Chief of staff. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Vice president under the previous order, the senate will consider the following nomination. The clerk nomination, general charles q. Brown, jr. , to be chief of staff and general of the United States air force. The Vice President under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . It appears there is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the Vice President are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. And the historic nomination of general charles q. Brown, jr. As the United States air force chief of staff is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Alexander madam president . The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Alexander thank you
Without. So, wow is there for our customers, with speed, reliability, value and choice. Now, more than ever, it starts with great internet. Wow. Wow supports cspan as a Public Service, along with these other televisn a front row seat to democracy. The u. S. Senate is a■s■put t gavel in. Today lawmakers will work on a government funding measure passed by the house with the first of two shutdown deadlines tomorrow at midnight. Yesterday majority leader schumer filed closure on the first package and americans who with cancer, exposed to nuclear radiat luthe morgantown, West Virginia, will open the senate in prayer. The guest chaplain i invite you to pray with me. Creator god, from the beginning you have brought order from chaos. And in your wise compassion, you Order Society by calling people into vocations, masks of god, d; which through others your work is done. We pray your blessing upon our senate this day, and especially upon the many you have called to live out their vocation wi
Remembers in a photo of mirror lake in mt. Hood, part of the mt. Hood wilderness within the mt. Hood National Forest in my home state of oregon. And mt. Hood, madam president , is an oregon icon. Ahave a and William Wyden are twins, pictures vaibl pictures y iphone after this discussion. They ski this and theyve already recognized at a very young age that mt. Hood is an icon. And wilderness, there and across america, has been called the Gold Standard of conservation. Keeping areas under the strongest level of protection the law provides ensures that they remain wild for future generations to appreciate and enjoy. And by identifying what places deserve wilderness protection in an open, inclusive fashion, the country ensures full public debate, opportunities to bring people together, to build a consensus, sensitivity to rural traditions and local economic needs, with an end product being wilderness areas that all americans can be proud of. Creating wilderness, madam president and perhaps
Im dion lim for all of us at abc tonight, breaking news. A plane crashing into a shopping center. The emergency as the twin engine plane slams into a parking lot. No one onboard surviving. What the pilot did before the moment of impact. Also tonight, the alleged assassination attempt by drone. Venezuelas president says he was the target. The wild scene caught on camera. Troops running off, then the live feed suddenly cut. Plus, President Trump lashing out about the russia investigation. Defending his son don jr. And that infamous meeting at trump tower. What the president is now saying. Relentless fires. The images coming in. New evacuations, with more dangerous heat ahead. Plus, earthquake disaster. More than 80 People Killed when a massive quake rocks a popular
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Hong kong. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im Phil Mattingly in for dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Lets start with the president. President trump admitting during the 2016 president ial race his son don junior met to get information on an opponent. On sunday, the president called the Trump Tower Meeting totally legal and done in politics all the time. Adding i did not know about it. You may know that tweet contradicting the earlier statements. The president acknowledging for the first time the purpose of the meeting was to gather dirt on Hillary Clinton and not to discuss russian adoption. As for it being totally legal . It addresses that the president is now concerned over don junior may have legal exposure in the Robert Mueller probe. That is according to sources
close to the white house. Cnn reported that Michael Cohen may have knew about the meeting despite his denials. Lets get more from boris sanchez. Reporter christine and phil, it has been