Hearts, for we trust you to guide our lives. Show us the path where we should walk; point out the right road for us to follow. Lead our lawmakers by your truth, as they put their hope in you. Lord, give them the humility to accept your guidance, so that with reverence they may arrive at your desired destination. Hear their silent prayers, as they give their time and strength to keep america strong. Kindle in their hearts a flame of devotion to freedoms cause in our nation and world. And, lord, on this 72nd anniversary of dday, we thank you for the courage and selfsacrifice that paid the price for our freedom. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the 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 presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk wash
Protrump propaganda tour. Ep spent last week as Donald Trumps head leader, a trumpet. The republican leader left washington ten days ago without doing his job on zika so he could stump for trump. In the last ten days it has become clear that senator mcconnell will go to any length to support donald trump. Consider the Republican Leaders refusal to denounce Donald Trumps racist attack on the United States district judge, a man born in indiana, in the United States. Donald trump said the federal judge should be disqualified from deciding his case because of his mexican heritage. He went further saying he would feel the same way if the judge were muslim. How did the republican leader respond . Senator mcconnell repeatedly refused to say Donald Trumps attacks on the judges ethnicity would be racist. It is precisely the kind of failure that gave rise to donald trump in the first place. Senator mcconnell and all congressional Republican Leaders have never taken a stand against trumps rhetori
Lift their minds to the pure, t serenity of your presence challenges with faith and challenges with faith and optimism. May they find delight in doing your will because your precepts are within their hearts. Remind them that all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. Deliver them from sins of commission and omission. As you liberate them from all lessor loves and loyalties until they find in you their reason for being. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the 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. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell yesterday the Justice Department released a transcript of the orlando terrorist 911 call in which he claimed responsibility for the attack and declared his loy
Hes to work in washington for the world bank. He was the finance minister and moved back after the fall of the taliban. They are all familiar with the west. Even visitors like myself have had the chance to get to know all three of them. That part is promising. American forces to stay. They know they need help. They are less caught up in some of the backandforth that president karzai has had with the obama white house. Theyre going to have their challenges. A promisingit is top three. Cnn is reporting a very heavy security presence. Despite the threat by the taliban, that did not deter people from voting. The fingers were dipped in purple ink. We did see some of the violence with the death of the photographer that was killed on friday. Guest there have been some highprofile assassinations in the weeks. They figured out that al qaeda did not get support when they bombed schools. Of the taliban has gone after high profile legal targets. That is who they have wanted to strike at. They hope
Spectrum and local broadcast stations has risen perhaps ahead of the incentive auction next year. So for a variety of reasons, weve seen a number of companies consolidate their positions in the broadcast tv market. Theyve fought stations across the country bought stations across the country. Weve seen Certain Companies really being aggressive in terms of snapping up smaller broadcasts. Host so with a company like sinclair, how Many Television stations does it own across the country . Guest i believe i dont know the number off the top of my head, i believe they own something in excess of a hundred stations. They have a number of these joint Sales Agreements in place. Theyre one of the companies that will likely be with impacked by this. Impacted by this. In some cases broadcasters can get waivers if they can prove these joint Sales Agreements are necessary to keep the smaller station afloat or so they can provide local or news programming. However, in most cases it appears theyre going