Agree more. We hope the congress will enact a new authorization based upon the principles that we are outlining here today. I want to thank you mr. President , and i hope that our colleagues will take this seriously and hopefully we can turn this mess around. With that, i suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. Quorum call mr. Hatch mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from utah. Mr. Hatch i suggest the quorum call be suspended. The presiding officer without objection. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination which the clerk will report. The clerk nomination. Executive office of the president , michael p. Botticelli of the District Of Columbia to be director of the National Drug control policy. The presiding officer under the previous order, there will be 30 minutes of debate equally divided. Mr. Hatch i notice the absence of a quorum. T
Could do to advance to us policy proposals. I also think it is an issue that members of this committee could well take up and ask the basic questions, what role do we want them to play is it strictly housing, is it liquidity. Are there other ways it can be constituted given the way that the whole world but thats not really my question. I do have a question. My question relates to the approved merger which i dont believe will be the last. I have communicated to you in correspondence deep concerns held by people in the region about the continued commitment of the merged bank to invest in housing. Also communicated to you concerns about govern nans. After all, this is a fivetime zone Federal Home Loan Bank region now. And weve repeatedly asked for the letter setting forth the terms and conditions. Weve been repeatedly told we cannot have it. I want you to know that as that relates to sensitive financial matters, i completely understand. But i do not know what the compelling public good wh
Joining us live from liver more with details on how the family is being honored. A lot of people coming out to remember them. And they are still coming out at this hour. You can see them behind me. People coming out here to share their respects on this mothers day. People are honoring a mother who should have been celebrating with her two children. You can see the sign that reads, esper anza happy mothers day. They were killed by an alleged drunk driver. Today, family, friends and strangers paid tribute to the mother and daughter by leaving flowers and balloons that say happy mothers day in both english and spanish. We spoke to her relatives, who say her 10yearold son is grief stricken on this mothers day. I feel sorry for her son. This is not fair. Reporter 35yearold brian jones of livermore allegedly lost control of his car and hit and killed the mother and daughter. Preliminary blood alcohol tests indicate he was intoxicated. Now if you can read here on this sign it says the dead ca
So right now, millions on lookout for Severe Weather in the threat zone places like houston, memphis and detroit. The system is packing heavy hail, rain and possible tornadoes. And it comes after a weekend of wild weather in texas. Several reported twisters, one ef3 left a person dead. Flooding up to 11 inches of rain. The National Guard using boats and choppers to rescue people. And in iowa, a twisters direct hit. There goes the school. There goes the school wow, a tornado blasting a high school. Over 100 people were inside. Outside, this is what the damage looked like. Now, to south dakota. A town leveled. Homes wiped away. A church destroyed. 130mileperhour tornado weather leaving people without power and water. Surreal, absolutely surreal. When i see sections of it you dont ever think this will happen to you. And in eads, colorado, a wild sight, a twister tangled in a rainbow. But in denver, winter is still winning, up to 3 inches of snow there. And yes, indeed, it is may. Well, th
I mean there were women and men, children fighting with baseball bats. This is what mothers day turned into at third and greenway in darby. [ bleep ]. And then the neighbor with a cell phone gets video of the man with the gun. [ bleep ]. You can see the guy pulling the gun out of his pocket. Six loud popping sounds. And i jumped up and i opened my door and i camous. Jennifer parks and others grabbed screaming kids and took them inside. That was upset because that was saying their children was outside and somebody could have got shot [ bleep ]. Reporter the video ends when the woman with a cell phone is attacked. Police find at least six shell casings. One round hit this womans house. Apaling. The neighborhood definitely come down, but for it to affect my house directly is very scary. Somebody could have been in there. I can say very stupid. This is moronic. Morons. Darby police say no one seems to know what started this fight but they say they have to figure out a way to prevent the ne