This is the cbs morning news for friday, november 22nd, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, the senate has changed the way it does business. Senate democrats approved a historic rules change that all but ends the use of a filibuster to delay most president ial nominations. President obama welcomed the shift, but republicans are crying foul and warned that dangerous precedent has been set. Susan mcginnis is in washington with the details. Susan, good morning. Annemarie, good morning. This rule change is so controversial its known in washington as the nuclear option. It basically removes the ability of the Minority Party to block most president ial nominations. Now, democrats say republicans have used the filibuster to in a campaign of obstruction against president obama. Republicans say democrats have a hidden agenda. The ayes are 52, the nays are 48. With all but three of their members agreeing to the change, democrats have effectively killed the filibust
Senate democrats vote the nuclear option, they vote filibusters but it comes with a warning. My friends on the other side of the aisle, youll regret this. Youll regret it a lot sooner than you think. Phonefriendly skies. The government imposes new rules to let you use your cell phone during air flight. Apparently official. President kennedy died at 1 00 p. M. Central standard time. And on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of john f. Kennedy, a witness to the tragedy shares her story. I was the last film of the limousine before he got shot. Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for friday, november 22nd, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, the senate has changed the way it does business. Senate democrats approved a historic rules change that all but ends the use of a filibuster to end most president nominations. President obama welcomed the shift but republicans are ward s precedent has been set. Susan mcginnis is in washington with
We will go to the syriaturkish border to speak with Doctors Without Borders and talk to Foreign Correspondent Patrick Cockburn. His latest piece is headlined, starving in syria the biggest emergency in the u. N. s history. Then the American Studies Association, an organization of close to 5000 professors, votes to to want to boycott israeli universities. We will host a debate. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Up to 500 people have been killed and 800 wounded in fighting between rival soldiers in south sudan. The violence followed with the south Sudanese Government called a foiled coup attempt against president salva kiir. Thousands of people have taken touge in u. N. Facilities escape the fighting. Six u. S. Troops have died in an air craft hash aircraft crash in afghanistan. It was the deadliest incident for American Forces in afghanistan this year. The military says the crash was an accident, but the
War ii. We will go to the syriaturkish border to speak with Doctors Without Borders and talk to Foreign Correspondent Patrick Cockburn. His latest piece is headlined, starving in syria the biggest emergency in the u. N. s history. Then the American Studies Association, an organization of close to 5000 professors, votes to to want to boycott israeli universities. We will host a debate. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Up to 500 people have been killed and 800 wounded in fighting between rival soldiers in south sudan. The violence followed with the south Sudanese Government called a foiled coup attempt against president salva kiir. Thousands of people have taken touge in u. N. Facilities escape the fighting. Six u. S. Troops have died in an air craft hash aircraft crash in afghanistan. It was the deadliest incident for American Forces in afghanistan this year. The military says the crash was an accident,