Vote vote vote the presiding officer is there anyone wishing to change their vote . Is there anyone remaining to vote . On this motion the yeas are 87. The nays are 9. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report. The clerk nomination, department of transportation, derek kan of california to be under secretary fo secretary of transportation for policy. A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune madam president , i rise to voice my strong support for the nomination of derek kan. The Commerce Committee held a hearing on his nomination on june 8 in 2017 and reported his nomination favorably out of the committee on june 29 of 2017 by voice vote. Its now november 9. Over four months since the nomination was reported out of committee. This noncontroversial well qualified nominee has been languishing in the senate for far too long. Its truly unfortunate, madam president , when we have to go through the cloture process on this particular nomine
They were assassinated or killed while on assignment. In the last decade, the number of journalists who have been killed for doing their job numbers at least 695. It has been especially d dangers for members of the media working in syria, afghanistan, iraq, and yemen. With its convoluted relationship between politics and organized crime, the mosost dangerous country outside a war zone is mexico. The power of the pen. In his work, political cartoonist Rafael Pineda exposes the dangers that journalists face in mexico. Rafael mexicos not a good place for freedom of expression. Were attacked, tortured, kidnapped,d, murdere afael pinenedas work makeks him a ththorn in the side e of mexicos drug kingpins and corrupt politicians. That puts his life in dangere. Rafael once, after a party, i got in the car. It was early in the morning, a grey day. And then i saw a message that had been left on the back of the car keep quiet. I saw it in the rearview mirror. I was badly shaken. He defied the thr
They were assassinated or killed while on assignment. In the last decade, the number of journalists who have been killed for doing their job numbers at least 695. It has been especially d dangers for members of the media working in syria, afghanistan, iraq, and yemen. With its convoluted relationship between politics and organized crime, the mosost dangerous country outside a war zone is mexico. The power of the pen. In his work, political cartoonist Rafael Pineda exposes the dangers that journalists face in mexico. Rafael mexicos not a good place for freedom of expression. Were attacked, tortured, kidnapped,d, murdere afael pinenedas work makeks him a ththorn in the side e of mexicos drug kingpins and corrupt politicians. That puts his life in dangere. Rafael once, after a party, i got in the car. It was early in the morning, a grey day. And then i saw a message that had been left on the back of the car keep quiet. I saw it in the rearview mirror. I was badly shaken. He defied the thr
Anything should be brief this morning but later on this afternoon, some of the storms further to the west could be moving in, north of highway 20, and there could be downpours. A low chance during the lunch hour. North of highway 20 today. Otherwise, it will be dry with plenty of sunshine, and there is going to be plenty of humidity around as well. Temperatures are going to be rising into the 80s this afternoon. The warmest conditions we have seen in about a week and it is going to be very, very muggy we have that low chance for storms rain chances will actually be increasing through the week. I will let you know which day july and early august. August. Sunday morning at about five witnesses told officers a black male walked into a mcdonalds with a handgun and left with cash and personal items. Officers didnt find a suspect and crimestoppers is offering a thousand dollar reward. Reward. At least four businesses in iowa city have been robbed over the last month and a half. Police say cu
Watch the warriors game . Yes, but because it was on early. I turned it on and came back i was surprised. It was a well played game. Clay thompson went off will they ever lose . I dont know. Im not betting on it. Is take a look at the commute the traffic is moving along they wont go 820, would they . Doesnt seem like they could. 17 minute drive traffic looks good about as good as it gets at the bay bridge toll plaza not bad. Off to a nice start driving into San Francisco. Concord to walnut creek it looks good from the bridge to the interchange and highway 24 between walnut creek in oakland . Good. 680 heading into dublin is at the speed limit. 4 31 lets go back to the desk. Heres a look at the top stories we are following this morning. Donald trump list proposal to ban muslims from the us is being widely criticized even from fellow republicans. Paul ryan says what he proposed is not what the Republican Party stands for. The warriors are one step closer to moving across the bay. The boa