To start the work week. Lawmakers are expected to continue working on allowing kelly kraft to upset the United States in the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in new york. They moved to advance her nomination is set for 5 30 p. M. Eastern today. Now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on the. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, sovereign of our nation and lord of our lives, thank you for infusing us with the confidence that you order our steps each day. Give our lawmakers courage and a strong resolve to glorify your name as they trust the unfolding of your providence. As they remember what you have already done to bless this nation, inspire them to march confidently toward tomorrows difficulties with a total dependence on your power. May they recommit themselves each day to faithfully fulfilling the awesome responsibility you have entrusted to them. L
Were killed in Mass Shootings. The latest barrage in the litany of Mass Shootings that have become all too routine in our country. To say nothing of the american lives lost in everyday gun violence in our community. Its on the mind of the American People. I was at the airport. Someone i didnt know grabbed my arm and he said, senator, do something about gun violence. I lost my nephew to gun violence last year. Its on so many peoples minds. Thats why our first order of business in the senate should be to take action on hr8, the house passed bipartisan background checks act. We must grapple with the stark reality that gun violence is becoming an all too routine occurrence and that we in congress have both the ability and responsibility to do something about it. Hr8 is the most common sense way for the senate to save american lives. Its bipartisan. It is already passed the house. And as a matter of policy, if its absolutely necessary to close the loopholes in our background check system in
Last year. Its on so many peoples minds. Thats why our first order of business in the senate should be to take action on hr8, the house passed bipartisan background checks act. We must grapple with the stark reality that gun violence is becoming an alltoo routine occurrence and that we in congress have both the ability and responsibility to do something about it. Hr8 is the most common sense way for the senate to save american lives. Its bipartisan. It has already passed the house. And as a matter of policy, its absolutely necessary to close the loopholes in our background check system in order to make other gun laws effective. We can and should pass a very strong red flag law. But what good would a red flag law do if someone were adjudicat adjudicated, unable to get a gun, could go online and get that gun without a check at all . If you dont have background checks, bad people will get guns, felons, spousal abusers, those mentally ill and those will get red flags. So, its critical we p
So explain what weve just learned. Whats the latest . The latest information, the only change is the winds came down from 145 to 140. Doesnt matter. Its still a strong category four stationary. This storm is sitting over grand bahama island and sitting there since yesterday when it impacted the west ever so slowly sitting stationary. If you can imagine, its hard to believe the fact that a storm this powerful is not moving, anderson. How long is it likely to stay over the bahamas . Is there any way to know . It will be there through the overnight hours tonight into tomorrow morning we should finally start to pick up a little forward speed by the time we get into tomorrow afternoon. Look at this loop. Six hours of time that goes by and you can see the center of the storm. It doesnt move at all. Its staying on grand bahama island and the bad part, the strongest winds around the eye wall are the strongst winds and they have been battering the island all day long. This is a dumb question bu
Pummelled by this is the intercoastal way. Im trying to show you as you look out here in the distance, one of the Barrier Islands. In this case, that Barrier Island is hutchison island. This storm surge, these waves are coming across the sea wall. Weve been showing people today this storm surge. Its four to seven feet. Its coming across because of dorian. Its 115 or so mile, maybe less now, but not much. In the outer bands have been coming all morning long. Theyre going to continue most of the afternoon. That Barrier Island there brings us all sorts of situations where it is low lying and there is flooding. You can see the flooding here [ inaudible ] we can report that one st. Lucie county deputy was injured. He was hit head on. He was in an humvee flood surveying vehicle. A drunk driver decided to not heed the recovering. He is okay. Officials really hope residents will stay off the roads until these squad squalls and dorian has left the area. Dana now lets head 75 miles north in coco