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
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Moving forward. These folks are here for us. Firefighters and the weather make a dent in the bay area. We still keep in mind, have a very long way to go. Good evening, im dan ashley. Right now in the north bay, the lightning complex has burned 350,000 acres. 871 structures are destroyed and more than 30,000 are threatened. The lightning complex in the east and south bay has burn ed. ,000 acres. The ccu lightning complex has burned 78,000 acres in the pins la and santa cruz area. We want to give you a close are look at the wallbridge fire. Firefighters are struggling to get the upper hand as a new threat emerges to a grove of historic redwood trees. Cornell bernard is live in burnville with the latest there. Cornell . Gurnville still under a mandatory evacuation order. Overnight, fire made its way down the mountain, into historic armstrong woods about three miles from where we are. Cal fire crews are staging, theyre trying to protect the grow from damage. A redwood tree burns inside his
And flash flood threats. Were live from louisiana tracking the very latest. Overnight, anger and unrest. Of kenosha, wisconsin over the Police Shooting of jacob blake. And the 17yearold suspected shooter accused of killing two people now taken into custody. This morning, the new details about that deadly shooting. New fallout for the falwells. Overnight, the new allegation from an anonymous former Liberty University student claiming he also had a sexual encounter with becki falwell, wife of University President and evangelical leader Jerry Falwell jr. This morning our abc news exclusive with the former pool attendant Giancarlo Granda, who says he had an affair with becki falwell, that falwell watched, meeting the couplehen he was later vacationing and even going into business with them. The falwells now accusing him of extortion. This morning Giancarlo Granda joins us live. Taking over tiktok . The two giant American Companies that could be teaming up to buy the widely popular app as t
Superb compared to america, and frankly, many other countries. Can you feel that in the nation . Is the nation aware of the success of that . Feels very different, i have to say, tom. Bringing them down is one thing, allowing them to spike up in the first place is another. And a lot of criticism around the govern how it handled the initial stages of the outbreak, and in particular the care for the elderly, allowing it to take off the way it did in care homes. Tom it is interesting to see and we will be covering this throughout the week, from Johns Hopkins university as well. This final week of the summer in america, late labor day, september 7. So it is sort of an odd and to the summer at least here in america. Right now on monday, here is ritika gupta. From recovered patients will be expanded to more sick americans, access to the promising therapy even before we fully understand how it works. The Financial Times recording that the white house is considering crosschecking the Oxford As