Wherever we are when the Ranking Member gets here, so she can make an opening statement. Good morning. I am pleased that we can hold this nomination hearing for three very wellqualified nominees to three important positions in our government. Noel francisco, nominated solicitor general. He will be the first ever asianamerican senateconfirmed solicitor general after confirmation. Steven engel, assistant attorney general for the office of Legal Counsel, an office that functions as Legal Advisor to executive Branch Agencies and the president. Makan delrahim, nominee to be assistant attorney general for antitrust division at doj. Immigrated to this country when he was 10 and if he confirmed, he will be the highestranking iranianamerican official in the department of justice. We all know makan because he was staff director for our friend sen. Hatch here, and his former staff director, he knows what it is like to sit on this side, and he is going to find out what it is like on the other side
Wherever we are when the Ranking Member gets here, so she can make an opening statement. Good morning. I am pleased that we can hold this nomination hearing for three very wellqualified nominees to three important positions in our government. Noel francisco, nominated solicitor general. He will be the first ever asianamerican senateconfirmed solicitor general after confirmation. Steven engel, assistant attorney general for the office of Legal Counsel, an office that functions as Legal Advisor to executive Branch Agencies and the president. Makan delrahim, nominee to be assistant attorney general for antitrust division at doj. Immigrated to this country when he was 10 and if he confirmed, he will be the highestranking iranianamerican official in the department of justice. We all know makan because he was staff director for our friend sen. Hatch here, and his former staff director, he knows what it is like to sit on this side, and he is going to find out what it is like on the other side
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening, im john mccain. There was another shakeup at the white house today. Chief strategist steve bannon is out. He joins chief of staff reince priebus, National Security adviser michael flynn, and press Secretary Sean Spicer as original team trump members shown the door. Bannons departure came as President Trump was sequestered at camp david for National Security meetings. Margaret brennan now on how it all went wrong for a darling of the right. Reporter White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders said that chief of staff john kelly and strategist steve bannon mutually agreed on his exit. But sources tell us that the president had grown frustrated by bannons rising profile and recent publications describing him as the mastermind behind mr. Trumps campaign. The president s irritation was clear during tuesdays explosive press conference. But mr. Bannon came on very late. You know that. I went through 17 senators, gover
Next big Solar Eclipse which is in april of 2024. Yeah, and the crossroads, mark strassman, will be here again in carbondale, illinois. We had a total eclipse today, there will be another one in seven years. Tens of thousands came here to Southern Illinois university in carbondale to watch the total eclipse. Some came for fun, some for the science. Here is adriana diaz. Reporter totality was a golden opportunity for nasa scientists like lou gallo. This is game day, like the superbowl of eclipses. Reporter they gave superbowl worthy words as the u. S. Caught its first glimpse in oregon. It is amazing, fantastic. Reporter because of the potential for data collection, nasa covered it like the big game. They aimed 14 satellites, flew ten airplanes, launched upwards of 70 datacollecting balloons and deployed telescopes along the path of totality. Why is it important to study the suns corona . The most simple answer is were explores. It is in our genes so we explore the universe. Reporter ev
Mark strassman. Oh, my, it is almost complete. Reporter across america the clock work of the cosmos turned day into night, and then day again. And for one afternoon, millions of people looked up at the sky rather than down at their phones. Oh, my gosh, there it goes reporter 200 million americans live within a days drive of the path of totality, and many hit the road to witness the laws of nature go topsyturvy. Have a good time. Reporter 100,000 star gazers surged into madras, oregon, population 7,000. When the magic moment arrived, totality, people across the unit canry gaped in wonder, including our team of cbs news correspondents. This is incredible to watch. It is gone, it is gone. It is gone, were in darkness. Take off the glasses. Reporter satellite imagery showed the trajectory sweep. From the Pacific Northwest the eclipse raced 2500 miles across americas heartland in roughly 90 minutes. It was just as riveting from 30,000 feet. Youll have a nice view of the sun off the righthan