Pedestrian bridge behind me. You can take a zoom in and see one of the eight vehicles sticking out from underneath the pancake section of this massive bridge. Just assembled on saturday. It was supposed to open to the public. Pedestrians only in december. Miamidade fire as well as Police Officials briefed reporters at about 4 30. They emphasized that this is an absolute catastrophe. Technicians on the scene. We have live search dogs working it. We have a heavy equipment. Four cranes and operators. We are in full search and rescue mode. What was soon to become and i cannot connection between the city and the university has turned out to be a tragedy. Our hearts are extended to those come of the victims that were able to be transported as well as those that may not be walking away. The bridge, 174 feet long. It was assembled on Florida International University Property along the road. Southwest eight street. On saturday they hoisted it up and rotated 90 degrees to drop it onto its suppor
Documents and protestors being go dragged out of the chamber while republicans defended the nominee. I welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of mr. Chairman. Brett kavanaugh to serve as associate justice. Mr. Chairman, i would like to be recognized for a question before we proceed. Youre out of order, ill proceed. We cannot possibly move forward. We believe this hearing should be postponed. I move to adjourn. We will continue as planned. We arent in executive session. I ask to be recognized. Here are the facts. Judge kavanaugh is one of the most distinguished judges. Mr. Chairman, we ought to have this loudmouth removed. We shouldnt have to put up with this kind of stuff. And on it went from there. Senator john kennedy is getting set to question judge kavanaugh and well talk to him coming up here. First lets begin with Shannon Bream live inside the hearing room. Shannon, what do we expect today . Good morning there. Good morning. Substantive today. This is whe
They are prepared to proceed to a vote on the kavanaughs confirmation. Heres former top doj official under president george w. Bush, he was on newsroom earlier. I think dr. Ford has to testify, if she doesnt testify i think the senators will rightfully go ahead and devote. Otherwise any stray accusation uncorroborated would be enough to shut down the senate and prevent the confirmation of any nominee for any judicial executive branch job and we cannot allow that to happen. Harris chief White House Correspondent john roberts, that was putting it distinctly. He doesnt mince words, ive known him for a long time and he tells it like he believes it is. Judge kavanaugh is at the white house again today, officials tightlipped about what is transpiring at the white house. On tuesday sources told fox news they conducted a socalled murder board, a bunch of people sitting together in a panel, the Judiciary Committee hearing room pummeling him with a lot of uncomfortable questions he would expect
washington, the supreme court hearings for ketanji brown jackson and prep sessions went late into last night. she would be the first black woman on the supreme court. democrats would certainly like some bipartisan support if they can. what have you learned, mike, about her prep sessions? jonathan, going behind the curtain a little bit, we re told that in an effort to simulate this environment in the white house counsel s office which has been running her mood sessions, her practice sessions there in the eisenhower executive office building of the white house, they have put in lights that will be similar to the judiciary committee hearing room. they have had lots of people in the room as a way to also get a sense for the atmosphere. because jonathan, this is going to be really intense. you re right, there has not been the run up to it that we usually have because of the war. these are going to be four intense days starting at
weren t factoring in, and so this is real news time. and you re right, that s why mitch mcconnell is really worried about a welding in montana this weekend. once again tonight brett kavanaugh has broken sharply with the tradition of supreme court nominees and has decided to make another public statement outside the judiciary committee hearing room, which is usually the only place we ever hear from a supreme court nominee. his first break from tradition was to go on and defend himself against dr. christine blasey ford s allegation. it was a strange performance on fox news that raised more questions than it answered and was the first time that brett kavanaugh lied about the drinking age in maryland being 18 when he was an 18-year-old senior in high school. tonight brett kavanaugh has taken to the op-ed page the rupert mer dock wall street