bastian. i thank the chair. madam president, i yield the floor, and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that following disposition of the levy nomination, the senate proceed to consideration of calendar number 711, that there be two minutes for debate equally divided between the two leaders or their designees prior to vote on a confirmation of that nomination. further, that notwithstanding rule 22, on thursday, may 1, at 11:00 a.m., the senate proceed to executive session to vote on cloture nominations to calendar number 591 and 575 and 592. that if cloture is invoked on any of these nominations, all postcloture time be expired at 1:45 p.m. the senate proceed then to vote on confirmation of calendar number 591 and then 592 and then 730 and 701. further, that o

alex bastian. june rodney. what is it? nalauder kasasa north korea si. cathy black. ~ go ahead. >>> good afternoon, [speaker not understood] senior attorney at [speaker not understood] senior services. also on the board of [speaker not understood] aclu of northern california. i worked on social justice issues since graduating from college in 1994 and i have rarely if ever worked with a person with such extraordinary commitment, passion, dedication and skill set as angela chan. i met her in 2008. we've worked together for seven years. and if you recall in 2008, under federal pressure the city started transferring undocumented youth to ice. angela was part of an extraordinary coalition building moment that worked with the supervisors to change the sanctuary policies to protect youth. it required tremendous bridge building skills and that's one thing that has not come across enough tonight, that angela's skills in building bridges among different communities to get effective and successful legislation passed. i support angela. thank you. >> thank you. >>> g

and for this body in this city which does say that it is a bastian of diversity which we know to not be really true based upon these kinds of investigations and this kind of scrutiny of african americans and other people of color. so, i urge you, one, to reconsider and to vote this a no resolution and not to move forward on this issue because it does call into question your ethics as a commission and the way in which this city in particular treats its african-american community and the way in which it seems to overly penalize african americans. and i really hope that you will look into your hearts. and someone earlier said that you should look at your values. and

and for this body in this city which does say that it is a bastian of diversity which we know to not be really true based upon these kinds of investigations and this kind of scrutiny of african americans and other people of color. so, i urge you, one, to reconsider and to vote this a no resolution and not to move forward on this issue because it does call into question your ethics as a commission and the way in which this city in particular treats its african-american community and the way in which it seems to overly penalize african americans. and i really hope that you will look into your hearts. and someone earlier said that you should look at your values. and i have to question where your values lie given the fact we are here tonight? thank you. (applause) >>> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is dwayne jones. i'm a business owner here in san francisco. i've also had the pleasure of serving as a department head here for this city for the office of community development and also serving as one of the senior advisors for mayor newsome for the 7 years he served as mayor here. t

jazz expatriots turned a hillside agency into a bastian of the roaring 20s. >> when you look at the pictureshe roof tops and club, that they were up, they must have been amazing to see true musicians coming awe the boat. and -- coming off the boat and ask and playing jazz. that must have been cool. >> the french are the biggest supporters of jazz. and that, for the most american of music forms. which is kind of crazy when you think about it. >> and no one was crazier on statement than a young american dancer josephine baker. >> she had escaped race riots and started her own riot when she opened the theatre. >> things were going well. and the states - a lot of unknown musicians got the weird invitations from music lovers and they would sale for two weeks and get over to the old continent. and it was a whole other world. >> josephine would become the most famous and adored american expatry ot who lived in france. she returned that love in her biggest hit, singing "i have two loves." my country and paris. after world war ii, paris hosted another invasion. the bee bop era. modern jazz moved unde

but bastian got an away goal, but he won't be able to play in the return league in munich. >> i thinkt shows that, you know, we'll be there or we'll go toe to toe with them. it's a tough tie, but we all believe we hll believe we have a great chance in the competition, we really do. and we'll need to show our best football when we go there next week. >> we're reacting good after our -- our one down, and okay, we are there, so it's not an exceptional result, but it's enough considering how good is manchester united and [ inaudible ]. >> the focus now moves to wednesday's quarter finals. in paris psg hosts chelsea lead by the retiring bra heem vich. he faces his former boss moreno. he won the champions league but never with chelsea. they are well aware of the threat posed by psg. >> maybe paris doesn't have the same level of experience as chelsea, but you go player by player and the picture is not like that, because tiago and alex and [ inaudible ] all of them, they have big experience in the -- in the competition. >> it will be very exciting because i think it's the first time in the qu

the clerk: stanley allen bastian of washington to be united states district judge. mr. reid: mr. president, i have a cloture motion i ask to be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of stanley allen bastian of washington to be united states district judge for the eastern district of washington signed by 18 senators as follows. reid of nevada, leahy, tester, boxer, schumer, durbin, casey, coons, rockefeller, levin, cantwell, nelson, whitehouse, murphy, murray, udall of new mexico and king. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. without objection. mr. reid: might have to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in faye say aye. all -- all in favor say aye. opposed nay. the motion carries. mr. reid: i now move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar

this is district attorney spokesperson alex bastian >> he is facing three felony driving under the influence>> reporter: the you have any comment mr. klan? mr. quinn? >> >> reporter: quinn did not enter a plea in court the case has been continued. the motorcycle is injured in the crash filed a civil suit against the city. >> reporter: here in san francisco to reseal x down seal. terescia >> pam: and dublin police have released the surveillance pictures of a man who robbed a shell gas station last week. and had been ondougherty wrote right before midnight. the suspect entered the gas station with a black back, baseball bat and red plastic gas can derrick he threatened the court to bar the station doubt if he did not give him money. the suspect later fled the scene in a for fusion with an unknown amount of cash. >> pam: santa cruz police are arrested on that all lee abdi cabdriver accused of kidnapping and sexual assault. police say on friday, he picked up a woman in watsonville who was struck a pastel. abdi, reportedly took her to a santa cruz hotel where he assaulted her and stole her money.

. >> i am sitting at the new york times building, bastian of the mainstream media. of have been pretty critical establishment journalist. what you have against us? >> i have actually published a number of things for the new york times. i published a short documentary, one about nsa surveillance. i am happy they published that. let's face it. there are people who do great work. there are people who towed the line. we have seen that. justify andrd to not use the word torture when we were torturing people for many years. why don't they use the word torture? i didn't think it's a proud moment for journalism, and i don't think the invasion of iraq was a great moment for journalism. there was great journalism done about the war in iraq area there was great journalism done about torture. there are always going to be journalists who are going to try to get to the truth, but there that are goings to be persuaded by what the government things can and should be public. i obviously fundamentally disagree. the fact that the nsa is now spying on congress and not releasing a repor

the question is on the bastian nomination. the yeas and nays have been ordered. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: . the presiding officer: any senators wishing to cast their vote? the ayes are 95, the nays are 0. the nomination is confirmed. the question's on the shah nomination. a senator: ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will call the roll on the shah nomination. vote: vote: the presiding officer: any senators wishing to cast their vote? the ayes are 95, the nays are zero. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the question occurs on the crabtree nomination. is there a second? there appears to be. there is. the clerk will call the roll on the crabtree nomination. vote: en vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote? the ayes are 94, the nays are zero, and the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the

bastian on the federal bench. in today's political atmosphere, that is as strong an endorsement as i can think of. he has nearly 30 years of litigation experience. he's a fellow in the american college of trial lawyers. he is chairman of equal justice coalition. and throughout his career, he served the washington bar first as a member of the board of governors and eventually as president. he has practiced in both state and federal court, tried hundreds of cases, including civil and criminal cases and jury and bench trials. mr. president, our system of government is at its best when good people step up to the plate and are willing to serve, and throughout his legal career, stan bastian has done just that. so i am here to express my support and urge our colleagues to do the same. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: without objection, all time is yielded back. under the previous order, the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accor