Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 36. 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. The senator for illinois. Mr. Durbin mr. President , i ask consent before the roll call to be recognized to make a unanimous consent request. Id like to take that opportunity now, unless theres some other item of business before the senate. The presiding officer there is not. The senator for illinois. Mr. Durbin thank you t lets start with madge, basic madge, andrew yank math. Heres what it boils down to. Each year we have 140,000 employmentbased visas issued in the United States, 140,000. A decision was made several years ago that politicians were playing favorites, picking countries that would get more of one and more of another
You will be delayed on the roads. And tomorrow morning. Overnight it will up if i so it will be dumped off in the morning. So yes you are going to need the umbrella for a while. Behind me as the bay bridge. I crossed this maybe an hour and a half ago, and i tell you it was wet coming across that span. It wasnt too wet but we did have a impasse span over so the reds were wet enough so they were right its like. This will get more wet as we head into the morning commute. We expect rain right around 6 00. That will be the case for the rest of the morning commute so be prepared. Tracker shows a lot of activity, most to the north but a lot offshore heading our direction. This is a impasse that was passing over that i came to work, and we have more on the way. We are going to see that throughout the morning and in the afternoon when it intensifies. Right now we have some rain falling in novato down towards sausalito. The east bay has some showers through the santa monica valley. Actually the
Bloombergs headquarters in london. I am manus cranny. Time for another reading of growth in the eurozone. Italy this time. Disappointed in terms of estimates. Growth comes in quarter on quarter at 0. 2 . That after after we had the french and german numbers come in, a lackluster set of numbers. The Italian Economy grows at 0. 2 . This is super friday in terms of the overall performance. One people say is good. But lets get out to mark barton with breaking news. Mark breaking news from iea. Its on oil. This is the International Energy agency. It says Oil Stockpiles have 3ollen, have risen to billion barrels because of Strong Production and opec and elsewhere, deepening the rout in prices. Prices have fallen by 40 to the low 40s because of this, this movement by opec to sustain production and keep market share, the behest of the falling oil price. This massive cushion has inflated record supplies from saudi arabia as world fuel demand rose at the fastest pace in five years. That is not a
Year. I recently introduced h. R. 225, the firearms safety act which would close the loopholes which prevents the Consumer Products Safety Commission from creating rules regarding the safety of firearms. If the Consumer Product Safety Commission can regulate teddy bears and car seats, it should firearms. They will save thousands of lives. Senseless gun violence and it is unacceptable in the United States of america that gun violence is the leading cause of digit for people under 24. Its time for us to come together to end the gun violence that is taking the generation of young americans. How many and just who has to die before we take action. I urge my colleagues to attend a funeral to feel and see the hurt. Our standing of moments of violence. Lets take action and save lives. I yield back. Mr. Jeffries i thank the distinguished gentlelady from illinois. One of the reasons we believe that members of Congress Need to act is that state laws are inconsistent from one jurisdictioto the oth
Christmas. Bono, one direction, just a few lending their voices with updated lyrics about ebola in africa. Those are just some of our top stories on this monday. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We begin with protests in st. Louis to mark 100 days since the shooting death of Michael Brown. Demonstrators staged a diein yesterday. New video has sursfas fased taken just hours after the shooting. Here now abcs tom llamas. Reporter our first look at officer Darren Wilson just two hours after he shot and killed Michael Brown. Thats wilson in the white tshirt leaving the Police Station for the hospital, returning that same day. In the past, Ferguson Police suggested wilson fired on Michael Brown after a fight telling Abcs Steve Osunsami his face was swollen. Hed obviously been hit or punched or Something Like that. Reporter heres a closer look at wilsons face, both sides. Browns family says theres something they dont see. The lack of injuries on the officers face demonstrates