[inaudible conversations] good morning to everybody who is here, and especially those who are prepared for testimony today. We welcome everybody on what i think will be the final day of judge gorsuch confirmation hearing. Weve already heard todays of impressive testimony from the nominee. I think is shown great command of the law, and i think he has showed a humility with his humble delivery, and i think people learned a lot about not only our political system but our judicial system with whats going on the last three days. Today we will hear from a number of outside witnesses. We will they are from a number of distinguished witnesses, bot in support and in opposition to the nominee. They will all speak to then qualifications to be a Supreme Court justice. Mi i look forward to hearing from all the witnesses today. Let me modify this a little bit because im going to spend maybe 15 minutes at the agriculture community, because the nominee for secretary of agriculture is before the commit
Have an obligation and a mandate given to us by the citizens of this country to go on course, to put those reforms in place, to get the country back on track. Thats something i can control. Thats something i can be involved in. Thats something i can help deliver. Thats what im focused on. Thank you very much. Whos your final four pick . [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] House Minority nancy pelosi held her briefing at the capitol. She discussed several issues including the 2017 budget, the zika virus and the flint, michigan, water contamination water issue. This is about 20 minutes. Ms. Pelosi i see some wearing green here. Good morning. What a week, huh . Yesterday, president obama presented his nomination for the next justice of the Supreme Court, judge Merrick Garland. Hes a widely respected jurist who embodies wisdom, judgm
Emocrats, 202 7488000 republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. We will get to your calls in just a minute, but lets begin with president obama in the rose garden yesterday talking about why he has chosen judge garland as his pick for the Supreme Court. i have sought the advice of republican and democratic members of congress, reached out to every member of the Judiciary Committee, the bar associations, representing an array of interests and opinions from all across the spectrum. Today, after completing this exhaustive process, i have made my decision. I have selected a nominee who is widely recognized not only as one of americas sharpest legal minds but someone who brings to his work a spirit of decency, modesty, integrity, evenhandedness, and excellence. These qualities and his long commitment to Public Service have earned him the respect and admiration of leaders from both sides of the aisle. Ultimately bring that same character to bear on the Supreme Court, an institutio
Democratic process. It can be, frankly, chilling to hear. Take secretary of state mike pompeo this afternoon. Is the state department currently preparing to engage with the Biden Transition Team . And, if not, at what point does it delay a hamper a smooth transition or pose a risk to National Security . There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration. A smooth transition to a second Trump Administration. That is madness. And, at the same time, secretary pompeo was saying that, Vice President mike pence was on capitol hill detailing all of the trump lawsuits and supposed voter fraud at the gop senate lunch. The white house is also now currently firing top officials at the pentagon and replacing them with fierce loyalists and most republican officials in washington are going along with this. Here is senator ron johnson, the chairman of the Senate Homeland security committee. Senator, have you congratulated Vice President biden yet . No. Reporter why not . Nothing to co
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