Nan aron talks about her groups opposition to her nomination. Later, former tennessee attorney general paul summers talks about his groups efforts to keep the Supreme Court to nine justices. Washington journal is next. Host at age 48, judge Amy Coney Barrett would be the youngest andeme Court Justice solidify the conservative members. Welcome to the first of four days of hearings beginning at 9 00 a. M. Eastern each day. We will get right to it with your thoughts on the nominee. Do you support or oppose judge Amy Coney Barrett . If you support the judge, 202 7488000. If you oppose, that line is 202 7488001. If you are unsure or undecided, the line is 202 7488002. You can send us a text as well, 202 7488003. And make sure you tell us your name and where you are texting from. On twitter, it is cspanwj. We welcome your posts at facebook. Com cspan. Just to lay out a little bit of the schedule for our coverage plans, as we mentioned, it is four days of hearings, getting underway today an a
Live today with the consequences of that hierarchy in which people at the very beginning were put into assigned categories, that were part of creating what would become the United States and that we live with the aftereffects to this day. When we think about the United States, the word caste language that we apply to other civilizations, human creation that give us away viewing ourselves in a different lens. Host you write in the acknowledgments, this was a book that i had to write in the era that we find ourselves. Can you talk more about that . Guest using the word caste in which i was writing about the migration of 6 million African Americans fleeing the jim crow south. I came to realize through my research that i was not running writing not about leaving, but they were defecting a caste system. I use that word caste to describe the jim crow south and in doing so, i realized that i would find that readers would truly understand and see what people were living under in the jim crow s
On Self Determination in catalonia. That saw a yes vote of 90 , but was boycotted by many of those opposed, and the Spanish Government said the vote and the idea of independence was unconstitutional. Last friday, the Regional Government declared an independent republic and madrid promptly dismissed the entire catalan cabinet, dissolved the regional parliament, and appointed the Spanish Deputy Prime Minister to run the region temporarily. The sacked catalan president , carles puigdemont, has been ordered to appear in court, accused of rebellion, and has said he wont return from belgium without a guarantee of a fair trial. Bbc news has been following the twists and turns of this saga. This is the people facing down the police. These are riot police who have been drafted in from other parts of spain. But their heavy handed tactics today appear to be making deep divisions in this region worse. All round here catalans are singing their National Anthem. The National Anthem they now believe b
We feel about calling people guilty in such a vocal public way . Edward talbot was one of the viewers who got in touch to respond to the programme, writing the political crisis in spain started just over a month ago, with the 1st of october referendum on Self Determination in catalonia. That saw a yes vote of 90 , but was boycotted by many of those opposed, and the Spanish Government said the vote and the idea of independence was unconstitutional. Last friday, the Regional Government declared an independent republic and madrid promptly dismissed the entire catalan cabinet, dissolved the regional parliament, and appointed the Spanish Deputy Prime Minister to run the region temporarily. The sacked catalan president , carles puigdemont, has been ordered to appear in court, accused of rebellion, and has said he wont return from belgium without a guarantee of a fair trial. Bbc news has been following the twists and turns of this saga. This is the people facing down the police. These are rio
End for non league minnows hyde, who were given a Football League education by the Milton Keynes dons. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Wet start to the weekend for some but things will get drier, brighter and colder through the day with a few showers in the north and west. Full forecast coming up in the next 15 minutes. See you then. Good morning. First, our main story. The conservative mp, charlie elphicke, has been suspended by the party after it said serious allegations had been passed to the police. The party didnt specify what the allegations were or who had made them. Mr elphicke, a member of the commons treasury select committee, said the media had been told of his suspension first and he wasnt aware of the nature of the claims. Heres our Political Correspondent, chris mason. New allegations are emerging ever more frequently. Political parties accused by some of a previous unwillingness to be open about allegations they themselves were aware of now want to be seen to be