National journal and bloomberg about her legacy and what is next for the court and the nomination process. We will also take your phone calls and tweets, live on cspans washington journal. Ginsburg wasder illegal embodiment of the womens rights movement. Her years on the Supreme Court made her the liberal standardbearer for the Progressive Movement in the u. S. C died she died friday. Chief Justice John Roberts has called her a justice of historic stature and attributes are pouring in for the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Her powerful for dissents, as well as her strong opinions, ginsberg will be known not only as a powerful justice, but as a crusading lawyer whose work changed the United States. He will spend todays show remembering and talking about the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. We are going to open up regional lines. That means if you are in the eastern or central time zones. Ou will call 202 7488000 if you are in the mountain and pacific time zones we wan
Reading it properly. Again, im concerned that the democrats put him. They should choose somebody else m concerned about the decision. Back in february of this year Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell went on fox newss special report and was asked if he would hold the scotu s seat open if a vacancy happened before the november election and was asked about his decision to block judge Merrick Garland back in 2016 and that position came open while president obama was in his last year of office. Here is what Mitch Mcconnell said. If a Supreme Court seat were to open up, you hold that seat open like you did for mary garland Merrick Garland . Let me remind you of what i said in 2016. I said you have to go back to the 1880s find the last time a vacancy on the Supreme Court occurring during a president ial Election Year was confirmed by a senate of a Different Party than the president. That was the situation in 2016. That would not be the situation in 2020. I am not aware of any vacancy, but
And a draw for the euro 2020 that will turn it has been made, placing the defending champions portugal in the defending champions portugal in the same group as well champions france and germany. The world cup finals croatia had been drawn in a group which includes england. At ten oclock Reeta Chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, its time for our world hidden children of bulgaria a warning you may find the following programme distressing from the very start. In 2007, the bbc film bulgarias abandoned children, exposed tragic levels of neglect in mogilino, an institute for disabled children. The film created an international outcry. As a result, with funding from the eu, the Bulgarian Government closed many of the countrys larger institutes, replacing them with group homes that house up to m people. Over a quarter of a billion euros from the eu has been invested in these reforms. But a shocking report has just been released by the Advocacy Organisation di
Investigators. We subsequently learned that he may have left the country. Reporter now, they believe its possible he may have flown to cambodia. Meantime a family spokesperson, p. S. Chai, told us before this information was released, we talked to them and they said they were expecting to post fliers and search again this weekend. Theyre hoping the public might help with any information that might help bring chai back home. Live in San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. A controversial case is now in the hands of a jury. Deliberations begin tomorrow morning in the trial of three santa clara joint jail guards accused of beating an inmate to death. Matthew farris, jeray lubrin, and another guard are accused of beating this man to death. He died from blunt force trauma. It sparked an overhaul in training. If convicted, the guards could face life in prison. New at 6 00 tonight, a deadly shooting in the citys tony moreno district. Police want to know who killed 32yearold Kelly Fr
Im elaine quijano. Congress returns from its winter break today with republicans tooking to the president s primetime address tuesday night for guidance on a host of key issues, including health care and taxes. During their break, many lawmakers heard an earful from angry voters at town hall meetings. Now theyre eager for answers and instructions from the president. Errol barnett has more from washington. Reporter what should the country expect in the president s speech tuesday . The unexpected, because President Trump and candidate trump took the regular structures of campaigning and the presidency and turned them into the trump show. Reporter John Dickerson said republicans want the president to issue detailed marching orders in his first primetime televised address to congress. What is they need is the president to advocate a clear policy on whether its tax reform or Affordable Care replacement, to make a case and give them ammunition to sell that program to the public. Tom perez. R