joni ernst virtually tied with her radical dem opponent in iowa in 2014 currents won by more than eight points. that appears to be gone. her zone is martha mcsally down six points in her race against former astronaut mark kelly estate president trump one by or points in 2016. david perdue the senator from georgia has only a slim lead in his race within the margin of their in recent polls. perdue won by nearly eight points in his last election. colorado's cory gardner currently losing in his race against colorado governor john hickenlooper by nearly double the margin of president trump lost the state by in 2016. it looks in every instance those candidates, those gop candidates are not running with and in support of president trump and they are making a tremendous

and that's not even a knock on mitch mcconnell and joni ernst. it's just the fact that we live in a representative democracy, and that means your representation in congress are your two senators, your one representative. so it is really important to use your power, your constituent power, to focus on your own representatives. if you're looking for what to do, if you're focusing on this and you're worried for the future of our republic, i am too. there is actually power you have in this moment. specifically indivisible groups are doing two things in the next week. one, this friday we know that ruth bader ginsburg is lying in state at the u.s. capitol. we're not advising people make the trip out to the u.s. capitol to go to that event. we are asking folks and indivisible groups are being flowers or mementos to their senate offices in their own states and saying, hey, this is what ruth bader ginsburg means to me. i would like you to represent me. fight in the senate for me, not mitch mcconnell or donald trump. and, second, after you do that on frida

that re-election effort, this time, in the senate and involving joni ernst.president, the iowa republican is saying that she was so skeptical of the number of deaths caused by the virus after a man attending a campaign rally claimed the fatality count is exaggerated and when later asked to clarify her comments she said this. >> i have heard it from health care providers that they do get reimbursed higher amounts if it is a covid-related illness or death. so because of the additional expense for ppe and the treatment that might be necessary for covid. >> do you think that numbers are being inflated because of this? >> that, i'm not sure. >> that was on monday. today in a statement to the des point register she said quote over 180,000 americans have died because of kroed. what matters is that we're getting the resources to iowa to fight this virus and that is what i'm focused on. now all of that is happening as her state is reporting the nation's highest rate of new cases. prompting the white house coronavirus task force to call for a mask mandate and bar closu

. >> iowa senator joni ernst suggesting doctors might be inflating the coronavirus death toll. she spoke with the waterloo cedar falls courier. >> i can't actually look at that information, but i have heard it from health care providers, that they do get reimbursed higher amounts if it's a covid-related illness or death. >> i find it to be incredibly offensive. it's an offensive attack on some of the best iowans out there on the front lines. >> reporter: at least 260 cases confirmed stemming from that masks optional rally in sturgis, south dakota. >> they're ready to ride. everybody is cooped up. >> they rode free. many now sick and today one biker confirmed dead. dr. deborah birx who is on the white house coronavirus task force has been touring the country and she just said, if you need evidence that masks and distancing work, look at the southern states of the u.s. they implemented masks and distancing. people are still going to stores, going on vacation, eating out but they're wearing masks and the numbers have fallen. she said that this is no longer theoretical, this is a f

we have great members on our side, tom tillis and joni ernst. i have dared to support trump. i have become for some reason, their number one target. my open and raise more money in august than any candidate running for senate. when you are spending $5 million a week on tv ads, everybody in south carolina will see his ads at least 130 times in one week. so if you have five dollars or $10, send it. graham.com. i want to make the court fight the center of my election. i doubt if he does. but i need the resources to make it the center of my election. is, this is what i came up to her do, why i ran for office, why you knock on doors , thisu make phone calls is the time for us. this is our time, and we will challenge. >> senator lindsey graham, you are doing a fantastic job as chairman of the senate judiciary committee. grateful that you have joined us here at the values voter summit and we will be praying for you. we will be praying that your sense of humor holds up. most people don't realize, you got a great sense of humor, and i think that helps you a lot in these difficult time

the fact we're talking about whether joni ernst can win or lose.int out, the trump campaign can't bank on iowa. if they can't bank on iowa, their problem across the midwest is way worse than any of us ever thought it was likely to be at this stage. and that's in large part because iowa has the proportion of the population that are made up of what we call in polling parlance noncollege white voters. those who have been the ones that have tended to stick with donald trump the most. that number is higher in iowa and these numbers reflect that those people are not necessarily sticking with him. if this is the situation in iowa, what does that mean about what's going on in pennsylvania, in potentially ohio, in wisconsin, which we thought was going to be the center of the universe, could still be, but seems to be breaking for joe biden at this stage in the game. and i do think there are very real questions. jim vandehei touched on this. we know this could be an incredibly close election and we could be fighting this out for weeks. there are also some sig

. >> joining us now on book tv is senator joni ernst, a republican from iowa . she's written a new memoir calleddaughter of the heartland . senator ernst, what prompted you towrite this book at this time ? >> guest: thank you peter so much. this has been ajourney of love for me . i grew up in southwest iowa, a very rural part of the state and the perseverance, dedication, hard work that my parents taught me really has carried me through so many different challenges in my lifetime. opportunities in my lifetime and i wanted to tell a story that could be uplifting, certainly people will face challenges throughout their lifetime but we all should understand those challenges don't necessarily have to define us and just bless the women of the great united states of america and the opportunities it given to me and that'swhat i hope to share in this story with other people . >>. >> host: the book is relatively revealing and will go through some of those things but was it tough to expose yourself like that >> guest: it was very hard . i've been through a number of signif

we have great members on our side, tom tillis and joni ernst. i am in a tough fight. my opponent raised $100 million. i dared to support kavanaugh and dared to support trump. reason,ecome, for some their number one target. my opponent raised more money in august than any candidate running for senate. when you are spending $5 million a week on tv ads, everybody in south carolina will see his ads at least 130 times in one week. i'm sure it will be the same for tom tillis. if you have $5 or $10, send it. lindseygraham.com. help us financially so we can push back. i want to make the court fight the center of my election. i doubt if he does, but i need the resources to make it the center of my election. you can pray to give grace. is whatom line is, this i came appear to do. this is why i ran for office. this is why you knock on doors and make phone calls. this is the time for us will start this is our time, and we will meet the challenge. >> senator lindsey graham, you are doing a fantastic job as chairman of the senate judiciary committee. grateful that you have joined u

joni ernst was forced to backtrack. she said she was skeptical of the official coronavirus death toll and suggested medical professionals had been fraudulently inflating numbers to make more money. >> i can't actually look at that information, but i have heard it from health care providers that they do get reimbursed higher amounts if it's a covid-related illness or death. >> again, there's no evidence for that claim and health care providers were outraged calling that an attack against the live saving work they're doing. meanwhile, across the u.s. schools are still facing clusters. more than 1,000 students were diagnosed at the university of south carolina. dr. anthony fauci saying they need to stay at school and absolutely not go back home. >> it's the worst thing you can do. keep them at the university in a place that's see questered enough from the other students but don't have them go home because they could be spreading it in their home state. >> fauci also pleading with americans to continue mitigation efforts ah

you heard a lot from joni ernst tonight about being a farmer, fighting for farmers, clearly trying to establish some sort of independence from the president, but it's going to be very difficult at this late stage in the political cycle because so many voters so clearly associate these republican senators with the president because for 3 1/2 years they've been standing by this president. they've been supporting him. they, of course, voted to acquit him in the impeachment trial earlier this year. and so there are now political consequences they're having to grapple with as they struggle for re-election. >> indeed let's not forget we just showed live pictures of capitol hill, where the flags remain at half-staff until ruth bader ginsburg is laid to rest. michael schmidt, andrea bernstein, philip rucker, can't thank you enough for starting us off. greatly appreciate it. >>> coming up for us, more on the push to quickly confirm the president's nominee to the supreme court. our next guest has argued dozens of cases before that very bench. he warns that millions of americans have a lot at st

democratic candidate theresa greenfield up three in iowa over joni ernst. and the democrat up by a point in georgia. then it gets more remarkable from there. these are recent polls. democrat jaime harrison, who will be joining us, down to just one to lindsey graham in south carolina.o mike espy down by one in mississippi. south carolina, mississippi, and texas, all with competitive senate races. winnable races for democrats. right? republican incumbents are favored in all those places, of course they are favored. but they're sweating. and many democrats clearly view a battle over health care in the midst of a pandemic the president has bungled, leading to the unnecessary death of tens of thousands of our fellow americans. they view that fight as being in their favor. raphael warnok is a pastor, democratic candidate running for senate in georgia. there's two senate elections in georgia. this one is a special election. he's not gotten a ton of attention because it's a weird special election. a whole bunch of candidates can be in runoff if no one gets 50%, it

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me, i thinke asking joni ernst is in deep trouble. i am not sure the farmers. to me it is independent. i refer to the holsters. we saw -- pollsters. we saw an enormous erosion among independents has the coronavirus started rising. town, rural folks like that, this is about identity. this is about he speaks for me. that, iut having said think they will have a horrible night in the senate. i think it will be more independents that are breaking overwhelmingly against not just the president but against republicans down ballot. his base will never leave him. small town rural whites are definitely, and white farmers, definitely are in that base. >> the other thing important here is fierce. when you -- fears. with the groups he has done well with in 2016, the numbers have fallen off since the start of covid are senior citizens. i have studied millennial politics for a decade now. i have been preaching to republicans for a decade they have to give the program or lose young voters. now those millennials are almost 40 years old and they still break for democrats by huge

iowa republican senator joni ernst is giving life to the conspiracy theory, too. the senator says, these health care providers and others are reimbursed at a higher rate if tove id is tied to it. so what do you think they're doing? i'll tell you what they're doing -- caring for infected patients. they're getting a lot of americans to the other side of this disease alive. and watching a lot of americans die alone from covid without family members by their side in their final moments. and those health care providers are risking their health, their lives, as they do this heroes' work. those health care providers didn't sign up to be deploys to a war zone, as senator ernst and an iraq war veteran did. these doctors and nurses, these patient transporters, hospital janitors, administrative workers, they answer the call anyway. senator ernst is disrespecting their service, accusing them of secretly fudging numbers to make hospitals more money. even as hospitals are losing $50 billion a month treating covid patients according to an industry group that represents them putt

obviously, joni ernst. we have pickup opportunities in alabama. john james is a breakout candidate in michigan, doing incredibly well. we are not just trying to hold our seats. we are looking to pick up seats as well. host: what worries you the most. -- most? guest: i can't say that. i don't want to make our candidates think i'm worried about their race. i feel good about the ground game, certainly some of these are going to be gained. the: we've been looking at numbers coming from the president's reelection campaign. do you have financially what the party needs for advertising and the final push? guest: we absolutely have the resources we need to get through this campaign. the difference is we have raised record money and more than the dnc since the beginning of 2019. we have been investing in a ground game. that is why you are seeing stories like, republicans are out-registering democrats in north carolina, because having that ground game and understanding can't pop up a ground game a week for an election, having people the able to knock and be

susan collins, those are three that everybody acknowledges, thom tillis, obviously, joni ernst. and this then we've got pickup opportunities in alabama with tuberville, john james is a breakout candidate in michigan, doing incredibly well against gary peters. so, we're not just trying to hold our seats, we're actually looking to pick up seats as well. >> but what worries you the most of those races. what are you most concerned of. >> i can't say that, i don't want to make our candidates think i'm worried about their race. i feel good about what we're doing in all of these states. i feel good about the ground game. but certainly, some of these are going to be neck and neck until election day. >> and we have been looking at numbers coming from the president's reelection campaign. do you have financially what the party needs? does the president have what he needs in terms of advertising and the final push? >> we absolutely have the resources we need to get through this campaign. the difference with the rnc, we've raised record money and more than the dnc since the beginning of 2019

last day, several of those endangered republicans have said they're signed on with mcconnell-- joni ernst in iowa, tillis in north carolina, mcsally in arizona-- and so, what we don't know is, are there four republicans in the senate, apart from susan collins, who said she would prefer to wait, lisa murkowski, who said she doesn't think there should be a vote 'til the new president is chosenchuck grassley, former chairman of the judiciary committee, has also said that-- but that leaves only three if they all do that. many, many other republicans have done a complete 180 around their position back in 2016 when they said no vote in a presidential year. and so, it's going to be up to mcconnell in the next day or two to decide, does he want to try a vote now, or does he want to wait 'til after the election and do it in a lame duck session? >> sreenivasan: and things could get contentious. i mean, democrats wouldn't like this idea. >> if trump wins in november, this issue essentially goes away. because even if the democrats were to wind up taking the senate, the lame duck republicans in novemb

that same trend also seen in iowa, where senator joni ernst this week repeated a widely- debunked claimt the number of covid deaths is greatly inflated. today, in a statement to cbs news, the senator, who is in a tough re-election fight, walked back those comments, saying over 180,000 americans have died because of covid-19. even states where numbers are declining are seeing a disturbing trend. today, the university of georgia announcing 821 students and staff tested positive just in the last week. that's nearly a 350% increase over the week before. the university president now pleading with students to keep their distance. in florida, a photo of an overcrowded hallway at this high school in velucia county has gone viral. it's a different problem further south in miami-dade, where some students and teachers couldn't get online after cyber attacks disrupted the district's remote learning for a third straight day. >> yesterday's attacks, we know, some of them came from outside of the country. >> reporter: next week, schools start in much of the northeast, just after labor day, where healt

it will be joni ernst and the senator from arizona, who is probably going to get beaten anyway. it will be susan collins. if senator graham gets beaten, you are looking at a landslide election throughout the country. we may know that early, we may not. host: let's get back to your phone calls. jay, from indiana. caller: thank you so much for che -- for taking my call. and for c-span. ab mr. tyler can straighten me out on the robert work -- bork point. my recollection of the robert bork appointment and rejection was not so much that he was an originalist, wasn't he the firingwho supported archibald coxe during the watergate hearings? that is my recollection. i'm wondering if it was a question of ideology or other it was that which drove his rejection. my second question is, i am wondering who mr. tyler is going to vote for. thank you so much. think you are right on the archibald coxe. i would have to refresh my history on that, because i think he -- host: he was the solicitor general and then line after the attorney general and deputy attorney general resigned. guest: my recollec

jonie ernst said, i haven't read it, i haven't seen it. john cornyn saying he's done as good a job as you can under the circumstances. there are other questions the president raised. >> i have built a nuclear -- i have built a weapons system that nobody's ever had in this country before. we have stuff that you haven't even seen or heard about. we have stuff that putin and xi have never heard about before. there's nobody. what we have is incredible. >> reporter: during this rally in michigan the president and his campaign team were violating his observe administration's coronavirus guidelines as they packed in thousands of supporters that weren't practicing social distancing and many weren't wearing masks. >>> john bolton has been critical of president trump's leadership after he was ousted as national security advisor one year ago. bolton spoke earlier with our chris cuomo and said mr. trump only views the pandemic as it might impact his chances for re-election. >> look, this is a very serious political problem for the president. that's wh

amna: i have to ask you briefly, republican senator joni ernst has cast doubt on the death toll , sayingt is likely overstated, even though expertsh saopposite. is that doubt reflective of people's concerns on the ground in iowa? kay: i was hearing from conservative republicans in the state legislature as early as april that they were casting doubts about the number of covid debts being reported way back then. as you mentioned, 1100 deaths in iowa have been attributed to covid. senator ernst mentioned she has heard from people in the health care industry that hospitals are misdiagnosing people as having covid in order to get higher payments for the care of those patients. i have reachsp out to the al association here and to thstate medicaid program. neither of them have responded to that accusation. amna: we should point out that exrts seem to agree the death unt is actually undercounted nationwide in this pandec. thank you so much,. k kay: thank you. ♪ judy: the generallection season is officially in full swing and both presidential apcampaigns areng their path november. but shifting de

. >> mayor teague, senator joni ernst in iowa, she is propagating something of a conspiracy theory, butng the death toll because they get reimbursed at a higher rate if covid is tied to it. of course the president has shared this -- that contradicts with what the cdc and the coronavirus task force shows. what's your reaction when you see that? have you seen any evidence that deaths from covid are faked or exaggerated in some way? >> well, for one, our numbers are not being reported correctly. we have had evidence that has been proven in various ways where the -- where the actual numbers of covid are not correct and then i even heard earlier where the death toll -- what they actually died from was not on the death certificate, may not be attributed to covid even though there's other thing mass may have been related to their death. but again, this is serious and we need to make sure that we're actually looking at the true numbers, reporting the true numbers. that hospitals from my knowledge at least here in johnson county have been very accurate. we have been engaged with them from the be

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the question is, susan collins, joni ernst, tom tillis, do any of them say i can't do this and get re-elected do i care, that this will basically seal my fate. martha mcsally certainly did not already. >> ron, i get the stability of the race viewed through the national lens, as evidenced by the real clear politics averages. what explains then the disconnect between volatility in states like some that you've named, and the stable picture nationwide? >> well, i think part of it is an art of polling, part of it is states are subject -- the swing states you're talking about are subject to more active campaigning so it can be affected by which side is spending a lot of money on television. you know, at that moment or not. but i would say, michael, you know, the swing states, unlike the president who said if you take out the blue states america is doing just fine on the coronavirus which obviously isn't true on its own terms. but the swing states are not separate from america. i've tracked roughly 20 state polls released last weekend, and joe biden led donald trump among college-educated white vote

romney may have a say, joni ernst mentioned, someone who is evaluating though she is more conservative and it is all about the math. we will more today. todd: we thank you. jillian: some democrats and republicans doing an about-face in the vacancy battle but listen to this from 2016 at several democrats said the senate should do its job and vote on a supreme court nomination. >> the supreme court staff of 9. >> the president nominates and the senate devises and consents or not. but they go forward with the process. >> the american express equal expect merrick garland to be given a fair hearing and a timely vote in the senate, the senate should do their job. >> every day that goes by without a ninth justice is another day the american people's business is not getting done. >> when the constitution is 100% clear the president of the united states has the right to nominate someone to be a justice of the supreme court. the senate's function is to hold hearings and vote. >> chuck schumer now says republicans have no right to fill the seat although it is the sitting president's duty to do so

joni ernst, virtually tied with her radical dem opponent in iowa.n 2014 earns won by more than eight points. that appears to be gone. air southern's martha mcsally, down six points in her race against former astronaut mark kelly, a state president trump won by four points in 2016. david perdue, the senator from georgia, has only a slim lead in his race. he is within the margin of error of recent polls, purdue won by eight points in his last election. colorado's cory gardner losing in his race against former governor john hickenlooper, nearly double the margin the president lost the state by in 2016. it looks ugly. in every instance those candidates, those gop candidates are not running with and in support of president trump and they are making a tremendous mistake and they're doing so at the, at the beckon of mitch mcconnell. it is a tragic mistake for the republican party but still early enough to correct. >>> president trump this hour will be heading to the battle ground state of michigan for what is scheduled to be another high energy, electrifyi

does this hurt gardner, tonight tillis, joni ernst in iowa?hey could vote to confirm amy coney barrett and one week later lose their senate races. craig? >> reporting from littleton, thank you, garrett on the hill. thanks to both of you. not just colorado, we're connect in with steve kornacki for new polling from some must-win states for president trump. >>> also,y wi y witreopening wi restrictions y. florida's girlfriend is giving businesses like bars and -- governor is giving businesses like bars and nightclubs the green light there. >>> first, an update to a story we reported a few weeks ago. a 28-year-old third-grade teachered named dem i banister, she died from coronavirus less than two weeks after returning to her classroom. now her mother, shirley banister, has also died from complications from the virus. shirley tested positive the same day her daughter died. shirley banister was the department chair for nursing at midland's tech. her family remembers her as a, quote, wonderful person, and says there is no doubt that she was an angel o

joni ernst went to washington and never looked back. >> another night of violent protests. >> protests are continuing across the country. >> democrats invited it. >> i do not know why there are not uprising those all over the country and maybe there will be. >> not welcome anymore, anywhere. >> democrats encouraged it. >> when they go low, we kick them. that is what the new democratic party does. >> questions about who the minnesota freda from debt freedom fund is helping out. >> the fund offered bail to serial rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals back on the street. people.arris encouraged >> say no. a potential slip for democrats in iowa. what is happening? guest: we see a lot of this both ways. not going yourre way, you try to change the subject. are, no matter which side you are on, what are the biggest issues facing the country? i think he would say, the coronavirus is the greatest challenge our country has faced in three quarters of one century. you would have to go back to pearl harbor and the great depression to find one of this manna to that effect many people. and

but i do think it helps the senators that are up for election, it's interesting in iowa, senator joni ernstere saying we should vote, she's the one on the ballot. a senator grassley is not on the ballot this year, and is taking time to make the decision by being the former chairman of the senate judiciary committee. he's got an important voice and as i'm sure working behind the e scenes with mitch mcconnell to make sure they have the votes. >> melissa: attorney general bill barr putting three major u.s. cities on notice. control the violence and protests or your federal funding will be at risk. that's next. ♪ three thousand dollars. thr! that's how much veteran homeowners can save every year by using their va benefits to refinance at newday. record low rates have dropped to new all time lows. with the va streamline refi there's no appraisal, no income verification, and no money out of pocket. one call can save you $3000 a year. local will about offering a range of medicare advantage plans, many that include prescription drug coverage. it's about talking to your doctor from your couch, helpi

what if they cost cory gardner a seat, joni ernst a seat, it might help mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham, but it could hurt others on the cusp with more battleground states -- steve: if you have the vote before november 3rd. >> i think it's going to help cory, by the way, i really do, he's a great guy, very, very loyal to the party and to his state. i know that for a fact. i think it's going to help mitch, i think it's going to help everybody if they do it. if they do it, if they do it as they should be doing, it's going to help everybody. i think it's going to help our country, if you want to know the truth, if we we do it -- brian: democrats don't feel that way. they're incented, they're threatening -- >> and you know what? they might win an election. hopefully, it's not going to be this one, but they might win an election, and then they're going to have a pick for themselves. but, you know, losing elections, that has consequences. it's like -- that means the other side gets to pick supreme court justices which is, you know, a big deal. it sets the tone. i'm going to tell you right now

joni ernst of iowa took a big hit as the president's fortunes declined. as soft republican voters are returning to the party san fold, they have seen their numbers improve. i know that you like to play things cautious. you always have. are you feeling a little bet better about the republicans being able to keep the majority this session? >> look, dana, i feel the same way i did at the beginning of the cycle. we have a lot of expose sure. this is the big class that took it in 2014. i have 23 members up. democrats have 12. we knew this would be a struggle. it's a 50/50 proposition. the outcome of the senate could go either way. we have air-tight races in montana, colorado, arizona, iowa, north carolina, maine and georgia. it's like a knife fight in an alley in every one of these places. i feel good about where we are. but none of these races are lost or won at this point. >> dana: michigan looks better. john james is an exciting candidate the republicans have been excited about against gary peters. >> yeah, he's a fabulous candidate. the michigan race is th

. >> doctor, i want to ask you about something that senator joni ernst has been talking about. she doesn't seem to believe that she can trust the death rates in iowa. here's what she says. >> i can't actually look at that information, but i have heard it from the health care providers that they do get reimbursed higher amounts if it's a covid related illness or death. >> she's basically suggesting that if doctors call it death from covid somehow the hospital gets more money. what are your thoughts on that? >> this is an insulting statement that she made. there's absolutely no truth to it. first of all, we do not get paid more based on what someone died for, nor do we get paid more based on the actual diagnosis. there's no truth to that statement and it's insulting. it's insulting to the men and women who work every day with sick patients with covid-19 and put their life on the line. that type of statement just enrages me. >> yeah, really, there are two parts to it. it's buying into the qanon theory that people many people haven't died from coronavirus and that the health care w

joni ernst, senator up for re-election state of iowa. has a problem at the moment. from a town hall. one attendee told her during the question and answer period he believes covid-19 cases and deaths are over counted. a theory discounted by medical professionals theys the numbers are actually much higher. ernst was so skeptical of the numbers. health care providers and other reimbursed at a higher rate if covid is overrated. what happens, people isn't responsible, people in the community look to for leadership say things like that? >> john, to be very clear, these numbers are underestimates. we are undercounting the number of coronavirus cases out there. essentially what's happened, let's say you have a patient who comes in, has a heart attack and dies. that patient also had high blood pressure, diabetes and smoked two pack as day 40 years. did they die from their heart attack? from smoking? from all of the above. so when you have a patient who dies from pneumonia also had underlying conditions in addition to covid, some of these politicians are basically saying, oh,

. >> reporter: the woodward book has gop senators running for cover with iowa's joni ernst telling cnn, i haven't read it. and john cornyn of texas praising mr. trump, saying he's done a good a job as you can under the circumstances. but there are questions raised by the book, as to why mr. trump thought it was a good idea to tell the author about what sounds like a top secret nuclear weapons system. >> i have built a nuclear -- a weapons system that nobody has had in this country before, we have stuff that you haven't seen or heard about. we have stuff that putin and xi have never heard about before. there's nobody. what we have is incredible. >> reporter: now, all afternoon we have watched hundreds of trump supporters enter this airport hangar in michigan without any masks on. there are some using a mask but they are few and far between. as this hangar gets more crowded, it's almost packed right now, wolf, people are simply not practicing social distancing. it's as if they've been listening to the president downplay this virus all along. and wolf, i can just tell you, looking around

joni ernst. both of them sounded like they will be with the president. >> absolutely.illis as well. they came in in 2014, so they don't have as much of an identity that is separate from the political environment. how they do is tied very much to healthy president does. -- to how the president does. they will remember to vote for the republican down ballot. judy: many republican calculi, or whatever the plural of calculus is. amy walter, tamera keith, we appreciate it. judy: photojournalist sebastian rich visited u.n. peacekeepers in cyprus to see how they are adapting amid the coronavirus. find his images on our web site, pbs/org/newshour. and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us online and again here tomorrowvening. newshour, thank you. please stay safe and we'll see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> caregiver. eclipse chaser. a raymondjames financial advisor taylor's advice to help you live your life. >> johnson and johnson. consumer cellular. bmsf railway. the candida fund, committed to restorative ju

mitch mcconnell and by lindsey graham as well as other individuals who are up for reelection like joni ernstrunning for reelection from iowa. last time four years ago, she was against putting forward or voting the nomination of merrick garland, this time around she's more in, time to listen same thing, he is all in supporting the majority leader on this, if it's a numbers game, we're looking at whether or not democrats can convince two additional republican senators to break ranks, i don't see that happening right now, anything is possible, we don't know who the nominee is going to be or their background but as it stands as a unified republican party in the senate right now except for the two that were mentioned earlier. jon: let's take a look at the timing of all of this in the timing of past nominations and confirmations, it took 88 days to get brett kavanaugh confirmed to the supreme court, we all know what he went through, neil gorsuch it's 65 days, elena kagan 87 in sonja 66 days, we do not have -- were less than 66 days out from the election, does that make a difference? >> it does and

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be tough because even some of the republicans are in tough races this fall, like thom tillis or joni ernst or lindsey graham, might decide that it's better politics to go ahead than deny their base on this. >> susan, there will not be a new justice seated by november 3rd, so do you see a potential repeat scenario of the presidential race, and what role might the high court play on the potential outcome of this election? we're already hearing hints from the president that he may not accept the results if he were to lose. >> we've heard more than hints. the president of the united states, as extraordinary as it is, has been attacking the legitimacy of the election for months, calling it a rigged election with no evidence in advance. he certainly raised that scenario himself. and you hear some republican senators like ted cruz using this as an argument for why republicans need to ram through a new supreme court justice right now. so there isn't a tide port in case of some sort of an election dead lock and they're preventing a constitutional crisis by moving ahead with a power play like this.

in 2020 no republican candidate saint trump did not win and joni ernst and iowa has in thom tillis inth carolina pulling behind donald trump. democrats can win colorado and arizona in maine and still come up short because of the job losing. but i don't think they can afford to let iowa go and north carolina go and still hold thehe senate. paul: thank you all, still ahead the unemployment rate dips below 10% in august and continues to reopen from the covid shutdown. this as evidence shows the lockdown forck the economy but y not have stopped the virus spread as much as advertise. ♪ >> tech: at safelite, we're here for you with safe, convenient service. >> tech: we'll come right to you. ♪ upbeat music >> tech: you'll get a text when we're on our way. >> tech: before we arrive, just leave your keys on the dash. we'll replace your windshield with safe, no-contact service. ♪ upbeat music >> tech: and that's service you can trust when you need it the most. ♪ upbeat music >> tech: schedule at safelite.com. ♪ upbeat music >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ th paul: the u.s. ec

could help senators who are in tough races in traditionally red states, like a ma that mcsally or joni ernst, that the idea that a vote for a supreme court nominee after the election could drag some senators across the finish line by signaling you better make sure you hold on to this republican seat because we have a vote after the election. that's the next big political calculus to go with. judge coney barrett would be a solid conservative pick. she's one of these culture warriors, very pro life, a devout catholic, someone who the conservative elements of this party would like to see. judge lagoa would help the president with cuban americans in florida. she has cuban roots. she is from florida, but could help with more moderate voters in the suburbs. >> stand by, shannon. garrett, going back to the process here, in terms of the timeline we know judge barrett has been vetted. who is to say during the course of the vetting process something isn't discovered or uncovered that lawmakers on either side of the aisle may not have been aware of. how fast can they really do this if. >> reporter: tha