The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. May 23, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable Celeste Malloy to act as speaker pro tempore on this day, signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the player will be loved by offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Eternal god, we pray to you as wepter this memorial day weekend. That you would bless our efforts to honor our fallen heroes. In the fanfare of parades and picnics, barbecues and summers beginning, may we take time to recall the countless sacrifices that were made to defend our freedoms and uphold our liberty. These noble men and women have stood firm. In the face of wars, alarms, and up against the anguish of adversity they would not be moved. May they rest knowing that they gave themselves fully to the work you, o lord, set before them to a
Company of ticketmaster, is feeling the full weight of the u. S. Government and 30 states as it faces a massive new lawsuit accusing it of ripping off customers. The department of justice and states attorneys general say live nation acts as a monopoly, and scott mcgrew is here with us now. And scott, they actually say that they have emails to prove it. Yes they do. Good morning. The doj pointed us to emails between live nation and another ticket promoter called oak view group, where the two Companies Discussed not allowing artists and agents to play the two companies against each other. Just one of the many allegations in the lawsuit. But strong evidence of what the government would say is illegal collaboration between competitors. Just about every ticket buyers familiar with the frustration of trying to get a ticket. How theyre snapped up quickly, the astronomical prices scalpers set. Well, todays lawsuit does not solve those problems. It focuses rather, on the way live nation works w
Inflation had markets wondering what comes next. What comes next is the cpi at 8 30. Crude oil prices are slightly higher. Up. 80 . Now to the latest headlines in israel. The minister of energy and infrastructure saying overnight the siege of gaza will not be lifted until the hostages taken by hamas are returned home. In the meantime, u. S. Secretary of state blinken arrived in tel aviv today. He is meeting with Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The Palestinian Organization posted on x that blinken will meet with abbas tomorrow. That is coming up tomorrow and the expectation is any invasion of gaza will not happen while blinken is there. That is in the next sixtoeight hours. White house officials saying they arie leaving open the possibility of refreezing the 6 billion after the prisoner swap with the support of hamas attacks on saturday. U. S. Spy agencies have obtained intelligence that shows iranian leaders were surprised by the attack. A second source describing intelligence that
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Biden. The lead starts right now he has been for monday its accused of avoiding the traditional media, but now President Biden is going one on one in a Cnn Exclusive. What did he tell erin burnett about issue number one for so many . Photos, the economy and the struggle right now for so many americans. The very first Interview Clip is coming right up in the new york hush money coverup kings get cnn is learning about the new strategy by Donald Trumps legal team. In direct response to the testimony from Adult Film Actors And Directors Stormy Daniels, who returns to the stand tomorrow morning and in what may be the most bizarre report of the week in a week that included kristi noem is bookstore, robert f. Kennedy, city junior, is acknowledging brain worm and im not talking figurative brain worms. I mean, he literally said a worm eight part of his brain died in his nahyan welcome to the lee. And im jake tapper were gonna start today with the Cnn Exclusive interview with president joe biden