Today there will be nominations and senate will look at the president s pick for the Labor Relations board and awaiting action in epa nomination for assistant administrator of the air and radiation office. Now to live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. 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, our father, help our lawmakers this day to do your work faithfully and well. Prepare them to be soberminded and filled with your spirit, accomplishing tasks that receive heavens approval. Lord, keep them from deviating from integrity, as they strive to ensure that their conduct rightly represents you. May they live lives of holiness and goodness, being as kind to others as they would wish them to be to them. Lord, prepare us all to stand before you in peace, without spot or blemish. As we pursue your peace on earth, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. We pray in your
Super tuesday. Sday fox5 local news at 10 starts right now. And we thank you for joining us tonight, im tony perkins and im Sarah Simmons in for sean. We begin with a d. C. Teenager targeted and robbed during the height of yesterdays severe storm. Police say the attackers used a stun gun on the 17 year old as she walked home from school. Fox5s Marina Maracco is liferac working this one tonight. Marina. Reporter tony, its the latest string of assaults thatat have happened in this neighborhood around the potomacc note row. Now neighbors say theyre going to be watching each others backs when they walk home fromoe the metro. Ro. Its scary. At the height of wednesday evenings thunderstorm, five suspects jumped a 17 year old girl. They stayed and stole her cash before pinning her to the ground and leaving her barefoot in the tore rings d from the potomac avenue when she was. A lot of people live aroundep here and to think they even at a reasonable hour you might haveht trouble getting home i
Ambassador stevens we dont know the answer. Did you ever personally speak to him after you swore him . In may . Yes or no. Yes, i believe i did. When was that . I dont recall, and i want to clarify for the record, this document is about all of libya, and not just benghazi. You know, congress woman, i appreciate, and i really do, the passion and the intensity of your feelings about this. We have diplomatic facilities in war zones. We have am bass stores dors that we send to places that have been bombed and attacked all the time. And youre their boss. Youre right, i am. Youre their leader, is that correct . And are there ever situations where you call them, where you bring them in, where you are personally caring and concerned and are letting them know that . Are there situations where you recall, and i would like to know the situation with ambassador stevens, and what month it was with ambassador stevens because there are no call logs with him. And we have no record that you had any con
So theres were trying to have more preexisting arrangements like that, and that goes to your question. If there are assets in the region, how do we plan for contingencies so that they can be immediately triggered and try to respond. I obviously spoke to the white house, i spoke to general petraeus, i spoke to lots of other people that evening trying to get whatever help we could get. We did get a surveillance plane above the location, but it took some time to get there. It had to be diverted it was an unarmed drone. Correct . Yes. It was unarmed uav. So we asked for everything we could get and everybody immediately tried to provide it but i think now theres more awareness that maybe we should be doing these scenarios ahead of time to try to figure out what could be done without having to reinvent it every time. Thank you. Im out of time, mr. Chairman. Thank the gentle lady from illinois. Chair would now recognize the gentle woman from indiana. Thank you, madam secretary. Im going to fo
Ambassador stevens after we dont know the answer. Did you ever personally speak to him after you swore him in this may . Yes or no, please. Yes, i believe i did. And when was that . I dont recall. And i want to clarify for the record that this document is about all of libya, not just benghazi. I dont want anybody 77 are about benghazi. Congresswoman, look. I appreciate it and i really do the passion and the intense interof your feelings about this. We have diplomatic facilities in war zones. We have ambassadors that we send to places that have been bombed and attacked all the time. And youre their boss. Youre right, i am. Youre their leader. Is that correct . Are there ever situations where you call them, where you bring them in, where you are personally caring and concerned and are letting them know that . Are there situations where you recall id like to know what the conversation was with ambassador stevens and what month it was with ambassador steve stevens. Because there are no cal