him. so if you watched garland carefully, his press conference the other day, you may have noticed that he appeared highly annoyed by the idea of having to stoop to explain himself to mere citizens. he found a solution. being a liberal, merrick garland s first instinct was to seize the role of victim, because when you re a victim you ve already won the argument. you don t have to explain yourself. you don t have to change your behavior. you re by definition the good guy. the victim always is. being oppressed means never having to say you re sorry. so as garland explained in the press conference, the fbi was the victim. mean old fox news was asking unfair questions, and that s wrong. the real problem isn t that america s most powerful law enforcement agency is corrupt, no, the real problem is the people have dared to complain about it, and they must stop immediately or else they re domestic terrorists. as gary put it with genuine outrage, i will not silently stand by as the in
Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. Were happy to be in Northern California to kick off our Cross America journey speaking to people about the direction of the country ahead of fridays inauguration. Well be hearing from some of those voices in just a few minutes. First with Donald Trumps swearingin four days from now things are being overshadowed by the growing fallout over the stunning remarks of congressman and civil rights hero john lewis who has openly questioned the legitimacy of trumps election. Battle lines are deepening against the backdrop of Martin Luther king jr. Day. Nbcs Kristen Welker has the latest. Reporter with final inauguration preparations under way, president elect donald trump tried to strike a note of unity on this Martin Luther king day, meeting with dr. Kings son. A stark contrast to his growing war of words with civil rights icon congressman john lewis, a Freedom Fighter who was mentored by dr. King. Today trump ignoring shouted questions about the fe
Respecting the office of the presidency. I just cant not celebrate in good conscience. Prnlly quick to follow. The thing that bothers me most about him his constant attack on american common decency, conservative, liberal, republican, democrat, i always thought americans had this desire to see people particularly elected office to be decent. When i know something deeply wrong is going on with our country, i need to send a positive message. So i have decide to be here in my district. He will be there to see trump sworn in. I think it is a personal choice. I am at this point, i intend to go. But i really understand and respect my colleague whose are choosing not to. New u. S. Senator caramela harris confirmed she will be there. Dianne feinstein has yet to commit. So far, no u. S. Senators have announced they will not be attending the formal transition to the trump presidency. In walnut creek, laura anthony, abc 7 news. I will be in washington, d. C. Thursday and friday with live reports
Trump is this friday, and you can watch it live on abc 7. Some members of congress will be watching it on tv because theyre refusing to attend the event in person. Among them are these four. All representing the bay area. So far another six from Southern California will not attend. Which makes at least 10 out of californias 53 representatives skipping the inauguration. Abc 7 News Reporter, Laura Anthony is live after talking with local politicians about why theyre not or are going. Reporter at last count there were more than 30 Congress People across the country who would not attend the inauguration this friday. And nearly a third of those are from california. But so far here and across the country none are senators. He said over and over again we, have a moral obligation to do what is right to speak out. Reporter in her home district to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther king jr. , barbara lee invoked the word of the great civil rights leader to explain why she will not attend the
Ends, leaving 239 families forever searching for answers. Searching for answers. Captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning the search for Malaysia Airlines flight mh370 was shut down. Nearly three years after the boeing 777 mysteriously disappeared over the indian ocean. In a joint statement center by the three countries involved in the search, malaysia, china and australia officials said in part, despite every effort using the best science available, a search has not been able to locate the aircraft. Flight 370 vanished on march 8, 2014 en route to kuala lumpur to beijing. There were 239 passengers and crew on board. No remains were found. And the search area over the 46,000 square miles of the indian ocean. A few random pieces of the aircraft did wash ashore but the planes disappearance became one of the great aviation mysteries of all time. Officials admit they ha