Congressional coverage here to you can watch that online at cspan. Org. We will take you live now to the senate for where lawmakers will see about extending federal spending past october 30. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, sovereign, source of wisdom, hear our prayers. Listen as we lift our hearts to you in our times of distress, answer us quickly. Strengthen our lawmakers. Keep them restless until they find rest in you. Keep them dissatisfied until they find their satisfaction in you. Lord, give them the wisdom to make wise choices that will glorify your name. Help them to keep their hearts and minds responsive to you, enabling them to help make a better nation and world. Remind them that you keep a protective eye on the godly so that they may be surrounded with the shield of your divine favor. May our senators, with faith, expect you to provide them with strength for each task. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of
Tillis and ron johnson tested positive for covid19 in recent days. They approved all legislative business would be pushed to the week of october 19 with only pro forma sessions scheduled between now and then you live now to the senate floor. The site will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. Let us pray. Mighty god, you are our dwelling place and underneath are your everlasting arms. May our president and first lady feel your healing touch. My our senators who are dealing with the personal Health Challenge of covid19 also experience your divine healing and comfort. Lord, we trust in your support. For you continue to be the source of our hope and peace. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable roger f. Wicker, a senator from the state of mississippi, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. Comoimed. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presid
In place today at 1 oclock goes into effect take a look at your map now you can see the most of the bay area is in pain which means the red flag warning going into one this afternoon is for these areas, the glass fire region where that fire is burning in the north bay east bay hills Santa Cruz Mountains the last time we saw a red flag warning was when that glass fire erupted over the weekend. So this is time to have that go bag ready and take it seriously theyre going to be northwest winds of 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour with gusts of 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. We also will have those dry conditions that are just showed you across the bay area and that was low humidity. Thats whats bad thats what causes a fire of a power alert is going in effect at 3 this afternoon theyre asking people to conserve electricity. So we can avoid a power outage. Heres some tips on your screen turn your thermostat to 78 degrees turn off unnecessary lights close blinds and drapes keep your home cool and dont use ma
Caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] Steven Mnuchin stopped to talk with reporters and answered questions on negotiations among the administration, republic its republicans, and democrats on funding the federal government and covid relief and an economic stimulus package. You have a couple minutes . Thank you. How are you . It is a beautiful day. Why dont we start with you . At this point in the negotiations, why the president wont personally speak with Speaker Pelosi . Did not go well [inaudible] sec. Mnuchin i dont think it is a question of he will or wont meet the right i have been negotiating, i have done six or seven deals with the speaker. Senator schumer among mitch mcconnell, the president , Kevin Mccarthy are involved in every decision. We have a process that is working well. What are the republican priorities for avoiding the shutdown . Sec. Mnuchin the speaker and i have agreed that neither one of us want a government shutdown. I have spoken to the president and
This is a really timely conversation, i think, as we look at the world and the state of our politics right now, and the number of crises that were all dealing with, much of it falls at the doorstep of the oval office to be dealt with. And so to help us sort of sort through how president s think about this, we thought who better to convene than a group of former chiefs of staff who have been there on the front line, working arm in arm with the president of the United States, with the last four president s of the United States in tackling various crises. These crises have come in all shapes, sizes, and forms, whether were talking about military action, whether were talking about economic crises, terror attacks, natural disasters, or global pandemics. The guests on our panel tonight have seen it all. So were very fortunate to have them join us. Were going to jump into the conversation in a moment, but one piece of housekeeping, for those of you here on zoom, members of the georgetown comm