The chair on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 377, the amendment is not adopted. The Unfinished Business is request for recorded vote on amendment 79 printed in part f of house report 11816 by the gentlewoman from colorado, mrs. Boebert, on which further proceedings were postponed, on which the ayes preentrailed voice vote. The clerk will redesignate the amendment. The clerk amendment number 79 printed in part f of house report 118216, offered by mrs. Boebert of colorado. The chair a recorded vote has been requested. These in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. A sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expr
Everton striker wayne rooney is arrested on suspicion of drink driving, the bbc understands. He was stopped by police in cheshire in the early hours of this morning. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. In the last hour, brexit secretary david davis has said that he is adetermined optimist about britains withdrawal from the eu. His comments follows a warning from the International Trade secretary liam fox that brussels should not be allowed to blackmail the uk into accepting a brexit divorce bill. The eu insists issues arising from the uks withdrawal must be dealt with before any talks can begin about future trade relations. In his speech to the us chamber of commerce david davis addressed the issue of the implications of trade imbalance throughout the world. The trick in this is to remember the end of it. One, we want an outcome thatis end of it. One, we want an outcome that is in everybodys interest. This is not a zero sum game. We all know, all of you know, those of you who negot
Welcome to power lunch. Weve got the s p and the nasdaq just above the flat line here in the green. The dow is down by. 1 of a percent. Brent crude back above 50 bucks a barrel. Wti crude up close to 11 over the past week. Both are in bull market territory right now. Take a look at oil stock, a fresh 2016 high. Heres what else is happening at this hour. Twitter suspending 235,000 terrorlinked accounts since february. Twitter says daily suspensions are up 80 since last year. Shares are down over 4 right now. Walmart beating expectations last quarter, thanks in part to groceries. Walmart shares also higher at this hour. Team usa continues to lead the medal count to the rio games. 94 in total. And 31 of those gold. Welcome, everybody. Theres a lot to get to today. We begin with the big breaking news on americas jails. The Justice Department planning to stop using private prisons. That is sending stocks lower, down more than 40 . Scott cohn joining us now by phone. Scott, what do you make
Pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, you are compassionate and merciful. We give you thanks for giving us another day. This morning the house welcomes the Prime Minister of israel. May he find a welcome here and may the partnership of our two countries continue into a future of Mutual Respect and security among the community of nations. There are many issues which press upon our nation now and more lie upon the legislative horizon. Put forth an abundance of wisdom, knowledge and understanding upon the members of congress and upon your people so that together solutions for the betterment of our nation might be forged. Bless us this day and every day and may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announ
Cooperated with the russia probe even as the president has attacked it. So President Trumps attorney Rudy Giuliani, his outside attorney, as first reported by the New York Times but also by Kelly Odonnell is now laying down a marker. Saying that special Counsel Robert Mueller may need to meet certain conditions before the president would ever agree to an interview voluntarily relating to the russia investigation. So giuliani suggesting that mueller would have to demonstrate both that the president committed a crime and that his testimony is essential to the investigation. And here is the reason why. The president s legal team argues that all of the necessary information is contained in documents and testimony from witnesses that is already available to investigators. So the president s lawyer as you mentioned, hes acknowledging this could provoke a subpoena fight. But the Supreme Court has already made clear that president s can be obligated to testify under certain circumstances. So i