mr. bryson. the business round table, they say john bryson is a proven, well-respected executive who will bring his private-sector experience to the commerce department's broad portfolio. the national association of manufacturers, they say this: bryson has a strong business background which gives him the advantage of having exposure to the difficult issues manufacturers face in today's global marketplace. the national association president and c.e.o., jay timmons, said that mr. bryson has a strong business background and serves on the board of many manufacturing companies which gives him the sr-pbg of having -- of having exposure to the difficult issues many manufacturers face in today's marketplace. i believe a lot of way we get out of this downturn, mr. president, is manufacturing, making things in america again, exporting stuff. and these business groups know mr. bryson understands our issues. chamber of commerce says bryson has extensive knowledge of the private sector and years of experience

mr martin then. stopped. which bryson if you move from phones to transition. for instance on t.v. don't come. russia and china have blocked a draft resolution on syria the un security council saying the text doesn't rule out foreign military intervention they can down the draft as biased and unhelpful to the crisis in syria moscow and beijing want a different resolution that will push opposing sides of the conflict towards dialogue. flights are canceled in and out of the country transport is disrupted and schools are closed as a twenty four hour a nationwide strike gets underway and rains that's in response to the government's latest hysteria measures as euro zone chiefs push bad the next round of bailout payments. and collective anger sweeps coast to coast across america as the movement of anti-corporate protesters grows by thousands of activists one big business to stop influencing the government and be called to account for the economic troubles in the us. as we have eyes here in our team and meters here with a laser sports news. hello there welcome to the sports update a not so it's very

good result the way you speak you very much for this to let mr putin say where i believe we are finished with today thank you. russia. which bryson. soon from feinstein question. starts on team don't come. israeli soldier gilad shalit has been freed and headed over to israeli authorities after being held captive for five years by hamas this in exchange for a thousand palestinian prisoners that are captured soldiers families ask why israel is doing little to bring them home. serbs or northern kosovo given an extra day to remove the roadblocks in a border seized by kosovo police last month locals say they won't give it was the officers leave from. new york police under investigation over claims of excessive force during the tyrol street protests but some officers are seen resorting to punching and pepper spray at peaceful rallies. and joins us now with all the latest in the world of sports and moscow maybe the place to be this week if you're a tennis fan that's right nancy it is the kremlin cup we caught up with the favorite for the women's title of it is it one of the over as down to earth as ever since that fake ninety of europea

mr. president, we were hopeful that today we could clear the nomination of john bryson to be secretary ofcommerce. this has been outstanding for a long time. we are told by our republican friends that as soon as we got the trade bills done we would work this out. the trade bills are done, so i hope that we can move forward on this. it's really unfortunate that one of the president's very important cabinet positions, that is secretary of commerce which is directly related to the jobs bill is not filled at this time. hopefully we can get the minority to work with us in processing this. i hope i don't have to file cloture on something like this. mr. president, i ask consent the senate proceed to calendar number 96. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 96, s. 275, a bill to amend title 49 of the united states code and so forth and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the committee reported substitute be considered, rockefeller and paul amendments