Social media. On twitter, cspanwj. On facebook, it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good saturday morning to you. You can start calling it now. Having this conversation after a historic week when it comes to opioid litigation. On monday. T happened the drugmaker Johnson Johnson was found to be was on support for contributing to oklahomas Opioid Crisis and ordered by a Court District judge to pay 572 million in fines. On tuesday, Purdue Pharma was reported to be in talks to pay between 10 billion and 12 billion to settle some 2000 opioidrelated lawsuits brought by states, cities, and counties. This was the scene in that oklahoma courtroom when the judge announced his decision in that Johnson Johnson case. [video clip] the Opioid Crisis is an eminent danger, and my judgment includes findings of fact and the law of the state mets its burden that the defendant, misleading inson, includingection one, the finding that those actions compromised the health and safety of thousands of oklahomans,
Wednesday on the draw draw, right after draw draw draw love island. laughter announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, condemnocrats plus, stephen welcomes sofia vergara. David cross. And musical guest tove lo. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen whooo applause lovely. Please, have a seat, everybody. Thank you very much. Very kind. Welcome one and all to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. The big story cheers and applause the big story, as we all know, is that people are still talking about was trumps tweet about four freshman congresswomen racist . Well, i say if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it probably just told the geese to go back to canada. laughter piano riff so, last night, the house of representatives passed a resolution condemning trump for his racist comments. Thats right, mr. President. A formal condemnation laught
The u. S. Senate and on this tuesday scheduled to hold a brief pro forma session. No votes are typically scheduled during these sessions. Lawmakers meeting every three Business Days during their district work period and legislative work expected to resume on monday, september 9. This is live coverage here on cspan2. The floor of the u. S. Senate empty on this tuesday morning. The senate remained on their summer break, but during the break they hav had been holdingt are known as pro forma sessions, typically brief gavel in cavil at sessions. No votes are typically scheduled during the sessions, and as we await the start of this pro forma session which was expected to begin at 10 00, we are now 10 12. Live live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. We are Still Standing by with this live picture of the use senate chamber. The Senate Schedule told a brief pro forma session that was set for 10 a. M. Eastern. Obviously running a little bit behind. The Senate State Work Period continue. Law
Occurred overnight in dayton, ohio, nine are dead plus the gunman, shooting took place in a popular dayton entertainment district, people were patrolling as usual and neutralized the shoot never less than one minute. Dayton mayor than whaling. Clearly the question has to be raised why does dayton have to be the 250th mass shooting in america. Garrett we will get the latest from democratic chairman brown, beto orourke canceled his Campaign Events to head home to el paso. I am incredibly saddened, it is very hard to think about this. Garrett we will talk to him and Republican Congressman will hurd whose Congressional District is near el paso. President trump called the shooting an act of cowardice. The president stepped up his attack honesties. The homicide rate in baltimore is significantly higher than el salvador, honduras, guatemala. Garrett we will hear from South Carolina republican tim scott about what can be done to help these communities. To as always, we will bring you analysis
Twitter c. I. Marcos and reporting at the hill. Thehill. Com. Take you live to the floor of the house, about to gavel back in. Votes expected around 1 30 eastern time. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, bishop elias of lady of hy lebanon of los angeles, st. Louis, missouri. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty and loving god, we lift our hearts and minds in a prayer of thanksgiving, for so Many Blessings you bestow upon us. We thank you for the gift of life, from the womb to the tomb. We thank you for the gift of our beloved country of the United States of america. Land of opportunity and beacon of hope. As often of todays meeting, we ask you to bless the members of congress, inspire them to seek your guidance, to walk in the way of love, to look for the wellbeing of every citizen, may they become instruments of peace and ministers of love. In a world tormented by hatred and divisions, so that they collaborate together in