and from glasgow, the telegraph commentator and former labour minister, tom harris. it that maduro is in the right now, or you were in the wrong to support him earlier. what is the position of the left now? that is an unfair characterisation, if i might say so, because the circumstances have changed substantially in venezuela in recent years. the collapse in the oil price and these violent protests, which have been aided and abetted by the usa, who have been funding opposition groups and have a very shady record going back many decades of interfering in latin america, right back to chile where president nixon said he was going to make the opposition scream. we have had factory owners stopping production of products to cause shortages in the shops, the same tactics used in 1973 in chile. so your response to seeing opposition leaders bundled out in the night and taken away and arrested is to condemn the united states? is that your response? not at all. that is unfair. human rights are inalienable and universal. i am not an apologist for the venezuelan government. clear

on the faculty, mind you, it was real tight between harry truman and not tom dewey. harry truman and henry wallace. >> my students don't know who hard e henry wallace is. >> we have to have a chat with the professor if che don't know who he is. franklin roosevelt -- >> think bernie sanders. >> with a red star on this coat jacket that he didn't know about it. wallace is -- if you ever get -- the current administration decides to appoint people and some of you get tapped for a senate committee, they ask you question, name, address, social security number, maybe your religion. henry wallace was the second of agriculture under president roosevelt. his religion was mystic. figure that out. there are people who talk to plants, who talk to trees help called himself a mystic and i can see franklin roosevelt shaking his martini glass, what the hell is that? he became a pretty good politician, very good at handling congress and very good at handling republicans because hi father had been agriculture secretary, and roosevelt decided that when james garner -- roosevelt's first vi

. >> harris: you mention tom bussard, homeland security advisor who stepped up to the left turn at the house press bee -- briefing on friday. >> sandra: americans doing what americans do best, coming to the aid of their fellow citizens as harvey pummels texas. we will talk to senator ted cruz who is at one of the many shelters taking and flood victims. and to the firestorm over president trump's pardon for america sheriff joe arpaio, why this is controversial too many. plus why the president's defenders say the predecessor in the white house did much worse. ♪ (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) (flourish spray noise) the joy of real cream in 15 calories per serving. enough said. reddi-wip. (flourish spray noise) share the joy. >> harris: fox news alert, an additional 1000 guard members are headed to houston to help out victims affected by a catastrophic flooding prayed over two days, the fourth largest city has been overwhelmed with 25 inches of rain more to come. officials warned that that number could double this week is more than 30,000 people have a

tom burridge, bbc news in barcelona. princes william and harryth and her funeral in a new bbc documentary. the princes describe how they were "numb and confused" when they first heard of their mother's death, and were grateful for the seclusion provided by balmoral castle in scotland. here's more of what the princes had to say to the bbc. when you have something so traumatic as the death of your mother when you are fitting, as, sadly, many people have experienced, nobody wants to experience it. it leaves you, it can either make or break you. and i wouldn't let it break me. i wanted it to make me. i wanted her to be pa rt it to make me. i wanted her to be part of the person i would become. i didn't want her worried, or her legacy to be about william or harry, that we were devastated by it. that all the hard work and love and energy that she put in would go to waste. i think that one of the hardest things to come to terms with is the fact that the people that chased her into the time all were the same people that were taking photographs of her whil

. >> there's a name of another justice i want to tell people about, and that's tom clark who had been harryn's attorney general, right? >> yes, had been truman's attorney general and actually given him advice similar in the past, no matter what is going on in the present. clerks can end up not being very popular with truman basically. he figures he has clark in his pocket and he's going to be really angry at the court, but i think he is going to be particularly angry at clark. he's one person he's never going to forgive. >> years later his son, ramsey clark, was named attorney general by lyndon johnson, correct? so do you know of any other father/son attorney general appointments in history? it seems like an interesting historical footnote. >> outside of my knowledge. >> it was interesting to point out there was a family legacy there. so we are going to learn a little bit more about this, but i want to take some more calls because we have more people lined up. next is chris watching us in brooklyn. you're on the air. >> caller: oh, hi. thank you for c-span and thank you for the series. you

. >> it's an interestinging personal story, and that's tom clark, who had been harry truman's attorney general. >> he was trueman's attorney general, and he was giving him advice no matter what's going on in the present. clark's going to end up not being too popular with truman. truman figures this's got clark in his pocket. he's going to be an at the court, but he's going to particularly an bring at clark. >> and years later, ramsay clark was appointed by linden johnson. it was interesting to point out that there was a family legacy there. so we are going to learn a little bit more about this, but i want to take some more calls because we got some more people lined up. next is chris watching us in brooklyn. you're on the air. >> caller: oh, hi, thank you for cspan and thank you for the series. i think that one of the things that people really think about when they think about this case is that there were a lot of other options than seizing steel mills and there were a dozen or so governors involved and a lot of local politics and quite frankly harry truman was not the gr gravitas that

tom burridge, bbc news, in barcelona. a british tourist harryn widely praised, after staying to help an injured child on the las ramblas boulevard, during the van attack in barcelona, ignoring police who were shouting at him to move to safety. adina campbell has been to meet him. like thousands of other holiday—makers, harry athwal didn't expect to see the horror of last week's terror attack in barcelona. but he found himself rushing towards one of the victims. in the middle of las ramblas was the body of a child, and that automatically drew me to that child. at that point, i knew what i had to do. ijust raced to that child. many of us have seen the picture of you crouching down beside the boy. what was going through your mind? i was afraid for the boy at that point. when i looked at his injuries, they were severe. i was actually quite emotional as well, because i knew straight away that this boy had to be seven or eight years old, the same age as my son. and like i said, due to the injuries, i was quite upset. but the first thing i tried to do

tom burridge, bbc news, in barcelona. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the curse of harry potter?popular books have created a demand for wild owls as pets and created a real problem. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we're all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: more than seven million people are facing starvation in yemen's war. leak

harris: i have to tell you i saw a lot of positive reaction when tom bossert took over the press briefing specifically talked about preparedness for this storm and the lessons learned in the past. >> we all remember hurricane katrina and the disaster it brought to new orleans. george w. bush said his fema director was doing a heck of a job when he wasn't. i agree with my colleague. we'll agree with each other on twitter as the night goes on, in this case the president's job and the federal government's job is to support local law enforcement and disaster preparedness folks as best they can and just let it happen. harris: look at that bipartisan love. can we talk about what's next for this president, michael and whether there are opportunities, lawrence, that republicans, not just democrats, republicans have to start to take advantage of. this president is going back out on the road. whether that starts with texas or he goes straight to missouri. he does well when he's on the road. he's going to reportedly do that late the coming week. what are your thoughts about what he needs to be telli

harris: i have to tell you i saw a lot of positive reaction when tom bossert took over the press briefingss for this storm and the lessons learned in the past. >> we all remember hurricane katrina and the disaster it brought to new orleans. george w. bush said his fema director was doing a heck of a job when he wasn't. i agree with my colleague. we'll agree with each other on twitter as the night goes on, in this case the president's job and the federal government's job is to support local law enforcement and disaster preparedness folks as best they can and just let it happen. harris: look at that bipartisan love. can we talk about what's next for this president, michael and whether there are opportunities, lawrence, that republicans, not just democrats, republicans have to start to take advantage of. this president is going back out on the road. whether that starts with texas or he goes straight to missouri. he does well when he's on the road. he's going to reportedly do that late the coming week. what are your thoughts about what he needs to be telling the public? >> he needs to put pre

tom, good morning. >> reporter: amy, good morning to you. earlier on "gma" we heard from the harris0 to 40,000 homes could be destroyed here in houston and that's why so many are seeking shelter. this is one of the newest shelters in the nrg park, this is where the houston texans play football and the same setup. people come in, get registered and get a cot. 10,000 people can sleep here and they say everyone will get a cot. now, one of the reasons they opened this place is because of what we showed you yesterday, people sleeping on the floor there at the convention center. they had planned for 5,000. more than 9,000 showed up and there were so many people sleeping on the floor at the time. the rescue efforts are still under way here in houston. they were answering 600 calls yesterday so there are still people trapped in their homes and there are still pockets of danger around the houston area. the mayor now implementing a curfew that runs from 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. amy. >> all right, tom, everyone gets a cot there, though, that is important for those people till being rescued. >>

everything and to people who have worked with me for over 30 years, lisa harris and bonnie byers and i want to introduce my partner, tom spewack who has helped me through the confirmation process. as to chairman, i welcome all of you here. saytor hatch: i have to you're willing to sacrifice your husband for a number of years come i give you a lot of credit for that. go ahead, i'm sorry. : mr. chairman, ranking up or widen, members of the committee, it is a great honor to be here today as the president's nominee to service under secretary of commerce for international trade. i first testified before this committee in 1986 when i was the deputy assistant secretary of commerce for import administration and i continue to be deeply impressed by the rigorous and careful attention this committee gives to international trade. in some ways, i feel i have been preparing to hold this position during my entire career. when i was fortunate enough to run import administration in the 1980's under president reagan and commerce secretary malcolm baldridge, we conducted over 500 anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases including cases

. >> prince harry and william have refused to comment on the documentary. it airs on british television on sunday. >>> actor tomed luke duke on the tv show the dukes of hazard has pleaded not guilty to drug and indecent assault charges. in massachusetts. police say the 65-year-old groped a female cast member of a musical he was supposed to appear n he's out on a thousand dollars bail. >>> it's a dangerous, deadly problem on our roads. distracted driving is blamed for more than 3400 deaths across the united states each year now the victim of a crash caused by distracted driving has decided to do something. >> she wants to make sure no one else is injured the way she was. fox's katie beasley has her emotional story. ♪ >> reporter: molly was a junior at auburn university studying to be a journalist with a new job on the school newspaper. after a trip home to atlanta she was one exit away from school when she believes she must have started fiddling with her new tape recorder. >> i must have been listening to my recorder, um, because i went clear across the median head on with a pickup truck. >> reporter: the crash

tom, thank you. among the distressing stories that have emerged from the attacks in spain, there have been those of kindness and bravery as well. british tourist harry rushed to help a child on las ramblas, ignoring advice from the police to move to safety. adina campbell has been to meet him. we were in the restaurant. we had just eaten. i ordered the bill. i was waiting for the bill. that is when we saw the van. from where we we re when we saw the van. from where we were sitting, you could see it. we saw about five seconds of it. what we saw was tragic. we heard screaming. as we turned and looked, the van was shooting down las ramblas. it was hitting people. people were flying everywhere. you could hear the thuds. the thing i remember was the noise. we were 50 yards away. the noise was so clear. it was horrible. when did you first see the boy you went on to help?m the middle of las ramblas was the body of a child. that automatically drove me to that child. i knew what i had to do. ijust raced to that child. many of us might have seen the picture of you crouching down beside the boy. what was going through your mind? beside the boy. what was going

tom burridge, bbc news, in barcelona. among the terrible stories that emerged after the attacks in spain, there have been those of kindness and bravery as well. british tourist harry called a hero after he rushed to help a child on las ramblas, ignoring police who were shouting at him to move to safety. adina campbell has been speaking to him. like thousands of other holiday—makers, harry athwal didn't expect to see the horror of last week's terror attack in barcelona. but he found himself rushing towards one of the victims. in the middle of las ramblas was the body of a child, and that automatically drew me to that child. at that point, i knew what i had to do. ijust raced to that child. many of us have seen the picture of you crouching down beside the boy. what was going through your mind? i was afraid for the boy at that point. when i looked at his injuries, they were severe. i was actually quite emotional as well, because i knew straight away that this boy had to be seven or eight years old, the same age as my son. and like i said, due to the injuries, i was quite upset. but the first thing i tried to do was to check his pulse to see if he was alive, and becau

harry reid in the senate. peter, this is the president running into immediate resistance, obvious public resistance. paul ryan, tomole, saying no we're not going to shut down the government or come close to shutting down the government over paying for the wall that you said mexico would pay for. >> yeah, and ryan and cole and all the rest are right. this is an insane strategy to try and shut down the government for a wall that 60% of the public doesn't want. but this is part of a growing phenomenon and really a growing collision between trump and the republicans. you can just see it and feel it over the last three or four weeks. trump is going after republicans. they're starting to go back after him. and i have thought for a long time, as you know, that the republican party has to break with trump. that's bookkeeping more urgent not only because of his mental instability which is so obvious, but i also think what's going to happen if they don't break with trump, trump is going to break with them. i think trump is showing he has no institutional loyalty to the republican party and positioning himself something of a

harry truman for the rest of his life. we have a 1961 letter from truman to justice tom clark in which he writes, all of you were very kindme and i was glad to have the chance to discuss various things that had taken place in the past, particularly justice black's comments about my statement on the fact that the decision of the court in the steel case was in line with the dred scott decision. i still think that was true. >> well, he had his principles and again, we can disagree with them and one might think he was not correct to think this way, but he believed in what he was doing and so one can judge him on the basis, but i'm not sure arguing the case would have made any difference at all to the supreme court. i think that the justice fully stood that their friendships with them but those friendships did not shape the outcome. >> youngstown to this day is held in incredibly high regard. the supreme court justices, the nominees to the supreme court the last three or four in their confirmation hearings regularly go back and ex toll the virtues of jackson's concurrent opinion. >> there are certain things supreme court nomin

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tom, tell us what's coming to these hardest hit areas. it doesn't look good. >> no, but the rain is going to start to lighten up in the houston and harris countyand that's great news. the problem is going to be east of houston and in toward southwest louisiana. everything this purple, one, twor two, three feet, most of this is east in the houston area. we are looking at significant rain in beaumont, port arthur into lake charles, louisiana. it still has a water source, but we're not very far from the back edge moving out of houston. once the system moves north of houston, their rainfall will be cut off. landfall in the predawn hours tomorrow morning, then notice it picks up speed and lifts away. but the resource needed for rescue and aid are going to be concentrated east of texas. that is a big concern, spreading the resources that are already strapped in most of texas. >> i understand after the rainfall, often the rivers keep rising, and there are many of them, of course, going through the metropolitan area of houston. how serious is the threat to levees there in the city? >> it's a big concern. let me break this down for you. right now this

tom hanks in the film. one quote cited at harris stars in apollo 13 but also john glenn and the voice admissions control ininvolve space would not be complete without some "star wars" reference. >> look at my tie this morning. the empire strikes back is one of those films that are sequels can be better than the original. this is one of the greatest sci-fi space movies of all-time. one of the biggest twist of all time. it really just proves that in my opinion with this is a good storyteller, but the director is such a great filmmaker. >> number two was space oddity, an alien -- no et. tell us about number one. >> was et. as you mention stanley cooper james cameron won the horror film with the best tagline of all time. in space, no one can hear you scream. what a great tagline for a poster. love that movie. >> kevin mccarthy. the mac but me know which you think is the best space movie of all time. an honor to be on. >> mel brooks, baby. >> all of those at the top of the hour. michelle malkin, congressman louie gohmert and tommy laron. it's whooping cough. every family member, including those around new babie

harris county and so many others that picked up two, two and a half feet of rain. >> extraordinary. in such a short amount of time. even worse, that more is on the way. tomader, thank you so much. we'll check back. >>> this breaking news out of texas continues. awaiting a live update from the governor out of austin, texas. we'll bring that to you as soon as it happens. we'll be right back. no splashing! wait so you got rid of verizon, just like that? uh-huh. i switched to t-mobile, kept my phone-everything on it- -oh, they even paid it off! wow! yeah. it's nice that every bad decision doesn't have to be permenant! ditch verizon. keep your phone. we'll even pay it off when you switch to america's best unlimited network. >>> welcome back. take you to austin. texas governor greg abbott. >> the fema administrationer brock long and the secretary of homeland security elaine duke. we talked in that phone call about more ways in which the state of texas will be collaborating with fema and with the federal government, and that would be part of the here mater cover today we had a long briefing i will want to break out in a lot of detail, because, as you know, ther

harris. we don't believe she was wearing a helmet because the character in the movie wouldn't have been wear a helmet. the update on tomnow reporting that he has possibly broken bones in his ankle so that could shut down production for awhile and will raise a lot of questions now about safety on films. >> it seems like the stunts are getting riskier and riskier because you have to have bigger stunts. >> the audience now expects bigger and louder and more action. >> thank you, t.j. >> appreciate it, t.j. mi> head back to school, how will they get there? the new concerns about a bus driver shortage. come on back. ♪ "im on the phone"! ♪ towel please! ♪ while other insurance companies just see a house. we see the home you've worked really hard for. so why not give it the protection it deserves. ♪ do yno, not really. head & shoulders? i knew that not the one you think you know the tri action formula cleans removing up to 100% of flakes protects and even moisturizes for sofia vergara hair tand the alzheimer'sf association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. dear da