Quorum call mr. Cornyn madam president . The presiding officer the sphror texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Cornyn madam president , i understand there is a bill at the desk due for its second reading. The presiding officer the clerk will read the bill for the second time. The clerk s. 3011, a bill to improve the accountability, efficiency, transparency, and overall effectiveness of the federal government. Mr. Cornyn madam president , in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i object to further proceedings. The presiding officer objection being heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. Mr. Cornyn madam president , anybody whos been watching the national news, and particularly the weather, knows that weve been having some serious flooding back home in texas and, tragically, we lost nine soldiers at fort hood in a very unfortunate drownin
Announcer ted talks war and peace was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. Please welcome your host, baratunde thurston. [applause] welcome, everybody. I am so excited to be hosting ted live here at the town hall in new york city. The theme is war and peace, and before we continue any further, i just want to acknowledge the men and women who have served or are currently serving in our armed services. You and your families are especially welcome tonight, so thank you. [applause] he grew up wanting to be an actor, but his path to the stage was anything but direct. Please welcome actor and veteran adam driver. [applause] i was a marine with 1 1 weapons company, 81st platoon out in camp pendleton, california. Rah. Audience rah i joined a few months after september 11th, feeling like i think most people in the country did at the time, filled with a sense of patriotism and retribution and the desire to do something, that coupled with the fact that i wasnt doing anything.
Announcer ted talks war and peace was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. Please welcome your host, baratunde thurston. [applause] welcome, everybody. I am so excited to be hosting ted live here at the town hall in new york city. The theme is war and peace, and before we continue any further, i just want to acknowledge the men and women who have served or are currently serving in our armed services. You and your families are especially welcome tonight, so thank you. [applause] he grew up wanting to be an actor, but his path to the stage was anything but direct. Please welcome actor and veteran adam driver. [applause] i was a marine with 1 1 weapons company, 81st platoon out in camp pendleton, california. Rah. Audience rah i joined a few months after september 11th, feeling like i think most people in the country did at the time, filled with a sense of patriotism and retribution and the desire to do something, that coupled with the fact that i wasnt doing anything.
Went a little rogue in our good natured trouble and put cell phone on the floor to record what the members were saying to make sure that the American People were not shut out. And so give us the situation now. How many of you are still there in the house . Dozens and you know, over the last few years we have been feeling a little frustrated and powerless at one of the most powerful places in the world and this has really been a momentos day for us because our con sit watts have asked us over and over from each of the tragedies from sandy hook to orlando, when is Congress Going to do something about this and we have. I do think the dam has broke and were on our way to a new day. So at the very least youre trying to get a measure pass to try to prevent people from the no fly list to be able to buy guns . We believe that the easiest one, the most amount of people in america agree on, is if youre too dangerous to fly then you should be too dangerous to buy a firearm. Lets start there and i
Paper from Larry Summers. He will join us live to talk about the safety of the banks today. Republican nominee donald trump giving more details about his tax and economic plan a few hours ago. You saw that live here on cnbc. We will bring you details and get reaction from clinton supporter and former economic adviser during clinton administration, laura tyson. Tesla is suing an oil industry executive who allegedly sent an email pretending to be elon musk. That is just too weird. It wasnt even the same address but he was expecting the cfo to respond and give information. It was close enough that you wouldnt have blamed the cfo if he hadnt looked closely enough. Lets start with the apple story rising for a fourth consecutive session with a gain of at least 2 . Today it is 3. 6 . Company announcing that the iphone 7 plus has already sold out. The iphone 7 is available in all colors except the most popular, jet black. That is sold out, as well. Joining us now is will power along with rod c