A clause in there in when you were hired that says any dispute over salary or anything else has to go to arbitration you can t bring a class action suit in court to challenge that and I appreciate that example because it reminds us that while Kavanagh s nomination has been viewed through the lens of Roe versus Wade of abortion rights there is an almost infinite variety of cases in which presuming he is confirmed on the final vote tomorrow he would have an opportunity to rule and they would include abortion rights and a lot of things short of overturning Roe versus Wade and they would include labor rights and and many other things let s also remember that there was a relatively true statement made by Charles Schumer the Democrat from New York when he gave a speech shortly before the vote and he said Democrats have been accused of delaying this nomination Democrats have not he said and what he means is Republicans have had the majority Republicans reset the Supreme Court rules so that a
Is the key player in so many historic debates over the last decade and a half really Mitch McConnell the majority leader the Republican leader in the United States Senate and someone who has been absolutely central to the Supreme Court battles of the last few years it was Mitch McConnell who said that President Obama s last nominee to the court would not even get a vote it was Mitch McConnell who then steered president tromps 1st nominee Neil Gorsuch to confirmation it is Mitch McConnell who has repeatedly said during all the drama of the last few weeks that he intended to guide Brett Kavanaugh through and so we ll hear from Charles Schumer and Mitch McConnell in the next few minutes Nina Totenberg is with us here and you know what s on your mind well you know Mitch McConnell is not what you would call a riveting speaker and neither is Chuck Schumer who will also be speaking there sort of doing the final cleanup hit for their sides but don t be fooled by their boring presentation Mitc
Ok We re going to try to get back to the Senate floor in a moment Dianne Feinstein is delivering her speech there oh she s just concluded her remarks as a matter of fact so we are now going to hear in their entirety over the next few minutes from 2 more key players here want to Charles Schumer of New York he is the Senate Democratic leader and he is a senator who vowed very early on the Democrats would oppose this nomination with everything that they had the other senator we ll hear from is the key player in so many historic debates over the last decade and a half really Mitch McConnell the majority leader the Republican leader in the United States Senate and someone who has been absolutely central to the Supreme Court battles of the last few years it was Mitch McConnell who said that President Obama s last nominee to the court would not even get a vote it was Mitch McConnell who then steered the president trumps 1st nominee Neil Gorsuch to confirmation it is Mitch McConnell who has r
Not just a political cover Indonesia s disaster agency believes there are still hundreds of people Burry did mud as rescue workers continue to search for victims of a devastating earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of so the way z. The combined event has killed at least 1200 people and that number is expected to grow officials have been overwhelmed by the sheer number of bodies and have arranged for a mass burial site for victims survivors are in desperate need of food water and medical aid a drug commonly used to treat the bone thinning disease osteoporosis could prevent fractures in older women with less severe bone loss according to a new study published today N.P.R. s Rob Stein has details the drug is called Celebrity 8 it s long been used to treat the bone thinning disease osteoporosis but there s been a big debate about whether it might help prevent fractures in people at earlier stages of bone loss so researchers tested it on 2000 women ages $65.00 and older with a
Midterm voters minds and the u.s. And Canada reach a last minute trade deal so up next on point top reporters look ahead with us on another big week in the news. First this news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Lori London a deal has been reached for Canada to stay in a free trade pact with the United States and Mexico President Trump is delivering details from the White House Rose Garden Smy great honor to announce that we have successfully completed negotiations on a brand new deal to terminate and replace NAFTA and the NAFTA trade agreements with an incredible new Us Mexico Canada agreement called us m.c.a. Sort of just what I am seeing trade officials from both countries say the renegotiated deal will result in freer markets and fair trade the 2 countries also agreed to protect Canada from any future auto tariffs imposed by the us the agreement was reached after weeks of bitter high pressure negotiations that brushed up against a mid night deadline the u.s. Supreme Court