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
I call it transition to greatness. Mothers day weekend mess. Bitter cold and wintry weather, even snow this morning for the plains, to the east coast. More than 125 Million People feeling the chill with some places even colder than they were on Christmas Day. Will it warm up by tomorrow for mom . Dylan is back with your forecast. All that, plus remembering the real tiger king. Roy horn after the legendary duo Siegfried Roy dead at the age of 75 after contracting coronavirus. From his vegas stage show, the tiger attack he survived, well look back at his imagine al life today, saturday, may 9, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with peter alexander, Kristen Welker and dylan dreyer. Welcome to today. We thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. It is a big saturday morning because we could not be happier to welcome back our friend dylan from maternity leave. Welcome back and just in time for mothers day. Just in time for mothers day. Just in time for cold weather. I did
Thats now making ventilators. But is it enough and will they get to sick patients in time . And reading the room. Levar burton on the solice in reading books at this time. First, heres todays eye opener your world in 90 seconds. This san allout military operation that weve waged. The president warning americans to brace for a big spike in coronavirus fatalities. This next week is going to look bad because were still not yet at that apex. This is going to be our pearl harbor moment, our 9 11 moment. The coronavirus is truly vicious. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now hospitalized a week after he tested positive for coronavirus. Its a big move going to the hospital. Thats a big thing. Hes a great gentlemen, so i just hope hes okay. Queen elizabeth gave a special address from her residence at windsor castle. It offered words of comfort. We will meet again, but for now, i send my thanks and warmest good wishes to all. Nba champion kobe bryant will be inducted into the hall of fame
Street station in oakland. The doors opened and someone just snatched the no one out might have hand and ran. The cord was ripped out, my headphone cord ripped out. I stood up. I just screamed. Somebody help me. Somebody please help me. And sorry. Reporter she said the robbery was traumatic. Fortunately a passenger helped her off the train and brought her to the station agent who notified bart police. I was hysterical. I was crying. This never happened to me before. I didnt know what i was supposed to do. Reporter she tells me the way she was treated by Police Officers made matters worse. They found the phone and they said theyre not gonna go do anything because they dont have a description of who theyre looking for. And i cant give one because i cant see. We understand its very traumatic when a crime happens. Reporter bart officials said witnesses described the suspect as a male juvenile running toward an exit. They are pulling that video. Bart says the case is under investigation so
d at the same time 8000 kilometers where the people of moscow are remembering the victims of terror. They tell the stories of their fathers and uncles grandfathers and great uncles the stories of their families persecuted by stalin between 19361938 i suppose enemies of the regime. My grandfather was arrested and tortured says this woman they knocked his teeth out. Flooded may have been the cause ski he was 76 years old rest in peace. But. One and a half 1000000 soviet citizens were arrested in only 2 years half of them were killed in a ceremony as part of a National Event which was instigated by the Human Rights Organization memore ial 12 years ago. He would know that the police 3 years ago we were accused of being foreign agents but we kept on anyway the cause a lot of people depend on us thats the most important. The city clash a has repeatedly asked the authorities in black of ashamed for help in dealing with the remains in his garden. As the basis for there was live ask them for th