The presiding officer the senator from massachusetts. Mr. Markey madam president , i have nine unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. I ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Markey madam president , i request to speak as if in morning business for up to ten minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Markey thank you. Madam president , i come to the floor today to discuss the first policy focus legislation i am introducing as a senator. I believe it will be a windfall on massachusetts and a windfall on the nation, but before i do so, id like to comment briefly about another win last night for massachusetts and for red sox nation everywhere. Behind the mighty bat of big papi, the tireless and tough arms of jon lester and john lackey and the incredible power of
We wrap up tonights primetime programming and other 00 eastern with peter lance who talks about the relationship between the fbi and gangster gregory scarpa. Join us for more for the booktv television schedule. Up next author and surgeon Benjamin Carson. The president ial medal of freedom recipient would talks about his life from poverty to the top of the medical field, the current Political Landscape in the u. S. And the Affordable Care act. The former director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins he is the author of five books including gifted hands the ben carson story, the big picture and his 2012 release america the beautiful rediscovering what made this nation great. Dr. Benjamin carson, who is the bender twins. Guest conjoined twins joined the the back of the head from west germany that we separated at Johns Hopkins in 1987. They were the first twins of that tight, very complex, to be separated and survive. Host and today . As far as they know they are still surviving but
Mr. Cornyn mr. President , id ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The presiding officer without objection, the quorum call is suspended. Mr. Cornyn mr. President , as we continue this weeks votearama and executive branch nominations, i want to remind the American People how we got here today. And what it means to the future of our great country and our system of government. Over the last five years, president obama and his administration have repeatedly bent the law to serve their own purposes in a way that really i think is unprecedented in my experience. We saw this when he gave special treatment to Union Pension funds during the chrysler bankruptcy process. We saw it again during the solyndra bankruptcy. And we saw it when president obama unilaterally announced a moratorium on the enforcement of certain immigration laws. We saw it when the administration unilaterally issued waivers from the 1996 welfare real estate form act and the 2002 in child left behind law.
Of the bay bridge, you can see from this satellite image there was an area of fog, some of it dense on the western span of the bridge in this part of the bay in the area where the collision occurred so visibility was reduced down a quarter mile district the fact area wide it had improved. We do expect fog to become dense again, tonight. Ill give you a look in just a. Were staying on top of the developing story. So we have more coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00 ask 6 00 and sending out updates as they happen through twit skbrer facebook so youre connected 247. New details just released about the officer involved shooting that took a young mans live two days after christmas. Abc 7 news is live in walnut skreekcreek with the latest developments. Laura . This day he was shot and killed here, police would not reveal what kind of weapon he held, only that he had a weapon. This afternoon, they did Reveal Police did, that it was a 10 inch chef knife. He was killed december 27th just before that
Tower on the San Francisco bridge. The coast guard reports no oil spill resulted. Weve learned the tanker had already been unloaded. And caltrans says there was no major damage to the bridge. It remained open to travel traffic. We have continuing coverage now from heather holmes. Shes live at Treasure Island with what shes learned about the bar pilot guiding that tanker and the scrutiny hes now facing. Reporter hes been a bar pilot since 2005. Prior to that he worked for several years on oil tankers for exxon. But today while guiding that vessel. The overseas raymar this experienced mainer sideswiped the tower of the bridge. Look at the top left side of this picture. That is a piece of the bridge barrier stuck to the side of the ships hull. About 30 to 40 feet of the tower system has been damaged and will have to be repaired. Reporter the wooden and metal barrier protected the bridge. But the question remained today why did the pilot steer the oil tanker right into the tower . The visi