Here we are in the midst of sorting through another close election. We asked you because youve been covering this Supreme Court since 1986 to come back and look back in time with us at that 2000 election. What we were going through then as comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align id logically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a leader of that court. Ohn stephens, david sutter and Ruth Ginsburg and steven briar, on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Connor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Would you say a bit more about William Rehnquist and his approach t
Well, know, its true. Look at this. Robin home recovering from her bone marrow transplant. Josh was feeling a little sick. Its good to have amy and bianna here. This morning, along with lara. And boy, do we have a lot to get to. We do. That hurricane, sandy, already deadly. 21 killed in the caribbean so far. And sandy is now beginning its move up the east coast, set to be a historic storm. And everyone from the carolinas all the way up to maine will feel its impact. Its expected to mix with two other huge systems, over one of the most densely pop lated areas of the country. Experts are predicting at least a billion dollars in damage. All of the biggest cities on the east coast. Lets get right to sam, leading the coverage for our extreme weather team. Good morning, george. We want to give people a couple of days to get ready for this storm on the eastern seaboard. Thats why were talking about it so much right now. Take a look at the canopy of clouds right here. About 2,000 miles across.
Hes been doing so all week. Bill, whats the latest . Good morning to you, lynn. The storm is just off the florida coast. Tracking all the way up and down the eastern seaboard. So many people on the west coast travel there or have family and friends that could be impacted by this storm. A lot of our favorite vacation spots on the east coast are getting impacted. High winds in florida. It will be a lot worse as we go through the weekend and especially the tail end of the weekend into the northeast. It almost looks like an extra tropical system or a hybrid with tropical conditions to the north sucking in dry air to the south. Thats going to be the story with this. New england is not going to be hit with a hurricane. It will be a noreaster with rain instead of snow. The forecast path takes it parallel to the coast and then inland, somewhere right along the big cities. Some of the most highly density populated areas. Between washington, d. C. And new york city. We wont focus too much on the
And so now what . What are they doing between right this second and election day . In a nutshell, its an allout sprint. President barack obama and president ial nominee mitt romney are crisscrossing the country. Theyre meeting with potential voters, going on tv shows, posing for pictures and campaigning in front of crowds. There will be a lot of that, especially in swing states where its uncertain which candidate is likely to win. The campaigns are buying up ad space so youll see more commercials on more channels and their running mates are doing all they can to get supporters to vote. At this point, its anyones guess who will win the election. A cnn political reporter say americans will wake up on election day not knowing who their next president will be. It makes the campaigning the president s do between now and election day even more significant. Our next story takes us to italy. Some people in the scientific world are stunned about a court case that just wrapped up there. Six scie
Just 11 days to go until the election. You will not believe how far one man will go to snag world series tickets. Neighbors feel his offer has a major catch. Good morning washington at 5 00 a. M. Begins right now. Live and in hd, this is good morning washington, on your side. Good morning, washington. Its friday, october 26. I am steve chenevey. I am cynne simpson. Good morning. Now to jacqui jeras. A big storm dubbed frankenstorm because it is a freaky storm. Right now its a hurricane, but it is expected to look up with a cold front that is producing rain in the great lakes so it is kind of rare to see Something Like this coming together, like it did almost back in 1991 with a perfect storm. In the meantime we have tranquil weather today. Its foggy. 63 at reagan national, 62 at dulles at this hour. Sandy is a category one hurricane with winds at 80 miles an hour, moving through the northwestern bomb was northwestern bahamas. 62 degrees at 9 00. Mostly cloudy by noon, 68. 70 by 5 00 wi