Votes. You needed twothird majority in the house. First you needed a twothird majority in the senate and they got it. Harry reid of nevada turned on the president. He got all the republicans who had been opposing, you know, pretty much anything the president has done, and in addition, he got all democrats. The democrats who for the course of his presidency have been working not to allow overrides of his vetoes abandoned him on this measure. Now, ill get to the reasons for that in a moment. The president argued against the bill last week telling lawmakers it would make the u. S. Vulnerable to retaliatory lawsuits. Now, hear this. Retaliatory lawsuits. The details on that in a moment. Again, once the vote is final in theous, the 9 11 lawsuit bill automatically and immediately becomes law without the president s signature. They have all the votes they need but the full vote tally is not in and when that full vote tally is in just minutes from now, this bill will be a law on capitol hill.
Toronta. What difference without kennedy . He was the most heterodox, has strong views on subjects but they dont always line up with the traditional liberal conservative, very much in favor of gay rights, free speech, whether liberal or conservative free speech and he was sometimes wild card. Most likely new justice will be line up with the other four republican. Paul that could be the case, dan, its interesting, if you look at First Amendment Juris Prudence, kennedy was very strong, wrote the Citizens United decision, for example, on Campaign Finance and free speech and theres no guaranty that his replacement even if socalled conservative is going to be as strong on First Amendment or even on state rights. Well, thats right. All of these nominees in Supreme Court, intelligent person have their own mind, they are able to identify whether they will vote most of the time with conservatives or the liberals but theres no real predicting and a lot of the issues have been in play, i think, t
His school into a war zone. Police say 17 people were killed in and around marjorie stone ham douglas high school. At least 15 others are hospitalized. Five of them with life threatening injuries. Were waiting to see what their condition is this morning. And in just hours, this 19yearold suspect will make his first court appearance. He is hes been transferred to the Broward County jail. Youre going to see new video right here. This is him in the wee hours of the morning being transferred. As you can see, hes in huffs and hes being walked in. These are the first shots we have of him in custody. Investigators already finding disturbing social media posts from this suspected killer. As cnn learns he was getting treatment at a Mental Health clinic. And he legally purchased the ar15 that he used in this massacre. So is, again, were seeing the nexus of Memory Health and ability to get weapons. So this attack of course is reviving the gun violence debate. Can congress do something this time t
Involved with it. Here is what trumps legal team says about that. Quote, it remains our position that the president s actions here by virtue of his position as the chief Law Enforcement officer could neither constitutionally nor legally constitute obstruction because that would amount to him obstructing himself, and that he could if he wished terminate the inquiry or even exercise his power to pardon if he so desired. The letter also acknowledges that trump did in fact dictate his sons misleading statement about that Infamous Trump tower meeting with the russians. Here is what they write. You have received all the notes, communications, and testimony indicating that the president dictated a short but accurate response to the New York Times article on behalf of his son donald trump jr. This is the first time the president s attorneys have acknowledged that trump dictated the statement. In fact they, along with press secretary Sarah Sanders, previously denied the president played any par
Toronta. What difference without kennedy . He was the most heterodox, has strong views on subjects but they dont always line up with the traditional liberal conservative, very much in favor of gay rights, free speech, whether liberal or conservative free speech and he was sometimes wild card. Most likely new justice will be line up with the other four republican. Paul that could be the case, dan, its interesting, if you look at First Amendment Juris Prudence, kennedy was very strong, wrote the Citizens United decision, for example, on Campaign Finance and free speech and theres no guaranty that his replacement even if socalled conservative is going to be as strong on First Amendment or even on state rights. Well, thats right. All of these nominees in Supreme Court, intelligent person have their own mind, they are able to identify whether they will vote most of the time with conservatives or the liberals but theres no real predicting and a lot of the issues have been in play, i think, t