Next senators hold a moment of silence and speak about the mass shooting in orlando, florida. You. You appear from Senate Majority leader mitchell, minority leader harry reid and floridas senior senator bill melson. This is 30 minutes. Ask the Senate Majority leader. I ask unanimous consent the Senate Observer moment of silence for the victims of the a orlando victims. The senate will now observe a moment of silence for the victims of the Orlando Attack. Madam president. The Senate Majority leader. E above this capital the American Flag flies at half halfstaff. A symbol of national relies taken far too soon, a symbol of National Solidarity for families left the hind, plunged into despair. Isil claims terrorist that committed this horrific act is one of the quote soldiers of the caliphate. Our Intelligence Community oreri work to establish whether this terrorist act was directed or inspired by isil. Either way i will call him what he really is, a coward. A murderer, who claimed allegian
We focus yet on young women in india who have suffered unspeakable attacks, but will not be silenced. The story of these sheroes from filmmaker of jiha n n chavis. The strengths of sheroes. Next here we meet a woman on a long road to making a difference. Its a jail facing many of americas biggest cities, and as it turns out some of the communities far off the beaten path. Homelessness,s almost seen as an unfixable problem. But brian locman traveled route 66 into northern arizona, to find a woman whose strength is creating home. One night it was march march 12, 2014, 3 36 in the morning. I woke up with a strong voice in my head who said you need to take over distressed motels and turn them into transitional housing. Really . What do i do with that. I wasnt looking to do that. That morning i got up and started making phone calls. I wrote the business plan. I found a motel, and a year later we opened up. My name is laurie barlow, and im the founder and executive director of a new living.
Of women. But there are still great challenges for them, too, like limited opportunity, inequity and genderbased violence. We focus yet on young women in india who have suffered unspeakable attacks, but will not be silenced. The story of these sheroes from filmmaker of jiha n n chavis. The strengths of sheroes. Next here we meet a woman on a long road to making a difference. Its a jail facing many of americas biggest cities, and as it turns out some of the communities far off the beaten path. Homelessness,s almost seen as an unfixable problem. But brian locman traveled route 66 into northern arizona, to find a woman whose strength is creating home. One night it was march march 12, 2014, 3 36 in the morning. I woke up with a strong voice in my head who said you need to take over distressed motels and turn them into transitional housing. Really . What do i do with that. I wasnt looking to do that. That morning i got up and started making phone calls. I wrote the business plan. I found a
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Panacea for the sectarian and extremist violence that has been ripping that region apart, but history may judge it a turning point, a moment when the builders of stability seize the initiative from the destroyers of hope, and we when we were able to show as have generations before us, that when we demand the best from ourselves, and insist that others adhere to a similar high standard, when we do that, we have immense power to shape a safer and a more humane world. Thats what this is about. And thats what i hope we will do in the days ahead. Thank you very much. [ applause ] secretary of state john kerry making the case for the approval of the Iranian Nuclear deal. He is in philadelphia, the place of very historic significance for america, referencing ben franklin, saying that there is nothing perfect. Jamie macintyre is live in washington. Secretary kerry just give an impassioned speech, jamie. Why did he say in a nutshell its such a good agreement . Reporter well, basically this was