daines: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 578, s. 2971. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 578, s. 2971, a bill to authorize the national urban search and rescue response system. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. daines: mr. president, i ask consent that the committee reported amendment be agreed to, the bill as amended be considered read a third time and passed and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. daines: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 648, s. 3183. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 54 -- 648, s. 3183, a bill to prohibit the circumvention of control measure, used by internet ticket sellers and so forth and for other purposes. the presi

daines: mr. president, montanans have always been at the cutting edge of frontier medicine, using ingenuity and hard work to overcome the challenges of frontier and rural america to make sure we have access to high-quality health care. in fact, going back to the time that my great, great grandmother homesteaded near conrad, montana, her health care providers have worked and continue to work for increased access despite geography, weather, limited resources or government regulation. rural montanans are often hours away from a hospital, and even further away from any kind of trauma center. our local providers are the first line responders. they tackle everything from the common cold to emergency situations. it's their actions that truly can make the difference between life and death. rural providers give montanans access to preventative and behavioral health sciences. they help ward off chronic illness and early detection and provide care and support to cancer and other debilitating diseases. they

daines: thank you. i want to thank my colleague from oregon, senator wyden, for coming on the floor today to talk about this most important issue. mr. president, we shop online with credit cards. we order medicine with our electronic health care records. we talk to friends. we share personal information. we skype. we post beliefs. we post photos on social media. we might snapchat fun moments, all the time believing that everything is safe and secure. so it is more important now than ever to ensure that the information that we store on our devices is kept safe, but also that our right to privacy is protected. that's really what we're talking about here today. how can we ensure that our information is both safe and secure? but safe from hacking, but what about safe from government surveillance? certainly, knowledge has made our lives easier. it's also made it easier for criminals to commit crimes and to evade law enforcement. in short, our laws aren't keeping up with 21st century technology advances. but

senators daines and lee and franken joined senator wyden and me to delay these changes until july 1 of next year. we all want to ensure the american people are kept safe from cyber hackers and online criminal activity. we all want law enforcement to have the tools they need to keep us safe. but our desire for safety and our desire for an efficient criminal justice system should not require us to forfeit our fundamental constitutional rights to privacy and protection from searches and seizures. so let me now yield the floor to my friend and colleague, senator wyden, who has been such a tireless and effective and engaged advocate on exactly these issues. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. wyden: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: i want to thank senator coons for his work and his very thoughtful statement. i particularly appreciate your emphasizing the fact that this effort began long before november 8. this has been a bipartisan effort for some time. democrats and republicans across the political spectrum saying, look, the country wants policies

all three people in the car -- kevin glassmeyer, dechone jackson, and megan dains were taken to jail. vehicle -- and the driver of the an iowa man is found guilty of several charges -- after shooting two teenagers. gabriele coco was found guilty of assault charges after shooting them outside an ankeny restaurant last year. however -- we was not found guilty of attempted murder. prosecutors say he shot and injured two 18-year-olds -- but his attorney argued he suffers from p-t-s-d after serving in the u-s army. police officers shot and killed earlier this week -- are remembered. as you see here -- a large crowd gathers for a candle-light vigil in urbandale to honor those fallen officers. urbandale police officer justin martin and police sergeant anthony tony beminio were shot and killed while they sat in different vehicles early wednesday morning. the accused shooter -- scott greene -- made his first court appearance friday and is being held on 10-million dollars bail. he's charged with two counts of first-degree murder. monday -- services. now to decision 20-16 -- democrats take the l

worrthe milwaukee holiday lights festival will illuminate downtown parks and streets through new years dain downtown milwaukee brian niznansktoda ..and a live picture now from festivities get underway at 5:30... capped-off by the lighting of the city christmas tree and a fireworks display at looks like a fine night for the festivities downtown.chief meteorologist john malan joins us with the storm team forecast. tonight will be very mild with (that's above our average high temp for this time of the year)! the wind will be increasing overnight from the south and the clouds will begin to roll in as well. friday the clouds will eventually take over the sky and it will be warm with light rain showers possible in the afternoon hours as a cold front sweeps through. there isn't much moisture for us to see with this as most locations will pick up less than a quarter of an inch, if even that much. this front and low will be close to freezing overnight, allowing some snowflakes to mix in with the light rain showers overnight and into saturday morning. little to no accumulation is expected here in sou

all three people in the car -- kevin glassmeyer, dechone jackson, and megan dains went to jail. several guns were found -- and the driver was treated for non- life threatening injuries. still to come right here on kwwl -- police and community members come together to remember two fallen officers. support those who put their lives on the line every day. hageman, meteorologist kyle kiel and sports with mark woodley. this is the kwwl news at ten." i'm really good at war. i love war in a certain way. ahh i don't know what i said, ahh i don't remember! i moved on her like a [expletive] and congressman rod blum said. send me back to congress, and you send donald trump to the white house. rod blum still supports trump today. and even attacked republicans who spoke out against trump. rod blum and donald trump. wrong for iowa. putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. when i come home and dinner's not ready i go through the roof. grab 'em by the p****". when you're a star, they let you do it. they were sexually assaulted by donald trump. i'll go backstage before a show... yes.. a

they arrested kevin glassmeyer, dechone jackson and megan dains. police also found guns in the vehicle. a cedar rapids company spent the morning striping cars with a blue line to support iowa law enforcement. two- urbandale police officer justin martin and des moines sergeant tony beminio. police say this man, scott greene, ambushed, shot and killed the officers in two separate attacks, while they were on patrol, wednesday morning. greene is charged with two counts of murder and faces life in prison without parole. sergeant beminio's funeral will be on monday in west des moines. and martin's funeral will be in his hometown of rockwell city, on tuesday. we will be carrying both funerals live on kcrg nine point you're looking at. owner, jay reece, parked outside of godfather's pizza, washed back windows, and put a thin stripe of blue painters tape on cars for no cost. the thin blue line represents the role officers play in separating the good from the bad. used with a black background, it's a symbol for fallen officers. reece explained why he wanted

law enforcement arrested kevin glassmeyer, dechone jackson and megan dains. police also found guns in the vehicle. today people in the des moines area will remember a police sergeant killed in an ambush-style attack. a visitation service for 38-year-old anthony beminio starts at 2 this afternoon at lutheran church of hope in west des he and urbandale police officer justin martin were killed last week. services for officer martin start tomorrow with his visitation. his funeral is on tuesday. we will air both of those funerals on kcrg 9.2 it was early last wednesday morning when both men were shot and killed while sitting in their squad cars. police say 46-year-old scott greene fired at least 15 shots at both officers. police say they had run- ins him as the suspect in the case. greene turned himself into police about 8 hours after the shootings. on friday, a judge set his bond at 10 million dollars, cash only. he faces two counts of first-degree murder. a cedar rapids painting company honored the fallen officers yesterday. jay reece of reece painting parked ou