tapp's story began to evolve. yes, he admitted he was there when ben hobbs killed angie, even held her down, he admitted, when ben stabbed her, and then finally, he said, he even stabbed her once himself. the motive, revenge. supposedly angie had been meddling in ben's marriage, and mr. hobbs did not like that one bit. so detectives confronted hobbs, who denied any part in the murder, and asked them a question about angie. >> was she raped and not just killed? >> i don't know. was she raped? >> i don't know. that's what i'm asking you. the dna will prove my innocence right there. >> and lo and behold, he was right. that dna result came back, and the semen found on angie's body didn't belong to ben hobbs or chris tapp, neither one of them. >> what went through your heads when the dna results came back and it showed that the attacker was not ben hobbs? >> if you're going to nail it down to one word, it's frustration. >> but the detectives decided that didn't mean chris was lying or that their theory of the crime was

judge david tapp has just about done it all. since he first became a state judge nearly 15 years he's heard cases on multiple levels of the state's judiciary ruling on a wide range of issues, as a voluntary drug court judge, judge tapp has earned national praise for promoting long-term recovery in the courtroom. he's also developed a sterling reputation for fairness throughout kentucky and around the country. and now david will bring a lifetime of public service and achievement to the court of federal claims, where i'm confident he'll continue making us all proud. i look forward to voting to confirm him later today and hope our colleagues will join me. now, on another matter, last week the nation saw several pivotal moments that shed light on the current state of the democratic party. here in the senate, as i mentioned, democrats chose to filibuster funding for our national defense for the second time in two months. this funding was agreed to in the bipartisan, bicameral deal that speaker pelosi and the democratic leader signed

the question is on the tapp nomination. the yeas and nays were previously ordered. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber who wish to vote or change their vote? seeing none, the ayes are 85. the nays are 8. 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 notified of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, 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 danielle j. hunsaker of oregon to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the manned it tore quorum call has been waived. -- the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of danielle j. hunsaker of orego

oh i tapp silly right peter i mean. this goes beyond just the head of the government resigning i mean the demonstrators here. they want to see the basically the complete class of political elites and all gone . and they've been demanding this for quite some time so i you know i can only tell you that you know we've already we've already heard from folks here in the last half an hour that this is good but it doesn't go far enough and until a time in which. this mass protest movement really senses that the government pardon me that the government is taking their demands seriously. and really getting past business as usual you know just having a new prime minister that is that is certainly not something that is going to to satisfy them and now that that the prime minister has announced that he is going to resign well everybody who's out here is going to take that as an incentive to keep coming out and keep applying pressure on the governor. and his maybe we're wrapping up a discussion this some ahamed just by kind of signp

the question is of the debate of david austin tapp, of kentucky, to be judge of the united states federal court. the yeas and nays have been

mcconnell: yesterday, the senate confirmed david tapp of kentucky to serve on the u.s. court of federal claims. today we will turn to more of president trump's impressive nominees for the federal judiciary. last week, senate republicans had hoped to proceed to their urgent priority of funding our national defense. but for the second time in two months, senate democrats filibustered defense funding. they blocked the senate from funding our armed forces. over the summer, the speaker of the house and my colleague, the democratic leader, both signed on to a bipartisan, bicameral budget deal that democrats hammered out with president trump's team in order to avoid exactly, exactly the kind of partisan stalemate that we're now experiencing. and avoid a 12-bill omnibus. the agreement laid out specific top-line numbers and ruled out poison pills. the agreement we all reached just a couple of months ago with respect to presidential transfer authorities, the agreement specifically stated that we all agreed to two months ago, the agreement specifically stated, quote, current trans