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Vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 44. Twothirds of the senators voting a quorum being present, not having voted in the affirmative, the joint resolution on reconsideration fails to pass over the veto of the president of the United States. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i move to executive session to consider calendar number 547. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. T ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk w...

Stephen colbert. Tonight, angry white mail. Plus, stephen welcomes jamie foxx. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen come on hey hi Stephen Lovely lovely welcome. Welcome, welcome, one and all. Welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. It is just delightful, delightful to be with these people here tonight. Thank you for joining us tonight. Its impeachment eve. Its a magical time cheers and applause and like every impeachment eve, we put the kids to bed, but theyre...

the judge overseeing donald trump's federal election subversion criminal case just reinstated the gag order she issued on the ex president earlier this month. a significant development made by u.s. district judge tanya chutkan who denied trump's request to pause the initial order while his appeal plays out. she also lifted a temporary freeze on the gag order that she issued on october 20th while she considered his request. now, you may recall the gag order, which was limited and initial scope, had prohibited donald trump from making certain statements about the special counsel's team...

A land of paradox. Streams and luminous days animate the landscape where , there is tropical greenery. Along the coast, forests of alder, spruce, cedar and pine spread for 1000 miles. Deep into green beyond the boundaries of imagination. The indians who named the land gave shape to the real and ghostly figures of their world. Recorded their legends in the carved spruce logs. They left the carvings of the russians who drove them from the great land. In the mid 18th century, the russian empire was expanding. In 1741, russian explorers claimed the land in the name of the widow of the russian lead...

When the japs bombed pearl harbor, they may people think of a lot of things. Most people when they thought of alaska, they thought of a cold, rugged wasteland. Now suddenly, it seems to have considerable additional value. Both to us and the japanese. Its strategic position was not comforting. From alaska, the Aleutian Islands stretch out invitingly. The great Japanese Naval base is only 750 miles away. Japs in alaska would be a direct threat to america. Alaskas long and broken coastline was weakly defended. Our bases were few and far between. Our only means of supplying them was by sea or air....