Of your calls on state of the union, 8 00 is when our coverage starts, you can watch the speech at 9 00, you can watch it on cspan, at cspan. Org, and the app. We now take you to the house of re the chair lays befor the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk , d. C. March 7024. I hereby appoint the honorable Michael Guest to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, mike johnson, speaker of the spear proemre sentatives. Pursuanto thehe housef january 9, 2024, t chair will now recognize members from lists submitt by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour will alternate cognition between the parties with time equally allocated betwn the parties and each member other than the majorit and minority lears and the minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue past 11 50 mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speer, rise today to recognize andonatulate muel hundz burge huurger. He recently accepted a fully quified appointment to
Rain. We are setting the table for a rain event that will come in mainly tonight through this time tomorrow morning. There will be a high frizz temperature. There is no real drizzle just a ton of moisture. By the afternoon you can see scattered sprinkles and showers with temperatures in the lowtomid 60s. Here is leyla with the morning commute the. There is reduced visibility. At Half Moon Bay, we have an accident involving a vehicle over a ravine at highway one the we have emergency crews headed out there. We have a driver stuck in the vehicle so they will need some help getting out. We have quartermile visibility so fog could have been a factor. Southbound 880 beyond 880 two lanes are blocked. As we jump up to richmond at the parkway we have another crash possibly blocking lanes. This is the drive cross the san mateo bridge to the peninsula and it will only take you nine minutes. Eric . A dog is dead. Another is still lose this morning after they attacked two men in San Francisco last
Inland it is the same thing, misty temperatures and temperatures in the midtoupper 50s and low 60 this afternoon. Rain in the north bay developing by 7 00. At the coast we have mist, drizzle, fog for better part of the afternoon and upper 50s and rain hits the north bay benches at beaches at 7 00. We have accidents and fog embody our impeding our visibility. People have been reporting rain, fog in san jose so it is out there. Be careful. We have this accident highway one shaded in purple. It is in this area that is shaded in orange and that is an indication of fog. We had an early accident on highway one at Martins Beach road which is cheered. Which is cleared. Highway four at thornton avenue, with problems in oakland, too. Developing news from San Francisco, a Police Officer shooting has left one pit bull dead and a search is underway if for a second. Police say they had no choice to open fire. That is right. The search continues for the second dog believed here in Golden Gate Park af
Legislation was in the sanders veterans bill last week, and it was in the burr alternative. It was in both the democratic and the republican veterans packages. Neither of those packages passed. The sanders bill was defeated on a budget point of order, which i supported, because i dont think its properly paid for and is sustainable both in terms of our budget and, even more importantly for veterans, how the veteran system works and handles its current patient load. The burr bill never even got a vote. We have disagreements about those larger packages. Those are real substantial disagreements. But in the midst of that, mr. President , i would hope we can agree to what we can agree on. And these v. Clinics certainly and these v. A. Clinics certainly fall into that category. We have cleared all objections to this v. A. Clinic piece specifically. We have addressed all issues having to do with these v. A. Clinics, in part through my amendment at the desk. The only possible objection i know o
Were at super bowl boulevard. Were not just talking at securing the stadium itself but were also talking about the skies oi American Idol above it. We were given a ride with u. S. Customs and Border Protection agents who showed us some of the aircraft they will be using to do that job. They will be up there in blackhawk helicopters enforcing a tenmile perimeter around the stadium. If there is an intruder, if anyone breaches that perimeter, they will get an up close look at the blackhawk team. Those are the interceptors for tomorrows super bowl. A lot going on on the ground, too. We were able to get a look at a secret command center that has been staffed around the clock. Agents from 100 different local, state, and federal Law Enforcement agencies have been working together. Theyre sharing intelligence in realtime gathering data and monitoring a vast network of cameras. We spoke to the super bowls incident should any type of response be needed. Ivan, what are officials doing there to pr