calling the election 3 weeks before it actually happens 3 weeks is a long time and all of the 6 william gluco from our team covering the u.s. elections thanks so much. check out some other stories making headlines around the world today the u.s. senate has opened hearings into the confirmation of president trump's supreme court nominee any kone barretts republicans are pushing to fill the vacant seat before the next before next month's election if confirmed there would reinforce the conservative tilt of america's highest court. well asian opposition leader anwar ibrahim has met with the king in a bid to prove he has the support needed to oust prime minister. last month and want a cleric he had the numbers in the parliament to form a new government the country has been in turmoil since the government collapsed in february amid infighting. and severe flash flooding in cambodia has killed at least 10 people and forced thousands to evacuate seasonal rains have been exacerbated by tropical storms across the region thailand laos and vietnam have also been affected . your opinion it has agreed to ta

calling the election 3 weeks before it actually happens 3 weeks is a long time and all of the ticks william gluco from our team covering the u.s. elections thanks so much. see a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today staying in the u.s. the senate there has opened hearings into the confirmation of president trump's supreme court nominee amy conan barrett. republicans are pushing to fill the vacant seat for next month's election if confirmed barrett would reinforce the conservative tilt of america's highest court. severe flash flooding in cambodia has killed at least 10 people and forced thousands to evacuate seasonal rains have been exacerbated by profit storm to cross the region. thailand laos and vietnam also in effect. china is testing more than 9000000 residents in the city of qingdao after a small cluster of corona virus was detected authorities say more than 3000000 samples have already been collected in more of the of the more than 1000000 results so far received only 12 come back positive china says it's been largely coronavirus free since mid august with all r

with more on that story i'm joined by william gluco from all u.s. elections in william what can we expect from today's hearing i think we can expect strong calls from republicans to nominate or to appoint this judge to the supreme court they're going to say that she's proven she's dedicated she's a skilled she's a skilled just as a skilled juror who will be a benefit to the supreme court and of course democrats are going to be saying the opposite that she's a radical that she doesn't stand with the majority views of a lot of americans whether it's on whether it's on l g b t rights or guns or abortion and of course as we just heard in the report the affordable care act obamacare it might be one of the 1st things she is confronting and democrats are worried that she's going to based on previous comment she's made that she's going to help the one of the justices to strike it down of course we have access released was a statement her opening statement that she's expected to give today at the hearing and she says of course that's all nonsense one of the b

if you take a closer look at this with william gluco from do you know news the us election team welcome william so what sort of start of these hearings going to have to well so far a respectful one at least on the surface republicans that run this committee because they are the majority in the senate are saying you know this is a highly qualified appointee she deserves to be on the court and they want to have a respectful 4 days of hearings to let you know the world let america get to know who this potential new supreme court nominee will be and democrats are walking that fine line not to attack her personally but to say that she's completely out of step with what a many americans find important especially when it comes to health care which with the backdrop of coronavirus is something that they're really trying to make a big election issue it's pretty clear that democrats know they're not really going to win this battle they're not really going to keep keep her off of the court keep republicans from confirming her both out of this committee and then after that from the full senate this