and her time as a clerk for supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. >> i think the pool the justices lookis really small. if you are a viable candidate, you went to a really great school, you have pretty impressive people willing to speak up for you in the form of recommendation letters. you've clerked for one of a very small number of judges that routinely feed clerks to the court and so for a person of color, particularly african-american or latino to get into that pool, there are so many obstacles to that, that it is -- it becomes a real problem. the k it hurt, because perspective of the law clerks is so important. every one of my clerkships there was a case where i felt that i saw something because of my life experience someone else didn't see. >> q & a sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. the democratic party met over the past two days to consider changes to how delegates are chosen in the presidential candidate nomination process. here's the final day of the dnc unity reform commission meeting. it's just under three hours.

and serving for supreme court justice sotomayor. >> i think the pool the justices are looking at is small. if you're a candidate, you went to a great school, you have some great people willing to speak up for you in the form of recommendation letters you clerked for a small number of judges who routinely feed clerks to the court. for a person of color to get into that pool, there's so many obstacles to that. it is -- it becomes a real problem. i think it hurts because the perspective of diverse law clerks is so important. every one of my clerkships there was a case where i felt like i saw something that because of my life's experience that someone else didn't say. >> tune in sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> next, a symposium on cybersecurity trends to democracies, including voting infrastructure security and foreign attempts to shape public debate through disinformation andenline commentary. this part includes a conversation with senate intelligence committee chair richard burr, with an update on his committee's investigation involving russia and the 2016 elections. from the cou

we should note justices ginsburg and justice sotomayor are the only two who opposed the allowing travel ban to move forward. >> shannon: we will keep tabs on it. thank you. tonight we are learning that fbi agent peter strzok, high-ranking member of robert mueller steam was taken out the case because of texting antitrust messages and was behind at least three turning points in key investigations. strzok reportedly help persuade james comey to forgo prosecution of hillary clinton over her use of numerous private email servers for classified material. according to published reports, strzok was one of a dozen fbi officials about the solutions that an unverified anti-trump tessier that was bankrolled by the clinton campaign and the dnc and which the fbi may have used it to launch a counterintelligence probe against comp advisors. and fox news has confirmed that strzok oversaw the questioning of former national security advisor michael flynn that led to his guilty plea last week. ed henry, chief national correspondent explains what this means and an increasingly skeptical congress. >> the mai

and her time as a clerk for supreme court justice sotomayor. >> what you are looking at, if you are a viable candidate and went to a great school, he had pretty impressive people willing to speak up for you in the form of recommendation letters. you clerk for one of a small number of judges that routinely bring clerks to the court. and as a person of color particularly african-american or latino to get into that, there are so many obstacles. it is, it becomes a real problem. and i think it hurts because the perspective of a law clerk is so important.

two justices descended, ruth bader ginsburg and sotomayor. >>> now one city leader says it's time they start paying back. joe vasquez on the new plan that could generate $1,500,000,000 a year. >>> as san francisco's booms it's no secret the transportation infrastructure is going bust. how will the city pay for needed improvements to roads and traffic and pedestrian safety. supervisor erin teskin is recommending a tax. teskin's new tax proposal a two páerpt tax on commercial property. nonprofits would be exempt. downtown commercial property tax. this should all be seen in light that the city actually gave tax breaks to attract many of these companies who have become extremely profitable and i think now it's time to give back. >> reporter: last year several supervisors including peskin proposed a tech tax that would have directly taxed tech properties in san francisco. that effort failed. supervisor peskin insists this new proposal is not a tech tax. it will compel some of these big tax companies to indirectly pay more money to the city. depending on their lease agreements the lawmakers

associate at the law office of wilmer hale talks about her time as a clerk for supreme court justice sotomayor. small.pool is really if you were a viable candidate, you went to a great school, you had some pretty impressive people willing to speak up to you in the form of recommendation letters. for a person of color, particularly african american or latino to get into that pool, there are so many obstacles to it becomes a real problem, and i think it hurts because the perspective of diverse law clerks is so important. had aone of my clerks case where i felt like because of my life experience, something else didn't say. mr. jahshan: q and a sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. announcer: kellyanne conway sat down with c-span to discuss her professional life. her childhood in new jersey, the state of political discourse in the u.s. and serving in the trump administration. this is about 40 minutes. >> nearly

only two justices, ginsburg and sotomayor, dissented. so this could be a sign that the latest version of the travel ban will survive a supreme court challenge when it gets here early next year, lester. >> pete williams at the supreme court, thank you. >>> the president traveled to utah today to announce he's dramatically scaling back two national monument sites. he's rolling back federal protections on some 2 million acres of land from the bears ears and grand staircase escalante monuments which were designated by presidents obama and clinton. many conservatives consider the monuments a federal land grab and applaud the move, but environmentalists are vowing to sue. >>> now to a blockbuster deal that could affect how millions of people pay for prescription drugs. cvs, the pharmacy chain, agreeing to buy aetna, the health insurance giant, in a deal worth $69 billion. nbc news business correspondent jo ling kent takes a look at what it could mean for you and your family at the pharmacy counter. >> reporter: it's a landmark merger that coul

justice sotomayor, i think that would not be affected by this case. >> what is the difference between a tower dump and targeting a particular individual, let's say an anonymous call came in that said john doe was at 8 -- was the robber. could the police then say to the telephone company let me see the records of john doe for that hour or for that day or whatever the duration of the crime was? >> yes. that would be perfectly acceptable. question.ack to my you said 24 hours, roughly. if there only one robbery, we could get that information. now there are how many? eight? we cannot get it for eight, but we can get it for the one? >> we suggested 24 hours. i suggest the most administrative bull line of the court wants to draw a line would be a 24-hour period. the court could draft other reasonable ways. >> was reasonable for one robbery, one day. why would it not be equally reasonable for another robbery? is the risk of circumvention of this court's rule from jones. some type of crimes would be quite easy to delineate a limited set of days that information might be worth getting. others w

and the court is torn because justice sotomayor said the primary purpose of a food of any kind is to eaten. yeah. did you hear that teenage boys watching this right now? the primary purpose of food is to be eaten. i see what you're doing with that donut, it is very wrong. you can't throw it like a frisbee. what are they doing? wait, what were you guys thinking? ( laughter ) the baker's argument is wedding cakes can be artistic expression because a wedding cake is less a food than a symbol of the union, right? justice gorsuch even said, i have yet to have a wedding cake that i would say tastes great. yeah. justice gorsuch is a conservative on the court and a bitch at a wedding. ( laughter ) yeah. gorsuch is coming for all you vendors. he's walking around, these table settings might as well be roe v. wade because they were a mistake! ( laughter ) the truth is a cake can be a symbol. a great example is president trump's inauguration cake. remember that cake? it wasn't a real cake. it was a styrofoam prop with one slice of actual cake they could cut. so you though that cake was arrestic

justices ruth bader ginsberg and sonia sotomayor were the only dissenters, major legal victory comes after months of challenges from the lower courts. >> host courts argue the travelers from the targeted nations could not be banned if they have close family members in the countries. other courts had partially block previous versions of the ban from taking effect. saying they amounted to unconstitutional religious discrimination against muslim. in a statement following monday's ruling, attorney general jeff sessions called it a substantial victory for the security of the american people. saying, in part, the comes tuesday gives the president the responsibility, and power, to protect this country, and this order remains vital to accomplishing those goals. at least two appeals courts plan to hold arguments in week on the ban's legality. weijia jiang, for cbs-3, " eyewitness news." >>> a school board honors several people for saving a man's life during a thanksgiving day football game in bucks count. >> i it happened during the pennridge high school game in perkasie. fans returned to hel

just two of the justices dissented, justice ruth bader ginsburg and sonia sotomayor. the travel ban may survive a challenge. philip? >> all right, pete, thank you. former access hollywood today show host billy bush made his return to television with stephen colbert after his op-ed on the infa fa must trump tame that led to his firing from nbc. bush told kolbert he was angry over a report that the president raised doubts as to whether it was really his voice on that crude tape, saying it is reopening wounds for the women who have accused the president of sexual assault. >> that is your voice. i was there. you were there. that's your voice on the tape. all of these women came out with their names and told their detailed accounts. infuriated me on a personal front. 20 women don't get together and say, hey, let's take down a powerful guy together. ha ha. no, they don't. to a man that you didn't -- >> it was ironic he was fired over the tape while trump went on to become president. but he admitted he sacrificed himself in the moment in hopes to see the media help elevate t

you look at your phone and your phone is not just your phone and this is something that justice sotomayor pointed out in the carpenter hearing it is basically the window to everything you do and this third party doctrine which is outdated and does need to be overridden was that if you gave if you were allowed data to go or information to go to a third party then you've already given permission and the police can get it so if they can get it your phone they can get it your pictures they can see where you have been surfing as far as the internet they can tell every aspect of your life and so this is a real danger and it's partly a real danger that we participated years ago steve jobs said if you aren't paying for the product you are the product so when we are using g.-mail or any e-mail they are actually we're getting it for free but they are reading our e-mail into using and gathering that data for advertising purposes but all of that information is now in a with a third party and all of that could be reached under this third party doctrine well there's no free lunch now steve beyond the g

the proclamation is lawful and essential to protecting our homeland, justice ginsburg and sonia sotomayorsenting on the reeling and the aclu saying this amounts to a muslim band despite the ruling but the court not the only one in washington, the house voted to take them tax bill into conference, the first step in uniting house and senate plans and a step closer to the president's christmas promise. >> we are one step closer to delivering to the american people the historic tax relief as a giant present for christmas. >> house republicans and democrats naming their conferees on tax reform as nancy pelosi says this may amount to the end of the world. >> the debate on health care is like death. this is armageddon. this is a very big deal. there is a very hard way to come back from this. >> reporter: the president has lunged at the white house with gop senators but i can imagine they will be talking about the tax bill and the ruling and we have that spending bill deadline by friday, got together on that as well. jillian: a meeting with chuck and nancy thursday. thank you, appreciate it. demo

justice, sonja sotomayor. greatyou went to a really school. you have impressive people willing to speak up for you in the form of recommendation letters. you hope for one of a very small number of judges that has clerks at the court. for a person of color, to get into that pool, there are so ity obstacles to that becomes a real problem. it hurts. perspective of diverse law clerks is so important. if there was a case where i felt i saw something that because of my life experience that someone else did not see. >> tune in sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. profile andan, a interview with white house counselor kellyanne conway. she sat down with us to discuss her personal and professional life and what it is like serving in the trump administration. nearly a year into your job at the white house what has , been the biggest learning curve for you? ms. conway: the biggest learning curve has been transitioning from the private sector to public service. i have always admired those who entered public service but never envisioned myself going that

talks about growing up in washington dc and her time as a clerk for supreme court justice sonja sotomayor. is very small. if you are a viable candidate, you went to a great school, you have impressive people willing to speak up for you in the way of recommendation letters. of a veryfor one small number of judges that worked for the court, and for a person of culler or african american or let you know to get into that pool, there are so many obstacles to that -- it becomes a real problem. , because thert prospect of a diverse walkways important. i feel like i saw something that because of my life experience that somebody else did not the. >> q&a, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> this weekend on american history tv, yale university historian joanne freeman talks about her lifelong interest in the founding father alexander hamilton, and what she discovered in her research of his letters and writings. here is a preview. >> what was fascinating to me is that it was a real person to me on those pages. those are the things a person wrote over the course of a lifetime. as you would hear

ginsburg and justice sotomayor nor were the dissenters. kimberly, what does this mean?f the decision? >> kimberly: by the time the courts hear these positions in these cases, the time frame for the ban has expired. it was supposed to be temporary but that it establishes future president if they were trying to employ it and implemented again. i want to touch on the sanctuary cities, having been a prosecutor in san francisco. you see the flagrant disregard for the law. it is not just the juries that accept crazy defenses like the twinkie defense but it's the judges not allowing, keeping out evidence that would be prohibitive for a jury to hear to make the right decision. this is a slam dunk case. a felon in possession. it's a felony murder. if you are in possession of a weapon and a crime is committed, done. it doesn't even matter. they could have witnessed it right there in front of it and it seems they were disregarded. >> brian: left the record show, i asked you one question. >> kimberly: i answered four. >> brian: chad, iran, libya, yemen. up next, honored for kneelin

i think that the justice s sotomayor and ginsburg sided with this, allowing administration of ban to go into effect. the president -- swears when he takes ocea oath of office. he does have a lot of discretion how it should be done. it has been like the tax bill, demagogued by his opponents. but i believe he will be able to push this through. and put it in policy. charles: third iterring a -- edirrinpresident trump's orber . you have many judges trying to step in we talk about this having a wind in sail. this does not hurt, trying to press the rest of the agenda in particular taxes this week. >> finally a win on this issue, he had a lot of hold ups on it, he crafted law, and made more specific, adding venezuela and north korea, and i think this is a good decision for administration and courts. supreme court said, lower 40s, that you can't just stop the president's agenda on how to enforce our border laws and our immigration laws, full tilt until you finish deciding whether or not it was legal, now you have to wait for courts to figure it out, then for them to say, all right this is co

we know that justices sonya sotomayor and ruth ginsberg were dissents.resident trump backing alabama senate candidate roy moore. there's no doubt about it now, blake? >> no, president trump has fully endorsed roy moore. here's how he explained it this way. he said democrats refusal to give one vote for massive tax cuts is why we need roy moore in alabama. he listed a handful of issues. the president finished by saying no to jones a pelosi schumer puppet. in a statement, moore said president trump knows the future of his conservative agenda in congress hinges on this election. he said we had a good conversation over the phone and working together towards a conservative victory. the president'sful embrace of roy moore comes as other republicans are starting to walk back the criticism they had on roy moore. ted cruz said he can urge people to vote for moore and mitch mcconnell who said that roy moore should drop out of the race since in the last few days has taken a different tact. listen here. >> this is an issue that the voters have in front of them. they

talks about growing up in washington dc and her time as a clerk for supreme court justice sonja sotomayorare a viable candidate, you into a great school. you had pretty impressive people speak of for you in the form of recommendation letters. work for a small number of judges who would speak to the court. for a person of color to get pool, theyoll, -- were obstacles and it becomes a problem. it hurt because the clerkships are so important. i saw something that because of my life experience, 70 else should see. >> q&a, tonight on c-span. history tvamerican american history tv, u.s. , professor sai prakash. he focuses on the separation of powers and argues that the united states constitution does not focus on what he calls "double duty." they had foreign affair secretaries and secretary of state. we will also hear from said bream court justice clarence thomas. the supreme court historical society hosts this 45-minute program in the supreme court chamber. >> i would like to express the society's gratitude to our host this evening, justice clarence thomas. ju

justice sotomayor gave you a bed of a hard time today and said there are sandwich artists, people who create beauty and what they make but we don't call it expressive and entitled to first amendment protection. how is making a cake entitled to first amendment protection? >> is not that every cake is entitled to protection but a wedding cake is inherently expressive. jack phillips cakes are inherently expressive. they expressed a message that the unit is a marriage and to be celebrated. for nearly 25 years, he's always ensure the cakes he creates express messages that are consistent with his conscience, and this one of many cakes that he couldn't design. most of which never had anything to do with sexual orientation but simply are just what's consistent with what he believes and we is. if you want to play little bit from senator tammy duckworth. she's one of the many lawmakers we saw today. here's what she said. >> i wanted to come out make when the clear. our civil rights should not be up for debate. every american deserves equal protection under the law. >> shannon: how to answer tho

justices ginsberg and justice sotomayor are indicate they did not take the action today. >> bret: theres potentially cases to come. >> two cases at the appellate level. both are going to have oral arguments this week. the supreme court is pushing them to rule quickly, saying "in light of the decision to consider the case and expert advice, we expect the court of appeals will render assisting with appropriate dispatch." also the acellular filed a letter indicating it plans to bolster its case at the president's order is motivated by anti-muslim bias by asking one of the appeals courts tats and presidential tweets to the record officially. specifically dsr retweets, showing videos. it's possible these courts could hear the cases this weekend wrap up quickly enough that they will get a decision before this term ends. >> bret: the tweets keep popping up. justices on the u.s. supreme court heard arguments today about whether sports gambling should be legalized. new jersey is challenging federal law that bars states from authorizing gambling in most professional and college sports. more than

it was actually only justices ginsburgç and sotomayor who sid with the groups that were challengingwe'll bring you all developments in it story as it happens. that is a big deal. connell: that is a big one. full effect, the travel ban. melissa: yeah, from that to tax reform. back to tax reform we should say with two drastically difficult plans can the house and senate get together on the same page? grover norquist on that. >>> plus abc news under fire for making a severe mistake, error in that story, causing many to draw conclusions about president trump. more on brian ross and suspension there. is it enough for false reporting? dan gainor next. >> brian ross worked for me, it would not be four weeks unpaid suspension for a guy making seven figures for lying on the air. it would be complete termination. le digits. it really scared him out of the markets. his advisor ran the numbers and showed that he wouldn't be able to retire until he was 68. the client realized, "i need to get back into the markets- i need to get back on track with my plan." the financial advisor was able to work

. >>> justices sotomayor were the only ones who dissented. the issue is speeding its way to the circuit court of appeals. the schedule holds as it is right now, there is a chance the u.s. supreme court will issue a final ruling by the end of june. wendy? >> leon, thank you. >> now to the uproar over the tweet sparking new questions about president trump's legal exposure in the russia investigation. >> well, tonight we are also looking into ways that the new republican tax plan is going to affect our area. news4's tom sherwood will have that part of the story coming up. >> but let's start with blayne alexander. she's at the white house with the growing debate over what the president posted on social media. blayne? >> reporter: well, doreen, as you know, president trump spent much of the day away from washington today. he's right now headed back from utah where he was talking about federal land use. but he found himself once again facing a number of questions over a weekend tweet. >>> president trump greeting supporters as he arrived in utah, b

bader ginsburg and sonia sotomayor dissented from the new order.me court ruling does not directly address the merits of the legal challenges. during his visit to utah today, donald trump told reporters he is encouraging orrin hatch to consider running for the senate. this would block amid romney from potential candidacy. the president downplayed that notion. you are a true fighter. i have gotten to know him well. i have gotten to know a lot of people well. he is a fighter. we hope you will continue to serve your state and your country in the senate for a long time to come. : hatch is the longest-serving republican senator and will be seeking an eighth term in 2018. germany's foreign minister says yemen is experiencing the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world. the country has an ongoing civil there was a missile attack on the saudi capital riyadh last month. this came hours after rebels announced they had killed the country's former president. the first ever text message was sent 25 years ago this month. a british engineer sent it from a comp

. >> during today's arguments, justice sonia sotomayor questioned the baker's claims.ere are sandwich artist now. there are people who crave beauty and what they make but wd entitled to first amendment protection." when advocates tried to equate phillips actions to those who once denied service on the basis of race, chief justice john roberts noted that when the supreme court decided it's same-sex marriage case two years ago, "it went out of its way to talk about the decent and honorable people who may have opposing views." justice anthony kennedy who has often ruled in favor of lgbt interest was tough on both sides. raised eyebrows when he said this. "counselor, tolerance is essential to free society intolerance is most meaningful when it's mutual. it seems to me this date, and its position here, has been either tolerant nor respectful of mr. phillips religious beliefs." >> it's hard to believe the government is forcing me to choose between providing for my family and employees and violating my relationship with god. that's not freedom. that's not tolerance. >> attorn

of the nine justices, only sonia sotomayor and ruth bader ginsburg signaled they opposed it.d take affect, f course. mark steyn, thankfully not covered by any of the countries listed in the travel ban. he joins us tonight. great to see you. >> good to see you. he could ban me. >> tucker: how? >> you are right. it's a big victory. but if you take it in harness with the last half-hour, essentially you have had since this administration won anc year ago, the bureaucracy and the courts ganging up, basically, to cripple the executive branch. the fact that he had to go to court to get a temporary stay in these two lower-level court bans on his travel ban, actually tells you something about what an insane situation we are in. the statutory language is quite plain. the president has thent authoriy to ban by proclamation any aliens or class of aliens. so he can ban me personally by proclamation. he can ban all canadians by proclamation. or he can ban classes of canadians. he can ban canadian tap dancers because he thinks they are a threat to the american tap dancing industry. the lang

only justices ginsburg and sotomayor said they would deny it. >> what's the question next. have a ban on eight countries. >> the government hasn't said so right away tonight. i talked to the aclu. it has to do with visas. the lower courts had allowed it to go into effect, except for those with a bona fide connection to the united states. >> thank you very much, next, new developments in the alabama senate race. a woman with new evidence who had a relationship with roy moore. this on the same day the president of the united states has endorsed roy moore. on a much lighter dose, jeanne moos's on trump's diet. e deal. so two spokespeople. got it. k. thanks. at&t it's time for more. it's time for more. buy the amazing iphone 8 at at&t and get a second one to gift, on us. this ♪s electricity. this is a power plant. this is tim barckholtz. that's me! this is something he is researching at exxonmobil: using fuel cells to capture carbon emissions at power plants. this is the potential. reducing co2 emissions by up to 90%... while also producing more power. this could be big. energy