As you know our democratic colleagues informed the Committee Last that that they will not participate in the hearing. That was their choice and it will be my choice to vote the nominee out of committee. Were not goingce to allow themo take over the committee. They made a choice not to participate after allowing judge barrett four days, two days to be questioned. That should get an exceptionally good job of handling the questions asked. I thought she was aggressively challenged but not inappropriately. I want to complement my democratic colleagues for not going down the cabin or road. I want to complement the republican members of this committee for asking questions that matter to you, showing a tremendous discipline to make sure that on our side the hearing went well, and each of you when this is over, i hope youov feel like a sense of accomplishment. This is why we all run. Its moments like this that make everything you go through matter. Its moments like this where you can tell young
[silence] [silence] okay. Lets go over why we are here. We are waiting for her. [crowd chanting] okay, thank you very much for coming and thank you for joining us this morning. I am here to stand with my colleagues on the Judiciary Committee who are boycotting todays Committee Markup on the nomination of judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. It is not a decision members of the committee have taken lightly. But a republican majority has left us no choice. We are boycotting this illegitimate hearing. The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett is the most illegitimate process i have ever witnessed in the senate and her potential confirmation will have dire, dire consequences for the senate, for the Supreme Court, and our entire country for generations to come. The Senate Republican majority is conducting the most rushed, the most partisan and least legitimate nomination to the Supreme Court in our nations history for potential confirmation for the senate, the Supreme Court and our entire
Treatments it will be one of the jitters. Add them to many in the markets here. All in all taking it relative stride. I say relative stride. Again the Administration Front and center today, getting idea, talking to Economic Club members from around the country what the president thinks is going on to the economy. He is the best bet for the economy. Teasing a middle income tax cut as well if he were to get reelected. Fallout from the comments. The president s busy Campaign Schedule with blake burman from the white house. Hey, blake. Reporter i feel like there is a news burst leading up to the minutes of this show. That is certainly the case. Let me walk you through in and around washington the last half hour. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin speaking right now. He echoed a lot of comments, similar comments that Mitch Mcconnell and nancy pelosi made in the most recent days. The treasury secretary saying as it relates to a possible covid relief package it would be tough to get done before
To just the ongoing violence that weve seen in our Community Even last night. 3 blocks away from this location. 60 rounds fired in a residential neighborhood. Ive heard from those Community Members about how frightening work. About the traumatic experience they had last night of listening to bullets flying through their homes and into their cars. The violence in this Community Must stop. Now this marks the 77th and 78th homicides of 2020 in oakland, this is a breaking news story. Were still gathering more information as soon as it comes into our newsroom. We will bring it to you and the other big story were watching now is that red flag warning thats now in effect for parts of the bay area, wildfire conditions are right there are hot temperatures and high wind gusts and they have fire officials on alert today. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 3 im Justine Waldman the dangerous weather conditions. Also has pg and e ready to show off the power in order to prevent a
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