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Icon ronald reagan committed to choosing a woman during his campaign. he also chose antonin scalia, in part because its italian american. thats according to his white house counsel. isnt it important to have a diverse group on the bench? >> not just diversity of personal identities and backgrounds, diversity in career experience as well so that the people who are making important decisions as judges dont just come from, ill say it, the federal prosecutor, former federal prosecutor bubble or from...

Affirmative action. and so, whats this about? it is about the use of the word black. thats what this comes down to. >> lets talk about that a little bit more because even republican-conservative icon, right, ronald reagan as we just mentioned committed to choosing a woman during his campaign. he also chose antonin scalia, as i said in part because he was italian american. that is according to his white house counsel. is -- isnt it important to have a diverse group on the bench representing every...

The government wants to be a national priority akin to dealing with terrorism, so i think the report has found serious findings, one in particular is a failure to record racial backgrounds of perpetrators and victims — the report says that is a must. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister tries to rally support from the cabinet — after the damning report into downing street parties. hes arrived in ukraine this afternoon in the last few minutes, to hold talks with the countrys presid...

The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse says its own inquiries had identified examples of abuse the police should have seen, but were not aware of. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more. ten, 15 years after this problem of gangs of men praying on often children from difficult backgrounds, giving them drink and drugs over months and abusing them. it is ten or 15 years since the country started to realise this was a problem. but this inquiry looking closely at six particular ...

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So, listen, theres something floating around in space for almost, look, almost seven years at this point. it is what space experts say is a rogue spacex rocket booster. and theyre saying now its on target to slam into the dark side of the moon. >> yeah. >> of course, the dark side. >> according to nasa this could happen by early march. lets discuss with an expert, janet ivy. the president of explore mars inc. is here to break it all down. known for her models and snazzy backgrounds. janet, thank...

Up. 76 percent of americans disagree largely over the fact talking about voter id there is a massive majority of people from all backgrounds who agree with the republicans but the left pushes the argument i just want to play this clip from friday i think he really captured what was going on with the left a tiny minority of activists driving everything. >> its not me that has changed it is the left is now made up of a small contingent who have gone mental and a large contingent who refused to cal...

African american talented people that you think we ought to be considering, let us know. so, you know, these things tend to change over time, and of course now the process begins, although i think it has to some extent already begun, looking into the backgrounds of these potential candidates. and of course this is why in recent years presidents of both parties have tended to choose people who are current judges or have judicial experience, because they have a written record and they hope there a...

With demographic attributes. of course there are qualified people of both genders, of all racesf and backgrounds to serve the united states supreme court. he doesnt have to say it and committed and he does that to over politicize d something as sacrosanctha and that should be free from politics as a supreme court. but right now ive never seenn polling numbers like this so quickly in the first t term. but people have turned on joe biden, particularly the center has cratered. independents are done...