Grieves for the court and they will take a vote at 1 45 eastern. Now, live coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of might and mercy, thank you for providing our lawmakers with opportunities for courageous and noble service. Inspire them to labor for your glory in all they say and do. Illuminate their minds with the light of your divine precepts. Equip our senators for their tasks that they may be physically fit, mentally alert, morally straight, and spiritually strong. Create in them the life of purity, honesty, and altruism that contributes solutions to the problems they face. May they work with perseverance and magnanimity for the new and better day toward which your divine intentions guide them. We pray in your faithful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the
Quorum call a senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. I rise today to recognize. The presiding officer were in a quorum call. Mr. Boozman i ask that it is dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Boozman thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i rise today to recognize a remarkable arkansan at the end of a 38year army career. Lieutenant general andrei pigey who will retire in september is the deputy chief of staff for army logistics. His nearly fourdecade career has taken him literally all over the world but his roots are and always have been in arkansas. The general was born in stamps, arkansas, a small town in Lafayette County with less than 3,000 people. The son of a World War Ii Army veteran, the general didnt have his sights set on a career of military service from a young age. After he graduated from high school, he chose to go to the university of arkansas pine bluff, about two and a half
russia collusionp 2016 campaign was a sham. john durham s conclusions weren t that brutal but his 306 page report was blunt and damning. after reading through as much of the report as i could stomach tonight i was disgusted. i was so sickened by what they did to donald trump, what the they did to carter page and so many others on the way. we see in black and white in facts presented what was obvious and pervasive corruption. now, there was clear political bias at work. durham calls it confirmation bias in the most powerful agencies in our federal government, intelligence and the fbi. now, hillary clinton we know she skated despite destroying evidence but donald trump? he was tormented over nothing. this began don t forget when obama was still in power. here s a tidbit on the steele dossier in footnote i love the footnotes 39. our investigators uncovered little evidence suggesting that prior to the submission of the first page fisa application the fbi had made any serious atte
there you go. bob marley said it best. stolen from africa, gentrified in harlem. american black folks keep losing our connection to the places we come from. so i m headed to central appalachia, a place many folks don t realize black folks still live, to hunt, eat, farm, and harmonize on the harmonica with the folks that fight to keep this place known as one of the homes of black folks. this is black appalachia. again! yes! nice! when i say appalachia, you probably picture something like this, or this. harmful stereotypes of poor white folks. we ll have to take those on another day, because what you probably don t picture is this. but the history of black folks here runs as deep as any other nonindigenous people. they are a critical part of appalachia, and i m here to help tell their stories because it is in danger of disappearing forever. so i m actually walking the appalachian trail right now? you are. you are. those mountains there, those are some of the old
including pennsylvania, where he is campaigning this weekend. but this is not the only advantage trump has. all of the anti-israel protests arrested during the columbia university takeover just got a free pass all thanks to the manhattan da alvin bragg. there is public outrage over this story and we ll bring you details. also we ll put a smile on your face with this kid. he looks young but he s headed to college in the fall. there s definitely a friday energy in this building. he s 12. he s going to college, to nyu. i can t wait to talk to him. we are not 12 years old, but you are watching fox and friends first. all of that coming up over the next hour. first we start with this. another absolutely tragic consequence of our broken immigration laws. two venezuelan nationals who crossed the border illegally are charged with murder of a 12-year-old girl in texas. horrific. the police say that 12-year-old was strangled to death by these two migrants from srepbz way t