Regarding a democratic motion to begin work on a bill dropping the Justice Department from supporting lawsuits to strike the Affordable Care act. Live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate on cspan 2. Eternal god, our heavenly father, we cry to you, but sometimes you seem so far away. In our despair you sometimes seem distant, and we are tempted to surmise that we are all alone. When we shout, we seem to hear the echoes of our anguish. Nonetheless, we know that you are holy, mighty, and good. We have trusted you too long to let go. Empower our senators for these challenging times. Remove from their minds all bitterness and contempt for one another. Keep their hearts clean, their spirits courageous, and their minds clear, as they face these daunting times. We pray in your omnipotent name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. The pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation unde
Achieve, to participate in and contribute to society violates the equal protection clause. 81, massive victory. I thought it was very interesting her points she often made in the dissent. The Supreme Court argued in the 2007 case ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and rubber company, the majority saitd, you know what . If you have been discriminated against in pay in your job, and you learn about it years later, you can no longer appeal for redress because you had to have come to the court at the moment the discrimination first occurred. Of course, that was a catch22, an impossible situation. If you didnt know about it, you couldnt possibly come to the court. And she addressed this, and she said comprehend she said the majority does not comprehend or is indifferent to the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination. So she called on congress to act to address really this mistaken opinion of the court, and we did in 2009, the first year i came to the senate. And anothe
Is the bushfire crisis worsens well have a live update from the south wales. Surrounds denying accusations that a missile strike was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash an attacker on wednesday is calling allegations against them psychological warfare however the video posted by the New York Times does appear to show the moment a missile hit the plane. Whatever watch small explosion there when the airliner was apparently struck but the jet didnt immediately explode in fact it kept flying for several minutes it turned back towards teheran airport while it was on fire well start with this report from alan fischer. This was taken seconds before a ukrainian passenger jet crashed near toronto security cameras captured the dramatic moment of impact on the ground 176 people died including 63 canadians that countrys Prime Minister says it was done by in a rainy and missile we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the
A new Prime Minister is to begin. And well meet a yemeni entrepreneur defying all odds to keep the countrys famed jewelry tradition alive. Hello everyone it is a crackdown on press freedom a report from the committee to protect journalists accusing china of stopping journalists in hong kong and taiwan from reporting freely it details an increasingly constrained media environment in hong kong where pro beijing outlets outnumber the independent ones probating groups are accused of scaring off companies from advertising with independent outlets who can be critical of china the report says theyve been repeated unprovoked Police Attacks on journalists in hong kong have been covering the protests the committee to protect journalists says these are the effects of chinas. Rising influence on a region that once had free press sarah clarke in hong kong looking at this report today and i believe the author of the report actually been speaking as well. Yesterday as you mentioned this report discus
A new Prime Minister is to begin. And they make a living out of rubbish but recycling is in argentina exploring about their jobs. A crackdown on press freedom this is a report by the committee to protect journalists accusing china of preventing journalists in hong kong and taiwan from reporting freely it details an increasingly constrained media environment in hong kong where pro beijing outlets outnumber the independent ones probating groups are also accused of scaring off companies from advertising with independent outlets who can be critical of china the report says that theyve been repeated and unprovoked Police Attacks on journalists in hong kong have been covering the protests the committee to protect journalists says these are the effects of chinas rising influence on a region that once had free press has sarah clarke in hong kong was obviously reported right throughout this whole process of protests in hong kong. And has been looking at the report to take us through some of the