one of the first things was he dissented in roe v. wade. i don't know for sure what he will do on the supreme court, but you have to think, based on what he has written and said, that he was skeptical about roe and questions whether it is a rule or precedent the court should stick with forever. >> if abortion restrictions are upheld by a new majority of the supreme court, how could we see this issue play out in the courts going forward? david: depends on what you mean by restriction. there are a lot of instructions the upheld.ons that -- could be upheld. regulations that make women think twice about getting an abortion. supposed louisiana or mississippi passes a law that says new abortions after six weeks or we are going to criminalize abortion. that gets struck down because of roe v. wade. the appeal to the supreme court. so what does the supreme court do? we will see if they want to move slowly, step-by-step, or if they are faced a year or two from now with a state that has essentially banned abortion. maybe they can find some middle posi

it was about brett kavanaugh's nomination and roe v. wade. right after, we see what assistant minority leader patty murray had to say. >> another attack on judge kavanagh is that he is outspoken to abortion rights. this attack misrepresents his record on the d.c. circuit judge. there, judge kavanagh acknowledged that they are beside the case based on roe v. wade. applied the president as president requires judges to so do. the same fear mongering over abortion every time there is a supreme court vacancy. ago,ember from 38 years when sandra day o'connor was going to be the first woman appointed to the supreme court. it was a real worry then that roe v. wade was in jeopardy. she is one of those that preserved it. in the versus planned parenthood case, 12 years later as she got on the court. yet, roe v. wade is still the law of the land. justices have a way of surprising us. justice kennedy now leaving the court was one of those. even though we didn't pursue this in depth at his hearing, those of us that are pro-life, i am one of them, were pret

thatt you to understand you cannot count me as absolutely overturning roe v. wade. he did not venture any of that. leaving, it would seem to me, a president with the impression that his standard was being met. a specialnaugh has obligation to make his views on this topic clear given the president's litmus test that he would only appoint judges who would overturn roe. on that obligation, judge kavanaugh failed spectacularly. he would not give me any reassurance that he believed roe or casey were correctly decided or should be left alone. and we explicitly discussed the litmus test. i asked him if he met with the president, as i said, did he make an attempt to disabuse the president of the notion he would overturn these cases and he referred -- and refused to overturn -- and he refused to answer. i repeatedly asked them to reassure me that he believes the if care act is constitutional. he refused to do so. rights,reproductive it's not good enough for this justice to say, this potential just as, hope he doesn't get there, but this judge to say well, he will follow exis

clarke forsythe wrote the book on roe v. wade. his day job is as senior counsel for americans united for life. thanks for being with us. let's start with a very brief overview on why this is a landmark case and what the constitutional issues were. ms. murray: obviously, it's a very controversial decision. the decision decriminalized abortions throughout the united states. heretofore, most of the states in the united states made abortion and crime, meaning that any woman wishing to terminate her pregnancy would have to go to a state that permitted it or leave the country entirely. the fact that the court made a sweeping decision was an amazing thing in 1973. it was sweeping in its scope and sweeping in its view of the democratic process and what was happening on the ground, the court feeling it needed to intervene. mr. forsythe: it was a sweeping decision insofar that it swept away all laws on abortion and created a public health vacuum. there were no abortion laws left on the books. it also suggested finality. "the new york times"

the court overhauled roe v. wade. they abandoned the original abandoned and they the trimester and turned it into a by master, -- bimester, meaning before viability there are certain standards and after. but there is no trimester. >> next is a call from palo alto, california. welcome. caller: i am really interested showed the first clip the context of being feminist to civil rights introduction the abortion-rights discussion. forwarddering if going fairlye would be more considered on civil rights terms rather than where it seems to be laws and soms of forth if the woman and her doctor being asserted as the people having the -- the just standing might be compared to a man and his doctor having the right to make equally momentous , if the guests might comment on abortion-rights as civil rights. >> i think you have presaged a line of argument that justice ruth bader ginsburg offered in the 1980's law review article. she famously criticized roe v. wade's reliance on the privacy doctrine and said the decision would have be

clark forsythe wrote the book on roe v. wade. his day job is a senior counsel for americans for life. let's start with a brief overview on why this is a landmark case, and the constitutional issues decided by the court. >> it was a controversial decision. .t decriminalized abortions most of the states made abortion a crime. any woman wishing to terminate her pregnancy had to go to one of the states that did permit it or leave the country entirely. thisact the court made sweeping decision was amazing. sweeping in its view of the democratic process of what was happening on the ground. it was a sweeping decision. it swept away all the laws in all 50 states and abortion and created a vacuum. left were no abortion laws on the books. it suggested finality. the new york times came out and said the court has settled the issue. it has done nothing like settle the issue for 42 years. it has been an engine of controversy as scholars have said. it isolated the u.s. is only one of four nations around the globe that allow abortions after fetal

. - we have a chance to take down roe v. wade. this is a historic moment in the pro-life community today. - that's right, after justice kenney is replaced, there's a good chance that many states will make abortion illegal. and for many evangelicals, that has been the holy grail. right? it's why many "christians" have supported to continue donald trump, even though he sins so much that people cast him out of demons. it's like, "begone, trump!" "oh, oh, thank you. i felt so gross. "oh. oh. i mean, your own daughter? oh, wow." oh, and you might-- you might be really sad that women will be losing some of their fundamental rights. but the media is licking its lips. - on capitol hill, the battle lines drawn. a huge battle in washington over replace supreme court justice anthony kennedy. - this will be a battle all summer, all fall. - it will be one of the most contentious political battles in decades. - okay, i'm sorry, but like, what battle are we talking about here? i understand these guys are trying to drum up ratings, but it's not t

this lifetime appointment on the court is going to determine roe v wade. it is going to determine the powers of the presidency. it is going to determine a lot of corruption. a lot of regulations, this is an important thing. this is where we have got to get back to a lot of records. we need to vet kavanaugh, and our elected officials should have access to every document he has been engaged in. their job to do a full review. what are the republicans trying to hide here. >> i want to talk to you about women candidates, we will do this another time. emily is t-- president of emilys list. >> thank you. iveries to homes than anyone else in the country, iveries we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you ♪ they won't hike your ratest foover one mistake. see, liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges. for drivers with accident forgiveness liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty ♪ it was always our singular focus, a distinct determination.

wade, on tuesday at 8 p.m., c-span's landmark cases looks take -- takes an in-depth look at roe v. wade. we will also are david savage about judge kavanagh and the abortion issue. and now you are watching american history tv, every weekend, beginning saturday at 8 a.m. eastern, we bring you 48 hours of unique programming, exploring our nation's past. americans history -- american history tv is only on c-span3. >> 70 years ago in june of 1948 the soviet union blocked rail, water, and road access to western sectors of berlin. in response the western powers organized the berlin air lift, which transported supplies via cargo planes to the isolated city until may of 1949. next, on reel america, nato background to berlin. a 1962 film documenting the city of berlin from the end of world war ii to the construction of the berlin wall in 1961. produced by the nato information service this half hour film details the berlin air lift, creation of the north atlantic treaty organization, and the problems facing the city and the western allies as the cold war developed. >> the building of walls, t

they think 45 years after roe v. wade, this could be their moment. in southern missouri, the t-shirts tell the story, "i vote pro-life." outside senator mccaskill's office, activists are sending her a message. >> i'm very proud to be here with pro-life generation. >> reporter: and this supreme court fight is just step one for the susan b. anthony list. a group that's been fighting abortion for 25 years. >> we don't like abortion. we hate abortion. >> reporter: their ultimate goal, to overturn roe v. wade or at least effectively gut roe by passing state laws that, for example, restrict late-term abortions or require parental consent. so these activists aren't stopping at claire mccaskill's store. they've held rallies in indianapolis. in fargo. 29 rallies in all. targeting 20 senate democrats in states won by donald trump. this is what people who are opposed to roe v. wade have been waiting for, is that how you see it? >> yes, i think we have an incredible opportunity here to put a justice on the court who could potentially turn the tide of the court a

>>e talked about whether he considered roe v wade to be settled law. he said he agreed with what justice reports said at his nomination hearing in which he said that it s settled law. >> this seems to be a mantra o supreme court nominees and it's something kavanaugh is sticking to. we hear democrats and republicans alike say this is what he's tellng them. >> woodruff: aring this is, what are most democrats saying? >> they say it doesn't matter if it's settled law. the question is whether he's willing to overturn it. chuck schumer said it's settled unl it's su sun settled. we also hear democrats pointing to justice gorsuch who used the same standard saying he saw ro assetled law, but democrats like chris kountze today pointed out gorsuch voted to overturn a 1977 supreme court case about labor law. gorsuch did vote to overturn that, so democrats are concerned that, whether it's settled law, these justices could be willingv toturn them. >> woodruff: joan biskupic, you as somebody who been watching the no nomination processes, first of all,en a nominee spe

tonight, landmark cases present an in-depth look at roe v. wade. you will also hear from los angeles time supreme court reporter david savage discussing judge kavanagh's nomination and the abortion issue. this week, book tv is in prime time. seanht at 8:00 eastern, spicer with his memoir "debriefing: politics, the press, and the president," and alan dershowitz with his book "the case against impeaching trump." lillian discusses her book "harvey milk: his life and death." and then richard munson on his book "tesla." the latest cell phone book "10 arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now." and on friday at 8 p.m. eastern, "the capitalist come back: the current boom and the

-- judge kavanaugh on roe v. wade. davidl hear from savage discussing judge kavanaugh's nomination and the abortion issue. also tonight, it is book tv in prime time with books recently written about president trump. we will start with sean spicer nd his book "the briefing." and the newt gingrich discusses "trump's america." roulette." ussian book tv airs tonight starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. on c-span3, american history tv 1968 presidential campaign between lyndon b. johnson, george wallace, ronald reagan, and we hear remarks from former staffer pat buchanan as well as barbara perry. starts atistory tv 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3. sen. casey: -- for discussion, we are joined by richard kauzlarich. we were talking about the grid, what does that include. that is the very basic question because my connection to the greatest when i come home at night and throw the electrical switch and i think most people think that is the most important part, but you have the production of energy which may come from coal,

landmark cases presents an in-depth look at roe v. wade. we will also hear from david discussing just -- judge kavanagh's nomination. host: joining us from new york on c-span's "newsmakers" program is alexandra smith, the executive director of the conservative pac, "america rising." and here in washington with the questions, james hohmann, national political reporter for the "washington post," and al weaver, he covers politics for the "washington examiner." at the outset, let us talk about the organization. what is your mission and what role do you plan to play in the midterm elections? alex: our sole purpose is to and defeat the democrats. we are the gop's premier opposition research organization. we spend countless hours reviewing videotape, going out in the field ourselves, reading and producing countless pages of material to really shape the narrative on democratic candidates. in the 2018 cycle, we will be playing the same role as we had in our inception during 2013. we will look at democratic targets, particularly our friends running i

., c-span's landmark cases provides an in-depth look at roe v. wade. we will also hear from david savage discussing judge kavanagh's nomination and the abortion issue. here's a look at congress over the next two weeks. the senate is in a state work period with four brief pro forma sessions scheduled. lawmakers return to washington on wednesday, august 15 to continue work on judicial dominations and federal spending. the house remains in a summer recess and returns on tuesday, september 4. follow the house live on c-span, see the senate on c-span2. at our table, julie koehler, senior vice president for strategy and planning with democracy live and contributor to the nation magazine. remind our viewers what is democracy alliance and the mission. we are an alliance of progressive donors so we can have a more just and equitable nation. host: who are the donors? guest: individual and institutional donors per people of wealth who want to create a more equal and just society, and labor unions. host: what are the big donors? members that want to be public are

eastern c-span's landmark cases present an in-depth look at roe v. wade with her from los angeles time supreme court reporter david savage come discussing judge kavanaugh's nomination and the abortion issue. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television companies, and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> netroots nation help its annual gathering of grassroots activists last week in new orleans. up next on c-span2 remarks from a group from california senator kamala harris. this is 25 minutes. >> not so hidden figures, right? was fantastic. fantastic. what's up, netroots nation. i'm so glad to be here. so glad to see you guys. and, of course, it's going to be in new orleans. i know you had a long day

expected in september and senators are likely to question him about roe v. wade. tonight, c-span presents an in-depth look at roe v. wade -- wade. >> we go live to the atlantic council in washington, d.c.. with remarks by former british the former british secretary of defense, gavin wilson. >> we are pleased to welcome the secretary of state for defense of the united's -- united kingdom. mr. secretary, welcome to washington. there is no secret in this world about the fact that the u.s. -- u.k.is room that the u.s. relationship has been the anchor of the transatlantic relationship is since world war ii. my experience with the u.k. has more to do with the royal marines, which i have great expeditions with around the world. we had a tight relationship. it be that way. we're more than allies, we are friends. we share common values, purposes and we face the same way. these are crucial times we live in, the 21st century has announced itself as a messy century full of different centers of gravity. change in what defines national security, nor than about our -- more than

we will show you an episode of roe v. wade from c-span's landmark cases series. first david savage on the judge kavanaugh nomination. wrote justiceu kennedy's opinion had affirmed the right to an abortion "probably for all time." how does that statement hold up today? 1982,t i remember about when they decided the case in late june, it was the

roe v. wade -- away. we will hear from david savage discussing judge kavanagh's and the abortion -- judge kavanagh's thoughts and the abortion issue. >> america and turmoil. we look at the president -- america in tour oil. l, we will discuss the --t and characters in 19 1960 eight politics. terrified clashes between chicago police and protesters and richard nixon's victory. turmoil68, america and on c-span3. senate labor committee member recently spoke to the airline pilots association labor union and talked about the nation's political divide. this is 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the head of the airline pilots association. tim: good morning, everybody. we had an enthusiastic discussion and debate yesterday on many topics. feel certain today will be equally productive. we are fortunate, because we begin our second day with senator bob casey, who was elected to the senate from pennsylvania in 2006. he has been a great friend alpa, and airline pilots across our profession

landmark cases present an in-depth look at roe v. wade here and we will hear from david savage, discussing judge kavanagh's nomination and the abortion issue. welcome to las cruces, new mexico. the city of about 100,000 sits in the chihuahua desert, just miles from the mexico border. flowing through his the waters of the rio grande river, making the surrounding area ideal for agriculture. , we will explore the city and the surrounding area -- surrounding area. coming up, we will visit the white sands missile range outside the city to hear about this u.s. army kasai and its site and- army test its role. >>

., landmark cases provides a look at roe v. wade. savage hear from david discussing judge kavanagh's nomination and the abortion issue. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," a discussion on american history and the u.s. congress with congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie, and raymond smock. this program was recorded at the robert c. byrd center for congressional history and education in shepherdstown, west virginia. brian: ray smock, if you had to have a dinner party for people in history, say four or five people, who would you have at the table?

wade. tuesday on 8:00 p.m. eastern, landmark cases present an in-depth look at roe v. wade. we will also hear from "los angeles times" supreme court reporter. next, health-care industry leaders and economic scholars testify on what can be done to reduce health care administrative cost. this runs for one hour and 42 minutes. >> senate committee on health education will come to order. senator murray and i will each have an opening statement.

v wade that it originates out of dallas texas so you have two sunbelt states that our heart of that in 1973. and then mixed with decisions on school prayer, tax-exempt status with those schools in the sunbelt and with this phenomenon of white flight adding to suburban development in the sunbelt i would see the development of the 70s of a religious mobilization that without moral majority in the broader christian right through 76 and the first politician to embrace the label of born-again christian with the year of the evangelical so now through 80 to attract what they see as a new demographic with the new evangelical vote to bring in the anti-communist catholics into more of a reagan democrat to have opportunity to make that political landscape with disaffected union workers, with the first industrial economy and that is a lack of labor unions in the sunbelt. it's not so much about major moments although you could point to a few leg appointed to the governorship. but there are the to see the conservative republican breakthroughs as a goldwater conservative with a landslide election,

wade. lincoln said the nation could not endure half slave and half free but if roe v. wade were overturned is there a way to states would sort this out? be some federal level and some at the state level? >> yes. i think in all likelihood that we are headed into an era that i wasn't sure i would ever see, which is that the congress will actually -- congress and the state legislatures and the people will have to make some tough decisions rather than handing it off to nine lawyers the supreme court and saying, you do it. and that will be a very healthy thing for our country and for our democracy. people will have to make up their minds. bet you there are going to be plenty of republicans who will be towers of jello on this, who have been campaigning and fundraising for decades about overturning roe v. wade but when the opportunity presents itself, they may sort of get cold feet when they realize that it will be very unpopular. so it's going to be an interesting fight, and states will differ, and i think that is what the founders intended, and i think it will be very welco

wade. lincoln said that the nation half slave and half free, but if roe v. wade were overturned, is there a way states would sort this out? some federal level and at the state level. >> yes. i think in all likelihood that i wasn't sure i would ever see, which is that in the legislatures and the people have to make some tough decisions rather than handing it off to nine letters in the supreme court seen you do it. that will be a very healthy thing for our country and democracy. there will be plenty of republicans who will be powers of jell-o on this event fundraising for decades about overturning roe v. wade. when the opportunity presents itself, they may get cold feet and it would be very unpopular. it's going to be an interesting fight and states will differ and i think that is what the founders intended and i think it will be as i say very welcome bit of cleansing. [applause] >> so here's a little tongue-in-cheek. if all difference between sexes are socially constructed, shouldn't men and women be merged? >> yes, absolutely. it is not fair. i have a little

kavanaugh on roe v. wade. tuesday on 8:00 p.m. eastern, landmark cases present an in-depth look at roe v. wade. we will also hear from "los angeles times" supreme court reporter. next, health-care industry leaders and economic scholars testify on what can be done to reduce health care administrative cost. this runs for one hour and 42 minutes. >> senate committee on health education will come to order. senator murray and i will each have an opening statement. let's pause for a moment and realize what a remarkable statement that is. the institute of of medicine, we had a panel of their of equally impressive witnesses and nobody really disagreed with his estimate. ont hearing, we focus reducing what we spend on health care by examining two things. one, reducing unnecessary health care tests and prescription drugs. -- how tonting -- it is all the time spent filling out insurance claims. are muchative costs higher and united states than to a countries according witness on our first hearing, administrative costs account for 8% of all h

wade. i talked to lewis law clerk who helped him write or help write the court's opinion on roe v. wade and gave me the whole back story and was released by the whole justice, by his justice to write about what his justice had talked to him about and turns out powell was very involved in putting the viability standard into roe, so that, this book is all about of the events happening at once, to tell you how extraordinary that book is on the day that henry kissinger goes to fly back to end the war for us, the peace accords, two hours later justice blackman reads the opinion in roe v. wade and 3 hours later lyndon johnson drops dead in texas. it's really this, you know, this thing that i love about history, so that's that book. so this book, ballots or bullets, again, i didn't go looking for this. the reason i wrote it and there's a picture of me with john dean. the woman all the way to your left, diane, secretary of a law firm that i work in cleveland, the guy in the middle is her father and the other sisters, her father was one of the guys badly wounded in shootout 50 years ago, in

it's a renewal of the family values politicized after roe v. wade 1973 which is a case that originates out of texas and there is an accompanying case without also that is out of georgia. the case in 1973 the supreme court to sanction of abortion after 1973 mixed with decisions on school prayer, tax-exempt status which many have developed after brown v. board of education and then you have the flight that adds to the development in the sunbelt. i would say that the developments in the 70s of the religious will be a part of the majority and the christian right which has been written about her 76 win over georgia first politician to embrace the label becomes the year of the so-called evangelical now all of a sudden 76 and 80 they attract a new evangelical vote is also bringing in anti-communist catholics out of this column into a reagan democrat and an opportunity for the party using evangelicals with traditional voters and other parts of the country urban catholics for disaffected union workers were struggling in the world of the post industrial

[applause] what we are fighting for his roe v. wade. -- is roe v. wade. rights,, women's transgender rights, and gay rights. that is what we are fighting for. [applause] what are we fighting against? a man who wants to us respa -- back into the dark ages. a man who wants more pollution, more disregard for the downtrodden and those with disabilities, disregard for women and minorities. more billions for billionaires. a man who will put our supreme thet at 7-2 in favor of strong over the week. in favor of corporations over people. in favor of old men with ideas about women's bodies versus women themselves. [applause] >> among us democrats here today , nothing that i have just said is controversial. we are more united than not on the question of what we are fighting for. we often seem to be a party that is divided as to how we should fight. i believe that there is no question more important than us , this question of how. this president knows how to fight. he may be the worst president this nation has ever known, but he also be 17 opponents -- beat 17 oppone

he says he intends to appoint somebody who will overturn roe v. wade. that is exactly who judge kavanaugh is. so we have to fight against him. [applause] >> we also have to recognize we are in a moment where women's voices really do matter. time's up, me too, it is about women's voices. it is about the ability of women and men to tell their story, to be heard and have some measure of justice. some measure of accountability, to be believed, to have these cases be investigated. that is what this moment is about. and judge kavanaugh is such a horrible choice because he does not value women. this president does not value women. they do not believe that you should have the ability to have the basic human right and human dignity to decide what happens to you and when. it is outrageous that we are having to look at this judge and his record without all the documents. without all his work product. without everything he has done. so we know exactly what his views are. but make no mistake, we know what his view is on women. we know what his view is on choice. we

the most common case when what comes to mind is roe v. wade, very much. from health-care reform to immigration to same-sex marriage, there is a lot of things the court does, but they hear about it through filters since the court does not allow them to see how they operate directly. host: i want to come back to that. do you think that is what the public will be looking for from these confirmation hearings? what do you think americans will be watching for women senators look to question brett kavanaugh for when thetching senators look to question brett kavanaugh? guest: -- how the senators actually vote for or against the nomination. we saw very strong, partisan support among republicans for kavanaugh and opposition among democrats. i think folks will be breaking out on party lines and there is not a lot of moderate or independent senators. with the rules and the way they changed with -- for simple majority, it seems somewhat likely he would get confirmed even though this gap is tighter compared what we saw with gorsuch and kagan in the past. host: you ment

senators are likely to question judge brett kavanaugh about roe v wade that struck down many restrictions on abortion but on tuesday 8:00 p.m. eastern, an in-depth look at roe versus wade. supreme court reporter david savage discussing judge cavanaugh's nomination and the abortion issue. >> members of the trump administration's national security and intelligence team talked about there efforts to combat election interference by foreign entities including russia. they spoke at today's white house briefing. >> as director of national intelligence, i would like the american people to know that the intelligence community and all of its agencies are postured to identify threats of all kinds against the united states. the present has specifically directed us to make the matter of election meddling and securing our election process a top priority. and we have done and are doing that and will continue to do so. we have incorporated the lessons learned from the 2016 election and implemented a broad spectrum of actions to share more information across the federal government, as well with state and

v. wade. on that obligation, judge spectacularly. >> i look forward to watching his confirmation hearing and after conducting a thorough, subjective review of his nomination for miami confident that judge kavanagh will be an excellent addition to our nation's highest court. announcer: watched day one of the senate confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee brad kavanagh, live tuesday, september 4 on c-span3. watch any time c-span.org or listen on >> sunday night on "afterwards," economist dan talks about her book "edge of chaos why democracy is failing to deliver economic growth and how to fix it." she is by champ -- jason furman. >> you wrote a book which is quite a lot of politics and political fines. >> the most important thing i think of is going out of frustration. write my interests and academic background are in economics. if you look at the global economy, there are deeply structural long-term problems the global company -- economy has to contend with. things like demographic

in 1977, now years after the four years after the roe v. wade supreme court decision, clare penned a lengthy article can titled "the kill patrick position." one of his favorite pundits, although he was a little equivocal on the issue. the purpose of the particular article was at he was a little quon the issue. >> a curious tendency of many intellectuals to cop out on a question which is not only of profound even agonizing concern to fellow citizens but of extraordinary moral and political significance for the future of america. question of life. she began the article by drawing a parallel between the mistreatment of slaves and a child in utero. she called them both multidimensional, raising religious, legal, moral and constitutional questions. the core question in both cases is scientific and rooted in theology. she wrote, was the negro race, at clearly belonging to the genus mankind a subhuman species? was he buy liologically equal? is the child in utero a human being, a person, or is the fetus nonhuman or subhuman matter? if so, at what p

i know one of your concerns about brett kavanaugh's nomination has been the future of roe v. wade. susan to play what collins had to play about her meeting with brett kavanaugh because she also had concerns. [video clip] you had concerns after looking through his record, what are the wreck -- concerns? >> we talked about them. i talked about them at length that his decision in regards to the case which is the only case dealing with abortion in which he has rendered his decision. we talked about whether he roe to be settled law and he said he agreed to what justice roberts said in his nomination hearing in which he says that it was settled law. good thorough discussion about that issue and many others. host: do those comments make you any more comfortable with the nominating? guest: of course not. like the youngle turks is because we say things you're not allowed to say in washington that are obviously true. guess what, people lie in her confirmation hearings. dance around the truth, they live. ryan zinke he did and said he will not give away a square inch of public land. and then t

v wade. want to have our viewers listen to a alittle bit of him opinion from the bench. justice kennedy: the essential versus wade, we parts.reaffirm has three of the the recognition woman to choose to have an abortion. not sote's interests are strong to support prohibition of abortion or the imposition to that right. of nd is the confirmation the state's power to restrict after fetal liability. protecting the health of the woman and the life of the fetus become a child, they do each other.ct to he right of the individual a person isingle -- the decision whether to bear a child. the private remember many of family lives which the state enter. choices central to personal centraland autonomy are to the liberty protected by the 14th amendment. at the heart of liberty is the to define one's own concept of the meaning of the niverse, the mystery of human life. these considerations begin our analysis of the woman's interest terminating her pregnancy but cannot end it. it's weak to the human conditi

the over turning of roe v. wade. putting women in back alleys to have abortions. have abortions. the undermining of the lgbt community, the over turning of civil rights laws. >> reporter: democrats are calling for hearings to be postponed. they are scheduled to begin next month. >> judge brett kavanaugh will be a rubber stamp for the trump agenda. >> reporter: they are trying to get those registered to vo and to show up althe polls in -- at the polls in november. in november. ktvu fox 2 news. >>> vice president mike pence spoke out against the opposition to judge brett kavanaugh. friday he said if we lived in a more respectful time judge brett kavanaugh would be confirmed. >>> tributes continue to pour in following the death of arizona senator john mccain. he passed away yesterday after announcing he was ending treatment for brain cancer. john mccain was 81-years-old. flags across the state of arizona and the country are flying at half-staff. eagues ar >> reporter: when congress returns monday they will be without their long time colleague, a hero, maverick and friend. john mccai

donald trump could hang on the ceilings having sex with anybody he likes, as long as he gets roe v. wade overturned, you don't care, isn't that the way it works? >> we're talking about things prior to him being president, i don't think there was any question in then minds of any voter about donald trump and his personal activities. that was pretty much made clear. so, what they're assessing him now and will continue to do is his performance as president. i think if they look at the policies he's made and the appointments he's made to the judiciary, i think most conservatives are very happy about it. they're not concerned about his behavior. >> all that talk about character we heard about bill clinton and the role model to americans, that's all nonsense, right? you don't care about character, you care about winning? >> excuse me. i think i just said it's very disturbing to me and i don't like it, it's something i find reprehensible, but the issue -- the issue is with bill clinton, as you know, jeffrey, very well, bill clinton wasn't impeached because of bill clinton's behavior in the

she said specifically that she asked kavanaugh whether he believed that roe v. wade is settled as law. in that meeting, kavanaugh, she says, told her he agreed with justice roberts what he said in his own nomination hearing, that, yes, it is settled as law. that could be key in potentially winning over senator susan collins' vote. certainly kavanaugh has another big meeting on the hill. he's right now meeting with senator claire mccaskill, later today senator leahy, also amy klobuchar and camela harris. also meeting with chuck schumer, who is leading the charge to get more documents released from his time in the bush white house. this is just two weeks from his confirmation hearing. >> sunlen, thank you very much for that update. >>> we're following two major developments right now. the first one on paul manafort's trial. the federal judge telling jurors to keep deliberating after they appear to be stuck on one of 18 counts. and more breaking news. president trump's former personal attorney and fixer michael cohen, who's facing possible criminal charges, is now

eastern c-span's landmark case of presents an in-depth look at roe v. wade. we will hear from los angeles time supreme court reporter david savage discussing judge kavanaugh's nomination and the abortion issue. >> c-span, were history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable-television companies and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> and live this morning here at the state department has ceremony marking the anniversary of the bombings in the u.s. embassies in kenya and also tanzania. we will be hearing from the deputy secretary of state and the assistant secretary of state for african affairs. also here today there will be families of the victims of the bombings gathered for today's ceremony. this is expected to start shortly it was scheduled to start at 8:00 eastern, just running a bit beyond the scheduled announced time

., landmark cases provides a look at roe v. wade. savage hear from david discussing judge kavanagh's nomination and the abortion issue. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," a discussion on american history and the u.s. congress with congressional historians richard baker, donald ritchie, and raymond smock. this program was recorded at the robert c. byrd center for congressional history and education in shepherdstown, west virginia. brian: ray smock, if you had to have a dinner party for people in history, say four or five people, who would you have at the table? mr. smock: well, i would want ben franklin there because he is a good friend of mine. [applause] mr. smock: and i would think i would like to sit down with dinner with franklin roosevelt, and i would like to have at that same dinner ronald reagan. and then, to keep a little moderation in between, my old boss tip o'neill. i think that would be a pretty good crowd. brian: don ritchie? mr. ritchie: i would probably go back to find some of those senators i've been writing about for

v. wade, but the reality is that a judge who understands his limited role and the judicial restrains, he should embrace is not going to go there and so i will -- >> gary, your opening statement. >> thank you for having me, eric, it's great to have with all of you and the real america outside the swamp but we will be talking about a swampy battle and for me this is my eighth supreme court nomination fight going back to 2005 when i was privilege today help found the judicial crisis network and we are in the middle of this fight because of what happened and how other judicial nominees were treated like judge borke and justice thomas, we are witnessing histerric like we do every one of these nomination fights but i want to share with you a few of the local hysterics. you might have heard cory booker for people who support judge kavanaugh. we are walking through valley of the shadow of death, you are either complicit in evil or you are either contributing to the wrong or you're fighting again

and they are likely to question him about grover way -- about roe v. wade. on tuesday, c-span's landmark cases presented in-depth look at roe v. wade. we will also hear from los angeles time supreme court reporter discussing his nomination and the abortion issue. >> last week and the young america's foundation hosted its annual student conference in washington dc. this portion featured remarks by political commentator dinesh to souza.-- dinesh d' this is an hour. >> he served as a speaker for the american foundation for generations of students and he is in exclusive lecturer with the foundation as well. speakers of the many the foundation will bring to your campus. please welcome dinesh d'souza to the stage. [laughter] --[applause] dinesh: how's it going? howdy. hey, how's it going? hello. how's it going? thank you. thank you very much. i'm really thrilled and honored to be here. this is the premier student organization on the campus. delighted to have this long-time association with young america's foundation. this couldn't be a more exciting moment. i'm ju