The u. S. Senate is about to gavel in. They are going to work on a judicial nomination with a confirmation vote scheduled for 5 30 for 5 30 p. M. Eastern. Republicans leader Mitch Mcconnell may introduce the republican covid19 recovery plan. Live now to the senate floor. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal lord god, we again thank you for the life and legacy of representative john robert lewis. Lord, accept our gratitude for his ethical congruence that motivated him to find a moral way to get in the way. Were grateful that his passion for freedom summoned our nation to embrace our best hopes and not our worst fears. Inspired by his exemplary pilgrimage, may our lawmakers strive to live with such integrity that they will stand on the right side of history. Lord, help our senators to strive to see you more clearly, to love you more dearly, and to follow you more nearly day by d
I wasnt going to say this at first, but im going to say it. Well take you live now to capitol hill where House Speaker nancy pelosi is holding her weekly legislative briefing. Good afternoon. Theres so much going on. Thank you for accommodating our change in schedule today. As you probably are aware, this afternoon i sent a letter to the president expressing concern about the increased militarization and lack of clarity that may increase chaos. I plan to request a full list of the agencies involved and clairephclair clarifications of the roles and responsibilities of the troops and federal Law Enforcement sources operating in the city. Well, i preface it by saying as you probably saw, the military on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The what is it . Ill read it to you. Soldiers on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. View of prison officers in Lafayette Square. The National Park service doing that violent act, hassling Peaceful Protesters the other night. States have sent in National G
Held her Weekly Briefing with reporters. She talked about the use of military and federal Law Enforcement agencies in response to protest and feature a just race and future legislation. This is half an hour. Good afternoon. Theres so much going on. Thank you for accommodating our change in schedule today. As you probably are aware, this afternoon i sent a letter to the president expressing concern about the increased militarization and lack of clarity that may increase chaos. I plan to request a full list of the agencies involved and clarifications of the roles and responsibilities of the troops and federal Law Enforcement sources operating in the city. Well, i preface it by saying as you probably saw, the military on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The what is it . Ill read it to you. Soldiers on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Bureau of prison officers in Lafayette Square. The National Park service doing that violent act, hassling Peaceful Protesters the other night. States hav
If you missed any of our live coverage, watch anytime on demand at cspan. Org or listen on the go with the free cspan radio app. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her Weekly Briefing with reporters. She talked about the use of military and federal Law Enforcement agencies in response to protest and feature a just race and future legislation. This is half an hour. Good afternoon. Theres so much going on. Thank you for accommodating our change in schedule today. As you probably are aware, this afternoon i sent a letter to the president expressing concern about the increased militarization and lack of clarity that may increase chaos. I plan to request a full list of the agencies involved and clarifications of the roles and responsibilities of the troops and federal Law Enforcement sources operating in the city. Well, i preface it by saying as you probably saw, the military on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The what is it . Ill read it to you. Soldiers on the steps of the Lincoln Memoria
Shout out couple families. I want to shout out my pbs family who [applause] thank you. You all taught me how to be a lawyer. I want to shout out my family, David Domenici and in particular, and you all taught me how to fight for children. [applause] [cheering] and i want to give a shout out to my sn double c. Family. [applause] im wearing my button tonight and right now i am thinking of you all and of my data. And i know that he is here with us. [applause] i want to start by talking a little bit about why i wrote this book. The first reason for writing this book is that i dont know if you all are like this but im the kind of person who when i go to a movie and theres no black characters in the movie and then afterwards people are like what did you think about it and im like its pretty goo good but we were the black people, and i feel that way about our history as well so it was important for me to write a book that had africanamerican characters at the center of the narrative. This is