country. crowds gathering to pay their respects to the former prime minister of japan shinzo abe. what happens feel like an incident that shook the foundations of japan s safety. the funeral and services for the prime minister will be held monday and tuesday with at attendance limited to close family and friends. i m pamela brown. you re in the cnn newsroom on this saturday. hundreds of pro-choice protesters in the streets of washington today demanding more action. a day after president biden signed an executive order to try to protect abortion rights. our brian todd has been out with the crowds, brian? pamela, an intermittent driving series of rainstorms didn t stop hundreds of protesters from gathering here in franklin square park and marching over to the white h house. a very ipassionate crowd. some were threatened if they pressed against the white house fence. some did that and actually tied themself to the white house fence briefly but we didn t witness arres
administration to end the remain in mexico policy put in place by his predecessor. these decisions also marking the end of justice stephen breyer s time on the bench. in less than an hour, he will officially retire after 21 years, leading the way for ketanji brown jackson to officially sit on the supreme court. pete williams is here. pete, we obviously want to talk about the history playing out, but let s talk about these last two meetings of the session. on a 6-3 vote, what the epa wanted to do which was encourage the power generation community in america to shift to more renewable resources like wind and solar is such a big change that only congress can give the epa the authority to do that. it can t do it on its own. and because congress has never done that, the epa has no authority to do that. the chief justice writing in his opinion, it is not plausible that congress gave epa the authority to adopt on its own such a major change in environmental regulation. on the seco
Differences between the two countries. Yesterday, presence of candidates campaigned in New Hampshire and iowa. For a question today in the first 45 minutes take a look at 2016, we want to take a look at social issues, especially in 2016, and if you think they will be a factor, invite of the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. Here is how you can let us know your thoughts on social issues. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. For independents 202 7458002 202 7458002,. You can post on our twitter page , cspanwj. You can also post on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Or send us an email, journal cspan. Org. On the front page of the New York Times it takes a look at technology and campaigning specifically selfies. Yesterday, a popular day to be campaigning, especially as 2016 comes about. The folks at gallup did a recent poll, looking at americans and their attitudes towards various types of social issues. You can find on their website. It shows a little bit how thin
An amendment that bears reminding that was one of the great contributions of the Republican Party to american life, second only to the abolition of slavery. For too long, we republicans have been content to lose the black vote. We found we did not need it to win. But when we gave up trying to win the support of african americans, we lost our moral legitimacy as part as the party of linkncoln. As the party of equal opportunity for all. It is time for us once again to reclaim our heritage as the only party in our country founded on the print for freedom for africanamerican. We know what democrats will propose in 2016. The same thing, the same thing the democrats have proposed for decades. More Government Spending on more government programs. And there is a proper and Important Role for government assistance and keeping people on their feet, but few president s have done more to expand government assistance than president obama. Today was and nearly 1 trillion per years on means tested an
2015. On our threehour program this morning, well be talking about police reform, u. S. National security challenges in the middle east, and the state of the u. S. Auto industry. But we begin this morning with the renewed debate in the country over the 14th amendment and birthright citizenship. With republican president ial candidate donald trump and several of his fellow gop contenders now calling for an end to the practice of granting automatic citizenship to anyone born on u. S. Soil, were asking our viewers to weigh in on this latest debate over immigration policy. Should the u. S. End birthright citizenship . If you think yes, the number for you is 2027488000. If you say no to ending birthright citizenship, the number is 2027488001. We also have a special line this morning for americans whose parents were foreign born, those firstgeneration americans can call in at 2027488002. A very good thursday morning to you on the washington journal. We begin this morning with a concept of bi