Senate did today matters if you care about who runs Government Agencies that touch your life or the courts or cabinet departments. All people nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate. Confirmation takes a simple majority, 51 votes. However, any senator can demand a higher threshold, supermajority of 60 votes. Today citing all the times the republicans have used that 60vote hurdle to block president ial nominees, the senate voted to take it off the table for all but Supreme Court nominees. Its called the Nuclear Option, really big deal, blows up the rules. Why did the democrats do it . President obama made a surprise briefing to the press room and singled out the gop. I realize that Neither Party has been blameless for these tactics. Theyve developed over the years. And it seems as if theyve continually escalated. But todays pattern of obstruction, it just isnt normal. Its not what our founders envisioned. A deliberate and determined effort to obstruct everything no matter
Touch the life or courts of cabinet departments. All involve people nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate. Confirmation takes a simple ma jobty, 51 votes, however, any senator can have a higher they shall hold of 60 votes. Today siting the times republicans used the 60vote hurdle to block nominees, they voted to take it off the table for all but supreme nominees. The change is called the Nuclear Option, the name implies a big deal, blows up the rules, the question why do the democrats do it . President obama made a visit to the press Briefing Room and singled out the gop. I realize Nothing Party has been blameless for these tactics. They have developed over years, and it seems as if they continue ly escalated but todays pattern of obstruction, it just isnt normal. Its not what our founders invisioned. A deliberate effort, no matter the merits to refight the results of an election is not normal, and for the sake of future generations, we cant let it become normal. Repub
Evidence continues to pour in supporting the fact that the death of Tamir Rice was a tragedy caused by the boy s decision to reach for a realistic firearm.
luwndes county sheriff office. we believe somebody core resulted this video because it doesn t make sense. reporter: who is right? to find out, we took our copy of the video provided to cnn by the attorney for the sheriff s office to an expert. we brought the hard drive 2300 miles to spokane, washington to deliver it to the leading expert grant fredericks. he s a former police officer, a consultant for the u.s. department of justice and a construct instructor at the fbi academy. we re here to get an answer. has the surveillance video been altered? they are not original and investigators should not rely on. reporter: cnn hired his company, forensic video solutions to analyze the surveillance video. the first thing that the attorneys and the family were concerned about, they didn t see