survivors. former fbi director louie free. they both have written letters of support for you. i want to take a moment in light of your closing statement from this round to tell you that your work and your life has been recognized across the board. this array of letters of support speaks to fairness and honesty in the way that you ve dealt with your legal profession and your public service. without objection, i ll introduce these letters of support for your nomination into the record. now we re going the take a lunch break. i m going to declare, i guess i have the power to do that now. we ll return at 1:40 and the first person up will be from the sovereign state of louisiana, john kennedy. we ll all await his contribution. let s stand in recess. all right. welcome to a very busy monday. it is meet the press daily. i m in for chuck todd. so much happening right now in washington. you were just watching the hearing for judge merrick garland s confirmation. they have just tak
with nick robinson. she s been called the strictest headteacher in britain, a teacher who argues that the state education system is broken because of what she calls a culture of excuses of low standards, something that permits chaos in the classroom. my guest this week on political thinking the programme where we have a conversation, not an interrogation, about what shapes the thinking of someone who helps shape our political thinking is katharine birbalsingh. she s the head of a free school, called michaela school, near wembley, and she s just been appointed as the new chair of the social mobility commission. katharine birbalsingh, welcome to political thinking. thank you. that phrase, strictest head in britain. do you glow with pride? do you blush? or do you laugh because you think it s absurd? well, all of that, really. it s a bit funny. i think people imagine that i walk up and down the corridors with whips and chains, when actually i m often in my office, meeting t
she s been called the strictest headteacher in britain, a teacher who argues that the state education system is broken because of what she calls a culture of excuses of low standards, something that permits chaos in the classroom. my guest this week on political thinking, the programme where we have a conversation, not an interrogation, about what shapes the thinking of someone who helps shape our political thinking is katherine birbalsingh. she s the head of a free school called michaela near wembley, and she s just been appointed as the new chair of the social mobility commission. katherine birbalsingh, welcome to political thinking. thank you. that phrase, strictest head in britain. do you glow with pride? do you blush or do you laugh because you think it s absurd? well, all of that really it s a bit funny. i think people imagine that i walk up and down the corridors with whips and chains when actually i m often in my office meeting teachers. what does strict mean is wha
look with a red and green scarf. and who could ignore this cheeky little elf? this is ld, striking a pose earlier. i always wanted a sausage dog just so i could name it toulouse lautrec. think about it. coming up, the weather. hello, again. a stunning weather watcher picture to start off with. it shows sunny weather across the hills of cumbria. low down, though, we ve got low cloud and some mixed nest. that s exactly how the weather has been across the uk today. lowerareas, cloudy, misty. western and high areas have seen more clear weather and sunshine through the day. overnight tonight, we keep clear skies through parts of scotland. it turns cold. lowest temperatures here could be 8 in some of the deeper glens. the low cloud, though, keeping it frost free elsewhere but there will be some mist and fog patches as we head into monday morning. for some it could be quite murky. through the day this area of cloud across eastern scotland and eastern england should be more prone to
an interrogation, about what shapes their thinking is someone who helps shape our political thinking is katharine birbalsingh. she s the head of a free school, called michaela school, near wembley, and she s just been appointed as the new chair of the social mobility commission. katharine birbalsingh, welcome to political thinking. thank you. that phrase, strictest head in britain. do you glow with pride? do you blush? or do you laugh because you think it s absurd? well, all of that, really. it s a bit funny. i think people imagine that i walk up and down the corridors with whips and chains, when actually i m often in my office, meeting teachers. what does strict mean is, what i d say. it means immersing children in love and keeping your standards high with regard to your expectations, both in terms of discipline and in terms of what you can teach them. that s what strict is. and the children always prefer the strictest teachers at school. think about who you liked at sch