They had very, very close personal relationships. And just to kind of briefly get the players on t table, they sort of into three justices were very well known, hugo black, felix frankfurter, William Douglas robert jackson. Those are the four very well known ones. O were not very well,murphy, james burns y from South Carolina and he was only on the court f fall of 1942, fdr to him come work with me in the white house. Youll be the assistant president overseeing the domestic economy and burns lef supreme to join fdr in the white and fourth justice in this category of lesser known justices in the fdr appointees was Wiley Rutledge replacement. And then the third group is the appointed by fdr and are only two in this category. One of them was harlan fiske stone, who hadn appointed in 1925 by calvin coolidge, his Amherst College buddy, and as i mentioned, fdr e justice in 1941. In the summer of 1941. And its very clear that fdr did single mindedly focused and preparing the country for war,
We talked to novelist Robert Harris about his book, and mean it. Munich. Minutes silence has marked the official opening of the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire which killed at least 80 people in june. The chair of the inquiry, retired judge sir Martin Moore Bick, described the blaze as a tragedy unprecedented in modern times today he laid out exactly what the inquiry will aim to do. It will look at whether the design, construction and refurbishment of the building complied with building regulations. Ahmed chellat is on a journey to the opening of the Grenfell Inquiry today, but he hopes eventually to justice. I would like him to find out the cause of the fire. He lost his brother in law, sister in law, two nephews and a niece in the fire. Eight year old mehdi, just identified yesterday, they are still waiting to find the remains of their 15 year old. What do you want the inquiry in the end to be able to do for your family . Well, were not going to have them back, thats for
Charged with killing jade morris. Pleaded guilty to the crime. Stokes was in a relationship with jades father phillip. The family says jade was one of a kind. Brenda she even taught me ill never forget she taught me how to use a Computer Police say stokes took jade shopping on december 21st. Then stabbed her dozens of times and left her body in an undeveloped neighborhood in North Las Vegas. From there they say stokes went to the bellagio and attacked a coworker with razor blades. Steve wolfson this was a very very ugly heinous needless killing of a 10 Year Old Girl not to mention the slashing and mayhem of the adult woman terrence its always going to be apart of my life i dont think there was enough justice for the morris family. Brenda stokes took one of the best things in their life. And no prison sentence. Can ever make it right terence we still suffer today so much sobs and i just want her to away gods gift. Gods gift to the world brenda williams. Tells me today she spoke to her s
Morning, and on fox5 vegas dot com. Teachers have protested for months over their contracts. Tonight, they finally have a resolution with the Clark County School district. It is a step in the right direction. It will certainly help. Its not going to solve our teacher shortage, but it will definitely help the teacher shortage. The ccsd board of trustees unanimously approved a two year contract. It addresses recruitment, retention, and professional development. New salaries will go into effect march first, and increases are retroactive to september. Should Clark County School district be broken up . The city of las vegas held a town hall tonight asking people that same question fox5s Miguel Martinez valle was at the meeting he has the details well officials pushing for the reorganization of Clark County School district said tonights meeting is the the publics help in figuring out if creating smaller districts would be the best move for students clark county is the 5th largest School Dist
Good morning im Cassandra Jones with fox5. We have a series of storms moving over the area between now and tuesday. The first on friday afternoon throws us some clouds with a high of 56 degrees. The second storm moves through on saturday with a few drops expected around the Las Vegas Valley with a cooler high of 55 degrees. Sunday well keep some clouds and actually see a high of 60 degrees. Partly cloudy with a high of 62 degrees expected on monday for Martin Luther king day. The final storm in the series moves through on tuesday with area showers expected with up to. 10 in some areas. Heres your fox5 Traffic Solutions here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. Breaking news now. A search and rescue mission is underway in hawaii after two military aircraft collided off th