For the president this boils down to something simple, doing his job and we expect the senate to do the same. The white house ads that the president will not announce a nominee until Congress Returns from break next week and does not plan to make a recess appointment, at least for the time being. Tracie potts joins us from washington. Reporter we have to find out who the president is considering. But the top democrat says that he does have a list and names to talk about with president obama. But whoever the nominee is, republicans have firmly stated that they dont even want to give the nominee a vote in the president s final year and now were getting a lot of push back and on the campaign trail. Lehigh calls it irresponsible. Unprecedented. On the campaign trail, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are crying against this. Sanders says that they are cowards for at at least voting on who the president nominates. And you have republicans saying that it should not happen in the presid
Melting snow and ice good afternoon. Im sonya heitshusen. And im dan winters. Thanks for joining us. Its been an overcast cloudy day after our morning mix move through the state. More than three tenths of an inch of rain fell in des moines this morning. It will be dry tonight, but patchy fog may develop. Temperatures will drop from the mid 30s this evening to the upper 20s later we begin today with a truly disturbing story out of Monroe County. A father there is accused of sexually assaulting an infant. Justin stickrod is charged with felony sexual abuse in the first degree and child endangerment. The Sheriffs Department says stickrod sexually assaulted his own twoandahalf month old daughter on february 4th. Stickrod is being held on a 68 thousand dollar bond in the Monroe County jail. The Sac County Sheriffs Office is looking for a man charged with attempted murder. 36yearold Jeremy Werneburg of ida grove is accused of intentionally hitting a glidden man with his car in carnarvon sund
Plus wicked weather causes havoc around the u. S. And a creature from the depths of the polar vortex. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im dara brown. The battle lines have been drawn between democrats and republicans over who should fill the Supreme Court justice position after antonin scu nrksantonins skalias call. The republicans should not allow it to happen. On the other side of the aisle, democratics are holding true that its president obamas responsibility. For the president this boils down to something simple, doing his job and we expect the senate the white house ads that the president will not announce a nominee until Congress Returns from break next week and does not plan to make a recess appointment, at least for the time being. Tracie potts joins us from washington. Reporter we have to find out who the president is considering. But the top democrat says that he does have a list and names to talk about with president obama. But whoever the nominee is, republicans
And a creature from the depths of the polar vortex. Early today starts right now. Good morning, im dara brown. The battle lines have been drawn between democrats and republicans over who should fill the Supreme Court justice position after antonin scu nrksantonins skalias call. The republicans should not allow it to happen. On the other side of the aisle, democratics are holding true that its president obamas responsibility. For the president this boils down to something simple, doing his job and we expect the senate to do the same. The white house ads that the nominee until Congress Returns from break next week and does not plan to make a recess appointment, at least for the time being. Tracie potts joins us from washington. Reporter we have to find out who the president is considering. But the top democrat says that he does have a list and names to talk about with president obama. But whoever the nominee is, republicans have firmly stated that they dont even want to give the nominee
Down to something simple, doing his job and we expect the senate to do the same. The white house ads that the president will not announce a nominee until Congress Returns from break next week and does not plan to make a recess appointment, at least for the time being. Tracie potts joins us from washington. Reporter we have to find out who the president is considering. But the top democrat says that he does have a list and names to talk about with president obama. But whoever the nominee is, republicans have firmly stated that they dont even want to give the nominee a vote in the president s final year and now were getting a lot of push back and on the campaign trail. Lehigh calls it irresponsible. Unprecedented. On the campaign trail, both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are crying against this. Sanders says that they are cowards for at at least voting on who the president nominates. And you have republicans saying that it should not happen in the president s final year. Actually, J