The impeachment trial of president trump, light on tilt or custom coverage on cspan2. Or on theonline cspan radio app. Desantisa governor ron delivered his state of the state address in tallahassee. This is just over 30 minutes. [applause] mr. President , mr. Speaker, members of the senate. The constitution requires me to inform the legislature concerning the condition of the state and to recommend measures in the public interest. It brings me great satisfaction to support report and to commend bert commend the members of the house and senate for your efforts to make for successful. [laughter] [applause] floridastis Unemployment Rate is near a historic low. We have a triplea credit rating. Florence Public University system is ranked number one in the nation. We are ranked one of the top states in the nation for physical health, physical health. And wes a 50 year low have no state income tax. [applause] gov. Desantis it is said that the only thing certain in life are death and taxes but
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 51, the nays are 41. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president be immediately notified of the senates actions. A. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. Special 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 487. 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, robert the judiciary, robert
Reported vegetation fire in th area of the geysers geothermal plant in geysers road in the area of geyserville, california. First arrived to find a large fire a couple Hundred Acres in size and with the rapid rate of spread. Moving in multiple directions through different drainages and rugged terrain. They quickly augmented the response where we add additional cal fire resources and reached out to local government partners for additional help from them as well. The fire turned out to be fueled by what we believe to be a 60 Miles Per Hour wind and the terrain in that area is very rugged. Throughout the night the fire continued to push, winddriven, toward the community of geyserville in that general area per pushed down into the geyserville area around 5 am, 5 30 am. At that point we initiated an Evacuation Order for the community of geyserville along with the Sheriffs Office, working with the Sheriffs Office and evacuated the community as well as other areas above the fire area. We had
Deductions experts warned that firms with bad scores could be hit with sanctions or even lose their licenses. Its a completely new system unique around the world everything related to the company exists in a single system which produces a single score we fundamentally support this system its a positive thing to clean up things in china but there are uncertainties and one of them is that its difficult to see how the scores calculated. Its a system that still remains opaque to most businesses according to the German Chamber of commerce 7 out of 10 german firms dont know what the new social Credit System will mean for them. From nottingham the director of the university of londons s o a s china institutes the joins us save whats fading actually looking for when surveilling these businesses. Well what beijing isnt looking for is on the one hand and a very high degree of Corporate Social Responsibility being discharged by western companies and on the other hand it require him and that is we
Surveillance cameras in their premises and share the data with the government also be rated on their tax records and comply its a system that has many firms boot. A traffic light with facial recognition cross on red face a public shaming and loose social credit points in some chinese cities its already a reality even those who sort their trash incorrectly have to reckon with point deductions in some places as well as the penalties for low scores like losing the right to ride the fast train the point system is scheduled for full implementation across china by the end of 2020 and it will also affect businesses. The new system will monitor whether businesses it here to customs regulations pay taxes pay off loans or follow environmental regulations those who flout the rules face point deductions experts warned that firms with bad scores could be hit with sanctions or even lose their licenses. Its a completely new system unique around the world that everything relating to the company exists