Welcome our guest tonight to the stage. Id like to take a minute to share some information about our upcoming programs. This season, we will host a number of exciting speakers and engage in conversations including february 5th a sweeping historical discussion how the right to bear arms from americas founding until today. On february 7th, a retrospective commemorating the constitutional legacy of the late Justice Antonin Scalia two years after his death. On february 21st, a special Members Program on the role of dissent throughout american history. On march 20th, an exclusive book launch with National Constitution Center President and ceo Jeffrey Rosen on William Howard taft and of course, much more. To purchase tickets or for more details about these and other upcoming events, please visit constitution center. Org debate. If youre interested in becoming a member, visit the membership table directly outside the auditorium lobby on information how to join today. Members receive free tick
Deliver them from jealousy, from those who hate the upright and surround them with the shield of your divine favor. Give them the wisdom to find Common Ground in order to accomplish the best for our nation and world. Remind them that righteousness elevates a nation but sin destroys. Prepare their hearts and minds for all of the challenges they will face in the days to come. We pray in your merciful name. And, lord, today, we thank you for the legacy of our nations first president , george washington. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. 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 under the previous order, the leadership time is resoiched. Morning business is closed. Pursuant to the order of the senate of january 24, 1901, as amended by the order of
West appears to be evaporating, basically we knock the clouds out, shortly after sunrise yesterday weve stayed generally clear overnight and today looks mostly sunny, were starting out kind of cold. 24 degrees in philadelphia. 22 in wilmington, currently. 18 in trenton. 19 in allentown. 21 in reading. 18 in millville. 31 in cape may. Not going to bother you with windchills. Theres a little bit of winds out there, but not enough to make it feel as uncomfortable as yesterday. Overall today looks like a day of improvementment well see sunshine like improvement, well see sunshine, like yesterday, but less wind. Well get up to 44 degrees, notice how you head out on friday evening, yeah, its coat weather, but with clear skies and light winds not as bad as its been. We have icejam related flooding up bushkill false falls four miles of ice forcing water on the main waterway and backing water up in other tributaries like the lehigh river. Be careful driving up north not only today and tomorrow,
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Street is not over yet. Now at 11 00, the dow suffered its biggest point drop in history. It looks like the rough ride on wall street is not over yet. Im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. Lets take a look at the asian markets. They are taking a beating right now. Japan is down almost 5 in Tuesday Morning trading. Hong kong down about 4. 5 . The dow finished the day down more than 1,100 points. That is a loss of 4. 6 . That is the largest in seven years. Mark sayre on whats driving the selloff. Mark . Reporter it looks like another brutal day tomorrow. Stock features are pointing to a selloff of perhaps 500 more points at the opening bell. It may have been the single biggest point drop in stock market history. And there is still not enough to trip automatic Circuit Breakers to slow or stop trading. San jose staid economics professor say san jose state economics professor says the trading has dropped. We have a lot of computers that are doing the trading. It is not actual humans who dot ma