Mr. Reid i ask consent the call of the quorum be terminated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to executive session to consider calendar nominations 272 and377. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table with no intervening action or debate and no further actions be in order to any nominations that any statements be printed in the record and president obama be immediately notified of the senates action and the senate then resume legislative session. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i now ask madam president , unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further proceedings regarding s. Res. 254 and we now proceed to that matter. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk s. Res. 254 designating november 2 2013, as National Bison day. The presiding officer without
Saying the referendum was based on international law, and the United Nations charter. He said the crimean people have the right to freely express their opinions, and to decide their own future. Obama says the United States would never recognize the referendum. He said american and european leaders are prepared to impose what he calls additional costs on russia for its actions. The ruling party in serbia appears to have secured a sland slide victory in parliamentary elections. Party leaders are pushing for membership in the european union. Unofficial results suggest the Serbian Progressive Party will win about 50 of the vote. Party leader alexander vocic has already declared victory. He called it a chance to move forward. Translator i am sure that serbia will continue on its european path and convinced that we can closely cooperate with our friends around the world. Russia, america, china, and all the others. Serbian leaders signed a deal normalizing ties with kosovo. Then in january, t
Meanwhile, on capitol hill, the senate moves ahead to provide more sanctions on russia, but the measure could get hung up over proposed reforms to the International Monetary fund. Those changes are opposed by more republicans in the senate and the house. That is the one thats gone. The republicans continue to set up those that dont have that in it in the house. When you get to committee, i dont know exactly what happens, when you get to conference. Investors, meantime, are going to be keeping an eye on a new batch of Economic Data in the United States today. We get the s p caseshiller home prices for january out at 9 00 a. M. Eastern time. Economists are thinking well be seeing a 13. 5 year over year rise on home prices in the nations largest markets. But, again, there will be a key read that economists are watching. At 10 00 eastern time, we get consensus forecasts, calling for a 4. 9 drop in february new home sales. And at the same time, well be finding out how competent consumers ar
A considerable time. For nassular setback up on commerciallaunch program. Commercial space launch program. , theseconds after launch commercial rocket exploded. We did lose hardware. We lost quite a bit of research hardware, which we will work with the different providers to get those back to the space station. Spacex is also used by nasa. Spending will increase next year by as much as 70 . Here is the chief operating officer. The investments we are making our longterm. These are large and strategic investments. The payoff will take time, but we believe they will provide a Necessary Foundation. Nowacebook said that mobile is back up again. The french drugmaker fantasy has ed its drone the maker the world series is all coming down to a Decisive Game seven. The Kansas City Royals scored seven runs in the second inning and went on to beat the San Francisco giants 100. Game seven is tonight in kansas city. The giants hope to win their third world series in the last five seasons. Now back t
Other side. For palestinians and israelis, this wall is at the heart of the battle in bethlehem. There is a story here. We will bring it to you right here. The battle of bethlehem starts right now. To truly understand the battle of bethlehem, you first have to understand the significance of this holy city. At christmas time the thoughts of people everywhere go back to the little town of bethlehem where jesus was born. Glad tidings were heard and the shepherds watched their flocks. The virgin mary and joseph arrived here. There was no room for them in the end so they went to the manger behind me where the baby jesus was born here in bethlehem beginning of christianity here in the state of israel. The manger was actually in the cave which became a shrine and in the year of 330 a. D. The First Christian emperor built a church above it. We were invited in for an exclusive look. K. Hello. Welcome to bethlehem. Good to have you here. Lets walk by the main entrance of the church. Going back,