Im told me on the article glad to have you with us top story of the moment the vacancy on the u. S. Supreme court and the intense political fight surrounding it president all trump is about to name his choice for that seat media reports say he will nominate Amy Kone Barrett she would replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last week and al barrett currently serves as a federal Appeals Court judge and is known for her conservative religious views. On friday he had made up his mind but he refused to confirm the speculation ahead of an official announcement on saturday. With me now here in the studio is an. Associate fellow of the German Council on Foreign Relations and. In washington our bureau chief in home lets start with. If you were in washington what do we know. About. Well if she will get picked donald trump would have hardly found anybody who is such in the poem and of the late ruth gaiter Bader Ginsburg a pioneer of womens rights she was for abortion rights she faults the discrimina
In egypt, the crackdown of pro morsi growing. A key leader of the Muslim Brotherhood was also arrested last night. More on the developments later in todays show. Tuesday, august 20, 5 20 p. M. Bradley manning is less than 20 hours from finding out how much time youll spend behind bars after they found him guilty of stealing and sharing government secrets. The judge will make her final sentencing decision on wednesday. Manning could face up to 90 years in prison. We have the latest from fort meade. The judge is now deliberating Bradley Mannings sentence. The judge announced that she would be beginning to deliberate. The sentences tomorrow morning and the importance to the judge in this case, facing a maximum of 90 years after he was found guilty of most of the charges against him including espionage. The Closing Argument of the sentencing hearing yesterday, the prosecution requested manning spend no less than 60 years in prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of documents to the ant