Easily. Now on the topic of the day, mr. President. This morning the Democratic Caucus met to discuss the circumstances of mr. I comes of mr. Comeys dismissle by the white house. There are many actions to be taken. We will pursue many things in the coming days and weeks that we decided in our caucus and we will have more to say about that in the days ahead. There are three things that our caucus agreed must happen right away. First, mr. Rosenstein should not be the one to appoint a special prosecutor. That responsibility should gl to the highestserving career Civil Servant at the department of justice. Second, mr. Comey is needed more than ever to testify before the senate. Third, attorney general sessions and Deputy Attorney general rosenstein should brief all senators on these events separately and in a classified setting, if necessary, and they should do it soon because the questions are just swirling about. There are more every day, almost every hour. Let me go over each. First, it
Easily. Now on the topic of the day, mr. President. This morning the Democratic Caucus met to discuss the circumstances of mr. I comes of mr. Comeys dismissle by the white house. There are many actions to be taken. We will pursue many things in the coming days and weeks that we decided in our caucus and we will have more to say about that in the days ahead. There are three things that our caucus agreed must happen right away. First, mr. Rosenstein should not be the one to appoint a special prosecutor. That responsibility should gl to the highestserving career Civil Servant at the department of justice. Second, mr. Comey is needed more than ever to testify before the senate. Third, attorney general sessions and Deputy Attorney general rosenstein should brief all senators on these events separately and in a classified setting, if necessary, and they should do it soon because the questions are just swirling about. There are more every day, almost every hour. Let me go over each. First, it
Skytrak7 over the scene. Right now these are the live pictures. We are told the cleanup will take at least until 9 00 tonight. Some traffic you can see getting by. This is five hours after the crash. Earlier we saw one driver rushed from the scene. Firefighters working hours to free the person out of that mercedes s. U. V. That was thrown off the road and put in a helicopter once they finally got them out of the vehicle and taken to the hospital. As for the wrongway driver we understand she was killed. She had an infant in her car. We understand that was critically injured in the crash. Its not clear why the driver in the case was going the wrong way. At last check they identified the driver as a 22yearold woman. We are trying to get information and well grit it to you. Michelle now a story we broke on 7. Shocking video show guards dump a woman out of a wheelchair. 7 on your side investigator scott taylor broke the story and he sat down with the hospital for answers. The hospital didnt
Much cooler weekend two more summery days Storm Chances return much cooler weekend today hot and humid. Isolated pm thunderstorms. Highs 9194 winds sw 10 mph tonight isolated storms early. Mild and muggy. Lows 6770 winds sw 5 mph friday partly sunny. Afternoon thunderstorms possible. Highs 8992 winds w to ne 5 mph this morning. The investigation into russian meddling in now in the hands of a special prosecutor. Its an appointment that even the white house didnt see coming. Suzanne kennedy is tracking the latest developments, live on capitol hill. Happening today Deputy Attorney rosenstein is set to brief the entire senate on the decision to fire former fbi director james comey. The request was made by both republican Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and democratic minority leader chuck schumer. Rosenstein is expected to answer questions about his role in comeys firing the white house says the president fired him, in part, becuase of rosensteins recommendation. We are monitoring the pres
Thurgood marshall. This is dedicated in this courthouse where he served on the Second Circuit. We welcome our cspan audience to our proceedings as well. Our gathering is at the intersection of two initiatives which have engaged the courts of the Second Circuit the last two years. Initiatives, which i had the privilege of proposing which have taken life because of the creative and dedicated work of remarkable colleagues of the bench bar and our court staff. But first, the 125th Anniversary Commemoration of the second court of appeals chaired by Richard Wesley has several components, including scholarly values and Public Events as we take stock of our past to better understand how our work has evolved. So as to better meet the challenges of the present and the future. The second initiative, justice for all, courts and the community is a project of all the courts of the Second Circuit. A project which, through a wide range of Civic Education ongoing activities seeks to bring courts and co