Online. Go to www. Cspan. Org, and you will see the icon to click on our live coverage. The Supreme Court oral argument having today. We have been getting protesters and speakers outside all morning. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Eternal god we give you thanks for giving us another day. Once again we come to ask wisdom, patience, peace and understanding for the members of this peoples house. Give them the generosity of heart and the courage of true leadership to work toward a common solution to the many issues facing our nation. As true states men and women, may they find the fortitude to make judgments to benefit all americans in their time of need. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal st
Please put your phones on silent. Back in the day we used to tell them to turn them off but we want them on silent because would like you if you would be so inclined to live tweet this event. Is pound and pc life. We can follow that online. We would also like to take a moment while you are silencing your phone in turning off other potentially distracting devices to introduce our head table. Would like you to hold your applause until after the full head table is introduced and then you can erupt in a rapturous applause. We have starting from my left and youre right, mark heller. Hes an agricultural reporter. Paul marion, senior white house correspondent. Tamara harlingen at the atlanta journalconstitution. Sean rich, deputy commuter for secretary pretty. Philip, senior editor. Steven, deputy secretary of agriculture. Thats the number two for sonny perdue. We have betsy martin, executive and American University cochair. Skipping over our speaker for a moment, we have abby livingston, Was
The vote for the republican candidate and just over 40 for the democratic candidate. We are live in birmingham alabama where the headquarters are tonight and will have a speech coming up later this evening. The population area around tuscaloosa and Montgomery Alabama and we are live in the headquarters in Montgomery Alabama. What you are looking at right now though the headquarters in the room to listen for just a moment. [inaudible conversations] thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] [applause] [cheering] it will still be a little while you will watch the numbers as decline. With live coverage on cspan2 we will have the speeches when they come to the podium. 52 republicans and 48 democrats. The republicans are losing one seat and again our live camera in Montgomery Alabama and the headquarters and birmingham alabama. Want to go to the New York Times website to get a better sense of the votes remaining. According to the New York Times they estimate 775,000 votes yet to be coun
About an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to the National Press club, and i was president of the club in 2010, and pleased to have lunch and speaker secretary of agriculture sonny perdue, we welcome to the National Press club. Before we begin his remarks. And we ask them to turn it off. We would like you if you would be so inclined, and pound nbc live, true for all you folks in the twitterverse. And turning off other potentially distracting devices to introduce the table. We hold the applause and laughter the full table is introduced and erupt in rapturous applause. Starting from my left and youre right, mark heller, paul marion, at white house watch. Washington correspondent at the Atlanta Journal constitution. The Deputy Communications director for secretary purdue, Senior Editor at agro pulse, stephen since key, secretary of agriculture, number 2 for sonny perdue, betsy fisher martin, and American University and cochair of the npc Headliners Team put together, putting together the s
Press club earlier this week about next years farm bill, food exports, free trade agreements and his relationship with President Trump. This is an hour. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, and welcome to the National Press club today for todays speakers lunch. I was president of the club in 2010 but cover food and agriculture issues for Bloomberg News which may explain why ive been exhumed for todays luncheon. We are pleased to have secretary of agriculture sonny per i due. We welcome him for the first time to the National Press club. First of all, before we begin his remarks, i would like you all to please put your phones on silent. Now, back in the day we used to tell you to turn them off, but we want them on sigh leapt because you would silent because we would like you to live tweet, the hashtag is pound npc live. Thats also true for all you folks out there in the twitter verses, we can follow that online. Wed also like to take a moment while you are silencing your phones and