she critiqued john roberts majority opinion upholding the law in 2012. democrats hope the threat of retaliation from angry voters could persuade senate republicans in tight races to push the vote past election day and biden is offering the election-year standard the g.o.p. set four years ago as a way out, urging no action until after november 3rd. biden is resisting talk about nuclear options like court packing if judge barrett is confirmed, instead turning the focus to president trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power if he loses. >> what i am concerned about is whether he generates some kind of response in a way that unsettles the society or causes some kind of violence. the last thing we need is a [indiscernible] of a coup. >> he was slated for a light schedule as he's been heavy into debate prep, mock debates with an advisor playing the role of president trump or early this morning he announced surprising marks on the vacancy coming up later this afternoon. brit. >> brit: jacqui heinrich reporting from wilmington, delaware, thank

when senate democrats are trying to attack chief justice john roberts long before obamacare even existed, they claimed he had sought to put millions of american consumers and families at risk of losing coverage. they have been recycling these same attacks since before they even passed a law they now say they are worried about. on this occasion, their entire argument seems to come down to a technical analysis judge barrett put forward in a 4-year-old academic paper about one part, one part of obamacare which congress has already zeroed out in the meantime. let me just say that again. the entire argument seems to come down to a technical analysis that judge barrett put forward in a 4-year-old academic paper about one part, just one part of obamacare, which congress has already zeroed out in the meantime. these hysterical claims collapse under the slightest examination, but sadly they are just beginning. 3 years ago, senate democrats' bizarre attacks on judge barrett's religious faith became a national embarrassment for their side of the aisle. the senior senator from illinois asked now-jud

the conservatives would have six vote, not be questioning where john roberts is going to end up, abortion rights and environmental regulations and voting rights rules. this the would be a new america in terms of legal perspective from the court. >> well, john, i agree that there will definitely be a new america in terms of the supreme court. it's going to affect the law for our children and our grandchildren, but i don't -- i wouldn't say outright that the affordable care act would be completely thrown out. i would hedge a little bit on that. you know, some -- when justice kennedy retired in 2018 several people predict that had immediately "roe v. wade" would be overturned. sometimes these things take a while, but i don't want to diminish your main point that the law in america has been transformed, and i also want to emphasize a point about the youthfulness of the trump appointees. he's looking at people who are in their late 30s and 40s. when clarence thomas came on in 1991, he was only 43 years old. he's now serving just about 30 years, and then some. he'll probably keep going for a wh

amy coney barrett wrote a law review article excoriating john roberts' opinion in that case, so she is essentially an assured vote to kill the aca. now, she of course would have to be confirmed to the court super quickly to participate in that case, but that's what the administration and republicans in the senate are trying to do. let me just sort of step back from the drama of it and look at the politics here. it is a heck of a closing argument for this election, right? confirm this justice right before the election and re-elect this president so we can and will nuke your health insurance less than two weeks later. that said, you know, nothing is ever for certain with this president. we will find out for certain who is nominee is when he announces it tomorrow, but there are multiple news organizations reporting it is likely to be judge barrett. whoever it is, it appears that republicans really are going to try to get that confirmation done before the election despite the fact that when justice scalia died in february 2016, when that year's presidential election was not weeks away but

john roberts, a six -- three essentially. >> well, good afternoon. it is a pleasure to be on with all of you, my friends and colleagues. john roberts is, at this moment, or before justice ginsburg death, a swing vote. on some issues, siding with the liberal wing. on some issues siding with the intuitive wing. when they stuck together and he sided with them, they prevailed. there were many of those decisions. he will probably not have that luxury any longer. however, things don't always turn out the way the president the nominated the justice expected them too. justice gorsuch for example, has shown a libertarian streak, which warms my heart, that i don't think president trump necessarily appreciated or anticipated. this was a manifest in his use of the word, sex in the civil rights act of 1964 to apply to lgbtq, something that clearly was not on the table in 1964 but by using the textualism argument, the word sex means everything sexual, he voted with the liberals on that. it wouldn't surprise me to see a justice barrett doing likewise. shannon: are

the bush/gore was traumatizing and john roberts would like to avoid something like that. i think a really nasty hard fought and rush confirmation right before an election and that person sitting on cases about the election. he works really hard this year, hey liberals, we are not your enemy here. you can trust this institution. that could be thrown out the window easily over the next 45 days. >> i agree, john roberts keeping the court off the front pages for all but those last two weeks in july. that meant keeping this unseemingly conversations about court reform and structure reform and court packing and all of it was out of the headlines. it is all back with a vengeance and one other thing i would add is john roberts now has no good options here, anything that happens now bad, bad for him and bad for the court. >> yes. >> always great to hear from you. thank you very much for making the time. >> thanks, chris. >> that's "all in," "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> good evening, chris. thank you at home for unijoinins at this hour as the number of americans wh

we begin with chief white house correspondence john roberts on the president's next move. what are they saying at the white house this morning? >> they're looking forward to the battle. it will be a battle between now and november 3 to try to get justice -- the replacement to justice ginsburg confirmed. the president is taking that message to ohio today as you mentioned. real clear politics average showing him up more than two. in wisconsin biden will be there today. he is up by 7. they'll try to turn it to their advantage. biden campaign turns it to healthcare. democrats will argue putting another conservative on the court will continue the process to overturn obamacare. the president announced that he will announce his nominee on friday or saturday after services for justice ginsburg are complete. the president has said he will pick a woman to replace her and that the vote should happen before the election. listen here. >> president trump: i think it should go very quickly. we have a lot of time, you know. especially if the people we're talking about, most of them are yo

john paul stevens was not edited and confirmed in 19 days, chief justice john roberts and 24. justice sandra day o'connor in 33. times were different backthen and they are now, and you do it in 37 days ? >> we certainly believe we can. you've heard mystic wordfrom senator graham . >> how will you do it? >> we will go about it the way we always have i putting together a textual originalist the american people will appreciate and will get through the approval process, the nomination confirmationprocess i say quite quickly .>> two quick questions, on the 200,000 deaths, will the president recognize that publicly today . at his feet or on twitter? is this something that he would like to express remorse over or something to people who have lost? >> the president throughout this candidate has done just that. he said before thinking of even one life lost. this president has taken incredibly seriously and what nissan is he's worked harder than everyday. he puts his head down and i think that's very evident in the administrations historic response, the largest mobilization of the priva

from the chief justice, john roberts who put out a statement, we have a cherished colleague. ruth bader ginsburg, tireless and resolute champion of justice. overnight we saw hundreds of people show up to pay their respects outside the court. there is a growing -- a few people coming early this morning, funeral arrangements in the coming days and we heard from donald trump as he left the campaign rally in minnesota. the white house putting out a statement writing renowned for brilliant minds, one can disagree without being disagreeable. there are different points of view, there's a growing conversation what comes next, a vacancy on the supreme court, the president living so close, we are hearing from those who will likely be in charge including senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who put out a statement praising ginsburg's legacy, we will keep the promise. on the floor of the united states senate. the question will remain will the rest of the senate go along. following the pandemic, the supreme court will be an issue that dominates voters outside the ongoing emergency. amon

the chief justice john robert said our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. we at the supreme court have lost a cherished colleague. today, we mourn. but with confidence, that future generations will remember ruth bader ginsburg as we knew her, a tireless and resolute champion of justice. she was nominated to the supreme court by president bill clinton and sworn in 1993. the 2000 presidential election in favor of george w. busch. she was an inspiration to women around the world and to little girls who copied her fashion sense. she loved the court but like i said, she could be blunt. ruth bader ginsburg died surrounded by her family in her home in washington, d.c. passing away on the first night of rosh hashanah. a time to reflect on how to make the world better. justice ginsburg had some thoughts on making the court better in this interview with cnn's poppy harlow. >> so final question. help me finish this sentence. okay? there will be enough female justices on the supreme court when there are -- >> you know what the answer is. when there are nine, of course.

thank you so much, john roberts. trace. >> trace: for more on this let's bring in guy benson, political editor at town hall.com, fox news contributor and host of the guy benson show. he said this to a wisconsin television station it's a legitimate question but let me tell you why i'm not going to answer that question because it will shift all the focus. that's what he wants. he being the president. he never wants to talk about the issues at hand. he always tries to change the subject. at last check, guy, the supreme court is the issue at hand. >> yes, it is the subject at hand. supreme court vacancy close to an election with an opportunity to shift the ideological makeup of the court. it is very much the topic of the day in politics. and i believe the question that he was ducking there had to do with court packing. this new threat from democrats although it's not that new. they've been making it since before this vacancy arose. if they were to take full control of the government next year, they would potentially add

jillian: conservatives who have been disappointed by recent decisions by john roberts are set to fast-track the next supreme court nominee believing she will confirm conservative justices. let's discuss the role of faith in the high court with doctor robert jeffers, good to have you back tonight. i want to read something from the friendly atheist, democrats do not have anti-catholic bias no matter what republicans tell you. it is a problem for democrat citizens convulses in, it is a catholic judge who decide to religious beliefs are more valid than the constitution legal precedent when it comes to applying the law. those are fair questions to ask any judicial nominee and that is the way it has been presented to me by democratic strategists who say we are not opposed to her as a catholic but how she is going to london the issues because of her faith. >> any nominee who is a person of faith would be disingenuous to say their faith has no impact on her discussion. anybody who says that is either a follow-up the shallow faith, our faith is the essence of who we are and affect our decisions. but

unlike disappointment john roberts on obamacare and he is about to make a supreme court pick while there is an ongoing lawsuit that seeks to eliminate the affordable care act. here that america? the healthcare law you want, the healthcare law you need, the healthcare law that protects you against overreaching insurance companies, who won't give you insurance when you have a pre-existing condition, president trump has said he will appoint a nominee who will do it. and we know he said it because of what he said about justice roberts when justice roberts opposed his view on healthcare. guess when the cases being heard in the supreme court, america? november 10. a week after the election. is that why senate republicans are in such a rush to get a new right wing justice confirmed before the election? so that supreme court can do what they failed to do here in the senate, repeal its healthcare law which protects so many americans? leader mcconnell slams on the brakes while tens of thousands of americans died from covid. and now he is slamming his foot on the gas to approve a supreme court just

we also have analysis from fox news anchor chris wallace but we begin with john roberts. john, good afternoon. >> bill, let me first of all say, your lips to god's ears because we thought an hour ago president trump was going to come out here in the briefing room and we are still here but he only has 45 minutes before he supposed to head off to minnesota so he should be here sometime in the next few minutes. when he goes to minnesota he is going to find the state may be a little bit more difficult to get that look like it was in 2016. about one and a half points back then. now the real clear politics average, most of the recent polls have had biden up 8 of 9, "the washington post" had biden up by 16 so that may be a little bit of an outlier, we don't know about the president believes that if he spends enough time in minnesota you will be able to flip the state. that would make in the first republic until win it since 1972, richard nixon even in his 49th state win in 1984, ronald reagan couldn't do it. we can expect the president will go after joe biden tonight in bemidji,

>> dana: adding that to what john roberts just told us, it'll be a very interesting november. thank you, jackie. now the fight in washington over a coronavirus relief deal. the white house chief of staff says the president is open to the $1.5 trillion plan lawmakers have put forward. the program -- >> there still about $1 trillion. the heroes act, $3.4 trillion. >> there are moderate democrats urging pelosi to advance, they leave washington in the campaign. tingling with the speaker is good politics. for some of these democrats who represent swing districts. policy denied she had heard from some of those members. she argues that her caucus is united. white house chief of staff mark meadows says it's time for action. >> we've got tens of thousands of people that are about to be laid off. if nothing more, let's get that package on the floor and pass that. all of us agree that laying off ailing workers at this time is not something we should do. >> the president of the united states is pushing for direct payments. there's a lot of senate republicans resistant to that because it's

to john roberts with the latest there. john? >> good afternoon to you. president trump telling one of our affiliates earlier today, wjbx that he's pretty close to having made up his mind, which would indicate that he probably needs a few more hours, a couple days to think about it. then he will make the announcement saturday. he does have a presidential political rally planned in pennsylvania on saturday night. i'm told that will go ahead. so the timing for an announcement likely sometime saturday afternoon. in terms of sports, late saturday afternoon, 3:00 to 6:00 is prime time. so the president may step in then. the frontrunner is judge amy coney barrett. she clerked for justice antonin scalia. she was a professor in graduate at notre dame law school. she was a finalist for the last vacancy that was filled by brett kavanaugh and sort of widely held that if the ginsberg seat ever became available, that she would be the one to get the nod for that. another top contender is judge barbara lagoa. she's of cuban descent and lives in miami. the 11th circuit i

john roberts, thanks. joe biden said president trump refuses to take responsibility or action against the coronavirus and didn't have a plan. that was biden's talking point today. talking about his own plan for a vaccine. peter doocy has that story tonight from wilmington, delaware. >> donald trump blames joe biden for a lot and not being tougher on rioters. >> wait, i am not the president. he is the president. >> the democratic nominee had a sobering warning about covid-19. >> we are heading by dangerous autumn. >> if elected he will verify that any vaccine from the trump administration will be looked at for safety. >> i trust scientists but i don't trust donald trump. at this moment the american people can't either. >> biden delivered remarks and fielded questions from a list of 5 reporters put together by the campaign. in two weeks biden and trump will be at the first presidential debate. >> i have begun preparing yes. [inaudible]. >> [whirring]. >> i am making sure i understand all he said. >> biden is

john roberts, thank you. team fox coverage continues. peter doocy live in delaware. joe biden wrapped up his speech. what was his message? >> his message was all about climate and how he thinks that if president trump gets another term events like we are seeing out west will happen more frequently. the event was behind this building here at the delaware museum of natural history. there were 16 or 17 social distancing circles on the grass. the former vp staged in front of a wooden fence and a field. not sure it came across in the feed. you could hear construction noise as we are just in the middle of a neighborhood. 8 minutes away from biden's house. i tried to get him to take a few questions. he just kept walking. a big part of his message was to offer another take on problems that are playing the suburbs. president trump focuses on racial injustice or on the riots. biden focuses on racial injustice and in this case thinks climate change is a bigger threat to the suburbs. listen here. >> donald trump is in climate denial. it may not have caused these fires and record

>> bret: john roberts live on the north lawn. let's talk about what all this means and other issues. joining us tonight national security advisor robert o'brien. welcome back to the show. express con doll lengths on the loss of your father. i wanted to pass it on to you. >> bret: i appreciate it. let me ask you about it this deal today and what means big picture for the middle east. >> listen, this is the first time this 30 years we have had arab countries sitting down with israel and normalizing diplomatic relations. it's historic day and exciting day. up until now only two countries had done so we have had two in a month. a warm peace. a not just a peace treaty lay down arms. expand commerce and cooperate on technology and work on the covid virus together. tourism and religious exchanges. it's this is a huge opportunity and leaders went out of their way to express thanks to president trump for facilitating this break through. >> bret: the president and the leaders from uae and ba rain said eventually they think the palestinian

afternoon, i am john roberts in for bill hemmer this friday. right now we are waiting to hear from president trump in atlanta, he is set to speak about black economic empowerment in the next few minutes, a busy day for the president. earlier he spoke at a roundtable in florida, also has events in virginia and washington, d.c., today. meanwhile, jill and joe biden paid their respects to the late justice ruth bader ginsburg on capitol hill this morning. president trump says he will announce his pick to fulfill a

john roberts live for us at the white house. john, thank you. >> sandra: for more on all this white house response to hurricane sally and more let's bring in press secretary kayleigh mcenany. great to have you top of the hour. a lot of news coming in starting off with the hurricane sally making landfall in alabama. you saw the conditions on the ground there, thousands without power. now florida emergency declaration declared by the president there. what is the president doing this morning to further prepare for the dangerous impact of this storm? >> the white house is fully engaged, fema is fully engaged. you heard john roberts list off all the various measures fema has taken to prepare for this. the emergency declarations are key within 60 minutes. in fact, i believe one of them was done within 22 minutes. the president authorized these emergency declarations and he is on top of this as his tweet indicates and we're ready to help these states in every way possible. >> sandra: on the phone with the governors of those states? >>

let's begin with john roberts where there is never a day off they are, john. >> yesterday was a day at permian, but not for the president because he had that rare news conference. he is in florida again just to show how important it is with the swing state. the 11th time he has been to florida because of the coronavirus. was not even making trips to mar-a-lago. and he heard harris faulkner mentioned this a second ago the new nbc news marist poll showing among registered voters, the trump ticket leads the biden ticket 48-47. and among likely voters all evened up at 48 apiece. the jupiter event he is going to engage in is about conservation and environmental protection in the 2021 budget get the president is proposing $250 million in spending on everglades infrastructure. in part to address the blue/green algae blooms in the tide that plagues florida from time to time. there is a significant announcement as well during the president's remarks. watch for that. the winston, salem, events will be another airport event. on the economy the president will hammer what the campaign calls joe bid

john roberts reference this post from the abc "washington post" poll. perhaps an outlier, but showing consistently biden in the lead in minnesota, 57-41. i've been talking to people for three years, four years, long believe president trump could actually pick up minnesota. what do you make of these numbers, and the president trying to close that gap? >> sure. i think it's a much tighter race. as evidence of that, i would point to the fact that joe biden is going there today. he doesn't do much traveling, as you know. the fact he's going to minnesota, a state they have win in every election since 1972, i think that alone is evidence that they know what we know, which is that this state is very much in play. it is emblematic, really, of the larger way in which donald trump has changed the electoral map, particularly in the upper midwest. we narrowly lost minnesota last time and we didn't devote much time or resources to it. a very different story this time in 2020. just to give you a quick stat, obama won 42 counties in the state of minnesota. how much do

those are the words of chief justice john roberts on the loss of an inspiring legal mind. on a personal note from president bill clinton who appointed her in 1993, we have lost one of the most extraordinary justices ever to serve on the supreme court, he wrote, ruth bader ginsburg life and landmark opinions moved us more closer to more perfect union and her powerful sense reminded us that we walk away from our constitution's promise as our peril and that she exceeded even his very highest expectations. alicia: and leland, we'll continue to cover the ledgedy of justice ginsburg and look to the future and for more on her legacy and what legacy and what this absence means on the court. we are now joined by senior fellow at king's college and constitutional law expert mark smith and law professor at university of memphis who teaches constitutional law and election law, steve mulroy. thank you for being here. and mark, let's begin with you, i'd first like to get your thoughts on the passing of justice ginsburg. >> well, ruth bader ginsburg is an american icon. her greatness is

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>> all right, john roberts. thank you for the update. >> dana: biden's planned remarks today were on the economy. another area the democratic nominee didn't hold back. watch. >> after six months in the pandemic, we're less than halfway back to where we were. in fact, donald trump may be the only president in modern history to leave office with fewer jobs than when he took office. no one thought that they would lose a job for good or see small businesses shut down enmass. that kind of recovery requires leadership. leadership that we didn't have and still don't have. the president has botched the covid response. botched it badly. bottom line, mr. president, do your job. get off of your golf course and out of the sand bunker. call the leaders together in the oval office. sit with them and make a deal. >> dana: peter doocy has more for us. peter? >> dana, biden's remarks were about the economy but biden said his anger is real about a different story, the atlantic story that the president denigrated war dead. >> i al

chief white house correspondent john roberts reports live from here in cleveland. good afternoon to you. >> phil, good afternoon. just before you went to commercial break, air force one flew over the debate hall behind me. the president should be on the ground momentarily at cleveland hopkins airport just southwest of the city. the president's strategy tonight is going to be to draw a sharp contrast between himself and joe biden over policy. at campaign events across the country, the president likes to say he spent the last four years undoing the bad policies of the previous eight. the president also expected to try to link biden with the bernie sander bernie sanders-alexandria ocasio -cortez wing of the democratic party, portraying biden as an empty vessel for socialism. in addition to the policy attacks and expect in personal attacks, there's a lot of gamesmanship going on today. trump campaign official saying that in negotiations for debate rules, the trump campaign proposed having a third party examine the ears of both of the candidates for mission impossible s

the second and decisive force will be john roberts. if this type of scenario unfolds, it will end up in court. ordinarily this would not get to the supreme court. the constitution is crystal clear that it is the states and the states alone that get to determine their electors, but the supreme court abandoned its restraint in 2000 with bush v. gore. that means a disputed election could quickly move up to the supreme court again, where roberts will be pivotal as both chief justice and the swing vote. so, it might all come down to this -- one man, john roberts, will have the power to end the looming catastrophe and save american democracy. go to cnn.com/fareed for a link to my washington post column this week. >>> let's get started. march 13th was the last day that i saw the "gps" team in person. that was six months ago today. and so it goes for much of america and the world. many of us have been in some version of lockdown for half a year. but here in new york city, for instance, there is outdoor dining now and soon indoor as well. schoo

thanks john roberts. senator lanford from oklahoma. welcome. >> good to be backs. >> mitt romney not done when do you think it could be happen? >> don't know. there's not a said timetable. we don't know who the nominee is yet. we assume it's somebody that's been vetting before. that's already been confirmed by the senate. these are the top candidates in circuit courts around the country meaning judiciary committees have gone through. they'll do due diligence and bring the vote if it passes the committee so takes weeks to do it but we got to get a candidate first. >> november 3rd election day. dick durbin the republican senator from illinois said watching the republicans squirm away from the position four years go. what would you say? >> i would say we are watching democrats squirm away from the decision four years ago because they were saying when the president makes a nomination it is up to the senate to actually do a hearing for those so it's funny to watch us crossing over on it back and forth. realistically historically when there'

afternoon, i am john roberts in for bill hemmer this friday. right now we are waiting to hear from president trump in atlanta, he is set to speak about black economic empowerment in the next few minutes, a busy day for the president. earlier he spoke at a roundtable in florida, also has events in virginia and washington, d.c., today. meanwhile, jill and joe biden paid their respects to the late justice ruth bader ginsburg on capitol hill this morning. president trump says he will announce his pick to fulfill a supreme court supreme court seat tomorrow, the announcement comes against the backdrop of nationwide protests fueled by a grand jury's decision in the breonna taylor case. coverage from all the angles today, peter doocy has the latest for us from the biden camp and first down the street to the white house where kristin fisher kicks off our coverage our coverage. >> president trump is sending the day according to code key constituencies, latino boarders in florida and black voters in georgia and in just a few moments he's going to be unvei

i'm john roberts. here's bill hemmer, a lot of people, the season is not going to officially start until the buccaneers face off against new england. >> bill: 4:00 sunday. thanks, john. have a great afternoon. good to see you. >> bill: good afternoon, everyone. i bill hemmer. interesting hour coming ahead. waiting to hear from the president as new revelations sweep through the campaign. bob woodward's new book claiming the up knew the virus was deadly. the white house said the president never lied about the virus. here's part of the comment that everybody is reacting to today. >> it goes through air, bob. that's always tough. the touch, you don't have to tough things. but the air, you just breathe the air. that's how it's passed. so that's a very tricky one, a delicate one. it's also more deadly than your -- you know, even your strenuous flus. people don't realize, we lose 25, 30,000 people here. >> bill: the battle for swing states front and center. the campaigns focused on voters in michigan and penn

there was a ceremony that john roberts was talking about. what can we anticipate seeing at the white house? when would that happen? will nations come? who is coming to america about this one issue of peace in that part of the world? >> i won't get into specifics ahead of any announcements that the president himself will want to make to really explain how this came about and the importance of it. i will say we do expect visitors of the white house to participate and really tout their participation, the accomplishment for the president and what it means for each of their countries and for their region. bringing about peace and prosperity is really a high priority for the president ending the endless wars and making peace deals in their place. outstanding development. you can expect more from president trump and other leaders who will be participating. >> harris: let's switch gears the campaign. use president trump in michigan from yesterday. >> remember when they used to say he doesn't act presidential? i used to say michigan from yesterday. i

that makes for a different balance of power and so all of those areas where john roberts just this past term was voting based on prerogatives other than his view of the law, that would all shift and so controversial areas from affirmative action to abortion to religious interpretation, religious liberty. those would no longer be subject to one vote. they would be shifting in a different way. paul: one of the things we've learned from center-right justices over the over the inclg justice gorsuch and especially justice roberts you can't predict where they're going to come out, so do you think that it's a sure thing, for example, that abortion law changes fundamentally or, for example, that racial preference law changes fundamentally? >> well, i don't think roe v. wade would be overturned, planned parenthood versus casey. where certain regulations might be validated in past term would be allowed to go through. marginal changes on abortion. that's an area where john roberts has been particularly strong, the line about the way to prevent racial discrimination is to prevent, stop discriminati

yes, you can cite a few exceptional votes by chief justice john roberts, but he will no longer be the fulcrum of the court. when you look at the overall trends of the court, the direction in which it's going, yes, you see an erosion, likely greater erosion of reproductive rights, striking down gun control lights and you see this larger project of changing the relationship between the government and its ability to protect people, to provide legislation like the aaffordable care act, and the american people. this is really about the impact the supreme court has on the lives of regular people. >> i want to pick up on that last point emily made, noah, and make sure people understand it. the court has become very conservative with regard to the ability of federal agencies to do things like regulate clean air, clean water and things like that. and that seems to me likely to perhaps be -- in terms of the change the lives of americans, more dramatic than people realize. what is the conservative view there? >> what's going on is some of the conservatives, especially justice gorsuch are increas

i want to ask you about this because john roberts brought it up. this is the moment about the proud boys and white supremacy, senator tim scott, one of the best speakers that he headed his convention was asked about this earlier. take a listen to what he said. >> i think he misspoke in response to chris wallace's comment. he was asking chris what he wanted him to say. you should correct it. if he doesn't, i guess it does not make a point. >> dana: did the president misspeak? will he correct that if he did? >> in real time he did condemn it. he was asked by a chris wallace would he come out and condemn the proud boys. he said sure. three times in that one singular question, dana. so the fact that he had done it this time. he has done it in the past. that is the product "productpre" the president says i am not talking about the kkk or white supremacists, though should be condemned in all forms. and chris wallace did not press joe biden on that. his entire campaign is predicated on a lie. and the media has gone along with it and allow them -- they get

let's get trite chief white house correspondent john roberts. hey, john. >> dana, good afternoon to you. the president causing a lot of discussion shall we say when asked a question yesterday whether win, lose and draw he would commit to a peaceful transition of power. here's what the president said. >> well, we are going to have to see what happens. you know that. i have been complaining very strongly about the ballots and the ballots are a disaster. >> the president told me yesterday that he thinks that the results of the election will end up in the supreme court. morning on the radio with fox news brian kilmeade the president was asked about senator lindsey graham's comments on fox this morning that if the supreme court gave the win to joe biden, that would be the end of it. listen here. >> we just spoke to lindsey graham. he said we have to -- we have every reason to contend anything that might be controversial. i will paraphrase. he says if it gets to the supreme court and they decide joe biden won, joe biden won. do you agree with that? >>

a statement issued by chief justice john roberts says quote our nation has lost a injurist of historic stature. >> reporter: she might have seemed small in stature, but as the second woman to be nominated to the u.s. supreme court, ruth bader ginsburg was a trail blazer for women's rights and a champion for civil liberty. shipway born ruth joan bader in 1933 in a working conclusion neighborhood in brooklyn, new york. her mother died when she was just 17, the day before she graduated from high school. >> it was one of the most trying times in my life, but i knew that she wanted me to study hard, get good grades, and succeed in life. so that's what i did. >> reporter: she finished first in her class at cornell university, where she met and married martin ginsburg, an aspiring lawyer. she pursued law degree enrolling in harvard 569 err the berth of daughter jane then at columbus law law school where she grated at the tom of her class. while a professor at rutgers university, she gain we've both a son james, but soon left rutgers for columbia university to become that school first tenured

roberts, has tried to stay out of those more emotionally divisive cases, but in a 6—3 majority, he may not have the ability to keep the court running down a very centrist approach that he is adhered to in recent years. chiefjustice roberts, is adhered to in recent years. chief justice roberts, who clearly is a conservative man in his own personal thinking, has not wanted the court to be political. is that now over? is the court simply going to now be seen as conservative versus liberal? is that one of the impacts of ruth bader ginsburg's death? i don't think so. ginsburg's death? i don't think so. i think it is very important to always recognise that while some of these politically divisive issues get the great share of publicity and black attention, the fact is that the court does not divide by ideology on most cases. three quarters or more of cases, the court is unanimous or near unanimous in its decisions, regardless of the justice' its decisions, regardless of thejustice' philosophies. so for the most part, thejustices on the court take theirjobs extremely seriously and rule accord

chief justice john roberts saying, the nation has lost a inju jurist of enormous stature. ginsberg dictated this statement to her granddaughter, with the bluntness she was known for and i quote here. my most fervent wish is that i won't be replaced until a new president is installed. cnn's senior congressional correspondent, manu raju brings us the latest. good evening to you. we have to talk about the politics. mitch mccoll m making it clear, that the republican majority will try to replace ginsberg this year. does he have the votes to do this? >> that's the big question we will be looking at for the next few months here. whether or not he can prevent more than three republican senators from breaking ranks. that majority is at 53-47. if he loses more than three, that nominee will not be confirmed. there's several senators who are resisting about moving forward. some changed their views over the last weeks and months. what appears to be the case, talking to republicans tonight and just looking at the past confirmation proceedings, typically, they take two to three months t

we begin with john roberts on the north lawn. >> i was with the president may of 2017 when he spoke with the leaders of 54 nations of the gulf cooperation council and other muslim nations and said to them at this big conference, you have a choice. you can continue with the animosities of the past or choose a different future and move toward peace. for the moment, the united arab emirates and bahrain have made that choice. >> these agreements show that the nations are breaking free from the failed approaches of the past. the people of the middle east will no longer allow hatred of israel to be used for radicalism or extremism. so important. they'll no longer allow the great destiny of their region to be denied. >> at a bilateral meeting prior to the signing ceremony, the president said there's five other arab nations want to join and probably could have attended today's proceedings but the president wanted to keep it between bahrain and the uae. and president minister benjamin netanyahu say this was a pivot in history that heralds a new dawn of peace. listen here. >> the blessings of the

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>>chief justice john roberts, they're remembering his colleague justice ruth bader ginsburg. you a collar tough brave fighter and a winner. all 8 justices were together and inside the supreme court for the first time since the building closed in march because of the pandemic they were joined by justice ginsburg's family and close friends. meantime, crowds grew outside waiting for a chance to pay their respects. >>our washington dc correspondent anna werner key reports. >>supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has funded the steps of the high court wednesday morning one last time. in 9 family close friends and the justices gather to remember ginsburg has a brilliant jurist skilled attorney ernie fighter and friend when she spoke. people listened chief justice john roberts as the impact of justice ginsburg meeting the high court first as a lawyer and then as associate justice will last for generations there she won famous victories that helped move our nation closer. >>to equal justice under law. to the extent that women are now a majority in law schools. it's not simply a h

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showing up by two now. >> bret: john roberts live on the north long, thank you. we will have sergeant major pain story from the pentagon a little bit later in the program. the coronavirus forest changes and the observations and eric shawn reporting from the world trade center. >> once again, the bells were run. once again, the names were read. it's been 19 years, but it seems as if not one day has gone by. this year, coronavirus cast a dark shadow over the summer day. at the ceremony had to be cut back because of social distancing and the 9/11 museum prerecorded the names of those that were killed. instead of continuing the victim's relatives reading the loved one's names out loud. that cut off a controversy which cause the victim's family to hold a separate event sponsored by the foundation title to towers where the names were re read. >> we can never minimize the fateful day. >> vice president mike pence read from the 23rd psalm. when he finished, he was greeted by support and cheers. earlier at the 9/11 museum memorial ceremony, democratic nominee joe biden pu

thanks, dana. >> i'm john roberts in for bill hemmer. we're watching the 2020 race unfolding in real time. president trump just speaking at the u.s.s. north carolina. the president's trip comes a day after he visited kenosha, wisconsin. joe biden claims to go tomorrow. early her he talked about reopening schools. we have coverage from all the angles this afternoon and in a moment i'll speak

remember back in 2012, chief justice john roberts joined the court's four more liberal justices in voting to uphold the individual mandate of the affordable care act. now we're looking potentially at an -- either an 8-member court if there is no new supreme court justice by the beginning of november. the court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case just after election day. i think on november 10th. or a court with a new supreme court justice, if one is confirmed by then. nominated by the president. so you're looking either at a court that could be divided, depending on how the chief justice votes this time or could vote to strike down the affordable care act. and depending upon -- because they're two issues. one is whether or not the individual mandate is still constitutional and then what should the supreme court do. if the individual mandate is unconstitutional. does the rest of the affordable care act go as well. the supreme court is also scheduled to hear oral arguments in november in an important case involving the balance between religious beliefs and anti-discrimination la

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thank you, john roberts. former republican governor of the beautiful state of new york. you know, it's still a beautiful state, governor, but man, all men, between the uptick in crime and a lot of people who don't want to go back there, concerns about the virus. well new york every do things the way that they use to do things? it just seems like a mess. >> it is a mess. i spent 12 years trying to get new york on the right track, and when i left, it was. now it is clearly on the wrong track. maybe that was political, but there are many, many new yorkers who are now -- too expensive here the taxes are too high. the social climate has deteriorated enormously. new york will come back. it is just a question of what led come back quickly, or will it be a matter of many, many years? >> neil: governor cuomo gets a bad rap. he is nowhere near as controversial or polarizing a figure as the new york city mayor, who's been pushing this notion that maybe we hold off on indoor dining in the big apple until next year. cuomo himself has hinted that it is going to leave a lot of folks in