The presiding officer any senator wish to vote or change their vote . The yeas are 88. Nays are 4. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. First i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a 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. Barrasso thank you, madam president. Madam president , i come to the floor today having just spent thanksgiving day with our troops serving in afghanistan. It was an incredible honor to join President Trump in a surprise visit to the soldiers stationed at Bagram Air Force base. We served thanksgiving dinner to our dedicated Service Members, those are indi
Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. A new bipartisan report to Congress Warns the u. S. Is facing dire National Security congress commissioned the Syria Study Group to build a military and diplomatic strategy to deal with growing instability in syria. The report states that after nine years of conflict, syria is now a safe haven for terror organizations like isis and is threatening to destabilize neighboring countries, including iraq. The report comes two years after iraqi forces, with help from the u. S. Military, defeated isis during one of the most intense battles in modern warfare, the liberation of mosul. Could Lessons Learned from mosul hedalpef pittard commanded the Coalition Response in iraq in 2014, andd s bryant, was part of the special ops teams on the ground. They give a candid account of the war in their new book, hunting the caliphate americas war on isis and the dawn of the strike cell. Gentlemen, its nice to have you with me. Dana oh thank you for havi
Of paris court finds the woman behind the french me to movement for defaming a man and shed accused of sexual harassment. British businessman and banks and his leave daughter you campaign cleared of receiving millions in funding from overseas including from russia. Stating there was no evidence that any criminal offenses had been committed. Live from the International Venue with you tonight. Welcome to the program. Controversies growing in washington over a july phone call between president s of the us and ukraine so after whistleblowers complaint against donald trump was declassified on thursday it alleges that the white house attempted to keep the details of the 2 Leaders Conversation secret democrats say that during his conversation with lot of news alecky mr trump unlikely committed a crime by urging his counterpart to investigate democratic 2020 hopeful joe bidens activities in ukraine and the balkan explains. If you take a look at the complaint its from an unnamed whistleblower a
Legacy of the longtime leader of San Franciscos glide Memorial Church. For the sake of my life, cecil has established for all of us what Community Service really means, how reverend Cecil Williams was the Guiding Force behind glide for more than five decades. As many remember his legacy of compassion and service to others. Then a new phase starts today in the push to house low income families in oakland. What were learning about a new Affordable Housing project thats breaking ground near lake merritt. Live from jack london square. This is morning time two the night. Today is tuesday, april 23rd. Were looking live at part of San Francisco show, and i do see some ships there. And the San Francisco bay. It is a cloudy start. Steve will talk about the cloudy and cooler temperatures. We have also a little bit of wind mixed in there. Well get a details in just a bit. People nationwide reportedly spent more than 450 a year on tipping, more than they would like to. Researchers surveyed 2000 pe
Really windy along the bay yesterday. Lets see if it will continue. Good morning. Steve paulson is back. Significantly cooler. There is a huge fog bank out there. So the wind up 36 up at travis. Been up to 40 for some gusts here and almost everybody saying cloudy to mostly cloudy. And thats a big fog bank out there. So 50s on the temps. I doubt these change at all, get ready for it. Looks like an extended stretch here. Some unseasonably cool weather, but mainly its the low cloud deck which is front and center, and temps go well below average here. 50s and 60s. All right, well say happy tuesday. Good morning to mister sal castaneda. Well mister Steve Paulson, thank you. And welcome back. Right now we dont have a lot going on, which is exactly the way we want it to be at 401. Boy, its early, right now, traffic is moving well on interstate 880. And see, its moving very nicely with no major issues. If youre driving to the bay bridge, theres a very small delay, if any at all, as you cross t