senator murkowski and i worked hard to make that happen. we made sure in the language that all alaskan natives were covered. my opponent said only certain alaskan natives should be covered. hundreds of millions should go to the lower 48. that is ridiculous and i don't think any alaskans support it. but he does. the question is a very valid one. in the bill that we put forward on the senate floor, there are flexibilities to extend the deadline in which that cares act money has to be spent into september of next year. that was something i heard from alaskans and that was something in the current bill and i hope we can get that in the bill as we continue to negotiate a compromise on this. but the focus on rural alaska wasn't just the $8 billion tribal fund. i was able to get an additional $100 million for hospitals that were playing such a critical role during this pandemic. lori: thank you, sir. we have to leave it there. mike: your response. mr. gross: you're right. how it can be used and how it had to be tied to covid. you're 100% right. wh

murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: mr. president, i want to start with a personal you this to you as the -- thank you to you as the presiding officer for indulling me for an additional few moments here so i may speak this afternoon on the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to be an associate justice of the u.s. supreme court. and while i intend to share with you my intentions on how i will vote, i'd like to start by just expressing my disappointment with where we are in the senate as a whole right now. there's been some good discussion hering this morning as we're considering -- discussion here this morning as we're considering the unanimous consent agreements, some statements made, but not action moving forward. i -- i had hoped that if we were going to be at this moment in time just over a week out from our national elections, that we would be here on the floor debating -- debating the merits of a receive relief bill. and in my home state of alaska, as in so many states around the country, we're seeing unprecedented n

murkowski has won re-election in the past in part with support from democrats.on on a write-in campaign in one of her previous' elect n re-elections. that's going to be a weird, interesting race. shows to me, at least, she's looking ahead to 2022 a bit. >> very interesting, indeed. garrett haake, garrett, thank you so much for sticking around for us today. we appreciate it. and that's going to do it for me today. if you're going outside, wear a mask. it's my birthday. do it for me. wear a mask if you're in public. if you're staying inside, ayman mohyeldin picks up our coverage next. when the pandemic shook our city, scott wiener immediately went to work, making sure families could put food on their tables, defending renters facing eviction, securing unemployment benefits, helping neighborhood businesses survive. scott wiener will never stop working until california emerges from this crisis. the bay area needs scott's continued leadership in sacramento. because we know scott is fighting for all of us. re-elect scott wiener for state senate. >>> good afternoon, ev

murkowski is splitting the atom here. voted twice in recent days against ending a filibuster on the nomination but murkowski says the senate should confirm barrett on the merits she is a "yes." one republican told fox that her maneuvers were "too cute by half." listen. >> at the end of the process is the substantive question of whether judge barrett should be categorically rejected as an associate justice in order to underscore my procedural objection. >> we are expecting 52 republican gazetteer, the only no likely to be susan collins of maine, a difficult reelection bid. if this is the latest that they have ever considered a supreme court nominee this close to a presidential election. you have to go back to frank murphy, justice frank murphy, who was confirmed in january of 1940, that was a presidential election year. if benjamin cardozo in february of 1932 also a presidential election year and as for a lame duck congress, you had william woods confirmed december 21st, 1880. he was nominated by rutherford b. hayes. back

lou: it is interesting were looking at senator murkowski, senator collins and i'm thinking about the perhaps 52 senators who will be confirming one of the finest nominees to the supreme court in recent memory. it is an ugly thing that they get to take so much of the airtime when there is so much good to be speaking in support of this woman, amy coney barrett. a remarkable nominee. she will be without question in the minds of all the legal experts with whom i've talked a super justice, thank you very much we appreciate it. the confirmation vote would judge barrett comes a day before election day in president trump is campaigning at a pace that would do credit to anyone half his age, president trump wrapped up the third of his three rallies today in the critical battleground state of pennsylvania. the president make it clear his excitement for barrett's confirmation is unbounded. >> just a few hours from now the senate will vote to confirm judge amy coney barrett to the united states supreme court, that was a good choice within it. i'm glad she's not running for president, i'd much rat

i believe we have some sound from lisa murkowski on the senate floor. let's go to that. >> i oppose the process that has led us to this point. i do not hold it against her. as an individual who has navigated the gauntlet with grace, skill, and humility. i will vote no on the procedure y'all votes aheadous f u, but, yes, to judge barrett when the question before us as to her qualification to be justice on the supreme court. >> there you have it. the republicans have 51 votes to advance the nomination tomorrow and they appear to have 52 votes to confirm amy coney barrett to the supreme court on monday unless we have some major surprises between now and then. >> it's astounding, not surprising. on september 21st, lisa murkowski said she did not support filling the seat of justice ginsburg before the election. some would argue that history will judge her yes note for the confirmation of judge amy coney barrett. thanks for that breaking news. appreciate it and appreciate you coming to us and sticking with us as we were listening to former president barack ob

what can you tell us about lisa murkowski's reversal and how surprising is this?porter: well, murkowski has said all along she didn't think this process was appropriate. she was against the way the merrick kbarlagarland non-heari went down in 2016, and she felt that fair was fair not confirming a judge this close to the election. that said, she did ultimately pay attention to the hearings, as they went forward, despite her objections. she's not on the judiciary committee, so her role in the early part of this process was pretty small and she had her own private meeting with judge barrett. afterwards, she came out and announced her totally qualified and essentially said in her floor speech yesterday announcing this move that while she doesn't agree with this process, since we're here anyway, she's going to go ahead and vote in favor of judge barrett's confirmation. she'll still vote against this last procedural step here today, but that's some sort of symbolic hedging, who's not going to make the democratic and independent voters who in some cases have come to like

we have senator murkowski saying she is a yes on the vote to confirm amy coney barrett. what are you hearing about her thinking and about what this vote is going to look like? >> a significant bit of news today, alicia, from lisa murkowski, the republican senator from alaska who initially came out loudly and clearly that she does not support moving a supreme court nomination this close to an election. she fears it would intensify the politicization surrounding the courts and said it simply shouldn't happen. today she came out and said yes, she still opposes the process of moving the nomination, but says she has lost that battle. the republicans are going to move the nomination without her, and she intends to vote yes on the final vote to amy coney barrett. if you're being generous about this, this is an elevated high-wire act. if you want to be less than generous, this is a reversal of senator murkowski trying to have it both ways. the bottom line that republicans have the vote to confirm regardless looks at this moment that they will have 51 votes for the procedural vot

we will start with our chairman, senator murkowski. we will go to senator manchin afterwards. >> thank you. i will be brief with my comments today because we have a fair number of not only, those of us who are on the diocese that are speaking today, but we also have friends to the energy committee that are here to speak to their bills as well. i have a small bill that i want to speak to briefly. but before i do, i want to share my thoughts and prayers and my sincere hope for rain and for recovery for so many who are facing the tremendous wildfires out west in oregon, and washington of course, and of course in california. to you senator wyden and senator feinstein, you have my heartfelt condolences for the loss of life. the loss of property, environmental damage that your states are enduring currently. know that it's not only my thoughts that are reflected, but so many of us share in a real sense of loss for what you are experiencing right now. right now, there are thousands of men and women that are working on these fires bravely worki

now murkowski opposed brett kavanaugh two years ago. she ultimately voted present.kavanaugh. jackie? jackie: you have a special role in the debate tonight? >> yeah, absolutely. chris stirewalt and i, we'll do a live blog during the debate. we've done it with the vp debate a couple weeks ago. also the first presidential debate. look at the bottom of your screen, scan the qr code, join us for running commentary during the debate. jackie: sir, we'll be watching. can nell, over to you. connell: that is pretty cool. the great chad pergram. thank you, jackie. in a moment in swing state georgia we'll speak to one local restaurant owner how the business is changing in response to the coronavirus pandemic. that and more straight ahead. remember charles payne is set to lead the panel of fox business all-stars for "america votes together" virtual town hall. if you have a question, there is still time to send one in on anything from reopening to real estate to the market or whatever. just make a video of yourself and email it to investedinyou@foxbusiness.com. and they may featu

vote for judge barrett, and it was interesting to me, because back on september 20, murkowski said sheait for a vote until after the election, so certainly an about-face there. what happens next, because they have the votes they need. >> reporter: you're right, murkowski's position was, i don't want to have this vote, but since we're going to have it, anyway, i'm not going to vote against judge barrett. they are thrilled to get the opportunity to confirm her on monday, and get this, they will confirm her, and this will be the most partisan confirmation vote in the moderate history of the supreme court. even joe mansion crossed over, but this is the first time in decades to have no opposing votes from the republican party at all. you can now do this with 50 votes, and by god, republicans are going to do it with 50 votes. now, the x factor in this, to the degree there is any drama left just like anything else in 2020, is going to come from covid-19. we had senator kelly laughler announce yesterday that her staffers have covid-19. we know the vice president of the senate has said he wants

lisa murkowski who also opposed to moving forward on justice barrett's nomination because of the precedent over judge garland's nomination during the obama administration, she did vote yes on the final vote on confirmation. mark in jackson, tennessee, democratic caller, good morning, go ahead. >> thanks for taking my call. the caller was right about the constitution but the thing is mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham and donald trump who intend on shredding that constitution is what is wrong here. mcconnell and graham rushed this nominee through, didn't give her a chance for america to understand what she is all about because she couldn't hardly answer the question, she didn't want to answer questions during her confirmation hearing but the sad part about it, mitch mcconnell may have had intentions unpacking the court themselves, they want to use the word packing the court, they intended on packing the court but what they didn't do is underestimated donald trump and his hard headedness. what he is doing now, he's losing the election so what he's doing now is having all these rallies, i kno

how surprising did you find senator murkowski's decision?not that surprising she -- not that surprising at all. she's voting no on the procedural aspects and going forward, as she does, have a tough re-election battle coming up. we'll see how that pays out. >> if the senate does hold a full vote on judge barrett's confirmation tomorrow, it will come just 30 days from the time the president announced her nomination at that superspreader event. if that is the case, how on unprecedented this the speed of this whole process? >> it is pretty unprecedented but not -- it's within the realm in terms of the time from her nomination to her confirmation. it's a little out of the norm for the current justices, who there's been a much longer period from the nomination to their confirmation process, even thor now justice neil gorsish who was nominated and that seem was left open for nearly a year. it's 23409 completely unprecedented but certainly a variant from the recent times. >> you've studied judicial affairs over the years and obviously you know the

for supreme court, opposing a nomination just before the election murkowski will vote to confirm, butho is locked in a tight race in maine, she said will vote not to confirm, amy coney barrett. that is our "fox report" this sunday october 25, 2020, i am jon scott, thanks for joining us. chris: with just over one week until election day, the candidates hit the battleground states and make their chosing arguments. >> i'm relying on you to deliver a historic vote in the most important election in the history of our country. chris: president trump trying to make up ground in the midwest and targeting his rival's son. >> as corrupt as hell. the bidens got rich while america got robbed. chris: we'll discuss the trump strategy in the home stretch with republican national committee chair, ronna mcdaniel. and -- >> we're so much better than this. we can bring back this

. >> there's a lot of attention on lisa murkowski, republican of alaska. said over the weekend she would vote yes to confirm even though she said she thought confirming it just is this close to the election is wrong. lisa murkowski is really threading the needle on two different occasions, on friday and again sunday afternoon. she voted to continue to filibuster the nominee, but she will vote yes on amy coney barrett tonight. the only loan republican is going to be susan collins of maine. she faces a competitive reelection bid this fall in maine. harris? >> harris: chad pergram, thank you very much. speaking of what's happening on capitol hill, at the corner of wall and broadcom he may have noticed the dow is struggling a bit today. off now, again, above 800 points down. so, hope is fading, reportedly, for a stimulus bill before election day. that's putting some pressure, we are told, and also the precipitous spike in coronavirus cases outside of an increased amount of testing. but just cases come up, pure cases, and hospitalizations in several states. tho

. >> reporter: even some republicans are unhappy with this process, alaska senator lisa murkowski made it clear she does not think the senate should pick up a nomination so close to the nomination, but murkowski who is up for re-election in two years, says she will vote to appoint her to the bench this week. >> i oppose the process that led us up to this point. i do not hold it against her as an individual who navigated the gauntlet with grace, skill and hugh millity -- humility. >> reporter: susan collins of maine said she will vote against judge barrett, collins is in a close rate of her own this year and some bun indicts believe her -- pundits believe her past support for brett kavanaugh may cost herself at the ballot box next month. some are calling for barrett to recuse herself from election cases, but she refused to give in so such demands. in washington, mark meredith, fox news. eric: that was mark meredith. arthel. arthel: yeah, eric. well, jamie -- judge amy coney barrett's confirmation replaced the liberal iconic justice ruth bader ginsburg with a staunch conservative with a

susan collins, lisa murkowski being two most obvious. she was very qualified of course and exceptionally qualified but he also fit in a state that would be or make it easier for oaks like senator collins and senator murkowski to vote for him. he was considered a consensus, moderate conservative. >> one of the things a nominee has to go through are things called murder boards. you assemble anywhere from ten-20 people to sit in a room and act like a senator. he will try to replicate the hearing. >> we had people who could play senators just dead on. it was amazing. we would put the nominee in front of these people and for hours we were just pounded them with questions. >> i like to be very aggressive in those murder board sessions. to come up with them harder than they would in a hearing and to be routed to them, to be very aggressive, to cut them off and to chastise them or raise serious doubts about what they are saying so that they are ready for the real hearing. >> you want practice to be hard for the games that are easy. that's the wh

lisa murkowski voted twice to filibuster barrett.he said they were considering the nomination too close to the election, but murkowski will vote yes tonight. >> the only way to put us back on the path of appropriate consideration of judicial nominees is to evaluate judge barrett as we would want to be judged. on the merits of her qualifications. >> reporter: now, we're expecting a swearing-in ceremony at the white house tonight. clarence thomas will swear in barrett. with this vote, republicans will have reshaped the supreme court for decades. lou? lou: and, chad, thank you, and it's nice to see that correspondent affixed to your tighten until. congratulations, sir. we're delighted for you. >>> and up next, more on the widening biden corruption scandal. rudy giuliani has been leading the charge in bringing that scandal to light. he joins us here next. and a thank you to everyone who's made my new book a national best seller, "the trump century: how our president changed the course of history forever." it is available now at lou loudo

senator mor coul murkowski is eo vote for barrett.amala harris is slamming the process on the campaign trail. listen. >> the supreme court nomination, saying it's legitimate, because how dare you try to slip somebody into ruth bader ginsburg's seat on the united states supreme court for a lifetime appointment to the highest court in our land while the american people are trying to vote for who will be our next president. >> reporter: senators also clashing on whether vice president mike pence should preside over the vote, at least five of his staffers including the chief of staff and a close aide and an outside advisor have tested positive for the coronavirus. the vice president, however, has tested negative. jillian, todd. todd: thanks for the update, jackie. jillian: if confirmed, judge barrett's first case could be decide who win t's whit wins th. cases related to absentee voting are being heard in pennsylvania. there is a state order in place, allowing officials to count ballots by november 6. republicans wanted no ballots to be c

murkowski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from >> mr. president. >> senator from alaska? >> i want to start with a thank you to you as the presiding officer for indulging me in the e nomination of judge amy coney barrett to be an associate justice of the u.s. supreme court. and while i intend to share with you my intentions on how i will vote, i'd like to start by just expressing my disappointment with where we are in the senate as a whole right now. there's been some good discussion hering this morning as we're considering -- discussion here this morning as we're considering the unanimous consent agreements, some statements made, but not action moving forward. i -- i had hoped that if we were going to be at this moment in time just over a week out from our national elections, that we would be here on the floor debating -- debating the merits of a receive relief bill. and in my home state of alaska, as in so many states around the country, we're seeing unprecedented numbers now. the news just yesterday, friday, that the united states rep

. >> the senate did kill a filibuster of the nomination with republican alaska senator lisa murkowski arguing it was too close to the election to fill a seat. but on saturday, murkowski threaded the needle. >> well, i opposed the process that has led us to this point. i do not hold it against her as an individual who has navigated the gauntlet with grace, skill, and humility. >> the only republican opposing barrett is main susan collins, locked in a difficult reelection fight. there was always worry about the coronavirus as republicans try to confirm barrett. three g.o.p. senators tested positive, including judiciary committee members mike lee and tom tillis, who attended her introduction of the white house in what turned out to be a super spreading event. now a few g.o.p. senators are undecided about attending an evening swearing-in ceremony for barrett at the white house. others are cautiously onboard. >> i would anticipate that everybody will practice hygiene, social distancing, whatever is appropriate. i'm certainly not concern for myself. i will do my part. >> clarence thomas wil

lisa murkowski republican of alaska is someone who had reservations up about this confirmation processbut she announced over the weekend that she will be a "yes." >> while i oppose the process that has led us to this point. i do not hold it against her as an individual who has navigated the gauntlet with grace, skill and humility. i will vote no on the procedural votes ahead of us but yes to confirm judge barrett. >> murkowski says she can't oppose barrett on the merit even on the day ruth bader ginsburg died, she said any supreme court confirmation should wait. she voted to filibuster. over the weekend but will vote yes tonight. one republican told fox that she was being too cute by half. in the meantime senate democrats opposed vice president mike pence coming to the capital to preside over the vote tonight and several penance aids tested positive. >> the vice president who has been exposed to five people with covid-19 will ignore cdc guidelines to be here tomorrow putting the health of everyone who works in this building at risk. it sets a terrible, terrible example for the american

lisa murkowski and myself, 73 senators have pieces of legislation. it is totally bipartisan. it has fallen to the wayside. everything has fallen to the wayside. >> neil: it wasn't as if the senates couldn't walk and chew gum at the same time, so i guess what i'm wondering, sir, when it came to your not supporting the judge denied, and -- if it had not been, and it was not this situation at this time, would you have supported her for the supreme court otherwise? >> i would hope that we would have delved into her background a little bit more. judge barrett is extremely intelligent and accomplish. she hasn't had that much legal experience as far as being on the bench or basically being a practicing lawyer. she's been an educator. she has an awful lot of ratings and opinions, and we got into some of that, but i would have liked to have been able to delve into that much deeper. i was kind of curious why she basically was against the john roberts decision to uphold the aca. we were starting to get into that, but it is kind of hard when the person is sitting there, and you are tryin

senator murkowski is expected to vote for barrett.presidential nominee senator kamala harris is slamming the process on the campaign trail. listen. >> the supreme court nomination thing is illegitimate. because how dare you try to sit somebody into ruth bader ginsburg's seat on the united states supreme court for a lifetime appointment to the highest court in our land while the american people are trying to vote for who will be their next president. >> reporter: senators also clashing on whether vice president mike pence should preside over the vote. at least five of his staffers including chief of staff mark short, close aide zach bower and outside advisor marty oak have tested positive for the coronavirus. the vice president, however, has tested negative for the virus. jillian: thank you very much. jackie. todd: a fox news alert, china hitting major u.s. defense companies with sanctions over armed sales to taiwan. they will be penalized. the state department announced a $1 billion deal with taiwan, green lighting the sale of 135 pre

are you still confident this morning that senator collins and murkowski are still "no" votes?i hope that they, at least, can keep their word. >> i mean, i think that wasn't it senator murkowski at one point she didn't like the process, but i don't know if her issue was with judge amy coney barrett amy coney barrett specifically. now that the process is happening, i just didn't know if you had any indication if she was still a "no"? >> well, maybe she can clarify that for us. >> got it! okay. so let's talk about on the democratic side. vice president biden and kamala harris have been not giving completely clear answers about their plan if they were to win for court packing. and why -- i guess i'm just confused about their answers. i mean, why not -- why not say -- i understand that they want to keep laser focused on the fast track that judge amy coney barrett is saying. so why not say something like that, say, we're just trying to stay focused on this, we haven't even talked about it yet, instead of appearing to hedge and give a non-answer? >> i have been thinking about court r

and saying no on this confirmation process and she's been opposed to it all along alaska, sen lisa murkowski was opposed to the process but did end up voting with other in confirming judge barrett but like you said it was expected to happen this way democrats tried to derail the process tried to debate through the night last night to stall this process and wait until after the election. we are of course 8 days away from the election. but they were not successful in their mission and judge barrett has been confirmed tonight on capitol hill. >>kelly what could. bear its role be should. the election be really close in the supreme court need to have a say in the matter. >>yeah, and that's really what democrats were concerned about with her being confirmed before the election because now she will be seeded in on the bench for any election-related cases are lawsuits that may come up she will also be on the bench when the affordable care act comes up on the supreme court the week after the election. but in her confirmation hearings, she said she would remain on bias and unswayed and she would liste

and she and senator murkowski voted on the procedural side, same side today. i think senator murkowski has nou announced she's going the other way on the final vote. we'll have one additional republican vote and that doesn't really give us the numbers we need to stop this nomination. what's at stake is the affordable care act. health insurance from 23 million americans and protections for all the rest of us. and that, unfortunately, is going to be a casualty, i'm afraid, of this nomination. >> mitch mcconnell took an opportunity to speak to his republican colleagues. take a listen. >> we've made an important contribution to the future of this country. a lot of what we've done over the last four years will be undone sooner or later by the next election. they won't be able to do much about this for a long time to come. >> senator, nine days away from election day. how competent are democrats feeling about the likelihood of flipping the senate? >> we certainly have the momentum, but we're not taking anything for granted. these races, many of them, are within one

. >> reporter: well, here in washington, alaska senator lisa murkowski announced that she will vote fortt, even though she opposed filling the vacancy right before the election. that means republicans will likely have the votes they need to confirm barrett monday. jamie. >> yuccas: nikole killion in washington, thanks so much. the coronavirus crisis in this country is taking a dangerous turn. cases are spiking, an in at leat 41 states. the number of people hospitalized is also setting records. more than 83,000 new cases were confirmed friday. that is the worst day yet. cbs' danya bacchus has the latest. >> reporter: the coronavirus crisis is intensifying. the surge causing pain across much of the nation. 15 states have now reached a pandemic peak in hospitalizations, and daily infections nationwide spiking 273% since the start of september. >> it will no doubt overwhelm many of our health care systems in this country. >> reporter: in montana, the daily infection rate is up 500% in the past five weeks. ohio has more people hospitalized than at any other time during the pandemic. >> imagi

. >> what do you make of what is lisa murkowski's decision to confirm amy coney barrett? susan collins in that she wouldn't vote for anybody before the election. does this add pressure to susan collins, anna? >> i think it was a good decision by murkowski to stay on the procedural vote, she will not conform, but the eventual vote, confirm the support for amy coney barrett. i think that puts pressure on susan collins but i will say she's the only republican who's not endorsed trump this cycle and she's going to need those more suburban, moderate republicans to stay with her and not vote for sarah gideon. she she has a fine balancing act the closing days of the election. >> it if the senate runoffs decide the senate majority, does that mean it's a bad night for democrats on election night? >> yeah, it would be -- that's probably a did way to think about that, chuck. i think democrats have at least five seats right now where they're currently ahead. and so if we go nine days from now, it meant they only won three of those. and it would probably be the north carolina and iowa

. >> what do you make of what does lisa murkowski's decision to confirm amy coney barrett?he had been sort of with susan collins on this idea that they weren't going to vote for anybody before the election. does this add pressure to susan collins, anna? >> i think the decision by murkowski to say on the procedural vote she's not going to be forum, but for the vote that will confirm amy coney barrett, she is going to support it. i do think that puts pressure on susan collins, but i will say, she's the only republican who has not endorsed trump this cycle, and she is going to need those more suburban, moderate republicans to stay with her and not vote for sarah gideon. so, she has a very fine balancing act here in the closing days of this election. >> amy walter, if the georgia senate race runoffs are what decides the senate majority, does that mean it was a bad night for democrats on election night? >> yeah, it would be -- that's probably a good way to think about that, chuck. i mean, i think democrats have at least five seats right now where they're currently ahead. and so,

another sign the gop is uniting behind the nomination, alaska senator lisa murkowski, whose vote was considered in doubt, says she will vote to confirm judge barrett. >>> up next at 5:00, parents taking action. the issue that brought them out to city hall today. >>> plus, stay off the trail, please. the consequences you could face if you take a hike while some parks are closed this weekend. >>> and we're on a weather alert for increasingly gusty winds to wrap up the weekend. that's leading to a red flag warning for the entire bay area as we head through the day tomorrow. a closer look at the winds hour by hour when we come right back. i didn't choose this job because it was easy. but i can't say i expected this. to fight these fires, we need funding - plain and simple. for this crisis, and for the next one. prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. so firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. the big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. it's what they do. well, i do what i do. if you'ld like to help, jo

but republicans are more united than ever after alaska senator lisa murkowski whose vote was considered in doubt said today she would vote yes after all, yes to confirm. while republicans accuse democrats of playing politics. >> when the american people want the decision made by them not by republicans -- not republican senators, not when our views only represent an extreme minority. >> this is all about politics. this is bogus issue to detract the senate from the work at hand which is to confirm a well qualified judge to the supreme court. >> barrett's expected to be confirm today the supreme court on monday. >>> anthony flores joining us now for sports. and anthony, true or false you can go home again in the case of jimmy g.? >> yes, you can. he is returning to new england. it's exciting the emotions that the 49ers quarterback will be feeling when he faces his former team. stick around. sports is next. a quality education and every family deserves to live in a safe, healthy community. that's why i support prop. 15." vote yes. schools and communities first is responsible for the conten

several senators to defect, and there's no sign ofinhat at this there are two senators, senator lisa murkowski of alaska and senator susan collins of maine, who had said that they wanted e publicans to wait and not vote on a nominee befe election, but i don't think that either one of them has committed to not voting for judge barrett. so it does seem like she has the votes at this point. but at the same time, i think that there's going to be discussions. it's sort of an opportuny. it's a little bit of a civics party that is oppohe which the nominee in particular can use the senate confirmation hearings as an opportunitto, sort of, educate the public about the nominee. because, remember, unlike the senate, the supreme court proceedings are not televised.w, and right e're actually hearing them because of the pandemic live audio, but we don't see the supreme court in action, sort of. so we learn a lot more about this person. >> sreenivasan: if the senate and the president have their way, this nomination wraps up right before the election. wh are the big cases that e's going to face? >> there are

s alasator lisa murkowski said today that she will vote to confirm judge amy coney barrett to the u.ssupreme court. during a rare weekend session of the senate that began today, the republican nator said she still opposes holding a vote so close to a presidential election but called barrett "the sort of person we want on the supreme court." the full republican-majopety senate is ed to vote on barrett's confirmation as soon as monday. new cases of the coronavirus reached another record high number in the unitda states yest johns hopkins university's covid-19 tracking projec reported 83,757 new cases on friday, breaking the one-day record of 77,362 cases reportedj y 16. over the course of the pandemic, moe u.s. has now recorded 8.5 million cases and more than 224,000 deaths.is the coronavirulso resurging in eure. in france, where curfews are in effect in many large cities, there are now more than one million confirmed cases and close to 35,000 deaths. in poland, police in warsaw fired tear gas at protesters who oppose new restrictions that went into effect today. restaurants and bars are now c

but next to senator murkowski, i'm a giant. >> so this desk, is that your personal selection, and where did you get it? >> this desk is made here at the court. all of the chambers have similar desks. the variation in these chambers as they have put a granite top. on the desk as i have on the work table. >> what kind of books do you keep there on the shelf? >> books that i can access most often. i have them in two places. >> what would be the book that you refer to the most? >> it would be a toss-up between these two. this one is the seventh edition of the federal courts and federal system. the constitutional law casebook by sullivan. -- he produced the spot by himself until two editions ago. kathleen sullivan joined him. she's carrying on the work. >> is this a book that all judges and justices would have in their office? >> they would certainly have some constitutional references. i don't know that they would own or choose the same one. this is one of the finest casebooks from law school. angela gun there was my teacher in columbia. and my good friend thereafter. >> what do you remembe

lisa murkowski is up for reelection in two years, she says she will confirm the vote this week. >> i oppose the process that has led us to this point. but i do not hold it against her, as an individual who has navigated the gauntlet with grace, skill, and humility. >> susan collins says because of the timing of this nomination, she will vote against judge barrett, she is in a very close race of her own, and some believe her past support for brett cavanaugh may cost her next month. democrats asked that she recuse her safe herself from 2020 case, she refused to give in to such demands. >>> name 13 new cardinals in a surprise announcement from st. peter's square, he appeared at his studio window to read the names of archbishops who will be promoted, including men from rwanda, chile, malaysia, and other countries. will get what gregory will notably be the first black bishop from the us to receive the appointment. >>> state and local leaders take new precautions amid another potential wave of coronavirus. that story, coming up. >>> we are keeping an eye on dangerous weather conditions and

after opposing the confirmation of a supreme court justice before the election today, senator lisa murkowski said she will vote to confirm amy coney barrett, the latest on judge barrett's confirmation process. >> reporter: democrats boycotted the vote in the judiciary committee early this week the judge amy coney barrett, but showed up this weekend for a rare section in the senate. chuck schumer says the republicans will regret pushing through this nomination, senate majority leader said history is on his side. >> the contradiction is glaring, the contradiction will be a stain on the leaders' for head and the entire republican caucus if it continues. >> the legitimacy of an outcome does not depend on feelings it provokes and politicians. legitimacy comes from precedents, rules, and ultimately, the constitution. we followed president in 2016 and we are following precedent this week. >> reporter: republican senator joni ernst, who sits on the committee, slammed chuck schumer. >> we are seeing a lot of political maneuvers, shenanigans coming from the democratic leader, chuck schumer, trying to

we'll note that murkowski will ultimately vote yes, so susan collins will be the only republican votingination. collins is up for reelection in the state of maine. we are also watching closely to see whether or not the vice president mike pence attends the vote tomorrow. it's an important vote, so therefore sometimes the vice president will come up to capitol hill and preside over the vote, but because some members of his staff have tested positive, there's some concerns from democrats especially whether or not pence should be here. it should be noted that pence and his wife tested negative today, and i asked senator john thune about this, the minority whip, whether or not he wants him to come. he said he is confident the senate republicans will have the votes they need without him here. however, he said it's up to the vice president to make that decision. >> lauren, we have also heard from some republicans who say they are frustrated by the senate's focus on the u.s. supreme court rather than on covid-19 relief. so where do things stand on stimulus? and edespite that frustration, many

senator lisa murkowski says she will vote to confirm.s is how important as is he pitching to voters. >> a vote for republicans is really a vote for the american dream. because we are about the american dream. [cheers and applause] in conclusion the next four years we will make america into the super power of the world. we will end our reliance on china once and for all. >> and we are giving you a great new supreme court justice by the way. [cheers and applause] that will take place on monday. the democrats are thrilled. monday. three of them. all great. ainsley: mitch mcconnell agrees with him. he says we made an important conviction to the future of this country. democrats can undo a lot of what they voted on. when it comes to supreme court justices it affects generations. if you look at president trump's appointment. supreme court, two so far this would be three. u.s. court appeals 53. u.s. district court 162. u.s. court of international trade two. brian: i had chance because we were visiting colleges over the weekend so i was in the c

however, we expect that lisa murkowski, one of those republicans who voted today, will actually vote confirm amy coney barrett. essential what she said was how close this was all happening to the election. however, she did not want to penalize the nominee, and therefore she's going to support her tomorrow during this nomination. we expect that susan collins will be the lone republican voting against her tomorrow. we should note she's up for reelection in the state of maine. ana? >> there's another curveball. at least five members of vice president pence's circle have tested positive. so is he still planning to attend tomorrow? >> reporter: i asked the majority whip john thune about this. he said it's really up to mike pence. remember, they don't need pence to be presiding over this vote. they have the votes that they need. like i said, they only have one republican defection, but democrats are furious about the prospect of pence coming to capitol hill. here is what chuck schumer said just a few hours ago. >> the vice president, who's been exposed to five people with covid-19 will ign

lisa murkowski, a republican from alaska, independent minded, as well as susan collins, a republican from maine, who is up for re-election. cory gardner from colorado, as well as joni erntz, from iowa, voting with democrats. and martha mcsally a republican from arizona up for re-election. and still far from actually moving this pieces of legislation forward. it's important to note this essentially said the trump justi justice department should not be involved in the aca lawsuit after the election in november. they wanted to make sure they tied the supreme court nomination of amy coney barrett to the health care law. that's what they did this afternoon and while they fell short, they forced republicans to take a tough vote. >> reporter: thank you so much for that report from capitol hill for us. >>> next vaccine maker, moderna, gives his timeline and it will not be by election. >>> late arphiladelphia city commissioner fact checks the claims that election fraud is happening there. - [narrator] ordering chipotle for the family? voila, rewarded with guacamole and a side of quiet. grubhu

alaska senator lisa murkowski saying vote yes to confirm judge amy coney barrett enthough republicanore the election. the senate is set to hold procedural vote on barrett's supreme court nomination tomorrow if it clears that hurdle as expected, a final confirmation vote could happen on monday night. lucas tomlinson explains the process. >> democrats boycotted the vote for judge amy coney barrett but showed up this weekend for rare session in the united states senate. chuck schumer says republicans will regret pushing through the nomination. senate majority leader said history is on his side. >> contradiction is glaring the contradiction will be astained on leaders forehead and on the entire republican caucus if it continues. >> legitimacy of an outcome is not depend on feelings it provokes. and politicians. legitimacy comes from precedence, rules and ultimately the constitution. we followed precedent in 2016 and we're follow precedent this week. >> republican senator joni ernst slammed chuck schumer. >> we're seeing a lot of political maneuvers shenanigan comes from democrat leader c

maybe i'm hoping republicans will honor their word, susan collins and lisa murkowski said they will.f two more do we don't get to the question of court composition. >> governor of virginia, ralph northam targeted with an extremist plot against him, as was the michigan governor. northam said the president's tweet, lib rat virginia and other comments have caused this. do you agree with that? >> i do. the day of that tweet, liberate virginia, michigan and i think a third state, might have been minnesota, just coincidentally, the democratic senators had a call with vice president mike pence to talk about covid relief. and i said to him, why is the president, in the midst of this pandemic that already has everybody so worried sending out these messages they could be an incitement to violence when you see a group of militia members have a meeting in ohio and they decide to target the michigan and virginia governors that strikes me as odd. th the messages the president is sending don't incite everyone, most people are reasonable and they're going to discount that talk but there are a lot of

her office says she's tested negative and lisa murkowski of alaska said she will vote to confirm judgeey barrett arguing that at senate shouldn't take up a supreme court nominee so close to the election but says she cannot overlook judge barrett's qualifications. >>> republicans have enough votes to confirm judge barrett. only one republican senator, susan collins of maine, is expected to vote against the nomination. >>> still to come, saturday is that right returns. alec baldwin, jim carey taking the stage on the final presidential debate, their interpretations it and the best moments ahead. >> there's been a tiny coronavirus spikes in florida and a teensy spite in arizona and a lot of people don't know this but we've got another dakota somewhere. choose the way to quality immune support, choose nature's way sambucus. i'm dorothy hamill. as i look toward 65, i'm thinking about medicare. i know i want coverage that connects all the different parts of my health care to keep me aging actively. keep doing what you love. that's the aetna medicare advantage. harris: this election is about a