Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returns to capitol hill thismorning to face another round of questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary committee. Yesterday barrett testified for nearly 12 hours at her confirmation hearing with some exchanges turning heated. Laura podesta is in washington. So laura, what can we expect for today . Reporter good morning, annemarie. We can expect a slightly shorter day for judge Amy Coney Barrett after yesterdays marathon question and answer session. For one, senator also get 20 minutes as opposed to yesterdays 30 to inquire how she would rule on key issues. Like previous Supreme Court nominees, Amy Coney Barrett tried to avoid taking a stance on key issues during her confirmation hearing. Its not something really thats appropriate for me to comment on. Ive never expressed a view on it. I cant answer questions like that. Reporter what answers she did give on obamacare. Im not here on
Of defense. Before i begin, i want to speak a little about what they talked about and the revelations of President Trumps disregard of our military and veterans. Quite frankly, if what was written in the atlantic is true, it is disgusting and confirms what we believe to be true. President trump is not fit to be the commanderinchief. The president reportedly said and i emphasize reportedly said that those who signed up to serve, instead of doing something more lucrative, are suckers. Let me be real clear. When my son was assistant u. S. Attorney and volunteered to go to kosovo, war going on, as a civilian, he was not a sucker. When my son volunteered to join the United States military as the attorney general and went to iraq for a year and won the bronze star and other accommodations, he was not a sucker. Servicemen and women he served with, particularly those who did not come home, were not losers. If these statements are true, the president should humbly apologize to every goldstar mo
I was walking out of the office listening to an interview of former general mccaffrey and cohen, former secretary of defense. I want to speak a little bit to what they talked about. The revelations about President Trumps disregard for our military and our veterans. Quite frankly, if what is written in the atlantic is true, it is disgusting. It affirms what most of us believe to be true, that donald trump is not fit to be the commanderinchief. The president reportedly said, and i emphasize, that those who signed up to serve instead of doing something more lucrative are suckers. Let me be really clear. When my son was an u. S. Attorney and he volunteered to go to kosovo while the war was going on as a civilian, he was not a sucker. Volunteered and joined the United States military as the attorney general and went to iraq for a year and won another brown store accommodation, he was not a sucker. He servicemen and women served with, particularly those who did not come home, were not losers
No abuse of power, there was no such thing as collusion between the Trump Administration and russia. There is also new information tonight about susan rices email declassification and why she mailed herself on Inauguration Day of 2017 about a january a 5th oval office meeting, a meeting at which president obama and senior obama err a rah officials talked about the radical dems effort to target the into coming Trump Administration. Today superrices representatives susan rices representatives told fox news that rice was directed by the white house come, neil eggleston, to, quote, memorialize that meeting before thed a managers left the administration left office. Rices attorneys made the very same claim back in 2018 in a letter to Senate Judiciary committee leaders. In that letter, however, rices attorney wrote, quote president obama and his National Security team were justifiably concerned about potential risks to the nations security from sharing highly classified information about rus
No abuse of power, there was no such thing as collusion between the Trump Administration and russia. There is also new information tonight about susan rices email declassification and why she mailed herself on Inauguration Day of 2017 about a january a 5th oval office meeting, a meeting at which president obama and senior obama err a rah officials talked about the radical dems effort to target the into coming Trump Administration. Today superrices representatives susan rices representatives told fox news that rice was directed by the white house come, neil eggleston, to, quote, memorialize that meeting before thed a managers left the administration left office. Rices attorneys made the very same claim back in 2018 in a letter to Senate Judiciary committee leaders. In that letter, however, rices attorney wrote, quote president obama and his National Security team were justifiably concerned about potential risks to the nations security from sharing highly classified information about rus