Right, thats a great way to end this friday, thanks to our panel. Thanks to all of you for joining hi, guys, im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn news central starts right now secret Phone Call Recordings tends testimony and talk of extortion. The jury hearing donald trump on tape talking about the Hush Money Deal and hes back in court today. Millions under flood watches this morning as severe storms, Flood Highways and tornadoes tear through. Mandatory evacuation its in place. And three tours went on a surfing tip of mexico and then suddenly disappear. Now, mx can officials are questioning three people in connection . With their disappearance. Im sarah sayyed and john berman and kate bolduan. This is Cnn News Central secretly recorded phone calls is sure to be in the spotlight. Again today. Donald trump returns to court for his Hush Money Trial this morning. The jury yesterday, listen to several Phone Conversations between donald trump and Michael Cohen surreptitiously taped by Michae
To keep us safe and on time. Thank you, mr. President , i yield back. Mr. President , i rise today to discuss a bipartisan, bicameraal federal Aviation Administration reauthorization. You would know as a member of our committee that we have worked hard to bring the f. A. A. Aviation Community Together to make certain that we do not end up with a result of one more extension after extension after extension and we can provide some certainty the f. A. A. In fulfilling its mission. When i became the Ranking Member of the aviation subcommittee, i stated the importance of passing a longterm reauthorization and pledged to work with senators duckworth, cruz and cantwell, as well as my other colleagues on the commercial committee to get a comprehensive agreement completed. I want to thank the leaders of both the Senate Commerce committee, cantwell and cruz, and congressman larson for months of work to get us to this point. I want to thank my counterpart the chairman of that committee senator du
Cspan, powered by cable. U. S. Senate is about to gavel in for more debate on the u. S. District Court Nomination for northern illinois. Lawmakers are also expect today vote on whether to begin work on a fiveyear f. A. A. Reauthoritization bill. Current f. A. A. Programs expire on may 10th. Live now to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Gracious god, turn your ears to listen to us. Without you, we are but disappearing dust. Draw near to us, for in your presence, we find our dignity and destiny. Lord, breathe into us the saving knowledge that we belong to you. May this awareness inspire us to live for your glory. Guide our lawmakers. Remind them that they can depend on you for the vindication of every just cause, the forgiveness of every confessed sin, and the protection from every weapon that is formed against them. May they trust you to giv
Mr. Brown madam president. The presiding officer the senator from ohio. Mr. Brown thank you, madam president. Madam president , i join we joined last year to do this reading. Im glad shes presiding today. Its an honor to jape my join my colleagues on the floor to read dr. Kings letter from the birmingham jail. Thanks to senator cassidy first, casey, lankford, britt, butler who will wrap it up for joining for this annual bipartisan tradition. Every year, we bring together three republicans and three democrats to read one of the greatest pieces of writing of the 20th century and reflect on the mission and powerful words ever dr. King. This year, a reading falls right after workers memorial day, which we marked on sunday, a day when we honor all the workers killed on the job over the past year, workers past year, workers injured and killed throughout our history. Every year on that date im reminded of dr. Kings final trip, second trip of the year, his final trip to memphis. He went to sta
catholic church write an amicus brief to purdue s position in all of this. you talk about real justice versus what you call billionaire justice. what do you mean? i mean that if this plan goes through, what s going to keep another family of millionaires that want to be billionaires from introducing a faulty product and finding a loophole in the bankruptcy system, which was not intended to give billionaires loopholes. there would be no deterrence going forward. beth, thank you for being with us, and for your excellent reporting on this in your books, and joey, your legal analysis as always. we ll follow it closely. and cnn this morning, continues right now. good morning, everyone, here s where we start this morning. israel defense forces say it hit 200 targets inside gaza, and is calling for people in parts of southern gaza to evacuate, leaving civilians scrambling to try to find thinker safe to go. the white house is warning israel to limit civilian casualties, and