A president s judicial nominee but it created a new rule of the mcconnell rule absolutely no hearing or no vote for a nominee in Election Year period no coffee 7 outs and Many Republican senators agreed with him including the current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham of South Carolina who at the time said quote verbatim heres what he said quote i want you to use my words against me if theres a republican president in 2060. And a vacancy occurs in the last year of the 1st term you can say Lindsey Graham said lets let the next president whoever it might be make the nomination continue to quote and you could use my words against me and youd be absolutely right and of quote. Well in our other top stories irans president has warned of a crushing response to the u. S. After it made a unilateral move to reimpose sanctions has an rouhani vowed never to yield to american bullying claiming that washingtons latest move to pressure to iran has left it isolated from need to
Closed. The south bay, fire crews continue to battle a wildfire while cleaning up after another wildfire. The most active is what is known as the cruz fire burning east of gilroy. So far its only 20 contained. Maureen is here with the nothing been made. Frank, the weather was favorable and south Santa Clara County overnight, but the concern remains any winds this afternoon and evening. The fight against the cruz fire continued for a second day east of gilroy. Sky fox wag over the fire zone revealing some of the thousands of acres burned near ranches east of highway 101. An or an glow lit up the area overnight as crews benefited from lower humidity and calmer winds. We made a lot of head way overnight with the good conditions, and i think today is the important part is just to hold that through the afternoon, protect, you know, lives and property. Reporter two structures have already burned, with 30 more threatened according to fire officials. 70 residents have been evacuated from homes
At the white house, right now, President Joe Biden preparing to Face Congress and the American People and deliver a speech that could have huge consequences for his reelection campaign. Theyll soon leave for the us capitol to give his state of the Union Address. Less than 48 hours after his long anticipated rematch with donald trump became a reality. Welcome to a Special Edition of ac360. Im Anderson Cooper and im jake tapper. About an hour from now, President Biden will walk into the House Chamber under enormous pressure to forcefully and successfully sell his vision for america and his argument for a second terme. Mister President Biden needs to take advantage of this opportunity with tens of millions of americans watching to make his case and perhaps, perhaps the most important speech of his decades long career in public life, this will be a critical test of the 81 year old commander in chief. He will try to convince skeptical voters that they have benefited from his presidency, and
How many countries there are, 190 participants, again, 190 countries, here at the un, we once looked at days, there were 193 there, i dont know how it is now, it remains so for now, yes, that means 193 countries, 20,000 participants, its clear that everyone is asking them there in the telegram, is this isolation already or not yet, the same one, its not yet , it seems to me that right now, in fact , i also talked to foreigners there, thats how simple it is to see this whole mess, the isolation of russia, theres a war against us, in general theres a whole huge bloc there, thats how it is in the interpretation of young people who we came to sochi, but we werent afraid and wanted to, so tell me, i think its very interesting, i in fact, i met many delegations from Different Countries here, i met my old friends from germany, whom we met last time, i saw a delegation from north korea, from turkey, from belgrade to belgrade, in general, people from completely Different Countries , and i, of c
Important to remind students that they can mess up a lot and still find their way go orange believer, jake tapper starts right now trump in the bronx, looking to challenge the status quo. He says, the lead starts right now in the empire state, which no republican president ial candidate has one and 40 years, donald trump is setting his sights on new york. Hes looking to make inroads with black and hispanic voters today in the bronx scenario, he lost by quite a bit in 2020. What todays moves says about the political moment were in chinese fighter jets and warships and circling taiwan, the Chinese Government insisted this is only a task, but there also calling these Quote Punishment Drills Plus as the Summer Concert Season kicks off, the federal lawsuit aiming to break up live nation and ticketmaster accusing the 20 ten merger of stifling competition, hurting consumers. Ill talk to one of the top prosecutors taking on the ticket behemoth everyone, welcome to lead. Im jake tapper. We star