Welcome back from lunch. I hope you enjoyed it. This is our all catholic panel of the day. Although we are all catholics last week when the pope was here. I never met so many catholics i didnt know were catholic. And so today im going to announce a papal miracle, but after a few minutes into the interview, both of them met the pope. So im going to get a little papal dust on me, i hope. And senator markey, which i never call you that, but i want to be formal. Ive known ed for about 29 years or so. What was it like . You met the pope, not once in your life, right, but twice . I was invited to go to the vatican last june to consult with Cardinal Turkson and cardinal who had been given the responsibility fof drafting. I was invited with a congressman from the philippines, mexico, south africa, to talk about the impacts of Climate Change, especially on those poorest countries in the world, and then what could be done in order to avoid the worst consequences. So it was a great honor for me t
In late october. First we want your reaction to russias military action in yesterday. How should the United States respond . 2027488000 and 2027488002. You can join the conversation at facebook. Com cspan or email us. Well get to your thoughts but me show how you it is playing out. States. The united well start with the miami hearld. Russ war and then syria ou have this, russia attacks targets, but for the u. S. The targets . S, which they say they were targeting slamic state, but u. S. Officials say that the evidence shows they were not. Going after those who. Re opposed rebel nes are targeting groups. Assad foes strike syria. Front pages around the world and here is the guardian out of russia sends in bombers and raises stakes in syria and from the dailyis tar in lebanon, Russia Strikes thrust syria war into deadlier phase. From the times out of england and they have some eadline, putin defies the west with strikes on syrian rebels. Gasoline risk pouring on the fire. That from the wh
The gentleman from california. Mr. Royce i yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois, mr. Doled. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from illinois is recognized for one minute. Want to thank my good friend from california, the chairman, for yielding me the time and also want to thank my good friend from pennsylvania for bringing this piece of legislation. Supporting victims of iranian terrorism is a cause that every Single Member of this body should be able to support, regardless of where they stand on the Iranian Nuclear agreement. Under no circumstances should we be ignoring the victims of irans terrorism while simultaneously rewarding the greatest state sponsor of terror the world has seen. Make no mistake, under this administrations agreement with iran, iran will be receiving approximately 150 billion in sanctions relief in new funding almost immediately while american victims of iranian terrorism, whether it be bombings, kid nappings and the like kidnappings and the like,
Juveniles in solitary confinement. Are you supportive of this . Or lynch this legislation an important opportunity for all of us to look at how we administer criminal justice in this country. If the goal is to protect the American People, in a way that is efficient, transparent and fair, sentencing reform has been the topic of great bipartisan discussion. Todays announcement is a great step forward. We commend and thank senators booker and lee. And the other senators who worked on this. They cross the aisle to come together with different ideas on how to improve the system. Casesmber prosecuting where we looked at people who were being cycled through a system, nonviolent drug offenders facing severe mandatory minimums being deported or going back home. You could not see the utility in it. We needed to focus resources on the kingpins, the leaders and organizers of the narcotics organization. It is something the department of justice has been focused on. I predecessor introduced a smart
Many of the 600 animals were being kept in what investigators describe as deplorable conditions. A variety of different environments. Some of them are in individual buildings, some in outdoor enclosures. What we are seeing right now on the preliminary walkthrough is a number of medical issues. Reporter the aspca has thats treating the animals at this location now. They were are also collecting evidence to build a case against the owners. We were quickly shifting into the next phase, getting the animals out of this environment and into a much cleaner environment where they start getting the care they need. Reporter this will be the last night for many of those animals at the haven. There are 140 responders from the aspca on hand to move those animals out of the shoulder. Tomorrow into a big warehouse. That is where they will get medical treatment and health. And help. The animals will be adopted out across the country. An emergency meeting underway at duke to determine the next step for