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8 00 this evening. For today, mitt and miss rain chances. Rain chances at 30 today. Todays high, 85. Rain chances back by thursday and friday. Ten minutes from now its amelia segal in kingstowne, virginia, but now its Melissa Mollet with traffic. Good morning, chuck. Nice to see you again this morning in the 6 00 hour. Taking a look at the map here, our first slowdowns of the morning. Were looking here at d. C. 295 past 50 southbound slow as we widen out here a little bit looking pretty good otherwise around the beltway. Into and out of town on all of the major routes, 66 at gallows road is lo...

In all but the closest one to Eastern Kentucky was in atlanta. Requiring kentuckians to make a 14hour round trip drive simply to attend. So its pretty clear from the location of all these listening sessions the e. P. A. Did not want any real input. Thats why i convened a listening session in pikeville that resulted in the powerful testimony ive shared with my colleagues today. Since the obama e. P. A. Would not come to kentucky, i brought the voices of kentuckians to e. P. A. We held three panels composed of those in the coal industry, miners and their families. And local elected officials to ...

Mr. Franken madam president . The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Mr. Franken i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Franken madam president , i have eight unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. I ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Frank enmr. Franken madam , im just going to come out and say it. Citizens uni...

Good afternoon. Borisjohnson has been defending the latest restrictions aimed at tackling the rising number of coronavirus infections. As some critics warned that not enough was being done to help business as furlogh comes to an end. The labour leader accused him of being out of touch. Sir keir starmer said the Prime Minister had lost control of testing and that, he said, was a major reason he is losing control of the virus. It followed the announcement of tighter restrictions in all four uk nations. With stricter measures in scotland and Northern Ireland where households are not allowed to mi...

Holdout no more. Idea that the Merrick Garland decision was unfair and therefore it has to be made up by doing something which also wouldnt make a lot of sense which is saying to President Trump you cant get your nominee either. That just doesnt follow for me. The garland decision was consistent with history. The decision to proceed with a new nominee is also consistent with history and precedent and thats where i come out. Romneys announcement with cory gardner and Chuck Grassley saying they, too, support the nominee. And Lindsey Graham who chairs the nomination committee. We got the votes to...