A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from georgia. A senator i ask unanimous i ask unanimous consent to remove the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. A senator i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations calendar number 115122 and all nominations oh 122 and all nominations placed on the secretarys desk in the air force army, marine corps and navy. That the nominations be confirmed the motions to consider be to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate, that no further motions be in order that any statements related to the nominations be printed in the record the president be immediately notified of the senates actions and the senate then resume legislative session. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Perdue mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the environment and Public Works Committee be discharged from further consi
The japanese government says it will proceed with a plan to relocate the U S Military Base in ocala. Despite the relaxed enough of their approach to the project iranian leaders appear to be living up to their side of a bargain with world powers on the countrys Nuclear Program there are scientists have stopped enriching uranium to a point that is just a step away from weapons grade tehran media say officials at the Atomic Energy organization suspended enriching uranium to twenty percent purity on monday international Atomic Energy Agency Representatives told member nations that their inspectors confirmed the hall they see uranium scientists have begun diluting their stockpile of twenty percent enriched uranium. During the leaders agreed with six world powers in november to scale back the program in return for a limited easing of International Sanctions the initial deal is being seen as a trust building instead. He will be implemented for six months through late july. Delegates planned t
Says it will proceed with the plan to relocate a u. S. Military base within okinawa, despite the reelection of a mayor opposed to the project. A Chinese Court has handed down its ruling in a Food Poisoning case that sickened people in china and japan six years ago. The Court Sentenced a former employee of a chinese food company to life in prison for poisoning frozen dumplings. The presiding judge at the court in Hebei Province said the crime was planned, and damaged the health of 14 people. The judge said it also caused substantial loss to the food company, which had to close its factory. Japanese journalists and Embassy Officials were present in the courtroom. The case came to light in 2008. Ten people in japan and four others in china, fell ill with Food Poisoning after eating dumplings made by tianyang food. Prosecutors accused lu yueting of lacing dumplings with a pesticide ingredient called methamidophos. He admitted to the charge in his first hearing last july, and apologized to
In prison. He eventually went home remaining in critical condition. Danielle nottingham, cbs news. Just four months after he left prison in south africa he toured the united states. Among his stops, the bay area. More than 70,000 people packed the Oakland Coliseum to see him, many waving the flag of the African National congress. Mandela was 71 at the time. He told the crowd he felt like a young man again and his batteries had been recharged. Willie brown was host of the event. There have been lots of people in our lifetimes who had positions and they passed on but nobody ever matched the incredible inspiration and humanity of nelson mandela. California was one of the first stages to discourage Financial Investment in south africa during apartheid. Cbs evening news will have much more on the death of nelson mandela. Thats coming up at 5 30. And at 6 00, our own Barbara Rodgers will have a look back at the legendary leader and how he touched the bay area. A night of cold for the bay are
Just miles from sanford, florida, where zimmerman was acitted of seconddegree murder and manslaughter saturday night. Separate andpart from the s ti to talk about laws that senselessly talk about selfdefense and dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods. These laws tried to fix something that was never broken. There has always been a Legal Defense for using deadly force if and the if is importan if no safe retreat is available. But we must examine laws that take this further by eliminating the e common sense and age old requirent that people who feel threatened have a duty to retreat outside their home if they can do so safely. We must confront the underlying attitus, the mistaken beliefs and the unfortunate stereotypes that serve too often as the basis for Police Action and private judgments stereotypes. Would the attorney general inude stereotypes such as a jury should be deeme racist becae they are simply white or a police department, can it be considered racist because they dont brin