The presiding officer any senator wish to vote or change their vote . The yeas are 88. Nays are 4. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. First i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. Madam president , i come to the floor today having just spent thanksgiving day with our troops serving in afghanistan. It was an incredible honor to join President Trump in a surprise visit to the soldiers stationed at Bagram Air Force base. We served thanksgiving dinner to our dedicated Service Members, those are indi
. The last weekend of the rio summer olympics. More medals to be handed out tonight and tomorrow, and of course, closing ceremonies tomorrow evening. Today is day number 15. Those shots never get old, do they . Good evening. Welcome to the olympic zone. Over the next you set for nbcs prime time coverage. Dominique joins us to talk gymnastics and well break down team usa swimming. First, out of the gate and the Womens Basketball team usa and spain. The u. S. Dominates. 10172. Its their 49th straight olympics win. So no surprise at all. Diana taurasi led with 17 medal for the us ladies in the u. S. Ladies in the summer games. Very impressive. And running for gold in the mens 1500 meters final. Brandon competes for team canada. Is he also the Cross Country coach for st. Andrews high schooling. The race is st. Andrews high school. The race is set. The columbus native won in the round of 16 a comeback win in the quarterfinals but he ran that a tough opponent from iran and lost 40 to an olym
Past is closing their doors. Wild water kingdom is shutting down for good. A local Hardware Store hit by storms get a shot in the arm. The rain and storms return. How much and who gets it straight ahead. From the station that sees the possible. Channel 3 news, youll be saying i love my windows, by windows at 6 00. Rio today is brought to you by your honda dealers. Thanks for being with us. Its a 2016 summer olympics, and eyes have been on the city of rio for a variety of reasons, security and the zika virus and the quality of were live with more on that in brazil. We started our last weekend in rio doing what they do, heading towards the beach. And here its not just about the sun, its part of the culture, so that made our questions about the Water Quality during our stay more confusing. Rios beaches make it feel the water, thats the concern. Pollution is a serious problem. It goes from the beach to the water. Many seem to feel differently. Every big city has pollution. There are very f
Live once todays services resume. Lets begin with new developments on capitol hill, republicans now say they want to send Many Americans another round of 1,200 stimulus checks. Today white house officials and Senate Republicans announce theyre working out the details of a new coronavirus aid package that would include the stimulus checks. But the gop plan also calls for cuts to the extra 600 in federal Unemployment Benefits that are set to expire this week. Trump Administration Officials say details of the bill are set to be unveiled as soon as tomorrow. If the bill will be introduced monday and were prepared to act quickly. This is all about kids and jobs, this is our focus and we want to make sure something gets passed quickly so that we deal with the unemployment and all the other issues, paycheck protection plan, tax credits to rehire people and money for schools. All right. Lets talk more on this, bring in Christine Holmes with the president in new jersey where he is spending the
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