Good morning and welcome, everyone, especially the nominees and their families. Today well hear from two panels. Well hear from justice ead of colorado, nominated to be Circuit Court judge on the 10th Circuit Court. Did i get the pronunciation wrong . On the second panel well hear from four nominees to District Court, senator coons, do you ave any opening remarks today . Senator coons thank you to serve alongside you in the Ranking Member in todays confirmation hearing. Id like to almost each of the nominees and families and friends of the United States senate and congratulate you on the nominations and look forward to posing questions to you. The positions to which youve been nominated are important and the federal jude is federal judiciary is bedrock of our democracy. They resolve disputes between real people and determine whether him the freedoms are protected and given the weightiness of their responsibilities and lifetime tenure that comes from a judicial appointment, these are cr
Right now, 50 degrees. Well be in the 40s through the majority of the evening hours. Scattered showers i think winding down by about 8 00, 9 00 p. M. But then more rain in the forecast tomorrow. Ill have that timing coming up at 5 25, jim. Thanks, amelia. Our other big story tonight, the big getaway. Many of you are either heading out or are waiting for someone to arrive. We are in the thick of the holiday rush right now and depending on where you are, you might be in for a long ride. We have team coverage, lets begin with david c he decided to take chopper 4 tonight. Hes over montgomery county. Hows it look from up there . Reporter hey there, wendy and jim, yeah, pretty easy way to get around and for that reason, weve been able to cover a lot of ground. Before i show you what were looking at here, i want to tell you, we did manage to go by the springfield mixing bowl. All clear there. We also checked out the beltway past tysons. Not bad at all. It looks pretty clear. However, what wer
Over it. Into the river. Both divers and helicopters were used. They located it towards the middle of the river. The divers there was one driver and multipeople involved. Unfortunately, we wont know if they are able to go it is about send or monday, to figure out, what exactly is under ned the river. They have gotten some information, the car is possibly a grand prix or similar type or its red. Report any family or friends who may have been in the area. Some scary moments for people at the zoo. Staff told them to stay put after a polar bear got out of the containment area around 11 30 in the morning. The female bear named barrett was not loose at the. Its accessible, today indoors. I was. Love the zoo the the huge promoter, and nerveracking visit earther rj cincinnatis new tree car. He talked about the importance of Public Transportation to college students. An planning for, whats nope as phase one b. Street car, has been stalled, the last two years. Sin city, decided to run. And build
Her boyfriend to dad is set free selfdefense. He was a big man. How did you have time to reach for a knife if they man was on you . Reporter friends and family have many questions. Virginia beach police found his body at his home. He was killed during an argument she was charged with manslaughter. I thought the law was supposed to protect us. They didnt protect us. It is not fair. His family was told last week prosecutors plan to drop charges. The evidence showed she was defending herself. Quite she had every right in that courtroom to stand up and look at us and say she was sorry. She was not woman enough to do that. She did not say anything as she left the courtroom. They say sing her walk free was a slap in the face. That woman got away scott free with this. Reporter a tough pill for the family to swallow. They say it is hard enough to have him gone but harder because he had three children who now have to go out without a father. Anchor all of our coverage since the incident is atta
The Armed Services chairman who is retiring. We are starting off on that note. Then his last big bill, the Defense Authorization bill is going to be the first matter up for consideration. , when we knewht senate,forward with the there has been an agreement struck about 3 00 today. Earlierittle bit depending on the level of cooperation. There is going to be a series of votes that will lead to the passage of the Defense Authorization bill. And itat has happened passes, the bill will go to president obama. That, then we are in the end of the year negotiations on time and how to compress time in order to get the rest of the work done. When it comes to the spending bill, what are the chances that its going to pass the senate . Will the senate be in on saturday to get this done . Guest thats the big deal. There will 00 votes, be a series of negotiations between all 100 senators behind the scenes. They will figure out whether or has to go through to process of filing cloture cut off the debat