did last night, repeating his endorsement of the chant, lock her up, about hillary clinton. >> scott lucas us in birmingham, england, scott, thank you for your time. >> thank you, george. >>> coming up here, i'll talk with the hate crimes expert, he'll share with us data on how there is correlation between rhetoric and violence. >> right. >> that has occurred in this country. also we'll tell you why police cordoned off the alleged shooter's neighborhood as we come back here. >>> also, the 911 dispatch audio, first responders as they arrived to that synagogue, what the armed suspect told s.w.a.t. officers that he wanted to do to jews. the story ahead. stay with us. today is the day you're going to get motivated... get stronger... get closer. start listening today to the world's largest selection of audiobooks on audible. and now, get more. for just $14.95 a month, you'll get a credit a month good for any audiobook, plus two audible originals exclusive titles you can't find anywhere else. if you don't like a book, you can exchange it any time, no questions asked. automatically roll your cred

. >> well, let's talk about that now with scott lucas. professor of international politics at the university in birmingham live via skype from birmingham, england. scott, a pleasure to have you on the show. >>> look, 72 hours of hate. there was a partisan attack involving explosive devices, then a deadly anti-semitic shooting, targeting a synagogue, also a racist who killed two african americans in kentucky. the u.s. president has not responded to that attack, but has responded to the other two, scott. your thoughts about mr. trump's responses or lack thereof so far. >> well, first, i mean, we've had attacks in the u.s. before. we have had hate crimes. but the intensity of hate crimes and the pace of them in this era of social media are increasing. and all politicians have a responsibility -- all of us, indeed, have a responsibility knowing that -- to try to tone it down in terms of if we get angry, and instead try to find dialogue and reconciliation. but this president has no reverse gear. he only knows one way forward, which is to attac

let's get more on this from scott lucas he's professor of american studies at the university of birmingham in the u.k. he's also founder of the enduring america web site on u.s. politics and foreign policy welcome to you how credible do you think are these accusations of a link between violent political rhetoric and physical acts of violence. or of course i don't think donald trump is directly responsible for at least seven pipe bomb attacks on people from brock obama to hillary clinton to the billionaire george soros but that's not the point here the point is whether troops language opens up a space for people to think they are justified in carrying out such a tot's because this is a worthwhile campaign against transferees enemies of the people and i think you honestly have to question that when donald trump praises as he did last week a republican congressman who body slammed a reporter there when donald trump as he did in two thousand and six teeth implicitly called on gun owners to take action against hillary clinton that even if trump says oh i didn't mean this literally that the impr

. >> let's talk more about this with scott lucas. scott, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham in england live for us there in birmingham, england. thank you so much for your time today, scott. look, brett kavanaugh is now justice kavanaugh and it is clearly a big win for president trump and his party. the question for you, who is more energized heading into the mid terms? is it republicans who may be very pleased with how last week played out? is it democrats who have been energized since the u.s. president took office and got kicked in the teeth through the demsz la democrats last week? >> i don't think we can find out, george. we can speculate on republicans rallying around trump and the party as they kept pushing the idea that kavanaugh was a must-win. we can talk about votes for democrats being mobilized, especially over the issues of women's rights, social issues, remembering this comes on top of other issues such as immigration, such as discrimination against people of color. but you don't actually

scott lucas live for us in birmingham, england. thank you for the time and perspective. >> thank you. >>> america's top diplomat has arrived to south korea. but before that, he met with north korean leader kim jong-un in pyongyang. what we're learning about those talks ahead. >>> plus, what happened to a critic of saudi arabia once he entered the saudi consulate in istanbul? the mystery surrounding his disappearance is taking a sinister turn. we have details on that. stay with us. it traps and removes the waste that weighs me down, so i feel lighter. try metamucil, and begin to feel what lighter feels like. at&t provides edge-to-edge intelligence, covering virtually every part of your finance business. and so if someone tries to breach your firewall in london & you start to panic... don't. because your cto says we've got allies on the outside... ...& security algorithms on the inside... ...& that way you can focus on expanding into eastern europe... ...& that makes the branch managers happy & yes, that's the branch managers happy.

let's introduce our panel in birmingham scott lucas a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham and a specialist and u.s. relations with the middle east in istanbul via skype andrew finkel a foreign correspondent in istanbul and co-founder of p twenty four an initiative to promote independent journalism a welcome to you all would like to bring in with you andrew if and call in istanbul president or the one they're referring to the protection of someone who is he referring to who's he alluding to that well he he is. clearly turkey has several aims in this in this exercise it's he's they're trying to. see that justice should be done. and of course at the same time they are playing a geostrategic game so they're they're dealing with big regional politics and at the same time they really want to see that. justice for this for mr kershaw is done and seen to be done and often these two objectives they're really telling us eyes we'll saying a change of tone and president are the ones rhetoric he seems to be ramping up the rhetoric he began this crisis very diplomatic and

let's speak now to professor scott lucas, professor of american studies at the university of birminghamited states is on the rise? this is farfrom the united states is on the rise? this is far from the first attack on ajewish this is far from the first attack on a jewish community in the us. the rate of attacks went up by 57% last year. what is different known as there is space that has been opened up there is space that has been opened up to justify these attacks by some of the rhetoric of leading politics such as donald trump. the alleged shooter said specifically that he was upset and angered thatjewish groups could help support those who wa nted groups could help support those who wanted to emigrate into the united states. donald trump recently spoke and castigated globalists. he has condemned the caravan of 7000 immigrants trying to get asylum in the united states. he has accused a jewish group of falsely funding this campaign. the language of donald trump has provided justification for this attack and for those that may follow. president trump supporters will say he is not anti—se

and scott lucas is a professor of american studies at the university of birmingham and he says the investigation against judge cavanagh was purposely rushed by those associated with the trump administration. the goal of the white house and of the g.o.p. leadership was to ram through this nomination before november's elections almost at all cost and even though that was delayed and should have been delayed because of the sexual assault allegations the white house and that leadership moved to actually prevent any effect of investigation put pressure on any undecided senators and the decisive move was susan collins of maine who if i think she had opposed kavanah would have doomed the confirmation she either chose to believe kavanagh or she gave way to the pressure and that means you will have a fifty one to forty nine vote today which will put him on as the ninth supreme court justice i think you're going to see a decided shift in american politics in the next generation and here's why i say this whatever effect this has in four weeks time on the elections you know whether or not you get a boost in

well i spoke to professor scott lucas —— a professor of international studies at the university of birmingham have caused trump to change his stance. well, he's been spinning a bit like a weather vane, it is not exactly a change, there is a couple of constants here. 0n the one side, you've got trump who's putting it a priority, and he is a businessman. 0n the idea that america must have this $110 billion arms deal with saudi arabia that he announced last year when he visited riyadh. so whatever has happened, he has reconfirmed the us wants to maintain that relationship and indeed, the treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, is going to riyadh on thursday for discussions with the saudis despite the khashoggi affair. add to that the fact that trump's son—in—lanared kushner, who is the main washington contact for the saudis is sort of saying, this will all pass, we have to maintain support of the saudi monarchy. but on the other side, trump is under pressure, he's under pressure from legislators and his own agencies who are saying, we have the evidence of saudi responsibility for what is a murder. wh

let's get more from scott lucas who's a professor of american studies and international politics at the of birmingham. i assume as a result of last night's announcement, not least by susan collins, that there is no real doubt that brett kava naugh collins, that there is no real doubt that brett kavanaugh will be on the supreme court. no twisting retail, he will be confirmed this afternoon in washington. the story moves on to what happens to the court itself. even bigger than what happens to the court, what happens to american politics and society but what i suspect will be a very reenergised movement for women's rights. interesting listening to susan collins rachid balde about her hope, may sound paradoxical, that brett kavanaugh may sound paradoxical, that brett kava naugh after may sound paradoxical, that brett kavanaugh after all we may sound paradoxical, that brett kava naugh after all we have may sound paradoxical, that brett kavanaugh after all we have seen would help to kind of shift the balance of the court not towards conservatism but integrating more consensus. zouma believe t

scott lucas as professor of american studies at the university of birmingham and joins us via skype from birmingham scott we were speaking yesterday as the senate was gearing up for this vote it's now been confirmed brett kavanaugh is the newest supreme court justice and that means a lot of people in the u.s. rather unhappy. well of course of the many people in the u.s. who will be happy starting with donald trump and the republican leadership in the senate let's start with the us this was not a process to preserve the integrity of the supreme court or to maintain it as a independent third branch this was a political mission to get a conservative on to the court to ensure a five four majority irrespective of the doubts over his legal opinions irrespective of the sexual assault claims now trump and the g.o.p. leadership have succeeded in that but that's just the first stage we of course will be looking at as to how this might affect whether people are happy or unhappy of the november elections for congress but beyond that i think we're looking at a change in american politics which is bey

let's introduce our panel in birmingham scott lucas a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham and a specialist in u.s. relations with the middle east in istanbul via skype andrew finkel a foreign correspondent in istanbul and co-founder of p twenty four an initiative to promote independent journalism a welcome to you all would like to bring in with you andrew if and call in istanbul president or the one they're referring to the protection of someone who is he referring to who's he alluding to that well he he is. clearly turkey has several aims in this in this exercise it's he's they're trying to. see that justice should be done. and of course at the same time they are playing a geostrategic game so they're very giving with big regional politics and at the same time they really want to see that. justice for this for mr kershaw is done and seen to be done and often these two objectives they're really telling us eyes we'll saying a change of tone and president are the ones rhetoric he seems to be ramping up the rhetoric he began this crisis very diplomatic and then

let's introduce our panel in birmingham scott lucas a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham and a specialist in u.s. relations with the middle east in istanbul via skype andrew finkel a foreign correspondent in istanbul and co-founder of p twenty four an initiative to promote independent journalism a welcome to you all would like to bring in with you andrew if and call in istanbul president or the one they're referring to the protection of someone who is he referring to who's he alluding to that well he he is. clearly turkey has several aims in this in this exercise it's he's they're trying to. see that justice should be done. and of course at the same time they are playing a geostrategic game so they're very giving with the regional politics and at the same time they really want to see that. justice for this for mr kershaw is done and seen to be done and often these two objectives they're really telling us eyes we'll saying a change of tone and president are the ones rhetoric he seems to be ramping up the rhetoric he began this crisis very diplomatic and then

let's bring in luca palini and scott ren senior global equity manager. luca, good morning to you. good afternoon, i should say gosh, this day is flying by. we do have this one piece of uncertainty out of the way with the new nafta. usmca. earnings season is beginning and still have trade tensions with china. how should you position your portfolio. >> i think, look, what happened today from my point of view is not really a big deal. i think obviously it shows u.s. administration is willing to compromise i think this may be good news when you look at china the big deal is u.s. economy it's obviously a very important thing for mexico and canada. for the u.s., i don't think it's a big deal but tells you the u.s. administration is willing to compromise and would be incredibly bullish for markets >> do you think the u.s. economy is strong enough to help propel us forward into the final quarter of the year or see the highs of the year follow forward. >> the u.s. economy is in very good shape the problem is the expectation that incredibly high and this is the same for earnings. once expec

scott lucas is a professor of political science and international studies at the university of birmingham he joins us now live via skype from the in the u.k. scott good to have you with us once again what are the chances of this bipartisan bill actually getting anywhere. sloan's that it will pass there is a greater chance that it might reach the floor of either the house or the senate for debate and that would cause some embarrassment to the saudis but to actually stop what was last year's hundred ten billion dollar arms deal i don't think congress would go that far what is more likely to happen is that individual congressman like committee chairman can stop individual small items so for example there's been a whole placed on five hundred million dollars of munitions this year and i think you'll see those symbolic actions limited options from congress rather than a sweeping ban on arms sales what about this idea then that that it's designed in part to keep the pressure up on president trump not to allow this investigation to become a whitewash. well i think that's true in terms of the con