James knapp to the u. S. District court judge for the Northern District of ohio. Votes expect around 5 30 p. M. Eastern time. You are watching live coverage of the u. S. Senate on cspan2. Ie senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Sovereign god, you are you are wisdom without end and mercy without limit. We worship you. Lord, have compassion on our nation. Heal our physical, mental, and spiritual wounds. We are worn out from this challenging season. Restore us to the vision of a liberating freedom that enables justice to flourish. Hear the prayers of our senators and give them your peace. And, lord, thank you for the degree of resolution that has occurred in our nations election process. Remind us all of the wisdom of mark 3 25 that says a house divided against itself cannot stand. We pray in your mers sovereign name. Amen we pray in your sovereign name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the
Continues. Host welcome back. I am joined by a Carnegie Endowment for International Peace senior fellow, Aaron David Miller. He was a former state Department Middle east analyst and negotiator in both republican and electronic and democratic administrations. Welcome to the program. Talk about the potential u. S. Iran prisoner swap. I will put the screen for our viewers with the outline is. Iranpected to release five erican detainees. E u. S. Will free five iranian nationals serving prison sentences for viol sanctions on iran. And tehran will have access to 6 billion of oil revenue for humanitarian needs. What do you make of that agreement . Guest it has been in work for multiple for quite some time. Negotiating with a parent organization, which the u. S. Has done before, is not a good thing but needs to be compared to the alternative. The president is saying, do not compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative. As horrible as it is and republicans have been quite clear abo
Host good morning, it is friday, august 18. Here are stories that we covered this week. First responders search for victims as the death toll climbs. President biden has a trip scheduled to view the damaged there on monday. And georgia charges that trump tried to overturn the 2020 election in that state. What is your top story of the week . Republicans call republicans 202 7488001, democrats 202 7488000, independents 202 7488002. Text us at 202 7488003 be sure to list your first name and your state. And you can also join us on social media on facebook and twitter. At cspan wj. I will share with you the headline on axios with hawaii. Death toll an estimated 1300 missing. The death toll is currently 111 people. The First Responders who search through the aftermath in 9 11 are now involved in this search as well as 20 could diver dogs. And Emergency Management leader resigned citing Health Concerns after the deadly fire. The White House Briefing about the recovery effort in maui we have a
Maria good friday morning everyone. Thank you for joining us. I am Maria Bartiromo it is friday march 15. Your top story 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. The fallout over tiktok the ceo refusing to answer whether the Chinese Government has influence over the social media app why he says it does not make sense to digest and trend divest from bytedance as more offers to make an american come in, we are following the story with the latest coming up market this morning mostly higher, take a look at futures rising once again on the final trading day of the week doubt industrials right now up 59, the nasdaq at 24 and the s p 500 up eight and a quarter we are watching Interest Rates ahead of the Federal Reserve march meeting next week on the 19th and why the inflation data makes the case to delay rate cuts, the yield on the tenure of fourpoint to 8 . European markets in the green, take a look at the eurozone with s p 100 in london is higher by 12, the cat crown in paris is higher by 24 and the d
To billions of dollars of their oil money, which obviously theyve been anxious to get their hands on and there will be restrictions. We will talk about that in a second. Lets bring in iranian journalist who is with us but first, we will go to Mark Meredith reporting live on the breaking news from the white house. Mark, what have you learned about this deal . Martha, good afternoon to you. The white house is closely monitoring these developments in iran but confirmation five iranian american detainees have been moved from a prison to iran to house arrest. Some of these detainees have been in the prison and iran dating back several years. A lawyer representing three families of the five detained broke the news with the lengthy Statement Today and went on to say, i hope this will be the first step to ultimate release, this is at best the beginning of the end and nothing more. But they were simply no guarantees about what happens from here. As a lawyer representing some of those detained,