the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i understand the senate has received a message from the house to accompany s. 756. the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. mcconnell: i ask that the chair lay before the senate the message to accompany s. 756. the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate a message from the house. the clerk: resolved, that the bill from the senate s. 756, entitled an act to reauthorize and amend the marine debris act to promote international action to reduce marine debris, and for other purposes, do pass with an amendment. mr. mcconnell: i move to concur in the house amendment with a further amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell, moves to concur in the house amendment to s. 756, with an amendment numbered 4108. mr. mcconnell: i ask the reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask
by the democrat of california, read all 7000 words of the rape victim s letter on the floor. we begin to your reaction to that case and sexual assault on college campuses. in the eastern central part of the country, (202) 748-8000. mountain pacific, (202) 748-8001 . college students, we want to hear from you, what it is like .n campus, (202) 748-8002 you can join the conversation on andter @cspanwj facebook.com/c-span. let s begin at the special order last evening read by a group of republicans and democrats. katherine clark of massachusetts was one of the first to read a portion of the stanford rape victim s letter. [video clip] on the way there i joked that undergrad guys would have braces. teased me about wearing a beige cardigan. i called myself big mama because i knew i would be the oldest one there. i let my guard down and drink liquor too fast, not factoring in that my tolerance had significantly lowered since college. i remembered i was in a gurney in a hallway. i h
these are the names.. avielle richman, benjamin wheeler,r,llison wyatt, dawn hochsprung. and stories.. 32:26 charlotte bacon was six years old, she wanted to be a veterinarian when she grew up. of victims of a shooting so sad, for leslie pptie, it s still hard to comprehend. her writing.. 32:13 how could anyone be so merciless? ..she says helps. she s not the only one using her voice. 02:25 we walk today to remember all l those whohore victims of, survivors of, and witness to gun violence. we walk today because that list is achingly, horribly long. a long line of orange wove from a downtown iowa city library onference room to the front of the gold dome. chanting steps one mom says are for sandy hook. 13:11 i have three young children and i very much saw their faces in the faces of those children. anyone who was watching from the sideline said this is it, i have to get involved. something she felt so strongly, e couldn t stay silent. she s part of a group called moms
amounts are possible. record rainfall amounts will be broken. temperatures are also very mild today. we wi start off in the upper 50s this morning and continue to rise into t low 60s by mid-morning. the race for the g-o-p presidential nomination is switching course here in iowa. a new des moines register poll released yesterday shows texas senator ted cruz leading longtime front-runner donald trump. cruz sits 10 points higher at 31 percent, in n is poll of a little more than 400 iowa republicans. trump is still in 2nd place, with 21 percent support. dr. ben carson, who once held the top spot, is now in 3rd place with 13 florida senator marco rubio runs in 4th place. he is the only other candidate in the field of 13 who is in the double digits, with 10 percent support. cruz has gained momentum over the past 30 days. last weekend in cedar rapids, he acknowledge d that jump in the polls. cruz believed more conservatives are choosing him now, after evaluating other candidates. th
out toward st. helena. that s coming toward the yellow and oranges. and the windshield wipers are on full. head back toward the road. you will see light showers there. here is the deal. the showers will continue as we go into the evening hours and it will work their way south as we get into the morning compute. the morning commute is going to be wet. it is going be windy. there s a wind advisory out there now. when i come back i have the time line for what ux expect for your friday get a way forecast. it was another somber day, more victims of the tragic shooting were laid to wrest. friends and family gathered to say good-bye to six-year-old katherine hubbard this morning. six-year-old benjamin and allison were held today. in services mourners remember the teachers ann marie murphy and lauren russo. teams continue to search the home where adam plan s&a lived with his mother for police believe the 20-year-old tabunman spent most of his time playing video games in the week