Vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 71, the nays are 21. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. Mr. Leahy mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy mr. President , i think were waiting for somebody on the other side. Ill yield, but i want to thank everybody for joining senator shelby and i on this vote. Its going to help us move forward, where i noted, as i said earlier in my remarks, republicans and democrats came together and worked extraordinarily hard on these appropriations bills. It shows what can be done when we do that. I think the vote here is an indication that if nobody is seeking recognition, i will suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Thune mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i understand the national . A quorum call. The presiding officer it is. Mr. Thune i wo
Quality to grant. Sunday night on cspans q and a. From washington journal, this is 20 minutes. Congressman tim ryan is back at our desk. Hes from a region particularly hard hit from the Opioid Crisis. And President Trump last week declared the Opioid Epidemic a Public Health emergency. What will be the impact of him doing that on the ground . Its welcome, but theres no money there. If you look at some county, portage county, my district, you need money. Money on the ground for law enforcement, money for the First Responders addressing a lot of these issues. And mostly you need the money for treatment. This is not alcohol addiction. These drugs are very potent, a 30day or 60day stay in rehab is not enough. You need maybe three, four, five months to get yourself off of this and get yourself well. And i think sometimes a lot of people just dont understand the level of devastation in some of these communities. Youre talking money nation would, how much would you like to see going to this c
Declared the Opioid Epidemic a Public Health emergency. What will be the impact of him doing that on the ground . Its welcome, but theres no money there. If you look at some county, portage county, my district, you need money. Money on the ground for law enforcement, money for the First Responders addressing a lot of these issues. And mostly you need the money for treatment. This is not alcohol addiction. These drugs are very potent, a 30day or 60day stay in rehab is not enough. You need maybe three, four, five months to get yourself off of this and get yourself well. And i think sometimes a lot of people just dont understand the level of devastation in some of these communities. Youre talking money nation would, how much would you like to see going to this crisis . We sent a letter to the president to fully fund all the programs and comprehensive recovery act we passed a few months ago, it was a bipartisan bill. We had democrats and republicans working on it. We need about 10 billion
It isnt planned on being lifted until 9 00 a. M. The morning commute for a lot of us when a struggle. Lorraine county down to a quarter mile. The same thing for wayne. Not as bad in portage county. That is product waiting, okay . We are waiting that is fluctuating, okay . In us the core has county you have been moving a mile to four miles. Here is the temperatures lets head outside and check on our odot cameras. Here is 71 at 480 fine. Fog not too much of an issue. Breaking news coming into the live desk. An uber driver hit by a wrong way driver. This happened along carnegie along east 40th. The driver was headed eastbound in the westbound lanes speeding, no lights on. The suv clipping the uber, then hit a fence, a guardrail, also a building. That driver then ran off. Thankfully we with can tell you know one was hurt though. Class. They are taking a stand against dramatic changes for the next school year. Newschannel5s megan shaw is live in parma. What is the plan . Reporter students h
Winds out of the south at 5 Miles Per Hour. They were calm. Remember, that is a major constituent as to why we see fog develop and calm winds. As the temperature rises things will get better. No rain. A dense fog advisory has been issued with the National Weather service. It will be here in the 9 00 a. M. And then it will expire. Trouble spot, wayne un Portage County, roll call. Us the can a lore are counties all at critical points. Remember to use the low beams. We good get the high beams on and it scatters the light and works to blind you. Use your low beams. Check this out. A van smashing through a store front. It is an angels on wheels fan. You can see it is still inside there, clearly stolen. The atm also still inside and a second van up in the air next to the store. See a Cleveland Police Security Camera across the street so there may be video. We are working on getting that. Jackie and terrance . Corrina, thank you. Hundreds of students in parma, Parma Heights and seven hills wi