Transcripts For CSPAN 20170407

The face of hardship. John adams was the only one who never owned a slave. Out of principle, not because he couldnt necessarily afford one. Out of principle. At 8 00, on the presidency, Barbara Perry talks about the traits of a great president. The sign of a good leader is a leader that is selfconfident but not arrogant. Selfconfident in his own leadership and in his intellect. He didnt worry about having really smart people around him. For our complete schedule, go to cspan. Org. Here was a yellow pad where they write down in the midst johnsons peace initiative. This had always been rumored. Bits and pieces have come out over the years. Ask nodded to Lyndon Johnson and he denied it to david frost. He always said that he had never played any role in doing that. Book onuthor of the Richard Nixons political career from his days in congress to his days as president. The way that the watergate team was assembled was clumsy. By young supervised men on this imposter who wanted to be the cat that brought the dead mouse to the president s tour. This evening, the hill Center Hosted a discussion on the relationship between the 13th amendment of the constitution and the incarceration of africanamerican men. See that live on cspan. Senate today, the confirmed the nomination of neil gorsuch to be the next associate justice on the Supreme Court. The vote was 5445. Three democrats joined all republicans president. Neil gorsuch is the 113th justice to sit on the high court. Here are some brief remarks from his new colleagues. We begin with chief Justice John Roberts. Youf Justice John Roberts quickly get to do the court as the court as opposed to these members. It becomes hard to think of. People look at their families this is a family. You do get new arrivals. It is a tremendous sense of loss. Just a wonderful colleague. Him in ours deliberations and we will miss him around the court. That is part of the process of the evolution of the court. We will welcome the new members with open arms. Be richer and the course of history because of the gradual turn over. You do get used to seeing the same people every day. You have lunch with the same people every day. It will be an interesting part of the changeover. Always used to say that when the court gets a new member, it changes everything, it changes everybody. Simple changes, we move the seats around. The same in the conference room. More fundamentally, it can cause. Ou to take a fresh look the new member will have a particular view on how issues should be addressed. It may be very different than what we have been following for some time. It is an exciting part of the length of the court. Justice oconnor could remember vividly the details of her first oral argument. Visibly telling us stories of what it was like in the room. What are the impressions you will take away from yours . Downe moment that i sat and was able to look out and see all of the people in the , that is the moment i will most intensely remember. Lawyers i had known for years setting at the table in front of us, ready to argue. Then, watching the intensity of everyones face. I had forgotten how much people believe and know that they are affected by the courts decisions. You see the anticipation and i cant actually say that it is pleasurable. You note in peoples faces, their concerns. Beside thew side that some parties were in. Is toet how important it people sometimes. When you are in your Office Reading the braves, you understand the voices that they are giving you. When you see their faces, it just reinforces that importance in a way that nothing else can. What is the other a motion . Absolute fear. Likeont know what it is to sit with eight other colleagues. To sit on the Supreme Court and listen to the questions of your colleagues is somewhat humbling. Just like justice oconnor, i will always remember that day. You had to have the awareness that everyone in that room was waiting for your first question. Yes. That i interesting is had gone in prepared with any number of questions. Most of them except the two i asked were by other justices. I was aware but i didnt know what the first question would actually be. Direction my what colleagues were going to go with their direction and what would be left for me to ask. The questions i asked were a product of the flow of the conversation. That was part of what chief Justice Roberts and associate justice had to say about their earliest days on the Supreme Court. Neil gorsuch joins the court after being confirmed by the Senate Earlier today by a 5445 vote. Secretary sean spicer the trumpis photo of Administration Officials receiving everything after President Trump ordered and an airstrike on a syrian airfield. The press secretary