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The presiding officer the majority leader is recognized. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Reid mr. President , this morning i came to the senate floor and talked about its groundhog year. Not groundhog day. What is going on here today is an example of what has been going on with the republicandriven direction of this congress for several years. What are we doing here today . Nothing. Nothing. Under the...

Mr. Sanders mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Sanders i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1982, which the clerk will now report. The clerk motion to proceed to the consideration of s. 1982, a bill to improve the provision of medical services and benefits to veterans, and for other purposes. The pre...

Illegally by train. Boko haram has released video showing what it says are the first pictures of some of the school girls. Boko haram leader offered to free the girls in exchange for prisoners held by the government. We have the latest. Reporter their kidnapping has shocked the world, now these first images of nigerias missing girls are likely to cause further distress. In the video released by the kidnappers the girls are heard speaking in arabic reciting lines from the quran. Three of the girl...

What changes and reforms should be made to the department of Veterans Affairs and on v. A. Collaboration on advocate is city organizations. In recent months revelations about extensive wait times, a systemic lack of accountability and even preventable veteran deaths within the v. A. System have undermined the trust of the American Public in our v. A. , and it has had a particular impact on the trust and confidence of iavas members in the system. While it is true that many of our members have exp...

Public, the declining use of mask wearing is a key reason for the higher projections. So, where with we now . More than a thousand americans died yesterday of covid. The Third Straight day of a thousand deaths or more. The u. S. Is still averaging about 40,000 new cases a day that dr. Fauci calls unacceptedly high going into the fall and in the flu season and speaking today from the oval office, President Trump said that he is optimistic a vaccine is, quote, going to be announced very soon. This...

Mask im not blaming them im just saying what happens theyre playing with the mask, so the mask is over, and theyre touching it. And then theyre touching the plate. Thats cant be good face masks, these face masks, are the most important powerful Public Health tool we have and i will continue to appeal for all americans, all individuals in our country, to embrace these Face Coverings i have said it, if we did it for 6, 8, 10, 12 weeks, we would bring this pandemic under control. These actually, we...

Flippantly told the American People on thanksgiving that a Covid Vaccine would be delivered next week. But lets be clear, the fda hasnt even given emergency use authorization to any vaccine candidate, and the president then showed where his true priorities lie in sharing his successor, president elect joe biden, does not receive credit for a vaccine. Dont let him take credit for the vaccines, because the vaccines were me and i pushed people harder than theyve ever been pushed before. Cnns nick w...

Cabinet. You see some there. And President Trumps former defense secretary, jim mattis, listen to this, he is giving joe biden some free advice on how not to deal with other world powers. Were going to have more for you on that in a moment. And biden and excuse me, Vice President elect Kamala Harris are meeting virtually with the conference of mayors right now. This is all happening as another drug giant is announcing the successful results of a Covid Vaccine trial. It is welcome news, obviously...

Ignored the pleas from Health Experts not to travel this weekend. What are the concerns that youre hearing now . Reporter you know, experts are very concerned about the surge that theyve been talking to us about and theyre expecting there to be a surge upon the surge. Now, you were talking about travelers, according to the tsa 6. 8 million americans crisscrossed airports in the week before thanksgiving, thats of course what the cdc was not recommending people to do. So here we are the u. S. Shat...

The Denver Broncos play today without a quarterback. We do have a nonquarterback starting at quarterback. All four of their qbs in quarantine, and the 49ers may be forced from their stadium. Race for a vaccine, key vote at the cdc, who gets the vaccine first, the debate over whether nursing home residents should be in the first wave. Cyber monday deals, where to find the best deals online and the Way Companies plan to shift their product to us. And why some Police Departments are making the chan...