amy coney barrett: hope it's an easy one. >> senator: it is. sincere question, i'm genuinely curious. who does the laundry in your house? >> hon. amy coney barrett: we increasingly have been trying to get our children to take responsibility for their own, those efforts are not always successful, so we run a lot of loads of laundry. >> senator: you're very impressive, judge. >> hon. amy coney barrett: thank you, senator. >> senator: yield back, chairman. >> senator blackburn. >> you have been watching the second day of questioning of amy coney barrett, nominee president trump put forward to be next associate justice of the united states supreme court. we are going to continue monitoring that hearing, we will bring you more. we want to give you taste of what "the five" is thinking. kennedy, jesse a greg /* and grg gutfeld is here. senator amy klobuchar. if we could do, i felt like pretty aggressive. this is fine and i think judge barrett, handled it well. thought number three and get greg's thoughts overall and on this particular sound. >> did yo

amy: that's judge amy coney barrett testifying monday. she faces questions from senators who have up to 30 minutes each to grill her. if confirmed, barrett would give conservatives a 63 majority on threeurt -- six to majority on the court. for r more, we'rere joined by someone e who is an expert on judicial appointments. lisa graves served as chief counsel for nominations for the chairman and then ranking member of the senate judiciary committee. she is now executive director of the policy research group true north research, where she tracks the impact of dark money, including on judicial selectctions. lisa, welcome back to democracy now!w! i just want to share this point with you. republicans have lost the popular vote in five of the last seven presidential elections, but they're on track to seat five of f the last seven supreme court justices. can n you talalk about thee signgnificance of what i is takg place? >>>> sure. i think there is doubt we are ruled bycreasingly minority under this country. basically, we live in democracy that is

i'm amy goodman. confirmed cases of covid-19 are continuing to surge in the united states as more than 83,000 new infections were recorded on both friday and saturday, the highest daily totals since the pandemic began. hospitalizations rose in 38 states over the past week. total confirmed cases in the u.s. have now topped 8.6 million with a death toll over 225,000 -- both numbers are the highest in the world. a new outbreak in the white house has infected at least five of vice president mike pence's aides. in spite of the news, pence, who the white house says has tested negative, has continued campaigning and is refusing to quarantine in defiance of guidelines from the centers for disease control and prevention. white house chief of staff mark meadows was questioned by cnn's jake tapper sunday. >> we are not going to control the pandemic. we are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutics, and other medications -- >> why are we -- >> it is a contagious virus just like the flu. >> why

i'm amy goodman.ntucky's attotorney general hs complied with a judicial order to release 15 hours of audiotapes from the disputed grand jury proceedings intnto te police killing of breonna taylor, ththe 26-year-old africn american louisville resident who was shot to death last march inside her own home by white police officers executing a no-knock warrant. the tapes were filed friday just before the judge's noon deadline. they confirm that republican attorney general daniel camero did not ask jurors to consider homicide charges for the white police officers who fired 32 times into taylor's apartment, striking her with six bullets. cameron has claimed a witness heard officers announce themselves before breaking down breonna taylor's front door. that witness now says he only heard the police identify themselves quietly and in passing. meanwhile, lawyers for taylor's family say a dozen other witnesses did not hear police announce themselves. taylor's boyfriend kenneth walker testified he rushed out of be

coney barrett is now justice amy coney barrett. >> amy coney barrett and her elevation to the highest court. tonight is a great night for her but it's also a great night for the country, my state of ohio and so many who saw her the past several weeks in the confirmation process. she earned her elevation through sacrifice to her family, friends, hard work and distinguished legal career both as a teacher from across the political and political spectrum. through her distinguished career where for almost three years now she has shown all of us we did the right thing in confirming her for that. in a bipartisan majority she earned the right to be elevated to the highest court and i'm disappointed she didn't get a bipartisan majority, but i will say he has the people of the united states looked at her and watched her in action in the hearings, they believed she deserved this elevation. the majority of americans supported the vote we took tonight because despite all of the attacks on her and the process, they realized she has earned this right and will make them proud as a justice of the unit

i'm amy goodman. the united states is approaching 8 million confirmed coronavirus 64,000ons, surpassing cases for the first time sincece july.. more t than 1000 covid-19 deaths were reported over the last 24 hours, with every region of the u.s. rate increased hospitalizations. wisconsin set another statewide record for infections with more cases700 new coronavirus reported thursdaday. wisconsin has one ofof the wor's highest test positivity rates, now over 23%. despite that, president trump is planning to hold a packed campaign rally in janesville, wisconsin, on saturday. this comes as "the wall street journal" reports throughout the line by linedemic, edits to official health guides languagedc, altering written by scientists on social distancing and rolling back lilimits on interesting gatheris like church choirs. globally, new coronavirus infections had a new record high 330,000 40th over cases. nearly 39 million people have contracted the virus worldwide. in france, restrictions have been stated to

i'm amy goodman. authororities in michigan have arreststed 13 men with ties s to right-wing militias, including six men who allegedly plotted to kidnap the g governor of michig, democrat gretchen whitmer, ahead of the november election. seven other men linked to a militia group called the wolverine watchmen face state terrorism, conspiracy, and weapons charges for plotting to storm the state capitol in lansing with the intent of starting a civil war. governor whitmer blamed president trump for instigating the violent plots. in april, trump sent a tweet reading, "liberate michigan." and just last week, trump told a far-right hate group known as the proud boys to "stand back and stand by." >> when our leaders meet with, encourage, or fraternize with domestic terrorists, they legitimize their actions and they are complicit. amy: president trump responded by attacking govovernor whitmern tweets. after headlines, we will go to michigan for the latest. president trump said thursday he isis plannining to res

i'm amy goodman. president donald trump has announced he and first lady melania trump have covid-19, joining 7.3 million people across the united states who've tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the first recorded u.s. case in january. just before 1:00 a.m. friday, trump tweeted -- "tonight, @flotus and i tested positive for covid-19. we will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. we will get through this together!" the stunning announcement rattled world capitals and set off fears that the president of the united states may be at the center of a super-spreader event in the halls of power in washington, d.c., and at several recent gatherings headlined by trump. those include a campaign fundraiser at trump's bedminster golf club on thursday, a campaign rally in duluth, minnesota, on wednesday attended by thousands of trump supporters, and tuesday night's presidential debate with joe biden in cleveland, ohio. cnn reports joe biden is being tested for coronavirus this morning

amy:y: senator amy klobuchar ququestionining judge e amy cony barrett. after dinner break, democratic vice presidential nominee senator kamala harris focused part of her time to barrett's past comments attacking the supreme court's decision on roe v. wadade. harris co. you sign your name to -- describing roe v. wade as "an exercise of raw judicial power" and cacalls for puputting "an eo the barbaric legacy of roe v. wade." you sendnd a similarar add in 23 "infamous"bes roe as and expressed opposition to abortion. also in 2013, you wrote an article about supreme court precedent in whichch you would have wrote from a list of well-settled caseses that you sd "no justice would overrulule evn if she disagrees." suggesting of course you believe roe is acceptable to being overturned. on the 40th anniversary o of ro, you delivered a speech when she said the court's recognition of the right to choose would "create through judea judicial -- judicial fiat rather than the constitution." during her tenure on the seventh circuit cocourt of appeaeal, you have been will

i'm amy gogoodman. president trtrump has resumemed public events, less than one week after he leftft walter reed hospspital wherere he was treatd for covid-19. trumump has repeatatedly declard himself f immune to o covid-19 n recent days and has also said he can't spspread the disease, with no evidence. pres. trump: i beatyt horrible china virus. it also gives you immunity. itit does gi you immunity. the people that just cannot accept anything, i mean, they just don't want to accept anything. i passed the highest test. amy: tru'm's doctors are refusingo di tsclose whehen w--hether he is now covid-negative for when he last tested negative for the coronavirus before he was hospitalized. on saturday, trump held a small campaign rallyththsouth line of the white house whehere hee spoke, unmasked,d, from the balclcony to a group of f hundr, which included many black and latinx supporters.s. abc news repororts conservative activist candace owens paid travel and lodging costs for the members of her so-called "b

i'm amy goodman. a record shattering 82 million people have already voted by mail or in person in the 2020 election. president trump and joe biden and hundreds of other candidates across the nation are entering the last weekend of campaigning before voting ends on tuesday. in addition to the presidency, democrats are hoping to win back control of the senate and perhaps no state is as important as georgia, where both republican senators are on the ballot and face stiff opposition. on thursday, georgia republican senator david perdue withdrew from the final debate which was scheduled for sunday against democratic challenger jon ossoff, who called him a crook during a debate on wednesday night. >> perhaps senator perdue would have been able to respond properly to the covid-19 pandemic if you had not been sending off multiple federal investigations for insider trading. it is not just that you are a crook, senator. attacking the are health of the people that you represent. you did say covid-19 was no deadl

i'm amy goodman. the united states reported nearly 60,000 new coronavirus cases on wednesday, the highest daily toll since august. about 1000 u.s. residents died bringing19, 24 hours, the death toll since march to nearly 217,000 -- still the highest in the world. in wisconsin, a county judge wednesesy issued a temporary injunction b barring goverernory evers' emergency orders limiting the size of indoor gatherings -- a legal victory for state republicans and the tavern league of wisconsin, which sued to overturn limits on gatherings in restaurants and bars. the ruling came as wisconsin officials opened a field hospital near milwaukee to deal with a surge in covid-19 patients, with new infections at record levels and nearly 9-in-10 hospital beds already occupied. at the university of alabama, head football coach nick saban and athletic director greg byrne have tested positive for coronavirus. the diagnoses come after the southeastern conference canceled two games this weekend due to covid-19 outbreaks,

amy: as the u.s. death toll from covid-19 tops 223,000, president trump and former vice president joe biden sparred in the second and final debate of the 2020 campaign over the trump 's response to the pandemic, healthcare, climate change, racism, and u.s. immigration policy. mr. biden: kids ripped from their arms and separated and now they cannot find over 500 sets of those parents and those kids are alone. nowhere to go. nowhere to go. it is criminal. it is criminal. --s. trump: they went down they are so will taking care of. amy: we will air excerpts and speak to erika andiola of raices action epidemiologist dr. ali , khan, rashad robinson of color of change. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. as the u.s. death toll from covid-19 topped 223,000, president trump and former vice president joe biden met in nashville, tennessee in the , thursday second and final debate of the 2020 campaign. they sparred over the trump admin

i'm amy goodman.sident trump campaigned in michigan, wisconsin, and nevada over the weekend as he scrambles to pick up more support in critical swing states in the last two closing weeks of the 2020 race. speaking in muskegon, michigan, on saturday, president trump demanded that michigan governor gretchen whitmer reopen the state. the crowd soon started chanting "lock her up!" trump responded by saying "lock them all up." pres. trump: you have to get your governor to open up your state, ok? and get your schools open. get your schools open. the schools have to be open, right? >> lock her up! lock her up! lock her up! pres. trump: lock them all up. amy: trump's remarks came just came less than two weeks after the fbi and authorities in michigan arrested 13 men with ties to armed right-wing groups, including six men who allegedly plotted to kidnap michigan governor whitmer and take her hostage. a seventh man waarrested in connecti t to thkidndnapng plot and crgrged on thursday with suspici o of marialal

nermeen: good morning, amy.welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: a warning to our listeners and viewers, we turn now to a story that includes graphic video and accounts of state violence. we begin today's show in nigeria, where there is growing evidence to confirm security forces fired without warning on peaceful protesters tuesday night, killing at least 12 people as authorities imposed a curfew to clamp down on growing demonstrations against police brutality. video shared widely on social media shows security forces in lagos firing directly into a crowd of demonstrators who wer singing nigeria's national anthem. ♪ amy: amnesty international issued a report wednesday that it was nigeria's security forces that fired on the protesters. u.n. high commissioner for human rights michelle bachelet issued a statement that -- "there is little doubt that this was a case of excessive use of force, resulting in unlawful killings with live ammunition, by nigerian arme

i'm amy goodman. the united states recorded nearly 75,000 coronavirus cases on tuesday as the confirmed death toll from covid-19 neared 227,000. the u.s. has recorded over a half-million new coronavirus cases over just the last week. more than half of states are at or near record levels of infections and no state in the union is seeing a decline in new cases. despite the grim news, the trump administration declared victory over the coronavirus on tuesday. in a news release accompanying the release of a 62 page report, the white house office of science and technology policy cited "ending the covid-19 pandemic" as one of president trump's first term accomplishments. in wisconsin, health officials reported 64 coronavirus deaths and nearly 5300 new daily cases tuesday -- shattering previous records. just hours after that announcement, president trump rallied his supporters in western wisconsin, where thousands packed shoulder-to-shoulder at a campaign event where few people wore masks. president trump sai

i'm amy goodman. the united states recorded more than 80,000 new coronavirus infections wednesday and over 1000 new deaths as the white house coronavirus task force warned in an internal report of unrelenting broad community spread in the midwest, upper midwest, and west. every state in the union is either holding steady or seeing an increase in new cases, with the u.s. headed for a third surge that is set to rival two previous peaks. on the campaign trail, president trump continues to rally his supporters at packed campaign events where few people wear masks. on wednesday, trp umtraveled to arizona where he mocked a statewide mask mandate ordered by california's governor gavin newsom. pres. trump: in california you have a special mask. you cannot under any circumstances take it out. you have to eat through them. amy: trump's remarks came as a new study by vanderbilt university researchers found coronavirus hospitalizations rose dramatically in places without a local mask mandate compared to places wh

amy: dr. conley also refused to disclose the last time the president tested negative for the virus. >> can you tell us please on testing, can you tell us when he had his last negative test? was it thursday? do you remember when he had his last negative test? >> i don't want to go backwards. amy: this comes as the number of coronavirus cases emanating from the white house continue to grow. on monday, trump's press secretary kayleigh mcenany said she had tested positive, along with two of her press deputies, bringing the number of people in trump's circle with covid to well over a dozen. for more, we're joined by dr. dara kass, emergency medicine physician at columbia university medical center and yahoo news medical contributor. welcome to democracy now! can you talk about what you witnessed last night? trump standing at the white house, returning home saying yet learned real lessons -- he had learned real lessons, removing his mask coming giving a thumbs up, then turning and walking into the wh

juan: hi, amy.ome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: the department of justice sued the internet giant google in a massive antitrust lawsuit that will have major implications for the rest of big tech and may even lead to the company's break-up. 11 states joined the lawsuit, the largest of its kind against a tech company in more than two decades. it accuses google of engaging in illegal practices to maintain a monopoly on the market, including by snding billns of dollars each year on deals with apple and other companies to appear as the default search engine on hand-held devices and browsing services. through these practices, google "owns or controls search distribution channels accounting for roughly 80% of the general search queries in the united states," according to the department of justice. the doj complaint reads in part -- "the google of today is a monopoly gatekeeper for the internet, and one of the wealthiest companies on the planet. googl

i'm amy goodman. there are over 40 million confirmed cases of covid-19 around the world. the u.s. has topped 8.1 million cases, remaining by far the most infected country, with around 20% of known cases. the u.s. death toll is nearing 220,000. on friday, the u.s. reported around 70,000 new cases, the highest daily total since july. at least 12 states set single-day case records since friday. only two states -- vermont and missouri -- reported significant decreases in reported cases over the past week. in an interview with cbs's "60 minutes," top white house coronavirus task force scientist anthony fauci shared his reaction when he saw the rose garden ceremony for supreme court nominee amy coney barrett on tv last month. >> were you surprised that president trump got sick? >> absolutely not. i was worried he was going to get sick when i saw him in a completely precarious situation of crowded, no separation between people, and honest nobody wearing a mask. tv, i said,hat on oh, my goodness, nothing good

i'm amy goodman. conservative judge amy coney barrett has been sworn in to replace justice ruth bader ginsburg on the supreme court after the republican-led senate voted 52-48 to confirm her. for the first time in 151 years, a supreme court nominee was confirmed without a single vote from the minority pay. on monday night, supreme court justice clarence thomaswore barrett in to her lifetime seat. >> the oath i have solemnly taken tonight means at its core i will do my job without any fear or favor and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. amy: hundreds attended the white house ceremony despite a new covid-19 outbreak that has infected at least five of vice president mike pence's aides. justice coney barrett is president trump's ird appointee to the supreme court and gives the court a 6-3 conservative majority. democrats slammed republicans for ramming through the confirmation at a time when tens of millions of votes have already been cast in the elec

circuit seventh circuit court of appeals judge amy coney barrett for the supreme court. confirming her for the court by a vote of 62-48, 45 democrats and two independents voting no and one rural begin voting no as well, senator susan collins of maine. here on c-span2 we will continue to take your phone calls and reactions to the vote today, 2-027-488-9214 for level begins, (202)748-8920 for democrats and for all others (202)748-8922, (202)748-8923 for your texts. all blumenthal of huffington post write about president rob success on the supreme court saying this, donald trumps reception court justices the most since reagan fulfilled the 40 year long drive for a rocksolid conservative majority by the conservative legal movement. what happens now. just about what happens now here on c-span2 our coverage tonight is a tweet from caitlin collins of cnn the white house officially announcing that president trump will host a swearing in ceremony for amy coney barrett on the south lawn at 9:00 o'clock and is expected to be similar in size and the last event for her but is in a bi

amy: dr. fauci responded by saying he just wants to focus on combating the virus, saying -- "that's the only thing i really care about. that other stuff, it's like in 'the godfather' -- nothing personal, strictly business as far as i'm concerned. i just want to do my job and take care of the people of this country." while trump is attacking fauci, his campaign continues to run an ad that uses fauci's words out of context, falsely giving the impression that if ouchi endorses endorses the president's handling of the pandemic. thisis comes as cocovid-19 c cae surging again across the united states. on monday, nearly 60,000 people in the united states tested positive and 445 people died. in kansas, a coronavirus outbreak in a nursing home has killed 10 people and infected all residents and an unspecified number of staff. new mexico governor michelle lujan grisham on monday warned in a tweet -- "if covid-19 continues to exponentially spread like last week, new mexico will not have the health care a

amy: dr.raig spencer is director of global health in emergency medicine at columbia university medical center. when we cocome back,k, reverendd barber will join us for the swing state of north carolina to talklk about other issues r raid arouound the issue of racial jusustice, the aca, obamacare, d presidentt trurump attttemptingo overtuturn i it. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: wilson picickett's "nininy nine and one half." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quaranante report. i'm amy goodman. vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris met in salt lake city, utah, would say not for the only vice presidential debate at the campaign season on the issue of the economy, pens argued it had been growing too slowly under the obama/biden administration and made no mention of the economic collapse during the coronavirus crisis. this exchange begins with senator kamala harris. sen. harris: on the issue of the economy, i think there cannot be more fundamental difference between do

as judge amy coney barrett noted. she very carefully describe the case pending and found that supreme court. it is not about obama care live large . is about eight technical doctrine called severability. * the statute deemed unconstitutional. and this is what italy ms., individual mandate because we zeroed out the tendency under the tax cut and jobs act. the question is does the rest of the legislation and obama care, stand. or does it all have to be struck down. she noted a number of cases decided recently by the current supreme court seemed treat severability with particular care. and indeed is a scholastic in an academic, she and others noted it is not exactly appropriate for the judges to go out and strike down statutes except to the extent they are unconstitutional. she said are not coming for your healthcare. she will serve corporate interest in and destroy the environment somehow of winter liberties. these are nothing but baseless scare tactics. studs are democratic colleagues. the latest one came this morning.

i'm amy goodman.n. fafar-right t groups are conting to celebrate president trump's debate performance after he refused to disavow white supremacists and urged one violent hate group, the proud boboys, to s stand by. pres. trump: what doing to call them? what would you like to do? proud boys? stand b back and stanand by. amamy: the proud boys are now selling t-shirts with the president's words "stand back and stand by." andrew anglin, the founder of the neo-nazi website the daily stormer, wrote on wednesday -- "i got shivers. i still have shivers. he is telling the people to stand by. as in, get ready for war." on wednesday, president trump attempted to shift his message. pres. trump: i don't know who the proud boys are. you will have to give me a definition because i really don't know who they are. i can only say they have to stand out and let law enenforcement do their work. amy: a moment later, trump repeated his claim that it is anti-fascists who are the "real problem." in relelated news, the natioio

judge amy coney barrett has officially been confirmed by the u.s. senate and in moments she will be sworn in as the newest member of the united states supreme court, a lifetime appointment. we are awaiting that swearing-in ceremony from the white house. we will take you there live as it happens and tomorrow after taking her official judicial oath, she will be able to fully participate as the newest member of the supreme court. my opening monologue is straight ahead but first joining usic no, guided the whole process as promised, senate judiciary committee chairman lindsey graham is with us. i did notice a little bit of a temper tantrum and there were a lot of threats going on about packing the court and ending the legislative filibuster. amnesty, a lot of power grabs. not easy.

wade, and amy coney barrett clearly meets both tests.as been critical of the supreme court decisions, written by john roberts several years ago that upheld the affordable care act, and as far as abortion is concerned, she is vehemently anti-abortion. she signed an ad a couple of years ago pledging, seeking to overturn roe vs. wade, so that she fits both criteria. but there's also a third one, which is ch has emerged, and that is president trump is looking for a candidate who will be a vote on the supreme court if he challenges the election, and he has chosen amy coney barrett based on his conviction that she will be a vote to continue to place him, put him in office. so it's those three reasons why she was chosen and i think one other point needs to be made. president trump will be in office four years, eight years, his appointees to the supreme court, as well as lower courts, will be sitting on the judiciary much longer, for many more years than donald trump is president, making decisions. and in this case, making decisions that will ta

justice amy coney barrett. lot of work waiting for an there's been a number of emergency appeal to the court regarding ballot measures, voting, mail-in voting that kind of thing. they'll have a conference on friday with a vote on taking up new cases not immediately when they start oral argument again on monday she faces a couple really big cases that will test her as a brand-new justice but tomorrow it will be official. she will get to work. >> tucker: what an amazing night. every night is an amazing night right now. shannon bream, thanks so much. as we told you tomorrow night the bulk of this show, sitdown interview with tony bobulinski, the man who says he met with joe biden about business in china. we will get details that have not been out there before. they are being suppressed by the rest of the media. that's tomorrow. right now the white house event, swearing-in for amy coney barrett starts in a moment. sean hannity takes over. >> sean: thank you and welcome to "hannity." fox news alert. judge amy coney

of course amy coney barrett cares about healthcare. they will try to make this about the faith as they did in the seventh circuit nomination battle. if she takes her catholicism to seriously for some of my colleagues, that is their problem. that says more about their on - - that institution than the supreme court of the united states. there is no religious test for high office in this country. once again to go down that fictitious mode that the process is a legitimate although firmly grounded in historical precedents with the president of the united states senate to the same party end of the course of the election your i will unapologetically and enthusiastically and ardently fight that amy coney barrett gets a fair hearing and a look forward to moving forward with this process without delay. >>. >> all of those that have been here today. and then you criticize policies. but now they will lay off people at disneyland. what does that look like? >> i have made it clear my colleagues as well would like to see another rescue package. we ha

. >> we are a pro-life generation and we want amy coney barrett nominated to the supreme court. >> "nightlinewill be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> thanks for joining us, tonight, we are with staunch activists in a political clash away from the campaign trail, the struggle over the future of the supreme court, the passing of ruth bader ginsburg making way for a nominee who some say may reshape weapon's reproductive rights for decades to come. >> hey y'all, the time is 7:50 and we are on our way to our location. we have our cart ready to go. and we are excited. the rain is starting to pour a little bit. that is not going to stop the pro-life generation. >> for melanie, a 20-year-old senior this moment is history in the making. she is joining four other women, the self described scotus squad. . >> we want to motivate and activate the pro-life generation right now to vote pro-life first and be a voice for the pre-born. >> only a few blocks away, amanda, a planned parenthood activists is getting fired up. >> abortion rights and all of reproductive rights is personal. the personal is political. >> toda