Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chambesh votor change their vote . On this vote, the yeas are 5,the nays are 38. The nomination is confirmed. The clwill rort the nomination. The Clerk Department of the treasury, Brian Callanan of new jersey to be general counsel. The presiding officer the question is on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer have all senators voted . Any senator wish to change their vote . The yeas are 55. The nays are 39. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order the motions to reconsider are 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 from texas. Mr. Cornyn mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule 22 the senate proceed to legislative session and resume consideration of the motion to procee
Im rico hizon in london. Also in the programme government buildings are set on fire in papua, indonesia as protests continue over claims of racial discrimination. And this weekend marks 80 years since the start of world war two. Well be looking at how the conflict shaped the world we live in now. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, 1 00am in the morning in london and 5 30am in indian administered kashmir, where a bbc investigation has uncovered allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers. Its been 25 days since the Indian Government withdrew the regions semi autonomous status which led to a clampdown on dissent and thousands of arrests. Kashmir is claimed by both pakistan and india, with the Nuclear Armed neighbours controlling different sections of the state. Stripping indian administered kashmir of significant autonomy is being seen by some as a drive by the hindu nationalist government
And activities in the United States. Well start with Rosemary Gibson. I introduce everybody first. Well start with Rosemary Gibson whose name has been mentioned already several times if you were here. Shes author of china rx exposing the risk of americas dependence on china for medicine which documents the dramatic shifts in where medicines are made in implications for National Security and american securities. Next well hear from ben westoff. Mr. Westoffs new book fentanyl inc. Which will be published in september. Fentanyl kills more americans than any drug in history. And next panelist studied at the Rand Corporation is an especial deem yol gist. Centers on Research Health among marginalized population. Well hear from mark a molecular biologist in performing Risk Assessment to sport government on bio Security Public health and bio defense. Hes one of chinas biotechnology and other foreign engagement, a report published in february 2019. We welcome all of you. We ask that you would k
Rehearsal for the capitol 4th concert. Our camerasere here earlier today as the performers held their individual runthroughs. Carole king, the rehearsal begins tonight if youre planning on going down there. t doring any large umbrellas, glass bottles or large bags. For everyone heading out of town for the holidays, first 4 traffics melissa melay has more on the road troes yurs all over town. Lots of Independence Day celebrations going to be happening and road clores all over the place. Starting downtown, 2019 fourth of July Celebration roads shut down 4 00 a. M. To 11 00 p. M. Talking about sections of constitution avenue, arlington Memorial Bridge and part of pck creekrkway as well. As far as the tunnels, tunnels shut down 4 00 a. M. To 4 00 p. M. Ninth street and 12th street and we want to expect heavy traffic and ddoays town in general throughout the area because of so many different events if youre heading into town to see fireworks, downtown, you want to take the 95 express lanes
In a shootout and chase new video of the incident and the plea for help from his colleagues as he works to recover from life threatening injuries two news this is mornis on two. Good morning and welcome back. Im garcia mikaelian and good morning im dave clark. Welcome to the middle of the week. Its wednesday. Its march r0th. The first full day of spring gasia spring has sprung. You and pam look so springy in your pastel colors and your gorgeous pink. I only follow you. Well, steve has your forecast on this first full day of spring. We do, and its mainly clear out there and much cooler on the support now for the fog bank. Theres a little bit out there more north and really anywhere else, but some clearing has allowed temps to drop into 40s,e patchy low clouds. But 41 still palo alto. I mean theregs some cool readings. Clouds will be rolling in over the next 24 hours here. But behold, spring is here and it will be a little cooler. Thatsuhow it works. You know that mostly a decent little