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A rare look at the lunar samples collected by apollo 11 astronauts 50 years ago this month. Its friday, july 12th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We cannot pump our way out of the water levels, the waterfalls that are expected to hit the city of new orleans. The gulf coast braces for a potential hurricane. Ive seen my share. When they say get out, its for a reason. Labor secretary Alexander Acosta has resigned because of the fallout from his handling of the plea deal. Wild scene at sea. A u. S. Coast guard crew jumping aboard a submarine seizing thousands of pounds of cocaine. Mike pence to travel to south texas and will survey the federal Migrant Detention Center investigators have called a ticking time bomb. Well end the crisis on our southern border. President trump dropped his bid to include a Citizenship Question on the u. S. Census. Are you a citizen of the United States of america . Im sorry. I just cant answer. R. Kelly arrested on federal sex crime ch
Well have oral argument on that case late they are week on the cspan networks. The house is gaveling in. Live votes will be at 6 30 here on cspan. Le 20. The house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass s. 772, the ashlynne apple bert act. In Indian Country to lerk s. 772, an act amend the protect act to make Indian Tribes eligible for amber alert grants. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from arizona, mr. Biggs, and the gentleman from maryland, mr. Raskin, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona. Mr. Biggs mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and tend their remarks and include extraneous materials on s. 772, currently under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Biggs mr. Speaker, im honored to be the
Behind alan back in 1980. 190mile an hour sustained winds. This is a monster storm. Its a a catastrophic deadly storm as it barrels through the waters between cuba and florida. Heres the florida straits and the florida keys. The outer feeder bands starting to see heavy drenching downpours, havana, as Far Southwest as there, picking up good rainfall totals already. The center of circulation is situated right here. Its expected to make a track Something Like this. It will turn to the right here over the next 6 to ten hours. Taking a look at the water temperatures, this is part of the fuel why the storm is so powerful. We have Ocean Temperatures in the low 80s and 90s. This creates sensible and latent heat. The storm maintains its fuel and keeps its strength. A big reason why the storm is so hefty because of the warm Ocean Temperatures. We have no chicer at all no sheering at all taking place. We have it hitting the florida keys and a second hit around the naples area. Well see a tremendo
Mess out there. Forecasters predict it could create 12 high 15 15 foot surges. I believe that is key largo that we are looking at. We have been talking about the keys a lot as well. There is an estimated 127,000 people hunkering down in shelters, making sure they stay safe. More than 1 million customers are without power, expecting millions more to lose power. The National Weather service is telling people to stay away from the windows because of highrise buildings being hit with wind gusts close to 100 Miles Per Hour. We have Team Coverage this morning, lets go to Lauren Blanchard live in orlando with the latest. Reporter we are just getting rain in this part, we are bracing for weather to come this way hundreds of thousands of people have lost power, shelters like the one behind me already filling up. Hurricane irma is battering areas with heavy rain and high winds. Irma officially making landfall this morning in the florida keys. Bringing made major hurricane winds before shifting n