The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, we are reminded at this time of year of the greatness of your gift to us in sending your son. Use us as instruments for his glory. Because of our faith in you, make us bold as lions in these turbulent times. May our lawmakers Work Together to protect and defend our constitution, realizing, as iron sharpens iron so friends sharpen friends. Make our senators grateful for the fires in our nations history that have tested their commitment to freedom, providing opportunities to become profiles of courage, serving their generation with faithfulness. We pray in your great 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, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Harry billinges tribute to his fallen comrades and this morning on Armistice Day, were live at the National Arboretum. I talk exclusively to three of tennis biggest stars about life on tour, family and their future in the game. It is either all of us stop on that of a stop. I think i will be the first to go, come on. Mike bows out of strictly in style he may not have won the glitterball but hes done breakfast proud. Its monday the 11th of november. Our top story. Six months after the collapse of British Steel, a chinese manufacturing giant is on the verge of agreeing a rescue deal for the firm saving up to 4,000 jobs. The agreement will secure the future of the firms flagship scunthorpe plant, but theres a warning that costs may have to be cut. Bens here with more details. 0n the face of it, this is really good news. A significant move given the Big Questions over the future for British Steel after its previous owner backed out blaming rex that uncertainty. What we know so far is that
Precountry new narkal limitation for employmentbased immigrants to increase the per country numerical limitation for familysponsored immigrants, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from california,s. Colorado, mr. Buck, will each control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. Mrs. Love gren i ask unanimous consent that address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Lofgren i yield myself such time as i may consume. Mr. Speaker, i rise today in support of h. R. 1044, the fairness for high schooled immigrants act, a bipartisan bill that would make a modest but important change to our immigration laws to alleviate hardships associated with lengthy visa backlogs. Let me begin by explaining what this bill does do and does not do. H. R. 1044 does not increase the overall number of immigrant visas that are available each year. Although raising the ceiling on visas is the only viable
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And we will be talking politics. Will you be doing it during this thanksgiving holiday . All coming up on washington journal. You can send us a tweet. Good morning. We begin with afghanistan. American troops on the ground in what has become americas longest war. Joining us live is brig. Gen. William graham. Thank you for being with us on this holiday. Thanks for having us. Happy thanksgiving to you and all your viewers. Host he is joining us via skype. So there is a little bit of a delay. Lets begin with what is americas longest war. From your standpoint what are some of the Biggest Challenges on the ground . Guest in just a minute and we will get that out of the way. This is my second tour in afghanistan and what i will noisywith you as another helicopter flies past is that there is optimism here with the Afghan People. The new u. S. Policy and its our nato allies is playing well with afghanistan. There is true optimism here. By someed here today amazing american patriots. You guys ha