Hearings on the president s 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 expected to make that pitch in person to top republicans. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley both agreed to meet with the president in the coming weeks. All right. Thank you. One of the senators who would be asked to vote on a Supreme Court nominee took a trip to africa last week and got up and close and personal with some of the animals. Senator jeff flake of arizona and some others were squarely in the sights of a charging pack of elephants during a boat ride. A hippo show off some teeth. The purpose of flakes trip was to learn more about wildlife poaching. Trip to africa was a lot smoother than that. Do you think they found t. J. . Usually they run towards people. They ran the
Hi, everyone. Good morning on this wednesday. Im kendis gibson. And im reena ninan. We begin with the latest appeal on the campaign trail. Candidates scrambling for support before voters in two states ahead of the polls. First up, Hillary Clinton is holding a commanding lead over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina, but the race is much closer in nevada and donald trump is at the top of the republican field. Take a look at the latest numbers. Ted cruz a distant second followed by marco rubio and jeb bush. Abcs lana zak is covering the candidates on both sides. We have come a long way here in South Carolina. I think were going to surprise people here. Reporter for republicans and democrats, it was back to their bases on the campaign trail. You cant just show up at election time and say the right things and think thats enough. Sanders and Hillary Clinton battling over the africanamerican vote. While the republicans were focused on the Second Amendment and the military. As president , you kn
Morning. Im kendis gibson. Im reena ninan. Andrews. I love emily blunt. She is fantastic, but you just cannot shes an icon. Shes an icon. She is. But theyre going to try a sequel. Two people in this world cannot be replaced, Julie Andrews and pope francis. Who is going to come after him . I would not want to be the person that comes after him. Im sure donald trump has some suggestions on who will replace him. Incredible images, a stunning Helicopter Crash in hawaii. Federal investigators are trying to determine why this chopper went down like this. The location of the crash was close to witnesses, and that probably helped save lives. Abcs david kerley covers aviation for us. Reporter it happened in just seconds. The helicopter, just short of land, rolling over in the water. Holy crap reporter bystanders jump in to help the five people on board. A knife reportedly needed to free one of them. All one in a neck brace. A 16yearold male in critical condition. The chopper coming down in pear
Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone on this thursday. Im kendis gibson. And im reena ninan. Were going to begin with apples ceo tim cooke and his reaction to his exclusive interview with abc news. Cooke says helping the fbi to unlock an iphone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers would be like creating a master key that could impact hundreds of millions of users, but a senior Government Official says the fbi wants apple to develop a way into that phone which will be known only inside apple. Abcs Elizabeth Hur has more. Good morning, elizabeth. Reporter kendis and reena, good morning to you. Right off the bat, tim cooke addressed the victims families of the San Bernardino attacks saying that they have his deepest sympathy and no one should go through what they have been through. That said, cooke says this case is more than about just one phone. Safety of our kids, safety of our families is very important. Is incredibly important. Reporter apple
Must now issue a decision about whether a convicted killer whose case gained attention through the podcast serial should get a new trial. His case was the subject of a fiveday Court Hearing that was two days longer than expected. Hes serving a life sentence for the murder of his exgirlfriend. Theres no timetable for when the judge will issue his written rulinging whether sayid should get another trial. Nasa says it is unlikely a man in india was killed by a meteorite as Indian Government officials claimed. It happened over the weekend on the campus of a private engineering college. But after looking at pictures online, nasa scientists said that small meteorites do not start fires or cause explosions when they hit the ground. The evidence was more consistent with a landbased explosion than something from space. Back here in the u. S. , it should be quiet a scene tonight at a port in the new jersey when a Royal Caribbean megaliner pulls in after what by many accounts was a nightmare crui