Continue off the floor and the republicans 1 trillion economic aid plan in response to the covid19 pandemic. Senators have been staking out their positions with floor speeches. Now, live to the floor of the u. S. Senate 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. O god, our refuge and strength, give us reverence for your greatness. Guide our senators around the pitfalls of their work, enabling them to have hearts sustained by your peace. May they surrender their will to you, as they trust you to direct their path. Remind them that leadership can work miracles with cooperation, but rarely accomplishes much with conflict. Inspire our lawmakers to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Help them to strive to live with such integrity that they give you the honor do your name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I
With this years lukas fridays ceremony our program is a little bit of the introduction and i hope an interesting discussion with our three winners and then with more celebration to come so thanks for all of you to share this part of the evening with us first i will tell you about this prize is you may not be as acquainted with it as we are but this is a prize in memory of tony lucas who inspired my generation the first time we started to taken college what we wanted to write and our generation grew up with a narrative nonfiction searching about social issues and Common Ground so when he passed a lot of people were inspired by his life to create this prius this is where the enterprise began it has expanded gradually for the Senior Executive in the netherlands at the time of his death in the 1997 as a reporter of serious history his children established the prize as part of a the lucas fridays project and his family has generally underwritten the prize since the inception in 1998 his wif
This after five victims in Spring Garden and fairmount were held up by gun point last month, two in the middle of the day. 18th and fairmount and 27th and Spring Garden. That is scary to be Walking Around here. One crime was captured at 4 30 a. M. They approach the victim and rob them and run into a get away van. A shady sketchy looking gentlemen was patrolling the area and sort of picked a victim who looked vulnerable with a cell phone or laptop out. Another Armed Robbery happening here at green and 20th, making five in the last 30 days. Local artist Robert Woodward says that one suspect was so braise and he did it while he was doing roof repairs and he stole a tool while i was up in the scaffolding. People are excited about the new growth in these neighborh d neighborhoods, they are stunned to hear about the robberies. On fairmount this is happening . More than one. Surprising indeed, you see so many people out here on fairmount. The good news is no incidents happen here tonight. And
It is interesting the would say Abraham Lincoln. But what do you really think will bring us to the point of action . Because i suspect what i am suggesting it requires Abraham Lincoln like leadership. Liberalism prior to world war ii, as an example of timberland to declare peace forever but only churchill stood up in parliament. We sent people to read maya your germany have those delete thinkers and intellectuals we have mussolini over here to appear. Only when a catastrophe occurs to reappear to wake up. What you think will be required to respond in a meaningful way that will change the direction of this country into world . America always does the right thing when it is out of every other option. [laughter] and alexis day tocqueville said the greatness of america relies in the ability to repair itself and recognize a trajectory and i remained wildly optimistic that this Great Republic will be restored to her full potential. And largely optimistic that america will crush Political Cor
Of europes most important rivers. Low water levels and the ryan are making it difficult to navigate in more costly to move cargo. Dominic kind has more from calon. The rhine is really much dryer. It has really receded away from the banks, the side of the river that im on right now. And theres no question that the ships that are trying to pass along the length of the river really have difficulty. We know that theyre having to transport far fewer tonnage than they would want to. We know that that is impacting upon the suppliers, coal steel, iron, those sorts of things. And we know that there have been problems of other kinds. So some ships have developed, developed mechanical faults causing traffic jams as it were, to build up on the rhine. And as yet still no really appreciable levels of rainfall to replenish the ron hedges, longest river is also shrinking in the face of a record breaking heat wife thats lasted more than 2 months. Searing temperatures around the young c for the basin ar