we need to return to democratic norms violated and broken by the senate gop and this administration.ever action is necessary. - sure. flamethrowers, wood chippers, nunchucks. - or expand the size of the court. - shit on their doorsteps, shit on their neighbor's doorsteps, shit on their neighbor's neighbor's doorstep. - i'm advocating for expanding the size of the court. - i like that. how would one go about expanding the court and shitting on their doorsteps? - if you do the first, you don't need to do the second. you add seats to the supreme court, you restore the essential checks and balances that we need in a democratic system, and that is why i'm focused on "take back the court." - what exactly is "take back the court"? - it's a two-year-old project focused on expanding the size of the u.s. supreme court, and thereby restoring and preserving democracy. - isn't it against one of the long-standing pillars of the democratic party of being total pussies? - i can agree that i have shared the frustration of many. we have to stop reacting as if the sky is falling, but not doing anything

waste the whole show, but abc said biden was giving thoughtful questions and no question with the senate gopound about hunter biden selling influence with his father overseas and no question about biden wanting to raise everyone's four okay taxes, increase taxes and 401k. no questions about that. >> i think we've also become use to this discrimination and difference, on the savannah guthrie side, she was debating president trump by my account, she asked about four times as many questions then the actual citizens who were supposed to be asking questions in this town hall, she was rude and interrupted him and i think her role there was to appease the nbc news employees who were upset that the dueling town halls happen. at the same time on the other side george set the lawfulness asked topol questions and did not asking her questions but beyond that, the citizens in the audience who were allowed to ask questions included spouses of former democratic candidates and included democratic party officials, this is disgraceful that the media is continually stacking the deck in the final point i have a

this is in the senate gop report. in the lieutenant tony bobulinski emails and text messages. would it be easy or difficult to find pay to may influence peddling in real estate deals and infrastructure deals in llcs and shell companies? >> it is not likely to be easy. this is still not rocket science. the fbi, i know the fbi has had its issues, but the fbi is filled with people of great integrity and ability. their financial analysts, even below the special agent are very good, very sharp, taking these things apart, unpeeling the onion getting to the truth. frequently they're helped by the irs and other investigative agencies of the government. once again the special counsel brings all the tools in the tool chest to bear. it's a way of getting at the truth. complicated yes, impossible to understand, no. elizabeth: okay, so we're tracking 16 llcs and shell companies. i mean you wonder if the panama papers are picking this up. there are some affiliated with one family. we understand if you're in washington for nearly fi

and now this, republican senators joining gop republicans in the house saying, yes, attorney general william barr appointed special counsel to get to the bottom of this. the bidens leveraging their most important assets, selling access to joe biden's name around the world. what a special counsel would be up against. how the binds like to bury, they like to submarine complex infrastructure and real estate deals that they love to do into complicated deal structures that are about as transparent as a bucket of tar when it comes to trying to figure out who was buying and selling influence. also this, tim murtaugh with us, he's going to walk us through his wild brawl with chris cuomo on cnn last night. we've got the highlight reel. plus what's going on with the state of the race right now. the secret ingredient the trump campaign says is working to rope in voters. also this, barack obama unloading on the trump campaign, and the trump team firing back. and tonight, another big breakthrough in the story we've been following for you, the hunt for and rescue of missing children: this is the b

senate gop also reported on these e-mails as well as more bombshells surfaced. biden working closely to influence peddling by son overseas. we have more on the holes in the biden campaign defense. that story, next. >> i am asking because there are all of these questions that i know you are aware of. >> they have been feeding us his garbage for years. ♪ [ squawks ] 'cause you're not like everybody else. that's why liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. what? oh, i said... uh, this is my floor. nooo! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ anywhere convenience. everyday security. bankers here to help. for wherever you want to go. chase. make more of what's yours. ♪ liz: florida republican greg steube from house judiciary. we are so great to have you back on. >> thanks for having me. liz: it's good to see you. questions growing over the validity. warning this new i york post sty is still unverified. the senate gop came out with a report about hunter biden filling influence wit

for all i know, mitch mcconnell has twisted enough arms to get gop senate approval of this new covid imulus bill. it's $1.8 billion stimulus. but as of a few minutes ago, me taking a survey of my sources who are plugged in with the gop leadership, with key members of mitch mcconnell, the speaker's conference, it's a no go. that at least as of now, and again, maybe mitch mcconnell has a way of twisting arms over the next 24 hours, where president trump tomorrow will announce that a deal is at hand. but as of now, from what i understand, the gop senate does not have the votes to approve this package. again, it's one thing for the president to want this. it's another thing for nancy pelosi to want this. but you've got to get gop senators and it's a mixed bag out there to get enough of them. here's the issue, i think, from their standpoint at least the way it's related to me. number one, they are worried about the deficit. we have a deficit debt from what i understand approaching $4 trillion. that, you know, it's probably going to go up from there when all is said and done. number two, so

joining us now, attorney and former gop staffer on the senate judiciary committee, greg nunziata.e you! you've seen and worked on so many of these hearings over the years. and you know, i was struck by how completely coordinated both sides were, frankly, in the way that they approached things yesterday. i'm curious if you think that we are going to continue down what feels like a very predictable path here or if we might see something interesting, some fireworks today? what are the risks for amy coney barrett, no matter how preordained the outcome seems here? these are incredibly high-stakes, high-profile events, really the event of her career so far. >> yeah, well, you're right, kasie. first day of the hearing was unusually disciplined. the first day is always the most scripted, and both parties stuck to their script more devotedly than usual. sometimes they seemed like different scripts for different movies. they were trying to do very different things. today is the first day that the judge gets to answer questions and you're right that it looks like she's on her way to swift co

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president trump being treated for coronavirus at walter reed medical center and two gop senators, who attended a packed, rose garden ceremony for trump's supreme court nominee, also, revealing they have tested positive for covid-19. let's bring in cnn's congressional correspondent, phil mattingly, and political analyst, carl bernstein. good evening, one and all. both of you. so, phil, breaking news, tonight, regarding north carolina senator thom tillis. what can you tell us about that? but, hang on one second. phil, i have some breaking news for you. i think that you want to get to it, right? from the president of the united states. do you have that? >> do i, personally? i do not have that but i have seen kayleigh mcenany's tweet about the latest update from the -- oh, are you talking about the president's tweet? or the tweet by the doctor? >> no, the president's tweet. i was going to get to you about thom tillis but since it's up, i'll just let you respond. the president says it's going well, i think. thank you all. love. that's the president's latest tweet at 11:30 p.m., this evenin

we've reached out to the senate gop leadership for their comment on his personal attacks on a fellow sitting senator in kamala harris. we've not yet heard back. we'll let you know if we do. john harwood is at the white house. john, the president's comments this morning remarkable. >> reporter: very remarkable, jim. the president made clear that he is not just unwell physically, unwell politically, he's also unwell emotionally. he delivered that rant, as you mentioned, on fox calling kamala harris a monster, berating his attorney general, bill barr, for not having prosecuted his political opponents, reversing himself on whether or not he was still going to negotiate with democrats on economic stimulus as we got more bad economic news this morning, and also saying that even though he has the coronavirus, he intends to resume having his political rallies perhaps even as early as today. >> i think i'm better to a point where i'd love to do a rally tonight. i wanted to do one last night, but i think i'm better. no, i don't think i'm contagious, but we still have to wait -- >> how are you g

this is less a decision on the part of president trump than it is a decision on the part of the gop senatefrom what we understand, is that again, there was not enough votes for the gop senate to approve a plan. the theory went something like this among top republicans. the deficit right now stands at about $4 trillion. are we really going to add another trillion dollars to the deficit when the unemployment rate is meaningfully below 10% at this point, the economy looks like it's recovering and you're not going to get another unemployment [ inaudible ] until after the election. why go now and start spending money and blowing out the deficit and even further, when the bang for the buck could be pretty negligible and again, liz, this all came down to not what donald trump is saying right now. this came down from the fact that the gop senate was not going to approve another massive spending plan with unemployment now falling, with the economy still in tough shape, even with what jerome powell said, it needs more stimulus. it's still in tough shape but they were not going to approve widening ou

the senate, we would expect to deal in the lame-duck session, probably shaped more like what the senate gopas been wanting. there'll be less pressure from the administration on sitting -- on senate republicans to do a huge bill, so they can shape it without the pressure of the democrats. if the president loses the election and we have former vice president biden as president, and particularly if democrats were to sweep, we could see targeted measures to get us through until the inauguration. it would depend on what we are looking at in terms of the economic data. we would expect a much larger, multi trillion dollar bill, as a big win for the democrats early on in january and february. david: if it does matter who the president is, how are you discounting the possibility of president biden rather than president trump at this point? the polls seem to be putting in one direction. are you believing them? courtney: we use a number of indicators, the polls, the economy, the equity market, which are all indicating something different. the stimulus has certainly given the president and economic buf

coney barrett, president trump's supreme court nominee making her rounds meeting with republican senators. gopators are planning to start her confirmation hearings one week from monday on october 12th. democrats on the judiciary committee say it's happening too fast. they have sent a letter to chairman lindsey graham urging him to delay the hearings until after the presidential inauguration. joining me now is judiciary committee members senator mazie hirono of hawaii, thanks for being back on the show. >> good morning. >> you signed on to that letter sent to senator graham, your objections to the time line of moving forward with the confirmation of amy coney barrett, it does not appear that's going to happen. what is your plan b? >> we want to let the americans know this nomination is rushed so that she can be sitting on the court to decide on the affordable care act and the president said he wants this nominee to do the right thing, to strike down the act because he criticized chief justice roberts for supporting the act. so that's what's going on, the american people need to know that. so me

but the leader i'm told by his confidantes and advisers believes it's critical for the senate gop, for the election prospects to move forward on this, to make sure conservatives have a reason to come to the polls, that they're enthusiastic. but it's going to be different to not have the kinetic energy of a live wire hearing. >> right. >> where senators can really press them, these nominees, this particular nominee on key issues. >> and that's why you have dems also pushing back saying they don't want this process to be virtual. we have sources telling nbc news that kamala harris and mike pence are going to be 12 feet apart at the debate. it's still going on as of now. how does that scare affect both the debate process and the election at large? >> absolutely. in terms of the debate process, this was -- as we're seeing, and as we're getting a firsthand example of contact tracing is going to be a difficult process, even just from the first debate. and community spread is not going to be a beneficial process. it's going to work for the administration, those within the trump campaign to es

mitch mcconnell has privately told the white house not to make a deal because it won't have senate gopport to pass. that's clear there's division within the republican party as well. the senate expected to go out of session right after confirming supreme court jnominee amy cone barrett. with me democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia. thank you for taking the time. >> thanks for having me, jim. always good to be with you. >> let's talk stim luulus brief. >> sure. >> you worked effectively with both parties. have both parties blown it on stimulus? >> seems like we're not able to come together and whatever the negotiating parties may consist of, sometimes you have to shake it up, change it up, get some new people on the field and see if there's a chance. >> we're eight days to an election. i wonder, you got your finger on the pulse. you're a democratic senator in a reliably red state. i don't think pays more on election day for the failure to come to a deal, democrats or republicans? >> well, i think everybody pays to a certain extent. let me shamake sure we understa where we are

senate. what more do we know about this? >> the gop senate is in jeopardy of falling and potentially a democratic majority next time. but what's funny about the president's comments, if the gop senate goes down it's mostly because of president trump. the top of the ticket drives what happens at the lower levels in campaigns. even though senators run their own campaigns and some of them were potentially, some of the republican senators were potentially in trouble anyway, if president trump does not do well in this election, he's going to take republican senators down with him. for him to distance himself and say oh, well the republican senate is in trouble, gee, that's too bad, if he's out there running a robust campaign, if he were looking like he would win handily, he would bring the gop senators with him and that's in jeopardy right now. >> and a lot of those vulnerable senators tie themselves to president trump throughout the last four years so it's a gamble that's not paying off for a lot of them. >> yes, nbc's beth fouhy joining u

on capitol hill, senate republicans hope to move forward with president trump's nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the court. this as three gop senators have tested positive for coronavirus. two of them are members of the senate judiciary committee. senator chuck schumer wants to delay hearings arguing that amy coney barrett cannot be questioned virtually. >> there is no reason that these shouldn't be delayed. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and republicans want to confirm barrett before the november election. many senate democrats are say we go couldn't possibly do a virtual hear work demanding that all committees be conducted over zoom, webex, or mother is kind of virtual hearing. >> reporter: the judiciary committee is expected to begin four days of confirmation hearings beginning next week. senators are required to vote in person for supreme court nominees, but with several testing positive for covid-19, there may be a delay. at the supreme court, david spunt, fox news. >>> and coming up here on the 4, we'll have much more on the developing news. president trump now back at the white house after spendi

offering stimulus checks that will go out immediately, and within the senate gop skinny bi

because there is no deal to whip just yet but the sort of signaling that we've heard so far from senate gopt will be tough for them to get the 13 republican votes they would need in order to actually pass this even if there is a deal. and frankly, republicans just don't want to be put in that, t to vote for a package that will either be a higher number than they are willing to go or perhaps details of this deal that they are unhappy with they don't want to swallow that this close to the election >> ylan mui, thank you very much now to the political fight taking shape in illinois where your local billion their waging a multimillion-dollar fight to keep taxes on the state's top earners from rising. good luck on that. by the way, i had so many friends text me or whatever your 62 percent story and they are all poking around homes in florida right now. just want to throw that out there. >> yeah, big numbers there if you look at nationally, most americans actually support higher taxes on the wealthy. but in illinois, a proposed tax now faces an uphill battle in part due to a campaign by local bil

so, the senate gop scoffing at the president's offer of $1.8 trillion and today more confusing things coming from white house chief economic adviser larry kudlow. do we know where things stand at this point? >> reporter: before you even get to larry kudlow's comments, earlier in the week you have president trump saying there was no deal going to be happening, negotiations were stopping. then he made clear that he wanted a deal, and increasing quite substantially the white house's offer to house democrats for what they wanted. but today larry kudlow is now saying that, perhaps, this stimulus isn't really necessary. listen. >> but you agree that a stimulus package needs to pass, there needs to be one, right, and you're hoping to do it in the next three weeks? >> i don't think, jake -- i don't want to parse, but i don't think the recovery is dependent on it. look, we've had derrick that's not what the fed chair says. >> businesses are reopening. we are learning to deal with the virus in a targeted, safe, prevented way. so. >> no, we're not. >> it's not dependent. all i'm saying is some t

this is all, this is what we know so far from the senate gop report. not saying anything nefarious or anything illegal here. it is very difficult to track the money flow. >> yeah. i mean, look shell companies are legal. limited corporations are legal. they can be very smart ways of protecting against broader liability. they can be a way of organizing different corporate responsibilities and personnel. so we've seen them before but the problem is, if someone starts to looking into the activities on the assumption that there could be criminal activity, they look quite devious. they look like a purposeful attempt to hide crimes. so that is the issue. white-collar cases, there is always a question of criminal intent and certainly one clearly, when you start forming corporations that are purely for very limited purposes like accepting money from abroad. elizabeth: all right. let's show this. the, we've got a new text message surfacing from tony bobulinski. he is hunter biden's former business partner. it shows hunter biden talking about using a shell compan

have been playing for covering up money flows and mo more, this is what we know so far from the senate gopot saying that there's anything illegal since is difficult to track the money flow. >> shell companies are illegal and limited corporations are legal and smart ways of protecting against broader liability or a way of organizing different corporate responsibility and personnel and we seen them before, the problem is if somebody looks into the activity on the assumption that there could be criminal activity they look quite devious in a purposeful attempt to hide crime and that is the issue in white-collar cases there is a question of criminal intent and certainly onemi clue when you fm corporations that are for limited purposes from accepting money abroad. liz: we have a new text message surfacing from tony bobulinski hunter fighting former business partner talking about hunter sibiden using a chinese energy b backed by china, this was surface to be the daily caller news foundation, it also helps hunter avoid having to register as a foreign agent with the government and government contra

she would not go below $2 trillion and the senate, the gop controlled senate had made it very clear theyyou know, the white house had basically gone pretty far towards that $2 trillion number. i think they were most recently at 1.6 or 1.7, so he pulled the plug. i think he did it to further the negotiations, not to end the negotiations. as we all know, there's a lot of stuff in this building thill th absolutely nothing to do with covid or recovery. i think the white house would like to see a cleaner bill. by the way, i love the idea that he challenged nancy pelosi just to get checks in the mail, those $1200 checks, because even though the economy is roaring back, and it is, and there are signs like very good consumer sentiment numbers that suggest it's going to continue to go forward pretty well, there are 12 million americans out of work. that should be the number one issue before congress and also the white house, how to help those 12 million people. neil: you are giving the president the benefit of the doubt it's a negotiating ploy, when he walked away from it he knew they would come

but the senate gop is taking that risk. says she will attend remotely from her senate office. chairman of the judiciary committee senator lindsey graham has ignored democrats' demands for covid-19 testing procedures after two members of the committee tested positive. with me now is a professor of law at duke law school and an nbc news and msnbc analyst, and dahlia is a legal correspondent for slate. thank you so much for being with us. you have schumer calling for amy coney barrett to recuse herself in upcoming cases about obamacare, about the election. what are the chances of that actually happening? >> i don't think the chances are great. particularly with respect to obamacare. the election might be a different story. but i think if she is confirmed and she hears the obamacare case, i don't think that there will be a significant chance. but i think it's different when the president who has nominated you during an election season when the country has already started to vote and if there is an election dispute that goes up t

brian, the senate gop, they're going back and forth. they have a smaller package. anything serious. we heard president trump say he wants to go big or go home. how you is it looking? >> charles, hope springs eternal. we want to focus on small businesses, helping schools reopen, keeping americans connected to their jobs, providing stimulus checks, additional unemployment insurance these core issues remain core to the administration. we want to make sure people harmed through no fault of their own get help. we're glad the speaker seems to have set an arbitrary deadline. seems like she won't stick to it. there will be further negotiations maybe at the appropriations level. we remain at the table and ready to move. that's why we've gone from the skinny bill with reappropriating the 300 billion remaining in cares act funding all the way up to a trillion dollar package, up to a $1.88 trillion package. we continued to negotiate in good faith. we're hoping that the speaker is signaling now she is moving in good faith but you know, nothing is done until it's done as they sa

. >>> senate majority mitch mcconnell says today he is delaying a plan to senate meeting after three gop senators tested positive for the virus. despite that, the senate judiciary committee said heari amy coney barrett will continue as planned for the panel will begin four days of confirmation hearing on october 12 senators mike lee of utah, thom tillis of north carolina, and ron johnson's of wisconsin had tested positive of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours. others like senator james lankford of oklahoma have gone into quarantine despite testing negative. >>> one of the drugs president trump is being treated with, regeneron is the subject of a study at stanford. fox's aisha hosni has a therapeutics prescribed for the president.. >> reporter: president trump has received an aggressive treatment today, and that we know he has also received the remdesivir therapy as medical experts caution the next 72 hours are critical. before the president was hospitalized, he received a cot tale of two experimental drugs through an iv, meant to supply antibodies to help him fight the infection. the o

supreme court senator kamala harris joined the meeting virtually because 2 gop senators on the panel tested positive for coronavirus including utah senator mike lee who appeared at the hearing today in person as washington correspondent alexandra le mon reports republican senators are clearly eager to confirm judge amy coney barrett before the presidential election. >>supporters and opponents of judge amy coney barrett demonstrated while inside the supreme court nominee appeared before the senate judiciary committee democrats like senator cory booker painted a dim picture of how berets confirmation could impact the nation states may write laws. >>that could subject women who have miscarriages 2 investigations to ensure they didn't have abortions california senator dianne feinstein focused on baird's potential role in striking down the affordable care case that's before the supreme court next month judge barrett you've been critical of chief justice roberts for his 5, 4, opinion upholding the law, although democrats say the supreme court seat should not be filled this close to an elec

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the senate gop passed a resolution to get that whistle-blower complaint in the fall of 2019 from the intelligence community which did provide the basis for impeachment. and then after he issued the drone strike in iran to kill the top military commander, there was also legislation to limit his war powers. and then just this summer senate republicans have spoken out pretty harshly against him when he talked about possibly delaying the election then once again, when he was talking about not having a peaceful transition of power. and so for this discussion and does it matter to voters, i think the intersection of foreign policy and elections is incredibly important because, remember, for this to matter, he only has to lose a small percentage of republican voters for this to be a landslide for joe biden. so that's extremely interesting and it's not only contained within, you know, voters and on capitol hill, the most prominent members of his white house who have left to speak out against him represent the foreign policy community in voices like former defense secretary jim mattis, former

them on twitter, facebook or instagram with the # kpix vote smart.>>> the wisconsin senator just became the third gop senator to test positive for covid-19 in the past 24 hours, potentially jeopardizing the hearing for supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. >> republicans on the committee say it is a full steam ahead, the republican chairman saying he intends to have this hearing as scheduled on october 12. he says that for the two republicans on the committee who are both suffering from covid, he says they can participate remotely and even cast their vote by proxy. this potentially turns into a much larger issue for republicans if unlikely when her nomination moves from the committee to the floor of the u.s. senate. that is when senators have to actually show up to cast their vote for her nomination. and if these senators are still suffering from the effects of covid, that becomes an issue. republicans have no margin for error and they need their votes to get her nomination through dairy democrats are calling for the hearings to be delayed. the senate minority leader chuck schumer says it is irres

just in the past hour, senator ron johnson from wisconsin announcing that he has tested positive. the third gop senator to get that diagnosis in the last 24 hours. several of those infected attended a white house ceremony one week ago to introduce the president's u.s. special counsel nominee amy coney barrett, an event whereas you see in the audience very few were wearing masks. and now uncertainty surrounds how the president's diagnosis will impact the election with just one month until voters cast their ballots. we have a team ofof correspondents, analysts and medical experts covering it all. l letsz get t let's get the latest from boris. >> reporter: and a bit of breaking news to share with you, within the last six or seven minutes, the press secretary announcing that we will be getting an update from president trump's doctor, dr. sthaun cean, at 11:00 a.m. it will only be the pool press being able to ask questions to get the latest on president trump's health but rather a select few going into that room. the most recent update that we got from dr.ey was doing well but having mild symptom, h

senate races. i want to put some of those races up on the screen. real clear politics lists one gopenator in a race that's leaning democratic at this point, gardner in colorado. it says that seven republican incumbents are in tossups, mcsally, in arizona, earnst in iowa, purdue in georgia, collin in maine, danes in montana, till liss in north carolina and graham in south carolina. the president reportedly told donors it will be real tough to hold onto a republican senate. >> you know, the president has done more for the senators with what he's done with helping to win red platform, with small dollar online fund raising, with the ground game the rnc put in place, we want to keep the senate. joe biden and kamala harris are not hiding the fact that they want to get rid of the filibuster and want to change -- chris: is it going to be real tough? >> this is a tight race. we know this. the trend lines are good in these states. you're seeing mcsally gain momentum. you didn't mention john james and jason lewis who are competitive races against democrat incumbents. we're going to keep the se

the narrative turned to the senate more and how the gop senators who are up for between aligning withresident trump and keeping their seat. how do you see that playing out? >> i was listening to what you were talking about and i could not agree more. you have republicans particularly in the senate and across the country very nervous about these polls. do they want the president to win, absolutely. they show the path to victory is increasingly narrow. they are considering what does it mean not just for their seat in november, which is critically important but also for the gop going forward. be led bying to donald trump by next year or a more fiscally conservative gop in which they would have to depend -- defend agreeing with the white house or the democrats on a larger stimulus bill that maybe some of their more hawkish supporters may want in six months or a year. this is something i think we are seeing play itself out in the republican party. the republican party is skittish. what that means for the party going forward. in: what are the republicans these tight races saying about the f

they are taking to do gop senators have tested positive for covid. here is the latest with bryan llenas. good evening. >> senate majority mitch mcconnell announced today that he will move on monday to officially postpone all at u.s. senate floor activities for two weeks until october 19 after two republican senators mike lee of utah and thom tillis of north carolina tested positive or the coronavirus. both are members of the senate judiciary committee but despite that mcconnell says the committee will move quote full speed ahead with the supreme court confirmation hearing for judge amy coney barrett on october 12. then that will be opening statement in question and will begin on tuesday october 13. in a statement the senate judiciary committee led by republican senator lindsey graham said this, according to the standing rules of the u.s. senate committees may convene regardless of whether or not the senate is in session. the senate judiciary committee chaired by u.s. senator lindsey graham will proceed with a consideration of the nomination of judge

three republican senators have announced positive coronavirus diagnoses. three more gop senators say they will quarantine after potential coronavirus exposure. while the hearings will be done remotely under senate rules law makers must be present to approve the nomination. >> there's no reason on god's green earth why these shouldn't be delayed other than an effort to rush a witness through in an inadequate hearing. people can't even see the witness face-to-face. >> there's not going to be a delay. we're moving forward with the hearings monday. chuck schumer is committed to do everything he can to block, stop, derail this nomination. >> reporter: senator kamala the de ve idtiuely positioned as nominee and as a member of the senate judiciary committee. the biden campaign hasn't commented on how she'll split time between the senate hearings and campaign trail. kenneth and mona? >> alex, thank you. >>> developing here in new york, one person was killed and two others injured when a sea plane crashed into a pier in queens. witnesses said the plane bounced on the water at lea

senate republicans change rules for significantly trim the time available for floor debate for district court judges. before the change demolition could be debated for a total 30 hours before confirmation vote but gop senators slash that to two hours for all nominees except those for the court and the cabinet and the circuit courts in some independent boards. there are other practices use by the previous democratic led senate republicans have neglected. they include the blue slip tradition for circuit court nominees which effectively gave a state senator veto power over judicial picks from his or her state. "washington post" looking at not only the latest addition to the supreme court by the trump administration but also the impact overall that senator mcconnell has had on the judicial branch. leader mcconnell senng

he's the number three senator in the gop. senator, thanks so much for joining the broadcast again. >> great to be with you, jim, thank you. >> trump is the leader of your party. you have endorsed him to be re-elected. you know the perilous moment in terms of race relations. i just wonder must the president say in no uncertain terms these groups aren't right. i explicitly call them out and condemn them. should we hear those words from the president? >> i think we should hear them from the president and from every american. i certainly condemn what we have been seeing in terms of white supremacy, racism and anti-semitism and i stand with senator mcconnell and tim scott and the comments they have made. >> good for you. i want to move on now to the election, because we're a month out from the election. the director of the fbi, christopher wray, of course appointed by this president, he testified under oath there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. that the fbi -- you know, he's the top law enforcement official in the country

they are taking to do gop senators have tested positive for covid.ere is the latest with bryan llenas. good evening. >> senate majority mitch mcconnell announced today that he will move on monday to officially postpone all at u.s. senate floor activities for two weeks until october 19 after two republican senators mike lee of utah and thom tillis of north carolina tested positive or the coronavirus. both are members of the senate judiciary committee but despite that mcconnell says the committee will move quote full speed ahead with the supreme court confirmation hearing for judge amy coney barrett on october 12. then that will be opening statement in question and will begin on tuesday october 13. in a statement the senate judiciary committee led by republican senator lindsey graham said this, according to the standing rules of the u.s. senate committees may convene regardless of whether or not the senate is in session. the senate judiciary committee chaired by u.s. senator lindsey graham will proceed with a consideration of the nomination of judge am

majority leader mitch mcconnell announcing the full senate will not return until october 19th after three gopitive for covid-19, including two on the judiciary committee. let's go live to capitol hill and garrett haake. garrett, could this derail amy coney barrett's official confirmation schedule? >> not on its own, but it could if things get any worse here. for weeks i've been telling our viewers that republicans have very little margin for error here, if they want to get this confirmation to the floor and get that judge on the bench by election day. this about uses up that margin for error. two members of the judiciary committee who are sidelined. that makes that a 50/50 split in that committee. both of those two republican senators have said they've kwaurp te quarantining for ten days. the timeline gets them back here on october 12th when those hearings are to start. as long as no one else gets sick, there were still efsevera other republicans at that rose garden event awaiting results. that margin of error is essentially gone. if those republican lawmakers are the only ones that get sick

senate may come down to a pair of very tight races in georgia. cnn's senior congressional correspondent manu raju is digging into this for us. >> reporter: it's problem many republicans did not foresee. two gop in georgia at risk of flipping to the democrats. republican senator david purdue, struggling to fend off democrat john ausoff, a candidate less than half his age. >> you're 33 years old. why are you qualified to be a senator? >> when people look at washington, the last thing they say is that there's too many young people in positions of power. >> reporter: he's accused purdue of ignoring the coronavirus crisis and seeking to profit from it. it's not just that you're a crook, senator, it's that you're attacking the health of the people that you represent. purdue spending big on tv ads, defending himself over stock trades made without his knowledge. >> i was completely cleared by the bipartisan senate ethics committee, doj and scc. >> reporter: he stoked controversy by mocking senator kamala harris at a trump campaign. purdue abruptly pulled out of this sunday's debate, choosing to attend president trump's rally. it's consistent with his efforts to avoid the media. his campaign would no

senators mike lee and thom tillis, both tested positive. they both serve on the judiciary committee. and a third gop senator, ron johnson, also tested positive, though he was not at the barrett event. nick luna, the president's personal aide and so-called body man, tested positive -- very close to the president a lot of the time. and nbc news can confirm that roughly three weeks ago, two white house residence staff members tested positive for the coronavirus. this thing spreads so fast. at least seven people who attended the white house ceremony nominating judge amy coney barrett to replace the late justice ruth bader ginsburg have been infected with the coronavirus. the event took place just over a week ago, on september 26th. six people who later tested positive, including first lady melania trump, sat in that first row. you can see it there, during the rose garden ceremony. as you can also see in the wider photo, few people wore masks or practiced social distancing at the outdoor event with close conversations and photo ops. the indoor event at the white house diplomatic room was even more striki

. >> reporter: susan collins from maine is the republicans' no vote in the senate, the gop will vote to confirm amy coney barrett. judge barrett's confirmation vote will take place monday night, the senate will not be voting on a coronavirus relief bill. >>> a small step forward, disneyland set to reopen soon. >>> how the southern california community is supporting the thousands of workers who have been laid off. >>> we will start out sunday morning with lots of cloud cover and light winds, but a dramatic change later in the day that will really boost fire danger, will have more in your forecast, coming up. >>> violent clashes between police and protesters continue in nigeria, how people in oakland showed support for the end of sorrows movement today. >>> saturday means of football, and it could also mean a million-dollar payday for some lucky person, download the fox bets super six apps, pick the winners, and the margin of victory for six games this sunday, and you could win $1 million of terry bradshaw's money, the best news, it is free to play. open the app on your phone, tablet, o

supreme court confirmation hearings for amy coney barrett are in jeopardy after three gop senators test positive for coronavirus. good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne marie green. we begin with president trump's battle with the coronavirus. he remains hospitalized this morning. his doctors say he could be discharged as early as today. overnight, the white house released this picture of mr. trump working from a conference room at walter reed medical center where he is receiving treatment. the president was flown there friday. from outside of that hospital in maryland, what is the latest on the president's condition? what do we know? >> annemarie, the president has been receiving a variety of treatment. including a steroid that is normally reserved for those quite ill. still the president's doctors say he is the president wanted to make that point in person. >> he thanked the staff in a video he tweeted thursday afternoon. >> the nurses, doctors, everybody here. i've gotten to meet soldiers and first responders. what a group. >> the president took a ride outside to see his supporte

with the cost the gop critical senate seats? we will ask the man who got it done before election day, mitch mcconnell joins us in minutes. judge barrett took the constitutional oath, chief justice john roberts, and immediately get to work including numerous last-minute challenges and mail in ballots and two high profile cases as the next round of oral arguments kickoff monday. jillian turner joins us with more from tonight's event with the newest justice. >> tonight just a month from the day donald trump announced his pick to replace ruth bader ginsburg, welcome judge covid-19 to take the oath of office and take her place in history as the 100 fifteenth supreme court justice. >> highly fitting the justice barrett fills the seat of a true pioneer for women. justice ruth bader ginsburg. tonight justice barrett becomes not only of the fifth women to serve on our nation's highest court but the very first mother of school-age children to become a supreme court justice. >> the first of judge barrett's two oath was administered by just

stimulus, i've been reading a lot of articles now that the gop will be concentrated on the senate to try to fight against presumably president biden. that would delay any kind of stimulus. guy: take a look at the polls. paul seemed to indicate biden is likely to win the presidency. the polls should always come with caveats, they have been wrong. the focus is on what is happening with the senate. -- there isly to be a whole series of key battles involving high-profile republicans. it is fascinating what is happening with the stimulus story. ofp your antenna up in terms more headlines coming through. it was fascinating listening to nancy pelosi on wolf blitzer last night. ding abused -- being accused of maybe stonewalling. she pushed back on that idea. some in the democratic party

two of the gop senators on the committee have tested positive for the virus. senator tom tillis is expected to attend a hearing in person on thursday. senator mike lee is still undecided. stay with us, for the complete coverage of this week's confirmation hearing of any amy coney barrett. it all begins tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. there will be frequent updates and uninterrupted coverage on our website and webpage, and ktvu.com. >>> joe biden continues to lead president trump by more than ten points in a new poll. the abc news poll shows him leading by 54% compared to 42% for the president. and 45% of registered voters approve of the president's job performance, 54% disapprove. president trump did get positive ratings for his handler handling of leah coming, but lower marks for handling the pandemic. once again, president trump was flagged on twitter for misleading information, saying quote a total signoff, saying i can't get it, immune, can't get can't give it, very nice to know. to reflect this, saying this tweet violated the twitter rule rules about spreading misl