Lawmakers will be working on a bill to temporarily extend government funding through december 11th. Current funding runs out tonight at midnight eastern. We accept the final passage later today. Senators also starting to consider Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee, amy barrett. We expect lots of debate on the nomination as well. Now live to the senate floor on cspan2. Almighty god, we praise you with our whole hearts. We refuse to forget how you have led our nation in the past and trust you to guard our future. Lord, encourage our lawmakers to be a part of your solutions and not a part of the problems that confront our land. Give them the courage to carry on, knowing that nothing is too difficult for your sovereign might. May the light of your truth illumine their way, as they find in you a sure guide. Help them to commit their lives to goals that will cause justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. We pray in your sacred name, amen. The president pro te
Debate live from cleveland tuesday night on cspan. Stream at cspan. Org or listen live on the cspan radio app. And live now to the Senate Health committee who today will hear from dr. Anthony fauci, dr. Robered redfield and other members of the White House Coronavirus task force. Theyre expected to update lawmakers on the federal response to the pandemic. Live coverage here on cspan 3. Senator ted kennedy used to say our committee had the broadest jurisdiction in the senate. You only have to look around the room at a hearing and see that we also have the broadest range of views in the senate and some of the ablest advocates of those views. But thanks to our Committee Members and to senator murray most of our hearings have been bipartisan which means weve agreed on a broad range of witnesses to present points of view. And while the questioning and statements of senators has been probing, theres always been a high level of courtesy both to the witnesses and to the other senators which im
Administration, it is already manufacturing tens of millions of doses of six vaccines. And by the end of the year there will be tens of millions of doses of these vaccines already manufactured, ready to distribute. First, of course, to the priority individuals, those who are most vulnerable, Health Care Workers and others. Then according to the administration, they expect to be able to produce 300 million to 700 million doses of vaccines by march or april of next year. That is unprecedented. When i was a kid, we were terrified by polio. I had classmates who were in an iron lung and parents who were worried their children might be just as well. It took ten years to get a polio vaccine and polio is now eradicated. Most of the vaccines that our children take before they go to school, like mumps, measles, chicken pox, you have to take these vaccines, all 50 states and the district of columbia before you go to school. Most of them took ten years to develop. If the optimism of the administra
This is hosted for north korea and japan, marc knapper. All right, good morning, everyone in d. C. , good evening everyone in korea, good day to everyone around the world. Im mark lippert, host of the cs csis, and by kia motors. And secretary pompeos trip to northeast asia and the implication for north korea. 1010 marks party day in north korea. And the development in the disappearance of the dprk ambassador to rome who is now in south korea apparently. As well continuing developments in the reporting shooting death of the south koreaen minister apparently at the hands of the north koreans. And a new vice ministerial. Our next guest and frequent guest is giving us insights into this. And he and everyone knows well, Deputy Assistant secretary for korea, marc knapper, refresh the highlights, Director Office of Japanese Affairs at the state department, director of Indian Affairs and multiple assignments throughout asia with language skills, excuse me, korean, japanese, and vietnamese and
Congressional coverage here to you can watch that online at cspan. Org. We will take you live now to the senate for where lawmakers will see about extending federal spending past october 30. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, sovereign, source of wisdom, hear our prayers. Listen as we lift our hearts to you in our times of distress, answer us quickly. Strengthen our lawmakers. Keep them restless until they find rest in you. Keep them dissatisfied until they find their satisfaction in you. Lord, give them the wisdom to make wise choices that will glorify your name. Help them to keep their hearts and minds responsive to you, enabling them to help make a better nation and world. Remind them that you keep a protective eye on the godly so that they may be surrounded with the shield of your divine favor. May our senators, with faith, expect you to provide them with strength for each task. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of