Great day to preview the National Museum of African American history and culture with cbc college. Amazing. Cspan has live coverage of the Museum Opening on saturday money. Now remarks from president obama about the attacks in news eric new york, new jersey and minnesota. Pres. Obama good morning, everybody. I want to say a few words about the explosions that occurred here in new york city and interesting and the other device that have been found in interest. Ive been monitoring the situation closely. And receiving frequent updates from my team. I have just been briefed again ey. Ive hadctor comie a chance to speak with the governors as well as the merit deblasio merit the blase. Mayor the blase. Deblasio. The bombing in the chelsea neighborhood here in new york injured more than two dozen people. We are extremely fortunate and grateful that nobody was killed. Our prayers go out to all of those who have been entered. We want to wish them a speedy recovery. All theo commend Outstanding
Were going to win with calls, his impact on the high court, and the looming political battle over his successor. This is washington journal for sunday morning, february 14. Our phone lines are open at 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. If youre an independent, 2027488002. Join us on social media on facebook and twitter. Good sunday morning to you. Thank you very much for being with us. As we look at the life and legacy of Justice Scalia, he was talked about last night in the cbs debates, and this is a story this morning, front page of the New York Times, Justice Antonin Scalia is dead at the age of 79. He passed away of Natural Causes while on a vacation in texas. He was a leader of conservative intellectual renaissance in three decades on the Supreme Court, was found dead saturday at a resort in west texas. He was 79 years old. And this from the hill newspaper, a sharp partisan battle opened saturday over whether president obama should nominate a successor so the la
Southern new england during the evening hours and at 9 30 p. M. Across cape cod by the time 10 and 11 it will be floating with the boston area pushing to the New Hampshire border by about midnight and then finally father off to the north it gets quiet later on tonight and to the first part of tomorrow. With scattered showers before that can happen in the warm up ensues heres what youre looking at for mixed tonight. 1 to 3 inch of snow and sleet back youre not very much because with the rain comes in, going to watch it all away anyway but it will make it slick late tonight into the Early Morning hours but would talk about whats behind this really the media part of the storm coming up tomorrow timeline when that arrives. Extreme cold of last three days causing problems all over the region. Take a look at the scene this afternoon at causeway street boston workers tell our cruise finish with a building speaker system causes plight the one of that rain down damage comcast as well. Last year
It is the Prime Ministers first visit and the first visit since 1977 from a Prime Minister of canada. Chuck grassley said his committee will not take up a Supreme Court nominee until a new president is elected and sworn in. The committee met today. That is coming up next on cspan2. Then Charles Bolden testifies about his agencys 2017 budget request. And later a discussion on the use of executive power. Join cspan friday at 1 30 p. M. Eastern for the Funeral Service for former first lady nancy reagan. First lady michele obama, and former president george bush and laura bush will attend the funeral. Ms. Reagan will be buried next to her husband at the library. Live coverage on cspan, cspan radio and cspan. Org. The republicans are saying they will not vote on any nominee for the Supreme Court that is sent in them. Senator grassley is the chair and senator leahy is the leadcrack on lead democrat on the committee. [inaudible conversations] i cant officially start this meeting until we get
How to do it. The center has voiced on what is best. In, you are rules. The time just a matter of before the Senate Becomes the house. Before senator durbin speak, let me ask all the members i said we probably ought to stop at 11 40 to vote. If there is a desire to do what is on the agenda, keep that in mind. Thank you very much, chairman. I have served on the committee for 18 years. I consider the Senate Judiciary committee to be one of the major committees of the senate, and it has played more continuously an Important Role in the history of our country. Pure now faced with historic decision, and i hope we get it right. I would say to my friend, and he is my friend, technology and the feinstein observation i would conclude that senator graham is one of my friends, and a person that respect on this, to say that if we make mistake today, we will make it again in the future does not give me any comfort at all. If theres one thing that we pay a lot of money for on both sides of the polit