The secretary madam speaker. Im directed by the president of the United States to deliver to the house of representatives messages in writing. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postponefurther proceedings to suspend the rules on which the the yeas and nays are ordered or votes objected to. The house will resume proceedings on the postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Mr. Takano i move the house suspend the rules and pass h. R. 4625 as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title the clerk a bill to amend title 38, United States code, to require that educational institutions abide by certain principles as a condition of approval for purposes of the Educational Assistance programs of the department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. Takano, and the gentleman from tennessee
A cease fire with heavy after heavy fighting with israel kills at least 32. 00 Palestinians Israel has not confirmed any deal and already there are reports of more rockets being fired into its territory. Was one of europes cultural jewels underwater the highest tide in flop a century inundates venice mayor is blaming Climate Change the Prime Ministers calling it a blow to the heart of italy. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us in the u. S. A landmark day on capitol hill lawmakers have begun public hearings in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump the 1st in 20 years 1st up testimony from 2 top diplomats trump has called process a witch hunt he says hes too busy doing the peoples business even to tune in. A historic day for the United States hours of testimony played out on Television Screens across the country we will come to order. Morning everyone. The inquiry centers on an alleged Pressure Campaign aimed at forcing ukraine to investigate the u. S. Preside
Television screens House Democrats hope to prove the president of the use his power to discredit will trump himself says they have one on if there are a witch hunt and in any case hes too busy to tune in. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us the worst flooding in venice in more than 50 years has brought calls for more to be done to protect the historic city from the ravages of rising sea levels the italian cabinet is set to declare a state of emergency much of the Historic Center is under water the mayor is blaming Climate Change Prime Minister just have a contest called the flooding a blow to the heart of italy. The crypt of the saint marks basilica and there more than a meter of water the church one of venices most iconic landmarks is among the west hit by the flooding. On wednesday evening water levels have gone down but locals remained on the. Prime minister just epic on day rush to the city to assess the situation his government will swiftly decide whether to accept the
This saturday, august 17th. Im claudine wong. The weekend is upon us. Good morning. Im frank mallicoat. And rosemary is here, too. Talk a little weather. And boy, it was cool. It was so nice. Took a while. At 4 00, i was like, rosemary said its supposed to get better. And then it did. It did. And we start out the day like the day before. And were thinking, whats going to change . When it is it going to change . But it kicks in later in the day but it eventually does. We saw dramatic cooling in the bay area. And this morning, were waking up with low clouds and fog once again. So thats actually a nice change as well. San francisco clicking in right about 59 degrees. Santa rosa at 54. Low 60 negligence oakland. Low 60s livermore, as well as san jose. The onshore breeze is flowing. For a while, fairfield, you are down by 11 degrees this morning. San jose by 11. And santa rosa, as well as novato. The cooldown is going to continue for the afternoon today. First a check of the winds. Winds in
High for more on what powell said and what we learned from todays fed minutes, senior economics report Steve Liesman is here. In the house. Onset in the house how am i supposed to cover the Federal Reserve when you put up a graphic like powellpalo oo, za what is wrong with that it captures the sentiment celebrate good times i was doing that. If you goad them in the control room, they will take the bait every time yes. So i think it was powellpalooza is not a bad way to characterize it it had every opportunity to push back on the market being darn sure there was a rate cut. Instead of pushing them back he said, come on, we are going more in terms of i dont mean more in terms of more rate cuts, but you can be more sure he emphasized the negatives and down played the positives. What i thought was interest ingalls ing is that the markets threw into doubt the 50 basis cut later this month once we got the job reports, but powell said to have a hot jobs market we need heat he said tothe marke