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
Goofy handsoff. Thats all i can say. Me, too. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber and it is a pretty serious time. Well get right into it. We are tracking the mysterious new revelations about trumps actual awareness and awareness inside the white house of the reported russian bounty plot to kill u. S. Troops in afghanistan. Well walk through the National Security faktcts. Donald trump got his first briefing about it, this was all revealed in a New York Times explosive report, that first broke at least the first details of it, four days ago. Yet were also learning from sources of intelligence that the Trump Administration actually first obtained the key sbegs and the clues about this very terrible plot against u. S. Troops over a year ago. Lets be clear. The bad news for trump on these briefings, and this schedule, it matters because this at its core is the kind of scandal that can hobble a presidency and affects the lives of men and women in uniform. Were talking about credible allegati
Happened in brians office, its dramatic. Brian right. Steve you will see it at the end of todays show. Ainsley bomb went off in your office 22 years ago and you are finally cleaning it up. Brian it took 14 hours. 14 hours to clean. Steve people in hazmat suits went into his office and you will see the finished product. Brian when we are done with this i think you will understanding more about how to clean your house and organize your house. Ainsley we will find out what brings you joy. Have you ever watched that show. Condo, she pulls this out. Does it give you joy . If it does can you keep it you have to say goodbye to the item. Brian i now have a joyless office. Steve busy three hours it starts right now with a fox news alert. Staggering new numbers painting a clear picture of the crisis at our southern border. Brian this as Border Agents give alarming testimony on capitol hill describing a caravansized influx of immigrants from all parts of the globe, not a politician. This is an ex