Judicial nominations. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Ee ternl god, we are grateful that you continue to rule the universe. We being a knowledge that though wrong seems so strong your purposes will be fulfilled. Lord, we praise you for your promise that in everything you continue to work for the good of those who love you. Mighty god, let your will be done lest our law makers bless our lawmakers. Listen to their prayers. Quench their thirst for your proence with your abiding love. May they not forget the many times you have helped them in the past. We pray in your gracious name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting 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. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding of
The National Independent Venue Association does. Independent venue is one that is not owned by a multinational or a publicly traded corporation. More often than not it means its locally owned. Lots of times its a family owned business thats been handed down from generation to generation. Two people in the communities that are hiring in their communities, that are taking care of their neighbors and opening their doors to is fundraisers. That are hired out for , special family and lifetime events. The onestaking chances on emerging artists and in rtrying to build more communitybased initiatives as well. Prior to four months ago literallyto the day , there wasnt an organization that was able to speak on behalf of these thousands and thousands of individually owned venues and promoters across the country and i think a good portion of that was because we didnt need it. Part of being independent is finding the solutions and putting them into play and everybodys so busy and overwhelmed with j
Continue to see fog to your morning commute before eventually burns off later on today, 50s and 60s for your current temperatures pretty similar to the start of the day yesterday, pittsburgh and conquer 59 right now while dublin in alameda. Each at 58 degrees to kick off this morning. Later today, daytime highs a touch cooler but not really a big difference here will still be in the 90s for antioch very close to the 90s and livermore concord well low 70s and oakland mid 70s and both hayward and fremont robin. All right, thank you john lets check in on the traffic now we want to take a peek at the morning commute starting off with 80, its looking good moving well 7 minutes here from the bottom of the maze over to the fremont street exit so come on in no trouble spots or San Francisco. Heres the Richmond Center fell your connection between the east bay in the north bay and its also looking good you have some tie in those doesnt really stack up much during of the 4 oclock hour even 5 oclo
Hayes fog thats what were starting this morning with you can see from the east bay berkeley, not looking at much of a view just yet thats due to low cloud cover thats lifting above the east bay hills so most of our bridges are just fine on even the golden gate as you traverse up into Marion County are down in San Francisco, looking great as far as visibility goes not so great as far as air quality goes which will be getting to here in just a minute 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with alameda at 59 degrees hayward concord oakland in the low 60s right now nice mild morning of course its tempting to get out there maybe go on that job but id say work out indoors. This next week as we do see hayes sticking around 6070s, 80s and even a few 90s remain in the forecast today weve got all the details on the smoke all still to come first, lets get a look at traffic with rob. Thank you john will traffic is starting to ease up on our bridges but its getting slow on the freeway. So lets c
Your number is going to be 202 7488002. And if you are in american gun owner but not part of the nra, you should be part of this conversation, as well. Your number is going to be 202 7488003. Keep in mind, you can also text us your opinion at 202 7488003 and we are always reading on social media on ontter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Once again this week, new york state announced a major lawsuit against the National Rifle association, accusing them of corruption and misspending of the organizations funds. Here is a bit of the story from the New York Times. New York Attorney general has issued an existential threat to the National Rifle association on thursday, arguing in a lawsuit that years of runaway corruption and misspending demanded a dissolution of the nations most powerful gun rights lobby. While the legal confrontation could take years to play out, it constitutes another deep blow to an organization whose legendary medical clout has been diminished by infigh