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Would begin the first in a series of hearings on the state of the federal judiciary in the 21st century. In this hearing we will investigate ideas for promoting ethics, accountability, and transparency in the federal courts. We focus on these ideas in our first hearing on the judiciary because they flow from two foundational principles of due process. First that no one can be a judge in his own case. Second, to form a Supreme Court Justice Felix frankfurter , justice must satisfy the appearance ...

Uranium enrichment. What can expect from the administration . We heard from secretary of state. Omp pao pompeo i would expect more tough talk this week but President Trump is disinclined to intervene militarily a broad. There was a lot of talk recently about pompeo beating the war drum. We have heard less about john bolton lately. President trump has been warning iran but at the same time saying it doesnt look good. I imagine we will hear him telling it iran to knock it off. Something to cut thi...

Good morning, warm welcome to Worldwide Exchange on cnbc. Im wilfred frost coming to you live from our studios in london today. Lets have a quick look in on futures this morning coming off a day of slight declines yesterday the dow down 0. 2 . The s p down 0. 3 . It comes off a couple of strong days today were pointing higher. 91 points or so for the dow. Nasdaq up 22 s p up 8 points. Well have more on the markets in a moment. First breaking news out of washington the Senate Passing a landmark t...

Decline by a less than a percent for the hang seng and shanghai down a quarter percentage point. In early trading in europe, there are red arrows across the board. The dax is down by a tenth of a percent. Same thing with the ftse cac is down by slightly more than that. Declines also in italy and spain. Looking at crude oil prices, you will see that crude oil is up about 18 cents to 57. 74 lets look at the tenyear yesterday the tenyear topping 2. 4 well look at that in a bit. Here it comes. Yep 2...

Ever. Really big deal. Welcome to bloomberg daybreak. Happy monday after the super bowl. Alix did you watch . Bed. i have to go to i thought it was one of the best, most exciting games. Alix what was the best part . David the end of first half when they hiked it back. In therew it to foles touchdown. Alix what happened to tom brady . David he will come back. He is a great player. Game. As not his best he played really well. 505 passing game. Alix in the market we are looking at a selloff continu...

The meeting will come to order. Robert frost once wrote home is the place when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Unquote. Unfortunately for far too many children in the foster care system that type of home is not available. Today, the Senate Finance committee will hear testimony annal alternatives that can reduce the reliance ons Foster Care Group homes. I have been pleased to work on this with Ranking Member wyden. I enjoy working with him on everything we work on. Keep it up. Thi...

Honored to be privileged to work with these men and women to be part of something larger them themselves. So in the taliban ranks they will talk about that a little later but i wanted to ask about the military trends and dynamics how strong is the taliban right now and how is the fight going, how would you explain whats going on besides the point youve already made that this is a big transition but they are overwhelmingly doing it on their own besides that how else should we think about the tren...

Security forces at the time they were trying to focus on another area that i think over time in the leadership and having a Corps Commander we went without one for about two and a half months so there was a little bit of a timeframe that they didnt have the right leadership they need it and once they moved the commander by the name of the Major General who was in town in the south they moved to the north when north when he got an opportunity to be on the ground and i think he made a difference i...

Louisiana governor updated reporters on his states preparations in response to party. He advisedorm that people remain vigilant. This is 15 minutes. Governor edwards good afternoon. Thank you for being with us. Obviously, things are not as bad as has been forecasted. We are thankful. Based upon the amount of rainfall, the wind is severity, there is a severity, long way to go. Thanve fared much better we feared might be the case. Many of us are taking it on the chin. In texas, we are going to be ...

Next, political analysts debate the future of the Republican Party. Topics include how millennials view the Trump Administration and the twoparty system. Christina bellantoni of the Los Angeles Times moderated the forum which was hosted by zocalo Public Square in los angeles. Usthank you all for joining here at the National Center for the preservation of democracy. I am the associate publisher of zocalo Public Square. I want to begin by thanking our hosts, the Japanese American National museum a...