Warning that germany could be heading for an uncontrollable spread of the. Chancellor Angela Merkel says she does not want a repeat of the countrys spring lockdown. Plus living in fear of the next bombing. Hoping that the ceasefire in syria will hold. A michael ok welcome to the program the 2020 nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the American Writer and poet in the. Swedish Nobel Academy said she had one for her unmistakable unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal. Debut collection of poetry 1st born was published in 1. 1968 she is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor of English Literature at Yale University the Swedish Nobel Committee described her as one of the most prominent poets in american contemporary literature because to be announced the award after several years of controversy and scandal for the worlds preeminent literary accolade lets bring in Karen Hempstead from arts and culture karen its good to see you so gli
Mentioned the german capital is now jumped about of that sort of threshold line of 50 infections per 100000 over a 7 day period so were seeing you know bars closed at night and other contact restrictions here as some states around germany have even gone so far as to say that they will impose a ban on people within the country arriving from places that have been designated hot spots using hotels so thats quite a an extreme step to morrow freud a chancellor merkel will meet the mayors of 11 large cities to discuss what further measures can be taken i think law and cities are increasingly being seen as a key focus of the fight against corona as you probably know angle merkel has said today that she doesnt want a repeat of the situation we had in the spring what lessons have been learned since the beginning of the outbreak. Yes and the chancellor also said that the best package for the economy would be an effective fight against coronas i think a lot of lessons have been learned horse medi
The president ial election. We will take your calls and you can join on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Live shot of the Supreme Court. Good morning, everyone. Its monday, september 21 read we begin this morning with the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the death friday night of ruth ginsburg. We want to know, does the Supreme Court pick impact your vote . The president has vowed to move forward and Mitch Mcconnell says a vote will happen in the coming weeks. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Ndependents, 202 7488002 you can text us, with your first name, city and state, at 202 7488003. Or post your comments on or facebook,anwj, facebook. Com cspan. How does the Supreme Court pick impact your vote . We have divided the lines, democrats, rojo skins democrats, republicans, independents. Tom cotton on the sunday shows yesterday, heres what he had to say. The president said that hes going to submit a nominee as early as this week and the senate will ex
A name its not even about the consequence it will miss notch. Powers that the president has absolutely normal. But some of them should be given to governors now that they did that with but like to the parliament was that maybe we shoot them with that rethink the entire system so let me see now i was talking to the justice of the Supreme Council hes very experienced and we discussed with the president actually appoint all the judges. Or t. V. Supreme court. And the legal different judges sitting in the regional district city what should be appointed locally who in this will does the Supreme Court is a different case of course just like in russia in kazakstan president should be within the president s power and the parliament should get a big deal worth a lot but there is one condition bullshit people watch with power as. Comes responsibility and its what it will if it got through it the president should be able to control the situation in that country and only see the branches of govern
Are ones that the court made very unpopular decisions. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people who help stuck together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases. Tonights case is gideon versus wayne. Wreck 55 years ago this month, the Supreme Court ruled that the right to counsel was so fundamental to our dove governmental system. That states must provide lawyers for defendants who cannot afford. One the hero of tonights story is a bit of an unlikely. One Clarence Gideon was adrift her from florida was accused of breaking a pool. As we begin tonight, were gonna go to some historic video. You see the real mr. Gideon and the florida judge who sentenced to jail. They reenacted the case for cbs news documentary in 1965. Lets watch the next case on the docket is the state of florida versus Clarence Earl gideon. What says the state are you ready for trial . The st