To covering congress. Today in the Senate Lawmakers will debate the nomination of eileen cannon to be u. S. District court judge for the Southern District of florida. Votes are expected at noon eastern. Now live to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master, we honor you for your glory and strength. Your glory fills us with reverence and your strength inspires us with courage. Bless our lawmakers. Inspire them to find fulfillment in the splendor of holiness. Lord, remind them that you expect people of faith to illuminate the darkness of this world with exemplary actions that prompt people to glorify you. May our senators remember that their conduct, particularly during times of adversity, has longterm consequences. Lord, we praise you that you continue to rule our universe. We pray in your awesome name. Amen. The president pro tempore p
We need to prevent a collapse of the medical system. Stricter measures are necessary now. The request for establishments that serve alcohol to close early is expected to last for 20 days. Officials sabusiness that comp will be entitled to subsidies. Tokyo officials are also planning to suspend the campaign that offers discounts on dining and are urging residents to refrain from nonessential outings. Pub owners disappointed by the news. This is the third time april they have been asked to close early. Sgltsz the last two times i thought the measure was inevitable, but this time i feel, not again. They shouldnt just ask us to shorten our business hours, but rath take drastic steps to tackle the virus. Otherwise this will happen again. The measures come just a day after the Central Government temporarily excluded sapporo and osaka city from a Domestic Tourism campaign aimed at the stimulating the economy. Despite the spike in tokyo, it will remain part of the campaign. So far on wednesday
And that is like my favorite thing about a campaign, whether i was on a Campaign Staff or a candidate. So im really excited to talk about this today. Im going to give you a little bit of history here, so president ial and Vice President ial, general election debates have become really the highlight of the Campaign Season and something we just expect to happen. That has not always been the case. Its also common in other races, particularly highprofile races, so when was the first president ial debate . Heres a trivia question, historical trivia. Anyone know . Give you a hint . No one recognizes those people . This is a false hint. Thats lincoln and douglas. A lot of time people think, you hear the famous Lincoln Douglas debates and they ran against each other for president in 1860. Actually, their debates is when they were both running for the u. S. Senate in illinois in 1858 and had numerous debates around the state of illinois. And so quite an odd situation, they ran against each othe
Case. Its also common in other races, particularly highprofile races, so when was the first president ial debate . Heres a trivia question, historical trivia. Anyone know . Ill give you a hint. No one recognizes those people . This is a false hint. Thats lincoln and douglas. A lot of times people think its the famous Lincoln Douglass debates and they ran against each other for president in 1860. Actually, their debates is when they were both running for the u. S. Senate in illinois in 1858 and had numerous debates around the state of illinois. And so quite an odd situation, they ran against each other for u. S. Senate. Douglas was elected by the legislature at that time, the legislatures appointed the senators and two years later on are on major party tickets. But their debates were published and circulated a lot in 1816. The issues have not really changed a whole lot. The real first president ial debate was between john kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960. And now at this point Richard
Governor gavin newsom says one group is seen the bulk of these new coronavirus cases kron fours terisa stasio joins us live in San Francisco with more on the rising caseload. And how this could affect a reopening in the bay area teresa. Catherine and can the governor saying that this age group 18 to 49 in on that and saying that this just as an example and how this virus does not discriminate. The number of people that are testing positive. The number of new cases in the state of california. The age cohort is something i wanted to highlight california governor Gavin Newsome on what the state is saying when it comes to that surging covid19 cases. The state revealing the sevenday Positivity Rate is 7 . And over the weekend there were 14,390 new cases reported on saturday alone. Also the data showing that more women than men make up the cases in california. And there is this an increasing concern the governor saying that new information pointing to people between the ages of 1849, are cat