The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk speakers rooms, washington, d. C. May 8, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Jennifer Wexton to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Compassionate and merciful god, thank you for giving us another day. As confirmation of the economic sufferingsu suffering so Many Americans are experiencing becomes known, we ask your blessing upon those who are working to ease the effects of lost jobs and spreading infection. Bless those who continue to serve even though threatened in doing so. Health care professionals, food service workers, and those whose work demands they engage outside zones of distance protection. Bless as well the members of this house, the senate, and those working in the admin
Tbhat hammas and the u. S. Hurricane dorian is expected to arrive sometime tomorrow. This as the bahamas got hit with the most of powerful hurricane in history. Category 5. Wind gusts up to 220 miles per hour. A 27foot storm surge. Its highest point is 40 feet above sea level. In the u. S. , five states in a state of the emergency. Florida, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, and virginia. Millions urged to evacuate. 25 billion in damages. Thats the estimate of the cost of this storm. But those jumps typically change. Mike tobin is live in tybee island with more. Reporter the last we heard from the governor of georgia, hes trying to address the people who arent taking this storm seriously. He says the storm will park itself offshore and dump water on this part of the country for 2430 hours. So the Evacuation Order remains on the beach. You can see a lot of people who are not respecting the Evacuation Order. Some people are taking a nap. Others are playing out in the water. Most of
[dramatic music] narrator youre the accidental president. Leader of a nation in mourning. Now youve got to make the tough calls, confront your demons. Outwit your enemies. And prove youve got what it takes. To be the leader of the free world. President s car now turning onto elm street, and it will be only a matter of minutes before he arrives at the trade mart. Itit it appears as though something has happened in the motorcade route. It was definitely the president s car. We were traumatized. It was in a sense like what happened to us after 9 11. President kennedy has been assassinated. Its official now. The president is dead. It was incredible that our president , this beautiful man with this beautiful family, could be just eliminated just like that. Theres only one word to describe the picture here, and thats grief and much of it. Narrator kennedys Vice President , Lyndon Baines johnson, becomes the 36th president of the United States. He insists on taking the Oath Of Office on Board
[dramatic music] narrator: you re the accidental president. leader of a nation in mourning. now you ve got to make the tough calls, confront your demons. outwit your enemies. and prove you ve got what it takes. to be the leader of the free world. - president s car now turning onto elm street, and it will be only a matter of minutes before he arrives at the trade mart. it it it appears as though something has happened in the motorcade route. it was definitely the president s car. - we were traumatized. it was in a sense like what happened to us after 9/11. - president kennedy has been assassinated. it s official now. the president is dead. - it was incredible that our president, this beautiful man with this beautiful family, could be just eliminated just like that. - there s only one word to describe the picture here, and that s grief and much of it. narrator: kennedy s vice president, lyndon baines johnson, becomes the 36th president of the united
Public service along with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Members of congress talked about religious freedom outside the u. S. At an event commemorating the 25th that of our three of the International Religious freedom act. The discussion included the conflict between israel and hamas advocating against religious persecution and the impact of the legislation. Good afternoon and welcome. My name is Abraham Cooper, and im honored to serve as chair of the u. S good afternoon and welcome. I am Abraham Cooper honored to serve on the International Commission for religious freedom. Thank you for joining us to mark the 25th anniversary of the International Religious freedom act. I would like to extend, on behalf of the commissioners, a special thank you to senator chris coons and his staff for reserving this historic room for us. In october 1998 congress passed, then, president bill clinton signed this act making the promotion of freedom of religion o