. >> david souter and stephen breyer are frequently mistaken for each other. it is true.justice souter was driving from here tonight hampshire and he stopped to get something to eat. and a couple came up to them and a guy came up to them and said you are on the supreme court coming your stephen breyer. he didn't want to embarrass us, so he said yes, i am stephen breyer. they chatted for a little while. then the guy asked a question that justice souter wasn't ready for he said, and justice breyer, what is the best thing about being on the supreme court he thought and said it is the privilege of serving with david souter. how can you not love that guy? [laughter] >> i will cheat a little bit. the backup of my story of what would happen, my favorite is a nominee named harold carswell. he was considered not the highest nominee of the supreme court -- well, he said there a lot of mediocre lawyers and judges and don't they deserve representation as well. well, so that was the end of his chances to become a justice of the supreme court. >> that was in my home state of nebraska.

of your of that should be seen like that on both sides and it looks a bit like it was more of the souter and marcus of the reluctant bride and certainly relations strained over the cyprus issue between europe and russia do you think though that those economic troubles will actually see more funds coming back to moscow to russia and actually doing more good than harm from russia's point of view well indeed i mean of course the president also prime minister had to protest because the cyprus rescue action which i actually thought was fairly smart but did russian money actually bought quiets some of the burden so i don't think something like this would have been possible in jersey or guernsey or some other places but indeed there may be beneficiary secondary effect as you pointed out that's a more those choices are closed and some more money is going to stay in russia which would be beneficial and many benefits at all in the way that hey we've seen russia becoming embroiled in the a use problems do you think perhaps we could see moscow playing effective role in the future with what's happeni

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. >> david souter and stephen breyer are frequently mistaken for each other. it is true.justice souter was driving from here tonight hampshire and he stopped to get something to eat. and a couple came up to them and a guy came up to them and said you are on the supreme court coming your stephen breyer. he didn't want to embarrass us, so he said yes, i am stephen breyer. they chatted for a little while. then the guy asked a question that justice souter wasn't ready for he said, and justice breyer, what is the best thing about being on the supreme court he thought and said it is the privilege of serving with david souter. how can you not love that guy? [laughter] >> i will cheat a little bit. the backup of my story of what would happen, my favorite is a nominee named harold carswell. he was considered not the highest nominee of the supreme court -- well, he said there a lot of mediocre lawyers and judges and don't they deserve representation as well. well, so that was the end of his chances to become a justice of the supreme court. >> that was in my home state of nebraska.