>> with the senate confirmation hearing for judge amy coney barrett concluded watch the next steps in the confirmation process. starting thursday live at 9 am eastern thejudiciary committee on judge barrett's nomination andfriday live , the full senate begins debate on amy coney barrett's confirmation . watch live on c-span and c-span2 or listen live on the free radio app. >> the senate in recess while lawmakers hold their lunch meeting, officially working on the judicial nomination for the southern district of ohio but they been talking about republican proposals for coronavirus a really such as more funding for the paycheck protection program which provided money to keep small businesses open. that while negotiations continue between the white house and nancy pelosi on a pandemic response plan rid senate republicans plan to hold a series of votes this afternoon to put democrats on record and possibly advance

their proposals. live coverage when senators return 2:15 eastern here on c-span2. >> host: joe cecil serves as their chair, good morning sir . how would you describeyour organization's work ? >> we have a couple of organizations, the first focused on making sure we're doing everything we can through litigation and organizing to fight voter suppression around the or country. there also focused on making sure that we're increasing civic participation among underrepresented communities and then finally our super pack is focused on defeating donald trump and electing emma kratz up and down the ticket. >> with all thoseactivities in mind how much are you planning to spend ? >> right now we're expecting to spend somewhere around $225 million over the course of a two-year election cycle. >> host: how does that

spending look? is it on the t:ground, how does that breaks down ? >> guest: right now we are advertising on television and online in six states, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, north carolina and arizona. were also the largest funder of litigation specifically focused on voting rights and right now one of our particular areas of focus is making sure we are securing protections for those that are interested in voting by mail and then we also engage in partnerships with a number of organizations on the ground and on the air, organizations like filipino victory fund, color of change, the league of conservation voters, all designed to bring together progressive and democratic organizations in support of joe biden and other candidates up and down the ticket. >> with that in mind how would you classify where you get your money fromas far as funding these activities ?

>> from a wide variety of organizations and individuals , labor unions, other organizations ,that are focused on this type of work so it's from a wide variety. >> where in the lastcouple of weeks of the campaign , what do you think joe biden and miss harris have to do not only as far as campaigning but who do they have to address ? >> obviously we are no longer in a country where voting g happens on one day for over a week in the early voting. millions of americans have already cast their vote. early voting starts this morning in florida so we need to continue to focus on mobilizing and turning out our biden harris voters in battleground states and around the country. that doesn't just happen in person, it happens online, over the phone , by text message and so we need to make sure we are still recruiting volunteers to turn

out wrote and secondly there are still voters though in some small number who are making their decision on who to vote for and i think what joe biden and kamala harris are doing well is drawing the contrast to what their administration would look like in terms of handling covid-19, in terms of issuing racial inequity and how we rebuild the economy after covid compared to the recklessness of this administration. that contrast is important for the american people to see. >> host: your reaction to a recent tweet by the campaign manager for the biden organization rid early voting is underway in many states, he says millions already cast their ballots but there's still a long way to go and we think the race is closer than folks on this website that, like a lot closer, how do you respond? >> i agree with jen hundred percent reared we should expect a close election, yet

we're seeing some incredibly encouraging signs in early voting, vote by mail numbers in terms of democrats and biden supporting independents and republicans turning out but we are expecting higher turnout on the trump side as well so the public polls have been wrong before.we should ignore them and just focus on the task at hand and that task is doing g everything we can to turn out our friends, our neighbors, those we worship with an run this race all the way through the end of election day. >> host: the washington post with their headline talking about these issues saying when it comes to the lead joe biden has it's a sense of dcjcvu from 2016. >> guest: this is a fundamentally different race, where one running against a incumbent and we have a different democratic candidate and one of the differences is joe biden over the course of the last month

despite an onslaught of spending has actually seen his approval ratings rise to and positive approval rating compared to a net negative approval rating for donald trump so this is a fundamentally different race in terms of the challenges that were facing the country to the point this is not over learn lessons from 2016 or to carry all that anxiety without i'm still optimistic where going to win this election but it's to acknowledge that optimistic pulling you anything unless those votes are actually cast at the ballot box for in the mail or during the early vote period so every democrat needs to continue to focus on making sure we are just completing rates that ahead of us. >> if you support president trump and mike pence, 202-748-8000: if you support joe biden and kamala harris 202748 8002.

or you support others you can text , to or post on our facebook page to for this conversation with the head of priorities usa when it comes to battleground states what do you think joe biden and kamala harris are doing better than hillary clinton in 2015 ? >> one of the interesting thing about where we are now is the math for donald trump is shrinking and the map for joe biden is expanding. you're about to see a focus on places like michigan and wisconsin, places where there wasn't a lot of campaign activity in2016 . the traditional battleground states pennsylvania and north carolina and florida, but what we're seeing now is that the trump campaign itself is spending a lot of money on dates they already run. in fact if you take a look right now the trump campaign is spending more money as a percentage of their budget in georgia and they are in wisconsin and i think that the telling sign at the map for joe biden is much wider than it was for hillary clinton at this point in the election and that most of the work that the trump campaign o is doing is simply trying to

shore up their mates, trying to protect games that they made in 2016 and in most of those eggs right now, joe biden is leading. >> we heard from the trump campaign and president trump himself about the size of his crowds which he still manages to attract, rallies in place across the united states. how do you factor those in because there was that last cycle to. >> a lot of the way you factor in is these events were prevented by covid-19, whether it's happening at the white house and a government event or it's happening in places like wisconsin where we're seeing these cases continue to rise at a pretty dramatic level. the reality is we should not be having rallies without social hdistancing and without masks and in terms of the politics that will actually do more harm for the politics of this president that any gains he might get by having a rally or an event in a public space.

>> host: this is janice in california starting us off in support of president trump and priorities usa, go ahead. >> caller: good morning. i'm an african-american woman who lives in the suburbs in san diego california and my question for the democrat party is why is it that none of you tell the truth about biden? in 47 years he has done absolutely nothing. his record is appalling so, so is kamala harris. the hunter biden emails are fact and everybody should knowthis . emails are evidence. my question is, why so much covering up for biden if he's so above and beyondreproach , why isn't anybody asking him real questions?

everybody's going there with russia gate when it comes to trump but i'm nothearing anything about biden and china gate . i don't understand why isn't there as much you know, >> host: we got your point, thank you. >> guest: thanks for the question. it's important to realize joe biden's record has been scrutinized. he's gone for a long career of public service. he went through a very competitive and crowded democratic primary. he's up against a president whose doesn't hesitate to criticize and frankly joe biden has a record that he's proud of passing the violence against women act, participating in important economic legislation that our country has seen, helping rebuild the economy after the economic collapse at the end of george bush's term and more importantly, he has a plan for the future. of how we rebuild this country.

there's a fundamental principle, wecannot rebuild the economy , we cannot rebuild our education system until we address covid-19 and the fact of the matter is from the very beginning donald trump has downplayed the threat. he's asked ignored experts and the fact he continues to attack experts like doctor fauci and in terms of the conspiracy theories around the discredited set of attacks around joe biden the reality is that the attacks on joe biden have been so specious, so questionable a reporter who wrote the initial story about those emails refused to attach his name to it or her name to it because there were so many questions about the story. so i am proud to support joe biden and i think when it comes to comparing what his record is and will be against donald trump , there's no question about who anyone should support. >> host: we heard people call in and asked what joe biden would do differently when it comes to coronavirus the response is to listen to the

science. can you offer anything more specific that the trump campaign hasn't done? >> guest: it seems like a pretty low bar and i wish this president would listen to the science, we would be a lot better off today than seeing cases skyrocket in states around the country. but the president has been clear about what he would do to invest in testing, the preparation that need to be done to make sure the vaccine is tested it's safe and available,situated in the most effective way possible . how you can put more investment in state and local governments that are continuing to have challenges not just in administering an election providing basic services, even more importantly how we get our kids back to school in a safe way. how we deal with the supply chain which continues to be a problem months after the onset of covid-19. every governor will tell you it's been every governor for

themselves in terms of the preparation and in terms of the supplies so addressing these key fundamental issues and yes listening to the science, listening to medical expert i think it's pretty critical to getting our country back on track not just in terms of the health of our citizens but in terms hoof rebuilding our economy as well. >> host: from liz, tampa florida, and undecided voter. >> guest: thank you for taking my call. >> caller: my thing is i'm extremely undecided on both ways because you see the side of trump, his personality, people of course care for his aggressiveness and so forth but he does get a lot of things done and then you see biden's side of compassion and sympathy and kindness but then i wondered to when i'm watching these oversight committees and last week when i'm watching the amy coney barrett panel hearing, i'm curious about, i watched several of these with barr

and the oversight reviews and are democrats trained to be so aggressive to the person being questioned? i thought they were extremely insulting to that woman last week. the supreme court committee hearing. and that concerns me very much cause if i was in her position and she wasn't even able to answer a lot of questions and she can't say her side of view because he's going between the united states, republicans and democrats. everybody, all of us as human beings have our own point and how we feel about politics and so forth and i thought they were veryabusive to that woman . >> host: thank you, we will let our guest respond. >> guest: i think in terms of getting things done one of

the fundamental challenges we're facing right now as we are not actually addressing the fundamental challenges that we have been facing over the last seven months. we still have challenges with addressing covid-19, we get mixed messages and it's not just about donald trump being aggressive or tweeting mean things although i certainly y wish he wouldn't. it's about whether we have responded responsibly, aggressively and fairly to covid-19. why are we still dealing with this challenge? why do we have such a high rate of deaths in this country and on the first part i would say joe biden as a record of getting things done, of getting legislation passed inand working with both sides. even republicans in the senate he worked with acknowledged how critical he was as vice president to passing important legislation and in terms of the supreme court justice hearing i think part of this is a reflection of how important this seat is really the reality is that the facts are the supreme court going to hearing from

you by the trump administration and by republican attorney general to eliminate the affordable care act. to eliminate protections for pre-existing conditions . eliminate the ability of your child the on your healthcare until rhe or she is 26 years old d. are fundamental issues and so while we can argue about whether or not someone was too aggressive or not aggressive enough the reality is what's at stake is important. this is important and a majority of the american people don't think it should be rough through. >> host: here's jerry in new jersey, in support of joe biden. >> caller: i have a couple .uestions and concerns i am a registered democrat. i heard you earlier say about president trump being a super spreader and my concern is how hypocriticalwe look . with hotel systems have been

out there for a while and nobody wants to talk about them and then going home to their families when their protesting and bringing the disease to their homes. is your concern both ways? are you concerned about the protesters and argue concern about the rallies because we need to set that straight i think it looks very hypocritical and i'm concerned that we're not setting our own standards. the other thing i want to ask you, two more things rid of boilermaker union came out this morning and said that biden said they were supported by them and got their endorsement but the boilermakers said that's not true so please we need to correct that stuff so that it doesn't get out there. and the third question i have for you, can you please explain and get it off the plate how hunter biden makes his money? can you explain that rationally so everybody understands it because i know

people think that he you know, but how did he make his money? how did he get it from china? how did he get it from ukraine? can you explain that? >> host: thank you caller. >> guest: that's a lot of questions. first of all, of course we want everybody to respond safely and responsibly, we don't want people to get sick. i participated in a protest and i was proud to do so area i also wore a mask. i socially distanced when it was possible. that is a stark contrast to what you saw on the grounds of the white house itself. people were crowded into a small space . senators were hugging each other, on the other people in the crowd as we all know which we are not supposed to do. no one was wearing a mask so the reality is asthat when you look at the protests and you

look at the fallout from the protests there wasn't an aggressive plan as a result of the protests because everyone was behaving responsibly and wearing masks . that is contrast to the president of the united states losing an event at the lighthouse where he's basically encouraging people not to socially distance, not to wear masks, not to protect one another. >> .. >> that the vice president has had a huge rush of endorsements from those that represent working people

laborers and pipefitters and teachers around the country working with labor partners andr frankly rebuilding the middle class, rebuilding the working class so they can aspire to move up to begin with building strong unions and protecting collective bargaining to make sure we put it back into the hands of workers and not just in the hands of ceos. host: she also asked about ed.ter biden >> that has been litigated over and over againov but this is an probable were the most reviewed people the republicans went through a sham investigation of how nothing but a journalist have gone through investigations and have done nothing. now we areatno relegated to new

york post stories without a byline and conspiracy theories promulgated by rudy giuliani who we know, has been a target of russian intelligence agencies. there is no reality there. we should move forward how to rebuild the country, how to respond to the covid crisis and how we build and economy that works for everybody. host: washington editorial had a look at joe biden they say on the one hand exato he was to portray himself as a reasonable democrat who slays a socialist bernie sanders and wants to be representative of all parties but he has to show the left wing basically ambiguities through congress using whatever smash mouth policies as necessary and that he would pack the supreme court and nuke the filibuster also liberal policies as well. what you think of that assessment.

>> let's talk about policy. most americans agree we should raise the minimum wage. most americans agree we should provide childcare. most americans agree we should protect existing conditions and expand medicare so more people have access to more affordable healthcare. mostar agree. we should look at infrastructure o we have drop after four years and third make its infrastructure week. this is a year we will get it passed we happened. there has been no infrastructure investment. the reality is on most issuesf to define as moderate or progressive most americans agree with the democratic platform how to rebuild the economy and invest in education and make sure every american has access to affordable healthcare.de so within the democratic party to make sure every american has healthcare every american can afford their prescription drug. how do we have more giveaways to insurance companies how do

we make sure they reduce the footprint so small that millions of americans lose their healthcare and then continue to skyrocket? the reality is on most of these issues the american people agre agree. host: so will joe biden go as far as the american people say? >> on the things i just laid out with minimum wage, childcare, healthcare, in. host: medicare for all? in your opinion? >> no. he has been very clear his plan on - - plan is to expand medicare and give a public option but not to eliminate private insurance.

he wants to give people the option to choose what is best for them and their families. that is their position he went on that the entire primary despite the attacks of those that were on stage with himer. host: kenny keep the peace with other factions of the democratic party? >> the democratic party is we are diverse we come to the table different perspectives, different backgrounds and different approaches how to get things done. it's not what you are getting along and shaking hands and patting each other on the back, but can we negotiate, move forward, get things done for the american people. do you think joe biden has a track record in will do that as president working with democrats and some republicans wed . host: a supporter president trump from connecticut good morning. >>caller: thank you very much. my first comment is to the whole covid-19 issue and joe biden.

the reason i support the president primarily is foreign policy and domestic policy trump is the only person going on back to lincoln who is willing to stand up to the ourselves on - - what on - - outsourcing trend to china and also stand up to the idea of the chinese trying to expand their influence around the that happened a lot during the obama biden administration when the chinese laid claim to territory waters must only recognize that to territory limit so with covid-19 we all agree it's a serious issue, but i believe we called the mediterranean sars virus

mers we know this originated in on --dash wuhan and they had written about that cells in human lung cells. host: so what specifically do want our guest to address? >>caller: so why is it that no media is willing to ask joe bidenn whether china is responsible, responsible the communist leaders of china responsible to bring the scourge to america and the world and they should be punished and paid for in some manner or form. >> first of all just doing with the beginning of the questio question, the reality of donald trump has not been tough on china he has been week the trade deficit is worse than it has ever beenas

while our country economy is struggling to recover the chinese economy is moving forward. we haven't held them accountable for almost anything we have a president who failed when it came to negotiating with north korea. i ran is closer to develop a nuclear weapon than they were before the administration because walking away from the agreement with iran andkeag all. we are less respected did china is on the march and instead may have a foreign policy based on puffing and ego investor. i will not engage in conspiracy theories and how we should call it what we should name the virus. we should talk to how we recover from it we don't recoverrre is ignoring medical

experts would only cover when we model terrible behavior with the superstructure on - - super spreader event. we don't recover when we fail to invest now and improving the supply chain to understand how we word went to distribute the vaccine we don't recover and fail to invest in the state and local government and then to listen to experts aroundto covid-19 we know where itno came from. host: in support of joe biden from georgia. >>caller: good morning there's something i want to talk about and that is all

caps not want to be dictated to about masks but want to dictate to women about abortions. >> and not just abortions but also want to dictate if you can continue to be married to her husband. they want to dictate a lot of things and whether or not it might lgbtq siblings should be fired from their job to allow for more regulation and the water and air to be polluted. there is the hypocrisy with the republicanan p party

i am voting for donald trump. i will give you the reasons why. elected,ld trump was they were shooting missiles over japan. he stopped that. he stop that. they are proud of that. donald trump at the economy back. i'm blind in one eye and bad hands from arthritis but i working because we have a republican government.

and then it would open up their states and then unemployment were dropped domestically and then earlier said something trump can't get it done but the democrats hold the money. they have to release the money to him to do it. nancy pelosi and the other one is in control of the money. i why the democratic party hates trump. >> there was a lot packed in their but republicans have the majority in the senate and the house and the white house for two years with no infrastructure bill.ndra

the facts are the current stimulus package proposed in the house passed two months ago and then mitch mcconnell sat on it now months later we are still negotiating one side wants to give money giveaways to businesses and ceos the other wants to expand the earned income tax credit. there are several opportunities that every turn trump has made it clear they do not want that path. in terms of north korea, they are closer today than they were before and donald trump has failed.

it with a dictator writing him a love later on - - a letter killing his uncle that's not the way to show what is happening in north korea. and by every measure possible he is been for you on this front. host: is it just the presidential race war down ballot races as well? >> we are focused on a handful senate races including maine, arizona,