Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 92, the nays are 4. And the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The presiding officer the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of john w. Holcomb of california to be United States district judge for the Central District of california. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of john w. Holcomb of california to be United States district judge for the Central District of california shall
Thank you for taking this opportunity to discuss your new book. To have a little that of time and with those overreaches with those powers and now you are presenting him as the Constitutional Order regarding president ial powers. What changed your view . How did you move from where you were before to what you have presented in your new book . It with your work on executive privilege this would be fun. I wasnt a supporter of his of the 2016 election and it worried me he was populist and it seemed designed to stop populist it was really anti democratic with the electoral college. So coming in as a populist to achieve an agenda to receive that mandate for to restrain to go beyond the constitutional restrictions on his power. And i urge them to use the president ial powers for National Security and Foreign Affairs to understand Domestic Affairs but his role but i found his critics because they think trump is so outrageous a large attack after attack on his legitimacy. His critics for examp
Oppressed for their nationality, their tribe, their religion, their color. A warrior in his lifelong commitment to engaging in good trouble to break down the forces of separation, especially in this nation of ours. To challenge those who would claim incense in their actions, designed to maintain a Caste Society based on race, and address the systems of exclusion from full participation and the freedoms guaranteed by our constitution, especially participation in the vote. A prophet who spoke of your will that we become the beloved community here on earth. A beloved community he has now joined among the community of saints, the cloud of witnesses to your love and your truth. In all this johns work must now be our own. Bless the members of this chamber with the courage and wisdom to address the ongoing challenges that john lewis encountered his entire life. Help them, help us all to bring forth the beloved community in our midst where all men and women might live together in the land of t
Employees. Bank of america and Morgan Stanley among big banks reporting. Dow component Johnson Johnson right here. Futures in the red. We are standing by for retail sales and jobless claims this morning at 8 30 a. M. Eastern. Stocks edging higher, Investor Sentiment over covid19 vaccine pushing markets into the green. The dow industrials up 227 points, nasdaq up 62 and s p up 29. The state of travel today airlines in the midst of a sharp downturn as pandemic fears keep travelers grounded at 7 30 a. M. Eastern ill be joined by ceo of delta edward bastian. Plus this, drink up, how moderate Alcohol Consumption can protect against cognitive decline. Mornings with maria is live right now. Maria european markets on the decline. Standing by for the ecb decision for the next hour, rates are expected to stay unchanged. Ftse 100 is down 36 points, new data this morning from the uk shows half a million workers were furloughed in the month of may. Thats in response to the pandemic shutdown. This m
People of all races, religions, creeds, sexuality, building power. I believe that we will win. This movement is not about saving the Democratic Party or criticizing the republican party. This is about saving the soul of this nation. Fightare rising up to poverty. We must do more, organizing, organizing. Educating. Vote. Who stand that i claim to be a follower of jesus christ and be silent about the moral outrage going on in our country. We are not afraid. Any nation is in a moral and economic crisis. There will be a movement. Bring people together. Thisthe heart and soul of democracy. Almost 57 years ago my father , reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. Reminded america of the fierce urgency of now. Now is not the time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real, the promises of this democracy. He was working with poor people of every race from every corner of this nation to build a Poor Peoples Campaign when he was as