The man who didnt get it, charles hughes, Supreme Court justice, all but won the election in 1915. In fact, when president Woodrow Wilson went to bed the night Election Night, he thought he was beaten. If he would have been elected how American History goes in several different directions, on suffrage for women, civil rights. What does he do on Foreign Policy . Germany baited us into war. Hes the one you could write novels about. Charles evans hughes who is on the Supreme Court and then left the Supreme Court when he ran for president and then went back on the Supreme Court. One of the finest minds on the court. Fellow justice called Charles Evans hughes, the greatest in our great line of chief justices. Why hughes . Robert jackson provided part of the answer when he was attorney general. Jackson said that hughes, quote, looks like god and talks like god, end quote. 1916 footage of charles hughes, that years president ial nominee campaigned soon after the Republican National convention
A corona virus vaccine for political gain just. To. Thank you for joining us a prominent opposition activists missing since monday has been detained at the border with ukraine state media says Border Guards removed Maria Colleen escobar from a cottage crossing several hours ago she was seen being snatched off a street in minsk by masked men and taken away in a van meanwhile russian and sebi and military will arrive in minsk for joint drills set to begin on thursday earlier we spoke to journalist andrea vite of a chose in minsk and he had more on what happened to maria cullen escalade. We know mostly from i didnt state media will from other sources because her lawyer still hasnt gotten any information during the last 24 hours weve seen this morning the video with the want to her team member who was explaining then he has chosen to leave the country now we know there are 2 of them there now in ukraine and Maria Kolesnikov i couldnt leave the country because she simply tore off her post s
Sporting history a former police chief was found not guilty of the deaths of 95. 00 football. Donald trump has announced peace talks have resumed with the Afghan Taliban the news came as the u. S. President made a surprise visit to afghanistans background airbase where he met president ashraf ghani and u. S. Soldiers stationed in september declared top of the taliban dead after a deal was reached in principle to pull u. S. Troops in afghanistan. The taliban wants to make a deal well see if they want to make a deal is going to be a real deal but well see but they want to make a deal and then they want to make you feel his youre doing a great job thats the only news that i want to make of you so i want to thank you and i want to thank the Afghan Soldiers. And jordan joins us live now from washington d. C. Ross so this is President Trumps 1st trip to afghanistan how significant is it and what more they have to say them well donald trump also says that the talks have been ongoing really fo
Ukraine investigate former Vice President joe biden in exchange for military aid. It is just under 2. 5 hours. [crowd noise] the committee will come to order. Thank you for attending today. Today, we will hold the nomination hearing on important position. The nominee today is John Jay Sullivan to be the u. S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation. We have two distinguished colleagues of ours. We will allow them to proceed with introductions. I will postpone my opening statement. I asked the Ranking Member to do likewise. Until the nominees have been introduced. We are glad to be joined today by senators dan sullivan of alaska and ben cardin of maryland. Sullivanand senator has drawn the straw to go first. Thank you very much. Its an honor to be before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee again on behalf of my friend John Sullivan. To beport his nomination the United States ambassador to the Russian Federation. Despite what his last name would suggest, we are not related. Although i oc
Swedishjudge has substantial risk to life. And a swedish judge has ordered the american rapper to be released from custody. Hello and welcome to world news today. The to world news today. Secretary general of nhs ti wa nts the secretary general of nhs that he wa nts to the secretary general of nhs that he wants to avoid a new arms race after the us formally pulled out at a Cold War Nuclear weapons pact with russia. They say nato supports washingtons decision and blames russia for the collapse at the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty. President trump says russia has violated the treaty by developing a new type of bandit cruise missile. Our Diplomatic Correspondent james reports. It cruise missile. Our Diplomatic Correspondentjames reports. It was a crucial moment towards the ending of the cold war. At that moment in 1987 and the leaders at the United States and soviet union signed at the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty. Ronald reagan and gorbachev promise to destroy all