Attention in class, you know, be strong and active. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by its hard not to feel pride as a citizen of this country when were in a place like this. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff its been an all day interrogation for Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch, at his Senate Confirmation hearing. The federal appeals judge fended off democrats efforts today to ferret out his views on hot button issues. He also worked to show independence from the man who picked him, under friendly questioning from republican lindsey graham. Had you ever met President Trump personally . Not until my interview. In that interview, did he ever ask you to overrule roe vs wade . No, senator. What would you have done if he had asked . Senator,
Meanwhile the blame game if it fails has already begun. Various reports have the white house blaming speaker ryan and the speaker blaming the conservative Freedom Caucus, the democrats meanwhile sitting back and more than likely enjoying it all. Weve got all of the angles covered from the white house to capitol hill. Congressman michael, john, will be walking us through this dramatic day in washington. And former medicare and Medicaid Services administrator explains the biggest problems with health care in america. On wall street, markets reacting to all the health care hiccups. Were watching a late day selloff as the markets wrap up its worst week since the election. You could say the same, perhaps, for donald trump. We are less than an hour to the closing bell. Im Ashley Webster in for liz claman, lets begin the countdown. Ashley stocks as we just noted as investors seem to be on the Health Care Vote and perhaps its not going the way of those who want this bill passed. The dow lookin
Violence and crime. Reporter this arrest comes as the state of maryland is slammed by the Justice Department on the handling of undocumented immigrants. Looking outside right now a few showers tonight, but what will it mean for your morning commute . Topper shutt is on the weather terrace, tracking showers for tomorrow. Mississippi of the big showers are into west virginia. They will hold off until late in the morning. What is headed our way in addition to the showers and storms, fog tomorrow morning could be a big problem. In terms of the impact, need an umbrella, moderate risk for that. Wet commute, a low to moderate risk, and the best chance of the commute will be the ride home. I have a moderate risk, and im more and more concerned about the dense fog developing for the areas that received the showers tonight. 6 00in the morning, one thing we know, its a mild start. Upper 50s across the board, showers here and there a. M. 8 00, showers are developing to the west, and 58 in culpeppe
Inner loop in the express lanes, a vehicle spun out. Authorities on scene. So be aware it will be well, give yourself extra time. If youre leaving at normal time right now, probably going to be a little bit late. 50 east before 197, earlier vehicle fire, we believe the vehicle fire is out, but two right lanes remain blocked. Westbound unaffected. Back to you. Breaking news right now. D. C. Police are investigating a it and run on minnesota avenue in southeast washington. This happened just off pennsylvania avenue in between burns and 27th streets around 1 00 a. M. Our camera crews were there as the Accident Reconstruction Team was processing the scene. You can see here the bike was still in the roadway. Were told a man was hit by a car. The car took off before police arrived. The man is in Critical Condition right now and police have not r car that hit him. Big water main break has paralyzed an alexandria neighborhood for northern 12 ho more than 12 hours. Megan mcgrath is live on edsa
I think they kissed the ground when they got back here. Also have a a big morn ing ahead. Lara is live in hollywood. A huge scandal event taking us behind the scenes and those empty chairs. No, no, wait till you see whos ming to visit us. She wont be by her lonesome much longer. Told her where the camerer is. Arctic blast moving east. Temperatures 20 degrees below normal. For manyts about to get worse. More than 50 million could face below freezes and to rob marciano for that. Good morning, george. Temperatures below freezing. Come this weekend will drop another 20 degrees. The polar vertex will release a chuck of cold air and that means well be in the deep freeze. Cleveland. The lakeeffect snow machine in erie and ontario. South of buffalo and fulton, new then here we go with temperatures. Actual morning temperatures and then we push that cold air further ro the south and chicago tomorrow morning, 3 degrees, minus 10 and on sunday momoing, if we hit zero degrees in new york city, geor