Gabby giffords was shot. Where a young woman was shot and died. It is not okay. The time for turning a blind eye is over mr. Udall madam president. The presiding officer the senator from new mexico. Mr. Udall madam president , i believe were not in a quorum call. Is that correct . The presiding officer that is correct. Mr. Udall thank you. Thank you for the recognition, madam president. Last month on august 22, an 86yearold grandmother born and raised in my hometown of santa fe, new mexico, was gunned down while she was shopping at walmart in el paso by a white supremacist with an ak47 style assault weapon. The gunman said, and this is his quote, he wanted to shoot as many mexicans as possible, end quote. The shooter told police he had purchased 1,000 rounds of ammunition. Less than 24 hours later it took the shooter in dayton, ohio, only 32 seconds to kill 10 people and wound 27 others with his 223caliber high capacity rifle with 100 round drum magazines. Had the Dayton Police not res
A vote of no confidence in the government a number of conservative politicians say the will vote against their own government but its unclear whether they do at the moment have the numbers and thats why so many people here are extremely angry about what the governments doing right now greece is transferring refugees from a silence to the mainland then will speed up the deportation process for Asylum Seekers whose applications are rejected theres been a surge in the numbers of people trying to reach greece. And it spirals pressure on already overcrowded island camps such as this one in the last bus. People still want to stick security my activists watch spork on the island have told me that the lot of them are from afghanistan but theyre also syrians coming its supposed they really really feel scared that they dont consider turkey to be a safe country for them as women tend repeatedly so this is where they are seeking to safety the deal has made the island open presents for the people w
Vote the presiding officer is there any senator in the chamber who wishes to vote or change his or her vote . Seeing none, the motion is agreed to. The yeas are 49 and the nays are 44. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of thomas p. Barber of michigan to be an under secretary of the treasury, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of thomas p. Barber of michigan to be under secretary of the treasury shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk should call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer is any senator in the chamber who wishes to vote or change his or her vote . Seeing none, the
A british liked oil tanker last month and. All talks about establishing a new coalition in the persian gulf and sea of oman going to be practical no doubt that it wont help the security of the region there is no need for the presence of Foreign Forces to provide security well still out here on aljazeera the u. S. Governments efforts to expand detention space for silent seekers along the border will be from texas plus from riches to rags weve just said they wont spoil which town that has become a symbol of the sun israel in crisis to stay with us here on alt. Hello welcome to look at the international forecast weve still got a few showers across southern parts of china at the moment all in all it doesnt look too bad theres a fair bit of cloud just around the coastal fringes of Southern China hong kong if you shower say just drifting in from the South China Sea as we go through thursday and indeed on into friday those showers extend their way down towards the southwest of the country nor
Authorities. Right now were looking at potential capital murder charges for this individual. Reporter the suspect is being held without bond. The Justice Department says the case appears to meet the definition of domestic terrorism and it is seriously considering federal hate crimes and firearms charges and those could bring the death penalty. Well talk about the case later but lets talk to rosa flores whos with me now. You have been in the community and talking with people who are reconciling with what happened here saturday with the community they know are safe. You were at the Reunification Center. Tell us about that. Reporter its just a few blocks from here. Its very near here. Its at an Elementary School that was turned into a Reunification Center. People go there to find out if their loved one is alive or dead. Thats where theyre getting the news. People also go there to try to find out information about how they can help, how they can volunteer, how they can get their car from w