our friend martha is back today. martha: good morning. it is a deadly epidemic. we have covered it extensively. it reaches all states, all walks of life, all kinds of families. the powerful opioid known as fentanyl is an indiscriminate killer took the lives of all these people whose faces you see on the screen right now and teens at a record pace. in 2021 fentanyl was identified in 77% of as lessent drug deaths. cartels have an enormous business. they will stop at nothing turning the drug into a weapons of mass destruction. lindsey graham says it is time to fight back. here is what i would say. america is under attack of the our nation is being attacked by foreign powers called drug cartels in mexico. this is the largest attack on american s homeland by a foreign power in the history of the nation. 70,000 americans were poisoned by fentanyl last year. we need to take the gloves off. they are at war with us. we need to be at war with them. bill: we go to texas, school di
training in shooting from an elevated position. sandra: police were quick on the scene there, they ran immediately toward the sound of gunfire. it s all captured on bodycam footage, including the two officers who eventually took down the shooter. we are waiting to learn of a potential motive. john: what have we learned since we last spoke and since the police chief held his press conference there? well, john and sandra, learning a lot of new details about the shooter who brought terror to this nashville christian school behind me. in the last hour, metro nashville police chief john drake confirming first to fox that the shooter, audrey hale, had legally purchased seven firearms at five different stores across the middle tennessee region. she was being treated for an emotional disorder and her parents were concerned about the guns. her parents thought they were gone but instead, audrey hid them throughout the family s home. and sadly, six lives were taken yesterday in th
Everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amara walker. Im omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. You woke up, youre here. You didnt scare me off. It was intimidating but we made it. We want to start with, look, we have a lot to talk about. Lawmakers getting ready to return to capitol hill. Will they be able to avoid a Government Shutdown . Plus, stranded in the desert. Tens of thousands of people stuck at the burning man festival in the Black Rock Desert after torrential rain in the area. They are being told to shelter in place and conserve food and water. And those scorching hot temperatures just wont let up. How hot its going to get if you are heading outside for labor day and when you could see relief. This week we will talk to an expert about the impact on the opioid crisis. Congress is getting ready to work and hit the ground running. Senators are back in d. C. On tuesday followed by the house the next week. Both chambers are facing a time crunch on a number of key issues. On octo
U. S. Senate here on cspan2. The senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the king of glory, your never failing providence sustains us. Today, inspire our lawmakers with the music of your wisdom that they may bring hope, joy, and unity to our nation and world. Remind our senators that even in the darkness, you are a sure guide. Lord, energize them to strive, to transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. And lord, in this new year, go before us to show us the way, behind us to press us forward, beside us to give us courage, above us to provide protection. And within us to give us your wisdom and discernment. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The presiding officer 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. The presidin
Disaster aid for puerto rico following a catastrophic Hurricane Season last year. And etiquette senator Richard Blumenthal recently returned from a trip to the island. Lifted. The presiding officer mr. Blumenthal thank you, mr. President. Im here to talk about our sen. Blumenthal i am here to talk our about our former sen. Blumenthal i am here to talk about our fellow citizens in puerto rico. The hurricane that hit that island 106 days ago. I visited puerto rico with my friend and colleague senator murphy yesterday and the day before to bring back to my colleagues here a factbased report on how the recovery effort is going and how ample federal support has been. And i come to the floor today furious and frustrated. And the people of puerto rico have a right to be furious as well. Because they have been denied the basic help and relief that this great nation, the greatest in the history of the world, owes to all americans. Let there be no doubt the people of puerto rico are our fellow a