all of them are from your so called supreme council for the management and coordination of humanitarian affairs. those are include act made, how made up the most and toes, and to ha, how are you know, these people don't, you do pay them to threaten the agencies? i know them and we don't pay anyone to threaten anyone, and i haven't seen that report. i would, i wish i can put my hand on it. so then i can take some measures regarding this subject because this is my responsibility to follow up on the subject with you and you don't read the reports from the un because it's in the latest report from the panel of experts. you know, that reports. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, we receive what they sent to us and we just want we have a special committee to respond. so i are you also respect the specially what they're just mention mister sharp. i also responding to the reports of profiteering by your side. the us says you are top political leaders are competing to enrich themselves from limited state and public resources. are you one of those top leaders who enriching yourself from this war? no,

all of them are from your so called supreme council for the management and coordination of humanitarian affairs . those are include ac made. how made up the most and how was and i will talk or you know, these people don't, you do pay them to threaten the agencies? i know them and we don't pay anyone to threaten anyone. and i haven't seen that report. i would, i wish i can put my hand on it. so then i can take some measures regarding this subject because this is my responsibility to follow up on the subject with you and you don't read the reports from the un because it's in the latest report from the panel of experts. you know, you have reports. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, really see what they sent to us and we respond. we have a special committee to respond. so i also respect the specially what you just mentioned mister sharp. i also responding to the reports of profiteering by your side. the us says you are top political leaders are competing to enrich themselves from limited state and public resources. are you one of those top leaders who enriching yourself from this war? no, no,

all of them are from your so called supreme council for the management and coordination of humanitarian affairs. those are include ac made. how made up the most and how was and to ha wacko. you know, these people don't, you do pay them to threaten the agencies? i know them and we don't pay anyone to threaten anyone, and i haven't seen that report. i would, i wish i can put my hand on it. so then i can take some measures regarding this subject because this is my responsibility to follow up on the subject with you and you don't read the reports from the un because it's in the latest report from the panel of experts. you don't have that reports. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, really see what they sent to us and we respond. we have a special committee to respond. so i also respect the specially what they're just mention mister sharp. i also responding to the reports of profiteering by your side. the us says you are top political leaders are competing to enrich themselves from limited states and public resources. are you one of those top leaders who enriching yourself from this war? no, no,

all of them are from your so called supreme council for the management and coordination of humanitarian affairs . those are include ultimate, how made up the most and how was and i will talk to, you know, these people don't, you do pay them to threaten the agencies. i know them and we don't pay anyone to threaten anyone, and i haven't seen that report. i would, i wish i can put my hands on it. so then i can take some measures regarding his subject because this is my responsibility to follow up on the subject with you and you don't read the reports from the un because it's in the latest report from the panel of experts. you know, we have that reports? no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, we receive what they sent to us and we respond. we have a special committee to respond. so i guess you are, you also receive the specially what you just mentioned mister sharp. i also responding to the reports of profiteering by your side. the us says you are top political leaders are competing to enrich themselves from limited state and public resources. are you one of those top leaders who enriching yoursel

all of them are from your so called supreme council for the management and coordination of humanitarian affairs . those are include acme, hamid, up the most and toes, and to ha, how cool you know these people don't, you do pay them to threaten the agencies. i know them and we don't pay anyone to threaten anyone. and i haven't seen that report. i would, i wish i can put my hand on it. so then i can take some measures regarding this subject because this is my responsibility to follow up on the subject with you and you don't read the reports from the un because it's in the latest report from the panel of experts. you don't have that reports? no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, we received what they sent to us and we respond. we have a special committee to respond. so i also respect the specially what they're just mention mister sharp. i also responding to the reports of profiteering by your side. the us says you are top political leaders are competing to enrich themselves from limited state and public resources. are you one of those top leaders who enriching yourself from this war? no, no, no

all of them are from your so called supreme council for the management and coordination of humanitarian affairs. those are include act made, how made up the most and toes, and to ha, i motel echo. you know, these people don't, you do pay them to threaten the agencies? i know them and we don't pay anyone to threaten anyone. and i haven't seen that report. i would, i wish i can put my hands on it. so then i can take some measures regarding this subject because this is my responsibility to follow up on the subject with you and you don't read the reports from the un because it's in the latest report from the panel of experts. you know, that reports. no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, we receive what they sent to us and we just want we have a special committee to respond. so i also respect the specially what they're just mention mister sharp. i also responding to the reports of profiteering by your side. the us says you are top political leaders are competing to enrich themselves from limited state and public resources. are you one of those top leaders who enriching yourself from this war? no,

your agency was extended by the supreme national security council for a month. because report suggested talks in vietnam progressing. this is a signal of iran seriousness and good, good gesture. we hope it can find to the p 4 plus one the united states and the i am the a that you run is adamant to reach an agreement. the only response to this good will is the return of all parties to the j, c, p u, a, and implementation of the commitments on the you and resolution to, to, to one. this is a limited opportunity and we don't plan to get engage in talks of attrition. lee, do nice in can do the for her seductive. now we know the parliament here which is dominated by the conservative opposition. we're never happy with that 3 month agreement. in fact, that she's present happened hong and government of going against the legislation, the only back tough once the most that the supreme leader to the how many had given that 3 month deal. his blessing president hasn't ro, honey, and his foreign minister of all the reef have been public about the opposition to that legislatio

was extended by the supreme national security council for a month because reports suggested talks wererogressing. this is a signal of a good work just are. we hope it can be a sign to the people of the united states and the iaea that iran intends to reach an agreement. the only response is implementation of the commitments under the u.n. resolution 2231. we don't plan to get engaged in talks of attrition. >> we know the parliament here, dominated by the conservative opposition, were never happy with the agreement. they accused the president and his government of going against the legislation. the supreme leader had given that three month deal. the president and his foreign minister have been public about their opposition to the legislation. it called for restricting iaea inspectors on certain nuclear sites and for recordings --video recordings to be turned off. they said it wasn't helpful and parliament should allow diplomats to do their job. time is running out. the election is less than a month away and the united states and europe may be faced with a president and a government far m

these are all discussed in the supreme national security council. there will be a change in the setting of the of the council after the new government is formed. but i would assume more continuity on the ground strategies in terms of messaging. we will probably see a more, more hard line government process. so we had in that report that voter apathy is reaching new levels. what does that tell you about the legitimacy of the new president once he's elected? yeah, there is no doubt that in the country where you had 70 percent, sometimes even above 80 percent participation and so to speak, a real choice. even if that choice was between bad and worse, there has always been a choice that drags people to the ballot box. if this time around you only have $45.00 or 50 percent, that's still some decent turn out. but it's compared to a previous elections much less. and certainly i don't, i wouldn't be for to the same as the crisis, but at least you have a moment in which the just in the sea is reduced to only half of the population are slightly below it. and

these are all discussed in the supreme national security council. there will be a change in the setting of the of the council after the new government is formed. but i would assume more continuity on the ground strategies in terms of messaging. we will probably see a more, more hard line government and process. so we had in that report that voter apathy is reaching new levels. what does that tell you about the legitimacy of the new president once he's elected? yeah, there is no doubt that in the country where you had 70 percent, sometimes even above 80 percent participation and so to speak, a real choice. even if that choice was between bad and worse, there has always been a choice that dragged people to the ballot box. if this time around you only have $45.00 or 50 percent. that's still some decent turn out. but it's compared to previous elections, much less. and certainly i don't, i wouldn't be 1st to the same as the crisis, but at least you have a moment in which the just in the sea is reduced to only half of the population are slightly below it.

these are all discussed in the supreme national security council. there will be a change in the setting of the of the council after the new government is formed. but i would assume more continuity on the ground strategies in terms of messaging. we will probably see a more, more hard line government process. so we had in that report that voter apathy is reaching new levels. what does that tell you about the legitimacy of the new president once he's elected? yeah, there is no doubt that in the country where you had 70 percent, sometimes even above 80 percent participation and so to speak, a real choice. even if that choice was between bad and worse, there has always been a choice that drag people to the ballot box. if this time around you only have $45.00 or 50 percent. that's still some decent turnout, but it's compared to a previous elections much less. and certainly, i don't, i wouldn't be for to the just misty crisis, but at least you have a moment in which that you seem to see is reduced to only half of the population are slightly below it. and t

these are all discussed in the supreme national security council. there will be a change in the setting of the of the council after the new government is formed. but i would assume more continuity on the ground strategies in terms of messaging. we will probably see a more, more hard line government. and so we had in that report that voter apathy is reaching new levels. what does that tell you about the legitimacy of the new president once he's elected? yeah, there is no doubt that in the country where you had 70 percent, sometimes even above 80 percent participation and so to speak, a real choice. even though that choice was between bad and worse, there has always been a choice that dragged people to the ballot box. if this time around, you only have $45.00 or 50 percent. that's still some decent turnout, but it's compared to a previous elections much less. and certainly i don't, i wouldn't be for to the misty crisis, but at least you have a moment in which that missy is reduced to only half of the population are slightly below it. and then we will

relationship with a white house intern but it went all the way to the supreme court because investigators for the independent councilard and saw and those were the secret service agents. the secret service director at the time fought like hell to prevent agents from having to testify. he lost. and they did have to go to the grand jury. now the ones that went forward basically said that they knew that the president, they didn't put it this way, but they knew the president had lied about saying that he had never been alone with monica lewinsky. the trouble is agents want to protect the president. they want to be close. they don't care about his moral decisions or political embarrassments. what they care about is his security. when a president like president kennedy and clinton and others have tried to get away from the agents to get some privacy or get away from agents to create an image of themselves as all powerful and normal, they have pushed the agents away and agents have to be able to protect what is on the other side of the door. they have to be able to know what woman is going into that room even if the presid

guarding counsel is an ultra conservative buddy where the supreme leader, iran has a lot of influence and power. so the selection that the guardian council makes for every elections in iran be the parliamentary or a presidential, for instance, is heavily influenced by the preferences of the supreme leader of iran wisdom, most powerful figure indies from republic. so given that abraham where i see it's perhaps the most well known of the candidates that has been selected and he is an ally of the supreme leader. and i think an ultra conservative. what do we read into that and the others who have been selected? well that the ultra conservatives guarding council didn't or did refrain from recreating the semblance of a choice that the iranians would face other ballot boxes. but choice that in the past was always between a large and on that street, or between the hotline or, and the so called moderate. but this time around the political spectrum is even shrinking. so that by polarity of elections, that one could expect off. the recent media offensive by johnny, what is closer to ronnie down to the ultra conservatives as you know, is this miss d

the former concord naval weapons station, maybe named after former supreme court justice thurgood marshall. the conquered city councilup the matter at its meeting tomorrow. the park could take marshall's name because he represented the 50 african american sailors who stood up against racism after the deadly port chicago explosion. 1944 at the time. marshall was lead counsel for the naacp he advocated for the sailors who refused to load ammunition onto ships in the weeks following the explosion. coming up tonight and sports t a's kick off a seven game home stand as they take on division rival mariners sports director market baniyas has all the highlights after the break. then on the 11 o'clock news americans being warned against traveling to japan and tonight we're hearing from olympians who are in the final weeks of preparations ahead of the summer games. mr. we you in the . well, you tell him major league pitcher you get to throw against the seattle mariners. chances are their eyes. they're gonna light up there, but no hit twice. they have the lowest team batting average in the majors. but then again, your team has

supreme needed intervene. well, he hasn't. he, in fact he praised the process of the guardian council and he thanked those candidates that accepted the decision despite being disqualified. now of course that doesn't include the to term former president, mahmud didn't a judge who has been very vocal before, during and after this entire process. before this he said that if he wasn't, it wasn't like to stand, he would, it wouldn't be voting for anybody. and he wouldn't vote himself. and since then he said that he's willing to debate members of the guardian council live on t v as to the decisions as to why he has been disqualified. but the supreme the to did say that people don't come out to vote for individuals. it's about policies. what really mattered isn't social media on foreign policy is domestic issues such as unemployment. but yes, if there is a vote, turn low turnover as it seems, they will be people here. now, i think it's all but done the brain right. if you will be around next present. i said, thanks so much as a big the reporting life for us on that complicated story out of terror in us president joe biden today ordering

must 1st be approved by iran's guardian council the council oversees elections and consists of 12 members 6 islamic law experts are appointed by the supreme leader while 6 constitutional law experts abominated by the head of the judiciary and voted in by parliament the guardian council assesses presidential nominees based on qualifications listed in iran's constitution the kind that must be shia must be between the ages of 40 and 75 with no criminal record the final approved list will be announced by the guardian council on may 27th joining us now live via skype from tehran is. a senior research fellow for the center for middle east strategic studies good to have you with us president rouhani has criticized a sudden narrowing of the eligibility criteria for those hoping to succeed him and has insisted that the guardian council has no legal authority to impose new more restrictive try to or is he right. well there are arguments in the country that the body that can legally put a man rules is the parliament not the guardian council and if they want to exit kid a yellow they have to go through the president you know to communicate that they

council is that it's not an elected body. its members are directly or indirectly appointed by the supreme leader. and that is why it's criticized both internationally and within iran as being an obstacle to democracy because it prevents candidates from running . and iranians do not have a free choice of who they think is best for their country. okay, and just quickly, it's theresa, how much power does the iranian president really have while definitely not less than presidential of other countries that were sure, because unlike the u. s. president, for example, he's not head of state that is harmony the supreme media and it will stay on the harmony. and he makes the big decisions about foreign policy, for example, about the country nuclear program. although i've watched other political feel like iran regional activities or it's missile program, so it's not like who ever gets electives that can make radical changes or turn everything around. that's not possible because companies influence will stay. but of course, the president can set a different tone. we saw that when martina john went out of off

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supreme court justice sotomayor and kagan. chris is national director of the national council of asian-pacific americans and he worked with senate democratic -- as for operator. next up is leah litman system of professor at the university of michigan school of law. she practices constitutional law post-conviction in federal sentencing. they are coasting creators of strict scrutiny about the supreme court and writing for popular audiences as it appeared in "the new york times" "washington post" and other publications. she graduated summa cum laude from michigan law school and after law school clerked for judge jeffrey sutton and the fifth circuit and justice anthony kennedy of the u.s. supreme court. she has an active pro bono practice and serves on the academic advisers for the american constitution society. finally we have nancy zirkin page is a strategic consultant and was executive vice president of the leadership conference of civil and human rights from 2002 to 2073 nancy was a part of the effort including task force on educational -- affirmative action and judicial nominations since the 1990s. during the mid-70s she worked

holding duty during the local council elections which have been taking place over the last few weeks have died because they were forced to go on polling duty now the supreme court hearing this asked the state to hold off the counting of the ball state said they want to be doing that this is the same state whose leader has said that there is no shortage of hospital beds oxygen even though there are reports of people dying exactly from that and has asked government offices to take action against hospitals which put up notices of the shortages very troubling situation indeed was withdrawn and they're bringing us all the very latest form needs elite liz thank you. get it out of the blue is a physician and professor of epidemiology at the public health foundation of energy and he says the crisis will only worsen over the next few weeks. currently i think india has to step up its containment measures these measures lead to be very aggressive and we should also have localized lockdowns wherever necessary to get at least the transmission artist adrian and also it seems that currently some of the states do not have enough supplies of the things it's an oxygen to p

we saw that if we go back to the independent council provision if we go back to 1978. the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of that over a dissent, but later congress ultimately let that lapse because of unintended practical cons consequences with that function and practice. so i think we certainly need to be concerned about these four cause removal provisions that could impede on the article two of the presidency and then other policies, such as those related to the federal advisory committee may not necessarily have as pronounced constitutional concerns, but again, i think it's still worth considering, what the practical, unintended consequences of those reforms could be. >> thank you. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from maryland is now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, madam chair, for calling this important hearing. and talk about fighting the last war. my friend mr. biggs invites us to believe that the legislation was a-- [inaudible] that he brought the congress with the democratic leadership of not pursuing it aggressive

start doing that as a city council and they said wait a second this is unlike legislatures and the congress and united states. it has no historical foundation whatsoever. the supreme court still upheld that every member of the court said marche v. chambers was rightly decided. a sea change. there were no more voices of justice brennan and the other justices, marshall, justice blackmun. those were gone and rejected. why? because justice kagan and writing the dissent to the opinion that upheld the town council prayer said marche v. chambers was lorali decided. history and tradition is that powerful. what was her concern? her concern was really favoritism that rather than equality reaching out to faith communities in the town of greece there were only christian ministers who were invited and there was a factual squabble about that. that is an incredible example of the power of tradition. recently those of you that doesn't take you that long to drive to bladensburg merrill ended there at the corner is the bladensburg's cross and the fourth circuit court of appeals in richmond said get rid of the cross. one of the judges said tier off the arms and it becomes the washin

platform to censor and to remove a council fuzes from its its platforms basically this was reported after israeli human rights groups actually put a petition to the supreme court asking them to stop this special unit the you know what is called side but units as a gated to the office to have this this poet and sometimes use it in an illegal way to sunset and silence human rights activists ok is a hard thank you so much for speaking to us from london thank you scotland's election has delivered a parliamentary majority in favor of independence scottish national party leader nicolas sturgeon says she'll use that majority to fight a 2nd referendum despite resistance from the british prime minister boris johnson jonah hold reports from edinburgh it's not the outright majority the scottish national party had hoped for but the election has produced a majority for independence with the s.n.p. bolstered by the greens 1st minister and s.n.p. leader nicolas sturgeon made clear what she intends to do with it with the s.n.p. and the scottish greens stood in a clear commitment to an independence referendum within the next parliamentary tear and both of us be clear tha

council, said yes. challenge, wait a second. this isn't like legislative prayer in legislatures and the congress of the united states. has no historical foundation whatsoever. the supreme court still upheld that and every member of the court said, marsh v. chambers was rightly decided. sea change. no more voices of justice brennan and the other justices, marshall, justice blackman, those voices were gone, and rejects, why? because justice kagan in writing the dissent to the opinion that upheld the town council prayer said, marsh v. chain best was rightly decided. history and tradition is that powerful. he concern was favoritism. there was -- rather than equalities, reaching out to different faith communities and the town of greece and the environs, they were only christian ministers who were invited to pray. and there was a factual squabble about that. that is incredible example therefor power of history and tradition. the bladensberg -- those who driver to the town in maryland and there at the corner of the rot re is the bladensburg cross and the fourth circuit court of appeals in richmond said, get rid of the cross. one of the judges said, tear off the arms. and then

supreme need to love me. but in the last few hours, the brother of johnny who sits on the budget counts, in fact, on the guardian council for 20 years, has made the statement saying in the 22nd, the council, this is the 1st time a decision has been made that he court said that is indefensible. you also accused security of his, of intervening and providing information against candidates. so yes, this decision has been very controversial. and if you take into account from any back in march, he spoke in the national address and he said that he wanted lots of people to come out and both for the dignity of the nation. so they want to high voter turnout. but one way to show that a lot of people don't come out to vote is to disqualify a number of opposition candidates. and again, it's, it's led to some questioning the political forces behind current judiciary, chief abraham. right. you see, and the forces that want him to become next president. all right, thanks so much. i said bake there. dina is sunday is a middle east and unless she joins a fly by skype from london, good. have you with us. so how much of a set back 1st of a