The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, the fountain of all of our blessings, we rejoice because of the majesty of your name and power, for your glory fills the earth. We see your handiwork in the beauty of spacious skies and in the splendor of amber waves of grain. Today, inspire our senators so that the thoughts they think, the words they speak, and the deeds they do will please you. Lord, as our lawmakers strive to live worthy of their blessings, continue to surround them with the shield of your favor, and prompt them to strive to find common ground. As we all experience your favor, help us to remember the needy and those crushed by the iron feet of injustice. May we strive to stay within the circle of your providential will, remembering your promise to supply all of our needs. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the
Water, so the power were talking about as well as the volume is extremely significant. Reporter the governor declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard. As officials predict river levels could exceed the great flood of 1993. That claimed nearly 50 lives and damaged or destroyed some 50,000 homes. The most devastating in modern u. S. History. In the town of west alton, near st. Louis, the may other urging his 500 residents to evacuate after water levels overtopped the levee. This is your notice, this is serious. You need to get final preparations and go. Reporter parts of union, missouri under water with homes, cars, restaurants completely submerge. And one photographer even capturing video of this cabin floating away. Authorities urging drivers to stay off inundated roadways, fearing theyll get stuck and swept away. The vast majority of deaths weve had, i cant stress this enough, is people driving into water, especially driving into water at night. Reporter its th
Where its news. Any confirmation of people have actually been arrested or not . No confirmation. We have not seen any i. C. E. Activity at all. Weve seen a lot of activity from people who are opposed to any i. C. E. Activity. People behind me went to church this morning. Yesterday we saw demonstration of some 5000 people Downtown Chicago all of them vowing to read just what they see from immigration and customs route the process today we have seen them out in neighborhoods instructing people of their rights and how to resist ice if and when raids materialize. This is on attempt to justify the shameful policy separating families, caging children and we should be talking about that. Reporter we show you file video of the previous raids, not something today. Chicagos mayor who is thinking behind me now has vowed she wont cooperate with the federal agency in the city of chicago wont provide information to them and thats interesting because the federal agency, i. C. E. Agency is they prefer