the votes are still coming in, but the victory sofar , robert jackson. [cheering] jessica ramos. [cheering] joe riley. [cheering] alessandra biaggi. [cheering] and julia salazar. in other campaigns, we took on one of the most powerful governors in america and it wasn't easy. we had to fight just to get on the ballot. we had to fight to get a debate. and we started with nothing and we earned every single vote. and the establishment came at us with everything they had. our allies and endorsers were attacked, my family was slandered. the other side $25 million trying to drown us out. but we went back down, we refused to be quiet and we made our voices heard.and while the result tonightwas not what we hope for , i am not discouraged. i aminspired and i hope you are too . [applause] because before even a singlevote was cast in this election, we had already won . we have on the mentally changed the political landscape in this state. and we have changed what's expected of a democratic candidate and what we can demand from our elected officials. because in 2018, progressive rhetoric alon

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and robert jackson, like brett kavanaugh, worked in the executive branch. knows the executive branch for a weld but also, when it came down to it, was willing to rule against the executive branch. an executive branch controlled by his own party, very famous, the youngstown steel seizure case and brett kavanaugh in his writing in a piece in the marquette alumni magazine actually celebrated robert jackson, held him as a role model. i think that is actually a good choice of role model. he is not the only one that brett kavanaugh has thought of thought that was a good one. followed judge kavanaugh's career you also had him in a classroom pure you were one of his professors at yale. what was he like as a student? >> i had him very briefly because it is what we have a shopping period. his schedule required him to switch out of the class. my original understandings of brett kavanaugh are much more as a law professor. i've watched his career as a judge. i actually read his opinions. i taught them in the classroom. i don't do that for any other federal judge, lower

commissioners, robert jackson.e ceo of verizon we'll talk about what took place over the weekend as well as the global poverty initiative. that's why he will be on big concert over the weekend and the ceo of surveymonkey will be with us we'll have a conversation ahead of the opening bell. that's coming up on "squawk. >> we'll play drinking federal reserve with coffee, though. >> could you say just fed? refer to it as the bernank, remember that? >> the bear animation. andrew, thank you very much. >>> now to your morning rbi. today it's all about what many of you probably already will, an american shopper because you note american economy is humming along did you know this consumer confidence is at the highest level it's been in 18 years. look at this this is the number we got yesterday, 2018. this is 2007 that's the crisis. you saw what happened there. we have blown through the pre-crisis peak. we now have the second highest level of consumer confidence ever recorded. consumer confidence now is only trumped by the t

i thought about what you are asking about, justice jackson, of course, robert jackson have been franklinroosevelt's attorney general, even though that was one of president roosevelt's policies. the majority opinion now over ruled but justice jackson dec t decented and rule against the roosevelt's policy. justice clark and burton, are the two deciding votes in y youngstown. they get to the supreme court and they're the deciding vote. one of the great moments and so your conception of the role of the judge is about the law. that's distinct from policy and o our judiciary of having people in it and we are fortunate to have people in it who understands the difference between laws and policies and willing to apply equal justice under the law to anyone who comes before the court even of the most unpopular possible defendant is entitled to due process to the rule of law. >> my personal body guard. i find this suggestion that somehow you are prejudice against the small guy and favor the big guy or that you were picking and choosing who you are going to render judgment in favor of based on other

justice jackson, of course, robert jackson, who had been franklin roosevelt's attorney general. he was in the matsu case, even though that was one of roosevelt's policies, justin jackson's opinion now overruled but justin jackson dissented and ruled against the roosevelt policy. justices clark and burton, two appointees of president truman are the two deciding votes in youngstown steel. they were appointees of president truman. it's wartime against korea. they get to the supreme court. they're the deciding votes in the youngstown steel case, which was an extraordinary moment. your role of a judge is about the law. that's distinct from policy and our judiciary depends on having people in it. we are fortunate to have a wonderful federal judiciary. people in it that understand the difference between law and pomsy and willing to apply principles of equal justice under law to anyone who comes before the court even the most unpopular possible defendant is still entitled to due process. >> it's hard to me to imagine a more unpopular defendant than osama bin laden's driver. and personal

justice jackson, of course, robert jackson who had been franklin roosevelroosevelt's at general. one of roosevelt's policies, justice jackson, now the majority opinion now overruled, but justice jackson dissented and ruled against the roosevelt policy. justices clark and burton, two appointees of president truman, are the two deciding votes in youngstown steel. that's a 6-3 decision. those two are the deciding votes. they were both appointees of president truman. they get to the -- and it's wartime against korea. they get to the supreme court. they are the deciding votes in the youngstown steel case which was an extraordinary national moment, one of the great moments. and so it's -- your conception of the role of a judge is, it's about the law. that's distinct from policy and our judiciary depends on having people in it. and we are fortunate to have a wonderful federal judiciary. people in it who understand the difference between law and policy and are willing to apply principles of equal justice under law to anyone who comes before the court, even the most unpopular possible defe

kavanaugh gave a speech about his vision of separation of powers and singled out as his role model robert jackson who was the president's lawyer, said all sorts of pro-presidential things that got quoted back at him when he sat on the court as justice jackson in the famous case involving presidential power, and jackson actually said that was when i was a presidential mouthpiece. now i'm a justice. very different job. brett kavanaugh actually singled out justice jackson in that opinion as his, kavanaugh's, role model for judicial independence. >> aisha, i wonder too, are we making too much about prevent kavanaugh's views on executive power given the current political climate? shouldn't we have a more wholesome view of his judicial record and how he thinks on a number of this is a man that's going to sit on the court for a lifetime. is there so much focus on his thoughts on executive power? >> i think you're absolutely right, ryan. this is someone who will sit on the court with a lifetime tenure, so absolutely all of his judicial philosophies should be examined, and in fact, i think when you look a

robert jackson, 25 days.e under kennedy, eight days. >> merrick garland, never. >> basically since ginsburg, though, nobody has been less than 60-plus days. it does seem to be this is the new standard. >> yeah. the "times" said vigorously, to the annoyance of my friend mitch mcconnell, that merrick garland was treated shabbily and that we're going to pay a price for this. i think that was part of the kerosene that's now in this conflagration. >> who is going to be -- it's funny. everybody is so concerned about making sure who gets blamed for ruining this process that no one seems to be like, all right. i'm going to be the one to try to fix this process. it's broken beyond repair. i know harry reid wants to blame mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell wants to blame harry reid. this is broken. >> yeah, and senators actually admit that it's broken too. they're concerned about the polarization of the court, and some do say that they regret getting rid of the 60-vote threshold. >> does anybody here believe we'd be in t

it's significant that robert jackson, served as attorney general, didn't release all the papers he had as attorney general. why? i assume it had a lot do with the fact they didn't belong to us as a senate. if we want to be able to have a process not just with this administration but in every presidential administration, democratic, republican or of any other stripe in the future, we need to respect the process and respect the privilege that is accorded to documents that do not belong to us. that's all we're asking. the process is working. let's move forward. >> mr. chairman, on behalf of this side, i would like to just say a couple of things. there is no process for the committee confidential. it used to be that both sides had to concur, the chair and the ranking member. but now this is just simply not the case. to some extent, with this kind of thing, committee confidential becomes a kind of a crock. it shouldn't. i think we need to sit down. i think we need to have a rule on how committee confidential is determined, on what it means and who makes that decision. for all i know, some r

justice jackson, of course, robert jackson, who had been franklin roosevelt's attorney general in the coramatsu case, even those that was one of the policies, the majority opinion now overruled, but justice jackson dissented and ruled against the roosevelt policy. justices clark and burton, two appointees of president truman are the two deciding votes in youngstown steel. that's a 6-3 decision. those two were the deciding votes. those were both appointees of president truman. and it's wartime against korea. they get to the supreme court. they're the deciding votes in the youngstown steel case, which was an extraordinary national moment. one of the great moments. so your conception of the role of a judge, it's about the law. that's distinct from policy and tour judiciary depends on having people in it. and we are fortunate to have a wonderful federal judiciary. to anyone who comes before the court, even the most unpopular possible defendant is still entitled to due process and the rule of law. and i've tried to ensure that as a judge. >> well, it's hard for me to imagine a more unpopul

significant robert jackson having served as attorney general didn't release all the papers he had as attorney general. why? well, i soon got a lot to do with the fact they didn't want to us as a senate. if we want to be able to have a process, not just with this his administration but in every presidential administration, democratic, republican or of any other stripe in the future, we need to respect the process and respect the privilege that is accorded to documents that do not belong to us. that's all we are asking, in the process is working. let's move forward. >> mr. chairman? on behalf of the side i would like to just say a couple of things. there is no process for the committee confidential. it used to be that both sides had to concur, the chair and the ranking member, but now this is just simply not the case. to some extent with this kind of thing, committee confidential becomes a crock and it should. i think we need to sit and i think we we need to have a rule on how committee confidential is determined, on what it means, and who makes that decision. for all i know some repub

robert jackson, having served as the attorney general, didn't release all the papers he had as attorneyeneral. why? well, i assume it had a lot to do with the fact that they didn't belong to us as a senate. if you want to be able to have a process, not just with this administration but in every presidential administration, democratic, republican, or of any other stripe in the future, we need to respect the process and respects the privilege that is accordance to documents that do not belong to us. that's all we are asking. the process is working. let's move forward. >> mr. chairman? on behalf of this side, i would like to say a couple things. there is no process for the committee confidential. it used to be that both sides had to concur, the chair and the ranking member. but now, this is just simply not the case. to some extent, with this kind of thing, committee confidential becomes a kind of a crock. it shouldn't. i think we need to sit down, i think we need to have a rule on how committee confidential is determined, on what it means, and who makes that decision. for all i know, some

justice robert jackson had been franklin roosevelt attorney general and he submitted in the korematsu case, even though that was one of president roosevelt policies, the majority opinion overruled but justice jackson dissented and ruled against the roosevelt policy justices clark and burton , two appointees of president truman are the two deciding votes and youngstown steel, that's a 62 decision, they both were appointees of president truman. they get to, and its wartime against correia, they got to the supreme court and the youngstown steel case which was an extraordinary national moment, one of the great moments so your conception of the role of the judge is, it's about the law and that's distinct from policy and our judiciary depends on having people in it and we are fortunate to have a wonderful federal judiciary, people in it to understand the difference between law and policy and are willing to apply principles of equal justice under law to anyone who comes before the court, even the most unpopular possible defendant who is still entitled to due process and the rule of law and i

senate hearings on poverty were held here in jackson air force -- four senators came to cover that including robert kennedy. marian edelman, marion bright at that time, she testified at that hearing as did john stennis as did fannie lou hamer and amc more. and then they were trying, the discussion was around the funding for the head start program and who should control that funding. marian wright convinced robert kennedy to go to the mississippi delta the next day and see the poverty firstde hand. so there are pictures of what he found and they are very compelling pictures of that visit. also there are some other images of around jackson, mississippi, including the bombing of the synagogue. there are essays for each chapter. i have wonderful contributors that are scholars in their field that introduce each chapter and gives historical and artistic context to the pictures. they provide the verbal stories to jim'sl visual ones. >> thank you. thank you. ms. travis. >> thank you. i usually start off attempting things, but i won't. i usually think those who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes,

golf channel's jimmy roberts profiled dixson's art and holes in the case interviewing lamar scott who confessed to the killing. >> valentino dixson was convicted of murdering jackson. did he commit that crime? >> no, he didn't. >> who did? >> i did. >> reporter: years later, lawyers who lobbied for dixson's exoneration won. >> i always felt this day would come but i doesn't know when. >> reporter: for the man who spent more than half his life behind bars, this was the moment marking the start of a new one. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> still ahead tonight, sick of robocalls? we're going to tell you about the technology that could finally put an end to scams that cost americans billion as year. >>> also, thinking about checking a bag on your next flight? get ready to pay even more. hear why just ahead. >>> we are back now with a battle against an epidemic, spammers calling your home and cell phone nonstop from phone numbers that may look like yours or someone's you might know. and soon a report finds half of all calls made will be robo calls and there is a fix available to stop them. why isn't it being used? here is nbc's kevin tibbles. >> hi, this is -- >> report

golf channel's jimmy roberts profiled dixson's art and holes in the case interviewing lamar scott who confessed to the killing. >> valentino dixson s convicted of murdering jackson. did heommit that crime? >> no, he didn't. >> who did? >> i did. rs>> reporter: yea later, lawyers who lobbied for dixson's exoneration won. >> i always felt this day would come but i doesn't know when. >> reporter: for the man who spent more than half his life behind bars, this was t marking the start of a new one. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> still ahead tonight, sick of robocalls? we're going to tell you about the technology that could finally put an end to scams that cost americans billion aar . >>> also, thinking about checking a bag on your next flight? get ready ton pay eve more. hear why just ahead. but he has plans today. so he took aleve this morning. hey dad. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. tylenol can't do that. aleve. all day strong. all day long. now introducing aleve back and muscle pain, for up to 12 hours of pain relief with just one pill. the world i

jackson is standing by. >> talking about democrats making moves now to try to protect robert mueller, you're already seeing that. the human rights campaign is sending out an all call saying democrats need to move now. they're making a political push to protection the special counsel. blasting out the number and trying to urge their supporters to call and get their lawmakers to do something. i think that's an indication of what's happening in that sort of sphere right now politically. >> matt, are you still with me? >> i am. >> it sounds like democrats are in a sense preparing to break the glass to a certain extent. >> i think that's right. look, you can't -- the situation we're in right now, you can't really wait to see what happens next. you have to assume that this is a move on bob mueller and a threat to the investigation. if you wait until -- to see what happens next to see if a new official comes in and a month down the road curtails it, that might be behind closed doors. they may take steps to back off short of firing him that we don't see publicly for months to come. so you have to assume that this

jackson's "rhythm nation" from 1989. >> she is on the cover of the new "in style" magazine, revealing new lessons that she's learning so many years later. here is robin robertsf the biggest recording artists in history, heating up the air waves with the summer anthem "made for now." ♪ made for now >> reporter: and after nearly four decades in the spotlight, janet jackson's revealing that beauty isn't just skin deep. she still finds it hard to look past her own physical insecurities, telling "in style" magazine, a lot of it has to do with experience, getting older, understanding, realizing there isn't just one thing that is considered beautiful. the 52-year-old who received the icon award at this year's billboard music awards says it was tough as a young artist in an industry that focuses so much on image. i remember growing up she recalls, and you had to be a certain size. you had to be thin to be an entertainer. that's just the business i'm in. i think it's changed thank god, people are more accepting of others. jackson said she didn't feel the album "all for you." i went to therapy, which is all about finding the thing you li about yourself. and she says s

today's a dream for speakers include robert will-i-am and andre caddell of the nba champion there will be a fireside chat with the salesforce seo. metallica and janet jackson will perform at the benefit concert for the ucsf children's hospital.>> attracted the dream force yesterday. i went and i walked around and took photos. and what struck me is how many people that have packed in moscone center and this is just a lunch. there was a rock climbing wall and the outside was dressed up. this is howard st. >> when he have all of these people in this pocket of san francisco, didn't seem organized?>> seemed organized and these people are having lunch that salesforce was handing out. i thought it would kill the restaurant. i went to there to see and they are bustling. they are full. the hotels are s sales force giving out free lunches to attendees and all of the restaurants and it is quite an event for san francisco and it seemed organized. >> in other news, within the last hour, michael avenatti posted on his twitter page photo of another woman who says is accusing a sprinkler nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. the identified her as julie swetnick an

robert died and it's just andrew and his mom. so, they need money. she goes to a cousin to earn money. a trunk ends up on the doorstep of andrew jackson's house.it's his mom this stuff. he did not know how she died. esa logo 14 years old. a war veteran, you could say, raised by his town. he was raised by his village. he was raised by his country. therefore, he bled red, white and blue. he became a self-taught lawyer, judge, congressman, senate-- senator and major general and when the work 1812 happened what was he thinking? revenge. you are back with then, you don't really know what you are doing. you to go to west point, but heat could lead. when all the other guys failed he got through and all he did was pull up about a win after battle when. you knew they were going for new orleans, but he didn't have enough guys so dedicate three men of color to deal with local pirates, tennessee riflemen, kentucky rifleman. he put them together in three weeks and got the town to dig a ditch and in case she walked to new orleans and felt as though they were not all in he let them know if you don't fight with me i will burn the town to the ground. they were

roberts on the alf channel, division of nbc universal, which included a sit dunn with a man named lamar scott who previously admitted to the killing. >> valentino dickson was convicted of murdering jackson. >> yes. >> did he commit that crime? no, he didn't. >> who did? >> i did. >> reporter: scott pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault wednesday. and now valentino dickson is free. and moving forward. >> he is such a strong guy to endure 27 years and to be to walk out there with his mind and his body intact and to not let this break him. >> you know, lamar scott was already inrison serving a life sentence for a shooting back in that left a robbe one of the victims a quadriplegic 37 adickson says that he will register for a passport as soon as possible so he can visit his wife who now lives in australia. >>> and new video of celebrations in cleveland after a big win for the browns. it wasn't the super bowl, but by t me of the parties, you would have thoughtwas. they celebrated with free bud lig bud light installed thesefr reerators full of beer across the city promising to open them when the browns' losing streak finally eed and that happened last night when they beat the jets 21-17.

jackson you're our legal expert in this case. if somebody has pleaded guilty to eight felony counts, awaiting sentencing, wouldn't it make sense to go out of your way to cooperate with robertey general for the southern district of new york, and maybe even the attorney general to maybe get a letter during the sentencing to the judge in new york saying he's been helpful to us and maybe help him a little bit in the leniency. >> if you want guarantees you buy a refrigerator, the federal government is not in the business of giving you a guarantee. to your point, he pled guilty to eight things. if i'm a defense attorney, i don't care, pull up a couch, he can spend all day, all night, sleep over with the special counsel but look at it right there. look at cross-examination, you pled guilty to tax evasion, wasn't the first time you lied, right? you didn't lie, two times, three times. you lied five different times. and you gave false statements. the president told you, you did a little finance campaign wrangling. so the issue with me is not the amount of time he's and accuracy of the information, so last point, wolf, and that's this. if he doesn't have corroboration, that is, there

robert died and it's just andrew and his mom. so they need money. so she goes to a cousin to earn money. a trope in seven on the doorstep of andrew jackson's house. it's his moms stuff. he did know how she died. he is alone at 14. a war veteran you could say. he was raised by his town. he was raised by his village. he was raised by his country. therefore, he bled red, white and blue. he became a self-taught lawyer, a judge, a congressman, a senator, and major general. and then when the war of 1812 happened what is he thinking? revenge. put me in, coach. they didn't. you are a backwoods men. you really don't know what you're doing. you didn't go to west point. but he could lead. he couldn't get through. with all the other guys failed, he got through and all he did was rolled up battle went after battle when, letting you ever going to go for new orleans. but he didn't have enough guys so we had to get free men of color, cages, make a deal with local pirates, have tennessee riflemen, kentucky riflemen. he put them together three weeks. he got a whole had to dig a ditch. just case walked into new orleans and felt as though it were not all income he l

the dream for speakers including robert will i am and on andre from the golden state warriors fireside chat with sales were ceo mike and tonight metallica and janet jacksonefit concert for ucsf children's hospital. kicked off yesterday by announcing san francisco and local public schools. the donation as part of the responsibility as a native san bring computers and oakland an francisco and he says improving student to get jobs in the new economy. >>> police stop posting mugshots on social media most of the people they arrest or going to the east bay time the city council in berkeley pass a policy last night that would prohibit the police from posting mugshots unless the person poses a threat to the community. the change was first proposed after police released mugshots of people were arrested at a rally last month. some of the people say they pictures and personal information was shared online and that left a threat and harassment. passengers may notice officers with the homeland security patrolling the transfer he released a statement thing officers abnormal controls. the officers are members of a transportation security administration team and not wit