The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Gracious god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Throughout history, you have been ever present to all believers. In times of darkness, we readily turn on lights. Millions of americans in this season have variously turn to the celebration of hanukkah, the festival of lights, and the advent and Christmas Season with its trees and lights. Even so, in our political world there remains the reality of considerable disagreement and contention. Where there is darkness here, send forth a spark of inspiration and grace. To enlighten minds and warm hearts to respond to your love for your people. Eternal father of us all, fill your children with the delight that comes from light. May we walk no longer in the darkness of distrust but join together in Mutual Understanding and peace toward the common wellbeing of our nation. May all that is done this day be for y
Reporter justified briefings for illegal notification for killing soleimani. Reactions were partisan. Not only the president make the right call, but this was a clear and present danger. But it is unclear if iran is done retaliating for soleimani staff. The president , tweeted our final answer will be to take all u. S. Forces out of the region. In washington, ray bogan, fox news. Fox news is reporting there was a rocket fire to 45 rainsoaked in baghdad earlier today. There are no reports of any injuries and no claim of responsibility. The United Nations and a number of allies are calling for peace, dialogue, and de escalation and the region. The u. N. Said in a statement that it is our common duty to make every effort to avoid a war in the gulf that the world cannot afford to go russia and turkey are also warning against further use of force. Nobody has a right to put the whole region, especially iraq into a circle of fire for the sake of their own interest. More than a dozen governmen
Messages of support for former wales rugby captain, gareth thomas, who has revealed he is hiv positive saying he wants to help reduce the stigma around the condition. And in sport australia struggle chasing 399, as england look to level the ashes. The liberal democrats say they will cancel brexit altogether if they form the next government. Theyve voted at their annual conference in bournmouth to revoke article 50 the legislation which allows the uk to leave the eu without having a referendum first. Party leaderjo swinson says voters must be give the chance to stop what she called the brexit chaos. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blakes report from bournemouth contains flash photography. Pro europe and proud, the liberal democrats are clear they want to stop brexit. The question for members here this weekend is how. So far, its been all about another referendum. But the party leader wants to go further and campaign to pull the plug on leaving the eu if it wins a general election.
cam at the golden great bridge. you can barely see through our lens. the roads will remain dangerously slick into the morning. we have multiple reports this evening. we ll begin with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. right now you can see that big bull s-eye that we saw on the doppler radar. it s continuing to move right here across central california, and the thing that we re really seeing pick up right now is some heavier rainfall just offshore. we put a storm track on it, and it likely could make it into daly city by 11:52. half monday bay at 11:40. the big talk tonight continues to remain the south bay, which has been missed out on the past couple of storms. widespread coverage of light to moderate rainfall right now. it s again enough here to get those roadways slick. so if you re working an early overnight shift, please, please take it slow. that coverage continues right at the peninsula into san francisco and also back for all of the tri-valley from danville to dub
1,000-member student body are catholic. professors pledge to uphold catholic beliefs. there are worship sites in every dorm, and mass is held three times a day. its president, jim towey, who worked for the bush administration as director of its faith-based and community initiatives office, also served as legal advisor for the late mother teresa. ave maria is determined to stay a course from which its president says other catholic institutions have strayed. in an age where modernity has attacked the whole idea of objective truth and the whole relativism that you see that s pervasive in our culture, i guess this university s not going to be here to be popular. it s not here to try to please everyone. it s here to try to be true to itself and its own catholic identity. georgetown university, renowned for its academic excellence, has a different view of its catholic identity. all students, though only half of the 7,000 undergraduates are catholic, are required to take two the