John roberts live on the north lawn of the white house and john, as you reported from the beginning, the president knew he was going to pick a woman. How did he come to Amy Coney Barrett . Well, i think you could probably say, leland, this was a decision that had its beginnings, if not, was mostly done back in 2018. Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the 7th Circuit Court of appeals, was when judge kennedy retired and the president ultimately went with Brett Kavanaugh, but to have the seat if and when. And here we are todayment multiple sources have told us as you pointed out at the time that it will be barrett, but some republicans, some republicans who have been told its her say theyre not going to be 100 sure until she walks out with the president at 5 00 this afternoon. He does like to keep us guessing. When the announcement is made, the clock will start ticking toward confirmation, the election is in 38 days, using history as a guide that should be plenty of time to get barrett through. H
You, im gillian turner. President trump says that restarting businesses and reopening the country, after the devastating april jobs report that revealed over 14 of americans are newly unemployed. We go now to david spunt. He joins us live from 1600 pennsylvania avenue with a look ahead at President Trumps reopen strategy. David. Hi, gillian, good afternoon to you from a chilly afternoon at the white house. President trump was supposed to be at camp david this weekend meeting with advisors. Plans got changed. Hes going to be meeting with senior military advisors at the white house in the cabinet room later this afternoon. The white house not specifically saying, gillian, what this meeting is about, but it comes after punishing numbers came out, as you mentioned, the worst jobs report in u. S. History. 20. 5 million americans lost their jobs last month, pushing that rate to 14. 7 , the highest since the great depression. Fox news has told a phase four stimulus package wont pick up for an
To reopen this weekend. Im leland vittert. President obama, though, today had some harsh words for his successor at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. President obama slammed the administrations Coronavirus Response during a virtual commencement address on saturday. David spunt live at the white house as we await President Trumps arrival from camp david. Reporter the fight between two president s, the current president is supposed to land on the south lawn any moment. He was meeting with advisors at camp david. Leland, as you know, its no secret President Trump has been extremely critical of his predecessor, former president barack obama, arguing that obama depleted the national stockpile, didnt leave anything left over. Obama turned the tables yesterday. Listen. This pandemic has finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge no know what theyre doing. A lot of them arent even pretending to be in charge. If the worlds going to get better, its going to be up to yo
Washington, welcome, welcome, two big hours ahead and to be with you at home, im leland vittert. President trump arrived at the white house, arrived yesterday after speaking at the world forum in davos, switzerland. He was talking about his immigration proposal and preparing for his first state of the Union Address. Rich edson is at the white house, which is at work this weekend, which are you. Good to see you. Theres plenty to work on at the white house, theres government funding there are all of these other proposals that theyre pushing on congress and the linchpin is immigration and what to do about hundreds of thousands who would brought here illegally as children and now are adults, socalled dreamers. And a path to citizenship open for 1 1 2 million of these socalled dreamers and a 10 to 12 High Pressure year path to citizenship. The white house put that on the table, but in return, it wants 25 billion for a trust fund to build a border wall system. End of the lottery system and e
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