supreme court judge has begun in washington republican supreme pushing to get amy kone barrus confirmed head of next month's election that's been criticized by democrats just as island as following a been some capitol hill. the goal to have amy quiney bennett on the u.s. supreme court before the presidential election the 1st step the senate judiciary committee hearing 16 days after her formal nomination from the committee chair a lament that politics plays such a big part in nominations now the bottom line is justice ginsburg when asked about this several years ago said that a president serves 4 years not 3. there's nothing unconstitutional about this process this is a vacancy this occurred 4 years ago republicans refused to even hold hearings for judge meant garland normally did to fill a vacancy caused by the death of a conservative justice no hearings in an election year he insisted judge any corny about its nomination will almost certainly imagine from the committee even if democrats boycott the final vote that will send it to the fill senate for confirmation and that's where the de

the corner barrus will be there and it will take time.to really come forward to we are to need trucks it's the vaccine is important but we need to we need to have peace to or treat people who are sick and. who don't get to make see you know where it's not yet available. and right away we don't know but it's when it would be available we are working hard at it and you through wonderful concerted effort what is right but we this is not the solution is it right step gunton their founding president of the world health summit thank you so much for your time lots of success for this us summit thank you very much on the question of vaccination is also on your mind time for your question and over to our scientific correspondent ted williams. how do you decide which parts of the population get vaccinated 1st. there is a lot of worry at both the national and international levels that when a vaccine does become available i'm it won't be distributed to the people who need it most on an equitable basis but who does need it the most while lawmakers are

confirmation hearings for trumped supreme court's justice pick any clearly barrus is again facing tough questions from senate committee members so far she's the impressed by several democrats on key issues like health care abortion and election disputes my there is alan fischer on capitol hill allan take us through what's been happening on this 3rd day so far. well she's currently being interviewed by john cornyn who is a senator from texas also served on the state bench for a while while he was down in texas so has some judicial experience but perhaps the most interesting exchange has come just in the last 20 minutes or so with patrick leahy who is a democratic senator from vermont now he asked whether or not anyone was above the law in the eyes of the judge she said no obviously that was the case and then he asked can a president self pardon no this is all about donald trump and what he might do should he lose the election given that there are a number of cases that could be pending against him some of them criminal that could mean the former president if he loses the election appeari

all night session after voting to limit the debate for trump's nominee for supreme court justice barrus republicans that want it done before the election which the democrats oppose no nominee to the supreme court has ever been confirmed this close to a presidential election well those are the headlines and it clark will have more news for you here after inside story stay with us. another arab israeli normalization deal announced but the agreement linking sudan and israel raises more than a few questions is it as substantial as israel's deals with the u.a.e. and beheading and cancer dance government actually follow through this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm. sudan has become the 3rd arab country this year to say it's normalizing ties with israel president donald trump made the announcement during a phone call with the israeli and sudanese leaders on friday the move has symbolic significance because it was in the sudanese capital of them in 1967 that arab countries committed themselves to what became known as the 3 knows no peace no negotiations and no recognition

republicans will now try to rush a senate votes as confirm trumps supreme court nominee amy carney barrus. republican majority in the senate is very narrow it's only 3 votes 3 senators so they can't afford to lose any votes when it comes to the senate floor they may have enough votes to get it through the committee but they're rushing this thing through with probably only a modicum of hearings because they want to make sure that this supreme court nominee is confirmed to be poor the election if the election happens and president trump loses reelection and it's going to be very difficult for her to be confirmed because the argument will be how can the lame duck president who's been rejected by the voters be in charge of the next supreme court justice be the person who nominates the next supreme court justice that isn't fair committee can make a recommendation he can even make a recommendation if it's tied in the vote i don't think they'd be much more than 2 points majority i don't know the exact answer to that but the committee can meet nick you have hearings and then he can wait to vote u

commitment to the white house on how to rule on major cases including election disputes amy kearney barrus testified before a senate committee on the 2nd day of her confirmation hearing i was there as alan fischer reports. on capitol hill it was time for judge to make money bennett to face questions from senators the chairman of the committee was a new doubt the president picked the right person to fill the vacancy caused by the death of ruth bader ginsburg and i would say you're one of the greatest picks president trapped in mate and from the conservative side of the aisle you're one of the most qualified people of your generation if you could be more specific in any way several democrats wanted the judge to make her position clear on controversial issues that may soon come before the supreme court money in politics abortion on the affordable care act again and again the response was the same. my personal views don't have anything to do with how i would decide cases and i don't want anybody to be unclear about that i'm not willing to make a deal not with the committee not with the preside

confirmation hearings she's been facing tough questions from senate committee members on capitol hill barrus woods was pressed by several democrats on key issues including health care abortion and election disputes. europe is battling to contain a 2nd wave of coronavirus germany's imposing tougher measures on gatherings and ma squaring france is introducing and not a few and in the u.k. a new 3 system is in force the protests are continuing in cyprus against government corruption they follow and algis their investigation of senior politicians who are willing to sell cypriot possible to convicted criminals scheme was run as financial investment in exchange for citizenship. those are your headlines. i'm a kind of x. that i shan't have a home and her color vanished in the end and sure i was on to him in a film star but also on the other hand i won the toss over but i thought australia . i mean what i shall. have now when i'm with la mustapha and i'm unclear only and house a target or any. 100 saab but how kasha handy and have to show the status on their dad to show how the lot of. being with a