[captioning made possible by th, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , may 14, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable larry about how much an to act as speaker pro tempore on this day, signed mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024, the chair will recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limit
To democrat wally scott. Randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. A crowd of thousands cheered as the Confederate Flag was lowered at the South Carolina state house today. It marks a stunning political reversal in a state where many thought the rebel banner would fly forever. Nbc 10 National Correspondent jay gray is in columbia with reaction and where that flag will now be kept. Jay . Reporter yeah it will be kept in a museum not far from these grounds. 8,000 to 10,000 filled this area as you talked about, a ceremony many said was important. It was emotional at times. Things starting to get back to normal now although most will tell you South Carolina will likely never be the same. T time outside the South Carolina state house. Its a very special day for me very special day for all people of South Carolina. Many of us have fought for years and years to bring this flag down. Reporter there is a certain irony in just how simple and brief the ceremony was after what, for many had been such a long
Reporter say what day it is, again. Reporter it is friday. Reporter were on the verge of a new day well squeeze out a nice sunny day, the weekend looks bright. Starting out cool, its a slightly milder trend, 50 degrees in allentown. Thats the mildest start weve seen this week at this time of the day. 63 degrees in cape may. As we roll through the day. 69 degrees by noon. 74 is the high around 3 00 p. M. 7 00 p. M. , fairly comfortable, 65 degrees, if youre dressing the kids on the way out the door this morning were looking at fairly nice one compared to where we were a couple of days ago, 48 degrees, not a lot of wind thats the outlying suburbs. On the bus stop, 54 degrees. Its dry and breezy and theres a concern of brushfires dont flick cigarettes out of your car and dont park your car over high grass today. Reporter lets head outside and check the roads on friday morning. The schuylkill expressway westbound at 0th street. The overnight construction continues we see the cones that are
30 and were less than days to go until election dame many eyes are on pennsylvania, a he key battleground state. Action News Reporter vernon odom spoke to voters in the philadelphia suburbs to get their take on last nights showdown. Vernon. Reporter sharrie, rick, good evening. Roughly one third of pennsylvanias voters are right here in southeastern pennsylvania. So, the national eye focuses on the philadelphia turnout coming up as well and the surrounding four counties especially among suburban women here. Last nights debater many pundits believed was Donald Trumps best chance to salvage his quest for the white house. This after a tape of him surfaced bragging in vulgar terms about using his celebrity to grope women. However, donald trump needs to grow his support especially among the voting groups where hes run tag critical deficit suburban white females a great example. Some we found forgive his transgressions. I thought it was a good debate. They both came at it pretty wie. Well. R
Temperatures friending down next week. Jonathon it is still breezy out there but the winds have called calmed down. Look at that big old glory flapping in the wind. Strong winds knocking over trees and phone lines all over cincinnati. Emily wood has the cleanup underway right now in claremont county. Emily a blue tarp is covering the roof of this family rochford it luckily, family s garage. Luckily, no one was inside. This company happened to be in the right place at the right time. Before this silver maple came crashing down over the homeowners grabs. Road crews were just down the street working. The homeowner is says luckily toppled over. You can see it snagged some and made a hole in the roof. No electrical damage. No lines were hit. I was very happy. It could have been. Emily even as crews working on the road less than a half mile away, part of cook road was down after a tree took down power and phone lines. All part of Mother Nature s unpredictability. I knew it was going to be ni