KCAL9 News at 9pm – July 9, 2018

Line Producer: Ernest Kung

Description

The battle for the US Supreme Court begins, triggered by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. Several other major stories covered on a standard news day.

Reporters Featured

  • KCAL Dave Bryan – Judge Brett Kavanaugh announced as the nominee for the vacant US Supreme Court seat
  • Legal and political analysis with Prof. Jessica Levinson of Loyola Law School
  • CBS Mireya Villarreal – Trump administration unable to meet federal judge’s deadline to reunite children with their families after they were separated at the southern border
  • CBS Ben Tracy – Rescue effort underway for soccer team trapped in Thailand cave
  • CNN Kaitlan Collins – President Trump prepares to travel to NATO summit in Brussels
  • CNN Brian Todd – North Korea and US negotiate over nuclear weapons program
  • CBS Jericka Duncan – Deadly flooding in Japan
  • BBC Laura Kuenssberg – Boris Johnson resigns as UK foreign secretary
  • CBS Manuel Bojorquez – Treasure discovered amid ruins of Southern California wildfire
  • CBS Charlie D’Agata – Woman dies from nerve agent poisoning in UK; it is the same poison used in the attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal