The very latest right now. Also breaking overnight, twisters tearing through the midwest. Nine reported tornadoes touch down destroying homes. As hail, lightning and severe storms wreak havoc on roads now there are new warnings out this morning. Good morning america. Breaking newsment president obama has Just Announced hes made his choice for the Supreme Court. As the chief judge of the court of appeals. Merrick garland. 63 years old for the district of columbia. Long career on the District Court appointed by president clinton in 1996 and served in the Justice Department under president clinton oversaw the prosecutions of the Oklahoma City bomber and the union any bomber that is judge Merrick Garland. He is president obamas choice for the Supreme Court. We will have president obamas announcement at 11 00 a. M. Eastern from the rose garden. When he comes to make that announcement that abc news learned that Merrick Garland will be the president s choice by the death of Justice Antonin Sc
This day and age there are so many young people that think rape can only occur between strangers theyve dont think if its rape, between people who know each other, that is the same thing, and youre right there is a baseline. Talk about the statutory challenges we have in states. I know that new york has a i think every state is different about incapacitation and consent. Lets talk about that. Thats not something we can fix obviously in washington, but i think its important we acknowledge that there is work to be done at the state level in terms of underlying statutes. Certain lay gap between the college definitions and the College Policies on what is Sexual Assault, and then our state statutes, what we can actually prosecutor, what you said before about sometimes people do go to Law Enforcement and theyre sent away. In new york state, obviously, a force able rape is a rape. If someone is intoxicated to the point of being physically helpless so they theyre sleeping or unconscious, that
He is considering conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett. In the hour ahead, well delve into whats at stake with this choice including health care and reproductive rights. An issue the president made clearest interested in potential disputes over the election, he spends most of his time fueling with baseless allegations there. I want to bring in the panel. Welcome to you all on this saturday afternoon, awaiting the announcement from the president. Shannon, with that, let me start with you. Bring us up to date not only on the time line were hearing breaking news of october 12th as beginning of the confirmation hearings and also the pick of Amy Coney Barrett as we await the official announcement from the president at the top of the hour. The president and the white house want to move very quickly on this. Thats something that in the early days following Ruth Bader Ginsburgs passing wasnt clear exactly whether or not they would try to get it done before the election or after. About mid week
Our country and one of the oldest constitutions in our country. We all know philadelphia is the birthplace of the country and that is where the declaration of independence was written and that is where the constitution was written. Its very, very important battleground states and the democrats wanted to make sure that in 2020 it came out for biden because in 2016 it came out for trump. What am i talking about . You hear this phrase is systemic fraud and there is no evidence of a systemic broad and you see reporters interviewing officials of various State Government saying there is no fraud whatsoever. Let me ask you a question. Fourteen months ago in the state of pennsylvania if you had voted by mail in ballot it would have been discarded. If that mail in ballot have been counted that would have been fraught. Fourteen ago in the state of pennsylvania if you sent in a ballot without a signature that ballot would be discarded. If it was counted, that would be criminal fraud. Fourteen mon
We all know philadelphia is the birthplace of the country thats where the declaration of independence was written, thats where the constitution was written. It is a very were important Battle Ground state. And the democrats wanted to make sure that in 2020, he came out for biden. Because in 2016 it came out for trump. What am i talking about . You hear this phrase systemic fraud no evidence of systemic fraud you see interviewing officials of various State Government saying theres no fraud whatsoever. Let me ask you a question, 14 months nothing the state of pennsylvania, if you had voted by mailin ballot, it would have been discarded. It is that mailin ballot had been counted that would have been fraud. 14 months ago, in the state of pennsylvania, if you sent in a ballot without a signature that is ballot would be discarded. It was counted that would be criminal fraud. 14 months ago in the state, of pennsylvania if he sent in ballot with a signature that didnt match a signature they ha