Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is sunday, september 24th. Thanks for spending part of your morning with us. Heres what we are watching for you. Its time for them to do job america elected them to do. Lawmakers up against a clock and working on a deal to fund the government ahead of a looming shutdown. The real world impacts a shutdown would have on everything from air travel to members of the military. Ophelia has moved inland after bringing heavy rain and flooding to parts of the east coast. The areas we are watching for more flooding and the threat of severe storms today. Its a cosmic delivery hyeas in the making. A Space Capsule full of Asteroid Pieces set to land on earth this morning. What scientists are hoping to learn from it. The fires that you dont hear about in the news is the greatest success. It could be a game changer when it comes to firefighting. How they are using a. I. To snuff out wildfires before they explode. Plus, a 10 and 11yearold steal their moms
[roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] clerk will report the tally. Mr. Chairman, 33 aye votes, 28 no votes. The amendment is adopted. I might just note both mr. Courtney and mr. Mcarthur talked to me about circumstances make them hard for to be here at this particular moment. I dont want to speak for them. They both have very food reasons at this moment. Unfortunately the committee has got to proceed. The question occurs on amendment number 184 by mr. Bishop regarding utah test range. The clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [inaudible conversations]. Clerk will report the tally. Mr. Chairman, there are 35 aye votes, 26 no votes. The amendment is adopted. Question occurs on amendment 28 by mr. Bridenstein regarding the lesser prairie chicken. Clerk will call the roll. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [role call vote] [roll call
The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. Todays opening prayer will be offered by rear admiral brent w. Scott, deputy chief of chaplains for the United States navy and chaplain of the marine corps in washington, d. C. The guest chaplain please join me in prayer. Heavenly father, we begin this day in the privilege of prayer, thanking you for this great nation, a people gathered from every tongue and tribe, bound together through the more noble ideals of liberty and justice and equality, formed and favored as one nation under god. We ask your help as you continue to make us as one. We pray for our senate in this session, and ask you to bless them with wisdom and discernment to lead our people toward reconciliation, to rebuild our nations confidence in justice, to restore our sense of equality. Free each one from the divisive distractions of any lesser ideals that they may more powerfully serve the people as a body of, by, and for the people, making every effort to keep an
We continue our live aroundtheclock coverage of the Global Pandemic. The past 24 hours have brought an onslaught of new developments as our federal and local governments raise to get the upper hand on a growing health and economic crisis. A deadly disease that is Holding Americans hostage in their own homes. Over the next few hours, here are some of the stories well be looking at with our team of reporters and Health Experts here in this country and abroad. In washington, a call to arms as to members of Congress Test positive for cove at 19. President trump compares the coronavirus threat to a foreign attack. Employees rarely used hours with medical supplies with reinforcement bills from congress. The government hopes to soon unleash an economic arsenal to help suffering americans. Relief is on the way for overworked Health Providers facing shortages and supplies and hospital beds. Hospital ships sailing to the rescue on both coasts. On an unprecedented move, the u. S. And canada shut
Carried lots of bad things home. A warning for millennials, young people refusing to social justice could put more people in danger. Fox and friends first starts right now. Good morning to you once again. You are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning, thank you for starting your day or renting it with us wherever you are joining us. Straight to that fox news alert, the coronavirus spreading exponentially from coasttocoast threatening the lives of americans in every single state. Empty street and see lockdowns, thousands of new cases are confirmed in the past 24 hours. Todd pyro joins us with the devastating numbers. So much has changed in 24 hours, that is a phrase we can expect to say a lot in the coming weeks. On the east coast, connecticut and pennsylvania reporting their first death with new york city cases doubling to nearly 2000. Bill diblasio calling for donald trump to mobilize the military for their logistical and medical teams while clarifying what a shelter in p