And violence continues. Nationscks on united soldiers and american airmen aiding the u. N. Are frequent. Ow civil war seems imminent the dark chronicle of events in the congo is continued in belgium. A mass Funeral Honors soldiers and a plane crash soldiers who died in a plane crash. A tragic incident in the grave and complex crisis of the congo that troubles the entire world today. Britain on the mighty might of a missile, a tiny rocket, over gets guidancelant signals that make possible hairraising accuracy. The designers add that it is so simple the average g. I. Could operate it with one days training. The amazingly effective new weapon is graphically shown in these new sequences. Sequences demonstrate how the vigilance can pursue its quarry across the terrain. Fired from a helicopter, the tiny rocket can swoop in on a target and visible from the ground. Now, for an actual demonstration. As long as the operator can see the target, the vigilance will catch up with it, a direct line t
New effort to learn once and for all if there was ever life on the red planet. And final farewell. Congressman john lewis will be laid to rest in atlanta today in a ceremony attended by three former president s. Hear lewis final message to america in a new essay released this morning. Its powerful. But first, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. This is the fastest a vaccine has ever been developed. Together we will end the plague from china. We will defeat the virus. The National Death toll from the coronavirus has now passed 150,000. The president has also retweeted a tweet which said that you are misleading the american public. No, categorically, i have not misled the american public. Congressman Louie Gohmert tested positive for covid19 and he had contact with william barr without his mask. I might have put some of the virus onto the mask and breathed it in. Big tech giants testified on capitol hill on a heated hearing about whether they have too much power. Big t
A controversial citizenship law in india. Thousands of people turned out to welcome the return of come on rooms Opposition Leader. And we take a look at 2 very personal films about how politics of an impact in far flung parts of the world. Welcome to the program the United States and south korea have indefinitely postponed joint military drills as a result of the corona Virus Outbreak Health Officials in south korea have also released new numbers of cases there pushing the total number of people infected to almost 1600 well in the middle east saudi arabia has announced its temporary holding visas for both the pilgrimage i am for people coming in from affected countries iraq has closed schools universities and banned public gatherings as well as flights from several countries qatar has over the evacuation of the. Tare and kuwaiti citizens from iran to the spread of infections there meanwhile in the u. S. President trump has appointed Vice President mike pence to lead the response agains
Court of appeals judge for the ninth circuit. Confirmation vote is expected later today. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father in heaven, how great you are today, lead our lawmakers in their work. May they be messengers of unity and hope. Make them productive servants who strive to honor you. Remind them to act with justice, love, mercy, and humility. May they speak words that bring life, as they seek to live with integrity. Sovereign lord, strengthen our senators to seize opportunities that bring peace, hope, and freedom. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our 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. Mr. Mcconnell madam president. The presiding offic
happening now, donald trump remains on the primary ballot in michigan after the supreme court rejected a bid to disqualify him under the insurrectionist ban. will this ruling have any impact on trump s legal fight in colorado? also this hour, we re standing by for a readout on critical talks that just ended between biden cabinet officials and the president of mexico. did they reach any new agreement on ways to ease the surge of migrants into the u.s. as the problem weighs not only on border cities, but also the white house. also, we re following these disturbing new images out of gaza. palestinian men and at least two boys apparently stripped down to their underwear while being detained by the israeli military. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m kaitlan collins and you re in the situation room. our top story this hour, a new ruling in the multistate effort that is underway to disqualify donald trump from running