this is date of the news line from the u.s. supreme court could be about to get a further push to the right donald trump announces a federal judge any coney's barrett to the country's top force if the republican controlled senate confirms her it could ensure a conservative bloc on the court for decades to come also coming out africa confounds predictions and avoids the worst effects of the ground of ours pandemic the continent fares better than the industrialized world and we'll find out why. and in fairness take a football out for our block horns with dortmund on saturday in

a david versus goliath match. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has nominated a conservative federal judge amy kearney barrett to succeed supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg an outspoken voice on the court's liberal side who died earlier this month and have confirmed by the republican controlled senate trump will have put 3 of the 9 justices on the top court possibly handing conservatives long sought wins over contentious legal issues such as abortion and gun rights. it wasn't a surprise decision but that didn't make it any less significant i loved and i studied and you are very eminently qualified for this job you are going to be fair cares to thank you. president trump moved quickly after the death of ruth bader

ginsburg aiming to secure his supreme court appointment before the election the stakes for our country are incredibly high. that the supreme court will issue in the coming years will decide the survival of our 2nd amendment or religious liberty or public safety and so much more his pick amy barrett saying she plans to follow the constitution as it was written. judges are not policy makers and they must be resolute and setting aside any policy views they might hold. but it is a soap described devout catholic and has strong support in the conservative community where they hope she will influence laws on health care gun rights and abortion. i think it's a big win for christians and it's a big step to take we're taking that next step forward in abolishing abortion.

this must be a happy day for barrett but she now faces a bruising journey ahead to officially secure the nomination thanks i'm sure it'll be extremely non-controversial we said that the last time didn't weigh. all have to front talked of public hearings in the republican controlled senate where democrats are we doing everything they can to slow the process down thanks. to. strong. this nomination it will be decided by a simple majority vote which republicans will win if they stick together barrett will now spend the next few days meeting with senators hoping to secure their vote and making her the youngest supreme court justice. on this contentious nomination

i'm joined by stacy bivins hi stacy thanks for coming in what do you make of this announcement do you think barrett has done enough to win over liberals convincing them that she's going to stand on their own and not just play up to the republicans wishes well i think that she did what she had to do in the sense that she presented herself well was very interesting with her 7 children and her husband there. but short answer question no i don't think i think the she did she said the right things about are the. and the legacy that she had but at the end of the day she's more in line with justice antonin scalia who she clerked for somebody who's very conservative somebody who's very little of the law when it comes to interpreting the constitution based on the 18th century framework of what so it's not very modernizing their current. law what do you think our impact would be almost supreme court if she is in fact appointed well she would drive it more conservatively and

this is what conservative earth are happy about the balance would be 6 to 3 the one conservative justice who kind of is a swing voter he would no longer be so important so they would have the votes that they need to to do things like maybe overturn roe v wade and get rid of reproductive rights be harder on immigration and really the affordable healthcare act because that's coming up soon so. that's the a bomb ok actually yes many millions of americans health care yeah yeah still quite conceptions in the us it is people with with preexisting conditions could lose their health care and the thing is with this candidate with this she's very bright and she's very experienced however her writings and judgments on ac and the way she talked about justice roberts and how he as the conservative helped propel a poll that she was very critical and so democrats are very concerned about what

she will do if she is confirmed or to give an indication of which way she might vote on that all right so what happens now how will the confirmation proceed and what cards to democrats actually have to play still if any they don't really have any right that that's the reality what they can do is they could try to slow down the process with procedural things or as people are talking about they could try to use this as a moment to try to educate americans about why it's so important to get joe biden in the office according to them so they could really hit on the affordable health care act because that's going to come up on the docket a week after the election so this is something that tangible that democrats can use in order to say you might not love joe biden but look at your health care you're not going to have it anymore you're going to have to get to the polls and vote so that's what they're hoping to do now of course this supreme court appointment is is really contentious because happening just weeks before the election despite the

fact that in 26 thing republicans argue that such an important decision should wait what but you know when the democrats are in the same position in 26 thing and the republicans really went out and said no and you hear our voices if we've this happens again next time we will definitely stand by the fact that this should be happening by the new president yes what how is that impacting what is already a contentious election well. the how. right and i think that you know that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was saying that if it was on the other foot you would do it too and this is different from 2016 because the republicans have have all of have the majority of the white house and congress so it's ok when obama was president he didn't have that so it's ok that we're pushing ahead with this it's it's a it's a crocker say you know her i was a fascinating to we could talk for hours we don't have time for you haven't spent very much. it's the turn now to some of the other stories making news around the

world and crowds have been flocking to bars in florida after the state's governor rhonda santos lifted coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and businesses they can now operate at full capacity the governor also eliminated fines against people refusing to wear masks florida's coronavirus death toll is the 3rd highest in the u.s. with more than $14000.00. in london scuffles broke out between police and coronavirus skeptics gathered at trafalgar square to protest pandemic restrictions hundreds of anti masked activists appeared to flout social distancing roles police say they gave several warnings before breaking up around. when a crowd of virus emerged many predicted disaster for africa there was concern that high rates of transmission could rapidly overwhelm the health care systems there but more than 6 months into the pandemic african countries have largely coped

better than many industrial countries a success could offer lessons to other parts of the world. supply hand sanitizer check for fever and of course wear a mask shield has in kenya's capital nairobi have to comply with the rules everyone has their guidelines everyone knows what to do no one wants to get sick. the continent's leading for religious turned many of his colleagues say that this discipline is one of the decisive reasons for africa's low infection rates. start to measure cannot occur not over emphasize the importance of the measures that ridiculous. actually have to blonde. a few months ago experts fears millions of people would be infected they were certain the virus would spread easily in poor neighborhoods but so far the entire continent with its one. point

2000000000 residence has lost 34000 people to kovac 19 that's here with an impressive this is in part because many infections with mild attribute history they yield fruit nature of our population and if you new records 70 percent of our population is less than 30 years median age is around 17 years old so africa has fared better than many of its richness of the neighbors and to its discipline and she is. large crowds are expected to turn out in belarus for the 7th consecutive sunday of protests against authority and later alexander lukashenko on saturday police in the capital minsk made dozens of arrested a women's marched announcing his re-election in a vote that many say was rigged their crackdown on protests has done little to dent protesters resolve their chant like that as you can. get a 73 year old great grandmother with the band opposition flag she has been

a regular at these protests now she's detained by masked man. and police arrested dozens of other peaceful demonstrators at this woman's march. since august thousands of protesters have been detained many opposition leaders have been jailed or forced into exile that says president alexander lucas shanker tries to suppress the biggest and most persistent challenge to his 26 year rule. and his crackdown dream or criticism at the virtual general assembly of the united nations in new york sweden's prime minister called the situation alarming and urged the bella recently leader to negotiate with the oppositions the increased repression hold peaceful demonstrators journalists and opposition leaders is

unacceptable we don't do with the belorussian people and their desire to exercise their fundamental to mccrie think rights we continue to call on the belorussian leadership to stop the repression and then gauged in general in dialogue with the opposition. earlier this week countries bordering bellerose also weighed in the leaders of lithuania poland. and latvia used their speeches to criticize minsk but on saturday bellerose fought back the country's foreign minister accused western powers of trying to destabilize the country a deal or untrue statements brimming with cynicism have been made by a number of our western colleagues about their alleged concern for bellary z. and sovereignty and well being in actual fact they are nothing other than attempts to bring chaos and anarchy to our country to make better routes lose many years of

development of. the european union is still threatening sanctions including asset freezes and travel bans to punish those responsible for electoral fraud and the violent crackdown on protesters. but the 27 nation block has not followed through yet. leaving the protesters at the mercy of increasingly repressive deloris you know thora to use. in the honestly go on saturday out faced off against dortmund tames were flying high after positive decisive wins on the campaign's 1st weekend but dortmund have been title contenders contenders for years now and i considered a lake powerhouse had a lot to prove. your heritage was i have to prove to visiting dortmund his team's opening day victory against 2 number lin was no fluke and despite

a few early scares for the home side it was the black and yellows defense that was under pressure 40 minutes in and this is daniel caligiuri free kick a minute felix to put the home side in front. after the break out for it kept up the pressure and soon they were 2 goals up jewelry taking the honors this time. of them there was no coming back for dortmund barreling holland came close to scoring a consolation in the dying minutes of the game. to mail the final score and heikal halleck's bird go top of the table for at least one day. and another of yesterday's matches leverkusen and leipzig shared the spoils in a one all draw a male forsberg open to scoring for lives in the 14th minute the swedish winger

outmaneuvered last benda fired into the top of the net. laverick isn't answered 6 minutes later thanks to care a damn about his kicks or the ball slide just out of the reach of the law to say hey penn took a lucky bounce off the crossfire and and. you're watching day devaney's i'm rebecca has. how does a virus spread. why do we have it and then we'll. just through the tap. and a weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on.