for president obama it was a gimme, right? like i said, distinguished record nothing against him. the ideal candidate for the job and utterly non controversial. they held his confirmation hearing after president obama nominated him and the confirmation hearing went great. he sailed through, no objections. the judiciary committee decided on julian neals nomination by a voice vote. they didn t even bother taking a roll call vote. they just it all in favor, i, no objections. passing through and the senate then he can become a federal judge. that was in november 2015. zero controversy about him. he passes the committee without any objections which sets up what it is expected to be under normal circumstances a non controversial vote to confirm him into the court. but that never happens. the committee has this hearing in passes him through on a voice vote with no objections, november 2015 but there is no floor vote. and then december 2015 comes around, nothing happens. no floor v
his name is xavier julien neals. that nomination from president obama was basically a gimme. distinguished record, not a word against him, sort of an ideal candidate for the job utterly and noncontroversial. they held his confirmation hearing in 2017 after president obama nominated him. the confirmation went great. he sailed through. no objections. the judiciary committee is where they hold confirmation hearings in the senate. they decided by his nomination by a voice vote. they didn t even bother taking a roll call vote. they just did all in favor, aye. no objections. passed him through for his floor vote in the senate and then he can become a federal judge. that was in november 2015. zero controversy about him. he passes a committee with zero objections. that sets up what is expected to be a nonformal vote for him in the senate to confirm him to the court. but that never happens. the committee has this hearing and passes him through on a voice vote with no objections novemb
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coronavirus. did it come out of a lab in wuhan? that s what they re looking at. questions also this morning surrounding the summer olympics in tokyo, as japan struggles to get its covid outbreak under control. what a new study is saying about immunity from coronavirus, for those who have beaten it and those who are vaccinated. and senate majority leader chuck schumer could force a vote as early as today on a commission to investigate the january 6th attack on the capitol. but we begin unfortunately with the latest from san jose, california, where nine people now are dead after an employee opened fire at a light rail yard. police say the shooter took his own life. according to authorities, the victims range in age from 29 to 63 years old. law enforcement sources say the gunman was an employee of the santa clara valley transportation authority. investigators say so far, the motive sun clear. nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer reports. this is an active shooter.
this worker i spoke to who did not want to be identified said he did not witness the shooting but it s his understanding this happened at the beginning of a shift. now, he wasn t aware of a formal meeting taking place when this shooting happened but he said it would not be uncommon for workers to be getting their operating instructions for the day, to be huddling together, and he said it s his understanding that s when these particular shots rang out. we are in front of a county building, the reunification center for families has been moved from the sheriff s office to this particular county building. i can tell you that we have seen some family members show up, some anxious folks. i spoke to one gentleman who said that his neighbor actually works for the vta, a very close friend of his. he said he s been trying to get in touch with him, when he heard the shooting he immediately dashed to this reunification center to find out what he could. he s very anxious, as you might ima