Chairman grassley had put his epic streak of consecutive votes temporarily on hold for the sake of other people. Of course leadership and example setting are nothing newpl for te senior senator from iowa. Im confident our colleague will pick up exactly where he left off, resuming both his perfect attendance record and the tireless work for iowans that he represents. We all benefit so very much from his leadership. So the senate is back in session to finishe up 2020. 2020. The American People are counting on us to finish strong. We need to reach on federal government funding to avoid a lapse in basic programs and services. We need to finish the annual Defense Authorization to shore up the u. S. Militaries competitive advantage over our adversaries. Andd we need to continue processing wellqualified nominees for vacancies throughout the government especially, especially on the federal bench. These are important assignments but they are not the only assignments congress should not depend f
Since winning the election youre playing jeopardy with your life. Plus, an extraordinary journey of love and covid from a patient who was put in a medically induced coma hear her urgent warning. Live from cnbc global headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Dow 30,000, First Time Ever, its been a great cnbc day and a historic milestone on wall street stocks surging even as america enters its darkest chapter yet of this pandemic the pain on main street cannot be ignored many families are broke, hungry, burying loved ones or saying goodbye on a cell phone screen, and relief from washington is not coming, not yet. But experimental vaccines are fueling hopes of an economic recovery, and a return to some sort of normalcy i want to show you a look at the dow. Were obviously here now, but what a road to get there, along the path, thousands and thousands with a roller coaster. You can see the middle of february right there they have shattered the gains, and all the way
Decision to extend federal funding past the december 11 deadline to avoid a Government Shutdown. Your watching live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Bay black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, who in your wisdom has so ordered our earthly lives that we must walk by faith and not by sight, increase our trust in your sovereign care. Remind our lawmakers that no problem is too difficult for you to solve. Lord, give our senators a faith th triumphs over despair, love that triumphs over hate, and courage that triumphs over faintheartedness. Empower them to be bold participants rather than timid spectators in meeting the daunting challenges of these times. We we pray in our powerful name, amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I edge allegiance to the fla of the United States of erica, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under
Theres the heavy guns. This is a forgotten aspect of world war ii. There were real guns in france and heavy artillery. One of the body bearers is represented there. The field artillery, the forgotten branch, in many ways. These are men that were with, in most cases artillery pieces that moved up with the infantry. In some cases, they were in combat with the infantry. As they moved up and provided close artillery support, thats the infantry advanced, this is the story that is in the unknowns. General pershing is trying to be comprehensive in the way that he told the story of world war i through the eyes of these men. Then, of course, the extraordinary story of the tomb itself and how the unknown was selected. And i follow a chicagoan. A dough boy through the entire war. Younger was part of the second infantry division. An elite unit within the American Expedition theary forc and younger is there. Hes a dough boy. A regular grunt. A sergeant that fights from battle to battle. Hes wounded
Also the actions of individuals. A number testified to the great sacrifice, death and combat. The National Cemetery in arlington, virginia is the resting place of more than 400,000 people, including nearly 5,000 unknown soldiers. In 1921, a single unknown soldier was chosen to represent all of those who have died without being identified. The soldier of world war 1 was laid to rest with so many lemm ceremony attended by those of the highest ranks. On Film Documents the progress of that soldiers remains from france to the United States. And the newly built tomb of the unknown soldier. As the ceremonies at the u. S. Capitol where the unknown lay, general pershing stood to fill the role of the nearest relative. Along the way, eight men personally selected by general pershing accompanied the body of the unknown. So well hear from Patrick Odonnell and learn the story of those eight bearers and their hair rheroism on the battlefiel. He is an expert on elite units. Author of 11 books includin