Congress is also in recess. Lawmakers returning next monday. We will have live coverage of the house and senate next week. Thanks for joining us for this thursday edition of washington journal. Enjoy the rest of your day. Life programming today on cspan includes a discussion on mentalhealth or rams Health Programs for military personnel. From the National Council of Behavioral Health. At noon, the American Enterprise institute unveils a report on al qaeda and u. S. Security in the wake of the killing of dozens of suspected al qaeda fighters over the weekend in yemen. 30 a look at elections in afghanistan. As. Is live on cspan tonight at 8 00 p. M. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is joined by colleagues and friends from canada and israel. They sure what it took to rise above the odds to reach the top of their fields. Heres some of what you will see. Judges dont make agendas. Always. Eceiving, we dont make the controversies that come before us. When they arebest on our plate to decide them. Not like
Thats where you may see an agenda. My question really is, i know in the united eight we have places inre judges are elected. Canada and israel, are there some judges and Court Systems where there is an election . Are you kidding . I remember in judgment at nuremberg there is a scene where Marlena Dietrich is walking with spencer tracy. I love movies. Oscar night for me is a religious night. She said, this is your country . I remember it was so odd the notion that you are directly responsive to the public for the decisions where you have to choose a side that may not be the one giving you the money. Who do you go to for fund raising . Im not saying there are very good judges who are elected. Theory ofg about the an election where you are directly responsible to the majority for decisionmaking. , ifou are doing sentencing you are doing constitutional rights, you are having to decide a minority versus a majority interest, and if you really like hearing a judge and you want to go back for
For a reception and appear in front of 500 people in a room speech, itpublic should be recorded and theres no good reason why we should had to cede to his request that it not be recorded. Why did you . He wouldnt have come otherwise. On these remarks, its selfevident that they are thatrent in the sense other than justice kagan, theyve come from one cloistered life to another. To the priesthood is through the federal appellate these institutions are bundled up so when they get to the Supreme Court, they dont range of professions and exposures in public life that other Government People would have by the time they got high rung. Youre saying theyre different because they have super thin skin . Not because no, its because theyre transparency is not a technical issue or a legal cultural issue. When transparency is a technical issue, it fails, it almost always fails. If you look at the president s open government agenda, when the president on day one was like were going to open up all of. G
Initiative includes looking at energy as a political weapon. Can you talk about the role in what is going on . The role of gas is very interesting. One of the reasons that the europeans are a bit reluctant to ,o forward with any further harsher, stronger sanctions. Particularly on the energy industry. Europe gets a large percentage of oil and gas from russia. Theye already seen supply most of europes gas. Remembered having the guest turned off and freezing in the middle of the winter. This is not something they are interested in conceding. It was the middle of the winter. Winter comes around very quickly. You see some of the european economies are tied to gas prices. Pipeline under the baltic sea directly to russia. That is one of the reasons you will see germany is a little bit reticent to jump on board with some of these sanctions. They do get 40 of their national gas natural gas from russia. Russian economies are not as integrated as the european and russian economies are. There are
Va secretary Eric Shinseki says hes mad as hell about whats been uncovered, but that isnt stopping calls for him to resign. What reforms are needed to ensure this never happens again . From nbc news in washington, the worlds longest running television program, this is meet the press with david gregory. And good sunday morning. Well begin with the story thats been dominating much of the political conversation all week long and thats karl roves attack on Hillary Clinton. Is this just the start of a republican strategy to persuade her not to run . Our own Andrea Mitchell is here with more on this. Good morning. Good morning to you, david. This week there is no longer any doubt that some powerful republicans are playing hardball against Hillary Clinton raising questions about her age and her health, even before she decides whether shes a candidate. Reporter it all started when karl rove once called bushs brain said Hillary Clinton suffered traumatic brain injury after a 2012 fall and concu