A 73 year old great grandmother and icon of the oppositions bellowed opposition to valeries is all part terry and linda despite the crackdown the protests against the reelection of Alexander Lukashenko show no signs of abating. And in going to sleep a football around her clock tones with dortmund on saturday in a david versus goliath match up. Im Rebecca Ritters welcome to the program u. S. President on old trump has nominated conservative federal judge amy kearney barrett to succeed Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg who died last month if confirmed by the Republican Controlled Senate strong will have put 3 of the 9 justices on the top court possibly handing conservatives long sought wins over contentious legal issues. Such as abortion and gun rights. It wasnt a surprise decision but that didnt make it any less significant i looked and i studied and you are very eminently qualified for this job you are going to be fantastic thank you President Trump moved quickly after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg aiming to secure his 3rd Supreme Court appointment before the election the stakes for our country are incredibly high. That the Supreme Court will issue in the coming years will decide the survival of our 2nd amendment or religious liberty and Public Safety and so much more his pick amy barrett saying she plans to follow the constitution as it was written. Judges are not policy makers and they must be resolute and setting aside any policy views they might hold. Barrett is a soap described devout catholic and has strong support in the conservative community where they hope she will influence laws on health care gun rights and abortion. I think its a big win for christians and its a big step to take were taking that next step forward in abolishing abortion. This must be a happy day for guards but she now faces a bruising journey ahead to officially secure the nomination thanks im sure itll be extremely noncontroversial we said that the last time didnt way. After front talked of public hearings in the Republican Controlled Senate where democrats will be doing everything they can to slow the process down thank you judge ginsburg wish. The next president. Strongly strongly strongly. This nomination it will be decided by a simple majority vote which republicans will win if they stick together barrett will now spend the next few days meeting with senators hoping to secure their vote and making her the youngest Supreme Court justice. Controversial nomination im joined by Stacey Stacey thanks for coming in so what do you make of this announcement do you think barrett managed to convince liberals should we say that shes going to stand on her own and not just the republican line well i think that tablo is very interesting is very americana she had her 7 children there on 2 of them have been adopted from haiti she had the youngest has down syndrome her husband was in the rose garden he was very supportive so this is the kind of scene that certain americans like to see especially chris. In American Voters they really like to see this but in short to answer a question no she didnt do enough to try to more win over liberals she did speak about Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her legacy and why it was sort so important but at the end of the day they are ideologically opposed. Barrett is more in line with Justice Antonin Scalia who she clerked for who you know antiabortion not that big on immigration and against the Affordable Healthcare Act obamacare so you know she didnt do enough to convince liberals that shes going to be more open ok what impact would her confirmation if she is indeed confirmed which it is looking likely lets face it what impact would that have on the future of the court well a few things 1st of all the court will then tilt more conservatively it will be a 6 their image 63. 00 majority and so the one swing vote conservative wouldnt would not really go into play so this would reshape issues like immigration and Reproductive Rights Health care rights for decades she could be on the bench for 2030 years so this is a big deal but the more immediate thing is the reason why trump a picture he wants somebody because hes been so in seeds of doubt about the election and mail in ballots and people are doing that more because of the corona virus and hes saying if he doesnt win its because things are rigged so he wants a justice that he has picked to be the deciding vote so that if the election is close he would have a better chance of being in office for another term if the decision eventual makes it to the Supreme Court to their side on the right so what happens now in terms of the confirmation process how does it proceed what if any cards for the democrats still have a they really dont have any cards they dont have the numbers what they can do is try to slow things down procedurally they can try to really use come all the harris who is the Vice President ial nominee shes a really. Tough question are shes on the Senate Committee so she could really ask some really tough questions so that to this nominee and try to show the difference between of Vice President joe biden presidency and i dont know Trump Presidency and try to scare people to be like look if you if this happens youre going to lose your health care you have to get out and vote so they cant really do too much about the confirmation but they can use the confirmation to galvanize people to get to the bull polls to vote for a democrat this is what theyre hoping right interesting days ahead so i think evan thanks very much. For large crowds are expected to turn out in bella ruse for the 7th consecutive sunday of protests against or thora terry and later Alexander Lukashenko on saturday police in the capital minsk made dozens of arrests at a womens march to announcing his reelection and a vote that many say was rigged attempt to crackdown on protests have done little to dent protest as a result. Of that 73 year old great grandmother with the band opposition flag she has been a regular at these protests now shes detained by masked man. And Police Arrested dozens of other peaceful demonstrators at this womans march. Since all those thousands of protesters have been detained many opposition leaders have been jailed or forced into exile that says president Alexander Lukashenko tries to suppress the biggest and most persistent challenge to his 26 year rule. And this crackdown 3 more criticism at the virtual General Assembly of the United Nations in new york swedens Prime Minister called the situation alarming and the better recently to negotiate with the opposition the increased repression of peaceful demonstrators journalists and opposition leaders is unacceptable we stand in solidarity with the belorussian people in their desire to exercise their fundamental democratic rights we continue to call on the belorussian leadership to stop the repression and engage in general in dialogue with the opposition. This week countries bordering bellerose also weighed in the leaders of lithuania poland. And latvia use their speeches to criticize minsk but on saturday bellerose fought back become trees foreign minister accused western powers of trying to destabilize the country. A deal. Statements brimming with cynicism have been made by a number of our western colleagues about their alleged concern for bellary xeon sovereignty and well being in actual fact they are nothing other than attempts to bring chaos and anarchy to our country to make better use lose many years of development. The European Union is still threatening sanctions including asset freezes and travel bans to punish those responsible for electoral fraud and the violent crackdown on protesters. But the 27 nation bloc has not followed through yet. Leaving the protesters at the mercy of increasingly repressive bellerose you know thora to use. Armenia has declared martial law and a total military mobilization after clashes with azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh both sides reported civilian casualties and accuse the other of starting hostilities nagornokarabakh is an ethnically armenian on clay within as a bizarre that has been out of as a visions control since the end of a war in 1904 both sides maintain a heavy military presence along a De Militarized Zone separating the region from the rest of as a vision. Im joined now by sylvias to shes a journalist and an expert on the caucasus so we have thanks for being with us what else can you tell us about these latest clashes. This is after coming for days and even weeks probably. Not stay operations militarist operations on both sides and this isnt this collation we havent seen for a long time given that no. Competent stepanek out seems to be attacked and this hasnt this has not happened since the ninetys so does this in one step further into escalation into in this conflict yeah absolutely i mean what you say is adam bandt i havent seen this sort of level since the ninetys but this is big at this latest clash that began in june what does the incident rainfall and the nickel and i thought of that region. Its not going to kind of outreach and its like all of the war seems to be so according to reap reports you are getting at the moment when it seems to be going further you can add to the border between azerbaijan and i mean you know what we had in june and its possible that that goes even further than this so this seems to be a very very big escalation and you have to really Pay Attention to whats going on there and. Try to condoms and situation out of why as it would be really really bad situation for both stars ok and i think you could you give a little bit more background on the situation between the dissipating sides. What you see is since a long times for years no doubt growing tensions are going on both sides at the moment in a very bad Economic Situation and the political situation in both countries is quite bad so both president s and both leaderships try to also to. Bring people together behind them and the conflict has always been one reason or 11 thing they could use to bring people together and to forget about all the other trump and own countries like for the mystic politics and also of what i just knew i just moment is that turkey is quite. Involved at this moment and just supporting as a by john wanted and doing the last years and so the leadership in azerbaijan could be a few more motivated to go to to even escalate to his situation and but you also have seen that said there are weapons from post to armenia by the russian side so it looks really like a ghost and beyond that it could also involve turkey and russia more than going to last years conflict with range you know ramifications selfish to have an expert on the caucasus thanks very much. Well some for now in the bundesliga faced off against dortmund on saturday both teams had positive momentum from decisive wins last weekend but dortmund have been title contenders for years now and i considered a League Powerhouse so i had an uphill battle. I have to prove to visiting dortmund his teams opening day victory against 2 number lin was no fluke and despite a few early scares for the home side it was the black and yellows defense that was under pressure 40 minutes in and this is Daniel Caligiuri free kick match felix to a card to put the home side in frogs i. After the break out kept up the pressure and soon they were 2 goals up college or retaking the honors this time. There was no coming back for dortmund barreling holland came close to scoring a consolation in the dying minutes of the game. To nail the final score and heiko hallecks out bird go top of the table for at least one day. I was here watching data 1000000000 years out next shift living in the digital age will have more headlines for you at the top of the hour and i think that you can always stamp today on our website at state of any dot com to find rebecca greatest investment thanks very much. 5 years to come. Here. With. 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