host: ed whelan is back on washington journal. lawyer, former supreme clerk.aw kir good morning, sir. guest: good morning, john. host: last week, president trump releasing 20 additional names on his list of potential supreme court picks. i want to start with the president from the white house last week. pres. trump: in the recent past, whenever most treasured freedoms, including religious liberty, free speech, and the right to keep and bear arms, have been saved i a single vote on the united states supreme court. our cherished rights are at risk, including the right to life and our great second amendment. over the next four years, america's president will choose hundreds of federal judges, and in all likelihood 1, 2, three, and even four supreme court justices, the outcome of these decisions will determine whether we hold fast to our nation founding principles or whether they are lost forever. that is why today i am announcing 20 additions to my original list of candidates for the united states supreme court. should there be anoth

and a discussion of president trump's new supreme court list with ed whelan. malcolm, a keynote speaker at this year's democratic convention joins us to talk about campaign 2020. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. president donald trump and former vice president joe biden are set to debate tuesday, september 29. pledged to he has end cash bail. it he probably accepted the endorsement of a criminal district attorney. >> he lied to the american people. liedowingly and willingly to the country for months. he had the information. he knew how dangerous it was. while this deadly disease ripped through our nation, he failed to do his job on purpose. a life and death the trail of the american people. >> watch live coverage of the presidential debate and watch all of c-span's debate coverage either live or on-demand at c-span.org/debate. find all past presidential and vice presidential debates from c-span's video library. there is als

the fall congressional agenda and a discussion of president trump's new supreme court list with ed whelan. then state representative atcolm, a keynote speaker the democratic national convention, joins us to talk about campaign 2020. watch c-span's washington journal at 7:00 eastern monday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and. president donald trump and joe debate tuesday, september 29. pres. trump: biden supports cutting police funding. he has voted to end cash bail. he accepted the endorsement of the anti-police portland district attorney who has a policy of releasing writers, vandals, criminals, and violent extremists. pres. trump: he lied to the american people about the threat imposed to the country. he had the information. he knew how dangerous it was. diseaseis deadly gripped our nation, he failed to do his job on purpose. it was a life and death betrayal of the american people. >> watch live coverage at 9:00 of. eastern and watch all c-span's debate coverage on c-span.org/debates. find all past presidential and vice

a discussion of trump's new supreme court list with ed whelan. , an, malcolm kenyatta keynote speakere democratic national convention joins us to talk about campaign 2020. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. ♪ host: good morning, it's monday, september 14, 2020, meaning there are just now if the days until election date. this morning we begin by hearing from just those voters who will be casting ballots for the first time this election cycle. whether you are newly eligible or just newly engaged after never voting in the past, we want to hear from you this morning. first-time voters only, give us a call, let us know which issues are driving your choices this election cycle. supporters of joe biden, the number is (202) 748-8000