While renewing a right spirit within us. Lord, help our lawmakers today to discern your voice and do your will. Give them the ability to accomplish your purposes on earth. Speak to them your wisdom, guide them with your spirit, and sustain them with your might. Lord, restore joy to our hearts for we trust your unfailing love. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. 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. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , thursday, august 13, 2020. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable john boozman, a senator from the state of arkansas, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed chuck grassley, president pro temp
The primary campaign in the election season. Unlike we have ever seen before. Good evening, everybody, im martha mccallum. Bret im bret baier. It is Super Tuesday. The most states, the most delegates. The most votes on the line as both parties march towards a 2020 rematch it looks like. At this hour polls are closed in virginia and vermont. Vermont could be nikki haleys best chance to win a state tonight, thanks to moderate northeast Republican Voters and an open primary system. Martha virginia is also holding an open primary and she could do well in the suburban areas near d. C. Both states also host democratic president ial primaries tonight where biden is widely expected to win. Bret those are just the first prizes of the night. 16 states and one territory heading to the polls today, including the two biggest states, texas and california. A lot of delegates there. Martha indeed, on the republican side there are 854 delegates up for grabs tonight. That is more than 70 of what is need
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hello everyone, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredericka witfield. we continue to follow major new developments involving former president trump. trump now saying he expects to be arrested on tuesday and is calling for protests. he made the announcement today in a social media post lashing out at the manhattan district attorney s office, which has invited him to testify before a grand jury. the arrest would be part of their investigation into alleged hush money payments to stormy daniels during the 2016 election. in the post, trump called for protests over his pending arrest to, quote, take a nation back. this development comes as sources tell cnn that law enforcement agencies in new york are also now preparing for the possible indictment of trump. cnn s polo sandoval is outside the manhattan criminal courthouse for us. to katelyn first. what do we know about the possible arrest the former president has been posting on social media about? he
crew has reached the site where a u.s. drone crashed in the black sea after being hit by a russian jet. i ll ask key white house official john kirby what, if anything, the kremlin might learn from the wreckage. also tonight stock prices slide amid fresh chaos in the banking industry. two troubles at two banks atting to fears more failures on the horizon as many americans are wondering if their money is safe. and former trump lawyer michael cohen just wrapped up his second round of testimony in the investigation of hush money he says he paid to stormy daniels. the adult film star meeting with prosecutors today as a grand jury considers criminal charges against the former president. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. sources now telling cnn that russian naval craft have arrived at the site of the u.s. dron