Officers involved. Ellen under fire. The talk show host apologizes after accusations of a toxic workplace. Why critics claim her apology wasnt enough. The effort to save a horse in life threatening danger. Its been a challenging year. From the pandemic to historic wildfires, hurricanes, even murder hornets. So this morning we unveil the new emoji for 2020. Good Tuesday Morning everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im kenneth moton. Im deidre bolton. Mona is off today. We begin with the battle to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Abc news has learned the leading nominee is Amy Coney Barrett after meeting with President Trump yesterday. Sources say she spent a considerable part of the day at the white house. The president is expected to announce his choice by the end of this week. First a historic tribute is planned for justice ginsburg. Her casket will arrive tomorrow at the Supreme Court where she will lie in repose until thursday. Friday she becomes the first woman to e
Can be really vicious. Sleepy joe biden surrendered. You know where he is right now . Hes in his damn basement. The fallout this morning with senior advicers to both campaigns. Jason miller for trump and Symone Sanders for biden. And wildfires ravage the west coast. Over a million acres burned. Right now, our air quality ranks the worst in the world. The clairon call for action. We have to start thinking there are more climate fires. Were live from the fire zone with Washington Governor Jay Inslee and senator jeff merkley. Plus, the roundtable analyzes all the weeks politics. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor George Stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week just over seven weeks until election day and the voting has already begun in the battleground state of North Carolina. Georgia and minnesota start this week, in an election that will break new records for early voting and vote by mail. And with the days ticking by, President Trumps still fig
What police are now saying. Death by licorice. Doctors explain how a man died from overindulging on the candy in just a matter of days. The ultimate man cave. The shocking discovery under new yorks famous Grand Central station. And the power of a good days work. The 89yearold pizza delivery man and how his hard work is paying off. Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with the race for the white house. Just 39 days until election day. President trump is reaching out to voters worried about health care. He signed new executive orders thursday that he says will protect people with preexisting conditions and prevent surprise medical bills, but the Details Remain unclear. Hes also promising to send 200 to medicare recipients, but critics question whether he has the power to do that. Meanwhile, democratic rival joe biden has picked up the endorsement of nearly 500 retired military and National Security officials, many of whom have long avoided politics. All of this comes as the president
What police are now saying. Death by licorice. Doctors explain how a man died from overindulging on the candy in just a matter of days. The ultimate man cave. The shocking discovery under new yorks famous Grand Central station. And the power of a good days work. The 89yearold pizza delivery man and how his hard work is paying off. Good friday morning, everyone. We begin with the race for the white house. Just 39 days until election day. President trump is reaching out to voters worried about health care. He signed new executive orders thursday that he says will protect people with preexisting conditions and prevent surprise medical bills, but the Details Remain unclear. Hes also promising to send 200 to medicare recipients, but critics question whether he has the power to do that. Meanwhile, democratic rival joe biden has picked up the endorsement of nearly 500 retired military and National Security officials, many of whom have long avoided politics. All of this comes as the president
Streets, our cells. We look at the painful past in order to learn i tions, the so controversial, why are so many people calling for it now . To examine that, we have to go back in time. 1526, the spanish bring 100 enslaved africans to what is now the carolinas and georgia. They were the first known slaves on american soil. We know what happened next. For the next 350 years, africans were enslaved, beaten, tortured and killed. They built the white house. They fought in wars. Their labor built the american economy. And then came the civil war and freedom. Promises of 40 acres and later on a mule. They were free, sort of. There were black codes, allowing black people to be arrested for things like being out at night or not working at a servant. And then there was jim crow. A set of laws that denied africanamericans all sorts of rights. If you violated them, it could get you arrested or even killed. Then, there were housing discrimination laws, and a practice called redlining, where federa