Mr. Cruz mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from texas. Mr. Cruz mr. President i thank the senior senator from utah for an excellent speech. And i entirely agree with his call for civility and decorum and respect. No member of this body should engage in ad hominem attacks directed at any other member of this body, be a republican or be a democrat. At the same time, i would note that it is entirely consistent with decorum and with the nature of this body traditionally as the worlds greatest deliberative body to speak the truth. Speaking the truth about actions is entirely consistent with civility. Indeed, in a quote often attributed falsely to George Orwell the sentiment has been expressed thusly in a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. I would make four brief points. First of all on friday i gave an unusual speech, a speech unlike any i have given in this chamber. It was not a speech i was happy to give. It is a speech to which the senior s
Through. A few different ads and then youll see it. This was paid for from donations from californians. The billboard went up this morning and stay up until october 1st. The Campaign Says congress should impeach President Trump for what they describe as violating the constitution, including the group says instructing investigation into wrongdoing by his campaign. If the Republican Congress is not willing to take this step, then we will use it as a Campaign Issue in 2018. And we will try to show that the republicans in california and congress are not on board with impeachment. Reporter the Campaign Says it also has collected around 100,000 signatures on petition to impeach trump. Now i just got off the phone with the gop today, they said in quote what a waste of money, and they are still waiting on evidence to see if its all true. Reporting live at the bay bridge, sharon, nbc bay area news. Thank you, sharon. And in the meantime, twist in President Trump escalating words in north korea.
In one of 25 tweets on the nfl. He wrote, booing fans has shown great anger toward the players. By monday, five days after Hurricane Maria obliterated puerto rico, he was still tweeting about the nfl. While insisting it did not preoccupy him. I have heard that before. About, was i preoccupied. Nol. Not at all. I have plenty of timale ont m hand. Reporter when he did turn to puerto rico he lamented the electrical grid and billions owed to wall street. Amid stories of deprivation. He said the u. S. Relief effort was getting great reviews. Everybody said it is a mazing the jo done in puerto rico, we are very proud ofb wev this despite difficult geography. This is an island sitting in the middle of an ocean. A big ocean. Very beg oceig ocean. You cant just drive your trucks there from states. Today after the latest congressional failure to repeal obamacare, the president informed a crud here owd here ia that repeal could have actually passed all. Up awe in fact the repeal effort never had
Abortion, sodomy, sexual perversion, sweep our land. As a judge he some times gave the bible precedence over the constitution. In 2003 he was removed from the Alabama Supreme Court for defying a federal order to remove a plaque of the 10 commandments from his courthouse. He was later reelected to the court but was removed again last year. For refusing to obey the Supreme Court decision legalizing samesex marriage. He called american indians, reds. Asian americans, yellows. He called islam a false religion. He said homosexual activity should be illegal. He reportedly said in february that the 9 11 attacks might have been punishment for americas turning away from god. On monday cause aid stir waving a gun. A gun. I believe in the Second Amendment during a campaign rally. President trump supported moores opponent, Luther Strange in the republican primary in part because of worries that moore would not be a reliable supporter in senate. In fact, moore said today, he would have voted no on
Concerned, the whole community is concerned. Reporter University Officials canceled a speech by conservative pundit, ann coulter but she said she will show up anyway. Dillan, a lawyer for the student group. They dont do anything, they wont lift a finger, they wont protect you or arrest anyone. Unless you are about to be killed, they wont do anything. Reporter chief greenwood said the media is to blame for only showing the most violent parts. False that we are not doing anything. Reporter there is a long history of public demonstration in berkeley. Chief greenwood said it is different. A scenario, two sides are showing up to square off and at least that many people, in addition, are coming to watch. Sixenchs away, or a foot away. Six inches of way, or a foot away a lot of people are watching technically not breaking the law, upon using force we will be held to the highest accountable can you keep miss coulter safe if she comes . I am confident we are focused on safety, not only for miss