A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from georgia. A senator mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Perdue mr. President , weve had a lot of action in the United States senate which is unusual here. Id like to address that, today. You know, id like to address this to the people of texas, louisiana, and all those that just experienced the devastating results and impact of Hurricane Harvey. Obviously, our hearts go out to those people and of course were going to do the right thing and help the people of texas which is just what we voted on today. But its a bigger issue i want to speak to today. And i relate to this personally, because just last year, almost exactly to the day, my family was evacuated from our home in south georgia. And as i speak to you today, we were just notified today that my wife and motherinlaw who are there today will be well be evacuating this weekend from the south co
Were told none was as violent as what played out yesterday, Late Afternoon, in a very public place. Take a look. This is 32yearold brandon grosso. He is in jail this morning, accused of firing a shotgun into a strangers car in a parking lot in quakertown. We have a picture of the damage it caused. It blew out the back windshield. There were two people in the car. They say they were just pulling away from the Walmart Shopping Center in quakertown after dropping a Family Member off at work when this happened. As soon as we make the lefthand turn, we hear bang. I turned around, i see the window has been shot, glass hit me in the arm. Reporter from about 5 30 yesterday afternoon, police up in bucks county were looking for brandon grosso. Soon after our 11 00 p. M. News aired, rich land Township Police found him with Quakertown Police at this Holiday Inn Express in quakertown. Overnight he was arrested and arraigned. And this morning he is in jail. Coming up at 5 00, well hear more reaction
Soviet russia, a powerful argument for the buck literature and entering into the canon of the cia role in shaping the culture. In the new reporting on the agencys distribution of the book behind enemy lines, the authors showed how both sides in the cold war used the literary prestige as a weapon without resorting to the chief moral equivalency. This is a fascinating story to me. And i have never seen another article, another work which actually describes the way that intelligence activities were able to use culture, and in this particular case literature as a tool in the cold war. So without further ado i would like for peter to come up and tell you about his book itself. [applause] thank you for inviting me. I really appreciate the opportunity to speak to you and into Early September 1958 copies of the russian language edition of doctor zhivago appeared on the grounds of the brussels worlds fair. It is a was a very fine addition substantial bound and blue linen and it was also very od
Many state and local governments are now instituting new guidelines to try to curb the spread. All of this occurs against the backdrop of the president of posthumous ongoing efforts to challenge the results of the election. Tonight, newly uncounted ballots are found during the ongoing recount in georgia and it appears those ballots will overwhelmingly benefit the president. More on that count in just a minute. President elect joe bidens meantime saying this afternoon the consequent is a President Trumps reluctance to coordinate on a transition will be more people dying. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, john. Good evening to you. All indications are the moment that the president of posthumous challenge to the election result is far from over. His Campaign Still has legal action going in a number of states and as you mentioned, a new development tonight in the georgia hand recount is giving the Trump Campaign new hope in the pea
Corrections . All in favor, say i. E posed. The minutes have been passed. Well go on to the next item, please. Item three for the directors report. Good afternoon. Mayor lee presented his proposed balanced budget for 2015 and 16 this week. You will hear from our cfo details on our own budget, but i wanted to give you highlights on the overall city budget. The mayor really focused a lot on his investments and opportunities for all San Francisco residents, including investment into affordable housing, Service Increases to make San Francisco more livable, maintaining and improving or citys social net and youll hear today regarding the takeback of our firsz Year Community service cuts. The budget also continues to grow the citys reserves to offset the impact if an economic downturn does occur and the citys reserves for Economic Stabilization loss will grow over the next two years. The City Projects to have a 234 million across its general reserve Budget Stabilization reserve and rainy day