Current government funding expires friday at midnight. Youre watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, help us to remember your mighty acts. You are kind and merciful, better to us than we deserve. You feed the sparrows and cause the sun to rise. You forgive our sins and provide us with strength for every challenge. Lord, use our lawmakers today for your glory. May they be courteous and kind as they seek to do what is best for this land we love. Remind them that they represent the hopes and dreams of many people. Thank you, lord, for the wonderful things that you continue to do for us all. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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
And show stealer. Please welcome taylors mother andrea swift. Taylor swifts mom makes an emotional appearance at the Country Music awards, her first since her cancer was revealed. Im a proud mom. The speech honoring her superstar daughter today, monday, april 20, 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning and welcome back to my pal, savannah. Back from a little vacation . Yeah, we had a great time at my beach. My baby got pale with all the sun screen. There makes you a good mom. And may there be a little bit of interest in the tim tebow story . Yes. Were an eagles fan. Hes so good at running that offense. Way to go, mike. Dont ask me what the spread offense is. Well have much more on that story. Another person arrested for jumping the fence at the white house, this time the secret service wasting no time to apprehend that suspect. Kristen welker is the
Mother, andrea swift. Taylor swifts mom makes an emotional appearance at the Country Music awards. Her first since her Cancer Battle was revealed. I am a very proud mom. Her heart felt speech honoring her superstar daughter today, monday, april 20th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Welcome back to my pal savannah. Back from a family vacation. Yes. We had a great time at the beach. My baby got paler. She sat in the shade. But we had a great time. That makes you a good mom. And may there be interest in the tim tebow story in your household . Yes. My husband told me before he was going to bed. Thats great hes great at running the spread offense. Well have more on that coming up. Lets get to the top story this morning. Another person arrested for jumping the fence at the white house. This time the secret service wasting no time to appr
Hes a well known jihadist who was released from prison after the downfall of former president Hosni Mubaraks regime. Diotti i york. What do we know about the arrest of the aleng ledged terrorist suspect . He was picked up a couple weeks ago in ejimegyegypt. Joous authorities suspect he may have been involved in the consulate attack in benghazi on september 11th that killed Chris Stephens and three other americans with direct knowledge of the investigation. The u. S. Source tells me the fbi which is conducting the investigation, has not had access to him yet. The source says following the attack, ahmed very quickly popped up on their radar, so they have been looking at him for some time. The official would not comment on what led them to him. Joe. So what do we know about this guy . Hes a radical, certainly, and hes been on the radar, but what more do we know about him . We know hes 45 years old, masters degree in sharia law. Hes also believed to be the driving force behind a new terror
About 15 years ago, one of the runners in our training group announced that he was going on a carbohydrate free diet. I thought he was mad. Initially, I thought he was just giving up sugar, but when questioned he said he was also giving up rice,.