Three Incident Management Team came to town. This team worked with locals on the ground to execute the best Recovery Plan to get people back on their feet. Are we willing to tell workers like that who lend a hand at moments notice to take a furlough and will we tell the community when they call for help no ones there . 14 of the departments work force is facing furloughs. This isnt an invisible work force. These are staffers that administrator grants to local governments, Fire Departments, Emergency Responders after devastating storms. These are the people who are helping the management teams that ron the ground in places like hoquiam, washington. That staff wont be able to process emergency request, wont be able to do their jobs because congress isnt doing its job. Then we should also consider the over 80 of Homeland Security employees who will stay on without pay. What kind of message are we sending members of our coast guard or Border Patrol when we tell them to work without pay . M
Impell. And may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. Mr. Speaker. The speaker the gentleman from pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. The speaker the question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The journal stands approved. The gentleman from pennsylvania. Mr. Thompson mr. Speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not present and i make a point of order that a quorum is not pnt. The speaker pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. The pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentlelady from indiana, mrs. Broo
All eyes will be on that department of Justice Press conference and the one and only Robert Mueller will be speaking. That wraps it up for me in this exciting news hour. I am now turning over to my friend, Chris Jansing who picks up coverage. 10 00 on the east coast im Chris Jansing in for hallie jackson. What a huge breaking news story were following for you at the top of the hour. Robert mueller the Special Counsel in charge of the investigation is coming out at the department of justice. He is scheduled to make a statement on his investigation at the top of the next hour. His first Public Comments on the probe since he started as Special Counsel more than two years ago. A full team of reporters and experts who have been following this investigation throughout. Let me start with ken delaney in
our washington bureau. Ken, this is someone throughout the investigation did a remarkable job of keeping things under wrap and stopping any leaks from coming out. We have not seen him. He is so
Out about those who have been removed to different hospitals, and other people have no information and are trying to find out if their family members are still buried under the rubble. The emergency crews are not really sure of the numbers. They suspect other people are still inside the ruins somewhere. And obviously theres still an active search and rescue operation going on, but is there any thinking any theory as to what happened and what caused the explosion . Well this type of liquid gas is very unstable. Its used in many places in mexico in homes where you bring in these trucks and you put in a tube which takes this liquid gas into the house. Now, somehow that exploded. Its not obvious how that happened, but its not uncommon. There are a history of accidents. There are quite unstable installations and infrastructure around the gas use in mexico. All right. Thank you very much. And we will continue to follow this story and bring you any new developments as they come in. Meanwhile,
Watch. Democrats and republicans should get together and unite for the good of our country. It requires us to find common ground. The time for trivial fights is behind us. I am asking all members of congress to join me in dreaming big and bold and daring things for our country. Martha when the speech entered, most of the democrats in the room quickly headed for the exits. At moments, fair and balanced reaction from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and former clinton advisor. But first, chief National Correspondent ed henry gives us up to speed on how the president ial speech played across the country. Even some liberal commentators said this was one of the most effective speeches. The wall street loved it so much that the dow closed over 21,000 for the First Time Ever on optimism the President Trump code enact major reform on taxes and health care. Even before the speech, there was a new wall street journal nbc news poll showing that the American People are bullish, too, saying that