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Justice stephens, but justice scalia concurred so he had a separate opinion, and he had written a previous decision that was very similar. >> yes. >> the booker decision made the guidelines the sentencing guidelines advisory. >> why? why would the supreme court joined by some of the most conservative members, why would they do that? >> well, they determined that, in essence, the booker -- that if the guidelines were mandatory that it would violate the right to a jury trial to have jurors decide ...

Cory booker made him up entirely. but cory booker didnt stop there. he also invented his own identity. it turns out cory booker is not a product the streets of newark. hes a blue-eyed rich kid from an all-white suburb. his parents were ibm executives. you have to concede that whatever else he is, cory booker is a remarkable actor. hes the jussie smollett of democratic politics. a fraud, yes. but a deeply committed one. a man who has honed his skill and his skills on full display this week as boo...

The guidelines, the sentencing guidelines s advisory. they used to be mandatory. judges used to have to calculate the guidelines for sentencing purposes and then essentially apply a sentence within the guideline range. in a case called united states versus booker, the supreme court determined that the guidelines were -- are advisory now so they dont have to be applied in every case. you have to calculate them, but judges have more freedom to give effect to congress -- the various provisions in t...

Luck. >> quickly, james, were running out of time. i want to give you an opportunity. youre an american. your daughter sophia is an american. you say youve reached out to the state department, to your senators to get a visa. you havent been able to. tell anthony blinken interesting secretary of state, tell senators booker and menendez, whats going on so we can get this video to them and they help you. >> sure. i do have to say someone in bookers office has been in touch with us, thankfully. weve...

Entirely but cory booker didnt stop there. he also did invented his own identity. it turns out that cory booker is not a product of the streets of newark, not even close. he is in fact a blue eyed rich kid from an all white suburb. his parents were ibm executivesr . now you can judge what you have to concede that whatever else he is, cory t booker iser a remarkable actor. he is the jussie smollett of democratic politics. a fraud, yes, but a deeply committed one . a man who has honed his skills a...

Wanted viral moments but that was one. >> one of them, for certain. i was in the room at the time and i was watching the audience and her family behind her. all them in the front row were wiping tears out of the their eyes. she was, too. it was an emotional moment. it was striking, too, there were few democrats on that committee who did just that. defend her in such vigorous terms. >> yes. >> booker is different. of course, hes the one black member on the committee. he spoke to, you know, the im...

>> in a relatively short statement that was a good amount of legal jargon, walk us through what she was saying there, why it matters. >> basically, shes saying that with this issue of abortion, that like you said is still currently under attack, this is something that theres precedence there. theres saying theres a respect, that this issue has already been decided. and theres a process in which -- go ahead. >> im cutting in as i reserve the right to do. were going to listen to judge jackson, a q...

And our media our media dutifully did watch cory booker had no questions really. he just offered an extraordinary extemporaneous set of remarks. that moment hasnor kind of ruled the day after what was really republicans hijacking so much of this hearing. what we saw, senator , begins in or booker do to affirmr her is something that is deeply touching in a way because we know how deeply disrespected black women can be.la itsck bringing tears to my eyer right nowin, tears to my eyes yesterday. you...

Ass. delma." as joe biden said, he was a bad dude. the two became close? united by a common love of the street. strategy struck. by this book, cory booker was the mayor of new york. as booker later recalled was saddened and the rift where inches, sat there, but i felt so alienated that there was a golf as wide as the grand canyon between us and i could not reach out to save this young man. we drove back to a housing project and ive never seen him again since that day. thats a poignant story. but...

Shelling continues, in the hope of finding safe haven in a place like bill erotica. they pack up whatever they can, the lucky ones, make it through the humanitarian corridors, out of the terror of the fighting, and towns near the capitol. >> yesterday, we go with russian army through the park, where there are russian soldiers. they killed people. >> in the scale of this exodus is astonishing. >> this is the fourth day that we have organized at your headquarters here. in four days, more than 25,0...