And direct their way, training them in your school of humility so that they will strive to bring glory to you. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , december 12, 2017. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable ben sasse, a senator from the state of nebraska, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed orrin g. Hatch, president pro tempore. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell yesterday the senate advanced the nomination of Leonard Stephen grasz to be a judge on the eighth Circuit Court of appeals. Mr. Grasz has sterling credentials
And featuring the legendary roots crew. And now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, my goodness that is a hot crowd. [ cheers and applause ] that is a great new york city crowd right here tonight. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. Here it is. Youre here. [ cheers and applause ] this is the show to be at. Thank you. Heres what people are talking about, guys. Did you see this . The other day, President Trump tweeted that he turned down an offer to be Time Magazines person of the year. [ light laughter ] thats not all. Today, he said that he turned down the chance to marry prince harry. Steve really . [ laughter ] jimmy and he was very sad. Believe me, he was very sad. [ light laughter ] thats right. Prince harry and Meghan Markle are engaged. [ cheers and applause ] so, finally, a Success Story for tinder. You know . [ laughter ] i mean, thats thats good. [ applause ] but this is nice. Harry actually asked meghans father for his pe
And featuring the legendary roots crew. And now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, my goodness that is a hot crowd. [ cheers and applause ] that is a great new york city crowd right here tonight. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the tonight show. Here it is. Youre here. [ cheers and applause ] this is the show to be at. Thank you. Welcome. Heres what people are talking about, guys. Did you see this . The other day, President Trump tweeted that he turned down an offer to be Time Magazines person of the year. [ light laughter ] thats not all. Today, he said that he turned down the chance to marry prince harry. Steve really . [ laughter ] jimmy and he was very sad. Believe me, he was very sad. [ light laughter ] thats right. Prince harry and Meghan Markle are engaged. [ cheers and applause ] so, finally, a Success Story for tinder. You know . [ laughter ] i mean, thats thats good. [ applause ] but this is nice. Harry actually asked meghans father f
25,000 mark yesterday, the fastest thousand point gain for the dow ever with 152 point rally yesterday. President trump took credit in part for the latest milestone yesterday. We did, in fact, break 25,000 very substantially, i was in new york at event recently and one of the policeman came up, an officer, sir, i want to thank you, my 401 k is through the roof, my wife thinks im a brilliant investor. He said he was up 39 . I said you should be doing better than that, actually. Maria why the president says the next stop the 30,000. Futures indicating the momentum continues this morning. Check it out ahead of decembers job report. Markets are up strongly. Dow industrials up 78 points right now and another third of a percent, s p 500 also higher by a third as nasdaq gain ing 24 points sitting above 6600 on the nasdaq, economists are expecting a good jobs number today, 190,000 jobs expected to be added to the economy in the month of december one employment rate halting steady at 4. 1 . We
The new sighting in the city of the milwaukee. The frantic calls. New eyewitnesses coming forward. Can you believe their lion eyes . Hey, good morning, everybody. Paula is taking some welldeserved time off. But were really happy to have the wonderful cecilia vega onboard this weekend. The things i have heard already this morning. Yes, yes, ron claiborne. I can promise you that rob and sara will be on their best behavior. I can make no guarantees about ron claiborne. J j. Ill try. Bill the wild card. Speaking of wild cards, our top story, look at this wild scene out of las vegas. Smoke billowing over the strip. A fire at one of the citys swankiest hotels the fivestar cosmopolitan, a magnet for celebrities. Terrified guests running for their lives. This morning, the investigation into how it started. Abcs alex perez is right there with the very latest. Alex, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, cecilia. Authorities this morning trying to pinpoint exactly what triggered this. Guest