The presiding officer the senator from michigan. Without objection. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations which the clerk will report. The clerk nominations. Department of housing and urban development, Julian Castro of texas to be secretary. Executive office of the president , darcil. Vetter of nebraska to be chief agriculture negotiator, office of the United States trade representative. National foundation on the arts and the humanities. William d. Adams of maine to be chairperson. The presiding officer under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided in the usual reform prior to the vote on the castro nomination. Without objection, all time being yielded back. The question occurs on the castro nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. There is. The yeas and nays. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer are is ther
To the actual ruins at merv. So, were going, were doing it, should be worth it, its supposed to be an amazing place. But we cant film until we get there. From bukhara across the turkmenistan border, its a journey of around 200 miles or so to the ancient ruins of merv. Today, merv is marooned completely offthebeatentrack in the remote and rarely visited turkmenistan desert. But historically it was a crucially strategic and very busy silk road junction. In its heyday, nearly 1,000 years ago, merv stood alongside cairo, damascus and baghdad as one of the islamic worlds greatest cities. But in the 13th century merv was almost completely destroyed by the mongols, and today very little remains of the once legendary silk road city, apart from a few crumbling ruins and its once massive walls. Im given a tour of the vast and desolate site by local guide gulchat berdyyeva. Oh yeah, look at this. This is the erk kala, and it was the first settlement. She starts off by showing me the most ancient
About knuckles. Holland germany and france india. Now stay in the course of the United States. Its going to repeat itself we get from an essay takes for four thick and green gold to says Us Intelligence will continue to call the state that despite outrage from the and its allies. The point above the law of the reports from inside guantanamo prison where over a thousand detainees are still on Hunger Strike to protest at detecting deflect attention and mistreatment. The top stories from the post and paste the latest developments this is the weekly tea. A pakistani family who lost a grandmother in the c i a true strike travel to washington this week to testify before congress. Hes going to come was that the emotional briefing with family members asked us filmmakers will either and was targeted in the first place. This was the first time apple because the u s drone strikes word in congress and apart from the congressman who initiated this leaking pipes are only four other members of congre
Zay harding then crossed the pacific from santiago to new caledonia. Megan mccormick began our silk road journey in xian in china. Now, join holly morris as she continues from the mountains of kyrgyzstan, central asia. [captioning made possible by friends of nci] in this episode of globe trekker around the world, im traveling one of the most exotic highways in the world, the ancient silk road, all the way from china behind me, thousands of miles through central asia to the edge of europe. This is gointo bone unbeliable journey. Ntral asia is a vast region of mountains, deserts, and plains, stretching from china all the way to the edge of europe. Starting my journey in kyrgyzstan near osh, i travel to tashkent, in uzbekistan, and then by train to samarkand and bukhara. Moving on to merv in turkmenistan, i fly to baku, in azerbaijan, before heading on to tbilisi, in georgia. Flying to konya in turkey, i travel by camel caravan like the old silk road traders, before finally ending my trip
On supermarkets, banks and online retailers. The United States are the latest country to call for the postponement of the olympics. The British Olympic Association are also expected this afternoon to ask for the games to be called off. Good morning. Today for england and wales, largely dry and sunny. For scotla nd wales, largely dry and sunny. For scotland and Northern Ireland, more cloud, windier and there is some rain. Ill have all the details coming up. Good morning to you. Its tuesday, march 24th. Our top story the Prime Minister declared a National Emergency last night as he announced drastic restrictions on daily life to combat the spread of coronavirus. He warned that without a Huge National effort the nhs will not be able to cope and more people will die. You can now only leave your home for very specific reasons. They are to shop for basic neccessities such as food and medicine. You can go outside for only one form of exercise a day, alone or with members of your household. Al