U. S. Senate is about to gaveling to get the week started lawmakers considered a a judicl nomination with a limited vote set for 5 30 p. M. Eastern. And now live to the senate floor here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our hope for the years to come, empower our lawmakers to live with integrity. Inspire them to permit their words to be matched by their deeds. As they strive for this ethical congruence, strengthen them to examine their hearts with the goal of seeking to glorify you. Living by your precepts, may they aspire to be faithful to the noble calling of serving you and country. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. 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 ju
Talking with andrew about what exactly got washed out yesterday. Hard to say a lot when hertz is up 50 premarket. I mean, look, it is kind of a comedy of errors, no insult to the board. Really there is a Bankruptcy Code and maybe hertz management got permission in the old days when you went bankrupt there would be a little bit of a stump of stock so that you could go and sell it and show the irs that you had taken the full loss carl icahn sold a ton of the stock in the 70s, he sold 38 . I think if he had known that there would suddenly be a new stock he would have hit that bid. If i were him id sue. Id sue right now. I would just hire a lawyer and sue because he sold at what the company was advertising as a bankrupt price where the common stock was and he has i think a right to be able to claim 38 of this money and i urge him to do so, to hire a lawyer and get the money because this is just ludicrous. Well see what the court says i think theyve got to get to 4, right, to get to a billi
Sit on the brink of bankruptcy this could be just the tip of the iceberg. Kelly, meantime, over to you as more thanhalf of states in the u. S. Get ready to lift lockdown restrictions, could the biggest risk be no one showing up bob has more on this question. We have been talk about this the last 24 hours. Efb kn Everybody Knows the possibility there could be another wave of secondary reinfections that and might force states to close. A lot of people are talking about the fact it will not roll out the way every one thought if we have a relatively successful rol role he said he questioned the about how big the roll out will be he said people will not be flocking to bars, restaurant, mooe mooe movie theaters in the way he hoped. Theres a lot of good news and bad news out visa said they were hit hard by downturns of travel, fuel restaurants, entertainment they said theres a big surge in online spending. Whirlpool said 2020revenue will decline 13 to 18 . They said consumers are buying freez
Our medical expert weighs in. A force for good. How a 6yearold has inspired a Movement Thanks to the savings in her piggy bank. And from the beatles to the boss to bon jovi and tony bennett, how the biggest names in music are trying to cheer us up during the coronavirus lockdown. Good thursday morning, everyone. We do begin with breaking news. Authorities declaring a disaster after severe storms overnight. Dramatic video from oklahoma shows one of several reported tornadoes. The storms also causing major destruction in texas. Across both states at least five people have been killed and dozens injured. Oh, my god. Right above j i. Reporter this morning a massive tornado caught on camera roaring through southern oklahoma slamming into a sheet metal business. The twister sending shrapnel hundreds of feet into the air. Golly. Its huge. Reporter witnesses say several vehicles were thrown into trees and this semi truck blown over. But look at that. That thing is getting larger and larger and
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