mr. alexander: so part of it is the -- what about the pontoons? it's become characteristic of their campaigns. part of it is because of an order to cross both the chickahominy and the james river, they think they are going to use the same bridges for both,. they think they are going to get across that long bridge and that jones bridge and the pontoons are going to continue to move with the army. the union army, the wagon train was supposed across at windsor shades at the head of navigation of the james river. that is not an ideal crossing point. grant has the staff officer scouting the -- we can't do this. we have to divert even further down to cole's ferry where they have to construct a bridge. part of the pontoons that grant had wanted to go across the james river are now being sent to coles ferry. in edition pontoons had been sent out from fortin row to -- grant wanted to collect all the pontoons that were not with the army of the potomac at fort monroe. my understanding of it was the order was being sent back and forth and not being received o

mr. alexander: i made them. all, everything you see here, i made myself. if you want to copy, let me know and i will send it to you. if you are looking for maps for a book or park, let me know. i'll design maps for your book. c-span audience, hit me up. [laughter] >> time for one final question. >> the army of potomac seems to have trouble getting pontoons delivered on time. it happened with fredericksburg and with burnside. what was going on with the coordination of the engineering equipment and the pontoons that seems to happen with the army of the potomac? can you comment on that? mr. alexander: so part of it is the bar wind -- what about the pontoons? it's become characteristic of their campaigns. part of it is because of an order to cross both the chickahominy and the james river, they think they are going to use the same bridges for both. they think they are going to get across that long bridge and that jones bridge and the pontoons are going to continue to move with the army. the union army, the wagon train was supposed across at windsor shades at t

mr. alexander: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i want to say to the senator from washington, i fully subscribe to her remarks. these the ranking democrat on the health committee and we o work together to produce results and i like to do it if we can and i think the american people do as well. i had a chance to come to the floor earlier this afternoon to thank senator murray and the other senators and their staff and the large number of people who made this bill possible, so i won't repeat all of that. but i think it is worthwhile to stop and say that at a time of a contentious debate about the supreme court, the united states senate has found something that's equally important and really more important to hundreds of families across this country, maybe thousands in virtually every community. because the opioid epidemic is our most severe public health epidemic. we have worked together and we literally have unanimously agreed on this bill in the senate, all 100 of us. well, maybe not all 100 but almost all 100 of us, at l

mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator for tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president, it is sometimes said that today's senate does not measure up to senates of previous years because we have no eloquent senators who make compelling speeches. i think senator collins has just disproved that today. whether one agrees with her or not, she was eloquent. her speech was compelling. and she has presented her case in the tradition of another senator from maine who was serving here when i first came many years ago as a young senate aide, senator margaret smith. it's that due diligence and independence that is so valuable and so important, especially in times of stress like this. i had thought of following senator collins with some remarks of my own about what i found when i read the background checks today. i went to the section where we read classified documents. i saw that 150 people had been interviewed over 25 years about judge kavanaugh, that they had been specifically asked the question whether they saw any evidence of alcohol abuse and every single one said no

you guys go ahead and it's a good sign no it's not done it said this mr alexander ties we don't. courses were shots on the suit or cutting edge and offered car buyers many opportunities to configure their cars design them and even get a virtual preview. i'll hear what it would never got your barco porsche germany says virtual reality lets car buyers really experience their cars using a panamera she demonstrates how a car buyer might customize a car. explains that the large monitor makes it easy to imagine and grasp the look of the car inside and out. she moves into the interior to indicate that the scale is almost one to one and says dealers can work with the customer to choose whether to color schemes and whether to use carbon or wood access. via the flat cover one of the hosts the coffee oh i'll think it's safe to cut you says virtual reality displays let customers get the feel of sitting in their car. so they can test options like door handles. little kids animated in actual size this kind of thing they can look around and decide if they prefer light or dark lever. and even ge

mr alexander. inaudible studio: you have been watching scenes there in the us senate, mike pence has confirmed the vote 50—48. barbara plett usher is still with us. barbara plett usher is still with us. barbara, we heard mitch mcconnell said the president would be immediately notified. yes, and i think we can expect to hear from the president shortly. he spoke briefly before the vote on mr kavanagh, he said he would be watching it on television. he said judge kavanagh would make a great supreme court justice, the week's delay in the vote because of the fbi investigations into the sexual assault allegations had been a positive outcome, so we may hear more of that when he speaks formally, but certainly this is the outcome he very much wanted and, as discussed earlier, is a political victory for him. barbara plett usher on capitol hill for us there, summing up and giving us that analysis on what we have seen here. these are the protests outside of the senate. you can see a number of people gathering w

mr alexander. the sergeant of arms will restore order in the gallery.inside the senate was disrupted by protestors in the public gallery — and there were angry demonstrations outside the capitol building. this was the moment the vote was announced by the vice—president mike pence. 0n on this vote, the ayes are 50, then nays 48. the nomination for brett kavanaugh is confirmed. meanwhile the president — donald trump took to twitter after the vote — saying i applaud and congratulate the us senate for confirming our great nominee, judge brett kavanaugh, to the united states supreme court. later today, i will sign his commission of appointment, and he will be officially sworn in. that is the first reaction from president trump. ina in a moment, we will bejoined by channel one viewers. but first... but first in the past half hour — the most senior republican in the senate — mitch mcconnell has been speaking to reporters — giving his reaction to that crucial vote on brett kavanugh. i always thought these were kind of boring anyway, i had a chance to speak to j

mr. alexander. >> aye. >> mr. barrasso. >> aye. mr. blumenthal. mr. blunt. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. brown. >> no. >> mr. burr. ms. cantwell. ms. capito. >> aye. >> mr. cardin. >> no. >> mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. corker. >> aye. >> mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. >> aye. >> mr. crapo. mr. cruz. >> aye. >> mr. daines. >> aye. >> mr. donnelly. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. >> no. >> mr. insy. >> aye. >> ms. burnes. >> aye. >> ms. feinstein. ms. fisher. >> aye. >> mr. flake. >> aye. >> mr. gardner. >> aye. >> ms. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. >> aye. >> ms. harris. >> no. >> ms. hassan. mr. hatch. mr. hinrich. >> no. >> ms. heitkamp. mr. heller. >> aye. >> ms. hirono. r. hoeven. ms. height smith. >> aye. >> mr. inhofe. mr. isakson. mr. johnson. mr. jones. mr. kaine. mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mr. king. ms. klobuchar. >> no. >> mr. kyl. >> aye. >> mr. lankford. >> aye. >> mr. leahy. mr. lee. mr. manchin. mr. markey. ms. mccaskill. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. >> no. >> mr. moran. ms. murkowski. r. murphy. ms. murray. mr. nels

mr. alexander? senators collins, flake -- >> mr. manchin? >> negative? >> murkowski. >> on this vote, the yays 51. the noes are 49. the motion is agreed to. >> i'm glad our colleagues decided to close off debate. now as this 30-hour post cloture period ensues. >> with so much at stake we should not assure a nominee to the court without confidence. i will vote no on the nomination. >> do you plan to vote yes tomorrow? >> unless something changed. i don't see a better process. >> what do you -- >> i -- no. i admire her a lot. a lot. everybody had to make their own decision and i think the world of her. >> i did not come to a decision on this until walking in to the floor this morning. i have been wrestling with whether -- whether or not this was about qualifications of a good man. or, is this bigger than the nominee? and i believe we are dealing with issues right now that are bigger than a nominee. i believe that brett kavanaugh is a good man. i believe he is a good man. it just may be that in my view he's not the right man for the court at this time. >> a

mr. alexander? >> i'm a patriot -- >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms has restored order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the clerk may continue. >> ms. baldwin. mr. barato? mr. bennet? mr. blumenthal. >> no. >> mr. blunt? mr. booker? mr. poseman? mr. brown? >> no. >> mr. burr? ms. cantwell? mrs. capito? mr. cardin? mr. carper? mr. casey? >> no. >> mr. cassidy? ms. collins? >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr. coon? mr. corker? mr. cornyn? >> snoenator will suffered. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. resume. >> mr. cornyn? mr. cortez-masskil? >> mr. cotton? mr. crapo? mr. cruz? >> aye. >> mr. dans? mr. donnelly? ms. duckworth? >> no. >> mr. durbin? mr. enzi? mrs. ernst? mrs. feinstein? mrs. fisher? >> the sergeant-at-arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr.

mr. alexander. >> you know, when you listen to the vice president there as president of the senate, you often notice there a certain pause before he speaks. that is because he is being prompted. nothing wrong with that. they do that for a living. they are whispering from off camera there to them in the chair telling them what for say next. in fact streek fact it is word . joining me is joy reid and rev re erend sharp ton. and i know you have passions on this subject and they are appropriately placed. so who is going to win as they say in baseball the bounce of the ball? because i think both sides are claiming new energy as a result of this whole episode. >> talking with republican strategist friends of mine, they essentially said that the fight over kavanaugh energized the republican base particularly white men and college educated white women. not sure that can last the next 30 days. but the next 30 days, the anger, the rage, the pure unadulter rated anner of nonrepublican women i think is something that can carry over. and mitch mcconnell said we know the recent weeks have fanned the flames

mr. alexander. >> i am a mother. i am a patriot. >> the sergeant in arms will restore order in the gallery. >> the sergeant of arms will restore order in the gallery. >> their despair equal bid the republican celebration. we saw the normally reserved republican majority leader relishing in a legacy defining moment. >> i always thought land slides were kind of boring anyway. this is a good day for america and an important day for the senate. >> mcconnell says the mob lost and fairness won out but democrats say that kavanaugh is a permanent stain on the court and the process tore an already divided washington further apart. >> from start to finish, president trump's nomination of brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court has been one of the saddest moments in the history of the united states. this will be a flashing moment of what to avoid. truly judge kavanaugh's confirmation is a low moment for the senate, for the court, for the country. >> with us to share their reporting and insights, we have jaffe kesenic

mr. alexander. >> aye. >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. [ shouting ] the sergeant at arms has restored order in the galleries. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the clerk may continue. miss baldwin. almost barrasso. >> aye. mr. bennett. >> no. plaintiff brumen that will. >> no. >> mr. blunt yirks. >> mr. booker, mr. boseman. >> aye. mr. brown next. >> mr. burr. miss cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. >> no. >> mr. carper. . casey. >> no. >> mr. cassidy. >> aye. >> miss collins. >> aye. >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. mr. coons. >> no. >> mr. corker. >> aye. >> mr. cornyn senator will suspend. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. >> mr. cornyn. >> aye. >> miss cortes masto. >> no. >> mr. cotton. >> aye. >> mr. crapo. >> aye. >> mr. cruz. >> aye. >> mr. daines. mr. donnelly. miss duckworth. >> no. >> mr.

mr. alexander -- [yelling. >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. [yelling] >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. [yelling] >> [ indiscernible ] >> the sergeant of arms will restore order in the gallery. [ indiscernible ] >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the galleries. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. >> the clerk may continue. >> ms. baldwin. ba>> mr. bennett. mr. blumenthal. >> no. >> mr. blunt. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. brown. >> no. >> mr. burr. >> [ indiscernible ] >> ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. >> [ indiscernible ] >> mr. casey. >> no. >> mr. cassidy. >> [ indiscernible ] >> ms. collins. [yelling] >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. continue. >> mr. coons. >> no. >> mr. corker. [ indiscernible ] >> mr. corning. >> [yelling] >> senator will suspend. sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. [yelling] >> the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. resume. >> mr. corning. mrs. cortez masto. mr. co

there is a sufficient second the clerk will call the roll mr alexander.the sergeant in arms will restore order in the gallery and. cross the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. durand's will restore order in the gallery. would guarded arms has restored order in the galleries. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. the clerk may continue his baldwin. mr brass of. mr bennett mr blumenthal mr blunt mr booker mr bozeman. mr brown. mr burr fifty whose count while mrs capital. mr carden mr carper mr casey mr cassidy ms collins. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. and you. mr kerns mr corker. mr corn and. senator will suspend. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. and. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery. so as to corn and. this court has masto mr cotton mr craig. mr cruz. mr daines mr donnelly this doc worth mr durban mr and see this is aren't this is feinstein this is fisher. the sergeant at arms will restore order in the gallery and you mr blake mr gardner. mrs jill abra

mr. alexander? >> i am a mother and i am a patriot!pelley: inside the senate, the vote was interrupted again and again-- >> restore order in the gallery. >> pelley: vice president pence, in his role as president of the senate, tried to control the chamber-- as late-deciding senators attempted to vote. >> shame! shame! shame! >> pelley: among those voting through the protest was republican susan collins of maine. >> miss collins! >> pelley: senator, you came to this interview on capitol hill with a security detail. what has all of this been like for you? >> susan collins: well it's been very difficult. i have had the honor of serving in the senate for nearly 22 years and this is as ugly a situation as i have ever seen during that time. >> don't put a liar on the court! don't put a liar on the court! >> collins: i have had to have security because of threats against me and family members and staffers, and this has been unlike anything i have ever been through. >> pelley: senator susan collins had been the hope of both parties. she is the

mr. alexander -- >>> so there you see 50-48, brett kavanaugh has been confirmed to be an associate justice on the united states supreme court after just about the most -- actually it was the most bruising battle ever to get to that point, but he made it with only one vote to spare effectively. the reason it's 50-48 is because one senator, the lone republican senator who said she was going to vote no didn't formally make that vote out of respect for another republican who wanted to vote yes, but is walking his daughter do you the aisle there. so there was some republican comity there, if you well. i want to get back to phil, go ahead. >> i was just talking about the number of protesters. this happens often in contentious votes. i've covered a lot of legislative battles. i'm not sure i've ever seen anything this heated, this bare-knuckled an issue, that by the end of it nobody felt like they won. everybody felt like things were in a bad place. no question about it, in terms of victories and who won and who lost, for republicans, for mitch mcconnell, for the president, this is a monumental mo

mr. ray alexander with the army corps of engineers. >> good morning. i would characterize today as one of movement of personnel and equipment to the impacted area. as far as infrastructure, power needs, debris and etc.. finally, water management if needed at the various reservoirs in the watershed. the south atlantic division headquartered in atlanta has released their response. dan holland was the commanding general. she was in atlanta and now she is in route to mobile alabama. i she will be conducting her own assessments. there are five district amendment that will be out there with key stakeholders in visiting their projects. we also have key leaders, subject matter experts, liaison officers for all the state forgency operations centers local and critical nodes without the impacted states. as far as the levee safety come our assessment is there has not been any significant impact on any dams are levee systems. that assessment is ongoing. and has been any deviations in the release from our reservoirs. oneorary power, we do have for florida and the se

mr. alexander? >> ay erngs. >> ms. baldwin? >> no. >> you are listening now to the roll call. 30 minutes now the clock starts to thr voe cast of the vote. we are watching three critical people. susan collins came out and ended some of the drama surrounding this particular vote. she is a yes on the procedural vote to continued forward with the nomination of brett kavanaugh. doesn't mean she will vote definitely for brett kavanaugh, right now she said she will move to proproceed, this cloture vot. so all eyes are on jeff flake, and others. >> susan collins did say she would proceed to the final vote here. as you pointed out we should not look at this as a proxy for how she'll vote in the end. in the case of betsy devoss, she voted to get to the end and then voted against devoss. this is similar to john mccain during the healthcare vote. he voted to get the final healthcare vote on the floor, continued to look over it and ultimately voted against it. you have these undecided senators who have still been going over this fbi report.

mr. alexander: thank you, madam president. madam president, i'd like to extend my congratulations to the senator from south dakota. this is a significant achievement on which he and senator nelson and others have worked very hard. i want to especially thank him for including in the bill something that senator feinstein from california and i have worked on for several years. that is a provision to ban the use of cell phones on airplanes. there's nothing worse than sitting next to someone on a four-hour flight who would make it his or her business of revealing all their intermitt details of their life to someone son a cell phone. and this would take care of that. sometimes -- and i would say to the senator from south dakota, sometimes i suggest to my friends in tennessee that they look at washington, d.c., as a split-screen television. on the one side are tweets and supreme court contention and cable television and arguments, and on the other side we're getting quite a bit done, like the f.a.a. bill, like the songwriter bill, li

mr. alexander. >> i. >> i. >> mr. bennet. >> no. >> mr. blumenthal? >> mr. blunt? >> mr. brooker? mr.? >> mr. brown? mr. berg? >> mrs. cantwell? >> mr. carper? mr. casey? mr. cassidy? ms. collins? mr. coonz? mr. corker? mr. cornin? ms. cortez-masto? mr. cotton? mr. crepo? mr. cruz? mr. danes? mr. donaldly? >> what you are watching is the first of what could be two votes. this is a test vote or a procedural vote. it is the vote to end the process we have been witnessing of debate and moving towards a final vote on the confirmation of brett kavanaugh. let's go tod casey hunt right nw at the capital. >> lester, this is the critical test vote, as you point out. it is a situation where if there are two republicans and all democrats who vote no, then this nomination will not go forward. but at this hour, there are indications that the final vote on brett kavanaugh could actually be different than this procedural vote. we still need to hear from critical undecided senators, lisa murkowski, jeff flake and joe manchin. susan collins will vote yes on this vote and announce her final vote at 3:0

mr. blomstedt, let's begin with you. >> thank you. thank you senator alexander and ranking member murray and all members of the committee. thank you really for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss nebraska's implementation of the every student succeeds act. nebraskans are proud and rank high in student achievement on various settings but with yet with other states, we have an equity issue as well. we face long standing gaps based on race, poverty, special need, ethnicity and every subgroup of category that we're concerned about. in 2014 nebraska embarked on a journey at the state level to address these long-standing gaps. i'm grateful for this community and to congress for passing the every student succeeds act in 2015 as it complements or works to address the disparities head on and reach our full vision that all students receive the preparation they need for learning, earning and living. let me take you back to 2014 just for a moment. early that year, it was the first year that i started -- i started on january 2nd, 2014. but the nebraska legislator

mr. kampine. >> chairman alexander, ranking member murray and committee members, thank you for the opportunity totestify today. price and quality transparency is an important topic and it's key in order for consumers and employers to get more value out of our health care delivery system. i'll going to start with a brief story, about the first blue book consumer, my co-founder, dr. jeff rice. about ten years ago jeff's young son needed an outpatient foot surgery. jeff does his homework, finds a specialist in this area and schedules the surgery at a nearby hospital. now, because jeff has a high deductible, he calls the hospital to get an estimate of the price. you can imagine how that conversation went. the hospital says we don't know and why are you asking? and so jeff explains that he's got a high deductible and the hospital agrees to do some research and to get back to him with a price estimate. about ten days later jeff gets a call. while the hospital can't provide an exact price, they have an in network estimate for him and it is a minimum of $15,000. jeff thinks to himself that's a little exp

alexander. >> thank you mr. chairman. i would like to thank the witnesses for coming. we look forward to this. senator paul and senator casey will be real leaders in our efforts to put a spotlight on rare disease. i want to thank you senator paul for the hearing. i want to thank you senator casey for his work over the years and on tricks to the 2 issest ten tree cures act as with senator paul i look forward to the testimony. we have a vote -- i mentioned the opioids bill on the floor at 3:15. i have to leave a little before that. i look forward to the hearing. i salute senators paul and casey for their focus on such an important topic. >> thank you both for coming. as you will see, if you haven't been to a hearing before we have multiple hearings going on everywhere, around, as well as votes on the floor. so sometimes you see people come and go. i do thank you senator casey and senator alexander for coming. we are going to start with testimony from mark dantd who is the chair for the every life foundation for rare diseases and also from the great commonwealth of kentuc

mr. young. >> aye. >> senators voting in the affirmative, alexander, burasso, blunt, bozeman, burr, caputo, cassidy, collins, corker, cornyn, cotton, crapo, cruz, danes, enzi, earnest, fisher, flake, gardener, graham, grassley, hatch, heller, hovan, heightsmith, inhofe, isaacson, kennedy, kyle, lankford, mcconnell, moran, paul, perdue, portman, rish, roberts, rounds, rubio, sasse, scott, shelby, sullivan, thune, tillis, toomey, wicker, and young. mr. manchin, aye. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett, booker, brown, cantwell, carden, casey, coons, duckworth, cortez masto, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, hinrich, kaine, klobuchar, leahy, markey, murkley, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, schatz, smith, stabenow, tester, u doll, warren, whitehouse, and wyden. mr. sanders, no. mr. lee, aye. ms. hassan, no. >> mr. jones. no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. schumer, no. mr. donnelly, no. ms. heitkamp, no. mrs. mccaskill, no. mr. menendez, no. >> mr. reed, no. mr. king, no. mr. van hollen, no. ms. hirono, no. mr. blumenthal, no. >> mrs. shaheen, no. >> we're waiting for the official announcement from the senate f

mr. smooth yo-yo followed by demetrius the mighty hand-balancing juggler. topped off by alexander the world's sexiest guitar man. >> they're really good, though. and their names are a little extraordinary. >> they all met at a friend's variety show in joshua tree and decided we got to do something together. so they came up with this. >> the fun bongos. >> we got to have a talk about that. >> ending with everybody flexing at the end. >> are you not ♪ >>> these guys in the building. >> oh, my gosh. >> it's the commute. >> oh, gosh. >> oh, whoa. >> yeah, that's exactly what it is. and we've seen this in various parts of the world before, parents trying to get to school. in this case, it's teachers. you see two by two they head downstream. they have their belongings in tow. >> they want to be carried downstream to wherever their destination is. >> this is the way they get to school. >> and they do this because there aren't roads or infrastructure or because it's efficient and quick? >> this is just the best way to get there? >> it's a part of it, because the toll takes about four hour

general of the european space agency joining us tonight mr berger thank you very much we appreciate your time. as i said the german astronaut alexander garrett he is the commander on board the international space station and he shared this image of the soyuz just after it shot through the earth's atmosphere moments before the technical difficulties became apparent also tweeted praise for the rescue team that ensured the astronaut survival today showed again what an amazing vehicle the soyuz is to be able to save the crew from such a failure spaceflight is hard and we must keep trying for the benefit of humankind he tweeted. we're here in germany we are three days away from one of the most pivotal regional elections that the country has seen in decades in bavaria polls show that the c.s.u. the conservative sister party of chancellor angela merkel falling below forty percent for the first time ever now the head of the c.s.u. horst is a hope for is also germany's interior minister today sounding like a politician on the campaign trail as a whole for pointed the finger at russia and cyber attacks as a growing menace for security in germa

very much result mr president we're going to take a break right now when we're back we'll continue talking to alexander who had been president talking about service in session to the e.u. and its relations with the united states stay with. the u.s. don't accept the sort of the old west was ready to leave a little bit. it's. a little. i don't bust i love me it. was i'm somebody doesn't know it's a mask you never know what's happening and what they're shooting whether it's here . but it's going to. be just because of that interview but i'm addicted. in the most forms of all these clear when the. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the us of the one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each dish. eighty five percent of global wealth you loans to the rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you ne

mr. kampine. [inaudible] >> sorry about that. chairman alexander committee members to thank you for the opportunity to testify today. it is key in order for consumers and employers to get more value out of our health care delivery system. i will start today with a brief story actually bought the first bluebook consumer. about 10 years ago jeff young needed an outpatient surgery. it was a rare procedure, finds a specialist in this area schedules the surgery at a nearby hospital. not because i did not vote because the hospital to get an estimate of the price. you can imagine how that conversation went. the hospital says we don't know why are you asking. just ask any sky high deductible in the house deliveries to do some research and get back with a price estimate. 10 they say they just get the call in on the hospital can provide an exact price, they have a new network estimate is of the in network estimated is a minimum of $15,000. jeff thinks to himself that's a little expensive for a one-hour outpatient surgery. so we called the doctor and asks is

senator alexander apologizes for not being able to be here to introduce the next witness. mr. levine is executive chairman, president, and chief executive officer of valid health which operates 21 hospitals in virginia and tennessee. in april i had the he had the pleasure of visiting children's hospital in johnson city which is part of valid's system where senator alexander witnessed firsthand some of the great work mr. levine and his team are doing on the front lines of opioids by helping treat newborn children who suffer from neo-natal abstinence syndrome. prior to ballot health he was president and ceo of the mountain states health alliance. he has significant experience in state government as secretary of louisiana's department of health and hospitals. and as secretary of florida's agency for health care administration under governor bush. in those roles, he helped oversee the response to 12 hurricanes and led the effort to improve louisiana's child immunization rates from 48th in the nation to 2nd. tennessee ranks second in the nation with the highest number of rural hosp

justice as alexander hamilton put in the federalist papers, all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing. rights andguard our the senate guards our courts. that mr. president is why today is such an important day. that is why the vote we take tos afternoon, a vote confirm a new associate justice of the supreme court of the united states represents one of the most consequential decisions a senator ever makes. the members of this body art duty-bound to confirm justices of the supreme court who are men and women of the highest character and the most superlative qualifications. fortunately, that is just the sort of nominated who stands before us today. weeks ago, the president byinated a jurist described legal peers of all political stripes as a superstar, a serious scholar, and who is legendary for his preparation. that possesses the qualifications, the temperament, and judicial philosophy to be an excellent associate justice. the president nominated a brilliant student of the law. those who taught and knew the nominee at yale say it is hard to name anyone with judicial credentials as strong as judge kavanaugh. they describe an intellectual, leadin

alexander mishkin. they're suspected of using this adapted perfume bottle to spray novichok on the door of sergei skripal‘s salisbury house. mred up in comas in hospital before eventually recovering. but dawn sturgess, who handled the perfume bottle nearly four months later, died from the effects of the nerve agent. daniel sandford, bbc news. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera's with me now. so we now know the names of these two suspects, what difference will that make on the big picture? well, the second gru officer to be identified, it took a bit longer for this website, bellingcat, to come up with a name, but they were able to do photo matching to identify him and put the names together. 0fficials i have spoken to, no—one is disputing the edification. what is disputing the edification. what is interesting is that he is a doctor, perhaps relevant to the application of the nerve agent, and more importantly these were not two sports nutritionist who came to see the cathedral. while it does not fundamentally change the story, i think it raises more questions about the russian narrative and the competence of the gru, that

mr. young. >> senators voting in the affirmative. alexanderrker, cornyn, cotton, crepeau, cruz, daines, insdaoe, ernst, fisher, flake, gardner, graham, grassley hatch, heller, hoeven, height smith. isaacson, kennedy, kyle, lankford, mcconnell, moran, paul, purdue, portman, risch, roberts, rounds, rubio, salve, scott, shelby, sul vann, soon, tillis, toomey, wicker, young. mr. manchin aye. senators voting in the negative baldwin, bennett, booker, brown, can't well, cardin, casey, coons, duckworth, durbin, feinstein, gillibrand, harris, heinrich, kane, klobuchar, layy, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, schatz, smith, establish gnaw, tester, warren, white house, wyden. mr. sanders no. mr. lee aye. ms. hasen, no. mr. jones. no. >> bill: collins is a yes, flake is a yes. democratic senator from west virginia, joe manchin is a yes. lisa murcowski republican from alaska is a no. if that holds, the cloture motion will pass and we will begin a 30-hour period where we will move ultimately to a debate likely around 4:00 or 5:00 saturday afternoon. back on t

alexander hamilton put it, in the federalist papers, all the reservations of that particular rights or privileges would amount to nothing. the courts guard our rights and the senate guards our courts. that, mr an important day. that is why the vote we take this afternoon, a vote to confirm a new associate justice of these "of the united states, represents one of the most consequential decisions a senator ever makes. the members of this body are duty bound to confirm justices of this print court who are men and women as the highest character and the most superlative qualifications. —— of the supreme court. that is just the sort of nominee who stands before us today. 12 weeks ago, the president nominated the jurist whose been described by legal peers of all political stripes as a superstar, a serious scholar and who is legendary for his preparation and possesses the qualifications of temperament and thejudicial the qualifications of temperament and the judicial philosophy to be an excellent associate justice. the president nominated a brilliant student of the law, those who taught and new league nominee at yale say it is hard to name anyone with judicial credentials as strong as judge kavanau

alexander petrov. he, on the right here, is dr mishkin. they are suspected of using this adapted perfume bottle to spray novichok on the door of sergei skripal‘s salisbury house. mr daughter yulia ended up in comas in hospital, before eventually recovering. but dawn sturgess, who handled the perfume bottle nearly four months later, died from the effects of the nerve agent. daniel sandford, bbc news. the latest world economic outlook has just been released at the annual imf and world bank summit in bali. this comes against the backdrop of us china trade war, wobbles in emerging markets and the fear of contagion. lawrence gossling, editor—in—chief at what investment, joins me now. lovely to see you. has had a look at what the imf has been saying, what do you make of it? -- you have had a look. they are downgrading forecasts for global growth by o.2%, from 3.9% from this year and next year to 3.7%. in the end, not a significant downgrade but it is against the back drop, as you said, the sanctions between china and the us which had kicked in so far and what will become more significant neck years. in that place into a greater political tension, particularly in asia.

alexander petrov. he, on the right here, is dr mishkin. they are suspected of using this adapted perfume bottle to spray novichok on the door of sergei skripal‘s salisbury house. mra ended up in comas in hospital, before eventually recovering. but dawn sturgess, who handled the perfume bottle nearly four months later, died from the effects of the nerve agent. daniel sandford, bbc news. hurricane michael has brought strong winds and heavy rainfall to western cuba, and is now set to strengthen as it makes its way across the gulf of mexico towards the us. the state of florida has been warned to prepare for life—threatening flash—floods. the storm battered central america over the weekend. at leat 13 people died in the region after it formed off the coast of northern honduras. it is thought six of those deaths were in honduras itself. lebo diseko has more trying to get to safety, with water all around. people in honduras doing their best to salvage what is left of their homes and their lives. where once there were streets, now there is flooding, after rivers broke their banks. some communities we re broke their banks. some communities were completely cut off after mu

alexander petrov. he, on the right here, is dr mishkin. they are suspected of using this adapted perfume bottle to spray novichok on the door of sergei skripal‘s salisbury house. mrnd his daughter yulia ended up in comas in hospital, before eventually recovering. but dawn sturgess, who handled the perfume bottle nearly four months later, died from the effects of the nerve agent. daniel sandford, bbc news. in syria, militants still fighting president assad's regime are mainly gathered in idlib province. the area is now home to 3 million civilians, among them up to 90 thousand anti—government rebels, including extremistjihadists. president assad's forces were expected to launch a final offensive last month but that was postponed after an agreement to create a demilitarized zone surrounding the rebel area. our middle east editorjeremy bowen reports from the front line in idlib, a place fewjournalists have been able to get to. in this war, most syrian christians have chosen silence or the regime. at st george's church, the local commander is proud that his mostly christian town has had a bishop since the fourth century. and he is proud that in the fight to end the re

mr young. aye. senators voting in the affirmative. alexander, barrasso, one.oran, paul, perdue, portman, roberts, rounds, rubio, size, scott, shelby, sullivan, tillis, wicker and young. mr mansion, aye. senators voting in the negative. baldwin, bennett. brown, cantwell, carden, casey, kunz, cortes, duckworth, durbin, finds time, julie brand, harris, heinrich, kane, leahy, markey, murky, matkowski, murphy, murray, nelson, peters, smith, stubbing out, tester, udall, warren, white house and wyden. mrsanders, tester, udall, warren, white house and wyden. mr sanders, no. mr lee, aye. miss harrison, no. mr jones, mrjones, no. mr johnson, mrjohnson, aye. mr mr johnson, aye. mr schumer, mrjohnson, aye. mr schumer, no. mr donnelly, no. miss high camp, no. mrs mccaskill, no. mr menendez, no. mr reid, no. mr king are no. mr van holland, mr king are no. mrvan holland, no. miss serono, no. mr blumenthal, no. so, that voting under way. quite tense on the senate floor. the professor of us politics at richmond university, what is your reading of the voting we had so far? it i

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