the 1st case this in front of her will be about the fate of the a floatable care act known as obamacare trump wants to invalidate the law which provides health care to millions of americans. if you take a closer look at this with william blue cross from do you know news the us election to welcome william so what sort of start of these hearings go to often well so far a respectful one at least on the surface republicans that run this committee because they are the majority in the senate are saying you know this is a highly qualified appointee she absolute deserves to be on the court and they want to have a respectful 4 days of hearings to let you know the world but america get to know who this potential new supreme court nominee will be and democrats are walking that fine line not to attack her personally but to say that she's completely out of step with what a many americans find important especially when it comes to health care which with the backdrop of coronavirus is something that they're really trying to make a big election issue it's pretty clear that democrats know they're not really g

one of the 1st cases in front of her will be about the fate of the affordable care act known as obamacare trump wants to invalidate the law which provides health care to millions of americans. if you take a closer look at this with william blue cross from do you know news the u.s. election to welcome william so what sort of start of these hearings going off to well so far a respectful one at least on the surface republicans that run this committee because they are the majority in the senate are saying you know this is a highly qualified appointee she absolute deserves to be on the court and they want to have a respectful 4 days of hearings to let you know the world let america get to know who this potential new supreme court nominee will be and democrats are walking that fine line not to attack her personally but to say that she's completely out of step with what a many americans find important especially when it comes to health care which with the backdrop of coronavirus is something that they're really trying to make a big election issue it's pretty clear that democrats know they're not reall

one of the 1st cases in front of her will be about the fate of the affordable care act known as obamacare trump wants to invalidate the law but provides health care to millions of americans. were today judge perry delivered her 1st statement in the u.s. senate and she outlined the role of the courts in her legal opinion but courts are not designed to solve every problem are right every wrong and our public life. the policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made by the political branches elected by and accountable to the people the public should not expect courts to do so and courts should not try my 1st guest tonight predicted the predicament of today's u.s. supreme court years ago in his 2010 book the decline and fall of the american republic bruce ackerman writes that the u.s. presidency in the 21st century will be one of demagoguery and with that will test checks and balances in government and that includes supreme court nominations or sacrament is a law professor at yale and is one of america's authorities in constitutional law he joins me tonight from new haven connecticu

one of the 1st cases in front of her will be about the fate of the affordable care act known as obamacare trump wants to invalidate the law which provides health care to millions of americans. i'm not joined by william cooper from a us election to william what can we expect from today's or republicans are of course going to say that she is a qualified excellent judge who deserves to be on the supreme court democrats are going to counter that that is irrelevant that she is a radical that her of views both personal and while being a federal district judge that she currently is don't align with the views of many americans and that she will further threaten a lot of democratic progressive causes 1st and foremost as we heard just now in the report the affordable care act otherwise known as obamacare that there's been many efforts by conservatives and by republicans to strike down this health care reform and that the final nail in the coffin might be coming up with amy tony barrett on the court so that's the worst i can hear from people on this energy committee we already know a little bit of what sh

one of the 1st cases in front of her will be about the fate of the affordable care act known as obamacare trump wants to invalidate the law which provides health care to millions of americans. would today judge barrett deliberate her 1st statements in the u.s. senate and she outlined the role of the courts in her legal opinion but courts are not designed to solve every problem are right every wrong in our public life the policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made by the political branches elected by and accountable to the people the public should not expect courts to do so and courts should not try but my 1st guest tonight predicted the predicament of today's u.s. supreme court years ago in his 2010 books the decline and fall of the american republic bruce ackerman writes that the u.s. presidency in the 21st century will be one of demagoguery and with that will test checks and balances in government and that includes supreme court nominations resume and is a law professor at yale and is one of america's authorities in constitutional law he joins me tonight from new haven co

the 1st case this in front of her will be about the fate of the affordable care act known as obamacare trump wants to invalidate the law which provides health care to millions of americans. today judge perry delivered her 1st statements in the u.s. senate and she outlined the role of the courts in her legal opinion but courts are not designed to solve every problem right every wrong and our public life. the policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made by the political branches elected by and accountable to the people the public should not expect courts to do so and courts should not try and my 1st guest tonight predicted the predicament of today's u.s. supreme court years ago in his 2010 book the decline and fall of the american republic bruce ackerman writes that the u.s. presidency in the 21st century will be one of demagoguery and with that will test checks and balances in government and that includes supreme court nominations or sacrament is a law professor at yale and is one of america's authorities in constitutional law he joins me tonight from new haven connecticut

nuns into federal court to force them to compromise their faith to conform to the mandates in obamacare. trumpident donald right out of the gate, we restored the conscious rights of doctors and nurses and teachers and president donald trump ended the assault on the little sisters of the poor and the supreme court made it permanent. president donald trump will always stand for the freedom of religion of every american of every faith. when we think about our most cherished freedoms of life and liberty and the pursuit of , where joe biden and kamala harris supports taxpayer funding of abortion all the way up to the moment of birth. recorde calling for increases in funding for abortion at home and abroad. trump, hedonald reinstituted the mexico city policy to make sure no tax dollars go to abortion anywhere in the world, he signed a bill to let states defund planned parenthood. president donald trump is the most pro-life president in american history. [applause] so in our first three years we rebuilt our military, revived our economy, we stood for law and order, liberties, and life. and none of th

one of the 1st cases in front of her will be about the fate of the affordable care act known as obamacare trump wants to invalidate the law which provides health care to millions of americans. i'm now joined by william cooper from a us election to william what can we expect from today's or republicans are of course going to say that she is a qualified excellent judge who deserves to be on the supreme court democrats are going to counter that that is irrelevant that she is a radical that her views both personal and while being a federal district judge as she currently is don't align with the views of many americans and that she will further threaten a lot of democratic progressive causes 1st and foremost as we heard just now in the report the affordable care act otherwise known as obamacare that there's been many efforts by conservatives and by republicans to strike down this health care reform and that the final nail in the coffin might be coming up with amy tony barrett on the court so that's what it's like to hear from people on this an additional committee we already know a little bit of wha

the 1st case this in front of her will be about the fate of the affordable care act known as obamacare trump wants to invalidate the law which provides health care to millions of americans. with more on that story i'm joined by william gluco from all u.s. elections in william what can we expect from today's hearing i think we can expect strong calls from republicans to nominate or to appoint this judge to the supreme court they're going to say that she's proven she's dedicated she's a skilled she's a skilled just as a skilled juror who will be a benefit to the supreme court and of course democrats are going to be saying the opposite that she's a radical that she doesn't stand with the majority views of a lot of americans whether it's on whether it's on l g b t rights or guns or abortion and of course as we just heard in the report the affordable care act obamacare it might be one of the 1st things she is confronting and democrats are worried that she's going to based on previous comment she's made that she's going to help the one of the justices to strike it down of course we have access rel

the day after judge barrett's nomination, fellow trump tweeted obamacare will be replaced with a muchetter, far cheaper alternative, if it is terminated in the supreme court. judge barrett answered, when i call it asked about whether she heard about anything assembly donald trump views on this, i don't recall hearing about or seen such things, that wasn't something i heard or saw reading it myself, unquote. it myself, she also said she couldn't recall whether senators brought up during their conversation with her. so i say to the senate today, does anybody think that was an authentic answer? everybody who occasionally looks at the news knows donald trump once to tear down the affordable care act. if judges would take the far right positions, routinely attacks republican appointed justices or opinions that he dislikes. never heard it, never saw an argument, by judge barrett, she doesn't follow the news apparently at all, didn't talk with anybody about the healthcare debate that's been front and center in american politics for a long, long time, it is hard to understate this with realit

--sident donald under president donald trump, got rid of the individual mandate under obamacarewe have been fighting to lower the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government. we have lowered the cost of perception drugs. we are going to make the best healthcare system in the world even better still and more affordable for every american in america -- and america will never be a socialist country. [applause] we are going to use the power of freedom and free markets and free enterprise to get the american people the health insurance they need. men and women of ohio, we have a choice to make. the choice is between a trump recovery and a biting depression -- biden depression. a recent study came out that shows that under joe biden's policies america lose 5 million jobs. the income of the average american family would drop by $6,500 a year. so you have to ask your neighbors and friends every day for the next 11 days here in the buckeye state, you just have to ask them who do you really think it can bring this economy all the way back? a career politician who has b

-- obamacare-- >> president trump: well, we're gonna have to see what happens. think-- i hope that they end it. it'll be so good if they end it- - >> stahl: and if they end it people with preexisting conditions will be stranded. and that's just a fact. >> president trump: no, no. it's wrong. >> stahl: no-- >> president trump: it's wrong. a new plan will happen. >> stahl: but will-- >> president trump: and we won't do anything-- will and is. we won't do anything and no plan unless we have preexisting conditions covered. >> stahl: with little more than a week till the election, the president has been barnstorming the swing states where the polls are tight, including florida, wisconsin, pennsylvania and here in michigan. can you characterize your supporters? >> president trump: yeah, i think i can. people that love our country. more than anything else and they like to see our country thrive. >> stahl: but do you think that when you hold rallies and encourage people to say, "lock her up," the way you--- >> president trump: i don't encourage them. they say it. >> sta

it's in the republican party platform to reverse the obamacare case. trump has said he is using his nominations to terminate the affordable i think it is pretty fair -- affordable care act. i think it is fair of us to hold them to what they said this nomination is about. the american people are watching. they know this is targeting november and they know it is wrong. let me turn over to amy klobuchar. thanks so much sheldon. i mentioned these two when i was in the hearing room but these are two sisters from cambridge, minnesota. they both play on the softball team and one is a picture and one is the catcher, one was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes and one was not. my point here is doesn't matter which one was diagnosed, don't they both deserve good health care? that is what is at stake. despite my colleagues comments from the other side of the aisle about how somehow this -- these decisions are in some ivory tower and they will not affect people's lives, they are going to affect people's lives. they will affect the lives of every single person in this count

one of the 1st cases in front of her will be about the fate of the affordable care act known as obamacare trump wants to invalidate the law which provides health care to millions of americans. today judge perry deliberate her 1st statements in the u.s. senate and she outlined the role of the courts in her legal opinion but courts are not designed to solve every problem are right every wrong and are public like the policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made by the political branches elected by and accountable to the people. the public should not expect courts to do so and courts should not try and my 1st guest tonight predicted the predicament of today's u.s. supreme court years ago in his 2010 book the decline and fall of the american republic bruce ackerman writes that the u.s. presidency in the 21st century will be one of demagoguery and with that will test checks and balances in government and that includes supreme court nominations resume and is a law professor at yale and is one of america's authorities in constitutional law he joins me tonight from new haven connectic

rush to be the supermajority on the supreme court to help them steal the election and destroy obamacare. trumpmfortably ensconced at one of the best medical facilities in the world while he and his allies try to rip healthcare away from millions after months of denying reality, forcing workers back to unsafe jobs and pushing teachers and students back to - >> "let's read the book" school. >> seth: this has been "a closer look." ♪ we'll be right back with more "late night. ♪ >> announcer: be sure to watch seth in prime time for his "closer look" special on thursday, october 8th at 8:30, 7:30 central, right here on nbc. "golold" by andrdreya triaa wewe believe i in good we cacan all affoford. ♪ sing itit, yeah, yeyeah from a ligighter loadd onon the planenet. ♪ all l gold t♪ meme to shoes with a l lighter fooootprint. yeyeah, good t to me♪ thisis halloweenen will be e just like e last. wewe'll buy totons of reesese's for the e youngins..... (lauaughing) then eat t them all ouourselv. reese's.s. (lauaughing) then eat t them all ouourselv. iwith v vicks sinexex saline nl cmist.estion for drdrug fr

biden is running on pre everything sand strengthening obamacare. trump was repeatedly tried to get republican bills passed that would have significantly weakened the protections and he is now in court right now at president -- at present supporting a republican lawsuit that would get obamacare killed in its entirety including those protections if the courts agreed. again, up is down, just complete inversion of what's true. >> and he says that one with a straight face. that one is really remarkable. then there's the one about fracking. here it is. >> if biden is elected he will wipe out your energy industry. >> only by voting for me can you shave your fracking. >> what's the fracking truth? >> so the fracking truth is that biden is running on a proposal to end new leases for oil and gas on public lands. so it is not a complete ban, it's only on public lands and waters, and it's a ban on new permits so not existing fracking or other drilling. now, i do give trump a little bit of the benefit of the doubt on this one because during the democratic primary bid

obamacare. i can play for you, this is donald trump discussing pre-existing conditions. protection already. in law. take a look. >> obamacare has to be replaced and we will do it and do it very quickly. >> we have come up with a solution that's really, really, i think, very good. i have it already. it is a. better plan for you and a much better plan. the historic action i'm taking today includes the first ever executive order to affirm, the official policy of the united states government to protect patients with pre-existing conditions. >> i think the point here that i want you to address, and i hope you'll do it on the evidence here. voters care about their health care. i think we can all accept that premise. you have the president claiming he will release the secret plan in '16. four years later, he's been president and he's claiming again, i have a much better plan. it's a secret. it's ready. it's not out yet. the one thing he is doing is embracing this popular part of obamacare. so my question to you, you have to explain your boss's words. what are you telling voters

obamacare. chris: let me ask my question. pres. trump: i will ask joe. individual mandate was the most unpopular aspect of obamacare. i got rid of it and we will protect people. chris: i'm the moderator of the debate and i would like you to add -- let me ask my question. pres. trump: go ahead, chris. chris: you have never come up with a comprehensive plan to replace obamacare and just this last thursday, you signed a largely symbolic executive order to protect people with pre-existing conditions five days before this debate. my question is what is the trump health care plan? pres. trump: first of all, i guess i'm debating you, not him. but that's ok, i'm not surprised. there is nothing symbolic. i'm cutting drug prices, i'm going with favored nations, which no president has done because you were going against big pharma. drug prices will come down 80% or 90%. you have not done it in your 47 year period in government. we are cutting health care. all of the things that we have done -- i give you an example, insulin. it is destroying families, destroying peo

a long history of opposing obamacare, you support trump and the justices that will overrule obamacare and have a long history in opposition to obamacare. it is documented. i don't understand how you can stand here and say otherwise. and strengthen it for working-class folks and if obamacare is repealed it will fall to the states, and you have a governor that fights for healthcare, i have fought for healthcare every step of the way and will do the same as governor. >>moderator: next question from jennifer vaughn. >> let's move to masks. one of the communities that passed a mask mandate, in spite of that the city has seen a sharp rise in covid-19 cases in early october. dan feltes pushed for statewide mandate. if it hasn't worked there, why push for one throughout the state? >> feltes: we need to listen to the medical experts. the medical experts have recommended masks. common sense public mask requirement just makes good sense. we early and stayed in doing and without it. donald trump and chris sununu have not listened to medical experts on masks and donald trump, let's be very clear,

obamacare. chris sununu just like donald trump supports the repeal of obamacare. chris sununu just like donald trump has rolled back and restricted access to safe legal abortion. you will hear a lot today of donald trump is itself an a+ come risk is itself a gold standard but before back to protect and strengthen our healthcare system. >> polling indicates most approve of his performance managing a defendant. a pope with the numbers i think 83% including 70% democrats. why are the people who think the governor has been a good jump on this front are wrong? >> the people i talked to they need help. they are struggling. working families are struggling. they don't know what the next week will bring let alone the next day. health insurance and are healthcare is critical in the midst of a pandemic. as a legal aid lawyer i thought the health insurance companies for about ten years dating asks us to healthcare including during the last economic crisis, great recession. battling wall street banks for folks holocaust answer. as a state senator battled health-insurance indust

obamacare. secondly, seven states during the trump presidency have expanded medicaid under provisions of obamacareservative states. and finally on the big win for the usa. we had fox news polling last week that showed by a two to one margin americans wanted to preserve obamacare rather than get rid of it. that's why democrats are highlighting it in the hearings and joe biden is highlighting it and why republicans are on the defensive on this issue, joe. >> john harwood, great reporting thank you so much for that facts and context. john, thank you so much. >>> up next, early research suggesting schools might not be the coronavirus super spreader sites many feared they would be. , yeah i feel free ♪ ♪ to bare my skin ♪ yeah that's all me. ♪ nothing and me go hand in hand ♪ ♪ nothing on my skin ♪ that's my new plan. ♪ nothing is everything. keep your skin clearer with skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. of those, nearly 9 out of 10 sustained it through 1 year. and skyrizi is 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. ♪ i see nothing in a different way ♪ ♪ and it's my moment

obamacare. you support trump and the justices who are going to overrule obamacare. and you have a long history of opposition to obamacare, it's documented. i don't understand, you can't stand here tonight and say otherwise. so we have to protect obamacare, and strengthen it, for working class folks. and you know what, if obamacare is repealed, it will fall to the states. and you ought to trust that you have a governor that fights for health care, and i fought for health care every step of the way is a legal aid attorney, in the state senate, and will do the same as governor. >> we will be able to get through a lot of topics, gentlemen we will move to the next question. >> thank you adam, good evening gentlemen. let's move on to masks. nashua is among the communities that passed a mask mandate. in spite of that, the city has seen a sharp rise in covid cases, in earlier dover. senator, feltes, you have to push for statewide mended. if it hasn't worked in nashua, why push were one throughout the state? >> well look, we need to listen to the medical experts, throughout

many counts and this is from conservative judicial scholars it's likely that the trump administration backed on obamacare the week of the election is going to fail in the supreme court. you just wonder what the coverage will be like then. will the media then say oh, president trump put his hopes in amy coney barrett and it didn't work out? at what point can they just say a judge is a judge? >> we don't know how she will vote. we know things she said in the past and the affordable care act. but it seems when you have a situation like this, the difficulty that vice president pence talking about healthcare with you. first, he had to talk about the failed attempts, the three actually to replace obamacare with something else. secondly president trump and i will have better healthcare. obamacare is a disaster. the president for months has been promising a detailed healthcare plan and has not produced it. so they are on the defensive on the issue. that is one reason they seized on it. this plays to the base. the judicial appointments generally and putting a third justice on the supreme court may remind people w

. >> reporter: stahl then pushing trump on obamacare. the administration is asking the supreme court to throw it out. trump promised to reveal a replacement plan more than a year ago. he tells "60 minutes" one is, quote, fully developed, but minutes later says he will come up with a plan if the law is overturned. down in the polls and on defense, trump needs a win tonight. his lawyer rudy giuliani says attacking biden's son hunter will be his number one message. biden's team says he's bracing for trump to go personal, and to try to interrupt like he did at the last debate. >> i'm not going to answer -- >> why wouldn't you answer that question? >> the question is -- >> radical left -- >> will you shut up, man? >> reporter: in his own interview with "60 minutes," the former vice president trying to get ahead of another potential trump line of attack on whether he'll expand the supreme court. biden still not giving a clear answer, but saying he would name a special commission to recommend reforms to the court. >> it's getting out of whack, t

obamacare. [booing] trump, wedonald restored the conscious rights of doctors and teachers, and president trump into assault on the little sisters of the poor, and the supreme court made it permanent. [cheers and applause] finally, where joe biden and kamala harris support taxpayer funding of abortion, all the way up to the moment of birth. [booing] they are calling to record increases in funding to be largest abortion supporter provider in america. i could not be more proud to be vice president to the most pro-life president in american history. [cheers and applause] in our first month in office, this president reinstated the mexico city policy to make sure that taxpayer dollars would never provide for abortion. billdent trump signed a that allows states across america to defund planned parenthood. we have stood for the unborn, and we will stand for the right to life for four more years. [cheers and applause] so in our first three years, if you are taking notes, we rebuilt our military, revive the economy, stood for law and order and liberties of life. let me say, none of that would have been possi

now, trump is trying to kill obamacare and he has no plan to replace it.mpaigning on a public option which is not socialized medicine. this was one of the biggest fights between biden and bernie sanders in the primaries, the public option would expand medicare not destroy it, it would also have no impact on social security while trump's payroll tax cut could deplete social security within three years. did you notice this surreal exchange? >> i just gave $28 billion to our farmers. >> taxpayers money. >> it's what? >> taxpayers money. >> the taxpayers, it's called china. >> he has caused the deficit with china to go up, not down. >> all right. so the trump white house will actually give $46 billion to farmers to blunt the pain of his trade war, but biden was right, that isn't china's money, it's yours, taxpayers. now, as for the trade deficit with china, biden was wrong here, it's actually down 6.7%, basically flat from where it was in 2016, but the overall trade deficit, a frequent trump talking point is up to a 14-year high. things got really heated on im

trump and what you might call trumpism. we have new details because there is a new excerpt from his memoir detailing the fight to pass signature things like obamacarerse, has been fighting to undo. tomorrow will be obama's second stop in florida where biden leads by two, but that's just really inside the margin of error. >> he hasn't shown any interest in doing the work. or helping anybody except himself. or treating the presidency like a reality show. his tv ratings are down. he thinks scowling and being mean is tough. if you got to walk out of a "60 minutes" interview then you're never going to stand up to a dictator. we've got a president who actually suggested selling puerto rico. he once asked our national security officials if he could nuke hurricanes. that's not normal behavior, florida. florida man wouldn't even do this stuff. >> well, joined by a former obama official, daniella gibbs lachey. >> good to see you, ari. >> a point raised by another one of our guests tonight, which is the argument that donald trump can't handle the truth. he can't even handle lesley stahl. you know, i tweeted something, again, it's not appropriate for tv, but h

obamacare. >> [habla en inglÉs]. reportera: el presidente donald trump ha dicho que sÓlo dominarÍa a perlas que eliminaran el programaitÉ estÁn de acuerdo en nominar a alguien ya no le tambiÉn otros programas, conservadora y catÓlica practicante, la juez barrett ha mostrado tambiÉn su apoyo al derecho de uso de armas, el caso en el 2019 que eliminÓ el derecho de portar armas a los delincuentes no violentos, barrett estuvo en desacuerdo, republicanos afirma que barrett es altamente calificada e leal a la constituciÓn. >> [habla en inglÉs]. cuando ella se coloca su tÚnica negra en la maÑana, ya reconoce el significado de ser un juez y al momento de poner en la mesa su decisiÓn, ellos no stone azules o rojos. las audiencias de confirmaciÓn serÁn parcialmente virtuales y este al menos dos senadores han dado positivo al coronarlos, los demÁs miembros pueden la opciÓn de presentarse en persona o virtual, la lÍder de nota que el senado le pide a la jueza barrett que se abstenga de participar en el caso de obamacare es confirmada su nominaciÓn a la corte. arantza: el principal infectÓlogo del gobierno federal indicÓ que da l

supportsld trump, he the repeal of obamacare and has worked to restrict access to safe, legal abortion and just like donald trump, he would have you believe that everything is fine. donald trump gives himself in a plus and chris sununu gives himself the gold standard and everything is not fine. we have to lift up working people and fight to stabilize and strengthen our health care system. gov. sununu: obviously we are not fine. folks in the state have done a great job. my opponent likes to vote my name and the idea that we are against health care but at the end of the debt, i'm one of the few republican governors in the country actually fighting to keep the affordable care act in the u.s. supreme court today. new hampshire is on the lawsuit today funny to keep the affordable care act, only one of four or five republican governors. it is happening today and i know that dan likes to make a political statement that sounds nice, but the facts are the facts. sen. feltes: governor, these are your own words, when you ran for governor in the first time in 2016, you ran on appeal -- repealing o

obamacare is a total disaster. >> reporter: on the 2016 campaign trail, president trump promised to get rid of obamacare, and he's still making that pledge four years later. >> i would like to terminate obamacare, come up with an entirely brand new beautiful health care. >> reporter: trump has promised a health care plan for months. >> we're signing a health care plan within two weeks, a full and complete health care plan. >> why didn't you develop a health plan? >> it is developed, it's fully developed. it's going to be announced very soon. >> when? >> when we see what happens with obamacare. >> reporter: if obamacare isn't validated, people with pre-existing conditions would be eliminated. last month president trump signed an executive order promising to keep pre-existing conditions protected. >> this is signed and done, so we can put that to rest. >> reporter: but his order doesn't have any practical force. another trump promise for many years, to address medical bills. he hasn't but he says he will. he also said he would cut drug prices by allowing imports or putting them in the same line as other countries.

obamacare has been something that, although he was on a trump supporter but also -- the republican partywhole has been against obamacare you meant -- obamacare from the beginning. that message came through. i want to make a couple of observations. 220 million americans have not died. it's 220,000. secondly, it's always hard to prove a negative. the president made a very good point. had his actions not taken quickly against the advice of dr. fauci and others, shutting entry from china, the death toll would have been much higher. this is a global pandemic. the mortality rate in this country, which nobody is -- which nobody wants to talk about, is going down. the president has handled the pandemic. when canada -- when date -- when a candidate talks about darkness , that usually doesn't play well. president trump is talking about optimism. i started in washington in the 1970's and he was always about optimism. the president is optimistic and that is the president's role. the president has handled the coronavirus quickly. we will see how kansas votes and texas votes. i think it's going to cos

government's dime the rest of us paid for donald trump to recover from code but yet there are 20000000 americans who got health insurance under a ca aka obamacare but yet donald trump is trying to take away that health care he's trying to make it so that people who get sick don't go see physicians or don't go to a doctor because it's cost prohibitive this is a real opportunity for democrats to distinguish themselves from downstream and if you look post-debate and post covert diagnosis democrats and particularly joe biden is starting to widen his gap in the polls and in and in addition probably i would argue even more importantly some of those senate races are narrowing or democrats are starting to pull away by small margins because of the president's recklessness and because i think one of the reasons he's not negotiating on august coronavirus bill relief bill is because of the fact the white house is a complete disarray they you know a lot of people are in different places they're quire and teeming you know people are coming in to work yeah you know even the staff is affected i think the white house isn't working right now so i think that's on

trump has appointed in his single term. over the weekend democratic nominee joe biden warned about the weight of the affordable care act, a.k.a. obamacarearrett on the court. >> trumps dream of wiping out obamacare off the books is well underway. because his nominee he said in the past, the law should be struck down. if they get their way, over 100 million americans americans will lose their protection for pre-existing conditions that we work so hard to provide. >> harris: if judge barrett is confirmed it would give conservative leaning justices a 6-3 majority with justice so sotomayor, breyer and kagan the only liberals. republican senator from tennessee with marsha blackburn's with me now. senator, always good to see you. first of all tell me what impact having a justice amy coney barrett on the u.s. supreme court can have on the aca. i know that the oral arguments on obamacare began on november 10th so it will be pretty expeditious. >> yes. it is an argument over the severability clause and harris, quite frankly that is not going to take down the affordable care act. people with pre-existing conditions are not going to lose coverage

on healthcare, joe biden wants to expand obamacare, while donald trump half his plan in the next twoks, which is what he's been saying for the last five years. on fracking, trump wants to keep it, while joe biden wants to keep it and get rid of it. on coronavirus, biden thinks we have a tough road ahead, while trump wants to reopen the white house jacuzzi. and on crime, joe biden's priority is to get drug offenders out of prison while donald trump's priority is to keep himself out of prison. to be clear, just because donald trump with us less shouty opportunity mean he wasn't still donald trump. you can put a silencer on a gun but it's still going to hurt. for instance, one of the most contentious topics last night was immigration. there was a big story this week that of the 5500 migrate children separated from families at the border, 545 still have not been returned because the government has lost track of their parents. while joe biden was outraged by this news, trump managed to look on the bright side. >> let's talk about what we're talking about. what happened? the kids were ripp

president trump says he wants the supreme court to end obamacare. rding to an analysis by the hhs in 2017 in this administration, if president trump is successful, as many as 133 million nonelderly americans have preexisting conditions that could disqualify them from getting health care. that is a stunning number. so what happens to those people? because we don't have a plan to show what he would do. >> well, a couple of things. as i said, he already signed an executive order saying that protecting preexisting conditions is the policy of this country. in the c.a.r.e.s. act, we have billions set aside for testing and treatment for coronavirus. that's a preexisting condition right there. he'll protect them. let's be clear, it was joe biden last night who said he wants to add in the public option. that would kick off 180 million people right out of their own private health care plans. it would potentially close 1,000 rural hospitals that people in those remote areas need. and you know it's one step away -- >> the thing is -- >> barack obama, kamala harr

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trump administration. >> right. that's a plank for states to participate in obamacare. robert, my job is not to tell people how to vote but my job is to report the facts that may relate to their voting. so if you're wondering which candidate supports the current health care laws that provide the funding and the support at the state level for health care, for the insurance market, for the prekexisting condition protection, donald trump claims he's for. you read it on your screen right now. brand-new from president trump, robert, i hope they end obamacare and his doj is the one that brought it to the supreme court is pushing that plank, robert, if mitch mcconnell were in the interviewing room with "60 minutes" he would hope he had a debate moderator mute button because he would want to admit donald trump -- mute donald trump giving the game away. >> i think mitch mcconnell is co complicit in this. we've been waiting for the replace of repeal and place every two weeks for a decade. okay? it's become the new infrastructure week. all right? we're waiting. we're still waiting

. >> obamacare is on the ballot. >> reporter: with the trump administration asking if court to strike down the entire law, today, it was republicans suddenly needing to have judge barrett reassure worried americans, invoking the principle of severability, where if judges strike down one part of a law, they try to preserve everything else. in this case, protections for pre-existing conditions and other popular parts of the aca. >> the presumption is also in favor of severability. >> the main thing is the doctrine of severability has a presumption to save the statue if possible, is that correct? >> that is correct. >> reporter: democrats weren't buying it, and they pressed the nominee. >> did you have, then, a germ understanding that one of the president's campaign promises was to repeal the affordable care ability when you were nominated? >> i, as i said before, i'm aware that the president opposes the affordable care act. >> is the answer yes then? that you were aware? >> well, senator klobuchar, all these questions, you're suggesting that i have animus or i cut a deal with the% and i

obamacare. it would set us on an inevitable path to socialized medicine in america. under president donald trump of the individual mandate. [applause] we have been lowering the cost of health insurance without growing the size of government. we have lowered the cost of prescription drugs, we passed right to try, medicare, premium advantage plans have been reduced by 34% in cost. we are going to use the power of freedom and free markets to give americans low cost health insurance and america will never be a socialist country. [applause] usa!hanting] vice pres. pence: we are one of the most prosperous countries in the history of the world because we are a nation founded on freedom and free enterprise and free markets. under president donald trump, we we -- we are going to chart a course to freedom and bring this economy all the way back and then some. the truth is you have a choice to make. i think it is a choice between a trump recovery and a biden depression. a recent nonpartisan study came out and said joe biden's economic policies, we would lose 5 million american jobs and the average househol

obamacare. february 8, 2016, i'm disappointed. this is president trump. i am disappointed in chief justice roberts because he gave us obamacare. he had two chances to end obamacare and he should have ended it by every single measurement and he didn't do it. so that was a dispointing one. -- disappointing one. may 7, 2020, president trump reiterated his position. we want to terminate health care under obamacare and obamacare is a disaster. september 27, 2020, shortly after barrett's nomination to the supreme court, trump tweeted, president trump tweeted obamacare will be replaced with a much better and far cheaper alternative if it is terminated in the supreme court. it would be a big win for the u.s.a. . so four years at least while i've been here, republicans have been trying to repeal it and this administration has been promising a replacement for health care in this country if the affordable care act is repealed, but we see no replacement. and we know that they've been putting judges on the federal courts that will do their bidding or at least think the

. >> on the campaign trail, president trump promised to get rid of obamacare and he's still making that claim four years later. >> president trump has been promising to release a detailed plan for months. >> we're signing a health care plan within two weeks. a full and complete health care plan. >> why didn't you develop a health plan? >> it is developed. it is fully developed. it's going to be announced very soon. >> when? >> when we see what happens with obama care. >> if obamacare is invalidated, protecting people with pre-existing conditions would be eliminated. last month, president trump signed a new executive order promising to keep pre-existing conditions protected. >> this is affirmed, signed and done so we can put that to rest. >> but his order doesn't have any practical force. another trump promise of many years, to address surprise medical bills. so far, he hasn't, but he says he will. he's promised to cut drug prices by allowing imports to canada and by forcing prices in the u.s. to be more in line with what they are in other countries, but so far, nothing. president trump

normalize it. >> it is true and important that the supreme court is about to hear a case on obamacare with the trump eliminate it. that comes right after the election. democrats even showed images of the very real people who could be hurt if the trump administration gets its way. you can see some of that messaging here on the screen. they warn that barrett will join the trump agenda on that very issue. now, that wasn't the only thing going on. on the republican side you had senator mike lee showing up to the hearing without a mask. of course he recently tested positive for covid. what was striking it was a contrast to his republican colleague senator ted cruz who chose to use a remote location through quarantine. this is how republicans saw today's priorities. >> what they're trying to do is to convince the american people that they should be terrified of judge amy coney barrett. >> trying to misrepresent and outright disparage judge barrett's religious beliefs and affiliations. >> they're failing to do their job and they want the court to do it for them. >> now, the real action, as i mentioned, wil