we talked earlier this week with senator kunz from delaware somewhere joined now with republican senator marsha blackburn. good morning. guest: good to see you. talk about what you have been told about how this process will work? the set up of the hearing submit heightened concerns about coronavirus? two members on your side of the aisle on the judiciary committee testing positive? guest: we are going to continue with chairman blunt and ranking member amy klobuchar, the rules they put in place when covid started. there is an option for the committee to function in one of three ways. in person, virtual, or a hybrid number which gives individuals and witnesses, members and witnesses, the option of attending the hearing in person or virtually. we have had 125 hybrid hearings in the senate since this took place. 21 have been judiciary committee. that is the hybrid model, what we will use for the hearings next week. they begin on monday, they will finish on thursday. we will then begin the process of voting her from committee. we will take the final vote to move her to the floor for considera

graham: kunz, booker, feinstein, corner after senator kunz -- align >> i am happy -- >> i'm happy to defer. sen. graham: sure. to stay here until 1:00, october 22. all right. if i may, mr. chairman? sen. graham: you may. >> i listened carefully to these comments, and i must say the argument for really giving due regard to this nominee i think has been cogently made on our side. i would hope that the republican side would listen to that. these are lifetime appointments. they last for decades. here willt is done affect policies long before or long after our lifetimes end. time i we are -- in the have been on this committee, the 25, 26 years, there has never been a situation quite like this. i think history will regard as if wef we are considered are diligent and patient -- if we are considerate, diligent and patient. ?en. graham: senator chairman, during my opening statement, i quoted james manley, who we all remember worked here at reed for many years. he was quoted as saying on this the groups want blood. democrats off and on the committee want a real fight. i guess this is what pass

graham: kunz, booker, feinstein, corner after senator kunz -- align >> i am happy -- >> i'm happy to defer. sen. graham: sure. to stay here until 1:00, october 22. all right. if i may, mr. chairman? sen. graham: you may. >> i listened carefully to these comments, and i must say the argument for really giving due regard to this nominee i think has been cogently made on our side. i would hope that the republican side would listen to that. these are lifetime appointments. they last for decades. here willt is done affect policies long before or long after our lifetimes end. time i we are -- in the have been on this committee, the 25, 26 years, there has never been a situation quite like this. i think history will regard as if wef we are considered are diligent and patient -- if we are considerate, diligent and patient. ?en. graham: senator chairman, during my opening statement, i quoted james manley, who we all remember worked here at reed for many years. he was quoted as saying on this the groups want blood. democrats off and on the committee want a real fight. i guess this is what pass

instead the bbc‘s political editor lara kunz berg tweeted that...icaljournalist from other broadcasters and from newspapers also reported the same anonymous quotation. but the tweet arose the ire of many people including andrew pickering who responded to it like this... and sp asked... well, we put that question to bbc news and they told us... the statement went on. we mentioned last week newsnight moved to a new studio and the question at rates for some viewers of whether the programme would be returning to its previous starting time of 1030. now it was no longer sharing the studio with the news at ten. we've now had a response to that question from bbc news which reads... that's a case of watch this space. but in the meantime we received another perspective from mark rucker. sabina ahmed reiterated the original point. on the campaign trail for next month's us presidential election it was a delay met again president trump was getting the most media attention. here he is in a rally in florida on monday night.” walk in there, i'll kiss everyone in th

senator kunz, what i said in that article -- s, what i said was the statutory interpretation, it was the less natural rating of the mandate concerning it as a task rather than a penalty, the statutory interpretation seemed stretched yonder its plausible meaning. sibelius turned on a constitutional question, the statutory interpretation was the threshold question in the constitutional question was not something i ever opined on. the case that is coming down the pike in a few weeks, california versus texas, i would not say they are fighting words from the article you read. texas involvesus a very different issue, this issue of severability. for those to be fighting words, i think you would have to assume my critique of the reasoning reflects a hostility to the act that would cause me to approach a case involving the aca with hostility and looking for a way to take it down, to to pry people of their coverage under the aca because i did not like it. i can promise you that is not my view, that's not my approach to the law. i have no hostility to the aca or any other law and i will faithfu

graham: kunz, booker, feinstein, corner after senator kunz -- align >> i am happy -- >> i'm happy to defer. sen. graham: sure. to stay here until 1:00, october 22. all right. if i may, mr. chairman? sen. graham: you may. >> i listened carefully to these comments, and i must say the argument for really giving due regard to this nominee i think has been cogently made on our side. i would hope that the republican side would listen to that. these are lifetime appointments. they last for decades. here willt is done affect policies long before or long after our lifetimes end. time i we are -- in the have been on this committee, the 25, 26 years, there has never been a situation quite like this. i think history will regard as if wef we are considered are diligent and patient -- if we are considerate, diligent and patient. ?en. graham: senator chairman, during my opening statement, i quoted james manley, who we all remember worked here at reed for many years. he was quoted as saying on this the groups want blood. democrats off and on the committee want a real fight. i guess this is what pass

learner kunz berg without reports.bc website and on our twitter feeds. news anytime on the bbc website and on our twitterfeeds. thank you so much for watching. good morning. it really wasn't the best start to a working week in terms of weather, was it? with the majority of the country seeing outbreaks of rain at times, slowly spreading its way southeast. this weather watcher picture from whitby, north yorkshire, tends to sum up monday afternoon for many. but i can offer a glimmer of good news as we head throughout the week, gradually turning a little bit drier, but staying on the chilly side for the time of year. now, for today, however, we're still under this area of low pressure. it's a bit of a messy weather story to try and tell, but here goes. once this weather front sinks its way steadily south through the day, we will start to see an improving picture gradually through scotland and northern ireland, but a brisk northeasterly wind here will make it feel on the cool side. the low pressure sinks its way south, spir

that was my point. >> i will turn over to senator kunz and then we will take a ten minute break. i want to put a fine point on this. in fbi lawyean fbi lawyer altert in a fashion to be damning to an american citizen. that's not sloppy. that is a crime. and when does it become obvious to anybody that the people in charge across fire hurricane had abv deep-seated bias against trump. they thought he was an idiot. they thought supporters were smelly. the person who altered the e-mail claimed ton be part of te resistance. when it becomes obvious that the reason this thing was so screwed up, that the reason every stop sign was run, was because they didn't want to take no for the answer. that is obvious to me. that isn't in every other fisa application. there are problems in the procedure but we haven't found one where a lawyer altered the document, and every time there was exculpatory information, it was withheld from the court. and what kind of system is it that the fbi director has no cluei about the most important investigation may be in the history of the fbi? if you want to believ

there's a lot of talk in washington, based on my own reporting, that senator kunz could end up in the biden administration if vice president biden wins the white house, in a cabinet slot or high-ranking post. that means he would have to leave the senate. if he left the senate in the coming years or so, would you run for his open seat? some are you trying to do breaking news story here or something? -- first of all, chris coons is an incredible legislator and leader. secondly, my middle name is blunt, so i don't have a problem being blunt with my intentions and what i'm focused on. i am really focused on joe biden getting elected. i'm hopeful i will be reelected by delaware on tuesday. i worked really hard to get on the energy and commerce committee in the house and those subcommittees. subcommittee,alth consumer protection and commerce. i believe in a biden administration, in my role in the congress, and also as the whip. i'm part of the whip operation with jim clyburn. i could be very helpful moving things like dealing with the pandemic and climate change, which are two of the issues

senator kunz notes that each choose a nomination based on the nomination of the president.aying i support the nomination all the fluff you hear is just fluffy or she is qualified to g should be confirmed, enough said. prince is with us from george, virginia. go ahead, undecided line. caller: hey there, good morning. thank you for taking my call. this is an out-of-the-box mentality on the issue, but i personally believe that a regulated candidate industry is a conservative issue. of course, i think it has been proven around the country that it is fiscally irresponsible for states not to take up the issue for their process to hear in the south -- or excuse me, and my home state of virginia, we have the virginia a.b.c. system, the virginia alcohol therage control, distribution of spirits, and i believe that private farmers and small business that should have the right to farm and produce products, and i think it would be a great compromise if the state still maintain control that way. whatnot,cctv and picking up these products, and of course there are issues where children are

we talked earlier this week with senator kunz from delaware somewhere joined

we talked earlier this week with senator kunz from delaware somewhere joined now with republican senator marsha blackburn. good morning. guest: good to see you. talk about what you have been told about how thisce

this morning, delaware democratic senator kunz discusses the confirmation hearings for judge amy coney barrett. then a look at senator harris's record ahead of the vice presidential debate. and author and former indianapolis star journalist will talk about the record of vice president mike pence. also, the latest on the coronavirus pandemic and response with -- live "washington journal," at 7:00 a.m. this morning, and join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. here is a look at our live coverage wednesday. 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, the supreme court hears oral argument in google v. oracle. p.m., politico with a preview of the vice presidential debate with senator harris's sister, and former advisor to hillary clinton. p.m.00 a.m., -- at 9:00 vice president penson, harris take place in the vice presidential debate. 9:00 a.m. on c-span2 -- and in the afternoon, comptroller general and congressional budget office director appear before a senate finance subcommittee to talk about u.s. economic outlook. you are watching c-span, your unfiltere

judge barrett: i am not, although as i said to senator kunz, i'm not aware that anyone string to make an argument that a legislature should prohibit the use of birth control. but as you know, griswold does lie in the base of the doctrine that is challenged in internal court. sen. hawley: here's my point. i was seven years old when judge robert bork came before this body. i don't remember any of that. i wasn't watching as a seven-year-old. but what we saw, i think the legacy of the board hearings continue to reverberate. .is name has become a verb i think what we have seen today is the attempted borking of judge amy barrett. the problem is they don't have anything in your records to so badly misconstrued to suggest he will somehow so fundamentally change america that now they attribute to you the worst meanings and most draconian interpretations of justice scalia. we take scalia's record, distort that, and attribute it to you. let me come back to your relationship with justice scalia. i was under the impression you were a different person and that you had in your own words, your own mi

i disturb my colleague senator kunz make reference to an old case which iswold swipely assume is another at her catholic beliefs. this is the kind of thing i'm talking about and this is the sort of attack that must stop. burr: -- must stop. to. blumenthal: i want introduce you to one of my ofstituents, connor kern ridgefield connecticut. used 10 years old and suffers from muscular dystrophy. horrible and incurable disease. ofslowly deprives children their strength and ability to move and eventually it robs them of their lives. of providing his care are astronomical. for connor and his family it is worth every penny. connor is a superhero but he has always had a real sidekick. he has had the protection of the affordable care act. it has shielded him and his arbitrary caps on coverage that would have cut off his care when it became too expensive. romhas protected connor f losing insurance because of this insidious disease that he never cost -- caused. act hasrdable care given his family a measure of relief, of hope, of peace. connor and many others like him are why i will oppose your nomin

i disturb my colleague senator kunz make reference to an old case which iswold swipely assume is another at her catholic beliefs. this is the kind of thing i'm talking about and this is the sort of attack that must stop. burr: -- must stop. to. blumenthal: i want introduce you to one of my ofstituents, connor kern ridgefield connecticut. used 10 years old and suffers from muscular dystrophy. horrible and incurable disease. ofslowly deprives children their strength and ability to move and eventually it robs them of their lives. of providing his care are astronomical. for connor and his family it is worth every penny. connor is a superhero but he has always had a real sidekick. he has had the protection of the affordable care act. it has shielded him and his arbitrary caps on coverage that would have cut off his care when it became too expensive. romhas protected connor f losing insurance because of this insidious disease that he never cost -- caused. act hasrdable care given his family a measure of relief, of hope, of peace. connor and many others like him are why i will oppose your nomin

can we start on the topic of independence, picking up where senator kunz was questioning you.eard my colleagues suggest that because you clerked for justice scalia, you will automatically vote however he did. did he tell you what to do when your career? have you been in the habit of doing exactly what he told you to do in your professional career? judge barrett: as i said earlier, if you confront me, you are getting justice barrett, not justice scalia. i share his method of interpreting the text. i did not agree with him in every case. he couldn't tell me what to do. i had to go his way. the fact that we share approach does not mean we would reach the same results. >> you make up your own mind? >> i do. >> you have your own views, i think it is shared us -- fair to say. >> you are a very accomplished jurist. >> it feels a modest. you are very accomplished. you would automatically -- i let me ask you -- let me ask you about some other attacks you endured. i noticed yesterday we were assured you would not be attacked on the basis of your faith. surprised, because for 3.5 years,

we talked earlier this week with senator kunz from delaware somewhere joined now with republican senatorackburn. good morning. guest: good to see you. talk about what you have been told about how this process will work? the set up of the hearing submit heightened concerns about coronavirus? two members on your side of the aisle on the judiciary committee testing positive? guest: we are going to continue with chairman blunt and ranking member amy klobuchar, the rules they put in place when covid started. there is an option for the committee to function in one of three ways. in person, virtual, or a hybrid number which gives individuals and witnesses, members and witnesses, the option of attending the hearing in person or virtually. we have had 125 hybrid hearings in the senate since this took place. 21 have been judiciary committee. that is the hybrid model, what we will use for the hearings next week. they begin on monday, they will finish on thursday. we will then begin the process of voting her from committee. we will take the final vote to move her to the floor for consideration on th

i disturb my colleague senator kunz make reference to an old case which iswold swipely assume is another at her catholic beliefs. this is the kind of thing i'm talking about and this is the sort of attack that must stop. burr: -- must stop. to. blumenthal: i want introduce you to one of my ofstituents, connor kern ridgefield connecticut. used 10 years old and suffers from muscular dystrophy. horrible and incurable disease. ofslowly deprives children their strength and ability to move and eventually it robs them of their lives. of providing his care are astronomical. for connor and his family it is worth every penny. connor is a superhero but he has always had a real sidekick. he has had the protection of the affordable care act. it has shielded him and his arbitrary caps on coverage that would have cut off his care when it became too expensive. romhas protected connor f losing insurance because of this insidious disease that he never cost -- caused. act hasrdable care given his family a measure of relief, of hope, of peace. connor and many others like him are why i will oppose your nomin

. >> you gave an answer to senator kunz, but this is more than academic. you said it is very unlikely to maybe, but allnd the more reason that you should be willing to tell the american people it was correctly decided. i asking about your legal position. would you have been in the majority? >> i have a couple of things on that. one is that the reason i expressed a view on brown to senator graham is that i think what i have said in print, either in my scholarly work or opinions, is fair game. i have said in the past and the lecture i have given repeatedly that brown was correctly decided. i think that was fair game and loving is indistinguishable from brown. >> loving involved interracial marriage and griswold involved a ban on contraception, a criminal turn involved eisenstadt v baird. these are fundamental cases and i'm asking your legal position. mindt to kee you to keep in how many people are listening and watching because they may take a message from what you say. they may see what you say and be deterred from using contraceptives or may file fear they