New details on why you should v program promoting glovesdown, gloves up. Its catching on big time. Early today starts right now good morning, im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. The senate is strapping in for a heated showdown today as questioning begins for judge Amy Coney Barrett. The outcome could send reverberations through the elections and on. Reporter Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett making her case. I have been nominated to fill Justice Ginsburgs seat, but no one will ever take her place. Reporter President Trumps third nominee saying she plans to stick to the words of the constitution. But courts are not designed to solve every problem or writer wrong in our public life. Reporter republicans and democrats digging in in their opening statements. You stand accused of intending to violate your oath before you even take it. I believe we should not be moving forward on this nomination, not until this election has ended and the next president takes office. Reporter barret
This morning, japan has marked 75 years since the unleashing of the worlds first atomic bomb on hiroshima. 140,000 people were killed, nearly half the citys population. A scaledback, social distancing event was held with survivors and relatives marking the 8 15 a. M. Blast anniversary with a moment of silence. This morning, were opening up the abc news vault to august 1995, the 50th anniversary, with abcs carole simpson. 4,000 americans were there the day the bomb fell. Only 1,000 of them came home. Abcs deborah amos looks at how two of them are faring today. Reporter every other year, for nearly 20 years, kay yoshioka and jack diruike spend a day in a San Francisco clinic where a team of visiting japanese specialists check for cancer, blood diseases, and anything else that might be traced to what happened 50 years ago. Kay was 8 years old then, americanborn, but living in japan because her family had moved back to care for her grandmother. That summer, with american planes firebombing
indictment, attorney general merrick garland is voicing support for special counsel jack smith. we ll show you his new remarks. plus new polling shows that trump s support among republicans is standing strong despite his mounting legal troubles. we ll break down those new numbers. and the judge handling trump s classified documents case, aileen canon, is coming under new scrutiny for having very little trial experience. that new reporting and so much more is straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 15th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment, we re now hearing from attorney general merrick garland. speaking to reporters yesterday, garland declined to answer questions about the case, but he defended special counsel jack smith, the man that he appointed to lead the investigation into the former president. so as you know i can t talk about particulars o
criminally indicted more times than he was ever elected. he has pled not guilty. it was a weighty mood in that courtroom. you could feel that this was a historic day just walking in. mr. trump sat stonefaced, arms tightly folded across his chest. everything we witnessed today was self-inflicted by donald trump. that was just some of msnbc s coverage of the historic federal indictment of former president donald trump. we ll take you through yesterday s arraignment and what comes next in the case. and hours after his court appearance trump was back at his golf club in new jersey taking his typical approach to any accusations against him, portraying himself as the pure victim. and on capitol hill some republicans dodged questions about trump while others continue to support him. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 14th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. a stonefaced former president donald trump pleaded not gui
Roads finally dry enough to reopen after a massive storm created a muddy mess, Stranding Festival Goers for days. One death under investigation. Our team is there on the ground. Also tonight, new leads in the pennsylvania manhunt for an escaped killer on the run five days. He was seen on doorbell cam. Police now say they have four credible sightings. How was he surviving . And the reported plea from his Mother Police are using. Millions rushing home this labor day. Danger on the roads, a tanker truck in flames in connecticut, a crash killing five in georgia, one car falling 50 feet. Airports packed, capping off a record summer. And the Dangerous Heat this holiday from the central u. S. To the northeast, potentially record breaking. And the new tropical threat were tracking. Plus, President Biden on the attack, using a Labor Day Event to go after former President Trump gop rivals flock to New Hampshire. Can any of his gop rivals make a dent in his lead . Remembering the voice behind the