Voters to the values summit. Thank you. Guess Supreme Court nominations are the super bowl for our business. This will be number four for me. Looking forward to it. You are in the drivers seat as the chairman of the committee. Making hisnt announcement on saturday. That sets in motion a process. What is it . It is a constitutional process. Every president has the right to pick replacements for the Supreme Court. Of the 19 Supreme Court nominations in an election year, 17 were confirmed. This will be the 20th. When the person is of one party and the senate is of another, there had have only been t wo. We are operating within norms. Saturday, the announcement will come. It will be a wellqualified, historically qualified woman. Lay out the schedule after the announcement. Thegoal is to process nomination and get it to the floor so Mitch Mcconnell can move forward before the election. Have now appears that you enough senators who say they support that process. And that timeline. Votepefull
A rally fields and on the streets of hong kong. And australian firefighters are saying they are in uncharted territory as they struggle to contain bush fires raging across 2 states. Welcome to the program our top story that been more violent clashes in the iraqi capital and in the south of the country this despite iraqs top shia cleric urging the military and the police to avoid using Excessive Force against the protesters Security Forces fired tear gas and through stun grenades into crowds of antigovernment demonstrators in baghdad and then in basra a Security Forces fired live rounds at demonstrators staging a sit in the Iraqi Commission for human rights says at least 23 protesters have been killed in the on rest since sunday mama john germ has more from the iraqi capital. In baghdad thousands of Demonstrators Demonstrators of all ages men women children across the social divide they came out to Tahrir Square in the area surrounding to hear your square but they were expressing a real
The social divide they came out to Tahrir Square in the area surrounding to hear your square but they were expressing a real resolve these protesters committed to continue coming out day after day demonstrators determined to effect some kind of change they said that through their demonstrations they wanted to make sure they could help ensure build a Better Future pour it up and it up please when we arrived at to have your square earlier in the day we didnt really know what we would find there had been reports of deaths in basra protesters being killed in basra and protesters overnight being killed in baghdad when we arrived into heres where earlier in the day we found a real jubilant crowd a real festive atmosphere not just people discussing their political concerns that really people going out of their way to express their creativity we saw plays being enacted in the streets we saw musicians performing the National Anthem and singing for others theyre trying to boost the morale of tho
Airstrikes targeting al shabaab Rights Groups say a growing number of civilians are being killed in somalia. In support of the various says he will speak to a bar in munich about roads where you could manage his position before all snowball sets up talks in germany next week well hear from him later in the program. Indias top court has ruled a disputed religious site be given to hindus for the construction of the temple the piece of land that idea on the stage of water pradesh is claimed by both hindus and muslims and its ruling the Supreme Court said muslims should be given 2 hectares of land for a mosque at a different location indias government will set up a trust to manage the site and oversee the building of the hindu temple now dispute over just who owns the land has been one of indias most contentious issues hindu hardline is destroyed. Century mosque there in 1902 a court has added that the right to build a temple on the land will be subject to peace harmony law and order while
Free to return but will have to face justice as he arrives in malaysia. And Ukrainian Forces and protests begin withdrawing from the village in the disputed east and the latest step towards a peace summit. In sport also in vegas says he will speak to bahrain munich about the very kind of moment his position before all store balls talks in germany next week well hear from him later in the program. Now indias top court has ruled that a disputed religious site be given to hindus for the construction of a temple the piece of land in the stage about a pradesh is claimed by both hindus and muslims now in its ruling the Supreme Court said muslims should be given 2 hectares of land for a mosque at a different location indias government will set up a trust to manage the site and oversee the building of the hindu temple now a dispute over just who owns the land has been one of indias most contentious issues hindu hardliners destroyed a 16th century mosque there in 1992 sparking riots that killed