The presiding officer the senator from missouri. Mr. Hawley madam president , some months ago, in july of this year, i came to this floor shortly after the conclusion of the Supreme Courts most recent term to lament the ongoing judicial activism, the judicial imperialism that we have seen from this court over this past term and from the Supreme Court for years on end. I quoted the late Justice Scalia who said the imperial judiciary lives, and i said on the floor of this senate it was a shame to say but undeniable that the imperial judiciary continued to live in this country, a judiciary intent, a Supreme Court intent on legislating from the bench, on making up laws that went along with no regard for what the people actually wrote in their statutes or in their laws, and i particularly lamented the position of religious conservatives, people of faith who had seen in this past term for the United States Supreme Court decision after decision, tossing aside the concerns of religious conserv
October 26, 2020 will go down as one of the darkest days in the history of the United States senate. Like the record show that decided toe majority thwart the will of the people and confirm a lifetime appointment to the court in the middle of a president ial election after more than 60 million americans have voted. Tonightrecord show that the republican majority will break 231 years and become the first majority to confirm a Supreme Court justice this close to election day. Tonightrecord show that the republican majority will make a mockery of its own rentable that the American People deserve a voice in the selection of Supreme Court justices, completing the partisan theft of two seats on the Supreme Court using completely contradictory rationales. Let the record show that the American People, their lives and freedoms, will suffer the consequences of this nomination for a generation. Be summede debate can up in three lies propagated by that publican majority and one great terrible trut
Broadcasts of preseason games are suspended in china while the nba commissioner says profit can come before principles. And as we said, boeing under pressure, the company sued by the Union Representing pilots at southwest over the now grounded 737 max. So tensions between the u. S. And china ahead of trade talks expen scheduled for thursday in washington targets include ai startups, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign ministry quoted as saying stay tuned for retaliation. And then there is additional reports out of the Chinese Press theyre going to cut their visit short by a day not carrying the official title of envoy, they havent been given official instructions from xi. You couldnt have a worse way to start these talks lets go back, run the tape back to friday. Larry kudlow was optimistic something would happen and there were other members of the administration saying what the heck no they havent agreed to any of the seven deadly sins to roll back the intellectual property, someth
Unaccounted for. For lahaina residents who got out safely, road blocks are preventing them from returning. I feel the anger and angst, Everyone Wants to go home, so many of our friends and family never left. Reporter fema is asking family members to submit dna samples. Only two victims have been identified so far and its a process that could take months. Painstaking process. Thank you so much. One of those providing relief is longtime maui resident Oprah Winfrey who promised a major donation after the fire and ash settled. Shes also providing emotional support, visiting people in the hardest hit areas. We joined oprah outside a shelter. Reporter we find her at the entrance of the biggest evacuee shelter in maui county, home to thousands of people, oprah quietly visiting survivors, she wants us to hear some of the stories shes hearing. Cameras are not allowed inside, we talk outside the fence. What would we see . People with their all worldly possessions in a garbage bag. Reporter shes
Jeremy diamond in tel aviv. And this is cnn moment in American History tomorrow for the first time, prosecutors will present Opening Statements and a criminal trial of a former President Donald Trump will walk into a manhattan courtroom tomorrow morning, where he will hear the states case against him. Hes facing dozens of charges related to an alleged Hush Money Payment to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels made before the 2016 election this is the first of four criminal cases against trump to go on trial. Cnns Marshall Cohen joining us right now with more on all this, marshall walk us through what the trial just might look like. Hey fred, its History In The Making with Opening Statements scheduled for tomorrow morning in new york. This is the very first time in our nations history that a former president will sit for a criminal trial. Lets just zoom out fred and remind everybody how the heck we got here donald trump is facing 34 felony charges. These are state charges brought by the ma