Lord, cleanse the fountains of their hearts from all that defiles, so that they may be fit vessels to be used for your glory. Let your peace be within them, as your spirit inspires them to glorify you in their thoughts, words, and actions. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The presiding officer 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 republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C. , april 9, 2014. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable edward j. Markey, a senator from the state of massachusetts, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed patrick j. Leahy, president pro tempore. Mr. Reid mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Rei
Day. Neighbor. We have the clouds and fog and gone fishing. The men of today load up the sticking aroun minivan and head to the water. I got the bottom how are they biting down your way, carson . Not so good, actually. No . No. Fun, though. Todays dads engage in some male bonding and open up about the highs and lows of fatherhood, part of our modern dads series, today, tuesday, june 10th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Nice to have you along on a Tuesday Morning on today. Weve got willie in for natalie whos on assignment. We want to get to this top story, breaking news out of afghanistan. Five american troops possibly killed in a friendly american fire air strike while trying to repel an attack. Lets get right to Jim Miklaszewski. What happened here . Reporter defense and military officials are telling nbc news that the five american soldiers killed in whats being killed a frien
Have been communicating with lanza. Now, officials have not publicly released any evidence they have linking lanza to any motive or obsession with breivik, and Connecticut State Police say the investigation into the motive is not complete. So any statement regarding his intent is speculation. Back to you. Thank you. Following contentious debate, four gun control measures passed the colorado house yesterday, and they are headed to the state senate. The colorado house voted to limit gun ammunition magazines to 15 rounds, require background checks for all gun transactions, impose a fee for gun buyers to cover the costs of the checks, and ban concealed weapons on college campuses. During the debate, Vice President joe biden called democratic lawmakers to push for their vote. Overseas now, this morning we expect to learn more about the prosecutions case against double amputee South African olympian Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius arrived at a pretoria courthouse this morning for a bail hearing.
Cbs news has learned that the gunman, adam lanza, may have been motivated by the massacre in norway back in 2011. Connecticut police say that theory is not accurate. Susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this. Good morning, susan. Reporter annemarie, good morning. Law enforcement sources tell us there is evidence adam lanza was obsessed with anders breivik, the killer in a massacre in norway in 2011 where 77 people died, and they say they know why lanza chose sandy hook elementary. The shooter in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre may have taken his inspiration from a mass murder that took place in norway a year and a half ago. Investigators tell cbs news that 20yearold adam lanza saw himself in direct competition with anders breivik. [ screams ] reporter breivik killed 77 people in july of 2011. Eight died in a bombing near a Government Center in oslo, 16 others were shot at a teen camp on a nearby island. Our sources indicate landers was obsessed with breivik and was tr
Now. This is new day with chris cuomo, kate baldwin, and michaela pereira. Good morning. Welcome to new day. Tuesday, june 10th. 6 00 in the east, miss Brooke Baldwin is here. I came back. In for kate baldwin. We didnt scare her away. We are following two breaking stories overseas. The deadliest day in months for the troops in afghanistan. Five americans killed along with one afghan soldier and kals of friend case of friendly fire. The Pakistani Taliban now claiming responsibility. We are going to track developments on both of these stores. First, to Cnns Barbara Starr at the pentagon. What do we know, barbara . Reporter good morning, chris. We are just getting confirmation from a u. S. Military official that five u. S. Forces were killed in southern afghanistan in a place called the argendone, a very violent area. Apparently they came into contact somehow with enemy forces but what the u. S. Believes happened is that when they called in support, somehow a helicopter, a friendly helico