Each odd year, guaranteeing that each president would have the opportunity to nominate two justices per four year term. Of course, this coming to a head very much in a big significant way because of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the controversy over whether President Trump should appoint a new Supreme Court justice, as he is about to do. Joining me to talk about more on this, gabe roth, the executive director for, really appreciate it. Thank you for having me, dan. First of all, what is fix the court . Tell me about that. Sure, so were a national Nonpartisan Organization that advocates for greater openness and accountability in the u. S. Supreme court and across the federal judiciary. We want them to live stream arguments. We want them to be more transparent about their finances and conflicts of interest and serve a more reasonable length of tenure on the high court. Interesting. So your mission here is broader than just term limits for the Supreme Court justices. Exactly. A lot
Impact it will have on the rest of the president s economic agenda. Plus well talk about disneys earnings. Revenues though a bit weak and of course its all about espn and cord cutting. You want toer what what bob iger had to say about the quarter. The yelp shares getting hammered. Well dip through that quarter that is dragging the name down. Obviously the story of the morning is the firing of jim comey. The lleyton ohis leaf the latest on his leaving the office. Lets go to eamon javers this morning. Good morning. Were an hour and half away from President Trump meeting in the oval office with Sergey Lavrov in the oval office. That came one day after firing comey who was investigating if any Trump Associates were in collusion with the russians in that process. We just saw mr. Lavrov at the state department a few moments ago play that video for you. And i believe we have some sound here of mr. Lavrov is asked about the firing of mr. James comey. Does the comey firing cast a shadow over wh
Damaging property. Another came close to homes at cleariew and ever sol in north san jose. They were able to stop the fire from growing but not before coming within striking distance of several homes. Reporter the fir captain on scene tells me it burned about five acres. You can see whats left of an open field. Those acres way too close to home for people who live in the neighborhood here. They didnt even wait for the Fire Department after calling 911. They grabbed their garden hoses. Grabbed everybodys hoses because we know there are other fires apparently around here. You say scary, yes. I just hope nobodys home would burn and you never knew where it was going. We call them a few times to come home and it started on the other side, other neighbors houses. So very scary. The Fire Department tells me no homes had to be evacuated but the Wildlife Center did have to be evacuated. The executive director tells me they moved nearly 500 animals to safety. It took fire crews about three hours
Ms. Lerner impeded official investigations. She risked exposing and may actually have exposed confidential taxpayer information in the process. Day after day, action after action ms. Lerner exposed herself as a servant to her political philosophy rather than a servant to the American People. This, mr. Speaker, is why the house has taken the extraordinary action of referring ms. Lerner to the department of justice for criminal prosecution. And why we will request a special council to investigate this case. Not only has the president asserted that there is, quote, not even a smidgen of corruption at the i. R. S. , but leaks from the department of justice have indicated that no one will be prosecuted. Thats not surprising, as a top donor to the president s campaign is playing a key role in their investigation. Potentially compromising any semblance of independence and justice. An independent, nonpartisan, special prosecutor is needed to ensure a fair investigation that all americans can t
Some issues regarding financial stability. Real domestic gross product went up to an average annual rate of and a quarter percent over the second half of last year. A faster pace than in the first half and during the preceding two years. Although real gdp growth is currently estimated to a pause in the First Quarter of this year, i see that it is mostly reflecting transitory factors, including the effects of the unusually cold and snowy winter weather. With the harsh winter behind us, many recent indicators suggested a rebound in spending and production is already underway. Putting the overall economy on track for solid growth in the current quarter. One cautionary note is that readings on the housing activity is a sector that has been recovering since 2011. Main disappointed so far and we will be watching. Conditions for the market continue to improve. The Unemployment Rate is 6. 3 in april, one and a quarter Percentage Points below where it was a year ago. Moreover, gains in unemploy