Seat held by senator john mccain. Like most of my life, i didnt take the traditional path, but i am blessed to have been given the opportunity to make a difference for others and stand in this Historic Chamber today. I love arizona, the grand canyon state, its people and our spirit. Like many arizonans, i wasnt born there, so this is a love of choice. Also like many arizonans, i first came to the state on a military assignment in the summer of 1990 to attend Pilot Training at Williams Air Force base, now home to a thriving Industrial Park called mesa gateway. I fell in love with arizona right away and was fortunate to have the Majestic View from the sky as a pilot. What a privilege to live in a land of adventure id only read about as a kid. Home to one of the seven natural wonders of the world and the grand canyon, and our diverse landscapes, mountains, canyons, lakes, rivers, sunsets, and the powerful desert lightning. After an assignment away i came back to arizona to fly the a10 war
that is the message from ukraine s president. as a new war crimes investigation is launched. the incredibly disturbing video now being shared these stories and more on cnn news, central. happening now . the air over richmond, indiana , is being called toxic as a recycling plant. fire continues to smolder. officials say it could be days before the flames are completely out roughly 2000 people in order to evacuate their homes with the thick black smoke billowing schools in the area are closed and a shelter in place order is in effect. sarah spoke to the epa administrator just moments ago. our goal is to ensure that this community stays safe. and so we ve been on site since the beginning, and we re going to stay there until we can assure that this community is not seeing any threats from the air quality implications here. cnn s omar jimenez is live on the scene, omar, we can see you worry a mask. i heard you at a news conference a short time ago . what are they telling you about
First at home. Right now troopers have a perimeter set up in north phoenix. This after two suspects took off running leading them on a chase. Im going to show you the scene here. This is ang gob the i17 and dunlap. It started when two trucks were pulleded over for apparently street racing. That truck pulled into a parking lot right near the Sheraton Hotel there. They dajs. The guy who took off running from the scene he left his wallet behind. Also happening this morning new this morning the county sheriffs deputies investigating a deadly shooting in the Hidden Valley area south of maricopa. One man was found dead in a vehicle. Deputies tracking footprints to a nearby home and made two arrests. What led up to that shooting. To the polls this morning iris. Yeah. You will notice a few high clouds especially as we look off to the east and well start off with mostly clear skies because of some of those cloudy skies in the valley. Temperatures are mild. We did drop into the 60s early this mo
For this and support this and i want to use my remaining time to talk a little bit about the budget resolution the Budget Conference Committee that we are going to talk about later. I completely agree with chairman mckeon. In the spirit what i said about the ndaa, about the necessity of getting our job done, we need to pass a budget. I know it impacts all manner of other pieces of government but im most familiar with what it does to the department of defense to not have a budget, to not have Appropriations Bills, to have to go from c. R. To c. R. To Government Shutdown threat to actual Government Shutdown to another Government Shutdown threat, you simply cannot function as well as you should or as well as you would if you had a dependable budget that said heres what you have. It would never be what all of us want. It is better of the predictability of having an appropriations process. Its critical we Pass National defense authorizing act, its critical we pass the budget. We have to fun