Justice, and righteousness. May they cultivate such ethical consist tency, that their words will be undergirded by right actions. Lord, keep them aware of your continued presence, as they find in you fullness of joy. Show them the path to life, as you guide them to your desired destination. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore amen. Please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of americ, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak as if in morning business for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley the United States of america has the mightiest military in the world to protect our freedoms and to guarantee peace around the world. Thats why its so important to keep check on the pentagons financial ledgers. Taxpayers expect their m
1985 but had been dormant 2002, before its reestablishment in the 2019 National Defense authorization act. This hearing is an hour and 30 minutes. [indistinct conversations] limiting welcome to order. Senator van hollen, if you would like to make your remarks, now is a good time. Thank you. I would like to introduce the nominee for the National Reconnaissance office known as nro. Mr. Chairman, while i cannot say that i am happy to see mr. Scalise leave his current duties in the state of maryland for nasa, i can say with great confidence that the nro would be very fortunate to have him as their director. Since march 2012, he has served nasa goddardf Space Flight Center in agreement greenbelt maryland. We are part of the work he has been doing. Mr. Scalise has worked in a variety of positions at goddard and before that at n. A. S. A. Headquarters. Prior to joining n. A. S. A. In 1987, he served as an officer in the navy working and classified programs and worked as civilian in the Defens
Correspondent Alexis Mcadams starts us off live tonight from des moines, iowa. Good evening, alexis. Bret, good evening from des moines. We talked to lot of voters state fairgrounds fox power rankings. Amongst all the fried food and all the fun here in iowa. The main course still politics. Tim scott, i think he has got a very positive message i like donald trump. I voted for him. This time around its iffy. Trump is the only one that can get us out of this mess we gotten into. Iowa voters not surprised that former President Donald Trump came outer on top on the new latest power rankings. Maybe desantis but im Still Standing with trump. Florida Governor Ron Desantis remains in second place, though recent polls show that gap between him and trump is widening. And in most national polls, South Carolina senator tim scott is a distant third. I just dont think he is as wellknown unless you have really been following the senate. Right now scott the only other candidate to poll double dignity s
Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im Justine Waldman and ongoing case thats over 20 years old continues before judge today as the fight for Scott Petersons innocence. Proceeds he los angeles Innocence Project, some of petersons family members and a skeptical private investigator are not convinced that the right man is behind bars for the deaths of Laci Peterson and her unborn son. Connor kron 4 s Charles Clifford joins us now live from redwood city with details about their efforts to try to overturn Scott Petersons conviction. Inside a mateo county courtroom tuesday morning, Scott Peterson appeared via video conference. Lawyers with the la Innocence Project. Attorneys from the Stanislaus County District Attorneys Office and members of the Peterson Family were also in the room in 2004 peterson was convicted of murdering his wife laci and their unborn son. Connor in modesto, back in 2002 at the original trial, peterson was sentenced to death, but that was later chang
go and how much he will go in demanding congress move to say avert a debt default, one of the big issues outstanding this congress. one in which the house republicans and the white house must resolve their differences to avoid a potential cevent to the economy and talking about all the issues surrounding the global security around the world, choir these spy balloon, the president expected to address the threat from china as well. a lot of questions about the president s tone and house republicans plan to showcase what they believe is a reasonable opposition, sit there, listen to the president, act respectfully as republicans are planning to battle back on things that they believe simply have no chance of passing this congress, jake. yeah, act respectfully is an interesting point. they are leaking and telling reporters mccarthy gave a warning to house republicans to behave during the speech. tell us about that. reporter: yeah, behind closed doors in the house republican co