senator patty murray on 2 congressional committees and he is in washington ok it is get right to it david mcconnell said he'll have a vote on the nominee really haven't before election day. i think he's going to do everything he can to push it through before election day because i think the stakes larry are incredibly high and fraught for the republicans if they went after the election when you know if that only speech believe doll trouble be a losing president and senate republicans will have lost their majority in the senate but the reality is this is a this is a dangerous political calculus for the majority leader because what he's really doing fundamentally is pushing through political force a nominee whoever that person is who is deeply unpopular with the american people 60 percent of americans including nearly half of republicans hope want the next president not this president but the next president to be the one who gets to decide who will replace ruth bader ginsburg are on the supreme court and so it's a deeply unpopular thing in this because doing is fundamentally the stakes here are so hi

patty murray on 2 congressional committees and he is in washington ok it has get right to it david mcconnell said he'll have a vote on the nominee really haven't before election day. i think he's going to do everything he can to push it through before election day because i think the stakes larry are incredibly high and fraught for the republicans if they went after the election when you know if that only speak believe doll trouble be a losing president and senate republicans will have lost their majority in the senate but the reality is this is a this is a dangerous political calculus for the majority leader because what he's really doing fundamentally is pushing through a political force a nominee whoever that person is who is deeply unpopular with the american people 60 percent of americans including nearly half of republicans hope want the next president not this president but the next president to be the one who gets to decide who will replace ruth bader ginsburg or on the supreme court and so it's a deeply unpopular thing in this because doing it fundamentally the stakes yourself becau

senator patty murray on 2 congressional committees and he is in washington ok to get right to it david mcconnell so.

macro is you, david frum. mcconnell may not have as easy a play as it would seem. how?s not a lot of days left between the election. the senate is scheduled only to meet 12 more days. that's not a lot of time. maybe mcconnell has in mind that he can start the process now and complete it after the election before the inauguration. >> we are heading to the election which is 145 million americans will vote. if the polls are right, president trump will lose by a margin of 10 million votes. in the face of the massive repudiation of the idea that do do -- things just go ahead. >> david froze. >> they may get harder. >> i lost you for a second, david. >> you can say yes you just go ahead. in the reality of the world after the election, that may not be easy to do. >> if it were to go this way, ron, why would that be a reflection of the reality that you point out in your piece which was not ruled by the majority anymore. it is a president who does not win the popular vote and it is senators in power as a majority party with numbers that don't reflect the majority of the country

speaker pelosi: talk about what it means -- david: talk about what it means to get serious. with whom? senator mcconnellcretary of the treasury, mark meadows? who is on the other side of the negotiating table? speaker pelosi: certainly not mark meadows. in terms of negotiation, republicans have to negotiate among themselves. mitch mcconnell has this pathetic bill which is half of what secretary mnuchin has proposed. they are not even in agreement. we said we would come down. we came down $1 trillion and then we came down further and said we would meet them halfway. some of that is because we can put off the timing of some of ours. it is about timing and we can have that negotiation. to to ignore those needs, ignore --how could they ignore the virus and the cost to our economy? two of the sticking points for us our state and local government, which not only provides many needs for the american people, but provides 90% of the public education system in our country. needed,money coronavirus centric in terms of education, are double what they want to do. of course, the funding for crushing the virus. those

mcconnell. >> bob, david, thank you to both of you for being with us and talking through all of that.ther huge story happening here in washington. >>> there is a lot of them this morning on a busy monday morning. we're on the ground next with voters talking about that bombshell report about president trump's taxes, just before the first presidential debate. hear from them and how team biden is looking to capitalize off the news. and we're talking to raja krishnamoorthi about what his committees are going to do after the release of the president's tax returns. oing to do after the release of the president's tax returns. >>> first, mandatory evacuations happening now in northern california as the so-called glass fire makes its way through napa county. starting first as a brush fire, the flames have spread to at least 2500 acres in just one day. this fire is moving really fast, it is not contained at all. 0% contained. officials want people to evacuate. you have several hundred structures under threat right now. buildings and businesses. there is no word on what started this fire. but in

as you just started saying, david, what we know about mitch mcconnell is that his driving dream is to courts, the federal courts with as many far right-wing judges as possible donald trump made that possible. he supposedly had what i think he called the biden rule that you cannot replace a supreme court justice in the midst of an election, a presidential election i presume that that rule will no longer be operative if this opportunity is availed to him. >> yes we saw what happened with merrick gaurland in the last year of the obama presidency when he was nominated. there was nothing that said you can't nominate someone eight to ten months before the election but they refused to consider it. they broke what was a tremendous norm in american politics, which was not unusual given that many norms have been broken by trump and his republican cult in the last three and a half years. and now no doubt they're going to come back and say, oh, we didn't -- we were kidding back then or now things are different and there will be a battle royale, as they try to grab this open seat rather than adher

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david, how do you see the political battle that is about to be waged. >> mitch mcconnell has just turned on the gauntlet, anderson. i think we are going to have a titanic fight over this. yes, as jeffrey has said, it will mobilize a lot of people on the right. overturn roe v. wade. where people think donald trump has delivered on his promises, they will vote in heavier numbers. but this will unleash a fury among democrats, for all the obvious reasons. so brazenly contemptuous of fair play. it is so hypocritical, that i think you are going to see that the republicans will pay a price at the polls this november, over this issue. i think -- among other things, i think it makes it more likely -- i think it makes it more likely that joe biden will win the election. it makes it more likely that the democrats will take over the senate. and if biden is the president and, next year, when he tries to heal things. i think it's going to make polarization even more poisonous, almost irreversible. filibuster, for example, i think could easily go out of the anger that's caused over something this unfai

david gergen, thank you. a arianne is joining us by phone. what do you make of mitch mcconnell's statement. >> it's the next big fight, that's what's interesting about it, we saw what the last fight was over brett kavanaugh, and that was after the gorsuch, the whole gorsuch nomination hearing. anderson, it's interesting, the one thing i wanted to talk about is the fact that ruth bader ginsberg began this last supreme court term with her fourth bout of cancer, she was heading into this unbelievable term with those big issues. in january she thought that she was cancer free and she told cnn. but then in february she got these new tests, and what's remarkable about it, she didn't talk to the public about it like she had in the past. she just dug, in and she -- she dominated oral arguments on an abortion case. and then covid came and the court was closed down. she had a health mishap during those telephonic arguments, she called in from the hospital and continued to pepper the government on women's health care issues. that kind of shows the woman that she was and at the end of the te

david: just what we need. let's turn to washington, where mitch mcconnell says he will put his so-called skinny version of the stimulus bill to the senate tomorrow. democrats always saying it is not enough to start a negotiation. we welcome republican senator from indiana mike braun. always a pleasure to have you with us. let me ask you the most direct and blunt question. do the republicans want to stimulus bill before the election? sen. braun: if you targeted it and you took what we had left over from the cares act, conservative senators have been getting together over the last couple weeks to propose just that. we appreciated that leader mcconnell seem to accept a lot of our ideas, which would be take what is left over unspent for the cares act, find the places in need of attention, and obviously that is not even $1 trillion. the democrats from the get-go, when we are at $3 trillion, calling that a bargaining chip or liability protection, that is part of what is in the bill. willnk it shows where you get 51 republican votes. you will lose many of the more conservative republicans if you get a top line that

david rubenstein show. in the united states, congressional leaders are hardening their stance on fiscal stimulus. mitch mcconnellntroduced a proposal for a slimmed-down package expected to cost between $500 billion and $700 billion. that is a far cry from the two point $2 trillion of relief democrats want. meager they have is so it insults the intelligence of the american people. it does not solve the problem. we know we have to compromise. we know we have to negotiate to reach an agreement. we all want an agreement. make no mistake. but get real, mitch mcconnell. fidelity --bby anna fabiana from robeco is still with us. she mentioned how fed leaders signaled fiscal relief is needed. do you think fiscal relief in the united states -- or without fiscal relief that the economic recovery we have seen will be halted? fabiana: we do need fiscal relief. we need this package to come out. the market need this package to come out. we have seen democrats and republicans at opposite ends. 3.4 trillionth dollars from the democrats and 500 million from the republicans. we are now closer i think. steve mnuchin talked about $5

mitch mcconnell, anybody else. david enough votes right now to confirm a replacement for supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. earlier utah senator mitt romney announced he will support -- he didn't say he'll support president trump's nominee, if qualified, he will support the nominee. that has to go through the qualification process. and, of course, the president will announce his pick on saturday. come in, wyoming senator john brass mow. good to see you -- john barrasso. can we get a confirmation before the election? is there enough time for that? >> well, there's certainly plenty of time to get a confirmation, david. and, you know, the president is going to make his nomination this saturday from the list that i'd look for, each one of these is a very highly qualified woman who will be a tremendous addition to the court. members are all going to want to actually hear what she has to say, study the record, go to the hearings. and let's take a look at what the democrats are going to do. we know their playbook. they

david axelrod had to say. he says, quote, if donald trump and senator majority leader mitch mcconnell ram through a replacementtus will have a majority of justices appointed by presidents who finished second in the popular vote, confirmed by senate majorities who represented less than a half of the country. a tyranny of the minority. he uses that word tyranny. do you see it that way? >> so this i think is what is wrong about how president trump is justifying his decision. he's essentially saying that we can do it, therefore, we should do it. but the whole point of the supreme court is to actually stand as a check on the other two branches of government, which means that our choices about it should be as free of partisanship and politics as possible. it's not about what you can do here, it's about what you should do. if i were the republicans, i would be thinking what is -- not only what is the right thing to do, but what's the reaction going to be if, as you say, a president who lost my 3 million votes joined by senators who represent a very small percentage of americans do something to affect the interpretati

david, good evening. my, oh, my, what a time we're living in right now. >> indeed, yeah. >> if mitch mcconnell's plan to replaceburg before election day works, you say it will be a tyranny of the minority. talk to me about that. >> well, consider this. if he seats another justice on the supreme court, we'll now have five justices on the supreme court who are chosen by presidents who actually got fewer popular votes than their opponents in the election. george w. bush in 2000 and now trump. bush picked two justices, trump will have picked three. they'll also have been confirmed by senates that represented less than a majority of the country, because that's the way our constitutional system works. each state gets two senators. but the majority doesn't necessarily represent a majority of the country. and what you have are justices who don't necessarily reflect the majority view in the country. and yes, they're supposed to interpret the constitution, but they come and increasingly, they're screened for their ideological preferences. and so you get a court that's out of sync with a society over which they have so mu

in kentucky mitch mcconnell is doing quite well let's set that aside for a moment georgia looks competitive. the david john kor than race where me's up significantly. but in general if you go through mississippi and some of these other states, are democrats missing an opportunity by not putting more money in the south, even in races like alabama where they need an incumbent to defend like doug jones? >> well, it is important that you compete everywhere it is important that when you think about the south, and i talk about the south often, you have a large pocket of african-american voters right there in the south and they need representation, too. the entire region. and some of the issues that we are dealing with are consistent. in south carolina, in georgia, in mississippi, we have rural hospitals that have closed, and that is because people like lindsey graham have refused to expand medicate. and, you know, those areas also don't have broad band. i mean, these issues are consistent the issues i talk about in south carolina are the same issues they're dealing with in mississippi, in georgia and alabam

david mr. ginsberg mentioned, the president said " we will have to see what happens" in response to a question about a peaceful transfer of power. mitch mcconnelltoday there will be an orderly transition of power following the election. those orders for all of us are stay-at-home and away from other people did more to fight the spread of the coronavirus than business closures, and lead to fewer jobs being lost, according to a new study from the university of pennsylvania. the research is being presented today and found an estimated 33,000 lives were saved in the united states the end of may. researchers believe have of them were due to shelter-in-place orders. fewer students are choosing to attend college in the united states, the turn by the risk of covid-19 and the prospects of taking classes online. data released today show undergraduate enrollment dropped 2.5% for the current academic year, the steepest decline among international students, where enrollment dropped more than 11%. even the most sought-after colleges are feeling the impact. harvard enrollment fell almost 20 percent from last year. global news 24 hours a day, on-air, and on qu

david, how much more important, first of all, did this arizona race just become? >> yeah. no, it is important. it's one of the things mitch mcconnell donald trump are probably weighing right now because it does reduce their margin if there is a fight in a lame-duck session over this nomination. i think mcconnell is clearly trying to figure out, do i have the votes to move forward before this election? he wrote a letter last night to his caucus asking them to keep their powder dry on the issue of whether or not this should happen before the election. and, of course, two senators have already said they would be opposed to that. and so, you know, i think there's a lot of numbers crunching and a lot of phone calls going on right now. >> what's the fate of obamacare if, in fact, this administration does get to name another supreme court justice? >> look, i think that is a very important question. they're going to hear the case after the election. and if they can seat a justice by the election, that justice will hear the case. if they can't, then that justice won't. and they won't be able to vote on the case. but, you know, one thing thi

mitch mcconnell called him out for seeming indifference toward the kkk and david duke.fter charlottesville in his immediate remarks, the president didn't call out the white supremacists. he blamed both sides. then again you have last night. this is a president who has a trigger figure that's very itchy to condemn people, gold star mothers, teenagers, whether it's the deceased. he is very comfortable condemning people. but when it comes to white supremacists, he gets marble mouthed. >> the president interrupted the former vice president 73 times, at least. and that strategy began right from the get -- right out of the gate. he would interrupt him. seemed to be trying to throw him off stride and rattle him. what do you think was underneath that strategy? >> yes. his interruptions had interruptions. i think the strategy was to try to get in biden's head, to try to fluster him, to try to make him look -- again, i talk about those things that convey, to make him look like he lacked command, that he couldn't be president because he was flustered and rattled. he kept pressing

david, then i'll go to you, senator. >> i think you might say it's an extreme measure. but this whole thing is a farce. and mitch mcconnell, he's not even a human being. he was a cyborg sent to this planet to destroy it. so we can't play by any normal rules here. you mentioned what happen it is the democrats win the white house and the senate. if the democrats get rid of the filibuster and expand the supreme court, they should add statehood to puerto rico and d.c., they should have a list of things on climate, health care, voting rights and do them all. because there's no use getting rid of the filibuster unless yo exhaust that list. because you know the republicans will do that. so grab the power, and then utilize it. and unlike the republicans, do it on behalf of most of the country, whether it's on health care, on climate, on voting rights. i think that -- i don't say that lightly. but we are not in normal times. i think everything we care about is on the line. so we have to use extreme measures, both to win the election, but then afterwards.as >> senator boxer, you know this caucus well. you know dianne feinstein. a l

. ♪ david: it took just over an hour from the time the world learned of the passing of ruth bader ginsburg until the political maneuvering began. mitch mcconnellweeting the senate would move forward expeditiously to vote on whomever president trump nominates, despite how close we are to a major election. we talked to the second most powerful democrat in the senate, dick durbin of illinois, but we started out asking him to reflect on the effect justice ginsburg had on the law in the nation. sen. durbin: when i met her for the first time, i can recall the day. i noted how she was slight in stature, but apparently in her lifetime, a pillar of strength. what a giant lady. experienced the kind of discrimination and adversity which women have faced for generations, but she did not go quietly. she fought back. and made a real difference. i know that because since she passed i have run into so many women in my own family who have opened up and told me what they -- she wasbout her their hero, the woman they look to as a guiding force in their lives and the life of our country. the only thing i regret is so , so time has been spent many words have been

mcconnell. we have got to get rid of david duke type of people, but i'm going to tell you my last thing i want toell you right now -- my father and relatives fought for this country since the civil war. he is calling all of the people in my family from the civil war to the iraq war suckers? i am very sad. bless everybody. greg froms go to mechanicsburg, pennsylvania. he supports president trump. caller: i think most of your callers this morning have been screened by the people who answer the phone -- the election this year is not donald trump versus joe biden. it is donald trump versus the mainstream media. the mainstream media, including c-span is upset with the fact that hillary clinton did not win in 2016. these stories continue to come out again and again. saidf the first colors you you had saiders this happened two years ago. there has been an impeachment. nothing came out until now. what does that tell you? pointvietnam, i am a west graduate. i was in vietnam. my dad had three tours in vietnam. believet but -- do not this crop about donald trump saying these things. what he has done for the

mcconnell holds the deal to unlocking this. alix: also can he stay on message? that is a big one. tune in tonight for bloomberg's special coverage of the presidential debate. david be walking you through that. that wraps it up with me and guy. coming up, david westin will be speaking with dnc chairman tom perez. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: from bloomberg's world headquarters in ne

david, thank you. and joining us now republican senator tom cotton who as we mentioned is on president trump's short list of candidates for the court. senate majority leader mcconnellwe noted has said flatly that the president's choice, new choice for a justice will get a vote on the supreme court. senator cotton, are you talking about a vote on this justice before the election 6 weeks from tuesday? senator: good morning, chris. let me express my condolences to justice ginsburg's family and my regard of life-long dedication of public service. as for your question, the president said he will submit a nominee probably as early as this week and the senate will exercise our constitutional duty, will process the nomination, will conduct hearings, will be thorough and deliberate and careful just as we were with the nominations of justice gorsuch and justice kavanaugh. we will move forward without delay. chris: does that mean that there will be a vote to confirm before the election? senator: chris, there will be a vote. there's been some cases like justice ginsburg herself in which the nomination and confirmation process took less than 44 days and there's been other cases

david, washington is a loss. >> we seem to get closer and closer to nothing. the skinny offering made by mcconnellidn't even get out of the senate. >> no. >> you know, it just -- here we are, it's weeks later. it's weeks now since we had mnuchin on and pelosi on that day, remember, jim obviously you remember, we were together on that day. >> sure. >> nowhere >> i don't know, the chief of staff seemed to, as he called himself -- what did he call him the skunk at the party he scuttled a deal, i think. who knows. who benefits from it i don't like politics. i do like the idea that unemployment keeps going down because that's the strength of what can happen. and i wait for, david, yesterday while you were away we had the convoluted story about astrazeneca which had been in pole position where in what i regarded as somewhat disgraceful disclosure at a jpmorgan conference that maybe it works, maybe it doesn't, maybe someone is sick, maybe not david, the vaccine i think when you find what happened, the recruitment i bet took a stunning decline when we heard about what was naturally going to be something t

david spunts, thank you. eric? eric: the focus now shifts to capitol hill after senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he wille forward now with a trump supreme court nominee and get that to a floor if vote. in the spotlight for whether they will approve that or try and block those efforts are some senate republicans up for re-election in close races. they include susan collins of maine, cory gardner of colorado and martha mcsally of arizona. congressional correspondent chad pergram live on capitol hill with the latest reaction from there. people saying we can expect a confirmation here potentially before election day, chadsome. >> reporter: we just don't know the timing here. we're getting some hand signals that we think the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, and certainly the president will hit the gas pedal to try to move this through as quickly as possible. usually takes about 40 days from the time you actually sented a nomination to capitol hill before the supreme court and then about 67-70 days before you get a vote on the senate floor. so that would put a vote, you know, probably in lawsuit novem

david spunt reporting from the supreme court, thanknk you. soining us now republican senator tom cotton as we mentioned is on president trump short list of candidates for the court, the senate majority leader mcconnellwe noted has said flatly that the president choice, new toys for justice will get a vote on the supreme court. senator cotton, are you talking about a vote on this justice before the election six weeks from tuesday. >> good morning chris, let me express my condolences to justice ginsburg's family and my regard for her lifelong dedication to public service. as for yourr question the president said he is going to submit a nominee as early as this week in the senate will exercise their constitutional duty and process the nomination and conduct hearings, we will be thorough and deliberate and careful just as we were with the nomination of justice under justice gorsuch inductions kavanaugh. we will move forward without delay. chris: does that mean there will be a vote to confirm before the election? >> chris, there will be a vote. in some cases like justice ginsburg in which the nomination took less than 40 days in other cases which it took longer, it is too soon to say right now but we wil

mcconnell or is it donald trump? host: that's dexter in ohio. this is david, middleton, new jersey, independent. good morning. you're next. caller: good morning, c-span. the best channel on television. good morning, gentlemen. i'm a 96-year-young world war ii vet, and i am completely, completely disgusted at what is happening in our country. ow it's judge barrett, a brilliant, brilliant judge, but she doesn't represent what i feel this country needs. she will be so far right, and she will undo everything that udge ginsburg stood for. she will undo everything justice ginsburg stood for. i don't want to think what our country will be like years from now for our grandchildren, and for the grand children of all of the american people. we're going to have a court that's going to be predominantly far right for any, many, many years. the effects for many, many years. i don't know what the medical people can do, but she can do it now as far as i'm concerned, whether the country is going. do not go in the right direction. for some y is not people. it's for we the people, and that's not what our country is all about. w

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell asked that question this morning of the senate parliamentarian and there is no such precedent in the senate. davidould say democrats would be so upset replacing a liberal with a conservative, but this is precedent-setting no doubt. chad, appreciate it. republican ohio congressman jim jordan, blasting democrats pushing a resolution to prevent any party from packing the supreme court calling for a limit to nine justices keeping it at that number. "real clear politics" cofounder tom bevin where all this goes. i have to gush a little bit about markets, "real clear politics," at a time non-partisan reporting almost disappeared from the landscape in america, "real clear politics," real clear markets, all the real clear products provide with non-partisan reporting. it may be a kiss of death for applauding it but i had to applaud it before i get the to the questions, tom. democrats let the cat out of the bag they want to pack the supreme court by changing rules. some rules have not been laid out in the constitution. we're free to do this as a nation. others would require an amendment to the constitution b

david: epa administrator andrew wheeler, good to see you, administrator. thank you for being here. >>> well, republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is pushing a skinnyon of a stimulus round in hopes of averting a contentious dead end in congress. chad pergram with the path to the stimulus and it may not happen? reporter: you are absolutely right. two big things they have to do. they have to fund the government by the end of september and there's also an effort to try to get some sort of agreement on coronavirus relief. keep in mind mitch mcconnell has put this bill together. there's going to be a test vote tomorrow which needs 68 but it's unclear whether or not they even have a simple majority inside the senate republican conference. among those who are skeptical is the senate minority leader chuck schumer. >> leader mcconnell knows this bill won't pass. he knows that most of his members don't want it to pass. and amazingly, he seems happy with that situation. this is one of the most cynical moves i have ever seen. reporter: this is a significantly pared-down bill. remember mitch mcconnell pushed a $1 trillion bill. the administration bumped things

mcconnell, they can go by people havebut the lindsey graham on tape. host: how should democrats respond? caller: if they get the senate, they should put a judge on the bench. host: david in georgia, what do you think. -- what you think? caller: for the democrats, we notice one thing. they have always supported the rights of the people. the question i have that the democrats should ask because, when republicans had control of the congress, the senate, and the presidency, their first deal that went through was an abortion bill. they never brought up this one thing, the most important thing about abortion that has never been brought up. who causes abortions? they need to ask the next nominee that question from every democratic senator to get them on record that they do not know who causes abortions. it is a simple question. host: are you a democrat? caller: yes. i'm an independent democrats because that is who the independents are supporting this year. they are supporting the democrats because they understand how they have been caught by president trump through all of this. back to the question on the supreme court, they need to ask that one question. who causes abortion

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david w. dugan of illinois to be united states district judge senator the southern district of illinois u. mr. mcconnell: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of david w. dugan of illinois to be united states district judge for the southern district of illinois, signed by 17 senators as follows -- mr. mcconnell: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes have t the motion is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 813. the presiding officer: question is on the motion. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination