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ng to fill the second, he said, "you've got to nominate amy coney barrett." >> narrator: amy coney barrett, a 48-year-old conservative appeals court judge, mcconnell's way of securing control of the supreme court for years to come. >> to be able to say that, "we're goi to have a conservative court for another generation" is important to him. for mitch mcconnell, the court is everything. >> t going to be a rough battle on capitol hill... >> narrator: mitch mcconnell's determination to transform theha supreme courbeen his life's work. >> ...the diay of several senators, u.s. supreme court nominee clarence thomas managed to elude... conservative majority for decades... >> narrator: through bruising >> ...democrats to keep an open mind about kavanaugh... >> narrator: a struggle over ideology and power... . white house has been packaging clarence thomas like a political candidate... th ...expected to be one o most contentious confirmation hearings in memory... >> narrator: ignited by a devastating defeat... >> ...rejecting the nomination judge bork... >> ...judge bork, the long public ordeal...

[applause] 220 judges including justice neil gorsuch, justice brett kavanaugh, and justice amy coneytt. great?he mean, in her confirmation hearing how much did you love it when they said, what have you got written on that paper in front of you? nothing. an amazing person, i've got to tell you the senators were there every step of the way as the president of the united states fulfilled his duty to fill that seat, in fact, let me take this opportunity to thank senator loeffler, she was the first member of the senate to call for a confirmation vote of justice amy coney barrett. thank you, senator. [applause] in a strong judiciary, vanguard and the senate has never been more important. you all remember in the last administration, the steady assault of our most cherished liberties including the freedom religion. the last administration actually compromised to the conscious rights of doctors and nurses and religious charities. they actually hauled the little sisters of the poor into federal court to force them to compromise their faith to live under the mandate of obama care. you all might

same religious intolerance happened when amy coney barrett was nominated to the court of appeals twoears ago. do you remember? she was in front of the senate judiciary committee and the leading democrat on that committee said she was concerned about amy coney barrett's catholic faith because she said, and i quote, "the dogma lives loudly within you." [crowd booing] then hollywood elites started attacking amy coney barrett for her fate and they've never stopped. i've got news for the democrats in washington and their hollywood friends. that dog lives loudly in me -- dogma lives loudly in me. that dogma lifts loudly in you, and the right to live and worship according to the dictates of our faith lives loudly in the constitution of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] under president donald trump, we restored the conscience rights of doctors and nurses, stood strong for religious freedom, and did the assault on the little sisters of the poor, and we are going to stand for the religious freedom of every american of every faith for four more years. [cheers and applause] fin

[applause] 220 judges including justice neil gorsuch, justice brett kavanaugh, and justice amy coneytt. great?he mean, in her confirmation hearing how much did you love it when they said, what have you got written on that paper in front of you? nothing. an amazing person, i've got to tell you the senators were there every step of the way as the president of the united states fulfilled his duty to fill that seat, in fact, let me take this opportunity to thank senator loeffler, she was the first member of the senate to call for a confirmation vote of justice amy coney barrett. thank you, senator. [applause] in a strong judiciary, vanguard and the senate has never been more important. you all remember in the last administration, the steady assault of our most cherished liberties including the freedom religion. the last administration actually compromised to the conscious rights of doctors and nurses and religious charities. they actually hauled the little sisters of the poor into federal court to force them to compromise their faith to live under the mandate of obama care. you all might

[booing] and then hollywood elites started attacking amy coney faith, and her they've never stopped. well, i've got news for the democrats in washington and their hollywood friends. that dogma lives loudly in me. [cheers and applause] that dogma lives loudly in you, and the right to live and worship according to the dictates of our faith lives loudly in the constitution of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] under president donald trump, we restored the conscience rights of doctors and nurses. we stood strong for religious freedom. we ended the assault on the little sisters of the poor, and we are going to stand for the religious freedom of every american of every faith for four more years. [cheers and applause] finally, where joe biden and kamala harris support taxpayer funding of abortion -- [booing] -- all the way up to the moment of birth, i couldn't be more proud to be vice president to a president who stands without apology for the sanctity of human life. [cheers and applause] so in our first three years, we rebuild our military, revived our economy, stood for l

trump: with judge amy coney barrett's, i had a chance to meet her and her family. i love that she abides and follows the constitution. she does not insert her own personal feelings and emotions into the law. that point, based on the constitution. after rbg is incredible because we have another woman. was a trailblazer in all she was able to do. now we have a woman on the court with seven children. it is incredible and i'm excited. incredible moment, incredible person. getting people to look at that, how incredible she is. >> i can talk louder. [laughter] ms. trump: anything else? >> hi. i was talking to the girls here and we were all wondering what advice you would have for talking to our liberal friends and having productive conversations instead of a lot of arguing and back-and-forth? how usa womane and a professional handle those conversations. ms. trump: it might be difficult, right? i always approach things thinking if you have different , beliefs, that is fine. unfortunately, on social media -- post onetforms thing on the not the other. i feel it is so import

and in that time, amy coney barrett has been confirmed to the supreme court.nd i've thrown and cracked 24 cell phone screens. not all of them mine. - hey, babe? have you seen my phone? - but you know what? we have decades to worry about that human chastity belt. right now, i want to talk about rbg. ruth bader ginsburg's death has hit a lot of people hard, especially women. - [bleep]! - and i think it's because-- - mommy? - i think it's because-- - mommy? - buddy, can mommy please just have two minutes to cry in a closet? - again? - i think it's because, as american women, ruth is a big reason why we've made it this far. long before she got to spend 27 years in the middle of this comb-over sandwich, rbg was already changing the world for women. in 1972, she cofounded the aclu's women's rights project. there, alongside pioneers like dorothy kenyon and pauli murray, she spent years carefully laying the groundwork to force u.s. law to acknowledge something radical. women are, like, full-on people. - nobody in our country did more for the advancement of women in te

newly confirmed justice amy coney barrett did not take part in either case. the international crisis group, which monitors conflict around the world, is warning of possible violence in the united states during voting or during the vote counting process. the group cited growing political polarization, the rise of armed groups, and the higher-than-usual chances of a contested election outcome. but the international crisis group says the most important risk factor is the president himself. in an report, the group writes that president trump's "toxic rhetoric and willingness to court conflict to advance his personal interests have no precedent in modern u.s. history." in nebraska, hundreds of trump supporters were left stranded in the freezing cold for hours at an airfield in omaha tuesday night following a rally by president trump. at least seven people were taken to the hospital. 168-year-old man -- one 68-year-old man was found shiverinwith possible hypothermia and altered mental status according to an account on the omaha police scanner. the rally was held th

just as amy coney barrett did not participate in this decision.hat were republicans trying to do i bringing this before this court -- ringing this before the supreme court? guest: they were bringing the trump campaign wishlist to several courts around pennsylvania. this effort had failed originally, so they had an -- they have asked the supreme court to take this issue up, to strike down the state supreme court's upper ruling, which extended the deadline originally. this was before amy coney barrett was confirmed, so after that split, the republicans went back to the supreme court again and said can you expedite this matter, which is a different way of looking at it, putting this back page. that is what the republicans last night -- that the supreme court split 4-4 again, that they could not do it quickly because the election is only six days away. host: what about the protesting we are seeing in philadelphia over walton williams jr. -- walter williams jr.'s shooting? what is the impact on voting? not exactly sure what the impact on the elector is

her appointmentjust a court, amy coney barrett. just a week court, amy coney barrett. her appointmentjust a week before the election gave the highest court in the land a conservative majority and won the president will be hoping would find in his favour. with the outcome of this election on a knife edge, the prospect of legal challenges in the days and weeks ahead will do little to assuage the growing sense of tension in this bitterly divided nation. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. the route to the white house is about individual state battles across the us. let's hear about results in some of the key areas, starting with pennsylvania. we always suspected the keys to the white house might run through pennsylvania and indeed it does appear to be the case. as pennsylvanians went to sleep, though, the result of this state were not yet clear, despite the fact that donald trump touted that he had a lead here in pennsylvania. that being said, there are still many ballots left to be counted and indeed, many postal votes still need to

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amy coney barrett sided with the conservatives on the court.ith the liberals. she was the swing vote. we have seen a lot of -- this has been going on for a long time. these restrictions in place for months and months. as a religious conservatives have felt burdened by them and you can go to a liquor store but you can't go to church. this was a victory for religious freedom. >> mike: a lot of religious people feel like it's a nanny state situation where they can't be trusted to worship responsibly. chuck, your thoughts? >> i was struck by the conflict among the conservatives on the court. the verbal brick bats thrown back and forth between gorsuch and roberts. roberts is trying to keep the court out of these controversies and gorsuch with the help of amy coney barrett's fifth vote managed to get 5 votes and weighed into that controversy with a lot of verbal fireworks and so on. that may be a taste what have is to come now that the court has a new line-up. >> mike: and pastors in new york are relieved. listen to this. >> i remember the mayor of n

left treated amy coney barrett. she made choices many of them have made. she has seven children, she is now on the supreme court. she could be able model just as nancy pelosi is to some women on the left. i'm excited to see this new version of what american women what debbie walsh points out that while many republican women in congress, women are still very under representative over the republican side. here is a quote, "in many ways, this is a simple story, you cannot see gains in officeholders unless you have increases in the candidates. these are important gains. they need to be celebrated and acknowledge. women are still very underrepresented on the republican side." here is a story that says according to the pew research center, about 38% of registered women voters in 2018 and 2019 identified as republicans while only 6% of republicans in the house were women at that time. how do you change those numbers? percentage ofge women identifying as republicans but only 6% last session in congress who are women. should

among the group there on the hard right is amy coney barrett. this issue came up twice before, both from nevada and from california. the issue being states are trying to -- the pandemic. they are doing their best by implementing orders that have different levels of restrictions and religious groups have come forward' said the restrictions on us are unconstitutional under the first amendment. an opinion offered by conservative justice scalia essentially held is there no violation of the constitution unless religious constitutions are somehow singled out by virtue of their being religious constitution. so those cases didn't go anywhere. the difference now, of course, is amy coney barrett and a couple of elements that make this decision extraordinary in addition to departing from the first amendment juris prudence. this is typically a moot issue. the conservative judges issued extraordinary relief and injunction on the theory this could come back. you could make the argument that they didn't have jurisdiction to do what they did as a matter of arti

a sign of the future perhaps in the wake of ruth bader ginsburg's death and her replacement by amy coneyrrett? >> it certainly looks like it's. this is the first instance where the new five really asserted their power. chief justice roberts, who had always been at the center of the court in the last few terms was dissenting along with the three more liberal justices. it's the kind of ruling it's clear the court wouldn't have done before and involves the embrace of free exercise rights and a sort of elevation of them above other rights that really did seem to announce the new five are here and they're strong and they're going to be issuing a number of opinions that are different from how it would have been before and will really change society. >> how does a ruling like this impact the abilities of the states to set their own coronavirus mitigation rules? does it have an impact further than the immediate church ruling? and what signal does it send on future so-called religious liberty cases? >> yes. the first part of your question, it does send the signal that states can't just do what th

>> we just talked about how important it was for amy coney barrett to be confirmed. i think it was her and her family. she abides and follows the constitution. [indiscernible] you know, having her take the , we have another woman who was a trailblazer. it is incredible, truly. incredible woman, an incredible person. >> [indiscernible] [laughter] [indiscernible] ms. trump: anything else? >> hi. i was talking to the girls here and we were wondering what advice you would have for talking to our liberal friends and having productive conversations instead of a lot of arguing and back-and-forth? how you as a woman and a professional handle those conversations? ms. trump: it might be difficult, right? have,ys approach things -- if you have different beliefs, that is fine. [indiscernible] toeel like it is important always approach with grace and dignity. we are not judging them based on what they believe, but may be in form. inform. understanding what makes them take is really important. with, actually, this is what my father dead, or, this is what the president did. [indisc

and, hollywood elites started to ridicule amy coney barrett's faith ever since. have news for the democrats in washington and their friends in hollywood, that dogma lives loudly in me. that dogma lives loudly in you. and, the right to live, work, and worship according to the dictates of our faith lives loudly in the constitution of the united states of america. [applause] under president donald trump we have stood strong for the freedom of religion. we have freed up the pulpits of churches and places of worship across the country. we restored the conscience rights of doctors, nurses, and religious charities. president donald trump ended the assault on the little sisters of the poor and the supreme court made it permanent. under president donald trump we will defend the freedom of religion of every american of every faith so help us god. and, with regard to values. where joe biden and kamala harris support taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment aboard -- of birth, i could not be more proud to serve alongside a president who stands without apolog

>>well when justice amy coney barrett was sworn in 2 weeks ago actually to the day. the balance on the bench shifted to a 63 conservative majority won this case that didn't really matter conservative chief justice john roberts and brett kavanaugh who was appointed by president trump seems skeptical of the republicans argument to strike down the law in its entirety. >>or or yea or years the supreme court gavel didn't tuesday to take up california the texas the case seeking to invalidate the affordable care act the law of the united states of america today that you have to purchase health insurance texas solicitor general kyle hawkins told the 9 justices over the phone because of the pandemic that the law is unconstitutional because it requires americans to get health insurance it is a naked commands to purchase health insurance and as such it falls outside congress's enumerated powers but california solicitor general michael mongan argued that since congress eliminated the tax penalty from the law in 2017 the affordable care act doesn't force anyone to do anything eit

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all eyes on amy coney barrett as the newest justice.rocedural issues largely whether the right claim was brought challenging the affordable care act. and whether they have standings to bring the case. john roberts focused on the standing since the democrats defending the affordable care act are arguing that republicans and the trump administration, they don't have the right standing, the injury in this case. because there was no injury since the penalty for not buying insurance has been eliminated and is zero dollars, so they want the lawsuit thrown out. chief justice john roberts focused on that. and justice clarence thomson to thomas sounded critical. putting in the question, i assume in most places there is no penalty for wearing a face mask -- or a mask during covid, but there is some degree if one does not wear it in certain settings. what if someone violates that command? say it's in similar terms to the mandate here, but no penalty. would they have standing to challenge the mandate to wear a mask? >> reporter: but all eyes really

. >> reporter: you know, amy coney barrett sided with conservative on the court, justin roberts withwing vote and this, we have seen -- this is something that is going on for a long time, restrictions have been in place for months and religious conservatives have felt unduly burdened by them especially the capricious nature of some of the restrictions. it was a victory for religious freedom. >> reporter: a lot of religious people felt it has been a nanny state situation. worship responsibility in this era, what are your thoughts? >> i was struck by the conflict between conservatives on the court, between neil gorsuch, chief justice roberts trying to hold a line to keep the court out of these controversies when it is not necessary to weigh in. neil gorsuch with the help of amy coney barrett managed to get five votes and wade into that controversy, with verbal fireworks, that may presage or be a case of what is to come now that the court has a new lineup. mike: pastors in new york are quite relieved. take a listen to this. >> the mayor of new york went to a huge rally after telling eve

>> we fully expect judge coney barrett will be confirmed. an originalist textualist who we think is made in the likes of a judge scalia. maria: people want to change their vote if they voted early because now they're understanding more about what hunter biden has been involved in. >> look, the hard drive from hell is about joe biden. this shows you how joe biden's been compromised by the committee chinese communist party. maria: what about the suppression of this information, senator? >> we issued these subpoenas on october 1st before "the new york post" story about the laptop and the bidens, before that broke. so i think this gives us a good opportunity to explore really the outrageous conduct of twitter. maria: i want to get your take on the cost of those economic policies reversing should the president lose this upcoming election. >> the way to figure out what the cost of repealing all of the trump tax cuts and deregulations which joe biden has said repeatedly he will do, is to look at how much good they did for the economy. maria: meanwh

. >>> breaking news overnight, amy coney barrett changing the u.s. supreme court, her voting handing a victory to religious groups. governor cuomo tried to limit the number of people who can attend religious services during the pandemic, but the justices ruled that violates the constitution. we'll have more on that ahead as well. >>> we begin with the pandemic. joining us now is the former acting administrator at the center for medicare and medicaid services for president obama. happy thanksgiving, andy. >> happy thanksgiving to you both. >> we appreciate you spending time with us this morning. can we start with the new study that says there might be eight times the number of infections or cases than we know about, than have been reported. what do you make of that? >> that's what we've been trying to figure out and estimate for some time. we know there are a lot of people that don't get tested. we know that there was a long period of time early on when there weren't enough tests. so what that tells us is that, you know, we've got tens of millions of

important this moment is consider a leading argument for republicans, confirming amy kony barrett -- amy coney barrett was gaining senate seats, over brett kavanaugh. is republicans narrow the gap they will argue against any broad mandate for joe biden. so far the republicans have won 200 one house seats and are leading the race for 13. democrats have 218 and beating three. a total of at least 12 seats. welcome to fox news at night. richardson looking at the state of affairs one week after election day. >> reporter: mike pompeo promising a steady transition in the state department as their are concerns the delay in transfer of power could impair national security. the details of the secretary's proposed transition were a surprise. >> is the state department preparing to engage with the biden transition team and if not at what point does it delay hampering a smooth transition pose a risk to national security? >> there will be a smooth transition. we are ready. the world is watching what is taking place. we will count all the votes, we're in good shape. >> reporter: president-elect biden has fie

what do you take away from this case that tells us about how the court will separate with justice coneytt on the bench? i'm particularly interested in your thoughts on chief justice roberts? >> i know. his was probably the most interesting opinion, he was not actually with the liberals in this case, necessarily, on the merits. he took pains to stay that this is a case in which -- he was kind of skeptical about the restrictions. but he didn't think that the court should decide the case because the restricts were no longer in place. there was not necessarily a lot of daylight between the chief justice and justice cakavanaugh. and i think that is a pattern that we could see in a lot of cases in the years to come. but at the same time, he was not necessarily going to go as far as justice kavanaugh. at the same time, he wasn't with the liberals. he was kind of searching for a middle ground. and you had the other more conservative justices who are ready to go ahead and say the state can't impose the restrictions. so this could be sort of a glimpse into the future of the supreme court, as far

you know, amy coney barrett decided with the conservative onto court justice roberts with the liberalste. and again we have seen a lot -- this has been something going on for a long time, these restrictions have been in play for months and months and months. and religious conservatives in particular have felt unduly burdened by them. especially the nature of the restrictions. you can go to the liquor store but not church. this is a victory for religious freedom. >> mike: and so bottom line a lot of religious people in the country have felt like it's been in a state situation and they cannot be trusted to live responsible and worshipus responsible in this era. charles, your thoughts. >> i was struck by the conflict among the conservatives on the court. the verbal brickbats being thrown back and forth between neil gorsuch and chief justice roberts. chief justice roberts trying to hold the line to keep the court out of these controversies when it's not absolutely necessary to weighhe in. and neil gorsuch with amy coney barrett's fifth vote there managed to get five votes and weighed in to

principled m and women and that includes justice neil gorsuch, justicebred kavanaugh and justice a coneyrett. and none of that would have been possible without the support of senato perdue and senator loeffler, in fact, let me just say, i want to spefically thank senator loeffler she was the first senator in the united states to call for the confirmation vote of justice amy coney barrett andhey both stoodtrong with this amazing jurist. you know these appointments to our courts have nev been more importt. because the courts areur last line of defense. the last vanguard of our liberties enshrined in the constitution and in our founding document. when we came io office you all remember that we've seen a steady assault on our liberti and our cherish values. the conscience writes of doctors and nses have been compromised, through bureaucratic fiat in last administration. a group of nuns known as little sisters of the poor haule into federal court by the last ministration. forced them to compromise their faith to live under the mandates of obamacare. and you all remember when judge amy cey bar

today, new justice amy coney barrett gave few clues on how she sees the law. her questions and comments were focused and highly technical. >> that would be odd for us to construe the statute as congress saying, "well, we're going to change the statute in a way that's going to render it constitutional or this provision in a way that will render it unconstitutional." >> reporter: now, i do have a caveat: it can be very hard to read these justices because they're hearing arguments by telephone because of the coronavirus. but based on these questions today, it seems a majority is clearly poised to leave the bulk of this law in place with a decision as soon as this spring. norah. >> o'donnell: jan crawford at the court tonight. thank you, jan. today, a scathing vatican report said top church officials, including late pope john paul ii, knew for decades that there were allegations of sexual abuse against former cardinal theodore mccarrick when he was a rising church leader. but john paul ii apparently believed mccarrick's denials and appointed him archbishop of wash

this week, amy coney barrett was sworn in as the new a supreme urjustice and a monday night ceremony on the whithouse lawn. but according to polls him her confirmation has not yet proven to be a game changer for mocratic rival joe biden is leading in several critical states and has raised more money. joining me now by skype from san francisco, our turn on politics and government senior politics and government kqed correspondent marisa lagos, thank you for joining us. scott, we just recorded our the nation, the california has silver avoided a spik we expected the pandemic was going to increase early ngmail- vobut the numbers are far above what was expected. who benefits from this electoral t surge? conventional wisdom, priya, whenever there's a larger than expected turnout, democrats tend to benefimore the republicans because republicans historically are very reliable voters, were as you have a lot of occasial voters among democratsti, first- voters, younger voters, more low income voters. those are all folks who sometimes vote and sometimes they don't onr various re so you would gues

>> it is the difference in the court's makeup, since justice ginsburg's death, and amy coney barrettlacing her. this ruling is the first glimpse how consequential it will be for the future of the court. she was critical giving conservatives 5-4 majority since it was chief justice john roberts that once again sided with liberals as he had this past summer when justice ginsburg was still on the cord, and when they sided 5-4 against houses of worship that were fighting restrictions. that's the flip side of what we're seeing with the new court makeup. the late night decision on the eve of thanksgiving, a stark reminder of the split we'll see on consequential cases moving forward. as such, we saw unusually critical language, we saw this from justice sonya so the my or. yet, on the flip side, the unsigned opinion from the majority conservative justices, it seemed to punch back. this is what unsigned opinion said. it said members of the court are not public health experts, we should respect the judgment of those with special expertise and responsibility in this area. even in a pandemic, the

this is also where amy coney barrett, new justice amy coney barrett was teaching at notre dame, so this state certainly expected to go if president trump and mike pence's favor. now joe biden spent his morning at his home state of pennsylvania. one last opportunity to get out the vote in another crucial swing state. as always, all eyes on pennsylvania and its 20 electoral votes. part of the three midwest states president trump flipped in 2016 to lead him to victory. president trump made a stop at his campaign headquarters in virginia this morning. he'll spend the evening watching returns at the white house. we also understand he is hosting a party there. as we begin to see results tonight, here is the bottom line. there's food chance we may not know who the winner is, especially with so many more mail-in ballots due to the pandemic, especially in key states like pennsylvania. election experts are urging people to be patient. >> the bottom line is, it's really important for people to know, because there's been so much more vote by mail this time of around, because of a phenomenon called

hopefully, amy coney barrett will come through.amy: meanwhile, senate judiciary committee chair lindsey graham has publicly agreed that republican state legislators in pennsylvania and other states should consider invalidating the will of the voters and appoint republican electors to the electoral college regardless of the vote outcome. republicans control the legislatures in wisconsin, pennsylvania, michigan, north carolina, georgia, and arizona. senator graham was asked about this by sean hannity on fox news. >> should these republican lawmakers in pennsylvania and elsewhere, if there is corruption -- they don't abide by the law and don't allow observers in as the law calls for, should they did invalidate this? >> i think every thing should be on the table, so there is the process of observing an election that is being violated -- philadelphia elections are cricket as a snake. amy: concern is growing that supporters of trump may begin using violence to disrupt the electoral process. on thursday, the president's son donald trump j

momentum is, consider that a leading argument for republicans in confirming supreme court justice amy coney barrett was senate seats in the midterms despite losing the house after the battle, justice brett kavanaugh. as republicans narrow the gap in the house tonight they will argue against any broad mandates for president-elect joe biden. he's officially certified as the winner. so far the republicans have won 201 house seats and are leading in recess for 13. democrats with 218, they are leading and three. on pace to leave a total of 12 seats. welcome to "fox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington. we would begin with rich edson looking at the state of affairs will make after election day. >> secretary of state mike pompeo is promising a steady transition at the state department this winter as there are concerns a delay in a transfer of power could impair national security. though the details of the secretary acosta best proposed transition were a surprise. >> is the state department currently preparing to engage with the biden transition team, and if not, at what point does the de

that 5-4 decision highlighting the impact of justice amy coney barrett on the court. cnn's polo sandoval joining us now live with those details. polo, good morning. >> good morning. we have reached out to governor andrew cuomo, a key player in this. what the supreme court is doing is preventing the state of new york from restricting attendance limits at houses of worship. governor cuomo was the one who first imposed these restrictions, and since then, the diocese and synagogues have been launching a fierce fight against the state of new york. what's interesting, there won't be any immediate impact here as the churches and synagogues that took this all the way to the highest court in the land, they're not actually currently subject to the restrictions, because they were recently lifted due to what the state describes as an improvement in covid stats, in parts of queens and in parts of brooklyn, but as we well know in this ever-revolving and sometimes worsening covid saga, those numbers can change and those snef infections are on the rise. the houses of worship argued t

and they allowed the state decision to stand with a new composition of the supreme court with amy coneyarrett there, and if that could or renewed that challenge, and if pennsylvania ends up razor thin for joe biden, we could see amy coney barrett playing a very significant role in a lawsuit there. >> and by segregating the ballots, does that put the finger on the scale already on that challenge? >> well, it allows a challenge to happen. so if they had comingled them all, it is difficult to say which ones came in after the deadline and which ones didn't, so by setting them aside, they are making it possible to challenge them. so i don't know if it is a finger on the scale, but if it is president trump or joe biden to challenge them, and or to discard them, and if they make the difference of putting the inwer ovi winner over the edge, we could see it flip there. >> and now, talking about the last 24 hour, and there was building expectations of the strategy in the sun belt to propel joe biden to early victory, and it did not happen. so now we are seeing the race move into the midwest. in m

rejected measures to undue the aca, chris. >> so, obviously, a lot of eyes are going to be on amy coneyg high-profile case today. but what other judges are people watching to determine which way the court might go? >> chris, of course, they have to count to five to get a majority. let's say they get amy coney barrett, not entirely clear, but let's say they get her, the most conservative justices on this court of clarence thomas and samuel alito. both have sided with the plaintiffs in the past to overturn the aca. they'll need those two and two more. likely suspects are brett kavanaugh and neil gorsuch. two trump appointees who have not ruled on an aca case on the supreme court. it's not clear where they will stand. some have hopes of holding on to the vote of brett kavanaugh. he recently wrote skeptically attempts to railroad through, otherwise constitutional laws by looking at an obscure illegal provision in there. so they have to get all of those justices. they are probably not going to get chief justice roberts who believed the individual mandate was constitutional in 2012 to begin w

been the confirmation of faithful constitutionalists to the bench, most recently indiana's own amy coney barrett. >> what has that meant to the senate races, the confirmation of justice barrett? >> this has really motivated not only our base, though it certainly has done that, as i referenced earlier. it has helped to get out the vote in an election where, frankly, the left and the right are pretty dug in. there are not many persuadeables left. there's a small universe of those. it will help to motivate our base, but it will also, i would argue, on the margins, help us persuade some of the people who are in the suburbs that the president has nominated somebody of the caliber and character and biography of amy coney barrett. he had -- we just had several weeks of national television coverage, pretty much wall-to-wall, focused on this woman. this is the sort of person that the president will continue to put on the court, if there are any additional vacancies during his term, but only if paired with a republican majority in the u.s. senate. in a state like iowa, for example, this is somethi

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as the co-chair of the lawyers for trump committee said, we're counting on amy coney barrett to come through, which probably the last thing amy coney barrett wants to hear. >> i'm sure that's right. >> they got a move by the supreme court without a lot of substantial effect because basically the counties were doing it anyway. >> thanks. john kar, how aggressive do you expect trump and his legal team to be in the coming days facing these kind of numbers? >> i think that the one case that's got some movement is the one that terry just described, but keep in mind this is about ballots that were made by election day and arrived in one of the three days afterwards and the question is that the supreme court could potentially hear is whether or not those ballots should be counted. the bottom line is our guidance from local election officials in pennsylvania is there aren't many of those ballots. they are goes segregated, and even when they are counted it is unclear even if they all went in trump's direction, whether or not it would make much of a difference at all. so other than that, georg

when we think back to the amy coney barrett event at the white house in september which potentially leadall of the coronavirus cases in donald trump's inner circle, that was a big thing. and if president trump really has hundreds of people inside the white house tuesday night it could be -- here we go again. if he loses, maybe nobody cares but if he wins, the coronavirus will never seem to go away accelerating once again. shows 2020 in a , the democrats have been concerned about the spread of the coronavirus and taking trumpes while the administration has consistently downplayed that. one other thing we saw today was the white house coming out very strongly against anthony fauci. takewas an interesting after he was interviewed by the washington post last night. intoy erratic coming election day with a lot of uncertainty. we have more perspective on the u.s. election ahead. we will be hearing from david bloom and his call on where the u.s. dollar heads from here. global and former white house press secretary will be a long with us later. karina mitchell has the headlines. coronavirus numb

>> [indiscernible] can you talk a little bit about how important it is for amy coney barrett to be confirmed? think -- her family and children are incredible. i love that she abides by the constitution. [indiscernible] their own personal feelings and emotions into the law and their voices and [indiscernible] having her take the vacancy of rbg is incredible. [indiscernible] a woman on the court was seven children, it is incredible, truly. [indiscernible] an incredible woman, incredible person, her work ethic. having seven children and doing just howdoes -- incredible she is. >> [indiscernible] [laughter] >> was talking to the girls here whate were all wondering you would have us to talking to liberal friends, and having productive conversations, arguing a back-and-forth. how you would handle those conversations. tiffany: it might be a little things,t but i approach people have different beliefs and that is fine. i think on social media and , it is ok to be one thing and not the other. think speaking with grace and dignity, we are not judging them based on what they believe, but .aybe inform c

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