Absence. The court does usually give an explanation for a justices absence. And weve also seen justices take part in arguments remotely when they are sick and the context here is not just the lack of transparency, but that it also comes just one week before the Supreme Court hears Oral Arguments on whether or not donald trump is protected from criminal prosecutions because a president ial immunity because he was president when the acts were committed. A case critics of thomas argue he should recuse himself from because of his wifes jeannies efforts to help trumps team overturn the 2020 election thomas is 75 years the most senior Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. He missed several arguments in 2022 with an infection and tonight the Supreme Court is not responding to our requests for Additional Information about thomass leave of absence today leaving many important questions unanswered. Thanks for joining us, the lead starts now welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper in this our criti
,lison the good news is besides the wizards winning, it will not last too long, steve . Steve it will not last that long and the time is working out well. We have rain sticking around overnight into early tomorrow morning, but tomorrow looks a whole lot better. Time,in ends around noon a little before then to the west. The highs only into the middle 50s. Looking ahead to mothers day, a bit warmer. Next week we are talking daytime highs near 90. More on that in a few minutes. Jonathan stay connected with the Stormwatch Team by following us on facebook, twitter, wjla. Com, a and download the stormwatchpp. Breaking news, a thriller at the phone booth, the wizards win by one point. A great game to watch. Alison it was really fun to watch. For a crucial matchup against the celtics. Annalysa gayle is live at the Verizon Center. You have to be having fun out there, annalysa. Annalysa absolutely. We needed something to brighten the day with the rain, and this was it. The fans in chinatown are
Just before 4 00 this afternoon, you can download the abc7 app and enable push alerts to keep getting more updates on this deloping story. Now to tonights top local story. A proposal to build a New High School just blocks away from a county jail. A parent emailed us about this issue that faces a vote tomorrow from the unified school district. The plan is to use the space to build a New High School. Abc7 News Reporter Wayne Friedman has our story. In dublin today, Gabrielle Blackmon picked up her two daughters at the Elementary School. The Dublin School board may vote to build a high school two long blocks from santa rita jail. Its insanity, its a stupid location for a school, across from a prison. Its got to be a joke, its a bad dream. Reporter but dublin has faced a population explosion in recent years, all the these school kids wont fit into the already existing dublin high. Thus the search for a new campus in this city with not a lot of land left. I dont think we have any location i
Arena in a public space as people were leaving the concert by american pop singer Arianna Grande. An eyewitness described the terrifying moment. Reporter i was wa. I was waiting and the explosion threw me through the first set of doors. And there were people on the ground everywhere. The man was able to find his wife and daughter, thankfully theyre okay. Manchester police is setting up a phone number for loved ones to call. Arianna grande is said to be all right. She is a pop singer and actress. Shes released three albums and had the most top ten singles of any artist in 2014. She was in europe as part of her dangerous woman tour, her fan base is largely people in their teens and early 20s. We confirmed this breaking news just before 4 00 this afternoon, you can download the abc7 app and enable push getting more updates on this developing story. Now to tonights top local story. A proposal to build a New High School just blocks away from a county jail. A parent emailed us about this iss
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