Bill with a final vote scheduled for this morning. Theyll also work on the nomination of Justin Walker to serve on the u. S. Court of appeals. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Lord, god of heaven and earth, today teach our lawmakers to do things your way, embracing your precepts and walking in your path. Lord, make them powerful instruments for goodness in our nation and world. Remind them at the narrow and difficult road leads to life and few find it. You honor those who honor you. As our senators receive guidance from you and following your leading, replace anxiety with calm and confusion with clarity. Give them attentive hearts and open minds as they seek to find in the diversity of ideas what is best for our nation and world. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to o
Quorum. Hispanic george floyd captured the attention and the emotions of the entire world. In the weeks that followed, most folks about the world have been crying out for a change should end at the end to racial inequality and the beginning of the new era of justice, understanding and healing. While sometimes uncomfortable, this conversation is much needed and in my opinion, it is long overdue. The in the communities that were rich in diversity its difficult to understand the unfairness someone faces due to their skin color. But we can make the time l to listen. I did this last week when i sat down with our own Senate Chaplain for those that do not know him, hes an inspiring person and after serving over 27 years in the United States navy. One of my favorite things he told me they listen hi would ses mother taught him. She taught him god gave us two ears, two guys that only one mouth and we should use them proportionately. I believe the United States is by far the greatest country in t
To begin to talk and listen and to learn i grew up in a predominantly white community. But as a young woman, i was blessed, truly blessed, to live, learn, in work in communities that were rich in diversity. It is difficult to understand the unfairness someone faces due to their skin color, but we can make time to listen. I did this last week when i sat down with our own senate chaplain, very black. For those who do not know him, chaplain black is a remarkable er barry black. After serving over 27 years in the United States navy, he now serves as a spiritual guide for senators, and opens our proceedings every day with a thoughtful prayer. One of my favorite things he told meld was about a lesson his mother had taught him. Ol she told him that god gave us two ears, two ayes, but only one mouth. And we should use them proportionately. I believe the nice states is by far the greatest country in the world that does not mean that we dont have past and Current Issues that we need to address.
What happens if democrats succeed in defeating it . It could be the most consequential vote on capitol hill since impeachment. Jillian baseball is that, kind of. We will tell you what the season looks like when players take the field next month. Fox and friends first starts right now. Rob good morning, you are watching fox and friends first. Jillian thank you for starting the day with us. We begin with a fox news alert, protesters burning an American Flag as unrest in the Nations Capital continues. Todd Marianne Rafferty joins us have armed protesters surround the Atlanta Wendys where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed. Reporter protests show no sign of slowing down despite warnings from the president , protesters hung an American Flag, set it on fire near Lafayette Park just one day after a group tried to form the black house autonomous zone outside the white house and attempted to tear down the statue of Andrew Jackson, those acts met with strong words from the president in a tweet.
Michael cohen case which, oh, by the way, includes individual one, donald trump, who is accused in all of those documents of directing the crimes Michael Cohen was committing, and thats the case, that we discovered tonight that william barr has been trying to interfere with as soon as he got the job. And if there is a systemic effort inside Prosecutors Office to let the president s tendrils to extend to prosecutorial decisions for there to be political pressure or on how cases are resolved and brought or not brought, among other things, the judiciary should know about that because in some cases judges may want to correct for that or investigate that or figure that out if prosecutors are being importuned in that way. So i realize that prosecutors are constrained in terms of what they can tell us, the public, but when cases are getting messed with, when there is interference, in the same way its a really serious thing to intimidate a witness or to do other thing to obstruct justice, if t