White house. We are in detroit where the White Working Class voters still have their back. He spoke to their need for change. When he spoke they said, i will remember him. He said he would fix the problem and i demand to do it raced on my experience. He won over the hearts and minds of the many people. I remember one very Senior Minister telling me that if it was the last day of an Election Campaign, and he had a choice between canvassing a hall of residence or an old peoples home, you do the old peoples home any day because theyre the ones who are going to vote. Good evening. 23,000 deaths by Nitrogen Dioxide poisoning. A ruling today that the government cant block the clean air plan until after the general election. They claim publication would drop controversial bomb into the mix of local and national elections, but that didnt wash and after the local elections we will find out what theresa may plans to do about reducing dirty diesel, the main culprit. The mayor of london said he ho
Rise up to meet you, as the day rises to meet the sun. Humble our lawmakers in your presence that they may delight in the power you provide. Help them to remember that before honor comes humility. Give them also the wisdom to know that their sufficiency comes from you. Teach them your wisdom, as you infuse them with the spirit of reverence for you. May they make the commitment to faithfully serve you and country with their whole hearts. We pray in your great 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. The presiding officer under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the branstad nomination which the clerk will report.
The last hour dining and discussing a bond between our two nations. But is it iran with russias support not only the biggest impediment to the use the but a first on fox Business Interview, former Prime Minister of israel is here with us in studio. Israel peace a possibility or a pipe dream . And how do israelis really feel about helping arm syria . Well ask him. Back home, theres slashing and burning and also some building up with the president s budget thats about to be unveiled. Our Political Panel on whether a balanced budget will be doable or pretty much hard to achieve as peace in the middle east. Plus, the sale of the century. What this spray pained skull pulled in by that artist on your screen at the massive art auction and what it says about our economy, or at least about the big job creators. The ceo is here first on fox business. It was a huge auction for them. And ford mows down ceo mark fields. Well get you a live report on the automakers reasons for letting a ceo go. Were
Election. Usually, midterm elections are bad for the party in power. Democrats pick up seats of the house because republicans overreached on impeachment, but the role has usually been that may terms are opportunities for voters angry with the administration to ventas that anger. Seats inns have 24 the house. Space in theer senate, but it is easier for democrats to make a play for the house rather than the senate. Keep in mind, of the 34 senate seats upper reelection in 2018, 25 are held for democrats. That means more than half of the Democratic Caucus in the senate is up for election, less than 1 5 of republicans. That is a staggering and lopsided math in 2018. It is entirely possible we could have an election where democrats narrowly take back the house, but lose seats in the senate and that would be a weird outcome. Host in the Cook Political Report, you set out a little bit of whether of what the odds are against the democrats, talking about gop bias. Is that the difference between
Once they walk in the door, drink from the fire hose. Whether democrat or republican really doesnt make much differ. 45 trillion Dollar Agency to run and a lot going on. Big issue of repeal and replace, what do we do, nothing like that i saw in aviator 2001 one of the top National Issues. Im not sure where they are going with it but secretary price who i have known for years, these guys have, too, new administrator going to be they are way ahead of the game. What are they talking about now, my experience 88 transition a long time ago. Im actually 106 years old. We didnt do anything. We got people confirmed. Nobody sat around anderson talked about health care policies. I talked to Tommy Thompson, president bush, wanted to do it, privatizing medicare, medicaid in may. Gave a list of things to do, changed the name of the agency just to make people mad. Through part d maybe in may. December ive never seen anything like this. This is way out of the normal time schedule in my experience. Do