The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. The presiding officer madam president , last week the Judiciary Committee held its hearing on judge Amy Coney Barretts nomination and it was easy to see why judge barrett is held in such high regard by her colleagues, students, and peers and why the American Bar Association gave her its highest rating of well qualified. We knew well before the hearing that judge barrett possesses an extraordinary intelligence and comprehensive command of the law. After three days of testimony americans got to see her qualifications for themselves. They saw why she has been described as a jurist, a formidable intellect, a brilliant and conscientious lawyer and staggering academic mind. Even the democratRanking Member on the committee couldnt hide the fact that she was impressed. Judge barrett understands the proper role of a judge in our system of government. As judge barrett made clear, she understands the job of a judge is to interpret the law, not
Business is off by 75 to 80 percent because of fears over the coronavirus. Weve been hearing that before the visit. Thats why i thought it was urgent to make the visit. Reporter the owner of the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Company kevin chan says the effect on the bottom line of his business is real. 500 a day, 600 a day. Reporter even tourists noticed the unusual quiet in the neighborhood. This place is dead right now. Every restaurant is empty, every shop is empty. Theres no tourists Walking Around here. Reporter the speaker is urging people to come out again and not be afraid. Also to say to everyone, you should come to china town. Precautions have been taken by our city. We know that theres a concern about tourism throughout the world, but we think its very safe to be in china town and hope that others will come. Reporter while there are 21 active cases of coronavirus in the state of california right now, those are in hospital isolation or in quarantine. At this point there are no a
Later on this afternoon. Clear skies this morning. A live look with our Treasure Island camera. The temperatures are running in the 40s and in the 50s. So a cool start. Not as chilly as yesterday morning. And and as we head through the afternoon, San Francisco, upper 70s later on today. Oakland, 72. Looking at 70 for san jose and 75 for concord. So highs running about 8 to 12 degrees above average for this time of year and we will talk about the rest of the workweek and send changes for the weekend. Details on that coming up. Gianna . All right, take me out look at your roadways, so far, were off to a really good start. We have one snag to report in San Francisco. We have reports of a broken down vehicle. Looks like it is not causing a lot of delays right now, traffic is in the green as you work your way in and out of the city. South of there, if youre commuting out of san jose early this morning, now is a great time to be on the roadways. We are seeing a lot of green along the 101, wh
Twitter storm, we have it for you. The force is with amazon at least temporarily, a judge ruled microsoft and the pentagon must put the multimillion dollar je distribution contract on hold as legal battle rages on. Sweet success this morning, valentines day busiest day of the year, selling more than a million strawberries, the company ceo is here. Nicole phelp is here and take us on a trip to sesame street, mornings with maria is live right now. Maria some of the stories we are watching this morning retaining vigilant the new York City Police Department Warning of, quote, credible threat after last weeks assassination attempt, the Department Said that there are no specific threats at this time but stress that every station security post needed to be staffed around the clock, a surprising tribute from attorney general william barr amid the pending doj investigation of roger stone case, hitting back against President Trumps criticism of the justice. I think its time to stop the tweeting,
Its a cynical movement from a city called Prime Minister and im going xenophobia riots in south africa as the foreign owned businesses are looted in the countrys largest city just as. Its a week from here on l. T. International that mean its even today so round up of top stories from the last 7 days and all the latest up to date news welcome to the program. Millions of weapons made in serbia have reportedly fall and the hands of Islamic State scientists in yemen and syria after they were purchased by the United States and allies its what documents seen by a bulgarian investigative journalist have highlighted. This an anonymous it was see a lot to document about im. Not exactly in the u. S. That rahm tracking oh the a web. Or so on the contrary i was able to id if i want to speak a lot of a lot of fun in the language they would. Stop again the video. Washington allegedly purchased weapons from 2 serbian state owned Arms Companies apparently for police use in afghanistan but those arms w