Service with the intent to promote or facilitate prostitution. This amendment avoids creating a broad federal law that covers conduct that is not necessarily federal in nature. Second, the amendment distribute managers amendment strikes language from the underlying bills civil recovery provision that was intended to encourage victims to successfully plead their cases. However, the language could have created a risk of confusion by the courts and so it has been removed. Further, the managers amendment clarifies that mandatory restitution provision is only applicable to victims of sex trafficking, not to those who voluntarily have engaged in prostitution. Finally, the managers amendment adds language inadvertently omitted from the original bill which permits defendants who face an aggravated charge for promoting or facilitating more than five people to assert the statutes of affirmative defense. If a defendant can prove advertisements were targeted where promotion is legal. Mr. Chairman,
Talks about the first thing he changed when he took over, it all has to do with the culture. We begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Imagine this scene is being replayed across puerto rico and the need is so desperate. Puerto rico may rise again but theyre going to need a ton of help. Puerto rico pleas for help. That power in communication situation in the u. S. Territory is dire. President trump continues to defend and attack his nfl players refusing to stand for the National Anthem. The National Football league want to take a knee, they should take a kneel at night every night and thank god in heaven donald trump is president of the United States. The ceo out is out. Announcing his retirement after the data breach that exposed nearly half of all americans. The gops latest attempt to pass the Health Care Bill appears to be dead, at least for now. Any rational human being would vote against this monston tri. Weve not declared war on north korea
I know tim will join with me that his wife was the unsung hero. The oneils felt the support and generosity of those around hix he works at the the Treasury Department. Those close to tim donated their personal leave time to allow him to keep receiving a paycheck during this recovery process. And the Treasury Department assured him that his job would be waiting when he was read to return and a ready to return appeared able to return. Shortly after the stroke that he wasnt supposed to ever recover from, tim was back mothers selfmobile in a wheelchair. He taught himself to walk again. Never regain the use of his right hand at all. One of his only lasting handicaps to this day. He learned to write with his left hand. His resilience and determination is really amazing. And he went back to work. His stroke was in january of 1989. Again, that sunday doctors didnt think hed live through the night. And if he did, they thought his life would be in a wheelchair. In 1995, only six years later, he
Alisters including Angelina Jolie Gwneth Paltrow come as weinstein is accused of rape. Zuckerberg says hes sorry after posting video with avitar, the markets under selling pressure this morning. Take a look. Dow industrials, s p, nasdaq all pulling back from yet another record high yesterday, major averages expected to be down just fractionally at the open. In europe major indices look like this, its a mixed story. The dax index is higher. In asia overnight markets were mixed at the close, japan, nikkei average hitting a 20year high with gain of just about a quarter of a percent on the session. Kospi adding to the gains up another 1 . Big names set to record report earnings, delta airlines, thirdquarter earnings beginning this week. Dont like the car, send it back. Hyundai will rave up consumers. The shocking disappointment for stars and stripes coming up. All thats coming up this morning and joining me to talk about it all fox business Dagen Mcdowell and kevin kelly and aim ji amy hol
Debate limited to 10 30 eastern today and now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, the foundation of true wisdom, you extend your powerful dominion over the universe. Stand by our lawmakers and protect them with your might. Lord, refresh them with your wisdom, as you prepare them not only for time but eternity. Lord, we praise you for ethi ethically congruent lawmakers who in their innermost beings are true and honest. Give us more senators who are true to duty as the needle to the pole. Give us more legislators who are not afraid to call sin by its right name. Lord, provide us with more patriots who will stand for right, regardless of the consequences. We pray in your sovereign name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of ame