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 god, the lord of the harvest, we acknowledge that only by your might can we live productive lives. Inspire our lawmakers in their daily work to labor for your glory. Give them the desire to please you even with their motives, so that their thoughts, words, and deeds will honor you. Keep them from avoiding irksome and unpleasant issues, as they arrange their priorities to accomplish your purposes. Lord, guide them in the paths of justice and cooperation. As understanding and forebearance prevail among them. We pray in your great name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read
Mindboggling statistic, i know, n vietnam, proportionately speaking, more puerto 18, the declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the urther consideration of h. R. 2824. Will the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Duncan, kindly ake the chair. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h. R. 2824, which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a billtomend title 5 of the Social Security act to extend the maternal, infant, and literal childhood Home Visiting program. The chair when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, amendment number 4 printed in ouse report 115331 offered by the gentlewoman from florida, mrs. Murphy, had been disposed f. Nfinished business pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, the Unfinished Business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in house report 115331, by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Pascrell, on which further
Compared to yesterday we have 3 to 5 degrees warmer from san jose to liver more. You may have noticed the 40s in the north bay, that is 2 degrees cooler. With the rapidly warming temperatures the air quality goes down and our east bay and south bay due to the ozone accumulating near the surface and heat illnesses are possible. We are looking at excessive heat warning today, the higher elevatio elevations, north bay, east bay, Santa Cruz Mountains at 11 00. Tomorrow its a heat advisory. We will talk about the hurricane in texas and have your full accuweather forecast coming up. Breaking news out of Southeast Texas where Hurricane Harvey has made landfall. We have some dramatic images to share with you this morning. Winds of up to 110 Miles Per Hour took apart this building in the town of aransas pass. Harvey has been down graded to a category 1 storm. President trump has declared texas a major disaster making it now eligible for federal aid. To put things into perspective, texas is goin
Provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. Oncemighty Hurricane Harvey is weakening, and drifting slowly but dangerously over land. Forecasters warn the storm is still capable of generating catastrophic flooding as far as 100 miles inland. After making landfall overnight, harvey was downgraded today from a category 4 hurricane, with 130mileanhour winds, to Tropical Storm status still with very severe 75mileanhour winds. Harvey came ashore about 30 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, as the strongest hurricane to hit texas in almost 60 years. Harvey has already dumped 20 inches of rain in some places. Theres a report of one hurricanelinked death. But the storm knocked out power to almost 300,000 homes. Because of harvey, Officials Say about a quarter of Gulf Coast Oil re
And President Trump monitoring the crisis caught in his own fire storm over who he just pardoned. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this special edition of world news tonight this saturday. Im tom llamas, and we begin tonight with breaking news as we come on the air. Hurricane harvey, the state of emergency along the gulf coast. Harvey coming to shore in texas as a category 4. The storm turning deadly. Images of the devastation. You see them there coming in all day. Moments and buildings in ro rockport absolutely destroyed. You can see so many of the structures leveled. Harvey also blamed for several reported tornadoes striking the region, including this one in cyprus, texas. And take a look at this video shot overnight as harvey hit with full force, winds up to 130 miles per hour, debris flying through the air near rockport. At this hour, harvey downgraded to a Tropical Storm as it moves inland towards its next target. We do have team coverage. Our crews are positioned throughout