To nominate her replacement after those services, possibly friday or saturday. The president demanding Senate Republicans fill Justice Ginsburgs vacancy without delay. Moments ago President Trump appeared confident that his choice will be confirmed before election day. Well, id much rather have a vote before the election because theres a lot of work to be done, and id much rather have it we have plenty of time to do it. I mean, theres really a lot of time. So lets sea i make the announcement say i make the announcement on saturday, theres a great deal of time before the election. Thatll be up to mitch and the senate, but id certainly much rather have the vote. I think it sends a good signal, and its solidarity and lots of other things, and im just doing my constitutional obligation. I have an obligation to do this. Lou and there is plenty of precedent for a swift confirmation. If President Trump were to send his nomination to the senate by this weekend, he would have 38 days before ele
Riots to see where the streets whether the streets of those cities and towns are controlled by mayors, city council es, Police Departments or vandals and looters and rioters, criminals and thug it is. In raleigh, north carolina, the police chief there has already decided to hand over that city to the mob. I will not put an officer in harms way to protect the property inside of a building. Lou the protesters who are filling the streets of some of this countrys largest cities bring with them, last night, more violence, more looting, arson and vandalism. It is particularly troubling that these rioters and looters are turning now on our Police Officers, in some cases trying to kill them. Some wounded officers this evening are near death. Video capturing the demonstrations of barbaric violence as you see here. One man in the bronx holding a new York City Police sergeant down on the sidewalk as another man beats him with what appears to be a metal sign before they run off. In the same part o
Taking a real beating. For the fourth week in a row, firsttime jobless claims were in the multimillions taking the total number to 22 million. Retail sales plunged 8. 7 in march, the worst ever in history of data. And the Federal Reserve reported Economic Activity has fallen sharply during the crisis. Mindful of the damage to the economy, President Trump announced on thursday guidelines to begin reopening the country soon, leaving the actual Decision Making to state governors. Meanwhile, the country is being subjected to what is essentially a rather pointless daily battle between the media and mr. Trump plaided out during his coronavirus briefings. Reporters seem to think that their main job is to apportion blame, and they spend endless hours accusing President Trump of failing to do enough to address the virus. And, of course, President Trump being President Trump, he accuses them of fake news, and he hurls himself back at them. A good example came monday in this exchange with paula r
Edge of an area called the great black swamp. Im here to meet a family whos lived here for more than a 100 years. So when they unearthed their strange inheritance, they give it the code name the black swamp find. Im karl kissner. In 2011, my cousins and i inherited the family home from our aunt. She had left us a note we would find things in this home that we never knew existed. Karl, a 54yearold restaurant owner, has invited me to the family home in the small town of defiance, ohio. Karl . Hi. Im jamie. How are you . Very good. Pleasure to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. Thanks for having me. Is this the family home . This is grandmas home. Come on in. Ill show you around. The house first came into karls family in 1909. Neat old place, but needs a little tlc. Are you saying be careful . Yes. Okay. In 2012, karl and his cousins start the daunting task of cleaning out a home thats been lived in for more than a century. After several weeks of sorting through the house, only the attic re
Im jamie colby in oxfordshire, england. And i feel like im driving right into a scene from a 19thcentury romantic novel, which, in a way, i am. Im on my way to meet a descendant of the great writer, jane austen. Austen left a strange inheritance worthy of a quintessentially british uproar two centuries later. My name is nicky gottelier. I inherited a ring that once belonged to jane austen, my great greatgreatgreatgreat aunt. Hello. Im jamie. Hello. Im nicky. My first question for nicky how did she get the ring . I shall tell you. Come with me. She invites me in and explains her family lineage. Jane was one of eight children. And her eldest brother, james, was my forebear. So it came down through my grandmother, my father, and then me. Did everybody know about your familys connection to jane . In those days, you didnt really brag about the fact that i was a fivetimes great niece of janes. Nor would it be proper to brag or even mention that the family is the keeper of this ring made of t