wade and dianne feinstein said thanks for running a good hearing and hugged him at the end. when you are ridiculed for being a am human being, the basic things that we learn in school, i think we hit an all-time low in washington. of the >> katie: marie, i have given you a hug before. the soul of the nation. being civil. wasn't senator feinstein being civil that we're all being told? >> not covid, katie. >> marie: dianne feinstein has been out of step with a lot of the democratic party for a number of years now on issues like climate change, on her leadership of the judiciary committee so this is the latest example of how it seems like she's playing under rules from a different era that republicans don't play under, and what republicans have done something very smart in congress. they have much better -- done of the much better at getting new leadership into committees so they bring up young leaders. they put them in charge of committees. give them a leadership role. democrats haven't been good at doing that and you get into situations like this. i think they need new leader

do democrats not want senator dianne feinstein to run senate judiciary?hitehouse or senator blumenthal or chris coons or amy klobuchar to run it instead? is that the gameplan behind the scenes with senator chuck schumer. >> the gameplan, they made it very clear long before the death of ruth bader ginsburg, pack the supreme court with additional seats, pack the senate with additional states. bypass the electoral college, which the rural states will not have meaningful say in election of future presidents. liberals like dianne feinstein in the senate do they want to be a part of tearing the constitution literally in shreds? that could yield some very interesting answers if it comes to that. elizabeth: interesting. all right, congressman mcclintock. thank you so much. so good to see you. thank you for your insights. >> thank you. elizabeth: coming up retired i.c.e. acting director tom homan with us next on new details on a increasingly dangerous phenomenon happening at the border. it is putting migrants trying to cross illegally in danger of losing their liv

what's wrong with dianne feinstein being gracious and hugging lindsey graham?ps and the politics obviously are in a very tough race against jimmy harris, the latest poll has graham up by about five points. when you look at that you say wait a second, why is she doing that and secondly, this whole rushed process for the confirmation and nomination of judge barrett has democrats like why don't we ever fight like the republicans, why don't we play hardball pushing something through even though the election is just days away? >> kennedy: isn't the issue they weren't fighting, that they were actually getting along? isn't that what everyone claims they want to see in washington? >> mollie: i don't think people are actually upset at dianne feinstein for how she handled the hearings, i think that probably people are trying to get her removed as chairman of the judiciary committee in the hope that democrats will take the senate and they need someone who is not as bipartisan as she has for pushing through the supreme court packing and packing of the senate. i do want to

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i think in this case, progressive' complaints about dianne feinstein arnot going anywhere regardless of the result of the election. in this case, i think her moderation helped her party. >> and marissa, if we do see wibiden and harris the white house and if feinstein does choose retire, it puts gavin newsom and an unusual inpositio of able to appoint two senators kept us that offer him some advantages? >> yeah.gets to sentially anoint two ambitious california politicians to a very poweul post with no term limits. i think it's a double-edged sword to that too. you're probably going to make em some friends, s to appear there's a long line of people who have been eyeing the seats. kamala harris jumped into the race sofast, that it did not leave an opportunity for anybody within the establishment to get a toehold. so i think yes, this is so thing. it might a little weird for new some to a book you might one of those seats himself. but to i guy's point, think there has long been a feeling that dianne feinstein may not actually want to serve out beis full-teruse of her age, where things ar

>> shannon: the progressive group focused on the federal courts is calling a lot dianne feinstein to step down or be >> progressive group focused on the federal court:the judiciary committee ranking member dianne feinstein to step down or be taken down from her leadership position. the director saying, quote, she has undercut democrats position at every step of this process, from undermining calls for filibuster and court reform to thinking republicans for the most egregious partisan power grab in the modern history of the supreme court. let's get reaction with where we are in this confirmation process with article 3 president who has been supporting the barrett nomination mike davis. i want to play a little something dianne feinstein had to say as they were wrapping up the public portion. >> i want to thank you. this is one of the best set of hearings i have participated in and i want to thank you for your fairness and the opportunity of going back and forth. >> reporter: the left not happy and they ended up hugging which made them even more angry. they say she's out of touch, too w

here comes dianne feinstein and inject this moment of stability that didn't sit well. you can see what it says about the state of our politics. >> sure. if the committee does recommend a full senate vote next week and judge barrett is confirmed, how significant would her role be if election results end up in court? >> that's hard to say. some of the democrats said if it does get to the supreme court, she needs to recuse. she said she was not going to make the commitment during the hearing, that she would consult with colleagues which is typical for how judges decide if they have a conflict of interest and need to sit the case out. i don't think at the end of the day, pray this doesn't happen, even if this does reach supreme court, i don't think it will hinge on one vote. the court is acutely aware that its institutional integrity is on the line and will do everything they can to try to at least speak with a more unanimous or united vote not along the ideological lines. maybe it won't matter much for the election but what it will matter for is the future of the supreme

but to guy's point, i think there has long been a feeling that dianne feinstein may not rv actually want to out this full-term because of her age, where things are at. i think ultimately, she's going to wa to goon her terms whether from a judiciary commission or senate entirely. >> geico joe biden that he a would createpanel to study the possibility of adding supreme court justices if he wins the election. talk us through how republicans are responding to this k,possibility. >> lrepublicans are still unified in opposition to any di kind of al reform like this, and priya, as you know, on the political ladder of ribbon panel todiscuss ue something that's only a couple rings above, and addressing the issue at all, which has been biden's previous strategy when he came to court packing, ultimately i don't think this dr is an issue ing people to the polls on either side. is not a lot of evidence this is emerging as sua top even in last night's debate, it did not really break there. this is something democrats will continue t debate ab into the nextadministration, but i don't think it will play

forhave groups gunning dianne feinstein after she at the end of the hearing, praise lindsey graham for his leadership. was what 25 years ago it was not so remarkable. the committee has been wracked by acrimony going back to brett kavanaugh and before. after she did that, you had groups calling for her head. that democratic activists and some of these ,unior firebrands in the caucus they are not any mood to conciliate with the republicans. they want to get things done. they want bold change. there isoes to show pressure on schumer right off the bat to move ahead with withuster reform, to move old change. there will be pressure for medicare expansion. thee will be pressure for public option or repealing the trump tax cuts. there hasn't been a lot of talk about what the governing strategy is going to be for democrats. they haven't talked much about the agenda. there is somet tension between the establishment and the activist groups. them byun afoul of doing something as minor as it's a lindsey graham, call for you to be stepped down. i think it's a tough call for schumer. the first group

up to this point we have seen democrats including senator dianne feinstein question judge barrett on her record and where she stands on several hot button issues including abortion and the affordable care act. up until this point we heard the judge say essentially she is declining to wait into those issues saying it is premature to wait into those topics. this is what we are expected to see for the rest of the day today and tomorrow. lawmakers on both sides not only pressing the potential justice on where she stands but also praising her record. >> let me begin -- >> reporter: right out of the gate, california senator dianne feinstein's words focus on amy coney barrett's views on abortion. >> you agree with justice scalia's view that roe v. wade was wrongly decided? >> senator, i completely understand why you are asking the question but again, i cannot precommitment or say yes i'm going in with some agenda because i'm not. >> reporter: democrats are focused on the affordable care act. the supreme court has an upcoming case about the law's future. >> president trump made it crystal cl

he fielded this question from dianne feinstein. >> are you concerned that trump will embrace and use russian interference efforts to his advantage, as he did in 2016?>> i am a private citizen, yes, and he said that he would. >> the results of the russia probe showed that moscow sought to influence the 2016 election in favor of donald trump, and inspector general report was critical of the investigation. >>> president trump's supreme court nominee was back for executive meetings with republican senators, among the 10 today, todd young, they bumped elbows instead of the traditional handshake, they are fellow hoosiers, barrett also met with south carolina senator tim scott. >>> the president pushing for a vaccine by the election, but one top company in the race says not so fast, the reality check. >>> a reminder that kpix 5 has a new app, giving you easy access 24 the unfair money bail system. he, accused of rape. while he, accused of stealing $5. the stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. the senior citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. voting yes o

normally, dianne feinstein who is 87 years old, is the ranking member on the senate judiciary committee. she is already starting to play a more minimal role in terms of the democratic messaging. over the past week i'm of the democratic party has not put her out there at all to talk about any issues. to see likely republicans try to prod her, or intoast other democrats, reprising the line she had in 2017 when she told amy coney barrett something that republicans said crystallized the democrat's anti-catholic bias. while dianne feinstein is not going to be stripped of her role as ranking member, you are seeing democrats take steps to minimize her. host: one of the democrats we have heard on the committee about the hearings is chris coons from connecticut. he joined us on washington journal wednesday last week. [video clip] in oure is no precedent history for the senate considering a nominee this close to a presidential election. more than half the states are already voting. others began today. i think it is irresponsible for us to be moving ahead with this nominee. we are going to come a

in publications of amy kone and i did a little bit of personal detail about that we then went to dianne feinstein who is a democrat she's the ranking senator on the committee and at this point i want to bring in alison fisher who's joining us live from capitol hill and you were telling us before that the democrats were having to be very careful about how they handled the questioning of this but it sounds very much from what dianne feinstein was saying that she's essentially setting the guidelines already she started talking about the affordable care act that's going to be negotiated discussed at some point in november and if amy tony barrett gets appointed she's going to have an influence on that. well a couple of interesting things 1st of all lindsey graham acknowledging the real politic of this moment the 22 members on the senate judiciary committee there are 12 republicans 10 democrats and he said that he expects the vote to go through on party lines and that is almost certainly what is going to happen before it goes to the floor senate he also made the point that justice ruth bader

dianne is in new york with those stories and more. good morning. >> good morning.higher yesterday fueled by hopes lawmakers will broker a deal on a new coronavirus stimulus package. the dow gained 113 points. the nasdaq added 37, and the s&p 500 rose 16. turning to that stimulus deal, as we mentioned, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell told the house to refrain from strike ag deal before the election. mcconnell said he thought a stimulus agreement would complicate efforts to confirm amy coney barrett to the supreme court next week. his remarks come as house speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary stephen mnuchin entered a deadline of sorts if a deal is going to be reached before election day. the two are scheduled to talk again today. netflix is out with a new promotion. they're allowing anyone in a given country access for free for a weekend. the company will initially launch the 48 hours for free promo in india in december. if it does well there, it may expand to other markets. the move comes as netflix reported slow subscription growth in the third quart

dianne feinstein said in a statement, president trump made the right decision by reversing course. this declaration will give residents access to much-needed resources and services. >>> meanwhile the linux community in oakland is calling for federal help to combat high covid-19 infection rates. one specific neighborhood continues to have the highest positive percentage cases in alameda county. doll and is in the fruitville district 4 kind of resource local leaders are asking for. >> reporter: they have the highest latinx preparation in oakland. also, the highest covid cases in the county. >>> i was scared. i cried, i was like am i going to die? >> reporter: this woman, and almost entire family, tested positive in august. all of them, essential workers. she works for the local school district. >> a lot of times, people that catch it, we are scared to tell people but it is like no, it's nothing to be ashamed of. >> reporter: they have since recovered. researchers say covid-19 has hit this community extremely hard. at a press conference with local leaders, they say the test site for t

i've been endorsed by dianne feinstein, and former district 7 supervisor tony hall. i respectfully ask for your number one vote this election. thank you. >> hi. my name is myrna melgar, and i'm a candidate for the board of supervisors district 7. i am a mother of three girls and have lived in ingleside terrace with my family for the past 2e7 yearten years. i was a legislative aide to two members of the board of supervisors: jose medina and eric mar and also worked for mayor good afternoon newsom. i was -- gavin newsom. i was also the president of the planning commission until january of this year. the policy decisions we made today to adapt to changes on housing, employment, land use, transportation services, and the investments we make to our infrastructure can pave the way to our continuing future as a world class city of opportunity. i i mmigrated to san francisco from el salavador. my life experience has given me a unique ability to negotiate through conflict and make progress on the things that i believe in and to understand that income inequality is not a susta

>> i would say that dianne feinstein stuck to the script. she did not have any huge moments, but i think kamala harris did an effective job. part of a series where harris basically asked her, do you think that covid is something that is transmissible. i can't remember her second question was around another scientific issue and then led into this climate change issue which barrett refused to answer. i think that and her unwillingness to, you know, wade into the issue of whether a president should accept a peaceful transition of power really took that ginsburg principal to a whole new level. she was not as combative as we have seen her in previous years. >> scott, this week the california party -- fresno, los angeles, and orange counties. the state attorney general has sent them a cease and desist letter, but they refused saying the state law allows them to collect ballots. what is the latest? >> the latest is that republicans sent a letter back to the attorney general and the secretary of state saying we have mislabeled some of those boxes an

california senator dianne feinstein facing calls to step down from her leadership position coming fromhe left. wait till you find out why they think she needs to be stripped of all her power next. le..gentl new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database so you can start hiring right away. claim your seventy five dollar credit, when you post your first job at indeed.com/home. you know when your dog is itching for an outing... or itching for some cuddle time. but you may not know when he's itching for help... licking for help... or rubbing for help. if your dog does these frequently. they may be signs of an allergic skin condition that needs treatment. don't wait. talk to your veterinarian and learn more at itchingforhelp.com. >> shannon: the progressive group focused on the federal courts is calling a lot dianne feinstein to step down or be taken down from her leadership position. the group's director saying "she has undercut democrats posi

cnn's dianne gallagher is there. dian dianne, what is the president's message? >> reporter: fred, so far, the message from the president is kind of playing the hits. he's been criticizing former vice president joe biden, talking about senator kamala harris, but specifically here in lumberton, north carolina, located where they have the third highest infection rate of covid-19 in the state, which saw its highest number of one-day cases yesterday, he has railed against coronavirus, covid-19 and even talked about conspiracy theories saying testing more people is foolish and claiming that unnamed world leaders told him they don't test people who aren't sick. he then went on to criticize biden for holding distance rallies. take a listen. >> turn on the television. covid, covid, covid. a plane goes down. 500 people dead, they don't talk about it. covid, covid, covid. covid. by the way, november 4th, you won't hear about it anymore. just watched biden make a speech and he goes, thank you for everybody, thank you. people in cars. i don't get it. so few cars, i've never

. >> senator dianne -- diane -- dianne feinstein -- dianne feinstein on the judiciat over and huggedhair and liberals who believes feinstein did not fight hard enough against republicans rushing to confirm amy coney barrett to the supreme court before the election. >> they will go after her when we hugged for about five seconds. the entire lift came down on her and wants to kick her out of her child. >> and abortion rights group said feinstein "offered an appearance of credibility to the proceedings that is wildly upset the american people." as such the committee needs new leadership. the progress of demand justice organization says feinstein has got to go for "standing in our way to protect our courts" saying she undercut an undermining democrat positions. this has 13 liberal congressional sent to chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell demanding the senate no longer confirm suite level corporate executives or corporate lobbyists to senate come from positions ever again appear the litter served as a warning to former vice president joe biden "one of the most important lessons of the trump

lindsey graham, the republican chair of the judiciary committee talking to his counterpart, democrat dianne feinstein. the ranking democrat on this committee. as we watch this unfold, these few moments before the hearing gets under way, i want to go to nbc's kasie hunt. this comes at a time when we're close to election day. some people are voting in states that allow early viking. that itself is the back back --backdrop. >> reporter: so many ballots pa cast, and the heated crucible that we are in is the backdrop for this hearing. that is, of course, a big part of why republicans want to move so quickly to try and put amy coney barrett on the court. this hearing just 16 days after she was nominated. they want to take this to a final vote on the floor before election day. part of the reason is what we'll hear democrats focus on. a week or so after the election, the supreme court is expected to hear arguments on the affordable care act. a lawsuit that would basically strike down that law. and amy coney barrett if confirmed would be in a position to potentially rule on that. so democrats today,

california senator dianne feinstein speaking. this is live inside the capitol. today's session is going to be a long one. it is expected to last up to 12 hours. prior to this we were checking in and republican senator lindsey graham from south carolina started out the morning session with praise for the nominee. >> we find judge barrett to be highly qualified. you are one of the greatest picks president trump could make. and from the conservative side of the aisle you are one of the most qualified people of your generation. >> democrats say they will focus their questions on health care and abortion rights. a vote on judge barrett could happen as early as this week. democrats acknowledge they don't have the votes to stop the onfirmation. hearing going on now. more in-depth analysis in about ten minutes. >>> so let's talk about decision 2020 also this morning and making sure your vote counts. >> as of right now san mateo county is processing its first mail-in ballots and in the south bay will show off its new voting equipment. let's get rye to "today in the bay's

dianne feinstein, let's say this is thef scenario. the democrats seize control of the senate.not want senator find stan to run senate judiciary? do they want senator blumenthal or chris coons or amy klobuchar to run it instead? is that the game plan behind the scenes like chuck schumer? >> they made this very clear long before the death of ruth bader ginsburg. pack the supreme court with additional seats, pack the senate, bypass the electoral college which cuts out and has any meaningful say in the selection of meaningful presidents. i think liberals like diane feinstein in the senate will need to ask themselves, do they really want to be part of tearing the constitution literally andnd treads? that could yield some very interesting answers if it comes to that. liz: congressman, thank you so much. so good to see you. thank you for your insight there. very important stuff. come back soon. comingel up, tom homan with us next. an increasingly dangerous phenomenon happening right now at the border. putting migrants who are trying to cross illegally in danger of losing their lives.

the senate before the next president takes office ok alan fisher is joining us live on capitol hill dianne feinstein there essentially really getting to the heart of one of the key concerns for democrats. and lindsey graham acknowledging the real politic and his opening statement saying that they're probably going to vote along party lines on this committee which would mean 12 republicans voting yes to the nomination 10 democrats voting no and then moving to the full senate but you can see dianne feinstein is laying out the battle growing that they are going to attack this idea of the nomination on the basis that it could well jeopardize the affordable health care act she's making the point that the supreme court on november the 10th will hear a case which is called texas against california which is about protecting preexisting conditions she says that if there is a conservative majority on the court particularly with someone like amy who is expressed concern about the affordable health care act or obamacare as it became widely known then that whole thing is at risk and she's hoping that t

. >> senator dianne -- diane -- dianne feinstein -- dianne feinstein on the judiciat over and hugged committee chair and liberals who believes feinstein did not fight hard enough against republicans rushing to confirm amy coney barrett to the supreme court before the election. >> they will go after her when we hugged for about five seconds. the entire lift came down on her and wants to kick her out of her child. >> and abortion rights group said feinstein "offered an appearance of credibility to the proceedings that is wildly upset the american people." as such the committee needs new leadership. the progress of demand justice organization says feinstein has got to go for "standing in our way to protect our courts" saying she undercut an undermining democrat positions. this has 13 liberal congressional sent to chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell demanding the senate no longer confirm suite level corporate executives or corporate lobbyists to senate come from positions ever again appear the litter served as a warning to former vice president joe biden "one of the most important lessons

tragic loss of a great woman and we're going to feel that they could see with another great woman dianne feinstein as the senior most democrat in the senate judiciary committee she focused on a macone barrett's past statements and ruling suggesting opposition to the affordable care act signed into law by barack obama and the court is set to hear arguments on the constitutionality off thought law on november 10th that's a week after the election. the stakes are extraordinarily high for the american people both in the short term and for decades to come most importantly health care coverage for millions of americans is at stake with this nomination so over the course of these hearings my colleagues and i will focus on that subject we will examine the consequent if and that's a big if republicans succeed in rushing this nomination through the senate before the next president takes office alan firster is joining us from capitol hill and we do expect to hear from a macone barrett herself sorte lee allen. it will be a while that they're on break at the moment from lunch they're back in about 30

wrong of heart to do that so that's going to be her tactic through the hearing as you heard from dianne feinstein is going to frustrate democrats but it's going to delay republicans and it's really i guess the only answer that she can she can deliver without stepping in to say the boundaries well given all of this given the how she said at one point i'm not a legal pundit so i can't give my opinions on these things what exactly are these hearings sets it's a term and then because the concerns that people are raising are concerns about how they think she's going to rule and how that will impact the law of the land as it stands so if she's going to keep hiding behind this defense of i can't tell you how i'm thinking until i see the case what exactly are either side hoping to get out of these hearings. well you see in hiding it is perhaps one fear because she is following the judicial rules there's a rule 35 that essentially suggests that if you're honest you can't comment about cases that are on their way to the court and that's exactly what is happening here particularly with the afforda

if dianne feinstein took the high road was saying, this virus recognizes no political party and shouldto look past politics. >> rick leventhal with the round up, thank you. >> of course. >> shannon: the covid-19 diagnosis grabbing the headlines tonight. he is not the only high profile politician or washington insider with the diagnosis. mike lee of utah, also report they have tested positive. it shows us how it could impact the supreme court confirmation process of judge amy coney barrett. >> that video of mike lee at the rose garden announcement making the rounds on twitter. it democratic senators chuck schumer and dianne feinstein say they want to delay the confirmation process of supreme court nominee amy coney barrett because of senator might senator michael hughes diagnosis. he wrote me back on my appreciate their concern for my health, but i plan to be good as new by the time the hearing begins. he also expressed his continued support for amy coney barett who he met with earlier this week. she tested negative for the coronavirus, and has met with 32 senators including democrat jo

most people including dianne , was impressed with judge merrick and how she answered the questions.s for the chairman of the judiciary committee and the ranking member acting like adults and getting along, that is a good thing for our country. host: judge merrick was asked about -- barrett was asking about recusing herself to some cases. do you think she took the appropriate stance? guest: judges are not going to precommit whether they will recuse or not rick cruz -- were not recuse. people need to remember that it is different from the lower courts and there is a reason why it is different. there is a presumption that supreme court justices do not recuse from cases, and the reason is that there are only nine and they are not interchangeable. you cannot substitute and due justices from other courts like you can from court of appeals. on the lower courts there is a different standard because of that reason. the reason they have a presumption that you do not recuse on the supreme court is that you do not want litigants or outside parties playing games and trying to sway the vote of th

first, committee chair lindsey graham followed by the top democrat on the committee, dianne feinsteinnumber one, justice ruth bader ginsburg died on september 18. what can you say about justice ginsburg? she was confirmed 96-3. those or day that have since passed. i regret that. 96-3. this was a person who worked for the aclu, some who was known in progressive circles as a icon, apparently every republican voted for her. her good friend on the court, justice scalia, got 97 votes. i don't know what happened between then and now. justn all take blame, we want to remind everybody there like time with someone ruth bader ginsburg was seen by almost everybody as qualified being on the supreme court, understanding she would have a different philosophy than many of the republicans who voted for her. 27 years on the court before becoming a member of the court. she was active litigator, pushing for more equal justice and better rights for women throughout the country. her close friend, until his herh, justice scalia, calls the leading and very successful litigator on behalf of women's rights. t

her religious views during the 27000 appeals court confirmation hearings and in california senator dianne feinstein was even accused of anti-catholic bigotry i think your case professor. when you read your speeches. the conclusion one draws is that the dog lives loudly within you barrett has said repeatedly that her faith would not interfere with her judicial decisions if they were just confirmed to be for election day on of them a 3rd one of the 1st case this in front of her will be about the fate of the a floatable care act known as obamacare trump wants to invalidate the law which provides health care to millions of americans. if you take a closer look at this with william blue cross from do you know news the us election to welcome william so what sort of start of these hearings go to often well so far a respectful one at least on the surface republicans that run this committee because they are the majority in the senate are saying you know this is a highly qualified appointee she absolute deserves to be on the court and they want to have a respectful 4 days of hearings to let you know

it's an elementary school in the san francisco area which is named after dianne feinstein.ol should not be named after her according to mani' the left. over to you, jedediah. jedediah: i was so happy to see with these hearings that it didn't look like the kavanaugh hearings. i think there was a lot of fear that it would go the way of personal attacks. pete: only because they they had nothing. if they had anything, they would more than kavanaugh. they just didn't have anything. jedediah: i still think though the questions when you looked at the questions about healthcare and abortion, i think it was handled very professionally. this is a problem of what is happening in our country right now. when you are civil. when you reach across the aisle. when you make a point that your side doesn't like, there is a rush to say get this person out of the way. and that's a problem. the whole reason that we're here is to talk about this stuff so we can fix problems. we have to have that expectation of ourselves. anyone who has a microphone. and we have to have that expectation of lawmaker

we shouldn't be to surprised dianne feinstein said this in catholicism is one of the few religions areowed to say this about. in 2017 she told amy coney barrett her religious faith was a concern. >> i think whatever a religion is, it has its own dogma, the law is totally different. i think in your case professor, when you read your speeches the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you. and that is of concern. >> tucker: "the dogma lives loudly within you." in terms of sheer incoherence and stupidity, it's almost like a mazie hirono impression. the big secret in washington is that a lot of these people dripping with credentials like third world of generals and their metals aren't actually very bright -- what is amy coney barrett really like? she's been close friends with amy coney barrett since college and we've been happy to have her on tonight. it seems worse we've gone day after day of the hearing talking about her legal philosophy getting a sense of what she's like as a person -- we thought we would ask you. >> i thought -- first of all thanks for having me on,

we will show you opening statements starting with lindsey graham, ranking member dianne feinstein and we close with vice president candidate kamala harris and the nominee, amy coney barrett. everybody.ning, bird will judge barrett's family, welcome. barrett'serrick family, family, welcome. i appreciate everyone's cooperation. will have a hearing that hopefully the country will learn more about judge merrick and the and willdge barrett' learn more about the law and maybe the differences in the party. as to the hearing room, i doubt if there is any room in the country given more attention and detail to make sure city of the architect of the capitol working with the attending physician has set up the room in a fashion we can safely do our business. senator lee is back and has been cleared by your physician. welcome back. the covid problem in america is real. it is serious, dangerous, and we have to mitigate the risk. i would let every american know that many of you going to work today and have probably been at work today, and hope your employer will take care of your health care needs, b

cnn's dianne gallagher is there. this campaign stop is one of many the president is making. >> we're actually waiting for the president to come out right now. here in north carolina, something that all three of the campaign stops today have in common? they are all seeing massive surges in covid-19 infections in their states. both north carolina and the next stop, ohio, saw record high one-day totals yesterday and wisconsin has a -- infection rate in the nation right now. so all of these people here sitting very close together in north carolina are putting their health at risk to come to see the president of the united states. but he won all three of those states in 2016, and the polls are not looking as good for him this time around so he's making this on the last final days through the election to come and ask for their votes. he is in lumberton, north carolina. what's very key about the location here, we've heard from each of the people speaking so far is the lumbee indian nation. and that's because in early octobe

for example former clinton campaign press secretary tweeting that dianne feinstein must step down.or that? former obama advisor ben rhodes tweeting out "she should not be the lead democrat on the judiciary committee." okay. here with reaction fox news contributor's trey gowdy and jason chaffetz. whatever you do don't ever show a sign of kindness to somebody in the republican party or the radical left will come after y you. i don't even know why you two were friends, to be very blunt. you probably wouldn't even shake jason's hand, would you? >> jason doesn't like to shake hands but i will tell you this, i too have been hugged by lindsey graham and i promise you that is punishment enough. you should not also lose your senate seat, that is enough punishment. >> sean: the state of the race, how do you see this 18 days out? >> i think donald trump is going to win, i think enthusiasm wins races. i think donald trump has it in spades. i think joe biden is play it safe, don't say anything, don't hear anything, don't take any positions, don't be honest, don't be candid, don't take any tough

let's take you there, starting with dianne gallagher in raleigh, north carolina. >> reporter: diannegher in raleigh, north carolina. a state where more than 3 million already cast ballots. the overwhelming majority did it by early in person voting. that ends on saturday. also the last time somebody can drop their absentee ballot off at an early voting site. they can, however, give it to the county board of elections. if they mail it out, they have to mail it by election day. the u.s. supreme court upheld a ballot receipt deadline in the state of north carolina, meaning as long as a ballot is postmarked by election day, it can be received up to november 12th at 5:00 p.m. and still be counted. >> reporter: miguel marquez in detroit, michigan. the great lakes state is very much in play. how do we know? the number of candidates and surrogates in the state this week. today alone, jill biden, tiffany trump, eric trump, betsy devos, those last three for the president. the president was here earlier in the week, the vice president was here yesterday. the president is back on friday. then bar

as is dianne feinstein. richard shelby, 86. armed services committee share, jim imhoff, 85.hair of nutrition and forestry, pat roberts, 84. departing chair of health education labor and pensions lamar alexander is 80. as is ranking committee member patrick leahy. i could go on and on, but i think you get the picture. it's an unique phenomenon. the typical eu leader has actually gotten younger. think of france's emmanuel macron only 42. austria's sebastian kerrs, 34. canadian prime minister justin trudeau, 48. north korea's leader kim jong-un believed to be 36. and new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern who just won an election in a landslide, 40. most countries have only minimum age requirements on the books from as young as 18 and as old as 45. as adam taylor has pointed you out in "the washington post" the few limits there can be strategically ignorechina's xi jinping now 67, widely expected to flout beijing's retirement age to continue for a third term or outright appeal it. and happened in turkmenistan and uganda by legal means. all must retire at 70 and in the phil

we begin in north carolina with our cnn national correspondent dianne gallagher. dianne? >> reporter: more than 3.6 mill i don't think carolinians have already cast their ballots, more than 50% of all the registered voters in the state. to give it more perspective, more than 75% of all the votes cast in 2016 for the general election, they've already been cast here in 2020, with six days to go before election day. most voters are early in-person voting, they can register and vote on the same day during this period. the rest of the voters, more than 800,000 mail-in ballots have already been accepted. they want to, by law, be post marked by election, but the other big story in north carolina, the courts -- currently the deadline for when the ballots can be accepted has been appealed to the supreme court, not once, but twice. so they're waiting to find out if north carolina if a postmarked election day ballot can be received by november 6th or november 12th for it to count. >> i'm sara murray in philadelphia, and the race is on. ivanka trump was here today stumping for her fa

dianne gallagher is there. the stage is set. a lot of people in that kind of arena setting. what's the expected message? what's the expectation there? >> well, look, the expected message is he needs these people in north carolina to come out and vote for him. but they're also dealing in north carolina, much like the other states that are on his hat trick, if you will, today of ohio and wisconsin, with record number of covid-19 infections. yesterday was the highest number of one-day totals of new infections in the state of north carolina. you can probably see behind me, they are putting people sitting very close together. there's a smattering of masks here, but not a whole lot of social distancing. now, look, fred, there's another message here. and it's very specific to the county that we're in. it's one of the most diverse counties in the entire nation. and it's a swing county in a swing state. robson county went for president obama in 2008 and 2012. but went for president trump in 2016. and he's trying to see if he can re-create that magic. a big push is the recognition, th

members of the senate judiciary committee for a good six hours, including from california senator dianne feinstein. this is day two of the hearing. allie rasmus joins us live with what has been going on so far and six hours and probably another six hours to go. >> that is just for today. is a pretty intense lineup. each of the 23 senators on the senate judiciary committee get 30 minutes to ask questions or speak about anything that would like regarding the topic during the hearing. is started around 6:00 our time and they took a quick break for lunch and you can see the hearing is still going. they have not gotten halfway through the 22 senators. right now on the left is democratic senator -- of connecticut. he has been asking barrett about the affordable care act. is one of the issues and topics of questioning that democrats have focused on. barrett wrote an academic essay criticizing the scampering court's decision to uphold the affordable care act order obamacare. democrats are concerned that if she is in front of the supreme court, that could be under threat. is one of several topics

california senators dianne feinstein are among 22 senators that are questioning today. you can stream it live on our app. >>> johnson & johnson says it has paused its vaccine trial after a patient became ill. the vaccine was in phase three, which is the last step before it can receive approval. pauses like this are normal. >>> number three. santa clara county is easing its covid-19 restrictions to going to the less restrictive orange tier. indoor dining and other businesses and activities at limited capacity. >>> number four. governor newsom and state officials have announced new guidelines for families as we head towards the holidays. the state now says you can gather with up to two other households, but the smaller the number of people, the safer. >>> number five. we're waking up to clear and calm conditions this morning but that's not going to be the case less than 24 hours from now. critical fire conditions. 5:00 wednesday morning through 11:00 friday morning. fire weather watch. >>> and number six, we do not have any major blocking issues on our roads right now. we

he will be here in north carolina tonight, jim and poppy. >> dianne gallagher, thanks very much. let's go to another key state in this election, that is arizona, where the state's two most populous counties are setting records as well for early voting turnout. >> our chung law joining us in phoenix. we saw the president there yesterday, what are you hearing on the ground today? >> reporter: well, it's that the early vote is truly robust. what's happening is that people are dropping off their ballots here at ballot boxes like this one. so that number and that interest is playing out as arizona turns into a battle ground. how did it become a battleground so quickly? if you look at the voter registration numbers that we just got from the arizona secretary of state i want you to look at the 2016 number, that 2016 number is 3.6 million registered voters. in 2020 that number was 4.7 until. that's an increase of 24%. it is a population rise, it is a voter registration rise. and then if you look at the two counties that you were talking about, the two largest counties here in arizona, th

we will show you opening statements starting with lindsey graham, ranking member dianne feinstein andclose with vice president candidate kamala harris and the nominee, amy coney barrett. everybody.ning, bird will judge barrett's family, welcome. - judge merrick family,