Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 36. Twothirds of the senators voting, a quorum being present, not having voted in the affirmative, the joint resolution on reconsideration fails to pass over the veto of the president of the United States. The senator for illinois. Mr. Durbin mr. President , i ask consent before the roll call to be recognized to make a unanimous consent request. Id like to take that opportunity now, unless theres some other item of business before the senate. The presiding officer there is not. The senator for illinois. Mr. Durbin thank you t lets start with madge, basic madge, andrew yank math. Heres what it boils down to. Each year we have 140,000 employmentbased visas issued in the United States, 140,000. A decision was made several years ago that politicians were playing favorites, picking countries that would get more of one and more of another
During our holiday weekend. Harvey 75 mileperhour wind could intensify. Then it will go back to Tropical Storm strength. When it reemerges the big question is we know what is going to move into slow currents. In that case the south coast and the islands would have a medium chance of getting wind gusts and rain. The chances of getting rough surf are very high. I want to work on the range and that track to determine whether the effects will be significant or not. Weather in a few minutes. Anchor a woman is dead in a hit and run crash. The driver they were looking for has contacted them. Newscenter 5s mary saladna is live in milford with the ongoing investigation. Reporter ed, the driver has come forward, we also now know the name of the victim, she is 65 yr old barbara clement, a beloved town constable, who everyone knew as sarge because h the army natl guard. This is where it happened, the 200 block of main street, still a very active scene. This hit and run happened around 4pm, the pol
that field tests showed to be harmless. no reported injuries. no reported illnesses. inside the school s move to protect the children. the letters were quarantined. they were never exposed to students and even the staff members who had come in contact were placed in a separate situation. reporter: after the discovery of the first three letters the fire department activated a special operations center with various members from the feds and local law enforcement there to track each situation. they were able to quickly stand that center up, bring everybody in and we were able to very effectively manage the rest of the day, somef which we had five or six simultaneously and that being said we were able to get people on the scene within minutes on every one of those cases. reporter: so what s behind all these letters? i talked to a form d.c. detective today. he warns that this could be a trial run. i ll have more on that coming up at 6:00. jim, back to you. pat collins li
pain. more than likely probably shocked and surprised. reporter: maryland state police stay escalade driver, 41-year-old kristy littleford didn t know she hit a bicyclist until she got home three mile away and found the bike stilled lodged under her suv. they say she called authorities immediately. she didn t realize she had hit a person. she thought maybe she struck a dog or a deer and she went home and inspected her vehicle and immediately did report itself on she complied with the law. reporter: police say pettygrew was ride herg bike in the roadway and it appeared she was not wearing reflective clothing at the time. we re calling in our crash team and our investigative units to take a lookt it. and they ll make a determination as to whether or not the charges have been filed at that time. reporter: pettygr s mother that her daughter is a trd year law school student and a green party candidate for the u.s. senate seat in maryland. she was training for a half iron
and looking at george huguely. what we are told we actually learned from the daily press, newspaper here in charlottesville, that a certain much warrant was executed in the apartment of george huguely today and that they police were able to find a university of virginia lacrosse t-shirt with a red stain on it and a letter that was addressed to yeardley love. and they are going forward and gathering other information. they seized several other things from the apartment they think they will be able to use as evidence as they con to piece together their investigation and in the meantime, though, what s perhaps more important to the students at uva is that they are going to begin the process of trying to heal from all that s happened over the last few days from knowing that one of their fellow students has been murdered and knowing that one of their fellow students has been accused of that murder. vigil tonight will feature comments by the university president and by the stud