Grant lodes is here to break down todays big announcement. The pick itself is not at all a shock. The president is relpacing justice antonin scalia, who died suddenly nearly one year ago. With another conservative. Neil gorsuch. He made the announcement tonight in prime time at the white house. Gorsuch is a judge on the 10th Circuit Court of appeals in denver. The 49yearold supports religious freedom. Hes thought to be pro life. And like the majority of the Supreme Court, is harvard educated. Now the question is. How much of fight will democrats in the senate mount . With three Court Members in their 80s or near 80. All three liberal or moderate. Pres ident trump could easily have one or more additional appointments. And those could really shift the way the court leans. Some think the demoncrats should wait to make a stand. But Many Democrats are still bitter. Last year, republicans refused to consider president obamas nominee for the seat. Merrick garland. That was a big gamble leadin
For treasury nominee Steve Mnuchin and tom price. They want more information on how mnuchin handled foreclosures as a banker and prices stock purchases in health care companies. Earlier President Trump met with large far ma suited cals at the white house. The wants to lower prices and bring Drug Companies back to the u. S. Also on this busy day, another lawsuit was filed proposing President Trumps order banning immigrants. The reaction coming from the moves. The city of San Francisco announced it is suing the Trump Administration for threatening to with hol federal funds because of its sanctuary city policy. Ktvu alley rasmus has more from republicans. San franciscos city Dennis Herrera says the city stands to lose 1. 2 billions in federal funding because of the president s executive order. Threatens to revoke the funding for cities that limit their cooperation. The mayor reaffirmed it. Sheriff deputies will not turn over undocumented residents unless ice has a federal warrant for thei
Affirmed back in 2006 and will need confirmation as new Supreme Court justice. We will have a burden to show that they will be independent and serve the pope role that the ju dishary serve. I hope that democrats and republicans can come together for once for the good of the country. Congratulations. He is a respected conservative because of his relationship with Justice Kennedy hoping that he will sway him in key decisions and unpredictable vote. As for Senate Confirmation he was unanimously approved for the 10th Circuit Court and we will see how he fares this time around. Remember that first time around it was a completely different senate. 39 senators are in office from his previous approval. Everyone is saying he should sail through because he was unanimous back then but it is not the cast now and democrats have been promising a fight on the heels of what happened to merrick garland. We know that judge neil gorsuch is conservative what about key issues like abortion . Everyone wants
Comes back into the forecast. Good. Its that time of the year but were going to wait for the seven day forecast. Lets get you out the door by talking about some fog forming up around santa rosa, half mile visibility there. Well keep an eye because thats going to be the trend the next couple of mornz. Heres a look at live doppler 7. Heavy drizzle to light rain still out there, falling right here on the san mateo bridge where on the eastern side weve had a five day total of 2 2 3 inch. This will turn to scattered showers by noon, hit and miss showers by 4 00 and then take an umbrella just in case at 7 00, there will be random showers about. Well talk about that sunshine when we come back. How about more on the morning commute. Im going to stick with the san mateo bridge, mike. We do have a collision. Im guessing that rain may be a factor in this. So far, not causing much of a delay there. It sounds like just a solo vehicle crash, somebody lost control, spun out and they are blocking the
To concord up to 21, the fog not slowing you down. Lot of lingering weather issues and closures due to that. Well talk about that next. Were following breaking news out of berkeley where some car owners getting a pretty rude awakening this morning. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is live where crews are working to remove a big tree. Good morning, amy. Reporter good morning, natasha. The neighborhoods getting a rude awakening. Seems like chain saws just sound louder at 6 00 in the morning. But crews are hard at work despite the early hour because this tree not only landed on two cars but took some power lines down with it. So they want to get this work done as soon as possible. Because it did knock some power out for a few customers this neighborhood. So, they think theyre going to be here a while. Crews telling me this was a huge pine that fell and they have to move it but still, theyre cutting it up right now so its going to be some time before they clear out. They got the call last