Will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of troy d. Edgar of california to be chief Financial Officer of the department of Homeland Security, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of troy d. Edgar of california to be chief Financial Officer of the department of Homeland Security shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the yeas are 62, the nays are 31. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, department of
Baseball, basketball, football, track, and the many sports that come under the olympics mandate. This bill in particular i wish to remind our colleagues again provides relief, but we really hope it is a deterrent and works to move other nations, the european union, to be able to establish these kinds of responses to doping. This act establishes criminal penalties for participating in a scheme in commerce to influence a Major International sport competition through prohibited substances or methods. It also provides restitution to victims of such conspiracy, athletes in particular, many of them who have suffered great losses because of this fraud. It protects whistleblowers from retaliation by criminalizing participation in International Doping fraud conspiracies, whistleblowers will be included in existing witness Protection Laws and establishes coordination and sharing of information with the u. S. Antidoping agency. To establish a matrix if you will, a format. So i want to say that we
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news Head Quarters in new york, in for an marie green. Nearly three weeks after Mass Shootings in texas and ohio. The position on tougher gun control legislation remains unclear. Yesterday he said gun deaths in America Constitute a Public Health emergency but stopped short of offering a clear proposal on how to address the issue. In new york. Laura, how is the president respondinging to criticism over his stance on gun reform . Reporter the president says changes are in the works but going to done, hes not goingre to into detail about what those are and what hes willing to change. Outside the white house yesterday President Trump tried to clarify his stance on gun control legislation. Were working on background checks. It there are things we can do but we already have very serious background checks, strong background checks. Reporter he pushed back when he discussed the slippery slope of gun rgulation. Mr. Trump spoke with Wayne Lapierre
Annie. Reporter hey, good morning to you allison and steve. Thats right, after a nearly week long search it finally ended late last night. This morning we are told that 28yearold david watson is in custody with Howard County police and it was all thanks to a crucial tip that Police Received wednesday morning that led to the arrest. If you look behind me the clifton t. Perkins Psychiatric Hospital is located in an area thats filled with industrial buildings, thick forest and the local worker who called 911 after seeing a man who he believed to be watson was spotted not far from here. This is where he escaped from Police Custody last friday but the caller reported seeing him running not far from here Near Railroad tracks and after an all day search, watson was finally found hiding near the hospital in a wooded area off of dorsey run road just a few hundred yards from where the tipster spotted him. We have learned that where watson was found was in an area that police and k9 units and the
Was about 45 minutes. Thank you, kelly, and want to thank the Veterans Affairs Medical Center here in cincinnati and the allwomens American Legion post 644 for making it possible for me to be here today. And i want to make a special thank you to booktv for helping us spread the word about the longburied treasure of americas military women. This program has given us an opportunity to tell you about a National Treasure which has been all but completely absent with leave from americas historical memory. Even when United States history was required as a summit in high school and subject in the high school and colleges and many universities, textbooks and courses had very little to say about women, how they had contributed to the winning of world war i, world war ii, the wars in korea and vietnam. As a writing team of a nurse and a psychologist, coauthor dr. Evelyn monahan, we have a combined 50 years of experience with the department of Veterans Affairs. Now, you may be as surprised as we