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now. >> good morning everyone. it seems every day there is a new development in washington that is surely going to spark some kind of debate. in fact the battle is already heating up with protests underway ton the steps of high court, his choice of neil gorsuch. >> i always felt the most important decision a president of the yielts can make is t-- united states can make. -- he is the man of our country and a man who our country really needs and needs badly to ensure the rule of law and the rule of justice. >> gorsuch would fill the void made by scalia when he passed away. he could perhaps become one of the most conservative justices

in years. if confirmed he would be the youngest supreme court justice in over three decades. with his college sweetheart wife go r gorsuch accepted the nomination. >> i pledge if i'm confirmed i will do all of my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution of laws. mr. president, i am honored and i am humbled. thank you very much. >> congressional republicans praised mr. trump's conservative pick. it comes after two extremely volatile weeks for the trump administration. it was met with protests on the steps of the supreme court as democrats began to sound the alarmt. senators warren, brown, wyden and merkley saying they would --

merkley vowing to filibuster. >> i made it clear i was going to insist on a 60 vote standard and i would vote against closing debate. it is the way you start what we refer to as a filibuster and the question is are there going to be enough votes to shut it down. my hope is there won't be. >> democrats are hearing from republicans with those threats. you have charlie sikes who said that picking gorsuch sends a message toconservatives. >> this is the justification. you cannot overstate how important it was for conservative voters. my time line is like okay. don't you understand? don't you wish you had supported donald trump? this is the alpha and oh mmega

talk about the supreme court. >> while they may prefer the focus be focused on his supreme court pick on capitol hill persist after senate democrats boycotted the nominees delaying the confirmation of at least two cabinet members. >> this is the most pathetic thing i have seen in my time in the united states senate. i think once they really think it through and they very well say yeah, that was stupid of us because it really is stupid, amazingly stupid. >> betsy is set to be voted on by the entire senate. the washington post seen copied from an obama old press release writing every child deserves to

be in an environment where they can learn, thrive and grow. as democrats boycott persisted on the hill immigration restriction was met with further resistance as flee more challenges were face bid massachusetts, new york and. the attorney general for san francisco filed a lawsuit against the president's executive order clamping down on sanctuary citying sanctuari sanctuari sanctuary cities. north dakota two senators are saying that the army corp. of engineers have to proceed with an $8.3 billion project. they have argd it is a threat to their water supply. the pipeline energy transfer partners counters that. the pipeline would, in fact, be

safe. workers have been drilling in anticipation of finishing that project. these follow president trump's orders to reconsider holding off from continuing the pipeline. >> after considering a reversal the trump administration says it will keep federal lgbt protections in tact after they were signed by president obama over two years ago saying president donald j. trump is determined to protect the rights of all americans including the lgbt community. some skeptical of what they may have in store down the pipe. he was the first republican candidate to include the gay community in his acceptance speech. after johnny depp is involved in a multi-million dollars lawsuit. allegedly they mismanaged

million of dollars of his earnings. they are counter suing saying he owes them millions for a loan and it was his lavish lifestyle. it claims depp bought and maintained 14 homes indeludiclu chain of islands in the bahamas and awared art and memorabilia. nasa's unprecedented study on the effects of long term -- while his identical twin stayed on earth. early findings shows scott kelly's biology and dna changed, an increase in protective caps . >> bottom line, it is time to

live to space to live longer. >> there you go. you got scott kelly to thank for that. anthony weiner's troubles is getting worse and worse. >> we have a little taste of it here. >> we are not quite done with it. a little piece behind the initial wave. light snow in boston and areas of massachusetts. we are almost done with this storm. we are not going to get a lot of additional snow, just an inch or two possible and a little bit there with enhancement there in western pennsylvania. today's forecast very quiet. looking beautiful in the n

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warm start to the morning. let's get to meteorologist bill henley with first alert forecast. >> it's warm if your in the right neighborhood. philadelphia at 44 degrees. look at 35 in suburbs and lehigh valley. cold spot at 26 degrees this morning. see some sunshine to start with. 33 degrees at 7:00.

clouds blowing in. high of 38 degrees at 10:00 and still climbing at that hour. we will see a mostly cloudy day. will be some sunny breaks, but enough to warm us up to 48 degrees this afternoon. middle 40s for the suburbs. 50 degrees this afternoon for delaware. at the shore, clouds, some breaks of sunshine. 48 degrees. break the forecast down hour by hour when i'm back in ten minutes. first jessica boyington with first alert traffic. >> thanks bill starting off on 95 this morning. overturned tractor trailer accident at this early hour on the southbound side of 95 that's blocking the ramp to the blue route headed northbound. see that blocked right here. not affecting any of the traffic on 95 just no access to the blue route northbound. also, injuries reported to be pretty extensive at the scene. this might be there for quite some time with an accident

investigation underway. keep our eye on that for you. east and westbound you're going to have the left lane blocked until about 6:00 this morning. drive times okay. eight minutes or seven minutes from 29 headed to schuylkill. vai and tracie. police are looking to talk to two people who ran away from an accident scene in center city. suv they were in slapped into another car at 13th and vine. two people in the car that were hit are in the hospital in stable condition. if you look closely at this exclusive video see the accident. then shows the driver getting out of vehicle and running away. officers caught him nearby. he's not expected to face several charge sgls new details about an accident in montgomery