of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate adjourned until last of the book, and there are a couple of a couple of planks i still want us to get in place. one is about the role of religion for putin in terrorizing of russian society. you know, he assigned a patron to his nuclear forces, etc. yes. and i think we have a photo of putin crossing. there we go. so patron saint is, saint seraphim of seraph. a why? because that's where beria, the father of a russian project, decided to have the headquarters of the russian nuclear. so this monk, who who was canonized by nicholas second early in the 20th century, the monk himself lived in the first third of the 19th century. seraphim of seraph is a patron saint of the nuclear forces. putin went twice now their blessing. he sending to the former patriarch. that's aleksey. and they they blessed the procession on

. >> kirsten gillibrand presided over the senate's performer session and announced her upcoming tvel plans, frank rk from nbc ns is reporting that she ss she is leaving tonighfor the biptisan congressional delegation to the ddleast. israel, jordan, a sau arabia and the group is planning to me with netyahu. she wants a status update and to find out what the game plan is and how we can create a path tords peace. you can read more nbc news.com. >> president biden signed a proclamation establishing the emmett till and maybe till mobley national monument. it owners emmett till, an african-american boy who was murdered after being accused of whistling at a white woman in white team 55. -- in 1955. it also orders her mother -- his mother who played a role in the civil rights movement. this takes place in illinois and references mississippi where emmett till was murdered. the. ♪ >> good afternoon everyone, have a seat. good afternoon. two our president joe biden, members ofongress, the members of t till family and my fellow americans, we gather to rember our history. we gather to remember an

senator kirsten gillibrand says the group will have to meet with the israeli prime minister netanyahuraine's defense minister says moscow is deliberately targeting residential areas after russia hit the cities of kiva and kharkiv. -- kyiv and kharkiv. saturday, russia launched its largest aerial attack since the invasion began, killing at least 40 people. ukraine responded with a drone attack that killed people in a russian city across the border. amid the escalating violence, there is still no end in sight to the deadlock in the u.s. congress over funding for ukraine's war effort, but zelenskyy denies vladimir putin's claims that western allies are reconsidering support for ukraine. there have been a fresh wave of russian strikes on ukrainian cities including kyiv and live leave. you have said it's clear ukraine needs more support. what does ukraine need in the coming days? >> thank you for having me. unfortunately, since december 29, we have seen continuation with russia and what they did before so it's not something that came as a surprise. we knew the intent is still there to cond

. >> new york democrat kirsten gillibrand presided over the nate's pro forma session today and later nounced her upcoming travel plans. frank thoe from n news reporting senator gillibrand says she is leaving tonight with a birtisan professional delegation to the middle east, visiting israel, jordan and saudi arabia, andays the group is planning to meet with the israeli prime minister. she says she wants a status of and to find out what the game plan is and how we can create a path towards peace. read more at nbc news.com. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television come panisse and more -- companiesnd more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? it is way more. >> comcast is partnering with community centers so students can get the tools they need to be ready for anythg. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service along with these other telesion providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> next, representative doug lamborn and s

] "nana, it's okay there are no hippies in your root cellar. [ laughter ] new york senator kirsten gillibrandthe weekend called on president biden to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level though i don't think you're going to get progressive action on marijuana from someone who definitely still calls it reefer [ laughter ] "yeah, you're better than that yeah, you don't want to mess around that stuff, it's no good for you. it's no good for you." [ light laughter ] the producers of the puppy bowl have released this year's lineup, and more than 60 dogs will be featured plus a halftime show by pitbull. [ laughter ] mike scollins wrote that joke. i think it's the first joke he ever wrote that i can tell my kids [ laughter ] in a new foreword in the paperback version of his memoir, former national security adviser john bolton criticized former president trump and said, quote, "a mountain of facts demonstrates that trump is unfit to be president. and it's never a good sign when a paperback book has the strongest spine in the party [ audience ohs ] it's a book burn [ light laughter ] elon musk

. >> kirsten gillibrand presided over the senate's performer session and announced her upcoming tvel plans, frank rk from nbc ns is reporting that she ss she is leaving tonighfor the biptisan congressional delegation to the ddleast. israel, jordan, a sau arabia and the group is planning to me with netyahu. she wants a status update and to find out what the game plan is and how we can create a path tords peace. you can read more nbc news.com. >>

you spoke yesterday with former secretary of state hillary clinton, senator kirsten gillibrand and manyank you for having me. you know, it's been really, really heartbreaking watching people that i admire and respect just not show up for these women and girls. we know what happened to them. we have enough videos. we have enough testimony. the terrorists admitted to it. they filmed it on their go pros and live streamed it on their feeds. these women deserve to be believed. if we are feminists, if we are in any way evolved as human beings, we've learned to believe women. to not have them supported by people i admire and respect is deeply heartbreaking, and they need to show up. many of these women didn't survive. the brutality was beyond anything we could imagine. part of my call to action that day was, well, it's very clear you haven't shown up for a lot of reasons, but now is the time to speak up and use your voice. i shared a little bit about my childhood, really just to draw the parallel. >> why do you think the delay happened for so many to speak out about what hamas did to israeli w