Normal. We cannot grow accustomed to this kind of disgraceful behavior. We cannot look at the poor behavior of already confirmed nominees and conclude that we should lower our standards when it comes to miss blanchards nomination. This is the United States senate, supposedly the worlds greatest deliberative body. We should examine the fitness and qualification of every single individual nominated to be the face of america in nations across the world. We should expect our ambassadors to represent the United States with dignity, respect, and sound judgment. And we should remember that americas role as a leader of nations rests on our moral standards and greatest values. Something is wrong if we willingly confirm people to these positions who repeatedly spread fake news, baseless slander, and the most despicable of conspiracy mongering. For these reasons, i will be opposing the nomination of Lynda Blanchard, and i urge my colleagues to do the same. With that, i yield the floor. The presid
Imagine that hundreds of thousands of miles away, to brave americans were sitting on the surface of the moon. Their comrades remained in lunar orbit. Above. I didnt quite understand what this development would mean for the future. I just remember thinking at that moment how proud i was to be an american. I looked up to these three men, and i still do, and i marvel add their courage, their intelligence, and their patriotism as well as that of tens of thousands of americans involved in getting them to the moon in the first place. We now know that this lunar trio had quite a sense of humor. Michael collins was once asked in an interview what he was thinking about in the moments leading up to the liftoff, and he joked, i was thinking of per deiem. We learned from buzz aldrin stepped off the ladder, he told them that he was being careful, not to lock the door behind him. When talked about the fact that most of the foes tows were of aldrin, Neal Armstrong joked, ive always said that buzz ald
I am reggie aqui. Happy friday. It is the friday before the super bowl. Mike is forecasting great weather for the big game. Mike . Holding on to the 73degree temperature kickoff at 3 30. We will look at live doppler hd if a different perspective with fog around santa rosa and petaluma and halfamile visibility on 101 so be came. A beautiful shot from emeryville with clean air this morning and day planner is in the mid30s to mid40s so it is cooler this morning and nearly 60 at noon, and a few high clouds and sunshine and lowtomid 60s at 4 00, grab the coat, you will need it, it will be cool, lowtomid 50s and the commute this morning. Sue . Minor delay at the toll plaza and bay bridge if you are paying cash you can see ten or so cars stacked up there and otherwise it is moving nicely into San Francisco. Over all, generally, if you are up and at them or just heading home from a fun evening, traffic is light out there, an issue westbound 37 near the point with a car partly blocking the lane
Up at midweek with another cool down on friday. The sevenday forecast will be here in a few minutes but, first, travel shows a couple of problems, an accident in oakland and your construction across the bay area and, too, two major ferries are taken out of service. Highway 92 has new meters installed eastbound and westbound direction and that going to be tough. We will see things operating by june 24. This is to prepare you. You can expect some delays. We will move into the east bay where over the Altamont Pass we have a high wind advisory. We also have one for the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay bridge and a high wind crash advisory. Lots of things going on in weather and traffic. More to come ahead. Developing news, marin county fire investigators are trying to crackdown a serial arsonist after two days or two fires in three days. Both came close to homes. Amy hollyfield is in san rafael with that story. Investigators will be back out here this morning trying to solve this mystery, th
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