Vote the presiding officer any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 72. The nays are 18. The nomination 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. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune mr. President , every american has had to deal with annoying and Illegal Robocalls. All of us have been ininterrupted at one point or time announcing we won a prize or needing important banking information so that our account wont be closed. These calls are a major nuisance but of course theyre not just a nuisance, mr. President. Too Many Americans fal
Not waiting for officials or even daybreak, they are still coming. Host those are the words and images that nbc used to open its special report on the night of november 9, 19 89. 30 years later, we are remembering that earth and concrete shattering day. Gallery,he berlin wall from the newseum and washington, d. C. Wass our socialism such a devastating failure. Cuba, venezuela, china, russia even the scandinavians are running away from it tremendously. We have such a generational divide here in america concerning socialism. They seem to be predisposed in favor of it. They do not know mao or stalicad after world war ii. Heres that clip. [video clip] until such time germany could reshape her own destiny, she would be divided into separate sounds of occupation, each controlled by an allied power american, british, french, russian. Economically, she would be treated as a whole. This the victors had agreed when they met to decide the future of germany. Even then, some had reservations about
Now news to build a better area. The cleanup continues at u. C. Berkeley nearly 24 hours after a dver crashed into a fire hydrant causing dormts to flood. Im eric thomas. Im dionne lynn. Part of the housing complex was evacuatedt night. Were joined live at u. Krmpc. Berkeley. You can see the cleanup crews are just leaving as we are talking right now. Theyve been out here all day collecting bags of debris and garbage that filled the courtyard. I was told two of the buildings faced extensive damage and about 30 students had to move out. Work crews spent the morning cleaning up dirt, rocks and runoff from last nights accident. As students who lived on the ground floor packed up and moved out. Last night an alleged drunk driver who was later arrested hit this hydrant spewing water for more than two hours. Fourstory building. You can still see the stream of water going above it because it was shooting that high into the air. Reporter freshman ben tate said its been an interesting semester a
Captioning funded by cbs good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you, im annemarie green. We are going to begin with Severe Weather overnight in dallas, texas. A powerful tornado touched down near Love Field Airport leaving widespread damage. A tornado people were told to take shelter immediately when the twister hit last night. It packed winds of up to 111 miles per hour. In north dallas, there were multiple reports that cars, houses, and businesses had been destroyed. The storm also downed trees and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. First responders searched neighborhoods overnight for people who may have been trapped. One person described what happened. It started shaking. It felt like of like an earthquake. It started moving the house around, a lot of whistling, all that wind. Ths and stuf faffof was go mecyent minor. One person in benton county, arkansas, was killed by a tree that was apparently downed by the s
Lieutenant James Robinson was largely for godness is family new that he had a medal. But this is one of those Amazing Stories that that had been just kind of forgotten over time in the enormity of the war. And so our researchers had uncovered this i mean, you know, and i just want to kind of highlight it lieutenant James Robinson was a ford observer attached to an empty company in the 60 Third Infantry Division in the european theater of operations. On april 6 1945 during a fierce battle in southern germany lieutenant robinson rallied the troops. Led the counter attack with a 78 pound field radio on its back. So thats the thing in the in the program. Its Pretty Amazing and took command of the remnants of the empty company. The Company Commander had been killed the platoon leader was wounded. And he shouted the words that american soldiers continued to echo on battlefields today. Lets go. The company down to 19 soldiers were ordered to continue the attack against superior numbers. So ss