defeat. after all, they had stopped ukraine from going forward with that deal with the european union and sure they had lost their man in the presidential palace but they that just meant putin needed another way to show ukraine who s boss and so russia took part of ukraine for itself. ukraine axed the deal with the eu in late november, 2013, the protests went november, december, january, february. by february the protesters had won and changed yanukovych out of office. that same week they chased him back to moscow russia invaded. russia sent its troops to the part of ukraine that s called crimea. by march russia had not just invaded, they had taken over. they just took it. they took part of another country. and here s an interesting totalitarian part of that. russia likes to appear as if it is a constitutional democracy. on paper it is. there s not just authoritarian leader vladimir putin now in the
an off-the-books ledger described cash payments, $12.7 million. paul manafort denies he got any of that money but when those massive protests pushed yanukovych out of power, sent him running to moscow russia was not in a mood to acknowledge defeat. after all, they had stopped ukraine from going forward with that deal with the european union and sure they had lost their man in the presidential palace but they that just meant putin needed another way to show ukraine who s boss and so russia took part of ukraine for itself. ukraine axed the deal with the eu in late november, 2013, the protests went november, december, january, february. by february the protesters had won and changed yanukovych out of office. that same week they chased him back to moscow russia invaded. russia sent its troops to the part of ukraine that s called crimea. by march russia had not just invaded, they had taken over.
from a view to popularity. when you look at the history of the senate s role in confirming justices to the supreme court, it many of the judges of the supreme court were confirmed without a hearing. some without even a recorded vote. i m not here to say that my party is without fault in the area of judges. we re not. i m here to say that in november 2013 the game changed in a way that i think mr. hamilton would be very disappointed in. it s not that i don t understand. i very much do.
personal attachment, or from a view to popularity. that was the check and balance advise and consent rules of the game that was established in 1788. when you look at the justice of the supreme court it s changed dramatically. many were confirmed without a hearing. some without even a recorded vote. m notere to say that my party is without fault in the area of judges. i m here to say that on 2013, november 2013, the game changed, in a way that i think mr. hamilton would be very disappointed in. and it s not that i don t understand, i very much do, when my time came for sotomayor and kagan to appear before this
t president trump with abe sitting next to him took a phone call on saturday night telling him that north korea had launched a ballistic missile. both men proceeded to read documents using flashlights on cell phones raising concern about information security and protocol. what to make of trump and abe s first meeting. joining me now is caroline kennedy. she was ambassador to japan from november 2013 until shortly before trump was inaugurated. what do you make of abe? he does seem as though a very different man from donald trump. well, i think that he is proven to be an incredibly stable leader and a great partner for the united states. that he and the new president spent so much time together was very important for japan but also very useful for president trump.