Environmental initiatives. [ applause ] governor, i would like to welcome you and look forward to what you have to say in the state of the state. Thank you, mr. Speaker, Lieutenant Governor long, mr. Speaker, mr. President pro tim, members of the 150th General Assembly, members of my cabinet, distinguished members of the judiciary, invited guests and my fellow delawarians, thank you, mr. Speaker, for inviting me today. Its a great privilege, and its great to be here with all of you. Before i get started, a point of personal privilege, if i may. Were joined today by my beautiful mother ann carney. [ applause ] she always gets the loudest applause. I told her that at least there would be one person in the chamber who would be cheering for me. Not bad. She raised nine children and taught school for 30 years and is here with us today, and she will be leading the applause so keep your eye on her. Mom is here with my brothers mike and joe. Joes wife gail, my brotherinlaw who you all know bre
California. With the food being available, it is a distribution problem. Judy all that and more on pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by b nsrailway. Consumer cellular. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems. Skoll foundation. Org. Lsthe le foundation. Omittedro to ing lives through invention in the u. S. And developing countries. Hepported by the john deke the john d and cne t macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. And with the ongoing support of theses. Institution ethis program was m possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions to your pbs station from viewers you. Thank you. Judy stephanie good evening. We will return to the rest of the showat after thet headlines. Late this evening, President Trump signed into law two bills in hong kong. Emocracy ptesters the move puts hong kongs special trading status with the u. S. On the line,
Mr. President , the first motion the senate will vote on is a straightforward proposition. The motion says lets send this bill back to the senate on a bipartisan basis and come up with a plan that actually works for the middle class. I will wrap up just by recapping the republican rhetoric on his tax plan. First it was said to be a guaranteed middleclass tax cuts. Then it was merely focused on the middle class. Next it was an average tax cut across a variety of income cohort. But now, the numbers are actually in. Republicans want to run up enough red ink to threaten medicare and Social Security and still raise taxes on more than half of the middle class. The senate on a bipartisan basis can do better than this. I urge my colleagues to support this proposal, to send the bill back and come back h on a bipartisan basis with tax reform that actually works for the middle class. I yeild back. The question on motion. Nay. Is there a sufficient second . The clerk will call the roll. [roll call
Continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. Foxx, for five minutes. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, new boy scouts make a promise to do their best, to do their duty to god and country and to help other people at all times. Mr. Lewis wood of stokes county, north carolina, has not only fulfilled that promise, he fullest. It to the mr. Wood joined the boy scouts of america in january, 1943. Later he served as a volunteer and scoutmaster for troop 440 for 50 years. When mr. Wood and his family were recently informed of his pancreatic cancer diagnosis, he was focused on living until this january, the 75th anniversary of his becoming a scout. What an admirable spirit and wonderful man. After a lifetime of service, mr. Wood is now preparing for his next journey, mr. Speaker. I commend mr. Wood for his 75 years of dedication to
Naples. The clark county coroner will officially release their names. Witnesses say a fourth person lives with the couple and also attacked but was able to get away. Karen castro, 8 news now. Denise Valdez we know more tonight about the man involved in a shooting at mccarran airport. Its a story we brought you as breaking news last night at 6. Jeffery brown is accused of shooting the couple in the back yesterday evening. Garage. Were told that couple just arrived from indianapolis. Police say brown and the woman are an estranged couple. Both the woman and her boyfriend are recovering from the gunshot wounds. Brown was later found at the va hospital in north las vegas. Hes now behind bars. Facing several charges including two counts of attempted murder. Discharging a firearm in a prohibited area. And one count of assault with a deadly weapon. Hes expected to appear in court thursday. Dave Courvoisier tedd florendo hurricane paine have no enveloped the region. Rain chances are not in the