The Supreme Court nomination, bipartisan support should be a prerequisite. It should be essential. Thats what 60 votes does. If republicans do change the rules then the 60 vote threshold wont be available to them the next time theyre the minority party. Weijia jiang. Judge gorsuch said the first call he made was to judge garland out of respect. Late this afternoon the full Senate Confirmed Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. The vote was 5643. He did pick up three democratic votes. Also today the Senate Judiciary committee voted strictly along party lines to advance senator Jeff Sessions nomination for attorney general. For the second day democrats boycotted Committee Votes for several of President Trumps other nominees. We made it clear throughout yesterday that when we got answers to these questions we were y to not be here and participate, thats a total i think its pathetic. Republicans had to suspend Committee Rules to send to the full senate the nominations of tom price and steve
About border issues, democrats called on the president to Fire National security advisor mike flynn. Misleading the country on a subject this serious, if those allegations are true, he has got to go. Reporter flynn is under fire for discussing sanctions with russian leaders before the president took office and reportedly misleading Vice President pence about the conversation. If he did lie to the Vice President , then he should go. I think the key question here is did President Trump know what mike flynn was up to. And if he did, theyre going to have to move this along quietly. Reporter white house aides deny flynn is on the verge of being fired. Tonight a Senior Administration official has confirmed flynn did apologize to the Vice President. But the big question theyre going to be asking on capitol hill, did he delibete mislead high level white house officials . More reaction to the firestorm over mike flynns conversations with the Russian Ambassador in december. The Washington Post f
Complex in the past few weeks and there is great concern that the trend will only continue. We are so afraid now. We are so scared. Jeff lillian has lived as an undocumented immigrant in falls church for 15 years since moving from honduras. She has four children under the age of 14. All u. S. Citizens and these days she is preparing them for the possibility she could be deported at any time. All of the familys important papers birth certificate and Contact Numbers are kept in this backpack. I tell them, they have to be prepared. They have to be ready. Always we have to say we are not sure. Its paralyzing the community. That is something not sustainable. Edgar is where the Legal Aid Justice Center in falls church. The organization is providing help for undocumented immigrants increasingly concerned abou deportation, including passing out cards what to do if approached by law enforcement. We dont know what is the intention of this administration. But we are here ready to fight together w
Uniformed officers gathering. Thats the area we believe the man was shot according to eyewitnesses. Fire and rescue tell us they transported him priority one, which means lifethreatening injuries. The entire area, including the white house, was locked down immediately at that time. Roads in the area are still closed. Things are loosening up a bit. They allowed people who had their cars parked on 17th street to come in and remove their cars from this area. Theyre still not letting pedestrians anywhere near the white house. The streets and the buildings near the white house also being impacted by this shooting. Lets go to jackie bensen. Shes live along constitution avenue where secret Service Agents are focused on a parked car there. Jackie . Reporter jim, yes. This is where they believe the man was Walking Around. You can see the ellipse behind me. You can see the Uniformed Secret Service officers and the the man is said to have been Walking Around the ellipse. When we show you where th
Charles, prince georges and saint marys new warning until 6 30, here is our big swirling storm system right off the coast. An upper level low. It rained all day yesterday because this thing just did not except the ticket to get out of town. Later tonight it, should start moving away, up to the northeast, and away from our area. So well have our storms around this evening low slowly de parts, High Pressure builds in, and we got whole new season getting ready to start tomorrow. And matter of fact the timing couldnt be better because you know temperatures have been pretty cool this month, down to 65, with the rain, but just one quick mention, while we get to our planner tonight, with a couple of showers and thunderstorms, full speed ahead to the memorial day weekends, thats what we will be focusing on after we get through the Stormy Weather tonight. Well let you know what to expect this holiday weekends little later. Sean . Thank you, sue. Second baltimore officer to stand trial found not