Computer problems force delta to ground all domestic flights overnight. Theyre back flying, but scrambling to make up hundreds of cancellations today, monday, january 30th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a monday morning. Hoda filling in for savannah this week. Thanks for filling in. Great to be here. What a busy weekend it was. And were starting off with a busy week. Lets get right to that breaking news overnight. Theres been a deadly shooting at a canadian mosque during evening prayers. It is being labeled a terrorist attack. Ctv news is at the scene in quebec city. Good morning. Reporter good morning, matt. This morning two suspects are in custody after gunfire erupted at the Islamic Center here in quebec city. It is an act that the canadian Prime Minister is calling a terrorist attack, and it has left six dead, eight others injured. Fear and
Im diane macedo. Im ryan smith in for kendis. Firing the acting attorney general for defying his ban. Sally yates has replaced hours after she refused to defend his executive order and questioned whether it was constitutional. He is facing growing opposition from protesters across the country like these demonstrators in ohio. Pepper sprayed during a clash with police. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has the latest from washington. Elizabeth, good morning. Reporter yeah, diane and ryan, good morning to you. Yes, just hours afzali yates directed the Justice Department attorneys not to defend that immigration ban, she was fired and now white house officials are calling her weak, weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration. For the first time as president , donald trump said youre fired to acting attorney general sally yates. In an extraordinary letter yates an Obama Administration holdover open saying she would not go to court to defend his executive order on refugees because she was not conv
Im diane macedo. Im ryan smith in for kendis. Firing the acting attorney general for defying his ban. Sally yates has replaced hours after she refused to defend his executive order and questioned whether it was constitutional. He is facing growing opposition from protesters across the country like these demonstrators in ohio. Pepper sprayed during a clash with police. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has the latest from washington. Elizabeth, good morning. Reporter yeah, diane and ryan, good morning to you. Yes, just hours afzali yates directed the Justice Department attorneys not to defend that immigration ban, she was fired and now white house officials are calling her weak, weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration. For the first time as president , donald trump said youre fired to acting attorney general sally yates. In an extraordinary letter yates an Obama Administration holdover openly defied the president saying she would not go to court to defend his executive order on refugees b
Approve her confirmation. Weve also learned votes to confirm the secretaries of health and Human Services and treasury have been postponed indefinitely after democrats staged a walkout. Later tonight, President Trump will name his nominee for Supreme Court justice in a prime time speech at the white house. As weijia jiang reports, the announcement comes as the president s pick for attorney general senator Jeff Sessions, moves closer to confirmation. Reporter senators in the Judiciary Committee are debating whether to move forward with senator Jeff Sessions nomination to be the next attorney general. He will follow the law. Reporter if the full senate approves, sessions will take over a department of justice that has been shaken up after the late night firing of sally yates. The acting head of the department. The white house claimed yates an obama appointee betrayed the department of justice when she refused to enforce President Trumps travel ban for citizens from seven countries. Uatee
I want to encourage some earmuffs for that last one about the coffee. A lot of people are listening to that with their cup of coffee and going, wait, what, as their waist grows larger. Well get to that in a little bit as we say good morning to you on this first day of february and perhaps the dawn of a new era for the Supreme Court. Thats right. In a prime time announcement President Trump named federal Appeals Court judge neal gorsuch to fill the seat open since the death of justice antonin scalia. Now, if confirmed, the 49yearold conservative from colorado would be the high courts youngest justice in 25 years. Well, democrats immediately criticized the nomination, which sparked immediate protests right there overnight at the Supreme Court. Abcs Elizabeth Hur joining us not far away from washington with more. Elizabeth, good morning. Reporter kendis and diane, good morning. And, yes, those protests have started, and Many Democrats say they are ready for a fight, and so President Trump