number of appointments to the court. i think we need to de politicize the court. the court itself isn t interested in doing that. it seems to be inserting itself more and more into decisions that historically have been made by the legislature. and so they are not going to de-politicize them selves. then, i think we have to look at some of these reform proposals. i m very open to them. a quick last question democrats are struggling to get judges on to the various courts. a senator diane feinstein can t return to the senate and join the judiciary committee that she sits on, where judges are now being blocked, should she retire early, as former senator barbara boxer told me on my show last week? yeah, i trust that diane feinstein is coming back.
court is and say, you know what? we are going to call for expanding and rebalancing the court. would you support that? yeah, i m really open to some of these court reform ideas. i think the high stakes nature of these confirmations are not good for democracy. and so, there are all sorts of interesting proposals out there. for instance, to have judges terms be-limited, to make sure that every president gets a set number of appointments to the court. i think we need to de politicize the court. the court itself isn t interested in doing that. it seems to be inserting itself more and more into decisions that historically have been made by the legislature. and so they are not going to do politicize them selves. then, i think we have to look at some of these reform proposals. i m very open to them. a quick last question democrats are struggling to get judges on to the various courts. a senator diane feinstein can t return to the senate and join the judiciary committee that she sits on,
that preliminary step, and in the absence of any indication the crime has been committed, it seems that perhaps isn t necessary to appoint a special counsel. barbara, we ll have a little bit of joy with you in a very dark time, we ve got a paint your background blue. go blue. we gotta get some michigan going back there, i m not quite sure they will paint your skis blue and yellow. barbara mcquade, my friend, i m always happy to have you on the show. thanks for being with me. thank you, katie. coming up, a prominent new york times columnist is accusing politicians of only committing to police reform proposals. and then one running away when public opinion shifts. is he right? we ll discuss that with my saturday morning power political panel, coming up right next. through the pandemic, getrefunds.com can see if it may qualify for a payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee, even if it received ppp, and all it takes is eight minutes to get started. then we ll work with you to
happening, of course, also in puerto rico with the extreme weather we re seeing that you heard from the meteorologist there just before i joined you. and, of course, permitting reform. that s one of the big issues here. we re told tomorrow night when the senate comes back they will take up a bill that includes senator joe manchin s proposal. that, of course, was a deal he made with majority leader schumer back when they passed the inflation reduction act in the summer. democrats have their big climate priorities in that bill permitting reform. senator manchin said he could see it in the new opinion piece in the wall street journal. he wants democrats and republicans to support him there. we re told right now the bill will include these measures. but he s got incoming on both sides. it s no the clear yet if this will pass with that with the republicans, of course, a little angry for making that last minute deal with democrats and democrats like bernie sanders saying the permitting ref
quantity but now he has had more power than before so there are many concerns about gustavo petro, his character being one of them. his very ambitious reform proposals being another but the fact he used to be and you said take up arms against the state 30 years ago is something we can move fast especially in a country that is trying to move towards peace and reconciliation. brute trying to move towards peace and reconciliation. trying to move towards peace and reconciliation. we will see how he gets and reconciliation. we will see how he gets on. and reconciliation. we will see how he gets on. thank- and reconciliation. we will see how he gets on. thank you - and reconciliation. we will see | how he gets on. thank you very much indeed. it s reported the israeli military has struck targets in gaza within minutes of a ceasefire coming into force between israel and palestinian militants. the truce, negotiated by egypt, was designed to end three days of violence in which 44 palestinia