Gabby giffords was shot. Where a young woman was shot and died. It is not okay. The time for turning a blind eye is over mr. Udall madam president. The presiding officer the senator from new mexico. Mr. Udall madam president , i believe were not in a quorum call. Is that correct . The presiding officer that is correct. Mr. Udall thank you. Thank you for the recognition, madam president. Last month on august 22, an 86yearold grandmother born and raised in my hometown of santa fe, new mexico, was gunned down while she was shopping at walmart in el paso by a white supremacist with an ak47 style assault weapon. The gunman said, and this is his quote, he wanted to shoot as many mexicans as possible, end quote. The shooter told police he had purchased 1,000 rounds of ammunition. Less than 24 hours later it took the shooter in dayton, ohio, only 32 seconds to kill 10 people and wound 27 others with his 223caliber high capacity rifle with 100 round drum magazines. Had the Dayton Police not res
Vote the presiding officer is there any senator in the chamber who wishes to vote or change his or her vote . Seeing none, the motion is agreed to. The yeas are 49 and the nays are 44. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of thomas p. Barber of michigan to be an under secretary of the treasury, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of thomas p. Barber of michigan to be under secretary of the treasury shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk should call the roll. Vote vote the presiding officer is any senator in the chamber who wishes to vote or change his or her vote . Seeing none, the
This is cnn Breaking News good morning made, this sunday and have recovered and we begin with this Breaking News moments ago in russia, the last polls closed following a threeday president ial election. With no genuine opposition candidates appearing on the ballot. The outcome was never in doubt. Vladimir putin is expected to win the vote that will keep his grip on power through 2030. He has already, as russias longestserving ruler since soviet dictator joseph stalin, weve got full coverage for you. Cnns Matthew Chance is in moscow and Fred Pleitgen is in berlin. Matthew, you first despite the lack of opposition, there were there any acts of defiance today were yet to happen. In fact, of the course of the past three days when voting has been taking place has been a surprisingly high level of acts of defiance, disruption at Polling Stations, and things like that. Youve got to remember, russia is a country where public displays of dissent and criticism of the kremlin cant have extremely
Just take a little bit more time to get it right. Lou conservative commentator and firebrand ann coulter ns me here next. Also tonight leftwing ds go nuts after two white house officials give the house intel chair, devin nunes, intelligence that showed the Obama White House spied on the trump Transition Team. But isnt the real outrage the admission of a former Obama Administration official who says the administration was surveilling the Transition Team of President Trump . I was urging my former colleagues and, frankly, speaking with people on the hill. It was more actually aimed at telling the hill people get as much information as you can, get as much intelligence as you can before president obama leaves the administration because i had a fear that somehow that information would disappear. Lou former House Intel Committee chairman Pete Hoekstra joins us. And kim jong un appears to have given the go ahead to his scientists to conduct another nuclear test, this as the white house and c
Just take a little bit more time to get it right. Lou conservative commentator and firebrand ann coulter ns me here next. Also tonight leftwing ds go nuts after two white house officials give the house intel chair, devin nunes, intelligence that showed the Obama White House spied on the trump Transition Team. But isnt the real outrage the admission of a former Obama Administration official who says the administration was surveilling the Transition Team of President Trump . I was urging my former colleagues and, frankly, speaking with people on the hill. It was more actually aimed at telling the hill people get as much information as you can, get as much intelligence as you can before president obama leaves the administration because i had a fear that somehow that information would disappear. Lou former House Intel Committee chairman Pete Hoekstra joins us. And kim jong un appears to have given the go ahead to his scientists to conduct another nuclear test, this as the white house and c