senate judiciary committee senator lindsey graham asked whether judge amy baird's personal religious beliefs influence her rulings can you set aside whatever catholic beliefs you have regarding. >>any issue before you. >>i can i have done that in my time on the 7th circuit california senator dianne feinstein took issue with judge barrett not answering whether she thinks the landmark abortion case, roe v wade was wrongly decided it's distressing not to get a straight answer. so let me try again do you agree with justice scalia's you that roe was wrongly decided i can't. >>pre commit or say yes, i'm going in with sam agenda because i'm not barrett told senator chuck grassley she also has no agenda to strike down the affordable care act if you committed to the president or anyone else. >>that you will vote to repeal the affordable care act if confirmed to the cork absolutely not democrats like illinois senator dick durbin say there's a reason they believe judge barrett could have preset judgments about certain cases could have come from the president's tweets. >>what he expects a supreme court nominee to do politically for him. that's where it comes from. >>in washington, alexandra le mon. >>all right catherine heenan host of inside bay area politics she talked to one of our

she's scheduled to meet individually with 10 republican senators including ben sasse of nebraska, a member of the senate judiciary committee. senate confirmation hearings for judge coney barrett scheduled october 12th. democrats have little power to stop her nomination. >>> oakland a's return to the field in less than half an hour from game three of the wild card series. this the deciding game of the series at noon at the coliseum. this the best of three. if the a's win today, they will play the astros at dodger stadium in the best of five. the a's came out swinging. in a second inning. a's leading by two. marcus sio simeon hits a two-ru homer. a's win 5-3. that's how marcus should do it. >>> coming up, getting ready for 49ers on sunday night football the way nbc is helping out those in need before this weekend's game. >>> turbulent timeses for t the airline industry. the number of workers being laid off as fewer people travel. >>> plus kelly clarkson surprises two high school players, steph curry showing up. you have to see what curry has to say about following your dreams. you can watch "the kelly clarkson show" right here on nb

speaking from her senate office rather than going down to the senate mjchamber where the judiciary committee hearing was taking place due to covid precautions. the main presiding over the senateiary committee, senator lindsey graham, refused to take a covid test and addressed this issue durining te hearing saying "i took one two fridays ago. no one is going to tell me what to do, particularly my opponent." he was talking about his opponent who demanded he take a test before friday nights debate. when senator lindsey graham refused, the debate was canceled. after senator harris and other members of the judiciary committee concluded their opening statements, judge barrett was sworn in. she began her testimony by comparing her judicial philosophy to that of her mentor, the late justice antonin scalia. barrett: more than the style of his writing, it was the content of justice scalia's reasoning that shape to me. his judicial philosophy was straightforward -- a judge must apply the law as it is written, not as she wishes it were. sometimes that approach meant reaching results that he did not like. but as he put it in one of his best-known opinions, that is what it means to say tha

some of the exchanges this 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 works? yes. s

senate judiciary committee senator lindsey graham asked whether judge amy baird's personal religious beliefs influence her rulings can you set aside whatever catholic beliefs you have regarding. >>any issue before you. >>i can i have done that in my time on the 7th circuit california senator dianne feinstein took issue with judge barrett not answering whether she thinks the landmark abortion case, roe v wade was wrongly decided it's distressing not to get a straight answer. so let me try again do you agree with justice scalia's you that roe was wrongly decided i can't. >>pre commit or say yes, i'm going in with sam agenda because i'm not barrett told senator chuck grassley she also has no agenda to strike down the affordable care act if you committed to the president or anyone else. >>that you will vote to repeal the affordable care act if confirmed by. >>to the cork absolutely not democrats like illinois senator dick durbin say there's a reason they believe judge barrett could have preset judgments about certain cases could have come from the president's tweets. >>what he expects a supreme court nominee to do politically for him. that's where it comes from. >>and judge barrett was also asked whether a u.s. president has the legal authority to delay an election. she said

hill and bag just this week we've seen that read you the senator's tested positive for seen this includes 2 on the senate judiciary committee senate majority leader mitch mcconnell confirm the floor proceedings have been canceled until october 9th. but he says the hearings to confirm supreme court justice nominee. are still expected to begin next week on oct 12th now the senate is also expected to take up a vote on the stimulus bill this week but it's not clear yet if it will be can successful considering the fact that it includes provisions that democrats have accused republicans of using to try to do the bare minimum for the american people so as they are right now the 2 sides do remain on gridlock reporting from outside the walter reed medical center rachel blevins artsy. with trump to leave i mean i would use of some time after 630 which as we're doing this now live not a replay but in this version of the wind chill that's going to be any minute now what does it look like there's a group of crows getting excited is there any movement what's happening. well right now earlier we saw a lot of crowds right back here but since then

>>i am the chairman of the senate judiciary committee senator lindsey graham asked whether judge amy baird's personal religious beliefs influence her rulings can you set aside whatever catholic beliefs you have regarding. >>any issue before you. >>i can i have done that in my time on the 7th circuit california senator dianne feinstein took issue with judge barrett not answering whether she thinks the landmark abortion case, roe v wade was wrongly decided it's distressing not to get a straight answer. so let me try again do you agree with justice scalia's you that roe was wrongly decided i can't. >>pre commit or say yes, i'm going in with sam agenda because i'm not barrett told senator chuck grassley she also has no agenda to strike down the affordable care act if you committed to the president or anyone else. >>that you will vote to repeal the affordable care act if confirmed to the cork absolutely not democrats like illinois senator dick durbin say there's a reason they believe judge barrett could have preset judgments about certain cases could have come from the president's tweets.

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 and graham both said remote virtual hearings could work if senators could not attend the hearings but democrats on the judiciary committee w

senate committees may convene regardless of whether or not the senate is in session. the senate judiciaryommittee 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 and graham both said remote virtual hearings could work if senators could not attend the hearings but democrats on the judiciary committee who

senators are hoping to fill the seat as soon as possible. even as covid-19 concerns are growing. on the senate judiciary committee, senator josh holly has tested negative but mike lee and thom tillis tested positive. chairman lindsey graham says the october 12th confirmation hearing for judge amy coney barrett is moving forward even though democrats want to delay due to the virus. >> there is 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. >> i feel very comfortable that she has the votes, she'll be confirmed the last week of october and some of the democrats have said they don't want to participate. well maybe that will just speed up the whole process and we can even do it earlier. >> reporter: the supreme court's term begins on monday and like mass today, the public will be able to view it via live stream. >> lauren blanchard, lauren a, thank you. as election day draws closer there are a number of must watch senate races we're following. here's the balance of power in the senate right now. republicans have the majority with 53 seats.

senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. she's a member of the senate judiciary committee. senatorthank you very much for joining us tonight. we really appreciate it. let's start with the committee process. if two republicans cannot attend the hearing, can the hearing move forward and can there be a vote in in the committee if two republicans are absent? >> those are two separate things, lawrence. first of all, the hearing they have noticed it. they're going ahead. i think it's outrageous. that's why we asked for a delay. for some reason, they knew it was dangerous enough to basically close down the senate for two weeks. and, yet, they're still ramming through this nomination hearing and one other thing, if they're going to ram through anything, why wouldn't it be covid-19 relief for the people of this country? for testing. it shouldn't just be people in the white house that get tested. how about the front line workers in the grocery stores and places like that? instead, i think it just shows so clearly that this is their goal. to get this nominee through. when they know exactly wh

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 spending the weekend at walter reed hospital undergoing various treatments for covid-19. we'll have the very la

chris: senator, it turns out that two of your republican colleagues on the senate judiciary committee, senatorsike lee and thom tillis, have now tested positive for covid. are democrats going to try to use this as a way to delay the confirmation hearing and the confirmation vote on judge barrett? >> it's not a matter of using it, chris. it happened. and the first thing we know is that if you look at the precedent that mitch mcconnell said, we should let the people decide and that's where the majority of people are when it comes to this. decide who the president is, after this election, and let them pick the nominee. secondly, we've got the fact that now three senators have it. as you point out, two are on the judiciary committee. and mitch mcconnell has shut the senate down for two weeks because of health concerns. because we don't know how many other republican senators had it. there were a number of other ones that were at the rose garden. they have a lunch together where they don't have masks. we don't do that on the democratic side. they do. and so it's very possible we're going to have mor

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 minority leader chuck schumer wants to delay hearings, arguing judge barrett cannot be properly questioned virtually. >> there is 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 where people can't even see the witness face to face. haven't but senator majority leader mitch mcconnell and republicans want to confirm barrett before the november election. many senate democrats are say we go could do not a virtual hearing or demanding throughout this year, going back to march, that all committees be conducted over zoom, webex, or mother is kind of virtual hearing. >> reporter: the senate judiciary committee is set to begin four days of hearings 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. >>> today we learned that wednesday's vice presidential debat

more lives seven senate coverage on "c-span2" in the senate returns. the senate judiciary committee chair lindsay graham announced the confirmation hearing for october 12th and then tuesday the 13th on the begins taking questions from kim members. sharon graham expects it was like three to four days . you can watch live coverage every day of the supreme court confirmation hearing on c-span. online assessment .org or listen live on free radio app. senate minority leader chuck schumer discuss the nomination of the judge to the supreme court. in a news conference with chris murphy and others. this runs 25 minutes. [background sounds]. >> good afternoon everyone and thank you for coming. and proud to be joined by the senators here. we want to talk or before we talk about what is at stake for millions of americans . on a touch on the sites debate. we have seen president trump mouse down when confronted with facts any times. but it's obscene performance, that's what it was . the performance not a debate. it was extremely filled with right wing bile that include lie after lie after lie. pr

out front democratic senator richard blumenthal, a member of the senate judiciary committee. senatorour time. i know you said today that you made up your mind to oppose amy coney barrett's nomination. did you hear anything today which suggests that she is not qualified for a seat on the highest court in the land? >> there was no reassurance today, erin, none, that she will do anything but strike down the affordable care act and end protections for people who suffer from pre-existing conditions. she has been vetted by trump screeners. she passed the trump litmus test, that she would not only strike down the affordable care act but also overturn roe v. wade. and she's written that if she'd been on the court she would have struck down the affordable care act in the cases before the supreme court. she did nothing today to rebut that conclusion. and we brought into that room real people who would suffer as a result. >> so the harvard law professor noah feldman who, as you know, testified in favor of president trump's impeachment last year wrote in an op-ed that barrett, who by the way he'

senate judiciary committee all but certain to vote this woke to send her nomination to the full senate for a vote ahead of the election. now democratic nominee joe biden says seeing how that process plays out could determine whether he will consider supporting a push to add more justices to the court next year if he wins. joining me now, a close friend of biden's, democratic senator senate judiciary committee. senator coons, thanks for joining us. we have a lot to get to. first, i want to get your reaction to what you hard from the president's senior adviser, lara trump, even we she said, and is not qualified to diagnosis such a thing, that vice president biden suffered a cognitive decline. >> thanks for the opportunity to be on, jake. that was just a remarkable statement by lara trump. unfounded. inappropriate. when you pressed her about the michigan rally in which president trump was encouraging folks to chant "lock her up" in response to governor whitmer being threatened by more than a dozen folks who have now been arrested by the fbi, domestic terrorists who were threatening to kidnap her and potentially kill her, her comment was he was just having fun. if that means that for our president fun is fuelling division and encouraging folks to say and do things that are threatening and completely inappropriate, well, that's a reminder of what kind of current presi

republican senators are hoping to fill the seat as soon as possible as covid-19 concerns are growing. on the senate judiciary committee, senatorative but mike lee and thom tillis have tested positive. chairman lindsey graham says the october 12 confirmation hearing for judge amy coney barrett is moving forward even though democrats want to delay due to the virus. >> there is 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. >> i feel very comfortable she has the votes, she'll be confirmed the last week of october. some of the democrats have said they don't want to participate. maybe that will speed up the whole process and we can do it earlier. >> reporter: and the supreme court's term begins tomorrow and like mass today it will be available to the public via live stream. trace. trace: lauren blanchard live for us live in washington. thank you. doctors giving an update on president trump's health as he continues treatment for covid-19. details on his condition and how his diagnosis could impact the 2020 race, next. >> late friday morning when

senate judiciary committee. senator kamala harris is just beginning questioning of the u.s. supreme court nominee. let's listen in to senator kamala harris and judge amy coney barrett. >> before i begin, i want to talk directly to the american people about where we are and how we got here. so we are in the middle oh of a deadly pandemic that has hit our country harder than any other country in the world. more than 215,000 of our fellow americans have died, and millions more have the virus. the president and republican members of the committee, and more than 100 front line workers here at the capitol complex have been infected. this pandemic has led to an historic economic crisis, causing millions of workers to lose their jobs without warning. and 12 million americans have lost their employer based health insurance. the senate must be and needs to be laser focused on you, the american people, to help you get through this pandemic. to do so, the senate urgently needs to pass critical financial relief for those who are struggling because of this pandemic and many are struggling. people need help. they need help to pay their re

senate, democrat dave cortese. >>today was day 2 of the senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee amy coney barrett democrats tried to pin her down on a variety of topics, including abortion health care and disputes that might arise from the upcoming presidential election laws to d c correspondent alexandra le mon has the recap from today's hearing. you're catholic. >>i am the chairman of the senate judiciary committee senator lindsey graham asked whether judge amy baird's personal religious beliefs influence her rulings can you set aside whatever catholic beliefs you have regarding. >>any issue before you. >>i can i have done that in my time on the 7th circuit california senator dianne feinstein took issue with judge barrett not answering whether she thinks the landmark abortion case, roe v wade was wrongly decided it's distressing not to get a straight answer. so let me try again do you agree with justice scalia's you that roe was wrongly decided i can't. >>pre commit or say yes, i'm going in with sam agenda because i'm not barrett told senator chuck grassley she also has no agenda to strike down the affordable care act if you committed to the president or anyone else. >>that you will vote to repeal the affordable care act if confirmed to the cork absolutely not democrats like illinois senator dick durbin say there's a reason they believe judge barrett could have preset judgmen

senate, they should increase the number of justices. representative jerrold nadler, the democratic chair of the house judiciary committee, tweeted... senator ed markey tweeted... and senator chuck schumer, who would the majority leader ifemocrats take back the senate, said... now, at the cleveland debate, vice president joe biden refused to answer that question about packing the court and whether it should be considered. and i know you, senator, have also refused to answer that question. >> yeah. >> privately, however, do you tell your democratic colleagues to tone it down and avoid that question? how do you handle that behind the scenes? >> i think it's premature at this point to discuss it. what i have said is that the republicans should be ceful in their decision-making now, because if they continue to violate every possible norm, rule, practice, or precedent of the senate in this mad dash to ram judges into office, they should expect that they will have lost all their credibility, that they will have forfeited their credibility to challenge us if we undertake similar measures ourselves. if you want a senate that plays by the rules, you have to play by the rules yourse

senate judiciary committee senator lindsey graham asked whether judge amy baird's personal religious beliefs influence her rulings can you set aside whatever catholic beliefs you have regarding. >>any issue before you. >>i can i have done that in my time on the 7th circuit california senator dianne feinstein took issue with judge barrett not answering whether she thinks the landmark abortion case, roe v wade was wrongly decided it's distressing not to get a straight answer. so let me try again do you agree with justice scalia's you that roe was wrongly decided i can't. >>pre commit or say yes, i'm going in with sam agenda because i'm not barrett told senator chuck grassley she also has no agenda to strike down the affordable care act if you committed to the president or anyone else. >>that you will vote to repeal the affordable care act if confirmed by. >>to the cork absolutely not democrats like illinois senator dick durbin say there's a reason they believe judge barrett could have preset judgments about certain cases could have come from the president's tweets. >>what he expects a supreme court nominee to do politically for him. that's where it comes from. >>judge barrett was also asked whether a u.s. president has the legal authority to delay in the election and she sa

it looks like senator lindsey graham is speaking right now. 22 senators on the senate judiciary committee have 20 minutes in this round of questioning. lawmakers grilled the supreme court nominee yesterday on a woman's right to have an abortion. >> is roe a super precedent? >> roe is not a super precedent because calls for its overruling have never progressed. it doesn't fall on the small handful of cases like marbury versus madison and brown versus the board that no one questions anymore. >> in the past barrett has listed a number of cases she believes cannot be challenged. "roe v. wade" was not on that list. the senate judiciary committee is expected to approve barrett tomorrow which sets her up for a full senate vote before the election. >>> nor indomore indoor busines reopening in santa clara county today. it comes after state health officials recommend the county move from the red to the less restrictive orange tier. san francisco is the only other bay area county in the orange tier. that means expanded indoor dining and larger outdoor gatherings. >>> another major drug trial for the

senators on your committee who tested positive. talk about the health and safety of senators first. you cannot show up in person if one is on the senate judiciary committee with two positive senators, if you look at the time line, testing positive to when they want to begin the senate hearings. >> most would agree, it doesn't make any sense, when you are considering a lifetime appointment. and in terms of the affordable care act. that should be inperson, scrutiny of that nominee. to rush it through makes no sense at all. it doesn't make sense in terms of the affordable care act. not to mention, the hypocracy of republicans, who gave -- long before the last presidential election. >> do you have any plans to replace the affordable care act? one of the reasons why he nominated amy coney barrett, he wants it done in november. heard by the supreme court. he continues to say that he has replacement for the affordable care act that he said will be cheaper for americans, yet, no plan for this thing. any discussion from any of your p colleagues? >> they don't have a replacement. there is no replacement. the only thing we should be doing at a country, in

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

. >> joining us now, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, senator lindsey graham is with us. we have a vote on amy coney barrett coming on the 26th. first, your overall assessment and a lot of lies told in a lot of radical positions of the president was able to pull out including a limiting gas, oil, nationalized health care your thoughts. >> i felt terrible, i felt great tonight every republican on the ballot with president trump felt really good tonight. i think the vice president struggled. he lost pennsylvania tonight, you can talk about anything you want to talk about on this show but joe biden lost pennsylvania. >> sean: he just lied and he goes put it on your website. >> that's not the point, you missed the point, he said i will eliminate oil and gas. he declared war on the oil and gas industry, he never said that before. we know he's going to try to change his position on fracking because it will destroy his campaign in pennsylvania. the issue is joe biden publicly said tonight we are going to do away with the oil and gas industry by 2035 at the latest. every oil prod

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 then begin the process of voting her from committee. we will take the final vote to move her to the floor for considera

senators on the senate judiciary committee, which is the confirmation committee, that will vote to approve and move forward, judge only conan -- amy coney barrett to a vote. step in the confirmation process is to go before the senate judiciary committee. senate minority leader chuck schumer, the top democrat, has said it would be irresponsible to continue to hold confirmation hearings given several senators contracting the virus. but i spoke with one republican senator within the last 24 hours and he said to me, there is zoo. -- there is zoom. republicans are not backing down. they are moving full steam ahead with the confirmation process of judge amy coney barrett. >> the latest from d.c.. the first word headlines. >> surging coronavirus numbers around the world are bringing in new restrictions. bes and terraces will ordered to close on tuesday. mayor plans to shut bars and restaurants and nine parts of brooklyn in queens. boris johnson is worn britain's to expect a bumpy month in a very tough winter. meanwhile the australian government wants state leaders to raise spending and infrastructure to create jobs and read -- revive the economy. the finance minister says all levels must step up to drive a recovery. the

i have spent a good amount of time in the senate with meetings individual senators and the hearings before the senate judiciary committeeirmation process has made ever clear to me one of the fundamental differences between the federal judiciary and the united states senate. perhaps the most acute is the role of policy preferences. it is the job of a senator to pursue her policy fences. in fact, it would be a dereliction of duty for her to put policy goals aside. by contrast, it is the job of the judge to resist policy preferences. it would be a dereliction of duty for her to given to them. federal judges don't stand for election. they have no basis for claiming their purposes reflect those of the people. the separation of duty from political preference is what makes the judiciary distinct among the three branches of government. the judge declares independence not only from congress and the president, but also the private beliefs that might otherwise move your. the judicial oath captures the essence of the judicial duty, the rule of law must always control. my fellow americans, even though we judges don't the selections,

senate judiciary committee. some folks are calling for senator dianne feinstein to step down because of her performance in the senateiary committee last week. on the record, where do you stand on this? do you believe the senator should step down from the senate judiciary committee? >> first let me say, yasmin, senator feinstein has been a trailblazer for him, and at this point i just want to stay focused on what we are doing in terms of this nominee and the fact that she will roll back the clock for women on reproductive rights. she'll roll back the clock on health care for everybody as well as all the other ways in which she'll go against where the majority of americans are and their quality of life. i want to stay focused on that and make it very clear that a vote for amy coney barrett is a vote to take away health care. that's not something that should be happening ever, but certainly not in the middle of a pandemic. >> senator debbie stabenow, thank you. appreciate you joining us this afternoon. >>> coming up, she's a granddaughter of reverend billy graham and evangelical herself. she says evangelical supporter

senate judiciary committee. north carolina senator thom tillis and utah senator mike lee. they both attended that rose garden ceremony for judge barrett. the cases are raising questions about the confirmation process. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says the confirmation process is going to start as planned on the 12th whether some members have to join virtually or not. he has requested all other senate business be delayed until october 19th. democrats are calling for a delay in the hearings. >>> first lady melania trump also diagnosed with coronavirus, continues isolating is doing we told her symptoms have not worsened. >>> democratic presidential nominee joe biden did not take a covid-19 test today. while leaving st. john's catholic church in delaware today, he said he intends to take a test tomorrow. >> mr. biden have you been tested this morning for coronavirus? >> so you were not tested today? >> i was yesterday. >> and you will be tomorrow? >> i will tomorrow. >> not today? >> not today. >> he said he's committed to releasing the results of all future covid-19

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're waiting on the other side ♪ ♪ i'm like you on-demand glucose monitoring. because they're always

senators on the judiciary committee and from judge barrett but over the next couple of days, we'll hear the senator's question judge barrett on her record and her judicial views. 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 act to a 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 election republican chairman lindsey graham says there's no reason to delay she's been a circuit court judge the 7th circuit. >>since 2017. >>she was confirmed to that position in a bipartisan with about partisan vote. she is heard hundreds of cases in that capacity for her part judge barrett promises to be impartial. >>i believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent supreme cour

senator schumer? [erratic yelling] >> democratic members of the senate judiciary committee joined by democratic leader chuck schumer after the vote this morning approving the nomination in the senate judiciary committee. democrats boycotting that meeting today of the judiciary committee. you may have heard in that gathering that just wrapped up some noises in the background. yelling asprotesters the democratic senators spoke. the one democratic senator on the committee we did not hear from is the vice presidential nominee, senator kamala harris. she tweeted, after the approval this morning my democratic colleagues and i boycotted the vote today. this nomination process is a sham and it shows how republicans will stop at nothing to strip health care from millions of americans with pre-existing conditions. the vote was 12 to 10, the committee moving forward without democrats moving by unanimous consent. 12 republicans voting in favor and all 10 democrats not president -- not present. the senate plans to begin debate on the supreme court nomination of judge amy coney barrett tomorrow with a confirmation vote expected monday. president trump weighing in this morning on the process in

senators on the judiciary committee and from judge amy barrett, but in the coming days we'll hear senators question the judge about her record and her views. 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 act to a 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 election republican chairman lindsey graham says there's no reason to delay she's been a circuit court judge the 7th circuit. >>since 2017. she was confirmed to that position. >>and a bipartisan with about partisan vote. she is heard hundreds of cases in that capacity for her part judge barrett promises to be impartial. >>i believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent supreme co

senate activity until october 19th after three republican u.s. senators tested positive for covid-19 including wisconsin senator ron john johnson and two senators on the senate judiciary committeeenator thom tillis of north carolina. today senate minority leader chuck schumer said the hearings need to be delayed because of health concerns for senators. >> it makes no sense. if it's not safe for the senate to meet in session, it's not safe for the hearings to go forward. a virtual hearing is virtually no hearing at all. you need to be with the witness and have direct cross questions and back and forth with them. >> reporter: of course, democrats have been wanting the hearings delayed til after the election, but republicans are ad plant that they can conduct the hearings virtually, if needed, and get amy coney barrett confirmed by the last week of october. >> we've been doing virtual committee meetings since march, and so this will have no impact. both senator and tillis can participate by video conference, you can go in person and social instance or you can do it virtually. >> reporter: there are indications republicans may be increasingly vulnerable of losing control of the sen