The American Civil Liberties union for several years. The vote was 963 in my favor. My biggest supporter on the Judiciary Committee was not the then chair, senator biden, although he was certainly in my favor, but it was orrin hatch. I think today he would not touch me with a 10 foot pole. [laughter] we are still friends, but if it came to a vote on me, i dont think he would be the supporter he was in 1993. It was similar with Stephen Breyer when he was nominated the next year. This was well into the 90s, a vote in his favor. It has not been that way for the four most recent members of the court. And it has been on both sides of the aisle. I wish there was a way i could wave a magic wand and put it back to when people were respectful of each other and congress was working for the good of the country and not just along party lines. Someday there will be great people, great elected representatives who say enough of this nonsense, lets be the kind of legislature the United States should h
His line and say welcome to my house. I am pleased you could join us and whether youre here participating through facebook or youtube, welcome to those of you who are joining on cspan. Today we listen to christian teller discusses most recent book the great partnership, Stonewall Jackson and the state of the confederacy. Doctor keller is the eisenhower chair of the National Security and strategy of the United States Army War College in carlisle pennsylvania. This year he became a director of military history program. In many articles he is the author, coauthor or editor of several previous books on American Civil War including the germans ethnicity and civil war memory. In the introduction in the book he lays out clearly and concisely several things. Including the value of this book. Historical and what youll find in his notes versus the text itself. I greatly appreciate him confronting ahead on interpretive value and reliability of material particularly confederate wartime sources ver
New this also new this morning crime te nico santos 12 todaychecking yo break two students and a teacher were hurt when a gunman opened fire at an Elementary School in south carolina. One of the victims remains in Critical Condition this morning while the other two have been released. Police say the alleged gunman is a teenager. They say he shot and killed his father before going to the school. Police have not released a motive for the shooting. Tonight. Parents of a slain muslim soldier will be honored by the american arab civil rights league. Khizr khans received National Attention when they spoke at the Democratic National convention this summer. The us senate voted to override president obamas 911 bill veto yesterday. This is the first time that congress has rejected a veto by president obama since he was elected in 2008. The senate voted 97 to one to allow 911 families to sue saudi arabia for allegedly backing the attacks. . . . Toss morning juice mixed emotions this morning after
But ryan says hes unhappy with the secretive, toplevel process to get the deal, and says hell operate differently as s seaker. House republicans are set to nominate ryan as the chambers new speaker today, and put it to a full vote tomorrow. Meanwhile republican president ial candidates have another chance to sway voters to their cause in the third and final political debate. Abcs lana zak looks at what we can expect from the candidates tonight. The lambs have ecome lions. Kasich ive about had it with these people. Establishment candidate, john kasich roaring against what hes calling a crazy election kasich im done with the being polite and listening to this nonsense. Whi le jeb bush sounding frustrated in recent days, if this election is about how were going to fight to get nothing done,then. I dont want any part of it, and the loudest lion, donald trump, striking a softer tone sot trump please do me a favor, let me win iowa . Recently trump lost his top spot in ioo polls to ben carson
Supported by other countries, including russia, and a fierce debate about whether to allow Syrian Refugees into the United States. Here to discuss the obama administrations response to the attacks and its political impalestinians areongressman eric swawell, a democrat representing hayward and pleasanton. A member of the house select intelligence committee. Scott shafer, Senior Editor of kqeds politics and government desk. Congressman, given the latest attacks how confident are you in the obama administrations strategy for fighting isis, al qaeda, and other extremist groups . Isis attacks on paris and taking down a Russian Airliner and a bombing in beirut proves its serious and its time to go back to the drawing board. We need to hold a summit with every nation that has an interest in scrubbing isis from this earth and we should not assume what weve done in the past has been working because isis has escalated. Today, just as we are mourning the week anniversary of the paris attacks we s