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Connecticut, senator murphy, organizing this time to bringing members of the senate together. I want to thank my colleague from ohio, senator brown, the senior senator, or his words tonight, is passionate about this issue. And his commitment to change. That should be a commitment that is shared by everyone here, but well be talking about what has not happened your tonight as much as what has happened. When i think a about this issue, the issue of gun violence, which its an epidemic, its also uniquely american problem. No other country has this problem. In fact, america didnt have this problem for all of its history. Its, debating on where you start the y clock, its years od is not a lot longer than that. When i think about the issue and think about the debates where having sometimes we start withes the names of communities, and we unfortunately have been memorized. So many communities are known for so much, so much thats positive about their culture, about their history and about their ....
The presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy are we in a quorum call, mr. President . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Murphy thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i thank my colleagues for their indulgence this evening, and for those of us those of you who help us keep this floor open. I will make some longer remarks later this evening, but while we have a short break in the floor waiting for senator brown to arrive, i wanted to say a word of appreciation to all of my colleagues who have decided to join us this evening on the floor. This is my first appearance here, to talk about the imperative of changing the nations gun laws, recognizing that this number, 100 americans killed by guns every single day, is not inevitable. Almost every single one of these murders and suicides and accidental shootings is preventable. If we make different choices here on the floor of the United States senate, and our purpos ....
vote stands with just hours to go. there s new cnn reporting on a new candidate set to enter the race for the white house. why former new jersey governor chris christie says now is his time and what we re learning about his plans. also, it s a bird. it s a plane or is it? a ufo, so many questions today. nasa is set to unveil what a nine-month long investigation uncovered. this is cnn news central. new this morning, one is in, one is out. it s getting to the point where they are naming names in terms of the vote for the debt ceiling. democratic congresswoman debbie dingle says she will vote in favor of the deal. this came moments after congresswoman, pramila jayapal, the chair of the house progressive caucus said she would not vote for it. count her as a no as democrats are meeting behind closed doors before the house is set to vote on a bill. it needs a simple majority to pass, 218, if everyone is present. the division right now, 222 republicans and 213 democrat ....
as a new problem for speaker mccarthy has emerged, the rebellious conservative freedom caucus, including some members threatening to oust mccarthy over the deal. russia s capital city attacked. putin blames ukraine. the trial begins for the gunman behind the deadliest attack on jews in american history at pittsburgh s tree of life synagogue in 2018. the shooter hasn t disputed he s the one pulling the trigger. why did his lawyer enter a plea of not guilty? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. in our money lead, a make-or-break moment. the committee is debating the bipartisan debt ceiling deal struck over the weekend to try to avoid an economic catastrophe. but there are multiple hard line republicans on that very committee, the rules committee, who are furious with the deal. they have the chance to derail it all right now. one of those conservatives, congressman chip roy joined his freedom caucus earlier to urge the entire republican house caucus to vote no. th ....
a critical day for the u.s. economy and maybe for house speaker kevin mccarthy s career. what could be the decisive vote on the controversial deal to raise the debt ceiling is just hours away. florida governor ron desantis taking on donald trump directly for really the first time since becoming a presidential candidate. hitting the campaign trail in iowa and vowing to fight back against the former president. also happening dailtoday, historic meeting on ufos, nasa set to unveil what a nine month long investigation uncovered. this is c cnn news central. so this really is the day that could make or break the deal to avoid a catastrophic u.s. default. it is also the day that could make or break the speakership of kevin mccarthy. the house will vote on the debt ceiling. the rules committee did narrowly vote in favor of advancing the bill to the house floor, but there was severe pushback from some conservatives. the bill now needs a simple majority to pass or 218 ....