Lord, renew in them the joy of belonging to you as they yield their hearts to you in trust and love. May no duty be left undone and no constructive words be left unsaid. We pray in your holy 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 republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Reid mr. President . The president pro tempore the democratic leader. Mr. Reid i move to proceed to calendar number 345, s. 2199. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk motion to proceed to the consideration of s. 2199, a bill to amend the fair labor standards act of 1938, to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination, and so forth and for other purposes. Mr. Reid following my remarks and those of the republican leader the senate will be in morning business until 12 30 with the time equall
Resuming debate we left off yesterday. Let me try and give a summary of what this is all about. This is all about getting our fiscal house in order. This is all about prioritizing hardworking taxpayer dollars. This is all about doing in our generation what we need to do to make sure the next generation has a secure future, a debtfree future. So thats why we are bringing a budget to the floor and thats why we are making those difficult decision, and thats why we are advocating for these important reforms. In much of the 20th century, a lot of programs were created. A lot of laudable goals were established. But now in the 21st century, i think we have learned a thing or two about how we can better accomplish and abelieve some of these goals such as Retirement Security. Because the way these programs were designed nearly a generation ago, they are now going into bankruptcy in this generation. And if we allow that to happen, then we will pull out from underneath those who depend on these p
Afghanistan. Votes are cast in afghanistan. Well watch it in the weeks ahead. Two decades ago humanity showed its worst nearly a Million People were butchered in rwanda. Cut down by machetes as a country turned on itself. Vigils and memories to honour all that was lost. A frame of remembrance is travelling over the country. 20 years ago today a plane with the president in it was shot down. Im here to ask god to keep me well, thank him and to ask that the genocide never happens again. There has been services across the country. People gatored at a church. Members of the ruling hutu group, tutsis and moderates. People have been divided after belgium colonized rwanda in 1916. It introduced identity carts. The minority tutees being an elight over tutsis. 20,000 tutsis were killed in riots. In 1994 the president s plane was shot down, setting off the 100 days of violence. Many girls were raped and some made painful choices whether to keep the children. They are still trying to make sense of
Of devastating floods. Hello in london the call has gone out to Drug Companies to do more. Also coming up from europe. Reporter from the outside skirts of brussels where 1. 7 million tons of ivory is being destroyed. The ukraine government said it will solve the crisis in the east of the country in 48 hours. Kiev will use force if it has to. On tuesday, activists have seized a government building, but protesters are still occupying the state security building. Nevada he reinforced their barricades and called on russian president Vladimir Putin for help. In a similar situation in dnesk. Protesters there are also in control of the government building. They went out in formation of an independent republic. Kim has our report. 48 hour ultimate. Clearly some signs of negotiations that many of the people weve spoken to her heary they remember the soviet as the golden years. Ive been living here for 73 years. Ive built all of this and they give me ultimatums. I cant look at these people who f
Musical chairs that adds 20 minutes onto the commute. I want to show you video from sky 7 hd. That is what is going on the reason that is a big deal is when trains run they go about 80 Miles Per Hour the system shuts down, top speed in manual mode is seven Miles Per Hour. You can see it creates problems here on the ground you can see see trains inching along. And somewhere along here is the root of the problem. A broken component known as a mucks box. Mucks is short for multiplexor. I can guarantee you most dont care what it is or what it stands for they care theyve been waiting for a train that might not have room. A spokesman told us theyre 40 years old and you cant just go out to buy a new one. The people to not make these anymore we have to scour the internet and come up with ideas on our own. And that is what we want to know. I have a Job Interview im nervous i wont get there in time. Some riders say the announcements over the loud speaker have been confusing we couldnt find anyon