The presiding officer the senate will come to order. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. On the wiegand nomination. The question now occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 82, the nays are 14. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. 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 thomas t. Cullen of virginia to be United States district judge for the Western District of virginia. Signed by 17 senators. The
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Also this morning. Paris is on high alert after record rainfall causes the river seine to burst its banks. The entire us gymnastics board resigns over its handling of the larry nassar sex abuse scandal. Relief for a thousand workers at Aerospace Firm bombardier the us authorities stop plans to impose massive tariffs on plane parts made in belfast. In sport, no cup miracle for yeovil town. Alexis sanchez made his debut as Manchester United eased to a 4 0 victory at huish park last night. But League Two Newport have the chance for an upset this evening when they host tottenham. Ican i can now reveal the strictly come dancing champions 2017 hard offjoe and katya they wowed audiences to be crowned strictly champions, joe and katya will be here before 10 as they take the show on the road. And susan has the weather. We are going to be up against the cloud this weekend. Some pretty grey skies and a windy story. All current rape and Sexual Assault cases in england and wales are being reviewed