Good morning, everybody. I am pleased to be able to hold this nomination hearing for two very outstanding nominees. Rod reosenstein and rachel brand. They have been nominated for two very important senior positions in the department of justice. Deputy attorney general and associate attorney general. The deputies attorney general who was the second in command at the department oversees the day to day operations. The associate attorney general oversees the departments civil litigation departments. It is critical that we fill these two important positions so the department can operate at full capacity. We could not have two better nominees for these positions. Mr. Rosenstein and ms. Brand share a lot in common. They both are dedicated Civil Servants. They are both been confirmed by the senate before. In ms. Brands case twice. And they both served in Senate Confirmed positions during president obamas administration. They are both extraordinarily talented and fairminded lawyers dedicated to
Need. Part officials are accepting muni tickets on bart trains. It was a rough monday morning commute. As muni workers fight for more money other workers had to fight to get to their jobs. I waited 30 minutes. It was. Upsetting. Okay. What can we do . Tell with it. Commuters face lines, delays, and crowded trains and buses because muni workers stage add sickout to protest a prepared contract. We cannot put out 400 of our 600 vehicles this morning which is a problem. Officials made adjustments such as adding more cars and shifting outbound vehicles to head downtown. With a large transit at capacity they hold it so as many riders can get on. The efforts paid off for some. I am not delayed at a. The trains and buses were so full women were scrammed in the starewells. This is the first sickout officials can remember. Some did not know what was causing the delays but assumed it was another day of unpredict am commuting. Ahead to wait 30 minutes and it sucks but. Union officials did not resp
Radar on the scene. I have no more questions for her. I dont know what to talk about. And she is the winningest woman in jeopardy history, 20 consecutive wins so far. Can Julia Collins do it again tonight . The quiz show queen is here live and her answer this morning what is Good Morning America. And we do say good morning, america, on this monday morning and what an amazing streak. Julia going for 21 in a row tonight. Well see if it happens, but first a lot of news. Busy monday morning. It sure is. A lot of details to get to on that top secret deal to free bowe bergdahl, the american sergeant held by the taliban for nearly five years. Full Team Coverage this morning starting with Abcs Martha Raddatz in washington. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. It will be until at least wednesday morning before bergdahl is reunited with his family, all part of a carefully managed Reintegration Program the military uses for freed captives. Right now he is being briefed and decompr
Press secretary under george w. Bush and Fox News Contributor Ari Fleischer is here, a busy man these days, great to have you in the center seat. You are outnumbered. How does it feel . Ari i love it, bring it on. Harris lets get to the news. President trump making new comments on russia, believing that he believes that russia tried to interfere in the election. Watch. You say that you agree with u. S. Intelligence that russia meddled in 2016. I have said that before. I have said that times before. And i would say that to that is true, yes. You have not condemned putin specifically, do you hold him personally responsible . I would, he is in charge of the country, just like i consider myself responsible for things that happen in this country. If you believe the agencys, is putin lying to you . I dont want to get into whether or not he is lying. Harris reporting the President Trump was briefed two weeks before his inauguration with highly classified material showing putin personally orde
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