Vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 83. The noes are 9. The motion is passed agreed to. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley ive got a couple of issues i want to speak on. One would be trade and section 232 issue. That would be my second one. The first one, i want to speak about commonsense entitlement reform. In the past year weve seen a flurry of drug pricing proposals. Im encouraged by efforts from my colleagues here in the senate, especially Ranking Member wyden, colleagues in the house that agree in the house of representatives who agree with this effort to reduce drug prices and the president of the United States who has already been involved for a year and a half in lowering drug prices. All have made lowering Prescription Drug costs one of the Core Principles of our efforts and particularly a core principle for this administration
Gorgeous shot there. And were in the low 60s at 7 00, and 77 to 85 is our bay and inland temperatures, and then 78 to 90 so warmer this afternoon. Were looking at fairly decent start here on the roads this morning, just starting to see the volumes fill in at the bay bridge toll plaza. Westbound 80, the carpool lanes are open and everything looks good there. Everything else, cash or fast track is filling in. We had an issue overnight in san jose, a full closure of northbound at 680. All lanes did reopen at about 3 45 this morning. As you can see, were back in the green. Thats not going to be an issue this morning. However, this is an investigation for a deadly shooting on the freeway. Were going to get to abc7 News Reporter who is reporter they are in the early stpaeupblages of the investigation, and the man killed looked like he had gunshot wounds in the area of his head and neck and was somewhere between the ages in his late 20s or early 30s. They received a call shortly after 10 00 l
Of a very busy newsweek for the president and his attorneys. At. Trumps week began with Opening Statements on monday in his criminal trial in new york which was followed by the prosecution calling its first witness. David pecker, over the course of four days he testified about crucial 2015 meeting between himself, trump and trumps then personal lawyer michael cohen. Prosecutors allege that it was at that meeting that the trio hashed out a plan to help trumps political chances by suppressing potentially scandalous stories about him. That strategy came to be known as catch and kill. Now it may not seem like there are any similarities between trumps criminal trial in new york and the fake elector scheme but for one thing both involve the falsification of documents or records. On top of that both cases allege the former president worked with others in addition to a crime. 16 people in michigan were charged with felonies last year for their roles in the fake elector effort. Six others in ne
President trump will be in las vegas tomorrow saying that the shooter was dem ented. And House Minority leader asked Speaker Paul Ryan to create a select committee on gun violence while the gop members eased for gun silencers and one that would allow people with concealcarry permits to take them to other states. Each one tells a story of horror and survival. John rawlins live now at Philadelphia International airport. With more on their stories. As they return home. Reporter hi alicia. Folks are arriving here over the last 20 hours or so from las vegas with stories to tell. Also, arriving those with connections from las vegas trying to process this most recent mass shooting. Amy is from new jersey but for years lived and worked in vegas including the mandalay bay and has connections with many in the entertainment business along the strip. Choked up for the last 24 hours. Not able to get a lot of information because we are on vacation. Last night local survivors rived home along with mi
Chaser coverage of the looming gas tax. The tax that was passed by the new Jersey Assembly in the middle of the night early. Earlier this week the vampires were coming out to suck money out of our wall. Now it moves to the state senate and as they wrangle over it, hank has one angle, we have a special guest here, you have been cheese it chasing governor christie. You have been speaking to drivers about how this gas tax hike would affect them. Ive been chasing at the pump and speaking to residents about how many would not be able to afford the gas tax hike. Ive chased governor christie ever since the hike was passed in the Assembly Tuesday after midnight. Theres a pack of vampires who want to attack our wallets, are you you one of them question no, cutting back. Also chased governor christie on wednesday and asked why not hold public hearings about this. Governor christie got yelled at. I understand what you want for your video. I dont want anything, im just in a lot of people are affec