. >> in some states, public defenders are also very understaff pd and underresourced.ach lawyer may carry as many 2,225 misdemeanor cases and 700 felony cases in just one year. >> gideon really doesn't have meaning if individual states, counties and cities don't fund their public defender offices. we need lawyers to have the resources to do their job in the way the constitution requires. >> our failure to uppulled the sixth amendment undermines the premise in america every person has the right to a fair trial and presumed innocent until proven guilty. >> and gideon ensures citizens accused of a crime have the right to an attorney. the case made remarkable advancements and changed the way with interpret our right to counsel. >> watch landmark cases on the right to counsel, live monday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> over the next hour, a couple of sessions from libertycon, a libertarian conference held here in washington, d.c. earlier this month. the conference was hosted by students for liberty. we'll hear first from the organization's ceo wolf van laer and talk sh

the state department has already alarmingly understaff to handle the significant and increasingly more potent threats from north korea. just this week, we found out that the special representative for north korean policy, ambassador joseph un, the lead negotiator with north korea, is stepping down tomorrow. he is one of the key players in any strategy with pyongyang. but wait. there is more. we still don't have a u.s. ambassador to south korea more than a year into the trump administration. we still don't have a confirmed assistant secretary for east asian and pacific affairs. we still don't have a special envoy for north korean human rights issues. we still don't have a sanctions coordinator. it seems the only thing this administration has to show its concern about with north korea is donald trump's twitter account. i sent a letter to secretary tillerson asking him to explain how the state department is sufficiently staffed to execute a wide-ranging strategy of diplomatic engagement and pressure. but as i wait for his response, the talk of conflict persists and the drumbeat of war gro