this house and the speaker herself were specifically targets of the defendant. can you definitively say this was politically motivated? yes, it appears as those this was based on his statements and comments made in that house during his encounter with mr. pelosi that this was politically motivated. after years of targeting nancy pelosi with violent rhetoric and imagery, right wing republicans are resorting to vile conspiracy theories and what aboutism to try to downplay their role in the violent attack on her husband. plus, the right wing majority on the supreme court seems poised to dismantle yet another icon of 20th century progress. taking aim today at affirmative action, and surprise surprise, they don t seem too supportive of campus diversity. we ll break down the arguments in the high court today. and how republicans are playing the pundits with skewed polling data, and taking control of the narrative about the upcoming elections. we begin with the latest on
Talk about Police Accountability, criminal justice, Voting Rights and the 2016 election. Community activists and journalists look at the challenges of poverty, Gang Violence and drug addiction in lowincome communities in whats being done to address them. Tonight at 9 30 p. M. On cspan, Washington Post executive editor marty baron talks about threats to freedom of expression across the world, covering world events and the state of journalism. Early last year russian authorities were given the power to block websites without any official explanation. Almost immediately four russian opposition websites were blocked. By the summer of last year, speech on the internet was constrained even further. New rules required anyone with the daily online audience of more than 3,000 people to register with russias internet oversight agency. Names and Contact Details were to be provided and bloggers would be held liable for anything deemed misinformation, including in comments from members of the publi
And chubs, must have been pretty restless. Their team set several Major League Records as they played into the Early Morning hours. A swing and a miss. You know, trouble when an afternoon game turns into an Early Morning one. Many in chicago will go to late. Very tired. Cubs players. Well get to that. The battle over health care is intensifying after that republican plan to replace obamacare crossed its first hurdle. Former president obama even weighed in overnight calling on congress to have the courage to look beyond party lines. And President Trump returned to the white house from his new Jersey Golf Club after nudging lawmakers tweeting that Senate Republicans wont let the American People down. Janai norman joins us from washington with the latest. Good morning. Reporter diane and kendis, good morning to both of you. As you both know that gop hea house last week and now republican lawmakers are back home in their districts,some of them forced to defend their support of that measure
Clouds and showers thursday through sunday unseasonably cool through the weekend today mostly sunny. Unseasonably cool and breezy. Highs 6064 winds nw 1015 g 25 mph tonight mainly clear. Cold. Lows 3845 winds w 5 mph tuesday mostly sunny. A touch milder. Highs 6569 winds nw 48 mph a stunning attack has a community on edge this morning. Police say a man has a community on edge this morning. Police say a man Maintenance Worker attacked a woman in rossylyn. Our John Gonzalez is live with the search going on right now. A big day on capitol hill former acting attorney general testify today before congressional lawmakers about links between Trump Campaign officials, and russia. Sam sweeney is at the live desk with more on todays testimony. Autria. A high stakes showdown on capital hill today could make for very awkward day at the white house. Sally yates expected to testify that she warned the white house beofre innuaguartion about Michael Flynns relationship with russia. Saying specifically
See there briefly, there is his car and there is the log truck. He said he just pulled up to the scene not long ago as well. There was another officer investigating, he left to be with the driver who was taken to the hospital. The drivers injuries are not known. The trooper said he just got here, doing an investigation, not too clear exactly what happened of why the driver overturned but like i said it is foggy, dark, be still no clearcut conclusion of how that driver overturned his log truck but nonetheless, it is overturned you can see there but no lanes are blocked going in either direction, no logs scattered across the road. There is one car off in the median, the state trooper told me the car did knick one of the logs that fell off the truck but other than that, no injuries other than the driver of the log truck being taken to the hospital. Ill be out here trying to get more answers as soon as i do ill update you on air and online at wbtv. Com. Reporting live in Iredell County, As