senator tillis, yes or no? sen. tillis: yes. there any taxonmoderator: is increase you would support to get the debt under control? sen. tillis: mr. cunningham thinks a tax increase is how you get the debt back in order. fast-forward, i've become speaker of the house, and we cut taxes at the height of the recession. i would ask you in the years following that, which worked better. increases which reduced revenue to the government. we retired debt by cutting taxes and getting our spending in order. cal is proposing a medicare for all that would break the budget and make it impossible for that number to go down. he supports the package of $1 trillion to bailout states which adds one more trillion of the 27 trillion with the current package he supports. moderator: mr. cunningham, is there any tax increase he would support? mr. cunningham: once again, we have heard senator tillis avoiding the question and attacking me. eastern on the stage very much like this six years ago and said $18 trillion was too much national debt. we have no

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tillis: ? cunningham: voting is underway in north carolina and the think we did hear from the people of our state and then the next senate in the next president should take up the very consequential and very weighty issue of a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. as you point out angela that's that what we've seen from senator tillis. within hours of the passing of justice ginsburg who we should take a moment to respect by the way, 27 years of service in the highest court in this country, but within hours of her passing he called not only for an immediate vote but that he would vote for whomever the president sends to the judiciary committee into the senate. role for the senator as a check and balance on the president instead senator tillis forfeited his right to independence and wrote a blank check on behalf of the people of our state and that is wrong. that is something i would never do. >> in of these judges will serving on the judiciary committee and the president took the

senator tillis deadened. when they got busted manipulating scientific data to feed the white house, senator tillis sat silently. >> this summer we saw substantial potential nominations military bases for people who fought for the confederacy including fort bragg in fayetteville and next we asked likely voters do you support removing names of confederates jurors from military installations like fort bragg, 48% said no and 39% said yes. a question for you mr. cunningham, should they be renamed it did so, what with the process look like. you have 60 seconds. >> we should rename these installations in the fort bragg, i've served many years myself. i'm attached to a unit and i've served with the core and a special forcintospecial force cl warfare and i know fort bragg very well. help is incredibly important military installation got named after a slave owning a traitor to the united states who not only had bad personal qualities but with a failed general should be beyond all of us, this is an amazing centric of th

welcome united states senator, tom tillis.applause] sen. tillis: good afternoon, everybody. i know it is a hot day, and we appreciate you being here. we are running a little late. we also appreciate our vice president here on a hot day. he can take the heat. i want to thank you all. knowhe people in america what the thin blue line means. it means the police across the nation on the difference between our safety and chaos. i want to thank every single one of you getting up every day and protecting our communities. i want you to know you have a president, a vice president, and u.s. senator that recognizes the sacrifice you make and will do everything we can to protect you. i want to thank you all for being here today, and i want to get the vice president on the stage quickly before -- quickly. before i do, i want to introduce the president of the southern states police benevolent association for a few comments and introduction of our vice president. thank you. [applause] >> i would like to thank you for being here. my name is kr

senator tom tillis, tom, thank you very much.esident trump:: and some warriors there in congress and they're tough and they're smart. representatives david rouser, ted bud and dan bishop. thank you, fellas. they are tough. but you're not as tough as these guys, i'll tell you right now, right? you're not as tough as them. there is no better place to mark this profound world war in wilmington, north carolina. the people of this city and this state and it's an incredible state and i want to thank you for being so nice to me. you've been very nice. very, very nice every time we've asked for something. but i've been nice to you also, i have to say that. but you made the extraordinary contributions to the war effort. that's north carolina made this extraordinary contribution in so many. nearly two million servicemen trained for combat in north carolina. more than any other state. wow. that's pretty good, isn't it, huh? who would know that? two million trained. more than any state. president trump:: over 360,000 service members from you

cal cunningham holds a ten-point lead over incumbent thom tillis.sar are guiden leads susan collins by four, 45 to 41. that's looking close. in south carolina, incumbent lindsey graham is statistically tied with democratic challenger jamie harrison, 45% to 44%. he was on fox all day friday saying, help me, help me, i need money. and he just showed up all day on fox, begging for money. in georgia, incumbent david perdue holds a five-point lead over democratic challenger john ossof. in michigan, gary peters holds a five-point lead over john james, 49% to 45%. kasie hunt, what races stand out to you the most? and could these be consequential changes? >> they absolutely could be. and the one that stands out the most there is that north carolina race. i mean, if we put that number back up on the screen, i mean, this is stunning for an incumbe incumbent. 38%. if you're at 38% and you're an incumbent sitting senator, that is a huge problem. you know, more than any other race on the map, i think this is a generic ballot test because tillis wasn't necessaril

i think senator tillis follows closely behind.ifying about the supreme court nomination is actually politically -- the wins are on the side of senator tillis. we are a centre wright state and i think that reinforces good policy and good objective. us andexplain that to the tragic loss of ruth bader ginsburg that is a very hot issue. the abortionas question and is that because of the evangelical population in your state? patrick: that could certainly be a component. the larger piece of this is a law and order message. people quarterly cords. they don't want legislating from the bench. they want a reserved judiciary. this reinforces what the electorate in north carolina wants. i think this highlights the good work that president trump has done through the administration and in the courts and because senator tillis has taken on the same lines in the courts. david: give us a sense of the segmentation of north carolina. we hear that there is a difference between the suburbs and some of the rural areas. i think you have some of both in

voted for her in her appointment we will see if they do at this time thank you for joining us senator tillisnd dan bongino is up next but what does amy coney barrett own family say about the attacks on her religion foxnews.com. judge: let's not waste any time with vicious personal attacks at amy coney barrett my next guest spoke with her sister and spoke specifically about the christian group people of phrase that she is criticized to be a part of. >> and those very friends that i have grown up with so what people need to know it is not a crazy group my experience has been these are people who deeply care about one another and other people. judge: fox news contributor joins me now with more. raymond i understand you went to new orleans and actually interviewed amy coney barrett sister and you have some interesting connections. >> we grew up in the same town which is a suburb of new orleans not only do we know the same people i found out tonight that judge amy coney barrett was in a play in high school with my brother and what he said that i heard from so many of her friends that she is the k

we have great members on our side, tom tillis and joni ernst. i am in a tough fight. my opponent raised $100 million. i dared to support kavanaugh and dared to support trump. reason,ecome, for some their number one target. my opponent raised more money in august than any candidate running for senate. when you are spending $5 million a week on tv ads, everybody in south carolina will see his ads at least 130 times in one week. i'm sure it will be the same for tom tillis. if you have $5 or $10, send it. lindseygraham.com. help us financially so we can push back. i want to make the court fight the center of my election. i doubt if he does, but i need the resources to make it the center of my election. you can pray to give grace. is whatom line is, this i came appear to do. this is why i ran for office. this is why you knock on doors and make phone calls. this is the time for us will start this is our time, and we will meet the challenge. >> senator lindsey graham, you are doing a fantastic job as chairman of the senate judiciary committee. grateful that you have joined u

voted for her in her appointment we will see if they do at this time thank you for joining us senator tillisnd dan bongino is up next but what does amy coney barrett own family say about the attacks on her religion next. is live from america's news headquarters i am ashley strohmeyer president trump is expected nominated amy coney barrett to succeed the late ruth justice ginsburg a woman of remarkable intellect and character saying he studied her record closely before making the selection and that judiciary will resonate for generation also providing a boost for reelection efforts to fend off's' democrat joe biden they aim to lock and conservative gains in the federal judiciary before the transition of power the democratic senator will vote to confirm judge barrett now back to t1 for headlines go to foxnews.com. judge: let's not waste any time with vicious personal attacks at amy coney barrett my next guest spoke with her sister and spoke specifically about the christian group people of phrase that she is criticized to be a part of. >> and those very friends that i have grown up with so what

voted for her in her appointment we will see if they do at this time thank you for joining us senator tillis and dan bongino is up next but what does amy coney barrett own family say about the attacks on her religion >> i'm ashley strohmier. it's official judge amy coney barrett's president from space to replace ruth bader ginsburg on the nation's highest corporate the presence is revealing his nominee earlier today despite objections from democrats. confirmation hearings are slated to begin october 12 and could last three to four days. the 48-year-old says her philosophy is much like her mentor antonin scalia served as a clerk for the late supreme court justice. eric graduated first in her class at notre dame law school. the mother of seven calls herself a parent carpool driver and birthday party planner. it would give the cord is 6-3 conservative majority. democrats say that threatens obamacare and abortion rights. i'm ashley strohmier. now back to justice was judged janine. get your headlines on the foxnews.com. judge: let's not waste any time with vicious personal attacks at amy coney ba

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>> thank you for the question, senator tillis. and i'd like to point to some of the data that i put into my report because what we experienced from the companies that we work with -- first of all, most osps experience an small amounts of infringement. as the professor said in one of the earlier hearings, an artisanal number. efforting those platforms that host a lot of original creative content to screen all of that creative content would be an untenable burden, and it would mean that they couldn't exist and serve the creative communities. in addition, there are really exciting new avenues that startups and osps have been able to explore to really support a very robust creative economy. patreon in the last seven years for 150,000 creators has paid out $1 billion just in the past 30 days, bands camp has paid artists on its platform $14 million. over the life of band camp has paid half a billion dollars to its creators. etsy has a community of over 2.5 million active sellers. and i could go on, i could give individual stories. there

you heard some discussion about thom tillis in north carolina.'ve got martha mcsally out in arizona, gary peters in michigan, doug jones in georgia. there's a lot on both sides. remember, it's a 53/47 senate, so it's a very title senate. the republicans can't afford to lose anybody if they're going to get a nominee through before the election and, frankly, after the election. so if mcsally loses and kelly comes in early. that's another piece of the dynamic that could change things, yasmin. >> you also said it's sad to see that this issue has become so politicized so quickly just 24 hours or so after the death of justice ginsburg, considering the legacy in which the justice has left behind. >> it was amazing to see chuck schumer's first tweet was not about ginsburg and her legacy. first was about the nominee and how the process should go forward. much mcconnell, similar, he did start a statement with a tribute to justice ginsburg and her legacy but immediately followed with what it looks like. look. that's politics. that happens. it would have bee

senator thom tillis is running for reelection against cal cunningham.eresting dynamic in this race is, for most of the pulley i am seeing, senator tillis is behind cal cunningham and his support is not as high as what president trump has in the state. for tillis to win the seat, he will have to bring out people who are supporting the president but not supporting him. not? why what is that discrepancy? guest: senator tillis has had a difficult time navigating the compact cities of the republican party. you have people who are traditional republicans who do not support president trump, and he has been loyal to president trump. i think that has turned off some people. time, senator tillis has tried to separate himself from president trump. in some ways, he has tried to thread the needle and i fear he may have stabbed himself a little there. he is trying now to really latch onto the president and close that gap between his support and what the president is receiving. host: what happened in the 2018 midterms in your state, and how do you think that impacts t

>> i think he's got to be happy with what people like thom tillis are saying. i mean, thom tillis has committed to supporting the president's nominee, before he or she is even named so that's pretty striking. i think you have to think about the republican perspective when it comes to getting this thing through. there are so many republicans in the senate, all over capitol hill, who didn't want to get on board with trump in 2016. and how did he win them over? he said it's got to be about the courts. i will deliver conservative judges to you. and he's done that, twice. given how chaotic the past four years have been. they've gone through impeachment and everything else. it baffles my mind to think these senators would turn another opportunity to fill a seat right now. i think they are going to move as quickly as possible. i think they have to do that to appease their base. i mean, donald trump runs a base election. imagine how the base would feel if, somehow, the republican senate screwed up an opportunity to get that third seat. so i think everything goes toward

>> thanks for the question, senator tillis. while your point is well taken, i think it's important to remember that there has been a great deal of innovation on the sign of platforms as well as isps through the course of the past two decades. the other piece of that is that the dnc a sets of four, not a ceiling. so it sets the basic standards for what companies need to do if they want to enjoy the benefits of the state harbor but it does not limit them from doing more than that and that is exactly what our company platforms have done. they have stepped up, they have conversations on an ongoing basis with many on the creative side of the conversation, as i mentioned in my opening statement, they are creators himself in many cases and they are very much aligned with the desires of creators to ensure that infringement materials get taken down off their platforms expeditiously. they do not want to profit from these things. illegal change impediment to the law is not necessarily to create incentives for work that is already being do

liz.ext from i will not reelect tom tillis, saying i am voting all gop and saying tillis is who he isoting for. when it comes to tom tillis, the north carolina senate race is one of the most watched races on the senate battleground map. yesterday the senate democratic kim payne committee -- campaign committee released a new ad targeting tom tillis in north carolina. here is the ad. [video] >> for tom tillis it is about the money. he is raked in more campaign cash than any other senator. he took good care of them. he opposed bipartisan bills to lower the price of prescription drugs, and voted to give the millions and millions in new tax breaks when they jacked up prices even higher. tom tillis, washington corruption. we pay the price. that addd in north carolina yesterday -- ad in north carolina yesterday. plenty of house races to choose from. one of the most closely watched is the iowa first race. freshman democrat is being targeted by house republicans. the national republican congressional committee released. [video] >> for me, it is always about iowa. >> who is abdicating? her gove

they don't want a radical left leader. >> hold onto your wallet. >> tillis ties his component nationalcountry before party. >> i will go places democrats don't always go. >> reporter: the cunningham campaign agreed to an interview with fox news but later back to down and refused multiple requests in writing. north carolina general election mailing absentee ballots to voters on september 4th before any other state. >> reporter: thank you for trying. good news before we say good night, a reunion like no other. they had been kept apart for 6 months in an assisted care facility because of covid-19. 54 years by each other's side. a warm embrace, months advocating florida senior care facilities to be open as frequently as possible. that is it for us in washington, see you back here tomorrow. >> tech: at safelite, we're here for you with safe, convenient service. >> tech: we'll come right to you. ♪ upbeat music >> tech: you'll get a text when we're on our way. >> tech: before we arrive, just leave your keys on the dash. we'll replace your windshield with safe, no-contact service. ♪ upbeat mus

sedlick. >> chairman tillis and ranking member coombs, tough for the opportunity to testify today on section 512. my name is jeffrey sedlick. i've been a professional photographer for 35 years and the author of thousands of copyrighted photographs. i make a living creating and licensing photographs to appear in all manner of media. the photographs are protected under u.s. copyright law at least in theory. in reality my photographs receive very little protection because of the rapid infringement of my work that is knowingly permitted by online service providers on their platforms and web sites. instead of using readily available copyright infringement, service providers hide in the safe harbor of 512 ignoring illegal activity allowing infringers to infringe, unless and until i submit a takedown notice. i am forced to dedicate my days and nights to notify infringements and making screen shots and collecting hundreds of thousands of infringement urls, combing through obscure website menus that are different on every site to find dmca agent information and drafting and submitting takedow

martha and sally and thom tillis. thom tillis, he made his entire staff go on that early morning march but after we did rock marches i present all the participants with my challenge coin. and they got done and they got a challenge! and thom tillis told me later in the day they been grumbling about it before we started marching but he said later in the day it's all they could talk about. i had writing rights and they were telling all the other offices they had gone out with senator ernst at five in the morning to go down on the mall. so it is a fun activity and it's not about six really. it's just about honoring our veterans, experiencing the life of those war memorials on the mall. remembering them for their sacrifice and then just the, roderick and getting to know new friends. >> unfortunately we're out of time. editor joni ernst, her new book is called daughter of the heartland. she's a member of the senate leadership team as well. thank you for joining us for a while on tv. >> irises about the return from summer re

i think this is mostly good politics for republicans, like we mentioned tom tillis.nk this helps him. it makes the race bigger than just donald trump. and especially there's the idea that trump and mcconnell might end up, you know -- you could wait until the lame duck session to have the vote. and so, you know, it may be that this election takes on a bigger, even bigger than we thought importance that transcends donald trump. if you're a conservative that doesn't like donald trump, this is a reason to now vote. this is a reason to now be engaged. so, look, susan collins in maine, that's a tough one. alaska, murkowski, but i think this is a good development. it's a traj gee from a personal standpoint, but politically speaking i think this is a positive for republicans, both donald trump and the senate. >> we're hearing through your reporting that the interviewing process might begin within the next couple of weeks. the president has said he would want to seat a woman, largely to try to appeal to female voters, but it can't be just any woman, right? it's going to matte

republican strategists say to me, it's basically going to be a tillis-barrett ticket down there. and in other states. so right now, though, i think that democrats are probably remaining in a pretty good position to take the majority. it's interesting, bob, there's two things that mitch mcconnell really likes. he likes being majority leader. and he likes putting conservative judges on the court. are these things in conflict this time? i think we're going to find out by the end of the confirmation and the election. robert: nina, thrs the battleground right now but the court broadly speaking is becoming a battleground in american life. we saw today hoe democrats are thinking abo proposing legislation to have 18-year term limits on supreme court justices. when you look at the fight over coney barrett, when you look at the court as an instition, what are the challenges right w moving forward? nina: well, i think that's a story that's yet to be told. you know, six months ago, if you would have said that term limits, adding justices to the court, rotating justices on and off the court,

senate. >> martha: senator tom tillis, good to have you with us tonight.re tonight, democrat senator chris coons, also a member of the very important senate judiciary committee. they have their work cut out for them. thanks for being with us. so let's put a show on the other foot here. let's assume hillary clinton had won the election and it just for the sake of argument president trump is a candidate again and he has decided to run against her. judge ginsburg passes away september 18th and hillary clinton is the president. she risks losing the presidency, would you be encouraging her to go ahead and try to fill that seat before the election stomach >> to things. i would be pointing out to her that it has never happened this close to an election, just 41 days before an election when half of the states in our country are already voting for president, that a president has moved forward with filling that seat. president abraham lincoln is one of just two that had a vacancy this close to the election and he declined to fill that seat. i would also tell her tha

tom tillis is not taking that tact. like cory gardner does or susan collins who had her famous i'm not doing anything against donald trump. >> dana: let's talk about one of the battleground states. pennsylvania. this is a monmouth poll just out with this race tightening in pennsylvania. so president trump now at 45%. biden at 49%. just in july, that was five weeks ago, biden was at 53% and trump at 40%. so tell me what you think is causing this. we always know that partisans usually return home. we've had the conventions, violence, energy policy in pennsylvania. what do you put it down to? >> also, by the way, that is the numbers among registered voters. likely voters, it's between 1 and 3%. the race is a statistical tile in pennsylvania. you can tell who is worried about the election by their actions. whether they're changing strategy, a week ago, joe biden said -- told david muir on abc news that he could win it from his basement. then they said he's going to start campaigning in the battleground states after labor da

it may end up helping senator tillis was somebody voters who support the president of not been supportingid him. senator tillis has been very outspoken about this thing but he will support whoever the president nominates whoever it is. i think is really trying to attachng himself to the president to try to bring inde those voters that maybe were little more reluctant to supporte him. >> host: how big is up voting bloc in north carolina? >> guest: that's hard to say based on turnout. it's a fast-growing state. understate the move in and out of the lot. especially bit over a million peopleve moved in and out of the state since we last vote in a presidential election 2016. it is really hard to know how the electorate -- with the continuing of the electorate is election to election given the flux in the population. to nj at long beach california supporting biting, good morning to you. >> caller: good morning to both ofca you, thank you for taking my call. so you guys, have worked in many elections for quite some time. even worked in 2016, i'm not worried about that. but what i amm concerned abo

senate debate, republican candidate thom tillis and democratic challenger cal cunningham talked about filling the supreme court vacancy and covid-19 relief. from raleigh, this is about 55 minutes. >> it's the most contested u.s. senate race in the country. incumbant republican thom tillis seeking his second term. >> what i'm going to do is listen to you. >> and his democratic challenger, cal cunningham, a former north carolina state senator. >> in north carolina, the truth matters. >> at stake, control of the u.s. senate, millions of dollors -- dollars have pured into the campaigns. outside special interest groups are spending millions more to sway your vote. and, it's turned deadly. -- ugly. >> and while tillis voted for a pay raise for himself-- >> sound corrupt? that's cal cunningham. >> before you cast your ot

. >> in the first of three televised debates republican senator thom tillis and democratic challengered over many issues including whether they would trust a covid-19 vaccine approved before the end of the year. >> i would be hesitant but i'm going to ask a lot of questions. >> we just heard a candidate for the u.s. senate look into the camera and tell 10 million north carolinians he would be hesitant to take a vaccine. >> north carolina is staging the most expensive senate race in the country with political advertising approaching $150 million. >> democrats are spending roughly $20 million more than republicans at the moment. >> with control of the you and o senate in play, democrats see an opportunity in a state that elected a democratic governor and donald trump in 2016. >> it will be a good year if the democrats end up winning north carolina but we see a lot of generational change in voters. >> energizing new ranks of young voters may be a challenge in a race targeting swing voters in n the suburbs. >> i don't think it plays to younger voters. i think part of the strategy with bot

but thom tillis is with us. can i tell you that? we have great republican senators. we have great people. and we have a great country. that's really -- we have a great country. and we're going to keep it that way. so we win an election and those are the consequences. you know, it's called "fill that seat" and that's what we're doing. the supreme court was a very central issue in both the 2016 presidential election and then the 2018 midterm elections. where, by the way, i didn't run. you know, we had a lot of people, a lot of people said, oh, he really took a little bit of a she lashellacking. not nearly as bad as others. we actually gained seats in the senate. we gained two seats. but we didn't run, and a lot of people said, sir, we'll never vote in 2018. i said, no, no, vote, they just didn't. i think we were like 9 million people decided they wanted to wait. and they've waited. and you see what's going on. you see what's happening. you see the enthusiasm that we have. which, by the way, we set a record in 2016. the bad news for the democrats is, we are more enthusi

we have great members on our side, tom tillis and joni ernst. i have dared to support trump. i have become for some reason, their number one target. my open and raise more money in august than any candidate running for senate. when you are spending $5 million a week on tv ads, everybody in south carolina will see his ads at least 130 times in one week. so if you have five dollars or $10, send it. graham.com. i want to make the court fight the center of my election. i doubt if he does. but i need the resources to make it the center of my election. is, this is what i came up to her do, why i ran for office, why you knock on doors , thisu make phone calls is the time for us. this is our time, and we will challenge. >> senator lindsey graham, you are doing a fantastic job as chairman of the senate judiciary committee. grateful that you have joined us here at the values voter summit and we will be praying for you. we will be praying that your sense of humor holds up. most people don't realize, you got a great sense of humor, and i think that helps you a lot in these difficult time

. >> that's dangerous like what republicans did, senator tom tillis. the trump rally tonight. in a tight reelection bid. what he's saying about the nomination here? >> made it pretty clear. going to follow the president's lead on this. the nomination to make and the timeline to set and that he's going to vote for whoever the president puts up for nomination. it's important to point out as well, senator tom tillis sits on the judiciary committee but he'll play a very important role, an important stake. important factor heading into this election, clear where it stands. air force one in the picture, using air force in his e relexx. reelection. the campaign. this is armageddon right now heading into. he wants to talk about covid, covid, covid. now you're going, of course, to talk about scotus. the supreme court. the democratic source today or make it clear to me to kind of those two things, saying your health care is at stake here. if you get a conservative, ruth bader ginsburg was the one who said, you know, i'm not going to overturn the affordable care act. if you don't want to

potentially putting some of your most vulnerable in connection like susan collins, people like thom tillis in north carolina, you put them on the line for having to take very tough vote just weeks before their re-election. those are the items that mcconnell is weighing this morning, certainly he'll be having conversations with his members. democrats already urging mcconnell to pause, put on the brakes and not approve any supreme court nominee until the results of the election are in. here's what one member said, amy klobuchar, a democrat from minnesota. >> her wishes should be granted. she said my most fervent wish, this was right before her death, my most fervent wish is that i will not be replaced until a new president is installed. >> reporter: and mcconnell last night sending a statement to his members saying to keep their powder dry, not to dig in on any one position and really he is aiming that message at a couple of members who he needs to be with him in the next couple of weeks. now, remember mcconnell only can lose three republican senators. if he lose as fourth he doesn't get tha

. >> senator tom tillis of north carolina supports a vote which is opposite what he said in 2016. it seems like -- i'm not sure if that's a signal of a trend among other senators in tight races but i think we will be learning more about that just throughout the day as we hear from some of these senators. >> tom tillis is also in a tight race just like the president. not only does he support the vote. he would support the nominee because the president has put out a list. you'll see a lot of these republicans who say, you know, if the president sticks to his list, one of the nominees from his list, they're likely to support them. >> josh dawsey, appreciate it. >>> npr reported this detail quoting just days before her death as her strength waned, ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter. my most fervent wish is that i will not be replaced until a new president is installed. a legal affairs correspondent for npr was close with justice ginsburg and she's who the justice's family chose to share her dying wish with. you and i spoke last night. i've been reading what you wrot

there was no social distancing, thom tillis. they had $250,000 outfits. they had more crap on their helmets, night goggles. they were wise guys. shouting at us. screaming at us. it all ended in minneapolis you saw it. what half-hour? they hit the cnn reporter in the knee. he went down. he said this is a friendly protest. it's wonderful to see. behind him it was all fire for blocks. it looked like berlin during the war. what are they doing? how does that help to be like senate how does that help? we are joined tonight by some great friends of mine and warriors who have been a fantastic help to me. one man especially the past year, he's been so great, couldn't be better. i'm look at numbers and you are doing very well. senator thom tillis. thank you,. tomthom.smart guy. he has a couple bills he's putting in. one if a sanctuary city causes problems, you can sue the sanctuary city. that's moving along, right? that's a great one. a man i just did a phone call for the other night. he's in a rough district. i see you are up in the polls. congressman rich hudson.

susan collins in maine, cory gardner in colorado, martha mcsally in arizona, also perhaps thom tillis in north carolina. so there's a recognition among republicans that even though they're going to move forward and want to do this in the court, it may hurt them in the election on november 3. >> and peter, i wanted to follow up on something that was heard yesterday from the president, when he was asked about justice ginsburg's final wish, her fervent hope dictated to her granddaughter in the presence of doctors, and this is what he had to say. >> i don't know that she said that or was that written out by adam schiff. >> it was reported. >> or schumer or pelosi. i would be more inclined toward the second. it came out of the wind, it sounds to beautiful, but it sounds like a schumer deal or pelosi or shifty schiff. >> and then this rebuttal from justice ginsburg's granddaughter clara spera in a bbc interview released last night. >> i asked her if there was anything she wanted to say to the public, to anyone that wasn't already out there. and she said there was, and i pulled out my comput

and thom tillis.nd like you said, mcconnell sending that message and just to really a few members, keep your powder dry. don't lock yourself into any particular position this early. he's going to be looking at a few key republicans. susan collins, up for re-election right now in the state of maine. lisa murkowski someone who voted against brett kavanaugh. and he's also looking at mitt romney who voteded for impeachment back in january. those are just a few of the members. she can only lose three. if he loses a fourth, then he doesn't have the votes he needs. those are the factors right now and now that could be complicated further. and bear with me, there's a possibility that if martha mcsally loses in arizona, because that was a seat that was held by john mccain, there is a potential that mark kelly, the democratic challenger, could be installed at the end of november. that means that a lame duck vote gets even more complicated for mcconnell. he has less ability to hold that conference together if he

the vulnerability of republicans who are up for election like cory gardner, tom telus, they will tillis, they will leave early. we are also seeing a controversial bill about marijuana decriminalization. this is important for senate.ives in the they want to see this nationwide rollback, but we see moderates saying republicans have pointed act wend -- in our cares had marijuana provisions and to they had us saying we care more about marijuana than the economy. we are seeing back and forth hind the scenes on whether congress should vote -- behind the scenes on whether congress should vote or not. host: we have time for two more calls. caller: i don't know how you expect anything to get done anyway in washington. all we have our crooks and politicians in the government. dictator orthe annabe dictator, he is such genius he does not know his a from a hole in the ground. fit in a call from buie, maryland. theer: i am amazed that first two colors were republicans calling in to complain about what the government is not doing for way that people when senator mcconnell is the one holding up everyt

even though some endangered republicans, like north carolina senator thom tillis, took the opposite position in 2016. >> if we're going to let the american people speak! >> reporter: yet, moving ahead before november could squeeze republicans like cory gardner, running for re-election in democratic-leaning colorado. gardner's office did not respond to questions about whether the winner of november's elections should make the hugely consequential pick. it typically takes between two to three months to confirm a supreme court nominee, meaning it would be much faster than usual to approve a replacement before november. yet, if a vote slips until after the november elections during the lame-duck session of congress, there's another complication if arizona's appointed senator, martha mcsally, loses in november. that would mean that democrat mark kelly could be sworn in by the end of that month, bringing the gop majority down to 52-48. so mcconnell has little margin for error and several senators are uncommitted, like utah's mitt romney and some senators in the past have been wary about an electio

thank you, cynthia. >> i have one more slide, tilly. so expenditures, this is the last slide. expenditures, we are looking at an increase of 15.5%. as you can see, the capital project costs thus far are the ones that represent 85.6% of expenditures. in addition to the expenditures i just indicated on the last slide, we anticipate lower than usual prop k expenditures being carried forward. our operating cost, this represents about 5% of the t.a.'s budget. we are anticipating an increase in personnel costs of approximately 10%. these are related to positions that we had removed from last year's budget and now anticipate hiring these positions. they are the real program manager, a senior transportation planner, and a transportation planner. in terms of operating costs, we have barely a change here. we have less operating costs than last year, and then, we have debt service costs. this represents 10% of the t.a.s budget. now, this is for fees, principles, and interest for the sales tax revenue bond and in addition to maintaining our $140 million revolving credit loan agreement. th

in arizona, colorado, maine, and tom tillis. but where are we now?ll four of those were in much tougher shape than they were at the beginning of the year. iowawe have joni ernst in who was thought to be in a competitive, not that much trouble. now that is a tossup race and she is b

thank you, cynthia. >> i have one more slide, tilly. so expenditures, this is the last slide. expenditures, we are looking at an increase of 15.5%. as you can see, the capital project costs thus far are the ones that represent 85.6% of expenditures. in addition to the expenditures i just indicated on the last slide, we anticipate lower than usual prop k expenditures being carried forward. our operating cost, this represents about 5% of the t.a.'s budget. we are anticipating an increase in personnel costs of approximately 10%. these are related to positions that we had removed from last year's budget and now anticipate hiring these positions. they are the real program manager, a senior transportation planner, and a transportation planner. in terms of operating costs, we have barely a change here. we have less operating costs than last year, and then, we have debt service costs. this represents 10% of the t.a.s budget. now, this is for fees, principles, and interest for the sales tax revenue bond and in addition to maintaining our $140 million revolving credit loan agreement. th

i want to thank senator tillis and congressman rouser. stand up, please.tween the lightning bolts. for their work to make this day possible. thank you, thom. thank you, fellows. great job. let me also thank retired navy captain wilber jones who has championed the cause of world war ii heritage cities. wilber, thank you. thank you, wilber. great job. great job. so wilber, you know a lot of people wanted this, right? so you are just a tough cookie. you got it. number one, number one in the nation. i want to thank wilber. that's great. i also want to recognize several of the heroes who saved american freedom. and i have known some of them since i have been in office. i have seen them. there they are. here today is my good friend who i just left and he was in the oval office with me at the white house. woody williams. 75 years ago, woody showed fearless courage as a marine in the battle of iwo jima. you are amazing. i promised him i would not tell that he's 97 years old. i promised. i tell you, he's 100% sharp. he's 100% sharp. i know a 78-year-old that's not

and gun control activists he's already said it will raise taxes in north carolina republican thom tilliss taking aim at his challenger in the last several elections. the state has gone from solidly red to light blue challenger cal cunningham is polling even with tell us would put money in the air so of working people and parents as they raise children veteran senator susan collins is facing what may be her toughest reelection battle in maine, susan collins has been named the most bipartisan u.s. senator democrat sara gideon is trying to hang around collins's neck votes to confirm supreme court justice brett kavanaugh and to acquit president trump during his impeachment. >>in south carolina lindsey graham is facing challenger, jaime harrison, a younger candidate raising a boatload of money the race is considered a toss-up elsewhere the democrats seem to be in striking distance in iowa, georgia and montana with joe biden maintaining a lead over president trump in national polls, both parties say the fate of some republican senators could be tied to the top of the ticket. if there is a blue

ben, tillie, and seb. waterskiing is their life. at 20, ben is the eldest. he began as a toddler.ll threvery much at home on the water. >> that really is showing off. >> i do try. reporter: how much time and effort has gone into making something so difficult look easy? >> a lot of time on the water is pretty much key. i spend most of my days out here on the lake. 15 minute sessions each, three times. doesn't sound like a lot but the body is tired afterwards. reporter: all three siblings have been selected for the british waterski squad in their age categories. it has never happened in britain before. it maintains a strong family tradition, following in the footsteps, or water skis, of their granddad and father who also represented their country. reporter: can you tell they will be good for a very early age? >> it is up to them. you can only offer them the opportunity. reporter: do you worry about the dangers? >> the jump does worry about me. obviously they are children. but they train properly, they work hard, they are fit, they are song. you minimalize the chance of injury that w

as you point out, that is not what we have seen from senator tillis.ithin hours of the passing of justice ginsburg, who we should respect, 27 years of service in the highest court in this country him a within hours of her passing, he called not only for an immediate vote but that he would vote for whomever the president sends to the judiciary committee and senate. is an important role for a united states senator as a check and balance on the president of the united states. rather than act as a check and balance, senator tillis has written a blank check to the president. he has forfeited his right to independence of judgment on behalf of the people of our state. that is wrong. northfrom last night's carolina senate debate. you can see more on our website, c-span.org. we are talking with democrats only this morning. what should be your party's strategy on the high court? take a look at this poll done in the days after justice ginsburg's death. 84% said the vacancy should be filled by the 2020 winner. 49% of republicans said that and 42% of independents a