Military nominations, none of which are controversial. Is there any objection to that . If not, since a quorum is not present, but i asked committee to consider the 4,158 pending nominations, of these nominations, 503 nominations are two days short of the committees requirement. The nominations be in committee for seven days, i recommend the committee waive the sevenday rule to permit the nomination of these officers before the senate goes out for the october recess. Is there a motion to favorably report these 4,158 nominations to the senate . So moved. Is there a second . Second. All in favor . Aye. I thank the committee. We wouldnt want to go out for a long time without these pending nominations, none of which are in any way controversial. And i think that there was a cyber attack on admiral rogers automobile which accounts for him being late this morning. Well have a full investigation. Hes joking. Mr. Secretary, we welcome you and admiral rogers, and well begin with you, mr. Secret
The senate arm theed Services Committee that he didnt think they should be separate. This starts off with john mccain talking about military nominations. How are you, admiral . I would, since the quorum is not present, but we have pending military nominations, i would ask unanimous consent to waive the requirement for two more members to conduct the routine business for the 4,158 pending military nominations, none of which are controversial. Is there any objection to that . If not, since a quorum is not present, but i asked committee to consider the 4,158 pending nominations, of these nominations, 503 nominations are two days short of the committees requirement. The nominations be in committee for seven days, i recommend the committee waive the sevenday rule to permit the nomination of these officers before the senate goes out for the october recess. Is there a motion to favorably report these 4,158 nominations to the senate . So moved. Is there a second . Second. All in favor . Aye. I
Just have to slow down. This is the kind of wet their will naturally slow anyone down out there. So please just take the time. Be smart about it, as we look at storm scan, pretty much everyone is in this at this point. Rain coming down heavily in a couple of pockets, as women. There are few limb breaks in the action, but regardless the rain has already over spread the entire regionment even if you dont have rain physically falling from the sky, right now, you have at least got very damp roads out there. So, please, slow down as you are hitting the road. Hopefully you had the chance to set the alarms few minutes early to get out the dorra few minute earlier this morning. Things should dry out briefly, see High Pressure try to nudge in, for now the morning drive of the two typical rushes, a. M. And p. M. , the morning drive definitely looks the worse. Fiftyseven the current temperature at the airport, definitely feels like spring. Youre flirting with 60 in dover, at 59 degrees, but obvio
The block, scott. Thats right. Lucy. We are talking about that omega block. Were stuck in a rut across the area. Remember that sunshine we talked about briefly yesterday, well, it is simply history right now. Because were socked in with the cloud cover. Temperatures are below average. Only in the 50s across the area. And take a look at ultimate doppler. Showers and thunderstorms even a Tornado Warning right now to our south. Just to the north of the richmond area that Severe Weather threat will stay to our south. However, well continue with the cloud cover as well as showers really over the next several days. So lets look at those temperatures. Really chilly right now. 55 degrees in pottstown. Upper 50s wilmington. 53 degrees right now in Atlantic City. Even the upper 40s right now in the pocono mountains. So cloud cover, damp and dreary. Patches of drizzle. 55 degrees by 9 00 oclock. By 11 00 oclock, were looking at numbers in the low 50s so really what you see is what youll get over
In 3 sexual assaults. Police say the suspect groped three women. They are looking for a white man who is about 510. He was wearing red flannel, torn jeans, and flip flops. He was seen near uihc and the main library. The university issued a hawk alert about this. If you see him, ui police are asking you to contact them and to not approach him. The man who stabbed and killed a woman outside the marion hyvee last april will spend the rest of his life in prison. A linn county jury found 33 year old Nicholas Luerkens guilty of first degree murder. He killed 29year old Lynnsey Donald as she came out of the store with her seven year old son. The conviction carries an automatic sentence of life in prison without parole. As the judge read the verdict yesterday, donalds family members teared up. Afterward, her father said the family hopes the incident can help others. Were grateful that justice has been served. My hope is people learn from this situation and that the issues of Domestic Violence