the world on january 15th. seven days left before iowa, and the gop field is warning voters, your first chance could be your last chance. i don t think donald trump ultimately can win an election. these polls are garbage. if donald trump wins iowa and new hampshire, it s over, guys. reminding iowans, they set the pace. iowa knows how to do this. you tell the country where we should go. but did those warnings come too late to knock out the runaway favorite? we are leading by a lot, but you have to go out and vote. we have to put big numbers up, really big numbers. no one knows until the first ballots are cast, so with the days dwindling, now is the time for closing arguments. we have reporters all over iowa with what voters are thinking and the sharpest campaign minds on what the candidates are promising. what will work? this is how to win 2024. good to be with you, i m katy tur in for chris jansing, the iowa caucuses are one week from today. let us remind yo
Lectures about upholding our institutions and protecting democracy, but just as often, they find a way to undertake some new reckless attack against the courts and rule of law. Im proud of how our nations highest court has weathered these latest baseless attempts to attack its authority. I believe in the integrity and honesty of all nine justices all nine of them. They should pay the partisan grandstanding no mind at all. This meeting of the Senate Judiciary committee will come to order. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee Considers the topic of Supreme Court Ethics Reform. Being a federal judge is a position of great honor and power, but above all, it is Public Service. We entrust judges with administering equal justice under the law. It is critical to our democracy that the American People have confidence that judges cannot be bought or influenced and that they are serving the public interest, not their own personal interests. Over the course of several decades, congress and the Ju
Sunshine skyway. Construction took one lane away in each direction. Looks like that has cleared up so no delays on the Sunshine Skyway and i275 looking great as well. Up to speed in both directions. It is election day so expect extra traffic around polling places and follow me on twitter at tampa bay traffic. Ill be posting traffic delays and accidents all morning long. Dan . Thanks janelle. Election day is officially here. Voters are expected to turn in droves today the numbers have been huge with half of all registered voters in the state voting early. Abc action news is live this morning at st. John Catholic Church and that location is typically one of the busiest polling sites on election day. Are you expecting that to continue today . Well dea today is expected to be no different when the church opens here at 7 00 a. M. When the polls open expecting a long line of folks to go in and number of early voters between mail in ballots and early voting 170,000 people aright here in polk
A couple of showers and cooler and less humid times ahead. Well talk more about that. Ivan i think you should bring back the pair sail. Thats a great idea. Absolutely. We are seeing improvement on the Howard Franklin. All of the lanes are back open here so again some improvement the crash blocking all but one lane southbound heading over into st. Pete on the Howard Franklin. Heres how long its taking to get across just 12 minutes so thats a lot better. Much improved from the 25 minute time we earlier so no need to find an alternate route and the average speed from pasco down through hillsborough on 275 and i75 all in the green this morning. Back to you. Thanks janelle. A minute after 6 now. If the early voting numbers are any indication record clouds across the state. Florida is expected to play a huge role in choosing the next president. Rodney is live and that polling busy. Our state is already seeing huge voting numbers. Well, you are right about that deah. Consider this. Early voti
Such hand wringing, finger pointing, to receive a guarantee that we will move to address this. If were anything during this process, a strategy to shut down the government over the issue of illegal immigration is something the American People didnt understand. Sandra john roberts is live on the north lawn this morning with a lot going on. Always a lot going on here, sandra, thats why its the white house. The president will spend much of today preparing for his trip to davos, switzerland. He has a speech to the gathering on friday. The president waking up this morning with daca very much on his mind tweeting nobody knows for sure that the republicans and democrats will be able to reach a deal on daca by february 8th but everyone will be trying with a big additional focus put on military strength and Border Security. The dems have learned that a shutdown is not the answer. The president s legislative Affairs Director marc short will be going to capitol hill today to continue negotiations