happy friday it s 4:00 in new york. he has held no press conferences, done no interviews that we know about he is elusive. the inner workings of his highly sensitive assignment a bit of a mystery outside of what some journalists worked to uncover. when it comes to the special counsel jack smith and his federal investigations, plural, into donald j. trump it takes an ear to the ground adept and trained to know when progress is being made this afternoon trusted voices suggest it is time to buckle up. here s why in dates since the federal appeals court in washington rejected the ex-president s bid to block former staffers from testifying in the january 6th investigation, ex-aides have paraded in and out of depositions without fig leaf protections of executive an attorney-client privilege. on tuesday it was stephen miller late yesterday it was former dni john ratcliffe soon it could be the star witness, donald trump s former vice president mike pence himself. last week an advisor
Im really committed to this because millions of people die from these illnesses, and we have to do something about it. We have to stop it. Obrien all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Xq institute. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention. In the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the rockefeller foundation. 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 President Trump has named his Supreme Court nominee, and now the battle begins for his confirmation. Senators form both Political Parties began lining up today, and mr
However, headline in the wall street journal today, conservative House Republicans say they have the votes to block health care. How about that . Well, the salesman in chief, that would be President Trump, is trying to turn that around as of right now. You are going to see a grit deal of political nastiness today. Democrats get their chance to question Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch. Yes, it will be nasty and youll see it. It seems investors not distracted. Stocks will open just a little this morning. If the tax cut is still on track the trump rally is still on track. Watch it unfold with us. Varney company is about to begin. Due to unprecedented treatment, judge garland was denied a hearing and this vacancy has been in place well over a year. I just want to say im deeply disappoint that its under these circumstances that we begin our hearings. I do not know of any other Supreme Court nominee who was selected by Interest Groups rather than by a president in consultation witthe sena
So under their judgment and discretion. To protect the jurors from any kind of exposure and they cannot be exposed to the Media Coverage alongside that and again, we dont force them to open up this but we provide them the opportunity to do so. And there may be an argument about where this jurisdiction to provide this Statutory Authority comes from and the congress establishes the courts. And in article three, its clear that we write these regulations and i might expand that definition in another venue. But we need to be expanding the Public Access and open up the machinery of government. When i hear a member during the Bush Administration make comments to be appointed president , well, there is a bit of, i will say, suspicion about what went on in the courtroom that very few people have an opportunity to witness. And most of us, we had to rely upon the opponents analysis and perhaps the legal analysis that informed what the decision really was in the courtroom. It isnt an iti objective
Relative merits will benefit our consideration. I particularly want to thank mr. King and mr. Shack bow for their work chabot for their work and congresswoman lofgren and congressmann deutch for their work. This deserves careful consideration by the committee. I yield back. Thank you. I would now like to recognize the full Committee Ranking members, the distinguished gentleman from michigan, congressman conyers. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I wanted to begin by mentioning that our colleague from new york, mr. Indiana nadler, wanted to be here today but he is at the Supreme Court where there is oral argument going on in a very important case, and i wanted his absence to be noted and that he is very concerned about the proceedings taking place here in the Judiciary Committee. The sunshine in courtroom act, of course, would authorize photography, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising of any Court Proceeding held in the Federal District court. And in the Circuit Court of