Stand politically. Guest we are committed to trying to get judges appointed to the Supreme Court who are committed to interpreting the constitution and the laws as they are written. Host did you have any active role in the president s choice for the Supreme Court . Guest that is the president s call and it is done through the white House Counsel office. I am thrilled because i felt like everyone he was looking at closely was really wellqualified for this position. I feel like i could not be in a better position. I would have been happy with it was arbor look go up or amy barrett. Is about thestion overall impact on the court and how it changes when it comes to the justice is themselves. How would you answer that . Guest what we are looking at is a shift in perspective of how we look at the law bases versus ruth bader ginsburg. There are a lot of ways in which Amy Coney Barrett follows in ginsbergs footsteps as a woman with children and accomplishing all that she has as a scholar and a
Morning and thank you for being with us. Guest thank you for having me on. Host let me begin on chapter two of your book because you say quote, let me start by describing what i believed to be the enduring character, the political dna of our two Major Political parties. What is there dna . Guest they change their positions on issues over the years. These are very old parties. The republicans started off as the protectionist party and became the freetrade party around the 1970s. With President Trump they are now the trade party. The enduring character is that the Republican Party has always been founded around a core constituency of people who are considered by themselves and others to be typical americans, but they are not a majority of the population. The Democratic Party has always been a coalition of people who were supposed some time to be typical americans but who together can be a majority. They dont always hold together and we get schisms and fights within the Democratic Party.
If you are an independent, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text message and we will read that at 202 7480003. Or send us a tweet cspanwj and as always we are on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. A number of developments over the weekend, including this front page story from the new york times, Boris Johnson forced to seek a brexit extension. We will have that story with Jason Douglas of the wall street journal. And a tweet overnight about the g7 summit, originally scheduled to take place at the doral in miami, florida, the president with this tweet last night host that from the president. Joining us live on the phone, senior White House Reporter for reuters. , following the firestorm that he received over the last 48 hours, was this a surprise . Caller yes. Guest yes i was certainly surprised that came out last night. Primarily because they had been signaling for some time that this was the place the president wanted to go. That it was his decision and basically he didnt really care a
hello. i m abby phillip in washington. and happening right now, supreme court hearings underway that could effect millions of people who owe money on their student loans. justices are hearing arguments in two cases, challenging president biden s plan to wipe away more than $400 billion in student debt. six republican-led states and two individuals are challenging its legality. let s bring in cnn s jessica schneider and renee marsh. both are at the supreme court right now. jessica, i want to start with you first. it s no surprise, this is a conservative court. and so far, it sounds like they ve been pretty skeptical of the biden administration s argument so far. tell us about what s been happening. that s exactly right, abby. the conservative members of this court are really giving considerable pushback on the idea that president biden and his administration can even put into place this sweeping debt relief. they re really zeroing in on the price tag of this program, more th
it s 10:00 a.m. in new york, i m lindsey rise e and we are following a whirlwind of breaking news this hour, including on capitol hill where norfolk southern s embattled ceo will be in the hot seat at a hearing that begins in moments facing tough questions from senators about the toxic train derailment in ohio. what he plans to say about the numerous derailments, cleanup efforts, and his promise to a community in fear from the toxic fallout. also breaking overnight, 81 senator mitch mcconnell, the longest serving senate leader ever is in the hospital this morning after a fall. what we know about how he s doing. and more breaking news overnight. a fiery onslaught across ukraine as russia launches its biggest missile and drone attack in weeks. reporter: these are targets that were largely civilian infrastructure, and he s trying to knock out the lights. he s trying to turn off the heat, and he s trying to do it all over the country. why there are new concerns about euro