i'm -- pat leahy confronted the joker in a key scene. god, that's pat leahy. i said, that is my senator. he said, what are you doing in the dark knight? when i got back to the states, i went to the library looking for a biography. about about -- set writing out what i found. senator leahy is the senator since 1974. he is third in line to the presidency. he is a very powerful figure, charge, heats are in chairs the senate judiciary committee. he influences changes to the criminal justice system and is powerful on the appropriations committee. he has huge clout in washington. when he delivered his papers, he walked past the capital, and said to himself, one day i am going to be in that building. he went from being the chittenden county state attorney, to being a u.s. senator at 34. an amazing job. because of that, his seniority has accumulated much more rapidly than anyone else. an amazinghe is in his late 70'e most senior member of the senate. the number one bill i would mention would be the u.s. patriot act. following 9/11, he is the person everyone agrees mus

a brief final word on pat liam —— from pat lea hy. final word on pat liam —— from pat leahy. pat lea hy. it has final word on pat liam —— from pat leahy. it has highlighted how difficult it's going to be to resolve this issue of the irish border. i think that's true. one thing that is puzzling people in dublin, i know the dup weren't the only people who raised concerns about this. clearly the scots and the mayor of london and the welsh also said if northern ireland is getting a special deal we would like that. we hear this constant objection from both the dup but also from tory backbenchers saying northern ireland couldn't possibly be any different from the rest of the uk. the fact is northern ireland is quite different from the rest of the uk. that is the basis that the whole good friday agreement which the government say they are committed to defending. there is a fair bit of puzzlement in dublin at that. i think there is in dublin a sense that this is simply the latest example of mrs may not being very good at this process. it is terribly difficult, but at every crucial poi

we are joined from dublin by pat leahy, political editor of the irish times.g the deal fell apart at the 11th hour, amid dup objections. the telegraph describes theresa may‘s push as ending "in chaos". the times says may is fighting on for a brexit deal after what it describes as the "dup veto". the guardian says the dup has "wrecked" may‘s brexit plans. the metro‘s headline suggests the paper thinks the dup is exploiting its weight over the government. the mirror puns on the dup‘s name — suggesting mrs may has been "duped" by them. the sun‘s front page focuses on a story about meghan markle‘s relationship with her father. let‘s begin with, well, it‘s the headline in all the papers pretty much in the morning but the mirror with the one word headline "duped". summing up what a lot of the papers are saying. i think it's right. it's the culmination of two things. the possible brexit deal but also the minority government being propped up by the dup. i think that came to a head today in the brexit negotiations. extraordinary the way these events unfold and picked u

and i will say, yes, pat leahy, yes, joe manchin.ve not heard al franken or anyone close to al franken say he wants to do this, though alice makes the right point in the speech he announced he was resigning, that was not an apology speech, not each close, but he has not said anything about this. so it feels like voices in the wilderness at the moment. >> thanks very much to all of you. appreciate it. he couldn't answer basic questions about the legal process. now there is more fallout for one of president trump's judicial nominees. that's right after this. great . like t-mobile and netflix. right now when you get an unlimited family plan, netflix is included. wow t-mobile covers your netflix subscription, so you can catch the hottest new movies and shows all year long on us. amazing and it's your last chance to buy any of these hot new samsung galaxy phones and get a 2nd one free. that's one samsung for you and one to gift. just in time to finish off your list. t-mobile...holiday twogether. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah.

>> juan: this is pat leahy of vermont, joe manchin of west virginia.have said they really regret what they consider a panic, a rush to get al franken out of the senate and they wish he'd been able to get due process, which is what i think tavis smiley is talking about. in the smiley case, it's not that he would go before an ethics committee. i think he wants the evidence presented to him and be given the opportunity to rebut it. in corporate america, a lot of this revolves around nondisclosure privacy, confidentiality for people so that they feel comfortable in a corporate environment coming forward and don't think they're going to be subject to retribution. you have to make sure, as jesse was saying, that people feel there can be a clearing of the table. but it's not the case, and this is so interesting to me because i agree with you. i thought what matt damon said was reasonable and yet many driver -- minnie driver smacked him big time. saying men don't understand what it means to be violated. in so many of these cases, it's hard for us to come to so

john kerry, john joe biden, pat leahy, the late pat kennedy was on board. it took the individual rate from 50% to 28%. big cut for the individual rate. the corporate tax rate went from 46% to 34%. so a big cut in the corporate tax rate was a big part of that reagan bill. and all four of those democrats, not to mention 33 senate democrats were on board and 170-something on the house side. why is it so different this time around, bill? >> i think to be fair, the buck kinnization of the parties. i think republican party is further to the right than it was. look, i said all along that i thought donald trump was the more conservative candidate than ronald reagan and i served in ronald reagan's cabinet. and that cabinet of donald trump is more conservative real movement is the left. read ted kennedy's speeches on foreign policy or economics or taxes and you are absolutely right. it was what we call today centrist, moderate democratic party there is a question, isn't there, martha, whether a centrist democrat can get nominated and succeed will he pass the muster o

asa bennett, brexit editor at the telegraph, polly curtis, editor in chief at huff post uk, and pat leahy eu fail to reach a brexit deal. theresa may and jean—claude juncker say progress has been made, but more talks are needed, to iron out the remaining differences. ireland claims there was an agreement on the border question. but the dup has objected to the plan. child and pensioner poverty in britain — researchers say the gains of the past few years are unravelling. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. the draw for the third round of the fa cup has taken place this evening and the pick of the games is a merseyside derby between liverpool and everton at anfield. meanwhile holders arsenal will travel to nottingham forest. brighton will host crystal palace, no love lost between those sites. hereford, the lowest ranked team left in the competition will play leicester city if they win their second round replay against fleetwood town tomorrow night. another all top flight match with high flying manchester city at home to burnley. 12 times winners manchester

pat leahy suggesting he regrets his call for senator al franken to resign.made his decision. he announced his decision. as you know, the governor of minnesota has now picked somebody to be the replacement and i have no indication from al franken that he plans to reconsider. so -- >> what do you think? but what do you think, senator? >> this is not -- this is a question for al franken, and he's made his announcement. >> but it wasn't a question for him when all, you know, these democratic senators, the majority, lined up beforehand and said he should resign. that wasn't a question for franken then. that was a question for all of you. do you think he should honor that? >> i think he's made his decision and that's it. >> all right. >> not really an answer on that one, but -- >> look, well, it is. let's wait to hear from al franken, but i've heard nothing from al franken. i did not call on al franken to step aside. i said he should do the right thing under the circumstances. i believe we need to strengthen our ethics committee process to make sure the public has

100 years and in that century, only two chairmen of the judiciary committee, james eastland and pat leahy have treated it as an absolute veto barring a hearing. every other chairman has agreed with the decision you made today that not returning a blue slip is a statement of a home state senator's objection to a particular nominee, but it doesn't precleed a hear collude a hearing and the committee voting on that nomination. indeed, i would note that former judiciary committee joe biden, whi which by all accounts, remains a democrat in good standing. expressed a policy quite clearly to the first president bush where he stated that a negative blue slip would be quote a significant factor to be weighed by the committee, but that it would not preclude nomination of the nominee. for all of our democratic friends who are saying what you did is unprecedented with history, it is precise lie the biden standard and the standard that has prevailed on this committee with the entire century with the exception of two chairmen. i think it is particularly appropriate you make this decision in this case. i