Course but their opponents insist theyll keep up the fight. The federal government calls for a reduction in opioids to treat chronic pain. How to slow the Drug Overdose ep epidemic. We begin with a showdown brewing between president obama and the republican controlled u. S. Stat. The president nominated highly respected federal judge Merrick Garland, to fill Vacant Supreme Court seat. The response from gop leaders was swift. Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says there is absolutely no chance the candidate will get a hearing. John terret joins us from washington, d. C, john Senate Republicans are leaving no room for negotiation. You know what, toant, there really arent, good evening live from washington, d. C. I think theres too much at stake with a fourfour court as we have at the moment. The republicans are adamant they reject the nominee, nothing personal, the fact that the nomination has been made by this president. No confirmation hearing for him they say. A highl highly respected a
Service tonight. Bart service is still stopped between the Concord Service and the bay point station. Tonight, bart says there will be fewer and shorter trains available tomorrow morning. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman has more on the story. Reporter youre looking at a commuting conightmare, bart has closed the track due to an electrical problem on the track that has taken out two dozen cars today. Here is the bart spokesperson. Something is happening that is sending a surge and voltage to only certain cars and it is damaging a piece of the equipment. And at this point we cannot allow for any other cars to be damaged. Reporter it is similar to a problem two years ago, engineers are still looking for the cause of that problem. Meanwhile, they installed a bus bridge, thus far the lines have not been too long, and customers are very philosophical. Whose fault is it . I mean, it happens. Reporter youre stuck in it . I am, and a lot of other people. You try to be positive about it and k
And we begin in boston, jury selection good afternoon today in the case of dzhokhartsarnaev. A man accused of setting off a bomb in 2013. Tsarnaevs lawyers tried to have the trial is moved saying their clients couldnt get a fair trial. John terret is here. John. Tony, good afternoon the Defense Council had asked to delay the start and move the trial away from boston, both denied by the judge. But that doesnt mean well get a verdict any time soon. Because just choosing the jury alone in this trial is expected to take several weeks. To his accuseers dzhokhartsarnaev confessed to the bombing in a note he left night the boat. The youngest victim to die on april the 15th, 2013 but to his defenders dzhokhartsarnaev is the victim of an overbearing older brother now dead who intimidated him into taking part in the attack. Almost two years on and boston is a city that wants the trial to start and be over. But can the youngest tsarnaev brother get a fair trial in a city where hes accused of inju
This is Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city, im tony harris, and we begin with a big drop in oil prices. Crude oil dropped to under 50 a barrel at one point today and closed just over that mark. Thats a drop of more than 50 since june. Now the big dip in price. Caused stock markets to double. Major indices dropped. Ali velshi joins us. Ali why do we see drops like what we saw today . 50. 04 always trades, unlike the stock market that closes and opens, its trading all the time. Put this aside for the second. The dow off more than 330 points, thats not the lowest part of the day the s p 500 which may look a little more like some of your investments down 1. 86 . The nasdaq which is technologyheavy, down 1. 6 . The one specific thing weighing on the stocks is the falling oil prices. The sense of traditionally a drop in oil prices signals lower demand around the world usually that signals people are burning less energy, an economic recession, that worries people, what if oil gets to
Tried to beat the train through a rail crossing. A local newspaper reports the bus may have been carrying 60 people but it only had seating for 40. The long time governor of oregon john kitts hash announcedkittskitzha bfertionersays he is stepping down. John terret is has the story. Persistent allegations much criminal wrongdoing. Im announcing today that i will resign as the governor of the straight of oregon. After a week of will he or wont he, four time governor John Kitzhaber announced his resignation. Contracts sylvia hayes good garnered in miss last term. Allegations that his fiancee used their relationship to win state contracts for their Clean Energy Consulting business and failed to report tens of thousands of dollars in income. That investigation has led to revelations of other scandals involving hayes who has sometimes called herself oregons first lady. Hayes has admitted to buying a house in 19 never to grow marijuana. Marrying an undocumented immigrant so he could stay in