The presiding officer the senator from missouri. Mr. Hawley madam president , some months ago, in july of this year, i came to this floor shortly after the conclusion of the Supreme Courts most recent term to lament the ongoing judicial activism, the judicial imperialism that we have seen from this court over this past term and from the Supreme Court for years on end. I quoted the late Justice Scalia who said the imperial judiciary lives, and i said on the floor of this senate it was a shame to say but undeniable that the imperial judiciary continued to live in this country, a judiciary intent, a Supreme Court intent on legislating from the bench, on making up laws that went along with no regard for what the people actually wrote in their statutes or in their laws, and i particularly lamented the position of religious conservatives, people of faith who had seen in this past term for the United States Supreme Court decision after decision, tossing aside the concerns of religious conserv
hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. new developments in what is one of the biggest stumbling blocks for every one of the criminal investigations into the twice impeached disgraced ex-president and his campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential election that he lost. we are talking about all the ways in which ex-trump officials and aides and allies are trying to prevent investigators from getting the answers to some of the biggest questions around the capitol insurrection and donald trump s potential criminal cullibilities. the new york times reports the justice department has asked a judge to force the two trump lawyers to provide additional grand jury testimony as prosecutors seek to break through the former president s attempts to shield his efforts to overturn the 2020 election from the investigation. that is according to two people familiar with the matter. prosecutors filed a motion to compel testimony from the two lawyers, pat cipollone and patrick philbin last
L. A. Drought. Kron4 decrement is why it in San Francisco tonight. And we just heard dianne say that it was kind of phasing out. Reporter gary reporter no showers at the moment. I have ben completely out before the head but escaping the rain for most of the day. You can see traffic moving nicely creek leaving San Francisco. However, that was not the case earlier. As rain started to fall. Reporter dribs of rain is something we used to be familiar with. But it was a surprise earlier today. When needed a little bit of lanes creekrain reporter not all bay drivers were prepared because as soon as it started falling the accident started piling up. People were spinning out driving way too fast. Amber not able to negotiate. Reporter this teed of the dickering yet to come has many people excited. Tease is an exciting when you receive the first out of line because is so refreshing. And clean. Reporter is really a wakeup call, assets the chp. Many people did not do well and it is not a heavy rain
Are in good shape so far. I26 is looking good in town. Everything is up to speed in both directions between brevard road and long sholes road. If you are traveling to the upstate this morning along i26 eastbound, you shouldnt see any problems here. Its 22 minutes from 4 seasons boulevard, 21 minutes rather. Over in hendersonville down to state line. And finally, here is a look at your commute along u. S. 25. The drive from Biltmore Village to i240 timing out to 6 minutes for you. Thats a look at your ontime traffic report, brought to you by the wired mouse. Back over to you. Holly ski and snow board season is in full swing at cat cataloochee ski area. Jay Lauren Brigman joins us live, and lauren, the snowmakers have been hard at work . Lauren they have. A while. The ski area has been open since mid november and its day 35 for them of the season. They recently extended their hours. The snowmakers have been blowing for a while, and several feet to take advantage of the fresh powder out h
Photographs of the more than 30,000 daily visitors still stands. There it is. But the cathedral itself behind it and all of the priceless artifacts that it contained appear to be from the cameras eye largely lost. Benjamin hall has been watching with us from our regional newsroom in london. Benjamin, the fire brigades arrived more than an hour ago to begin pumping water on the building but it appears their efforts are in vain. Thats right. What were hearing is access was so difficult in those early couple of hours. First of all, there were so many people gathered there. They evacuated notre dame quite early on. They didnt evacuate much of the area around it. Although the local authorities asked people to move back, quite the opposite and. Many people went down there and knowing the recovery was underway, they had to go see this symbol of their city burning. Many of them in tears at this site. Now were seeing some of the hoses getting up there on cranes. Again, because of the height of