Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 lilienth. Lincoln won the 1860 president ial election because he carried every free state except for a divided electoral vote in new jersey. So he compiled a clear majority in the Electoral College and as we all know, of course, it is electoral votes that count. He also amassed far more popular votes than any of the other three candidates. But his plurality victory gained only 40 of the nationwide popular vote. He got no electoral votes and hardly any popular votes in the south. He was not on the ball loballotn Southern States. As we have seen an articulate ideological minority of republicans did consider slavery a moral problem, but mainstream republican moderates always said slavery was beyond their reach. Lincolns victory shocked the south. Throughout the summer and fall political orators warned of catastrophe. A symbolic humiliation added to southern distress. The south contended for a supposed constitutional right the rig
And freedom. Inspire them to be stewards of your will as you answer their cries for help. Lord, listen to their fervent prayers as they wait expectantly for your deliverance. Keep our senators on the right path of your prevailing providence and surround them with the shield of your love. Defend them with your heavenly grace and give them the courage to face perils with total trust in you. We pray in your sovereign 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 america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute for morning business, please. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley you watch the news or read the newspapers and you know that theres a lot of deliberations going on to help with the problems that we have of
Grandfathers arms. This was a preventible tragedy. Rorter the 1 1 2yearold died sunday afternoon after plummeting 150 feet from deck 11 of the freedom of the seas docked in san juan, puerto rico. Chloes grandfather claiming he walked her to the glass window bank near the childrens water park area, seen in this video from a cruise earlier this year. Theres a wood railing right there. He puts her up on there thinking shes going to bang on the glass and its going to be great. She goes to bang on the glass, the next thing he knows, shes gone. Reporter an attorney for the family saying chloes grandfather had no idea this window was open. According to her family, chloe loved to look through glass, pictured here face against the boards at her big brothers hockey game. The Puerto Rican Police commissioner saying investigators are interviewing her family members. Their lawyer saying the cruise line should have done more to ensure the safety of the ships youngest passengers. Why would you ever i
Tests the Home Delivery services. Announcer news4 midday starts nmo. Good rning and welcome to m news4day. Im melissa molette. And im aaron gilchrist. We start with the weather. New orleans dealing with floodingt similar to whawe saw on monday. A flash flood emergency is sued there. This picture or video coming from nbcs Morgan Chesky i believe. It is a very different scene here. It is warm and dry. The sun is out. Finally calm conditions, but it wont last. The system thatan hit new could be headed this way. Lets check in withry laun ricketts with more on what is ahead. Chuck and i have been fall following this and it is a potential Tropical Cyclone number two. Look at this rain. And it is not even close to landfall yet. They will fly a hurricane hunte service into it today to check it out to see if it has the tropical capability to become a depression or into a hurricane. Eventually so again this is what were watching. But a lot of heavy rain pushing around new orleans. Ix fo inches f
Morning. Morning joe starts now. Which sets us apart from the terrorists, as we believe in the dignity of every human life. Palestinian, muslim, jew, american, christian, everyone. If you give that up, the terrorists win. We can never let them win. President biden is back at the white house this morning after a jampacked trip to israel, where he promised continued support for americas ally and cautioned against ragefilled vengeance. Meanwhile, his administration is working to address the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza ahead of an expected Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces. Well go through all of that and get a live report from jerusalem in just a moment. Plus, the drama here at home on capitol hill. Well, the drama at home on capitol hill, willie. Also, the questions about some of the reporting immediately following that tragic bombing of the hospital in gaza. A lot of the intel, u. S. Intel pointing toward the fact that it was an Islamic Jihad rocket. There are, if you read the W