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john roberts live on the north lawn of the white house and john, as you reported from the beginning, the president knew he was going to pick a woman. how did he come to amy coney barrett? >> well, i think you could probably say, leland, this was a decision that had its beginnings, if not, was mostly done back in 2018. judge amy coney barrett of the 7th circuit court of appeals, was when judge kennedy retired and the president ultimately went with brett kavanaugh, but to have the seat if and when. and here we are todayment multiple sources have told us as you pointed out at the time that it will be barrett, but some republicans, some republicans who have been told it's her say they're not going to be 100% sure until she walks out with the president at 5:00 this afternoon. he does like to keep us guessing. when the announcement is made, the clock will start ticking

toward confirmation, the election is in 38 days, using history as a guide that should be plenty of time to get barrett through. hearings would likely be, the judiciary has to hold the nomination for a week before holding a vote and take a couple of days for a vote in the senate. likely around october 28th. but that's still just about a full week before the election. and newport news last night, the president saying it should be possible to get it done, but not ruling out the possibility that the vote could be after the election. listen here. >> but you know, it's an amazing they think because the democrats are saying, well, it's the end of a term, and because-- you know, we have a lot of time left. think of this. if it were them, don't forget, we don't have to do it by the election, but we should be, really, able. that would be a great victory. >> some democrats have been critical of amy coney barrett's

religious beliefs, a strategy that could backfire, others are looking possibility that she could vote on roe vs wade, 0 are obamacare, on the ack. and here is what senator durbin said. >> picking a person who will end the affordable care act will mean the end of protections that we take for granted today and could lose tomorrow and there appears to be a determination to get in done in a hurry. >> on the religious angle, some democrats pointed to amy coney barrett's membership in this group called people of praise, which refers to female members as quote, handmaids. and some says it looks at the dystopian world of margaret atwood's book hand maid's tale.

and she says anyone who is making that connection is just making it up. leland: and making another connection during the hearings in which she attacked amy coney barrett. we'll see how that plays out in confirmation hearings. thank you. molly. >> meanwhile, senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham says he will unveil the schedule for the confirmation hearings, once that formal announcement is made. we have our congressional corresponde correspondent, chad, he has more on the process as it gets underway. chad. >> it's going to be a donnybrook, especially trying to do this this close to the election, that's the real issue on capitol hill, trying to step on the gas pedal before the election. here is tom cotton, the republican senator from arkansas. >> you saw what they did to brett kavanaugh, i can only imagine it will be worse for judge barrett, but i know she'll stand up with revolve -- resolve and i know she'll make the american people proud.

>> this mean it would be contentious because the supreme court likely flips from 5-4 in favor of conservatives to 6-3. republicans are happy about conservatives because of abortion, but democrats are making health care an issue, the supreme court is slate today consider a case to potentially overturn obamacare in november. >> let's just get in there and overturn the affordable care act. and at the same time, we can mess with the elections. but the thing that matters in people's personal lives, is the affordable care act. >> the upcoming hearings will be must-watch tv. think of the attention after annet anita hill against clarence thomas and christine blasey ford against justice kavanaugh in 2018. and they usually have a sherpa, someone familiar with the ways, because of the expedited process they're not going to do

that and because of the pandemicment molly. >> perhaps pa bit of the pageantry will be given up because of the pandemic, but i imagine much of the intrigue. chad, i know you're watching this history as it happened. thanks for your insight. leland. >> joining us former law clerk for neil gorsuch, counsel of the committee, and the article three project. no surprise to our viewers based on where you stand based on that resume'. take us through what's happening with amy coney barrett over the next couple of days in terms of preparation for those confirmation hearings that chad was talking about? >> presumes that president trump announces judge amy coney barrett tonight at 5:00, which is a safe presumption, the senate judiciary committee will have a hearing starting october 12th likely, it will probably be a three or four-day hearing.

after the hearing, there are questions submitted, written questions for the record submitted by senators, they get back those answers, they-- >> mike, i got all that from john and chad's report. i'm wondering in terms of the preparation. you've been there, as you've talked, certainly circuit court nominees are going through this process. what's the preparation like for amy coney barrett ahead of a confirmation like this? >> it's an intensive process, i ran this process for justice gorsuch when he went through this process and judge barrett is an extraordinarily smart, extraordinarily qualified and go through her rulings on the 7th circuit the last three plus years and go through her academic writings the at notre dame law school where she served as a professor. she may have to look at what she wrote when she was on the supreme court a law clerk to the late justice scalia. and she wrote bench notes and

those could be public depending on the timing when the library releases those. she needs to go through and look at her record, refresh her record and be prepared to answer the senator's questions and unapologetically defend her conservative record. leland: there's her conservative record and the issue that john roberts brought up. we already saw the attack by dianne feinstein and others on amy coney barrett based on her religion. how do you prepare for something like that? >> well, we saw a test run of this on her, for her 7th circuit. leland: exactly. >> confirmation hearing. i was a staff leader to are that on the judiciary committee. we saw senator dianne feinstein, the top democrat on the committee, with her anti-catholic dog whistle and bigotry saying that the dogma lives loudly within you and that's disturbing. that's what senator feinstein said to amy coney barrett. that's going to backfire spectacularly if the democrats do that. leland: we've heard the political argument that it will backfire spectacularly and

spoke with swing folks. it's interesting that history does not repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes. you didn't see amy coney barrett come back with the fiery counter punch to dianne feinstein in the way that say brett kavanaugh came back when he was attacked with accusations against him. there going to be any sort of change based on the test run you guys saw in 2017? what would be your advice against those same kinds of attacks now in 2020? >> i mean, we're already seeing the attacks starting yesterday. we see leading democrat operatives are out on twitter saying that amy coney barrett, who has seven children, five biological children including one with down syndrome and two adopted from haiti, a whack-job on twitter last night saying that amy coney barrett is racist because she adopted two children from haiti, so it's disgusting and-- >> mike, i understand what the attacks are going to be. i'm asking you what's the-- how do you counter punch, how

is the current person in your job going to be advising amy coney barrett in preparation her to counter punch. >> i think she needs to be calm, cool and collected and let the democrats do what they're going to do and i think the american people are going to be disgusted by it and the democrats will run campaign ads against themselves when they do this. leland: there was quite a few reactions on twitter to the tweet that you pointed out. i think it's been deleted now, we'll check on that. a lot of tweets between now and the hearings. mike, we appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. leland: good to see you. >> all right now for reaction from the other side. we have a democratic strategist and rebel communications ceo, laura thank you for joining us here, we're on the cusp of history, a few hours from the announcement being made. one of the key things that we're looking at here, you're already beginning to see the fight brewing, a political fight brewing back and forth

between democrats and republicans. you know, here we are, we're so close to the election, which side is the most energized, gets the most impact from this happening now on the cusp of election day? >> well, you know, traditionally, conservatives and-- conservative christians in particular are energized by supreme court picks and by the issue of the court. polling suggests over the last few years, since trump has been in office that democrats are in fact more energized than the right. so, i think that this pick, particularly to fill icon in ruth bader ginsburg, to fill her shoes with someone whose court record is staunchly opposed to her rulings from gender equality-- and equal pay to contraceptive access to aca and health care for 25 million americans, i think it's going to motivate voters on the left in a way we haven't seen, and it will energize the right and not to the same degree, those voters

are in the trump camp. it brings people off the sidelines and particularly suburban women and independents in this race. >> yeah, and that woman vote will be something both sides will be fighting for and something that the president talks about on the campaign trail. that means the senators are going to have to spend a lot of time in washington. and a few incumbents in tight races, particularly the republican side. risks of losing seats in georgia, arizona, colorado-- when can tomorrows to happening on the cusp of the election, you talk about the energy, but what about the physical presence that will entail. could it hurt incumbents, republicans and democrats forced to spend time in d.c. instead of their home states? >> i think it's a wash exactly for the reason you said. certainly their presence on the campaign trail is required. that's different in the era of covid, we're doing a lot of things remotely, but i think in

swing states where it's an issue, particularly purple states, this could impact and swing the senate in the democratic column after this election, cory gardner, i know, it will impact his race in colorado. susan collins, certainly, it looks like a possibility of thom tillis and maybe lindsey graham. it energizes the left and when people see what's at stake it's become really real because of the aca issue, because of the health care and talking working class americans and sort of like suburban women with college degrees across the board. this is going to energize the left and the center and to biden's camp and into the camp of democrats running to the senate. >> we have a few sources here at fox news channel telling us that amy coney barrett is the pick for today at 5:00, of course, we'll see if it's made official later on this afternoon. she was asked about her religion and we've heard that topic brought up here across the media airwaves and she'll be headed into potentially confirmation hearings if she's indeed the pick.

your thoughts on her and what we might see as things get underway here? >> well, i think it's a tactical move a before it's announced to point amy coney barrett as a victim. we know there are six catholics on supreme court so anti-catholic bias and i grew up catholic and my mom is a staunch catholic and i know it's an issue, it's a tactical move, something that both sides will have to contend with. i think that amy coney barrett, the bigger issue is that she came out strongly against merrick garland being confirmed because she said that it just wasn't right as a former scalia clerk, to fill those shoes with someone who was ideologically different than scalia and here she is, you couldn't find a more polar opposite of justice ruth bader ginsburg than amy coney barrett. so she'll have to contend with that in the hearings as well as herrelltively inexperience on the bench and the fact that it looks like she is poised to overturn the aca, and to roll back gender equality from

contraception to equal pay to abortion rights. that's something that generations have maybe taken for granted. so, again, those are the issues she's going to contend with in her hearings and that republicans will have to contend with on the campaign tra trail. >> i think you made a good point at the end and likely we'll be watching these hearings in the coming weeks. john roberts reporting there could be a vote in the senate by october 28th. so here we are, barely a month out for another potentially historic day before the election. we appreciate your insighted to. thanks for joining us. >> thanks, molly. >> all right, much more on this today. bret bare a -- bret baier and shannon bream. and brit human sits in, and democratic michigan senator

debby stabenow. check your time and listings for that. and howard kurtz will have an interview with corey lewandowski. that's on media buzz. leland: a lot will happen between now and then. black lives matter protesters shut down the brooklyn bridge last night. police in louisville, kentucky arrest add number of folks who defied the curfew there. bryan llenas on the ground in louisville, good morning. >> hi, yeah, good morning. yes, the protest extending for a third night and a city-wide curfew extended into the weekend. we will have the latest from the ground in downtown louisville next.

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>> hundreds now turning out for a prayer march in the nation's capital. evangelist franklin graham is leading that march, urging americans to ask god to help heal a decided nation. they're encouraged to have social distancing and wear mask and to remain apolitical. it began at the lincoln memorial and end at capitol hill and getting underway in the last 20 minutes or so. >> thousands out right now and this harkens back to-- >> you look at the pictures.

leland: 52 when was franklin graham's father, billy graham, called for a national day of prayer. and it's interesting he said to heal a divided nation. it doesn't matter when you talk to left or right, they agree it's a divided nation. we are at a turning point in the country and hence, this call to prayer. molly: yes, certainly. i think that washington d.c. being that place of prayer, is a bit significant. franklin graham saying he would be praying for president, vice-president, all of our leaders in congress as well. it can't hurt. maybe a little-- >> cannot, make their way down the mall. molly: and maybe togetherness and see what happens. leland: from lincoln to the white house and the war memorial, too, as we'll check back on the march as it continues. continues. >> police in louisville are ready for a potentially violent weekend in kentucky as black

lives matter protests in that city continues. this as breonna taylor's family's lawyer asks for more in front of the memorial. >> hi, for a third night protests happened in downtown louisville. relatively quiet compared to what we've seen. at least 22 arrested for violating the curfew. 120 people were arrested and you get the idea, it was relatively quiet and it's relatively quiet right now and we shall see how the rest of the weekend goes. there is a memorial that's growing in downtown louisville here and it's really for breonna taylor in remembrance of the 26-year-old emt who was gunned down in her apartment. she was shot in the heart, hit

in the thigh, foot, and overall suffered six gunshot wound and the heart was the fatal wound there. breonna taylor's mom protested in downtown louisville yesterday. the family is now demanding that the police release not only police files, but also, owl of the police body cam footage as well as the transcript of the grand jury, they believe-- they don't trust the attorney general daniel cameron here and the job that he has done. take a listen. >> breonna taylor's family never got their day in court, never got their chance for due process and in essence, denied them justice. that's why we are standing here today united in solidarity demanding that he release the transcript of the grand jury proceedings. >> breonna taylor's family notes the fbi is continuing their own separate investigation into the shooting.

meanwhile, there is new video released from a police body camera in the moments after that shooting. john mattingly is the sergeant, he was one of the three police officers who went into the apartment with that search warrant. he was shot by the boyfriend of breonna taylor. the officers are trying to help a wounded mattingly get into a truck and you know, on the back of a truck and get to help. mattingly through his lawyer says they're likely looking to sue people for defamation for calling him a murderer. he stand by the fact that he was standing, you know, that it was self-defense after being shot at by kenneth walker. meanwhile, back here in louisville, the man accused of shooting two police officers during these protests, pleaded not guilty yesterday. both officers are expected to be okay and they're recovering from their wounds, leland. leland: quick, bryan, the national guard still out there? >> yeah, there are a few national guard still out here.

we saw them, we have the barricades, a quick look there, the barricades and a few national guardsmen walking around. leland: got you and the kentucky state police as well. bryan llenas, as the protests get underway. molly. molly: a lot to cover on this story, another city that's also been rocked by protests. mayor of rochester, new york, saying there will be a new interim head of the police department. alex hogan has been following all of this, tracking it from new york city. eye alex. >> hi, molly. that's right after many protests there, the mayor in lovely rochester, announcing new face of the police department. >> given all that's happening in our own community and across the nation, it's abundantly clear that additional police practices must be altered and improved. >> sylvia sullivan, served for

24 years, previously held a role examining deaths in police custody. this follows the death of daniel prude. in george floyd in minnesota, dan prude in new york, and breonna taylor echoing calls in protest to say their name in the demand for justice. gatherings in boston, massachusetts. in nevada activists take over the las vegas strip. democratic vice-president nominee kamala harris calling for the need for the voices, calling protests necessary, adding nothing we have achieved that has been for civil rights has come without a fight so i'm always going to interpret the protests as an essential component of the evolution in our country or central component or work of a democracy. the mixture that protests do not turn violent and some

cities are taking some preemptive actions there, the mayor in raleigh, north carolina announcing there will be a curfew at 11 p.m. to allow people time to demonstrate while still keeping the city safe. molly: we've seen leaders try the curfew strategy in many cities that this is going on. thank you so much, leland. leland: as you can see by the clock on your screen, we're just a few hours away from president trump's announcement, expected to name amy coney barrett to the supreme court. we're going to take a look at her resume' and family background with david spunt who is on the steps of the supreme court. hi, david. >> hi, leland, a big announcement in a few hours as you mentioned, if indeed it is judge barrett to become the next supreme court justice. we'll talk about what the future holds for a justice barrett and the rest of the supreme court coming up.

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to name amy coney barrett as his supreme court nominee. she was been in the 7th circuit since being nominated by president trump. and david spunt has more on her background. >> molly, good afternoon to you. if it turns out to be judge barrett for the next supreme court nomination, many people, many conservatives would be excited. those conservatives have craved a conservative voice here on the courts, kind of in the mold of justice antonin scalia and barrett clerked for him inside the supreme court building behind him. she knew him, she operated, she understands the text of the constitution and that's what conservative are looking for, specifically the federalist society. and months after the president

took the oath of office in 2017, then judge barrett, she was at a confirmation hearing in front of members of the senate to talk about the 7th circuit court of appeals based in chicago. at that hearing, she got quite a taste of washington d.c. she was talked and fended off specific attacks about how her faith would play into landmark cases. listen to this. >> the dogma lives loudly within you and that's of concern. >> if you're asking whether i take my faith seriously and i'm a faithful catholic, i am, although i would stress that my personal church affiliation or my religious belief would not bear on the discharge of my duties as a judge. >> that from september 6th, 2017. 55-43, three democrats voted to put her on the appeals court bench. senator firm joe donnelly, west virginia joe manchin and presidential nominee tim kaine.

she was rumoreded to be a front runner for the spot on 2018 and when he president interviewed her. he chose brett kavanaugh inste instead. she and her family, seven children. and he was argued in front of the supreme court 21 times over the years. >> judge barrett is a well-admired judge. i think she is the establishment choice of the federalist society group and everything, and is really very capable. she's extremely conservative. >> extremely conservative and that's what many conservatives want to hear, if in fact it is amy coney barrett or another woman that the president may introduce this afternoon, that would be the fifth woman, if confirmed by the senate, to sit on the supreme court. molly. molly: all right. we're creeping close tower that 5:00 hour, david spunt. thank you so much. >> thank you. molly: leland.

leland: supreme court will be one of many topics covered in tuesday's presidential debate. in ohio. joining us for what issues matter most to people in the buckeye state. mark glazier, on 610 on your dial. appreciate it. looking at this right now, catholics consist 20% of the american population, 18% of ohioans are catholic, that's wosu radio reporting. does amy coney barrett's religion play a role in ohio? >> now, probably. i would imagine that it would be important for a lot of people here to have somebody representing what they believe are their beliefs. so, absolutely. i feel like that play, yes, an enormous role and i'm very, very excited at what's hopefully going to be announced at 5:00 a little later today. leland: right now you look at the real clear politics average in ohio. joe biden leads 49 to 45.7,

before you come at me with the polls were wrong in 2016, president trump outperformed the rcp average by a little more than 4 points in ohio which would put ohio at a dead heat, if you did the math from 2017, or 2016. but president trump won ohio plus 8 points in 2016. why the slip in support? >> well, i don't think there is a slip. i think right now, we get those-- what's called the you know, the closet trump supporters right now. and they're the ones that outwardly for different polls they'll say oh, this is who i support, and someone other than him and go in to vote-- >> ford for that hold, there's no slip in support. you're talking 13% or so closet trump support if he's not going

to-- if he's the same place as 2016, really? >> absolutely, i believe that with 1 #00%. people i talk to every day on the show, lots and lots of callers, lots and lots of social media, i'm on three hours a day, five days a week full-time. and in the pulse of what's going on, at least in the columbus area, we reach all 88 counties, but i'm telling you that might actually even be low. leland: hold it. >> i'm telling you. leland: do people call you and say i don't tell anybody na i'm for president trump, but i'm calling you, mark, on the radio and confessing my love for the president? >> that has happened before, certainly. leland: okay. >> absolutely, absolutely. and are you surprised? you sound kind of surprised about that. you know, and-- >> in 2020 i don't think we can be surprised about anything (laughter) the question would be, what are they willing to tell you on the radio, look, you seem like a nice guy and fun to talk to. >> thanks.

leland: you're not a priest and it's not confession and the rest of the world. why are they saying they're willing to tell you on the radio and not willing to tell a friend or pollster about. >> when they call me whose name are they using, it's and nim am i-- anonymity, they give me the truth, i don't see their face and i obviously don't know who they are. they could tell me they're john when they're bob, i don't know. but, yeah, i think, absolutely. leland: the points, the wonders of talk raid i don't remember which is where i started my career in st. louis at kmox and still have a great affinity for it. real quickly, looking to this debate on tuesday, chris wallace as the moderator, you've got president trump and joe biden and biden, i think a number of the past days has called the lid early in the morning and won't be seen today as well, called a lid. what are you looking fon tuesday

that could change the game for ohio voters? >> well, he's-- joe biden is clearly unequipped to battle the president on a debate stage. we're seeing that day in, day out. leland: you worry about the low expectations problem? sort of what happened after the convention? >> well, i think that-- what i was going to say is back in august i predicted-- i don't know if this debate is going to happen. i think something's going to come down at the last-- i hope it happens, but i'm wondering if it even will. but he's not equipped to debate president trump. president trump knows how to get him going and he'll probably end up challenging him to a pushup contest at some point during this. i wouldn't put it past president trump e'the ultimate at that. leland: we heard something on the drudge report how democrats felt as though biden was perhaps planning for a knife fight and president trump was bringing an uzi. we know what nancy pelosi said whether there should be a

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election and that was moderated by our own chris wallace who will also be moderating tuesday's debate. for a look help, let's bring in hillary clinton's senior advisor and also helped to john mccain, mitt romney, and that bite that we heard in 2016 particularly interesting. we take a listen to hillary clinton, former secretary of state, of course. saying this, and rather friendly interview for the show time show, the circus. take a listen. >> joe biden should not concede under any circumstances because i think this is going to drag out and eventually, i do believe he will win if we don't give an inch. molly: here we are in the cusp of another election, another debate and one of the topics is the integrity of the he ooh l

lex-- the integrity of the election and we saw him being coy in 2016 about his answers. and how important do you think it is on the next debate? >> i would hope that the debate wouldn't be about the election results and how that's going to be litigated. i would hope it would be on substantive issues because i think the president got a lot of offense that he can generate on substance, so i hope we wouldn't be talking about, but i suppose chris wallace will ask again and this time the president has the hillary clinton quote against joe biden, don't concede. if neither party concedes we'll have a mess in the fall. molly: and here we are years later and the question, still for tuesday. >> i think it's mostly donald

trump's game play in terms of getting everyone excited. in terms of my former boss hillary, and say don't concede, she meant don't jump the gun and feel that night you have to be under any kind of pressure especially from donald trump to do something inadvertently. i think the real issue in terms of the debate, fred is right, the president has other things he should be talking about, but the president on any given day has other things to talk about. he chooses to talk about things exactly like this and that's, i think, is his biggest problem and challenge compared to 2016. when i played donald trump, when i pretended to be donald trump in hillary clinton's debate prep, it was the hardest easy thing i ever did. it was easy in the sense that he had his core set of issues that he hammered on and he did very, very defending himself. four years later, he really spends an awful lot of time defending himself with his list of grievances and i don't think it is realistic to assume that

a different donald trump is going to show up in cleveland. the one we see is probably the one who is going to go through the list of grievances and that's not helpful to him. >> you wrote this op-ed in washington post, that donald trump is a very bad debater, very difficult, but difficult to debate and another line here i liked where you compared his strategy to sort of a disco ball. so they have very different styles. [laughter] >> former vice-president joe biden and president trump, even here we are days ahead and president trump is spending a significant amount of time out on the campaign trail, travelling all over the place. we have not seen vice-president biden who is presumably we've been told prepping for this debate, but here is the president out on the trail. take a listen. >> he's a sleepy guy. did you see, he lid this morning lid, lid, you know what a lid is, a lid is when you put

out word you're not going to be campaigning. a lid all the time. you'll working my ass off. molly: what do you think, bret? there's the president out there nonstop on the campaign trail. does he have time to do the type of traditional prep and does he need to? >> well, first of all, the president's the most unconventional candidate in the history of presidential candidates and he does debate prep in his own way. i've had different candidates who do different types of debate prep. it's whatever works best to get them comfortable in front of the debate. the bigger question for joe biden not is he ready in terms of the formal debate prep, but he hasn't really faced a tough interview this entire campaign and been forced to do that on his feet while being attacked by donald trump at the same time. i think, you know, not campaigning, not doing those tough interviews is going to hurt biden coming into the

debates. >>. molly: your thoughts, felipe when you see the president out there. he takes tough questions from reporters all the time. is that the same as preparing for a debate that's going to be back and forth in a very calm, you know, amender, in an awe tore auditorium? >> it couldn't be any less similar, he decides when to talk to reporters and what to say to them. he decides who to call on, how long to answer them, when to ignore them and when to walk away. that couldn't be more opposite of a debate. donald trump, again, bret is right, people have their own ways of preparing. donald trump has said, i believe he said to fox and friends that his way is sparring with the press and i understand the point of it except that's not realistic and i'm sorry, trying out different lines at a rally to an adoring crowd is not exactly the smartest way to do it. so i think there's a distinction between saying donald trump is not prepping and that president trump is not prepping properly. he is prepping.

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>> now a look at some world headlines. thousands taking to the streets in london today to protest now covid restrictions. the u.k. has had nearly 42,000 confirmed deaths and new infections are on the rise. and in belarus today thousands of women demonstrate in the minsk calling for lupshenco to resign. the air force and navy personnel, between the island and amendland china. -- mainland china. china wants taiwan to be part of the chinese territory. leland: a breezy weekend into fall and temperatures are starting to drop in parts of the country. almost feels like football season, adam, and by that college football season. >> yeah, leland, one of the

calmest weather weekends we've seen for quite a while. temperatures as you said beginning to feel cooler, a lot of 60's and 70's across the country right now, there's at least a spot in the country where we'll continue to track maybe a summer-like feel, highs in the middle. country, you're talking big 12 area, close to 90 degrees. that's going to be spots where it's a little on the warmer side. cooler everywhere else, they're at the frontal boundary to the west of that and we'll see rain into the mounts mountains, an area at that desperately needs rain. we're tracking dry conditions across portions of the west and fire continues to be a threat. unfortunately, that's going to linger into next week. more america's news headquarters coming up after the break. utual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

♪ >> posh hours from right now president trump will announce his supreme court pick multiple sources are now telling fox news he's expected to nominate judge amy coney barrett. with that we welcome you to "america's news headquarters" i'm leland vittert. molly god to be with you. molly: live at 5 p.m. eastern but get insight into the president decision making process we have john roberts who is at the white house, of course. with more on this as we inch closer to the big announcement

gown. >> two most important things that president can do is make a nomination for the supreme court. so the president with the very, very important day today as he nominates an associate justice for the supreme court who not only will take ruth bader ginsburg seat but will ideologically flip that seat where it was when she was there and multiple sources told us that nominee is going to be amy coney barrett from the 7th circuit court of appeals. president nominated her to 7th circuit back in 2017 she is a solidly conservative as they come, though. in her confirmation, back in 2017 she did attract three democrat votes including former senator john donnelly like amy coney barrett from indiana and also like the judge went to notre dame law school in virginia joe manchin of west virginia voted in favor of her. the moment the announcement is made clock starts making

confirmation and virginia last month the president saying with two exceptions susan collins and of alaska republicans are united behind his pick. listen here. >> that seat, oh we're going to fill it don't worry about it. as republicans have been very unified to see that very unified even a couple of people that normally don't volt -- usually don't vote with the republicans, but they are. and we have tremendous unity in the party mitch is doing a good job. kevin is doing a good job. >> one of the people that president trump was talking about utah senator mitt romney who often doesn't vote with president but in this case says he will. democrats likely try to throw rod blocks to slow the nomination and judiciary committee says there's likely nothing that can be done to stop it most democrats likely do is complain long and loud, about republicans feeling the seat when they they refuse to do the same thing in 2016.

here's what the president said about that. >> i'm watching the democrats say how terrible it is appointing we have the right. we won the election that we have the right. we won the election. [applause] we have a lot of time and if they were in opposition they would do the same thing maybe they would just do it more rapidly. >> so election is in 38 days. can judge amy coney barrett be confirmed in time well john paul stevens confirmed in 19 days 1981. sandra day o'connor confirm in 33 days so lots of time to do it. visits likely begin tuesday of next week. hear physician could begin the week of october the 12th the target date for a vote in full senate is around october had the 28th. we'll see if they can follow that schedule. molly. molly: oh. that would be quite a schedule be one for all of us to watch, of course, you with that front row seat john roberts. thank you. >> thanks. leland: 38 days until the election that could ins a lot of

senators who are going to be voting on this who were up for reelection themselves. congressional correspondent chads on capitol hill. chad we've heard two names throughout the week amy cohn nit barrett and barbara lagoa. why do some republicans feel it is going to be easier to get barrett through even though it was lagoa who got bipartisan support for the circuit vote? >> counterintuitive and clear that republicans in the senate intend to move this nominee through with the minimum of votes that they need to confirm this nominee. let me break it down for you look at the confirmation votes at the federal level. senate confirmed amy coney barrett 55 to 43 now you may think that's a tougher confirms battle but here's the paradox. last december, the senate confirmed barbara lagoa 80-15 that means she got a lot of democratic votes and in this instance that bipartisan vote actually works against lagoa since republicans seem to have

the votes they will do this with bear minimum strange but weirds and weird political year fewer votes help in this instance. leland. leland: it is 2020 weird if it wasn't weird. [laughter] you've got a couple of republican senators, though, who are in tough reelection fights i'm thinking cory gardner and martin mcsally as well how does it affect them? >> we don't really know yet how this is going to impact the electorate and going to energize basis but they were energized let's do a case study here with johnny republican in a.i.g., she's in a competitive reelection bid, in a swing state on one hand voting for a pro-life nominee probably helps. but those conservative voters were likely going to vote for her anyway with early voting nobody knows just the impact that this nomination fight will have on the electorate with people voting already all over the country well before november 3rd. leland: early voting again is wild card.

we look at this in terms of how these are going to play out on television. the confirmation hearings in the senate judiciary committee a kesm week before the election. every time we have a confirmation hearing it seems to be the most contentious of all time. brett kavanaugh confirmation hearing set that bar pretty high. where do we go from here? >> certainly you have that with clarence thomas and anita hill in 1991 that kind of up the ante, so to speak. there's one major difference the capitol complex is closed for the public now and closed since middle of the march because of the pandemic so no protesters inside i'm sure outside and across the street you have plenty of demonstrators on both sides that will be different. you have the election you also have key issues at this court will probably decide borings that's going to be a big one and don't forget that in early november, supreme court will hear a case, on obamacare. leland. leland: we've heard senators start on attack on that very point of obamacare. chad front row seat for you as

well over next few weeks stay tuned my friend. thank you. >> thank you. molly. molly: and vice presidential candidate kamala harris is expected to address the supreme court issue during her stop in north carolina. that's on monday. rich edson is following the biden-harris campaign from wilmington, delaware. rich to you. >> good afternoon molly former vice president joe biden says he's preparing for a session of personal attacks from president trump when they have their first debate tuesday. this is in an interview with msnbc with vice president former vice president also saying is the president is a liar, not that smart, doesn't know that much about foreign policy or the specifics of other issues, and so he will therefore resort to personal attacks. biden is saying very little about his supreme court strategy beyond promising to nominate a black woman and work with democrats and republicans to arrive at that nominee. >> number one i'm not being

facetious when i say this number one get rid of the worst president of the american history, donald trump. and he holds a lot of people that sway. everybody republican party knows he's vein ticktive people are worried i think what about he'll do with him gone, i think it opens up a different avenue. bipartisanship was hardly in fashion when biden served as vice president during the obama administration, before donald trump even won the presidency. >> democrats are framing the upcoming confirmation process as republican power grab that violates the standard of election year supreme court confirmations and senate republicans created four years ago. in thes are also tieing the court fight to issue it is they want to discuss. health care, and covid-19. biden tweeted, quote, in the middle of a global pandemic, president trump is trying to get the u.s. supreme court to eliminate obamacare and rip health care protections away from hundred americans with preexisting conditions don't forgets that. and biden campaign will continue

that message vp nominee senator kamala harris in raleigh on monday talking about the supreme court and obamacare now as for president trump's refusal to unequivocally state to leave office if he lost the election biden commented on that as well. he says he will believe the president will leave office making the vow almost that president will, in fact, leave office. , though, biden says one thing he's concerned about is the president will prompt some unrest in doing so. back grow, -- to you molly. >> the election is one of the topics that chris wallace will be addressing rich edson thank you so much. >> thanks. >> we bring in congresswoman debby. great to see you ma'am we appreciate it. we know at the bottom corner of the screen 7:30 rally for president trump today and a bunch of events yesterday. joe biden called this morning, he's called a lid early in the morning 7 of the past 14 days, 11 of the past 26 this month as

joe pointed out. are you worried that he's just not getting out enough? >> look, we've got two different men with very different approaches to covid quite frankly. i think what you see is a former vice president who is running for president who cares very deep lis about not having large crowds not infecting everybody not chiropracticking to mass spread to community spread and we have a president that doesn't encourage people to wear masks. doesn't care -- leland: there would be a lot of ways thoag for joe biden to take questions from the national media to do event it is to be out in ways that he still can express his concern as he has about the coronavirus and wear a mask without calling if a lid at 9:30 every half of the morning is this the president we get? a guy who calls a lid every morning at the 9:30? >> you know. joe biden a long time this is a man that has energy and doesn't --

you don't know is what's he doing on debate prep and debate on tuesday we don't know what meetings he's having et cetera i know this man has worked very heart disease and -- leland: wouldn't his campaign know if the main attack by republicans on joe biden is about his vitality he gets confused can't keep a long schedule wouldn't they be going out of their way to be showing things you say might be happening? >> 50*eu78 not going to second guess the campaign. i'm gong to, you know, what i'm doing lee land i'm roming up my sleeve voting for the man and working for the man that i know is going to bring this country together. leland: fair -- >> i grays on two styles so drchghtly i'm so upset by what's happened this week that, i mean, i can come back at you and say what do you say about a man who says he's not going to support transition it have government that woke up the country. leland: it did wake up a lot of republicans as you rightly point out. all of this is left little this

time for discussion about policy. but i do want to get to that. especially in the state of michigan that you and i love so much. this was neil cavuto talking to kim clyburn the whip there in the house of your caucus about joe biden's potential tax policy. take a listen. >> what is a fair share for rich folks to pay? >> i have no idea what it is. i do know that experts can make that determination and they have already determined that upper one percent is not paying its fair share. we have to study all of that. leland: do american people deserve to know how high their taxes are going to be before they vote for somebody? >> well, i think that the american people need -- to know what donald trump is going to do that he was going to cut the taxes on shifting jobs overseas i think we need to make sure you've got the warren bust of the will bill gates saying

they can pay more. they should be paying more. i even heard jeffs bezos say that in taxings more. so we need to get the policy people in place but i don't think that -- democrats are looking at increasing taxes on the milingsz class i think they're looking at having billionaires pay more of their fair share. leland: okay. what about all of the small business owners in michigan who may be a little bit better off than the middle class but who still could potentially fall inside of a tax democrat tax increase? >> i want to the say something a lot of small businesses aren't better off they're working their tails off trying to get bis and give people jobs. so we want to make sure small businesses thrive and we do it is fair to say i would like the president to have been more transparent what he was going to do on tax policy. but i think we're not looking at increasing taxes on people that are getting by and making just getting by and looking at --

people that are billionaires should pay more and they themselves constantly say that they should be paying more. i'm not getting into these strict questions right now. about what is right or what's not right. i know billionaire should be paying more. i know some of the court we have corporations that aren't paying any taxes either. leland: no tax on billions of dollaring on profits is one that the accountant side have been able to figure out over the years. congresswoman we appreciate your time as always. thank you. >> thank you leland it has good to see you molly. molly: we have reaction, of course, from the other side let's bring in republican georgia congressman member of the house judiciary committee doug collins now running for u.s. senate. thank you so much for joining us congressman we really appreciate it. we want to talk laingt about the debate we just saw your colleague on. the congresswoman talking a little bit about the different

approaches, former president joe biden and president trump have. we have seen president trump out there on the campaign trail in these recent days we have not seen a lot of former vice president as he has as leland mentioned called a lid so frequently in last week presumably he's preparing for the debate set to be right here tuesday night on fox news channel. your thoughtings on the two men and their approaches here and the days just a few days until that debate. >> first of all the best job in the country right now is covering joe biden's presidential campaign you don't have to go anywhere. they clear a full lid nothing happens. i'm wongd ring is there a secret passage way to get out of the basement because there's a distinct difference here you have a president who is leading a president who is out talking to voters a president out doing things that you would expect a kangt to do and you have joe biden simply hiding behind surrogate behind prepare speeches and hiding behind cue cards on zoom calls there's a difference here do you want a leader who leads or one who wants to hide behind the

apparatus of the democratic party and to assume that's what's going to get him elected because he's saying i want to be the alternative to donald trump. donald trump is putting out a vision for americans. to vote for me what what we've done and what i want to do. molly:ive got any popcorn ready and very much looking forward to tuesday but we have a little bit of polling about importance of making debates in as far as making the decision as far as voters are concerned. 18% say extremely important. 11% say quite important just somewhat important 27 not all that important at 44 but that 18 and 11% those are pretty high numbers of people that are looking at this and potentially could use this debate to make a decision we have also a poll taking after the 2016 presidential debate that showed that hillary clinton before the debate was up over president trump. and also right after the debate up as well and yet she, of course, went on as we know to lose the election. your thoughts on the importance of the impact of the potential impact of this first debate in

the debates beyond. >> well, i think that always have a decision in something you can use for the public to look at and measure and i have a candidate who would not want to debate either. so i whawns we're going through here senator left doesn't want a debate. vice president biden and trump are going to have a chance to be front and center with the world watching. and you're going to get to see them face-to-face. probably more than any other debate we've seen in presidential history they go back to kennedy nixon the first where people got to see folks they're concerned now. people want to see this issue of a presidential candidate joe bide whon is hiding from the american people who is simply wanting ads doing media campaign and president who is out along the people. this would gi them a chance to size up the two men, in a way of answer questions how they handle and present themselveses what i have found on campaign trail is people want to see you you react to questions and not react to prepared stuff that you can make an answer for. they want to see how you stand

on two feet because as a president you have to confront the day-to-day issues. you have to be will willing to make decision and joe biden has called into question his ability to make those decisions because he's simply loses track he loses focus. he doesn't go out in public and goes out in public they have to rush him to get back into the basement because they're scared of what he's going to say. >> one of the things that seems like the debate each campaign is looking for a moment to take away from the debate to be a win for them to have that big moment. biden recently called president trump the worst president calling him vein vindictive andn campaign saying they expect personal attack when is you talk about trying to make points in important issues that chris wallace will be bringing up to two competitors at this point competitor on cusp of an election are we also going to see the back and forth do you think? >> every moment of a public debate has those and interesting as president trump can talk about actual accomplishments he can talk f talk about tax cut

and job plan -- approve our economy had lowest unemployment for in the country. weaves seen in years especially among minority groups to talk about first step and talk about criminal justice reform he can talk about actual comments. joe biden big test thing is avoiding gap and have to go out to talk about fail policy such as obamacare having a terrible foreign policy with iran and basically -- you know giving away the far when it came to standing in the war with our military so there are sharp distinction. i think joe bide listen try i think he's been practicing for his debate. so you always warrant to that but interesting issue is two presidents estate will be the thing. molly: congressman good points there especially about the campaigns trying to avoid having the big gasp that may play for days a representative doug collins thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks molly good to be with you. leland: this is going to come up on debate stage demonstrations

taking place across the country black lives matter folks out on the streets in kentucky among other cities last night. brian there in louisville has protest get underway, hi brian. reporter: city wide curfew in downtown louisville in effect again tonight for fourth night in a row and we have reaction from breonna taylor's family for the grand jury decision and the attorney general announced it earlier this week. next.

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molly: all third straight night of unrest protesters taking to the streets as breonna taylor lawyers call on the state's attorney general to release transcripts from the grand jury proceeding. we have brian who has been following all of this and is in louisville watching this for us. brian. reporter: molly good afternoon. well you know last night was relatively quiet 22 arrests in the third night of protest. tonight will be the fourth straight night of protest since that grand jury's decision to not charge any of those three officers involved in the killing of breonna taylor. now in terms of that decision, breonna taylor family well they reacted yesterday for the first time in a highly emotional press conference.

breonna taylor aunt bianca austin reading statement from breonna taylor's mother tameka palmer that said she had no faith in the justice system in this country. that the mother tameka palmer knew that the justice system would essentially fail her. and that attorney general daniel cameron would also fail the family. and the lawyers are now asking for the release of all of the evidence including the body cam footage all of the police files, and the secret grand jury transcripts. they wanted all out there as the fbi continues their own separate investigations. listen to bianca austin as she spoke yesterday. >> you did just rob me of my family you robbed the world of a queen. a queen willing to do a job that most of us can never stomach to do. a queen willing to build up anyone around her. a queen who was starting to pave her path. reporter: breanna breonna taylo6

years old and she was shot six times including one time in the heart fatally now a statement from the attorney general daniel cameron, in response to the call to release those transcripts from the grand jury, says this, attorney general cameron is committed to doing everything he can tone sure the integrity of the prosecution before him and continue fulfilling his ethical obligations both as a prosecutor and as a partner in ongoing federal investigation. meanwhile we're now seeing new video from a police camera moments after shooting inside of breonna taylor's apartment it shows the sergeant jonathon who got hit in the leg with a bullet from a gun shot by kenneth walker inside of that apartment. you see them being, officer being put in the back of a truck. and moved to safety. now hem by the way through his attorney says they are looking to perhaps sue to file civil lawsuits against anyone for defamation because he believes his lawyer believes that he's

been miscategoryize as a murderer throughout all of this when he says all he was doing was self-defense. at the bottom line is molly we are waiting to see what tonight will bring if it will bring anymore hostility or violence and clashes again, it is seems to be relatively quiet and very quiet right now during the day, and this city wide curfew begins at 9 p.m. goes to 3:30 in the morning and until monday morning we shall see and be here tonight toe sou how it goes. molly. molly: we can sometimes see quiet ending when nightfalls. brian, thank you so much for your coverage we wish you safety, of course, all of the people there in louisville as well. thank you. leland. leland: mayor of rochester new york named new interim police chief effort to reform that force and protest in that city as well. alex hogan live in new york city but also saw protest last night with a little more. hi alex. >> mayor there announcing rochester that this is a move to

hear the demands from protesters and heal the community by changing traditional policing. we've seen weeks of protest there in rochester new york forren daniel 41-year-old who died a week after his arrest. now major changes, with the city plpgd today mayor warren announcing appointment of a new police chief cynthia harriet sullivan first police chief fill a role on october 14th. >> harriet sullivan also served as a member of the critical response team that investigated law enforcement in custody death experience that will be beneficial to accomplishing needed change within the rpd reestablishing trust within our community. reporter: protest continuing around country with just 38 days until the election according to a kinder family study policing and race relation among top for voters.

kamala harris speaking at the end of the convention yesterday saying, history is going to show inflection point in the ongoing fight in criminal justice. i believe is a former prosecutor black lives matter has been most significant agent for change within the criminal justice. in new york last night hundreds of people marched from the barclays center to brooklyn bridge follow out grand jury decision not to charge the officers involved in breonna taylor's death and more protest are set to be underway not only here in new york but one at 4 p.m. in queens also across the country demanding change and demanding justice. leland. leland: a lot of folks demanding police shut down highways as well. we'll see how this turns out over the weekend alex thank you. molly. molly: president trump set to officially announce his nominee for the supreme court in just a few hours. with multiple sources telling fox news that he's expected to name amy coney barrett as his pick. we have one live from the

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>> hours now from president trump announcement 5 p.m. eastern special coverage starts at 4 with bret and shannon we want to take a closer look at his expected pick. judge amy coney barrett david with more on legal record scrutinizing over next few weeks. hi, david. >> leland good afternoon since the passing of justice scalia conservatives have craved a conservative leaning justice on the supreme court. one that is a in the mold of justice antonin scalia well they may get their wish today if it is amy coney barrett as the

president's pick the reason because she is in his legal mold. she actually clerk for him at the supreme court back in 1998 she's known as a texturallist someone who interprets as written that's what many conservatives want to hear. now just about 9 months after president trump took the oath of office in september 2017, e coney barrett got a memorable taste of washington, d.c. during her confirmation hearing for the 7th circuit court of appeals in chicago at that hearing defended about to play into landmark cases. listen here. >> and you have no personal belief as to whether was correctly decided? >> i'm insure every nominee before you has belief about that president many other president and many others but all nominees are united in their belief that what they think about a president should not bear in how they would decide cases. >> barrett is avid catholic senate confirmed barrett 55 to

43 three democrats voted to put her on appeal bench and john donnelly west virginia senator joe manchin and tim the vice president for hillary clinton back in 2016. barrett was rumored to be a front runner for a spot on high court in 2018. when president trump personally interviewed her he ultimately chose now justice brett kavanaugh instead and native mother of 7 coney barrett call south bend indiana home if confirmed by the senate expected to be confirmed if you ask senator mcconnell and lindsey graham she would be fifth woman to sit on the supreme court of the united states and we're just really a few hours away. big day here in washington. really around the country because this will have impacts for decades to come. leland. leland: over reporting all the way back during kavanaugh hearing president trump said he was safing amy coney barret for this seat and this time. david at the supreme court, david, thank you molly.

>> thank you leland. molly: for a preview as supreme court fight heads into the senate, let's bring in constitutional accountability senator and the first liberty institute executive. thank you both for joining us here today here we are in the cusp of this major announcement just a few hours from now. the leading contender source have told fox news channel it is expected to be amy coney barrett. so we're waiting for that officially to get underway john roberts has reported we could potentially see a vote in the senate as soon as october 28th days before the election. do we expect the wheels to turn as swiftly as they potentially could? hi your thoughts. >> well, you know this is a pretty historically, a lot of president history for president nominating and justices being confirmed to their seats during a presidential election cycle.

this is probably the most to the 19 56 seat that keam open when justice sherman had a resignation due to health reasons on september the 7th but president eisenhower engage in a much more aggressive move than president trump is here because he actually made a recess appointment of justice brennan did not have any kind of senate confirmation process until after he won reelection in 1957. so i think, president trump here is being a little more cautious and approaching this in a more judicious way than during the vacancy. molly: as well that the -- whoever the individual is potentially, ms. barrett we shall will meet with senator soon is there anything that democrat who is might want to slow the wheels could potentially do, elizabeth? >> 1956 was a long time ago and

this is not way in modern era we have gone about supreme court nominations. and not only is it in election year. we are in the middle of the election. people are already casting their votes in early voting states. so the people are already in the process of having their say and that make it is very different from the any other nomination. secondly, you know, this is a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. we don't want to do a rush job and amy coney barrett put on the court of appeals three years ago she has a substantial record since then that it is the senate's duty to advise cone consent on to the hearing and that's an entirely other question of whether or not it is appropriate when the legitimacy of the supreme court is at stake to have a hearing while the people are voting. molly: yeah you know there are very few rules set downs in the constitution regarding about how

to go about it and see how it unfolds this time but most recently things have gotten contentious including take a look at about this exchange this is the senator kamala harris, of course, now she's the vice presidential nominee on the democratic side. take a listen to this exchange with now supreme court justice. >> say to have them do it? >> no witness who was there supports that i was there. >> i'll take that as a no and we can move on. >> how do you reconcile your statement about a conspiracy against you? do you agree that it is possible for men to both be friends with some women? and treat other women badly? did you watch doctor forth's testimony? >> i did not. i plan to. >> thank you. molly: so pretty tough grilling there. do you expect to see the same with whoever it is president trump nominating potentially amy coney barrett? >> obviously, with judge barrett

she's already been through a grilling already. and able to come out of this and be confirmed in a bipartisan way. she, obviously, as elizabeth pointed out she has extensive strong record, and this has been fully vetted already by the senate. and also you know, this president, president trump has put a substantial effort in vetting these potential nominees, in fact, you know putting out a public list in the most transparent and the most robust vetting by any president a potential nominee and so i think the record is pretty clear. i think there's not a lot of new information for people to be had. so i would assume that the senate would just want to go through their process and that this would be fairly quick because there's really not a lot of new information for them to make a different decision than they did in a bipartisan way supporting judge barrett if that's the nominee. molly: we are running out of

time i want to give elizabeth a final answer here as we're heading into these -- confirmation hearings. your thoughtings on what the nominee may face. >> so the difference between appellate court judge and supreme court judge is that a lower court judge follows precedent supreme court judge sets it and we heard from barrett she disagrees with the rulings from the supreme court repeatedly upholding constitutionality of the affable care act that's last thing we need to strike down health care when american people need it crucially in the time of a pandemic. molly: make it is all the more interesting as we head into this election and all of folks out there across america thinking about who they'll be voting for. elizabeth, and thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having us. leland. leland: new race for the coronavirus vaccine and news of a vaccine that actually works. [♪]

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leland: 1:5 2 to replace justice ruth bader ginsburg on the supreme court 5 p.m. eastern for the announcement. and the evening he'll head to battle ground of state pennsylvania holding rally with supporters outside of harrisburg. that's live here on the channel 7:30 and president trump is going to join his rival joe biden on the debate stage for

the first time on tuesday. chris wallace moderating that debate in cleveland, ohio. 9 p.m. eastern on tuesday pregame, of course, starts long before that. molly: thousands of california residents are expected to lose power this weekend as utility companies initiate rolling blackouts to help prevent knew fires. christina coleman has more from our l.a. bureau joining us next. christina. reporter: hi molly state largest pacific gas and electric could shut off power to 97,000 customer this is weekend because of dangerous fire conditions. a red-flag warning is in effect for much of northern california because going to have more dry, hot and windy weather. the strongest winds are expected tonight into tomorrow morning, and central and northern california. emergency officials worry that gusty winds could spread the flames and some of the 25 major

wildfires already burning in california alone. so far at least 35 people have died from wildfires burning in the west. and thousands of homes and other structures have been destroyed. >> i'm sorry this happened to our beautiful community. it's now a moonscape and people have lost their homes. j winds came up, it was inferno and couldn't stop anything. molly: despite ongoing destruction a lot of progress has been made on controlling some of these fires. in part because the cooler seasonal temperatures and rain in the pacific northwest over the past week. the air is also clearing up from some of the smoke pollution and in southern california, most of the evacuation orders were lifted around the massive bobcat fire that is burned for nearly threer weeks now in angeles national force that fire is 61% contained request no heavy rain on the horizon, in california, dry conditions are still ripe for wildfires. the u.s. forest service is extending its closure orders for

9 inarm forests in california because of the extreme fire conditions and critical limitations of firefighter resources, they're evaluating when they should reopen forests on a daily basis. molly. molly: yeah remains very dangerous situation christina coleman, thank you. leland. leland: the dangerous for a lot of pets and animals out there as well. we have a story of survival for california wildfires. this is a kitten that was saved after being found covered in ash in the middle of the road last weekend. the cat was nicknamed baby yoda on the left and baby yoda on the right with alien in a film the disney femme. baby yoda now safe and recovering animal shelter. molly i did not know how to pronounce that film maybe you do. >> "mandalorian" it is stellar yes it is fantastic.

i highly recommend it, it comes out in october. waiting for the next episode. >> pass a little cuter. >> it is cute. very cute it is. cuter perhaps than baby yoda as it is. leland: been a great two hours three hours away from president trump's announcement at the rose garden we just got and mail from john roberts chief white house correspondent urgent the nominee is absolutely barrett just got quadruple confirmation bret and sharon have call starting at 4 p.m. eastern. john roberts, obviously, join them there from the white house. been a great couple of hours with you i'll see you at 5 a.m. tomorrow morning to break down a little bit of news from overnight. we'll see you tomorrow. . .

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