Name: GOP tries to defend filling Supreme Court seat now when party leaders delayed before 2016 election
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Description: Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate are bracing for the battle over filling the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the leader of the court's liberal bloc.

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Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate are bracing for the battle over filling the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the leader of the court's liberal bloc.

>> THIS IS WRAL NEWS. YOUR NUMBER ONE SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS. >>>  YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING IN WASHINGTON. THE FLAG IS LOWERED IN HONOR OF THE PASSING OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG. THIS LEAVES THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT AND COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ELECTION. WHEN SHOULD THE NOMINATION BE MADE, WHO WILL DO IT AND WILL IT IMPACT TO GET YOUR VOTE? RIGHT NOW WE ASK AN EXPERT, WILL THE DEATH OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG AND THE FIGHT OVER HER REPLACEMENT IMPACT THE RACE FOR THE SENATE SEAT. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE NOMINATION IS COMING BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. HE SAID HE WILL NOMINATE A WOMAN TO FILL THE SEAT. TWO HOURS AGO MITCH McCONNELL PROMISED SENATORS WILL VOTE ON THAT NOMINEE. HE DID NOT SAY WHEN JUST THAT IT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR. WE WANTED TO KNOW, COULD THAT IMPACT ANYTHING FROM NORTH CAROLINA. LAURA JOINS US LIVE WITH THE ANSWERS. >> >> OUR RECENT NEWS POLL FOUND THE SENATOR TRAILING HIS CHALLENGER BY ABOUT SEVEN POINTS. THE PASSING OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG AND THE UPCOMING SENATE BATTLE HAS DRAWN MORE ATTENTION TO THAT RACE. BOTH SIDES SAY THEY THINK IT WILL WORK IN THEIR FAVOR. >> GOOD MORNING. PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. >> IN FEBRUARY 2016  TOM TILLIS REFUSED TO CONFIRM THE SUPREME COURT NOMINEE. HE SAID IT WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE ELECTION. THIS TIME, EVEN WITH PEOPLE ALREADY VOTING HE SUPPORTS A CONFIRMATION HEARING. TIM WIGINGTON DOESN'T THINK THAT FLIP-FLOP WILL BE A LIABILITY. >> BACK THEN YOU HAD A LAME DUCK. NIGH HAVE THE PRESIDENT WITH THE SAME PARTY AND THEY HAVE A DUTY TO APPOINTED JUSTICE AND SEAT ANOTHER JUSTICE ON THE SUPREME COURT. >> WAYNE GOODMAN SAID HIS SIDE IS MOTIVATED BY WHAT HE CALLS THE HYPOCRISY OF SENATE REPUBLICANS. >> THESE ARE WOMEN WHO KNOW THAT WE NEED TO HAVE REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE FOR THEM. >> THE PASSING HAS GALVANIZED GRASSROOTS DEMOCRATIC FUNDRAISING WITH $100 MILLION FLOWING IN OVER THE WEEKEND. MORE THAN $6 MILLION WITHIN THE HOUR AFTER HER DEATH WAS REPORTED. >> THE DECISION TO RUSH A VOTE ON THE SUCCESSOR WILL IMPACT EVERY NORTH CAROLINIAN AS IT RELATES TO HEALTH INSURANCE. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON. THEY SHOULD NOT VOTE ON THE SUCCESSOR UNTIL WE KNOW WHO THE NEXT PRESIDENT WILL BE. >> REPUBLICAN FUNDRAISING IS UP WITH TWICE AS MUCH MONEY AS USUAL FLOWING IN OVER THE WEEKEND. YOU WILL SEE INFLUENTIAL FUNDRAISING AND OTHER STUFF HAPPENING. >> I TALKED TO DAVID McLENNAN ABOUT HIS THOUGHTS. HE SAID HE DOESN'T THINK THIS

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GOP tries to defend filling Supreme Court seat now when party leaders delayed before 2016 election

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I'm meteorologist, Kat Campbell in the wr a severe weather center. No more thirties in the forecast and we don't have a frost threat tonight so you can leave your plants be, temperatures are falling into the upper forties to lower fifties overnight. We've got a different wind direction and some more clouds that will fill in by daybreak tomorrow at the bus stop, it'll be in the low to mid fifties for most of the kids out there. So a mild start, but you may want to send your kids to school with an umbrella because by the time they head home, some of us are going to be dealing with a chance for rain during the afternoon. It's all due to this cold front. Approaching from the northwest. There's not a lot of moisture for the front to work with, but just enough and enough lift to squeeze out some rain. I think that rain chances would start in our northwestern counties around 11 a.m. through lunchtime. And then that chance is really closer to, to three o'clock here in the triangle. But that might be when the kids are heading home as we get toward 456. It would be south and east of the triangle with the best chance for rain. Rocky Mount, Southern Pines. I'm thinking you'll be in that 3 to 5 p.m. time frame for rain. It's not going to be a very heavy rain. There is a small chance of a thunderstorm embedded, but most of us will just see some pretty light rain. In fact, models are showing less than 5/100 of an inch of rain. So very tiny rainfall amounts from this event. We do have the Durham Bulls in town this week. And luckily the forecast looks good for all of their home games. First pitch is at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We've just got wonderful baseball weather. Temperatures will be near 70 for the first pitches and the rain should be over in Durham, the triangle by the time we get to dinner time for tomorrow evening, which means it's likely to be a dry game for us. Your seven day forecast show, some big changes are on the way though. We've got 74 for the high Wednesday with chance for rain Thursday just 72. So a small dip in our high temperatures more noticeable at night though we fall into the upper forties Thursday night to Friday morning, we're going with 47 as the low Friday morning around the triangle. And then once we get to the weekend temperatures begin to rebound. However, that will come with an increasing cloud cover mostly cloudy Saturday and Sunday. But back in the eighties by Sunday and even warmer next week, highs could climb near 90 a week from today.

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Good afternoon. I'm Grace Hall and welcome to this afternoon's drawings for Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024. Let's get started with the Carolina pick three. The first pick three number is the first number is one followed by 30 and then your fire ball is four. Joining me for this afternoon's drawing is our auditor from mcconnell and Jones L LP. Now let's move on to the Carolina pick for the first pick four. Number is still waiting for those numbers to draw. As I said this afternoon's drawing, our auditor is mcconnell Jones L LP. Now we've got your first number is eight then zero, then nine followed by eight and your fireball is four. Thank you for watching.

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Good evening, America. I'm Michelle Isles. Tonight. We've got another life changing jackpot for you in an estimated amount of $116 million. Get your tickets out. We'll start things off tonight with the number 39 right after that America. We have 12. Let's congratulate Francisco Nunez of North Carolina who won $150,000. Now, your next number up tonight is 16. That's followed by 52 and we're rounded out tonight with 33. Now for your winning powerball number. Good luck, everyone. It is one and your power play multiplier is two. Let's take another look at those winning numbers. Remember there are multiple ways to win. We'll see you back here Wednesday night. Good night. It's time to play America's favorite.

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