hers and it -- from her senate office, projected into the sesenate judiciary committee susupreme courtrt confirmation hearings due to covid concerns all stop earlier in the hearing, vermont democratic senator patrick leahy asked barrett about her view on in vitro fertilization. agree with do you ivfsponsor of the ad that is tantamount to manslaughter? hon. barrett:'s editor, i signed a statement that you and i have just discussed, and you're right, st. joseph county right to life ran an ad on the next page, but i did not think the ivf view you are expressing was on that page. regardless, i've never expressed a view on it. democratic senator sheldon whitehouse opted not to ask your in questions on tuesday. instead, he gave a 30-miminute presentationon on how w right-wg groups incluluding the federalit society and jujudicial cririsis network have used dark money to reshape the nation's judiciary. senator whitehouse: this is a pretty big deal. i've not seen this on any court i've been involved with, where there is this much dark money and this much influence being used. here's how "the e wa

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they h have not yet filed a case in the suprememe courtrt, so wel stilneeded to see what the judge is going to say, if h he's goiog to stotop this mission or r lett go. brent: correspondent jaime velasquez reporting from madrid tonight where that lockdown is going into effect. thank you. let's move now to the coronavirus developments. the latest developments around the worl. there was a 61% increase in positive covid-19 cases in england. the latest weekly data reports from the country's test and trace scheme show more than 331 thousand people tested positive in mid-september. in italy, a proposal has been put forward by the prime minister to extend the covid-19 state of emergency until the end of january 2021. germany has classified individual regions in 11 eu countries as high risk areas -- belgium, iceland, wales, and northern ireland are now included on the list. the new university semester starts today here in germany, and for lots of students, that means learning from their laptops rather than inside the lecture hall, but the pandemic has also left many in precarious situations,

i have p put my y faith in the supremee courtrt. and with this nomination, i am losing faith.lthough the wayay i havave chon to create my family is demonized by some politicians, the r reali is that we arare like most famies across s the nation. i i had an aboion. i havave t two s sons and a a dr who isis trans i love my c children. we are a proud family comeme african-amamerican appppalachia. my stotory is own but rerepresesents so many peoplplet out from the supreme courtt nomiminee hearings. -- ann n entire castor peoeople the peoeople.te president trump has been n clear he wilill only appoint justices who will overturn roe v. wade. unfortunately, through learning about judge barrett's record, i understand w w the presisident believes she passes the test. pleasese, listen to people whwho haveve had abortions. hear us when we ask you, do not confirm this nominee. our future and our family y come r lives depend on it. ns. too, are america amy: that is crystal good testifying against amy coney barrett who once signed a newspaper advertisement that stated "it is time to put an

conductcted an exhaustive review ofof judge barrett's writingngs and decisis during her time onhe courtrt. theews are far outde mainstream. amamy: plus, we hear thehe testy of a mother frfrom west virgini, who once had an abortion, on why she opposeses the confirirmatiof amy coney rrett. >> president trurump has been clear he would only appointt justiceses who would overturn re v. wade. ununfortunately, i in leaing abt judgdge barrett's record, i undederstand why the president believes she passes the tetest. please, listen n to p people who have had abortions. hearars when we ask, do not confirm this nominee. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the united states is approaching 8 million confirmed coronavirus 64,000ons, surpassing cases for the first time sincece july.. momore thahan 1000 covid-19 deas 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 thursdada

courtrted in the district with the informing function that the community wanted this information that provided to the public about the president's finances. we moved to a hearing about michael cohen and his supposedly misconduct. there is a march letter explains that is what the committee is looking into. then there is the discussion of impeachment. now, we have the maloney memo that really takes michael cohen and puts them in the background. his allegations are no longer the substance of the investigation but we believe there are separate investigations that are now being used. norris: under the supreme court's decision and to the points you are just making, do we have to accept the committee legislative purposes on their face, or can we inquire as to the validity of that purpose? can the only inquire into the validity of the evidence that itsress uses to establish purposes? norris: i think the court said of the community needs to justify with evidence. part of that is that evidence needs to justify the significant steps of involving the president. i think that is a fairly searching

protect patients with pre-existing conditions doesn't negate the fact that the administration is in courtrt rit now trying to overturn the aca. overturning the aca means removing protections for 300,000 people under 65 with pre-existing conditions in a district that i represent. they help with cancer, diabetes, asthma, mental illness and many other conditions. apart from pre-existing conditions, i want to talk about another provision. in 2009 i was one of the authors and simply put, it doesn't allow a woman to be charged more than a man for the same healthcare plan simply because of her gender. my question do you imagine this gender-based provision would be protected if they were overturned in court and what would that mean for the women of the country? >> thank you, congresswoman. one way to tell that is the short-term plan and association plan that was talked about or able to charge more for their coverage and also to deny essential things that are important to everyone's health insurance coverage. even provisions that affect those like mentalik health and s these policies often do americ