pennsylvania democratic senator bob casey examines the upcoming senate vote on judge amy coney barrett's confirmation to the supreme court. watches c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. be sure to watch "washington journal" saturday morning as we hosted the two leading third-party candidates for president, howie hawkins and jo jordgensen. >> coming up live on thursday at 9:00 a.m. on c-span, the senate judiciary committee votes on whether to send the supreme court nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the full senate for consideration. democrats have announced they will boycott the meeting. at 9:00 p.m. eastern, the second of final presidential debate from elmont university in nashville, tennessee. speaker nancyuse pelosi holds her briefing. the senate returns at noon. at 1:00 p.m., members vote on the nomination of michael newman to be a u.s. district court judge in ohio. you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government, created by america's cable television company as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >> form

then, present -- then pennsylvania senator bob casey examines the vote on judge amy coney barrett's confirmation to the supreme court. watch c-span's washington journal. be sure to watch washington journal saturday morning as we host the two leading third-party candidates for president. ring party candidate howie hawkins at 8:00 a.m. and libertarian party candidate jo jordgensen at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> the senate judiciary committee bows tomorrow on whether to send the supreme court nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the full senate for consideration. we will have live coverage setting at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. senate minority leader chuck schumer and members of the committee announced they will be boycotting the committee announcing that republicans have moved a break threat -- at breakneck speed ignoring her troubling record and breaking long-standing committee rules to set thursday's boat. we will not grant this process any further legitimacy by participating in markup of this -- just 12 days before and election already underway. >> do i let my people run it really well or badly?

then senator bob casey examines the upcoming senate vote on judge amy coney barrett's confirmation to the supreme court. live "washington journal" at 7:00 eastern this morning. and be sure to watch "washington journal" saturday morning as we host the two leading third-party candidates for president, the green party candidate howie hawkins, than the libertarian party candidate jo jordgensen at 9:00 a.m. eastern. ♪ c-span, yourtching unfiltered view of government. created by america's cable television companies has a public service and brought to you by your television provider. >> health and human services secretary alex azar, and centers for disease control and prevention director dr. robert redfield gave an update on the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to develop, approve and distribute a vaccine. this is 30 minutes. >> all yours. >> all mine? great. good afternoon. and thank you, secretary azar, for joining us today at cdc headquarters. it is a privilege to have you with us and we appreciate your leadership throughout this unprecedented response

indeed, in 1990, when bob casey, the father of current senator bob casey, when governor bob casey waslection in 1990, he won 66 of the 67 counties. the one county he didn't win was montgomery county, because it was so republican. that was just 30 years ago, but in political terms, it seems like 300. beginning in the early 1990s, the suburbs of philadelphia began the change. while you can't take anything for granted in politics, i do think those are permanently gone for the republican party. your native chester county certainly seems to now be going the way of montgomery county. the areas, though, that aren't gone for either party and that are very swingable tend to be those blue-collar pockets of the state, again, that swung heavily in 2017, swung back to us in 2018, and i'm confident will be with us in 2020. i think those continue to be up for grabs, frankly, for grabs for either party. >> well, i think it's more likely than not that we're all going to be focused in on pennsylvania on election night especially if we do not get an answer out of the state of florida that's clear and de

joining me now is pennsylvania senator bob casey.enator, thank you for joining us. >> it's good to be with you. thank you. >> yesterday you were there for the joe biden rally in pennsylvania. what does pennsylvania look like? mr. trump won last time. what is your prediction this time? and how was joe biden received in pennsylvania yesterday, and how has he been received around the state, as you move around your home state? >> reverend al, as you know, pennsylvania's always a competitive state generally, but especially in presidential races. you look at the last 20 years. it's basically been about a three-point state. and we expect it to be closely fought until the very end. but i think the reason joe biden's ahead right now in pennsylvania and the reason i think he'll carry the state is he's addressing the two overarching issues that most americans are concerned about. number one, the response of the virus and we've got a planned attack of the virus. and also an economic plan, which is about as extensive and detailed and comprehensiv

then pennsylvania democratic senator bob casey examines the vote on judge amy coney barrett's confirmationpreme court. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. and be sure to watch on saturday morning as we host the two leading third-party candidate for president, green party candidate howie hawkins at 8:00 a.m., then at libertarian party at 9:00e jo jorgensen a.m. >> the senate judiciary committee votes thursday on the confirmation of judge amy coney barrett to be the u.s. justice on the supreme court. the committee gavels in at 9:00 a.m. eastern. watch live on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen with the .ree c-span radio app >> director of national intelligence john radcliffe and fbi director christopher wray held a news conference wednesday evening on election security. director radcliffe said voter hasstration information been obtained by iran and russia in an attempt to push misinformation. here is the briefing. >> good evening. the president has instructed the intelligence and law-enforcement communities to ensure that the 2020 elections are the safest a

more direct assistance to taxpayers more help front the those are out of work pennsylvania, senator bob casey says he wants to see the contents of the bill but doesn't have much hope for the gop proposal republican senators have shown no willingness. no determination to put something on the table will help us tackle the virus. provide relief and create lots of jobs. virginia senator mark warner says he is more optimistic about the discussions between house speaker nancy pelosi and u.s. secretary steve mnuchin he truly is at one 0.8 trillion speakers at 2.2 trillion. >>you know, let's get a deal was do something right in the middle and get this and get the relief out to the american people as quickly as possible while democrats say the bill doesn't do enough to help the country republicans say it's a better to advance the things they can agree on. >>anyone who votes needs to realize they're turning their backs on americans north carolina senator thom tillis says democrats should keep an open mind us when we're at our best we compromise and again we settle for something good we never get to som

host: this is senator bob casey, democrat from pennsylvania.ople that are going to make that ultimate decision about judge amy coney barrett next week. thank you for your time. guest: thank you. host: the judiciary committee planning to meet at 9:00 today to take up the nomination. if it passes, expected to pass, and expected to head to the senate floor monday. so, we will let you watch the room for a little while to see the start of the hearing. again, set to start at 9:00.

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senator bob casey has been warning democrats and sounding the alarm for months saying that they should be telling voters the survival of the affordable care act and protecting people with pre-existing conditions is very much on the ballot. it is something that will play well here. health care, he is right in saying that is important given the confirmation of amy coney barrett and the way the courts have changed the last couple of years. covid-19 continues to hit this state very hard. it is in the top 10 of most deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. cases are researching again. the secretary of health said we should be prepared and we are not rounding the corner. those issues are extremely important. it is really a melting pot of the political universe here. host: another headline. the pennsylvania health secretary cautions against even small holiday gatherings as covid-19 cases continued to soar. jeff from pennsylvania supporting the former vice president. you are on the air. caller: good morning. how are you this morning? host: what are your thoughts? caller: my wife is being di

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then pennsylvania senator bob casey examines the senate vote on judge amy coney barrett's confirmation to the supreme court. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. be sure to watch washington journal saturday morning as we host the two leading third-party candidates for president, green party candidate howie hawkins at 8:00 a.m., then libertarian party candidate jo jordgensen at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government created by america's cable television company as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >> health and human services secretary alex azar, and centers for disease control and prevention director dr. robert redfield gave an update on the federal government's response to the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to develop, approve and distribute a vaccine. this is 30 minutes. >> all yours. >> all mine? great.

pennsylvania democratic senator bob casey examines the upcoming senate vote on judge amy coney barrett's confirmation to the supreme court. live "washington journal," on 7:00 eastern thursday morning, and be sure to watch "washington journal" saturday morning as we hosted the two leading third-party candidates at president, howie hawkins 8:00 a.m. and jo jordgensen at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> the senate judiciary committee votes tomorrow on whether to send the supreme court nomination of a being coney barrett to the full senate for consideration. we will have live coverage starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern. ahead of the vote, chuck schumer and democratic members of the committee announced it will boycott the meeting, saying in a written statement, republicans have moved at breakneck speed to jam through this nominee, in -- ignoring her unprecedented divisions and breaking long-standing committee rules to set thursday's boat. we won't rent this process any further legitimacy by participating in a committee markup of this nomination just 12 days before the combination of an election -- culminatio

. >> i'm not sure i ever met bob casey.>> problem is the president himself in the very next breath fact checked himself. >> i'm sure i did. i shook his hand. i'm not sure. his father was a good man. knew him a little bit. but we're dealing with a totally different person. i don't think -- i don't know this man. he's a senator. there are 100 -- i don't know him! >> now russia factors large in trump's hardly know him defense. here's what he said about vladimir putin before he was president. >> i spoke indirectly and directly with president putin who could not have been nicer. >> i do have a relationship. i can tell you that he's very interested in what we are doing here today. they treated me so great. putin sent me a present with a beautiful note. >> but as trump's proclivity for his russian friend faced scrutiny -- >> i don't know who putin is. i have nothing to do with putin. i don't know anything about him other than he will respect me. >> when russia was interfering in the 2016 election -- >> this just came out. wikileak

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pennsylvania democratic senator bob casey examines the upcoming senate vote on judge amy coney barrett'sonfirmation to the supreme court. watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. be sure to watch washington journal saturday morning as we host the two leading third-party candidates for president. and jo jordgensen. ♪ coming up live on thursday, at 9:00 on c-span, the senate judiciary committee votes on whether to send the supreme court nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the full senate for consideration. democrats have announced they will boycott the meeting. at 9:00 eastern, the final presidential debate from belmont university. a.m.,pan two at 10:45 nancy pelosi holds her weekly briefing with an update on coronavirus relief negotiations. the senate returns at noon eastern. at 1:00, members vote on limiting debate on the nomination of michael

folks, as bob casey and others i served with in the senate, my colleagues used to kid me. i remember one sentence from president kennedy's speech about going to the moon. he answered the question that wasn't asked but was implied. he said we're going to do it because we, americans, we refuse to postpone. i refuse to postpone the work we must do. there's nothing beyond our capacity. there is no limit to america's future. the only thing that can tear america apart is america itself. look, folks. anybody knows who donald trump is. let's show him who we are. we choose hope over fear. we choose unity over division. science over fiction. truth over lies. and, yes, honor and integrity over lying. so it's time to stand up. let's take back our democracy now. we can do this. there's nothing we cannot do. god bless you all, and may god protect our troops. thank you, thank you, thank you. >> democratic nominee joe biden there at a drive-in rally there in buck county, pennsylvania, focusing on the hardships that have come from coronavirus and the need for a new plan to tackle it. promi

bob casey examines the upcoming senate vote on edge amy coney barrett's confirmation to the supreme courtjournal" liveton at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. be sure to watch "washington journal" saturday morning as we host the two leading third-party howieates for president hawkins and jo jordgensen. >> coming up live on thursday at 9:00 a.m. on c-span, the senate judiciary committee votes on whether to send the supreme court nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the full senate. for consideration democrats have announced they will boycott the meeting. at 9:00 p.m. eastern, the second on final presidential debate from belmont university in nashville, tennessee. on c-span2, house speaker nancy pelosi holds her weekly briefing with an update on coronavirus relief negotiations. the senate returns at noon eastern. p.m., members vote on michael newman to be a district judge in ohio.

small margins in 2016 and then in the 2018 senate elections they bounced back and went for democrat bob caseyf these two counties continue their bellwether status in 2020, they will pick, they will choose the win sore i'm looking at those two counties in particular. >> let's blow through the last two slides quickly if we can, harry. if president trump doesn't win pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, does he have a path? >> he'd have to win in both nevada and new hampshire and if you look at the polling averages there right now we're simply not seeing that. biden is ahead in both states and over 50% in both. >> i like to ask you this rhetorically but when will we know who wins the election? the answer is, when all the votes are counted, and that may or may not be on november 3rd, harry, and we have one other of many historical examples of this. >> right, just look earlier this year in the california 25th special election, mark garcia won the race by ten points. even though he won it by ten the winner wasn't declared until late wednesday after election day so folks, be patient, be patient, be pat

barack obama in 2012 and donald trump in 2016 and 2018 senate race went with a democratic candidate bob casey me they are bellwether counties. whoever wins both of those counties are the winner in pennsylvania come 2020. >> erie represented by congressman and after that governor tom ridge, a republican who has endorsed joe biden. interesting. hey enten, thank you. >>> one says it's time for a national mask mandate as we head into what could be a deadly winter. 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. claim your seventy five dollar credit, when you post your first job at indeed.com/home. >>> with the number of new coronavirus cases climbing to the highest level of the pandemic yet, former fda commissioner during the trump administration scott gottlieb is now calling for a national mask mandate in a new op-ed in "the wall street journal." dr. anthony fauci has suggested the same thing as well. joining me now, is a professor of medicine and i

foundation president scott on the presidential tax plans and the pennsylvania democratic senator bob caseynes the upcoming senate vote on judge amy coney barrett confirmation to the supreme court, watch c-span "washington journal" live at seven eastern thursday morning and be sure to watch "washington journal" saturday morning as we host the two leading third-party candidates for president and green party candidate at 8:00 a.m. and libertarian party candidate joe jorgensen at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> amtrak president and ceo william flynn was on capitol hill today to testify on how the coronavirus is affecting the passenger rail system and what amtrak is doing in response, the senate commerce of science and transportation committee heard from representatives of the freight rail industry and the challenges they are facing as a result of the pandemic.

plans and the pennsylvania democratic senator bob casey examines the upcoming senate vote on judge amy coney barrett confirmation to the supreme court, watch c-span "washington journal" live at seven eastern thursday morning and be sure to watch "washington journal" saturday morning as we host the two leading third-party candidates for president and green party candidate at 8:00 a.m. and libertarian party candidate joe jorgensen at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> amtrak president and ceo william flynn was on capitol hill today to testify on how the coronavirus is affecting the passenger rail system and what amtrak is doing in response, the senate commerce of science and transportation committee heard from representatives of the freight rail industry and the challenges they are facing as a result of the pandemic. this is over two and half hours. >> this hearing will come to order. thank you all for being here, good morning. today the committee can means to discuss the status of the national rail network in the country is 140,000 miles of freight rail in class one railroads over 600 freight railro

the pennsylvania democratic senator bob casey. senator, very good to have you.s event in pennsylvania underscores yet another reminder of how important pennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes are, and i'm just wondering, post the debate and the dust-up over what joe biden was saying eventually phasing out the oil industry, i know he's put it back to 2050, and fracking, but the president states that he wants to kill jobs in states like yours. is it resonating with pennsylvanians? >> i think the record is clear, it's clear from what joe biden has said over and over again, and what i know to be the truth, which is he doesn't support a ban on fracking, but what he wants to do is make sure that we do it the way that it should be done like it's done in pennsylvania, where it's done in compliance with environmental regulations and rules so you're not polluting people's water, their ground water, their drinking water, and polluting the environment, but i think that record is pretty clear. i know the president has been trying to muddy the water, not to overuse the analog

senator bob casey has been warning democrats and sounding the alarm for months saying that they shoulde telling voters the survival of the affordable care act and protecting people with pre-existing conditions is very much on the ballot. it is something that will play well here. health care, he is right in saying that is important given the confirmation of amy coney barrett and the way the courts have changed the last couple of years. covid-19 continues to hit this state very hard. it is in the top 10 of most deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. cases are researching again. the secretary of health said we should be prepared and we are not rounding the corner. those issues are extremely important. it is really a melting pot of the political universe here. host: another headline. the pennsylvania health secretary cautions against even small holiday gatherings as covid-19 cases continued to soar. jeff from pennsylvania supporting the former vice president. you are on the air. caller: good morning. how are you this morning? host: what are your thoughts? caller: my wife is being disc

the area probably the most up for grabs northeast pennsylvania, scranton, bob casey territory. union democrats have always been tempted by the siren song of president trump on trade. they're probably the most on the fence in terms of all of the areas of pennsylvania. >> how about -- in that area, how about in biden's old hometown of scranton, in the scranton wilkes-barre area, is he going to outperform hillary by a good bit because he claims it to be his hometown? >> the biden campaign, the casey machine in pennsylvania, they're devoting tons of time and resources and that's the area that they have to put the effort in northeastern pennsylvania and you see a message from vice president biden trying to win over those voters. he's not trying to a free trader. he's not trying to counter president trump on the populist issues, but saying to the voters i'm with you. if you add in suburban turnout, that's higher and better urban turnout in pittsburgh, that could be the key to biden winning the state. >> bob costa, thank you so much for your reporting. >>> joining us news u.s. nationa

then pennsylvania senator bob casey examines the vote on judge amy coney barrett's confirmation to theupreme court. watch c-span's washington journal. live at 7:00 eastern this morning. and be sure to watch washington journal saturday morning as we host the two leading third-party candidates for president. green party candidate howie hawkins at 8:00 a.m. and libertarian party candidate jo jorgensen at 9:00 a.m. eastern. ♪ >> wednesday morning, the justice department announced a settlement with purdue pharma over their role in the opioid epidemic. deputy attorney general jeffrey rosen announced purdue pharma agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay more than $8.3 billion in fines. the settlement also includes members of the sackler family, owners of purdue pharma, who will pay additional fines for civil settlements.