Point i cant tell which it is. Representative adam schiff, thank you so much for your time. Thanks, scott. Today, 13 months and one president ial election after the death of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia, the senate opened confirmtion hearings for his successor. Jan crawford is following that. We sometimes hear judges cynically described as politicians in robes, seeking to enforce their own politics rather than striving to apply the law impartially. If i thought that were true, i would hang up the robe. Reporter pledging to respect the rule of law, judge neil gorsuch told the senators judges must remain above politics. I dont think thats what life in the law is about. Reporter in a deeply personal statement, the colorado native talked about his western roots and family and thanked his wife louise. I love you so much. Reporter but throughout the first day, another respective federal Appeals Court judge also was in focus. Chief judge merrick garland. Judge garland. Chief judge mer
With what ive seen and the way id describe it is there is circumstantial evidence certainly of collusion or coordination. There has been direct evidence of deception, and i think people i hope got the sense today during this long hearing about just why its so important that both congress and the fbi do a thorough investigation. But to be crystal clear, this evening, as we speak, there is no hard evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign and the russians . You said there is circumstantial evidence . You know, i would not say i would not phrase it the way you did. Circumstantial evidence can be very powerful and it is hard evidence. You can certainly prove many cases on the basis of circumstantial evidence, so people shouldnt underestimate the power of that. During your committee hearing, someone using President Trumps official twitter handle took issue with what was being said by the fbi director, and the director was asked, and he rebutted that. That was pretty unusual, in fact
Well, the Intelligence Committee chairman devin nunes declined an invitation to speak with us tonight, but we did talk to the ranking democrat on the committee, adam schiff. Congressman schiff, as we speak this evening, is there any evidence of collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia . Well, i think what we saw in the hearing today was director comey acknowledged that there was sufficient evidence and credible information that warranted his opening up a counterintelligence investigation, that is, is there coordination with a foreign power, has someone become an agent of a foreign power . There was sufficient evidence certainly for the irector to open that investigation. Thats certainly consistent also with what ive seen and the way id describe it is there is circumstantial evidence certainly of collusion or coordination. There has been direct evidence of deception, and i think people i hope got the sense today during this long hearing about just why its so important that both c
Reporter now, later today, the santa clara Water District does plan to hold a special meeting at 1 p. M. To discuss the disaster. Live in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. How much water is Anderson Reservoir holding right now . Reporter its only supposed to hold 68 capacity. Its supposed to be at 68 capacity because studies show that if there is a major earthquake, the reservoir would fail and cause parts of san jose and morgan hill to flood. Well, right now, it is 13 feet below the spillway and it is at 83 capacity. But the Water District says it continues to release water. Back to you. Thank you. Time now 6 01. Lets check traffic with roqui. The roads are not too bad now. Lets head out to the bay area roads right now starting with the golden gate bridge. Quick bridge check first. From marin county into San Francisco, you are looking good. Easy drive there. And not so easy at the bay bridge toll plaza. Those metering lights are on slowing you down expect 20 minutes between the maze and
Education, a masters in religious studies and masters of divinity and theological studies. So far, we got a museum person, a lawyer, and a you load in. And a theologian. He brings the perspective of a scholar who pays close attention to the power of words. All of the monuments and our collective commemorative landscape have back stories, stories of individuals or groups who decided to write the words on them that we see today. Dr. Sedores 2011 book an illustrated guide to virginias Civil War Monuments is the First Complete catalog of virginias monuments. It is more than a catalog. It is this that he of ideology and meaning and provides a window of what the people who erected them were thinking at the time and wanted to say. Dr. Sedore has finished a similar study of tennessee monuments and is working on another one about mississippi. His wonderful wife patricia tells me that she is a more seen more monuments in more states than anybody else in the union [laughter] mr. Rawls i think tha