good morning, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, january 20th. it just turned 7:00. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. here is what we re watching for you. an israeli missile strike has reportedly killed several people, including iranian military leaders in damascus. our team is live in the region with the latest. we need donald trump! donald trump secures another endorsement, this one from rival nikki haley s home state. how nikki haley is trying to close the gap ahead of new hampshire s primary. lawmakers say they re fed up with the response to dealing with the migrant surge at the border. a group met with president biden to share concerns and we re joined by one of the mayors in the meeting. actor alec baldwin has been charged again in connection with the fatal shooting on the rust movie set. the charges he s facing and how his attorneys are responding. we begin with breaking news out of syria, several people are r
mr. carper: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. carper: thank you mr. president. well mr. president congress says here we do a lot of oversight, oversight that s focused on what is going right and also what is going wrong in our government. there s a lot of each actually. that oversight is critically important work. sometimes overlooked but critically important. i think it s also important to stop and recognize where things are going right from time to time and people that are doing the right thing. following in the footsteps of one of our former colleagues here i don t think the presiding officer had a chance to work with him but ted kaufman served here for two years. he succeeded joe biden and went off to do some other job. i think vice president maybe that s what he is. and then before senator chris coons was