may they live lives of obedience and abundance, as they follow where you lead. lord, provide them with courage to do right as you give them the ability to follow your footsteps. help them to make glorifying you their top priority. we pray in your strong name. amen. the presiding officer: 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 senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., september 26, 2019. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable martha mcsally, a senator from the state of arizona, who will perform the duties of the chair. signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the prev
as investigators worked to piece together a motive. ramos s aunt shelby telling me she s in disbelief. my heart hurts for everyone right now. do you have any idea why he flipped. people go through things and nobody understands. everybody has, i don t know what was going on. reporter: while he had no known criminal history or record of mental health illness, a series of private messages posted on facebook give a chilling warning. the third post, less than 15 minutes before arriving at the school was i m going to shoot an elementary school. across texas, emotions running high. former congressman beto o rourke running for governor in texas disrupting his opponent greg abbott s news conference on wednesday saying another shooting would happen without real reform. you re doing nothing. no. he needs to get his sir, you re out of line. reporter: as so many others struggle to make sense of yet another mass shooting. this morning the painful images are continuing t
watching online paying respects to the greatest, muhammad ali, comedian, actor, billy krystal and former president bill clinton among those eulogizing him this afternoon. david: there is the former president as we speak. first of all the dow getting hammered today. here is how the three stock markets fared. we see the dow down significantly. nasdaq taking it on the chin more than other two, trust me folks. nasdaq was the worst of three indexes. we re not seeing all three. phil flynn, price futures, fox business contributor watching action in oil and gold from the floor of the cme and lori rothman from floor of new york stock exchange. of the three indexes nasdaq took it on the chin hardest. tell us other details. reporter: this is fairly typical risk-off day. european gdp. week global bond yields. overall concern about overall global growth. of course you have this brexit vote. later in the session we had survey put out by the independent newspaper, more people are in fav
and with those words, vice president joe biden closed the door on his life-long goal of running for president. an extraordina moment in the rose gardens, bowing out but delivering a call to action and taking a swipe at hillary clinton who has moved away from some of obama s policy. this party, our nation, will be making a tragic mistake if we walk away or attttpt to undo the obama legacy. reporter: biden, who made his decision last night, said the grieving process over his late son beau was pivotal. i ve said all along, what i ve said time and again to others, that it may very well be that that process, by the time we get through it,, closes the window on mounting a real estatistic campaign for president. that it might close. i ve concluded it has closed. reporter: but biden said he won t sit on not be a candidate, i will not be silent. reporter: clintnt callll biden after his speech and tweeted, the vice president is a good friend and great man. today and always
nbc s keir responsesimmons is with us. this is all of. what can you tell us about it. reporter: good morning. the french are waking up to a tragedy here, a head-on collision between a bus and a truck that became a gigantic blaze, according to witnesses, and on board the bus was a group of retirees. it happenene at 7:30 this morning french time overnight youou time, and as we speaker french leaders, including the prime minister, are heading to the scene. the horrifying remains of the bus still smoking, a burned out shell where 42 people died. the worst accident in france for over 30 years, a collision with a truck carrying lumber on a remote road near the famed wine country of boboeaux. rescue teams airlifted the injuredo the hospital and nine escaped alili according to reports. survivors seen wrapped in foil blank totes keep warm. relatives embracing in shock, and reports say all of the passengers killed were members of a retirement group on a one-day tour. the french presi