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votes. similar to justice alito who got hardly any democratic votes. back in 2006. i think we will see a lot of republican opposition. there may be an interesting calculus in the republican about republican senators from democratic leaning states who are up for reelection. that is a wise vote for them or not. we ll have to see how it plays out. interest of all the republican members of the senate may not be in alignment why comes to this issue. where s the interests of all the democrats in the senate are in alignment. host: our topic is the death of justice scalia who died yesterday at the age of 79. jess covers the supreme court for the wall street journal. we welcome listeners who are listening to us on sirius radio. big debate last night in greenville south carolina. jeb bush: if i am president i people who have a proven record in the judiciary. problem is we have appointed people thinking you can get through the senate because they didn t have a record. the problem ....
where you have assad in one corner, and daesh in the other corner, the worst possible outcome in terms of terrorism, the worst possible outcome in terms of refugees, and the future of syria. diana johnson: i am sure that the prime minister is looking forward to visiting hull next year, and as the uk city of culture, we are already backed by many prestigious organizations like the bbc and rsc. but we could do much more to make this a real national celebration of culture. will the prime minister join me in urging the many london-based national arts organizations to do their bit and contribute to the success of hull 2017? prime minister cameron: the honorable lady makes an important point, which is that our national cultural institutions have an immense amount of work and prestige that they can bring out to regional galleries and centers when there is a city of culture event, or more broadly, and i talk to them about that. i am looking forward to visiting hull, and as it i ....
past for its support for terrorism. we ll continue to follow the evidence of support for terrorism, ballistic missile support, destabilizing activities and we will develop packages and targets when we see the evidence show. ms. meng: ok. and finally, but can we tell if the support for terrorist activities and groups has increased or decreased? mr. mull: i think mr. myth is right. that i think we d be happy to go into more detail in a different setting. but i do know that general clapper recently testified in the past few days that he has not seen an appreciable change in iranian level of support since the implementation of this deal. the support for terrorism. ms. meng: thank you. i yield back. thank you, congresswoman grace meng. ambassador, ranking member engel and i both mentioned iran s horrible behavior in the neighborhood. and that includes iranian-backed forces that threaten those at the camp. the committee raised this with ambassador mcguirk yesterday. and i p ....
sec. gates: i think surrounding himself herself with really strong capable, independent-minded people, empowering them, delegating authority and holding them accountable. if they are successful, reward them in whatever way they can, and if they fail, fire them. i think that this, this too much of thinking about the president, and the reality is, the best presidents, the greatest presidents have been willing to recognize they were not the smartest person in the room and to surround themselves with people they thought were smarter than themselves. washington and jefferson and hamilton and so on and lincoln and both roosevelts, truman, eisenhower and reagan were all willing to bring strong people into their cabinets, listen to them, integrate their views with their own. they did not mind if that person disagreed with them, and expected candid advice from them. i think that is a really important message for a president. brian: i want you to look up at this screen and it is ....
reporter. stay tuned to our show tomorrow. thanks very much. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: washington journal continues [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] on this presidents day holiday, here s a look at some of the programming we have for you on c-span. saturday sext, last republican presence of the bait from greenville, south carolina, presented by cbs news. wrote to the white house coverage will be live tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern when we bring you a rally in charleston, s.c. where jeb bush will be joined by his brother, former president george w. bush. eastern, at 8:00 p.m. chief justice john roberts sits down for a lengthy discussion hosted by the knowing loss will in one of his last appearances for the death of supreme court justice anthony shkrelantonin scalia. justice john roberts talks about the confirmation process ....