that he disagrees with some of the decisions of the two men, kennedy and souter. i offer them as examples, mr. men vicious of opinions that are sharply reject, but during a period of divided government, both of the sort of compromise candidates who are appropriate for the court and whose confirmations i supported. in my view, the contemporary confirmation process functioned well in rejecting judge bork and approve his justices kennedy and souter. in so succeeding, one can see within the process and explosion that was to calm with the promise nominations -- was to calm with the promised nominations. ofi said earlier, the root the collapse of the confirmation process is the administration's campaign to make a supreme court an agent of an ultra-right served the -- conservative socialist agenda which lacks support in congress and the country. i will just point out again, mr. president, the entire socialist agenda of the reagan administration has yet to gain a majority support in the united states senate or the united states house of representatives, or among the uni p

or moderates its selection, then this nomination may enjoy my support as did justice kennedy and souter. that's what this is all about. senator biden, vice president biden never said there wouldn't be any nominations approved, and that was evident in the oval office yesterday. vice president biden told the story of a republican president called him down. he was chairman of the judiciary committee. and said, okay, we're having some problems here. i got ten names on a piece of paper. i want you to look at it and just give me your rough estimate. which of these do you think would work? these are people that a republican president presented to the democratic chair of the judiciary committee saying give me your impression of these people. he went on yes, yes, yes, no. he had ten names. and that's the same thing that happened yesterday in the white house. president obama said do you have any names for me? give them to me. i'll be happy to take a look at them. so, mr. president, there is no biden rule unless the biden rule is we'll continue doing what we've always done here in the senate. and

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late as september in a presidential election year voting in favor of justice kennedy and justice souter nominated by republican presidents and in his speech in the section i just quoted i think he sent a clear request to then president george h.w. bush to work with the senate sent the nominee and i will consider supporting them. irish the chairman and ranking member of us who are members of this important committee to follow the actual biden rule of working across the aisle by consulting and by offering a fair open and timely hearing or any nominee that should be proffered by her president. >> mr. president. >> the senator from vermont. >> i think the senator from delaware for clearing that up and i also note in a meeting where we don't discuss meetings with the president because there has been so much reported from the two republicans who are there the distinguished senator from iowa and the distinguished republican leader vice president wyden was also there and he made very clear what he meant so there is no question. he also did point out that through september, 68 of the republican

ericka souter, thank you so much. such an important topic and we've got more on it coming up. >>> right now we are going to get outside to ginger. >> i'm right behind you, lara. hey, lara, we have to get into the serious situation. last night, northeast >>> this afternoon, we'll hit 70 degrees, west of the city may be 71 and tomorrow, we have rain off and on all day. maybe a thunderstorm. temperatures still in the 70s. chilly by sunday. i'm back. i'm back inside. i don't know where i am this morning which is totally fine in apparently i don't either. >> time for "pop." >> i love your dress. you look beautiful today. not just because i said you were in the wrong place. i swear to god. "pop news," everybody. we start with a wheel of fortune robert sentoli won an epic $76,000 on the popular game show but what has everybody's whees spinning is how he crushed solving a puzzle with just one letter. >> oh, come on. >> go. robert. >> port and starboard. >> yeah, that's it. >> whoo! >> out of nowhere. >> unbelievable. >> so he

selection absent consultation, then his nominee may enjoy my support, as did justices kennedy and souter." close quote. let me just in conclusion remark that what then-chairman biden did speaks more loudly even than what he said. his record as chairman of the senate judiciary committee, i believe, is unmistakable. in case after case, he convened and held timely hearings even in the election year of 1988. it means that he considered and confirmed 64 judicial nominees as late as september in a presidential election year. it means that he voted in favor of justice kennedy and justice souter, nominated by republican presidents, and it means that in his speech in the section i just quoted, i think he sent a clear request to then-president george h.w. bush, worked with the senate, send us a moderate nominee and i will consider supporting them. i urge all of e members of this important and august committee to follow the actual biden rule, by working across the aisle, by consulting and by offering a fair, open, and timely hearing for any nominee that should be proffered by our president. mr. lea

traffic on the souter loop to virginia. 14 miles per hour is an average. from the mixing bowl to the wilson bridge. 295 near malcolm x. the stretch will take 19 minutes from the 11th street bridge continuing to national harbor. talk about the closures around the convention center put in place this evening. we will move to the waze map. this event is one that will shut down many of our streets. we move to the waze maps we will show you we have a lot of closures. that will affect you, too, if you travel on metro, you won't be able to get off at the mount vernon square station. as we pull out, you can see these are all of this will go into place at 7:00 this evening. everything should reopen by saturday at noon. that is a look at traffic. back to you. jonathan: thanks very much. also let you know tomorrow morning stick with julie wright and the "good morning washington" team for latest on any delays due to motor cades and closing associated with the nuclear security summit. we will be on the air at 4:24. michelle: breaking news now out of wheaton. a car crash

ericka souter, thank you so much.ming up. >>> right now we are going to get outside to ginger. >> i'm right behind you, lara. hey, lara, we have to get into the serious situation. the tornadoes in oklahoma as of last night, northeastern oklahoma, now that threat moves to the east, western to kentucky back through northern alabama, northern mississippi, all today. that's the elevated risk. it sticks around for tomorrow along the gulf coast.likely wel dark. mild and breezy with highs in the low 70s. tomorrow, showers and thunderstorms more lel morning. highs near 80! rain may linger into the morning on saturday then breezy and cooler. highs only around 50 by sunday. >>> all right. i'm back. i'm back inside. i don't know where i am this morning which is totally fine in apparently i don't either. >> time for "pop." >> i love your dress. you look beautiful today. not just because i said you were in the wrong place. i swear to god. "pop news," everybody. we start with a wheel of fortune whiz who literally steals the show. r

ericka souter, thank you so much.up. >>> right now we are going to get outside to ginger for a look at the weather. >> i'm right behind you, lara. hey, lara, we have to get into the serious situation. the tornadoes in oklahoma as of last night, northeastern oklahoma, now that threat moves to the east, western to kentucky back through northern alabama, northern mississippi, all today. that's the elevated risk. it sticks around for tomorrow along the gulf coast. >>> all right. >>> good morning, meteorologist mike nicco has the bay area forecast. looks like summer but feels like spring. the mild conditions through the weekend and the next storm now is sliding to the north. check out cloud cover this afternoon, along the coast, 60s into san francisco at 61 and mostly sunny and mid-to-upper 60s and sunny inland low-to-mid 70s. my sent seven shows in the 60s at the coast and low-to-mid 70s around the bay and inland and 80s starting to show up next >>> all right. i'm back. i'm back inside. i don't know where i am this mornin

ericka souter, thank you so much.up. >>> right now we are going to get outside to ginger. >> i'm right behind you, lara. tornados in oklahoma as of last night northeastern oklahoma now the threat moves to the east, western kentucky and northern alabama, northern mississippi that's the elevated risk. it sticks around tomorrow around the gulf coast. let's check a little closer to home. >> reporter: we might see thunderstorms around here ginger. for now we're dry and we have the sun up over the airport. it's not as cold as yesterday, most areas in the 50s. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast we'll see clouds increasing today it will be a blustery afternoon, but warmer high of 74. tomorrow, intermittent showers and gusty thunderstorms at times not raining all the time, but you want to take cover from any storms. a warm high of 77 down into the 60s on saturday, 40s on sunday. totally fine in apparently i don't either. >> time for "pop." >> i love your dress. you look beautiful today. not just because i said you we

justice souter woos completely unpredictable to president bush 41.e turned out to be different justice. i hold this toe the constitution. hold this to the process. i will concede constitution doesn't say you have to have a hearing. does say that president nominates, shall nominate and have advise and consent of the senate but what i'm trying to hold us to is some sort of process and cut that cycle in the political games. even reading all his opinions i have no way to predict what will come before him should he become a justice and should he become a justice i don't know what the cases. i can't predict how he will decide. i tell you one thing, lawyers always do after decision come out, they say, yeah, i thought that would be it. liz: greta, thanks for joining us again, anytime. watch "on the record" every night on the fox news channel with greta. closing bell 15 minutes away. up next my exclusive billionaire with sheldon adelson, chairman of the las vegas sands organization. ready to add to his vegas empire. find out what and why he is ready to add. c

selections absent consultation, then his nominees may enjoy my support as did justices kennedy and souterd not, as is the president. right, i will oppose his future nominees, as is my right. >> the vice president accused republicans of misrepresenting the remarks, and he defended his record as chairman of the senate judiciary committee. >> so i hear talk about the biden rule. frankly ridiculous. there is no biden rule. doesn't exist. there's only one rule i ever followed on the judiciary committee, that was the constitution's clear rule of advice and consent. i was responsible for eight justices and nine total nominees of supreme court. more than, i hate to say this, anyone alive. every nominee was greeted which committee members every nominee got a committee hearing. every nominee got out of the committee even if they didn't have sufficient votes. and every nominee, including justice kennedy in an election year, got an up and down vote. >> joe biden's speech comes as a new quinnipiac poll shows 62% of americans say the senate should consider merrick garland's nomination to the supreme co

joining us is ericka souter. what do you think? >> i was surprised at first. this is a complete role reversal. we as parents are trained to think we want to stop our kids from posting certain things but -- >> we do. >> and we do. but, when the roles are turned and kids are horrified or they feel it's negatively affecting their life it's like an eye-opening moment. you're like really. >> what do you think these kids are worried about. >> their whole identities are locked up online and can't separate what's reality and what they post. they want the world to know everything is cool, fashionable and funny. if this parent posts a goofy picture -- >> or a throwback thursday. >> that's such a beautiful picture. no, it isn't mom. these images can be horrifying and friends and enemies alike can be brutal when there's a horrible picture online. >> how terrible for a parent if you think you caused it. >> kids always get embarrassed about their parents. so you put it out to the whole world, sure. >> i never knew what a dork i was until i had teenagers. the heart of the is

cooperates with the senate on moderating selections in this nomination as did justice kennedy and souter. that's what this is all about. senator vice president by never said there would not be any nominations approved and that was evident in the oval office yesterday. vice president biden told the story of a republican president calling his chairman to the judiciary committee and said okay we are having some problems here. we have 10 names on a piece of paper. i want you to look at it and give me your estimate. what would work? these are people that a republican president with the democratic chair of the judiciary committee said give me your impression of these people. yes, yes, no, 10 names. that's the same thing that happened yesterday in the white house. president obama said give them to me i will be happy to take a look at them so mr. president there is no biden rule. the biden rule, we continue doing what we as eyes done here in the senate and what is that? we approve in any presidential election year, we have never not , that's a double negative, in a presidential election year we

were chief william rehnquist, dissenting were the more liberal justices, john paul stevens, david souter, ruth bader ginsburg, and david breyer. in the end, with the measured he said was the recount process, as it was described by the majority and as it was going on in florida at the time come is inconsistent with the minimum procedures necessary to protect the fundamental rights of each voter in a state recount. and then it said, the implication was this is one ticket good for one right only. there was plenty of heat on the other side. i will give a snapshot of then junior justice john paul stevens. we will not know the certainty with -- the identity of the winner of this election. the loser is abundantly clear. judith, what do you remember from those 36 days. judith: thank you for having me here. it is great to be in this room with faces that i remember from 15 years ago. they may look a little different. but it is great. just thinking about bush v gore, in some ways, i get some hives thinking about that time. for me, when the decision was handed down, i was in florida. the thing i rem

justice o'connor, justice souter, they no longer serve on the supreme court but they still actually sit from time to time on the courts of appeals. it has been a while since we had a justice who not only steps down but actually sort of retires from article three entirely, or is even in a position to argue the cases. : if you are new to the c-span call-in experience, and i know a number of you are watching for the first time tonight, we don't answer your call until just about time to put you on air. we have another hour ahead of us. lots more to tell you in the story of the slaughterhouse cases. time,eresting period of both civil war era and the reconstruction age, and what life was like in the south. byt, we're going to return video to the city of new orleans. the legal case centers on the creation of the slaughterhouse company. >> this is the general area in st. bernard parish where the crescent city life stock landing and slaughterhouse operations were located. were standing on the levy in the rivers behind me. it goes back at least a quarter of a mile, long city blocks. on the other

. >> i think 100% of kids would say, please, yes, you do.g us ericka souter. what do you think? >> i was surprised at first. this is a complete role reversal. we as parents are t to stop our kids from posting certain things but -- ? we do. >> and we do. but, when the roles are turned and kids are horrified orel it's negatively affecting their life it's like an eye-opening moment. tear whole identities are oneven and can't separate between reality and what they post. they want the world to know everything is cool, fashionable if this parent posts a goofycture -- >> or a throwback thursday. >> that's such a beautiful picture. no, it isn't mom. these images can be horrifying and friends and enemiesn be horrible when they've had a horrible picture online. >> how terrible for a parent if you think you caused it. >> kids always getout their parents. >> i never knew what a dork i was until i had teenagers. the heart tv the issue, though, is really about trust. >> right, it's trust not theut it because kids know their parents don't hate them or want to hurt them but don't just our treat

i will miss david souter. i will miss him a lot. he has sat next to me for his full-time on this court when they go out on the bench. is always depended on which side of the bench i happened to be sitting on, he is to my were to buy right. but my rather constant companion and we chat back and forth sometimes during argument or pass a note back and forth. he's an intelligent, interesting, good man. so that changes. i miss a lot of my former colleagues on the court from byron white to bill britton. that's the process. they go and do people come on. >> in fact during her tenure i think there've been including the chief seven the arrivals. wondering when you welcome new justices in the system, when thethecompany appeals court is e an acclamation process even so he or? >> not really. it's the same job. does the same job as being an appellate judge on a lower court. you hear the argument, three degrees, care the argument, you write the opinion. we have the added job of deciding what to decide, which court of appeals judge does not have th

moderates his selections, then his nominees may enjoy my support as did justice kennedy and justice souterend of quote. i made it absolutely clear that i would go forward with the confirmation process as chairman, even a few months before presidential election. if the nominee were chosen with the advice and not merely the consent of the senate. just as the constitution requires. my consistent advice to presidents of both parties, including this president, has been that we should engage fully in the constitutional process of advice and consent. and my consistent understanding of the constitution has been the senate must do so as well. period. they have an obligation to do so. because there is no vacancy after the thomas confirmation, we can't know what the president and senate might have done. but here's what we do know. every time as the ranking member or chairman of the judiciary committee i was responsible for eight justices and nine total nominees to the supreme court. more than, i hate to say this, anyone alive. [laughter] i can't be that old. some i supported. a few i voted against. b

so many of the workers including tappen souter lived in what they call man camps, hotels, basically dormitory style living. many of those are closing up due to lack of demand and the biggest and what was considered the best, called the capital lodge, shut down. tappen used to live in that one, it is now abandoned, up for sale, we got an exclusive tour inside of it. a little dark, guys, no electricity by the way in there. but take a look at the inside of one of these man camps, now abandoned. this is the capital lodge, so-called man camp or hotel outside of ray, north dakota. you see how far down it goes, each building, seven bedrooms, seven baths, that far as well. about 1200 people worked here, ate here, lived here. let's take a quick tour of the conditions. if you're working on a rig, the company would put you up in one of these, double doors because it is so cold in the wintertime, no power, so it is a little dark in here. sorry about that. you see there is seven bedrooms, each one poking in there, little double bed, a bathroom, every unit has the same thing. all the same. and then at the

cooperates with the senate about his selection, than he has my support as did justices kennedy and soutermr. president, yesterday "the washington post" published an editorial by barbara perry, professor at the university of virginia and an expert on the supreme court, one of the finest law schools in all over the world is university of virginia. in her opinion piece, dr. perry pushed back against republicans' claims that presidents have not historically nominated presidents during an election year. according to her -- quote -- "14 presidents have been appointed appointed -- 14 presidents have appointed 21 justices during presidential election years. 14 out of 44 presidents have appointed supreme court justices in an election year. that's about a third of all u.s. presidents have appointed nominees during an election year. amy howell, an expert on the supreme court and editor of something called scotus, supreme court of the united states blog said past senates have considered election-year nominees. she writes -- and i quote -- "historical record does not reveal any instances, any instance

she always wanted to get david souter married, fixed him up. [laughter] >> guest: she called herself the yenta of paradise, which is a hilarious idea which considering the population of paradise valley, arizona, is like an old matchmaker person. she took a lively interest in the happiness of others. and when i did interview her one time on the phone, she said to me that she hoped that future female supreme court justices would be able to be married and have children as she had happily done and ruth had done. she, it became the o'connor court because it split 4-4. once powell left and kennedy came on, he was -- powell had been the swing vote, and she then became the swing vote between the four liberals and the four conservatives including kennedy. so to some extent, her position was a reflection of the changes that the nation was going through as we elected ronald reagan, be and he put increasingly conservative justices on the court, and the number of liberals declined. so to some extent, it was fortuitous.. but i am so grateful that we had sand

souter 69. on through the list, kennedy 65. scalia -- of course he just passed away -- 85. rhenquist 89. do you notice that these are nominations by both democratic presidents and republican presidents and in each case the senate regardless of the party in control of the senate did their job? vetted these nominees, held a vote on them and proceeded. but now we have more than 317 days, 317 days still left in this administration and the leadership of this body is saying that they're not going to do their job for 317 days, not going to meet with a nominee, not going to hold a committee meeting on the nominee, not going to report that to the floor, not going to hold a floor debate, not because of the standards set up in the constitution, not because of the standard is this a fit character, is he or she fit by qualifications, and is he or she fit by judicial temperament. the standard of unfit character, no. this is a strike, a job strike based solely on partisan politic s. bringing partisan politics into the very place it should never be, confirmation of our judges. and not 100