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
New week after your holiday weekend. And it begins with a new stretch of storms from nebraska to maine, targeting 65 million people. At least a dozen tornadoes already deployed against iowa yesterday with a kind of savage beauty. Bold lightning strikes in wyoming from the clouds overhead to the city below. And at this hour, a new build yum of storm cells on the way, as abcs linsey davis starts us off, right now. Reporter no rest for the weather weary. Watch as this tornado thrashes across an iowa field, as another round of Severe Weather invades the state. Theres like a whole tree up there reporter even the storm chaser who captured this twister admits he was caught offguard. If i hadnt been there and see it with my own eyes, i would have thought that it would have been a fairly strange event, just because the storms werent expected to be that large. Reporter 13 reported tornadoes in central iowa yesterday alone. Like the one that literally turned mary nielsens life upside down in a ma
New week after our holiday weekend. And it begins with a new stretch of storms from nebraska to maine, targeting 65 million people. At least a dozen tornadoes already deployed against iowa yesterday with a kind of savage beauty. Bold lightning strikes in wyoming from the clouds overhead to the city below. And at this hour, a new buildup of storm cells on the way, as abcs linsey davis starts us off, right now. Reporter no rest for the weather weary. Watch as this tornado thrashes across an iowa field, as another round of Severe Weather invades the state. Theres like a whole tree up there reporter even the storm chaser who captured this twister admits he was caught offguard. If i hadnt been there and seen it with my own eyes, i would have thought it would have been a fairly strange event, just because the storms werent expected to be that large. Reporter 13 reported tornadoes in central iowa yesterday alone. Like the one that literally turned mary nielsens life upside down in a matter of
Keep attracting the best and the brightest from beyond our shores were going to have to fix our immigration system. And july 4th immigration fight as president obama greets new citizens at the white house, wouldbe immigrants are greeted by angry protests in a california town. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im brianna keillor. Youre in the situation room. Hurricane arthur is heading north. The category 1 storm with 90mileanhour winds are churning up the east sxoeft warnings are up from cape cod to canada. Millions face dangerous conditions with heavy rains and potential flooding. And arthur did not leave soon enough for many on the North Carolina coast who are left with a lot of water in their homes and on their streets and not a lot of power. Our correspondents are standing by with full coverage, and we begin with cnns Senior Correspondent joe johns in nags head, North Carolina. Reporter brianna, the sun is out here but people in North Carolina still arent completely in the clear. Road rep
Shooting started around 2 00 a. M. Eastern time. As plane many as 53 others in l hospitals being treated, some serious injuries. We also know that the shooter identified as Omar Siddiqui mateen boars in new yorn in new lived in port st. Lucie, florida made a 911 call. We dont know exactly the moment this call was that, was it before the shooting, but we know he pledged his allegiance to isis. Also mentioning the tsarnaev brothers involved in the boston bombings. At this hour we also have not received any confirmation that he was in direct contact with isis, but an isis Media Organization claiming that this act was inspired by that terror group and that the man you see there on your screen is an Islamic State fighter. And Pete Williams says the claim of responsibility did not come after it was indicated that this 911 call was made. The effort to remove the bodies of all of the individuals continues. Identifying them also. There are Family Members on social media contacting authorities a