Secretary with the procedural vote later this afternoon. Off the floor negotiations are continuing on a coronavirus aid package. Now to live Senate Coverage 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. Our father, as we think of those so desperately in need of legislative action, give our lawmakers the wisdom and courage needed for these challenging times. Use them to empower all americans, particularly those on lifes margins. Lord, help our senators today to discern your voice, as they seek your will in all they do. Give them the ability to differentiate your guidance from all others, permitting you to lead them to your desired destination. Speak to them through your word, guide them with your spirit, and sustain them with your might. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States
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Avantgarde workshop. The minister of defense was shown a mobile guidance point for hitting air targets and the latest models of radar stations. And also a conversation with employee managers. The head of the department demanded that the work schedule be adjusted so that supplies to the troops were ensured at 100 . On the other hand, engineering is already handed over to you in a very short time. Engineering, how did you put these boxes there . The timing they will be taken. Safety issues at the Zaporozhye Nuclear power plant, the largest in europe, are discussed in sochi. The head of magat, rafael grossi, is in russia, and Vladimir Putin will receive him today. And before that, negotiations between grossi and rosatom general director alexei likhachev. A detailed conversation about how russian specialists manage to ensure the functioning of the station in difficult conditions. Today we have dedicated nothing less the amount of time not only for today , but for tomorrow. We spoke. About
President carter [ inaudible ] with hispancrow newspaper. I wonder if you have discussed with your family or closest circle how do you see this organization in the future, the Carter Center. How do i feel what . Reporter do you see the Carter Center in the future . Well, i think it will be equal to what it has been in the past. It has been expanding every year, as far as the number of people we treat for terrible diseases and things of that kind. I understand this coming year, well treat 71 Million People on earth for diseases so that they wont have the afflictions they have had throughout their lifetimes. And so we have added that we we are finished a hundred troubled elections to bring democracy and freedom to people, so yeah, we still try to bring peace. We concentrate on peace and human rights and democracy of freedom and alleviation of suffering. And i would say in every one of those areas, the Carter Center overall function and plans for the future are still expanding. And im com
We are taking our viewers live to president jimmy carter at the atlanta, georgia Carter Center where he is expected to give an update on his cancer diagnosis. We appreciate your time and heres president carter. Carter the doctors and hundreds of the wishers here have called in sending letters or emails and i try to answer as i can. To outline what is happened so far with my medical condition. , what i plan to do in the future, i will answer questions from the media. May i went down to dionna guyana. I had a bad cold, came back here to emery. In the process, they did a complete physical examination. The mri showed there was a cancer or growth on my liver. Scan that lit up so they were pretty sure there was a cancer. The tumor was only two and a half cubic centimeters. Which was a 10th of my liver. They did a biopsy and found out it was cancer and melanoma. They had a suspicion then and now that the melanoma started somewhere else in my body and spread to the liver. Doctors told me that