i think sotomayor and kagan on this, i thought both justice sotomayor and kagan were sympathetic to an idea that race should be taken into account and many other aspects of american life. it clearly implies i think justice kagan would be perfectly happy to see it stand and admissions continue. curt: let me raise the question for amanda. who knows what kagan wants in her heart, but the fact that she did talk about race neutral alternatives, does that indicate to you she may realize the votes are just not there to save the explicit use of race? amanda: yes. she is very savvy. she's a supersmart human. i agree with devon that she things brenner is correct and she's concerned about star a decisive's and the legitimacy of the court. -- about star decisive's -- how far, how fast, overruling affirmative action after doing away with abortion, these are big social moves in a very divisive world. i think she may have come into it closer to what i was worried about which is the court would issue a broad holding that says no affirmative action whatsoever and if you even think about race, that's un

sotomayor: that is not what the district court found. putting this aside, let's go back to my fundamental question. i thought the issue under section two was whether or not a particular racial minority, as a result can equally participate. at that is the case, it concluded that the black community, which is a community of interest, was in three or four districts. >> it shows a lot in my friend's brief. there is no finding. >> how can i not be if you are not keeping together a community of interest in the way you did like mobile and baldwin? mr. lacour: it stretches from texas to virginia. we cannot keep the whole black belt together. the council plaintiffs expert explained, that is because the tennessee river runs east to west up there. the rivers in the southwest of the state, alabama and mobile run north to south. what mobile is doing well, in the areas most of their is doing -- north of there is doing well. >> are there enough people in black belt to constitute a district by itself? wasn't necessary in their proposed district seven to

justice kagen and sotomayor.at people disagree with and the legitimacy of the court and he went on to say you don't want the political branches telling you what the law is and you don't want public opinion to be the guide of what the appropriate decision is. he really believes there is not a legitimacy question for the institution right now. >> well, that is the problem. it is almost as though chief justice roberts is saying don't pay attention to the man behind the curtain and that man was donald trump. and when he put these justices before the country in such a politicized way, and then now chief justice roberts wanted to turn around and say forget about all of that, it just happened last year and just think as these as regular justices and court and we don't understand why you're making this a political matter, and we do remember, we do know what donald trump said when he vetted those justices that would be conservative and would overturn roe v. wade even though they said during the confirmation hearing they t

listen when they're having their little meetings when sonya sotomayor gets on television. we are talking about women's bodies and women's rights. ok so you have a body, you have rights whether you want an abortion or not. it has nothing to do with running this country. ok? we have women all of this country including our politicians who are running on emotions. host: point taken. let's let kelly respond to that comment. caller: i would make the clear point that women do not run this country. women are underrepresented on every level. the folks are leading the majority of states, the majority of state legislatures, the presidency, the supreme court, those are all majority men and in most cases majority white men. if the concern is this country is being led by emotion we should look to those are actually making the decisions most often. remember that women are not in majority of those positions. i would add is really easy-to-follow into gender stereotypes and paint all women with the same brush. to say all women are acting only on emotion is very consistent with the tropes an

. >> jusce sotomayor? >> couil, i think there has en miss reading. and i obviously could be doing it, but i have read justice kennedy's significt xus text. and as i read his disn, he was of the view thatdjency defined wetlands that were adjacent to navigable waters. and that he was appinthe significant nexus texto al with non-navigable waters that might be waters of the unite states. and so, i think that there are two isesn this case. justiceli referenced only one of them, which is whether or not the tributary that runs from the they to the second site, whether that is a marshnd that constitutes a water of the united states. that is what the ninth circuit saw. but there is also the second te running directly to priest lake. and that second site does run across below road andel some houses. i believehe government's position can speak for itself is that that connection is ve direct. there is a subsurface flow, not a groundwater flow, t subsurface flow of water. am i correct about the factual nature of this case? >> you are correct the record contains e

he had a diatribe against sonya sotomayor. if you think that members of congress and their families are not nervous now being out on the trail, obviously, they are. by the way, newsmax host greg kelly tweeted: wondering if nancy pelosi staged her own mini january 6th. excuse me? her husband underwent surgery for a fractured skull. kelly later deleted that tweet. >>> ahead, elon musk has taken over twitter. some in the media savaging him once again. but when we come back, we'll tell you which pundits pretended that john fetterman's shaky debate performance never even happened. ♪ ♪ ♪ well, the stock is bubbling in the pot ♪ ♪ just till they taste what we've got ♪ ♪ ow, ow ♪ ♪ with a big, fresh carrot ♪ ♪ and a whole lot of cheese ♪ ♪ and the mirror from your van is halfway down the street ♪ ♪ well, you can say that -- ♪ wait, what? i said, "someone just clipped the side view mirror right off the delivery van." when owning a small business gets real, progressive gets you right back to living the dream. now, where were we? why, yo

into a flourishing 1920's art scene kron four's ella sogomonian introduces us to the late antonio sotomayor. >> the iconic grace cathedral in san francisco is a piece of art in and of itself. but inside, you'll find another impressive work of art. the 30 panel mural depicting historical events like the 19 0, 6, fire which burned most of the city to the ground. >> cathedral archivist michael lampton was acquainted with the bolivian born artist antonio sotomayor. >> a very are gentleman with a bolivian accept which you never lost, very committed artist. i think his early years bolivia formed his are very strongly. >> the mural was masterfully painted with acrylic on london. and so the myers home just a stone's throw away on hill, the painter, sculptor and illustrator immigrated to san francisco in 1923. as a young man. so the mayor got a job as a dishwasher at the historic palace hotel to make ends meet while attending the hopkins institute of art. >> so the story goes, antonio on his 5th day as a dishwasher and drop the dishes and instead left the kitchen, he took a seat in the lounge and sk

and that was justice sonia sotomayor responding to questions about roe v wade during her 2009 confirmation hearing in the senate a reminder that all confirmation hearings in their entirety are available to watch online at c-span.org. clarence thomas is the longest serving justice on the court today nominated by president george h. w bush justice thomas began serving in 1991 his nomination process of course was one of the most contentious and closely followed in history the issue of abortion and the law came up. here's justice thomas. and i think we all feel strongly in this country about the our privacy i do. i believe the constitution protects the right to privacy. and i have no reason or agenda to prejudge the issue. or that predisposed to rule one where the other on the issue of abortion which is a difficult issue. i'm not asking you to prejudge it. just as you can respond. and i will get into some of the questions to which you responded yesterday both from senators thurman catch and biden about matters. that might come before the court. certainly can express an opinion as to whether or

. >> i would like to rurto where justice sotomayor left off. that is adjacenc if you are going to have something more than a water surface test le did in riverside bayvie expand beyond that, why not just look at the geographic proximity? the lake is the waters of the it states the epa wishes to protect, understandably. they have a securities -- a circuito rte from an unnamed treaty to a named tributary to the lake. that is the adjacency theory, ki of a daisy wheel that is spun out from the lake. but that is rather complicated when one looks at the p. you are blocked from the lake. why isn't that adjacent enough? there's a subdivision between you and a la, t pretty close. a closer route than this convoluted pass around. >> think the reason that's not satisfactory and i recognize i have given this answer in more th form several times, but i would go back again to the text. what congress knows about wetlands, it included a reference to wetland it chose not to include that in the definitional section. that has to meanomhing. what that means ishe re

justices kagan and sotomayor wore masks. others did not.ly notable in this first case today, justice brown jackson engaged right away. she was asking many questions of the lawyers who were here for a case that deals with water rights and the epa and could there be more federal regulation of property rights when it comes to water and it was certainly interesting to see how she engaged quickly and other judges referenced her questions so she was right in the mix on her fers day on the court. of course, today's case is just the first of many going forward. the justices will hear cases that will deal with issues like race when it comes to college admissions, affirmative action. that will deal with harvard and university of north carolina. they'll also deal with how state legislatures could play a bigger role in elections. they'll look at voting rights in alabama. they'll look at the issue of can a private employer, web designer in colorado, not provide services, creative services for gay couples, but do so for hetero sexual couples under the is

and that was justice sonia sotomayor responding to questions about roe v wade during her 2009 confirmation hearing in the senate a reminder that all confirmation hearings in their entirety are available to watch online at c-span.org. clarence thomas is the longest serving justice on the court today nominated by president george h. w bush justice thomas began serving in 1991 his nomination process of course was one of the most contentious and closely followed in history the issue of abortion and the law came up. here's justice thomas. and i think we all feel strongly in this country about the our privacy i do. i believe the constitution protects the right to privacy. and i have no reason or agenda to prejudge the issue. or that predisposed to rule one where the other on the issue of abortion which is a difficult issue. i'm not asking you to prejudge it. just as you can respond. and i will get into some of the questions to which you responded yesterday both from senators thurman catch and biden about matters. that might come before the court. certainly can express an opinion as to whether or

and sotomayor. >> a very are gentleman with bolivian accept which you never lost, very committed artistbolivia formed his are very strongly. >> the mural was masterfully painted with acrylic on london. and so the myers home just a stone's throw away on hill, the painter, sculptor and illustrator immigrated to san francisco in 1923. as a young man. so the mayor got a job as a dishwasher at the historic palace hotel to make ends meet while attending the hopkins institute of art. >> so the story goes, antonio on his 5th day as a dishwasher and drop the dishes and left the kitchen, take a seat in the lounge and sketched one ever came to his imagination. >> well, he's doing caught the attention of his boss who eventually helped launch him into san francisco's high society. art scene. >> 2 more of his murals are still proudly on display in the hotel's pied piper lounge. portraying notable an eccentric characters including literary luminaries, mark twain and bret hart as well as the self-proclaimed emperor of the united states. morton. >> skills as a artists were soon found out by the owner, j

and in the minority, there is only so much that justice jackson, justice kagan, and justice sotomayorthe damage and the bleeding that the six conservatives have charted out for the country. >> elie, i'm going to take a less defeatist approach. kbj is on the bench. he does oral arguments where she's hearing these positions coming, and maybe it se the 6-3 conservative supermajority, but somebody has to hold the door. somebody has to put it on the record and make these questions and assert these positions. so, do you think kbj will do that and approach it in the same way for the cases coming up? because this is a consequential term. i know people keep using that phrase, but the kind of cases set in this term are life altering for americans. >> i hope so. i think that the interplay you had with her and gorsuch was indicative. because one of the things that conservative supreme court justices have taken to doing in recent cases is lying, is just straight up making up facts that did not happen. we saw this last term in the praying football case where gorsuch and alito and kavanaugh made up

. >> i would like to return to where justice sotomayor left off. that is adjacency. if you are going to have something more than a water surface test like we did in riverside bayview, expand beyond that, why not just look at the geographic proximity? the lake is the waters of the united states the epa wishes to protect, understandably. they have a securities -- a circuitous route from an unnamed treaty to a named tributary to the lake. that is the adjacency theory, kind of a daisy wheel that is spun out from the lake. but that is rather complicated when one looks at the map. you are blocked from the lake. why isn't that adjacent enough? there's a subdivision between you and a late, but pretty close. a closer route than this convoluted pass around. >> i think the reason that's not satisfactory and i recognize i have given this answer in more than one form several times, but i would go back again to the test. what congress knows about wetlands, it included a reference to wetlands. it chose not to include that in the definitional section. that has to mean something. wha

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so justice could tunzi brown jackson and sotomayor came to see the writing on the wall. that is a terrible thing to hear that in the justices voice. guest: i think compromise is supposed to take place in that building right behind you which is the capital. i believe they all do it as they see it with fidelity and that is more important than compromise. host: mr. brooks can you give us a breakdown of what to expect? guest: we don't know what to expect that we have some signals from the more conservative conservatives. we are considering the independent state legislature. the idea that over -- supreme court can overrule legislature with regards to federal elections, allegedly based in the constitution. isl is quite like another -- this seems to operate a devastating blow. imagine that you're a state legislature that decides who gets to choose who the electors go to end the presidential election regardless of the outcome of a popular state vote. the state supreme court said that doesn't make any sense we have a popular election, the people of that state decided that the pre

she was very welcoming to associate justice sotomayor when she joined began her judicial career on theouthern district of new york and kimba wood and so many other judges. she always stayed in with her family and was helpful to her family. she reunions. she traveled back to nevis, which is where her parents had immigrated from in the early 20th century. and so she was just a very decent person. i think that it's important to said you convey to readers that this is a person of high achievement but she wasn't just that she. she also was just a terrific human. and i think it's important have examples of that combination and then in terms of what she might to us today. well, i. she might look around and see the many problems legal and social problems confronting us. and she might observe that in a career that spanned decades, that included three different phases and roles. she had done her part. and she would say to us that should do our part to ensure that democracy and that people are able to achieve despite their identities that's why swartz yes. words of wisdom. the the discrimination

she was very welcoming to associate justice sotomayor when she joined began her judicial career on theouthern district of new york and kimba wood and so many other judges. she always stayed in with her family and was helpful to her family. she reunions. she traveled back to nevis, which is where her parents had immigrated from in the early 20th century. and so she was just a very decent person. i think that it's important to said you convey to readers that this is a person of high achievement but she wasn't just that she. she also was just a terrific human. and i think it's important have examples of that combination and then in terms of what she might to us today. well, i. she might look around and see the many problems legal and social problems confronting us. and she might observe that in a career that spanned decades, that included three different phases and roles. she had done her part. and she would say to us that should do our part to ensure that democracy and that people are able to achieve despite their identities that's why swartz yes. words of wisdom. the the discrimination

she's followed by sonia sotomayor. women are talking the most. i guess there must be a lot of cases how their day went. [ laughter ] >> i was about to say. >> yeah, terrible. i fire that person. who wrote that? john reports ises the chattiest guy at 3400 words and 2400 or them were yes, sir dear. gorsuch and finally clarence thomas who uttered 96 words during his eight arguments. i spoken more words alone than justice thomas. women, especially brown jackson talks a lot. >> when you provide the definition of the word woman. >> i can't. >> not in this context. >> i am not a biologist. >> too bad ketanji can't define women. >> we can talk about clarence. >> i am like clarence, i have two words to say on this. so and what? >> they did this and their point was -- when you are going to lose the vote -- >> right, that's what basically this is about. apparently it is better to go on long tirades to extend it before the vote comes down because it is a right leaning supreme court and so the thought process if she givers long versions of her idea is that it

. >> june 4, 2018 you want at the supreme court in it was his 7 - 2 ruling ginsburg and sotomayor were resented of course but obviously that was an amazing occasion, what was that like when you won. >> that was just as emotional as the day that they granted, i was more surprised because this is three weeks before the end of the session and i was pretty confident they would not make the announcement until the last fday in this granted meiser on the last day the year before. >> we have a masterpiece. it looks like you went 7 - 2 i'm sitting at my computer unlike what just happened. the phone starts ringing people are driving by my shop, honking and waving it was an incredible day. >> is like david goliath story, it is amazing. did you mentioned in the book, this is interesting what was one of the keys to winning the case according to the supreme court, why did they rule in your favor? >> one of the key factors wasy the hospitality that we talked about before the commissioner can. my case to the holocaust i forget how theyo phrase it it ws impermissible hostility and then the other compon

she reminded me of justice sonia sotomayor when she joined court.omplete command of the record in the case, which reflects her being a trial judge, and also the legislative history. judy: what was your take? josh: she was certainly very vocal. i think she may have questioned more than any other justice during that first section of the arguments. she reminded me of her predecessor, justin breyer, in this question she brought up about congressional purpose or intent. judy: she was not holding back. let's talk about what the case was. it was about the clean water act. what is the significance? >> it is significant because how the justices decide what kind of testing use to determine if wetlands are part of the united states can affect how broadly the clean water act can be used to ensure water quality in a lot of different types of water body there are a lot of questions about what federal court costs test was. i thought the justices at the end were struggling with some sort of middle ground between what the sackett family was arguing and what the gove

she is joined by her three fellow justices amy coney barrett, soto sonia sotomayor and elena kagan. having four women on the bench at the same time is of first in the history of the high court. 108 have been been white men and only four have been people of color and only five have been women. this was before jackson was sworn in. in. > >> a new immersive experience will open in london. the walls of four rooms surround people with innovative paintings from masters. this includes artists like salvador dali. this is the uk's biggest immersive art experience. it will likely turno an instagram friendly spot. >> you can be a part of the art. the art. in some rooms there are are mirrors. in some rooms it is is interactive. in some rooms it it is all around you. there is different ways to experience it and be a part of it. >> the permanent exhibit opens to the public on october 7. admission starts at us$27. > >> students and staff opened a famous ranger to a school that bears her name for a special ce. special celebration. >> betty recently turned 101 yes young just a few months ago. she sh

it's a statement that seemed to be aimed at the two local justices, sonia sotomayor and elena kagan. precedent continues to be overturned. it could be yet another tense term for these nine justices. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >>> a damning investigative report shows verbal, sexual misconduct by the u.s. women's soccer league. the very first page details a disturbing encounter between a coach and a player reviewing game footage together. quote, he told her he was going to touch her for every pass she f'd up. he pushed his hands down her pants and up her shirt. >> this is very emotional for me and honestly i'm having trouble absorbing everything in the report. i think it will take time to read through it and think about the actions and inactions of certain people and then it will take us some time to really think about what needs to be done in terms of discipline. >> the report's lead investigator said a culture of emotional abuse is starting in youth leagues. >>> the iranian government's crackdown of peaceful protestors and vows washington will impose further costs after ayat

. >> for quite some time this country has been home to many famous puerto ricans, jlo, justice sotomayori know what thinking joe biden isn't puerto rican. he is. we found out that out last night. we have in very relative terms a very large puerto rican population in delaware i was sort of raised in the puerto rican community at home. >> jesse: now, i don't know but but here at "primetime" we had no idea delaware was so rich in puerto rican culture. so just to be sure, we decided to do a little fact check. we went through some census data and guess what we found? well, we couldn't go all the way back to the 1950s so the numbers are from the 70s but it only shows that 0.39% of the state's population was puerto rican. s that it. less than 1%. liz warren is more native american than delaware is puerto rican. what's joe talking about? either making stuff up or all the puerto ricans in delaware lived in biden's neighborhood. but for some reason that doesn't sound quite right. this is what biden always does. he is the man for any occasion. ask him about a place, he has been there. tell him abou

your view of the world, if a student wrote an ess dcribing some of the experiences that justice sotomayor said, racial prejudice, things that shapeho i am, in your view of the world, couldniversity take that the equal protection small?ing >> yes. the active overcoming discriminationparate because any member of a race might be put in a position where they feel at isolated or different. >> understood that you thought thld not be permissible. >> i meant to say it quite differently. what we object to is the consideration of race in a box. >> race in a box checking way. >> c, gin the basis of checking the box alone. >> wary? -- wre? there's only one place the diri court found that an applicant checking a box automatically gets greater points. >> i did not say that. i said they can tce into account based on t iormation alone. >> you're making assumptions with tt. i can look at something and say let methe rest of the application and see if that warrants that extra point but where can you point to in the record where merely checking e box, standing alone is one faaffect somebody? >>here is an ema

those moments where she and her colleagues, kagan and sotomayor, have an opportunity to be vocal andlic needs to understand the significance of the decisions that are going to be made in this term alone, i think those have to be taken. i'm excited to hear what each of them have to say. >> it's so true that she was making the point that race has to be a determinant, because that's what the voting rights law in 1965 was -- although it was largely decimated in 2013, but what's left of the voting rights law was to redress everything that had preceded about race. you just pointed out, there's a 20-point drop in the support legitimacy of the supreme court. this is what elena kagan said last month. >> the law gives rights to people that people ought to be able to rely on. it just doesn't look like law when some new judges appointed by a new president come in and start just tossing out the old stuff. >> the legitimacy of the court has been raised in public now by justice kagan, supported in part by the chief. should we re-visit the life-time tenure and the justices' ability to make their own

nonetheless, if you compare it to other dissents, the three of us, me and justice kagan and justice sotomayor, we jointly authored that dissent and felt strongly about it. what is more important is the reasoning and the reasoning in that dissent goes into great length into why it is a mistake under the law to depart from 50 years of precedent. and there are other parts that deal more with the human results and so forth, but that legal part is an important part. and the majority spent some time trying to say, well, there are lots of incidents -- lots of instances where the court has overruled an earlier case, which is true. so, i spent -- we each have four law clerks -- and they spent considerable time looking up every one of those cases. i do what frankfurter used to do, which got him nowhere. i wrote an opinion. you can read it if you have nothing better to do. it is quite if you pages long, and has every single case they referred to that we talked about during the opinion that they said were very important cases. we tried to say, if a child of two fathers to read this appendix, he will see

broader question about what might be happening now behind the scenes, justices elena kagen and sonia sotomayorere any way to save affirmative action when you have a very heavily dominated conservative court. many of whom in many cases the justices have spoken out against any race-based remedies, erica. >> it is great to look back at those conversations in the context of present day. appreciate it. joan, thank you. >>> want to show you live pictures. these are sffrom a public safet meeting in texas. steve mccraw was going to be there to face questions for the first time since seven dps officers were suspended for their actions on the day of the shooting at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. democratic state senator roland gutierrez opens the hearing describing more stunning body cam footage released to tv stations overnight and shows some texas dps officers on the scene. take a look. >> leaked out coverage of dps troopers standing outside philosophizing but ho this happens so often. saying to themselves, hey, man, don't -- there are kids in there. we need to go in. are you going to put yo

she was a law clerk for sonia sotomayor on the federal bench before her nomination to the supreme court to have all three of you with us. melissa, i'll start with you. trump's attorneys filing with the supreme court argues, and this is a quote, the 11th circuit lack jurisdiction to review the special master order. in your legal expertise, is that enough of an argument to try and slow down this process? >> while, obviously, it's enough of an argument to slow it down, because clarence thomas, who is the circuit justice for the 11th circuit, has already given a weeklong deadline to the doj to respond to this. again, this is all in the context of judge dearie's order, which said in the special master's review likely concluded toward the end of this month or to board the beginning of november. so, this adds another week to that. so, it's already been successful in delaying this and dragging this out a little bit. but, again, it's a very modest claim. the view here is that the 11th circuit lack jurisdiction to review the special master's order. it does not deal with the second part of the spe

the legitimacy of the court, and he didn't mention the fact that liberal members such as kagan and sotomayor's opinion. he said, you can criticize his opinions all you want, but don't call into question the character of the justices or the legitimacy of the court. that was a really strong speech last night from justice alito. >> the justices may disagree on issues, that's for sure, but when it comes to the character of the court, they seem to agree on that. thank you. >> thanks. >>> police in iowa are looking into claims by a woman who says that her late father was a serial killer who murdered dozens of people. we've got a live update on the investigation. my name is joshua florence, and one thing i learned being a firefighter is plan ahead. you don't know what you're getting into, but at the end of the day, you know you have a te behind you that can help you. not havi to worry about the future makes it possible to make the present as best as it can be for everybody. one prilosec otc in the morning blocks excess acid production for a full 24 hours. unlike pepcid, which stops working after 9.

attorney, professor of law at new york university, and former supreme court clerk for justice, sonia sotomayor, thank you for being with us tonight. miss murray, let me go right to it and let's start with justice jackson. what role was she playing on the court in this upcoming session? and in the years to come? >> -- anytime a new justice joins the court, the introduction of that justice really changes the dynamics. at least for the short term, justice jackson is going to have kind of a disruptive effect, as the rest of the court sort of recalibrate to accommodate her new position on that court. but as you say, she will be part of a three justice liberal minority. there is not going to be a lot of room there on the cases that really matter. she's likely to be a dissent in most of those cases, but she may have the opportunity to form some unlikely coalitions of people like justice gorsuch, for example, on criminal justice issues. i think she's going to be a lot like clarence thomas was at the beginning his career. really playing a long game and hoping that in time, the courts dynamics and perso

clarence thomas, the second black justice on the court has opposed the use of affirmative action, sonia sotomayorou. a federal judge is refusing to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in arizona's largest county where watchers have shown up arms and in ballistic vests the so-called drop boxes. the judge says doing so could violate the monitor's constitutional rights. he says the case remains open though and that the arizona alliance for retired americans could try again to make its argument against a group calling itself clean elections u.s.a. let's bring in fox news chief legal correspondent, anchor of "fox news sunday," shannon bream good to see you, shannon. >> good to see you. >> bret: what are we waiting on that's coming out. >> at any moment we could actually get a ruling on emergency request from senator lindsey graham. he petitioned the court to block this lower court subpoena out of georgia. the investigation there, allegations of post election tampering in the 2020 presidential election he has been fighting it all on numerous grounds. of the two sides have filed now. we lit

justice sonia sotomayor, the first hispanic on the court supports it. at the supreme court. david spun fox news. mermaids to the rescue. see the unusual heroes that saved a diver and trouble in southern california. and halloween is just a couple of days away, but with the little ones have to wear a coat to cover up their costumes. meteorologist mark am california is once again on hold amid concerns about wales getting tangled in crabbing gear . the california department of fish and wildlife says that too many whales are in the waters off northern california for crabbing to happen safely so far this year, 11 humpback whales have been entangled in fishing gear. the commercial crabbing season was set to start november 15th. the state says it will reassess on november 23rd and unusual rescue of catalina island in southern california. a diver suffered a medical emergency, and it was divers in mermaid costumes. it came to the rescue. we get the story from our cristina gonzalez at our sister station in los angeles for real for real, for real image shows, a mermaid tail and the tank

and sotomayor. >> a very are gentleman with bolivian accept which you never lost. very committed artist. i think his early years bolivia formed his are very strongly. >> the mural was masterfully painted with acrylic on london. and so the myers home just a stone's throw away on hill, the painter, sculptor and illustrator immigrated to san francisco in 1923. as a young man. so the mayor got a job as a dishwasher at the historic palace hotel to make ends meet while attending the hopkins institute of art. >> so the story goes, antonio on his 5th day as a dishwasher and drop the dishes and left the kitchen. he took a seat in the lounge and sketched one ever came to his imagination. well, he's doing caught the attention of his boss who eventually helped launch him into san francisco's high society. art scene. >> 2 more of his murals are still proudly on display in the hotel's pied piper lounge. >> portraying notable an eccentric characters including literary luminaries, mark twain and bret hart as well as the self-proclaimed emperor of the united states. morton. >> skil

located because those states may not have the same pig welfare laws as california justice sonia sotomayor pork producers can take their products elsewhere. no one's forcing them to sell to california. they can sell to any other state that they prefer to sell to. the pork industry argues that the meat is often combined before a sale, and it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to get all pork up to proposition 12 standards. those in favor of the california law say states have to be able to regulate products coming into their borders. california voters chose to pay higher prices to serve their local interest in refusing to provide a market to products they viewed as morally objectionable and potentially unsafe. but some justices asked questions about just how far this could go extend to a st that has, for example, different political views on certain issues that are important to your votes. the biden administration argued today in favor of the pork producers, a decision is expected in coming months. the supreme court. molly henneberg, fox news. the justice department today asked the s

she's also a lock lurk to judge sotomayor, and charlie savage, washington correspondent for the new yorktor. welcome to both of you. we will go ladies first here. the fact that the court took up these cases is significant. give me a sense of perspective on why they are such a big deal. >> you are right, alex. it is significant. the court took up affirmative action challenge just a few years ago in 2016. there, in a pretty close vote, it was again during that period of time when justice goglia passed away. justice gorsuch had not been nominated to a seat yet. there was a majority of justices who believed that race could be used permissive lee in higher education admissions. the fact that this case is now before the court, these set of cases, really goes to show how much a conservative super majority has really changed things. it's invited conservative interest to press their causes before this court interview that they will have a more receptive audience. >> both sides have invoked, melissa, the historic brown versus board of education decisions in their arguments. here house justin drive

joining me is garrett haake, marianne that sotomayor and kimberly atkins stohr, senior opinion writer of the boston globe. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. friday was yet another reminder that these are not ordinary times. consider we're just nine days away from the first national election since the attack on the u.s. capitol. and obviously the threat of violence has an edge. the chilling and violent attack on paul pelosi is raising fears of more political violence. pelosi's husband had surgery for a skull fracture and is recovering after beaten by a man with hammer after he broke into her home. speaker pelosi was in washington at the time with her security detail. there was no secure detail at t the house. both president biden and president obama addressed the assault. >> it is one thing to condemn the violence. but you can't condemn the en violence unless you condemn those people who continue to argue the election was not real, that it's being stolen, that a

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she was a clerk for sonia sotomayor on the federal bench before her nomination to the supreme court.florida republican congressman carlos curbelo. he was a member of the republican conference for two years during the trump presidency. melissa, we gotta start with this subpoena. we waited for it for days, and if you read this thing, it's like a criminal indictment. what do you think are the most important points? >>, well it is definitely a shot across the bow, and it puts the former president right at the center of what the committee calls a multi part effort to overthrow the results of the election, of a validly conducted election. and the really spell out the ways in which different cases are joined together. it's not simply the riot of the capitol, but rather, the efforts to advance slates of false electors, the efforts to overturn and find votes in various swing states, all of this was connected. all of it failed, the many different challenges that made their way through the federal courts. and then, finally, culminating in the january 6th insurrection. all of this, they note, pu

justice sonia sotomayor, the first hispanic on the court supports it. at the supreme court. david spun fox news. the city of san francisco, moving forward with plans to build new, affordable housing the vote happening next week and plus with halloween just days away. experts don't want parents to panic over the rise in candy fentanyl. why they see families should be cautious, but not overly concerned. also graduation day for dozens of new police officers what they told oakland's police chi about ping in golden gate park this afternoon with a huge halloween party, drawing thousands of people. san francisco the record parks department pulled out all the stops with carnival rides, music, arts and crafts for the little ghosts and ghouls. mayor london breed stopped by to hand out candy to the trick or treaters. families turned out to enjoy the activities. and of course, see what everyone was wearing. the finest is seeing all the other costumes, seeing everyone involved and the whole community coming out. it's nice to be here in jail in the in the park having it happen as well. um

joining me to discuss is marianna sotomayor, congressional reporter a further russian, poets fernand. amandi, an msnbc political analyst and host of the strange days podcast. and dr. victoria defrancesco, dean at the clinton school of public service at the university of arkansas. she's also an msnbc contributor. it's good to see you. law mariana, start with you. this hearing happened less than a month before the midterms, political reports more less than 2% of spending in house races has gone to ads about january 6th. tell me what you're hearing from candidates, from parties, about why they're choosing not to center this issue? >> it goes back to before these hearings started. speaker nancy pelosi at the time told all her caucus in a private meeting, earlier this summer, you know what i know you guys all want to talk about january 6th, you all survived and saw the threat of democracy happen before your own eyes. however, we need to remember this is what she told the caucus again, we need to remember what people are thinking and feeling and experiencing right now actually centers more

in a way, she reminded me of justice sowing us on a mayor when she's -- sonya so to mayor -- sotomayornds me of the legislative history and congress's intent hind the statute that was befe the court. judy: josh, what was your take? josh: she was certainly very vocal. she may have spoken and questioned more than any other justice at least during that first section of the arguments. she was very well-informed. she reminded me a little bit of her predecessor, justice breyer, in this question she cap bringing up about congressional purpose and congressional intent but there was no question she intended to come out of the gate very strong to indicate that she is not going to be some sort of shrinking violet on the court. judy: she wasn't holding back. let's talk about what the case was today. it was about the clean water act. in a nutshell, what was the argument? what is the significance? marcia: it is very significant because of how the justices to decide what kind of test to use to determine whether wetlands are part of the waters of the united states can really affect how broadly the cle

justice sotomayor used statistics from states that have already barred the policy. >> what we know, wee nine states who have tried it, and each of them, as i mentioned earlier, whites have either -- white admissions have either remained the same or increased. and clearly, in some institutions, the numbers for underrepresented groups has fallen dramatically. correct? >> that's my understanding, yes. >> joining me is yamiche alcindor, nbc news washington correspondent and moderator of washington week on pbs, and elie mystal. is that about how the arguments went on the right, yamiche? clarence thomas saying, i didn't see any benefit to having diversity? >> that is basically how these arguments went. at one point, justice thomas asked, well, what exactly is diversity? explain it to me, and other justices asked questions like, why should race at all be something that even students who check their box even if they want to voluntarily give it to you, why should it matter at all? you also heard from liberal justices like justice ketanji brown jackson, because she recused herself saying she did