Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 92, the nays are 4. And the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The presiding officer the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of john w. Holcomb of california to be United States district judge for the Central District of california. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of john w. Holcomb of california to be United States district judge for the Central District of california shall
Beyond recognition. A bustling city, now a wasteland. The destructive power of water has ripped the heart from derna. Its survivors left wracked with grief and anger. Translation we were told to stay inside our homes. Why . They should have told us there was a storm, told us the dam was old and crumbling. Some of these destroyed buildings were 100 years old. This man lost five members of his family in the raging current. One was his ten month old daughter. He shows me their pictures. First alive. And then their bodies. This was what brought him here. A convoy of ministers from the eastern government, one of libyas two opposing authorities. Fighting has decimated the countrys infrastructure. Ferris says its proved fatal. I spoke to the eastern prime minister, 0sama hamad. How could this happen when the dams were supposed to keep people safe . It was a very strong cyclone, he told me. Too strong for the dams. Here in the centre of derna, the destruction is total. And when you look down t
That could intimidate witnesses or jurors or even lead to harassment. And how do you think trump is responding . Ill give you a cliff hanger and tell you about that in just a moment. Plus it is day one of the auto workers strike. The first in history against all of the Big Three Auto Makers and the union is now warning that more workers will go on strike if they dont get the better pay and benefits they are demanding. They are walking the picket lines as we speak but in a matter of hours will be back at the Bargaining Table. The companies are fighting back, ford laying off 600 workers. Well talk to one striking worker, a mom of seven who works up to six days per week and is barely making enough to survive she says. Ill begin with the latest on the filing from the Special Counsel jack smith. Joining me live washington correspondent for the Atlanta Constitution and former associate white House Counsel to president george w. Bush. So happy you are all here. There is no surprise there has
0ur correspondent anna foster is in on the ground in derna and filed this report. A landscape changed beyond recognition. A bustling city, now a wasteland. The destructive power of water has ripped the heart from derna. Its survivors left wracked with grief and anger. We were told to stay inside our homes. Why . They should have told us there was a storm, told us the dam was old and crumbling. Old. This man lost five members of his family in the raging current. One was his ten month old daughter. He shows me their pictures. First alive. And then their bodies. This was what brought him here. A convoy of ministers from the eastern government, one of libyas two opposing authorities. Fighting has decimated the countrys infrastructure. Ferris says its proved fatal. Well, i spoke to the eastern prime minister, 0sama hamad. How could this happen when the dams were supposed to keep people safe . It was a very strong cyclone, he told me. Too strong for the dams. Here in the center of derna, the
Now Condoleezza Rice on democracy. [inaudible conversations] [applause] and actor price is going to be interviewed for us by one of the best interviewers i know who has his own show on bloomberg or National Book festival cochair and very generous supporter mr. David rubenstein. [applause] please welcome both of them. Plea [applause] and thanks, and enjoy. Thank you very much for coming. Thank you very much or having me here and welcome everybody. Yo thanks for being here. Its a great event, great event. [applause] its hard to believe but youve now been out of government for about nine years bo so before we get into your new book on democracy which i highly recommend that we will talk about it tell us what you been doing since he left government other than writing three a selling books, this is the third but other than that you were teaching at stanford and what ozzy doing . Ive gone back to what i consider to be my real profession are they had thatat digression in washington. I started