September 11, we thank you that you never give us burdens too great to bear. Continue to remind us that eternal vigilance is the price for freedom. Comfort the families of those who died on 9 11, surrounding them with your mercy and grace. Lord, incline your ears to our intercession. Teach us how to embrace the things that lead to peace as you instruct us on how to fulfill your purposes on earth. Today use our lawmakers as instruments of reconciliation. We pray in your merciful 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. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak in morning business for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley the chaplain opened our senate in prayer reminding everybody what happened 18 years ago today, a
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 90, the nays are 2. The nomination is confirmed. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the senate will be in order. The majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President , many of us here could we have order in the senate . The presiding officer could senators please take their conversations to the cloakrooms. Mr. Mcconnell i know many of us know today is the anniversary of 9 11. Many of us remember evacuating this very building on september 20, 2001. We knew the world would never be the same. For the people of new york, an ordinary beautiful morning was brought to a screeching halt as the Clear Blue Sky filled with smoke. For those at the pentagon, work days and service of our nation, t. Turned into a literal nightmare. For hundreds of air travelers, routine flights gave way to tragedy and thanks to the bravery of passengers and crew, incredible acts of hero
Across our land. I remember the sights and sounds of parents at the firehouse in sandy hook on the horrible day in 2012 when 20 beautiful children and six great educators died. The firehouse is where parents went to find out whether their children were okay. And the way they found out was that their children either appeared or they did not. For them in the cries and sobbing they experienced, the expressions of anguish, the look on those faces was only the beginning of their nightmare. But it transformed connecticut. And what we did in connecticut was to adopt commonsense measure, comprehensive steps to stop gun violence. But the lesson of connecticut is not only that those steps have reduced gun violence including homicide but also that states with the strongest laws are still on the the in ersy of the one mercy of the ones with the weakest because guns have no respect for state boundaries. They cross state lines and they do damage and death in states like connecticut with strong guns
Guy as a markets reporter, lunch unch is something you never want to see. That is where the stoxx 600 is. But it is just above the 200 day moving average. Marks and spencer, intentionally going back to the ftse 100. There is a review going on. It was up 4 yesterday and today. It tells you about the consumer. Consumer is spending money. Admiral, here is another interesting story. This stock is up by 6. 9 . Its auto business is doing better. What is happening is renewal rates are going sharply higher. The inflation rate within the auto sector is high at the moment, being pushed through and sticking. As part of the business is recovering. The stock is up five 6 . Alix the reason i think this one is significant is it closed below the 50 day average yesterday and we are not getting followthrough selling. This is a sign. The filly helping target. It closed at 23 low yesterday. The bars pretty low. But they did lower their forecast so it was not all sunshine and roses. This is where it gets d
Brawl at a riverfront started by a group of white men shoving a Black Dockworker. Right now in ohio, a high stakes Special Election for a proposal to make it harder to change the states constitution. How that could have implications beyond the buckeye state. We begin this hour with the very latest on former President Trumps legal troubles. Trumps legal team and jack smiths office is locked in a battle over a protective order in the election interference case. That order is aimed at protecting the governments evidence before trial, and trump wants something much narrower. The judge over seeing the case is ordering both sides to come together for a hearing together. With us, msnbc legal analyst, lisa ruben. Lisa, lets start off by defining what a protective order is in this case. A protective order, jose, is something that governs discovery in a civil or criminal case. Discovery is essentially the evidence that the government would be relying on whether that is statements by witnesses, t