Check in with the web special. Take a tour of germany state by state on d. W. Dot com. This is the dublin news live from berlin a major victory for President Trump as Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed as a u. S. Supremes court judge the eyes are fifty. The nays are forty eight Vice President mike pence reading out the tight results of a divisive senate vote both republicans and democrats believe the controversy surrounding kavanaghs appointment has fired up their base ahead of crucial midterm
elections. Also on the program a prominent saudi journalist enters his countrys consulate in turkey and then disappears authorities believe Jamal Khashoggi who has strongly criticized his countrys leadership may have been killed well go live to istanbul for the latest. Time brazilians go to the polls today in a president ial election plagued by division and Control Machine Clued in the public stabbing of one of the front runners. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring good to have you with us President Trump is celebrating a major domestic victory after the Republican Controlled Senate now only voted to confirm his nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice the move comes after weeks of parties and. In fighting over
accusations of Sexual Misconduct against the judge his appointment means the Supreme Court could have a conservative majority for years to come. Protesters say its their court but theyre not able to prevent what is happening Behind Closed Doors Brett Kavanaugh being sworn in as the one hundred fourteenth Supreme Court justice despite several occasions of Sexual Misconduct made against a judge the private ceremony took place just hours after the senate voted to confirm him on this vote the ayes are fifty the nays are forty eight the nomination of brit m. Cavanaugh of maryland to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed the vote was split almost entirely along party lines republicans voted in favor democrats against senator joe manchin of west virginia
was the lone democrat to support such kavanagh no republican voted against him this was not a political vote i dont like political votes i cannot get there are but everything i could call him from a. Young boy. I was there until ten thirty morning to Read Everything i just couldnt. Stop republican Lisa Murkowski had planned to vote no but then simply abstained and no would have resulted in a hung vote as a republican colleague steve daines was not in the senate yesterday to tip the balance in kavanaghs favor he was attending his daughters wedding in a gallery. Capitol Police Officers arrested several protesters in front of the Supreme Court well kavanah was sworn in the demonstrators for a few areas the man accused of Sexual Assault by three different women now a source in the nations highest court. No University Professor dr Christine Basie ford had testified in front of congress that cavanagh
assault to turn high school but a subsequent f. B. I. Investigation failed to prove a claims. Those who believe fords testimony now hope to punish the republicans in the november midterm elections. And in the studio with me now touching bucca us Affairs Specialist with the Aspen Institute here in berlin tyson thanks for coming in i just want to pick up on that last point of all report the democrats hoping to punish the republicans in november as midterm elections what what sort of impact do you think this whole cabin on Nomination Saga might have all National Action lets start with the energy that you see on the street there i mean you see protests throughout the country not just in washington very energized very angry motivated base its reminiscent of the tea party present protests against obamacare in Two Thousand And Ten which did lead to what they call a red wave that republican takeover of the house and major wins in the senate were
three weeks out though from the election and just to remind all of us three weeks out from the twenty sixteen election was about the time that the access Hollywood Tape was released so these three weeks are going to be a long time three weeks ago we were talking about the anonymous op that is the New York Times and the chaos in the white house so we dont really know what effect it will have they only say one week in politics is a very long time lets turn to President Trump a significant victory for him on the mystic scene how very significant its enormously significant he has now named two Supreme Court justices he is consult. David a firm conservative majority on the court there are really no swing votes on the Court Anthony Kennedy type or a Sandra Day Oconnor connor type on the court the expectation now is that Justice Roberts could play that Swinging Role to preserve the credibility of the institution but its an enormous win for conservatives and you know with kevin or now. As you as you mention the republicans have firm control of the supremes kota
we are we now looking at decades of conservative rulings or is judge kavanaugh going to surprise us if everything stays as it is now with nine Supreme Court justices were looking at a very firm conservative court for decades to come but there are many questions here one that some democrats have raised especially in the face is whether or not none Supreme Court justice is actually necessary you could eliminate two Supreme Court justice is and have a seven just the Supreme Court that has been the case in the past you could add Supreme Court justices none of the number of the justices in the Supreme Court is written into the constitution so that Congress Actually has a lot of power here and the effect of the american arland delay and these to enact ments has really energized people to think about what the Supreme Court should really look like and just to pick up on the second part of my question you think judge kevin or is going to be from the conservative as weve been expecting or is he going to surprise i think its no doubt that hes going to be very conservative
hes been vetted by the Federalist Society hes been hes a decades long track record which has been really hardened and proven to be consistently conservative they are trying not to the conservatives the republicans not to make the mistakes of the seventys and eightys to nominate Supreme Court justices who then track liberal and. There is also a suggestion that you know the Supreme Court could possibly now in the years to come work against the partisan divide in the sense that you now have four liberal justices facing five conservative justices so itll be for. Them too for the liberal justices to achieve anything they will need to reach across the aisle their has for the past twenty years thirty years there has been a light conservative majority on the Supreme Court those liberals have tried a Charm Offensive on people like Justice Kennedy and Sandra Day Oconnor to pull them over to their side but the real question we should be asking is why is that with all these cases bush v gore Citizens United over Marriage Equality the
obamacare case all these cases Voting Rights that its a five to four decision in the credibility of the court is based on Consensus Building why are we having these cut barely majority decisions being made in the Supreme Court that is hurting its credibility so in fact it is reflecting the partisan divide somewhat yes ok. Many thanks times from the Aspen Institute. And we move on now to turkey where suspicions are growing that a prominent Saudi Arabian journalist may have been killed inside the saudi consulate in stamboul u. S. Space Jamal Khashoggi a major critic of the saudi leadership and to the consulate last tuesday to secure documents for his forthcoming marriage saudi Officials Say he then left the building but he has not been seen since the turkish official whos unnamed has been quoted as saying the
a fifteen men team came from saudi Arabia Arabia to kill. The saudis have dismissed that accusation. And were going to cross to istanbul now get the latest from our correspondent there you leon you know what more do we know about this mysterious case would have took police been telling us. Well so far we have a media reports relying on these Anonymous Police sources and nothing more so to say thats not been confirmed yet but according to these reports turkish authorities believe that jamal was killed inside the saudi consulate that it was a preplanned murder as you mentioned a fifteen member team came from saudi arabia specifically for this and the debt body was later moved out of the Consulate Building as i said everything is still unconfirmed were waiting for the turkish authorities to officially table the evidence and the checks present add on is also expected to comment on the issue
what we do know is that jamal. Disappeared about five days ago not about but five days ago on tuesday around lunchtime when he entered after he entered the saudi consulate as you mentioned to obtain certain documents related to his upcoming wedding his fiance a turkish lady waved him goodbye outside of the consulate waiting for his quick return but he never really emerged and tell us a little bit more about. Why might he have been a target from the saudi perspective. Well Jamal Khashoggi is not known to be a long time dissident rather to the contrary he was a man very well connected to the saudi establishment he worked as an editor for saudi news Media Outlets he was a former advisor to an x. Intelligence chief over there but over the past year he became increasingly
critical of the saudi leadership naming the king crown prince. Of bin. He criticized for example the saudis a crackdown on female Rights Activists who were complaining for womens right to drive cars for example he has been living in cell fix selfimposed exile in the United States since last year and he was a contributor for example for the Washington Post opinion piece a section where he wrote repeatedly about politics about the war in vietnam and other controversial issues ok you know many thanks for that. Were going to take a look now at some of the other stories making news Around The World pope francis theorised further investigation into the Sexual Abuse Scandal surrounding the former archbishop of washington Theodore Mccarrick the pope himself has faced and
im president you called to resign over the affair from a form of Vatican Ambassador to the u. S. He accused the pontiff of having actively protected mccarrick from prosecution. The International Police Agency Interpol has made a formal request to china for information about its missing president main hallway disappeared during a trip to his home country last month hong kong newspaper says mang was arrested as part of a crackdown on corruption. People in brazil go to the polls today and whats being described as the countrys most polarized president ial election since the end of Military Rule in One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Five leading the Opinion Polls is a man some call the tropical trouble far right candidate will not know who is riding a wave of anger over widespread corruption and crime his main rival is leftist candidate ferdinando had done the former mayor of san pablo results are expected later today. Its the first right to voting in brazils president ial election
after a run up it certainly wasnt short on drama. Far right front runner she. Was stopped by late campaigning leftist former president louis think that the To Silva In Prison For Corruption was eventually reeled in eligible to stand his replacement for nanda how dad was confirmed as a candidate just three weeks ago. His comments about minorities and women had him hitting the headlines long before his stabbing and hes confident he will win. This this is the final push each of you who have been convinced to vote for me managed to get out and win your vote in a half more then well settle it in the first right and the first strident and then at the end of the month on the twenty eighth everyone can go to the beach and have a barbecue because we want to vote again leftist challenger how dad was not his
partys first choice support for him relies on the popularity of his mentor the jailed former president the candidate has warned voters not to be swayed by paulson and will use an empty figure who hasnt contributed for thirty years and hes going to contribute to brazil night the two main candidates could not be more different their visions on key issues such as Pension Reform and labor laws are polar opposites its expected that both. Will face each other again in a runoff vote on october twenty eighth. A lucky fuse yes has managed to snap up a version of bank sees best known works go with balloons for just over a Million Pounds or at least thats what that person thought. Moments after the Auction Members of the action how much an alarm sounded in part of the painting disappeared into a shredder hidden in its frame this photo later appearing on Banks Instagram page
with the caption going going gone. And its unclear by the way whether that painting is now worth even more money a quick reminder of our top story for you a political victory for u. S. President trump as the u. S. Senate narrowly confirms his Supremes Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this after an f. B. I. Report fails to corroborate accusations of Sexual Misconduct youre watching the news in berlin more from us as ever at the top of the hour up next here on g. W. Bushs leadership. Im not laughing at. Them but nice and laughing with you that you havent been deep into german culture. Predictive grammar they own you its all that
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