Connecticut, new york and vermont. 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. Eternal father, the source of light and life, we praise your holy name. Because of you we live, and move, and have our being. Remind us that we are not adequate for our daily tasks without your strength and abiding presence. Lord, empower our senators this day to think clearly, speak wisely, and live faithfully. May they strive to do their best and then leave the results to you. Eternal god, we are trusting you to fulfill your purposes for our nation and world. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. M
For their tremendous leadership that we are here on the floor today to speak about. I come today not just as a member of the senate representing my home state of washington, but as a former educator, as a mother, and as a grandmother, devastated by how the gun violence epidemic is tearing apart our families and ravaging our communities in every state. And i am furious at Republican Leaders who continue to stand by and do nothing while more and more lives are lost. Just as i was after newtown, parkland, Sutherland Springs and marysville in my home state of washington, i could go on. Mr. President , we dont have to continue this cycle of violence, heartbreak, and inaction, and we are here today to emphasize that there is action that we can take right now because earlier this year the house passed h. R. 8, meaningful, bipartisan gun safety legislation to address this terrible crisis through universal background checks and other popular rarms, but in the 260 days since h. R. 8 passed the h
Today. With her lawyer present because there is still an investigation ongoing. There is only so much allowed to talk about. She is charismatic and personable and she spoke highly of the time at Ballou High School and about her love for the school and the students. She made one thing perfectly clear. When it comes to fudging grades and fixing attendance number under her leadership, that did not happen. I didnt do anything wrong. I operated within the spirit of the policies. I know the investigation isgoing. It might reveal that something was done incorrectly. If that is four under to be true then i would if that is found to be true i would work on my return to be fully compliant with the policies. My messaging to staff is never a directive to do anything wrong, illegally, morally unsound. I pride myself on messaging right decision. Kimberly we covered a lot of subjects in the cushion. Q from grades and attendance, pressuring the teachers and the 2017 graduating class. We have more on t
Heat advisory that will, pumping back into effect as we head into tuesday. Noon time until 7 00 p. M. For Philadelphia County and surrounding counties and so that includes a large portion of the south jersey, northwestern suburbs, parts of the delaware as well. So you really want to take it easy during those main, problems heating hours of the day, and we are in the miss of the heat wave. We have 94 degrees yesterday. 1 degree shy off the record High Temperature. We topped out at 94. Forecast high for tomorrow is 96 degrees. That bonnie deed break record High Temperatures. We will talk more about this extreme heat and when we will get some relief coming up in your full forecast in just a bit. Lauren, thank you. Track temperatures and your full forecast anytime, down load cbs philly weather app available on itunes and google play. Within the pennsylvania half an hour, jury deliberations have begun in bill cosbys Sexual Assault trial. They will deciding whether to convict or acquit, the
Big weekend ahead, a lot of activities planned for fathers day tomorrow how are we looking. It looks like tomorrow will be the better of the two days, so that is good news. We are doing this Outdoor Activities weather, we are grilling for dad whether you are going to the phillies game tomorrow or getting out enjoying this sunday it does look like, again, tomorrow should be better of the two day. Wake up on this saturday morning though it is a dreary start to the day. It is not so much that it is raining, really heavily, across the Delaware Valley but what were seeing is patchy fog that is developing, and areas of, light drizzle, and a few sprinkles in the region. Storm scan three the radar is showing you a relatively quiet sea but again a few showers out there toward harrisburg, maybe isolated rump of thunder as well. Up here in the poconos a few areas of light showers coming out of the maryland moving toward wilmington as well a few areas of light shower activity. This is what we are