Ms. Warren mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from massachusetts. Ms. Warren thank you, mr. President. On friday night, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that strikes at the very heart of our democracy. I wish that i were exaggerating. I wish that there were some thrsh this were some sort of a game. But the ban that keeps refugees and immigrants from entering our country is illegal. It is unconstitutional. It is immoral, and it must be overturned. The effects of this order were immediate and terrifying for people in massachusetts and all across this country. My office got a call from an iranian citizen who was traveling to massachusetts to see his daughter who is currently receiving treatment for cancer. He was denied boarding in germany and sent back to iran. We heard from a woman who already has an approved immigrant visa but still hasnt found an airline that will allow her to board a flight to the United States. And a massachusetts resident called becau
Data point on the economy. Ramy u. S. Markets are mixed as happenedple with what in paris. The dow is up about a third of a percent, but the nasdaq is down by a 10th of a percent. Head into my bloomberg terminal and the imac function is what i want to show you. Most of the sectors right now are in positive territory. We are looking at some communications as well as utilities and Consumer Staples all up in the green. At t and verizon are up 1 one. 5 . Costco up similarly. Energy was the biggest gainer, but has pared gains early this morning. It is up nearly 1 . Let us take a look at the price of crude. In a word, it has definitely been volatile today here in new york after those paris attacks. It had been up by nearly 2. 8 , but look at it now. It is down by 6 10 of a percent. It has pared some of those losses. About 46 in the past year. We have been talking about the stockpiles of almost 3 million barrels. Alix how did france do after the terror attacks . How did it measure up there .
They were5 a. M. , informed that Traffic Control lost contact with the plane. A Ukraine Interior Ministry spokesman, they feel it was shot down by rebels. The rebels deny that at this point. According to Ukrainian Air Traffic Control, the plane was flying at almost 34,000 feet, and so it would take a fairly sophisticated surfacetoair missile to do that. Members,ngers, 15 crew a total of 295, according to the Ukrainian Government, all of them have been killed. There is an unconfirmed report that 23 of them were americans. Again, no confirmation of that. United states had closed the airspace to u. S. Carriers in april, and why the europeans did not close it, they made a basically offlimits, telling pilots because of the war zone they should avoid the area, so that was a question why the plane was in the area at the time. Russians say they close the airspace because they have to fly into russia out of the ukraine. Ukrainian see the airspace was open today. That is the very latest. We are
Midterm elections across the country. There is nothing we cant achieve. Voters giving the gop the biggest House Majority since harry truman. We will get things done. President obama is expected to make his first Public Comments later this afternoon. We have to in the respect we got a shellacking. Major developments in the search for a woman abducted from the streets of philadelphia at knifepoint. Police say her bank card was used in maryland and the man who used it was caught on camera. Minnesota vikings running back Adrian Peterson will avoid jail time after reaching a plea deal in his child abuse case. Im just glad this is over. Me and my family can begin to move forward. Passengers on flight from l. A. X. To sydney endured a bathroom breakdown that forced their flight to turn around. Dramatic video out of russia. Highspeed collision. No word yet on any injury. All that l. L. Alana. Elf. One very special woman voted in her first general election. She is 102 years old. Unfortunately,
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Scott and we are off to the races. Good evening. There are 471 races on this Election Night that will determine which Party Controls the house and the senate for the next two years. The republicans come in to this night confident they will increase majority in the house and optimistic that they will take the senate as well. The first polls close in less than half an hour. Cbs news has been conducting kind of a mood check talking to voters as they left the polls today. 65 told us the country is on the wrong track. Only 44 said they approve of the job that president obama is doing. But have a look at this. Only 19 approve of the job that congress is doing. Well see how all of this is reflected in the results as the night goes on. Nancy score december is following the house and senn at races for us. I talked to a Top Republican strategist he says things are going about as he expected which is to say a lot of close