Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 65, the nays are 28. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer question is on the motion. All those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 655. The presiding officer question is on the motion. All those in favor, say aye. Those opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, department of defense, victor g. Mercado of california to be an assistant secretary. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the cloture motion.
21. 5 Million People lost their jobs in april. Oil prices have also been higher last check of wti saw it just above 24. Thats a began of about 3 that link between oil and stock market futures has been strong too. It has been very, very strong it is interesting. It has been strong on the way up the question is was it strong on the way down it is interesting to think what has been driving what . It has been stuck here. It is up 11 the next morning it is 26 and then 23 again. At the end of the session, it seemed to go back. Weve been holding at 24 24, 25 that seems to be enough. These futures are up 250 points every morning. At the end of the day, weve given it back. We are up to 250 again are you kidding me, china, if we are being nice about trade, thats enough to send the markets up again we are back to that . At least it takes the threat off the table. If you start adding tariffs on, i wonder what happens. Earlier this week, all of this harsh rhetoric. We talked about it yesterday, wha
Now at 11 00, a bay area couple stuck on a cruise ship carrying a dozen coronavirus patients. Tonight, the coast guard is refusing to let the ship dock while the situation on board grows more dire. Tougher restrictions on dispensaries in Santa Clara County. Why recreational users will be turned away. And were tracking a good chance of rain in the forecast as we head into the weekend after a dry start to april, well track it hour by hour coming up in the forecast. Now at 11 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a bay area couple stuck thousands of miles from home on a cruise with coronavirus patients, good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Kpix 5s betty yu reports that they dont know when theyll be able to land. Betty . Ken, when the coral princess departed south america at the end of february, the coronavirus was not recognized as a serious threat. Now its hovering off Fort Lauderdale in limbo, and Princess Cruises says 12 people on board have tested positive for covid 19. F
Until it comes up with an approved plan for disembarking and hospitalizing people on board. We just cant have more people with our medical system. We dont have the capacity. Julie is a retired nurse practitioner. She says the coral princess is also overburdened. The medical staff is overwhelmed. So theyre not going to have all the resources they need to manage this. Thats why its going to be really important to get the ship somewhere where its safely docked. Already at port everglades, 2 Holland America ships docked. They were allowed to dock with scores of people with cod19pts. 4 people the ship. Tonight some of the passengers landed at sfo, screened and cleared to take flights home. Meanwhile others were quarantined on the grand princess cruise ship for over a month. Tonight we learned a crew member has died from the coronavirus at a San Francisco hospital. Were told that person was from the philippines. Some of the crew members still on board posted this video, asking to be evacuate
Providing transportation in rural areas and Railroad Safety. Well also learn about the department of transportations priorities for the coming year. Live coverage on cspan3. We have some wonderful, luxurious, very nice seatingrow. Id like to encourage everybody tole to closer. Were going to have a very nice discussion. Id like to encourage everybody closer. Make the setting a little bit more cozy and familial. We very much enjoy that. We like having a nice conversation about one of our favorite Public Policy issues. Yeah. Right along there. Thanks so much. Well, great. I want to welcome everyone to this panel. Again, thank you, all, very much for joining. My name is lawrence smith. Deputy assistant secretary for policy at the u. S. Department of transportation. It will be three years this month that ive been at the department. Incredibly honored to be part of a great team. Doing a lot of what we think is really, really awesome work. Going to be a lot of help to a lot of different parts