The weather sponsored cowtown it was. Youre watching else is here a reminder of our top stories this hour the escalating trade war between the u. S. And china looks set to dominate the agenda of this years g. 7 which is being held in the french seaside town to be a rich. Heads of state gathered for the g. 7 has been growing International Condemnation of brazils handling of the wildfires in the amazon rain forest president. Has ordered the military to help put out the flames. And bangladesh is warning its no longer able to bear the economic burden of having hundreds of thousands of refugees in the country have been renewed efforts to have people returned to me and but so far no one has taken up the offer. An israeli drone has exploded in the lebanese capital beirut hezbollah says the drone caused damage when it crashed in the suburb of dyer another drone went down in the same area which is a stronghold of the iran backed Movement Just hours earlier israel carried out air strikes against
Hello there are some very strong weather across certain parts of europe in particular into southern poland on into the vaca at the touch of mountains where weve seen these deadly thunderstorms caused by a lightning severe lining a lightning bolt not the some more storms in the forecast ahead of this in the southeast and across much of Central Europe it will stay fine and dry temperatures are on the increase all comes out in just a moment but as we go through saturday we would have some warnings in place across the line of the ouse really you can see here weve got more rain in the forecast this is where we could see more of those thunderstorms and then weve got Clear Conditions further to the east and warming up 27 in kiev at a bit cooler in moscow 23 and theres some rain in cloud very close by Northern Europe as new line of cloud working its way in but as i say ahead of that and in between these thunderstorms weve got some very nice weather conditions indeed 29 in palin 31 in paris. An
Vote the presiding officer have all senators voted . Any senator wish to change their vote . On this vote the yeas are 95. The nays are 2. Twothirds of the senators voting having voted in the affirmative the resolution of the ratification is agreed to. The majority leader of the senate. Mr. Mcconnell the senate is not in order. The presiding officer the majority leader of the senate. Mr. Mcconnell the democratic leader and i want to take a few minutes here to point out to everyone that our colleague, the senior senator from vermont, just cast a truly historic vote. Of course the tax treaties are significant, but im talking about the fact that senator leahy just cast his 16,000th vote of his senate career. We know of no single statistic that can begin to capture such tenure, but this figure comes close. 16,000 votes cast for his constituents. With numbers like that, senator leahy has already left towering figures like our late colleagues ted stevens and ted kennedy in the dust. Now hes
The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 238, the nays are 190. The joint resolution is passed. Pursuant to clause of rule 20 the Unfinished Business is the vote on passage which the yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. The clerk Senate Joint Resolution 37, providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed export of the united arab emirates, Great Britain and Northern Ireland for certain defense articles and services. The speaker pro tempore the question is on passage of the joint resolution. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 238,
The chips are off the table. Symantec and broadcom have halted deal talks. Where does that leave them now . First, to our top story. Big tex the big issue on capitol hill this week. Tech the big issue on capitol hill this week. Tuesday and wednesday, they will hear from facebook on libra. Before the testimony steven , mnuchin taking aim at the social network. The Treasury Department has expressed serious concerns that libra could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers. Emily also tuesday, representatives of facebook, google, apple and amazon will defend their companies in front of the house judiciary in a hearing on antitrust. Their goal is to convince lawmakers they do not stifle competition. To discuss, our guest in washington from a nonprofit focused on shaping Public Policy for an open internet. Before that she was at the Anticompetitive Practices Division of the federal trade commission. And we have ben brody. Who covers Technology Influence in the capital. So man