Touch the life or courts of cabinet departments. All involve people nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate. Confirmation takes a simple ma jobty, 51 votes, however, any senator can have a higher they shall hold of 60 votes. Today siting the times republicans used the 60vote hurdle to block nominees, they voted to take it off the table for all but supreme nominees. The change is called the Nuclear Option, the name implies a big deal, blows up the rules, the question why do the democrats do it . President obama made a visit to the press Briefing Room and singled out the gop. I realize Nothing Party has been blameless for these tactics. They have developed over years, and it seems as if they continue ly escalated but todays pattern of obstruction, it just isnt normal. Its not what our founders invisioned. A deliberate effort, no matter the merits to refight the results of an election is not normal, and for the sake of future generations, we cant let it become normal. Repub
Also got a lot of news and a really good guest here tonight for the interview, somebody whos doing his first Live Television interview since getting a really important job in the government. But here we go. It is an unusual source of hope for three british families tonight that had the city of istanbul in turkey has no freaking idea how to deal with large amounts of snow. Much like our cities here in the southeast that got whacked by sfloe this snow this week nothing against the cities but they have no idea how to deal with it. Much like whats going on in the american southeast this week. Istanbul in turkey is also not used to getting a ton of snow but they got like a foot of sfloe this week. They shut down the airport. They diverted tons and tons of international flights, including some that were already in the air before they got diverted. One shop keeper in istanbul got so upset by a group of guys having a snowball fight outside his shop that he stormed out of his shop and stabbed a
American southeast. Istanbul and turkey is not used to get a ton of snow. But they got a foot of snow. They shut down the airport. They diverted tons and tons of international flights, including some that were already in the air before they were diverted. One guy was so upset by a snowball fight out front of his shop that he went outside and stabbed someone. One day this week when they got the heaviest snowfall, officials in istanbul reported more than 800 car crashes in the city in that one day. 800. But istanbul being shut down by snow right now. Its a minor weather story in its own right. It is a major story, a major potentially life or death story for the three families of these three teenage girls from england. These three teenage girls told their families in england on Tuesday Morning that they were going off to school. Two of them are 15 years old. One is 16 years old. Theyre all good friends, all a students in high school in britain. They told their families what they were goin
Samantha power about the Syrian Civil War and the refugee crisis hitting turkey as well as the rest of europe. Plus fear factor, Donald Trumps reaction to istanbul, reopening the debate over torture. They can do chopping off heads, drowning people in steel cages, they can do whatever they want to do. You know, you have to fight fire with fire. And good day, im arpd ma mitchell in washington. Istanbuls airport open for today less than 24 hours after three suicide bombers struck a coordinated terror attack. 41 people were killed and more than 230 were injured. A chilling of videos recorded the horror. These scenes are graphic. Security capturing the moment one of the big explosions right by the arrivals hall. Nbc news has not confirmed that this is the actual blast, the Police Officer shooting an attacker. The attacker then drops his gun, later detonating a bomb. White house condemning the blast as a heinous terrorist attack. We have team coverage, richard angle at the airport. Tom coste
Depending on coral reefs. Glor and a return from vietnam to a welcome they never received decades ago. Welcome home. cheers and applause glor good evening. Im jeff glor. And this is our western edition. Were going to begin tonight with the investigation of one jet crash and an entire fleet of planes. The f. A. A. Says tonight it does not intend to ground the new boeing 737 max 8, but it does anticipate mandating design changes. This comes after a crash on sunday that killed 157 people. Everyone on board Ethiopia Airlines flight 302 died. It was a new jet that went down just after takeoff. It was the second deadly crash of that model in five months. Boeing stock fell 5 today. Airlines in more than six countries ordered that plane grounded. U. S. Carriers are still flying it. Changes coming in just a moment, but first debora patta where the plane crashed. Reporter investigators hope that the two black box flight recorders recovered today will contain some of the answers as to why the boe