Tonight ahead of the super bowl. What theyre concerned about. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night, and we begin with supreme suspense in washington at this hour and across this country. A decision coming in from President Trump that will change the makeup of the court and will affect key issues for years to come. All eyes on two men. Neil gorsuch from denver is in washington tonight. Thomas hardiman from pittsburgh, is son of a cab driver, once drove cab himself also in the lead for the running. He wants that primetime audience, which is typically a daytime announcement to 8 00 p. M. Eastern. The environment all in the balance. Abcs terry moran leads us off from the Supreme Court tonight. Reporter at the white house today, President Trump, a born showman, setting the scene for his primetime announcement. Well be announcing a Supreme Court justice who i think everybody is going to be very, very impressed with. So well see you at about 8 00. Reporter s
You during this midday newscast. I should add quickly, kris, it wasnt sure if the inmalt was going to the Alameda County jail or going to kentucky. Okay. Im kris sanchez, sam brock here. Meantime our other top story, local reaction to one of the president s new policies. San franciscos City Attorney says that the local government will not be bullied by a newly minted president looking to crack down on illegal immigration. President trumps executive order tried to turn city and state employees into federal immigration officers. That is unconstitutional. That new lawsuit freshly unveiled this morning pits the city of San Francisco against the Trump Administration. Pete suratos is live. We heard a little bit of that. They say taking money away from San Francisco based on the sanctuary status is a constitutional violation. What else did you hear . Reporter yeah, good morning to you, kris. A very foergsful defense by City Attorney Dennis Herera as well as mayor ed lee calling that executive
Sleep. Reporter theres a fear growing that some may be misled into signing away their rights. This of course makes the long wait painful. Finally after four hours and two quarantines, elenfar came home to her husband. Its okay. Its like, you go Grocery Shopping and you come back home and you feel like someone changed the law. You cannot go home. Reporter tonight all that matters is being back together but hamid knows theyre a long way from feeling comfortable in the country they call home. Im going to start worrying about her green card and whats going to happen with her family. Is she going to be able to ever see then again. Reporter now the lawyers that you just saw in that story are discouraging people from signing what is known as an i407. Thats essentially a legal document agreeing to give up your permanent resident status. There were some lawyers that were confused or worried that people who didnt speak english well would be confused. Theyre going to stay here to make sure that p
To kiet do who is live in hayward where Alameda County sheriffs deputies are helping in that search. This guy is either really brave or really crazy, perhaps a little bit of both. Were live right here on a street in hayward. Up there is 880. Thats pretty much where it all happened. Chopper 5 was over the scene shortly after the inmate popped open the door to the honda civic rental car that the deputies were using to transport him this morning. The sheriffs deputies from kentucky were driving in stop andgo traffic in the far right lane of 880 southbound near a street. He somehow opened the back door and made a run for it. He was handcuffed in the back last seen running in a southbound direction across the opposite direction of the freeway. It is not clear what security measures the kentucky deputies had in place besides those handcuffs. The honda civic was a normal rental car. Alameda county sheriffs deputies are helping with the search and asking the public to keep their eyes peeled. I
And in congress. Good evening everyone im frank somerville. Im julie haener. Tonight President Trump abruptly fired the acting u. S. Attorney general. She was a holdover from the obama administration. Late today she refused to support his executive order. Ktvu amber lee and Leigh Martinez have been talking to people about the fear and confusion that came with the executive order. But first we turn to ktvus Jana Katsuyama with late developments from washington. Reporter julie and frank this all came to ahead tonight after a weekend of mass protest. Tonight Senate Democrats decided to push through a vote to overturn the executive order locked by the public majority. Reporter the battle line was clear. Congressional democrats stood with hundreds in front of the u. S. Supreme Court Building monday night. They blasted president Donald Trumps executive order temporarily banning refugees and stopping immigration from six arab countries and iran. We must choose to fight, we must choose to resi