Obama has gotten 300 of his judicial nominees confirmed. 300. At the same point in his presidency, george w. Bush got through 35 fewer confirmations than obama to this point. Progress is being made to clear that. We know what to thank for that, right . In november of last year, harry reid triggered the socalled Nuclear Option. He did away with filibusters on most nominations and made it impossible for members of the Minority Party to block the nominations. No more 60 votes. Thats the idea, anyway. But the Nuclear Option didnt fix everything, either. Theres still something called the blue slip. For a nominee to get a confirmation, both senators from that nominee state must sign off on it. They have to submit a blue slip consenting to the nominee getting a hearing. If they dont, the nomination dies. The blue slip is an old Senate Tradition but the rules of it have changed over the years. When republicans controlled the white house under george w. Bush, they did away with it and democrats
Joo they could. I remember a piece you did when you were walking the Central Valley in california. Extreme, exceptional or severe drought throughout california. The good news this san marcus fire is 70 contained and most of the san diego fires in the right direction. The drought is getting worse. When you look at the vegetation they say its stressed. The vegetation can come back. But you need . Rain. We are just not getting any rain in the west. I was talking with a top federal fire official and they said where are the areas of concern . Almost all of california, almost all of oregon and parts of nevada. Of course, if they do get any rain you look down in the canyon and there is a house that miraculously survived this fire. But if they get some precipitation, some moisture, look how exposed the hillside is and the next thing they have to think about in the winter is mudslides. Much of the west under fire threat this fire season. What is it like there . Are they essentially saying they
Time hosting, a quick background note. Im a professor and i am involved in Community Organizing and labor organizing. In the past i have informally advised the fast food worker efforts, which is why this morning im especially eager to dive into our lead story on the growing fast food striker movement which this week went global. On this thursday hundreds of employees of at least 17 fast food chains across the country walked out on their jobs calling for a wage increase to 15 an hour and the right to unionize without retaliation. This is not enough money to be working for 8 an hour. If i have to come twice, third time, five time, im going to be here. Zble want common respect. We want the ability to unionize without anything coming back to harming our families. We have to make a change. From los angeles to pittsburgh to chicago to new orleans, workers raised the call to fight for 15 in cities across the country. And the American Workers werent alone. They were part of a worldwide protest
One of the women the times relied on says the story is bogus. He never made me feel like i was being demeaned in any way. He never offended me in any way. That is rowan brewer. Now shes saying the times took her words out of context and manufactured what she calls a hit piece on trump. Well tell you whats going on there. Also what the New York Times is saying about it. That is ahead. Also on the agenda, what Hillary Clintons fans are worrying about. I was saying earlier in louisville where we had a big rally, my husband who im going to put in charge of revitalizing the economy because, you know, he knows how to do it. She enters the general election as the favorite. Even her fans are nervous about whats to come. Where do they think shes vulnerable in a race against donald trump . We have some interesting answers for you this morning. And rounding out our agend Apresident Obama never mentioned Donald Trumps name yesterday but there was no doubt who he was talking about. The world is mor
Are there tapes, sir. You are going to be very disappointed when you hear the answer. Dont worry. Im very glad donald trump threatened james comey with those conversations being taped because what he had to change changed dramatically. This is a vindictive effort, it seems to me, to kill this president or this presidency. Donald trump is still the president of the United States that means that on the most basic level comeys testimony failed to achieve its goal. No collusion. No obstruction. Hes a leaker. But we want to get back to running our great country. Everybodys dreaming big whoa, whoa everybodys there we go every day america. Welcome to studio f for the very first time on fox Friends Weekend. Welcome to our brand new studio this is the first time our inaugural episode we get to be in this room. Pete this is new day today. Feels like im in a spaceship. I dont know. I love it. Clayton sandra smith in for abby. Sandra its happy. Has a happy feel. The lighting is so bright and lovel