senate. judiciary committee approves judge barrett moves to full senate for a final vote. big day for america. if you missed any of our coverage of today's judiciary committee meeting or any of the days of judge barrett's confirmation hearing, it's all available on c-span.org. also archival footage at c-span.org. today's entire judiciary meeting , and the vote on judge amy coney barrett for associate justice to the supreme court will be shown again tonight at 8:00 eastern. on c-span two, you can also follow that on c-span.com. full senate vote regarding judge barrett's confirmation is expected sunday when senators will vote on limiting debate to 30 hours. that will set up the monday vote. we expect monday evening we will watch live gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span two as the senate works its way through the supreme court confirmation process. up next on c-span we will show you this morning's

trump's supreme court nominee amy coney barrett began monday with opening statements from senators on the judiciary committeearrett herself. four of the republicicans on t e judiciary cocommittee are up for reelection, includining the cha, south carolina senator lindsey graham, who is in very close race in south carorolina. senator kamala harris is the democratic vice-presidential nominee. the hearing took place in a room closed to the public amid coronavirus precautions. judge barrett sat with her husband and six of their seven children behind her. senator harris testified from her office on capitol hill because of the pandemic. she was not directly in the room. she warned barrett's nomination laterdizes everything the justice ruth bader ginsburg fought for and s spoke w with te children's picture book titled "i dissent ruth bader giginsburg : make her mark." sen. harris: president trump is attempting to roll back americans r rights for decades o come. every american m must understand that with this nomomination, eql justice under law is at stakeke. our votingng rights s are at s , workers' rights are at s

we have two members of the senate judiciary committee, tillis and lee, out having tested positive for covid-19. both of them attended the ceremony at the white house. there was an indoor reception and an outdoor press conference. i believe the math is republicans enjoyed a 12-10 majority. there's senator lee hugging people without masks. republicans enjoy a 12-10 majority on that committee. you got to be present to vote. so as of tonight, we're looking at a 10-10 committee? >> it's a serious issue for senate republicans. i reported earlier today about my conversation with a very well placed senate republican aide, who said some top senate republican lawmakers are already talking to leader mcconnell about making sure the senate's off next week, having it recessed, because they need to make sure that they have enough votes to have a senate judiciary committee vote in mid-october to have the hearings in mid-october on the judiciary committee. leader mcconnell has not signed on to that idea. he's going full steam ahead at this point. this is a critical moment for senate republicans, who w

>>this senate judiciary committee will gavel in monday morning to question president trump's supreme court nominee judge amy coney barrett, some members are expected to participate remotely after 2 republican members of the committee utah senator mike lee and north carolina senator thom tillis tested positive for the coronavirus last week i think the president's decision to nominate judge barrett may well have been the most important decision. >>i was presidents texas republican senator ted cruz says he expects the senate to confirm barrett before election day and when the senate >>we will be honoring the promise we made to the american people but democrats including oregon senator ron wyden oppose barry because of her legal views and the way she was nominated donald trump's priority. >>is to jam through a lifetime appointment for a judge who's going to roll back protections for so many of those people are hurting. it has a very distorted set of priorities barrett met with more than a dozen senators ahead of her confirmation hearing including 6 democrats on the judiciary committee. >>

today's senate judiciary committee vote, tweeting, "moves to full senate for a final vote. big day for america." the senate judiciary committee democrats boycotted today's meeting and the vote on the nomination of judge barrett. members and democratic committee -- democratic vice presidential kamalate, let harris -- harris tweeted, "let's be clear. this nomination process is a sham. it shows have republicans. but nothing to strip health care for millions of americans with pre-existing conditions." this morning after the vote senate democrats gathered at the capital to explain the decision. [no audio] >> let's go over why we are here. we are waiting for her. i wonder if that is going to stop. sen. schumer: ok, everybody. thank you very much for coming, and thank you for joining us this morning. i am here to stand with my colleagues on the judiciary committee who are boycotting today's committee markup on the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. this is not a decision the members of the committee have taken lightly, but a republican majority has left us

have been working here on c-span2 bringng our viewers conversations with members of the senate judiciary committee ahead of next week's confirmation hearings for judge amy coney barrett spread we talked earlier this week that senator chris coons the democrat from delaware. were now joined by republican senator marsha blackburn,ac saturday good morning tong perry's >> good morning good to see a thank you. >> good to see you before we get to the substance of the confirmation hearings, can you just talk about what you have been told about how this process will work? the setup of the hearings amid heightened concerns about coronavirus into members on your side of the aisle, now testing positive. >> yes. we are going to continue with the rules committee, chairman blunts and ranking member amy klobuchar put in placement covid started. which is, there is an option for the committee that can function one of three ways. in person, virtual or a hybrid, which gives individuals and witnesses, members and witnesses the option of, attending the hearing either in person or virtually. we have had a 125 hybrid hea

tennessee,lican from member of the senate judiciary committee. you will see her and her >> c-span's washington journal. every day we are taking your calls live on the air and discussing policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, alliance for justice member talks about her group's opposition to the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. of themers, member commission to preserve an independent supreme court discusses efforts to require that the supreme court remains composed of nine justices. watch washington journal live at -- live this morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, text messages, and tweets. republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and usm it democratic candidate amy mcgrath take part in a televised debate. live coverage starts at seven a clock eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. biden president trump are on the campaign trail. the former vice president makes a stop in toledo, ohio where he's expected to focus on the economy l

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

and so we come to you today to make it clear, we could not be party to this senate judiciary committee action across the street this morning. it was in violation of mid committee rules, the more importantly, it was in violation of fair play. we believe the american people should have the last word in filling this supreme court vacancy, and they will have the last word on november 3. the efforts by senator mcconnell to ignore this pandemic and to move forward with this nomination are inconsistent with the basic principles of this country, and that is why the members of the committee decided en masse not to participate. i will now introduce senator sheldon whitehouse. sen. whitehouse: for the third donors seemonymous to have bought their way to the which united states supreme court justices are selected. for the third time. for the third time, big anonymous donors have written checks of $15 million and higher to pay for the campaigns for the confirmation of the selected justices. for the third time. and for the third time, our republican colleagues have broken every rule, every practice,

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 amy coney barrett to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states on october 12. now senator lee said he will remain isolated for 10 days as will tell us writing this, quote i've spoken with leader mcconnell and chairman graham and assured them i will be back to work and time to join my judiciary committee colleagues in advancing the supreme court nomination of judge amy coney barrett in the committee and then to the full senate. senator lee until it's tested positive for coronavirus at or attending a ceremony for barrett at the white house last saturday with president trump. for the republican senators on the judiciary committee also attended that ceremony but none have reported a positive coronavirus test. mcconnell

watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪ >> the senate judiciary committee has been a toonsider the nomination of supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. c-span.org has every minute of the confirmation hearings, including this moment with nebraska senator ben sasse. -- miserable cheaters -- i think all baseball fans know the houston astros cheat, they steal signs, they bang on cans, they have done a bunch of miserable things historically and deserve to

>>the senate judiciary committee is expected to complete judge parents confirmation hearings on thursday and then on october 22nd, the committee will vote to advance her nomination to the full senate which will then take up and vote on her confirmation to the u.s. supreme court live in washington alexandra limon. >>thank you alexandra meantime, we've got some controversy brewing after an official ballot drop boxes were discovered in several. california counties, the state says that the boxes of course are illegal and now the california republican party says they all those boxes kron four's dan kerman joins us now live from san francisco with more dan you've got to be kidding. >>a lot going on here is you know there are plenty of counties said it especially here in the bay area that have these official registrar of voters drop boxes that each county puts up where you can drop off your ballot box well. the gop has set up some collection sites which are now being referred to as an official drop boxes of those some of these have been labeled as official drop boxes by the gop and california s

>>the senate judiciary committee is expected to complete judge barrett hearings on thursday and then on october 22nd, the committee will vote to advance her nomination to the full senate that will then take up and vote on her nomination to the supreme court live in washington. alexandra le mon. >>thank you alexandra. another big story we're following concerns about fire this week has pga need now warning of a possible preemptive power shut off. the utility is saying it might start turning off power in the north bay mountains and pockets of the santa cruz mountains. wednesday afternoon. pg says it is still monitoring this upcoming wind event that is expected to last through thursday night or maybe even part of friday as pg and is now urging people to have their. emergency bags ready in their contingency plans all set yeah dangerous fire weather set to return to the bay area. it is october fire weather watch. >>it takes effect on wednesday, but that could be upgraded to a warning chief meteorologist lawrence karnow tracking the danger large sweaty saying yeah that's that's the odd thing

tomorrow the senate judiciary committee begins the confirmation hearings for the president's supremeourt nominee. democrats are demanding those hearings being delayed because of concerns with the coronavirus spreading in the capital. chris. >> chris: mark meredith reporting from the white house. mark, thank you. and joining us now, trump campaign senior advisor and daughter-in-law to the president, lara trump. welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> lara: thank you, great to be with you, chris. >> chris: let's start with the president's health. his doctor put out a memo yesterday that said this. he is no longer considered a transmission risk to others, but it doesn't say that he tested negative. laura, is your father-in-law now free of the coronavirus? is it gone? >> lara: welcome according to the white house medical staff, it sounds like that's the answ answer. obviously working at the campaign, we do not conduct any testing on him ourselves so if the white house doctors says that he's free of transmission, i think that sounds like he's done with the coronavirus and by all accounts he

judge amy coney barrett back before the senate judiciary committee before a second day of questioninging her on abortion, health care and the possibility of a disputed election. jobina fortson has more on this. jobina? >> thank you. good morning. the senate judiciary committee is expected to approve barrett tomorrow setting up her likely confirmation by the full senate before election day. we'll look live on capitol hill and see what's happening in that room. senator diane fane feinstein is questioning barrett. this is day two of the hearings. the questioning has begun. during a marathon 11-hour hearing yesterday judge barrett declined to say how she would rule on hot button issues like abortion, health care and gay rights. on abortion rights barrett called several cases super precedents, which cannot be challenged, though "roe v. wade" was not one of them. barrett was also asked if she would recuse herself from an election dispute case after the president said he's counting on her to look at the ballots. >> i would consider it -- i certainly hope that all members of the committee hav

in a statement the senate judiciary committee led by republican senator lindsey graham said this, accordingo 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 amy coney barrett to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states on october 12. now senator lee said he will remain isolated for 10 days as will tell us writing this, quote i've spoken with leader mcconnell and chairman graham and assured them i will be back to work and time to join my judiciary committee colleagues in advancing the supreme court nomination of judge amy coney barrett in the committee and then to the full senate. senator lee until it's tested positive for coronavirus at or attending a ceremony for barrett at the white house last saturday with president trump. for the republican senators on the judiciary committee also attended that ceremony but none have reported a positive coronavirus test. mcconnell an

the senate judiciary committee is looking into the origins

he sits on the senate judiciary committee. he just heard senator van hollen. your response to him?r that the social media platforms are no longer just neutral platforms but definitely have a point of view and it's very troubling that they use the legal authorities that they currently have an of the communications decency act, section 230, that we've talked a lot about in order to immunize them from any sort of criticism or reform. so the judiciary committee is issuing subpoenas to twitter, facebook, and the other platforms and we intend to get to the bottom of this because we can't have these platforms which are essentially public forums now censoring political speech, especially in the run-up to an election. >> bret: what about senator van hollen's point about there is no there there when it comes to the hunter biden, vice president biden connection or payoff? >> i don't know what is there but we need to find out and the american people deserve to know before they vote. >> bret: you've been in these hearings for the past few days. judge barrett seemed to take a bit of a return fro

two republican senators tested friday, two of those sit on the senate judiciary committee. the committee plans to launch hearings for amy coney barrett. the senators don't have to be there. >> the american people want us to be busy with our work, working remotely, virtually or in person. so we are going to move forward with these hearings and they're going to begin next monday, october 12th. reporter: you can vote by proxies in committee. the senators don't have to be there we expect some senators to be there in person, some beam in remotely. we'll see what that looks like t

chris: we will talk with republican ben sasse and chris coons, key members of the senate judiciary committee, plus we will ask her sunday panel what democrats will try to do to blocked under block barrett's confirmation. and our parent under power player of the week, the former white house counsel credited as the architect of the judicial makeover. all right now on "fox news sunday". chris: hello again from fox news in washington even by donald trump's standards there's a lot to cover the sour. the president held a public event yesterday just nine days after testing positive for covid-19 p his doctor says he is no longer a transmission risk but did not say the president tested negative for the virus. hundreds attended that event on the south lawn, two weeks after rose garden ceremony for the supreme court nominee that is now being called a super spreader, tomorrow that nominee judge amy coney barrett begins confirmation hearings in the senate. in the president is headed back on the campaign trail but not to a debate that was scheduled for this week but then cancel. in a moment we will discus

democrats on the senate judiciary committee plan to show their unhappiness with supreme barrett.inee amy coney

the senate judiciary committee is expected to approve barrett tomorrow which sets her up for a full senate vote before the election. >> let's look live at capitol hill. barrett's confirmation hearing sarts at 6:00 this morning. the committee's 22 senators will each have 20 minutes in this latest round of questioning. abc7 news will monitor the hearings and we'll bring you updates throughout the morning. if you want to watch t we'll stream it on our app and on abc7news.com. >>> it's going to take a bit longer for the fastest winds and the driest air to make it from the higher elevations down to lower elevations. so we looked at the high elevations first, now let's look at the lower elevations. humidity levels anywhere from about 50%, 60%, 70%. that's good. winds are 10 miles per hour or less but starting to blow offshore. look at these temperatures, up to 18 degrees warmer in the north bay with the fastest winds. the rest of us seeing double digits around fairfield, 4 degrees warmer in hayward. look at the microclimates in the north bay. 70s around novato and san rafael, american canyon, pe

morning between various senators and judge barrett, including with the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, senator lindsey graham, asking about judicial activism before the court. also asking about her comments about the affordable care act. here are some of those exchanges. sen. graham: let's talk about the process in general. let's talk about the heller case. that the second amendment protects an individual's right to bear arms. sen. graham: my friends on the left may try to challenge the construct of heller. if they passed a law in defiance of heller, what would happen? >> that challenge the construct of heller, if it was brought in a lower court, heller binds. lower courts always have to follow the supreme court precedent. sen. graham: and if the supreme court wanted to revisit heller, what would they do? >> if someone has challenged heller below, the supreme court would have to take that case once it was appealed all the way up. the court would have to decide we want to overrule heller and we have enough votes to grant cert and then do so. sen. graham: that's the way the process work

. >> marissa, let's turn to the senate judiciary committee this week. the democrats to an unusual step of boycotting the vote to bring amy coney barrett's e nomination to ll senate. what were they saying with that gesture? oh i mean, the point was we're not going into participat something we do not see as legitimate. >> but you ow, this habeen on the fast track since the beginning of democrats have very little power here. i think quite friendly, they made a moresort of potent political point during the hearings when they just over and over again really hammered on this case by the trump administration seeking to overturn the affordable care ac and the ct they feel like her past shows he's very open to that argument know, where most people paying attention to the fact that democrats did not show up to this judiciary hearing i don't think so. >> guy, to come to the senate judiciary committee, the committee, dianne fein has taken some criticism for thanking and hugging the ranking republican on the committee, lindsey gram, and there have been stat progressi

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following that, the nominee herself will be speaking to the senate judiciary committee. inute round of questioning by each of the members of the senate judiciary committee. wednesday, we get 20-minute rounds of questioning. and then, another ten-minute round of questioning. what are they going to ask her? they will ask her about her three-year run on the circuit court of appeals. she was involved in cases that had written orders. what are her positions on things like abortion, big business? gun control? there are some hot-button topics she is going to be asked about. and maybe she will be asked about the superspreader case. >> you believe this is all baked in and her confirmation is a foregone conclusion? >> i actually don't. do the extent you look at this as a numbers issue, does she have enough numbers to vote? what people need to recall, there was an extension of the confirmation process in the brett kavanaugh situation. this is going to be a fast process if it happens. it will be 28 days until election day. but october 22nd the date targeted to vote, to get a vote. yo

paul: the senate judiciary committee set to begin hearings monday on the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. a much anticipated showdown taking a somewhat different form as coronavirus concerns force some senators to attend the hearings remotely. so what can we expect when the committee convenes on monday? let's ask greg munziotta, he served as chief nominations counsel for the senate judiciary committee where he played a leading role in the confirmation of john roberts and justice samuel alito. good to see you again. with the monday hearings, very tight schedule, obviously, between now and the election for hearings and then debate on the floor. can they get it done? >> yeah, they certainly can get it done. it's true, this is going to be a swifter confirmation process than we've seen for the last several supreme court justices, but not at all unprecedented. it's a timeline that's pretty close to the one followed for ruth bader ginsburg in fact and before that, before the fights got truly nasty in the reagan years, confirmation processes used to take a matter of

. ♪ jon: the senate judiciary committee will begin supreme court confirmation hearings for judge amy barrett on monday. the two senators from indiana and a former law professor will introduce the nominee at the start of the hearing followed by barrett's opening remarks. senators will begin grilling the judge on tuesday. meantime a republican on the committee is pushing for members to get tested for coronavirus before proceedings get underway. alex hogan is in new york city live with more for us. alex. reporter: hi jon all of this will begin on monday as you mentioned. but there is debate over testing demanding. now joni urst saying doesn't enjoy being tested she thinks it is a good idea in close proximity working for long hours. democrat senators asked chairman senator lindsey graham to push off the appointment because of the pandemic calling otherwise blind and reckless. chuck schumer tweeting lindsey graham is so anxious to confirm a justice to take away your health care, that he doesn't even have time to stop to take a covid test. new cases of covid-19 within the committee sparking

lou: breakinging news now, the senate judiciary committee has scheduled a hearing to confirm judge amypreme court next monday. chairman lindsey graham's decision comes despite, well, odd calls by senate dems to postpone the hearings because a few senators do have the china virus. also breaking tonight, dedicated trump hater john brennan, former cia director, has been caught in yet another lie. brennan says two senior cia officials disagreed that russia was meddling in the 2016 election in favor of president trump. brennan once testified there was a unanimous consensus among the cia, fbi and nsa that russia worked in favor of donald trump in 2016. as we learn more about the truth of 2016 and the intelligence community's, oh, yes, and the democratic party, it's hard to believe that anything this man has said is, has ever been true. joining us now is senator ted cruz. he's a member of the senate judiciary committee, and he is the author of the brand new, number one amazon bestseller, "one vote away: how a single supreme court seat can change history." senator, great to have you with us. a

. >> one of the most influential democrats on the senate judiciary committee, rhode island senator sheldon whitehouse strongly disagreed when republicans blocked president obama's nominee to the sreme court. he now thinks republicans should follow their own rule and wait until after the election to fill the court's vacancy. >> here we are weeks before an election and, suddenly -- whoop -- 180. >> he also is focused on the influence of anonymous dark money on the federal judiciary. >> the biggest donors behind the republican party want to control the court. >> in a week when politics has reached a new low... >> the question -- >> the radical left -- >> will you shut up, man? >> ...the battle for the supreme court is the center of bitter debate. >> we won the election and we have the right to do it. >> we should wait and see what the outcome of this election is. >> what does senator sheldon whitehouse say now? >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by... and by... corporate funding is provided by... >> senator sheldon whitehouse, welcome to "firing line." >> thank you

. >>> the senate judiciary committee has begun four days appearing spirit the goal for code republican senators is to confirm amy coney barrett to that supreme court before election day. allie rasmus reports live on what has happened so far today. >> reporter: the timeline according to gop senators, is for the senate judiciary committee to vote on amy coney barrett's confirmation next week. the in the full senate is scheduled for both the week after that on october 27th. the process got started this morning. >> amy coney barrett began her opening statements before the senate judiciary committee by thinking president donald trump her nominating her. she spoke about her family, upbringing and career before explaining her judicial philosophy. >> courts have about responsibility to the rule of law , which is critical to a free society. courts are not designed to solve every problem or 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.>> reporter: her record as a feder

visit paycom.com for a free demo. ♪ lou: well, the radical dem on the senate su judiciary committee - judiciary committee today venal, vile and crude as they attacked president trump primarily and ini subtled -- insulted judge amy coney barrett today. meanwhile, judge barrett showed her deep understanding of the rule of law and her tremendous poise. watch her exchange here with senator john cornyn. >> now, most of us have multiple notebooks and notes and books and things like that in front of us. can you hold up what you've been referring to in answering our questions? is there anything on it? >> the letterhead that says united states senate. >> that's impressive. lou: citing cases, extraordinary command of the law. i've never seen a supreme court justice nominee go through this process, go through this process without notes. she is truly impressive. impressive is the "lou dobbs tonight" word of the day as well. it means evoking admiration through size, quality or skill, and we are in deep admiration of this truly impressive jurist. >>> well, breaking news now, senators ron johnson an

if he was serious about senator scott's bill, he is the senate of the judiciary committee, why didn'te bring that bill up? he could have allowed senators, democrats and republicans, to debate that. he didn't do it. if you're serious, don't just talk about it, act on it. he just wants an issue for this campaign. sen. graham: i am serious about this. deadly serious. deadly serious making sure our police officers have an ally in senator graham. we waived the bill out of the committee so it could go to the floor so we can expedite its passage. you talk about washington in terms that are good for you but not reality. the reason senator scott bail never got a vote is chuck schumer would not let it happen. that was a low point. here is what we do with mental-health issues. guns,republican, i own 50 but i believe we need a system that if somebody is a danger to themselves or others in police interact with them, there is a way to get guns out of the hands able, test --ally mentally ill. the guy who shot up a school, they had 30 visit with him and nobody could do anything. i believe in common s

senate judiciary committee is senator lindsey graham who is locked in a tough nomination -- excuse me, tough re-election battle himself. let's in now to the chairman of the senate judiciary committee. >> as to the h i doubt if there is any room in the country that has been given more attention and detail to make sure it's cdc compliant. the architect of the capitol working with the attending physician has set up the room in a fashion that we can safely do our business. senator lee is back. you have been cleared by your physician. welcome back. the covid problem in america is real. it's serious. it's dangerous. and we have to mitigate the risk. i would just let every american know that many of you are going to work today, probably already been at work, and i hope your employer will take care of your health care needs. but we do have a country that needs to move forward safely and there are millions of americans, cops, waitresses, nurses, you name it going to work today to do their job and we're going to work in the senate to do our job. one of the most important jobs th senate judiciar

senator lindsey graham, the chairman of the senate judiciary committee, where amy coney barrett will be having her hearings. republicans moving through with those hearings next week. he is facing jamie harrison, the democrat in that race. over the weekend, they held their debate. one of the issues that came up was the supreme court nomination. here's a little bit from that debate. [video clip] >> sometimes listening to senator graham reminds me of playing monopoly with my son. he changes the rules every time he gets. senator, you said use my words against me. you set it after the kavanaugh meetings, not before, after. in your words, your promise was that no judicial nominee should be considered or approved or what have you in the last year of an election. you even named president trump when you set it. this is my thing, my grandfather always taught me, he said, jamie, a man is only as good as his word. how good is your word when you made a promise to the american people, to the folks in south carolina, that you wouldn't be doing what you are doing right now? that is the problem that

the hearing room where the hearing for judge amy coney barrett are set to begin with the senate judiciary committee. i want to point out, not a lot of these republicans as well as the family of judge barrett knew much about masks before today, it appears. they came to the rose garden ceremony and other things at the white house not wearing masks. they're all wearing masks today with some having tested positive for coronavirus. that does it for us this morning. chuck todd picks up the special coverage right now. >>> good morning. i'm chuck todd of nbc news here in washington with msnbc special korb coverage of the senate confirmation hearings. president trump's pick to succeed the late ruth bader beginberg, amy coney barrett. the senate will gather into what expected to be a contentious amount of days. and pushing for what could be one of the fastest confirmation votes in decade, the republicans and senate a conservative majority on the court for years to come. it remains to be seen whether democrats will try to delay this hearing which will be unlike any before, due to the pandemic. due to chairman

the senate has had 150 hearings since may 1st, the senate judiciary committee had 22 hearings for 22 different judicial nominees and judge barrett's hearing starting monday will be the 20 third, senate judiciary committee hearing, the 20 third the senate has considered. shannon: will she be confirmed before the election? >> absolutely she will be confirmed and on the bench by the end of october. shannon: mike davis, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. shannon: october surprises rocking both parties with accusations of bribery and sexting ♪ go go go on a real vacation. visit go rving.com or your nearest rv dealer. they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the services of the post office plus ups only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. ♪ i got it all from you ♪ i'm always pushing through ♪ i know we'll make it to the finish line ♪ ♪ i know you