Legislation in the United States senate. Save more than 18,000 lives each and every year. Thats right, 18,000 lives each and every year. We arent talking about anything other than the results of sound science. And because of that sound science, we know that at approximately five we know that at approximately five months babies can feel pain. We know that if a baby were to need prenatal surgery at that age tivhey would be given an anesthia why, because that little life feels pain. Yesterday, mr. President , senator gave name after name after name of babies born around five months who have gone onto live healthy and full lives. This, mr. President , is not about prochoice or prolife. It is simply about protecting tenin fingers, ten toes and one beating heart and bringing the amazing gift of life. And in our world, out of merely 200en nations, only seven allow abortions on demand of 20 weeks. Only seven out of 200 nations, whos among the seven nations, china, north korea, vietnam and the
People killed this week by tornadoes that swept across the south. In alabama, where another twister touched down christmas night, nearly 200 roads are closed due to flooding, and the threat of extreme weather is not over yet. The South Central u. S. Faces everything from more tornadoes to blizzard conditions while part of the midwest and northeast could finally get their first real taste of winter early next week. We begin tonight with Mark Strassmann in mississippi. Yeah, you cant live like that, sweetheart. Reporter kenya williams is both heartbroken and thankful. Her brick home since childhood has lost its roof and half its walls but she has perspective. 10 mississippi residents were killed by the christmas week tornadoes. Six of them were her neighbors. My 72yearold blind, disabled dad was in this house when the tornado hit. So for him to come out with just a bump and scratch on his head ohis forehead, no broken bones, not severely hurt, didnt have to go into i. C. U. , im good wit
Who was sort of the artist, and sort of the oppositions between this man, and this tyrant niro and how he tried to survive in that time period while being on the on the other hand a. Senior adviser to nero and it was a very tricky business. A great piece of roman history. A very easy and great reading. So thats my Summer Reading for now and i hope to be back next year with an equal number of recommendations. Book tv wants to know what you are reading this summer. Post it on our facebook page, facebook. Com booktv. And now in book tv rinna rrvecion Rena Steinzor. Everybody thank you for joining us. Im president of Public Citizen. Here here for a conversation about Rena Steinzor about why not jail. Rena is going to talk and i will have some comments ond renas books and remarks and we will open it up for a discussion. I think maybe for a step back from where rena is going to dive it, recognize our country has an epidemic of corporate crime, abuse and violence from which we all suffer. Its
Average daily volume of 150 million individual transactions. Yes. We compared that to amazon. And amazon has only 27 million transactions. That was the case back on cyber monday in 2012. Now, we understand that much of this i. T. Is at its core cobalt based. The computer language developed in 1959 essentially before color television. And many of the i. T. Managers acknowledged that a cobalt based system works, but they also have indicated that its less efficient, and agile, than more modern computer languages. So what can the agency do to update the technology that it has to have to manage this eyepopping amount of data that youre dealing with every day . Well, i think one of the underlying challenges you just mentioned, theres a tremendous volume of data that we process. We recognize that we have to move away from cobalt to some extent, but not fully, because in some instances its the best language. There is a transition to modernize our systems. One of the challenges will be how quic
So i support your nomination, and i think youve addressed the concerns of the senators here, and im doing it because i think you have the experience. You really had several stints at the agency, so youve seen the changes over time. And i think youll work with us particularly in an area im very interested, make sure were using modern technology. Because i think with 21st century challenges. And then we got things that were in place before, color tv, sort of 20th century technologies, thats why we have to play some catchup. We have to Work Together and we have to move quickly, and we have to do it given the challenge with constrained resources, and i feel youre going to work closely with us, and i intend to support your nomination. With that, with the finance committee, were adjourned. Let me know the committee record will be open for questions until 5 00 p. M. Monday august 4th, and now we are officially adjourned. This weekend on cspan, the Kentucky Senate race, Mitch Mcconnell is seek