Quorum call the presiding officer the senator for mississippi. Without objection. Under the previous order, all postcloture time has expired. The question is on the nomination. A senator i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second. There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any other senators wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 556789 the nays are 42. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator follow alaska. Mr. Sullivan mr. President , i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sullivan mr. President , i
Meeting i have to attend to make a quorum down the hall here. So im going to to start out. I know you want to introduce one person. Are you under a time constraint . Because if you are, ill give you the courtesy of going ahead. Mr. Chairman, i can wait until the regular okay. So i welcome our panelists today to our hearing on the oneyear anniversary of the support act. This landmark statute, which many of us had a hand in developing, responded to the Opioid Epidemic on multiple fronts. That crisis affected every corner of our nation with approximately 130 americans dying from an overdose every single day. Weve devoted a lot of federal resources to tackling the crisis, and i look forward to hearing from the Surgeon General on this, of this administrations efforts to implement the support act. Now its on its oneyear anniversary. I also commend dr. Adams for launching his own unique initiatives to help raise Public Awareness about the risk of the opioid misuse. Challenges remain, however,
Major auto dealer. Energy is one of the biggest losers with oil falling again. Its entering bear market territory. Well talk what impact this could have on the broad market coming up. Plus this is very interesting, the ceo of one of the hottest and most anticipated biotech ipos of the year, the company is looking to take on genetic diseases with its so called Gene Editing Technology. Well talk with the ceo coming up. After the bell its all those earnings you mentioned, alphabet, amazon, well bring you instant analysis as soon as they cross, especially after facebook and ford. Theres so much riding on how these companies do. Lets start with the earnings season hitting the halfway mark. Bob looks at the highlights of the first half and what we can look for in the second half. Important thing, bill, is we are Getting Better. The bad news is were not Getting Better very fast. Lets look at the score card. 55 of the s p 500 reporting were down 2. 8 . Earnings on average down 2. 8 . Thats bet
They will most likely be talking about their own running mates agenda or taking shots at the opposing sides. Donald trump at a rally held in arizona in the last hour had this take on the evening. I want to send our best wishes to our great governor mike pence as he prepares for his debate tonight. Great guy. The debate will be a contrast between our campaign of big ideas and Bold Solutions for tomorrow versus the small and petty Clinton Campaign that is totally stuck in the past. Reporter stuck in the past. There you see the contrast. Trumps last stop will be in las vegas where he will be watching the great governor mike pence and live tweeting the vp debate starting 8 30 p. M. Eastern. A top Clinton Campaign official was told about the plans the response was oh, good. These clintonkaine officials steam quite confident. The expectation is mike pence has the pressure on him. They think he has to change the narrative. They question whether he will be able to do that. They are confident t
Tensions in israel and the okay tied territories are mounting amid new attacks and clashes. And today, israeli officials are stepping up security, and the palestinian officials are warning that the crackdown could spark more violence. And now secretary of state, john kerry, is planning to go to the region to help both sides. Carl is in jerusalem, and what are you seeing on the ground . And what has been the affect of the heightened security measures . Well, tony, the place where the beefed up security measures were immediately visible was on the fracture line that divides west jerusalem from occupied East Jerusalem. This morning, hours after the Israeli Security cabinet made announcement, all of those security measures, already Israeli Forces were starting to cordon off and moving in around some of the East Jerusalem palestinian neighborhoods to try to restrict the movement of residents there coming across into the city, particularly those neighborhoods where the alleged attackers have