Midnight. Members also expected to vote on the confirmation of the deputy secretary of state nomination. And now, to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the giver of every good and perfect gift, help our senators to listen clearly to your sacred word and find wisdom in your guidance. May they remember your teachings and courageously follow them. As you guide them along the right path, keep them from stumbling. May they live such exemplary lives that they will be like sunlight at dawn, growing brighter with the passing hours. Lord, give our lawmakers the wisdom to carefully guard their thoughts, to strive to speak truthfully, and to refuse to deviate from integrity. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of
As they work under the duress of time and pressures from diverse interests, inspire them to strive to live with integrity, making ethical decisions that honor you. Lord, be with their Staff Members who run the office and provide the data needed for responsible decisions. Be also with those who process the mountains of business in and out of the cloakrooms. Lord, sustain those who transcribe the debates for the congressional record. Bless those who monitor parliamentary order, schedules, and voting records. Protect those who provide security at the doors, on the floor, and on the street. And, lord, bless our pages. Strengthen all who are a part of the senates support system, surrounding them with your protection and favor. We pray in your strong 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 a
House continue to strongly support the faa Contract Tower Program on a bipartisan basis and request you to comment on the record about any recommendation recommendations faa may have for reauthorization bill to insure that this program is enhanced and protected. Thank you. Madam chair. Thank you, senator wicker. I think certainly after our hearing last week, its important, many members of the committee share the support for the Contract Tower Program so i look forward to the answer to senator wickers question. Thank you. Now i would like to call on senator klobuchar. Thank you very much. A lot of interest in the hearing. Im pretending those are lines of people trying to get in that you just heard. Thank you so much, and i also wanted to welcome the colgan flight people who are here today. Members of the families. We worked with you, especially on the bill on pilot fatigue. And captain sullenberger, i want to thank you for your continued attention to improving the fatigue standards, and
Okay. You projected what you thought might be the most likely Coalition Government which could come in 2024. But i didnt understand clearly who the participants were. There are essentially four players in the political space at the moment. Theres the African National congress which has about 40 of the vote of potential vote, 60 of the actual vote. Theyre player number one. The Second Player is the largely liberal or classically liberal these things arent always clear opposition in south africa. And theyre sitting at about lets talk about the actual vote anc has about 60 liberal opposition sitting around 25 or so. And the marxist left is sitting at about 7 and a few other rats and mice parties. The likely coalition for me is that the anc loses its absolute majority, so it loses another 10 or 11 Percentage Points moves to just below 50. That is attrition both from the marxist left and from the liberal right of the party. If through that process of attrition the young marxists can gather
Northeastern france. The mayor of the town didnt want it the location has been kept secret. So as they hope to not attract other militants and turn it into a shrine for murderous jihad. Amy kellogg is standing by with the very latest on this developing story. Hi, amy. Reporter hi, eric. Said kouachi was buried in the city of reins and its an ancient city one of the most important historic cities where french kings were crowned and yes, as you mentioned the mayor was absolutely adamant, eric that a terrorist would not be buried in his city, fearing it would become a pilgrimage site for jihadists. But here in france, eric, regardless of the circumstances of your death by law you are guaranteed the right to be buried in your hometown. So in this case, the state overrode the mayor and now another town is preparing for the burial of the second kouachi brother. That would be cherif kouachi. And thats going to be in a paris suburb and people there are having predictably mixed reactions. He wi