And the vote is set for 11 eastern advancing nomnation for the u. S. Court of International Trade. Live Senate Coverage is here on cspan2. Thpresiding officer the senate will come to orde the chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray holy god, continue to be our strength and shield. Extend your powerful hands to aid and deliver us. Lord, inspireur senators to bieve that you continue to work for the good of those who love you. Let your favor shine upon our lawmakers, and sustain them with your unfailing love. Lord, release to them the pleasings you have stored for those who honor you. You are our god, and our future is in yourands. Remind us al to seek first to understand before we stri to be understood. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and
Grea fort bragg and oth installations and call North Carolina home, eve for a thanks to our colleague for joining us today. Madam president , thanksgiving dinner has become the single most sell grated celebrated meal of theay. With tens ofmericans gathering with family and friends to give thanks for their bleings and of course for one another. Folks, i know that this yr its a lot different. While we sti have so much to be thankful for, the covid1 paemic means folks will be traveling less and might not be celebrating in larger groups. And as a result, many will be separated from their loved ones on this very special day. Bu folks, this is a very familiar feeling for anyon who has ever served in our Nations Armed forces. Protecting our nation. Rom at any given moment, thousands of men and women,oms and dads, brothers and sisters, are stationed arnd the world standing vigilant in the defense of freedom. Those wearing the uniform arent the only ones making a sacrifice either back home ther
60s as we start off our day. As we head through the afternoon we are looking at daytime high around where we should be for this time of year but cooler compared to the warm day we had yesterday. Low to mid60ss for the daytime highs. We will time it out on future cast. When the rain will arraign. For now lets check in on traffic. Probably now is the best time to head out. Before it gets busier. The morning commute we are starting to see busy conditions. Especially for the ride into the pass. We are starting to see cars going toward north flynn. If you have to get out the door try to do it earlier rather than later. The travel times in the yellow. 205 toward 680. No delays but a couple things in to the Traffic Center for highway 4, westbound 4 in the brentwood area. Im getting word of a serious crash where they will shut down both directions here shortly to clear everything over to the shoulder. Traffic starting to build in that area and a new crash in on westbound 4. I will have details
14 at half moon bay. The daytime highs, in the upper 50s to low to mid60ss. We are looking at as we head through the next few hours. The ride out of the east bay. You have a few brake lights. Taking a look at traffic. Its the usual stuff as you work in to the pass with the slow and go ride. Chp working on this crash southbound 280. We have four lanes shut down right now. They havent issued a traffic alert. Traffic is still a little slow as you approach the scene. Once past that you are moving at a much better speed. The problem is that a vehicle hit a tree, that tree fell there to the roadway and then two other vehicles hit the tree and debris. Causing a bit of a problem. South 280. We will watch that. Cases rising around the country, california, the state recorded more than 13,000 new cases monday night. Yesterday the governor pulled an emergency break on reopening. That means marin, San Francisco and san mateo are all sliding back in to the red. What that means and when the roll back
8002. U are unsure, 202748 you can text us at 2027488903. On twitter it is cspan. Wj. And facebook. It is republicans only for that question. We will open it up tomorrow for democrats only in our first hour of the program as well. Good morning and welcome to washington journal. One of those former supporters and fox opinion commentator opinion writer in the wall street journal. Bases his peace. The headline, this election result will not be overturned. Occasionally change margins in the hundreds but not in the tens of thousands. It has been an unsettling year, at deadly virus claimed almost a quarter million lives, a lockdown demolished personal routines and left us gasping for normality, a sudden deep depression snatched newfound prosperity for families, so why not finish out with a miscast election as the finale . Trump is that mr. Pursuing legal challenges in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona, nevada, and there will be an automatic recount in georgia given bidens. 29 lead.