10 0services, Alex Michael Azari mr. President. We have 14 days, 14 days by our own established deadline to do something about the dreamers issue about daca. Why do we find ourselves at this place . Since september the fifth of last year president obama, President Trump as well as attorney general sessions announced the end of the daca Reduction Program as of march 5 of this year. 780,000 young people who werent documented in the United States became here as children we given a chance by president obama to stay s here illegally e able to work here and not fear deportation. 780,000. For the most part there are students and workers who are a vital part of the community and things in their lives and promised to do in even more but the decision was made by President Trump put an end to this program. When he made that decision he also challenged congress. He said if we are going to get i this exact date of order do something, pass a law. Well here we are just about in the fifth month out of
Human Services Secretary on cspan. Org. And you can see the vote for mr. Azar at 2 15 eastern. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father, the center of our joy, we thank you that you are in the midst of lifes battles with us, bringing good even from the abnormalities of our pilgrimage. Lord, we are grateful that throh the struggles and tear you stand thin the shadows, keeping watch over your people. Lord, even though our lawmakers may not know how all the pieces fit together, we are grateful that they can still strive with grateful hearts to do your will. May they remember your command in 1 thessalonians 5 18; in everything give thanks for this is gods will for your life. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the rep
As the day goes on. Well see a popup shower or thunderstorm in the poconos swinging into the northern and western suburbs late this afternoon and this evening. For now, were zooming. 79 in philadelphia. 77 in allentown reading. 76 in trenton. Mid to upper 60s down the shore. When you factor in the dewpoints with the southern wind we are starting to feel a lot more humid. We have a dewpoint of 60 in philadelphia about two hours ago. Now were up to 65. Anything over 60 is what we consider humid youll be doing sweating as you walk on the boardwalk this morning. If youre heading to the pool its a great day tore that. Dont forget the sunscreen and keep in mind its going to be more humid out there whatever youre doing between 11 00 and 8 00 p. M. The highs will be in the upper 80s. Keep hydrated. The high is 89 degrees, how long does the humid pattern last . Eva well have the answer in the exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast. Before you head out today or this week check in on 6abc. Com w
Already another mall. We are pushing through this workweek. Katie, i have to tell you looking forward to this weather. It is so fantastic. Yesterday was pretty much just a generally good day. We had very isolated showers that fired up north of the city, with cool air aloft and warm air at the surface but we are in the mid of a a really comfortable air mass, regional wide, full sunshine the spectation just nice weather all the way around. This, i have been saying this all week, i have been personally looking ahead to as my personal favorite of the forecast because it will be a Beautiful Day anyway but comfortable too as we start off with the view of sky cam three, away from the city, you might catch these meteors away coming from the persaid meet your shower the next laugh an hour. We have the peak of that going on but storm scan three, hey, that is totally free and clear with High Pressure building in place. The here are area temperatures. They are all over the place. We have lower mid
Lovely on this august 16. Good morning. Im rob nelson. And im michelle charlesworth. We just learned an indonesian airliner has lost contract with air Traffic Control. There are 49 passengers and five crew members on board the twin turbo prop plane. It last contact a little more than half an hour after taking off from the capital. It was over land and within the same province. Getting erie, these missing planes. We dont know the full story yet. Well monitor that throughout the morning. Another bizarre situation that we will have an eye on for you. With that a quick look at weather with miss freeze. The hot stuff continues. We were steamy yesterday and the sunshine. You had to seek out the shade to stay cool. Hot temperatures again today. Accuweather bumping up the high temperatures to close out the weekend. And starting with a real steam bath on monday. Temperatures in the middle to upper 90s. It really means were actually flirting with records here with the record being in the upper 9