of the judicial ranch and his questioning of their rulings. [applause] thank you for that introduction. by settinge to begin the stage for today s discussion. we are here to speak about attacks on judicial independence and what that means for the courts and american democracy. there s going to be a lot to say. many of the judges have personal experiences to draw from on this issue. some of the most high profile attacks have come from the president. remember when donald trump issued the first travel band executive order. lawsuits came quickly and after issued a temporary restraining order, the president attacked him and the judiciary, saying the opinion of this so-called judge, which takes law enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned. since then, the president said the courts should be blamed for terrorists attacks. he has said the ninth circuit is biased. he has raised claims of bias on the campaign trail when he judge gonzales was biased beca
media.ary and the ederal, state judges outline their concerns. [applause] thank you for that introduction. by settinge to begin the stage for today s discussion. we are here to speak about attacks on judicial independence and what that means for the courts and american democracy. there s going to be a lot to say. many of the judges have personal experiences to draw from on this issue. some of the most high profile attacks have come from the president. remember when donald trump issued the first travel band executive order. lawsuits came quickly and after issued a temporary restraining order, the president attacked him and the judiciary, saying the opinion of this so-called judge, which takes law enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned. since then, the president said the courts should be blamed for terrorists attacks. he has said the ninth circuit is biased. he has raised claims of bias on the campaign trail when he judge gonzales was biased b
officer in haiti and sweden. he received his juris doctor from georgetown university law center and a masters degree in international affairs from columbia university, a bachelors in physics and political science from the massachusetts institute of technology when i was a librarian there. [laughter] welcome. [applause] thank you. it is a pleasure to be here at the national archives museum, home to so many priceless documents that serve as the foundation of our nation. i would like to think the national archives for hosting today s naturalization ceremony, and their continued partnership with the immigration service over the years. we are honored to have justice ginsburg and justice howl with us judge howell with us. citizense 31 new u.s. representing 26 different countries. congratulations. on behalf of immigration services, it is an honor to address u.s. my fellow americans. i have emigrant family. my mother immigrated from peru. i know the experience you are having toda
policy put in place 30 or 40 years ago are having an adverse effect today. you will hear from him next on book tv. [cheering and applause] thank you. thank you everybody for coming out. want to think politics and prose and busboys & poets for hosting this event. obviously there are too many people here who i love and have known for a long time to shout out everybody individually but i do want to shout out a couple of families and i want to shut out my pbs family. [applause] thank you. you taught me how to be a lawyer and i want to shout out to my maia angela family, you all taught me how to fight for children. and i want to give a shout to my sick family. [cheering and applause] i am wearing my button tonight and i am right now thinking of you all and i m thinking of my dad and i know that he is here with us so i want to start talking about why i wrote this book. the first reason for writing this book is that i don t know if you all are like this or have friends like this
all three brothers graduating from west point, now serving their country. nightly news begins now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening. with so many public revelations over the past week about the investigation into links between trump officials and russia, the white house is now stepping up efforts to combat critical story lines after a nine-day overseas trip the president billed as a great success, the administration is hoping this week to get back to legislative priorities and promises made during the election like health care reform. but the shadow of that investigation and nearly daily staff shakeup rumors loom large. we begin tonight with hans nichols at the white house. president donald trump returning home late last night and raising no time to go on offense this morning. it is my opinion that many of the leaks, he says, coming out of the white house are fabricated lies made up by the fake news