The senate floor opens up now and they lose a longstanding members in senator Dianne Feinstein, a sixterm senator out of california, first went to the chamber in 1992. It saw bill clinton go to the white house that year. She is dead at the age of 90. This is the chaplain now. We continue to believe in your sovereignty as we edge closer to a government shutdown, we choose to believe that you are still in charge. We continue to believe that the hearts of our lawmakers are in your hands and you turn their plans as you desire. We continue to believe that in everything you are working for the good of those who love you and that your purposes will prevail. And lord, we pause to thank you for the life and legacy of senator Dianne Feinstein. May her death teach us to number our days that we may have hearts of wisdom. Have your way, lord, have your way. You are the potter, we are the clay. We pray in your loving name, amen. Please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pled
Thank you for your patient. We got a little bit of a late start. Were going to have a great session this morning. Im the morning anchor. At the cbs affiliate here in washington, d. C. Im honored to be back as a moderator of the teachers conference. We did it last year as well. This is a very special occasion. Had a chance to meet some of these gentlemen. Im meeting some new friends this morning as well. Before we get under way and we honor our greatest generation and well go over the goals on what wed like to try to get done this morning, i would like to call up, before we get started, chairman of the friends of the World War Ii National memorial Josiah Bunting iii to say a few things. [ applause ] our greatest ally and most famous ally during the Second World War was winston churchill. Who famously said succeeding generations must not be allowed to forget their sacrifice and their example. And to me the beauty and the urgency of assemblies like this was people like this. Is in fulfill
Equally shall be allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders e allocated between the parties nd in no event and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. Foxx, for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to recognize and say farewell to a member of the House Committee on education and the work force aff who has dedicated more than 20 years of Public Service to the peoples house. Ed gilroy began his congressional career on the staff of former congressman rod chandler of washington, but most of us know him for his nearly 16 years of service as the committees director of work force policy. Ed led our efforts to expand access to Affordable Health care for Small Business employees, provide moms and dads more flexibility in the workplace, and protect the rights of workers and employers. When we thin
Sondra i consider the theme of this particular panel Something Like triumph over adversity. Each of the panelists experienced segregated schools education. Some were directly involved in the crisis year and others were victims of the lost year when all little rock high schools were closed for an entire academic year. Some experienced all three. Despite being used remember, teenagers, like some of you in the audience, they were teenagers during the little rocks chaotic events. All of these guests persevered and succeeded. They lived productive lives, are still living productive lives. They had a remarkable careers and they have given service with distinction. So they obviously all have long resumes. For that reason what i will do is shorten their resume so they have more time to speak. Because there are five speakers up here, we are going to have to move it along pretty quickly. Lottie shackleford has made history throughout her life in politics appointed to the little rock board in the
Matt auc ackland is live at gallery place with more. Matt, how is the red line now. Reporter things seem to be running smoothly for now o this morning as you were saying it was a headache. I was one of those people heading to an appointment when they shut it down. A lot of people then came out onto the streets. Were out in front of metro center. They came out in a big group. There were ambulances fire trucks around and they got on their phones, they were calling for uber, they were calling for taxis. There were shuttle buses here. A lot of people saying it happened again. It happened again. Smoke in the tunnel shutting down a major line during rush hour. Prompting many complaints on social media. Metros gm had a simple response to those complaints. It would have been very easy to though, to say well we saw some smoke and its not that bad lets run the trains. Im not doing that. Im just not doing that. Reporter meanwhile metros Workers Union staged a major pte meeting today. Mr. Wiedefel