and souter went to the left. clarence stayed where he was put. >> exactly. he's anchored firmly. >> he never tradchanged, with scalia, he was right with him. >> elements of this moderatorca came from blair house, led by the harley-davidson side cars. in these suvs and in those vans are members of the bush family. they are coming to receive the body of the former president, which will go in the hearse, and then they will travel crosstown to the national cathedral. but to the point we were making earlier, all of this is part of a giant military plan, a giant white vinyl binder that has been making the rounds for years. every former president has one. every former president is asked to be involved in the planning of this. and in the trade of advance, the people who do this, back drops, schedules, protocols, they all come together for an event like this. >> and they come out of retirement. a lot of the advance people only do advance. and it's the wrong word, really it's everything. it's stagecraft, it's security, it's logistics, it's event planning. they only co

in any event, souter was the calm between two storms. next came my dear friend, clarence thomas, who is here tonight. i'm surprised he's still alive after all he went through, i'll tell you. [ laughter ] anybody with a laugh like that has got to live forever, as far as i'm concerned. in any event, souter was the calm between two storms. like i say, clarence thomas was next. i had thought, perhaps, naively, that the bork nomination was as bad as it could get. senate democrats had taken a universally admired and respected jurist and managed to paint him as a threat to freedom and prosperity. they twisted his record and his words until they were completely unrecognizable. then came my friend, justice thomas. it turns out that they grossly -- that grossly misrepresenting a nominee's record is only part of the playbook. there's also character assassination. justice thomas, as i think most people know, is a dear friend of mine. we're honored to have him here tonight. i'd like to make just a few points about his confirmation experience. not man

souter, please come the floor is yours. >> is a pleasure for me to be here and to talk with you. my role today to talk about the u.s.-china relationship, to set a context in which we look at the allies and their the reacto the situation. what i presented something, and that is something i use one again a talk around the country, to groups to help them understand what the change in u.s.-china relations. i find public audiences, well-informed audiences in various parts of the country really have no idea what's happening in washington, and so it's quite, i like doing this sort of thing. i'm very grateful to doing this to and grateful for the c-span audience as well. the way i look at it today though, i have to focus i think on the agreement over the weekend and sword like to start that as the context at the beginning and then look at the context and come up with some way of looking at this situation. i hope that's helpful to you. i would use them to in the handout in doing so but that's my approach today. and so have big a compromise was it? and i think this is something, i'm referr

on al-jazeera let's go live now to david souter who is in paris so david tell us more about the work of the aquarius what it means if they don't have anymore. yes i've just been attending a press conference by the. medicine around the doctors without borders they were saying their priority is to replace the aquarius it was essentially what they say is a conspiracy to keep the aquarius in dock in ma se so they have to abandon the ship they've been using for the last two or more years where they rescued more than thirty thousand people out of the mediterranean they're going to have to leave it in dock and find a new flag of convenience and a new vessel to charter but they are determined that they will be back at work back out in the mediterranean by the beginning of next year and they point out that essentially the european union is in criminal neglect of its responsibilities under both international law and maritime law where they have to pick up anybody from the sea who is in distress and they point out that this is generally part of a growing anti immigrant and refugee feeling insid

now i'm joined by ericka souter. thanks for coming in. we don't encourage anyone to cry.you think are important here? >> this isn't a traditional parenting book with a name like "them anyone revolution" you won't have parents rushing to pick it up because they are not sure what's in it, but it has a lot of great nuggets on how to raise confident, self-assured girl and this climate it's i credibly important. >> especially nuggets for dads. >> especially nuggets for dads. >> everyone thinks it's the moms who need to talk to girls about being feminine or what the world expects of women or how to conduct yourself in the world but we know that dads' input is important too so if they can have these conversations and starters it's critical. >> there's some surprising information in this book as well. >> well, i found that the section on mothering was really interesting because a lot of times people think if you have a child that's mothering, that's attributed -- people will think they're sappy or weak. >> coddling. >> or coddling, but it's actually a great way to encourage empat

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justice souter, justice o'connor have been pushing that, and i think that is a key to our future. i want to put in a plug for the national association of women judges informed voter project. aser areas have not made much as project, florida has done good work, but our efforts have been to make available speakers and materials to every staff,ith help from our to put on programs that involve civics education, all the way down to kindergarten and all the way up to retirement date -- retirement age. solid base of knowledge of how the judiciary works, and it is an absolutely bedrock fundamental. we do see pressures in the states, both in the lead up to elections where there may be attack ads. there is research that judges are less kind and ruling in criminal cases in the year or so leading to a reelection effort. most of us know there is politics involved in the process . and what comes with the territory is that you have to push that aside and deal with a case on its merits. all of us try as hard as we can to do that. until we have a selection method like the one we have been advocati

safe i think we were heard we had eminent people like former ambassador jack matlock who was about souter during the reagan years we had former senators we had intellectual leaders we had political and social economic leaders it's very hard to be heard these days sophie but if one doesn't try the role of the nation is to be an alternative dissenting voice and to foster not policed debate and i think that's critical in these times because we've had a degradation of debate. you know it's one thing that pains me and i think you followed this is that those who call for better relations with russia are sometimes called pro russian now or in times always thirty minutes yet and i know you know people and two people one a democrat one republican i recommend to your viewers representative roe conn who represents silicon valley in california he tried to see tries to speak for diplomacy he is called names or senator rand paul who was here a few months ago a republican from kentucky he too believes there should be a working relationship so this is not radical it is now but it should be commonsense so

. >> one who displeased him, david souter turned to be the darling of the liberals on abortion rights and expanding congressional regulation on economic rights, and on the side of eminent doug dough main and l it to the -- eminent domain and sell it to the highest biddered even if it's not being put to public use. when you teach law school you use a case book. 1,500 phages. the cases first and second year slaw students need to know. i see opinions by justice clarence thomas. thin look at the author, the editor of the casebook. some of the most of liberal intelligentsia in the they will community showing respect for clarence thomas. he appointed mr. john roberts to the circuit coast appeals and he appointed mr. samuel alito to the court of appeals, each of which ascended to the supreme court by his son. i don't know that he could have expected justice thomas would serve as well and as long as he has. justice thomas has more, justice clarence thomas, has more of his own clerks now as federal judges and senior administrators in the non-political appointee, civil service than any judge in

. >> if you remember president bush angered conservatives when he nominated david souter, for supreme nominee, he ended up deciding consistently with the liberal wing of the bench and conservatives can be very pleased with what they have seen from justice thomas and president bush's decision to nominate him. he has been a reliable conservative vote on the bench nearing his 30th year. this is one of president bush's longest lasting legacies. jillian: some of his clerks are in high-powered positions in the administration. >> not only in terms of his writings and opinions but also those that he hired to work for him on the court. rob: 36 after the hour, france on fire, protesters vowing to fight the country's climate change plan but is this a sign of a bigger movement happening around the globe? >> graham allen thinks so and americans need to take note. he is live next. stop fearing your alarm clock... with zzzquil pure zzzs. a drug-free blend of botanicals with melatonin that supports your natural sleep cycle so you can seize the morning. zzzquil pure zzzs. >> we are dealing with what t

david souter was on the supreme court. got a lot of criticism for how he ruled the number of times. but now there seems to be a look back at the conservatism of president bush and a different view in history looking back at that administration. >> he wasn't perfect. there is a temptation when we are in these moments remembering somebody to overlook the mistakes he made. every president makes mistakes. george h.w. bush would be the first essay he made mistakes in office. president george hw bush in an interview said he lost because he raise taxes. as we look back with the distance of history, we can see the good that he did. i take one issue with what my former boss said, he would be the most consequential first term president ever, managing the fall of the soviet union, rick and structuring pelvic requests made mistakes along the way, but he did those things. there is really no shame in losing an election after that. if you recall, in 1945, winston churchill was defeated by british voters because they decided the to rebuild >> charles krauthammer actually wrote a column about that e

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he writes -- retired justice david souter who president bush appointed in 1990 writes -- right now, manye breathing a sigh of relief after 7.0 magnitude earthquake battle the state's largest city yesterday. much work is needed to be done to repair the damage but the consensus among many things could have been much worse. jonathan hunt joins us live from anchorage with more. jonathan. reporter: the sun sets on another bitterly, cold and short winter stay here and anchorage and the surrounding region are recovering remarkably quickly given the intensity of the earthquake that struck yesterday. that is a testament to the resilience of the people in a testament to the resilience of the buildings in the city of anchorage you see behind us here. they are all built to strict new codes that were introduced after the devastating 1964 earthquake. no major damage to any of those buildings. the worst damage we have seen was to certain sections of highway around the anchorage area and some vehicles were caught as those highways collapsed and thankfully no one in the videos vehicles were injured with

the supreme court has never considered an impeachment issue on the merit two of the haveces, souter and white, said in an extreme case that could imagine the supreme court getting involved. nobody thought the supreme court would get involved in an election in bush v gore and the supreme court got involved over the objection of many liberal democrats. it's possible the supreme court could get involved and i think the president would have to obey the supreme court and the american people would support overwhelmingly the supreme court if they decided the case. this real problem of partisan is him there. chief justice roberts has appropriately complained about the fact that the media calls certain judges democratic justices, republican justices, after bush versus gore that is understandable but it is not good for our judicial system to be divided along partisan lines. host: just over 30 minutes left with harvard professor alan dershowitz. the your calls. yaya is waiting in chicago. caller: good morning. the problem here is the republicans are imploding on their hypocrisy and you guys can't

saudi journalist was killed in the kingdom's consular office in istanbul in october remember because souter who says it's clear the saudi hit team planned to kill the shoji in advance and in telling his off the countries who were interested had the opportunity to listen that voice record i also did that together with my president abdullah so you can see there you can hear very clearly that they planned in advance to kill him so it was another severe fight or it was he was not killed after resistance of him or after a fight they brought even a forensic expert to cut the body in pieces to chopping the u.n. secretary general says those responsible must be held accountable but we have said since the beginning it is absolutely essential to have a credible investigation and to have the punishment of those that were killed is there no one has more to stumble. well turkish officials keep repeating that this is not going to go away it has been what almost three months now since journalist she was murdered there is clearly frustration here in turkey they believe like you just mentioned europe the uni

. >> those who get the sense that david souter who left the court ten years ago or justice powell or justice harlan in the late 50s and 60s. did you get the impression you can see the wheels turning, trying to reconcile that and apply neutral principles, nonpolitical principles in choosing. the you get that sense now? >> i do. i do not think you have 9 people up there who say what is the partisan way to decide this? what is the way that will advance this? they are trying to do -- >> i would completely agree they don't explicitly say we are going to vote as we word as a legislature. >> host: and pass a lie detector test, they don't want to do that. when you have two arguments that are closely balanced something has to break the tie and what breaks the tie is republicans go down the line for autonomy and democrats go down the line for equality and if you want to take a look at how the court is going to break in a case where autonomy and equality are in tension, tell me which party controls the court. i will tell you what the president is. i don't know that there is anything wrong with

souter points this out. other people point this out. the detainees are just languishing. they don't really have any plan. they don't think they deserve a plan. furthermore, they are not really explaining to the american onple not only what is going at guantanamo, what is going on with respect to the war on terror. that is still causing us problems actually. i think it is an important case for these purposes and it pan to marbury versus madison, that the government cannot turn the constitution on an off. clearly, think it justice kennedy has in mind the torture member -- torture memo which was released after oral arguments but before the supreme court issued that decision. i can't imagine overstating the impact that must have had on the court. clearly, that is what he has in mind with the median. places to hold people in where they won't have constitutional protections. you have an executive branch the destroy to dodge the law, which seems problematic on a host of levels, not the least of which is the when you are pointing out, judicial supremacy. kennedy thinks they are h

. >> don't you get the sense like david souter who left the court or justice powell didn't you get theimpression you can see the wheels turning to reconcile to up apply those nonpolitical principles? to get that sense now? no. . >> i do not think we have nine people up there what is the partisan way to decide they are trying. >> i would completely agree they don't explicitly say we would vote as a legislature. >> they would pass lie detector test for that so few have two arguments closely balanced something has to break the tie republicans go down the line for autonomy democrats go for a quality and take a look at how the court will break autonomy and equality you tell me which party controls the court i will tell you the precedent i don't know if there is anything wrong with that if there is another way to resolve it. >> i think that's a kinder view of what goes on but i will acknowledge. >> one more. we will be here all week. [laughter] i will give you his home phone. [laughter] thank you to until this evening i never knew how brilliant the founding fathers were knowing what the supr

supreme court as well as david souter as well as let's talk about the gulf war, garnering sky high approvalatings for his leadership during the first gulf war. how do you feel about this? why was this such an important part of his legacy, his foreign policy approach? >> well, he was built day one to do this, whether as i mentioned through his military experience or being a member of congress. a lot of folks forget that he was the first liaison to china and he built foreign policy credentials early on in his career and then serving 8 years as vice president was able to work with president reagan in an incredible fashion that saw the end of the cold war. and to exercise restraint and judgment and prudence while the soviet union crumbled, to me, is an exercise of incredible leadership that scholars and historians and future students are going to have a chance to study and to ponder. but, what that means for our country is looking at that profile of how we can build leadership in this country and how we can build a solid foreign policy. >> maria: george p., do you have aspirations in politics.

>> 5-4 cases. , typical one would be scalia commons, stevens, souter, ginsburg. something like that. where kennedysome has a very distinctive view where he has a more first amendment protected view and view ando be in the happens to be in the minority on that. two cases in the 2014 term about judicial elections and confederate veterans on the license plate. and there are some that are more along the lines of procedural separations of powers where you likedifferent coalitions the federalabout rules of civil procedure where you have coalitions that will different. i like that those cases exist and i like to stress them. >> your data is interesting. to get back to your question about the value of a median. about howlked distinctive kennedy was. one of the reasons he was so distinctive is that there was a reasonably sized gap between kennedy and the right side of the court and kennedy and the left side of the court. not so much last term. that is very unusual. usually, we have a softer mi ddle. the left can jump over the median to make a coalition with the right and

david souter chose to retire from the court but he's there as well.ent's most important responsibilities. everyone now waiting. jon karl, president trump will soon join that front row. >> reporter: that's what i'm struck -- i'm looking at those former presidents and first ladies obviously sharing memories of george h.w. bush, enjoying each other's company, and in moments we will see joining that row melania and donald trump. you will see melania trump will be seated right next to barack obama, and then on the aisle, president trump. obviously a very different relationship, george, but for this day, for this moment a truce and a moment of unity, a rare moment of unity in our deeply divided country to celebrate the life of our oldest -- who was until he died, our oldest living past president. >> vice president pence there i believe greeting the clintons, making his way over. he eulogized the president at the capitol just the other night, terry moran. >> it's worth saying as we await president trump that he hasn't put a foot wrong since george h.w. bush

justice souter, justice o'connor have been pushing that, and i think that is a key to our future. i want to put in a plug for the national association of women judges informed voter project. aser areas have not made much as project, florida has done good work, but our efforts have been to make available speakers and materials to every staff,ith help from our to put on programs that involve civics education, all the way down to kindergarten and all the way up to retirement date -- retirement age. solid base of knowledge of how the judiciary works, and it is an absolutely bedrock fundamental. we do see pressures in the states, both in the lead up to elections where there may be attack ads. there is research that judges are less kind and ruling in criminal cases in the year or so leading to a reelection effort. most of us know there is politics involved in the process . and what comes with the territory is that you have to push that aside and deal with a case on its merits. all of us try as hard as we can to do that. until we have a selection method like the one we have been advocati

here with jen ashton and ericka souter.s was an interesting report that came out in "the journal of pediatrics" by the country's leading pediatricians because we are at the time of the year where a lot of adults are buying toys and they're trying to make the right decision. they remind us in this report that playtime is not just supposed to be educational. it's just supposed to be fun. it's supposed to help foster warm relationships and interactions. they caution us that a lot of the things that are marketed out there are really not substantiated with evidence-based proof, and they remind us that low tech is often better. we don't have to spend a lot of money for these high-tech screen items. they do remember basic safety tips here with choking hazards and they remind us again, screen time limits for children over the age of 2, no more than one hour a day. >> you are nodding away right there. so let's get specific. what should parents look for? >> well, you know, there are so many options out there that don't involve techno

the supreme court has never considered an impeachment issue on the merit two of the haveces, souter andte, said in an extreme case that could imagine the supreme court getting involved. nobody thought the supreme court would get involved in an election in bush v gore and the supreme court got involved over the objection of many liberal democrats. it's possible the supreme court could get involved and i think the president would have to obey the supreme court and the american people would support overwhelmingly the supreme court if they decided the case. this real problem of partisan is him there. chief justice roberts has appropriately complained about the fact that the media calls certain judges democratic justices, republican justices, after bush versus gore that is understandable but it is not good for our judicial system to be divided along partisan lines. host: just over 30 minutes left with harvard professor alan dershowitz. the your calls. yaya is waiting in chicago. caller: good morning. the problem here is the republicans are imploding on their hypocrisy and you guys can't hand

i asked a senior administration official this morning souter of describe for me the president's mindte the political riff. there is a sense that listen, americans, as he went on to tell me, have had enough when it comes to illegal immigration. besides, the thinking is, security trumps politics on this issue. but, i can tell you democrats say a wall is simply bad policy. >> the impact won't be huge, to be quite honest with you, again, it's a sign of the dysfunction in washington. we have got to figure out how to come together here around some basic budgets. we believe in border security. i believe in border security. we have technologies today that are far surpassed a wall. >> so now it is up to lawmakers as you all pointed out to make a deal or risk a prolonged shut down. now, to be specific it would be a partial government shut down. it would happen effectively friday at 11:59:5 that's when the money runs out and you have to make a deal. it looks like they may make a deal we will find out together. brian: sorry about the confusing toss. we will make it up to you later. for tim ryan