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Mr. Leahy mr. President , earlier this week i spoke about the need for the senate to consider legislation to help increase americas safety by reducing gun violence. I came on the floor of the senate and i urged my yellow senators to abandon efforts to filibuster proceeding to this bill. The senate should not have to overcome a filibuster to respond to the call for action to response to the gun violence theyre experiencing. Mr. President , i have the privilege of being the longest serving member ...

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Or lack thereof, do you think the people who were responsible for these decisions that led to this crisis have been held accountable . Wow. I know that is a question on the publics mind. I will Say Something that may not resonate with a lot of public. If you except my explanation of the crisis, the excesses have been building for years, that a giant credit bubble burst, that a definition of a bubble is something that the market never fully understands until it burst, and my explanation that ever...

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The ship who may need help. I recommended very strongly in our meetings that we get those people off that ship. We dont want to have a repeat of what we saw at the diamond pribs yeprincess, where the sh became almost a hotspot of transmission. I feel strongly about getting them off there and getting them under the appropriate quarantine and or care for those that are sick. Cnn medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen is here, also omar jimenez near a nursing home in Washington State thats been link...

That flag were to be removed. That would also require the legislature to work an extended session this legislative session, so well see how it plays out in the upcoming minutes and days. Back to you. Cnns Senior Investigative correspondent drew griffin is in charleston. We just learned that president obama and Vice President biden are planning on flying to charleston for reverend pinkneys funeral, one of the nine victims of the terrorist attack last week. President obama were told will deliver t...

Didnt issue the most severe ban if this is the third incident sp. I dont know. Im not a soccer expert but like the uruguayens are saying soccer is an athletic game, not a game of more reality. Lets talk about the rain falling in brazil. We lost the signal because the weather is so bad where the game is being played. It is a downpour. Inches of rain have fallen. Some of the roads are washed out. Fifa came out and said, yes, the game will go on. It wont be postponed. The players will be on the fie...

The court struck down a Massachusetts Law creating a 35foot no protest buffer zone on public property surrounding abortion clinics. More on that decision in just a moment. First, more on the ruling that has a direct impact on the white house shs the congress and the struggle over the president ial powers issue. Pamela brown is joining us in washington with more. Unanimous decision, clear setback for the president. It is a unanimous decision. Its being seen as a win for congress, a defeat for the...

What legislation has them literally running from the law . Welcome to the lead. We begin this friday with breaking news in our world lead and a stunning about face by the commander in chief, President Trump ordering a retaliatory strike against iran for shooting down an unmanned surveillance drone yesterday. The pentagon had targeted three different sites but then just minutes before the strikes were carried out, President Trump changed his mind. He says he did this because he was concerned abou...

Descubra os acontecimentos que marcam a actualidade regional desta quinta-feira, 15 de Setembro, que também é o Dia Mundial do Linfoma, Dia Mundial dos Cavaleiros, Dia do Serviço Nacional de Saúde, Dia Europeu das Doenças da Próstata e Dia Internacional da Democracia: