Memories of Dianne Feinstein. Senator, colleague, and hopefully for both of us, friend. And thats a lovely way to set the tone for political pop for political opposites going forward. If patience and kindness is what love is, then that is also what senator Dianne Feinstein is. Senator Dianne Feinstein is love. I salute her service and i yield the floor mr. Merkley madam president , im standing here at the desk next to the desk of our fallen colleague, senator Dianne Feinstein. It seems enormously strange that instead of being able to sit here and have her next to me, her desk is covered with a black cloth and a bowl, a crystal bowl of white roses. We come from the west coast where our states sit side by side, so perhaps it was fitting that we sat side by side here on the floor of the u. S. Senate. One thing in particular that senator feinstein liked to do was share with me pictures of her dog kirby, who she absolutely loved. And she had a lot of pictures on her phone to show kirby in d
Object. If you hear those words, understand what will have happened. Its the same thing that happened just a couple of days ago, which is democratic leadership said to our active dawty military, we dont duty military, we dont give a damn about you and were going to cut off your paycheck sunday at 12 01 a. M. That doesnt have to ham. By the that donlts have to happen. Not only is it the fault of every democrat, im sorry, mr. President , but there are no democrats here supporting us. You in your heart know were right. So im going to invite you when we do it again, well do it and do it, to join us, because you know this is the right thing to do. There are more of your colleagues on the democrat side that know this is the right thing to do. Some 19yearold marine right now in the dmz facing north korean machine guns is being told that the United States senate doesnt care enough about his or her service to pay them. Thats just wrong. Its stupid. And this body used to know enough to say, hey,
Watched the announcement of the announcement of the book awards live on cspan2 on november 16. Member of these authors have appeared or will be appearing on book tv. You can watch them on our website, booktv. Org. Next up, former white house president ial events director josh king talks about his book, off script and advanced mans guide to white house stagecraft, Campaign Spectacle and political suicide. Mitchell switch, andrew frank and steve are, swaggering advancement who loom the craft on watcher mondales campaign served as my role models. They were the democratics answer to michael during the summer of 1988 and they taught me well. Schwartz was a lead advancement brimming with selfconfidence, and quick humor. [applause]. Was that selfserving and not by the way, i had to read that. Whos out here claimed that he was his mentor but in the book he got four pages that was known as a great teacher. So just to be clear on that. Josh is a good buddy and a good friend and a lot of people w
[laughter] it is tempting in a situation like this to draw on the everyday because it is so easy and he is so out there, and the rest of the media concentrates on him so much. And it is fun, and people like it. But, and this is my experience with little political campaigns over the years. Day, it seems timely and great and perfect for today, but you get to the end of the year and you realize the 240 pieces you have drawn, about a third were on a horse race that had a shelf life of three days. Everyone in the field does that on that day, your work is just not that great and you get to the end of the year and realize aboutd not draw anything world population, not educating oceans, oruting the whatever your favorite topics are. It can be a distraction. How many people here like cartoons about donald trump . People react to them. Said, i have a very local audience. It is broader than just philadelphia. I am supposed to be doing local cartoons, because one thing about cartoonists is, if the
Early for this backup. Gravel spill blocking three of your five lanes and looking at maybe 6 30, possibly 7 00 they can reopen all those lanes and that big backup will make some folks take 84 and a lot of build out of livermore. The rest of the bay moves very smoothly. Back to you. Mike, thank you very much. Breaking news to report on two different fronts and last months deadly crash of a russian passenger jet in egypt russian leaders are calling it an act of terrorists. Homemade explosives have been found in debris from the metrojet that crashed killing 224 people. At the same time, egyptian authorities tell nbc news that two airport workers are being questioned and detained in connection with that bombing. Isis has claimed responsibility for the blast. Also new this morning, russia offered a 50 million reward for information to lead to the perpetrators. Also new revelations in egypt come as the world remains on edge following the paris terrorist attacks. Isis has since released a new