Hulse, the author of the book confirmation bias inside washingtons war over the Supreme Court, from scalias death to justice kavanaugh. Good sunday morning. Thank you for being with us. On the sundaynews morning. The president traveling to south korea crossing into north korea briefly, meeting for nearly an hour with chairman kim jongun. Guest that was a big moment for the president. The symbolism is what they were seeking. This is something that has been in the works for this trip. It may look impromptu, but it is not impromptu. It was a big step. The president really wanted this. Hes got problems in iran, and he needs to make sure his other problems are under control. It looks like they are going to talks. The i guess it is a small version of nixon goes to china. Host peter baker is writing this morning, President Trump stepping across a low concrete market 3 40 six local time and walked 20 steps to the base of a building on the north korean side for an encounter on television, and u
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. Venezuela has released 22 people regarded by the opposition as political prisoners, including a prominentjudge. Since her arrest in 2009, maria afiuni has faced a range of charges and has spent years in prison or under house arrest. The United Nations commisioner on human rights had appealed for her release, before publishing a report yesterday accusing president maduros government of abusing the Justice System to suppress his political opponents. Maria afiunis brother said his sister still had restrictions on her freedom. Translation she cant speak to the media. She cant use social media. She cant leave the country. She has to present herself every 30 days. The logical thing would be to get rid of all the cautionary measures and respect what the un says, which is complete freedom. But that has not happened. We continue to wait. The un says one thing, the maduro government does another. They are never serious about what International Organisations s
For roll call talks about campaign 2020. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. Welcome to washington journal. Likely coincidental, the first democratic debate occurred as the Supreme Court was winding down with notable decisions. They became part of the discussion at the debates. We will spend the first hour asking you, how important is the Supreme Court in your 2020 both . 202 7488000 for democrats, 202 7488001 for republicans, 202 7488002 for independents. We will look for your tweets cspanwj also on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Bloomberg focuses the Supreme Court as a Campaign Issue for democrats. Democrats are attempting to turn the Supreme Court into a Campaign Issue in front of donald trump success, reshaping the federal judiciary with young, conservative justice, with abortionrights close to being a laminated. It is a shift eliminated. It is a shift. The dynamic laste
Over which she will likely preside. Republican senators with the solemn duty to offer advice and consent are attacking the anonymous knows race and gender before we even know her name. We have a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Standing by to talk about the gops desperate smear campaign. And of course race is on the docket in courts across this land as the National Football league deals with a his tore rec lack of black leadership on the sidelines. Brian flores and his attorney is here to tell why he sacked the league with an historic lawsuit this week. And justice has yet to come for the family of Trayvon Martin nearly a decade after his senseless killing. His parents join us on what would have been his 27th birthday. We have a lot to get to, so joining me now is nor alex padilla of california. Senator, we mentioned you sit on the Senate Judiciary committee, so lets start with the Supreme Court. I would love to talk about the many qualified candidates joe biden has to choose f
Over which she will likely preside. Republican senators with the solemn duty to offer advice and consent are attacking the anonymous knows race and gender before we even know her name. We have a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Standing by to talk about the gops desperate smear campaign. And of course race is on the docket in courts across this land as the National Football league deals with a his tore rec lack of black leadership on the sidelines. Brian flores and his attorney is here to tell why he sacked the league with an historic lawsuit this week. And justice has yet to come for the family of Trayvon Martin nearly a decade after his senseless killing. His parents join us on what would have been his 27th birthday. We have a lot to get to, so joining me now is nor alex padilla of california. Senator, we mentioned you sit on the Senate Judiciary committee, so lets start with the Supreme Court. I would love to talk about the many qualified candidates joe biden has to choose f