of the thetitution provides that judicial power shall be vested in once up in court -- in one supreme court. the supreme court is an institution of law. it is not a parson or political institution. the justices do not sit on opposite sides of an aisle. we do not caucus in separate rooms. the supreme court is a team of nine, and i will always be a team player on the team of nine. [applause] pres. trump: as a new justice on the supreme court, i understand the responsibility that i bear. some 30 years ago, standing here in the east room with president reagan, anthony kennedy took the oath to be a new justice of the supreme court. justice kennedy became one of the most consequential justices in american history. i served as justice kennedy's law clerk in 1993. to me, justice kennedy is a mentor, a friend, and a hero. on the supreme court, he was a model of collegiality. he fiercely defended the independence of the judiciary and jealously guarded the individual liberties secured by the constitution. justice kennedy established a legacy of liberty for ourselves and our posterity. i will always be humbled and proud

supreme court. a clerkship on the supreme court. a clerkship on the supremehat all four of my newly hired lord clerks at the supreme court are women, a first in the history of the supreme court. applause tonight, i thank all my friends, so many amazing and fearless friends, from my high school days, college, law school, clerking, the bush white house, including president george w bush. applause from thejudiciary, teaching, coaching, playing sports, the vibrant, loyal and tightknit catholic community here in the dc area, and so many others. ashley and iare area, and so many others. ashley and i are gratefulfor their area, and so many others. ashley and i are grateful for their prayers and for the prayers of the thousands and thousands of people we have heard from throughout america. when i give advice to young people or speak to students, i tell them, advice to young people or speak to students, itell them, cherish advice to young people or speak to students, i tell them, cherish your friends, look out for your friends, lift up your friends, love your friends.

supreme court until supreme court police and d.c. police moved them back behind the barriers here and just how much power will he have as a supreme court justice going forward. considerable power considerable power because with his nomination and his confirmation and him taking a seat on the bench of the supreme court he will move the entire supreme court clearly to the right this will be a conservative supreme court and it wasn't that before it was a court the middle of the road kind of. politically speaking middle of the road supreme court that's not the case anymore and that's a huge win for donald trump and the republicans because trump had promised to tell and on the campaign trail in two thousand and sixteen that like it or not he will put conservative judges into the into the supreme court he succeeded with this so yes this will be very very important and it will influence political issues of this country of the entire united states for generations and decades to come so a win for trump will it be a win for republicans in the upcoming november midterm elections you've got a lot of angry democrats now. republicans are actually po

supreme court justice. moments, we will probably swear in the newest member of the united states supreme court. [applause} >> joining us as every sitting supremeourt justice. , justicetice roberts ginsburg,stice , just as in -- justice alito. justice kagan. and justice gorsuch. [applause} 6 i want to send our deep appreciation to maureen scalia. >> the wife of the late great anthony scalia. >> on the two are white house .anceled >> we are thrilled to rejoin this evening by justice anthony kennedy. i want to thank you very much for a life in the -- lifetime of service to this nation. i want to thank you very much. [applause} >> very special and treasure test tonight are just kavanaugh's wife ashley. [applause} and their two beautiful daughters, margaret and it like that. -- liza. [applause} >> we are joined by justice kavanaugh's mom and dad martha and edit. ed.artha and i want to apologize to brett mean tire f family for the pain and suffering you have been forced to enjoy. -- indoor. those who step forward to defend -- not ary are campaign of destruction based on lies where it what happened to -- cap not family dilates denies every notion of

supreme court. a clerkship on the supreme court is one of the most coveted achievements and credentials and -- credentials in american law. i am proud that all four of my newly hired law clerks at the supremert are women, a first in the history of the supreme court. [applause] justice kavanaugh: tonight, i thank all of my friends. so many amazing and fearless friends, from my high school days, college, law school, clerking, the bush white house, including president george w. bush. [applause] justice kavanaugh: from the judiciary teaching, coaching, playing sports, the vibrant, loyal, tight-knit catholic community here in the d.c. area and so many others. ashley and i are grateful for their prayers and the prayers of the thousands and thousands of people we have heard from throughout america. when i give advice to young people or speak to students, i tell them, cherish your friends, look out for your friends, lift up your friends, love your friends. i love all of my friends. [applause] justice kavanaugh: i thank my family. my mom and dad are here. i am there only -- their only child. my dad taught me his work ethic. they have given me a lifetime of love and i am forever grateful to them. [a

supreme court supreme court justice as soon as he's sworn in. so obviously the pictures we're seeing a showing the manifestation of how divided america is at this point so should cover no get this confirmation what would it mean for his tenure in the supreme court. well he is pushing and his nomination and confirmation and that was the big fear of those people behind me here and that's behind me and that's why they are so energized and stoked against kavanaugh and his nomination and now confirmation is that the court will really move to the conservative side of things this is not a court anymore with the appointment and with the with the nomination and confirmation not appointment of mr cavanaugh which will go turn to the right so it will be a conservative vote which will not represent america because as you can see america is politically speaking a divided country it is really really split deeply split along the political divide and that is pro kavanaugh versus contra or against kavanaugh and the anti kavanaugh protesters are having a last to re here with battle cries like shame shame shame on you and that is obviously addressed to the senators those critical senator susan collins and jeff flake the republicans who will as they have said

court justice is and have a seven just the supreme court that has been the case in the past you could add supreme court justices none of the number of the justices in the supreme court is written into the constitution so that congress actually has a lot of power here and the effect of the american arland delay and these to enact ments has really energized people to think about what the supreme court should really look like and just to pick up on the second part of my question you think judge kevin or is going to be from the conservative as we've been expecting or is he going to surprise i think it's no doubt that he's going to be very conservative he's been vetted by the federalist society he's been he's a decades long track record which has been really hardened and proven to be consistently conservative they are trying not to the conservatives the republicans not to make the mistakes of the seventy's and eighty's to nominate supreme court justices who then track liberal and. there is also a suggestion that you know the supreme court could possibly now in the years to come work against the partisan div

supreme court. a clerkship on the supreme court is one of the most coveted achievements and credentials in american law. i'm proud that all four of my newly-hired law clerks at the supreme court are women, a first in the history of the supreme court. [applause] >> tonight i thank all my friends, so many amazing and fearless friends, from my high school days, college, law school, clerking, the bush white house, including president george w. bush. [applause] >> from the judiciary, teaching, coaching, playing sports, the vibrant, loyal and tight knit catholic community here in the d.c. area, and so many others. ashley and i are grateful for their prayers and for the prayers from the thousands and thousands of people we have heard from throughout america. when i give advice to young people or speak to students, i tell them cherish your friends, look out for your friends, lift up your friends, love your friends. i love all my friends. [applause] >> i thank my family, my mom, martha, and my dad, ed are here. i'm their only child. my mom was one of maryland's earliest women prosecutors and trial judges. my dad taught me his work ethic and love of sports. they have given me a l

supreme court should uphold women‘s rights, vote. if you believe the supreme court must protect health ca re supreme court must protect health care andions that are protected now, vote. if you believe the supreme court should defend workers, consumers, the environment, civil publishing, vote. if you believe the supreme court should be in check on an overreaching president, vote. if you believe the process here in the senate was a sham and you believe americans deserve better, vote. if you believe that supreme court justices should conform to the highest standards of character, impartiality, temperament and above all, honesty and credibility, vote. i understand, i share the deep anguish that millions of americans are experiencing today, but i say to you, my fellow americans, there is one answer — vote. i yield the floor. you are watching bbc news, this is our special coverage of the confirmation process, the final vote in the us senate. we havejust confirmation process, the final vote in the us senate. we have just heard chuck schumer speak and we are expecting the republican senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, to speak shortly.

supreme court should uphold women's rights, vote. if you believe the supreme court must protect health care and our pre-existing conditions that are protected now, vote. court believe the supreme should defend consumers, workers, the environment, civil rights, populations, vote. if you believe the supreme court should be a check on an overreaching president, vote. if you believe the process here in the senate was a sham and you believe americans deserve better, vote. if you believe that supreme court justices should conform to the highest standards of impartiality, temperament, and above all, honesty and credibility, vote. share the deep anguish that millions of americans are experiencing today. i say to you, my fellow americans, there is one answer, vote. the majority leader. mcconnell: the constitution of the united states was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity. those are the words of henry , mr. president, kentucky's own. the decision the united states senators will make today will echo in the history of our nation. ourvery survival of constitutional form of government requires an expert and independent judiciary. without fair and impart

the supreme court historical society hosted the lecture in the supreme court changer-- chamber in chief justice john robert introduced the program. >> good evening and welcome to the supreme court of the united states. i think for many of you if not most of you, it's probably welcome back. this is the third of the lecture in the 4 part lecture series about supreme court justices who have served in the

court justice is actually necessary you could eliminate two supreme court justice is now have a seven just the supreme court that has been the case in the past you could add supreme court justices none of the number of the justices in the supreme court is written into the constitution so the congress actually has a lot of power here and the effect of the american arland delay and these to enact months has really energized people to think about what the supreme court should really look like. tyson bach of the from the aspen institute speaking to us earlier turning now to turkey where suspicions are growing that a prominent saudi arabian journalist may have been killed inside the saudi consulate in istanbul u.s. based jamal khashoggi a major critic of the saudi leadership and to the consulate last tuesday to secure documents for his forthcoming marriage saudi officials say he then left the building but he has actually not been seen since the turkish official has been quoted as saying a fifteen man team came from saudi arabia to kill because shelby the saudis have dismissed that accusation. and we're going to

supreme court. a clerkship on the supreme court is one of the most coveted achievements and credentials in american law. i'm proud of that all four of my newly hired a law clerks the supreme court are women, a first in the history of the supreme court. [applause] tonight, i think all of my friends, so many amazing and fearless friends from my high school days, college, law school, clerking, the bush white house, including president george w. bush. my [applause] from the judiciary, teaching, coaching, playing sports, the vibrant, loyal and tight nick catholic community here in the d.c. area and so many others. ashley and i are grateful for their prayers and for the prayers from thousands and thousands of people that we have heard from throughout america. when i give advice to young people or speak to students, i tell them, cherish your friends, look out for your friends, lift up your friends. love your friends. i love all of my friends. [applause] i think my family. my mom martha and my dad, ed, are here. i am their only child. my mom was one of maryland's earliest women prosecutors and trial judges. my dad taught me his work ethic and love of sports. they've given me a li

supreme court once again i believe doctor ford and that judge kavanaugh does not have the credibility to serve on the supreme court but for any of my colleagues that may not be persuaded to ask for more informationll and for all of us who believe the senate should do its job to get this right , you cannot rush this a thorough investigation must be completednd from all the witnesses before we cast a vote on the confirmation but it has to be done right because this long - - if this is jammed through it will completely undermine the public's trust and credibility of the supreme court. of the supreme court. confirme. . . . . that if women and their voices are attacked, undermined and disrespected once again, we are going to see a wave of anger and frustration and activism. we still have time to do this right and do better than the senate bid in 1991. we still have time to restore the public's faith that women will be listened to. so i urge my colleagues to join me to vote no to end this mad -- to confirmation. thank you and i yield the floor. the debate from the senate floor on the brett kavanaugh nomination to the court the senatcourt thesenate will vote g debate on the nomination of hentai go 30. we start with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. considering the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh to service the justice on the supreme court of the united states. when the uncorroborated mud washes away, what's left is the distinguished nominee who stands before us. when a judge who appears and colleagues praise and the strongest terms a jurist who awarded

supreme court. a clerkship on the supreme court is one of the most coveted achievements and credentials in american law. i'm proud that all four of my newly hired law clerks at the supreme court are women. a first in the history of the supreme court. tonight i thank all my friends, so many amazing and fearless friends, from my high school days, college, law school, clerking, the bush white house, including president george w. bu bush. from the judiciary teaching, coaching, playing sports, the vibrant tight knit catholic community here in the d.c. area. ashley and i are grateful for their prayers and for the prayers from the thousands and thousands of people we have heard from throughout america. when i give advice to young people or speak to students, i tell them cherish your friends, look out for your friends, lift up your friends. love your friends. i love all my friends many. [ crowd applauds ] >> i thank my family, my mom martha and my dad ed are here, i'm their only child. my mom was one of maryland's earliest prosecutors and trial judges. my dad taught me his work ethic and love of sports. they've given me a lifetime of love and i'm forever grateful to them. my da

court. we know they want a supreme court justice that will overturn roe v. wade. we know they want a supreme court justice who will take away health care coverage for preexisting conditions. we know they want a supreme court justice who won't question donald trump or let him be investigated. if brett kavanaugh is confirmed it will further harm a supreme court that is never fully -- has never fully recovered from bush v. gore the decision that threw the 2000 election to george w. bush. it will further harm a judge from judge neil gorsuch joining the court after republicans stole that seat from merrick garland. confirming brett kavanaugh to the supreme court will further undermine the court's legitimacy and continue to diminish the american people's trust in it. the supreme court of the united states deserve better than brett kavanaugh. the american people deserve better. our democracy deserve better. i will therefore vote no for brett kavanaugh to serve on supreme court of the united states. i urge my colleagues to vote no as well. thank you, madam president. mr. markey: i suggest the be a a -- i s

court eugenics and the case of carrie buck. it is a tremendous book. that was in 1927. in 1926, there was no reaction in the supreme court regarding -- those no action in the supreme court regarding disabilities, but there were laws being passed by congress. the social security act, the randall shepard act, the act that said that the federal government could not buy things from blind vendors. we had the nationalist you to mental health in 1946. , established in 1956. 60 and 66, all of a sudden, the supreme court was back in business. first was bishop the york in a 1950 six, which said that the conviction of a mentally disabled person was against the constitution. then there was a case in 1960 -- the first onset, the conviction violates due process. in a 1960, the court says, wait a minute, the defendant has a right to a competency evaluation before proceeding to trial. a very short decision, by the way, called a per curiam decision. then, in 1966, that case reaffirmed both the bishop and the other case, and reaffirmed the dusky rule, which is still in existence today in terms of the standards of what courts must follow on whether a person or not tod test. one, the defen

supreme court. a clerkship on the supreme court is one of the most coveted achievements and credentials in american law. i'm proud that all four of my newly hired law clerks at the supreme court are women. a first in the history of the supreme court. tonight i thank all my friends, so many amazing and fearless friends. from my high school days, college, law school, clerking, the bush white house, including president george w. bush. from the judiciary, teaching, coaching, playing sports, the vibrant loyal and tight-knit catholic community here in the d.c. area and so many others. ashley and i are grateful for their prayers and for the prayers from the thousands and thousands of people we have heard from throughout america. when i give advice to young people or speak to students, i tell them, cherish your friends, look out for your friends, lift up your friends, love your friends. i love all my friends. i thank my family, my mom martha and my dad ed are here. i'm their only child. my mom was one of maryland's earliest women prosecutors and trial judges. my dad taught me his work ethic and love of sports. they've given me a lifetime of love and i'm forever grateful to them

changed with the supreme court confirmation what is all this mean for the strength and legitimacy of the highest court in the land how does it affect the supreme court's reputation. the supreme court is the voice of the constitution the constitution of the united states is the location of sovereignty here we have no king we have no queen we have only the constitution the voice of the constitution is the supreme court and the supreme court therefore has been were guarded as an institution that should be above politics it really has never been above politics and it's often been staffed by politicians themselves there are very few politicians on the court right now but there are india logs and the court is very closely divided i think that revelation came through in two thousand when the court the supreme court voted by a very narrow margin to confirm george w. bush's election as president the reality is the supreme court is now just as partisan as other political institutions in the united states and that's a big loss for americans because the respect for the supreme court has already always been tied in to respect for the american constitution thank you now thank you very muc

supreme court. i want to go to miguel marquez at the supreme court. what's the latest where you are? >> reporter: they moved off the stairs and away from the doors of the supremewant to show you some of what's happening here. they moved in with the barricades here and we have police officers from the u.s. capital across the street and from the supreme court who have come down. they moved successfully everybody off of the stairs. there were a few arrests it looks like at the top of the stairs where people would not move and there was even one protest who would climb on top of the women's statue. the contemplation of justice that got the crowd going again and police were able to get that protester off and i want to show you, in front of the supreme court. to show you how people are sort of waiting to see what happens. they know that brett kavanaugh is in there, he's about to be sworn in. the point of all of this, they say, is to have him hear them. he may have been confirmed. he may be sworn in, but they're not going to forget this. there was not one person i spoke to today who thought any senators would change their vote on this but they certainly wanted to put

supreme court. people outside the supreme court. people outside the us don't always see the suprement as it is. the supreme court rules on a lot of the most divisive issues in american public life. going back to the 1950s, issues like racial segregation and education, or interracial marriage, right up to the present day, where there are things like same—sex marriage or abortion as part of the court's per view, this will be critical and the fa ct view, this will be critical and the fact that there is an in—built strong conservative majority on the court is a significant thing. this means that donald trump's legacy will endure potentially for decades. there was a law professor saying that we might be heading into the most conservative era since at least 1937. many people are looking at that all—importa nt female 1937. many people are looking at that all—important female vote, but on both sides. which side is more likely to come out and be galvanised? it would appear to me that the democrats have the edge. people talk about the female vote, but it is more contributed than that. non—whi

the united states senate voted 51-49 to move forward with the final confirmation vote on supreme court supreme courtinee brett kavanaugh kavanaugh. moments ago, republican senator jeff flake of arizona said he would vote on the formal confirmation tomorrow. unless quote something big changes. tomorrow's procedural vote to end the debate to prepare was larglines, >> >>> the man accused of adeadly crash in august at killed an officer and one other person is still in court in the blade how to be arraigned. walker of rockland is charged with two felony counts of gross vehicular manslaughter. is charged with one count of reckless driving causing fatal injuries. investigators say, walker was distracted while driving moments before he crashed into c hp officer. crashed on interstate 80 in fairfield walker is free on $90,000 bail. if convicted, he could get up to seven years in prison. on highway 17, it is again. the southbound lanes on highway 17 were shut down after a big rig crashed last night. tractor-trailer was carrying a large excavator. it hit an overpass. it's billed off to was injured. southbound

circuit court of appeals substantiates these claims against kavanaugh, it's not clear how it will affect kavanaugh's time on the bench at the supreme court. supreme court justices send to sort of be pretty much above the law in terms of their own conduct. but now he is the first supreme court justice to ever take a seat on that court while his fellow judges recommended that misconduct claims against him are serious enough to warrant judicial review, and now that judicial review will begin in the 10th circuit. so all that is going on tonight. plus one other story that i think is potentially really important that just broke in "the wall street journal" that relates to the old peter smith case. the republican operative who was trying to pay the russians to get hillary clinton's e-mail. big interesting break in that case today. we'll have more on that coming up, as well. there's a lot to keep track of tonight. but of course, the biggest thing of all is this hurricane. at the form's height, wind gusts up to 175 miles per hour. that's the force of an ef-4 tornado. that makes it the fourth strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the u.s. ever. the s

court says precedence for other courts and the president and congress cannot ignore a supreme court ruling appointments to the supreme court are made by the president but the senate does have a consult and confirm rule essentially if you don't get through the senate hearings then you don't get the job in one hundred seats senate a simple majority is enough so fifty one to forty nine gets the job done and if there's a tie all the casting vote goes to the vice president becoming a supreme court justice as an appointment for life some die in course the last one to do so was antonin scalia who died in early twenty's sixteen his lot was kept open until after the presidential election that allowed donald trump to nominate neil gorsuch all of the justices can decide to retire that's what anthony kennedy did creating the come vacancy the court is commonly made up of eight justices four appointed by a republican four by a democrat putting a break cavanaugh on the bench tilts the court to the political right but that doesn't mean that the justices always vote along party lines john roberts saved large parts of the affordable h

the supreme court should uphold women's rights vote if you believe the supreme court must protect health care and our preexisting conditions that are protected now though. if you believe the supremecourt should defend workers consumers the environment civil rights native populations vote if you believe this seems supremes court should be a check on an overreaching president vote if you believe the process here in the senate was a sham and you believe americans deserve better vote if you believe that supreme court justices should conform to the highest standards of character impartiality temperament and above all honesty and credibility vote i understand i share the deep anguish that millions of americans are experiencing today but i say to you my fellow americans there is one answer vote. i yield the floor. all right so these are live pictures now from the u.s. senate we've just been hearing from chuck schumer that bet ten actually we're now just hearing from mitch mcconnell senate senate majority leader but for posterity. those are the words of henry clay mr president kentucky's all they underscore that the decision united states senators will make today well akko in the history

supreme court case. yes, there is a supreme court case, i am sorry, i cannot remember right now. it had to do with a group home being located in a city where they were not wanted. they were zoned out. the case made its way to the supreme court and supreme court said, again the city cannot , arbitrarily zone out a house that is providing housing and accommodation for persons with disabilities. it said that it was unconstitutional. so it really is unconstitutional for those kinds of zoning laws. to say, you cannot put a group home here, for example. >> most of those people are not having means. many are living on public assistance. there really is no place for people to live. tom: and then what happens, they forer on the streets -- health care, they go to emergency rooms, and a lot of them wind up in our jails. vagrancy laws are still around. not "ugly laws," but vagrancy laws. that is where they wind up. we need a better social compact in our country. that is another story. >> the budget cuts that we are going to be facing how vulnerable are the programs for people with disabilities such as title 19 in the social runnable or -- more just equally vulnerable -- more vulnerable were just equally vulnerable? tom: probably

heard the supreme court historical society hoped -- hosted this 50 minute event in supreme court chamber. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. on behalf of the officers and trustees of the supreme court historical society, welcome to our 32nd annual lecture. before we do anything else, i will ask everyone to take out their phones and turn them off. even on silent mode they will interfere with the sound system here in the court. i'm craig joseph, i'm president of the society, welcome, we are delighted to have you here. we are honored to have john sexton of nyu, whose topic tonight is warren burger, and warren burger of course is the founder of our society, and is of immense importance to us. there is no one more qualified than president sexton to deliver this lecture. he was a warren burger clerk but had a long history before that and is worth a moment. resident sexton earned his ba in history and his ma and phd in religion from fordham and was part of the religious department at brooklyn college before he went to harvard law school. he went to harvard and graduated in 1979, and was supreme court editor of the harvard law review. he then clerked for two judges before he clerked

supreme court. >> this fully delivers the supreme court for conservatives. this has been an agenda item back to the late '70s. ronald reagan ran on the supreme court. george h.w. bush ran on the supreme court. george w. bush ran on the supreme court. donald trump won on the supreme court. in addition to the vows you just heard him say in that clip, he's also promised to appoint justices who would reverse roe v. wade and that has energized the republican party, the far right of the republican party, for decades, and you've already seen states try to pass more restrictive abortion regulations that are slowly working their way to the supreme court. so we will see, i believe, more restrictions allowed by the supreme court. we're likely also to see a rollback of campus affirmative action. and i don't believe this court would reverse gay marriage but it's likely this court will make it harder for people to challenge businesses that discrimination based on sexual orientation or sexual identity. this really is culminating and delivering to donald trump exactly what he had vowed to people who would vote for him in 2016. >> perhaps the most raw evidence of el

supreme court. when you consider a limited supreme court jurisdiction in these matters, most of the cases come out of the district of columbia but of course the supreme court serves as the equivalent of the state supreme court, so the case will go up to the supreme court. most of them involve slaves who were imported into the district of columbia local law covered by maryland where we are today. this is part of the district and for a while, by virginia law and what is today alexandria virginia, some of you may know it was part of dc and in 1848 there was what was called a session that gave alexandria back to virginia. these cases involve what happened in those jurisdictions in those jurisdictions are governed by maryland and virginia law. i don't want to get into the technicalities because we don't have three or four hours to explain but i think i do a pretty good job. but the simple issue is this. if you move to the district you had to register the slaves you brought into the district, you had a certain amount of time and you had to assert you are moving into the district to make it a permanent residence. you could not import slaves if you list in t

supreme court sent it back to the legislature. they did some redistricting, and then you vetoed that, and then the supreme court came back in. is that not correct? gov. wolf: here's the issue. we should have -- the legislature should have been part of that process and not the state supreme court. and that's not what happened. mr. wagner: it went to the state supreme court. gov. wolf: but it went to the legislature first. mr. wagner: it did, but it wasn't good enough. you chose to kick it off. alex: then it went back. gov. wolf: that is the way the system worked. that's how it works. mr. wagner: if that's your opinion, that's your opinion. alex: but don't you think the republicans are partly to blame for all of that? they were kind of asleep at the wheel in the last election and oc doherty and his union members to get the democratic vote out and elected three supreme court justices. that made it possible for the supreme court to get involved. am i correct in this? mr. wagner: listen, listen. absolutely the republicans were not asleep at the switch. the difference is between what governor wolf and his party have, they have tremendous amount of union resources at their disposal. kevin dockery's own brother almost single-handedly financed his brother's campaign out of dues

statements to congress and instructed in the investigation during the confirmation process for supreme court supreme courttt kavanaugh. claims that the allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct were contradicted during a television interview. telling fox news that the criminal of referral is clearly political in a major mistake by aggressively. saudi arabia's attorney general and chief prosecutor says evidence from turkish investigators shows the slaying of a saudi journalist was premeditated. president trump was briefed by cia chief gina haspel after the tops by reportedly heard audio of the journalists death in turkey. rich edson filling us in tonight. good evening. >> good evening, and gina haspel has returned from turkey meeting there, and brief that intelligence to the white house. those meetings also included the secretary of state mike pompeo according to the state department. according to several reports, while in turkey, she heard in recording of khashoggi's murder. releasing a statement that the investigators were receiving information from the turkish side. that the suspects in th

come over the transome for the court, and that allows his input to have a significant stamp on the cases the court hears. >> yes. was the supreme court -- because the supreme court is not a court of requiring to have cases heard. and so you have to have four votes of the justices to actually hear a case. the supreme court only hears approximately 1% of the cases that are appealed all the way up. and so that means that the federal court that president trump is also shaping by the other nominees going through that process, 99% of those decisions stay at the circuit court, federal level. but the 1% that do end up at the supreme court with that fourth vote, justice brett kavanaugh, that could really shape what is going to come for the docket not only for this year, but for the next 40 years to come which is why conservatives are very encouraged, and we want to see a conservative majority for that reason. jon: democrats who are so angry that he won appointment to, you know, and was confirmed to high court are talking about impeaching him. do you think that's likely, and is it wise? >> well, it's not constitutional. i mean, obviously, there is a process to remov

supreme court. the supreme court now will have a big question mark on it, and you need to make sure that you erase that question mark. you know, it would seem to me that the best thing to do is, i mean, the republican senate, what they did previously, they withheld a nomination for over, almost a year. what you should do here, so that the people would have integrity in the process say, okay. we are going to do an abbreviated instigation. we want to stop and do a complete investigation. >> you want to look at what happened? try to get to the bottom of that? >> right. talk to all the witnesses. >> conflicting stories. >> resolve it so that the american people know that we're putting the appropriate person on one of the most cherished institutions of our land. >> would you also be looking at how the white house directed the fbi to do this investigation? >> absolutely correct. because the analogy someone made earlier, that if you only look at the bathroom floor for your keys. >> yep. >> you know -- >> senator schatz did that. >> you're not going to look through the whole house but say the key's lost. also talking about individuals asking for information and for months the white house and others withheld information from democrats just to review to see who he is. that's not good for our country. it's not good for democrats. it's not good for republicans. it's not good for independents, because what year doing is tarnishing the value of our institutions in saying, ah, because of the time and because we want this president who we know is a liar, everybody, all news media, all checks show that he's a liar, he wants to pick his judge to decide his cases, because he is currently under investigation. it questions the very, our institutions, which he wants to destroy. >> where does that put the potential of associate justice kavanaugh? while sitting on the supreme court? if a court case relative to donald trump rises to supreme court level here, what happens? i mean, can you assume he'll have a fair and impartial -- >> no. you cannot assume that. the appropriate thing would be, he would have to step down. but you also saw already how this president despises his own attorney general, who decided to recuse himself and goes after him on a continuous bases. you can assume that this president also knows he doesn't want to make that mistake again and wants to make sure he has someone on his side who would never recuse himself on a case that would come before him. and guess what? kavanaugh's history when you look at his writings indicates that he would not. that he would make a judgment therein. >> i mentioned jerry nadler. he sidestepped answering this question, but i guess if you follow the bouncing ball, should democrats take back control of the house, the possibility of pursuing impeachment against brett kavanaugh. a. is that a viable possibility?

supreme court by this administration unless you are 25 that wasof chosen by those two groups. heritage and federalist society. you are seen as a federal court judge or even a state supreme court justice where we have some members of the supreme court if you are one of those appointed you don't have any chance to get on the supreme court because you are not on that list of 25. i think the administration should reach a lot for long - - further than a list of 25 that represents a very narrow view of justice with the rights of working men and women by way of example involving worker rights and discrimination and retaliation that they should override the word individualpe workers. so with that committee on aging a direct member in this congress along with susan collins and i am especially astounded of judge kavanaugh's opinions to older americans and people with disabilities. by way of example he dissented in those with pre-existing conditions and the courts are considering they are protected from being charge more and denied coverage or be dropped simply because of the insurance status. and to be the last line of defense for pre-existing conditions and judge kavanaugh could be the deciding vote. and a former law clerk said that

supreme court is the supreme court. it's a lifetime appointment. at least if an executive gets into office and starts making stuff up, we can get rid of him or her after four years. not the supreme court. you send somebody up to the supreme court who fibs, that individual is there forever. thus maybe our standard should be a little bit higher. third, i want to talk about judge kavanaugh's disposition in that hearing. and some of the things that he said about how the allegations came forward. i talked about this on the senate floor i think now to days ago. so i won't repeat it all. but his belief that dr. ford's allegations or miss ramirez's allegations came forward as part of some vast conspiracy led by progressive groups and democratic senators on behalf of hillary and bill clinton is delusional. i understand that -- i understand that politics in this town is rough. we've all been subject to character attacks we think are unfair. but that doesn't mean that there are these vast came boles of people on the left and right wing spinning tales on a daily basis about each other. what we know is dr. ford brought this forward to her member of congress before brett kavanaugh was even th

supreme court called rice v. cayetano in which the u.s. supreme court in a 7-2 opinion essentially agreed with judge kavanaugh's opinion. now, alaska natives make up roughly 20% of my state. they are incredible americans, patriotic, hardworking, a beautiful culture. and their legal and sovereign rights, which are based on the u.s. constitution have been fought hard in this body. such rights are fundamental to the health and well-being of alaska natives in my state. after the a.f.n. legal memo and similar op-eds were published back moment in asian i sent them to the white house for judge kavanaugh's review. i then spoke directly to him about these issues. he reiterated to me in a thoughtful and thorough discussion that the legal rights of alaska natives to include tribes and regional and village corporations were very clear and well established in the law, which is actually different from the situation of indigenous hawaiians. therefore, the views expressed by the supreme court in the cayetano opinion that limit the rights of native hawaiians do not extend to alaska natives and are not applicable legally in any way in alaska. this is because congress has repeatedly and explicitly recognized rights in the tribal status for alaska natives, including the federal government's trust responsibility. while, unfortunately, in my view, congress has not done the same for native hawaiians. senator murkowski was on the floor last night. i am going to talk a little about that. i think the alaska delegation has already tried to be supportive of the hawaiian delegation. and we continue to be. legal lay, they're very different and in response to a question to the record released by the senate judiciary committee, judge kavanaugh unequivocally endorsed this point. he state add -- now this is his language -- the supreme court has recognized that congress has the ability to fulfill its treaty obligations with native alaskan regional and village corporations and american

supreme court nominee whatever their politics to be a shining example of someone who tells the truth without doubt or equivocation if you say maybe he's telling the truth maybe he's not he doesn't belong on the supreme court. i think most americans say that. even if you want to discount at 18 and college or in high school you cannot discount what he says and professing at age 53. when it flies in the face of being truthful. that is the key question. demeanor he doesn't show the demeanor of a judge at the hearing. there was partisanship it was so unbecoming of a somebody on a district court, federal appeals court let alone a supreme court. and he did not show any semblance to be 100 percent honest and truthful which is what we need in aou supreme court justice. so if you feelas what happened at 18 doesn't matter but when he's 53 it does in his credibility to give doubt to to most americans to say this man does not belong on the supreme court there would be a whole lot of people who feel better. >> i've been in politics a long time i've ever seen

supreme court. >> the supreme court is an institution of law. the justices do not sit on opposite sides of an aisle. we do not caucus in separate rooms. the supreme court is a team of nine and i will always be a team player on the team of nine. >> so, let's get to jon karl, live at the white house, and jon, we know the ceremony is unfolding inside the white house. the president was justice kavanaugh beside him, apologizing to justice kavanaugh. >> reporter: and his family. he says that kavanaugh was the victim of a campaign, quote, of lying aies and deception. and david, with all eight other justices looking on, he said kavanaugh faced historic scrutiny and he said, you, sir, were proven innocent. david? >> jon karl live at the white house tonight. jon, thank you. >>> there is also a new and dire warning tonight about climate change from a nobel prize-winning panel of scientists and the united nations. their report found that time is running out, they say, before climate changes are, quote, irreversible. by 2030, in just 12 years, they report the earth's temperature could rise one more degree, at which point the negative impacts could be unstoppa

supreme court should uphold women's rights, vote. if you believe the supreme court must protect health care and our pre-existing conditions that are protected now, vote. if you believe the supreme court should defend workers, consumers, the environment, civil rights, native populations, vote. if you believe the supreme court should be a check on an over-reaching president, vote. if you believe the process here in the senate was a sham and you believe americans deserve better, vote. if you believe that supreme court justices should conform to the highest standards of character, impartiality, temperment and above all honesty and credibility, vote. i understand, i share the deep anguish that millions of americans are experiencing today but i say to you, my fellow americans, there is one answer. vote. i yield the floor. shannon: it's interesting because we saw new fox news polling this week in some of the key senate races in the red states where they've been very tight and a lot of our pollsters have said in looking at the results and the way things are moving, they do believe the kavanaugh impact is going to benefit the gop. democrats had a sizable intensity advantage. so whether

supreme court protests continue. that is the scene right now inside the supreme court, judge brett kavanugh is now associate justice kavanugh. he was sworn in a short while ago making him the 114th justice of the supreme court. and check this out, this is the crowd awaiting president trump's arrival in topeka. they seem pretty fired up. let's bring in our panel now. charlie hurts opinion editor of the washington timings, chief counsel for the judicial crisis network and founding executive director at the georgetown institute of politics. we have seen a lot today, a lot over the past few weeks. i think everybody has been pushed to their breaking points at some point during this. we officially have a new justice. your final thoughts on what we have seen and been through? >> i'm pretty sad today. and not because i opposed justice kavanugh's nomination. i personally did, but the system played out, and president got his guy. what makes me sad is i saw these past few weeks as part of a bigger cultural rift that we're going through right now. people out there who truly supported him who are upset because they felt like the rule of law was being denied and you have people out there who supported dr. ford who

supreme court. the supreme court sided with them, and said yes. , the leastution restrictive environment is a constitutionally based right of persons with disabilities. imagine that. on american00 artifacts, we travel to france to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i, including a visit to the argonne forest for the story of the lost battalion. >> there are 554 men who are cut off from the main body of the division. they are from two different regiments, the 307th and the 308th infantry, and they are mixed companies. their major is an attorney from wall street. the germans are surrounding them from the hills here and firing them. his men take cover near what they call the charlottesville mel. -- meanwhile, the rest of the division can't reach them. >> watch on american history tv, all weekend on c-span3. tv,, on american history hampton sides, author of "blood ," a biography of kit carson. the mountain man as a mythological figure, either portrayed as a folk hero or a killer of native americans. professor sides on packs this dispute and explores carson's complex relationship with the navajo ind