The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the ayes are 90, the nays are 7. The nomination is confidence. Is confirmed. Under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the consideration of the following nominations, which the clerk will report. The clerk nominations, department of state james d. Neelan of the New Hampshire to be ambassador to the republic of hon hong. Robert a. Wood of new york for the rank of ambassador during his tenure of service as u. S. Representative to the conference of disarmaments. Department of transportation, paul nathan janichen of kentucky to be administrator of the maritime administration. The presiding officer under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate prior to a vote on the wheaton nomination. Ms. Klobuchar mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Ms. Klobuchar we yield back time on all three nominations. The presiding officer is there ob
The u. N. s words multiple deaths and injuries. The palestinians say at least ten people died. Weve had no comment yet from the Israel Defense forces. We anticipate comment soon. We know 80 hamas rockets so far today have been launched from gaza into israel. Were watching to see what kind of damage, if any, those rockets those rockets created. We know that israels iron dome Defense System intercepted several of the rockets. Lets go to gaza. Cnns john vause is standing by. The israeli officials are saying theyre almost complete with the destruction of the hamas tunnels going from gaza into israel. What are you hearing over there . Reporter yeah, well, its not what were hearing but its what were seeing. If we look off to the distance, we can see the dust on the horizon where it looks as if the israeli tanks and armor have been redeployed closer to the border. You can see the dust on the horizon. Clearly the israelis are pulling back, moving away from the Populated Areas moving back towar
About whether wreckage from the plane has been spotted under water. A search official told cnn he believes sonar equipment detected the wreckage at the bottom of the see. But the ceo of airasia says that hasnt been confirmed. Finding the planes black boxes is a top priority. The flight data and cockpit voice recorders are key to figuring out what went wrong here. They contain information on air speed, altitude direction, as well as the conversations and the sounds from the cockpit. Preparations are under way to identify the remains of the Crash Victims once theyve been recovered. Tents have been set up on the grounds of a hospital in surabaya indonesia, and a sign of the grim task ahead, refrigerated containers where the remains will be kept while waiting for identification. Before theyre flown to surabaya the bodies are arriving in borneo. And our Paula Hancocks has the latest from there. Reporter this is the firststop hospital for the victims of the airasia crash on the west coast of
Comparison. He sent press Secretary Sean Spicer out for a news conference. Intentionally named inframedy to minimize the support it gathered on the mall. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period. Both in person and around the globe. White house counselor Kellyanne Conway was asked by chuck todd about the claims. You did not answer the question of why the president asked the White House Press secretary to come out in front of the podium for the first time and utter a falsehood. Why did he do that . It under mines the credibility of the White House Press office on day one. Dont be dramatic, chuck. You are saying it is a falsehood. They are giving sean spicer, gave alternative facts to that. Wait a minute. Alternative facts . Those are not facts. They are falsehoods. Sean spicer set to give the First Official press briefing at 1 30 this afternoon. There was more news overnight from Kellyanne Conway. Conway walked back remarks she made about the tax returns of t