Welcome Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. We are very proud to partner with the National Constitution center tonight. The present will introduce justins ginsburg Justice Ginsburg. I want to introduce a bit of the history of the roberts lecture. The lecture is named for our Supreme Court Justice Roberts and was established in 1956. The wording of the original agreement about the lecture says, the lecture is to be delivered by a nationally prominent person who might be expected to make a significant contribution in legal thought. [laughter] i think we have met and exceeded and blown out of the water that standard tonight with Justice Ginsburg. We celebrate her 25 years on the Supreme Court as well as groundbreaking contributions to american prudence obama court and as her tremendous career as a legal scholar, litigator, and lower court judge before she will joined the court. Justice roberts himself, was a graduate of penn law. Will will and he served for 20 years on the faculty and then went
Differences between the two countries. Yesterday, presence of candidates campaigned in New Hampshire and iowa. For a question today in the first 45 minutes take a look at 2016, we want to take a look at social issues, especially in 2016, and if you think they will be a factor, invite of the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. Here is how you can let us know your thoughts on social issues. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. For independents 202 7458002 202 7458002,. You can post on our twitter page , cspanwj. You can also post on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Or send us an email, journal cspan. Org. On the front page of the New York Times it takes a look at technology and campaigning specifically selfies. Yesterday, a popular day to be campaigning, especially as 2016 comes about. The folks at gallup did a recent poll, looking at americans and their attitudes towards various types of social issues. You can find on their website. It shows a little bit how thin
Heres lester holt. And theres a live picture of the white house of the capitol, actually, of course. Ands theres the white house. In a short time, president elect trump and president obama will begin their trip to the u. S. Capitol where mr. Trump will be sworn in around noon eastern time. It will be the start of a new era in washington and this country, what many see as a clean break from the last eight years under president obama. I am joined for our coverage by chuck todd, our political director and moderator of meet the press by tom brokaw who has covered the comings and goings of president s since Lyndon Johnson and by nicole wallace, nbc political news analyst. Tom, let me start with you. We have seen in many, many campaigns where, you know, harsh words were said. But to see the relationship that weve seen between president obama and president elect trump in the last several ek well, i think that president obama wanted to go out on a high note. Hes got very good Approval Ratings
Now the swamp is hitting back. The administration under attack from all side in d. C. After Michael Flynns resignation. Now we have democrats and Top Republicans demanding investigations into alleged links between the white house and russia and whether those links influenced the election. The president tweeted out, this russian connection is nonsense. Hes saying there is fake news going on, there is blind hatred in the news media. He just said that moments ago. Now andy puzder withdrawing his name after republican pushback. Is the d. C. Swamp fighting back . The d. C. Swamp is rising up, colluding and viciously fighting to take down the 45th president. Impeachment of the president is the end goal for the left. Facts, truth dont matter. Mike flynn is a small as cute of that bigger plan. The left is trying to make what happened here into the next water gate. You have to remember these are the same liberals who fiercely defended Hillary Clinton. Liz another writer said a top intelligence
Clinton, and she just begs money in a lot of different corporations. She goes and asks for money. And even she stole money from different places. And then she comes out and does anything she wants, and then clears the history of whatever she has done. And now you are talking that mr. Trump can be the president. Host jeremy, lets give james antle a chance to respond to those points. Guest that is absolutely the big appeal the donald trump is making. Im the guy who cant be bought. Im coming into this race with my own money, i dont need this, im already rich. He has even to some extent use the fact that he has been a donor to both parties he is been a Hillary Clinton donor himself in the past. He has used that is advantage. He is saying i have been the establishment, i have been a special interest, i know how they are working against you, and im uniquely capable of working against this and stopping it. Each is sinking will be trump did not the interesting thing will be trump did not spend