judge garland, the supreme court, and the american people deserve better. the senate should give merrick garland a hearing an a vote -- and a vote. when they write the history of this republican-controlled senate, they will surely note that we are a little over two weeks away from the deadline when we are supposed to have a budget, appropriations bills, and we don't have them. that has happened before. it's not the first time in recent memory. we've been tied up in knots before, but that is a reality, despite promises to the contrary, we haven't passed an appropriations bill. i might say in fairness, in defense of the senate appropriations committee and the republican chairman, thad cochran, as well as the ranking democrat, barbara mikulski, we did our job. we held hearings on the important bills. they're ready for consideration on the floor of the what has stopped their exrgs is the republican house of representatives -- their consideration angdz is the republican house of representatives and senator mcconnell. the republicans in the house can't reach an a

we can't even get a hearing on merrick garland. why? because they know the appearance he will make, it will be a good one. and after a public hearing, they will be even more embarrassed by not voting for this man. so even though a couple senators didn't keep their word -- and it wasn't just me and them. we have staff here who would be willing to vouch for what i just said even if it weren't two senators not keeping their word, at the very least shouldn't they be concerned about the supreme court and what's not going on there? so i have no reservations whatsoever. this is unfair to come and ask for legislation to pass when we have a supreme court that is stymied, working short-handed. it's incredible that justice is not being served well in our great country. and we have as indicated in this thing i read only part of it congress is dysfunctional. as i mentioned this morning when my republican friend, the leader said that, well, he can't understand what's going on there seems to be some dysfunction here. talk about dysfunction. during the

supreme court nomination -- merrick garland supreme court nomination. this is 25 minutes. mr. mcconnell: did you have a good time with her and chuck? [laughter] good morning, everyone. a couple of years ago the american people decided to change the majority in the u.s. senate. i was down in louisville the day after the election, had a press conference in which i pointed out what i thought the new majority needed to be. dysfunction in the senate was not the biggest issue in 2014. but it certainly was one of them. i said, i thought we needed to end that. i knew we had big differences with the president. and the minority in the senate's almost never irrelevant, unless it gets down to a very small minority. so what is the way to try to avoid dysfunction? i said, first, we need to let people participate. remember that mark was defeated in alaska in significant part because she never had a roll call vote on an amendment in a full six-year term. not one. we had had only 15 votes on amendments in 2014 here in the senate. i said, we needed to open the place up a

judge garland is just the most glaring example. a supreme court vacancy gets a lot of attention, but our lower courts have been understaffed for years. right now, there are 12 vacancies on the appellate courts, our district courts have 75 vacancies, and 33 of those are considered judicial emergencies because the court is so short staffed. there are many nominees we could vote on today. 28 judicial nominees are on the executive calendar, voted out of committee with bipartisan support, but republicans have slowed the confirmation process to a standstill. last year, senate republicans confirmed the fewest judicial nominees in more than 50 years, 11 for the entire year. matching the all-time record. only 18 have been confirmed this congress. let's compare that to the last two years of the bush administration with a democratic majority, the senate confirmed 68 judges. all this gets back to something i have discussed since joining the senate, the need to end the dysfunction so the senate can work for the american people again. i pushed f

they refuse to consider garland's nomination, unheard of. the supreme court has been brought to its knees, doing nothing. and they refuse to deal with judicial emergencies across the country. we've got lots of them. we have an issue that should have been so easy to do. criminal justice reform. the judiciary committee, which my friend, senator schumer, sits on, they had agreed to do something. bipartisanly, we're told. but nothing. raise the wages. no. equal pay for women. no. republicans won't lift a finger to fix the broken campaign financing system. in fact, the c.r. that just passed was more of hidden money. senator mcconnell demanded in that legislation that there be an s.e.c. provision that prevents them from disclosing campaign contributions when they do their yearly financial disclosures. they refuse to pass legislation to keep guns out of the hands of known or suspected terrorists. vir tchally every day -- yesterday there was a 14 yeermed boy who killed his dad and went to an elementary school and started shooting. 14-year-old boy. t

senator hatch said there was no question garland could be confirmed and that he would be a consensus nominee. the senate republicans will not even give this good man a hearing. it's nothing short of being shameful. "usa today" editorialized -- and i quote -- "flat-out ignoring a vacancy on the nation's highest court which senate republicans vowed to do while president obama remains in office is an abrogation of its constitutional duty." close quote. the people we represent across this great country cannot believe that their representatives have put partisan interests above their constitutional duties, and they cannot believe that the chairman of the judiciary committee has gone along with this scam. and that's what it is. over this recess, the "des moines register," iowa's largest newspaper, wrote another -- published another letter. there have been a number of them, lots of editorials. but here's what this one iowan said -- and i quote -- "i'm a 60-year-old registered republican and this year i'm not voting for chuck grassley. senator, you have tossed 225 years of legal tradition in

president obama nominated garland in march to fill the vacancy resulting from the death of justice antonin scalia. and grassley has said his judiciary committee would not hold confirmation hearings on any supreme court nominee until the next president hillary clinton wins the election, he might consider holding them during the lame duck session of congress. that's the time between election day and inauguration day. today in uque, grassley backed away from that, saying his original opinion has not changed. "everybody who heard me say what i said got the wrong opinion. people ask me to speculate, maybe i shouldn't be speculating." to be decided by whoever is elected president." grassley also said on monday he would only consider holding hearings for garland if a majority of senators favored the hearings. dubuque police say people are still dying from heroin overdoses. back iril, police warned of a deadly batch of heroin circulating through the city. days later, dubuque police arrested four men on charges of distributing heroin. police say those arrests have dubuque. so far this year, dubuque

i would to follow up on that merrick garland question. -- want to follow up on the merrick garland question that does not happen, would you urgently put into renominate him once she is in office? >> they have gotten so far out on a limb and it created such a mess out of this and they sent -- set such a bad precedent for the country. he probably can't backtrack now. as far as afterwards, we will see. i'm not willing to commit at this time to go forward on it. we will see. >> anyone else? >> what does that have to do with mandatory arbitration clauses? a drama played out with -- playing out with lawsuits. >> commercial cases? >> i'm talking about sexual harassment cases. in mandatory arbitration clauses are not a new issue for labor. a lot of discussion about whether they should be legal. this notion that -- of giving up rights for the court. the supreme court eventually have to decide it? any thoughts on whether we will likely see action? >> after getting a ninth justice, we will probably see action. the supreme court does tend to try to reconcile splits in jurisdictions. the primary issue b

positive statements about merrick garland, as if we need more. we've got plenty. this is a good man. i'm glad to see the republican leader is talking about some more on zika. maybe we have a path forward onn that.t we will continue to take steps to keep attention on this important nomination, and don't of course the zika, and other things that republicans simply are not doing their job. using these charts we have, andd we will continue showing them. very simple, do your job. and republicans simply are refusing to do their job. anytime we want to find other ways to focus attention on what they are not doing to help chief judge garland. and my friend, democratic leader, is going to attend ath meeting, which he does whenever they have one with rare exception, judiciary committee. he loves this committee. he's the ranking member, was chair of the constitution my subcommittee, and tomorrow, it's my understanding, tried to do a markup of some district court judges. so i look forward to what's going to happen at that meeting of the judiciary tomorrow. mr. president, in t

, if she re- nominates garland to the supreme court to replace scalia, does garland get the vote in the lame-duck? >> there is a lot of strategies and different people wanting to just push it to the lame-duck, then they have to deal with the funding and other issues or do give the new president some time to get their priorities, the first 100 days agenda and then maybe in the spring of next year, these are all competing strategies, honestly it's hard to say what they are going to agree on now but it's one of the parlor games in washington and that's how long will government funding last. there's a lot of fatigue both from the voter side as well as legislators that you have this constant deadline where you possibly have a shutdown again and again and again. people get tired of that. >> some interesting dynamics going back to the trade debate, you have the president who wants this is part of his legacy, senator bernie sanders sanders who is keeping a close eye on what the senate democrats will be doing and hillary clinton saying she opposes the trade deal and unions looking at this as wel

marek garland -- merrick garland because he may be the moderate choice. i would not know about that. >> thank you. the house and senate are returning on tuesday, the sixth of september. you can follow the house live gavel to c-span and the senate on c-span two. >> some of the focus when members returned to congress on tuesday right after labor day directed by house leader kevin mccarthy briefly talked about with the house is going to do regarding legislation regarding terrorism and iran. millionnse to the $400 in cash paid by the obama administration. iranian leaders required to report their own financial assets. forlso was a path forward the house on sick of funding. he knows there can be a path forward on that funding which is $1.1 billion. today, senate democrats have a conference call with some of the reporters involved talking about some of the short-term funding as funding gets ready to expire. they're going to have to take up what is always the tough subject and tough legislation on capitol hill. senate minority leader harry reid saying that democr

president obama nominated garland in march to fill the unexpected vacancy after the death of justice antonin scalia. senator grassley has said his judiciary committee would not hold confirmation hearings on any supreme court nominee until the next president takes office. but monday in sioux city, grassley said if democrat hillary clinton wins the election, he might consider congress. that's the 11 weeks between election day and inauguration day. yesterday in dubuque, grassley backed away from that, saying his original opinion has not changed. "everybody who heard me say what i said got the wrong opinion. people ask me to speculate, maybe i shouldn't be speculating." "so my position is, it's going to be decided by whoever is elected president." grassley also said on monday he would only consider holding hearings for senators favored the hearings. grassley and his fellow republicans hold the majority in the senate - with 54 seats. each year more than 64,000 adults will be diagnosed with thyroid cancer in the united states. it's also the 5th most common cancer in women. that's why the t

, that we have a vote on merrick garland. if republican senators want to vote against merrick garland, let them do it, but let's go through the process. so i ask whether the senator from pennsylvania would be willing to amend the unanimous consent request as follows: that the senator from pennsylvania modify his request so that following a vote on tftion of consider be confirmation of the nomination of the consensus nominee, merrick garland to be justice of the united states supreme court so we'd have nine members of the court, that the senate proceed to immediate consideration of this legislation, s. 1831. the presiding officer: will the senator modify his request? mr. mcconnell: mr. president, that was a consent request, was it not? mr. reid: yes, it was. mr. mcconnell: i object. mr. reid: i object to the initial request. the presiding officer: objection is heard to the original request. mr. toomey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. toomey: let me just briefly observe what's going on h

give merrick garland a vote. look, folks. you don't have to -- my friends in the senate, they don't have to support merrick garland. you don't have to support the chief judge of the circuit. vote no. but give him a vote. we're setting an incredibly dangerous precedent in the institution that i love, they served in 36 years. i'm prouder of being a senator over that time than anything i've done in my whole life. but don't, don't set this dangerous precedent. when i was ranking member of the judiciary committee and/or chairman for 17 years, i'm told to my chagrin i presided over more supreme court nominations than any other person in history that's living. guess what? every single one, sever -- every nominee was greeted by the committee. every single nominee got a hearing. every nominee got out of committee even when i was chairman, even when they didn't have a majority vote. under the rule to get out. and was sent to the floor. i was pillried by some of my friends in the democratic party. but it is the senate's responsibility t

they originally said there was not a connection between 34-year-old pedro garland and the victim, the person shot and killed in this starbucks, 41 years old, a regular customer here we are told. no connection and obvious and now they are rethinking it according to a report by the associated press looking into a possible connection. did the shooting suspect know the victim? we will learn more on that part of this new angle to the also today, we will see pedro garland in court. and i want you to -- pedro garcia in court. this shows him walking out with his hands up when police responded to the shooting sunday morning at 11:30. garcia is booked on a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon, robbery with a deadly weapon and burglary and i want to come back to the starbucks coffee shop. the front door of that starbucks. what you can't read but it stays the -- says the store remains closed at least through this morning. i will send balk to a live picture from the scene. later today, coverage what happened in court with the suspect. craig signor. back to you. >>> witnesses to that shooting

president obama nominated garland in march to fill the unexpected vacancy after the death of justice antonin scalia. senator grassley has said his judiciary committee would not hold confirmation hearings on any supreme court nominee until the next president takes office. but monday in sioux city, grassley said if democrat hillary clinton wins the election, he might consider holding them during the lame duck session of congress. that's the 11 weeks between election day and inauguration day. yest from that, saying his original opinion has not changed. "everybody who heard me say what i said got the wrong opinion. people ask me to speculate, maybe i shouldn't be speculating." "so my position is, it's going to be decided by whoever is elected president." grassley also said on monday he would only consider holding hearings for garland if a jority of senators favored the hearings. grassley and his fellow republicans hold the majority in the senate - with 54 seats. the united states. it's also the 5th most common cancer in women. that's why the thyroid cancer survivor's association of cedar

nominated garland in march to fill the unexpected vacancy after the death of justice antonin scalia. senator grassley has said his judiciary committee would not hold confirmation hearings on any supreme court nominee until the next president takes office. but monday in sioux city, grassley said if democrat hillary clinton wins the election, he might consider holding them during the lame duck session of congress. that's the 11 weeks between election day and inauguration day. yesterday in dubuque, grassley backed away from that, saying his original i said got the wrong opinion. people ask me to speculate, maybe i shouldn't be speculating." "so my position is, it's going to be decided by whoever is elected president." grassley also said on monday he would only consider holding hearings for garland if a majority of senators favored the hearings. grassley and his fellow republicans hold the majority in the senate - with 54 seats. according to the american cancer society, thyroid cancer is the fastest growing type doctors will diagnose more than 64-thousand cases this year. kcrg-tv nine's

on merrick garland's supreme court nomination. they want to remind heller..... that summer vacation is ov that hundreds of nevadans say.... it's time the country..... has a fully-staffed supreme court. president obama nominated garland..... back in march... but.... senators want to wait..... until after the election.... to hold confirmation hearings. senator heller's spokesman sent us a statement reading: "the senator welcomes viewpoints of all constituents.... and... keeps them in mind..... as he performs his dutues.... as an elected official." growing outrage over some blasting that's literally rocking a valley neighborhood. these guys are blowing it to pieces tonight...the broken promises plus... we all want to make.... more money. but.... a popular trend..... to do just that could be opening up your home..... to some of the worst crooks out there! plus.. details on some big changes that could be coming to one of the world's most popular streaming services. dan. a warning tonight..... for anyone thinking of a couple of thieves made off

reid says he hopes republicans will give garland a hearing and a vote in the next seven weeks. when asked if he thinks hillary clinton should keep garland as the nominee if she's elected-- getting into that." new overnight...police in ohio have shot and killed a 13- year-old. officers say they mistook his b-b gun for a real gun. police tell us this started with reports of an armed robbery in columbus. when officers arrived they saw a group of three people. two ran. as officers tried to take the suspects into custody police say one of them pulled a b-b gun from his waistband. officers thought it was a real gun and shot the boy...13-year-old tyree king. shows a united flight after it was diverted to denver because of a security scare. in this video, you can see authorities greeting the plane on the runway overnight. flight 12-43 was on its way to san diego... from newark-- when a passenger reported seeing something suspicious on the plane. the plane was searched... but nothing was found. passengers were allowed back onto the plane... and continued their flight to san diego. an 86

give merrick garland a vote.k, folks, you don't have -- my friends in the senate, you don't to support merrick garl d garland. vote no. but give him a vote. we're setting an incredibly dangerous precedent in the institution that i love, that i served in 36 years. i'm proud of being a senator than anything i've done in my whole life but don't, don't set this dangerous precedent. when i was ranking member of the judiciary committee and/or chairman for 17 years i'm told to my chagrin i presided over more supreme court nominations than any person in history that's living. guess what? every single one -- every nominee -- was greeted by the committee. every single nominee got a hearing, every nominee got out of committee even -- when i was chairman, even when they didn't have a majority vote under the rules to get out and was sent to the floor. i was pilloried by some of my friends in the democratic party but it's the senate's responsibility to act up or down and the fact of the matter is every nominee -- including ant

i would to follow up on that merrick garland question. -- want to follow up on the merrick garland question. if that does not happen, would you urgently put into renominate him once she is in office? >> they have gotten so far out on a limb and it created such a mess out of this and they sent -- set such a bad precedent for the country. he probably can't backtrack now. as far as afterwards, we will see. i'm not willing to commit at this time to go forward on it. we will see. >> anyone else? >> what does that have to do with mandatory arbitration clauses? a drama played out with -- playing out with lawsuits. >> commercial cases? >> i'm talking about sexual harassment cases. in mandatory arbitration clauses are not a new issue for labor. a lot of discussion about whether they should be legal. this notion that -- of giving up rights for the court. the supreme court eventually have to decide it? any thoughts on whether we will likely see action? >> after getting a ninth justice, we will probably see action. the supreme court does tend to try to reconcile splits in jurisdictions. the primary iss

and the need for republicans to give judge garland a hearing and vote. republicans vowed they will not vote on a justice replacement until a new president is elected. there is an opening following the passing of judge antonin request that shooting victims pay them. dozens of victims sued the chain after james holmes opened fire in the movie theater. 12 died, 70 others were injured. the families claim there was not enough security to stop the gunman from carrying out the 2012 shooting. if approved, the request would end all civil lawsuits against cinemark this in she -- the shooting. >> marie: chelsea manning has been asking for. she reveled after being convicted of espionage she identifies as a woman. no transgender inmate has received this treatment in prison. in 2012 manning was sentenced to 35 years after a military court conviction of providing more than 700,000 documents, videos and battlefield accounts to the anti-secrecy group wikileaks. >>> there's a brand-new medical procedure and it could mean no called the raindrop. pretty cool. it only takes

. >> fox news contributor and chief political corporate for the conservative review and garland nixonradio talk show host and democratic strategist, welcome to you both. i want to start with you garland, there's been such an outcry for the candidates to give more information. nothing new, right? do you see this changing any time soon? >> no, i don't. in fact, with both of these candidates, i think that they both, let's face it, have a lot of things in their past that they probably don't want people to focus on. and here on the seventh, we have got this -- we have got the debate coming up and i suspect that both campaigns will be pushing to move toward more substantive policy issues to discuss. so i don't think the issue of transparency, particularly what the two of these have been doing in the secretary's office are going to be on the table much longer, at least not after the debate. >> and indiana governor mike pence promised to release his full returns next week, will that help satisfy those who want more transparency? it's a little bit of something, right? >> i don't think those on

why haven't we had a hearing on merrick garland? well, the reason that my republican friends have not had a hearing on merrick garland is they know that if they did a hearing on merrick garland, people would see who he is. and having seen that and listened to this man, they would be hard-pressed to vote againstle. that's why they're -- against him. that's why they're not doing a hearing. so for all these reasons that we haven't had a vote on merrick garland, we've had absolutely no workout on this process, as desperate as the situation is. and i understand it. i object. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the objection is heard. the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: it is beyond disappointing that the minority leader would refer to this as potentially a partisan bill. let me again reiterate. in 32 states where 4,186 state legislators have voted on this, 4,078 have voted yes. republican and democrat alike. 97.4%. this is a bipartisan effort. it provides freedom. it provides hope. and it's beyond disappointing that the

demanding the senator take action on merrick garland's supreme court nomination. they say they want to remind heller that summer vacation is over -- and that hundreds of nevadans say it's time the country has a fully-staffed supreme court. president obama nominated garland back in march, but senators want to wait until senator heller's spokesman sent us a statement saying: "the senator welcomes viewpoints of all constituents and keeps them in mind as he performs his dutues as an elected official." if you are a medical marijuana card holder-- you could be stopped from buying a gun. a federal appeals court is upholding the government's ban-- saying it does not violate the 2nd ammendmant. a woman from nevada filed a lawsuit after a gun store refused to sell her a gun i which bans selling firearms to illegal drug users. marijuana is still illegal under federal law. no word if the woman is planning to appeal. a valley mother is making a bold statement with these signs all over her front yard... you can see, they warn police that her son has autism --- makes loud noises

she described merrick garland as somebody who's a brilliant jurist. her opinion is one that's widely shared by democrats and republicans. that's why what republicans in the united states senate have done -- have drawn so much condemnation, not just from democrats all across the country but even some republicans who uncomfortable with the republican argument that somehow presidents are not allowed to nominate judges in their last year in office. there's no such provision that exists in the united states constitution. it's ironic because many of these same republican senators described themselves as strict constructionists when it comes to interpreting the constitution. you know, apparently that's maybe part of the constitution that they haven't read. in some cases you might actually question the intellectual honesty of some of these senators, particularly senator cornyn and cruz that are advocating for the republicans -- nomination of justices in texas. you can't have it both ways. if they're concerned about vacancy on the federal bench in texas, how c

he single handedly blocked judge garland's nomination and doing so it's unprecedented. never has the judiciary committee acted in when manner. and to use senator grassley's own words, senator grassley's action is -- quote -- pure unfiltered partisanship. it's election year politics at its very worse. that is a quote from my friend, senator grassley. the senior senator from iowa is looking for pure unfiltered partisan, next time he combs his hair or shaves, look in the mirror. that's where he'll see it. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. a senator: mr. president, i want to come to the floor to finally say that after a lot of work, the senate has finally passed funding to take on zika, the cause i've been talking about since april of this year. mr. rubio: i want to say in full credit to the senate, this is actually a proposal we passed, a similar proposal the senate passed back in may is now the one before us. i am sad that it took so long to get to this point but at least we are here now and as i've said before,

monday when he said there might be a chance he'll hold hearings for supreme court nominee merrick garland. president obama after the death of justice antonin scalia. senator grassley has said his judiciary committee would not hold confirmation hearings on any supreme court nominee until the next president takes office. but monday in sioux city, grassley said if democrat hillary clinton wins the election, he might consider holding them during the lame duck session of congress. that's the 11 weeks between election day and inauguration day. yesterday in dubuque, grassley backed away from that, saying his original opinion has not changed. "everybody who heard me sa w speculate, maybe i shouldn't be speculating." "so my position is, it's going to be decided by whoever is elected president." grassley also said on monday he would only consider holding hearings for garland if a majority of senators favored the hearings. grassley and his fellow republicans hold the majority in the senate - with 54 seats. "he still shows up for work everyday. best attendance in campaign touts his good attendance in

president obama nominated garland six months ago to fill the supreme court vacancy created by justice antonen scalia's death. republicans have vowed not to hold any hearings on garland until the next president chooses who he or she wants on the court. >>> as we approach the anniversary of september 11th, an iconic flag raised at ground zero in the days after the attacks is finally back where it belongs. it was unveiled in new york today. a man turned that flag over to firefighters at a station in washington state two years ago. forensic experts were able to determine that it was, in fact, the same star-spangled banner that flew over ground zero. exactly how it ended up in washington, though, nearly 3,000 miles away if home is still a mystery. >>> olympic swimmer ryan lochte has agreed to a ten-month ban from competitive swimming. it's part of his discipline for the drunken encounter at a gas station in brazil. the u.s. olympic committee and usa swimming are also forcing him to give up $100,000 in bonus money that came with his gold medal. lochte's ban includes next year's world champi

we're seeing steadier rain towards the dunn area with off and on showers in clinton, garland, sprinkles in fayetteville. current temperatures are mild, normal overnight low in the upper 50s. we're in the low 70s. 71 durham, 72 raleigh, 68 10:00 a.m. this morning, 74 at noon, small rain chance throughout the morning, double as we head into the afternoon, 78 eventually our afternoon high, back to 76 at 6:00 this evening. so your forecast as we head into today, a stationary front, the remnants of julia impacting us, cloudy skies, scattered showers will look similar to the past few days. that will continue as we head into our friday improvement. look at high pressure that will start to build in for us. we could have a few peeks of sun friday and small rain chance areas east of the triangle. let me show you the future forecast. a small chance of a few showers this morning and through lunchtime. as we head into the afternoon, increased rain chances that could slow you down. i expect more of you to see wet weather than what you see. should taper off and will start off dry before a chance of ra

if thank you think about something like merit garland, if they think that trump is going to get wipedut on election day, all of a sudden merrick garland becomes a lot more attractive person, rather than somebody that hillary puts up instead. she could put someone much more liberal on the court. at the same time, zika could influence a lot of different senate races and so could funding around heroin, particularly in kentucky and ohio, which are seats that republicans are trying to hold on, and which are kind of in the grips of ahern epidemic. >> you think that if we see some activity on the heroin, if we see funding for the heroin fight, even most folks consider, if he seals up the heroin funding, it's over. >> he might already be a shoo-in, because of his work getting this comprehensive heroin bill through over the last several months, something he has actually been working on for three years. but the one hiccup at this point, it's a bill without a lot of funding. and so he can still be hammered on that. if he can work with democrats across the aisle to put together a spending bill th

and we'll talk about it with garland nixon and dc based radio hosts.land we are bringing in kerry picket, a reporter for the daily call. hillary clinton came out of the democratic national convention ten points and more ahead had. what's happened to the race in >> people who are saying some of the things that trump is doing is causing him to surge. i argue it is the strumbles and gaffes of the clinton campaign. i don't think the recent health scare will affect the polls. but she made the 50 percent statement she had to back track on. and i think the best thing donald trump can do is go hide himself and get out of the way. the clinton campaign is making mistakes and stepping on their own feet and donald trump is taking advantage of it. >> and that's the message most political campaign practice. if your opponent is shooting themselves in the foot, stay out of the foot. what do you attribute the tightening of the race. >> the past weekend was troublesome for mrs. clinton. not just the fact that these e-mails have come out, but the fact that she had that s

i would to follow up on that merrick garland question. -- want to follow up on the merrick garland question not happen, would you urgently put into renominate him once she is in office? they have gotten so far out on a limb and it created such a mess out of this and they sent -- set such a bad precedent for the country. he probably can't backtrack now. as far as afterwards, we will see. i'm not willing to commit at this time to go forward on it. we will see. >> anyone else? what does that have to do with mandatory arbitration clauses? with --played out playing out with lawsuits. >> commercial cases? >> i'm talking about sexual harassment cases. in mandatory arbitration clauses .re not a new issue for labor a lot of discussion about whether they should be legal. that -- of giving up rights for the court. the supreme court eventually have to decide it? any thoughts on whether we will likely see action? after getting a night justice, he will probably see action. -- you will probably see action. the supreme court does tend to try to reconcile splits in jurisdictions. the primary issue becomes,

garland booked on charges of open murder with a deadly weapon, robbery with a deadly weapon, burglary and discharging a gun at or into an occupied structure. >>> new information this morning. you will hear from why our whether the shooter knew the victim inside that starbucks. details headed your way. >>> also still 5:35, and we have witnesses to the shooting are are still trying to process exactly what they saw, and that includes one customer who did his best to try to save the victim's life. >> he was bleeding and fighting us, let go, don't touch me. we said sir, if you don't let us help die. you laid him out, cut his shirt off and began cpr after we saw he was unconscious. >> we stayed because we didn't know if the man was going to survive, so we stayed there because the police couldn't enter because they didn't know what was going on. >> it was surreal. i didn't believe it was happening. i just shut everything off and it was -- it was action from that point on. it was go time. >> kim: that go time. he did everything exactly right. when he stopped into that starbucks and turned int

>> julie: judy garland? james mason? >> jennifer: kris kristofferson? barbra streisand? >> julie: it's this wonderful story about a girl singer. she's really talented. she becomes a star. but her husband, oh-- >> claire: you know, that could

i would be wrong not to mention judge merrick garland's nomination to the supreme court which has now been pending before the senate for seven months. this is the longest period in united states history that a judge has been pending, not only for an up-or-down vote but also pending just to have hearings on the qualifications of this judge. this judge would absolutely bring great qualifications. in fact, nobody has had more federal experience, but yet we refuse to move forward to go through a process that is spelled out in the constitution in the sense that we are supposed to make sure that the judiciary branch has a full complement of judges. so for several months now, the supreme court has not been functioning as it was intended by the constitution. the supreme court's missing a justice, and because of that vacation, cases have resulted in 4-4 tie votes. as a result of those 4-4 decisions, we lack a national precedent in cases that could guide lower courts, bringing resolutions that are necessary for ordinary americans who go before our justice system seeking justice as was intended

that happens session,-duck including perhaps revising the nomination of the supreme court, merrick garland. who is a little more moderate than someone that perhaps is in choose.t clinton would i don't rule out republican notk, but we said we are quick to bring it up, but in a lame-duck section going to bring it up. but in a lame-duck session, we look over matter darling because he may be the moderate choice. i would not rule that out. because he may be the moderate choice. i would not know about that. >> thank you. thank you for being with us. sara: my pleasure. >> the house and senate are returning on tuesday, the sixth of september. you can follow the house live gavel to c-span and the senate on c-span2. >> some of the focus when members returned to congress on tuesday right after labor day being directed by house leader kevin mccarthy. he talked yesterday about with the house is going to do regarding terrorism and iran. in response to the $400 million in cash paid by the obama administration to iran. also, a bill that would have iranian leaders required to report their own financial ass

station's nicole garland mass more. -- fox 13's nicole garland has more. >> reporter: joe kellwood was a proud veteran. this was him singing the marine corp hymn in navajo. thank you. >> reporter: thursday a couple of the remaining navajo code talkers finished the hymn at kellwood's funeral. ked wool served in the first marine division and fought during world war ii and was involved in self-battles of the pacific front including the battle of okinawa. he was one of 400 navajos recruited by the u.s. military as code talkers, secret group that transmitted messages in their native unwritten language. >> we owe them such a great honor, and they were secret until 1968 and all used up until that time by the its government so navajo code talker so very much for what you have done for our country. >> reporter: today, 15 code talkers still living. proud to come up with a code that japanese soldiers could never crack. >> it was an official military the navajo language in such a way that only those of house went to code school know what the code is. so if navajo was listening to us, don't know wh

captain garland major. got a call of an active shooter. deputies were on the scene within seven minutes. and i believe we did have the -- the shooter in custody before 2:00. a rapid response. and we were able to contain the subject. >> two students shot were 6 years old. >> one of the students was shot in the leg. the other in the foot. the teacher in the shoulder. >> two students, one teacher was shot. one student is in critical condition. student are in good condition. frantic parents were alerted by text to come to the school. not sure whether their child was dead or alive. >> just glad that my children are safe. thank you, jesus. and we just pray for the other kids. i don't know exactly what happened. so. >> reporter: officials say the shooter, a teenager earlier shot his father, 47-year-old jeffrey home, two miles from the school. a student at townville. >> i really don't want to come back to school tomorrow. because the you don't know if awe you can trust it or not. >> scott, the school has the had several active shooting drills in t

president, it's been now 189 days since president obama nominated a distinguished jurist, dparl garland, to the united states supreme court -- merrick garland, to the united states supreme court, and i know there are a lot of issues on people's minds every day as they are working hard and taking the kids to school and putting food on the table and all of the hard work that goes on every day for families, and sometimes talking about the supreme court may seem a little abstract to people. so i want to talk a little bit about why americans should care. now, beyond the fact that we all care about the fact that we have three branches of government under our constitution. we need them all fully functioning. that was the point of our founding fathers to make sure that we had three functioning branches, and right now we have one that is not fully functioning. in fact, when they sit starting october 1, there is going to be a vacant chair because we will not have fulfilled the responsibility of the united states senate of confirming someone for that ninth seat. so why does that matter to people?

if hillary clinton does win the election, would you want mitch mcconnell to bring up merrick garland as possible. or do you fear she would appoint somebody even more liberal? >> i would like him to bring him up. the principle ought to be for republicans to confirm the most conservative jurist we are able to confirm. if we do lose the election we ought to move swiftly to confirm merrick garland. >> thank you for your time. >>> coming up a latino trump supporter warns the result of too much immigration will be, quote, taco trucks on every corner. dangerous or delicious? that story next. there's no one road out there. no one surface... no one speed... no one way of driving on each and every road. but there is one car that can conquer them all. the mercedes-benz c-class. five driving modes let you customize the steering, shift points, and suspension to fit the mood you're in... and the road you're on. the 2016 c-class. starting at $38,950. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. ...that could stand up to weather like this... ...or this... ...or even this? if a stain can survive any amount of

one of those issues, merrick garland. calling on congress to vote regardless of their feelings about him. >> you don't have to support merrick garland. you don't have to support the chief judge of the circuit. vote no. but give him a vote. we're sending an incredibly dangerous precedent in the institution that i love. >> biden also pressed the lawmakers to vote on a clean zika funding bill. >>> this just in to nbc 10. we're learning that camden city schools are closing at 1:00 tomorrow because of the heat. we know it's going to stay hot throughout the evening and into tomorrow. we told you earlier that philadelphia public and catholic schools, they're doing the same. thoel's close around noon. if you want alerts about your school district sent right to your phone or your tablet, sign up right now on the nbc 10 app. >>> coming up, it's a classic moment in philadelphia sports history. allen iverson ranting about practice. how the former 76er is playing hard to get once more at the hall of fame. we're live in springfield, ma

garland major, anderson county sheriff's) "this is going to be a very slow methodical, meticulous investigation, won't have all the answers 171230" classes are canceled for the remainder of the week at townville elementary school.. and counselors are avaie ((paul joncich)) >> it's unclear what motivated the killing and the shooting at the elementary school./// ((christianne klein)) >>> people in san diego are asking police for more answers... after an unarmed black man was shot and killed just outside the city. officers say they were called to the scene after reports of a mentally unstable person walking in and out of traffic. when police arrived... they say alfred olongo was acting erratically... and not responding to commands. that's when they say he pulled and held it up like you would hold a gun. that's when an officer opened fire, killing him. it's not clear just yet what olongo was holding... but police say it was not a gun./// ((paul joncich)) >>> another premiere... right here on cbs. we hear from the stars of "code black"... to see what rob lowe's character is expected to add to the sh

barry did you think that the republican senate would vote on me rick garland in the campaign? >> no. >> why bother? >> why not? >> you can't waste peoples time. >> yes, we can. >> how about a shot at the prize of the day. >> i was filled with corn beef in law school. you have to work it into a discussion of politics. >> giving every child corn beef is beyond my skill. >> should we give it to him? >> no. >> what do you mean? >> nice try. we're going to move onto the next caller. >> try the sports line. there's jim on the phone. >> jim, let's talk trump's chances in the playoffs. >> playoffs? don't talk about playoffs. are you kidding me. playoffs? >> don from new york is on politics line one. >> what do you have to we have people that are selling this country down the drain. >> mr. trump thanks for calling in and talking so can deadly. >> nobody can do that leek me. >> you see the polls. what's going through your head? >> we can't do anything right. >> money, power & politics is on five nights a week now. >> congratulations. >> what do you think about that? >> our country is in

so south of garland and sampson county with thunder and lightning moving slowly off to the coast. back to the west in cumberland and hope county and moore county. a good many of us are dry. some could three days of temperatures in the 70s. that's where we'll stay. the cold front is in our state. it will not do much the next few days other than bring us clouds and rain. tonight we'll bring a few showers in. some drier time through 9 and 10 and the showers out west come back into our area very late tonight. i'll walk you through the day hour by hour. >>> this week is fayetteville police chief harold medlock's last day on the job. nate rodgers sat down to talk with him. nate joins us more with the event that's honoring him right now. nate? >> reporter: it's a birth sweet day in fayetteville for many residents as well as chief medlock himself. he said he was blessed to have worked in fayetteville. is the finest staff any police cleave could ask for. now nearly 300 people attended today's ceremony, including several city, county and state leaders. there was also lots of laughing and we

they won't even give judge garland a meeting much less a hearing. i think the american people deserve better. they need an opportunity to see the nominee in action. but my colleagues here set on their hands. it will be probably 15 months before the supreme court gets another nominee and maybe not then either because who knows what kind of antics are in store? and there's more. not only zika, not only the v.a., not only the supreme court, but we have the appropriations bill. instead we're going to pass a short-term resolution. we have campaign finance. it's expected that more than $1.4 billion will be spent in this presidential race. congress has done nothing to ensure that i.d.'s and voters, not money, decide elections. we need campaign finance reform. everybody in this body knows it. but instead we continue to ignore the problem that faces this country in campaign finance. wildfire disaster funding. how we pay for wildfires is broken. if you live in the west, you know that. we're not going to deal with that. we need to fervently fund and reauthoriz