And receive, to seek and find, and to knock for doors to open. Lord forgive us when we have forfeited your blessings because of our failure to ask. Today, empower our senators to seek your wisdom and guidance. May they not depend only on their gifts and abilities, but remember that without your involvement they labor in vain. May they strive to be your ambassadors of renewal and reconciliation. Steady their hands to grasp freedoms torch and illuminate the darkness of our nation and world. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the chair recognizes the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President we begin this week by remembering a failed idea from the past. Obamacare. And well end by passing balanced budget l
Futures are up 10 , consumer stap ems flattening out. And two of chinas richest men lost billions in just a few hours. Well tell you who they are and how they did it. But we start with a very rough trip for mcdonalds. Protesters have hit the street outside of the companys Shareholder Meeting. Theyre protesting low wages. Kate rodgers has been monitoring that meeting. The protests and the stock, which as we mentioned is trading down by about 0. 8 of a percent today. Kate. Well today was ceo Steve Easterbrooks first Shareholder Meeting in oakbrook illinois where he acknowledged mcdonalds challenges and touted his turnarounds. The biggest takeaway was a clear win for shareholders. One of the measures passed was a proxy access by law. Those who have held 3 of mcdonalds stock for three years to propose director candidates on proxy materials. This was a shareholder proposal that mcdonalds did not want to pass but it passed with 61 of shares voted. This is a way to make the board more account
Alerted to this threealarm blaze about 3 30 this morning, so this is been going on now for about two hours. Dozens of firefighters here on the scene, you can see that at least four ladder trucks are battling the blaze from overhead. Over firefighters who have brought in hoses, extending probably three or four blocks away are inside at the scene, still engulfed here. You can see the flames that are erupting, at several different points where my Vantage Point is. I want to walk around a little bit, because i know the trees are blocking it. I can see flames from at least three different points of location inside the Flooring Company. Now, what weve been told is this is a familyowned Flooring Company. Its been here for a couple of dozen years. Were located in an industrial park. When you are traveling eastbound on the schuylkill expressway and then getting on to the blue route, heading towards new jersey, you can see that the flames are billowing over that part of the highway. But if you c
The scene of this threealarm fire here at the Philadelphia Floor company for about 2 1 2 hours. Initial reports of multiple explosions have not been confirmed, but the chief says he is currently working on a press release. So mideasthes moving all of us to one central location. But we can tell you, as you know, some flooring products are highly flammable. Ladder trucks battling this blaze from above and dozens of Fire Companies are here on the ground. Four ladder trucks in all, weve been able to count. Maybe one more has joined us now in the past half hour. The Park Companies are here from conshohocken, plymouth meeting, lower maryland, narberth. Its unbelievable the flames. We have seen flames shooting up from about three different locations inside the building but we are being moved downwind of the smoke and the flames at this point. So if youre traveling on the blue route, no doubt, the smoke is something that youre going to notice this morning. But for now, the only detours are in
Preakness now, only the belmont stands in the way of American Pharoah and racings elusive triple crown. We will speak live this morning with his train and the jockey who rode him to victory. And ready to ride. Matt lauer now just homes away from setting off on the ride of his life. Five days 225 miles, one red nose. And its all for a very good cause. Today, sunday may 17th 2015 bicycle, bicycle from nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this sunday morning, im erica hill. Hi everybody, im Thomas Roberts in for lester alongside chenille jones and dylan dryer. Red nose ready. In solidarity with matt. Out at femme way a nice crowd behind you. At fenway park. Yeah got nice people here, it is very hard to in these red noses, as we were saying, but a nice crowd, perfect, perfect day for a bike ride. We will tell you more about that when i see you in a couple of minutes. But its all for red nose day, a great cause