As the country mourns the justices death President Trump and other Top Republicans are already making plans to fill her seat on the high court at a raleigh north carolina, the president said he could name his Supreme Court nominee as early as next week. And said it will likely be a woman Kayla Strayer has that story tonight with just 45 days until election day President Donald Trump telling a large crowd in fayetteville tonight that he will quickly nominate a replacement for the late Supreme Court justice ruth ginsburg. Josie yet, but we have numbers women on the list i built this incredible list of brilliant people. The crowd chanting fill that seat. The president then taking a poll of the crowd in fayetteville asking if they want him to nominate a man or a woman the crowd shouting louder for a woman disapprove. Democrats want the nomination delayed until after the election, but republican senator thom tillis now locked in a selection battle telling the crowd. The president has the re
And global domination. Tesla is one step closer to opening a massive factory in europe Winning Court approval where it eventually plans to make 500,000 cars a year. U. S. Stocks sank friday amidst renewed concerns over the coronavirus. Tech Companies Hit hard. With more, i want to get to taylor riggs in the newsroom. What happened . Taylor the s p 500 was off about 1 . Of thearing the brunt losses, off 2 . Apple and alibaba off 3 . Investors are pulling their chips off the table heading into the weekend with the nervousness we are seeing about the coronavirus. Teche last five days, clearly the worst performer off about 2 or double what the s p 500 lost this week. The tech sector losses led by nvidia. They get 1 4 of their revenue from china. I want to put the losses into perspective. Losses for chipmakers were off three pointer percent. For the day, 3 . Worsthardly one of the days they have had. A bad week, but we have had worse. Investors did not want to go into the weekend with a lot
And i believe senator durbin has some opening remarks. We will dive into the witness testimony as well. 1999, more than 700,000 people have died from a Drug Overdose in the United States. Increased opioid addiction in the production of deadly synthetic opioids has exasperated americans staggering overdose death rates. Than 70,000 people died from Drug Overdoses, making it the leading cause of injury related death in the United States. Of those, 68 involved prescription opioids and illicit opioids such as fentanyl. Americans fared no better against the epidemic in 2018 when more than 10 Million People aged 12 or older abused opioids. 2 Million People suffered from an opioid use disorder, and on average 130 americans tied each day from an opioid overdose. Cost and know the disrupted lives and untimely deaths from widespread misuse of prescription and nonprescription opioids. We know from our family, our neighbors and our friends who bear the enduring imprint of lost love ones that the Op
Force them to raise prices and cut jobs. If you earn minimum wage, whether you are in the 21 states that are raising the minimum wage or not, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are a business owner, we want to know what you think about the minimum wage going up. Your number, 202 7488001. If you do not fit into either one of those categories but still have something to say, we still want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media. On twitter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Lets start this conversation bit oftting a basic information about what is going on. A Record Numbers of states, cities, and counties are boosting their minimum wage in 2020. On or around january 1, the minimum weight will increase in 21 states, while another 26 cities and counties are also boosting their baseline pay at your start. Year, an additional four states and 23 cities and counties w
Educe the national debt. As always, well take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is 7 00 eastern time here in washington. The start of a holiday week. Congress returning in two weeks. President trump spending christmas with his family in florida. It is monday, december 23. We begin our first hour with Foreign Policy. The leaders of china, south korea and japan meeting today in beijing it. Comes as the pentagon and u. S. Officials are on, quote, high alert, after new threats over the weekend by north korea. In the past President Trump has said that he and president kim jong un fell in love. But since that comment back in february, talks have broken down. We want to get your reaction to these developments in north korea, what it means for the u. S. And for the region. 2027488001, thats our line for republicans. 2027488922 for democrats. 2027488002 if oure democrats. Or on twit or facebook. Good m