u.s. supreme court. the majority of the u.s. supreme court, identified the blue right, and before long in the red rights and human rights escalation over time. with his u.s. supreme court identifying more constitutional rights in the constitution and what that comes down to, as an institution over time that is exercising more and more power over our lives. there's some good to that, because these have been very good decisions. but over time with the rights escalation, it is more resentment when we are not on the winning side of those winner take all fights. in particular what i've seen over the last ten years. as a federal judge might think, this is good for me. if the federal courts are more and more involved in running our lives, that means they have more power, if you have an investment portfolio, you pick stocks for people, you'd rather have more money than less, if you work for government, he presumably you'd rather have more power than less. so in some ways what is happened to the federal courts over the last 30 years is so

u.s. supreme court. the sense of compliance in fact was not lost on a reporter for the "new york times," who spent one of the registration days in the rough-and-tumble neighborhood on the east river waterfront in manhattan. there, that day, 3528 men, many of them who were longshoremen , dockworkers, drifters, the people who filled the neighborhood lodging houses, 3528 of them registered for the draft without complaint at the makeshift office of the new york board number 92. as the reporter wrote, quote, there was no use complaining. to ask the average registrant of what he thought of the affair would be to receive a shrug of the shoulder and the acknowledgment that he thought no use of having any thought on the subject at all. furthermore, it was the law of the land. and every citizen voted to himself and to his country to obey the law. the new york newspaper reporter marveled at this unprecedented registration for military service. it looked like, quote, part of america's second nature. but in fact it w

u.s. supreme court case, minersville school district v gobitis ruled against them. the minersville decision was overturned in 1943 by the supreme court in the west virginia supreme court v barnett case. next, the senior communications officer will tell a story of both cases and talks with the daughter of lillian gobitis. this program is part of a daylong event hosted by the robert h. jackson center to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1943 first amendment ruling. it is about 25 minutes. >> you are in for a treat. as the cofounder of the robert h. jackson center, we are thrilled to have this opportunity to commemorate one of justice jackson's foremost opinions, if not his number one,

u.s. supreme court is poised to address the addition of the controversial question in february. tag.(grant) coming up... get ready to pay more to binge watch your favorite shows. details on why netflix subscription prices are going way up. for your money... netflix is raising subscription prices across the u-s amid heavy investment in original series and movies. all three of the plans will go up by one to two dollars. for example, the standard plan is now 11 dollars per month... and will go up to 13 dollars per month. new netflix members will pay the higher price immediately. the increase will take effect for all existing members within the next several months. the company's annual programming costs reached 8-billiodollars in 2018. netflix shares were up more than six percent today on wall street today after the announcement. (catherine) still ahead... we see it on bay area roads every day-- speeding, swerving, and tailgating. now we're learning just how aggressive drivers can be in the state. the details after the break. (grant) getting around in wet weather is tough enough ... but

u.s. supreme court was set to hear... moot. the high court's decision does not mean the issue is off the table.the trump administration has said... it plans to appeal the federal judge's ruling. (pam) this week... (pam) this week... three california lawmakers introduced legislation that, if passed, would provide a way for farmworkers to obtain legal status, and eventually u-s citizenship. (ken) it is called the agricultural worker program act , and it was introduced by representatives jimmy peralta of carmel valley, zoe lofgren of san jose, and senator dianne feinstein. reporter megan meier has the story. selse reyes story is shared by many farm workers across the central coast.selse reyes / undocumented farmworker:"i so want to go see my mother because my father passed away a while back and i couldn't go because i'm undocumented."but a new path to citizenship could put an end to her struggle.congressman jimmy panetta and others introduced legislation that would allow farmworkers to apply for a "blue card."the "blue card" applie

u.s. supreme court... today allowing a transgender military ban to go into effect.or the trump administration ... and a blow to l-g-b-t-q activists .. who call the ban cruel and irrational. (ken) kron4's camila bernal explains the court's decision. the supreme court allowing president donald trump's transgender military ban to go into effect.the 5-4 decision was not based on the merits of the case but instead will allow the ban to go forward while the lower courts decide. the policy was first announced by the president via twitter in 2017.rep. vicky hartzler / -r- missouri: "we have people who cannot serve in the military with asthma and flat feet so why would we allow individuals to come in...who have these medical issues that can be very very costly."at the time, lgbtq activists protested."trans people serve!" the policy focuses on a condition known as gender dysphoria --which is a conflict between a person's assigned sex and the gender they identify with.most people diagnosed with the condition wouldn't be allowed to serve. do so according to the sex they were as

u.s. supreme court is getting involved. se grand jury disputes, they get resolved at the circuit court level or certainly at the district court level. here chief justice roberts basically grabbed this case and said, this is important enough for us to take and we'll see. perhaps, as you say, as early as today whether these fines will start to take effect for compliance with the subpoena while the appeal goes forward or whether the fines are stayed. that's the issue before the court now. >> what is impressive is we still don't know this mysterious company, this foreign company, the identity or the government that owns this company, that still has not leaked, at least not yet. we have a lot more on the breaking news right after this. (burke) parking splat. and we covered it. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ moving? that's harder now because of psoriatic arthritis. but you're still moved by moments like this. don't let psoriatic arthritis t

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u.s. supreme court, which is a total hail mary. everybody appeals to the u.s. supreme court. the odds of them taking up their appeal is not like mega millions or powerball, but it's really long odds. but surprise, the sunday before christmas, yes, on a sunday, the supreme court justice, who was basically responsible for cases from the d.c. circuit happens to be the chief justice john roberts. he decided last sunday, yeah, we might take up this appeal. and chief justice john roberts asked for briefs from the government, which in this case means mueller's prosecutors. he got that brief a few days ago. and then this afternoon, he got a response brief from whatever this mystery foreign state-owned company is. and so now the supreme court of the united states is weighing this. they are, right now, most up expectedly, wading around in this totally secret, totally intriguing part of the mueller investigation, which we really don't know anything about at all. but they've got the briefs from both sides, so they could rule now at any time, and i will just say, if the supreme court does

u.s. supreme court where the parents in and the naacp sue the city of columbus for segregation and they win, and so these athletes become part of a major lawsuit at the end of the book. >> host: how many of the athletes were you able to track done? >> guest: of the 12 basketball players, i tracked down ten of them. of the 15 baseball player is tracked down 12. so, it was amazing. bob hart, who was the basketball coach, had passed away, but his three daughters still lived in the area of columbus, and they turned over to me his world war ii letters, his archives, all of this notes, all of this scouting reports on the games. baseball, their coach, paul pinell who still lives in columbus and i was so fortune he was pack rat because he had all of the score books from every baseball game that year. so i really, really, really got lucky with paul pinell, too. he was the head baseball coach and also the assistant basketball coach, and so in a way i had his insight from both of the sports and that was extremely helpful. two other players from the basketball team,eddy rat live and joseph lamarr were

u.s. supreme court. sure enough, willis mccall is in charge of the investigation. is only mabel nourse rees that will write about it. amy: thurgood marshall went from investigating the case -- was he on the supreme court at the time that it was considered? >> he was. beneath aoint in " ruthless sun" when this case reaches the u.s. supreme court, thurgood marshall is on there and he knows all about lake county and willis mccall. they send in order to show cause back to lake county explaining why they're holding this man in an asylum. amy: not to confuse the two, but in "beneath a ruthless sun" the man was a white mentally disabled man. >> and that is the strange twist in this. because and involved a wealthier family this time, it was an actual rape in this case, because it was seen as so impolite, the prosecutor got together with the sheriff and the judge and they decided to switch the race of the defendant so that the victim's husband would not bear the shame of having been assaulted by an african-american. so they framed a white man of rape at the time. amy: going

u.s. supreme court's roe versus wade decision, that legalized abortion in january of 1973. the u.s. supreme court voted 7- 2 to legalize abortion nationwide. >>> the red cross is helping eight people who are displaced following an apartment fire. in oakland flames broke out around 3:30 yesterday on 14th avenue near 22nd street. this is video from the citizen app and you can see apartments on that second and third floor of the building do appear to be burned out. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> after weeks of political uncertainty in venezuela, the international community is trying to figure out exactly who should be in power. president nicolas maduro's government says it's putting off an order for u.s. diplomats to leave the country within three days. maduro initially broke off relations with the u.s. on wednesday. the trump administration and several other countries have recognized opposition leader juan guaido as the country's interim president. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo urged countries at the u.n. to pick a side. russia, china and mexico are among those stacked behind m

u.s. supreme court decision. they believe they have certain rights. certainly in different political climates, those opinions change. sometimes students feel their rights are at risk and other times they do not. generally, surprise. people don't generally know the links and the lengths to which women went to to acquire abortions, people never really think about whether or not abortions existed before roe v. wade. almost as if, roe v. wade allows abortion and now everyone has abortions. that is not the case. abortions were just not legally sanctioned and often under scary situations. >> how far would women go to seek abortions? if they couldn't get in the u.s., did they go elsewhere? >> they did. i looked at american women in california who go to the border thehe 1950's and 1960's, border with mexico. there are a number of women who do that who go to places like tijuana, mexicali, to have these procedures. there are other women who have more financial means able to go to places like sweden or japan or mexico city where they are able to pay for services

u.s. supreme court has ruled that the trumpet ministration can go ahead with its ban on transgender people serving in the armed forces the court voted five to four to lift injunctions against the ban former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko says that she will be a candidate in march as presidential elections opinion polls show that she is the favorite to win the machine that was jailed for two and a half years over again asked to deal with russia in what was largely seen as a politically motivated conviction. french police say they have detained american singer chris brown after a woman filed a claim against him in two other people the woman says that she met brown and his friends at a paris nightclub earlier this month before going back with him to a hotel. for survivors of the holocaust sharing their experiences and educating new generations is an important part of making certain that the world never forgets the horrors that they experienced or now when you see him in chicago has found an ingenious way of doing just that even long after those survivors have gone who's real here f

u.s. supreme court. you're an expert on the u.s. supreme court. what plight happen?mp will win. i think at the end of the day if you look at the 1976 act of emergency powers. sit a general discretion. it pays to the executive branch. i am perfectly capable of being wrong. it happens all of the time in terms of these predictions. i do think that given the make up of the court and given that law he could well win. i think it would mean a substantial reordering. it one thing has been true. things change the house passed legislation. the entire government would remain in dispute far month or so wile they tried to negotiate a final deal on a wall. the senate is not only considering what the house has passed but mcconnell is left down and they are not even coming back until monday. the criticism of that is he is showing no leadership completely deferring the president. >> and the republicans in the u.s. senate, many of them will say he is showing leadership and he is not putting them out on a limb and could be out there against the president on something they don't want to

u.s. supreme court did not act on the trump administration's administration efforts to end protections forlmost 700,000 immigrants who came to the u.s. illegally as children. the lack of action by the court means protections for daca recipients will stay in adminis wanted the high court to take up that case. also this morning, the supreme court is allowing the trump administration to move ahead with plans to restrict military service by transgender men and women. court challenges continue. the high court declined to take up the cases about the plan, meaning they will continue to move through lower courts. >>> sales of u.s. homes fell in december. sales of existing homes plunged last month. 6.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $4.99 million. that is the worst sales pace in almost 3 years. the median sales price in december was $253,000, up only 2.9% compared to last year. that's a brief look at some of the top stories we are working on. >>> tonight, conquered city counci if the city should move ahead with discussions about a downtown soccer stadium. the proposed site near the b.a.r.

u.s. supreme court has agreed to hear two cases regarding the way electoral maps are drawn.at issue is a practice known as "gerry- mandering"... that's where electoral district lines are set.. to benefit one political party over another. one case before the court .. involves north carolina's 20-16 congressional strict maps. critics argue, the district maps were drawn to help republicans and punish other parties. the second case comes from maryland. that's where republican voters allege they were targeted by democratic state officials in 20-11. arguments in both these cases will be heard in march.the high court has long said, extreme partisan gerrymandering violates constitutional rights ... but the justices have never developed a standard to determine what "extreme" actually means. (ken/mon/vo) the college football playoff national championship in santa clara on monday will go on rain or shine... but what about thefan festivities? as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, organizers are working on contingency plans. nats (cheerleader)the big game will be held at levi's stadiu

u.s. supreme court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. 76, with new statutes, the u.s. supreme court said it's constitutional. and then we started seeing the death penalty back in place. death rows repopulated with new criminals like gary gilmore. >> it seems that the people of utah, they want the death penalty but they don't want executions. i took them literal and serious when they sentenced me to death. >> his crimes were not especially extreme. it was two robbery/murders. but when he was convicted, he wanted to die. he wanted to go out in a blaze of glory. so two years later he was put to death by firing squad and became the very first person in america in this new era to be executed. and his words were "let's do it." >> the order of the fourth judicial district court of the state of utah has been carried out. gary mark gilmore is dead. ♪ >> tonight, our topic will be murder as a growth industry. these are the national homicide figures. for the past ten years, every year has set a new high for murder in america. >> the statistics were

u.s. supreme court will allow a transgender military ban to go into effect... for now. a victory for the trump administration and a blow to l-g-b-t-q activists who call the ban cruel and irrational. camila bernal explains the court's decision. the supreme court allowing president donald trump's transgender military ban to go into effect.the 5-4 decision was not based on the merits of the case but instead will allow the ban to go forward while the lower courts decide.the policy was first announced by the president via twitter in 2017.rep. vicky hartzler / -r- missouri: "we have people who cannot serve in the military with asthma and flat feet so why would we allow individuals to come in...who have these medical issues that can be very very costly."at the time, lgbtq activists protested."trans people serve!"the policy focuses on a condition known as gender dysphoria --which is a conflict between a person's assigned sex and the gender they identify with.most people diagnosed with the condition wouldn't be allowed to serve. those without the condition can serve -- but only

u.s. supreme court ruleed today president trump's military transgender ban can go into effect. the 5-4 decision is not a merit of the restrictions. it is being challenge inside court around the country including here in california. california's attorney general vowed today continue to fight the band. the pentagon says the rules are meant to ensure the most lethal and combat effective fighting force. >> a community in shock, the shooting that kill add bay area grandmother in her home. >>> satisfaction with bart hits a record low. the complaints from riders in a new survey. summerlike weather in winter. coming up we talk about the forecast. okay, so you've been to the it's great right? earth. but i bet you haven't done this. or that. or been here. i bet you haven't met her, or him, or them. ooo, dance-off! this is... incredible. you, see what i did right there. and when is the last time you felt like this, or that or (sighs deeply) i mean, come on- that's basically a perfect moment. it's time to make some magic for as low as $70 per person, per day. show of hands, who's a future

u.s. supreme court has voted to allow the trump administration' s miban to go into effect. pam) the policy was first announced by president trump in a tweet in july of 2017... it was then challenged in court. our washington d.c. correspondent brie jackson reports on today's ruling ... and has reaction from members of the transgender community. veteran mia mason served as micheal mason before as micheal mason served veteran mia community.transgender (ken) another big story tonight... the u.s. supreme court has voted to allow the trump administration' s military transgender ban to go into effect. (pam) the policy was fitweet in july of 2017... it was then challenged in court. our washington d.c. correspondent brie jackson reports on today's ruling ... and has reaction from members of the transgender community. veteran mia mason served as micheal mason before transitioning to a woman. she says the trump administration' s ban is a slap to the face of brave transgender men and women who want to serve.mia mason/ transgender veteran"we deserve to fight and now it's just been taken

u.s. supreme court was in frontiero v.0s a second lieutenant in the air force. i went in the military because i needed the money. >> who says a woman has to settle for a routine job just because she's a woman? discover the united states air force, and you'll discover the world. >> i was newly out of college. this was a new job. i had just married, so it was the start of new everything. it became clear pretty quickly that the men i was working with who were married got a housing allowance, and i wasn't getting paid a housing allowance because i was a woman. i assumed it was a mistake, so i went off to the pay office to correct the mistake. you're lucky we let you in here at all. you're lucky that the air force allows you to serve, was what i heard right off the bat. it took me aback, and i figured, well, here's one bigot, so i'll just keep asking around. and it became very clear very quickly that there was no different story. so we went to see a lawyer, and i still thought it was a matter of getting a lawyer to write a lett

u.s. supreme court ruled in a 6-3 decision that u.s. students could not be forced to salute the american a 1948verturning decision that upheld mandatory flag salute. next on american history tv, two jehovah's witnesses recount their experiences as younger girls in the early 1940's when they were expelled from school for refusing to salute the american flag. they are joined in conversation by the daughter of another expelled jehovah's witness. this program is part of a daylong event hosted by the robert h jackson center to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the west virginia state board barnettn v burnett -- supreme court case. >> one of the first cases of note was the abydos versus minersville case, and to present illustrated presentation is the spokesman for the world headquarters of jehovah's witness, and they will be abydos to from barnett. >> it is a tough act to follow. i will need a screen. first of all, this gives me a nice opportunity to just mentioned we are really appreciative for the privilege of being here at the jackson ce

u.s. supreme court announced... justice ruth bader ginsburg's recovery from surgery is -- quote -- "on track" ... but, she will miss oral arguments next week. justice ginsburg is still recuperating from the surgery she had... to remove two cancerous nodules from her lungs. a court spokesperson said, a post- surgery evaluation indicated... no evidence of remaining disease. justice ginsburg missed oral arguments this week... and has not been on the bench since her surgery last month. but she has been participating ... by reading briefs at home. the justices met behind closed doors earlier today... to discuss pending petitions... and ginsburg participated by proxy. (ken) families of the victims killed in the sandy hook school shooting are calling today a victory. a connecticut judge has ruled the families can now review the financial documents behind alex jones and his conspiracy theory radio show and website "infowars"... which claimed the shooting a hoax. six families filed the lawsuit against infowars accusing the o

. >> every year the event is held on the anniversary of the supreme court's decision. on january 1973, the u.s. supreme court voted 7-2 to legalize abortion nationwide. >>> the government is back open after the longest shutdown in history. now there's an effort underway in congress to prevent shutdowns in the future. we spoke walocal member of congressitude about it. >> i know i'm not the only one. >> reporter: at a town hall meeting in couper cuprtino say had a meeting and many felt there was no reason to shut down the government again. >> the courts would have to hold that unconstitutional. >> reporter: the federal workers that went without pay are expecting their paychecks next week. >> it's good food, good everything. thank you everybody. thank you. that you can. >> reporter: congressman canna said he wants to revent the government from shutting down the government for political reasons. it's an idea many of his constituents seech and just leave as bassets bad taste in everyone's mouth. >> reporter: republican senator rob portman of ohio is introducing a measure that could keep the governm

u.s. supreme court is considering a motion involving -- this is a mystery going on in washington.n unnamed foreign company that mueller wants information from, but this foreign company with connections to some other government, unnamed government, is refusing to cooperate. >> that's right. so the supreme court was actually pretty busy over the holidays on this. and in a rare move, the chief justice sort of weighed in, issuing a temporary pause on that contempt order, so the fees aren't continuing to run. it's interesting. the company. we still don't know who it is, who the foreign government -- the fact they appealed, at all. this is the first known case escalating up to the supreme court. so it could be a big development. at this point, now roberts has the option to refer it to the full court to see how they want to vote. so five justices say we want to keep the pause in place here, then the company won't continue to incur these fines and could continue to see more. >> do you think the supreme court will get involved in other aspects of the mueller probe? >> it's possible. these

u.s. supreme court today. two of which i think i basically understand.ich we're about to have extra help to walk us through because i definitely don't get it. first thing to know is that the justices agreed to take up a big gun related case for the first time in nearly a decade. this will be the first second amend the case the court heard since the instillation of trump nominee brett kavanaugh. his appointment cemented a fairly radical progun conservative majority on the court. this case the court decided to hear in the fall is a challenge to a new york city gun law which says if you're licenseed to have a gun in your home, the only other place you can take that gun is to an authorized shooting range inside city limits. the new yorker is challenging the law want to be able to take their guns other places like specifically to their second homes outside the city. and your level of simple though may vary for new yorkers demanding the right to shuttle their firearms back and forth between their many, many homes. but this case does setup the supreme court's f

u.s. supreme court is allowing the trump administration to bar more trander peop from t ll e ban go courwork rough . noctrsgdepeopleserv gornmedata indicates that nearly 9000 members identified as transgender in 2016. >>> new at noon, striking educators have reached a tentative deal with the los angeles school district with teachers expected to go back to work tomorrow. right now thousands of teachers celebrating outside city hall. the mayor of los angeles says that the new agreement will include smaller class sizes as well as improve support staff and higher pay for teachers and a 6% salary increase. earlier today hundreds of firefighters also marched in solidarity with the teachers in l.a. on the picket lines. the tentative deal still needs to be approved by the union members. >>> the kentucky school at the center of this video is closed today out of safety concerns. and now president trump is weighing in on the encounter between students and a native american man in washington. nikole killion has the latest. >> reporter: a small group of native american protesters quietly gathered in covi

u.s. supreme court. >>> it's 4:509. in two hours, polls will open in virginia for a special election. it's to cover the seat open. jennifboysko is the democratic challenger on the ball et. she i challenging joe may who has served in the asumibly fese four years. jennifer wexton beat comstock in the midterm election. >>> today marks 50 years sce two fbi agents were killed by an escaped federalorker in d.c. a memorial will be held at theg wash field office. the two agents were shot and killed in a southeast apartment building by billy austin bryant. bryant was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder. >>> still ahea union station is expected to get a makeover. we get a sneak peek a the upgrades there. >>> and a warning if you received one of the dna testing kid kits. what you need to know before you turn the kit in. >>> good evmorning, ybody. off to a quiet start on a tuesday morning after overnight ra raindrops. enjoy the mild weather today. over the next couple of days, cold and windy will be the operative word. fact: some of your favorite foods stain teeth. unlike ordinary whit

u.s. supreme court is allowing the trump administration to bar most transgender people from serving in the military. this while challenges to the policy make their way through the lower courts. today the high courts split 5-4 along lines to allow the policy to take effect. the decision means the administration can bar transgender people unless they serve consistent with their biological sex and don't seek to undergo a gender transition. blake is an active duty navy lieutenant commander and is openly transgender. he said the plan won't stop transgender individuals from serving the country. >> we are trained to continue on and continue to serve. we will continue to do so until told otherwise. >> a statement the chair said in part this ban is nothing more than bigotry codified into law and an insult to all who have worn our nation's uniform. also today the supreme court left in place rulings that temporarily protect called dreamers. the court took no action in a case about whether president trump properly ended the obama era program that offered special protections for immigrants brought to t

u.s. supreme court returned to session today, but without justice ruth bader ginsburg. the 85-year-old justice missed arguments for the first time in 25 years as she recuperated from cancer surgery. she is still working, reading briefs at home. doctors removed two cancerous growths from ginsburg's left lung on december 21st. she had previous cancer surgeries in 1999 and 2009, but didn't miss any court sessions. ginsburg has also suffered broken ribs on at least two occasions. >>> talent from the bay area shines at the golden globes. san francisco native darren criss won best actor in a limited series or tv movie last night. in his acceptance speech, he commended hollywood for making entertainment more inclusive over the past year. >> i am so enormously proud to be a teeny tiny part of that as the son of a firecracker filipino woman from cebu that dreamed of coming to this country and getting invited to cool parties like this. >> criss won for his role in the assassination of gianni versace, an american crime story. oakland native took home best actor for his performance

u.s. supreme court ruled that we own the water rights.uck a unique set of land, water and grazing allowan ss by grantingtlers property known as allotments to encourage westward expansionut, over decades, the shifting government policies and court challenges have left land and water rights undealer. >> they want our water. t y can get the water, they can control us, they have us. i mean, we're finished without water. >> in 1993, the mexican spotted owl was listed as thrdeeatened the endangered species act. soon after two plants, the sacramento mountain thistle and brickly poppy, joined the list. the forest service erected fences to protect critical string bank habitat. environmentalists say they gather around watways and upset ecosystems. goss sued the federal government was it took 13 yrs before the judge ruled against the forest service, saying the agency violated the fifth amendment by blocking goss' access to natural water sources for his herd. fosse says rather than all the fences con,ng dowhe's seen more added. >> they just started p

u.s. supreme court. i'm somebody who understands whether it is through that or the fact -- i understand politics not in terms of who is up into his down or some of the other things that command the most attention on the news, in terms of everyday impact on our lives. i am also mindful to the fact that this just might make it a little easier for the next person who comes along. timencere hope is by the our kids are old enough, once we have kids, to understand politics that it will be newsworthy. maybe that is how it is in some of the coastal cities, not right now in indiana. reporter: some people say that this has opened doors to people who could run in future, what is your response to that? mayor buttigieg: everything a person should think about in the run-up to 2020, is that it is not only the conduct of campaigns that will make an impact on the political light of our country. if just by being there, by doing something that might not have been thought possible. when i came out, mike pence was the govern

u.s. supreme court says the trump administration's policy banning most transgender people from the military take effect for now. it allows the ban to go aheadil legal arguments continue.e there some 9,000 transgender people in the armed forces, somen active duty. on this program we have shown you climate changes. the sahel region of africa is dealinwith a changing climate, and deal with islamic extremism. our chief internional correspondent traveled to mali to see the impact on daily ife. >> the sahel, locked in a long war to hold back the desert. it is losing, and now a new enemy, climate change. threat vulnerable lands. st mali fights on many fronts. u.n. forces are on the ground here. the world's most dangerous eace keeping mission often under attack by extremist groups, including kide and islamic state. this 63-year-old farmer has seen it all. country of extremes now lurches from doubts to floods. last summer there s more rain than anyone can remember. all of his crops were washed away. his home flooded with water. a mud home full of cracks afte an explosion nearby.so hat is the biggest

in a would be case that he has he feels of the supreme court is more fair to him namely of course we know he has appointed two of the nine justices on the u.s. supreme court and the court does lean conservative mariyam thank you very much with the latest on that from washington i just castra as well still ahead for you on this program the u.k. government says it wants to cut you migration off to practice it but where will the health service get its start. so why lots of fiber in the diet is the best thing since sliced bread wholemeal bread. hello again welcome back to international weather forecasts we're here across australia we are looking at mix temperatures across much of the areas some areas are going up some are going down but we're also seeing some rain here passing through parts of sydney and that's going to make its way towards brisbane with a few showers there so term to wise here on saturday melbourne really not looking too bad adelaide thirty two degrees few there but as we go towards sunday took to start to change we start to go up a little bit with melbourne at twenty eight adelaide a thirty four in alice springs you're going

u.s. supreme court said basically the situation should be urgent and infrequent, really big -- like on theonably expected or anticipated. >> trevor: yeah, so for something to be considered a national emergency, the supreme court ruled a situation must be urgent, infrequent, and unexpected. basically, america should have a urinary tract infection. ( laughter ) and if you think about it, none of these thinks apply to illegal immigration, which has been more of a steady, constant drip. okay, still needs to be checked out, but it's not an emergency. ( laughter ) the problem is the supreme court doesn't get to weigh in immediately, right. trump can declare a national emergency, and the moment he does, there are all sorts of things that he can do. >> many of these powers are really quite gnaw row, reasonable, but some of them seem like the stuff of authoritarian regime, so there are powers that would allow the president to shut down communications facilities and to freeze americans' bank accounts or to deploy the military domestically. >> trevor: okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. it's one thin

u.s. supreme court has ruled that the trump administration can go ahead with its ban on transgender peopleerving in the armed forces. the court voted 5-4 to lift injunctions against the ban. former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko has announced she will be a candidate in march's presidential elections. opinion polls show that she is the favorite to win. tymoshenko was jailed for 2.5 years over a gas deal in russia in what was largely seen as a politically motivated conviction. french police say they have detained american singer chris brown after a woman filed a rape claim against him and two other people. the woman claims that she met brown and his friends at a paris nightclub earlier this month before going with them to a hotel. tonight, china is lashing out at a group of former diplomats and academics who have signed an open letter calling for the release of two canadians. a businessman and former diplomat were arrested in china on allegations of spying. canada says they face daily interrogations and have had no access to attorneys. it is believed they were detained in retaliat

u.s. supreme court s down the state's law banning inteacial marriage. tomorrow night's public hearing will begin at 7:00. >>> next at 11:00, a potentially lifesaving appw cell phones could give addicts a second chance. >>> and the phrase "fake news" is evywhere, butt turns out one group is more pne to spreroad >>> more than 100 people die every day from opioid overdos in the u.s. now an experimental app could change that. >> yeah, university of washington researchers are testing software that can detect ing problems after drug use. the second chance app uses sound waves to measure t breathing,n calls for help if there's an issue. 19 out of 20 times that app correctly identified shallow breathing, but there is a catch, it doesn't work from insideyof ur pocket. raising the queson, will drug users pull out their cell phones after using?>> the older you are and the more conservative your politics, the more likely you were to share fake news on facebook ctduring the 2016 en season. that's the conclusion of a new study out tonight. pele over 65 and ultra cons

u.s. supreme court. the case there, the court upheld obamacare as constitutional but made clear a majority of the court made clear it was not constitutional as an exercise of the commerce power in the constitution. if that was the power upon which the government was going to rely, it would have been unconstitutional. however, if the court then said it was constitutional under the taxing power, this is not the income tax found in the amendment, this is actually the taxing power in the original constitution. people forget there's a taxing clause. but the supreme court remembered it just in time for obamacare. and upheld obamacare based upon the fact that the individual mandate is a tax because it collects a penalty and it -- run by the irs so it looks like a tax, feels like a tax, people play money to the government, close enough. so they upheld obamacare on that basis. subsequent to that, the tax cuts and jobs act of 2017, tax reform bill of last year passed and congress zeroed out the penalty for not get

u.s. supreme court. the high court announced today it will not hear a challenge to this case, which prohibits the sale of foie gras from force-fed ducks and geese. it was set to become law in 2012 but was not enforced because of multiple lawsuits. >>> what to do with old b.a.r.t. cars. more than 400 original b.a.r.t. cars that have been a bunch ofg, d restaurants or shelters. to use as artificial reefs. b.a.r.t.'s board of directors will meet thursday morning to discuss those ideas among others. >>> not just gavin newsom, we had another swearing-in ceremony today in oakland for mayor libby schaaf. >> and to the best of your abilities perform the duties of office of mayor for the city of oakland again? >> i do. >> congratulations. >> surrounded by her family, the mayor was sworn in for the second time making her oakland's first two-term mayor in 16 years. she won re-election with nearly 60% of the vote. she said as her 50th mayor her priorities remain the same. >> the second term, let us accelerate and sc

u.s. supreme court case, minersville school district v gobitis ruled against them. the minersville decision was overturned in 1943 by the supreme court in the west virginia supreme court v barnett case. next, the senior communications officer will tell a story of both cases and talks with the daughter of lillian gobitis. this program is part of a daylong event hosted by the robert h. jackson center to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1943 first amendment ruling. it is about 25 minutes. >> you are in for a treat. as the cofounder of the robert h. jackson center, we are thrilled to have this opportunity to commemorate one of justice jackson's foremost opinions, if not his number one, west virginia versus barnett. we have some history with these individuals we will be interviewing. just kind of breach cap, back in -- just toieve, i recap, back in 2002, i believe, i tracked down lillian and barnett down in the charleston area. all of a sudden, this guy with a camcorder track you down. we went to kingdom hall, and we had a chance to chat. you were gracious enough