[inaudible conversations] the senate will come to order. D the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal lord god, we bless your holy name. Provide our lawmakers with the wisdom to obey you completely and receive your guidance. May your guiding presence inspire them so that they can find even in troubles opportunities for joy. Lord, remind them of the blessings that come from being challenged, as they learn from experience that the things that test them produce endurance. When their endurance is fully developed, give them the satisfaction of possessing such integrity that their faith will not shrink though pressed by many foes. Lord, help our senators to seek you repeatedly each day with their prayers, fully expecting you to answer their intercession and direct their lives. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the rep
Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. In his inaugural address, President Trump said, when you open your heart to patriotism, theres no room for prejudice. But today, the commander in chief decided there is no room for patriotic Transgender Americans willing to serve their country in the u. S. Military. He is reimposing the ban lifted by president obama. Major garrett begins our coverage of whats behind the decision and the fallout. Reporter the president s tweets sounded like new policy. The United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u. S. Military. But it caught the pentagon and congress completely off guard. The white house could not explain what it meant for the thousands of transgender individuals serving now. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders does dnot provide a time table for implementing the policy. Obviously, its a very difficult decision. Its not a simple one. But the president feels that its the best one for
Permitted to go north. Your best bet head for 295. That is best deal this morning because it runs parallel with the new jersey turnpike, and you can pick it upright there in mount laurel, you can pick it up all the way down at the delaware Memorial Bridge. Head for 295 for morning rush hour, really going to be with us for most of the morning, hand off load car get which i was toll was produce, the driver of that tractor trailer okay taken to the local hospital with minor injuries. Keep in mind that interchange is the one of the three options for this turnpike connector bridge which remains closed. So that has seen a lot of extra truck traffic over the last couple of months or so and with the holiday, hopefully we will have some light volume and it wont be that bad as we get in the height of the rush hour. Flags are blowing here on the ben franklin bridge, up and over, no problems coming into downtown philadelphia this morning, were looking live at blue route 476, coming out of the mid
Little hint you will love thursday. Then im glad it will come back. It has been a hazing. Good day february 20th 2017. Yes, it is president s day. Good morning. Great to have you back. Thank you. Thomas in for mike taking sometime off. What a weekend. Im sure people have their pets out, walking the dog and it is national pet day. It is, share your photos with us, bobs excited fox 29 good day and we will show you those photos throughout the morning. Bob has a correction, it is love your pet day. Love your pets. Okay. You have a pet, right. I have two pets. Actually four pets. We have a lab, a british bull dog, and then a new hamster, phil. That is three. What did i say. Four. We have some fish. Throw some fish this there. Fish count. Yes. Good morning everybody. We are going to learn how to count here north on the new jersey turnpike how about two, almost in the same spot, fridays accident was southbound, this morning, it is the northbound lanes, lets go for a ride, sky fox over the sce
February 28,. Temperatures are soaring. So temperatures are soaring. I like that. It takes a minute to think in but what a difference between yesterday morning and this morning. Twentyfour hours. We hadfou all the great skies it looks blue and by the time you get out there and do wonderful things. It feels like it is on the way. Of course, aj is soaring. Do great things. Splendid wonderful things. That sounds like a great way to spend the day. Anything legal is fine. Thatsan right. Another great day in cleveland. Temperatures will be warmer butu a wind advisory kicks off at 11 00 a. M. And this time of year when you have temperatures count on gusty wind. The wind advisory starts at it goes until 1 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning and 10 00 oclock tonight for western and southern0 counties and that the somethingso about which some folks will be concerned but checking the current wind its still gusty out there but nothing compareded to what we expect later. Winds south at 17 Miles Per Hour. Bri