Work on a measure that was approved by the house yesterday providing 8. 3 billion in emergency funds to combat the coronavirus. Senate lawmakers are expect today vote on that measure later this afternoon and work on a bill to reset u. S. Energy and environmental policy. And now to live coverage. U. S. Senate here on cspan 2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of us all, thank you for this moment that unites us in the fellowship of prayer. Make us conscious of your presence and unite us in our efforts to do your will on earth. Inspire the hearts and minds of our lawmakers to strengthen the bonds between us, as they seek to live lives of integrity. May no partisanship mar the unity of spirit they must have to make america stronger, wiser, and better. Deliver them from every unworthy motive, as they labor to honor you. Lift their burdens, lessen their fears, and give them you
Come to you 808 214000 cnn Breaking News we begin with our Breaking News. The Supreme Court is letting texas begin enforcing a controversial Immigration Policy that will allow State Officials to detain and arrest people they suspect have entered the country illegally. Immigration advocates have Raise Concerns that the law could lead to an increase in racial profiling detentions and attempted deportations in texas where latinos make up 40 of the population. Cnn Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic is joining us. Joan, and we understand now that the three liberal justices dissented. What can you tell us . Sure major news from the Supreme Court allowing this controversial texas law to take effect immediately that would allow texas State Officials are not federal officials who normally are in charge of immigration to arrest and detain migrants who cross the border at your ride. The majority did not explain its reasoning seen briana, but three dissenting justices did explain why they dont th
He has argued before the Supreme Court a feat in of itself and has been since Supreme Court analysts since 2013. And he lives in austin, texas. All right. So im going to hand it over to them. Okay. Good evening. Can you hear me . Okay. Great. Its very good to be with you. Steve vladeck, a hero in his own hometown. Absolutely. Great. Great to be here. I had injection of you, but among many other things i didnt know that was going to go that way either. So well just actually right into it. So the first thing i want to ask you, as im sure you dont want, to move this conversation to twitter spaces, but theres still time. I mean, i think, you know, 20 minutes of silence is about right. A book about unsigned, unexplained supreme decisions. Id say this already gone better than last night when actually the night is young. Are you sure you dont want to just talk about ken paxton. For . An hour. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Id kind of like to talk about ken paxton. Right. So that if youve not already seen
Declaration for hawaii. The lead starts now. Unprecedented disaster. New images showing the power of flames ripping through communities in hawaii. The death toll rises to 36 as crews anticipate that number growing even higher and President Biden 6 billion deal with iran, will the regime free Five Americans in exchange for frozen funds . The first steps in the works, plus the deepest dive yet into the lavish life ill Supreme Court justice, clarence justice, private planes, luxury trips all bankrolled by billionaires detailed by propublica and never disclosed. Welcome to the lead. I am jake tapper. We start with the other did it of the utter devastation in hawaii. A lack of power and cell service complicates Search And Rescue efforts. At least 36 people have been killed in what the state Lieutenant Governor calls unprecedented wildfires. Most of the wildfires on maui island are still not contained. It could take days or even weeks for power and Cell Phones Service restored. Issues that a
Kelly is with us. For the last segments, we will dive deeper into Robert Oppenheimer and the history of the Manhattan Project. We will get to your organization, but for the film, are you surprised a film about Robert Oppenheimer has become this Big Box Office draw in the United States . Guest this was my hope. I saw what happened with World War Ii History when Steven Spielberg came out with saving private ryan. Before that there was a World War Ii Commission trying to raise money for this big monument on the mall and they were getting nowhere. That film came out and galvanize the american audience. It taught them of history in a dramatic way that they had not heard before. They raise that money, not only did they raise all of the money for the monument, but money for keeping it maintained for posterity. It was a game changer. Books came out and so forth. We have needed a book a movie like that for the Manhattan Project. I have been working on this for 25 years. There have been great bo