Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. Growing anxiety today on the Korean Peninsula following north koreas second, and more ambitious, test of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile on friday. The missile is thought to be capable of reaching deep inside the u. S. Mainland. China condemned the launch and urged restraint, but President Trump expressed frustration with beijing last night, criticizing chinese leaders over trade, and then saying in a visible show of force, the pentagon ordered two air force b1 bombers to fly over the peninsula. They were accompanied by south korean and japan
Reid he said he will nominate a new justice in this year. Good evening, im reid lamberty. Pam im pam cross. The legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia has left an in delible mark. Reporter he was known as the conservative anchor of the Supreme Court and his sudden death was marked by republicans and democrats alike. He influenced a generation and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. He will go down in the history of the republic. Reporter Senate Majority Mitch Mcconnell threatening that republicans will not confirm any nominee. There will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give the reporter Justice Antonin Scalia was the longest serving justice on the United States Supreme Court. Nominated by president. Ron president reagan in 1986. It is the culmination of a dream and i am greatly honored that the president would have such confidence in me. Reporter he was confirmed unanimously and became the first Italian American member of the court. Ju
Senate and indeed within the past hour, we have learned that every member of the Senate Judiciary committee will be in the rose garden just behind the oval office to my left here when the announcement is made any moment. Now the thing to bare in mind is this is going to be the beginning of an all mighty fight between the republicans and democrats. The legacy of any u. S. President is never greater than picking a member of the Supreme Court. And the republicans have said no way to a nomination. No way to a hearing, we want the next president to make the nomination. However, the president has fulfilled his constitutional duties and made a pick. Mike lee is a senator from utah. I dont have the completest comment, but the essence and now a tweet from harry reid and notice the hashtag there, stephanie. The hashtag is very interesting, hashtag, do your job, stephanie. All right. John stand by. I want to go out to Kent Greenfield a professor of Boston College law school. Thanks for your time.
To hold corporations accountable. We will host a debate. Then to the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world. Russia, china, iran tunisia are trying to push an internet sovereignty, nationalism movement, that gives them the ability and permission to subvert it on their citizens, whether it is surveillance or propaganda, censorship. These are all on the rise. The United States is, quite sensibly, pushing down against that that we need a free and open internet. It turns out at the same time theyre doing these exact same things. Amy leading security and Privacy Research Bruce Schneier on his new book, data and goliath. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iraqi Officials Say they are close to victory in an an iranianbacked offensive to reclaim the city of tikrit from the selfproclaimed islamic state. Iraqi forces and iranianbacked militias have reclaimed swaths of the city without the aid o
Court opened the floodgate of corporate spending on elections, a movement is growing to amend the constitution overturn the doctrine of corporate personhood. But some lawyers say the effort could backfire and make it hard to hold corporations accountable. We will host a debate. Then to the hidden battles to collect your data and control your world. Russia, china, iran tunisia are trying to push an internet sovereignty, nationalism movement, that gives them the ability and permission to subvert it on their citizens, whether it is surveillance or propaganda, censorship. These are all on the rise. The United States is, quite sensibly, pushing down against that that we need a free and open internet. It turns out at the same time theyre doing these exact same things. Amy leading security and Privacy Research Bruce Schneier on his new book, data and goliath. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iraqi Officials S