judge gorsuch has a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline and certained bipartisan sport. >> donald trump chooses a supreme court justice that, but opposition was fierce even before neil gorsuch was chosen. >> the battle over an oil pipeline is reignited. >> "early

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

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 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

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

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

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

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, i

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 southern half end of the country. here is a closer look at your day ahead. so temperatures are pretty warm. usually after the clipper systems go by it's pretty cool. temperatures are above average near the mid-atlantic today. there ishe

f fargo. in argentina nearly 2,000 people crushed the world record for the most people floating while holding hands. there is a lot of salt in the water there. the previous regard of 634 people was set in taiwan. there is a record for almost anything you can think of. i don't know how you find 2,000 people do that. >> could have been a little more creative. trouble for anthony wweiner. we'll have details next on "early today". gone sayonara. this scarf, all that's left to remember.

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i only hope that both democrats and republicans can come together for once for the good of the country. >> now on news 4 today, a call for bipartisanship. president trump encourages congress to vote his nominee for the supreme court on to the bench. >> a teen and her infant son missing for a month. and the report on our area's highways you will want to hear before driving to work this morning. >> 4:26 your time right now. good morning, everybody. >> you made it halfway through the week. it's wednesday and we're here to

it. >> we'll get a look at the roads with melissa in just a second. first we'll start with chuck bell and sheena parveen with a look at the weather headlines. >> good morning. >> another relatively quiet weather day coming our way for today. nothing major to worry about and temperatures, well, it's really not cold. >> it's not cold but we have some mid 40s and some areas some low 30s. >> really depends on how early the clouds made it to your backyard. skies moving into the city, but clear skies have allowed cold temperatures closer to the bay. so clouds moving n. we'll call it chilly but dry for everybody now. later today there might be a sprinkle after about 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon and the weekend definitely cold. that sunday looking a little less impactful for the storm. radar shows some snow showers out here in the mountains. most of those will dry up here in

morning but rain chances will sneak up a little bit later on today. >> good morning. yes, so depending on where you are you're waking up to the mid-40s which isn't bad or the mid-30s like you're seeing in the district so maybe enough to have your warm coat on this morning. other areas maybe just a regular medium style jacket. leesburg coming in 45 degrees right now. in the district we're at 34 degrees. so gaithersburg 41 degrees right now. 47 in fredericksburg so milder there. as we go through the day today though, 37 degrees by 7:00 a.m. closer to lunchtime a chance for a stray shower. most of the area will be dry. we have some construction out on the roads though this morning. >> so right now inner loop at the 270 spur, we have the work zone still blocking the right lane. a couple of items of note. northbound kenil worth avenue with the left

and rockville pike at park with the right lane getting by as well. we'll take a look at 66 coming up. thank you. we have breaking news right now at the live desk. >> somebody drove into a house? >> that's what it looks like aaron and eun around tand take t this video. this happened around 2:00 in the morning in the green belt area in maryland. still working to find out if the driver was hurt, if he's okay. we know that emergency response still on the scene out there trying to figure out how all of this just happened. justin finch also headed that way and we'll have more information coming up later. that's the latest from that live desk. now back to you. it is now 4:29. turning now to president trump's first 100 days where we are now at the beginning of what could be a big battle over his supreme court nominee. >> the president nominated

gor kusuch to replace scalia. >> the qualifications of judge gorsuch are beyond dispute. he's a 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. >> now, in his remarks gorsuch pro promised to uphold the same principles as the late justice scalia. >> justice scalia he was a lion of the law. agree or disagree, all of his colleagues share his wisdom and his humor. >> senate democrats are lining up in opposition to this nomination. chuck schumer saying last night that approving gorsuch will require 60 votes. >> protests erupted outside the supreme court. >> people carrying signs that say