Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 86, the nays are 2. The nomination is confirmed. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the the president be immediately notified of the senates action with respect to the nominations confirmed during todays session of the senate. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 387. The presiding officer question is on the motion. All those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The
Committed by Police Officers so. Can you imagine the level of violence committed by the time. Were discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers joe had a whos joe along with hate speech fake accounts misinformation the big social media platforms have been grappling with this issue of political advertising weve seen a lot of talk on it lets start with Facebook Whats the policy there and why is the Company Getting so much flack over well Richard Facebook has become an integral part of political campaigns around the world and it gets a lot of criticism for running political without Fact Checking them c. E. O. Mark zuckerberg last question last month at a congressional hearing in washington and this is how he defended facebooks policy in a democracy i believe that people should be able to see for themselves. Politicians that they may or may not vote for so you wont take their for themselves so also deny that facebook hands off policy was designed
A. Tree. That was. Done i think. Likely in a country now looks to be. A lot richer gives birth in europe the listening post here are some of the media stories were covering this week you can add chile to the list of countries dealing with political upheaval on the streets amongst the issues bias on the airwaves journalism from behind bars in prisons across the u. S. Inmates are reporting on a hidden world to ban or not to ban the issue is political advertising social media sites are grappling with it and the Washington Post watches an obituary headline and the internet is not going to let the paper live it down. Over the past month or so weve covered mass protest movements and the way those stories have been reported from hong kong to baghdad to beirut this week were looking at chile and the largest demonstrations there since the end of the pinochet dictatorship almost 30 years ago the unrest was set off by a price hike on public transport but the larger context to all issues include r
Dramatically changing the world living. In the lives of piracy. Counting the cost on aljazeera. The clinic now looks to be. A lot richer gives birth in europe the listening post here are some of the media stories were covering this week you can add to the list of countries dealing with political upheaval on the streets amongst the issues on the airwaves journalism from behind bars in prisons across the u. S. Inmates are reporting on a hidden world to ban or not to ban the issue is political advertising social media sites are grappling with it and the Washington Post botches an obituary headline and the internet is not going to let the paper live it down. Over the past month or so weve covered mass protest movements and the way those stories have been reported from hong kong to baghdad to beirut this week were looking at chile and the largest demonstrations there since the end of the pinochet dictatorship almost 30 years ago the unrest was set off by a price hike on public transport but
Rally began tear gas was fired sending people scrambling protesters shut down main roads and took over Hong Kong Central district you can hear the sirens in the distance and the air is thick with tear gas and smoke but that isnt putting up any of these. Hundreds of them are gathered here in one khans main a Financial Center a place that is usually teeming at shoppers during the we can send tourists instead the protesters have taken over the street the building barricades set up public objects on fire and are waiting for the police to come here and they came in large numbers firing tear gas and pepper spray this person in the protesters in all directions they kept with their philosophy the water to recruit and disrupt other parts of the city protesters vandalized the offices of the state run shin one using agency why d. C. As the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist government. In an unusual move earlier this week chinese political leaders indicated that beijing is likely to intervene mo