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SARAGOSSA CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE INSIDE BRIEFS Man dies in crash, charged in On a mission other that killed state rep’s child CULLMAN (AP) of love — Alabama au- thorities say a man who was charged Saragossa church raises funds for Malawi wells in a crash that killed By ED HOWELL the daughter of a Florida, Alabama on state representative Daily Mountain Eagle emergency footing and police official Saragossa Church of the has died in another Nazarene has raised thou‑ for Hurricane Michael wreck. sands of dollars and is closing MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Michael State Law En- in on a goal to put in 10 wells gained new strength Monday and forcement Agency in Africa, with a number of wells are already operational is expected to keep growing stron- Senior Trooper and leading to greater faith ger ahead of an expected midweek Chuck Daniel in Christ. strike on Florida’s Panhandle, fore- tells news outlets Greg Tinker, who became casters said. 33-year-old Bran- pastor of the church 18 years ago, said the Saragossa Michael could become a major don Adam Hamm church only had 12 people hurricane with winds topping 111 died Monday when he came in 2000 —to‑ mph by Tuesday night before the morning at a Hunts- day it averages 75 — and had anticipated landfall Wednesday on ville hospital from $1,000 in the bank — which has improved since then. the Panhandle or Big Bend, ac- injuries he suffered wwAs he was teaching cording to the National Hurricane during the sin- and coaching at the time, he Center. / A2 gle-vehicle crash. asked what would have been Troopers say his his salary be given to others. “Our goal became from vehicle hit a tree the very beginning to give Sunday morning. away half of whatever came Hamm was indict- in — to be mission minded ed on manslaugh- and give to others,” he said. Finding a The church and the missions ter charges in the have grown; the missions February collision for this area include home that killed Mor- renovations needs, as well as mission work in Mississippi mother timer Jordan High after Hurricane Katrina. School volleyball Tinker said the church also coach 31-year-old regularly gives to a number Adopted sisters Kelsey Treadaway, of local organizations, such as discover their heritage the daughter of Hope for Women, the Walk‑ er County Coalition for the Alabama District 51 Homeless and Life is Hope. By RICK WATSON Rep. and Birming- “We’re heavily involved in Photo courtesy of Denise Clements Daily Mountain Eagle Haiti” on missions, he said, ham Police Assis- Water flows from the well at the mission group’s job site tant Chief Allen with church members going there and giving to support in July when Saragossa Church of the Nazarene sent a SIPSEY — This story would have been told years ago, but it got tangled up in Treadaway. three orphanages and two mission team to Malawi. The well was drilled by Naza- schools in Haiti, through excitement, joy, and grief. The fact that rene Compassionate Ministries. Many wells are needed things happened the way they did is See CHURCH, A5 in the remote villages. extraordinary. Some would say it was a DEATHS lucky coincidence. Three sisters, Linda Vandiver of Em‑ Rosa Buttner Blackwood, pire, Brenda Willingham of Argo, and 91, Jaspe TRIO CROWNED AT MISS HEART OF DIXIE PAGEANT Regina Richardson of Jasper believe it Claude Brasfield, 81, was devine intervention. Murfreesboro, Tenn. James A. Skinner, 74, Brenda and Linda Holt were born at Jasper a clinic in Sipsey in 1960. Their mother, Heather Ann Brotherton, Fay Holt, was a single mom who was 30, Anniston living at home with her father. After Phillip Wayne Lakey, 70, the infants were born, Holt’s father left, Lynn and the young mother had no food or no Paul Revere Dozier, 87, place to turn. She did the only thing she Jasper knew that would give the young twins a Glenda Carol Morris, 79, chance to survive ‑ she gave them up for Jasper Cindy Salter, 55, Oakman adoption. Mary Watson and her husband, Albert, lived on the Hull Road between Sumiton Full obituaries / A2 and Sipsey. Mrs. Watson decided to adopt the twins without discussing the matter with her husband. There is a black-and- WEATHER white photograph of Watson in an old rocking chair with the twins in his lap. It’s hard to tell if the look on his face was High Low one of surprise or happiness. 86 74 It didn’t take long for the twins to steal his heart. “We were daddy’s girls,” said Brenda Watson Willingham, who is one of the twins. INDEX See SISTERS, A5 Classifieds...... A12 Comics...... A7 Dear Abby...... A7 Football Contest...... A14 Horoscope...... A7 Opinion...... A6 Sports...... A10 One section, 14 pages
Check out our Facebook page at Jasper Daily Mountain Eagle Daily Mountain Eagle photos - Ron Harris Harley Chapin, 22, of Columbiana, a senior at the University of Alabama in Birming- Photo Special to the Eagle ham, above left, was crowned the 2019 Miss Heart of Dixie Sunday night at the Twins Linda Vandiver, left, and Brenda conclusion of the 2019 Miss Heart of Dixie Scholarship Pageant. Top right, Maddie Willingham, right, are twins who were Machovec, a student at Thompson High School in Alabaster, was crowned the 2019 adopted as infants. They are shown Miss Heart of Dixie’s Outstanding Teen. Samantha Hennings, a student at Springville here with a sister they didn’t know ex- High School, above right, was crowned the 2019 Miss Cotton States’ Outstanding isted until the three were reunited just Teen. The pageant was held in the theater at the former Walker High School. before their birth mother’s death.
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Today’s weather DEATHS & FUNERALS Forecast for Tuesday, October 9, 2018 TENN. Oxford Rosa Buttner Blackwood Phillip Wayne Lakey 85/72 Huntsville Rosa Buttner Blackwood, 91, of Jasper, passed away Phillip Wayne Lakey, 70, of Lynn, died on Friday, ARK. 86/71 Sunday, October 7, 2018, at Ridgeview Nursing Home. Oct. 5, at Northwest Medical Center in Winfield. Family will be receiving friends Visitation will be at the Carbon Hill Church of GA. Wednesday, October 10, 2018, God of Prophecy on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, from 1:30-3 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., at Kilgo- p.m., with the funeral to follow at the church at 3 Greenville Birmingham 87/72 86/73 re-Green Funeral Home. Funeral p.m. Burial will then follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in services will be held in the Kil- Jasper. John Billy Butler and Ronald Richardson will gore-Green Chapel, Wednesday, officiate. October 10, 2018, at 1 p.m., burial Lakey was preceded in death by his father, Arthur at Walker Memory Gardens. Roger Watson; mother, Margie Alvalee Naramore Watson; Jackson Montgomery 84/72 85/72 Hendon will officiate. father, Arthur Watson; brother, Kenneth Lakey; and Our beloved mother passed niece, Lauren Lakey. through the heavenly gates Sunday, He is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann Alexander Brookhaven Hattiesburg 82/73 the 7th of October 2018. Her loving Lakey; daughter, Cheryl Smothers (Len); son, Kevin 85/74 husband of 64 years, whom called Lakey; brother, Larry Lakey (Kathy); grandchil- her “his Rosie,” will miss her dearly. Rosa had a won- dren, Hunter Smothers (Hannah), Tanner Smothers Mobile 86/76 derful life. She grew up in Ruck, Germany, with her (Kristen), and Jack Lakey; great-grandchild, Hanley LA. FLA. seven siblings. Before meeting the love of her life, she Smothers; and sister-in-law, Paula Lakey. attended culinary school and was a wonderful cook. Pallbearers will include Hunter Smothers, Tanner She met Charlie, an American army soldier, in 1954. Smothers, Greg Lakey, Ben Lakey, George Carnes At that time, it was not permitted for her to date and Danny Clements. an American G.I., so Charlie would take the train and meet her at her sister’s house. After her parents Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 met him, they loved him. They married in 1955, and ©2018 AccuWeather, Inc. what an adventure they took going around the world. Together, they had four children Joe, Helen, Marion and Sandra. She was more of the disciplinary and you Paul Revere Dozier had to watch out for the wooden spoon. She loved her Paul Revere Dozier, 87, of Jasper, passed away Facebook wants people Charlie, her children, her grandchildren and great Thursday, October 4, 2018, at his residence. grandchildren fiercely. We want to thank Southeast Family will be receiving friends Hospice, especially Rhonda and Angie, for taking Thursday, October 11, 2018, from to invite its cameras care of our beloved mother as well as her sitters who 10 until 11 a.m., at Kilgore-Green we could not have done without Pam Rhodes, Tina Funeral Home. Services will follow into their homes Strickland and Gween Robertson. In her final days, at 11 a.m. in the Kilgore-Green Rosa was at peace, comfortable and she knew she was Chapel, with burial at Oak Hill very much loved. Cemetery. Rob Gurganus will SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook is launching She was preceded in death by her parents, Freder- officiate. the first electronic device to bear its brand, a screen ick and Karolina Buttner; siblings, Antz Buttner, Jo- He was preceded by his wife, and camera-equipped gadget intended to make video seph Buttner, Frida Dutthorn, Maria Horlebein, and Flora I “Barbara” Swindel Dozi- calls easier and more intuitive. Herma Brown all of Germany; and in-laws, Elenor er; daughter, Debra Gail Dozier; But it’s unclear if people will open their homes to an and Raymond Blackwood. grandson, Nicholas Paul Dozier. internet-connected camera sold by a company with a She is survived by her husband, Charles Newton He is survived by his son, Ronald questionable track record on protecting user privacy. Blackwood; children, Joseph Raymond Werner Black- Paul Dozier (Terri); grandchildren, Elizabeth Kellum Facebook is marketing the device, called Portal, as wood, Helen Williams (Tommie), Marion Blackwood (Jason), Emily Armstrong (Kenny), Patrick Dozier, a way for its more than 2 billion users to chat with one Glidewell (Jim), and Sandra Blackwood Grace (Phil- Summer Dozier, Hunter Hubbard; and great grand- another without having to fuss with positioning and lip); grandchildren, Thorsten Blackwood, Tamara children, Jordan, Andrew, Aaron, Katie, Peyton, other controls. The device features a camera that uses Blackwood, Lena Blackwood all of Germany, Debbie Hayden, Cole, Brooke, Carson, and Zaida, and a host artificial intelligence to automatically zoom as people Flynn, Tommy Lee Williams, Jr., Christy Williams of friends. move around during calls. Lotuff, Carolina Grace; siblings, Adolf Buttner of Since Echo’s release nearly four years ago, both Germany, and Helga Russell of Texas; and a host of Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-9503 Google and Apple have followed Amazon in releasing great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. smart speakers designed for use with their other dig- ital services — some of them, at least. These speakers Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-9503 can serve as hub-like controllers for “smart” homes Glenda Carol Morris as people install appliances, lighting and security Glenda Carol Morris, 79, of Jasper, passed away systems that can be controlled over the internet. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018 at Walker Baptist Medical Portal represents Facebook’s entry into that fray. Claude Brasfield Center. But pointing an artificially intelligent camera into Claude Brasfield, 81, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Arrangements will be announced later by Col- peoples’ homes could well raise other privacy ques- passed away on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. lins-Burke Funeral Home. tions. Arrangements will be announced later by Col- “The first thing consumers are going to wonder is lins-Burke Funeral Home. Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 ‘how much sensitive data is this collecting about me?’” said John Breyault, vice president of public policy of Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 telecommunications and fraud at the National Con- Cindy Salter sumers League, a Washington-based consumer advo- Cindy Salter, 55, of Oakman, passed away Monday, cacy group that has received donations from Facebook Oct. 8, 2018 at her residence. and other tech companies. James A. Skinner James A. Skinner, 74, of Jasper, passed away on Arrangements will be announced later by Col- On Monday, Twitter users were quick to point to lins-Burke Funeral Home. Facebook’s privacy fallacies and what they saw as Monday, Oct. 8, 2018 at Shadescrest Healthcare Center. the company’s impudence in asking people to trust Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 it with a camera called Portal inside their homes. Arrangements will be announced later by Col- Some compared it to the always-on, always-watching lins-Burke Funeral Home. telescreens in George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984.” Others saw the gadget’s appeal — but not if it comes Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 from Facebook. It’s a particularly trying time for Facebook to re- lease a home camera. Earlier this year, the company Heather Ann Brotherton had to acknowledge that as many as 87 million people Heather Ann Brotherton, 30, of Anniston, died may have had their data accessed by Cambridge Ana- Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 at her residence. lytica, a data mining firm that worked for the Trump Arrangements will be announced later by Kilgo- campaign and aimed to use the data to influence elec- re-Green Funeral Home. tions. More recently, Facebook revealed that hackers managed to pierce its security to break into 50 million Kilgore-Green Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-9503 accounts . Facebook says it won’t “listen to, view or keep the contents “ of video calls, adding that the Portal cam- era won’t use facial recognition or identify people in the video calls. The device will allow users to disable the camera and microphone with a single tap and to Florida, Alabama on lock it with a numerical passcode. There’s also a phys- ical camera cover to prevent recording. emergency footing for Portal will not display Facebook ads “at this time,” the company said, although it noted that third-party services such as music streaming might embed their Hurricane Michael own ads the same way they do on other devices. MIAMI (AP) — Hurri- while Michael also could The company says Facebook’s privacy policy applies cane Michael gained new dump up to a foot of rain to Portal, since it uses Messenger for voice and video strength Monday and is over some Panhandle calls. Facebook executives have repeatedly said that expected to keep grow- communities as it moves the company does not use the contents of messages or ing stronger ahead of an inland, forecasters said. calls for advertising purposes and will not do so in the expected midweek strike Mandatory evacuation future. Still, there are other, less direct possibilities on Florida’s Panhandle, orders were issued for for the future. forecasters said. residents of barrier is- “This is going to gain (Facebook) not only a place Michael could become lands, mobile homes and in the smart home, but also data they may not have a major hurricane with low-lying coastal areas in been able to collect before or understand before,” said winds topping 111 mph Gulf, Wakulla and Bay ABI Research analyst Jonathan Collins. This includes (178 kph) by Tuesday counties. people’s location, activities and interests — “all the night before the antici- In a Facebook post reasons companies want to get into the home.” pated landfall Wednes- Monday, the Wakulla NOAA via AP That said, Facebook says Portal does not collect any day on the Panhandle or County Sheriff’s Office information about people’s home, listening only for Big Bend, according to said no shelters would This satellite image provided by the National voice commands. the National Hurricane be open because Wakul- Center. la County shelters were Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Since the storm will rated safe only for hurri- a view of Tropical Storm Michael, lower right, VOLUME 57 NUMBER 138 spend two to three days canes with top sustained churning as it heads toward the Florida Panhan- over the Gulf of Mexico, winds below 111 mph. dle Sunday at 6:52 p.m. Eastern Time. which has very warm With Michael’s winds Daily Mountain Eagle water temperatures and projected to be even “Hopefully we will have to help with storm prepa- favorable atmospheric stronger than that, no one hurt and no loss of rations. - Main Office - conditions, “there is a real Wakulla County residents life.” Florida State Univer- 1301 E. 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SENIOR DISCOUNT AVAILABLE DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Tues., Oct. 9, 2018 www.mountaineagle.com — A3 20 dead in crash of limo headed to birthday celebration SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine car- rying four sisters, other relatives and friends to a birthday celebration blew through a stop sign and slammed into a parked SUV outside a store in upstate New York, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians, officials and victims’ rela- tives said Sunday. The weekend crash was characterized by authori- ties as the deadliest U.S. transportation accident in nearly a decade. The after-market stretch rebuilt in a stretch config- crash turned a relaxed limousine, according uration to accommodate Saturday afternoon to to an official briefed on more passengers. The horror at a rural spot the matter who spoke limousine was trying to popular with tourists on condition of anonym- make a U-turn and was viewing the region’s fall ity. The official was not struck by a pickup. foliage. Relatives said the authorized to discuss an A grand jury found that limousine was carrying ongoing investigation vehicles converted into the sisters and their AP Photo/Hans Pennink publicly and thus declined stretch limousines often friends to a 30th birth- further identification. don’t have safety mea- day celebration for the Members of the National Transportation Safety Board work at the scene of Safety issues on such sures including side-im- youngest. yesterday’s fatal crash, in Schoharie, N.Y., Sunday. vehicles have arisen pact air bags, reinforced “They were wonder- before, most notably after rollover protection bars ful girls,” said their It’s the deadliest trans- a wreck on Long Island in and accessible emergency aunt, Barbara Douglas, portation accident since July 2015 in which four exits. That grand jury speaking with report- February 2009, when women on a winery tour called on New York Gov. ers Sunday. “They’d do Colgan Air Flight 3407 were killed. They were in Andrew Cuomo to assem- anything for you and they crashed near Buffalo, a Lincoln Town Car that ble a task force on limou- were very close to each New York, killing 50 peo- had been cut apart and sine safety. other and they loved their ple, Sumwalt said. family.” And it appears to be Douglas said three of the deadliest land-vehi- the sisters were with cle accident since a bus GGarage Gaarraaggee DDoorsDoooorrss their husbands, and she ferrying nursing home identified them as Amy patients away from Hur- and Axel Steenburg, Ab- ricane Rita caught fire in F ree E stim ates! igail and Adam Jackson, Texas 2005, killing 23. Mary and Rob Dyson and At the news conference, Allison King. Fiore didn’t comment • Since 1966 • “They did the respon- on the limo’s speed, or sible thing getting a limo whether the limo occu- Creative Aluminum so they wouldn’t have to pants were wearing seat drive anywhere,” she said, belts. 1206 Curry Hwy adding the couples had Authorities didn’t Jasper, AL 35503 387-7683 387-7698 several children between release the names of the them who they left at victims or speculate on home. AP Photo/Hans Pennink what caused the limo to You Can Trust Us For The 2001 Ford Ex- run the stop sign. Autop- Excellent Results And Service cursion limousine was People place flowers Sunday at the scene where sies were being conduct- traveling southwest on 20 people died as the result of a limousine crash- ed. Route 30 in Schoharie, ing into a parked and unoccupied SUV at an in- Speaking through tears about 170 miles (270 tersection a day earlier in Schoharie, N.Y. on the telephone, Valerie kilometers) north of New Abeling said her 34-year- York City, when it failed old niece Erin Vertucci to stop at 2 p.m. Saturday She had been in another Kirby wrote. “All of these was among the victims, at a T-junction with state car parked at the store, occurred during business along with Vertucci’s new- Route 30A, State Police saw a body on the ground hours and could’ve killed lywed husband, 30-year- FREE Locally owned First Deputy Superinten- and heard people start someone then.” old Shane McGowan. Professional Same day by licensed She added that the dent Christopher Fiore screaming. “She was a beautiful, Evaluations demonstrations Audiologist said at a news conference The store manager, state Department of sweet soul; he was too,” in Latham, New York. Jessica Kirby, told The Transportation has Abeling said. Eastgate Plaza It went across the road New York Times the banned heavy trucks The couple was married BY THE UPS STORE (205) 265-2057 and hit an unoccupied limo was coming down a from the intersection but in June at a “beautiful 904 Highway 78 East Kristi Allen, M.S., CCC-A SUV parked at the Apple hill at “probably over 60 there are constant small- wedding” in upstate New Jasper, AL 35501 Owner/Audiologist er crashes. “More acci- Barrel Country Store, mph.” In an email to The York, Abeling said. “They www.jasperhearingcenter.com killing the limousine Associated Press, she dents than I can count.” had everything going for driver, the 17 passengers, complained that the junc- The National Trans- them.” and two people outside tion where the crashed oc- portation Safety Board is Vertucci, who grew up the vehicle. curred is accident-prone. investigating. in Amsterdam, New York, The crash “sounded like “We have had 3 tractor “This is one of the was an administrative THE WALKER COUNTY an explosion,” said Linda trailer type trucks run biggest losses of life that assistant at St. Mary’s Riley, of nearby Schenect- through the stop through we’ve seen in a long, long Healthcare in Amster- ady, who was on a shop- our driveway and into a time,” NTSB Chairman dam, Abeling said. FARMERS MARKET Robert Sumwalt said. ping trip with her sisters. field behind the business,” The vehicle was an Alabama Certified Farmers Market OPEN 7 A.M. EACH DAY Governor: Limo shouldn’t have been on the road Tuesdays, Thursdays SCHOHARIE, N.Y. law, and the vehicle failed and relatives to a brewery that have been converted (AP) — The supersized a state inspection that for a party for one of the to limos like the one in limousine that crashed examined such things as sisters. Saturday’s crash often and Saturdays and killed 20 people out- the chassis, suspension The four sisters’ aunt, lack certain safety com- side a country store failed and brakes. Barbara Douglas, said ponents, such as side-im- Seasonal fruits and vegetables are being added daily. a safety inspection last “In my opinion, the they had felt “they did the pact air bags, reinforced Come out and support your local farmers. month and shouldn’t have owner of this company responsible thing getting rollover protection bars been on the road, and the had no business putting a limo so they wouldn’t and accessible emergency driver wasn’t properly a failed vehicle on the have to drive anywhere.” exits. Located on Airport Road in Jasper, AL licensed, New York’s gov- road,” the governor said “My heart is sunken. There are few federal ernor said Monday. while attending a Co- It’s in a place where I’ve regulations governing The state moved to shut lumbus Day Parade in never felt this type of limos that have been down the owner, Pres- New York City. “Prestige pain before,” said Kar- modified after leaving the Fall/Winter Sale! tige Limousine, as state has a lot of questions to ina Halse, who lost her factory. Regulations often October 3rd-13th and federal authorities answer.” 26-year-old sister Aman- vary by investigated the cause A call to Prestige Lim- da. state and even local M-F 10-6 • Sat. 10-4 of Saturday’s wreck in ousine’s office in Gan- A vigil was planned governments. New, Bigger, 10 DAYS Schoharie. sevoort went unanswered. Monday night in Amster- “It certainly is the Wild Brighter ONLY! The crash about 170 Federal records show the dam, where some victims West out there when it LOCATION! miles north of New York company has undergone lived. comes to limousines and City came three years five inspections in the The crash appeared to stretch vehicles,” said after another deadly past two years and had be the deadliest land-ve- National Safety Council stretch-limo wreck in four vehicles pulled from hicle accident in the U.S. CEO Deborah A.P. Hers- New York state spurred service. since a bus full of Texas man, who would like to calls for Gov. Andrew The limousine, built nursing home patients see uniform state limou- Cuomo to examine such from a 2001 Ford Excur- fleeing 2005’s Hurricane sine regulations across vehicles’ safety. sion, ran a stop sign at an Rita caught fire, killing the nation. It was not clear wheth- T-shaped intersection at 23. Ford said it has never er the state took any the bottom of a hill and Saturday’s wreck was made its own stretch steps to do so. slammed into an unoc- the nation’s deadliest version of the Excursion As victims’ relatives cupied SUV at the Apple transportation accident SUV. The automaker • Gently Worn Children’s Clothes tried to come to grips Barrel Country Store and of any kind since a 2009 has a program that with the tragedy that Cafe, a popular stop for plane crash near Buffa- certifies companies that • Maternity Clothes happened as a group of autumn leaf-peepers. lo, New York, killed 50 modify vehicles to Ford • Almost New Toys & Baby Equipment friends and family were The wreck killed two people. specifications, but it was on their way to a 30th pedestrians and all 18 Limousines built in unclear whether the limo • Home Decor & Furniture birthday celebration, people in the limousine, factories are required to in Saturday’s crash was • Prom/Formals and More authorities had yet to say including four sisters who meet stringent safety reg- altered by one of those Parkland Shopping Center Behind KFC how fast the limo was go- were headed with friends ulations. But luxury cars companies. ing, whether its occupants wore seat belts or what caused the vehicle to run a stop sign. Investigators were conducting autopsies, including on the driver, to see if drugs or alcohol were factors, and the National Transportation Safety Board was also looking into whether the limo had any mechanical problems. But officials already saw some red flags, Cuo- mo said: The driver didn’t have the necessary com- mercial license, the limo had been cut apart and lengthened in a way Cuo- mo said violated federal A4 — DAILY MOUNTAIN EAGLE Jasper, Ala., Tues., Oct. 9, 2018 www.mountaineagle.com Trump says he’s McConnell says Senate ‘not not firing Rosenstein broken’ after Kavanaugh fight WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared a reprieve Monday for Rod Rosenstein, WASHINGTON (AP) saying he has no plans to fire his deputy attorney — Picking up the piec- general whose future has been the source of intense es after a contentious speculation for two weeks. nomination battle, the “I’m not making any changes,” Trump told Senate’s majority leader reporters as he returned to the White House after said Sunday that the traveling with Rosenstein to an international police chamber won’t be irrep- chiefs’ conference in Florida. “We just had a very arably damaged by the nice talk. We actually get along.” wrenching debate over The flight provided an opportunity for their most sexual misconduct that extensive conversation since news reports last has swirled around new month that Rosenstein had discussed the possi- Supreme Court Justice bilities in early 2017 of secretly recording Trump Brett Kavanaugh. to expose chaos in the White House and invoking While Sen. Mitch Mc- constitutional provisions to have him removed from Connell, R-Ky., said Ka- office. vanaugh’s confirmation Those reports triggered an avalanche of specula- was a shining moment tion about the future of Rosenstein — and also the for the GOP heading special counsel’s investigation into possible coordi- into next month’s pivotal nation between Russia and the Trump campaign. elections, GOP Gov. John The deputy attorney general appointed former FBI Kasich of Ohio predicted Director Robert Mueller to his special counsel post “a good year” for Demo- and closely oversees his work. crats and said he wonders Trump said earlier in the day that he had “a very about “the soul of our good relationship” with Rosenstein and was eager country” in the long term to speak with him aboard Air Force One on the after the tumultuous flight to Florida. They did talk, for about 45 min- hearings. utes, but not alone, a White House spokesman said. McConnell, in two news The subjects: violent crime in Chicago, support show interviews, tried to for local law enforcement, border security, the distinguish between Pres- conference they were flying to and “general DOJ ident Donald Trump’s AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite business,” spokesman Hogan Gidley said without nomination of Kavanaugh elaboration. this year and his own Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber for “I didn’t know Rod before, but I’ve gotten to know decision not to have the the final vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, at the him,” Trump said at the White House earlier. GOP-run Senate con- Capitol in Washington Saturday. The Justice Department issued statements meant sider President Barack to deny the reporting, saying Rosenstein never Obama’s high court nom- Bader Ginsburg is 85 and of documents later this pursued or authorized recording the president and inee, Merrick Garland, in Stephen Breyer is 80. month. did not believe there was a basis for invoking the 2016. McConnell called “We’ll see if there is a Still, Sen. Chris Coons, 25th Amendment of the Constitution, which would the current partisan di- vacancy in 2020,” McCon- D-Del., said he believed involve the Cabinet and vice president agreeing to vide a “low point,” but he nell said. it would be premature remove him. blamed Democrats. Two years ago, McCo- for Democrats to talk And the remark about secretly recording the “The Senate’s not nnell blocked a vote on about re-investigating president was meant sarcastically, according to a broken,” said McConnell. Garland, citing what he Kavanaugh or a possi- statement the department issued from someone “We didn’t attack Merrick said was a tradition of not ble impeachment if the who it said was in the room. Garland’s background filling vacancies in a pres- party takes control of the Even so, Rosenstein told White House officials and try to destroy him.” idential election year. But chamber in November, that he was willing to resign and arrived at the He asserted that “we sim- when asked again Sunday stressing a need to help White House a week and a half ago with the expec- ply followed the tradition about it, he sought to heal the country. tation that he would be fired. of America.” clarify that a Senate case “Frankly, we are just He met in person with White House chief of staff The climactic 50-48 in 1880 suggested inac- less than a month away John Kelly and spoke by phone with Trump during roll call vote Saturday tion on a nominee only from an election,” Coons a tumultuous day that ended with him still in his on Kavanaugh was the AP Photo/Andrew when the chamber was said. “Folks who feel very job. closest vote to confirm Harnik, Pool controlled by the party strongly one way or the Rosenstein and Trump had been expected to a justice since 1881. It opposing the president. other about the issues in meet at the White House days later, but that meet- capped a fight that seized Supreme court nom- Republicans currently front of us should get out ing was put off so that the president could focus on the national conversation inee Brett Kavanaugh hold a 51-49 majority in and vote and participate.” the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nomi- after claims emerged that testifies before the the Senate, with sever- McConnell spoke on nee Brett Kavanaugh. Trump had previously said that he would prefer Kavanaugh had sexually Senate Judiciary Com- al seats up for grabs in “Fox News Sunday” and assaulted women three November. CBS’ “Face the Na- not to fire the Justice Department’s No. 2 official decades ago. Kavanaugh mittee on Capitol Hill in Trump has now put his tion,” Kasich appeared and that Rosenstein had told him he did not say the emphatically denied the Washington. stamp on the court with on CNN’s “State of the remarks attributed to him. allegations. his second justice in as Union,” and Coons was on Advisers had also cautioned Trump against doing The accusations trans- McConnell said the many years. Yet Kava- NBC’s “Meet the Press.” anything dramatic in the weeks before the midterm formed the clash from confirmation fight had naugh is joining under a elections next month. a routine struggle over energized Republican vot- cloud. judicial ideology into an ers and he praised GOP Accusations from sever- angry jumble of questions senators, who he said had al women remain under about victims’ rights “stood up to the mob” in scrutiny, and House and personal attacks on favor of the “presumption Democrats have pledged nominees. of innocence.” further investigation if Ultimately, every He signaled that a Re- they win the majority Democrat voted against publican-controlled Sen- in November. Outside Kavanaugh except for ate would act on a fresh groups are culling an Sen. Joe Manchin of West Trump nominee to the unusually long paper Virginia. Supreme Court in 2020 trail from his previous Kavanaugh was sworn — a presidential election government and political in Saturday evening in a year — should a vacancy work, with the National private ceremony as pro- arise. The court’s two Archives and Records Ad- testers chanted outside oldest justices are Dem- ministration expected to the court building. ocratic appointees: Ruth release a cache of millions
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