Chief of staff. Now, live coverage of the u. S. Senate. Vice president under the previous order, the senate will consider the following nomination. The clerk nomination, general charles q. Brown, jr. , to be chief of staff and general of the United States air force. The Vice President under the previous order, the question occurs on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . It appears there is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote the Vice President are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 98, the nays are zero. And the historic nomination of general charles q. Brown, jr. As the United States air force chief of staff is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Alexander madam president . The presiding officer the senator from tennessee. Mr. Alexander thank you
Can help you make the most of today. Mutual of america financialgr p, Retirement Services and investments. Adtional support has been provided by and by thE Corporation for public broadcasting, a private E Corporation funded by american people. And pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. This is our cond month bringing youhe news from remote locations. New york remains under strict social distancing ree lations, and ty is still the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States a the search faccine, for medications to treat covid19 patients, and methods to trace contacts and test millions more pedeople, are ay. But, the world is facing an enormous crisis. Lets get started with todays top news. Announcing plans to loosenan restrictions on the use of public spaces and to reopen businesses this weekend, as the number of confirmed cases of covid19 in the u. S. Grew to mo than 705,000, with more than 37,000 deaths. Teeans
Largest in the United States there are many engines in them Museum Pieces now nevertheless visitors can get a close up experience of Railway History they learned that the post used to be delivered by train and was suited during the journey they will soon learn that the crescent used to be pulled by a very special machine while the cursor. So railways premier passenger train. Headed even the solar ran it even after amtrak we have one of their engines here number sixty nine hundred its a passenger locomotive its on display at around house as famous as any of them yes but read on what the press narry brown is a retired University Professor he volunteered at the museum hes the man in charge of the train today. And we have. Volunteers. There are maybe five or six actually do work for everyone else or. Some other fish but you like railroads yes you would have to be. A diesel train with several carriages makes its way through the three times a day. The train is full of activity children in pa
Express. The blog facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. Ally trip prove take us from the deep south of the United States to the east coast. Majestic locomotives will power through diverse mans gates will meet local county has go from sunni towns to the bustling metropolis. Well visit places of great importance in American History and discover a small events that shaped every day. The main character of our american adventure is the train that makes its daily journey from the gulf of mexico to the atlantic get ready to climb aboard that fast and. The are the. New orleans the birthplace of jazz its a vibrant city on the mississippi delta with something for everyone yet the president meets the past. With its population of around four hundred thousand new orleans is not a notch city by american standards but its vibrant and loud. I am. Freight trains with a hundred or more cars line right along the riverbank they take several minutes to pass through. But the wait is worth
A very well folk song was played in been recorded over the years and theres a famous railroad and so do you know this song i hear it every other day on the lower figure we have here in all authority. It was number one in the us chance in october nine hundred twenty four the record sold more than a million copies a woman in danville commemorates the design stuff. Weve travelled two thirds of the way to new york during an excursion to the Appalachian Mountains we come across a forestry train that. If existed one hundred years ago for many decades trees felled in the surrounding forests processed in the small town of cass West Virginia the forestry train with its powerful steam engines transported the wood into the valley. The same locomotive was designed with all of this operating equipment on the outside of the engine so that two guys my size could carry any broken parts out of the woods and fix it wherever it failed most lumber operations didnt have a large shop like we have they had b