Im in birmingham, alabama, and christian is in london. How did a Senate Election in alabama get not Just National but International Attention . There are journalists from all over the world here. Its partly because the republican candidate, roy moore, is a larger than life character who holds extreme positions and has a string Sexual Harassment allegations against him. But its also because this election could tilt national politics. The Republican Party only has a two seat majority in congress, if it loses this race in alabama, itll be down to a majority of one seat. That could make it harder for President Trump to get things passed, and for republicans to hold on to the senate next year. Well have news from across alabama we well have news from across alabama we start with the latest from both camps. Voiceover one v0|ceover one of the most red states in america has become an unlikely swing state, a democrat could win a Us Senate Seat in alabama for the first time in over two decades,
Say shows the countrys economic strength. It might seem like an extraordinary celebration to mark the opening of a street, but its about so much more than that. And we will introduce you to the hard line republican lawmakers, who are threatening the president s agenda. But are their voters loyal to the Freedom Caucus or are they loyal to donald trump . Hello, i am katty kay in washington. Christian fraser is in london. The largest Non Nuclear Bomb ever used has been dropped by the us air force on a remote area of afghanistan that was being used by so called Islamic State. The weapon is know in short hand as the mother of all bombs, and it is so destructive it has never been used by the us military before. The area they targeted was the Achin District of Nangarhar Province in the east of afghanistan. It is one of the most remote regions of the world, and, of late, we know isis fighters have moved in, across the pakistan border. At the weekend a us soldier on Special Operations was kille
Quorum call quorum call ms. Heitkamp mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from north dakota. Ms. Heitkamp i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Heitkamp mr. President i rise today again to speak about and honor our nations and north dakotas Vietnam Veterans and specifically these brave Service Members who gave the ultimate sacrifice through doing this honoring through my continuing series of floor speeches. We are in the midst of a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the vietnam war. This special period of honoring our Vietnam Veterans runs through 2025. Ive partnered with students from Bismarck High School in researching these soldiers and once again i want to thank their instructors r laurie fortie, sarah reenis and Allison Wendell for coordinating this project and sharing Students Research with my office. Last month i visited these students and was so impressed with their commitment to this project, so i want to say th