Witnesses in the trial. 51 of the senate defied the expressed will of 75 of the American People, who have told pollsters they want to hear from witnesses in the senate trial. The 51 senators who voted against witnesses represent 151 million people. The 49 senators who are on the losing side of that vote represent 170 million people. The senators who lost the vote in the senate yesterday represent 19 million more people than the senators who won that vote. In a New York Times editorial entitled a dishonorable senate, the times says the vote also brings the nation face to face with the reality that the senate has become nothing more than an arena for the most base and brutal and stupid power politics. Faced with credible evidence that a president was abusing his powers, it would not muster the institutional selfrespect to even investigate. The senate may acquit mr. Trump, but it will not it cannot exonerate him. Mr. Trump is the most corrupt president in modern times, a reality americans
[ theme music ] stephanie hello, current tv land. Hour number 1. Karl frisch right out of the box. Youre letting karl frisch out of the box. Stephanie yes. At the risk of winding up the health bot were going to have to have a Health Care Corner. The government is running half of them may be preferable right . Right. Because theres Bargaining Power and solidarity to having the National Government run the state health care exchanges. Stephanie rather than republican governors that arent for it. Yeah. Stephanie that are going to perhaps deliberately screw it up to make the president look bad. Yes. Stephanie we will have a jackis Health Care Corner to tell everybody what will be happening. Here she is in the meantime. Good morning, everybody. Samesex marriage advocates are urging the president to file a friend of the court brief today asking the justices to overturn prop 8. President obama reiterated his support for days by and lesbians to have the same protections under the law last month
Reporter well, the scene has been very tense. Lots of anticipation. Speculation that the grand jury decision is imminent. Thus far the speculation has been all, has been wrong thus far. In fact, even the notion that well get a 48hour heads up is really an example of reporters filling in the blank. The county prosecutor has said we will get a heads up without putting a time frame on that. This grand jury operates independent of the police who are you operate anything 12hour shifts, independent of the School Boards who have opted to close school for today. The grand jury is expected to meet today without any kind of a time frame. If they want to pull in more witnesses, they can. If four of the twelve grand jurors determine that the shooting was justified, officer Darren Wilson does not get charged. Guys, back to you in new york. Bill what about the evidence, mike . Will we even see it . Reporter well, initially the county prosecutor said that in the event of a no true bill, in the event
House where press Secretary Sean Spicer has wrapped up his Daily Briefing. Some calling it entertaining. Others might say it was a bit contentious. Reporter entertaining. One persons entertaining is another persons contentious. I think there was a lot of good information in the briefing there as well. And youre right, the decision that President Trump is going to make today on who the nominee will be to replace Justice Scalia on the u. S. Supreme court will be a big one that will affect the court for years because the two main candidates being looked at, tom has hardeman from the 3rd kreur kit court are 49 and 51 years old. They will be on this court most likely for a couple of decades, if not longer. Could be even three decades when you look at the age of justices on the Supreme Court right now. Sean spicer, during his briefing saying which ever nominee the president announces tonight, he believes they will get swift confirmation on capitol hill. Heres what spicer said. I can assure y
Democrats forced a delay on that vote yesterday. President trump backpedaling after his spokesman raised eyebrows by saying the white house described travel ban is not actually a ban at all. Trump tweeting about that just an hour ago. Everybody is arguing whether or not it is a ban. Call it what you want. It is about keeping bad people with bad intentions over the country. That controversy is not going away. Were covering all the developments on this busy morning. Lets begin at the white house with cnns jeff zeleny. Even as the white house was hoping to change the subject and focus of the nomination of the Supreme Court, the president changing the subject back to whats been dividing his administration, immigration. It will fire up again in the form of a Supreme Court campaign. Carol, theres already Television Advertising in key states against senators urging them to vote for confirmation. This is the biggest decision of President Trumps presidency, a lifetime appointment to the court.