Source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word, from the Nations Capital to wherever you are, because the opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Work on judicial and executive nominations continues in the senate today. Three vote series are planned on President Bidens nominees, including confirmation of the assistant secretary of state for european and Eurasian Affairs and senators are expected to recess for party launches. Were live on the senate floor on cspan2. The chaplain dr. Barry black will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, rule and reign in our lives. Lord, we are gratefully aware that you are the give of every good and perfect gift. We are further aware of our own unworthiness as our senators labor today, make them extensions of your power in our world. May they arrange their priorities according to your will and view their challenges from an ethical and moral perspective. Hel
Friendship, support, the little favors which youve done for me and for every member of the senate to make our lives and the lives of our families better. You have truly added to this Great Institution as much as any person whos served because you have made your mark and youve kept us safe, and youve kept the millions of visitors during your tenure safe as well. Congratulations to you and especially to irene, who has been patient throughout it all, with her own career and her own effort raising a family and making her mark professionally. The two of you are quite an example to all of us of Public Service at its best. Thanks, terry, for your service. And now comes the tough responsibility of following in the steps of terry gainer. Mr. President , majority leader reid has announced that drew williwhichwivment willison willy gainer. He has been deputy sergeantatarms and has learned from the best. He had roles in the energy and water subcommittee effort as well as the legislative branch app
Saying the feds didnt have a good enough reason to include a census Citizenship Question, trump orders the d. O. J. To get it back in. Neal katyal helps us make sense of it as the 11th hour gets under way on a wednesday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im ali velshi in for brian williams. Day 895 of the Trump Administration. There could not be a more stark split screen on the eve of the nations 243rd birthday. On the left preparations for trumps july 4th salute to america are under way on the National Mall in washington, d. C. A celebration featuring tanks, military flyovers, and a speech from the commander in chief taking place as his administration is in the throes of a fullblown humanitarian crisis on the right of your screen on the nations southern border. The president has promised our july 4th salute to america at the Lincoln Memorial is looking to be really big. It will be the show of a lifetime. The cost of our great salute to amer
Is this hands chuck . Jillian america has spoken. Are released favorite vegetable just revealed. Rob fox and friends first continues right now. Lightning and thunder jillian we spent the last 45 seconds debating vegetables. Rob it cant be court on the cob. Lightning and thunder on the east coast. You are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. Jillian lets get to a fox news alert. The message from iran, ready for war, asked her an act of hostility against the United States. Rob a navy drone shot down in International Airspace. Any ideas how the us might respond to this . Reporter tensions have skyrocketed, the race is on to recover the Us Navy Drone shot down by iranian surfacetoair missile. Not clear how the us will respond to the provocation. Officials tell me a target list has been brought up but it is up to donald trump to strike back or not. Before the incident Lindsey Graham spoke to bret baer on special report. Anymore disruption of shipping in the strait of hormuz,
Scheduling answers that are quite as clear instantaneously as that one. It was really great. Is it possible that we can do this on monday . The court, no. Mr. Gardner and again oh, okay. The court again says no are you seriously going to keep talking . I said no. No. No. In most other federal courts in america, that would be a perfectly reasonable request. Theres a lot of federal judges who will not be working on friday, but this judge is. Friday, 2 00 p. M. He wants an answer. What is the president up to and what is the government doing in this case. Does the Justice Department speak for the government anymore does it represent what the government is doing or do we just rule biffi at from what the president retweets and misspelled on his phone. Thanks, man. And who speaks for Mark Zuckerberg . The other big question of the day. Good night, lawrence. Tomorrow the president who has never inspired a majority of the American People will try to do that once again. He will absolutely defini