S . Roo vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Seeing none, the yeas are 52, the nays are 39. The nomination is confirmed. The clerk will report the next nomination. The Clerk Department of state, John Joseph Sullivan of maryland to be ambassador of the United States of america to the russian federation. The presiding officer the question is on the nomination. A senator i ask for the yeas and nays. The presiding officer is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . Seeing none, the ayes are 70, the nays are 22, and the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The clerk will report the next nomination.
Its part of the comprehensive plan to deal with the homeless crisis, and says she has received positive feedbacks from players in the cruise ship industry. They could provide rooms for a thousand people very quickly, and the magnitude of our homele homelessness crisis requires a broader response than what we have seen before. Before they Start Talking about putting a bunch of homeless folks on a boat in the middle of the bay they should enforce whats already been passed. Reporter homeless advocate nita bee says kaplans heart is in the right place but the city Council Passed a measure to use city land to build tiny housing, and that has not happened, maybe they should concentrate on that. Back here outside oakland city hall, we reached out to the port of oakland for their reaction to this idea, and it would be an under statement to say theyre not that crazy about it and there are several reasons for it. One of them being they dont have the facilities for it. Well expand on that on our s
Jamesons father tells Us Child Protective Services took custody of the children and that made him distraught. Tonight Gordon Jameson is questioning the allegations against his son. No, i dont believe its true. You know what i mean. Not with him, you know. He was the kind of son that you know tell me, pull over, dad within give his hamburg we are a homeless person. Gordon says his son was pentecostal but left a couple years ago to join islam but never imagined this. Never saw it coming. Never saw it coming, not once. You know what i mean. Guys are telling you think youre a muslim you know what i mean, like that. But he was like, no, dad, were the nice ones. You know, were the nice ones. Were not like that. I just pray. Everitt jameson was dishonorably discharged from the marine corps. For not revealing he suffered froms asthma, tonight facing charges. Its hard to fathom. I dont know what to say, how to feel really. Its shocking. You know, thats my son. You know. Reporter never saw it co
A look at european equities and how they are trading right now. The biggest declines for greeces asc since june 24 last year. Spain lower. Italy. Referral stock markets declining. Stock marketsl declining. One of the many questions that will be uncovered as these Coalition Talks begin in germany. Euro down on the back of the german election. Bond yields declining. Some corporate stories to tell you about today. Unilever agreed to buy a south Korean Company for 2. 2 billion euros. Shareholders who own it are bolstering unilevers position in one of the worlds biggest skincare market. The brands include dove, ben jerrys. The acquisition marks a shift from other recent purchases. Shares, to be fair, are barely changed. U. S. Private equity firm hellman net,reeman agreed to buy adding to a wave of acquisitions this year in the payments industry as investors seek to profit from growth in online commerce. Up by 6. 3 . Ts hellman and friedman will offer shareholders cash. That is the day befor
The presiding officer the senator from rhode island. Mr. Whitehouse mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that any pending quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Whitehouse thank you, mr. President. Its nice to see the distinguished senator in the chair presiding. Im not sure in my 183 time to wake up speeches ive had yet had the pleasure of speaking while the presiding officer was presiding. I am here to wake up to the corporate capture of congress and this administration, the capture of governance by the fossil fuel industry that keeps us from honestly addressing Climate Change. There is a saying that personnel is policy personnel is policies. Well, well, the trump personnel for positions at the Environmental Protection agency reflect a policy to undo the Public Welfare mission of the agency and align it with the special interests of the fossil fuel industry. There is a word for that. It is called corruption, at least as the Founding Fathers knew the