The presiding officer the senator from missouri. Mr. Hawley madam president , some months ago, in july of this year, i came to this floor shortly after the conclusion of the Supreme Courts most recent term to lament the ongoing judicial activism, the judicial imperialism that we have seen from this court over this past term and from the Supreme Court for years on end. I quoted the late Justice Scalia who said the imperial judiciary lives, and i said on the floor of this senate it was a shame to say but undeniable that the imperial judiciary continued to live in this country, a judiciary intent, a Supreme Court intent on legislating from the bench, on making up laws that went along with no regard for what the people actually wrote in their statutes or in their laws, and i particularly lamented the position of religious conservatives, people of faith who had seen in this past term for the United States Supreme Court decision after decision, tossing aside the concerns of religious conserv
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Tens of thousands protest in brazil over claims of government corruption. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im richelle carey. Accusations are flying right now on capitol hill. Theyre trading blame on over contamination in the citys water supply. Several house members accused rick snyder of knowing about the crisis months before he did anything about it. Governor snyder said hes done everything he can to address the problem. Let me be blunt. This was a failure of government at all levels, local, state and federal officials. We all failed the families of flint. This isnt about politics nor partisanship. Im not going to point fingers or shift blame. Theres plenty of that to share, and neither will help the people of flint. Not a day or night goes by that this tragedy doesnt weigh on my mind. The questions i should have asked. The answers i should have demanded. How i could have prevented this. The ranking democrat on the committee, elijah cummings, wants snyder to step
And our greatest ally across the atlantic had an uproar against the social medias media post. Another busy night in this administration as the 11th hour gets under way. Good morning again, nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 315. We have breaking news at the top of the forecast on the matter o f the russia investigation. Late tonight, the New York Times posted this headline. Trump pressed Top Republicans to end russia inquiry and whether Trumps Campaign helped them in any way. Senator richard burr said in an interview that mr. Trump told him he was eager to see an investigation that has over shadowed much of the first year of his presidency come to an end. It was something along the lines of i hope you can conclude this as quickly as possible mr. Pbur said. He replied to mr. Trump that when we have exhausted everybody we need to talk to, well finish. Senator roy blount, a member of the Intel Committee to end the investigation swiftly. Mr. Trump called other lawmakers over the s
Ranks. The president commented on the al franken Sexual Harassment case and remained silent on allegations about roy moore and doing something about his Supreme Court choices Going Forward. John roberts starts us off tonight. In his only public appearance, President Trump said nothing about any of the big items in the news. But he did weigh in on twitter. On tax reform, President Trump was over the moon about the passage of the house bill tweeting great numbers on stocks and the economy. If we get tax cuts and reform, we will see great results. The president also taking aim at the fact not a single democrat voted for a bill. Accusing democrats of a lost opportunity. Tweeting if democrats were not obstructionist and understood the power of lower taxes, we could get their ideas into the bill. The next stop is the senate. The bill was voted out of the finance committee yesterday but not without serious heat across party lines. I come from the poor people. I have been here working my whole