Lastly, selfrestraint, which checks the wellintentioned urge to shortcircuit government by the people, the kind of restraint that jefferson spoke of when he warned of the unbridled third branch. I want to quote jefferson, our peculiar security is in the possession of a written constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction. Or the kind of restraint hamilton spoke of when he said in 1978 that the judiciary was beyond comparison, the weakest of three departments, having Neither Force nor will, but merely judgment. Because he meets this principled standard for confirmation, robert bork has earned my vote. He is a person of unquestioned integrity. His credentials are, as one of our witnesses per day, solid gold. His legal scholarship, together with his record on the bench, make him, in the chief justices view, not mine, as qualified as any candidate who has served the Supreme Court in the last 50 years. In short, he is precisely the kind of person we need on the Supreme Cou
Announcing the nomination of Merrick Garland. President barack obama good morning. Verybody please have a seat. Of the many powers and responsibilities that the constitution vests in the few are more consequential than appointing a Supreme Court justice particularly one that succeeds Justice Scalia one of the most influential jurrists of our time. The men and women who sit on the Supreme Court are the final arbiters of american law. They safeguard our rights. They ensure that our system is one of laws and not men. Theyre charged with the essential task of applying principles put to paper more than two centuries ago to some of the most challenging questions of our time. So this is not a responsibility that i take lightly. The decision that requires me to set aside shortterm expediency and narrow politics so as to maintain faith with our founders and perhaps more importantly with future generations. Thats why over the past several weeks ive done my best to set up a rigorous and comprehen
Of the heavy Police Presence. This has been a neighborhood, and this has been a source of concern for american and European Security people for years because of the support for isis and support for al qaeda in the neighborhood, and the discontent in the neighborhood. Richard clark, the former counterterrorism official joining us and his take of what is happening in brussels. We want to cross over the English Channel right now and talk to llama from london. Good morning to you. Yes, Prime Minister cameron did tweet saying how shocked he was at the attacks that happened this morning in brussels. We got through to Heathrow Airport and we spoke to Heathrow Airport that told us theres a heightened a visible heightened Security Offices on patrol at the airport right now. This is breaking news and the details are only just coming in. We are hearing there has been at least one explosion at a metro station in belgium, possibly three, and this, of course, comes after several people have been kil
This is obviously evidence that there was. There will be a lot of criticism now of the Belgian Police for taking this long after the paris attacks to find this gang. Theyll also be a reaction here in the United States at some airports where people worry about the security beforeou get to the airport, before you get to the security zone. This is the very vulnerable part of the airport where you get out of the car and walk up to the desk. No security there normally. So what happens at some airports in periods of tension is they start inspecting cars as they drive into the airport and that backs up traffic. We may see that happening here in the United States today. Okay, and y y know i want to ask too we have these reports from the belgian media of the three explosions at three other subway stations. Reaction to the potential of brussels . Well, i think in this sort of reported incidents. We have to be very careful to not give them all credible. We dont really know yet what happened. The
Artists. Won 7 grammys and nominated for 32 and won an Academy Award for purple rain and inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame in 2004 and ranked as number 27 on the list of one hundred greatest artists of all time. As tributes continue to pour in, we are working to learn more about the moments leading up to his death. Tmz broke the news this morning and spokely after we spoke to harvey leven. It never made accepts that he had the flu and he made the Emergency Landing. It didnt make sense. He did two big shows in atlanta and did just fine and his voice was great and he was fine and all of a sudden an hour later he makes an Emergency Landing 48 minutes from the city that he lives in. Makes an Emergency Landing in illinois to be rushed to the hospital. We were told that he was in bad shape in the hospital and they felt he was released too early but his people wanted to get him home. Officials in his home state are investigating the exact cause of the singers death. Princes music car