Answers arthe mother of two was hit and killed by a hit and run driver. It happened north of lewis brown road. The woman has been identified as Lori Van Walker. We go live now in the news room after speaking with the victims sister. Reporter it is not clear if the woman was walking or riding her bike. But the hit and run driver left the scene of the accident. Tonight as we spoke with that emotional sister of the victim she says she is now caring for those children left behind. It is a terrible loss. Terrible. She was only 27 years old. She has two beautiful babies. Reporter she realizes her younger sister is never coming back. Now she wants whoever was behind the wheel to step forward. Someone has to be out there at 8 40 at night. At a lit gas station to see this woman mowed down. Somebody. Reporter 27yearold Lori Van Walker was killed friday night in an apparent hit and run. According to the police at 8 48 she was walking near sonoma boulevard and lewis brown road when she was hit by
Blocked Bipartisan Legislation to protect the special counsel. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says its not needed. This is a solution in search of a problem. The president is not going to fire Robert Mueller. Nor do i think he should. Nor do i think he should not be allowed to finish. We have a lot of things to do to try to finish up this year without taking votes on things that are completely irrelevant to outcomes. The solution in search of a problem, he says. The majority leader seems to be suggesting theres no reason to believe the president would take action to undermine the special counsel, to delegitimize his work in the public eye or otherwise short circuit the investigation. Defenders of the president says he has yet to do anything along those lines. Keeping him honest. If a bill protecting the special counsel is as leader mcconnell says a search for a solution to a, is it a problem to replace the toattorney general with someone who has spoken out against the attorney general
Post today, quote, i wouldnt take it off the table. Why would i take it off the table . Its a big thing to say, that a pardon is on the table, to say it explicitly as the president of the United States has just done. Paul manafort tonight is in solitary confinement, convicted on eight counts, most of them for fraud, charged with hiding 60 million in income, and bob mueller says manafort is still lying to him again and again and again, even after manafort promised to cooperate with the special counsel. So, trumps talk of a pardon so openly is raising a serious legal threat. The president should understand that even dangling a pardon in front of a witness like manafort is dangerously close to obstruction of justice and would just fortify a charge of obstruction of justice against the president. Lets be clear. Obstruction of justice could be an impeachable offense, and the man you just heard is likely to be the next chairman of the judiciary committee. So thats the man who would lead impe