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to the confirmation hearing on the nomination of kneel neil gorsuch. reporter: neil gorsuch is making his debut. his nomination comes from the top, president trump making his replacement for the late supreme court justice scalia. we have chosen judge neil gorsuch a man of incredible skill and deep devotion to the law. reporter: at 49 years old, the federal appeals court judge from colorado will be the youngest supreme court justice confirmed in decades. he relies on a staunch interpretation of the constitution. if i am confirmed i will do be a faithful serve servant of the law. reporter: the republicans like his decades history of right of center ruling. many democrats are bitter about not voting on judge garland and some rumored to lead a filibuster. mitch mcconnell said we will do whatever is necessary a filibuster will not succeed. reporter: the big question will democrats fight gorsuch? in washington, maggie ruly, channel 6 action news. back he ....
it. but it taking on more the appearance of a mid latitude cyclone or extra-tropical cyclone, which we know as a nor easter. it comes with gusty possibly damaging winds, staying stationary to the south of us. it bounces around a little bit, but it s because of thating high that s just above it. here s where hermine is right now. i mentioned those tropical storm force winds, 70 miles per hour, currently. and it s still mg clip, but it s going to slow to a crawl sunday, monday, tuesday, even into wednesday and thursday. we ll be tracking this storm system and the potential effects on our area. a tropical storm watch that s in effect for the south coast, cape and islands, and a tropical storm warning that s in effect for off shore. we ll have to get more details on all of this and break it down day by day, in a few minutes. anchor: thanks, bri. hermine spawned a tornado in north carolina. and caused some major flooding here. roads turned into lakes and water overtaking c ....
reception from the late breakfast crowd in the penrose diner. this was his last pennsylvania stop before tomorrow s primary. looks like athletes here. reporter: pennsylvania polls showcasic and cruz run show kasich and cruz running 21 points behind trump tomorrow. kasich will stay out of indiana, cruz will not campaign in oregon and new mexico. kasich was grilled about the shot gun political marriage. we don t have all the resources in the world, but we can keep going, i feel it s fair to go to areas where i can spend my resources effectively and same with cruz. reporter: top party bosses who want to block trump s nomination this summer. ted cruz says trump cannot beat clinton in the fall. [inaudible]. donald trump will be appearing in southeastern pennsylvania late today for one last time. he was a rally scheduled for west chester university campus late this afternoon, live in south philadelphia, i m vernon odem channel 6 action news. thank you. democra ....
that mystery celeb joins us live this morning only on gma. and good morning, america. boy, a lot of breakin news overnight including that shutout. we re all here. no w winner for the powerball. you would know. altered my plans. big story breaking out of paris. an attempted terrorist attack on a police station. it appears that has been thwarted. a lot more details coming up. we ll begin withh that other breaking news, those 17 miners trapped overnight in an elevator underground. emergency crews are desperately trying to rescue them right now and abc s ryan smith is here with the latest. good morning, ryryan. robin. last night 17 miners went down a salt mine as part o their shift and didn t come back. now a major rescu operation is under way. emergency rescuers are on the scene trying to do all they can to get those miners out safe. this morning, emergency cre in an elevator nearly 900 feet below ground in upstate new york. cage is stuck 850 feet down with p ....
salt mine as part of their shift and didn t come back. now a major rescue operation is under way. emergency rescuers are on the scene trying to do all they can to get those minererout safely. this morning, emergency crews racing to free 17 miners trapped in an elevator nearly 900 feet below ground in upstate new york. cagag is stuck 850 feet down with people on it. reporter: asha mckenzie a local reporter is live on the scene. the 17 miners have been trapped for more than five hours at this pointnd it all happened after a technical error with an elevator that sent the miners 900 feet underground trapping them. reporter: local fire and police departments scrambling to help. manpower needed to backfill out in lancing on a rope rescue. reporter: a crane is on site to help extract the miners. it will lower a basket to carry out four to six miners at a time. their spirits are remarkly good. again, we have very outstanding employees. situation. understanding at ....