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For a u. S. District court judge in ohio. It is also the first opportunity for members to speak on the floor sense election day. Watch live Senate Coverage on cspan2 and the house on cspan. Amtrak president and ceo William Flynn was on capitol hill to testify on how the coronavirus affects the Passenger Rail system and what amtrak is doing in response. The Senate Commerce of science and Transportation Committee also heard from representatives of the freight Rail Industry and about the challenges they are facing as a result of the pandemic. This hearing is just over two and half hours. Order. Thank you all for being here, good morning. Today the committee can means to discuss the status of the National Rail network in the country is 140,000 miles of freight rail in class one railroads over 600 freight railroads and thousands of Companies Using braille to ship products and raw materials, we also have an intercity passenger real service amtrak operating on 22000 miles of the same network
Its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight finishing on a high vote. Plus, stephen welcomes South Carolina Senate Candidate Jaime Harrison. And musical guest Elvis Costello featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan Theater Office building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen welcome to a late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Ladies and gentlemen, i rarely say this, and i never mean it, but we have breaking news. Just moments before i walked into the studio im in right now, i learned something shocking. Two years ago you may remember, the New York Times published an oped called i am part of the resistance inside the Trump Administration by somebody known only as anonymous. People have been guessing who this ever since it was released. Well, this afternoon anonymous was revealed and its miles teller. Star of whiplash, the beloved fantastic four series, and the upcoming top gun reboot. I have no idea how miles teller got such intimate
We want to think the candidates for being with us tonight. Yes, they are socially distanced and following all protocols. Both are being tested regularly. A quick reminder about the rules for the debate. Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer most questions, 30 seconds to answer followup questions. We will ask specific yes and no questions throughout the debate. And we are asking that both candidates please refrain from interrupting one another. We have a lot of territory to get through tonight, so we must start with the pandemic. We have seen the consequences, economic devastation, especially for the lowest wage workers, people of color hit disproportionately, people struggling with Mental Health and suicides climbing. On monday, the president tweeted do not be afraid of covid, do not let it dominate your life. 2,000 in colorado have died, 75,000 in colorado have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. As a member of the senate, are you proud of the way that the republican majority is
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