ms. bayrasli: yes, t y. [applause] ... >> vice president joe biden is going to former federal judge timothy lewis to deliver the white house weekly address. discuss the supreme court nomination and why the vacancy should be ill. senator rob portman of ohio gives the republican address discussing new legislation to combat opioid and prescription drug abuse. the vice president: hi, folks. joe biden here and i'm sitting with tim lewis, a retired federal judge who was nominated to the bench by a republican president and confirmed by a democratic senatewithin four weeks of a presidential election. judge lewis: hello, everyone. that's right. and i'm living proof that president obama's nominee to the supreme courtchief judge merrick garlanddeserves similar consideration by today's senate. the vice president: not only because merrick garland is recognizedwithout exceptionby the right and the left as one of america's sharpest legal minds and a model of integrity. judge lewis: but also because that's what the constitu

ms. bayrasli: they can do something. will they is -- questioner: what can they do? ms. ayrasli: they can talk to turkey about the blatant violations of human rights. not upholding rule of law. silencing journalists. unjustly jailing people. but there's also a lot of domestic politics involved in this. i think it's a question of whether they will. i have very serious doubts. steven talked about, you know, the migration deal that brussels struck with ankara. and essentially, you know, europe doesn't want the migrants. this gives ankara and erdogan leverage. certainly in an election year, i highly doubt that washington is going to be in a position to start wagging its finger and doing anything to turkey on any of these issues. mr. cook: let me just say there's all kinds of reports coming out of turkey, both in favor of and against this group or that group. we need to handle these things with a lot of care. as i said when it comes to pointing fingers at the coup plotters, let's produce clear and convincing evidence of who was culpable. in the same way that these reports abou