Quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent that the proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. Mr. Mcconnell i ask that at 5 00 p. M. All postcloture time on the brownback nomination be considered expired and if confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, the president be immediately notified of the senates action. I further ask that the vote on the james nomination occur at 1 45 on thursday, january 25, with all the other provisions in effect. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Van hollen mr. President. The presiding officer the mr. Van hollen thank you, mr. President. I wanted to start my remarks today by focusing on a serious threat to our national security, and that is north koreas niewrm program, nuclear program, both its Nuclear Weapons program and its nuclear program. The u. S. Must get north korea to engage in meaningful di
In the head is going home in what doctors are calling an amazing recovery. Good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs headquarters. Im annemarie green. Hes accused of obstructing free trade with his America First policy, but back in this country, mr. Trump will likely face questions concerning obstruction of justice. Before he left, the president said that hed answer questions under oath from special Counsel Robert Mueller whos investigating special election interference. Good morning, annemarie. Good morning. Its the first time a sitting u. S. President has visited the davos gathering in almost 20 years and trump is pledging to strike the right deal with investors and bring back more money to america. The president arrives in davos with two issues lingering back home, immigration and the russia investigation. The president said hes looking forward to being interviewed by special Counsel Robert Mueller. At that same flight q a with reporters he insiftds it will make the u. S. Mor
Victim shot in the head is going home in what doctors are calling an amazing recovery. Good morning from the studio 57 news room at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Im annemarie green. President trump arrives in davos, switzerland, this morning to attend the World Economic forum. Hes accused of obstructing free trade with his America First policy, but back in this country, mr. Trump will likely face questions concerning obstruction of justice. Before he left, the president said that hed answer questions under oath from special Counsel Robert Mueller whos investigating Russian Election interference. Gav Gavin Ramjaun is in laund. Good morning good morning. Its the first time a sitting u. S. President has visited the davos gathering in almost 20 years and trump is pledging to strike the right deals with investors and bring back more money to america. The president arrives in davos with two issues lingering back home, immigration and the russia investigation. The president insisted
The last candidate hillary. What is the best strength . She is indestructible. She is the most resilient political figure in america. She is like Queen Elizabeth who became queen in the postworld war ii england and his queen today weve had four popes and one queen. Its like the cornea and band that no one told you you had. Shes been in our field of vision since 1992 but think of what she has survived in the course of that. Think of all of the scandals and controversy. She is the grandmother of obamacare and it didnt stick and she got back up off the floor. The scandals of the second term she ran in new york against rick who wasnt a candidate that made a bad mistake and she jumped on it. Ten years the first lady of arkansas she did care about health. She is a wonderful grandmother come of a dreadful candidate but she doesnt have to engage. They have money, they have most of the media, they have a machine and they have the math, they have the voter vault of team obama but mostly they hav
It compounds month after month. That is only to people who are getting unemployment or are unemployed. Many are the heads of household. The implication of this part of the crisis affected many tens of millions of americans well into the 50 and 60 million. 27 million americans directly affected, so the Ripple Effect into 50 or 60 million americans just from employment. Housing prices collapsed back into thousand one levels relatively quickly. Historic foreclosures were out of control, millions and millions of foreclosures. Small businesses were crushed. As Economic Activity plummeted one of the frontline organizations started going bankrupt at historic rates due to the complete lapse of Economic Activity. Underwater homes, the silent crisis, when over 30 . The mortgages were much higher than the value that the homes could be sold for in the markets as prices collapsed. Even through today, there are still waiting money way too many underwater homes. There are tens of millions of american