are you definitively certain that there s nothing that can stop that from airing next sunday night? other than death and taxes, i can t say it definitively. but from a legal standpoint, prior restraint meaning trying to stop people before they say something doesn t happen in the united states. there s a supreme court decision that says you cannot restrict the first amendment free speech right for someone like 60 minutes to go forward. there is a liquid aated damages provision in a settlement agreement if stormy daniels says something and it breaches that agreement, she s on the hook for $1 million for each time she breaches. if you re donald trump and the 60 minutes interview airs, sue her and you get your liquidated damages, that s the reason why i m fairly confident that the 60 minutes interview will go forward. okay, katie phang, thank you so much. coming up, condemnation from a former c.i.a. director on
maybe in the rotunda, maybe on the steps of the capitol. i want to ask you one more question, yourself and eric holder the former attorney general of the united states have come together to fight another thing, with so much going on, that s the situation with gerrymandering. can you tell us your position on gerrymandering? there s a supreme court case being teed up. what are you and the former attorney general doing and what are your thoughts on gerrymandering? we have the question of how they legislate it, districts and lines have been drawn, not just at the federal level but also at the state and levels. ju we have too many politics today selecting voters, rather than voters selecting them. it s a good thing to make the political bodies much more democratic. congressman john lewis and
although from paul ryan s standpoint i m not sure he needs to apologize what you or what republicans in washington ought to do. i heard the idea put throughout that hey republicans maybe should join the democrats and not seek this guy. that would be a terrible move whatever party we re talking about here. votes in the house deceit people are simple majority votes. you don t want to set a precedent that you have an election and one party doesn t like the other and something the other party s candidate did and you start subjecting it to a partisan vote. there s a supreme court case with this 50 years ago with adam clayton powell. you don t want to start denying seating to everybody. it s an important for steve. we talk about how procedures and institutions are so important and does donald trump understand that? it works with congress, too. but under no circumstances does morality, physical violence take precedent? what is the recourse for somebody in paul ryan s situation? if the vot
welcome back. it s time now for your morning timer. everything you need to know to start your day. at least 24 people were killed in egypt this morning as a gunman opened fire on a bus carrying catholic christians to a monastery. this is the third attack on christians in that city. greg gianforte won the special election for montana s open house seat just one day after being charged for assaulting a reporter. in his acceptance speech, gianforte apologized saying i shouldn t have responded in that way. i m sorry. federal police upheld a ruling blocking president trump s travel ban thursday halting portions of the executive order indefinitely. the trump administration said big plans to appeal to the supreme court. and in that crushing on going manchester investigation,
donald trump could have a lot of power to shape the nation s court system. there s a supreme court seat to fill, of course. what you may not know is there are about 100 other federal judgeships with vacancies. that s twice as many as president obama eight years ago. many of them are lifetime appointments. trump has said he wants to appoint judges in the mold of antonin scalia and could have a huge impact on issues like gun and abortion and immigration. garrett tenny is live in washington with more on that. hi, garrett. reporter: hey, gregg. as we ve seen repeatedly over the last eight years, the president can pass policies and congress can pass laws but ultimately, the courts can decide whether or not those laws will stand and as you mentioned, these lower courts have a significant impact on our laws and the vacancy of the supreme court received most of the attention during the campaign, these lower courts are where