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
Applied. Just over 20 hours have passed. The officers are in critical but stable condition tonight after being shot while responding to a domestic issue that were told may have been sparked by a fight over the thermostat between two roommates. Each officer has undergone surgery at mass general hospital, they have spoken with the Police Commissioner and the mayor. I had a nice conversation about them and know officer morris, and i know alan. By their rank and file. Heres what we know about officer matt morris. A 12year veteran of the Boston Police department. In 2006 he was awarded the highest medal the state can give for an officer of bravery. Morris is a dorchester native. And richard has been with the Boston Police department for the past 27 years and currently lives in winthrop. Fox 25 joins the rest of the community in praying for the speedy recovery of both of these officers tonight. Whos live outside of Boston Police headquarters. John, youve been talking tonight with people who
2030 mph today with highs in the lower 60s under a partly cloudy sky. The gusty sw wind continues overnight with gusts to 30 mph keeping lows in the upper 50s. New this morningthe Watertown Police department is asking for your help tracking down the man seen here. They say he used . Cloned . They say he used . Cloned . Credit cards at stores around southeast franklin and greenfield as well as sams club in franklin. He may be driving this white truck. If you know who he is, you are asked to call Watertown Police. Also new Milwaukee Police investigating an overnight crash near Potawatomi Hotel and casino. Officers say a speeding driver clipped an ambulance on the 27th street viaduct. The ambulance lost control and hit another car almost head on. two ambulance employees injuries. Their patient was not injured. The driver who clipped the ambulance does not have a valid drivers license. The man accused of crashing into an uber, killing three women, faces nearly 200 years in prison. Jason ra
Killing a Novato High School student appeared in court today. Alex savidge joins us live this afternoon with more on that part of the story. Reporter good afternoon. Four young men are charged in connection with killing. However, one of them remains on the run this afternoon. The three who are in custody, they face the judge for the first time a short time ago here in a marin county courtroom. All of these defendants are charged in a vicious attack on two Novato High School student shots and cut with a machete. One of those victims died. The other survived. 17yearold juan carlos and 16 yearold Edwin Guevara are facing firstdegree murder and a testimony the murder while 20 yearold elmer rivera is charged with an accessory after the crime. Now, because of the nature of this killing, the District Attorney has charged the under age defendants as adults. The law allows us to charge in cases of a brutal murder minors over the age of 16 with certain crimes, murder in the first degree, which s
Prime minister assure the committee those who would refuse legal aid is still under the new exceptional funding scheme. He said, the minister, this was a vital safeguard. 617 family law applications have been made, and eight have been allowed. What kind of safeguard is that . I will at the close of the cases he raises a key thing is this, that we have to make sure our legal aid system is is affordable and where we can bear our legal aid system with similar common law countries, we still spend far more per head in countries like australia or new zealand or others. He shakes his head but, frankly, its no good for members apartment to Come Department every week and vote against every single spending decision but not to recognize we have to get our deficit down in order to help our economy recover. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Will be Prime Minister take a few minutes over the easter days [inaudible] in Economic Affairs which was announced last night . Because if he does i am sure it will get m