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Newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill Iraqi Security forces have launched a new offensive against tikrit, now held by Islamic State fighters. Its their latest attempt to reclaim saddam husseins hometown, before they try to retake mosul, to the north. Ground troops opened the assault on tikrit with a rocket and artillery bombardment. They were backed by shiite sunni and iranian fighters, and iraqi planes. Russian authorities insisted today theyre conducting a thorough investigation into the murder of Boris Nemtsov. Hed
O capitol hill this week for orientation training sessions fo the start in january the Senate Returns a three pin id. A continue debate on a u. S. Strict court judge for puerto rico. Watch live coverage of the house on cspan, the senate on cspan2. You can also want on a fe video out cspan now, or online at cspan. Org. Next a a Panel Discussion hosted by the Federalist Society on to mix up in court cases that focus on use of affirmative action and of the race conscious admissions policies at colleges and universities. Welcome to the search with it. My name is that were excited to host a discussion phase or arguments. We have a great panel with us today. Ill keep interest briefed as we get to the discussion going. You can you there for my files online. Amanda shanor is a universe of pennsylvania what the school of business where scholarship focuses on administrator slavitt just particular expertise in a First Amendment and work on the master cake shop case. Devon westhill is president ia
This point . President trump or president bidens ability statewide to really change the dynamic is probably you can watch this program in entirety on cspan. Org. Coming up a discussion about the Current Supreme Court race challenging race conscious admissions policies at harvard and university of North Carolina. The discussion is hosted by the federalist society. Your watching live coverage on cspan. You are watching live coverage on cspan. To talk about i think some of the most important cases being heard this decade. So i wanted to highlight a few things. I want to be quick because im more interested. The first is originalism. Justice jackson did not raise it, but justices from all around the bench raise the question of what is the first intention of the First Amendment and what did people of the time understand it to be . There are a number of reasons that argue that there are significant legislation that was that we might describe today as affirmative action. Right . Ive said this
This letter which is dated today is written from President Trumps attorney to judge wood who will be overseeing a very high stakes hearing tomorrow in new york about all those ver sensitive materials that were seized by the fbi in the raid of Michael Cohens office, of his hotel room and his home as well as the seizure of his phones and this is something that i dont think has ever been said before, at least not to to my knowledge on the news. The president of the United States is offering to make himself personally available for any review or screening of the evidence that the fbi seized of his lawyer. Its an unusual offer to say the least and with that let me get right to a well assembled panel. Senator richard blumenthal, former senator byron dorgen and Eugene Robinson from the the Washington Post which has broken some of these stories your colleagues have. Ill go Down The Line. Dealers choice on which aspects of this you want to speak to and, senator, your view of what appear to be a