And kathleen parker, c cumnist for the Washington Post. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. From nbc ws in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. Hasnt happened since 1968. A vacancy battle on the Supreme Court at this stage of an Election Year. L lrned late yesterday of the sudden and tragic death ofof suprememcourttustice Antonin Scalia. An intellectual and conservative thought leader, a a man president obama last nigg called one of the moo consequential judges and thinkers to serve on the Supreme Court. Scalias death of course is a personal tragedy for his family and colleagues, but it isis also bursting witit Major Political implications. What will his loss due to the balance of power on the court . Will the Republican Senate even consider someone nominated by resident obama . How long will this vacancy paralale the court, and perhaps the u. S. Senate . And at last nights republican clclar where they stand on this issue. I do not believe the pre
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Former terror chief Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair says John Hume personally persuaded him and other top loyalists to join him on the path to peace.
Jailed for 16 years for directing terrorism, Adair was one of five UFF leaders to take part in top-level talks with the SDLP leader – while still serving a sentence in the Maze Prison.
The jailhouse summit came about after the veteran nationalist politician learned UFF prisoners had voted to end their ceasefire.
But after a full and frank discussion with Hume, the UFF men reversed an earlier decision return to violence.
Now based in Scotland, the former UDA brigadier for West Belfast spoke for the first this week about his respect for John Hume, who passed away last August and has been hailed as perhaps the greatest ever Irish person.