Vote vote the presiding officer are there any other senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 47, the nays are 44. The motion is agreed to. Cloture having been invoked, the senate will resume executive session to consider the vought nomination. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton whats happening at this moment in hong kong is a tragedy, a crime, and an affront to the civilized world. In a year in which so much has happened we may look back in the near future and view this moment in hong kong as the single biggest moment of the year. The presiding officer will the senator suspend. The senate will be in order. Members take their conversations off the floor. The senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton mr. President , whats happening in hong kong right now is a tragedy, as it crime, its an affront to the civilized world. In an eventful year with so much happening every single day, we may look back in the nea
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hello, everyone. thank you for joining me, i m fred whitfield. and we begin with new details on the latest potential threat shot down in north american air space. the third object taken down in the last week by a u.s. fighter jet. this shootdown happened on saturday over the canada central yukon territory, about a hundred miles from the u.s. border. chuck schumer suggesting that intelligence suggested it was another balloon. joe biden and trudeau giving an update a short time ago. yesterday afternoon, i also spoke with president biden and confirmed together that we will continue to do everything necessary to protect the sovereignty of our shared north american air space. but also to do everything necessary to keep our citizens safe. u.s. fighter jets assigned to norad scrambled to take the object down. canadian authorities are now ron ducting recovery operations. jasmine wright and kylie atwood are tracking the developments. jasmine, to you first, what do we know about th
i ll be watching you from my office at nine a.m., sunday show, 9 am for the saturday show. i m always in my office getting ready for the show. so, we ll be with me two days a week. so, that is good. silver lining, it s all good. yes. very excited about it. okay, my friend, have a good weekend, enjoy getting ready for both days next weekend. thank, you jonathan. thank you. a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with the breaking news, new questions and concerns this weekend after the u.s. military shot down a high altitude object for the third time in a week. canadian prime minister justin trudeau today said recovery teams are looking for the cylindrical object after a u.s. fighter jet shot it down over the yukon territory on his orders yesterday. canada s defensive history describe the object of smaller but potentially similar to the chinese spy balloon shot down off the carolina
good morning, everyone. it is saturday, february 11th, we re live in the cnn newsroom, and you don t have to adjust your tv, we re actually in the same set in the same place. no split screen. right. great to be with you as well. up first this hour, president biden ordering an prague to shoot down an unidentified object over alaska, an operation that he is describing as a success, and right now, there are way more questions though about what that thing was that got shot down and actual details about it, and keep in mind, this is the second time in a week that a u.s. fighter jet has taken down an object after the chinese surveillance balloon was brought down last saturday. ten miles off the coast of alaska, the federal aviation administration issuing a temporary flight restriction in the area as the military took action. officials say they don t know what the object is or who it belongs to. the white house says president biden was first briefed on the situation thursday