Bomber timothy mcveigh. President obama said of his pick, quote, he is the right man for the job. He deserves to be confirmed. Bob redell joins us with more on who that federal judge is and why the republicans may not be willing to give him the nod. Good morning, bob. Reporter good morning to you, kris and sam. The Republican Senate majority leader just reiterated that its a nogo for president Obamas Supreme Court nominee, even though federal judge Merrick Garland is a nominee republicans have voted for before. Senator Mitch Mcconnell is holding his stance it should be up to the next president to fill the vacancy left by justice antonin skacalia. President obama reiterated the senate just give him a fair hearing and up or down vote. Garland is 63 years old and like the president from chicago. He is currently the chief judge for the u. S. Court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit. The Senate Confirmed him to that circuit back in 1997 with a vote of 7623 with 30 republican se
With fox 29. On the right the music that stunned the music world. Prince debtor at 57. He was found dead at his Recording Studio outside minneapolis, minnesota. Many fans are gathering to night at the Minneapolis Club where prince shot one of his most famous video purple rain. The roads around the club are shut down right now. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Were learning new details tonight about the days before his death. Heres what we know tonight. Prince was found unresponsive inside an elevator at this suburban minneapolis compound this morning. He died a half hour later. We do not know how he died. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. He did cancel appearances earlier this month saying it was the flu and tonight tmz is reporting prince was treated for a Drug Overdose less than week ago. Tmz says his private jet made an Emergency Landing in illinois friday. Sources are telling tmz he was rushed to the hospital where he was given a quote save shot often given to counte
Since we last broke in on air, we learned several new details about the small plane that burst into flames just before it took off at that airport on Davis Islands. We grabbed a shot of what the path was supposed to look like for the cessna 310. This is the only flight scheduled to leave at that time, headed to pensacola. Now the two people on board are now dead. With more on that, ryan raiche is on scene since this all started and joins us live from Davis Islands right now on what he has learned in the last few hours. Ryan. Reporter we have learned a lot but there are still a lot of unanswered questions. Lets walk you through the scene right now. This is the end of the runway at the airport. If you look just over there is where the accident happened. Thats where the plane was attempting to take off or took off a little bit and then burst into flames, killing the two people on board. Theres barely anything left of that plane. The view from action air 1 is a much Better Vantage Point of
Put families up in public housing. So theyre working on that now trying to figure out where to put people. People appreciate all of the support. These are donations. They have a pantry here working at this corner here in kensington. A lot of people got the message but none want the message about homelessness and the discussion to end here. Live in kensington, tim furlong, nbc 10. Weve been waiting for months and months. Now the number of days until the popes visit is down to just ten. Officials are urging people to get ready and get excited. Today city leaders laid out details reminding residents trash collection friday 25th and monday the 28th is canceled city wide. However, all city rec centers, parks outside the festival ground will be open during normal hours. Law enforcement is preparing for 12hour shifts beginning midnight on the 25th and additional medical units on duty. If you drive near the parkway you noticed a lot of changes over the last few days. We spotted these crews set
Mass for 25,000 at the National Basilica of the immaculate conception. Work has been going on for months and Church Officials say its worth it. The joy, the excitement, the absolute joy when someone receives their ticket and they know they are going to be here and celebrate mass with the pope. Reporter as excitement builds for his first public appearances, catholics we spoke with say the pontiffs presence is extremely meaningful. Oh, just enrichment of our faith. Its just very nice. Very nice. Reporter and it will be important to note that what the pope says over the next few days will be closely watched. He had some criticism for the government and the people of cuba. What he says here in the United States will be very, very closely watched. Well have the latest for you coming up tonight on cbs 2 news at 11 00. With the popes arrival in the United States, theres excitement and anticipation especially in washington for they are anxious to hear his message. Cbs 2s tony aiello joining us