poses against north korea is fundamentally eliminated thomason. the un security council on saturday voted unanimously for a partial bomber north korea's exports. putting the onus on its main trading partner china's to enforce the sanctions. after pulse criticism from trump for not doing more to rein in north korea. beijing now seems to be taking a more pro active role. voting with the other security council members to issue sanctions. among publicly warning failure to cease its missile and nuclear testing. but beijing state media has simultaneously warn the last to exercise restraint. saying sanctions are not part of a long term solutio. the veteran war crimes prosecutor carla del ponte say says she's tired of running up against walls and up to five years is quittin. the un's commission of inquiry on syria down poems had blamed a lack of will at the un security council with russia frequently vetoes actions on syria. delponte says by the government of president assad and the opposition a guilty of committing quote terrible crimes time rush has the

justice thomason i came from backgrounds, somewhat dissimilar from our colleagues.of us have the breadth of the experiences to the law. we have no criminal defense lawyers on our courts. we have one civil rights lawyer. ruth right now. there are so many other incredibly important civil rights issues out there, we have a few practitioners with small and medium-sized practice experience. and we have very few people from geographical differences in the united states. and as you noted, very little in terms of religious differences, and even less in terms of educational experiences. that is a lot of areas where we don't reflect the general society. do i think it does harm to our judging? not necessarily. but it certainly i think does harm to the court's reflection of attempting to be broader in its outreach to people. charlie: it is great to have two new yorkers back home. [applause] >> if we are being asked to judge, what the court does will be received better if we are a little wider and what we represent. by the way, there was one state of the union that was overrepre

the defense department reporter lukas thomason is standing by. you are on the phone. what's the latest that you are hearing about the fate of the uss john mccain and the ten sailors missing? we understand it is moving back to a port. >> that's right. in addition to the ten sailors missing, five are injured. i just got off the phone with the officials in japan. the five that are injured, they characterize the injuries as minor. this is a massive collision and comes just days after report detail that the uss fitzgerald collision, you are the top two officers on board relieved of their duties plus a top enlisted sailor. right now we have the uss mccain, a guided missile destroyer en route to singapore. they had just left one of the busiest, heaviest shipping traffic areas in the world and it was on her routine transit to singapore when the collision occurred with an oil taker. the impact was on the ship's port side which is certainly concerning. >> we understand the uss mccain may have been fighting some flooding. would that be on the port side as well or in several plac

lucas thomason has more for the pentagon. >> reporter: this new policy is different. >> reporter: officialsare going on a diplomatic offensive. trying to reassure americans analyze the president's strategy in afghanistan will finally bring peace to the region. the top u.s. commander general john nicholson said the new approach is based on conditions on the ground and not a political timeline. and will include bringing in other central asian countries to help keep the peace after u.s. forces leave. >> our end state is a peaceful reconciliation and that means there will be no terror attacks emanating from this region. the response from regional powers has been mixed in china says it will cooperate with the u.s. to bring long-term stability to afghanistan but some lawmakers in pakistan say the country should refuse to cooperate. >> is that of adopting a peaceful position pakistan should give a job breaking response to this insulting announcement. >> reporter: afghan president is calling on the telephone to return to the bargaining table. another key element of the strategy. trump administratio