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emily: senator marsha blackburn there of tennessee.oming up, he is the man in charge of microsoft's most lucrative business. we will speak with scott guthrie, executive vice president of microsoft cloud and ai. and later, the home of the world's tallest building also boasts the world's first minister for artificial intelligence. we'll ask him about his ambitious plan to make the united arab emirates the world's ai leader. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: outside of ceo satya nadella, scott guthrie is arguably the most important person at microsoft. as the executive vice president of microsoft's cloud and ai group, he has helped the tech giant claim a top spot in the cloud, just behind amazon. ahead of the microsoft developer's conference next week, i caught up with guthrie and talked about what lies ahead. scott: i have been fortunate to work with satya for a long time. we worked on azure in the cloud business. the day before he became ceo, we had a conversation and i took on what was his role. emily: what did he say? scott: well, we worked

it didn't work out so well, marsha won by 10 points, and i would reminded her of the dixie chicks.ards my former boss, george bush. it didn't work out so well for them -- trish: but they wrote a great song after, right? it was a great song they wrote after about the whole thing, but i hear you. [laughter] >> but here's the deal, they faded very quickly, they never became what they were before. sometimes people just want to follow and support musicians to hear good music. and, again, i'd point out again recently with espn, new management comes in and goes, you know what? we should stop being political because sometimes people just want to watch sport, they want to listen to music. politics doesn't have to become everything to us 24/7. sometimes you want a little escapism. trish: yeah, i'm all for. that robin, i mean, look, my kids love her, and i think she's a tremendous role model. >> very gifted. trish: in some ways she has -- very gifted, a great song writer, beautiful woman, extremely articulate, intelligent, has done a wonderful job managing her career. but, you know, simultane

. >> why would on any of your platforms, why would marsha blackburn's campaign that have to do with the life issue have been banned or at least withdrawn on facebook? >> in that context we have been taking the content action and it depends a little bit on whether it is advertising or organic but one of the things we've seen very clearly as we are not going to be perfect. we make mistakes. but here's the thing, when you are taking down political campaigns every minute, campaign ads, every minute matters. for you to have someone back there assuming and admitting you made a mistake -- >> we make mistakes. >> you answer a question i didn't ask. did you make a mistake by taking down the now senator blackburn add, did facebook make a mistake? we didn't take it down. my apologies. i am not fully aware of the details of this incident they hav. >> if they didn't take it down, who dated, are you saying that the automated system took it down, give me an honest answer i guess. >> i am not aware of ticking down and add from marsha blackburn's office. listen, they pick up on stuff that comes from the

can you just picking up on that, we'll go to marsha next. can you briefly describe some of the new sans. >> what's really unusual about this case are the number of the parties in the case. i already mentioned the complications that the cities and localities raise for the states. there may be fights where some localities are saying we're our own plaintiffs. one of the reasons we get these locality cases is that some cities and localities were unhappy with the tobacco settlement. that is the everyonetous of some of these state cases. on the defense side there is a huge range of defendants. we're talking about retailers like cvs and walgreens. that has two implications. one is it it makes a public statement that are responsible for a lot of different reasons. another thing it does is that it complicated the legal claims because you have to prove causation in a court of law and you've fot a very broad chain to have defendants. you can't say i drove that addiction because there are people who actually need opioids like cancer patients. then there

let's see. >> maureen, marsha brady herself helped demolish it. >> you build it from scratch but makean't buy a staircase like that. >> grant. >> he would lower. >> yes, that was able to give us that staircase which we had to have a staircase. >> whether they would shoot the interior scenes on the sound stage, the staircase led to nowhere. >> we would go up starts and be in the hallway up there and flirt and whatever. it was our time alone, which was awesome. >> flirt. >> no one could see us but now it leads somewhere. >> now into the famous backyard. before there was never glass. no one would hurt you. it was a reflection, now they are real. >> there are a lot of memories in the backyard where the swing set was and the boys tossed the infamous football. >> hey, you guys. >> you got the football. >> your nose is beautiful now by the way. >> thank you so much. >> is that tiger's dog house? >> that's the teeter totter. >> we're going to set a new teeter totter record. >> susan and mike responsible for this renovation including building tiger's dog house. you can see the whole transforma

emily: i sat down with senator marsha blackburn last week, and she has been supportive of the presidentalso been critical of the crackdown on conservative voices in particular. here is what she had to say about the issue. take a listen. sen. blackburn: what we have to realize is in silicon valley, a lot of people have a liberal slant. that is their preference. they bring that to work. they are engineering and building these algorithms. and then they probably tilt left instead of being down the middle. we know they do not tilt right. emily: now, she is making an important point, tim, that the people who are building the algorithms, inevitably, they impact those algorithms. clearly, this is an issue that is getting increasing interest on both sides of the aisle. do you think this is something that is going to become a big deal in this election? tim: i don't know if it will be a big deal in the election, i know it is always a healthy thing for us to discuss. we have to be careful about the terms we are using. i do not know that this is conservative versus liberal speech issue. the constitu

marsha blackburn joins us from a foggy d.c. with an inside look.accept that. there was no collusion from donald trump and his team. we also learned, steve, that the democrats still can't accept donald trump won. he is serving well. he is executing on what the american people want to see done. but there is still, they can't get over the 2016 results. steve: what did you make of the fact that somebody leaked "the washington post" a letter that mueller signed talking about to bill barr saying essentially, i don't like the way the public is interpreting the mueller report given your four-page statement that he put out? then mr. barr put something else out. mr. barr, the attorney general referred to that letter as, well it was a snitty, probably written by a staff member? >> i think general barr was correct about that. it was probably staff driven. here is the thing, if bob mueller did not like the way the media and the public was respondinging to the report,. bill: barr can't do anything about that. nor can i, nor can anyone else. that is the media wit

emily: i sat down with senator marsha blackburn last week and she has been supportive of the presidental of been the crackdown on conservative voices in particular. here is what she had to say about the issue. inwhat we have to realize is silicon valley, a lot of people have a liberal slant. that is their preference. they bring that to work. they are engineering and building these algorithms. left instead tilt of being down the middle. we know they do not tilt right. anly: she is making important point, tim, that the people who are building the algorithm, they impact those algorithms. clearly, this is an issue that is getting increasing interest on both sides of the aisle. do you think this is something that will become a big deal in this election? a i don't know if it will be big deal in the election, i know it is healthy for us to discuss. we have to be careful about the terms we are using. i don't know that this is conservative versus liberal speech issue. -- constitution is always has always regulated the type of free speech we are entitled to. we are entitled to have free politica

emily: senator marsha blackburn of tennessee.ing up, the man charged of microsoft's most lucrative business. we speak with the executive president of microsoft's cloud and ai. and later, the world's tallest building also boasts the world's first miniature for artificial intelligence. we talk about the plan to make the united arab emirates the world's ai leader. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: outside of the ceo, scott guthrie is arguably the most important person as microsoft. ps helped the tech giant claim a top spot in the cloud. i caught up with him and talked about what lies ahead. scott: i have been fortunate to work with him for a long time. he and i worked on azure in the cloud business. the day before he became ceo, i took on what was his role. emily: what did he say? scott: we worked so closely together, so it was a quick conversation. the company has been going through this transformation, it has been incredibly fun to be a part of. more importantly, helping our customers through it, it has been a great ride. emily: on the

photos of the secretary in the wild, here with michaels flynn and cohen, here with bradys carol and marshalso spotted with saudi prince mohamed bin salman, seen here briefly not murdering anyone. what does this say? >> he can squat to hide behind bushes which makes it a whole different thing to look for him. >> stephen: narrows down to where there are bushes. >> that's true. >> stephen: matt, if you knew rick perry had been behind a bush, what kind of evidence would you look for? >> tracks and scats, especially if he was squatting behind the bush and there didn't seem to be any other reason for it. >> stephen: have you ever come across the sac swatch scat droppings? >> yes. >> stephen: what do they look like? >> human but much larger. >> stephen: okay. delicate subject, but do we have any idea what the scat droppings of rick perry would be? >> i hope i never find out. >> stephen: how do you identify him? what's the hint? >> well, one of the visual differences is the ratio of the arm length to leg length. sasquatches have longer arms proportionately and shorter legs. >> stephen: evolutionar

emily: i sat down with senator marsha blackburn last week and asked her about this very issue.n supportive of the president. she has also been critical of the crackdown on conservative voices in particular. here's what she had to say about this issue. sen. blackburn: what we have to realize is in silicon valley, a lot of people have a more liberal bend. that is their preference. they bring that into work. they are building these algorithms and then they probably tilt left instead of being down the middle. we know they don't tilt right. emily: now, she is making an important point, tim, that the people who were building the algorithms inevitably, they impact those algorithms. clearly, this is an issue that is getting increasing interest on both sides of the aisle. do you think this is something that will be a big deal in this election? tim: i don't know if it will be a big deal in the election. it is always a healthy thing for us to discuss. we have to be careful about the terms we are using. i don't know if this is a conservative versus liberal speech issue. the constitution ha

emily: i sat down with marsha blackburn earlier last week and after about this very issue she is alsortive of the president and has been typical of the crackdown. here is what she had to say about the issue. >> what we have to realize is in silicon valley, a lot of people have a more liberal end -- bend. they bring that to work, they are engineering and building these algorithms. they probably tilt left, instead of being down the middle. and we know they don't tilt right. emily: she is making an important point. built the who algorithms, inevitably, they impact those algorithms. but clearly, this is an issue getting increasing interest. do you think this is something that is going to become a big deal? be: i don't know if it will a big deal, i think it is always healthy for us to discuss your we have to be careful about the terms we are using. i don't think this is a liberal versus conservative speech. the constitution has always regulated the free speech we are entitled to. we are always entitled to political speech, we're not entitled to stand up in a movie theater and scream fire.

and senator marsha blackburn.ago, caramel ice cream was born on fox square. i believe carly shimkus will be in front of the building handing out free ice cream. jillian: i can't wait. rob: i thought you are going to say brian kilmeade was born. we will be right back. don't just dream about your next vacation. book your next vacation. ♪ be a booker at booking.com this and even this.hark, i deep clean messes like this. but i don't have to clean this, because the self-cleaning brush roll removes hair, while i clean. - [announcer] shark, the vacuum that deep cleans, now cleans itself. jillian: embattled congresswoman omar is blaming the united states for the crisis in venezuela. >> the policies we put in place helped need the devastation in venezuela. particular bullying and the use of sanctions does not help. jillian: she has previously not recognized juan guaido as venezuela's leaders despite the us and 50 other countries backing him. rob: nicholas sandman slamming nbc with a defamation lawsuit, suing for $275 milli

senator marsha blackburn. we appreciate it. >> sandra: maybe you've heard about it by now. is planning to take a student's background into account. plus attorney general barr defending himself after democrats accused him of acting as the president's personal lawyer. >> bill: how would you describe your relationship with president trump? >> i would say it's a good relationship. he is a very engaged president. play it cool and escape heartburn fast with new tums chewy bites cooling sensation. ♪ tum tum tum tums with new tums chewy bites cooling sensation. there is wisdom in how nature protects and it inspired an all-new toothpaste from burt's bees®. it fights cavities and freshens breath. made with ingredients you can trust. for a smile that's a true force of nature. new burt's bees® toothpaste. >> sandra: the s.a.t.s are getting an update. the college board saying it's adding an adversity score to level the playing field with admissions. reflects a students' social and economic background among other things. you have said it is not an adversity score. that's not what the col

david: that was senator marsha blackburn speaking with kevin cirilli. democratic candidates already in the race. we talk with the head of the national urban league about the issues that will be important to african-american voters next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching "balance of power." westin.d the predecessor organization the national urban league was founded in new york city over 100 years ago with the mission to enable african-americans to secure economic self-reliance, power, and civil rights. it serves 300 communities in 36 different states. we welcome its president, marc morial, for today's conversation. great to have you here. 20/20 is around the corner. as we look forward to 2020, and you look at the issues, are there issues that will be at stake in the election that are particularly important to african-americans as opposed to the rest of the population? marc: i think there is great synergy from what african-americans want and would mode -- what most americans want. it is about economic independence, a good job, it is about a sec

i just interviewed senator marsha blackburn. we will play that later in the day.a republican from tennessee. that there is bipartisan agreement unpredicted the u.s. from chinese telik munication firms, and says there is -- chinese telecommunication firms, and says there is apprehension on the issue of tariffs. it is that dynamic that the treasury department is having to maneuver through, and secretary mnuchin has urged patients on how the dynamic is playing out. vonnie: i want to ask you about the headline if you will miss ago that somebody familiar with the president's thinking says he will delay a decision on tariffs on european auto imports. what can you tell us about the president's thinking on trade these days? kevin: the tariffs have become front and center in terms of how this white house has had to referee the replicant party. he is facing intense pressure from republicans, not just democrats, urging him to back off and recalculate on the issue of tariffs. guy: can i just ask you about what is happening elsewhere on capitol hill? we have the transportation

marsha blackburn of tennessee sits on the judiciary committee. good to see you. >> you too, harris. >> harris: i want to talk about that legislative agenda that john and i were going back and forth on and how you get things done on capitol hill given all of the mean spiritedness that has gone on. i don't know if you caught it, but the speaker of the house went as far as to say the united states president, you need an intervention. >> i have to tell you, i was talking to one of my democrat friends in tennessee earlier today. she said i wish nancy pelosi would start to act like an adult. that is what we need, to calm things down and to say the american people expect us to get things done. they're focused on what we're going to continue to do with growing this economy with bettering their lives. quite frankly, they're not interested in the d.c. story of the day. they are interested in the story of their lives. you know, mueller was supposed to be the definitive word and was there conspiracy or collusion. and now that's not enough. they're going back

emily: i sat down with senator marsha blackburn earlier last week and after about this very issue. has been supportive of the president. she has also been critical of the crackdown on conservative voices in particular. here is what she had to say about this issue. take a listen. sen. blackburn: what we have to realize is in silicon valley, a lot of people have a more bent.al that is their preference. they bring that to work. they are engineering and building these algorithms. and then they probably tilt left instead of being down the middle, and we know they do not tilt right. emily: now, she is making an important point, tim, that the people who are building the algorithms, inevitably, they impact those algorithms. clearly, this is an issue that is getting increasing interest on both sides of the aisle. do you think that this is something that is going to become a big deal in this election? tim: i don't know if it will be a big deal in the election, i think it is always a healthy thing for us to discuss. i think we have to be really careful about the terms we are using. i do not k

cheryl: i spend money or marsha, my mom. she's worth it. lauren: i'm a little surprised by this.ewspodcast.com/momming. most of the people we have on say dads do just as much as moms. tracee: i think mom appreciates it more. daddies happy with more than just a card. moms you want to shower with more than just a card. cheryl: happy mother's day to all the moms out there. tracee: he especially lauren. cheryl: you've got another story for us? tracee: we're going to talk about a luxury, do it yourself, build it yourself little cabin that you can put maybe in your backyard. i'm not sure what to call it. we'll show you a picture of it. it was sold out on amazon. it it's called a studio cabin. it looks pretty cute. cheryl: a pool house. tracee: it's 17 172 square fee, about $7,000 to put together. it takes about eight hours, two people can do it. it's a lot more complicated thn anything you would buy from ikea. i did research on amazon. there's a number of things that- number of these that you can buy. lauren: more than $7,000? tracee: more than $7,000. cheryl: they're selling out. peop

let's discuss with marsha frieze, ceo of health medical, and jim, ceo of american peril and the footwearon. thank you for being here. it's just not true, by the way, that china pays for these. let's just state that as fact. the american people pay for these. i think, rick, one of the numbers i was reading is like 93% of footwear, 91% of apparel is hit by this. you say what is about to happen tomorrow if there's no deal, quote, confirms our worst fears. >> well, let's look at it this way. if the cinderella tax kicks in tonight at midnight, our beautiful clothes will turn to rags. that's just about as bad as it's going to get. you know, 1930, they tried to put tariffs on us, and also precipitated the depression. however, depression aside, that was supposed to protect american industry, as the president had commented. guess what, as you said, poppy, 98% of all apparel and footwear is imported today. there's proof that tariffs just don't work. >> how quickly will folks see this in the sticker? in the sticker price of clothes. how quickly do american companies pass those costs on to consumers

emily: i sat down with senator marsha blackburn earlier last week and after about this very issue. has been supportive of the president. she has also been critical of the crackdown on conservative voices in particular. here is what she had to say about this issue. take a listen. sen. blackburn: what we have to realize is in silicon valley, a lot of people have a more liberal bent. that is their preference. they bring that to work. they are engineering and building these algorithms. and then they probably tilt left instead of being down the middle, and we know they do not tilt right. emily: now, she is making an important point, tim, that the people who are building the algorithms, inevitably, they impact those algorithms. clearly, this is an issue that is getting increasing interest on both sides of the aisle. do you think that this is something that is going to become a big deal in this election? tim: i don't know if it will be a big deal in the election, i think it is always a healthy thing for us to discuss. i think we have to be really careful about the terms we are using. i do

our fact check team, including marsha cohen has taken an exhaustive look at this that's on cnn.com. we should note what the president said today is a complete wavering about what he said about the special counsel when he said robert mueller acted honorably and the report was beautiful and now today we're at the attacks that you saw the president make in front of reporters. >> kaitlan collins, thanks for that. >>> let's chew over this with our experts. nia, the president admitting that russia tried to help get him elected. was it an accidental omission? how did that happen? >> you know, who knows. the president, we've obviously seen him be himself on twitter, right? in some ways, the president on twitter is his most authentic trump. you compare that to how he is in a press conference or whatever. so it's -- it seems to me this is something he knows. even though, in previous statements he said maybe it was some 400-pound guy in new jersey, pennsylvania, your state. i'm not sure which state it was. or he also just said that he believed putin when putin said there was no interference. h

i met a woman named marsha who lost everything in the fire in seminole springs. will it cost us for the floods in the midwest which are believe it's davenport underwater. i went to hamburg, iowa, all the farmers lost their grain and how much will it cost in main street where they need to build up main street. otherwise the fish are swimming down main street. this could cost us billions of dollars in the decades to could. the scientists have said the economic losses of the donald trump plan, because the donald trump plan is keep us addicted to oil, keep giving $27 billion to the oil industry and keep letting our towns burn down. it's been projected that the losses from climate change could be twice as large as the economic havoc caused by the last recession. >> okay. >> so i think the question is -- you broke down the costs you believe from climate change, but i didn't hear you say what your plan is to actually pay for it. >> our plan is to require industries to use equity, mostly private equity, to make the investments in new technology that we know can reduce co

earlier dente republican lawmakers marsha blackburn and john cornyn came to the floor to discuss theholiday. and what it means to them. we begin with senator blackburn. >> him thank you madam

. >> why would on any of your platforms, why would marsha blackburn's campaign that have to do with thelife issue have been banned or at least withdrawn on facebook? >> in that context we have been taking the content action and it depends a little bit on whether it is advertising or organic but one of the things we've seen very clearly as we are not going to be perfect. we make mistakes. but here's the thing, when you are taking down political campaigns every minute, campaign ads, every minute matters. for you to have someone back there assuming and admitting you made a mistake -- >> we make mistakes. >> you answer a question i didn't ask. did you make a mistake by taking down the now senator blackburn add, did facebook make a mistake? we didn't take it down. my apologies. i am not fully aware of the details of this incident they hav. >> if they didn't take it down, who dated, are you saying that the automated system took it down, give me an honest answer i guess. >> i am not aware of ticking down and add from marsha blackburn's office. listen, they pick up on stuff that comes from the

he managed to recruit marsha blackburn and joni ernst to go on that committee. think you will hear similar questions from them as from other republicans. they have not been saying we need to hear from mueller. they have not been stepping out on this issue. you don't get on this committee unless you are going to vote for judicial nominees, the republican agenda. it is one of the most partisan committees in congress, on both sides. host: no independent standouts when it comes to the questioning of barr. is that what you are saying? guest: it is unlikely. normally one of the most independent questionnaires is lindsey graham himself but he has been barr's biggest supporter in congress. he basically begged barr to take the job and urged the president to nominate him. you will not hear a whole lot of tough questions from lindsey graham probably. few republicans who occasionally ask probing questions. john kennedy comes to mind. a folksy wayf about him and asks questions that sometimes trip people up. barr is a pro, he has been before many committees. i don't think he

joining me now is marsha blackburn. thank you for joining us.t get done between the two countries and both economies get impacted. >> we are working on this issue every day. this week we've been working on wire products and charcoal gills and polysilicon and ag products and talking with the trade rep and i think we are all watching very closely. i p think the comment that was just made about the ag community really hanging with the president is very true. because they want this issue resolved. it has been a problem for a long time. they want to get this resolved. they want more markets. they want trade. they don't want aid. and they are hanging in here with this and we're all pushing and working as diligently as we can to get a resolution. maria: yesterday we had on the ceo of trek bikes and he said basically, yeah, it's part of the plan if this continues i'm going to raise the price of bikes. so families are going to see, they want to buy a bicycle for their kids, that's going to be more expensive than they thought. you look at the high price o

republican senator marsha blackburn will join us after a break to shed some light on support levels in on a final trade deal u' wchg quk yoreatin"sawbox" on cnbc >>> welcome back to "squawk box" this morning take a quick look at futures let's show you how things are setting themselves up now, just a little over an hour away from opening bell dow looks like it would open down 93, 94 points right now nasdaq off about 51 points and the s&p 500 looking to open down about 12 points >>> many in washington are cheering president trump's use of tariffs as a way to try to get china's leaders to the negotiating table on trade, but not everyone is on board with that approach, including our next guest senator marsha blackburn from tennessee serves on the commerce committee's trade subcommittee and senator, thank you for being here >> good to be with you thank you. >> what's your position on what we're doing with tariffs right now? >> well, i'll tell you, one of the things we're really thrilled about is if the biggest obstacle to getting the usmca over the finish line has been lifted, and that is t

maxx, marsha marshall's and home goods, posted topping sales growth and existing store locations better better traffic at its stores and stronger performance in apparel and its home categories. now, shares of kohl's, meanwhile, not so good, down by around 10%, roughly 675,000 shares of premarket trading volume the department store chain posted profits that fell short of expectations, even though sales came in better, but sales growth at existing store locations fell by more than expected and kohl's cut its full-year profit forecast, so shares taking a big hit. we're going to cap things off with the biggest home improvement retailer in america, home depot they're down around 0.5% or so on roughly 100,000 shares of premarket volume that chain again topped wall street forecasts for profits and sales and its sales growth at existing store locations it was actually higher, but it was the lowest growth in over three years. bad weather took its toll on customer traffic and demand for spring gardening products. i know, becky, i cut back on some of my household gardening stuff because of the bad

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before they adjourn republican senators marsha blackburn and senator cornyn came to the floor to talk about memorial day. >> thank you madame president. yesterday tennesseans werem filled with ae bittersweet as president t trump awarded post to ms. lee the officer medal of valor to a heroic tennessean mister smith. his watch with the police department ended june 4th june 4th, 2016. on that day and armed gunmen stole a car and let memphis police on a chase through the downtown area. officers responded to the call and worked quickly to clear the pedestrians from an intersection directly in the path of the speeding car. but the unthinkable happened. although the police before they could apprehend him he crashed through barrier and hit officer smith. valor is a word defined as great personal bravery. you don't hear that a lot. the valor is that great personal bravery in the face of danger. and i think there is no better way to describe the actions of officer smith. on behalf of all tennesseans thinking for his service in the u.s. navy, his 18 years with the memphis police department, and

earlier dente republican lawmakers marsha blackburn and john cornyn came to the floor to discuss the upcoming american holiday. and what it means to them. we begin with senator blackburn. >> him thank you madam president. yesterday tennesseans were really filled with the bittersweet pride and president trump awarded Ãjust the public safety officer metal of valor. two of her wrote tennessean, sergeant bergdahl his watch with the memphis police department ended on june 4 2016. on that day and armed gunmen stole a car and led memphis police into adjacent to the downtown area. officer smith responded to the call and worked quickly to clear the pedestrians from an intersection directly in the path of the speeding car. then the unthinkable happened. before the police were able to apprehend him the gunmen crashed through a barrier and fatally struck officer smith. valor is a word that's defined as great personal bravery. valor. you don't hear a lot. valor is the great personal bravery in the face of danger. i think there is no better way to describe the actions of officer smith. i honor him

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable marsha blackburn, a senator from the state of tennessee, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: madam president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: on monday i introduced legislation to raise the national minimum wage for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21. i walked through the long history of our nation's complicated relationship with this major cash crop. i laid outer the challenges -- i laid out the cheabltion facing tobacco products in kentucky and other states and new opportunities some of them are actually turning to, and i explained why, as we see signs of a new public health crisis of nicotine addiction in the younger generation, now is the time to take decisive new action. together with senator tim kaine, who represents another state with a very long history of tobacco production, i was proud to introduce a bill that builds on the existing structure that is already in place and simply raises th

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable marsha blackburn, a senator from the state of tennessee, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the following nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, joseph f. bianco of new york to be united states circuit judge for the second circuit. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i'm saddened to have to begin my remarks this morning by acknowledging yet another senseless act of school violence in america. less than a month after the 20th anniversary of the tragic shooting at columbine high school, another colorado community was shattered yesterday afternoon. just miles away at the stem school highlands ranch, one student has been killed, eight others have been