The presiding officer any senator wish to vote or change their vote . The yeas are 88. Nays are 4. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. A senator madam president . The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. First i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Barrasso thank you, madam president. Madam president , i come to the floor today having just spent thanksgiving day with our troops serving in afghanistan. It was an incredible honor to join President Trump in a surprise visit to the soldiers stationed at Bagram Air Force base. We served thanksgiving dinner to our dedicated Service Members, those are indi
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With a look at the timeline here is mike. Mike it looks like the snow that is falling is fairly spotty when we look at doppler radar. Well look at the advisory that is in effect now all over New Hampshire except for the coast. Not a whole lot of heavy snow but just enough along with a light coating of ice to make it slick on area road ways through Early Morning. Notice on doppler radar, a couple of bands of light snow showers building through parts of the state. You notice more snow and even mixed sleet and freezing rain showers developing over southern new england poised to move in here during the overnight stretch. Occasional snow. A dusting. Possibly an inch and we have had everything falling out of the cloud cover in the commute to the north. Rain along the coast. Wednesday and more big changes to follow . Well look at all of that straight ahead. Tom this could be a tricky storm for road crews to handle. Tonight were taking you behind the scenes to see how the state with some hight
New hampshire. It is 11 00 and now the snow is falling in parts of New Hampshire. Good evening, everyone. As the night goes on, the snow will change over to sleet and then rain. With a look at the timeline here is mike. Mike it looks like the snow that is falling is fairly spotty when we look at doppler radar. Well look at the advisory that is in effect now all over New Hampshire except for the coast. Not a whole lot of heavy snow but just enough along with a light coating of ice to make it slick on area road ways through Early Morning. Notice on doppler radar, a couple of bands of light snow showers building through parts of the state. You notice more snow and even mixed sleet and freezing rain southern new england poised to move in here during the overnight stretch. Occasional snow. A dusting. Possibly an inch and we have had everything falling out of the cloud cover in the commute to the north. Rain along the coast. What about the rest of wednesday and more big changes to follow . W