Im told me on the article glad to have you with us top story of the moment the vacancy on the u. S. Supreme court and the intense political fight surrounding it president all trump is about to name his choice for that seat media reports say he will nominate Amy Kone Barrett she would replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last week and al barrett currently serves as a federal Appeals Court judge and is known for her conservative religious views. On friday he had made up his mind but he refused to confirm the speculation ahead of an official announcement on saturday. With me now here in the studio is an. Associate fellow of the German Council on Foreign Relations and. In washington our bureau chief in home lets start with. If you were in washington what do we know. About. Well if she will get picked donald trump would have hardly found anybody who is such in the poem and of the late ruth gaiter Bader Ginsburg a pioneer of womens rights she was for abortion rights she faults the discrimina
Including coronavirus, the economy, taxes and the Supreme Court. Well be bringing you the very latest coming up this morning, all the highlights. But first, lets take a look at markets the morning after pointing to a rally at the start of trading, the dow futures up 8 85, nasdaq up 68 around the s p 500 up 11 and a quarter. Investors optimistic over talks targeting stimulus for airlines, Small Business and another 1,200 check for all americans. The president wants to do individual bills. This is what drove markets yesterday as well. Dow industrials at the close yesterday up better than 530 points, that was almost 2 . The nasdaq up 210. The s p 500 higher by 58. Were on it all morning long. Mornings with maria is live right now. European markets in the green, fractional moves, fq up 20, cac up 17 and dax index up 68 points in germany. Lets take a look at asian markets overnight, japan was the best performer, hong kong was lower, the Chinese Market remains closed for a holiday and the ni
Wildfire assets grown overnight. Look at this. Right now fire crews are working around the clock holding containment lines in napa and sonoma counties but they are concerned about another round of red flag warnings. Cierra is with us and the latest on the firefighter. Reporter firefighters are a step closer to determining what caused the fire that has so far burned thousands of acres throughout sonoma county. Our crews have been cedar throughout the areas since the fire began and captured just how the fire impacted the town of cal stowing, a. Weve been in contact with those determining how it all started. Yesterday sources close to the Fire Investigation told nbc investigates they are focusing on electrical fencing at dancing bear ranch owned howell mountain. In terms of the firefighter cal fire said the blaze swelled to nearly 57,000 acres. Several homes and wineries destroyed and the evacuation is ongoing. Road closures are also making it tough for make working to keep those wineries
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