Vote the presiding officer any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not the yeas are 72. The nays are 18. The nomination 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. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator for south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune mr. President , every american has had to deal with annoying and Illegal Robocalls. All of us have been ininterrupted at one point or time announcing we won a prize or needing important banking information so that our account wont be closed. These calls are a major nuisance but of course theyre not just a nuisance, mr. President. Too Many Americans fal
Shazam is this an Artificial Intelligence play . Were going to look. Whats to buy ahead of tax reform debate on whether Airline Stocks could be the big beneficiaries of any tax bill. But we do start with the story thats taken wall street, main street, any street, frankly, by storm, and that is bitcoin. Bitcoin futures popping in their first full day of trading on the cboe Cnbcs Bob Pisani joining us with that story. Bob, everybody is talking about it. It is and its finally happened the good thing is at least trading has happened and relatively orderly we passed 18,000, folks. Bitcoin futures opened 6 00 last night eastern time, 15,000, moved up very, very quickly. Here you see its over 18,000. So its been small, 3,600 contracts, figure the math here. 17,000 p 17,000, 18,000 about 60 million. Thats not a lot but its a start at least heres whats important. Lets go over what exactly a futures contract is, why this is so important first of all, its just agreement to buy or sell a commodity
Today, he will talk about analyzing the art of public opinion. Is a nationally recognized republican and political operative. Me in welcoming him to the stage. Mr. Baselice thank you. It is a pleasure to be here. I have been cast with sharing information about polling. I want to look at what happens in 2016. That is where we are going to start. One of the things i wanted to share with you i wanted to get quoted on this. Asked by a reporter on the eve of the president ial primary about Hillary Clinton and barack , what i thought was going to happen in the upcoming race between obama and clinton . I said, i think this race is going to hinge on who turns out. Really . He is typing away. What else . I think the race is going to hinge on how many people turn out. That is great q i put out that headline does come backt to polling, the race does hinge on who turns out, and which polls had a better handle on that and which did not. With the Trump Campaign goes back june of 2016. Kellyanne conw
The rules Committee Comes to order the photographers asked for 80000 pictures. Mr. Chairman things and welcome to the rules committee we previously began tonights markups with hr 3312 with the equipment act of 2017 and the chairman has given the testimony now to the considerations from hr one tax cuts and jobs act this is bold pro growth bill that unleashes the Free Enterprise system so the job creators can focus on their job to create jobs and giving people the opportunity to better their lives including increasing paychecks and the opportunity to have our country not only forward but at the same time. Mr. Chairman i have characterized still for quite some time as an opportunity to take 5. 6 trillion with ten years worth of tax Code Provisions and those that might do a lot for individuals or family or business that is unleashing the economy with 5. 6 trillion for the tax provisions with an opportunity to create america and to look at us and to move that forward. Lots of people are out
Reporter he was arrested in stockton and taken to San Joaquin County jail. He was there on monday. Saito was charged with the murder of 29yearold Sandra Yamashiro in 1979 after he admitted to shooting her in the face with a pellet gun and fatally stabbing her in a Shopping Mall parking lot. Officials havent explained how a man in state custody for 40 years managed to get to the u. S. Mainland and why it took hours for police to learn of his escape. This Security Camera image shows Randall Saito leaving the Hawaii State Hospital empty handed at 9 a. M. On sunday before meeting a cab a mile away. How are you . Reporter dashcam video obtained by our honolulu affiliate shows him getting into the cab now carrying a large backpack and a cell phone. Later he asked his driver to hurry. At about 10 30 a. M. , saito pays for a chartered flight to maui in cash. From there, he hops on a 12 25 p. M. Hawaiian Airlines Flight to san jose that police say he booked online using an alias. Saito lands in