Now in West Virginia and maryland and in nebraska. West virginia polls are closing this hour where more than a half dozen republicans are vying for manchins open senate seat. Results coming in at the bottom of the screen and we will bring you any major developments as they happen. But, first, disorder in the court. Tonights angle. First, lets take some quick takes on the atmosphere in the courtroom today where i was. To give you a sense of what the g. O. P. Frontrunner has been dealing with these past three weeks, the air is musty, the floors are old tan brownley no yum and the bench is hard oak with a stress on the word hard. All right. Im no Body Language Expert and i could be wrong. My novice reading is there are at least two jurors and perhaps as many as four who will not vote that donald trump is guilty. Will vote not guilty on the evidence that was presented. Now, its hard for all of us, including jurors who have been instructed to keep their emotions in check to do just that, ri
Middle income people and for jobs. It will also benefit lots of other things. I mean, were looking to if you look at the whole thing, everybodys going to benefit. But i think the greatest benefit is going to be for jobs and for the middle class, middle income. All right, cnns Boris Sanchez joining us from the white house. The president sounding really confident going into this week as he heads off to camp david. But, you know, hes not quite doing a victory lap just yet. Thats right, fred. Hes still kind of selling this bill as you just heard him do before he departs for camp david. Right now the white house is cautiously optimistic that barring any kind of procedural snafu this will be their first major legislative victory, the passing of the first major Tax Reform Bill in more than 30 years. Theyre confident, in part, because weve seen some republican senators that were previously in the no Column Switching over to yes, including florida senator marco rubio who drew a red line on thur
JEDDAH: Fatwas based on genuine Islamic principles reconfirm the religion’s flexibility, scholars told delegates on the second day of the 46th Grand Hajj Symposium. The event was inaugurated on Sunday by Hajj and Umrah Minister Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah and features ministers and eminent Muslim scholars from different countries. Participants underscored the role of the religious
brett kavanaugh s confirmation. it is unfortunate but there are three things i hope people will keep in mind, fundamental constitutional premise of our system, number one you are innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. number 2, you have due process, you can t just be accused without a process for which you have an opportunity to clear your name and the third is to face your accuser. those are the elements of our jurisprudence system that make us unique to the world and if we don t apply them in this case then we have to have a long hard look at our constitution and does it apply to everybody or just select people? we highlighted the case with keith ellison, dnc deputy chair. i went to play what he said about his case is what brett kavanaugh said about his case. we are going to talk about
i don t believe the aba said that. yes, they did. this is so disturbing, fred, on so many levels. you know, united states district court judge, these are some of the best and brightest of the judges in the history of the united states jurisprudence system. they really are. they re appointments for life. they don t answer politically. they don t have to run for office. you walk into a federal court, these are very serious cases, fred. that s where i make a living. people are facing 20, 30 years in prison. the civil lawsuits are usually $100,000 and above. it s very, very serious. and to think the creed dullty of this individual to think he had the ability to be a federal court judge. it s like sarah palin, couldn t count to ten, thought she could be the vice president of the united states. except he didn t nominate himself. somebody said, hey, i got this great potential opportunity, you want to be able to step up and