i was pleased leader macconnell put out a statement this morning that seemed to go in the direction of protecting the constitution of the u.s. that was a real change. let me say there are three stages to elections. everything that happens before, and you see what he is trying to do. discredit mail-in voting. russian involvement in our elections and the rest. all the things they are trying to do to undermine the integrity of our elections. then there is the vote. at least 20 states right now are voting. area where foris some it is pre-vote time to read others, the election is in. to vote without jeopardizing their health. to have thewe want money in the bill to do just that. it does not seem the health of the american people as they exercise their right to vote does not said to be of interest or a priority to the republicans, but that discussion goes on. we have that and then we have the election. the actual voting as we get closer. to protect the integrity of the vote and to stop the president -- he even said it -- you had there, the intimidation of the voter. i don't know why the pres

you could see politicians nudging, either pelosi, macconnell, trump, or all of the above, if they see this is going to be a problem for them electorally. romaine: laura davison, thank you. we will catch up with you quite soon. we are going to continue with this conversation. we are going to talk about that adp labor report that actually was a good report. of course, that is against the backdrop of what we have seen coming out of companies themselves. continental, goldman, allstate as well. this is bloomberg. ♪ romaine: today we are focused on a potential new round of u.s. government stimulus and whether or not it is going to be too late for the economic recovery. we did get that adp report. this is the private payrolls number that comes out every month ahead of the official government jobs report, and it was encouraging. joe: this makes the labor market situation hard to understand because we have this reopening and a of furloughed workers, and it continues to be better than expected. hard to see in this chart, but this was the best month and months for the adp, nearly 750,000 jobs ad

and because senator macconnell later changed the rules again. without really having any debate here. as a result, his use that power to confirm hundred and 17 judges, nearly quarter of the federal bench. they are now trump appointees. in 2017, senator macdonald detonated his own nuclear option to lower thesu votes for supreme court justices as he warned he would do. they installed in which event something else. in 2018 coming down through the nomination of justices kavanaugh under his new regime. delivering confirmation by margin of two votes. the narrowest margin for supreme court nominee since 1881. and throughout it, all, he seatd a roster ofwi judges across the federal bench who otherwise could not make the b team. the senate confirmed a judge who opposed the state proclamation honoring association of professional women because he dared talked about feelings. in the senate confirmed the lawyer killing conspiracies about barack obama and comparing abortion to slavery. an attorney has suggested that judges can ignore judicial presidents . they

> it was nicknamed the skinny bill because it was smaller than the trillion dollar package that macconnelly and only a 10th of the size house democrats passed in may. >> we have a major disaster. let's not have a skinny bill when we have a massive problem. >> reporter: speaker pelosi said she's hopeful the relief welcome pass congress before the election, just not this bill. >>> california makes up one quarter of the weekly jobless numbers. 247,000 california's filed claims. self-employed and gig workers file for the separate benefits. that's more than half the national total. californians began offering $300 a week and assistance that was approved by the trump administration. now the employment development department is offering help to people whose jobs have been impacted by the wildfires. >> whenever there's been natural disasters, over the past 40 years. we have a system of disaster relief. >> it might be a while before fire victims see a check. they are massively backed up and many who applied for sister assistance months ago, have not gotten their money. things may not change until c

lisa: today macconnell said he would defer to the senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham to start thecess, lay out the beginning of the process. but i think it's important for viewers to be ready for the next very intense looking month. a i'm going to lay oume leon -- timeline here and this is just my best guest -- best guess, talking to sources about thwhat needs to happen an timeline. this has not been formally set in motion but one possible way this could go. let's look at a graphic here. th get the nominatio weekend. let's start with the weekth aftr . in the next two weeks, september 27th to ocber 10, that is a possible timeline to evaluate the nominee. the nominee would meet with senators, produce documents, do all of that research. senators and the nominee alike getting to know each other. not a lot of time. r afat is when you would see the next time period, the next two weeks in october, seeing a possible timeline for committee hearings. that could be one ek or more, and also a committee vote. democrats davsome ways of delaying things in the committee, but justk by one w and re

they would not be demonstrating the lust for power and domination that we have seen from macconnell to the point said even colleagues who absolutely we would not do this if it were to happen again have toarly caved to the pressure nominate and try to confirm someone quickly. jeffrey: i want to turn to your now legendary beijing speech from 25 years ago. i have to ask one more question on politics. you mentioned 40 days out. i have to. i get paid to do that. yes. it is interesting to me. you have hard earned experience running against donald trump. what advice have you given joe biden about the oncoming -- upcoming debate and the next 40 days? my. clinton: i have given best advice about dealing with will lieho literally about anything and everything with a straight face. ath impunity, who has presence on the stage unlike anything that former vice president -- or any of us -- have ever dealt with. so be prepared. talkepared not just to about what you are running on and why you believe your best position to move the country forward dealing with the crises from covid to the economy and rac