Will talk about later to get to senator alexanders remarks at the 10 30 scheduled time. Thank you, mister president. It is such an honor to be here and to join my colleagues in paying tribute to senator alexander, there are many that want to speak and have a few words to say. All of us wish we could do this to a background of music with lamar playing the piano. That would be the proper setting but i am so pleased to stand and honor the three terms of service in this body and the way he touched the lives of individuals in this body and millions of tennesseans. We know that he has talked about it in his remarks, he has worked with educators. He has worked with innovators. He has worked with the healthcare community, and works with entertainers, many of whom called tennessee home. When i was serving in the house and representing tennessees seventh Congressional District so many times i would look over here and i would say what is lamar not working on today because he always had such a bro
Than liebermann at the pentagon and this cnn jessica gino campuses across the country today as protests against the war in gaza spread at major universities an Indiana State Police in Riot Gear Carrying Shields and batons were seen clashing with Iu Bloomington students. Theyre on campus. Police say they arrested at least 26 people after they ignored six verbal warnings to leave in Northern California are hard closure is underway at the Cal Poly Humboldt campus after protesters took over two university buildings, there administrators say no one is allowed to enter or stay on campus without permission. The University Says classes will be virtual for the rest of the Semester Demonstrators across the country want their schools to stand against what they believe are acts of genocide being committed against the Palestinian People in gaza. But some jewish students worry the protests are becoming antisemitic that they lead to harassment and they fear for their safety on campus were covering th
the overwhelming house vote to expel him, and the competitive special election to fill his barely cold seat, and the country now mourning the loss of the first female supreme court justice known as an undenial swing vote on the bench, sandra day o connor, that s coming up. and overseas, fighting has resumed inside of gaza with israel launching terror strikes across the territory and dropping leaflets with a warning to civilians to move further south. one palestinian telling nbc news this, every ten to 15 minutes there have been strikes. it has been all around us. we begin with that historic breaking news on capitol hill, new york republican george santos now the sixth house member ever to be expelled from congress, the first in over 20 years. more than 2/3 majority, 311 of his colleagues voted to remove him from office following a scathing house ethic report and 23 count indictment on fraud charges. his seat is in the hands of new york governor kathy hochul. the governor ga
right now from the supreme court this morning. retired associate justice of the supreme court sandra day o connor has died at the age of 93. she is a trailblazer in so many ways. she was the first female member of the supreme court. our ken dilanian is joining us right now with more. ken, what do we know? we are just getting right now a statement from the supreme court announcing her death. the first woman ever appointed to the court, appointed by ronald reagan. the statement said that she died of complications related to advanced dementia, probably alzheimer s, and a respiratory illness. again, she was 93 years old. justice o connor was appointed to the court by president reagan in 1981, and she retired in 2006 after serving more than 24 years on the court. she s survived by her three sons, six grand children, chief justice john roberts said the following about justice o connor in this statement from the court. a daughter of the american southwest, sandra day o connor blaz
This is the cbs weekend news. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. There was chaos and confusion at aerpts today as President Trumps immigration crackdown took effect. Protests erupted as refugees and immigrants from several muslimmajority countries were detained or blocked from flights. Meanwhile, the president had a busy day of phone calls with world leaders, including vladimir putin. Mr. Trump also seend a new batch of executive actions. But we begin at Kennedy Airport in new york where 12 refugees were detained. New york congressman jerry nadler says all had valid visas and were aboard flights when the executive order was signed. More now from Kenneth Craig at kennedy aerpt. Reporter and as you can see, opponents quickly organized here at j. F. K. Airport in new york, protests erupted as federal authorities scrambled to figure out how to enforce the ban. Supporters at j. F. K. Cheered as one of the two men detained overnight was released. God bless you all. God bless those people. R