Ago he died in his sleep. He was at a swanky Hunting Lodge in texas only about 30 miles from the u. S. mexico border and it was a shock when he died. It was a very, very sad loss for his family and in friends. It was also, of course, a political shock because his death was a surprise and it opened up a surprise vacancy on the Supreme Court. And with almost exactly a year left in his presidency we learned that barack obama would get to name a Court Nominee to fill the seat vie kated on the court by theeath of Antonin Scalia. Or not. Even before former president obama named his nominee, even before he named judge Merrick Garland, republicans announced that they would hold open the scalia seat. They would not hold hearings for any obama nominee no matter who the president picked they were not going to consider his nominee. Honestly because the president is a democrat and they didnt believe they had to and so they believed they would not thank you very much. And that has never been happene
Amazing surprising news that donald trump picked the most obvious person on his very public list to be his nominee for the Supreme Court. I was just delighted that he didnt actually pull the guy out and literally like a showcase showdown where somebodys spinning a wheel going big money. I guess thats why all the broadcast Entertainment Networks covered it live. It was kind of rumored to possibly be a game showy reality showy trumpy kind of thing. I was happy there was no spangley curtain. Well, if youre a fan of the prime Time Entertainment shows on broadcast networks, you better get used to them being broken into by the president of the United States and not just for state of the Union Addresses but for completely predictable announcements that have leaked out ahead of time and have never before been covered by prime time Entertainment Networks. This is the new normal that in fact is not at all normal. Live from the white house judge neil gorsuch. The most exciting Supreme Court annou
Philbor on the ramification of this latest bombshell leak. But we start with catherine herridge. Reporter a short time ago the Senate Intelligence committee sent a new request on a bipartisan basis to the former and acting fbi directors. The first letter was sent to james comey asking him to testify twice in open or Public Session as well as a classified setting. The second letter was sent to the acting fbi director andrew mccabe, seeking any notes or memos prepared by the former director regarding communications he may have had with senior white house and department of justice officials. What stands out at this hour is the request from the republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, chuck grassley. Hes asking for additional memos the former fbi director may have crafted during the Obama Administration as well as any audio recordings that may exist. Melissa what are your colleagues saying . Reporter we have confirmation that the meeting was documented as first reported by th
Eight minutes of your show, maybe a little more. And democratic rebuttal maybe. And democratic rebuttal. They want equal time, which i hope they get, so i want you to have as much time as you need and i got some space here at 10 00. Ill be fine. Dont worry about the bell going off at 10 00 tomorrow night. Ill be fine. Ill be fine. Okay. Totally up to you. Thank you, lawrence. Thank you, rachel. Well, we are here tonight because of the failing memory of an old man. 70 years old is old for a president ial candidate, at least we always thought it was, and Donald Trumps ability to retain information was never good and obviously was getting much worse when he was contemplating his run for president , and so, according to a New York Times report this weekend the wall, the wall was just a way to help Donald Trumps failing memory. The times reports as mr. Trump began exploring a president ial run in 2014, his political advisers landed on the idea of a border wall as a pneumonic device of sorts
Be knocked out by this prime time speech. The russian lawyer that offered donald trump junior dirt on Hillary Clinton and met with Trump Campaign officials in trump tower during the campaign, she was indicted today. Lawyers for the president s Campaign Chair Paul Manafort today accidently revealed a spy novels worth of new details about manaforts lipnks to russia. There were two plot twists under seal involving special Counsel Robert Mueller including one twist from the Supreme Court today. Were going to be covering all of that over the course of the hour. That all happened today. Just as the news cycle is jammed up with tonights president ial first. His first prime Time Oval Office address. Here is the president live from the oval office. Again, we believe this will be about ten minutes. My fellow americans, tonight i am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. Every day customs and Border Patrol agents encounter thousands of