In Phil Mattingly on capitol hill. So, phil, what is happening in the House Chamber right now and how is this expected to play out today . I think the thing thats happening that you should Pay Attention to is the chamber is in session at all right now. Taking a couple of procedural votes. In the middle of august when lawmakers are back in their district in between the two national conventions, the democratic one and republican one that starts on monday, lawmakers are back on capitol hill. For democrats, they say this conoats the urgency of the matter theyre dealing with. Obviously across the country, lawmakers in both parties have heard reports of significant delays about delivery and democrats taking the president s own words have tied that to the potential of problems in the election balloting in november. Particularly with mailin ballots at the pandemic sweeps across the country. Theres an assumption mailin ballots willing going up more than they have in the past. The vote the democ
North carolina this evening. Meanwhile, Vice President pence and senator Kamala Harris also hit the campaign trail this holiday weekend. Both talking to voters in the state of wisconsin. Coronavirus clearly taking center stage as the two campaigns clash over a potential vaccine. The president again linking a vaccine to election day. But both Health Experts and senator harris say not so fast. I think that we have learned since this pandemic started, but really before that, that theres very little that we can trust that comes out of Donald Trumps mouth. Our team is on the ground with the latest. Mike memoli in d. C. , Josh Lederman in jupiter, florida and Shannon Pettypiece standing nearby the white house. Joe biden says postlabor day, thats now, he plans on doing a lot more traveling. Whats in store . Yeah, steph. In fact, even President Trump taking note of joe bidens busier campaign itinerary tweeting about it this morning. In fact, what did we see yesterday, steph . Joe biden though
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the chaplain, chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Almighty and powerful god. Our creator and defender, we call upon you this day to speak into the whirlwind of the life threatening storm surge and catastrophic winds that now bombard the florida peninsula and have left behind unfathomable destruction in cuba. As Hurricane Ian rages, those who are caught in its ravages are filled with dread. Their personal calamity is its own whirlwind around them. In their distress and anguish, they and we on their behalf pray to you for their safety and refuge. For you, alone, have the power with but a word to cause the tempest to still and the wind and waves to be hushed. So speak your word. Shine your light into the darkness of these days. And listen to these fervent prayers. Deliver the thousands of evacuees from their plight. Leave them to find shelter in you from all that threatens them this day.
Members will vote on additional protections for whistleblowers and a bill making changes to u. S. Sen es us is Bureau Operations including the limiting the reasons the president could fire the director. Now live to the house floor. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The prayer will be offered the clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , september 15, 2022. I hereby appoint the honorable andre carson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me . Holy god, come alongside us this day for in your presence there is fullness of joy. So fill us yo
This is a storm that is going to have a very deep low pressure center. I know its going to be a category 1. Ive heard all of these tweets about how can a category 1 be bad . Theres a big High Pressure on it behind. A big high here, a big low here, the wind between those two systems will be tremendous. Winds could gust 80 Miles Per Hour from michigan through ohio into pennsylvania not even really attached to the center or the core or the eye of the hurricane. Heres the latest. 76. 9 if youre keeping track at home. Still an 80 mile per hour storm. Last night at 11 00 this was a tremendous storm moving through the bahamas. It got torn up overnight. It doesnt look nearly as bad as it did last night. That is great news. Dry air has pulled in. It was sheered apart. It just doesnt right now have the power that it once did. It is still forecast to be in warm water. This is the gulf stream. All the warm water that runs up the east coast current and stilg staying there. I know the middle of the