vu: and the biggest fight right now seemto be over the nomination of wendy vitter to louisiana district courts. planned parenthood has taken out ads against her nomination. what are your concerns about her, and what do you think her nomination means for other bench openings across the country? richards: well, the concern about wendy vitter is...an yes, planned parenthood has been actively opposing her nomination bee use she has some of st extreme views even on issues like birth control, trying to link birth control to violenteath among women. she has not been rated qualified by the american bar association. she has no experience in the federal judiciasystem that would make her qualified. it seems that her only qualifications is that she's on the far right of the republican party. vu: and she supports the views of an anti-abortion advocate who says that co.raceptives cause canc richards: and absolutely, and then we saw the hearing, you know, her hearing before the senate. she wasn't even willing to say wre she was on brown vs. board of education. i mean, this is the kind of fundamental..

richards: well, the concern about wendy vitter is... and, yes, planned parenthood has beenos actively og her nomination because she has some of the most extreme views even on issues like birth control, trying to link birth control to violent death among women. she has not been rated qualified by the american bar association. she has no experience in the federal judicial system that would make her qualified. it seems that her only qualifications is that she's on the far right of the republican party. vu: and she supports the views of an anti-abortion advocate who says that contraceptives cause cancer. rianards: and absolutely, then we saw the hearing, you know, her hearing before the senate. she wasn't even willing to say where she was on brown vs. board of education. i mean, this is the kind of fundamental... this is a fundamental issue in this country, and so we're just concerned that this administration is puttino very, very political nees in the federal bench that are going to be there for a lifetime. vu: i want to also talk about th

vitter, do you believe that brown versus board of education was correctly decided?mean to be coy, but i think i get into a difficult -- a different -- a difficult area when i start commenting on supreme court decisions which are correctly decided and which i may disagree with. it is binding. if i were honored to be confirmed, i would be bound by it. and of course i would uphold it. >> do you believe it was correctly decided? >> and again, i would respectfully not comment on what could be my boss's ruling, the supreme court. i would be bound by it. and if i start commenting on i agree with this case or don't agree with this case, i think we get into a slippery slope. >> donald trump's appointee to a federal appeals court wendy vitter saying one reasonable thing there and one horrendous thing at her confirmation hearing. it's reasonable for judges to be careful when commenting on supreme court decisions since they're supposed to keep opinions quiet and follow the law in office. it's also concerning if a judge cannot find a way to speak to the propriety and logic and r

and we saw that once wendy vitter did it, the next week, andrew colbert did it. it's now something that can be said. and this is where the lines are moving and this is what's so important. the public watching it should not believe this is normal. this is deeply abnormal. this is deeply far outside what we have seen even with the conservative judges. that's why it's important for people to call their senators and tell them i want you to do your job, vet the nominees, i want to know whether they tried a case and whether they stand for the principles of quality and justice that are enshrined in brown versus board of education. >> thank you for your work on this issue, which is so important. i really appreciate it. we're going to fit in a break and i have one more thing to tell you when i get right back. with this clever little app called audible. you can listen to the stories you love while doing the things you love, outside. everyone's doing it she's binging... they're binging... and... so is he. so put on your headphones, turn on audible and binge better. you woul

. >> bill: let's start with leland vitter at the state department.ancel this summit or is the sense this is some sort of negotiating tactic? >> at least from the u.s. side nobody is talking about canceling this summit. it appears that they are looking at this as a page out of the president's playbook really. the more you are willing to walk away from a deal, the more negotiating leverage you have. this is the statement from the north koreans from their first vice foreign minister. we are no longer interested in a negotiation that will be all about driving us into a corner and making a one-sided demand for us to give up our nukes and this would force us to reconsider whether we would accept the north korea/u.s. summit meeting. the secretary of state said this weekend that the united states is ready and willing to help the north korean's anemic economy. the sticking point is what comes first? the nukes leaving north korea and the cash from the united states going in? what each side wants is obvious. >> bill: where is the trump administration? >> my gra

david vitter, dennis hafter, foley, newt gingrich. about things that matter to this nd he will forget nonsense about whether people are better because they read the bible. has been proven, this is nothing, but a sham you sell to people, like a product. walker, i think you are sincere. you have to recognize the moral latform you guys have been carrying for all these years exploded trying to justify likes franklin graham, hagey, pastor jeffers, people who behavior that can't be defended. thank you for your time. guest: yeah, i very poignant call, but i believe he makes a point. i know that i'm responsible for god and forth to my me that is very important that we do our best to live that out people watching. you have a situation here where live out body doesn't the faith, but someone who defends the faith, that is why 81% of record of evangelicals. for me to make the case this is moral aptitude test with the president we have, especially party, with blican the caller, i believe that would disingenuous. host: speaking of faith, the in, ho

oldon and miss vitter's nominations on thursday. 64 years to the day since brown v. board was decided and segregated schools were deemed unconstitutional. in honor of this anniversary, the 64th anniversary of brown v. board, my senate republican colleagues aren't rolling out a new education policy or a new civil rights policy. they are voting to give these two individuals lifetime appointments to the bench. when we say that sometimes our republican colleagues and this president is divisive, it's actions like this that document that and make the fact that they are being divisive irrefutable. our nation became a better nation, more just, more free, when the supreme court said that no official, high or petty, could determine where an african american child could or could not go to school. if you can't agree with that decision, you don't deserve to be a federal judge. and my colleagues should make a stand and roundly vote against these two nominees. next, i want to talk about an emerging theme from president trump's presidency. that is his failure to deliver. for all the