Good morning, everyone. Happy st. Patricks day to you. It has quickly turned into a Major Political battle talking about president obamas desire to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Right in the middle is judge Merrick Garland who president obama tapped as his nominee. Today he begins what is going to be a long road and that road ultimately could lead nowhere. We get the details from abcs Kenneth Moton joining us from d. C. Good morning, kenneth. Reporter good morning, kendis and reena. Senate Republican Leaders have made it clear they will not fill the Supreme Court vacancy until after the november election. But that wont stop the president s nominee from marching up to capitol hill today. This morning Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland will meet facetoface with Democratic Senators but its the republicans who control his fate. At a time when our politics are so polarized this is prec e precisely the time to play it straight. Reporter it intensified the second president obama g
Start of march madness and st. Patricks day. Good morning, everyone. Happy st. Patricks day to you. It has quickly turned into a Major Political battle talking about president obamas desire to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Right in the middle is judge Merrick Garland who president obama tapped as his nominee. Today he begins what is going to be a long road and that road ultimately could lead nowhere. We get the details from abcs Kenneth Moton joining us from d. C. Good morning, kenneth. Reporter good morning, kendis and reena. Senate Republican Leaders have made it clear they will not fill the Supreme Court vacancy until after the november election. But that wont stop the president s nominee from marching up to capitol hill today. This morning Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland will meet facetoface with Democratic Senators but its the at a time when our politics are so polarized this is precise straight. Reporter it intensified the second president obama introduced his pick
Good luck, ladies. Developing news out of ferguson right now. Racked by another night of violence in the wake of the grand jury decision not to indict Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown, 44 arrests were reported last night police using tear gas and pepper spray. There were more National Guard troops on the scene and less violence than monday night. Another night of vandalism and unrest here in the bay area as protestors take to the streets in the freeways of oakland another night. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live in oakland with the latest. Anne. Reporter heres some of the damage on 42nd and telegraph in oakland, this kellymoore paint store, they broke the windows in the front and then looted the store taking some of the paint, making a real mess inside the store as you can see. There are several businesses that were hit by protestors last night. Many demonstrators took to the freeways. Shut it down, shut it down hundreds of protestors stopped traffic on street freeways around oakland
Killed Michael Brown. At least 44 arrests were reported last night. Police used tear gas and pepper spray. But there were more National Guard troops on the scene and there was less violence than on monday night. Another night of vandalism and unrest in the bay area as protestors take to the streets. Kpix 5s anne makovec joins us live in in oakland with the latest. Reporter boarded up windows, this is the scene. You can find all around oakland this morning. Specifically, around telegraph avenue. This is a kellymoore paint store on 42nd and telegraph and you can see not only do they break the windows they got inside and stole a bunch of paint and they threw it around the store. So quite a mess. We also saw a bunch of disruptions last night on our freeways. Hundreds of protestors stopped traffic on three freeways around oakland. 880, 580 and 980. And at each location, Police Officers in riot gear formed lines to try to push them back but traffic was obviously a mess as was the damage to b