is going to be voting on neil gorsuch at any moment. you re looking at ted cruz speaking there about the need to confirm him. it s unlikely that that s going to happen. we are anticipating that this is going to be a party line vote. there is expected to be a big showdown on capitol hill later this week when the full senate votes on gorsuch, and that means only one option remains for senator mitch mcconnell, and that is to execute what is known as the nuclear option so that they could get this judge through. i want to go to adam shapiro who has all the latest in washington. hey, adam. reporter: yeah. to keep it simple, there are two issues before the senate once they pass him out of committee to the full senate. first, to the vote on cloture which would end debate, the second would then be the vote on whether he becomes a supreme court justice. democrats now have enough votes to filibuster judge judge gorsuch. 41 democrats have said they will vote no on cloture, that means t
make america great again. good evening and welcome to our special pbs news hour of the republican national convention.t i m gwen ifill. i m judy woodruff. joining us all week from the other side of the arena next to the podium the host of npr s weekend edition sunday rachel martin. rachel, great to have you with us and here in the anchor boothh as always syndicated columnist mark shields and new york times ifill: also with us, npr s national political correspondent, mara liasson. later on in the evening, npr s political editor domenico montanaro and senior editor ron elving will join us. woodruff: amy walter from the cook political report is with us at the table, great to have you here. and down on the floor we have newshour correspondent lisane desjardin and npr congressional reporter susan davis. welcome to you both! ifill: out on the streets, john yang is covering any potential unrest. protests are expected, but the security is heavy and thousands of police are
rebels to syria. and given our track record, is that the right move for america? and people all over the planet with one thing in common, they re not from these parts. i m ali velshi, and this is real money. this is real money , and you are the most important part of the show, so tell me what s on your mind by tweeting me at ali velshi or hit me up on facebook. like it or not, the united states is involved in another war in the middle east. but this one is a lot more murky. we do know that u.s. planes and drones and cruise missiles struck syria for the first time overnight, targeting islamic state of iraq and lavant, isil fighters on the ground there, and they did it with the help of five arab countries, including saudi arabia and jordan that have joined president obama s coalition to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. this follows weeks of targets in neighboring iraq. they struck or damaged them, killing reportedly more than 20 fighters in raca alone, this is the capi
and now they want to trade rebels to syria. and given our track record, is that the right move for america? and people all over the planet with one thing in common, they re not from these parts. i m ali velshi, and this is real money. this is real money , and you are the most important part of the show, so tell me what s on your mind by tweeting me at ali velshi or hit me up on facebook. like it or not, the united states is involved in another war in the middle east. but this one is a lot more murky. we do know that u.s. planes and drones and cruise missiles struck syria for the first time overnight, targeting islamic state of iraq and lavant, isil fighters on the ground there, and they did it with the help of five arab countries, including saudi arabia and jordan that have joined president obama s coalition to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. this follows weeks of targets in neighboring iraq. they struck or damaged them, killing reportedly more than 20 fighters in r
45 leesburg. waldorf at 44. manassas you re 46. then you factor in the wind. it feels upper 30s for some spots especially as you head off to the west through leesburg and martinsburg feeling about 43. a few clouds here or there but we will see increasing sunshine after the morning clouds go away. temperatures by lunch time in the mid-60s. near 70 this afternoon. good morning, larry. good morning,alson. good morning to you at home. no major issues to report this morning. we ll let you know that the metrorail running on schedule. we do have three bus alerts. # 6, 86, 83 and b-2. west braddock road we had a cargo into a building. unfortunately the driver lost his or her life. you want to stay away from that area. north howard street will be your best alternative this morning. i want to take you right now to the beltway and show you how shingz are shaping up things are shaping up at new hampshire avenue. traffic running at top speeds. traveling westbound on 50, no issues as