I won tickets through the Library Summer reading program. At that point baseball was very foreign to me and my family. Rickey henderson played that day. I havent baseball cards. I loved him. One of the greatest of all time. He was so quick and fast. Welldeserved. Glad to see the name to the field after him. We will check in there and a couple of minutes. The Senate Judiciary committee is meeting at this moment to vote on the nomination of neil gorsuch to the supreme court. He is expected to be approved by the committee. This morning the republican chairman of the committee and Diane Feinstein who is the ranking democrat had very different views on the nominee and their statements. He is eminently qualified. He is a mainstream judge who has earned the universal respect of his colleagues on the bench and in the bar. Unfortunately, his answers were so diluted with the ambiguity, one could not see where he stood even on big and long settled cases. This morning Diane Feinstein confirmed tha
Lisa fletcher joins us from the terrorism alert desk with the latest now. Lisa . Lisa today, president obama called the attack homegrown extreme extreme schism. Something we have been worried about for a long time. Lone wolf attacks are some of the most difficult to foil. A lone wolf may be what shooter omar mateen turns out to be. President obama said while mateen was inspired by extremist information he got online, there is nothing to suggest he was connected to a coordinated threat. President obama there is no evidence so far that he was in fact directed. At this stage there is no direct evidence he was part of a larger plot. Lisa f. B. I. Director james comey says they are working hard to understand the killer, his motives and sources of inspiration. We are looking for needles in a nationwide hay tach. Attack more names are added to the city of orlando website. Next of kin are reached with the devastating news. Its terrible. He is my only child. Lisa nina justices son edward franti
Researchers say they hope instead of kids getting a blue tang as a pet, parents spark a conversation about conservation efforts. And maybe go visit an aquarium. Coming up next, alex has anothe as long as you love me, anyits alright. E. Bend me shape me, any way you want me. Shape the best sleep of your life. Sleep number beds with Sleepiq Technology adjust any way you want it. The bed that moves you. Only at a sleep number store. Now do you keep bears away . By scaring them . Go away bears do you growl or just say go away . Conservation officers along with the president and first lady teaching kids how to scare off bears. The president used Yosemite National park as a backdrop to tout his conservation legacy and called for more action on preventing climate change. I do not want to have to scare off a bear to save my life. I ran into one at old rag hiking. Did you . Yeah, last year. Howd that go . I saw a sign that said hey, there a area. And i look up from the sign and theres a bear. A
Senphiladelphia firefighter is being laid to rest right now. And donald trump is back on the campaign trail after claiming the general election could be rigged. A former Catholic Church official once convicted of covering up sex abuse is getting out of jail. Monsignor william lynn is expected to get out of bail after pennsylvanias highest Court Granted him a new trial. He is the first Roman Catholic official convicted of shielding abusers in church. Lynn was up for parole in october and today Philadelphia District attorney, seth williams, vowed to retry lynns case yet again. We know the name of a young woman killed while trying to crass a street in new jersey. The young woman was killed by a vehicle that took off and left her to die on the side of the road. Janet reyes is following the search for the driver. Reporter we are told that the aftermath of this hit and run is pretty horrific, the 17yearold girl was hit in the crosswalk and police are desperately searching for clues that may
Heading back to school. Go figure. Good morning. Welcome to the best place for sunday Morning Television on wusa 9 and cbs throughout the morning. Good morning, erika. Good morning. My kids are going back to School Tomorrow and they are so excited and so are all the parents. Its the most most wonderful time of the year. Its going to be a hot start to the school week for the kids. Lets take a look another our day planner. Temperatures rising into the 90s today. It will be 86 degrees at 1 00, 90 at 4 00, 86 degrees at 7 00 with just a few clouds from time to time. You will see the dew points increasing throughout today and tomorrow as well. That will make the heat index increase. It will be a factor into this afternoon. Right now 68 hagerstown, 64 frederick and gaithersburg, 64 leesburg. Notice the temperatures are warmer than this time yesterday. Still dry on satellite and radar. A cold front approaching from the north and west will try to bring us a thunderstorm this afternoon. Ill sho