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Joining us on the phone is stephen dennis. He works for bloomberg news. Thank you for being with us. Tell us what we can expect. High, steve. Its a very unusual sunday session in the senate today and very serious business, as you know, all of your callers are talking about. All of the senators are talking about what would be an historic nearly 2 trillion package being cobbled together, written behind closed doors and negotiated. This morning we expect the top leaders in congress, nancy pelosi, H...

Vote vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are one. The 60vote threshold having been achieved, the bill is passed. Senate will be in order. Please remove your conversations from the floor. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i withdraw amendment number 1419. The presiding officer the senator has that right. The amendment is withdrawn. The senator for alaska. Ms. Murkowski i modify the amendment amendment number 1407 ...

Across the board, after stocks posted strong gains last week and barons writing over the weekend the dow hitting 30,000 could be just around the corner, five years you head of schedule ahead of schedule. Super bowl liv set, the chiefs taking on the 49ers in miami after two action packed games yesterday. We have highlights plus the moments that are going viral. A hard exit, prince harry breaks his silence after Buckingham Palace announces that he and his wife Meghan Markle will withdraw from roya...

Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 90, the nays are 1, and the motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, Stephanie Dawkins davis, of michigan, to be United States district judge for the Eastern District of michigan. Mr. Cassidy mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Mr. Cassidy mr. President , i rise to discuss the spending...

Vote the presiding officer any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 72. The nays are 18. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a p...

All in favor say aye. Those opposed no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The nominations are confirmed en bloc. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of the following nomination executive calendar 553. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk commerce of the United States j. Blanton of virginia to be director of the capitol. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that the senate vote on the nomination with no intervening action or debate...

The presiding officer the senator from louisiana. Kennedys mr. Kennedy thank you, madam president. I want to talk for a few moments this morning about money, 5g and radio waves. Mr. Kennedy a radio wave is nothing more than electromagnetic radiation moving through the air. Thats all a radio wave is. Think of it as a imagine a pond, and think of a radio wave as a ripple or wave in that pond. The wave goes like this and has a peak and a valley and peak and a valley, and eventually it gets shorter ...

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All this, leading to a big day tomorrow, when the director of National Intelligence will testify before the house and senate committees. Its a joke. Impeachment, for that . When you have a wonderful meeting, or you have a wonderful phone conversation . President trump remains defined, denying any wrongdoing in a phone call with ukraines president , volodymyr zelensky. They released a memo reconstructing the call, and it mr. Trump asks ukraines leader to do us a favor, referencing a Company Invol...

Survived a fall from an aircraft plus a year in the wilderness. And meet the teacher who went above and beyond the call to include all of his students on a class hiking trip. Early today starts right now good thursday morning. Im phillip mena good to be with you im Frances Rivera an explosive new phasee impeachment inquiry into President Trump gets underway this morning nbc news learned overnight the whistleblower complaint that set all of this in motion is now declassified and is expected to go...