Send your spirit to empower us to live worthy of your great name. Guide our senators as they confront the struggles of our times, bringing them confident assurance that your purposes will prevail. In the hectic pace of their living, help them to slow down long enough to hear your still, small voice of wisdom. Eviscerate the tensions that pull them apart and keep them from being whole. Lord, you know us better than we know ourselves so have your way in our world. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore 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. Mr. Mcconnell the democratic leader. Mr. Reid the republican leader is on his way. I ask that the quorum begin to be called. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding o
Car to break into the back of the store, but instead they hit a gas line. That meant that fire crews were on the scene. They were working to cut off the gas here. They say that the thieves were not able to get inside of both, but they also tried to get into the front of both of these stores. Now, as you just mentioned, police are investigating whether the breakins here are connected to another breakin on tryon street about 12 miles away. This is at north tryon and east way. This one happened around 2 00 a. M. At a store called gun outlet and pawn. And police tell us thieves were able to get inside of that store and they were able to get away with about 20 assault weapons. Now, police, again, they say they didnt make it into the stores here, but we just spoke with the owner about 15 minutes ago and he told us that they were able to cause a lot of damage in the back, thousands of dollars of damage when they tried slamming that car into the back of this Shopping Center. Right now police a
Soggy out there but it will be clearing up. Happy sunday and happy mothers day. We are on the tail end of this wet weather. We had a good amount sweep through overnight and i will show you that in a moment. Lets take a look at what is going on right now. Mostly cloudy conditions and we have a nice view towards San Francisco. We will be mostly cloudy for today but will be mainly dry. Lets look at the satellite and radar. A sixhour time lapse. Six hours ago meaning pretty much during overnight look what moved through. A last round which is great. This is may and we are still getting spring showers. We always welcome this but this is where we stand at the moment. We are mostly cloudy but mainly dry. The system that continues to push to the east is going to take the moisture. For the morning and mostly cloudy and may be a possibility of drizzle, but as we run through sunday afternoon, mainly dry conditions and cloudy conditions. For the second half, a few peaks, partly set cloudy skies. We
A florida farmer turns the table on a monster reptile that was feeding on his livestock. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning, the president ial front runners in both parties are feeling increasing pressure from their challengers. Ted cruz notched a doubledigit victory over donald trump in the wisconsin primary. The win secured at least 33 of the states 42 delegates for cruz, putting the 1,237 delegates necessary for the nomination even further out of trumps grasp. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders continued his winning streak over Hillary Clinton, but the vermont senator failed to cut deeply into clintons outsized lead in the delegate count. Don champion is here in new york. One of the next stops on the campaign trail, good morning, don. Reporter ted cruz will campaign in the bronx today. The New York Primary in less than two weeks is now taking on new importance. Donald trump and Hillary Clin
Improve today in Southern California, but it will be days before the area recovers from a powerful flood producing weather system that swept over the area yesterday. The storm brought nearly an inch and a half of heavy rain during a short period of time, causing intense flooding. Oh, my gosh run for your life about 75 miles north of los angeles, the west coast main north south interstate i5 was run over by mudslides and floodwaters. Another major highway was also closed. No one injured, but hundreds of cars and trucks were stranded trapping some drivers. This morning, parts of the freeway remain closed. Peter dowd of our los angeles station kcbs has our report. Reporter debris flowing out of control over slopes that drought and wildfires have stripped of vegetation. The swift mud and water claiming property both small and large, including this boat. Niland said she had only minutes to rescue 20 horses when her ranch began to flood. We went to pull them out immediately and within 45 sec