one. >> particularly to the document you just described, that is an assessment of an inspector general's review investigation, together with the u.s. attorney from the district of utah that was appointed by jeff sessions to look into and review certain matters that this committee h

mr. flynn, the national security advisor. the justicealready raised the questions that mr. flynn might be subject to blackmail, as the group in fact in the oval office talked, they mentioned what paul ryan the speaker of the house told reporters which is that mr. trump had asked mr. flynn to resign. it was under -- excuse me, it was unclear where speaker ryan got that information but president trump seized on mr. ryan's words, that sounds better the president said according to people with knowledge. many trump turned to the white house secretary to break the news media, say that mr. trump ordered. but was that true mr. spicer pressed? say that i asked for his resignation, mr. trump repeated. and after that, sean spicer in fact walked out to brief reporters on mike flynn's leaving the white house the previous night resigning the previous night. he told reporters the president asked for flynn's resignation. apparently that was not true the president did not ask for flynn to resign. oh, spicer also told reporters that the white house exhaus

mr. barr to be the attorney general. all i can say is that if america ever needed a steady hand at the department of justice it is now and mr. whitaker has been a good job as interim attorney general but we are looking for a new person to bring stability and improve morale and be a steady hand, mature leadership at a time when our country is very much delighted. i told president trump when he mentioned mr. barr to me as a potential nominee and i said the other names are impressive but mr. barr stands out, head and shoulders, above the others. if you knew who the others were that is saying a lot. why do i believe that? the best indication of what mr. barth will do as attorney general and the future is what he is done in the past. he's been attorney general before. he was approved by this body under bush 41 to be the attorney general and has been the assistant attorney general, deputy attorney general and then the chief lawyer for the cia and all of these jobs, he was confirmed by the senate by voice vote. in other words, he was overqualified nobody but the need to vote. he is a fine man, let's go ahead and convert him bit

justice? >> to answer your question directly, mr. collins, bruce ore is currently employed with the department of justice. >> okay. is there any process at this point or that you could comment on, or you're aware of the discussions and also the implication investigations from congress and others involving his involvement in many of the investigation problems we've seen with the doj? >> i am generally aware of mr. ore, questions being raised about his behavior at the department of justice. >> knowing what you know and seeing what you've seen and using your past experience and prior knowledge, do you believe mr. ore was operating normal and appropriate channels he was operating under? >> mr. collins, this is a very important question for many people both in this body and in the general public. the office of inspector general is currently looking at the carter page fiza application. it's something reviewed at the same time by the u.s. attorney by utah who was asked to conduct a review of certain matters at the department of justice. so t

mr. adelson, so rather than change the law he decided to get the department of justice to change the interpretation of the law and he threw millions into a campaign to remake the doj and get the office of legal counsel to perform a complete reversal and say that the wire act bans the kinds of lotteries that states run online even though its language plainly prohibits only sports betting and when donald trump won and mr. sessions became ag and you became chief-of-staff, doj leadership ordered a reevaluation of this legal question and what do you know, the office of legal counsel found some subtle and invisible law that escaped the department of justice and it reversed the plain reading of the interpretation which talked specifically about sports betting. now, were you involved in that decision? >> congressman, the general sessions was recused at the time that decision came out -- >> so were you recused too? >> i was not involved in that decision. >> did you ever talk to sheldon adelson about it? >> no, i've never met sheldon aid wilson about it. >> did you talk to any of his lobivities about it? >>

, destruction of evidence, possible obstruction of justice by mr. comey himself, perjury by top d.o.j. officials, pr prosecutorial misconduct and political bison throughout mueller's team. if the rest of the investigation was -- because of a patently false dossier, why aren't we seeing an equally aggressive investigation into these meticulously documented charges? >> congressman, as you mentioned at the beginning, we do conduct our investigations independent of political interference at the department of justice. >> that is not what -- >> let me finish -- >> the preponderance of evidence is telling me from sources such as this one. >> well, and specifically related to the document you just described, that is the subject of an inexpespector general's rw and investigation. together with the u.s. attorney from the district of utah that was appointed by general sessions to look into and review certain matters that this committee had asked be reviewed. >> can we expect a full, complete and aggressive investigation of charges of wrongdoing by officials i

again, today, the department of justice saying, on his behalf, the deputy attorney general rejects mr. mccabe's as incorrect. they never authorized recordings he references. as the deputy attorney general stated, based on dealings with the president, there's no basis to invoke the 25th amendment nor was the dag in a position to consider invoking the 25th amendment. the dag never pursued them or advocates for this. it wasn't a realistic possibility. the issue is mccabe's credibility. he has been fired from the fbi for lying to internal investigators. he kept notes. it's been a war of words, once again, between rosenstein and

mr. neese to the white house and said we will pick up where you left off. this is when justice gorsuch was nominated. i don't think he quite leaved me. i said, don't you remember me? we go playback -- we go way back to 1995. [laughter] mr. mcgahn: it came full circle. when justice kavanaugh tame in, i get to take the chair, so i sit in the front row. i had ed sit next to me in the front row. i thought that was a nice touch to remember where we came from and what inspired us to do what we are doing. it adds to the magic of today, for me to be able to speak in the reagan library, given what we are talking about and where we are. i will try to go through over what we did over the past two years and give a recap. this doesn't last forever, so i get to do a celebration in front of a fan -- a friendly crowd. judges are life tenure. we know the courts, unfortunately, have become more and more prominent. our view is that we ought to have them not to be as nearly as important as they are. increasingly, courts have drifted, over the past several years or decades, in varies that would be

mr. acting ag, i actually wanted to ask you some questions regarding what you did prior to being acting ag. it's my understanding that before you moved to the department of justice that you were the executive director of the foundation for accountability and civic and trust? >> i have a point of order. >> mr. chairman, i have a point of order. >> he made full use of the opportunity to call for investigations of multiple democrats. >> the gentleman will state his point of order. >> my point of order from the very statement of the gentlelady is outside the scope of an investigative hearing of the department of justice. >> it's not. you need to let me finish my question and you'll see. >> that is not a valid point of order. the gentlelady will continue. >> thank you. >> the house rules that the question is outside the scope -- >> the gentlelady has the floor. >> are you just going to overrun a point of order? i made my point of order. >> the gentlelady will suspend. i ruled that it was not a valid point of order, and the gentlelady has the floor. the gentlelady will continue. >> thank you. >> i was not through with my point of order. >> gentthe gentlelady will cont

justice. hopefully you can help me work through this confusion. mr. whitaker, that was a statement. if not a question. i assume you know the differenc difference. the investigation into the possible trump-a russian collision on the 2016 election has resulted in 37 indictments, is that correct? >> i believe that number is correct but most of those folks were russian citizens. >> 34 individuals have been indicted, true? >> while i have encountered those as i prepared for my hearing preparation, i believe those are consistent with the numbers. >> three corporate entities have been indicted, correct? >> i believe so, correct. >> the investigation has identified 199 different chemical criminal acts, correct? there have been seven guilty pleas, correct? >> yes, there have been seven guilty pleas. >> four people have already been sentenced to prison, true? >> i believe so, but i do not have this information in front of me so to the extent that i disagree with you, it's because these are facts. >> trumps best friend roger stone was recently indicted for lying to congress in connection with

mr. whitaker, who had privately told associates that part of his role at the justice department was to jump on a grenade for the president, knew he could not put mr. berman in charge because mr. berman had already recused himself from the investigation. the president soon soured on mr. whitaker, as he often does with his aides, and complained about his inability to pull levers at the justice department that could make the president's many legal problems go away. that report appears to somewhat contradict what matt whitaker told the house judiciary committee nearly two weeks ago. >> the president did not ask for and i did not provide any commitments, promises concerning the special counsel's investigation or any other investigation. >> later at that same hearing, whitaker was specifically asked about the southern district of new york. >> did you ever have any conversations with the president about firing or reassigning any personnel, u.s. attorneys or others, who work with the southern district of new york? with the president or anybody? anybody at all. i want to know whether you talked to p

the presumption of innocence, a bedrock in the search for justice, was trampled upon at the expense of mr smollett. eyes?t is justice in your >> absolute justice would be an apologize to this city that he a d. >> the president fired off on twitter, what about maga and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments?od now the dramatic plot twist involving the actor, the alleged victim becoming the suspected criminal. >> miguel almaguer reporting there. the executive producers of "empire" say they're placing their trustn the legal system. >>> we will not be hearing much from president trump's long-time ally roger st a federal judge banned him from speaking about his case. the move came after stone posted picture on instagram, her with a target next to her face. stoneepeatedly apologized for alwhat hed his own stupidity. >> the judge said he would get a second chance but would not get a third chance. >> the midterms elections were over montho. after a four-day hearing, the north carolina board of elections voted yesterday to hold a new election. republica

but you recognize that mccabe is laying out the grounds of what he saw as an obstruction of justice attempt? >> mr. mueller will look at that, but i think mccabe, struck, and page had a political bice, a political agenda, and i find it odd that the dossier we used to get the warrant against carter page, prepared by a foreign agent, paid for by the democratic party, that they knew to be unreliable, was used on four separate occasions to get a warrant. i want to know why comey told the president, here's as the yea, we've got it, we can't verify any ofe you tobout ind t. and department of justice under oath to tell the court, this is reliable information, give us a warrant based on this document. i hope your viewers understand that the rule of law works both ways. somebody's got to watch those who watch us. and i intend to watch what mccabe and his crowd did during the 2016 election. >> brennan: the president just declared national emergency with regard to getting the funds for his border wall. in teúms of getting those funds through this emergency action, there are about $3.6 billion of it. that cou

mrs. johnson and chief justice earl warren to celebrate the unique and handsome gift to the city of washingtoneseer and art collector joseph hirshhorn. born in latvia and raised in the jewish slums of brooklyn, he had become a millionaire by the time he was 29. now 40 years later, he was witnessing the realization of his most persistent dream. the groundbreaking for the vast new museum that would house the $50 million art collection that he had given to the united states. >> his administration recognized the importance of art in american life and to legislate in its favor. it is an honor for me to get my art collection to the people of the united states. i think it's a small repayment for what this great nation has done for me and others who, like me, arrived here as immigrants, and, ladies and gentlemen, i want to tell you something else. we americans are a great, wonderful, generous people. we're -- i'm glad to be proud of, one of the members of this family. i came here as a little boy brought here by my mother when i was 6 years old 63 years ago and i'm glad i'm here. [applause] pres. johns

. >> i don't care what the justice mattis policy is. >> mr. whitaker, it is a yes or no question. after this hearing, you can fin the constitution all that you want. you have to answer a yes or no question. there is no sentence in the constitution that says "quote, the city of the united states can't be undieted," unquote. correct? >> yes or no. >> i have it for you right here. >> i have a copy myself. >> this collusion. i am not trying to pick you. >> is that accidence in this constitution. >> congressman, you and i both know that the way that the opinions are britain. >> i'm just asking about the constitution. >> i am going to submit for the record, no, that's something that was not talked about. i am going to move on. >> earlier today, you testified that you did not communicate to donald trump or seen more wh. did you communicate to donald trump or any wet house advisers about investigation of the southern district of new york. michael cohen. >> congressman, i mentioned that, i said other investigation in my opening statement. i really don't have anything further to add to that

and how the heck did you become the head of the department of justice? mr. whitaker, that was statement. not a question. >> okay. >> you're not his enlawyer. >> gtleman will suspend. neither are you. if your questions were part of this instead ofunning for president we could get this done. >> your department was not acking parents separated from their children. do you know the damage that's -- don >> mr. whitaker you don't run the committee, the congress of the uted states -- >> i imagine if american people are watching this rig now they would be shaking their heads like what are you doing there? we need toork together. >> as we mentioned before, this went on for hours. that's a sampling of what lasted about six hours. next week the senate is expected vote on william barr nominated to be the next ag.wh even aaker's time comes to an end the judiciary committee said they may bring him back for a private hearing in the coming weeks. t see if attitude and tone changes when the doors are closed. >>> amazon ceo and owner of "the washington post" jeff bezos is accu

justice? >> to answer your question directly, mr. collins, bruce ohr is currently employed with the department of justice. >> is there any process at this point or that you can comment on, you are aware of the discussions and implications spanning from congress with bruce ohr's involvement in many of the problems we've seen in doj? >> i'm generally aware of mr. ohr being -- questions being raised about his behavior at the department of justice. >> knowing what you know and seeing what you have seen and using your past experience and prior knowledge do you believe that mr. ohr was operating outside normal channels and appropriate channels in which he was operating under that was been publicly reported? >> this is a very important question for many people both in this body and in the general public. the office of inspector general is currently looking at the carter page, fisa application, and it is also being reviewed at the same time by mr. john huber, who is the u.s. attorney from utah asked by attorney general sessions to conduct a r

justice. according to "the times" quote, mr. trump called matthew whitaker, his newly installed attorney general, with a question. he asked whether jeffrey berman, the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and a trump ally could be put in charge of the widening investigation. mr. whitaker, who had privately told associates that part of his role at the justice department was to jump on a grenade for the president said he could not do that. he complained about his inability to pull levers at the justice department that could make the president's many legal problems go away. that report appears to somewhat contradict what matt whitaker told the house judiciary committee nearly two weeks ago. >> the president did not ask for and i did not provide any commitments, promises concerning the special counsel's investigation or any other investigation. >> later at that same hearing, whitaker was specifically asked about the southern district of new york. >> did you ever have any conversations with the president about firing o

special 's investigation with possible obstruction of justice, and whether a president can in fact to be indicted. one example arguing that special -- mr. barr argued that special counsel mueller should not have -- should not be allowed to question that president about obstruction of justice. he concluded the law does not apply to the president because it conflicts with a broad view of executive authority and that view is often referred to as the unitary executive. conflict of -- executive. under this belief, conflict of interest laws cannot and do not apply to the president of the united states because as mister barr writes in his memo, to apply them would impermissibly disempower the president from supervising a class of cases that the constitution grants him the authority to supervise. under the constitution the president's authority over law enforcement matters is necessarily all-encompassing. read the memo. this is on page 11. further, mister barr assertedce that the constitution -- asserted that the constitution itself places no limits on the president's authority to act on matters which concern him or his own conduct. mister bar

mr. rosen apparently does not have justice department experience.orney general, but the deputy attorney general really is the person who runs as a day-to-day thing the justice department. they are the chief operating officer of doj. so to have somebody come in to take that job with zero doj experience, again, not unheard of, but an an unusual choice. >>> that does it again for us tonight. now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening, lawrence. i'm very excited about your show tonight. >> good evening. having a deputy attorney general with no prosecutorial experience is unheard of. >> it is unusual, especially gifren what's going on in the justice department right now, where institutionalists are probably the most valuable thing we could have in country to have someone there is who is new. >> we will have conversation with rod rosenstein about his replacement, including this, rachel. i don't think you've heard anybody mention this from his book.

mr. readler's brief? i quote, as far fetched as any i have heard, end of quote. two department of justice attorneys actually withdrew from a case rather than assign the brief from mr. readler, and a senior doj litigator resigned in protest as well. does that slow down his nomination? not a bit. he also defended the trump administration's zero tolerance policy. 2800 children, toddlers, and infants forcibly removed from their parents at our border. it took a federal court in san diego to demand accounting of these kids and their whereabouts before that scandal was actually publicized as it should be. mr. readler thinks that's defensible. didn't slow down his nomination. advocates for the death penalty for juveniles. argued against burn jag funds for the city of chicago where we're fighting a gun violence crime wave. another sixth circuit nominee, erik murphy. lengthsy record of defending restrictive voting laws that make it harder for americans to vote. advocated against lgbtq rights including in the landmark case. senator sherrod brown spoke passionately before the committee about how he c

mr. barr authored criticizing the special counsel's investigation into obstruction of justice. r. barr has tried to minimize the importance of the memo and limit its application to a statute the memo embraces a broad theory of executive power that could threat en the special counsel's investigations. >> bill: those democrats disagree with you. >> i think the memo was a brilliant memo. i think it will be taught in law schools. barr is right and the senator is wrong. i understand the senator's vote. if he would ask other academics and serious scholars they would find that barr's point is a very compelling point and i think to the extent he allows it to influence his decision it would be a good thing and protect civil liberties. i think civil libertarians should be on the side of barr on this one. >> bill: you were watching tuesday night when the president said 300 judicial nominees are being stalled in the senate. what did you think about that? seems like a considerable backlog. >> the first word that came to my mind was the name of the book i called 20 years ago. republicans who

mr. washington has confidence in the justice system, due process and the presumption of innocence. >> washington was not part of the alleged assault, didn't record the video but accused of sending it. university of nebraska has not had a chance to review the charges. kings academy said happened after school, off campus and she was not student at the time. parents now considering filing a report to police about alleged sexual assault with the other two students. >>> fire in eucalyptus grove is raising concerns. had to climb a steep heillside, behind the medical with trees and brush. >> neighbors say complaining about encampment to ucsf, officials were not sure whose property it was on. >>> three alpacas dead and several others injured after attacked by dogs in solano county, happened at lola vista farm, a learning institution for students. what a loss for the poor kids. >> reporter: it really is. and the farm is closed until next week as people deal with it tragedy. interestingly, there were grief counsellors brought out to help the elementary school students deal with the loss of their three fri

what is the best option for congress, perhaps a negotiated agreement between the department of justice and mrhouse. the american public deserves to see this report. we bought it, we paid for it, it is what we should see. we need to see the results of that report. >> what about legislation, paul? >> legislation would be the best and the quickest and the neatest of all of the options available. if they can pass the senate and it is a veto piece, the person most interested in preventing this report from becoming public is mr. trump who would seek to veto any legislation but this. >> i want to ask you to put your high school hat on. there are reasons that some testimony, some things done by the department of justice, and in particular the grand jury testimony that is not released from the public, what is the argument for not releasing things and why does that not apply here. >> two things we can expect will not become part of it. number one there will be classified investigation in this report. you will remember the indictment of the russian individuals. that will probably be a great deal of inve

the justice department oversight hearing. expected to ask mr. whitaker about his decision not to recuse himself from the special counsel investigation. on c-span3, the secretaries of army, navy, and air force give an update on operations. the state department special for reconciliation will talk about the peace process. president trump signed a memo today launching an effort to help 50 million women in the developing world by 2025. from the oval office, this is 15 minutes. president trump: good job this morning. that was very nice. thank you very much. we are here today to launch the first ever u.s. government wide initiative focused on economic empowerment for women in developing countries. a lot of people have worked very hard, especially some of the people behind me. thent to thank ivanka for incredible job she has done in leading the initiative. thanks also to secretary mike pompeo, secretary steven mnuchin, secretary wilbur ross, acting secretary patrick green,n, ambassador mark and jody olsson, i want to thank you very much and i know how

justice. senator mcconnell: thank you mr. chairman. being in the same committee hearing room with justice rehnquist gives me a sense of dejavu. we've been here before. going back to 1969 when i was an assistant to a senator on this committee, and you were assistant attorney general, we were working on what some would argue were rather controversial supreme court nominations in those days, leading to an article that i published in the kentucky law journal with which i believe justice rehnquist is familiar in which i outlined my own views about what the appropriate criteria are for the senate in advising and consenting to nominations for the supreme court. mr. chairman, i'd like to ask unanimous consent that that be included in the record at this point. host: sahil kapur, that hearing probably happened before you were born, and mitch mcconnell is still working on judicial issues. mr. kapur: he certainly is. there is very little senator mcconnell cares more about than the federal judiciary. in president trump's first two years, he shepherd

attorney> in connection with the 2008 trial there is now question that mr kelly and those around him engaged in obstruction of justice through threats and intimidation of witnesses... the singer's fortunes seemed to change after the release of the documentary "surviving r. kelly," broadcast on lifetime earlier this year.cook county states attorney kimberly foxx appealed for victims to come forward.just yesterday, attorney gloria allred produced two new accusers ... women who say kelly picked them out of a crowd at baltimore after-party in the mid-1990s. "when i first met r. kelly that night, i was very happy and excited because i was young and star struck. however now that i am an adult, i feel hurt by what he did to me when i was only 16 years old (vicki) michael avenatti says his mission now is going after the enablers ... agents, handlers and others, who procured young girls for kelly and helped him avoid prosecution. (vicki) and we are following breaking news of a resuce underway right now at fort funston. a woman trapped under the sand from a landslide. we will have a live repor