that is also introduced in the senate by senator joe mansion. why is it sitting on the senator's desk? sen. mcconnell: what is that plan that you have that will produce jobs in kentucky? laid out for us right now. lt. col. mcgrath: all right, what the re-claim would act -- reclaim act would do is it would provide $100 million to clean up the environmental hazards we have seen from the coal industry for many years and allow people to clean up the environmental hazards with good, quality jobs in the transition to the future. that has to include infrastructure. we badly needed. we have water systems in martin county that don't have clean water. we have sewer systems in anderson county that need to be fixed. we have to get into the 21st century. i know you have been in washington dc for 36 years but i have served all around the world. i have to tell you, no business is going to want to come to a county in kentucky that cannot talk to the modern mobilize world. sen. mcconnell: everything she is talking about is already being done. lt. col. mcgrath: t

senate at that time including senator shaheen needs to be voted out of office because the institution of government were not prepared. now we have much to learn from this pandemic and we need people in the u.s. senate who are going to be open minded and get things done so we are prepared the next time that this happens. it does not help if you send the same people back over and over again who did not learn from the last pandemic and she won't learn from this pandemic. i don't know what super spreader event she is talking about and me not wearing a mask but i certainly was not at the white house. again senator shaheen you are not entitled to your own facts. >> 30 seconds to respond. >> it was the event where president trump was in new hampshire in the fact is what we need is a consistent approach to the pandemic, we don't need what the trump administration has been doing where he refuses to wear a mask, where he brings people together at events in my opponent fails to condemn what the president has done, this is the trump administration's plan and what we've seen is 8 million people co

at the next senator. candidate toas a let folks know where folks stand in terms of who is on the ballots. you can vote tomorrow in south , first is the doctor, then lindsey graham, then jamie harrison. the doctor is more conservative than lindsey graham. i want folks to vote for me. let me tell you this, but for jamie harrison, don't vote for lindsey graham, don't vote for the doctor, but for jamie harrison. i'm trying to build a bridge to the future. our graham: if this is future, god help us all. [cross talk] sen. graham: it is nancy pelosi and hillary clinton are your political mentors, you are probably not conservative. they understand that if bernie is a champion, you are not conservative. what conservatives need to understand, this matters, the control of the senate is on the ballot. mr. harrison is playing a game with the ballots. the doctor is technically on the ballots, but he has asked his supporters to vote for me because he wants conservative judges. he has never answered the question, would h

senate. i have purchased and owned firearms in georgia and like most gun owners in the state, i recognize guns are lethal and dangerous tools, not toys. we need to gun safety measures to protect georgia families from gun violence. i will never forget when i was 12 years old, the night before the last day of school, one of our teachers was gunned down in atlanta, georgia. so many georgia families have been touched by gun violence. senator perdue voted against a bill to require a simple universal criminal background check for firearms purchases. senator perdue is not working for responsible gun owners. senator perdue is working for the firearms manufacturing industry. that is who butters his bread, that is who he votes for. not those of us in the state who would purchase and own and operate and store firearms in a safe manner, but gun manufacturers whose sole objective is to move as many weapons on our streets as possible, even though it puts law enforcement at risk, our entire state at risk wh

thank you, senator bentsen, senator quayle. we have come to the end of the questions and before i ask the candidates to make closing remarks, on behalf of the commission on presidential debates, i would like to thank all of you for joining us. senator quayle, yours is the first closing statement. sen. quayle: thank you. tonight it has been a very important evening. you have been able to see dan quayle as i really am and how george bush and i want to lead this country into the future. thank you, america, for listening and thank you for your fairness. now you will have a choice to make on election day. you will have a choice of whether america is going to choose the road of michael dukakis or the road of george bush as we marched with the 21st century. the road of michael dukakis comes down to this -- bigger government. they have always believed in higher taxes. they always have and they always will. defense,he national back to the old economics of high interest rates, high inflation, and the politics of high unemployment. bush i

. >> the senate about to gavel in. majority leader mitch mcconnell expected to ask for unanimous consent that the chamber stand in recess for the next two weeks as a precaution after republican senators mike lee, thom tillis and ron johnson tested positive for covid-19 in recent days. they approved all legislative business would be pushed to the week of october 19 with only pro forma sessions scheduled between now and then you live now to the senate floor. >> the site will come to order. the chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. >> let us pray. mighty god, you are our dwelling place and underneath are your everlasting arms. may our president and first lady feel your healing touch. my our senators who are dealing with the personal health challenge of covid-19 also experience your divine healing and comfort. lord, we trust in your support. for you continue to be the source of our hope and peace. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honora

with a republican-controlled senate, with republican senator mitch mcconnell in control of the senate, the president has been able to be perfectly confident that nothing would happen, that there would be no consequences, no matter what he did. but about that republican control of the senate, at five thirty eight, the forecast right now says the chances the democrats are about to take control of the senate is rough 70-30. they put it at 72-28. at the economist, their forecast for senate control has it a little higher. they say it's 75-25 that the democrats end up taking control of the senate. the cook political reporter doesn't put a number on it per se, but the way they are saying it now is, quote, democrats are now the clear favorite to flip control of the senate. that might mean something very different for this presidency in his second term if he does get re-elected. i mean polls right now look like biden's going to win. but if trump wins and democrats control the house and the senate? if you want to see what the fight for senate control looks le like up los aclose and personals is

senate to fill the seat currently held by senator david perdue. in order to ensure you once safety candidates and panelists participating from their home. the atlanta press club gives a special thank you to georgia public broadcasting for helping to organize the online debate. let's meet the candidates. they are in alphabetical order libertarian shane hazel is a marine corps veteran and cohost and producer of the rebellion podcast which analyzes politics from a local to global level. democrat jon ossoff has served as ceo of insight tw i come in media production company that investigates corruption and organized crime and war crimes for international news organizations. republican david perdue has served as u.s. senate since 2015. before being elected to the senate he sat on the board of five major corporations and cofounded perdue partners, a global trading company. now let's meet our panel. a news anchor with a radio group. tom baxter is a reporter with supporter report. and emma is a reporter. now let's get started. candidates will have two seco

it was a a decision that senator schumer and senator reedre maden collaboration. i remember the night before the rules changed, both senator schumersc called me and informed of it and i was very disappointed because i've i bea bunch of groups around too tryig to keep the traditions alive of having a 60 vote requirement to get on the court. i remember telling senator schumer you will regret this. today he will regret it. and all i can say is that judge gorsuch was filibustered two or three times required as to change the rules. they started this. not me. if the rep to meet would be a 60 vote requirement in the senate today. denying judge gorsuch the votes necessary to go to the floor was just the beginning of the end of a process that it served the country well. how could anybody in the right might believe that judge gorsuch wasn't as qualified as sotomayor and taken? how could anybody in their right mind after listening to judge barrett not understand she's not just qualified, she's incredibly qualified. so qualifications apparently don't matter anymore. it's abou

another massive senate shaking escalation by senate democrats in 2013, the nuclear option. they broke the senate rules to change the senate rules so that a democratic president would not have to play by the same rules they are invented shortly before. and with a 51-vote threshold in place, democrats began confirming nominees without meaningful minority support. i said at the time, quoting myself, they'd regret it a lot sooner than they would think. well, that regret began in 2016. in 2016 when justice scalia passed away, senate republicans had won our majority a year later. as i said then when i recommended to all of you that we not fill that vacancy created in the middle of a presidential election year that you'd have to go back to 1888 to find the last time a senate of a different party from the president confirmed a supreme court nominee to a vacancy created during the presidential election year. in other words, not surprisingly, one party in control of the senate was less inclined and had been less inclined for a very long time confirm a supreme court nominee in the mid

meanwhile, georgia senator david perdue mocked senator harris last night at a rally for the president. >> but the most insidious thing that chuck schumer and joe biden are trying to perpetrate and bernie and elizabeth and kamala or kamala or kamala, kamala-mala-mala, i don't know. whatever. >> senators perdue and harris have served together since 2017. they're also both on the budget committee. a spokesman for perdue's committee says the senator "simply mispronounced senator harris's name, and he didn't mean anything by it." joining us now is vincent evans, the political director for senator harris. vincent, good evening. >> hey, josh. thanks for having me. good to be with you. >> would you like an apology from senator perdue? >> look, we're not focused on the comments by senator perdue, and we don't have much time for name calling. we've got 17 days till election day. senator harris is not focused on that. our campaign is not focused on it. what we are focused on, though, is doing everything we can to make our case to the american people about why joe biden and kamala harris would be

judy woodruff: senator quayle. senator quayle: senator bentsen talks about running up the debt. well, the governor of massachusetts has run up more debt than all the governors in the history of massachusetts combined, going back to the days of the pilgrims. i don't believe that that's the kind of policy that we want. the question went to the heart of the matter, tom. you asked the question why would we change. well, we have changed since 1980. we've got interest rates down, we've got inflation down, people are working again, america is held in respect once again around the world. but we are going to build on that change. and as we made those positive changes of lower interest rates, lower rate of inflation, the governor of massachusetts fought us every step of the way. we are proud of the record of accomplishment and the opportunities and the hope for millions of americans. hope and opportunity of these americans is because of the policies that we have had for the last eight years, and we want to build on that and change it for even the better. judy woodruff: tom, a question for

senate. it was a real thrill to be part of that hearing for someone who shebroken down barriers staunchly believed in a woman's right to full equality and autonomy. in filling judge ginsburg's , it is high for the american people in the short term and for decades to come. most importantly, health care coverage for millions of thiscans is at stake with nomination. colleagues and i will focus on that subject. we will examine the consequences if, and it is a big if, if republicans succeed in rushing this nomination to the senate before the next president takes office. but most importantly, in just a , the supreme court vll hear hearings in texas california., and act to strike down the aca. the president has promised to appoint justices who will vote to dismantle that law as a candidate, he criticized the pre-court for upholding the law and said, and i quote, if i win the presidency, my judicial appointments will do the right robertslike bush's john ." obamacare the president said eliminating the

it's what the senate should be doing, working to get outer senate through this the worst crisis we've seen. invest in the communities getting hit the hardest. instead, leader mcconnell suing the fine 58 days before the election to jam flew another special interest judge who will carry out the counter agenda that the voters keep rejectings. senate needs to get back to focus on the people we're here to serve, to repeal the o.c.c.'s rule to gut the community reinvestment act. i urge my colleagues -- i urge my colleagues to support the resolution so we can get back on a path to strengthening the c.r.a. the stock market being you p, as important as that is to leader mcconnell and president trump and their belief that everything is fine because the stock market is up, there's way more to measure our economy than that. support or resolution. strengthen the c.r.a., help our communities across country. i yield the floor. ing before yielding the floor, i would like to enter records from the center for responsible lending, 45 civil rights organizations, consumer advocates, and unionssupport of h

bentsen. >> good evening senator bentsen and senator quayle. on the cleanup in this order and i've been tried to clean what is left on base. i have a follow-up question for you senator quayle, but senator bentsen i first when asked question about packed money. i'm sure you're prepared to talk about. governor dukakis has tried to make it a major issue in this campaign, and he has you as a running mate and a man who leads the league at last count in the receipt of pack money, that being the money raised by these special organizations. that is a kind of campaign financing which governar dukakis finds so distasteful that he has refused to accept any of it. do you find that embarrassing? >> no i don't find it embarrassing at all. because you have to remember that pack money gives the result of last campaign reform bill. one that tax about employees having greater participation. and what i've done, in pike money is what my opponents in campaign has done in his campaign. he has -- he's been raising packed money to. what you have to do is comply with t

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

senate committees may convene regardless of whether or not the senate is in session. the senate judiciary committee chaired by u.s. senator lindsey graham will proceed with a consideration of the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states on october 12. now senator lee said he will remain isolated for 10 days as will tell us writing this, quote i've spoken with leader mcconnell and chairman graham and assured them i will be back to work and time to join my judiciary committee colleagues in advancing the supreme court nomination of judge amy coney barrett in the committee and then to the full senate. senator lee until it's tested positive for coronavirus at or attending a ceremony for barrett at the white house last saturday with president trump. for the republican senators on the judiciary committee also attended that ceremony but none have reported a positive coronavirus test. mcconnell and graham both said remote virtual hearings could work if senators could not attend the hearings but democrats on the

>> senator yes. violence is against our policy and their exceptions -- no exceptions for that including politicians. said there are exceptions you say? >> naeher not the exceptions. >> there are no exceptions which is very important because obviously this is a message sent that could throw our democracy into chaos and a lot of it can be and will be created by social media sites. mr. zuckerberg if president trump shares disinformation lying about the outcome of the election can you commit that you will make sure your algorithms do not amplify that content and you will immediately take that content down? >> senator we have a policy in place that prevents any candidate or campaign from prematurely declaring victory or trying to delegitimize the results of the election and what we will do in that case is we will send factual information to any poster that is trying to do that. if someone says they won the election when the results aren't in for example we will tell that person election results are not in

amy coney barrett: thank you, senator. >> senator: yield back, chairman. >> senator blackburn. >> you have been watching the second day of questioning of amy coney barrett, nominee president trump put forward to be next associate justice of the united states supreme court. we are going to continue monitoring that hearing, we will bring you more. we want to give you taste of what "the five" is thinking. kennedy, jesse a greg /* and grg gutfeld is here. senator amy klobuchar. if we could do, i felt like pretty aggressive. this is fine and i think judge barrett, handled it well. thought number three and get greg's thoughts overall and on this particular sound. >> did you have then a general understanding that one of the president's campaign promises was to repeal the affordable care act when you were nominated? >> hon. amy coney barrett: i, as i said before, i'm aware the president opposes the affordable care act. >> were you aware when you were nominated? >> hon. amy coney barrett: senator klobuchar, i think the republicans have made that clear to the public discourse. >> senator: is th

senator. mccright tina smith is a former lieutenant governor, was first appointed by governor mark dayton early in 2018, and she won a special election two years ago. if she wins this year, it will be for a full six-year term. a republican component -- opponent served a term in congress from minnesota's second district. tina smith and jason lewis joined me remotely this hour as part of our meet the candidate series, to talk about the issues facing minnesota and the country. there aren't a lot of rules for our conversation today. i will ask you a series of questions. i ask you to keep to the issues, even though you are running for senate, we don't need to fi i ask you not to filibuster. one firm rule i will enforce is that you cannot talk over each other. lk over each other. it sounds bad on the radio, people will turn us off, and nobody will hear what you have to say. i will give you each a minute at the start and the end to make the case why voters should pick you. i flipped a coin before we

. >> senator booker, senator crapo. we will finish up. senator booker. >> thank you, mr. chairman, your honor. >> senator. >> i spoke yesterday and i appreciate the attention you gave me talking about how this is not a normal time. i want to reiterate that one more time as cogently as i can. this is something like we've never seen before in history of the united states. we are not just days away from election day but people are actually voting right now. close to a million people in my state have already voted at about 10 million people voted nationally. the only other time a supreme court nomination hearing have been this close to an election was as you probably know, under president lincoln. he declined to offer a nomination before the election. we are in the midst of an ongoing election right now at a very contentious time in our democracy. it's probably not normal also because people are already speaking in this election and it seems like we are rushing through this process when many of my colleagues on this committee said four years ago that we should not proceed to

the presiding officer: the senator -- a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. a senator: thank you, mr. president. mr. kennedy: i would like to spend a few minutes, mr. president, talking about the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to be associate justice of the united states supreme court. it's hardly news worthy to say that judge barrett's confirmation vote will not be unanimous. it should be. it won't be. if you judged judge barrett solely on her intellect, her academic achievements, certainly her nomination should be unanimous. any fair minded person would have to be impressed. she's an honors graduate of st. mary's dominica high school in new orleans, one of the finest schools in this country. she's an honors graduate of rhodes college in memphis. and an extrod -- extraordinary liberal arts school. she's an honors graduate of notre dame law school. she finished first in her class. she clerked for two of the most distinguished jurists in this country, the late judge justice scalia, judge silberman. she

senate. it was a real thrill to be part of that hearing for someone who shebroken down barriers staunchly believed in a woman's right to full equality and autonomy. in filling judge ginsburg's , it is high for the american people in the short term and for decades to come. most importantly, health care coverage for millions of thiscans is at stake with nomination. colleagues and i will focus on that subject. we will examine the consequences if, and it is a big if, if republicans succeed in rushing this nomination to the senate before the next president takes office. but most importantly, in just a , the supreme court vll hear hearings in texas california., and act to strike down the aca. the president has promised to appoint justices who will vote to dismantle that law as a candidate, he criticized the pre-court for upholding the law and said, and i quote, if i win the presidency, my judicial appointments will do the right robertslike bush's john ." obamacare the president said eliminating the

senator todd. i think all these individuals are remote. senator todd. senator todd: well, thank you, chairman graham, ranking member feinstein, and members of the committee. today, i join you in the shadow of monument circle in indianapolis, indiana. i am honored to appear before you to introduce judge amy coney barrett, a remarkable hoosier who is to make her mark on our country. she truly is an american original. in 2017, when there was an opening on the us court of appeals for the seventh circuit, my office began looking for an extraordinary american who would uphold the rule of law. we received dozens of applications from many of the finest legal minds in the state of indiana. my staff and i began researching in earnest to learn everything we could about each candidate to determine who among them would make the best judge. and i interviewed the best of the best. one of those was a constitutional law professor from the university of notre dame by the name of amy coney barrett. i first met with t

senate. jeanne shaheen and gop challenger corky messner, who recently moved to the state from new hampshire, participate in a debate. the click political report -- cook political report rates the race solid for senator shane. hampshireng is a new elections 2020 special presentation, the exchange candidate debates from nhpr in partnership with new hampshire pbs. ♪ candidate to nhpr's debate for new hampshire u.s. senate. i am host of the exchange, along with annie. these debates are produced in and weration with nhpbs, are following health guidelines as we bring them to you. all of us are in separate studios here at nhpr. all of us wore masks in public areas of the building today. each candidate will have 60 seconds to deliver an opening statement. we will then move to questions, with 60 seconds to respond. ask at cases, we will least one follow-up question or clarification, which will get an additional 30 seconds. in the case of a direct attack on a candidate, that person will be given 30 s

united states senate, sponsored by senator dole, that this government would make no deal and the senator from indiana was one of the dozen senators that voted against it. it's also interesting to see that one of his campaign managers, trying to help him with his image, was also hired by norega to help him with his image in panama. what we have seen under this administration, we have seen them using eight cabinet officers, 28 different agencies, all fighting over turf, and that's one thing we would correct under a dukakis/bentsen administration. we would put one person in charge in the war against drugs and we would commit the resources to get that job done. now, mike dukakis has been able to do that type of thing in the state of massachusetts by cutting the drug use in the high schools while it's going up around the rest of the country. by putting in a drug educational program that the drug enforcement agency said was a model for the country. we would be doing that around the rest of the country. that's a positive attack against drugs. >> brit sfahume. >> i want to take you back when i a

senate candidates republican senator martha mcsally and democratic challenger mark kelly. this is the only live debate between the two candidates. it's a joint effort brought to you by the arizona commission and media organizations from across the state. i'm ted simon's host and managing editor of the arizona horizon and joining me tonight, political reporter with the arizona republic. the host of arizona 360 and steve goldstein, the host of the show. >> we are broadcasting from the studios at arizona pbs and school of journalism in downtown phoenix. tonight's debate is also being live streamed on participating media websites including central.com, kjzz, and azpm.org. topics were chosen by journalists from the four participating media outlets. questions from the public solicited by the commission or also included. the ground rules for the debate are followed. once we ask a question both candidates will have 90 seconds to answer without interruption. the candidates will then get 45 seconds for a rebuttal again, without interruption. we will then have up to two minutes for a

and now is my senator, senator kaine, welcome. >> it is great to be back together talking to you. >> we talked about how election day is now election month, i saw some pictures of you earlier in the county, my old stomping grounds outside of richmond voting and you are out there with congresswoman abigail stan berger and since there is a numbers for early voting off the chart, what do you make of that. >> i think virginia might be leading the nation starting in person voting on the 18th of september, male were returned by the 18th of september, people understand that stakes are so high the selection i think you will see a dramatic increase in turnout over four years. and second because people are worried about the pandemic and coronavirus, they like having more options about how to vote and they feel like early voting or voting by mail may give them the ability to vote to keep them safe or, high stake in health concern has driven people to want to spread their boat out in virginia of the 45 day window and boat at the same time. >> is it clear that the massive waves surge of early mai

senator cruz? >> mr. chairman? sen. graham: after senator cruz will go to senator durbin. heard atd like to be some point. sen. graham: i promise you everybody will be able to talk. uz: it's important for the record to reflect moving forward on this nomination is consistent with two centuries of precedent and tradition in the senate. numerous democratic members of this committee have given speeches. they have charts prepared to give more speeches. all attacking the legitimacy of these proceedings. factsn adams observed, are seven things. -- stubborn things. the scenario of a supreme court vacancy occurring during a presidential election year is not a new thing. it has occurred 29 times in our history. nominationsave made all 29 times. the president is unequivocal and uniform when a vacancy occurs in a presidential election year, the president makes a nomination. that includes republicans and democrats. a total of 44 people have served as president of the united states. 22 made a supreme court nomination doing a presidential election year. what has the senate done? the prec

you, senator booker. >> thank you, senator booker. we'll take a break after this. >> thank you, mr. chairman and we're four away from the finish today. before i begin, i do have a couple of letters i'd like to submit for the record. one from the speaker of the idaho house scott bedkey in support of judge barrett's nomination and the other from the national shooting sports foundation, also in support of the nomination, mr. chairman. >> without objection. >> thank you. judge barrett, i am going to -- well, i'll get to new material but a lot of what i do at the beginning will be going over things you've said and you must think you've said them way -- had to say them way too many times. i'm going to make sure we get some things nailed down once more. before i do that, there is a lot said today that really needs to be responded to. this won't be a question to you. these first two i'm just going to quickly respond to a couple of them. the first was one of my colleagues, senator white house spent a very long pre

senator mcconnell. i want toconnell: start by graduating colonel mcgrath for her service in the military. it has been my privilege to nominate 131 kentucky women have the same opportunity she did. i also was involved in making it possible for women in the military to go into different jobs, like being able to fly in combat. with regard to the question you asked, what i did was shepherd through the senate an almost $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill, which has provided $13 billion for kentucky. over a billion dollars for hospitals and health care providers. and i have tried to be a good .xample, too when we went back in session in may, i was the one who said we need to wear masks, practice social distancing. dr. fauci has made it clear that coronavirus is not going away we need to practice , distancing and masks until we finally get a vaccine and can put this in the rearview mirror. bill: lt. col. mcgrath, do you have a rebuttal? lt. col. mcgrath: senator mcconnell, that legislation was passed in march.

an old senate rule. by the way, i think it's important for everyone to understand that when it came to passing a $1.9 trillion tax cut for the wealthiest americans and corporations senator mcsally voted for, the senate was okay to go to 50 votes so they abolished the filibuster for that and also to try to eliminate the affordable care act and the protections for pre-existing conditions. senator mcsally was okay with that. if this comes up as a discussion if i'm elected to the senate, i would give thoughtful consideration, and i'm going to do what is in the best interest of arizona and our country, not what is in the best interest of one political party or the other. >> moderator: you've been a candidate for more than a year. many people think you should already have an answer to that question. why would you not -- would you be able to hit the ground running on day number one if you are still thinking about the filibuster -- >> kelly: absolutely. we don't even know if this will come up for a discussion. i

senate because of her qualifications end quote. it is a crummy ironic that her democratic colleagues delivered a temper tantrum what they should delivered through a fair ppappraisal the unanimous endorsement. they of course were not there. all last week the legal and judicial temperament that her nation deserves a supreme court justice were on full display. we saw while pierce scholars and nonpartisan evaluators, students and clerks from across the political spectrum have praised this nominee at the very highest terms. in just a few days she will receive a vote on this floor and i anticipate we will have a new associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. that is exactly what the american people want to happen. a clear majority of americans want judge baird confirmed. of our fellow citizens who balked an opinion, roughly two out of 31 confirmation. the democratic leaders histrionics are proving just as unpersuasive outside the chamber as inside it. it is anger and false statements have failed to persuade the senate a

in the united states senate. i believe it was senator warren who suggested a commission, study the matter and make recommendations to congress. i support that process. strangely enough that is one of the few things i agree with elizabeth warren on even though she has endorsed my opponents ms. hegar, elizabeth warren is sort to have poster person for the green new deal, medicare for all, the wish list on the left and she sees in m.j. hegar a loyal ally in coming to the senate. i sfor commission process but i disagree with elizabeth warren and m.j. hegar and the direction they want to take the country. we will not recognize our country if they were to prevail. >> would you change the name of fort hood? >> i would. i think we can't deny our history but we can choose who we select to celebrate it and we cannot talk about fort hood without talking about the military justice improvement act and the soldiers that have been victimized at fort hood recently. stand with kirsten jill brand before i was considering running f

host: what about the senate race? caller: what? host: what about the senate race? caller: i'm voting for president trump and mike pence. dee come ongo to the democratic line. line. mader: your first caller the point that i wanted to. one of the worst things we have done in our society is eliminate civics from the curriculum. this is how you got propaganda and misinformation and people cannot distinguish one thing from another. i used to be a civilian public affairs officer for the department of defense when i lived abroad in my service for 10 years. i have seen how autocrats work and how government can follow park and become dictatorial and how it starts -- fall apart and become dictatorial and how it starts with misinformation. it's amazing to me that in 202070 people don't understand my hope is that once joe biden -- once joe is elected we could have a serious discussion about compulsory civics being brought back to classrooms. bob, calling to from texas, on the republican line. caller: good morning gentlemen. every time i see a pollster or a think tank suit walk

bentsen. >> good evening, senator bentsen, senator quayle. i'm a clean-up man in this panel. i have a follow-up question for you, senator quayle. senator bentsen, i want to ask you about governor dukakis has tried to make ethics a major issue in the campaign. he has you as a running mate, a man who leads the league, at last count, in the receipt of pac money, that being the money raised by the special interest organizations. that is a kind of campaign financing, which governor dukakis finds so distasteful that he has refused to accept any of that. do you find that embarrassing, senator? >> no, not at all. you have to remember that pac money is the result of the last campaign reform bill, one that talks about employees having greater participation. and what i've done in pac money is just what my opponent and my campaign has done in his campaign. he has been raising pac money too. what you have to do is comply with the laws as they are, whether you're paying taxes or you're playing a football game. whether you like those laws or not, you comply

senate. according to the cook political report, 15 of the 35 senate races are considered competitive including the contest in arizona. in the grand canyon state, former astronaut mark kelly is challenging republican incumbent senator martha mcsally. ♪ >> good evening, welcome to the special election 2020 debate between u.s. senate candidates republican senator martha mcsally and democratic challenger mark kelly. this is the only live debate between these two candidates. it is a joint effort brought to you by the arizona citizens elections commission and media organizations from across the state. i'm ted simons, host and managing editor of arizona horizon and joining me tonight, political report we are the arizona republic and also the host of arizona 360 on kuat and the host of the show on kjzz radio. >> we are broadcasting to you live from the studios at arizona pbs and asu's walter cronkite school of journalism in downtown phoenix. tonight's debate is also being live streamed on participa

i yield back to senator durbin. durbin: thank you, senator leahy. on the floor of the senate we are discussing a supreme court vacancy. we should be discussing another topic. america is in the throes of the deadliest epidemic of more than a century. ,000 americans have died. many states are reporting a record number of infections and deaths. in my state of illinois, the governor has recently called on fourestaurants anin the major counties surrounding chicago to close because infection rates are out of control. it is personal. a dear friend of mine, feeling called herturday, daughter and said "i need to go to the hospital." she went to the first major hospital near her and was turned away because there was no room. she went to the second hospital. turned away, no room. finally admitted to the hospital. she passed away on tuesday morning. we have reached the point now, where ighter said, " could not even get mom to the very best hospital." that is the state of america today. you would never know it if you listen to the debate on the floor of the unit

senate. according to the cook political report 15 of the 35 senate races are considered competitive including the contest in kentucky where incumbent republican mitch mcconnell recently debated democratic candidate amy mcgrath. >> my name is courtney wheeler, university kentucky student body president. i went bill bryant from wkyt. >> the most-watched senate race in america is happening here in kentucky. mitchuc mcconnell versus amy mcgrath. >> while we are not in front of a live audience window the race and what is at stake is important to not debate. >> over the next hour i will talk with the candidates about everything from the covid-19 pandemic to the u.s. supreme court. >> tonight great television uk syrian government looking you to the kentucky debate. >> good evening live from the studios of wkyt in lexington, i am bill bryant enzyme joined tonight by u.s. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and by retired lieutenant colonel amy mcgrath. we're following cdc guidelines tonight while

ainsley: senator, what happens if the senators, the republican senators that have covid, have tested positive, are still testing positive and can't be there for the vote next thursday? >> well, i think we're good to go with them. i just talked to both of them not long ago. i don't think that's going to be a problem. you can participate virtually in the hearing itself. i do need the republicans present this coming thursday, i see no problem with that, and we'll cross that bridge when we get there. so far so good. again, the covid is real. it's dangerous. take it seriously. but i can't stress enough to you, there are cops going to work, there's waitresses going to work, there are nurses going to work. we need to go to work. the united states senate judiciary committee is doing its most important work, to confirm a judge. brian bruin we answered one question, her family is making their way into the room now. we just saw them, senator. so a couple things, the american bar association said she's qualified, but chuck schumer doesn't want her. he especially does not want her and if she does

of the senate. as my colleagues have said several times, the only way the republican majority was able to do this was by breaking the rules of the committee. we were not there and we were not part of that vote, because after the confirmation hearings that happened it is abundantly clear. -- abundantly clear that in the middle of a pandemic, where 8 million americans have been infected and more than 220,000 have lost their lives, we should instead be negotiating a robust package of pandemic relief and republicans have insisted on breaking the example they set four years ago of refusing to move a qualified nominee in the midst of an election. we are in the midst of an election and tens of millions of americans are already voting. we participated in the hearing so that we could ask judge barrett, so that we could get clear for the american people what is on the ballot and what is on the docket. like all of us, i brought a picture of a real person for whom the consequences of what is on the docket are v

senator perdue has been in the senate for six years as the senate majority and no major structure plan. as of the man who blacks a vision beyond interest of his donors. senator you don't even accept the scientific consensus that greenhouse gas pollution affects climate change, do you? >> rebuttal? senator perdue. >> thank you. let's talk about infrastructure. democrats for 20 years tried to -- the career politicians failed over 20 years and getting results for the people of georgia we did that. as the highest economic return of any investment to have available in the united states and we got it done. will be completed by the end of next year. the next thing is i can tell you nobody understands better than farmers about how the take care of air land in the water. it's not big bureaucracy that's going to solve this. you can talk about infrastructure all you want to. >> thank you very much. senator perdue you made answer the question that am i asked about climate change. first of all thank you for the question. we t can all agree that climates changing and as i said i grew up on a farm wo

senator, 15 seconds. mitch mcconnell will not allow a vote on daca on the senate floor. it would pass if mcconnell would allow a vote. he is waiting for someone. block any vote on anything progressive. >> you list yourself as a second amendment supporter but i believe you support the background check? mr. o'connor: i support background checks. >> would you support a background check for a high-capacity magazine elimination and an assault weapons ban, yes or no? mr. o'connor: those issues all depend on definitions. are common.hey you support a of salt weapons ban or you don't? on howonnor: it depends that weapon is defined. we have sound laws in massachusetts and those with laws were guelph -- those work well for us. high-capacity magazines, limiting assault weapons and background checks. would you will for the same provisions in congress? mr. o'connor: i have issues with some of those provisions. >> you support them here? mr. o'connor: overall, we have a sound system. >> the case in 2007 established a reverse timeline in the history of the second amendment's right to bea

into a state, and the state would get two senators. and get two estate senators. they want to permanently transform this country. this is not about incremental change. this is about revolutionary changes in our country. finally, as we have all observed, they are advocating packing the supreme court with additional partisan judges. --ruth bader ginsburg pointed out, there goes the crown jewels of the american public, which is our independent judiciary. it becomes nothing but another political body. a second legislative branch. i wanted to take a minute and thank you for your patience to lay out my thoughts and observations with regard to these theatrics with which our democratic colleagues are presenting us today. this is all for show. this is to try to capture a narrative which is simply false and to cover up what they are really about. so, thank you, mr. chairman. sese motion is passed. thank you. all right. thank you all. i will be glad to listen to any comments you would like to make. but we did it. we did it. judge barrett is going to the floor. i hope you loo

thank you. >> thanks, senator harris. senator kennedy. >> all right. we are watching the confirmation hearing of supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. that was a pretty stunning moment there where you have a vice presidential nominee, who is a sitting senator, and a participant in this judiciary committee hearing, three weeks before the election with comments saying that the woman you see there on your screen who is the nominee, amy coney barrett, is someone who's going to undo ruth bader ginsburg's legacy. and i want to bring in folks to talk about this, including gloria borger. very much focused on obamacare, which is going to be before this court very soon. and just that split screen of barrett listening to harris as she said that she felt this nomination of amy coney barrett is an attempt to take away the health care of millions of people in the middle of a pandemic. this is a historic moment that we're watching. >> it is. and she also made it very clear that she felt that the nomination was what she said trying to bypass the will of the voters