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us. it s newsday. glad you could join us. it is sam it s newsday. glad you could join us. it is 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, dc, where donald trump is preparing to make one of the most meaningful appointments of his presidency. in the next hour, the president will announce his pick tojoinjudges on the us supreme court. whoever he chooses will be able to influence american legislation, possibly, for decades to come. this latest appointment comes as senior figures in his administration have been rallying around to defend his second order ban on travel from some countries to the us. jon sopel reports. four days since president tramp signed the extreme vetting policy and the administration is trying to clarify whether it was a ban or a pause, who was consulted, who will be affected and what the executive order is and is not. it was left to the secretary of homeland security to offer reassurance. this is not a ban on muslims. the homeland secu ....
judge neil gorsuch has been nominated to the us supreme court. at a9, gorsuch is the youngest supreme court nominee in a quarter of a century. a conservative, he fill the seat left vacant by the death last year of antonin scalia, who was then the right‘s most powerful voice on the high court. this is how president trump made the announcement. whenjustice antonin scalia passed away suddenly last february, i made a promise to the american people. if i were elected president, i would find the very bestjudge in the country for the supreme court. i promised to select someone who respects our laws and is representative of our constitution and who loves our constitution, and someone who will interpret them as written. this may be the most transparent judicial selection process in history. months ago as a candidate, i publicly presented a list of brilliant and accomplished people to the american electorate and pledged to make my choice from among that list. millions of voters ....
sackur. just how ugly is britain s divorce from the eu going to be, and how damaging for the unhappy couple? as british mps debate the formal triggering of the effort says, my guest is an eu politician who will be at the heart of the complex negotiations over a brexit deal. belgium s former prime minister and current mep guy verhofstadt has warned britain to expect no favours as it heads for the expert, but how confrontational is he prepared to be? guy verhofstadt, welcome to hardtalk. i want to talk about brexit with you but i don t want to start with the detail, i want to start with the detail, i want to start with the contest. when the british public voted for brexit on june 23, 2016 barack obama british public voted for brexit on june 23,2016 barack obama was president of the united states. now the white house is occupied by donald trump. to what extent do you think this fundamental shift in global politics, the most important power in the world after all, how impor ....
in singapore, midnight in london and 8am in kuala lumpur, where it is reported that the half brother of the north korean leader, kim jong un, was killed. police save kim jong nam was found dead at kuala lumpur airport. american intelligence sources say they strongly believe that he was murdered i north korean agents. our correspondent sent this report from tokyo. this is kim jong nam, whose body is thought to be the one now lying in a malaysian morgue. officials there say he died after being sprayed in the face with something at kuala lumpur airport this morning. south korean media immediately claimed north korean agents had assassinated kim on the orders of his own younger brother, kim jong un. north korea s young dictator has been tightening his grip on power, ruthlessly purging potential opponents. what s so sensitive? last year i saw for myself how strange north korea can be. i was detained and expelled for insulting the kim leadership. much more telling is what he ....
it s 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in kuala lumpur where it s reported that the half brother of the north korean leader, kim jong un, was killed. police say kim jong nam was found dead at kuala lumpur airport. american intelligence sources say they strongly believe that he was murdered by north korean agents. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes sent this report from tokyo. this is kim jong nam, whose body is thought to be the one now lying in a malaysian morgue. officials there say he died after being sprayed in the face with something at kuala lumpur airport this morning. south korean media immediately claimed north korean agents had assassinated kim on the orders of his own younger brother, kim jong un. north korea s young dictator has been tightening his grip on power, ruthlessly purging potential opponents. what s so sensitive? last year i saw for myself how strange north korea can be. i was detained and expelled for insulting the kim leadership. much ....