The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote in if not the yeas are 68. The nays are 30. The amendment as modified and as amended is agreed to. Ms. Collins mr. President , may i have order please. Mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that following the cloture vote on the collins amendment numbered 3896, senator enzi or his designee be recognized to make a budget point of order against the mccain amendment numbered 4039. Further, that senator mccain be recognized to make a motion to waive the point of order and that the Senate Immediately vote on the motion to waive. I further ask that the votes in the series be ten minutes in length. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. There are two minutes of debate prior to the cloture vote. Who yields time . Ms. Collins yield back the time on this side. The presiding officer the presiding officer is the time yielded back by the minority . Time is yielded back. The cler
Flights today. Theyre still recovering from a power outage in atlanta that crashed their computer system. Thousands of passengers were stranded. Today the Power Company involved says it was deltas equipment not theirs that caused the outage. Delta says they will continue to offer refunds and vouchers to passengers who are affected. Former illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will be back in federal court this morning. Hes currently serving a 14 year sentance in a colorado prison for corruption charges including trying to sell president a llinois. Blagojevich has served four years already. He will be resentenced today because some of the original charges were thrown out after an appeal. Three girls died after drowning in a Swimming Pool in pueblo. Two of the girls were sisters. The third was their babysitter. The girls were swimming at a Mobile Home Park in pueblo yesterday. Police say the two sisters age 3 and 5 were with their 17yearold babysitter. Watching the girls and theyre still try
Out that direction which firefighters do not need. There has been just a smidge of rain that has moved through the area in the general vicinity but we havent seen any good rain and most of it is off to the east. Unfortunately, its not where we would like it to be and we do have the chance of showers rolling through. Overnight, skies stay clear. We will talk more about the heat and rain in a couple minutes. Also developing, of a park county deputy killed in the line of duty says they plan to sue the Sheriffs Office. Nate carrigan died while serving an eviction notice in february. For more on this, stan bush is live at the fallen officer memorial tonight. Reporter nate carrigans name is going to be added to this wall in the lawsuit from his parents lawsuit added to this wall. Should never had had to go have had to go inside the home. Carrigans parents we spoke with cbs4 investigator brian maass i trusted our sheriff for many years. I know nathan was very loyal to the man but he has let u
It has been in our state. Lauren whitney, any lasting chances of rain . Not today or tonight. Tomorrow, there is a chance of rain and thunderstorms. Whether it goes through the area, those showers are spotty. 42 humidity at dia. Its up a little into these cooler late night hours but 42 in lyman we are between about 20 and 25 Miles Per Hour so gustier winds out that direction which firefighters do not need. There has been just a smidge of rain that has moved through the area in the general vicinity but we havent seen any good rain and most of it is off to the east. Rolling through. Overnight, skies stay clear. We will talk more about the heat and rain in a couple minutes. Also developing, the family of a park county deputy killed in the line of duty says they plan to sue the Sheriffs Office. Nate carrigan died while serving an eviction notice in february. For more on this, stan bush is live at the fallen officer memorial tonight. Reporter nate carrigans name is going to be added to this
Over what many consider a light sentence for Austin Wilkerson who raped a fellow student. Jaclyn allen has been covering this case. Reporter today in a statement, the rape survivor calls the sentence light. Plenty of people agree. More than 17,000 people have signed a petition asking the lawmakers to impeach the judge. It could have reporter when becca kales heard about what happened to the cu student raped, it hit close to home. This is a hot button issue for people. Nobody wants to think of their daughter or sister or girlfriend going off to college and getting raped. Reporter the survivor says after the attack, she attempted suicide saying her life has been ruined socially, psychologically, academically, and financially. Which is why the sentence for Austin Wilkerson, two years and probation, has sparked national outrage. It is sure as hell not sitting well with the victim. Reporter it is being compared to the stanford rape case in which brock turner was given six months for sexuall