A very warm welcome to the ACODE Summit Moodle instance. This site is where we begin sharing our benchmark findings in anticipation of our Summit event this coming June. Please use this thread (or start another) to introduce yourself to others in this forum.
I'm a newcomer to the UK, arriving in a somewhat chilly Milton Keynes toward the end of January last year. My last six years have been with Open Polytechnic, a dedicated online/distance provider based in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. My work there was a natural platform for my new role as Director of TEL with the Open University. I have had opportunity to work with ACODE in my time in New Zealand - I know both Stephen Marshal and Michael Sankey well, and thoroughly endorse their expertise and dedication to open, distance and e-learning quality. I'm looking forward to welcoming them both to the UK in a few short months!
You can find more about me by way of intro at http://tinyurl.com/mnichols.
More importantly, the event itself. ACODE-UK promises to be a very rich few days of conversation, workshops, networking, insight, challenge, and strategic insight. Throughout the ACODE-UK journey we will learn more about our institutions, form a critical view of our practice, and learn from the breakthroughs others have made. The effort you're no doubt applying as I write this, in engaging stakeholders, asking questions, and gathering evidence, will be well rewarded.
The backdrop of Horwood House will be an excellent setting. I've stayed there for two different events since moving to the UK and have been impressed both times.


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Q: Flutter: How to use Markdown in showDialog? I'm trying to use Markdown (from package flutter_markdown: ^0.6.6) in a dialog box. Following example returns error:

RenderShrinkWrappingViewport does not support returning intrinsic
dimensions.

This is my code:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter_markdown/flutter_markdown.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  // This widget is the root of your application.
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      theme: ThemeData(
        primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
      ),
      home: MyHomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _MyHomePageState createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text('Package flutter_markdown'),
      ),
      body: Center(
        child: HelpButtonWithDialog(
          title: 'markdown test',
          content: '# Help Text\n\n* Text line 1\n*Text Line 2',
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class HelpButtonWithDialog extends StatelessWidget {
  final String title;
  final String content;

  HelpButtonWithDialog({
    required this.title,
    required this.content,
  });

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return IconButton(
      icon: Icon(Icons.help_outline),
      onPressed: () => showDialog(
        barrierDismissible: true,
        context: context,
        builder: (BuildContext ctx) => AlertDialog(
          title: Text(title),
          content: Markdown(
            data: content,
            shrinkWrap: true,
          ),
          actions: [
            TextButton(
              onPressed: () => Navigator.of(context).pop(),
              child: Text('OK'),
            )
          ],
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

A: I found a workaround by using Dialog and copying parts from AlertDialog. I also filed an enhancement request https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/89464 to the Flutter team to get this proper.
Here is the workaround code:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter_markdown/flutter_markdown.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  // This widget is the root of your application.
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      theme: ThemeData(
        primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
      ),
      home: MyHomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _MyHomePageState createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: Text('Package flutter_markdown'),
      ),
      body: Center(
        child: Column(
          mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
          children: [
            Text(
                'flutter_markdown: Please add example how to use in showDialog'),
            Text('https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/89464'),
            HelpButtonWithDialog(
              title: 'markdown test',
              content: '# Help Text\n\n* Text line 1\n* Text Line 2',
            ),
          ],
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

class HelpButtonWithDialog extends StatelessWidget {
  final String title;
  final String content;

  HelpButtonWithDialog({
    required this.title,
    required this.content,
  });

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    final ThemeData theme = Theme.of(context);
    final DialogTheme dialogTheme = DialogTheme.of(context);
    return IconButton(
      icon: Icon(Icons.help_outline),
      onPressed: () => showDialog(
        barrierDismissible: true,
        context: context,
        builder: (BuildContext ctx) => Dialog(
          child: Column(
            mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
            children: [
              Container(
                padding: EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(24.0, 24.0, 24.0, 24.0),
                child: DefaultTextStyle(
                  style:
                      dialogTheme.titleTextStyle ?? theme.textTheme.headline6!,
                  child: Text(title),
                ),
              ),
              MarkdownBody(
                data: content,
                shrinkWrap: true,
              ),
              TextButton(
                onPressed: () => Navigator.of(context).pop(),
                child: Text('OK'),
              ),
            ],
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}

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CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin : CNNW : September 28, 2018 11:00am-12:00pm PDT
the u.s. senate. mitch mcconnell, his leader, majority leader does, and he made that clear. it's going to be a question of whether mccanonnell is going toe okay with this. his decision whether he'll be okay, he being mcconnell, is simple math. if it's not just flake and he has susan collins and murkowski, he just needs one other senator to agree. mcconnell won't have a choice -- >> unless joe manchester-- >> it is the white house, the president, who has to okay an fbi investigation. they have said flat out, no, we're not going to do that. >> then they won't get their nominee. >> but the pressure again, just like it is on mitch mcconnell, to do this, to say we're going to do this fbi investigation, which is going to have a limited time, limited scope for one week, a general men and women's agreement. so those are the two outstanding factors right now about whether this week-long delay is actually going to happen, mitch mcconnell and the president of the united states. >> you know how the president feels about the fbi, deep state, all the rest of it. the president is going to get t
the u.s. senate. mitch mcconnell, his leader, majority leader does, and he made that clear. it's going to be a question of whether mccanonnell is going toe okay with this. his decision whether he'll be okay, he being mcconnell, is simple math. if it's not just flake and he has susan collins and murkowski, he just needs one other senator to agree. mcconnell won't have a choice -- >> unless joe manchester-- >> it is the white house, the president, who has to okay an fbi...
CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin : CNNW : September 24, 2018 12:00pm-1:00pm PDT
anger aides thought -- >> hang on. i'm hearing we have mitch mcconnell speaking about the supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. >> before they reviewed a lick of evidence, before they heard a minute of testimony, democrats already made up their mind and chose their tactics. delay, obstruct and resist. whatever it took, whatever the truth really was, they were going to do whatever they could to stop this qualified, experienced and mainstream nominee. democrats have signaled for months they would put on whatever performance the far left special interest demanded and throw all the mud, all the mud, they could manufacture. it's not like they didn't warn us, but even by the far left's standards, this shameful, shameful smear campaign has hit a new low. i get into the specifics in just a moment. i want to be perfectly clear about what has taken place. senate democrats and their allies are trying to destroy a man's personal and professional life on the basis of decades' old allegations that are unsubstantiated and uncorroborated. that, mr. president, is where we are. this is what the so-call
anger aides thought -- >> hang on. i'm hearing we have mitch mcconnell speaking about the supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. >> before they reviewed a lick of evidence, before they heard a minute of testimony, democrats already made up their mind and chose their tactics. delay, obstruct and resist. whatever it took, whatever the truth really was, they were going to do whatever they could to stop this qualified, experienced and mainstream nominee. democrats have signaled for...
The Lead With Jake Tapper : CNNW : September 24, 2018 1:00pm-2:00pm PDT
afternoon, majority leader mitch mcconnell, blamed democrats for all of these allegations, saying they're doing all they can to destroy kavanaugh's personal and professional life on the basis of decades-old allegations. and jake, judge kavanaugh will be continuing his own vigorous defense. he'll be on fox news tonight in an interview alongside his wife and really it's an unprecedented move for a supreme court nominee. >> never heard of anything like that. jessica schneider, thank you so much. >>> let's go back to our experts here. kaitlan collins, what does the fact that brett kavanaugh and his wife are doing an interview on a network that i think it's fair to say is generally friendly to the trump administration? is it desperation, smart politics? how do you see it? >> it shows how worried they are about these allegations and the mounting number of them coming after them. they're pretty concerned about that. that's why he's sitting down. it's no accident his wife is going to be there with him, showing a strong sign of support in light of these allegations, allegations of sexual a
afternoon, majority leader mitch mcconnell, blamed democrats for all of these allegations, saying they're doing all they can to destroy kavanaugh's personal and professional life on the basis of decades-old allegations. and jake, judge kavanaugh will be continuing his own vigorous defense. he'll be on fox news tonight in an interview alongside his wife and really it's an unprecedented move for a supreme court nominee. >> never heard of anything like that. jessica schneider, thank you so...
leaking it to the press. >> majority leader mitch mcconnell attacking democrats for keeping the misconduct allegations. now let's listen to senator susan collins of maine. >> that's why it's important that there be a very thorough interview and that we see bhoeth individua -- see both individuals respond to the allegations. there are questions, inconsistencies, fwa inconsistencies, gaps. that's why to be fair we need to know what happened. it's my understanding that the staff is doing interviews or ploe proposed to do interviews, and that, i assume, would be the pre-tllude to some soerrt of he. >> do you believe dr. ford? >> i don't know enough about dr. ford and her allegations yet to reach that kind of judgment. that's why having the opportunity to observe her being questioned, read a transcript or a deposition and make that kind of assessment is so important. obviously if judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be disqualifying. [ all talking at once ] >> you spoke to him on the phone the other day, what but say -- >> thank you. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> i wan
leaking it to the press. >> majority leader mitch mcconnell attacking democrats for keeping the misconduct allegations. now let's listen to senator susan collins of maine. >> that's why it's important that there be a very thorough interview and that we see bhoeth individua -- see both individuals respond to the allegations. there are questions, inconsistencies, fwa inconsistencies, gaps. that's why to be fair we need to know what happened. it's my understanding that the staff is...
CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto : CNNW : September 27, 2018 6:00am-7:00am PDT
days and the 40 year question. mitch mcconnell has a plan starting with blocking merrick garland that they will say they reshaped the american courtroom with neil gorsich and judge brett kavanaugh. it depends simply on her testimony today. >> that's it. we can't lose sight of what's at stake. this man is only 53 years old. and republicans have pulled out all the stops at every single point for the supreme court. and one thing i want to say is, as much as i don't think we should lose sight of this significance to all americans, when brett kavanaugh testifies today, it is not going to be about the law anymore. it is about this one man's life and he's going to sound very indig indignant, i believe. he's going to say, not that this is a high tech lynching, of course, because he can't talk about race, but he can talk about the partisance here. i think you will see a lot of that. the other thing i want to caution is that back in 1991, at least to the public, it seemed like a draw. you know, it was -- the question when we all were watching -- those of us who were watching it either in t
days and the 40 year question. mitch mcconnell has a plan starting with blocking merrick garland that they will say they reshaped the american courtroom with neil gorsich and judge brett kavanaugh. it depends simply on her testimony today. >> that's it. we can't lose sight of what's at stake. this man is only 53 years old. and republicans have pulled out all the stops at every single point for the supreme court. and one thing i want to say is, as much as i don't think we should lose...
Anderson Cooper 360 : CNNW : September 25, 2018 5:00pm-6:00pm PDT
about that. you take the aggregate of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's comments on the floor, you heard what the president said today, which was wildly off script and not what he had been advised to do and i think he had a variety of reasons for doing that, and the fact that he needed -- they needed to set this hearing i think three days ahead of time. so they had to do it today if they wanted to do it friday. they can always postpone it. but yes, it says -- you heard lindsey graham say this on sunday, you heard other senators say, this that basically they've made up their minds about the vote. >> why do you think the president wanted to make those comments today? >> two reasons. i think the president was frustrated because he had laughed at at unga during his speech -- >> the u.n. general assembly. >> u.n. general assembly. and i think he took his frustration for one forum and turned it toward another. i think he has been frustrated over days and days and days of watching the allegations against brett kavanaugh. he confided to a number of people around him after brett
about that. you take the aggregate of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's comments on the floor, you heard what the president said today, which was wildly off script and not what he had been advised to do and i think he had a variety of reasons for doing that, and the fact that he needed -- they needed to set this hearing i think three days ahead of time. so they had to do it today if they wanted to do it friday. they can always postpone it. but yes, it says -- you heard lindsey graham...
Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer : CNNW : September 28, 2018 3:00pm-4:01pm PDT
sold the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is expected to make a statement on kavanaugh and the latest fbi investigation. we will have live coverage of that. stand by. in the meantime, kavanaugh's high school friend mark judge says he will cooperate with the federal investigators. christine blasey ford says judge was in the room when she allegedly was assaulted by kavanaugh. talk about how the fbi probe might actually play out. we are joined by our crime and justice reporter. what will the fbi investigation look like? how long will it take? >> i think one of the first and important things to point out here, despite what some of the people on the hill are saying, the senators and even the white house, this is entirely being right now dictated by the white house. the fbi cannot just on its own start looking into brett kavanaugh's background again. this was requested by the white house and the fbi has all along they would only do this at the request of the fbi. so now we have a request from the white house, and from everything that we're being told certainly the parameters and wher
sold the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is expected to make a statement on kavanaugh and the latest fbi investigation. we will have live coverage of that. stand by. in the meantime, kavanaugh's high school friend mark judge says he will cooperate with the federal investigators. christine blasey ford says judge was in the room when she allegedly was assaulted by kavanaugh. talk about how the fbi probe might actually play out. we are joined by our crime and justice reporter. what will...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : September 22, 2018 1:00am-2:00am PDT
privilege of knowing or meeting. >> reporter: top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, declared to an audience of conservative activists that kavanaugh will be confirmed even though ford has yet to testify. >> you've watched the fight. you've watched the tactics. but here is what i want to tell you. in the very near future, judge kavanaugh will be on the united states supreme court. >> reporter: and there are other concerns up on capitol hill as to how the president's tweets will affect the nomination process. in the words of one republican senate staffer, the president's tweet about christine blasey ford was, quote, not helpful. jim acosta, cnn, the white house. >>> steven erlanger joining us now, chief diplomatic correspondent in europe for the "new york times." he is joining us via a skype. also a pleasure to have you. we continue to follow the negotiations of whether this testimony will happen at all. the proposal that establishes that no witnesses will be allowed to be part of it and that kavanaugh the defense will speak first. is this shaping up to be a fair hearing for fo
privilege of knowing or meeting. >> reporter: top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, declared to an audience of conservative activists that kavanaugh will be confirmed even though ford has yet to testify. >> you've watched the fight. you've watched the tactics. but here is what i want to tell you. in the very near future, judge kavanaugh will be on the united states supreme court. >> reporter: and there are other concerns up on capitol hill as to how the president's...
CNN Tonight With Don Lemon : CNNW : September 25, 2018 12:00am-1:00am PDT
judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley and the majority leader mitch mcconnell on doing whatever is humanly possible. there may not be much left to do humanly and politically possible to keep republicans linked arms about a process and an eventual vote to try to see if brett kavanagh can be confirmed before the mid terms. i think rosenstein and the story of "the new york times" caught the president's attention, but only momentarily. and he may have thought and the white house may have perhaps engineered this entire fire drill this morning, if you will, to take our attention away, understandably, from the kavanagh scenario. >> i'm glad you said that. >> because it felt that way because of the rapidity with which the firing resignation spread across washington, quick confirmations on something that is typically not rapidly confirmed by this white house. so it had the feeling to me. look, don, i've been doing the book tour thing. i'm buffered by this. i'm not in the trenches hour to hour day to day. but that's how it felt to me. i do believe and i know for a fact the white
judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley and the majority leader mitch mcconnell on doing whatever is humanly possible. there may not be much left to do humanly and politically possible to keep republicans linked arms about a process and an eventual vote to try to see if brett kavanagh can be confirmed before the mid terms. i think rosenstein and the story of "the new york times" caught the president's attention, but only momentarily. and he may have thought and the white house...
At This Hour With Kate Bolduan : CNNW : September 26, 2018 8:00am-9:00am PDT
a committee vote for friday literally the day after you have mitch mcconnell telegraphing he might have a floor vote as early as monday. >> you called the process a sham because grassley did schedule this tentative vote on friday. as grassley points out and you know from your time in the senate, committee rules require three days notice for a vote. grassley waw laying the groundwork for a possible vote. why is that a sham? >> i think the optics are horrible. it sends the message that they are inclined to proceed here. you have republicans calling this a smear. mitch mcconnell has said that dr. ford is perpetrating a smear. >> can we acknowledge that the timing of the vote is committee rules? >> they can notice it on provide and have the committee vote next week. there is a three-day notice period but they don't need to put preparations in place as quickly as friday. they are in an artificial timeline because they are hell bent on confirming judge kavanaugh no matter what christine blasey ford has to say. i think you will see tomorrow dr. ford is somebody who is extremely credible a
a committee vote for friday literally the day after you have mitch mcconnell telegraphing he might have a floor vote as early as monday. >> you called the process a sham because grassley did schedule this tentative vote on friday. as grassley points out and you know from your time in the senate, committee rules require three days notice for a vote. grassley waw laying the groundwork for a possible vote. why is that a sham? >> i think the optics are horrible. it sends the message...
Early Start With Christine Romans and Dave Briggs : CNNW : September 25, 2018 1:00am-2:00am PDT
washington post" reports that president trump called mitch mcconnell on saturday demanding he call a vote on the kavanaugh nomination. >> one official telling cnn the president has been pushing for an offense after the nominee after a second accuser sur fafs. the allegation from debby ramirez be sourced. we are seeing signs of that from orrin hatch who calls ramirez's allegations phony. he is pointing a finger to the democrats. >> it is amazing these allegations come out of nowhere at the last minute and not brought up earlier in the process. it is not untypical for our friends on the other side to pull that kind of crap. >> more from phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> reporter: christine, there is no shift in posture. if anything, republicans have gotten more aggressive to move forward with the brett kavanaugh nomination. top republican aides saying to me, one in particular saying, they are more angry than worried about the nomination. believing the allegations are related to a democratic smear campaign. the democrats on the other side of thing saying this is more of a reason to h
washington post" reports that president trump called mitch mcconnell on saturday demanding he call a vote on the kavanaugh nomination. >> one official telling cnn the president has been pushing for an offense after the nominee after a second accuser sur fafs. the allegation from debby ramirez be sourced. we are seeing signs of that from orrin hatch who calls ramirez's allegations phony. he is pointing a finger to the democrats. >> it is amazing these allegations come out of...
mueller. mitch mcconnell and paul ryan can no longer make any credible claim that the mueller investigation is anything but at risk. they need to do their job. they need to understand that our role is as a check and balance and a defender of our democracy, and right now they're completely falling down on the job. >> if rosenstein is fired, congressman, do you think potentially he could be a witness in any investigation that mueller and his team are engaged in as far as obstruction of justice is concerned? >> absolutely. if in these private conversations with the president where the president is outlying his grievances against the deputy attorney general, the president is essentially giving evidence of why he may be motivated to fire rod rosenstein. it is not unlike the evidence the president gave when he talked to lester holt and said that he had rusher on h-- russi when he decided to fire james comey. it is certainly more than possible and rod rosenstein may have more information about the firing of james comey. i think all of these things will be pertinent to the mueller inv
mueller. mitch mcconnell and paul ryan can no longer make any credible claim that the mueller investigation is anything but at risk. they need to do their job. they need to understand that our role is as a check and balance and a defender of our democracy, and right now they're completely falling down on the job. >> if rosenstein is fired, congressman, do you think potentially he could be a witness in any investigation that mueller and his team are engaged in as far as obstruction of...
happening in mitch mcconnell's office. >> there is a huddle going on right now in mitch mcconnell's office over on the senate side of the capitol. i just came from there. there is a flurry of activities, republican senators racing in and out. and i spoke with senator lisa murkowski as she was going into the majority leader's office and headed into this huddle with other top republicans and asked her about the specific proposal from jeff flake for this one-week delay for an investigation to happen. she said she supports it. she notably says i support the fbi having an opportunity to have some closure on this. she importantly did say it has to be limited in scope. as we're seeing republicans and some democrats like joe manchin add his support to the delay. i talked to a top republican, senator cornyn, on the way in. he said they are certainly exploring jeff flake's proposal. he is not in support of it but he gave an assurance that he would look into this. he emphasized the promise made to senator flake was to look at specifically the fbi reopening the allegations based around dr. ford. so th
happening in mitch mcconnell's office. >> there is a huddle going on right now in mitch mcconnell's office over on the senate side of the capitol. i just came from there. there is a flurry of activities, republican senators racing in and out. and i spoke with senator lisa murkowski as she was going into the majority leader's office and headed into this huddle with other top republicans and asked her about the specific proposal from jeff flake for this one-week delay for an investigation...
? which is to have the vote, yea or nay. mitch mcconnell is signaling that in no uncertain terms he will move forward with an up or down vote on the senate floor, but all eyes are on these three possible republican holdouts, these three republican senators that are really in question, have been from beginning but especially today. sunlen serfaty has that on capitol hill. what's the latest there? >> well, kate, certainly as mitch mcconnell pushes ahead and says he is pushing ahead with an up or down vote some time soon, he said some time in the near future on the senate floor, as he says that, though, it certainly is significant that these key swing vote senators, of course, we talked about them a lot in recent days, like like lisa murkowski, she made a significant statement this morning to my colleague manu raju which is not in line with the rest of her party says, indicating she believes an fbi investigation over all of these allegations would do a lot to clear the air. here's what she said earlier this morning. >> senator, do you think there should be a full fbi investigation into
? which is to have the vote, yea or nay. mitch mcconnell is signaling that in no uncertain terms he will move forward with an up or down vote on the senate floor, but all eyes are on these three possible republican holdouts, these three republican senators that are really in question, have been from beginning but especially today. sunlen serfaty has that on capitol hill. what's the latest there? >> well, kate, certainly as mitch mcconnell pushes ahead and says he is pushing ahead with an...
that mitch mcconnell reached out to the president after he tweeted some pretty harsh things about the accuser, pretty harsh things about the process and condemning democrats, basically saying, mr. president, you aren't helpful to this process. i wonder what these calls are going to be tonight after this. does the president say anything more? i mean if you think about it, this is sort of the last message that we're going to hear from this white house about brett kavanaugh, and then tomorrow morning the first thing we're going to hear is from this woman. some of her testimony is already out. we heard some of it in "the washington post." so i don't think it is helpful when you are thinking about the people who are really going the make the decision after this testimony that we're hearing tomorrow, first from professor blasey ford and then from brett kavanaugh. >> kaitlan collins, you have been checking in with your sources. what are you hearing? >> well, some of them think he did a good job. it depends on if you are asking people still in the white house, people in the room or people tha
that mitch mcconnell reached out to the president after he tweeted some pretty harsh things about the accuser, pretty harsh things about the process and condemning democrats, basically saying, mr. president, you aren't helpful to this process. i wonder what these calls are going to be tonight after this. does the president say anything more? i mean if you think about it, this is sort of the last message that we're going to hear from this white house about brett kavanaugh, and then tomorrow...
At This Hour With Kate Bolduan : CNNW : September 3, 2018 8:00am-9:00am PDT
history. mitch mcconnell warned against trump picking him for that reason. trump ignored that and picked him anyway. when the archivist said we won't be able to reduce all his material until late october, senate republicans said we will hold it on september 4th anyway. as a result, there's 3.5 million pages of documents being concealed that senators have not seen prior to this hearing getting under way. at this point, you have to ask, what's the point of democrats showing up? i would consider walking out of the hearing tomorrow. you cannot act like this is business as usual. this is not normal. i think democrats need to respond in kind. otherwise, they risk lending legitimacy to a process that's fundamentally illegitimate. >> i want to get to the idea of walking out or not showing up in a second. you talk about the paper trail. kavanaugh's record. here is what i'm hearing from republicans. what's the best way to gauge what kind of judge someone is going to be? it's looking at the 12 years that that very someone has been a judge. there's a lot of cases. that's a lot of a paper trai
history. mitch mcconnell warned against trump picking him for that reason. trump ignored that and picked him anyway. when the archivist said we won't be able to reduce all his material until late october, senate republicans said we will hold it on september 4th anyway. as a result, there's 3.5 million pages of documents being concealed that senators have not seen prior to this hearing getting under way. at this point, you have to ask, what's the point of democrats showing up? i would consider...
Inside Politics : CNNW : September 12, 2018 9:00am-10:00am PDT
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Wolf : CNNW : September 20, 2018 10:00am-11:00am PDT
committee and in the days that follow. i'm sure mitch mcconnell will call for a vote assume assuming that all 51 republicans are there. even if 50 are there, he will be confirmed because the vice president as president of the senate will cast the tie breaking vote. where is the vote count right now? >> it's not so much where the vote count is, but this is a bad mark against the u.s. senate. rushing something through saying if she is not there. she wants a real investigation done. everybody talks about anita hill. a republican administration said okay, put everything on pause. we will have the fbi do a real background. they made many of them available to testify before we had a mark. they want to avoid this. supposed 3 there is an eyewitness. the republicans have refused to call him and put him under oath to talk about it. i don't blame the victim for saying why are you stacking this? why can't we have an honest, a truthful discussion of what happened? all they care is to rush it through. that's going to end up being a real stain on the united states senate's reputation. it d
committee and in the days that follow. i'm sure mitch mcconnell will call for a vote assume assuming that all 51 republicans are there. even if 50 are there, he will be confirmed because the vice president as president of the senate will cast the tie breaking vote. where is the vote count right now? >> it's not so much where the vote count is, but this is a bad mark against the u.s. senate. rushing something through saying if she is not there. she wants a real investigation done....
CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera : CNNW : September 22, 2018 12:00pm-1:01pm PDT
ask to push this conversation forward. let's listen to mitch mcconnell yesterday, the senate majority leader. >> you've watched the fight. you've watched the tactics. but here's what i want to tell you. in the near future, judge kavanaugh will be on the united states supreme court. so my friends, keep the faith. don't get rattled by all of this. we're going to plow right through it and do our job. i know you wanted to get in on this conversation. senator mcconnell is saying he doesn't believe for it or even if she's being truthful, it doesn't matter? >> he clearly is going to have an open mind and listen to what she has to say. but they've been questioning -- >> they have confidence that he will be confirmed. and look, i understand the anguish that judge -- dr. ford is going through. certainly the safety threats and the special considerations that they have. while the democrats talk about arbitrary deadlines by those on the right, i see arbitrary delays by those on the left with regard to her own attorney says she wants to tell her story. republicans are providing that forum,
ask to push this conversation forward. let's listen to mitch mcconnell yesterday, the senate majority leader. >> you've watched the fight. you've watched the tactics. but here's what i want to tell you. in the near future, judge kavanaugh will be on the united states supreme court. so my friends, keep the faith. don't get rattled by all of this. we're going to plow right through it and do our job. i know you wanted to get in on this conversation. senator mcconnell is saying he doesn't...
New Day With Alisyn Camerota and John Berman : CNNW : September 24, 2018 4:00am-5:01am PDT
senate. there will be more questions about who knew what and when today. mitch mcconnell's office and chuck grassley's office say they did not know about this in advance. >> can we just ask, just step back and remember that republicans kept the supreme court at eight seats, at justices for a year. they had no hearings, no vote on merrick garland for a year. why does the hearing have to be next week? why not next week? if the allegations are so controversial, let's investigate them and see, what is the big rush? >> the senate has been conducting an investigation, and the democrats have been asking for an investigation while boycotting the real investigation going on. they would have had an opportunity already this week to question everybody from judge kavanaugh to all of the other people alleged to be at that party. that was a bipartisan investigation that is supposed to be going on, but when you have the democrats refusing to show up it rings hollow as they are -- >> there was no hearing. >> the senate staff has been conducting an investigation this entire week, and after yesterday's
senate. there will be more questions about who knew what and when today. mitch mcconnell's office and chuck grassley's office say they did not know about this in advance. >> can we just ask, just step back and remember that republicans kept the supreme court at eight seats, at justices for a year. they had no hearings, no vote on merrick garland for a year. why does the hearing have to be next week? why not next week? if the allegations are so controversial, let's investigate them and...
all accounts, and mitch mcconnell who had been concerned about the amount of paperwork that the senate would have to go through because kavanaugh had been staff secretary under george bush, and mitch mcconnell has also dug in and are trying to bring it to a close. you saw lindsay graham talk about i will listen to the lady but we are going to go ahead. looking like you are trying to rush the process, i think, comes with risks. i also understand people who argue that if mrs. ford makes an allegation and has not come forward to back it up that does cause damage to somebody's representation, and i think that for a very long time part of what has happened to the me too movement realigned the balance of power to some extent. we will see just how much, i think, with this case. >> what is the feeling inside the white house with this unexpected pothole they have hit on the what -- what was the fast track to the nomination? >> the same feeling they have had for several days. they are frustrated by it and the frustration has grown since the account emerged, and when the letter emerged the
all accounts, and mitch mcconnell who had been concerned about the amount of paperwork that the senate would have to go through because kavanaugh had been staff secretary under george bush, and mitch mcconnell has also dug in and are trying to bring it to a close. you saw lindsay graham talk about i will listen to the lady but we are going to go ahead. looking like you are trying to rush the process, i think, comes with risks. i also understand people who argue that if mrs. ford makes an...
Inside Politics : CNNW : September 16, 2018 5:00am-6:00am PDT
president is listening to mitch mcconnell, it seems, no. his tweet last night was that republican leaders are clueless and that they need to fight for border wall funding and he's willing to shut down the government for it. >> he never believes congressional leaders when they say that midterms are different from your presidential campaign. >> the mistake that democrats made in 2010 was not embracing the president. i just won this huge presidential. how can you not embrace me? barack obama was differential to the senate leaders in that race and for better or worse, kept a low profile and president trump is taking a different approach. >> when the numbers took an end of summer tank for the republicans, the question is, is that a break you can reverse or mitigate or will that cement? that's the big question. next for us here, brett kavanaugh supreme court nominee vote is on for this week even as he denies that he assault aid woman in high school. >>> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh forcefully denying that he assault aid woman while in high school. susan collins of maine and lisa murkow
president is listening to mitch mcconnell, it seems, no. his tweet last night was that republican leaders are clueless and that they need to fight for border wall funding and he's willing to shut down the government for it. >> he never believes congressional leaders when they say that midterms are different from your presidential campaign. >> the mistake that democrats made in 2010 was not embracing the president. i just won this huge presidential. how can you not embrace me?...
New Day With Alisyn Camerota and John Berman : CNNW : September 4, 2018 4:00am-5:01am PDT
leader mitch mcconnell memoir is a long game. he has certainly b lly played i this case. four-year block aid of an unprecedented number of obama's judiciary nominees through a filibuster when he was minority leader. according to the congressional research service, over the entire history of the senate, before president obama, just 68 judicial and executive branch nominees were blocked and required closure which forces an up or down vote. by contrast, 79 of president obama's nominee required cloture in 2013 alone. that's when fed up with the obstruction, harry reed invoked the so-called nuclear option and changed the senate rules to confirm lower court and cabinet nominees by a simple majority, not a super one of 60. back then mitch mcconnell said simply this -- >> you'll regret this and you may regret it a lot sooner than you think. >> a lot sooner than you think. and he was proven right. just three years later, now in the majority, mcconnell refused to hold any hearings on obama supreme court nominee merrick garland until after the 2016 election. then mcconnell extended the nuclear opti
leader mitch mcconnell memoir is a long game. he has certainly b lly played i this case. four-year block aid of an unprecedented number of obama's judiciary nominees through a filibuster when he was minority leader. according to the congressional research service, over the entire history of the senate, before president obama, just 68 judicial and executive branch nominees were blocked and required closure which forces an up or down vote. by contrast, 79 of president obama's nominee required...
mitch mcconnell and the members on the senate judiciary committee moving forward without airing out the allegations publicly simply wasn't an option. take a look at some of the republican senators who have very real questions. >> we have a lot of questions and inconsistencies and gaps. that's why, to be fair to both, we need to know what happened. if judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be disqualifying. >> we have to see it as it unfolds. like i say, these are serious allegations and as soon as she came forward, she deserved to be heard. that's what we're doing as a committee. >> reporter: the big question now is what happens at this public hearing. and in the wake of the public hearing, brett kavanaugh on the glide path to confirmation, will he now get the requisite number of votes? everything will mostly hinge on who believes whom at the public hearing. we have seen this over the last 72-to-94 hours. those are the big questions going forward. i will tell you this, there is one thing to keep a close eye on. there is a split with the democrats and republicans ov
mitch mcconnell and the members on the senate judiciary committee moving forward without airing out the allegations publicly simply wasn't an option. take a look at some of the republican senators who have very real questions. >> we have a lot of questions and inconsistencies and gaps. that's why, to be fair to both, we need to know what happened. if judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be disqualifying. >> we have to see it as it unfolds. like i say, these are...
leader mitch mcconnell up on capitol hill where there is growing doubt about whether this hearing will actually go ahead as planned. so let's go to our senior congressional correspondent manu raju. what are you hearing? >> senator mcconnell did have a meeting with the committee republicans about an hour or so ago and republicans who emerged from that meeting said that they are going to continue with the monday hearing for now and they will offer dr. ford an opportunity to testify either in public or in private. and they will see what happens. at the moment republicans are not considering delaying that monday hearing. now, they still have not heard from her attorney, but behind the scenes they are still moving forward on another front, chuck grassley's staff is calling people like judge kavanaugh about this incident as well as other witnesses, alleged witnesses, of this incident. they say that they made contact with those folks via phone. but they will not testify at this hearing. now, democrats are demanding to reopen an fbi background check before any hearing goes forward. and we
leader mitch mcconnell up on capitol hill where there is growing doubt about whether this hearing will actually go ahead as planned. so let's go to our senior congressional correspondent manu raju. what are you hearing? >> senator mcconnell did have a meeting with the committee republicans about an hour or so ago and republicans who emerged from that meeting said that they are going to continue with the monday hearing for now and they will offer dr. ford an opportunity to testify either...
rejecting. senator mitch mcconnell, majority leader, made it clear to testify publicly or privately and they plan to move forward no matter what. >> she's been asking for the opportunity to be heard. and she's going to be given the opportunity to be heard on monday. as senator cornyn pointed out, privately if she prefers or publicly if she prefers. monday is her opportunity. >> if she is not going to be part of the hearing, i think that that would be a very interesting and unfortunate turn of events. >> reporter: and the last comment of lisa murkowski, a key republican senator who wanted to have this hearing to understand the exactly what is being alleged before deciding how to vote. but democrats are calling for just not these two witnesses to testify but also potentially a third witness. the man mark judge, the person who was alleged to have been at this incident by christine ford. in her "washington post," to "the washington post" saying that judge was there. now, judge was contacted by the senate judiciary committee and just responded to the committee in a letter from his attorney s
rejecting. senator mitch mcconnell, majority leader, made it clear to testify publicly or privately and they plan to move forward no matter what. >> she's been asking for the opportunity to be heard. and she's going to be given the opportunity to be heard on monday. as senator cornyn pointed out, privately if she prefers or publicly if she prefers. monday is her opportunity. >> if she is not going to be part of the hearing, i think that that would be a very interesting and...
CNN Tonight With Don Lemon : CNNW : September 25, 2018 7:00pm-8:00pm PDT
female outside counsel to question ford and kavanaugh. this is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell describing her and why they need her. watch this. >> we have hired a female assistant to go on staff and to ask these questions in a respectful and professional way. we want this hearing to be handled very professionally, not a political sideshow like you saw put on by the democrats when they were questioning judge kavanaugh. >> there's a lot there. i mean there's no women on that committee, right? a female assistant, so they can ask questions in a respectful and professional way. are they not capable of doing that themselves? >> well, not only that, don, but they've just announced tonight the identity of the attorney who will be apparently questioning dr. ford at the hearing on thursday. >> according to "the washington post," but go on. >> that's right. they just put out a press release as well. it's a sex crimes prosecutor, so the message that's being sent is that the woman who has come forward with this allegation needs to have a prosecutor questioning her. she's also been denigrated at a fem
female outside counsel to question ford and kavanaugh. this is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell describing her and why they need her. watch this. >> we have hired a female assistant to go on staff and to ask these questions in a respectful and professional way. we want this hearing to be handled very professionally, not a political sideshow like you saw put on by the democrats when they were questioning judge kavanaugh. >> there's a lot there. i mean there's no women on that...
we are seeing is a political strategy. i don't know if it's mitch mcconnell who has been so effective as a republican leader of the senate over the years or chuck grassley. but they have stripped everything away and made this is very stark choice for professor blasey. she could only do it chuck grassley's way. she could only do it on an island. one of the lessons that anita hill learned is that when you are on an island it can be excruciating. >> yeah. i do not envy the position that professor ford is in right now to make this decision. you are absolutely right about the politics here, jon. there is in doubt. this is what having the gavel means. this is what having the control of the united states senate and the majority on the judiciary committee. you get to set the rules of how committee process plays out. so there is no doubt that for mitch mcconnell who also, i am sure, does not want a cloud over this. you heard suzanne collins say this would be a terrible way for this to end. but nobody got to hear from professor ford and judge brett kavanaugh. yet, the republicans are
we are seeing is a political strategy. i don't know if it's mitch mcconnell who has been so effective as a republican leader of the senate over the years or chuck grassley. but they have stripped everything away and made this is very stark choice for professor blasey. she could only do it chuck grassley's way. she could only do it on an island. one of the lessons that anita hill learned is that when you are on an island it can be excruciating. >> yeah. i do not envy the position that...
been talking about -- >> sure. >> -- for the last year, it makes mitch mcconnell and chuck grassley's job here about how to calibrate this precarious. and so they don't want to be seen in any way -- you saw it in chuck grassley's statement, sort of just rushing this through, or not giving proper time to this. and yet, they don't want their nominee to be derailed here, either. the president's nominee. so they have to walk a fine line. we're at monday afternoon now. thursday is not that far away. >> in a sense, it seems so far away. >> a lifetime in politics, but to go through this in that way that everyone on the committee feels they have all the information they need in order to move forward a vote on recommending kavanaugh or not to the full senate, it seems to me that may take a little bit more time. so, i don't -- i would write that in pencil right now. i would not necessarily write that -- >> okay, in pencil. i want to read. susan collins is saying both kavanaugh and ford should testify. that's happened in the last couple of hours. i want to read a tweet from alyssa milano, who ha
been talking about -- >> sure. >> -- for the last year, it makes mitch mcconnell and chuck grassley's job here about how to calibrate this precarious. and so they don't want to be seen in any way -- you saw it in chuck grassley's statement, sort of just rushing this through, or not giving proper time to this. and yet, they don't want their nominee to be derailed here, either. the president's nominee. so they have to walk a fine line. we're at monday afternoon now. thursday is not...
of credibility. but i think that mitch mcconnell is determined not to lose this fight. so he's going to push a vote forward, and i think that there is probably some fierce horse trading going on behind the scenes right now with some of the squishier senators, a number of which i'm hearing in the rumor mill that the number that are squishy is now up to six or seven, not just the two. but i think that mcconnell is going to press this forward. he looks at this as an existential challenge to his leadership and with the possibility of the house flipping and the possibility even of the senate being in play, he needs to push the ball down the field in his calculus as far as he can, as quickly as he can. and there's a lot of damn the consequences going on inside the gop right now. you know, this whole crisis has strongly solidified the democrats and strongly solidified the republicans right now. so we are at loggerheads, and i think what's going to happen here is that mcconnell looks at this purely from an operational standpoint. he's going to drive it as fast and as far as he can. i think t
of credibility. but i think that mitch mcconnell is determined not to lose this fight. so he's going to push a vote forward, and i think that there is probably some fierce horse trading going on behind the scenes right now with some of the squishier senators, a number of which i'm hearing in the rumor mill that the number that are squishy is now up to six or seven, not just the two. but i think that mcconnell is going to press this forward. he looks at this as an existential challenge to his...
Inside Politics : CNNW : September 2, 2018 5:00am-6:01am PDT
mitch mcconnell said he would put together a gang and figure out how to properly remember the senator because john mccain was involved in basically any gang in the senate whether it was trying to pass immigration reform in 2013 or, you know, trying to stave off a filibuster at times back in 2017 when it ultimately failed. but i think that there will be -- there will be a struggle to kind of replace that bipartisanship of gravitas the senator brought. we felt that missing from the senate halls in the last eight or nine months. >> speaking of primaries, tom harper from delaware has a primary this week. he is somebody who i think always tried to be more of a moderate democrat. let's see how close his opponent gets because that is the kind of chilling impact that certainly we've seen the last eight years in the gop. if that kind of thing starts happening with democrats now, i think that will make it harder for democrats like chris coons to be bipartisan and defy their own party. >> it's not a straight line. there are so many different dynamics in play whether or not this will actu
mitch mcconnell said he would put together a gang and figure out how to properly remember the senator because john mccain was involved in basically any gang in the senate whether it was trying to pass immigration reform in 2013 or, you know, trying to stave off a filibuster at times back in 2017 when it ultimately failed. but i think that there will be -- there will be a struggle to kind of replace that bipartisanship of gravitas the senator brought. we felt that missing from the senate halls...
CNN Newsroom With Ana Cabrera : CNNW : September 23, 2018 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT
a number of republicans including the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who called president trump to tell him that would not help the cause. that would not help get brett kavanaugh confirmed. since then we haven't seen the president wade into this. he sent out a tweet about the dinner with shinzo abe. it did not have to do with brett kavanaugh's nomination. i wanted to report about some reporting we've seen from the washington post that brett kavanaugh has spent several hours at the white house going through mock confirmation hearings with aides, white house aides play acting as specific senators throwing questions at him repeatedly about christine blasey ford's accusations, about his time at georgetown prep school, et cetera, et cetera. according to that reporting, there were certain questions that kavanaugh did not want to answer but obviously the white house is trying to prepare him as best as possible for that hearing on thursday, ana. >> boris sanchez in new york. jessica snider in washington. thank you both. >>> let's talk it over now with cnn politics reporter chris d
a number of republicans including the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who called president trump to tell him that would not help the cause. that would not help get brett kavanaugh confirmed. since then we haven't seen the president wade into this. he sent out a tweet about the dinner with shinzo abe. it did not have to do with brett kavanaugh's nomination. i wanted to report about some reporting we've seen from the washington post that brett kavanaugh has spent several hours at the...
questioning her account an twitter and wondering if it ever happened. and you have mitch mcconnell call the president and basically said could you please stop tweeting. you are not helping us. and by this weekend, the president did not like chuck grassley's tweets moving back the deadline. he didn't like the sense that republicans were continuing to negotiate with her instead of setting a deadline and sticking to it. and then he called mcconnell and was frustrated himself saying we need to vote for brett kavanaugh. they have had enough time and they're not doing anything. we have seen the president grow increasingly impatient by this process. in the beginning, he was willing to get others take the lead. but as the days have ticked on, he's gotten increasingly trigger fingered and ready to get involved himself. >> thank you for sharing your reporting with us. >> thank you. >> there are too many plot developments for one chapter. we want to bring in jeffrey tubin, chief legal analyst. and karl, not to put this in too spark a perspective here, but you think the fate of rod rosenstein plays
questioning her account an twitter and wondering if it ever happened. and you have mitch mcconnell call the president and basically said could you please stop tweeting. you are not helping us. and by this weekend, the president did not like chuck grassley's tweets moving back the deadline. he didn't like the sense that republicans were continuing to negotiate with her instead of setting a deadline and sticking to it. and then he called mcconnell and was frustrated himself saying we need to...
heard for the first time from senator majority leader mitch mcconnell. and certainly trying to inject a little partisan politics into this when he spoke on the senate floor. attempting to point a finger at the democrats over what he call called an 11th hour revelation. >> the accusation of 36-year-old misconduct dating back to high school has been brought forward at the last minute in an irregular manner. it is an accusation which judge cavanaugh has completely and unequivocally denied. it is an accusation which the ranking member of the committee of jurisdiction has known about for at least six weeks. known about for six weeks, yet chose to keep secret until the 11th hour. >> reporter: meantime, we also heard from many key republican senators. of course, their votes kavanaugh will need if and when he reaches the full senate including just a short time ago. senator susan collins spoke outside her office. >> an awful lot of questions, inconsistencies, gaps, and that's why to be fair to vote we need to know what happened. if judge kavanaugh has lied about what happened, that would be di
heard for the first time from senator majority leader mitch mcconnell. and certainly trying to inject a little partisan politics into this when he spoke on the senate floor. attempting to point a finger at the democrats over what he call called an 11th hour revelation. >> the accusation of 36-year-old misconduct dating back to high school has been brought forward at the last minute in an irregular manner. it is an accusation which judge cavanaugh has completely and unequivocally denied....
majority leader, mitch mcconnell, just spoke about kavanaugh's confirmation. what did he say? >> yeah, he was in a hallway and he was asked, do you still believe brett kavanaugh will be confirmed as the next supreme court justice? and he said, oh, yeah. and i think one of the issues here, just kind of a couple of elements here, brooke, that are important. and the first is, republican aides and lawmakers i've been speaking to over the course of the last 12 hours or so have grown increasingly confident that if christine blasey ford chooses not to show up on monday, not only will they most certainly move forward, but they are confident that brett kavanaugh would be confirmed. now, that's one element. the second element is, dthey don't know what's going to happen over the course of the next couple of days. there's been, obviously, a lot of behind the scenes, shuffling back and forth, a lot of outreach from republicans on the judiciary committee, trying to conduct their own investigation, but nobody has a sense right now whether or not professor ford will actually show up. and there is a lot o
majority leader, mitch mcconnell, just spoke about kavanaugh's confirmation. what did he say? >> yeah, he was in a hallway and he was asked, do you still believe brett kavanaugh will be confirmed as the next supreme court justice? and he said, oh, yeah. and i think one of the issues here, just kind of a couple of elements here, brooke, that are important. and the first is, republican aides and lawmakers i've been speaking to over the course of the last 12 hours or so have grown...
New Day Saturday : CNNW : September 29, 2018 4:00am-5:00am PDT
was inaugurated, decided that he would tell mitch mcconnell that he would not vote for kavanaugh's nomination without an fbi investigation. so that means that the clock is ticking. a one-week opportunity for the fbi to look into the claims against judge brett kavanaugh. the question that many have is what will be the scope of the investigation. listen to what flake's expectations are. >> when you talk about credible allegations, can you explain had what that means, what you're looking for from the fbi? >> obviously that includes the our allegations, to interview people there. and i'm sure "the new yorker" piece about the allegation. they will have to decide at the fbi what that is and how far it goes. >> reporter: there's the accusations from dr. christine blasey ford but will the allegations by brett kavanaugh by investigated in a week. that's the story in washington as the confirmation still very much in doubt. >> thank you very much. >>> a lot of people wondering what influenced republican senator jeff flake to switch things up here? he went from saying that he would vote for ka
was inaugurated, decided that he would tell mitch mcconnell that he would not vote for kavanaugh's nomination without an fbi investigation. so that means that the clock is ticking. a one-week opportunity for the fbi to look into the claims against judge brett kavanaugh. the question that many have is what will be the scope of the investigation. listen to what flake's expectations are. >> when you talk about credible allegations, can you explain had what that means, what you're looking...
leader, mitch mcconnell. but senator susan collins, who is going to be a crucial vote for kavanaugh, if she does vote for him to get him confirmed, today said she was appalled by president trump's tweet about christine blasey ford, noting that sexual assaults are typically one of the most underreported crimes. she said she thought his tweet was completely inappropriate and wrong. but, of course, when the president is on this stage behind me tonight, there is a chance we could hear more of what the president tweeted today from him in person. jake? >> kaitlan collins with the president in missouri. in fact, let me play some of this sound from susan collins, and just keep in mind, the idea that sexual assault victims don't report the assault, that's the norm, according to advocates using justice department figures. they say two out of three sexual assaults go unreported. so it's not unusual. that's not evidence of anything. here is republican senator, susan collins, reacting to president trump's tweet. >> i was appalled by the president's tweet. i'm not saying that's what happened in this
leader, mitch mcconnell. but senator susan collins, who is going to be a crucial vote for kavanaugh, if she does vote for him to get him confirmed, today said she was appalled by president trump's tweet about christine blasey ford, noting that sexual assaults are typically one of the most underreported crimes. she said she thought his tweet was completely inappropriate and wrong. but, of course, when the president is on this stage behind me tonight, there is a chance we could hear more of what...
mcconnell as we know wants him to be quiet. i don't think mitch mcconnell watched that performance today and was very happy with it. >> yeah. >> i can't imagine he was. >> i'm sure you're right. you know, phil, you work at the cia but also at the fbi. if the president, which he's not going to do, or anyone said to the fbi, you know what, investigation these allegations from 30, 35 years ago, could the fbi do that? >> sure, and i think to be clear there's no equity in this country. if this came up during my background investigations -- and i had many over the years, i can't believe the fbi or others, i worked for director mueller, would have said, let's give him the job without investigating. they wouldn't be able to look at digital data going back 35 years, but you can go back and talk to school mates. you can look at the environment in the school and see who was there. by the way, the republicans could have won out of that. they could have said, we're putting a cap on it, it is a two-week process, the attorney general says they can do it in two weeks. if you want to talk to michael aven
mcconnell as we know wants him to be quiet. i don't think mitch mcconnell watched that performance today and was very happy with it. >> yeah. >> i can't imagine he was. >> i'm sure you're right. you know, phil, you work at the cia but also at the fbi. if the president, which he's not going to do, or anyone said to the fbi, you know what, investigation these allegations from 30, 35 years ago, could the fbi do that? >> sure, and i think to be clear there's no equity in...
of republican leaders, some of the most influential people in this decision, mitch mcconnell, chuck grassley. i think that the fact that blasey ford came forward and said she would testify and the fact kavanaugh says he will come forward as well certainly amps up the pressure on republicans. it's really difficult to see how they could say, well, if both of these parties are willing to testify, we're going to move forward without hearing from them. that being said, there's a pretty tight timeline that republicans are on right now. they really want to have this whole process wrapped up and done for kavanaugh to be on the supreme court by october 1st. and that means having a judiciary committee vote on thursday. there's just not a lot of wiggle room there. so while certainly you would assume that if two people say they're willing to go forward and speak, that people would take them up on that offer, but if that messes up the timeline, you're going to see some republicans really trying to push back on this. >> again, but that's not like a constitutionally mandated timeline, just to be c
of republican leaders, some of the most influential people in this decision, mitch mcconnell, chuck grassley. i think that the fact that blasey ford came forward and said she would testify and the fact kavanaugh says he will come forward as well certainly amps up the pressure on republicans. it's really difficult to see how they could say, well, if both of these parties are willing to testify, we're going to move forward without hearing from them. that being said, there's a pretty tight...
garland who was barack obama's pick. and let's do one more. mitch mcconnell talking about this -- skip that. but mcconnell said the same thing. 293 days between the day barack obama nominated him and the day that nomination was fully dropped. >> brett kavanaugh has not waited nearly as long. >> they are on tough ground as it relates to we need to get it done as soon as possible. >> all right. chris, thank you very much. at any point president trump will hold a news conference and take questions from reporters as we learn more details about the allegations against his supreme court nominee and the woman accusing him of sexual assault. [stomach gurgles] ♪when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea... girl, pepto ultra coating will treat your stomach right. nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea.♪ try new pepto with ultra coating. >>> you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. the president is set to speak to reporters in a joint news conference with the leader of poland. we are expecting to hear more from h
garland who was barack obama's pick. and let's do one more. mitch mcconnell talking about this -- skip that. but mcconnell said the same thing. 293 days between the day barack obama nominated him and the day that nomination was fully dropped. >> brett kavanaugh has not waited nearly as long. >> they are on tough ground as it relates to we need to get it done as soon as possible. >> all right. chris, thank you very much. at any point president trump will hold a news conference...
unlikely but we'll see what chuck grassley and mitch mcconnell want to do with this. >> thanks, senator. alisyn? >>> now to another big story, the catastrophic flooding in the carolinas. it's expected to worsen in the coming days. hurricane florence is blamed for 18 deaths and hundreds of people having to be rescued in these rising floodwaters that you see on your screen. erica hill is live in fayetteville with more. what's the situation there today, erica? >> reporter: at this moment, this water just behind me is not supposed to be this high. this is a number of creeks in the area. i think our drone is -- we're going to try to get a drone shot here. we've been going out in the neighborhoods to see. we saw this water bubbling up between the asphalt and the concrete on the side of the road here. that's a major concern, blue sky, break in the rain. that's fantastic. the issue is that the waters are continuing to rise. there's water coming from downstreams, other saturated areas. two main rivers we're looking at are the cape fear and the little river. mandatory evacuations are in place for
unlikely but we'll see what chuck grassley and mitch mcconnell want to do with this. >> thanks, senator. alisyn? >>> now to another big story, the catastrophic flooding in the carolinas. it's expected to worsen in the coming days. hurricane florence is blamed for 18 deaths and hundreds of people having to be rescued in these rising floodwaters that you see on your screen. erica hill is live in fayetteville with more. what's the situation there today, erica? >> reporter: at...
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think chuck schumacher and mitch mcconnell are thinking right now. >> well, mitch mcconnell is not happy as you might think. he wanted to get this through. he had a procedural vote on friday night on this that once the report is done bingo they can just approve it on the senate floor. all goes well with kavanaugh. he just wants to get this done. so he wasn't happy but he understood, he counts votes better than anybody. he just didn't have the votes and i think chuck schumacher chuck schumer feels the democrats are going to get their investigation which they wanted. >> thanks gloria. >> sure. get some rest we need you. >> you too. >> thanks. next up how the battle is dividing and already polarized elector ale ate leader rod rosenstein, remember him, he's still not in the clear and trump can to decide his fate next week. your society was dearled by a woman, who governed thousands... commanded armies... yielded to no one. when i found you in my dna, i learned where my strength comes from. my name is courtney mckinney, and this is my ancestrydna story. now with 2 times more geographic
think chuck schumacher and mitch mcconnell are thinking right now. >> well, mitch mcconnell is not happy as you might think. he wanted to get this through. he had a procedural vote on friday night on this that once the report is done bingo they can just approve it on the senate floor. all goes well with kavanaugh. he just wants to get this done. so he wasn't happy but he understood, he counts votes better than anybody. he just didn't have the votes and i think chuck schumacher chuck...
was not fully substantiate and that powered mitch mcconnell and the white house to move forward with the nomination. they need 50 votes and they don't have it. >> the rallying is not going to get brett kavanaugh where he needs to be with the confirmation vote. as we saw with lisa murkowski, it's not enough for her to hear what he has to say and believe him. that has been the position of lindsey graham and others to come forward and say if this is all there is, we should go to a vote. that's not her position and it doesn't seem to be susan collins's position at this point. they want to hear from the accusers and that makes thursday's hearing unpredictable in terms of how it might change the game. they have heard what brett kavanaugh has to say. what really matters is what the accuser has to say and whether they find her credible. how she is perceived by the republican senators. >> you say accuser. that would be christine blasey ford. it doesn't bother the white house if a second accuser will testify. is that pr? it's contrary to what mitch mcconnell wants. it would be nice if we had a
was not fully substantiate and that powered mitch mcconnell and the white house to move forward with the nomination. they need 50 votes and they don't have it. >> the rallying is not going to get brett kavanaugh where he needs to be with the confirmation vote. as we saw with lisa murkowski, it's not enough for her to hear what he has to say and believe him. that has been the position of lindsey graham and others to come forward and say if this is all there is, we should go to a vote....
the only thing they did last year. they thought mitch mcconnell said if we can't win on 3% growth, we shouldn't win anyway. here they are. now they hitched themselves to trump and he is diving down in the polls right at the last minute. this hurricane could play into this right now. if they don't have a good response and this hurricane is a real disaster, it's going to figure into it more. >> if you look at it, a very thorough analysis. if the president is above 40, they have a france. at 45, they can hold the house. if he's below 40, it's over. right now we have 36 or 37. if he's down there, it's not just the house. the house is gone. that is 30 or 40 seats. what about senate races? the map favors the republican fist you look at democratic incouple bents on defense. mitch mcconnell speaking in louisville said ted has a competitive race by all indications. we expect a win, but he has a competitive race. this is texas. if the president is going there to help his good friend, ha ha, ted cruz, but if the president is at 33% with independents, even a senate race in texas or tennessee or a
the only thing they did last year. they thought mitch mcconnell said if we can't win on 3% growth, we shouldn't win anyway. here they are. now they hitched themselves to trump and he is diving down in the polls right at the last minute. this hurricane could play into this right now. if they don't have a good response and this hurricane is a real disaster, it's going to figure into it more. >> if you look at it, a very thorough analysis. if the president is above 40, they have a france....
. one she might regret if it's made too soon. >> josh, senator mitch mcconnell has claimed that he has the votes to get brett kavanaugh through. based on your reporting, is that accurate? >> it is hard to say. the president called mitch mcconnell on saturday and told him to rush up the process. you heard the comments he made at the un. he said let's have this vote. i'm tired of watching this. and mcconnell said i have to get members of my caucus in the right place before we do this. it did not seem then he was 100% sure. a number of the questionable votes, collins, murkowski, flake, are all senators that have strained relationships with the senate. and the president's impatience here, obviously, manifested itself in these comments. but i'm not sure if that's particularly helpful. mcconnell has 61 votes. it is a razor thin majority. no one knows if that's going to happen now. what trump is continuing to say, these women, i don't believe them. brett kavanaugh is a great guy. would you hurry these up? none of these comments are particularly helpful, but the president seems unmoved by
. one she might regret if it's made too soon. >> josh, senator mitch mcconnell has claimed that he has the votes to get brett kavanaugh through. based on your reporting, is that accurate? >> it is hard to say. the president called mitch mcconnell on saturday and told him to rush up the process. you heard the comments he made at the un. he said let's have this vote. i'm tired of watching this. and mcconnell said i have to get members of my caucus in the right place before we do this....


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History of Marbles - UK Marbles
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History of Marbles
The small round balls we know as marbles have been around for thousands of years, at first they were of natural stones that had been rounded by fast running rivers and were used as tokens in ritual magic. Seed like objects are still rolled over the ground in some remote parts of the world today, to wake the seeds before they are sown. They were later made of clay and had ritual markings on them, it would seem that not all these spheres ended up with grown-ups for ritual use, but fell into the hands of their offspring. These children would have used them in play, rolling them along into holes or at any others that were in their way.
Mr Lissner in his book 'Man, God and Magic' tells of Seven little white marbles being found in the Drachenhohle caves near Mixnitz in Styria, Austria. These were used by our Palaeolithic ancestors. He also mentions 30 pebbles of a similar nature and date found in the Wildenmannlisloch Caves, which are now 5,300 feet up in the Churfirsten Mountains, Switzerland. They were not of local stone, but had been brought from a considerable distance.
Roman Marbles from the British Museum
Marble like objects have been found in archaeological digs all over the known world, the British Museum in London has both Greek and Roman marbles dating from 200 years before the birth of Christ, as well as some Egyptian examples found in a child's grave dating from the Early Dynastic period 3000 BC. Over on the other side of the world the inhabitancy of North America that predates the Indians left marbles in their burial mounds, which date from 6000 BC.
In the official guide book to Westminster Abbey is the following. "A favourite game of the period (1376) – 'nine holes' – was evidently played by the novices in intervals of leisure, as traces of it are found both in this and in the first bay of the North Cloister close by, where the holes are clearly visible on the stone bench near the Prior's seat."
Paintings by many Dutch artists from the 16th century show children playing the game of marbles. One by Pieter Bruegel painted in 1560 shows over 200 children play some 80 games which include marbles, titled 'children's games' it can be viewed at the Kunsthisrorisches Museum in Vienna. There are also Dutch tiles in Delft wear that show different marble games, these blue tiles were used as decoration around fireplaces in the larger houses of the time. The Douce collection held in the Bodleian Library, Oxford contains scores of old prints showing Flemish children at play. One of them by Jacob Cats (1625) show 13 games being played, with marbles in the middle foreground. The painting by Adrian Van Ostade (1620 – 1685) entitled 'Musicians at a cottage door' shows a rural scene from the 17th century in which two small boys can be seen playing a early ring game.
'Musicians at a cottage door by Adrian Van Ostade
An anonymous poem of the 17th century describes an English schoolboy as a 'dunce at syntax, but a dab at taw.'
There are numerous mentions of marbles in European literature, and in 1729 Samual Rogers wrote this much-quoted verse in his 'Pleasures of Memory'
'On yon gray stone that fronts the channcel-door,
Worn smooth by busy feet, now seen no more,
Each eve we shot the marble through the ring
When the heart danced, and life was in its spring'
A Coventry penny token of 1801 shows two boys playing marbles in the free school, with a master standing over them with his cane raised over his head. Also in 1801 Joseph Strutts book on the 'Sports and Pastimes' was published, later editions mentions the marbles game 'Ring Taw'.
In a book on the battle of Trafalgar I came across the following "The same spirit affected the wounded. A seaman aboard the Conqueror, his leg shattered, lay on deck calmly playing marbles with stray grapeshot while waiting to be carried below."
There is also an engraving by R. Pollard from a painting by R. M. Page, showing Scholars playing marbles in the Cloisters of Westminster Abbey in c. 1800.
As was said earlier most marbles were made from stone or clay. Early stone marbles were made in Germany but they were sold from Holland and so became known as Dutch marbles. 'The Boy's Own Book' dating from the mid 1800 says, "The Dutch were for many years the chief producers of marbles, and even now do a large trade in them. The greater number of the Dutch marbles are made of a hard stone or marble, found near Coburg, in Saxony. The stone is first broken with hammers into small cubical fragments, which are then placed, a couple of hundred or so at a time, in a mill somewhat resembling a flour-mill. The lower stone, which is fixed and at rest, has several concentric circular grooves; the upper stone, which is of the same size as the lower one, is made to revolve by water or wind power, and the cubical pieces are gradually introduced between the two. Small streams of water are passed through the furrows of the lower stone, and the pressure of the upper stone on the little pieces rolls them over and over in all directions, reducing their rough surfaces, and in about fifteen or twenty minutes turns them out of the mill perfectly round and smooth."
Scholars playing marbles in the
Cloisters of Westminster Abbey
In Victorian time there were many books published such as 'Every Little Boy's Book', 'Manly games for Boys' and 'The Boy's Own Book' which contained both 'Sports and Pastimes'. The contents all covered marble games and how to shoot them. As Dr. Johnson said, "Whatever you would do, however trifling in it self, strive to do it well".
There is a story about a blind boy who being unable to play marbles was always call upon as a umpire as his ear was so acute that he could tell if a shot was properly made. He exclaim 'a fair shot, that! And his decision was never questioned.
In 'The Modern Playmate' published in 1870 there is even a paragraph on how best to shoot a marble. "A few hints on taw-shooting. Do not aim directly at the marble, because you are always apt to use a little too much strength, and then the taw flies over the marble, and misses it altogether. Aim at the ground about a quarter of an inch in front of the marble, and then you will seldom miss."
Illustration from an old book
It was in the 1850's that glass marbles made their appearance, most of them coming from small German glasshouses (which were in fact small family factories). The reason for this sudden mass production and export was due to the invention of the Marble Scissors, a small hand held device that rounded one end of the cane or rod that made the marbles, while cutting the other, so making them round. The glasshouses made the mass production of these individual works of art possible, they did so in the last half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th.
When I went to the German Marble Championships in August 2004 I visited Lauscha where Elias Greiner first mass produced glass marbles in the 1850s and looked round the modernised Farb Glas Hutte where hand made marbles are still made.
I also went to the Marbel muhlen in Eisfeld and saw a marble mill that was still working up until the 1950s. They had an exhibit which showed the mill a wooden barrel that was used to polish the marbles, a board which had holes holding a 100 marbles, this was used to quickly counting the finished marbles, 10 of these boards = to 1000 marbles were then empted in to small sacks, these small sacks were then used as baldest on the many sailing ships that plied there trade all over the world.
Marble games were established enough to have been included in Lady Gomme's 1890 book of 'Traditional Games'. There are 11 games many of which are still firm favourites today. She says, "Different kinds of marbles are alleys, barios, poppo, stonies. Marrididdles are marbles made by oneself by rolling and baking common clay. By boys these are treated as spurious and are always rejected. In barter, a bary = four stonies; a common white alley = three stonies. Those with pink veins being considered best. Alleys are the most valuable and are always reserved to be used as 'taws' (the marble actually used by the players). They are said to have been formerly made of different coloured alabaster.
M F Christiansen, who lived at Akron, Ohio, USA, invented the first glass marble-making machine in 1901. It was semi-automatic and looked like a row of small bicycle wheels in a long line.
By the 1920's the Akro Agate Company had fully automatic machines, which were making thousands of uniformed two and three colour marbles every day. Over the next three decades there were many companies in the USA and through out the world making marbles. In 1948 the English Glass Company were producing marbles, which were used at Tinsley Green for a number of years. This company was however short lived as in the 1950s the Cats Eyes marbles from Japan were introduced to the worlds markets. It was not only the manufacturing in England that was affected, many of the biggest and best known companies American that had dominated the markets stopped making them.
The following is an extract form an Hong Kong guidebook (1950's) that gives a description of how marbles are made.
'The local factory uses scrap glass for raw material which is fed into an oil-fired furnace which can generate a temperature of 1,200oC. The glass emerges in liquid form from a valve, which has been adjusted in relation to the size of the marbles required. The liquid sliver is cut as it descends from the furnace and the globules fall into water-cooled revolving drum. The rolling and cooling result in the globules contracting into spheres and in doing so, the marbles are formed.
There are two ways to produce the traditional colouring for the opaque marbles, the colouring agent is placed in the furnace with the scrap glass, but for the internal colouring, the melted colouring agent is streamed into the liquid glass as it emerges from the furnace.'
As the twentieth century merges into the twenty-first the biggest marble factory would appear to be one in Mexico. Set up in 1930 the Vacor de Mexico factory in Guadalajara to day makes twelve million marbles a day in ten sizes from 10mm to 35mm.
Personally I think the best glass playing marbles come from the factories that are situated in West Virginia USA and I have quite a few of the in my collection still.
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Innovation of the Week: Sidewalk urinals
By David Scharfenberg Globe Staff,August 17, 2018, 4:41 p.m.
A "Uritrottior" along the Seine river in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
What is it? Sidewalk urinals
Innovator : City of Paris
What were they thinking? Strolling along the Seine, right up to Notre Dame Cathedral, is one of Paris' great pleasures. But too often, it's fouled by the sight and stench of public urination. So the city has taken action: installing totally exposed, eco-friendly urinals along the river and in a handful of other heavily trafficked sections of the city. Resembling cement trash cans, with a couple of small, red wings for privacy, it's not entirely clear what they're for — until you spot the large white and red sign above, with a cartoon of man peeing.
Did it work? The "Uritrottior," a portmanteau of the French words for urinal and pavement, has sparked a bit of a backlash. "They have been installed on a sexist proposition: men cannot control themselves (from the bladder point of view) and so all of society has to adapt," Gwendoline Coipeault of the feminist group Femmes Solidaires told Reuters. "The public space must be transformed to cause them minimum discomfort." But Laurent Labot, a designer of the Uritrottior, says something had to be done. "Drunk blokes," he told The Guardian, "just keep pissing."


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