ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper.■h[m mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. mancn. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock

ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. shal mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. sna mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. the clerk: mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey. the clerk: mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand.am. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kell mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch.[c mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinem

ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. mr. carper. mr. casey.jaj mr. cassidy. ms. collins. the clerk: mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley.mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. the clerk: mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms

ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. aun. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin.■w mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. uz mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla.■ñ. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mrsc mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance.

ms. baldwin. ■a very close.ms. baldwin.ional agreement last exit funding bills. these bills will mix and advocate investments for our national defense for the well-being of our service members come for keeping use competitive against chinese communist party and so much more. today, appropriators continue working on the legislative text, and despite the tight deadline they continue to make very good progress. they are very diligent. they work through the night a we salute them on both sides of the aisle. eader mcconnell's staff are trying to get this done as well as all of the other members of the appropriations subcommittees. we don't yet know precisely when the house will act but as soon as they send us the funding package i will put on the senate floor, and from there as we all know it will take cooperation tl and consent from every senator toeephi moving quickly. even with bipartisanship it's going to be a tight squeeze to get this funding package passed before the weekend deadline. i asked my colleagues to be flexible,

ms. baldwin. ■0 ■! senate is in a quorum call. that the q vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from idaho. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 518, ronald t. keohane of new york to be an assistant secretary of defense, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived.ione of the senate that debate on the nomination of ronald t. keohane of new york to be an assistant secretary of defense shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardi

ms. baldwin.he democrats and republicans have about 13 hours to work together to make sure the government stays open this not going to be easy and will have together and avoid unnecessary delays in this morning of the house will the first funding asn as they send us a bill, the senate will spring into action my colleagues on both sides let's finish the job weekend shut down let's finish the job of funding the government, for the remainder of the fiscal year printed there is a reason to delay there's a reason to drag out this process if the senators cooperated in a time agreement prioritize the working together just as we did two weeks ago i'm optimistic that we can succeed. individual senators resort to partisanship and stonewalling in the ring, those individuals who almost guarantee that we shut down. in the process could drag into saturday sunday, possibly this appropriation process has not been easy, but i'm glad after months of hard work we have arrived in funding fact sheet executive both sid

ms. baldwin, aye.■d the clerk: mr. booker, aye.■+m? the clerk: mr. mullin, no. mr. casey, aye.erk: mr. no. mrs.blackburn, no.■v the h, aye. mr. scott of south carolina, no.■r the clerk: mr. king, aye. schumd the er mrs. gillibrand, aye.■g■. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. y4■ the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. scott of no. the clerk:hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. mr. the clerk: mr. waoc a vote: the clerk: mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. thossoff, aye. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. ■ the clerk: mr. moran, no. a! the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. ■■qwx the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. vote: ■h ■w the clerk: mr.bennet, aye. ■] the clerk:■9 the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 38, the motion is agreed toj mr. whitehouse: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. wh■o■pehouse: mr. es am back again with the old battered time to wakup graphic here -- wakup here. the smithsonian can't have it quite yet. this time to wakeup climate report starts with the unfortunate proposition that we are in ter

ms. baldwin, aye. mr. schatz, ay costs. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. tillis, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. crapo, no. mr. fetterman, aye. ■> the clerk: mr. paul, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. grassley, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. mr. ricketts, no.■) the clerk: mr. young, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. risch, no. mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. ■b the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. ms. hirono, aye. mr. cardin, aye. mr. boozman, no.la the clerk: mr. markey, aye. the clerk: mr. budd, no. vote: the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. hoeven, no.j/■u5vuá■ the clerk: ms. sinema, aye.conn. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 52. the nays are 46. and the motion is agreed to. under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session and proceed to the consideration of s. 3853 which the clerk will report. the clerk: calen

ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. beet the clerk: mr. blumenthal, mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs.

ms. baldwin. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from south dakota, mr. thune.oming, mr. barrasso. the senator from west virginia, mrs. capitola. and the senator from iowa. >> the members of the escort committee will exit the chamber through the lobby doors. ■[ >> the dean of the diplomatic court. [applause] u? >> the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court. [applause] [cheers and applause] ■é ■f■+ ■i [indistinct ■í [indistinct chatter] ■x [applause] [gavel banging] cabinet. [applause] [applause] [indistinct chatter] ot■0s

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ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. k: mr. schatz, aye. he clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr.g, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. lummis, no. ms. sinema, aye. no. vote: the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. boozman, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: ms. butler, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. . the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately be notified of the senate's action. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent tive session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following senate resolutions, s. res. 595, s. res. 596, s. res. 59

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ms. baldwin. the presiding officer: the senator from california. ms. butler: mr.dent, today i rise -- i'm sorry. i askrum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. president. mr. president, today i rise honoring women's history month to once again bring attention to the destructive practice of book banning taking place all across our nation. at this time i am alsooing to be joined by my esteemed colleague, senator tina smith from minnesota. our nation's serves as a mirror, a window and a door to endless possibilities fuelling our imagination fostering empathy and challenging us to think critically about our beliefs and values. to many young americans, opening a bookingwith characters who resemble them and their lived experiences is the very essence of's commitment to freedom of thought. these stories highlight the voices of everyday americans who unheard. let me put the horrors of these book bans in context. pin america provides a comprehensive of the increase in book bans across u.s. schools during the year. it reveals a significant rise in

baldwin fired the gun killing cinematographer halyna hutchins >> did you speak to ms. hutchins when you approached her >> i did. >> what did you say? >> are you all right >> did she respond >> yes, she said, i can't feel my legs >> reporter: halls took a plea deal for negligent use of a deadly weapon last year, but the defense arguing gutierrez-reed had two jobs during filming as the armorer and a props assistant. the workplace safety investigator testifying that she was not given enough time to ensure safety protocols were met >> they adopted firearms safety policies, but they totally failed to enforce them. >> reporter: in closing arguments, defense attorney jason bowles doubling down on blaming alec baldwin, who has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter >> what caused her to pass was mr. baldwin going off script and pointing the weapon. ms. gutierrez wasn't in the church. she didn't point that weapon. >> reporter: but prosecutor carrie t. morrissey no buying the argument delivering brutal and convincing final words to the jury. >> she was negligent she was

baldwin going off script and pointing the weapon. ms. gutierrez wasn't in the church >> reporter: but the prosecutor not buying the argument, delivering brutal and convincing final words to the jury. >> she was negligent she was careless she was thoughtless. >> reporter: chloe melas nbc news, new york >>> president biden is getting ready to deliver what may be one of the most important speeches of his political career. >> mr. president, how's the state of the union >> state of the union is strong. >> tens of millions of people will tune in to the state of the union address tonight. it is one of the biggest audiences the president will have a chance to address as he runs for reelection. brie jackson joins us from d.c. with the preview what can we expect to see tonight? >> reporter: this is a big opportunity for the president to try and make his case to voters. we can expect to hear a hot ab lot about accomplishments on infrastructure and lowering health care costs. he says there is more work to be done including getting student debt relie

baldwin the gun during rehearsal. >> he's going off script. that defeats any idea that that was foreseeable to ms. gutierrez-reed. if she doesn't know what's happening she can't foresee it. >> reporter: gutierrez-reed was taken into custody as she awaits sentencing. as for baldwin, he has been charged with involuntary manslaughter but has also maintained he did not pull the trigger. baldwin's trial is expected to start in july. elise preston, cbs news, santa fe, new mexico. >>> now to the middle east where we are learning new details about the first fatalities in ship attacks by yemen's houthi militants. a missile attack yesterday on a commercial ship killed three, two filipino and one vietnamese. according to the ship's owners. the ship suffered significant damage. these are the first deaths from the months' long attack by the iranian-backed group over israel's war on hamas. >>> and efforts to get desperately needed humanitarian aid into gaza are gaining momentum. israeli officials say the government will begin allowing aid to move directly from its territory into northern gaza and will cooperate with the eu to c

baldwin during the rehearsal. >> he is going off script. that defeats any idea that that was foreseeable to ms. gutierrez-reed. if she doesn't know what's happening, she can't foresee it. >> reporter: now gutierrez-reed was taken into custody as she awaits sentencing. as for baldwin, he was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but always maintained that he did not pull the trigger. baldwin's trial is expected to start in july. norah? >> elise preston in santa fe for us, thank you so much. >>> turning now to the weather with millions of people under flood watches tonight in the northeast while severe storms are threatening the south. for more, let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes. he is with our partners at the weather channel. good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. another wet stretch ahead pour the northeast through tomorrow. some heavier rain across the northeast with more than 30 million americans under flood watches, especially that i-95 corridor. generally speaking, 1 to 2, but pockets of 3 to 5, which could cause that flooding. we'll get a break on friday. right back into it for the weekend. an

baldwin went off during a rehearsal in 2021. halls was questioned about what happened after hutchins was shot. >> did you speak to ms.you approached her? >> i did. >> what do you say? >> are you all right? >> did she respond? >> yes. she said, "i can't feel my legs." >> halls was sentenced to probation last year after pleading no contest to a charge of negligence. >>> coming up, a piece of tv history. the iconic restaurant booth where tony soprano might have been whacked goes up for auction. 34 auction. when i have pain from arthritis i grab biofreeze. unlike voltaren, biofreeze provides fast-acting relief i can apply it to more areas of my body. and it's nsaid-free. cool the pain so i can get back on the court. sorry body, for knowing about actives, but giving 100% of them to my face. but fear no more, body. get active serums with hyaluronic acid that quench, vitamin c that brightens, and pro-ceramides that even everywhere. new dove serum body washes. get dove or get foamo. a lot of new dry eye patients in my office tell me about their frequent dry eyes, which may point to dry eye disease. millions of americans were

ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. mrs. fischer, no. mr. ullin, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. tillis, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, no. mr. carper, aye. the clerk: mr.rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. vote: es. ernst, no. mr. sullivan, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 63, the nays are 35. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the motion is agreed to. cloture having been invoked, the motion to refer and the amendments pending thereto fall. a senator: mr. president. mr. whitehouse: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: mr. president as the senate conside the appropriations bills -- the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. mr. whitehouse: for fiscal year 2024, i want the record to reflect, i filed the top line known as theproceed, it complies with the spending agreement between the senate majority leader and the speaker of the house. t

ms. baldwin. uj >> host: we're taking your calls. quick update from nbc news, the senate gop race to succeed mcconnell takes shape with thune in, barrasso out. the race shrinks to two as senator john barrasso of wyoming announces h will instead run for the numb two position of whip -- number two position. wondering what's on your mind this morning a day after super tuesday. louis in happening will-less democrat -- in los angeles democrat. you're first. >> guest: i know that all presidents show north america down to south is america central caribbean they come in because everybody else does jobs at the rate they pay workers so it helps the economy here. but my question the united states doesn't penalize presidents of these countries? also the drug cartels i don't think seize all this money on helping these people get back by putting them in a large ship and send them back home or having those multi-billionaires participate in these countries that don't have the funds and maybe make some future global changes to other countries and hel

ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. schumer, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no.r. bennet, aye. r. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. mr. boozman, aye. mr. markey, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. mr. thune, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. mr. paul, no. . the clerk: mr. brown, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. ms. rosen, aye. mr. coons, aye. xy mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. barrasso, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mr. manchin, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. zéy minibus. vote: the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. mr. sanders, no. the presiding officer: the yeas are 78, the nays are the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate a message from the house. the clerk: resolve is that the house agreed to the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. h.r. 2882, entitled an act to reauthorize the morris k. udall and steward udall -- with a house amendment and senate the house concur on the house amendment to the senate amendment. the presiding officer: the clerk will report