Which we thought would happen today to the u. S. Supreme court. A win for President Trump. And for republicans there in congress. Yeah, this is a live picture youre looking at, i believe, of the senate floor. And this is, as you said, mike, exactly what Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell said they were going to do. They were going to invoke the Nuclear Option to induce the threshold so they need a simple majority to confirm neil gorsuch. They got more than that, actually. And the other big story we are following is the reaction to the air strikes in syria, a couple very big stories this morning. It was interesting as i was watching that at home, the air strikes going on, the president of china was in florida with President Trump at the time this was going on. Was it a message not just to assad there in syria. But to north korea. But to the world. We have north korea, iran, a lot of other powers. Well talk about it all in the next hour. First lets get right over to rosemary and an update on
On the local news roundup. a transit strike is averted while Charlotte Area Transit System searches for a new company to run its operations. The North Carolina senate passes new rules affecting teachers and LGBTQ students. A proposal is made that suggests the naming rights for a new Hornets facility could generate $140 million for the city, and Judge Shirley Fulton, North Carolina's first female African American Superior Court Judge dies at 71. Those stories and more with Mike Collins and local journalists.