A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from georgia. A senator mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Perdue mr. President , weve had a lot of action in the United States senate which is unusual here. Id like to address that, today. You know, id like to address this to the people of texas, louisiana, and all those that just experienced the devastating results and impact of Hurricane Harvey. Obviously, our hearts go out to those people and of course were going to do the right thing and help the people of texas which is just what we voted on today. But its a bigger issue i want to speak to today. And i relate to this personally, because just last year, almost exactly to the day, my family was evacuated from our home in south georgia. And as i speak to you today, we were just notified today that my wife and motherinlaw who are there today will be well be evacuating this weekend from the south co
Todays washington journal, marking the 20th anniversary of cspan radio app. Washington journal continues. Host we want to welcome larry oconnor. Is this your first time on cspan radio . Guest yes. You came down and broadcast my show simulcast. It host you were going after the Nobel Peace Prize significantly. Guest i was at i think it. Umped the shark he shook hands with an israeli without actually he did not actually stop the killing. The International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons, there were Nuclear Weapons in one of the biggest threats we have is north korea around developing Nuclear Weapons. The development of nuclear ,eapons in the hands of people it is actually been a cause for peace in the world. I know that is counterintuitive. Yes, there is the nuclear threat, but look at the lives that were lost in the 20th century before the nuclear bomb. Never saw that kind of conflict after that. Of they this because nuclear bomb but just an interesting observation and my listeners e
Travel cost is widening. The price tag for their travel could amount to millions of dollars. And this from the New York Times, an extraordinary 20minute interview with senator bob corker as he unloads on the president , claiming he could set the nation on the path to World War Three and warning President Trump is not treating the office he is treating the office like a reality show. Were going to get to all of this in the course of the next three hours, and we want to begin with the president and senator corker and this feud that really unraveled over the weekend, your reaction to what senator corker has said and what the president has said. 2027488001, our line for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. We have a line for independents at 2027488002. Join us on social media, send cspanwj. T at good monday morning to you. Heres how the story playing out in senator corkers head state. One headline, trump may trigger World War Three. What may have started this, comments this past wednesda
Mcconnell wants the tax cut to be revenue neutral and dont add to the debt. That would surely slow down the effort. And now to the farce, the Clinton Campaign manager believes the election was rigged by russian meddling and wants to overturn the vote and undermine trumps presidency. Trump himself, well, three top jobs filled today and hes off on another leg of his thank you tour. Varney company is about to begin. Well, im going to call it the trump cando cabinet and its coming together. Rick perry will need the energy department. Rex tillersons the secretary of states job. The announcement with a typical tweets. Ive chosen one of the truly great Business Leaders of the world, Rex Tillerson, exxonmobil to be secretary of state. The president elect added his third Goldman Sachs executive to the administration. Goldmans president gary cone, the economic council. Well have this shortly. The dow will have another higher opening. Closer to 20,000. Oil, a nice pop yesterday, up 53 a barrel. T
Talking about about Hurricane Matthew. Its a category 2 hurricane now, but it will still have some impact and did cause loot of damage through florida earlier today. Its now moved past the florida georgia border and is causing impacts in parts of georgia. Some parts of north florida did have problems with flooding, winds pushing the ocean waters onto the shore. That did lead to flooding in several area and some damage there. Now the center of the storm is level with brunswick, georgia. We have a Flash Flood Warning in savannah and other areas. The storm will continue to move to the east with worsening conditions near savannah right now. Can you see the eye typically when we are talking about landfall. This hurricane just parallel to floridas coast, did not make landfall, scene not expected to landfall. It could come very close in georgia or the carolinas as it just parallels the coast. It may make landfall. But the chances are very low. It will continue to impact both South Carolina an