At 1130 there will be voting whether to limit debate on the 2018 defense spending bill. Public funding runs out at midnight. Later the senate is expected to take up a six week extension. Live now to the floor of the senate. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, our lamp and light, we praise your holy name. Lord, you are our strength and shield, enabling us to be surefooted even when standing on mountain heights. Stay with our lawmakers, support them with your mighty hand, and keep their feet from slipping. Enable our senators to one day stand before your presence with great joy. Show them your greatness until the things of earth grow strangely dim in the light of your glory and grace. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america,
Swallowed the us capitol today, the world would have lost the entire top rank of Us Intelligence services. Its ok, it didnt happen, instead the top six officials and the fbi, the top six officials and the fbi, the cia and nsa sat before senators for three hours and delivered a sobering assessment of threats facing the us which they say are urgent, serious and real. They want about north korea and china and asked the question went down this impressive line of americas top intelligence brass, every one of them agreed that russia has not stopped interfering in american democracy. Which is pretty striking because these men report directly to President Trump and he has yet to hold a cabinet level meeting on russian meddling. Friendly, the United States is under attack. Under attack by entities that are using cyber to penetrate virtually every major action that takes place in the United States. Persistence arent disruptive Cyber Operations will continue against the United States and our euro
Will be removed from the South Carolina State Capitol grounds. For the last time a month ago it would have been unthinkable. But then came the massacre at charlestons emmanuel ame church perpetrated by a man who symbolically wrapped himself in those stars and bars. Omar villafranca is in columbia. Reporter with the stroke of a pen South Carolina governor nikki haley made history. Im proud to say that the bill has been signed. Reporter she was surrounded by former South Carolina governors and by the families of the emmanuel 9, crediting those who died and their loved ones with paving the road to forgiveness that brought the state together. The action of nine individuals laid out this long chain of events that forever showed the state of South Carolina what love and forgiveness looks like. Reporter the victory wasnt easy. For weeks outside the state house there were heated demonstrations on both sides. You cant tell me nothing about that flag. Reporter and inside deliberations were at ti
Will be removed from the South Carolina State Capitol grounds. For the last time a month ago it would have been unthinkable. But then came the massacre at charlestons emmanuel ame church perpetrated by a man who symbolically wrapped himself in those stars and rs ba. Omar villafranca is in columbia. Reporter with the stroke of a pen South Carolina governor nikki haley made history. Im proud to say that the bill has been signed. Reporter she was surrounded by former South Carolina governors and by the families of the emmanuel 9, crediting those who died and their loved ones with paving the road to forgiveness that brought the state together. The action of nine individuals laid out this long chain of events that forever showed the state of South Carolina what love and forgiveness looks like. Reporter the victory wasnt easy. For weeks outside the state house there were heated demonstrations on both sides. You cant tell me nothing about that flag. Reporter and inside deliberations were at t
Hack a huge deal. Today were learning exactly how huge it was. The numbers are astounding. Hackers stole 19. 7 million Social Security numbers of americans who went through federal government background checks. They took another 1. 8 million from the applicants friends and family. The data had been stored by the office of personnel management, essentially the Human Resources department for the federal government. The hackers swept up addresses, education and employment history along with mental health, criminal and financial records. More than 1 million americans fingerprints were stolen. Some victims received letters from opm alerting them to the breach. They offer credit monitoring and other services. The government says there is no evidence yet the stolen information has been used for Identity Theft or other financial crimes. On the streets of d. C. Theres little trust in that assurance. I want to feel more secure about whats going on. I just want to feel more comfortable when this