Good afternoon, the meeting will come to order. Without objection, declaring a recess of the committee, i recognize myself for an Opening Statement. This morning, we heard the president in his own words recorded in february slam the coronavirus has, quote, deadly stuff. Yet we also heard remarks, i wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down because i dont want to create a panic, end of quote. The Trump Administration did play down the pandemic refusing to level with the American People about the known danger and refusing to develop and implement a National Plan to stop the spread. As a result, 190,000 americans have died, continuing to kill hundreds, tens of thousands every day. Over the last eight weeks, americans will be changing their votes in the midst of this ongoing crisis. A free, fair and safe election under these circumstances is a challenge. Let there be no doubt we do our part, america is up to the challenge. In june the centers for Disease Control and preve
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 92, the nays are 4. And the nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The president will be immediately notified of the senates action. The presiding officer the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of john w. Holcomb of california to be United States district judge for the Central District of california. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of john w. Holcomb of california to be United States district judge for the Central District of california shall
refused. he didn t want to leave us. the fact, at one point i asked him why are you here? and he said because you re here. reporter: todd robinson was just a kid when this happened. he learned about it 30 years later from the survivors of the ambush. it was just phenomenal to sit with battle-hardened men who would weep openly in beverly hills restaurants or on military bases or wherever we might find them because this was such a powerful experience for them. reporter: you made a promise to these guys? yeah. reporter: what was the promise? the promise was that i d get this story told on behalf of them. it was as simple as that. it wasn t hard to make that commitment to them, although it didn t occur to me it was going to take 20 years. pararescue jumper. reporter: working on an indy budget, he assembled a-list actors to play the veterans. peter fonda in what turned out to be his last movie, ed harris, william hurd, and samuel l. jackson, among others. how did
The Silicon Valley resident is a personal trainer an ultramarathon runner. She only runs distances of 50 or more miles i really believe that this is what im meant to do and i absolutely love it. Running for me is its not just about the sport and its not just about competition. Its about being able to get outdoors and be in the Natural Environment around me. And thats not a trend. Sjsu professor Tamar Semerjian says theres Something Special about exercise when it comes to unplugging from the world. Exercise does something more. Like its not just the distraction that leads to all the psychological benefits. Because theres lots of ways we can just play video games right. Right we could theres lots of things we could do where we shut off the world and we dont think about our problems. There is something unique about exercise. Lambert uses the trails to focus on herself. Its important to check out and to slow down and to just to just be. And i think for me what running does is allows me to
Where he lost his life. Michael george is live in Sleepy Hollow with the details. Michael . 15 jeer old Todd Robinson touched a lot of lives. The memorial is still going on and leaving sdand candles and flowers. The community is not used to tragedies like these. In a small park in the village of Sleepy Hollow, dozens of teens lit candles and came together to mourn the loss of a friend, murdered at the age of 17. No one deserves to die at such a young age. Police arrested another teen. 16yearold marotta. They havent said what led up to the stabbing, but friends say it was just a fight. It was a fight that led to it could have been resolved. He was back visiting friends for homecoming and he was popular with staff. So much so that they suspended the homecoming game. We were not ready to play that game as a community. Its a celebration, homecoming. He was an aspiring rap artist and dreams his friends say they wish they could have seen come true. Hes never going to get married or have kids