A couple votes coming up including one for President Trumps nominee for the National Credit Union Administration board. You are watching live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. A senator madam president . The presidin officer senator from kentucky. Paul palm i ask that the folling be granted floor privileges, calem case, lucy, carlin gupta, and gab brie ella mastra. Thpresiding officer without objection. Under the previous order, all postcloture time has expired. The question is on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Hearing none, the yeas are 58, the nays are 35. The notion nomination is confirmed. Under the prious order, the motion to reconsid be considered made and laid upon the table and the predent will be immediately notified of the senates action. A se
And hurrican zita slams into the u. S. State of louisiana the 5th major storm to hit the region this year. Tough new measures are being imposed across europe and fears hospitals are about to be overwhelmed by a growing number of coronavirus patients geminis imposing restrictions to last a month its closing restaurants and bars but keeping schools open in italy dining out after 6 pm is now banned and theaters and gyms are shot its a similar situation in spain which is declared an 11 pm curfew and limited gatherings and in the last few hours french president emanuel as announced a 2nd National Lockdown that will last until the 1st of december all nonessential businesses will have to shut that schools. Factories will be allowed to remain open bottle reports from paris. In a soviet t. V. Address french president emanuel said a new lockdown was necessary because frances Health Situation had deteriorated rapidly. Because of what we learned in the spring down will be adapted schools will stay
And trying to keep the lessons going to meet the pandemic the lengths theyre going to remote areas of indians. And foreign belgians Thomas Peters is new to the lead on day 2 at the u. S. Open hes overtaken Justin Thomas who had a course record in his helping round on their estate. So then taiwan has scrambled 18 fighter jets to track nearby Chinese Military planes in an escalation of tension over the visit of a u. S. Official china says the drills were necessary accusing the United States and taiwan of colluding to stir up trouble from abroad explains. Taiwan scrambling gets jets after 18 Chinese Military aircraft entered its Defense Identification Zone before turning back. As its done previously in the Taiwan Strait this military exercise by china was its way of showing displeasure at increased diplomatic exchanges between the u. S. And taiwan it comes as u. S. Undersecretary keith crock the most Senior State Department official in decades continues his visit to the island that follow
The National Defense authorization bill today for 2021. There there are a number of amendment votes scheduled for this afternoon. Live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, grant to this nation, and to all people, a social conscience built on the vision of the ancient prophets who saw sufficiency for every person and a time when anxiety would overcome chaos and hopelessness. Hasten the day when the small and weak can make their contributions alongside the great and powerful. Lead us to the day when we will see peace among the nations of the earth, when swords shall be beaten into plowshares. Use the members of this body to bring us to the time when your will is done on earth even as it is dob in heaven. Lord, we trust you with our future. Let your glory cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The pr
Welcome cspan friends for day four of the National Constitution Supreme Court rec recap, its an extraordinary experiment in Public Education to convene scholars on all sides of the cases but the Supreme Court is broadcasting live for the first time in history and here at the beginning of the second week we just heard to remarkably rich cases and i am thrilled to join you again to understand the best arguments on both sides in the spirit of educating ourselves about the constitution. Im Jeffrey Rosen the president of the National Constitutionn center in philadelphia and we begin all over National Constitution Centers Programs by reciting inspiring constitution senator which prepares us for the learning ahead. N e National Constitution center is only constitution chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of constitution among the american people. That is what we will do today and t