About 2 gallons working this afternoon on an executive nomination. Expected to vote on limiting debate on the next defense secretary. The chaplain of the house of representatives, father patrick conroy, will open the senate with prayer. The guest chaplain let us pray. Righteous god, deliver your people from evil. Set our lawmakers on safe paths, protecting them from dangers. Preserve them and their loved ones, keeping them from stumbling. Provide our senators with counsel, even in the night sessions, that they may prevail against the evil that seeks to destroy our nation and world. As they trust your loving kindness, may their hearts rejoice in your salvation. Lord, deal bountifully with them and the members of their staffs. We pray in your marvelous name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of americ, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and
A perfect Beach Weekend and were going to talk much more about the beach forecast, the pool forecast and the heat recast and the storm forecast and ive got a lot of bforecas. Sy friday for you. All right. Well check back in just a bit. Doug, thank you. The heat is going to be a major llenge for folks heading down to the mall for the fourth of july, and today district leaders gave us new details about what we can expect next week. The president will speak, as you know, warplanes will fly overhead, and, ocourse, fireworks will explode near the mall. News 4s corey smith joins us live outside the Lincoln Memorial helping you get red for the big festivities. Hey, cory. Oh, jim, are you red re, because im very, very ready to celebr first fourth of july here in the nations capital. As we all know, President Trump likes celebraions to be huge, and the 4th will be no different. Thats added extra stress to thd local federal agencies who have pthlatollisn a reporter the stage is not quite set for
The elegant brick line beauty of the United Nations plaza has changed. Becoming a Gathering Place for the homeless and drug take into accounted. One day a week the atmosphere changes thanks to the sundays Farmers Market. And this Farmers Market was founded on that principle. From day one we had a line of people in this neighborhood waiting to purchase fresh produce. Reporter the presence of so many people discourages the troubled element from congregating and officials have taken notice. They asked if the market could operate seven days a week. But when that wasnt possible, the city quietly developed a plan to move the farmers out. Instead the plaza will soon contain a Public Recreation area including skateboarding, pickle ball, and tech board courts and pingpong and chess tables. My understanding in what we have been told is it is an experimental Pilot Project to try to improve conditions on u. N. Plaza. Weve been told that if it does not work out, if it proves to be unsuccessful, the
Has risen again. More than 90 people confirmed killed. The inferno is now the deadliest u. S. Wild fire in more than a century. The scale of suffering and trauma only now coming into focus. Cbs mornings coanchor decull poe is in maui tonight and leads our coverag. Tony, good evening. Reporter major, good evening to you. We are just back now from a shelter still filled with 1,000 people, five days after that wild fire chewed through parts of west maui. And many people here tell us theyre still trying to comprehend the sheer scale of the devastation and to process the pain. The people in hawaii are some of the toughest around, but even they need help. They certainly do. Theres a search here for everyday things like gasoline, phone reception, just a signal, or your next hot meal. Power outages are rolling and it means that major appliances are all but useless. Residents say its local volunteers and groups that have stepped up while the government has so far,r, thahat help mostl words, not