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Quorum call the presiding officer the senator from alaska. Ms. Murkowski mr. President , i request proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Murkowski thank you, mr. President. We are on the measure again, the shaheenportman Energy Efficiency, also known as Energy Savings and industrial competitiveness act. An efficiency bill, mr. President. This shouldnt be this difficult for us. When we talk about the benefits of an alloftheabove Energy Policy, the benefits that can come to us as a nation when we are more resilient with our energy sources, when were able to access our Domestic Energy sources, whether they be our fossil fuels, whether they be our renewables, whether they be nuclear, we all talk about it in ....
That was an unexpected turn. Well have more on that ahead tonight. Theres also some very provocative reporting from abc news. Abc has this, i need to tell you that nbc news has not verified it. But what abc is reporting tonight is that the president s Campaign Chairman, Paul Manafort, abc says that hes in talks with prosecutors about not just potentially pleading guilty to some of the felony counts that hes charged with in washington, d. C. For which hes expected to go on trial starting next week, but abc is reporting that hes in talks with prosecutors and the special counsels office about pleading guilty and potentially cooperating with the special counsels office, specifically against President Trump. Now, the reporting on that story has come from multiple news outlets and has been sort of building slowly over the past ....
About who is being interviewed, who is in the, and so on. We know this renewed fbi Background Investigation is underway and we understand that at the very top of the list is dr. Christine blasey ford. We reached out to her attorneys yesterday and we were told that she has not yet been contacted by the fbi. Doesnt mean she wont be. Its just she hasnt been yet. Also mark judge, the man who dr. Ford puts in the room. He is a witness but possibly an accomplice. There is leland keyser, fords long time friend who said she had no recollection of being at a party. Then there is also p. J. Smyth. He is kavanaughs friend. Then theres deborah ramirez. She is the classmate at yale who alleges that kavanaugh exposed himself to her. I am told that investigators spoke to her yesterday. And then add to all of that chad ludington. He is a yale classmate of kavanaughs who said he often drank with him. He issued a statement yesterday sayin ....