Provider. President trump held a Conference Call with governors andiscuss the protests riots happening around the u. S. And what states should be doing in response. It shouldnt be hard to take care of it. Were going to take care of it. And weve got a number of people here that youll be seeing. General millie is here, whos head of joint chief of staff, a fighter, a warrior, had a lot of victories and no losses. And he hates to see the way its being handled in the various states. And i just put him in charge. States and i just put him in charge. The attorney general is here, bill barr, and we will activate bill barr and activate him very strongly. Were strongly the secretary of defense is here. Were strongly looking for arrests. You have to get much tougher. Youre gonna get overridden. I know gov. Walz is on the phone and we spoke and i fully agree with the way he handled it the last couple of days, i asked him to do that. You know, a lot of men we have all the men and women that you nee
Politics, Paul Wellstone told us, is about the improvement of peoples lives. I know that the work ive been able to do has improved peoples lives. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. For a decade now every time i would get tired or discouraged or frustrated, i would think about the people i was doing this for and it would get me back up on my feet. I know the same will be true for everyone who decides to pursue a politics that is about improving peoples lives. And i hope you know that i will be fighting alongside you every step of the way. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor. Mr. Sullivan madam president . The presiding officer the senator from alaska. Mr. Sullivan madam president , i ask that following disposition of the balash nomination the senate proceed to consideration of executive calendar 167 as under the previous order. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sullivan madam president , i have five requests for committees to meet during todays session of t
This is Aljazeera America. Good morning. Live from new york city, im randall pinkston. Tropical storm erika is dumping five inches of rain on puerto rico, as it continues its path through the caribbean. Four were killed as erika dumped 15 inches of rain on that small island nation. Twenty people are missing there. Fastflowing rivers swept up cars, landslides blocked roads, power and Water Supplies knocked out. The storm now heading towards florida. Kevin joins us with details. This storm has been inconsistent and hasnt gotten its act together. Since yesterday, taking a look at the satellite and radar, you can see the rain showers in puerto rico. The radar ends here, but the satellite as you can see, the Actual Center of the storm is not here, its here towards the west. We do think that as randall said, puerto rico will be getting up to about five inches of rain over the next several hours, but my concern as we go through the rest of the morning into the afternoon is the Dominican Repub
With us. Were going to get thinking started check your forecast with meteorologist Jeremy Nelson. Good morning. Jeremy. Jeremy hey, good saturday morning. Everyone, great to see, maybe a sliver of sunshine this morning and combine that with temperatures that are unseasonably mild, the temperatures jumped a handful of degrees overnight, 68 degrees at 5 00 and we retreated the 65. But keep in mind the average low is 39 degrees. This is almost unheard of for this time of the season. 61 degrees currently in sheboygan. And more cloud cover in that direction across lake michigan. Your forecast for today shapes us like this, could probably get by without a jacket or extra layer this morning. Temperatures will start in the middle 60s. Midday a few more clouds. Winds will swing to the northwest at five to 15 and cooler by mid to late afternoon, dimming back into the 50s. This morning renewed calls to see the video of the officer involved smoothing of 23yearold sylville smith. The shooting led t
With us. Were going to get thinking started check your forecast with meteorologist Jeremy Nelson. Good morning. Jeremy. Jeremy hey, good saturday morning. Everyone, great to see, maybe a sliver of sunshine this morning and combine that with temperatures that are unseasonably mild, the temperatures jumped a handful of degrees overnight, 68 degrees at 5 00 and we retreated the 65. But keep in mind the average low is 39 degrees. This is almost unheard of for this time of the season. 61 degrees currently in sheboygan. And more cloud cover in that direction across lake michigan. Your forecast for today shapes us like this, could probably get by without a jacket or extra layer this morning. Temperatures will start in the middle 60s. Midday a few more clouds. Winds will swing to the northwest at five to 15 and cooler by mid to late afternoon, dimming back into the 50s. This morning renewed calls to see the video of the officer involved smoothing of 23yearold sylville smith. The shooting led t