Around the world. But never this kind of. The Award Winning journalist maria ressa valves to appeal her conviction of cyber libel by a court in the philippines she says the ruling is meant to silence critics of president. And funding the vaccine the German Government buys a 23 percent stake in the german biotech firm. Its the same company that the u. S. Government reportedly tried to buy when the pandemic began. Good to have you with us we start in the United States with a big legal victory for the community the countrys Supreme Court today ruled that it is illegal to fire workers based on their Sexual Orientation or their gender identity the court said that the nations landmark 960. 00. For Civil Rights Act which bars Workplace Discrimination based on sex also protects gay in transgender people the vote in the courts was 6 to 3 with 2 of the courts conservative justices joining with the courts for liberals in the decision to make that majority. Of a more now im joined by ryan thors an
She was stunning. I was so glad to see her back on the horse again. She looked stunning, she sounded great. It was a good thing. Well get to that, of course, a little bit later. I was looking for my thunder buddy last night. There was a lot of thunder through new york city and up andnd down the east coast. The eastern twothirds of the nation facing a major cleanup today after those daging storms. Nearly a foot of wet heavy snow pounded the greater chicago area, forcing nearly 1200 flights to be canceled and with temperatures dropping overnight this mornings commute is likely to be dangerous. That same system also produced thunderstorms a tornadoes in the midatlantic leaving at least four people de, Dozens Injured and buildings destroyed. Meganen huz begins our coverage. Reporter the deadly winter storm system moves north, bringing waves of rain and terrifying twisters. This one captured in north carolina. This time lapse shows the storm trees into homes, cars and power linessthere. In
Has passed. Reporter but right across town, rising rival, senator marco rubio. We cannot have a commander in chief that is not ready the first day in office. You cant just say, well, when i get there, ill hire the smartest people and theyre going to tell me what to do. Reporter but both senators struggling to compete with the trump show. In a rare interview, the moguls model wife, melania, describing what first drew her to the donald. His mind. Amazing mind. Im my own person, hes his own person. And i think thats very important. I dont want to change him, he doesnt want to change me. Reporter and mitt romney calling for donald trump and the other candidates to release their tax returns. Romney says he thinks theres a, quote, bombshell in trumps tax returns, citing no proof, romney says he thinks trump is not as rich as he claims to be or that hes given as much to charity as he says he has tom llamas, abc news, new york. New developments in the battle over the president S Supreme Court
And some others were squarely in the sights of a charging pack of elephants during a boat ride. A hippo showed off some teeth. The purpose of flakes trip was to learn more about wildlife poaching. You can say that t. J. s trip to africa was a lot smoother than that. Do you think they found t. J. . Usually they run towards people. They ran the other way. They ran the other way. Can you imagine . T. J. s coming, run, run. You got to be chronicled on instagram his escape from africa yesterday. So much fun. I loved watching that. I felt like i was actually on a safari, which ive always wanted to do. A different type of adventure for a group of veterans who lost limbs fighting overseas. Theyre attending a Winter Sports camp in californias high sierra. Theyve been hitting the slopes all this week. The skis and snowboarding is all part of a weeklong event put together by a group called achieve tahoe. Incredible. And when they get to the bottom of the run, they get on snowmobiles for the ride
He says he wasnt alone. From the city sightseeing celebrity bus in the heart of new york city, im sonia isabel. Thanks so much for watching. Well see you next time. Ok details. Reporter good morning. The democratic president may be eyeing a republican for the Supreme Court. A democratic source tells abc considering Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval 0 replace the late justice antonin scalia. He is 52. The republican has served as years. Prior to that, i was nevadas first hispanic federal judge. He was appointed by president george w. Bush in 2005 and unanimously confirmed by the senate. Centrist. He support supports abortion controversial part of the health care plan. Floatinging a republican name could be an overture to gop senator whos refuse any nominee. My hope and expectationing is that once there is an actual nominee, once this is no longer an abstraction, that those on the Judiciary Committee recognize that their job is to give this person a hearing. Reporter president obama is expe