donald trump, this will be his third supreme courtjustice trump, this will be his third supreme court be his third supreme courtjustice that he has had confirmed. the last three presidents each served two terms and they each got two justices confirmed. so, this his historic for one term, a president in one term to get three supreme court justices president in one term to get three supreme courtjustices is absolutely huge. as to what it might do in terms of the election, how people might feel about that, there is a feeling that it about that, there is a feeling thatitis about that, there is a feeling that it is his base, conservatives that might have already been in his corner that will be really pleased by this and maybe it might energise democratic supporters to come out but certainly, yeah, donald trump's message has been promises made, promises fulfilled, and he will certainly be telling his support is that this is another example of that. is it then came over in terms of the democrats now trying to change because once you had that seat, thatis because once you had that seat, that

justice barrett was sworn in by the longest serving supreme courtjustice, clarence thomas.nd that i will well and faithfully discharge... the duties of the office on which i'm about to enter... the duties of the office on which i am about to enter... so help me god. my fellow americans, even though we judges don't face elections, we still work for you. it is your constitution that establishes the rule of law and the judicial independence that is so central to it. the oath that i have solemnly taken tonight means at its core that i will do myjob without any fear or favour and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. i love the constitution and the democratic republic that it establishes and i will devote myself to preserving it. thank you. later, i'll speak to our north america correspondent david willis. let's get some of the day's other news: a fast—moving wildfire south of los angeles has forced 60,000 residents to leave their homes. two firefighters have suffered severe burns while trying to tackle the silverado fire near

amy coney barrett, president trump's choice for the next supreme court supreme courtjustice, is facinguestions from senators at her confirmation hearing. but she won't be drawn on hot topics like abortion. he would be comforting to you to have an answer but i cannot express views on a case or pre—commit to approaching a case in any way. you can see the committee continuing its work in this process will go on

two, donald trump promised to name a supreme courtjustice and justices who would tear down the affordableld trump is before the supreme court right now arguing that it be struck in its entirety. for, the supreme court could just be one vote away from overturning the affordable care act and all its protections, including for eve ryo ne protections, including for everyone who has a pre—existing condition or make it a pre—existing condition. in other words, the affordable ca re other words, the affordable care act and all its protections hinge on this seat and the outcome of this hearing. and i believe it's very important that the american people understand the issues at stake and what's at play. judge barrett, the day after donald trump announced your nomination to the supreme court, he tweeted, "0bamacare will be replaced with a much better and far cheaper alternative if it is terminated in the supreme court." but in reality, there is no alternative that protects the millions of americans who depend on the affordable care act every day. the horrifying truth is that donald trump and the res

republicans at the chance to put a supreme court justice in republicans at the chance to put a supreme courtjusticed of president obama's term, they don't like policies. it's all irrelevant because she is going to be nominated and she is going to be confirmed and she will become a supreme justice. absolutely, also, this is a moment for republicans to try and flip the script of the race, to stop talking about coronavirus and instead say, here is president trump, re—elect him because he will get a third conservative justice him because he will get a third conservativejustice confirmed to the supreme court. what's more, as there is this incredible gender gap opening up in the polling, this is a chance the republicans to showcase an accomplished, successful mother of seven, first in her class in law school, brilliant legal scholar from the midwest and say the democrats, why are you opposing this example of the american dream? so it's a welcome chance for republicans to change the subject and, as you say, there isn't a thing the democrats can do about it apart from trying to slow it down. james? i was d

mr trump has said he wants a supreme courtjustice mr trump has said he wants a supreme court justiceed in time to make sure that he gets a good hearing and any election dispute. butjudge barrett declined to say if she would step aside from an election related case. would step aside from an election related caselj would step aside from an election related case. i have had no conversation with the president or any of his staff on how i might rule in that case. it would be a gross violation ofjudicial independence for me to make any such commitment or for me to be asked about that case and how i would rule. the hearings continue but there is little doubt she will get the job. republicans almost certainly have the votes to cement a conservative majority on the supreme court for a generation. much of the questioning from kamala harris focused on obamacare, the kamala harris focused on obamaca re, the affordable kamala harris focused on obamacare, the affordable care act. republicans are scrambling to confirm this nominee as fast as possible because they need one more trump judge on the be

are really angry and they do want the party to come out and say, yes, we would appoint more supreme courtjusticesuld appoint more supreme court justices, we would extend the number of justices on the cord. the other thing they could do is said to term limits. interestingly, thatis term limits. interestingly, that is more difficult to do than expanding and above justices on the court. just briefly, very notable, no masks in evidence at that event despite the super spreader event held to celebrate her nomination. and the person that was not present at the white house was the vice president, mike pence, and that is because, as i'm sure you will know, another of his staff have been diagnosed with coronavirus and lots of people will look at that and think it is really emblematic of the approach that this administration has taken towards the virus. we have seen a rising number, ideally peak record number on friday of people diagnosed in one day and rising numbers of hospitalisations, too. thank you very much. security officers in belarus have arrested several hundred people taking part in the first day

is why as president, i have no more solemn obligation and no greater honour than to appoint supreme courtjusticesnt supreme court justices. 0n greater honour than to appoint supreme courtjustices. on this 0ctober evening, and it is so beautiful, the first lady and i welcome you to the white house to bear witness to history. in a few moments, we will proudly swear in the newest member of the united states supreme court, justice amy coney barrett. she is one of our nation's most brilliant legal scholars and she will make an outstanding justice on the highest court in oui’ justice on the highest court in ourland. justice on the highest court in our land. justice barrett's both will be administered by the court's longest serving member, currently on the bench, a man whose allegiance to the law has earned him the respect and gratitude of all americans. justice clarence thomas. 0ur our country owes a great debt of thanks to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, we appreciate it very much, thank you. and we are grateful as well to the senate judicial are a chairman, lindsey graham. thank you. —— senat

and i watched her and compared her to amy, great future supreme courtjustice.made a great impression. crowd: fill that seat! fill that seat! joe biden spent the day campaigning in florida, here he is speaking at a campaign event nearmiami. is speaking at a campaign event near miami. donald trump ausmat chaotic and divisive leadership cost us far too much. 215,000 dead from covid—19, and rising. experts say we will lose nearly another 200,000 lives in the next few months unless he fundamentally changes course. you know, i'll pray for his recovery when he got covid—19, andi recovery when he got covid—19, and i hope at least he would come out of it somewhat chastened, but what has he done? he is just chastened, but what has he done? he isjust doubled down on the misinformation he did before and making it worse. so many lives have been lost unnecessarily because this president cares more about the stock market than he does about the well—being of seniors. stock market than he does about the well-being of seniors. the latest biden rally there in florida. across euro

justice barrett was sworn in by the longest serving supreme courtjustice, clarence thomas. that i will well and faithfully discharge... the duties of the office on which i'm about to enter... the duties of the office on which i am about to enter... so help me god. my fellow americans, even though we judges don't face elections, we still work for you. it is your constitution that establishes the rule of law and the judicial independence that is so central to it. the oath that i have solemnly taken tonight means at its core that i will do myjob without any fear or favour and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. i love the constitution and the democratic republic that it establishes and i will devote myself to preserving it. thank you. our correspondent, lebo diseko, told us how important this supreme court appointment could be for the president's election campaign. we've just had a statement from the trump campaign actually saying justice amy coney barrett is a reminder to millions of americans why they voted for president

no supreme courtjustice has ever been appointed so close to a presidential election. there's been a sharp drop in us shares after president trump's economic adviser dashed hopes that another coronavirus stimulus package would be agreed before the election. investors are also spooked by rising covid infections in the us. doctors in some belgian hospitals have been asked to keep working even if they've tested positive for coronavirus, but don't have symptoms. about a quarter of medical staff in liege are reportedly off work with covid—19. thousands of people have blocked roads across poland on the fifth consecutive day of protests against a near—total ban on abortion. poland's constitutional court ruled that abortions even in cases of foetal defects are illegal. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former fleet street editor, eve pollard and the director of thejohn smith centre at glasgow university & former scottish labour leader, kezia dugdale. the daily mail says borisjohnson is facing the first sign

he would just as soon get the supreme courtjustice confirmed and then call it a day.f people suffering and i applaud nancy pelosi because they passed a deal six months ago and the republicans sat on their behind and did nothing about it untiljust now. i'm hopeful that we will get a deal because the american people need help. donald trump ought to step forth, mitch mcconnell ought to step forth. that is what leadership is about. nancy pelosi is the only leader of the three of them who is actively involved in the negotiation. tom perez, really good to have you with us. thank you for coming on. pleasure to be with you. we hear president trump's team have told him to be less aggressive but i think it is almost guaranteed he will bring up the issue of hunter biden. i was thinking one of the problems donald trump has had throughout the campaign as he has not been able to find a villain like hillary clinton. i was looking at the fact checkers today. they reckoned he has mentioned hillary clinton 340 times this year and the problem he has had is that in trying to castjoe bide

amy coney barrett, president trump's choice for the next supreme court supreme courtjustice, is facingtion hearing.

thwarting the constitutional prerogative of a duly elected democratic president to appoint a supreme courtjustice because it was an election year , the republican majority is rushing to confirm a justice for a republican president one week before election day. consistency? afraid not. you don't havethe right to argue consistency when you're doing what you're doing now . four short years ago, all of our republican friends argued that it was a principal, that was the word they nused. principal to let the american people have a voice in the selection of a supreme court justice because an election was eightmonths away . those same republicans are preparing to confirm a justice with an election that is tieight days away. in the process, the majority has trampled over norms, rules, standards, honor, values, any of them that could possibly stand in its monomaniacal pursuit to put someone on the court who will take away the rights of so many americans. the republican majority of course ignored health guidelines to conduct in person hearings in the middle of the pandemic after republican members of the co

president trump's pics of the new supreme courtjustice amy coney barrett is confer malice in it now. we will have more on that shortly. at first mope both candidates have been out campaigning in the states that are crucial to winning the election. president trump has started his campaign to at a valley in michigan before heading onto wisconsin and nebraska. here's what he had to say before leaving washington. we have a full day of valleys and they are very well attended. we have thousands and thousands of people at each one. our vote numbers are doing well. the poll numbers are very good, not the fake ones that the media gives that the real poll numbers are very strong. we do have my pictures now from his valley in michigan. he is looking at the males. donald trump has now arrived here and he won this in 2016 bya arrived here and he won this in 2016 by a narrow margin just over 10,000 votes. he will be speaking a little later on. we will bemusement that is and when he advised. meanwhile, mr trump's democratic challenger joe biden has been speaking in georgia. now, it was not usually

republican chair of the senate committee making the decision once promised not to try and confirm a supreme courtjusticethe last year of a presidential term. but he has reneged on that. this is going to be a long, contentious week. i would just ask one thing of the committee. to the extent possible, let's make it respectful. in their opening statements, democrats focused on what they called extremist views held by amy coney barrett. they said these would threaten the health care provision for millions of americans, and many other aspects of american life. with this nomination, equaljustice under law is at stake. our voting rights are at stake. workers rights are at stake. consumer rights are at stake. the right to a safe and legal abortion is at stake. one man is dead set on making sure that amy coney barrett is appointed before the election, heavily tilting the supreme court conservative. the gathering he had to announce her nomination just over two weeks ago is now thought to have been a coronavirus super spreader event. controversially, some of those who tested positive there participated in the hear

it, because we speak as amy coney barrett is going through the processes to become the next supreme courtjusticeiven her devout catholicism, her track record, that she is going to be, at the very least, sceptical about keyjudgments like roe vs wade. it could shift the balance on that key question of abortion in america today. i take it, as a continued, self—confessed evangelical, a christian, you're still anti—abortion, right? well, i see abortion as a tragic moment for all involved. no, but i need to press you because this is the crux of the matter for many evangelicals. you talked about words and actions — they want actions, they want an america where abortion is illegal. they see donald trump building a supreme court which might well yield them exactly what they want. if you are still a christian who opposes abortion, i'm sort of struggling to see why you now regard donald trump as such a very bad thing for america. well, one reason among many would be i've come to the conclusion that the worst people to introduce themselves into the pain and agony of a woman in a predicament with an unwelcom

we should all be worried when the supreme courtjustice seat is filled in a rush in the middle of an electionhis is a very rushed process by the conservative republican party which should alarm all of us. amy coney states she is an "originalist", an originalist by all means would not even be voting, because as an originalist, women didn't have the right to vote at that time, so it's dangerous for women. she is dangerous for women. in beirut, demonstrations have taken place to commemorate the first anniversary of a mass protest movement demanding political reform in lebanon. thousands of protesters also held a minute's silence in memory of those who died in the devastating blast at the port in august. lina sinjab reports from beirut. one year since the protests began in lebanon. one year of rising and fading hopes. people came from different backgrounds and sects, commemorating a pivotal moment in lebanon's modern history. a moment when the lebanese people pushed for change but were faced with devastating economic, health and security challenges. the power is to the people and we are the chang

we should all be worried when the supreme courtjustice eat is filled in a rush in the middle of an electioninistration hiding, why didn't we see more candidates? this is a very rushed process by the conservative republican party, which should alarm all of us. amy comb me states she is an original list, an original list by men would not even be voting, because as an originalist, women didn't have the right to vote at that time, so it's dangerous for women. she is dangerous for women. this is bbc news. our main headlines: a new humanitarian ceasefire comes into effect between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagorno—karabakh. france plans a "national tribute" for a teacher brutally murdered on the outskirts of paris, in a suspected islamist attack. new zealanders are waking up to the largest victory by any political party since 1996. jacinda ardern's labour party has won 49.4% of the vote, bringing them a projected 64 seats — a rare absolute majority in parliament. the opposition centre—right national party won 26.8% of the votes, winning a projected 35 seats. labour campaig

no supreme courtjustice has ever been appointed so close to a presidential election.er coronavirus stimulus package would be agreed before the election. investors are also spooked by rising covid infections in the us. doctors in some belgian hospitals have been asked to keep working even if they've tested positive for coronavirus, but don't have symptoms. about a quarter of medical staff in liege are reportedly off work with covid—19. thousands of people have blocked roads across poland on the fifth consecutive day of protests against a near—total ban on abortion. poland's constitutional court ruled that abortions even in cases of foetal defects are illegal.

that event in the rose garden in the white house on saturday last week, the nomination of a supreme courtjusticeple at that event have now tested positive. yes, a lot of individuals from republican senators — chris christie, the former newjersey governor, very close to the president. he was involved in preparing the president for the debate that he had earlier in this past week, withjoe biden, and of course in fact he attempted — wants himself to get the nomination for president. he wasn't successful. but he is certainly in the president's inner circle. he has tested positive, and he has tweeted that he has in fact checked himself into hospital. he has underlying health conditions. several people, as you say, at that event just a week ago, and it does seem to be a focal point of the virus — perhaps a covid cluster, as some people describe it — which must be very concerning for others who were there. who have had tests. the results haven't been revealed yet, but it does show how in a closed confined area this virus can spread extremely quickly. well let's speak now with norman ornstein, a leading

front and centre, with mr trump saying he wa nts a centre, with mr trump saying he wants a supreme courtjusticen time to make sure he gets a good hearing in any election dispute. butjudge barrett declined to say whether she would step aside from an election related case.” have had no conversation with the president or any of his staff on how imight president or any of his staff on how i might rule in that case. it would bea i might rule in that case. it would be a gross violation ofjudicial independence for me to make any such commitment orfor independence for me to make any such commitment or for me to be asked about that case and how i would rule. the hearings continue but there's little doubt she'll get the job. republicans almost certainly have the vote to cement a conservative majority on the supreme court for generations. heavy fighting is taking place for third day in southern afghanistan, as the government forces try to defend the capitalfrom a government forces try to defend the capital from a taliban assault. the un is told the bbc that as many as 35,000 people may have fled their hom

day of hearings, but nothing's getting in the way of the republican rush to confirm the new supreme courtjusticeett came prepared for confrontation, confident in her record and her memory. she spoke without notes, unlike many of the senators who were grilling her. my sister megan and my sister... judge barrett got a softball start, asked to introduce herfamily. but questioning quickly pivoted to issues where democrats feared she would undermine existing rights, such as abortion. do you agree with justice scalia's view that roe was wrongly decided? i don't have an agenda, i have no agenda to try to overrule casey. i have an agenda to stick to the rule of law and decide cases as they come. well, that's really too bad because it is rather a fundamental point for large numbers of people, i think, in this country. judge barrett sidestepped specific questions on some matters that could come before the court. she said she would take a conservative approach but not an activist one. judges can'tjust wake up one day and say, i have an agenda, i like guns, i hate guns, i like abortion, i hate abortion, and

president trump as a "towering intellect," amy coney barrett was sworn in by the longest—serving supreme courtjusticeould be to decide the outcome of the presidential election, should the matter end up in the supreme court. and, with the president alongside her, the former appeals courtjudge pledged her independence from the political process. the oath that i have solemnly taken tonight means at its core that i will do myjob without any fear or favour, and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. i, ruth bader ginsburg... but in taking the place of the liberaljustice ruth bader ginsburg, who died last month, she will change the political complexion of the nine—member court — possibly for decades to come. amy coney barrett refused to be drawn on issues such as abortion, climate change, and gun control during her confirmation hearing, but few doubt her appointment could herald a new era of rulings on some of the key issues of american life. with just a week to go before election day, meanwhile, both candidates have been targeting key swing states such as

through the footage of that rosa garden ceremony a week ago in which president trump nominated a supreme courtjustice. this is a statement from the white house a couple of days ago now so you can imagine those detectives that you talk about have been ha rd that you talk about have been hard at work for a couple of days, scrutinising the footage of that particular event and we talk about that because it does seem to be the super spreader event, as we described them, where lots of people turn up to be positive. we can only assume the virus would be passed from person to person, they were sitting closely together, some people not wearing masks during that event but of course there have been other events as well. the debate, a rally that president trump attended and fundraiser as well, very close to the time, just the day before he was diagnosed as positive. those virus detectives will be hard at work and they have a lot of ground, potentially a lot of people, thousands of people, to check out. ruefully, we have seen a line saying the secretary of state mike pompeo is cutting short his trip to asia. what

in a major victory for donald trump, amy coney barrett becomes a supreme courtjustice at a ceremony at into them. a call for europe to step up its battle against coronavirus as some hospitals in belgium ask infected staff without symptoms to carry on working. doctors in syria tell the bbc they're expecting a "covid catastrophe" as the number of positive cases rises tenfold.

republican chair of the senate committee making the decision once promised not to try and confirm a supreme courtjusticeresidential term. but he has reneged on that. this is going to be a long, contentious week. i would just ask one thing of the committee. to the extent possible, let's make it respectful. in their opening statements, democrats focused on what they called extremist views held by amy coney barrett. they said these would threaten the health care provision for millions of americans, and many other aspects of american life. with this nomination, equal justice under law is at stake. our voting rights are at stake. workers‘ rights are at stake. consumer rights are at stake. the right to a safe and legal abortion is at stake. one man is dead set on making sure that amy coney barrett is appointed before the election, heavily tilting the supreme court conservative. the gathering he had to announce her nomination just over two weeks ago is now thought to have been a coronavirus super spreader event. controversially, some of those who tested positive there participated in the hearing today. thank y

lord reed said the lack of diversity among the 12 supreme courtjustices was a situation "which cannotscientists who have been awarded this year‘s nobel prize for medicine. british scientist michael houghton, along with us researchers harvey alter and charles rice, won the prize for their work in discovering the hepatitis c virus which infects 70 million people a year and kills around 400,000. football, and last night saw two extraordinary games in the premier league, with liverpool and manchester united conceding 13 goals between them. joe wilson takes a look back at last night‘s action. if you don‘t want to see what happened yesterday then, as the saying goes, look away now. liverpool‘s second choice goalkeeper helped aston villa to theirfirst goal. it‘s a partial explanation. but don‘t dwell purely on liverpool mistakes. aston villa were too strong, too committed, too good. if you sort of try to block shots, then they sometimes end up going in. commentator: it's 3—1, to aston villa! from exeter via weston—super—mare and brentford, 0llie watkins came to the premier league. he was dis

presidency like to have the initiative and we saw how much he liked to have the initiative when the supreme courtjustice. it is really hard to have the initiative when you are in the secure unit ofa when you are in the secure unit of a hospital, isn't it? yeah, he is obviously going to be limited in what he can do and it is going to have to really settle on surrogates, the vice president is going to have to do more, perhaps of hunger trump orjared kushner who both tested negative are going to have to be more senior, trump campaign officials are going to have to do more. this is an unprecedented situation and i cannot think of a situation where a presidential campaign is taken off the trail by very serious healthcare in the final month of a presidential campaign. i have —— there have been national crises and the economic disaster in 2008 when wall st fell but, you know, when the markets crushed but i cannot remember a healthcare like this that really sideline someone like this that really sideline someone and certainly not in the middle of a pandemic so we are in uncharted territory here. thank you so mu

, from the nomination of the new supreme court justice, people might nomination of the new supreme courtjustice it some and republicans getting sick? it is because there were lots of republicans at that event and they are the ones who brought it back? there were not many democrats at an event to silver a republic injustice. i don't think there or any democrats. if you look at that as a super spreader event, is not surprising with the republicans get it. you remember, there we re get it. you remember, there were debate prep sessions at the white house on sunday, monday and tuesday, and multiple people who are in those small debate sessions, they all were tested positive, they all were tested positive, the campaign chair, hope hicks, kayleigh mcenany, don from his self. chris christie for an think rudy giuliani now may be one of the only people in that room who has not tested positive yet. that was the shot we can see earlier. —— we cannot see earlier. —— we cannot see earlier. he walked across the line unaided and waving happily as his doctor says he looks a lot more tanned and healthy looking t

hicks has tested positive, senators who are at that event two saturdays ago to unveil the new supreme courtjusticeitive, two pastors who were there tested positive. it's quite of concern, some reporting here in the american media saying that some members of his domestic household have also tested positive for coronavirus. it raises questions on why he went to go back to the white house. for him, it's about optics and staying in hospital makes him look weak, and he doesn't like that. it will be fascinating to hear from his position in about 25 minutes' time. for now, thank you very much indeed. let's get a bit more analysis on the —— political fallout. let's speak now to dr brian klaas, an associate professor to global politics at ucl, and a columnist at the washington post. diagnosed, treated, three days, now out of hospital it seems. i suppose the only way one could look at this as isa the only way one could look at this as is a very trumpian recovery. it is, but it's also very reckless, most medical experts say he should not be leaving the hospital at this stage. most would also have said that h

they presented before the night supreme courtjustices. before the night supreme court justices. they fear that this will be president trump is like plan if he continues to —— intends to contest the election and will have the court and his advantage us with the court and his advantage us with the reasons democrats are protesting so the reasons democrats are protesting so strongly. unfortunately it's a losing battle for them. there's later on the first of the three stories from the us. here's the second. the supreme court nomination is likely to feature on president trump andjoe is likely to feature on president trump and joe biden when they meet later on for the final presidential debate. in nashville and this time there's new rules to avoid that messy first encounter. here's barbara looking ahead to this one. first gallic debate was dominated by amr first gallic debate was dominated by a mrtrump's and first gallic debate was dominated by a mr trump's and interruptions. the question is... will you shut up, man? the candidates barred from af

president trump as a "towering intellect", amy coney barrett was sworn in by the longest—serving supreme courtjustice should the matter end up in the supreme court. and, with the president alongside her, the former appeals courtjudge pledged her independence from the political process. the oath that i have solemnly taken tonight means, at its core, that i will do myjob without any fear or favour, and that i will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences. ruth bader ginsburg. but in taking the place of the liberaljustice ruth bader ginsburg, who died last month, she will change the political complexion of the nine—member court — possibly for decades to come. amy coney barrett refused to be drawn on issues such as abortion, climate change, and gun control during her confirmation hearing, but few doubt her appointment could herald a new era of rulings on some of the key issues of american life. with just a week to go before election day, both candidates have been targeting swing seats like pennsylvania. eight days from now we will win the commonwealth of pennsylvania a

women marched in protest at the republicans to replace the late supreme courtjustice before the electionf justice ginsburg is in stark contrast to the views of a judge with stop —— strong catholic beliefs whose confirmation could pave the way for the court to overturn abortion rights. there are a lot of things i don't agree with politics but my voice is not one of them and this supreme court nominee will affect my children and the future, and this is the biggest thing that i know that i can do to help make a change. we come together when we ta ke change. we come together when we take the streets, when we vote, women are the single most powerful political force in america and there is nothing, not one thing, that donald trump can do to stop us. our bg died last month. she was a formidable figure on the supreme court and achieved cult status in american life. this is to honour the legacy of her and to oppose the appointment of the replacement while an active election is taking place. also, since she is in brooklyn there are other women's marches but this one is special because we are repre

she's donald trump's choice as the new supreme courtjustice. 6—3 conservative majority on the court. this is the republican senator lindsey graham. and this is history being made, folks. this is the first time in american history that we have nominated a woman who was unashamedly pro—life and embraces her faith without apology and is going to the court to sit at the table that is waiting on you. it'll bea table that is waiting on you. it'll be a great signal to all young women who want to your view of the world that there is a seat at the table for them. one of the key issues democrats are focused on is abortion. amy coney barrett has declined to share her personal views during the hearings — but did say that she doesn't consider the right to abortion to be a super precedent — that means it could still be challenged. here's one legal commentator. everything from incremental restrictions, limits on medication, abortion on the small safe common methods and bands on the specific reasons for abortion, all the way the laws that ban abortion up to si

amy, the great future supreme courtjustice. (cheering) . and courtjustice.tjustice. (cheering) . and i will tell you, amy has made a great impression. the trump crowd planted approval. for his part, joe biden, campaigning in florida, questioned why the republicans we re questioned why the republicans were rushing to fill the supreme court featuring the pandemic. why are republicans holding a hearing instead of providing significant economic relief to those in need? but the republicans have the numbers in the senate to ensure amy coney barrett has the job, cementing a conservative majority on the court for a generation. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, joins me now. welcome. talking more about the campaign, both candidates out in swing states, joe biden launching a blistering attack in donald trump's handling of the pandemic. bring us up to day. that is a common theme of joe biden's campaigning, we're hearing it every day, coronavirus, covid—i9 and the problems it has caused americans over the past several months now. that is the key campaigning