the man arrested outside kavanaugh s home said yesterday he planned to break in and kill him. bill: dhs warned it could happen. the liberal group that leaked the address online held another protest outside his house last night. only hours after the suspect s arrest. it s prompting a wave of outrage from republicans. not just the fringe left but democratic leadership inciting violence. one reason for protestors to show up outside the home of a public fixture to say we know where you live. nancy pelosi said i m perfectly okay to go to justice s home to change the view. when you send this kind of message, it just undermines the legitimacy of the united states supreme court as an institution and this is what it leads to. do you think just to be clear, you think some of the democrats rhetoric is to blame for what happened this morning? of course. bill: just last month the senate passed a bipartisan bill to increase security for the justices and their families. spe
on the green agenda. can the congress rein in energy costs. in a moment, we will speak about all of this. sandra: big show coming up. first, america reports with the safety of the supreme court in focus at this hour following a threat on the life of justice brett kavanaugh. hello, welcome everyone. sandra smith on this thursday afternoon in new york. hi, john. john: good to see you, glad you got the pink memo today. john roberts in washington. activists assembling outside of kavanaugh s home to protest demonstrations that are prohibited under federal law. the protest and in your face exercise just hours after police arrested a man accused of planning to assassinate the justice. police have charged nicholas roske with attempted murder. he could be indicted as early as today according to a criminal complaint. roske was planning to kidnap and kill kavanaugh when he was arrested early wednesday morning. sandra: republicans point the fingers at democrats rhetoric on abort
prioritize safety. welcome back here. we know and heard what is happening in san francisco. we know what is going on in manhattan. what is happening in virginia? i think what happened in california, californians got mugged by reality and they rejected the criminal first mindset. a lot of people in virginia saw sky high murder rate because they had misguided policies. the only thing you learn from history is nobody learns. we decided to bring back a lot of these 1970s reforms of cashless bail and early release of violent offenders led to a crime explosion. you see it everywhere it s been tried. happened in virginia, new york, san francisco. so that s why i m the honorary chairman of the new group. we want to elect prosecutors who want to enforce the rule of law and want to care about the victims. that s our goal and mission. i like to say virginia is not a red state or blue state.
of congress talking about passing one bill and not the other. the other one that has been ready to go for months. this country is in trouble. democracy is in trouble. we need to have our leaders stand up and say we re going to lead because the rule of law isn t the rule of law for just republicans or democrats. it isn t just the law for independents. the rule of law is the rule of law for all of us. our justice system is in trouble and judges stand on the front lines protecting democracy. if i sound, you know, upset or motivated or flabbergasted probably, it is because i am. daniel has been dead for 21 months and 21 days. my only child. i just don t know why members of congress aren t working together and trying to pass
100 to 0 the senate passed. this should not be controversial, and it is about the homes and the families of the justices. yes, the justices are covered when they are sitting in the courtroom, but what about when someone knocks on the door and they are not there. what about their family whashgs about their children when the attacks are clearly real and present as we speak. john: you mentioned that, and i want to bring up this sound bite from judge esther salas of new jersey, she was on our program yesterday, on america s newsroom earlier today. that very thing happened to her, a crazed gunman, disgruntled lawyer found her address, knocked on her door, shot her husband and son, killing the son. the rule of law isn t the rule of law for just republicans. the rule of law is not just the law for democrats. the rule of law is not just the law for independents. our justice system is in trouble. this country is in trouble. democracy is in trouble. and we need to have our leaders