A surprise discovery on the moon a frozen water on the sunlit surface could be just the tone from manned missions. The u. S. Senate has begun voting on the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court appointment to the lifetime post seems assured by the republican controlled body the process to get her into the role was fast tracked following the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsberg last month a confirmation will give conservatives a 63 majority on the countrys highest Court Democrats say your appointment should have come after the upcoming president ial election as bring in al and fisher hes on capitol hill for the debate is taking place the democrats really did not want this to go ahead but despite their best efforts it seems the republicans are going to be able to push this through. Im just watching the pictures from the senate floor gone through the voting yes its been announced my understanding in my total is that 52. 00 republican senators have voted in favor 48. 00 have voted against that would be the democrats plus susan cole and susan a very tight fight shes a republican senator says she voted no so by my calculations i dont know if its officially been a nonstop you might have a better idea on the feed the night do but my understanding is that is enough to confirm in the corny but it is the next justice on the Supreme Court so that means within the next owner or so should be heading to the white house where she will be sworn in at a ceremony that is being held there Justice Clarence thomas will be the one who actually administers the oath of office but donald trump is expected to be there as well he country in pennsylvania on his way back from 3 rallies there the democrats did try to block this they talked about how they should be delayed until after the election given that the voting would take place when early voting in the president ial election was underway they talked about how the republicans had blocked a democratic nomination 8 months before the election 4 years ago they talked about how there could be a risk to important things Like Health Care in the United States if there was a conservative majority in the court none of that would make any difference because of simple electoral math and the real reality is the republicans had the vote they have a president who can make the nomination and so they have decided to go ahead with this and it looks as if that has been confirmed in the last few minutes again you have a better idea than me what is interesting of course is that many people suggested that the republicans should sit on this till after the election go to the people and say look if you vote for donald trump you will get another conservative justice this is why you should come out and vote they decided not to do that they decided to push it through before the election and there are some observers to suggest. That means Mitch Mcconnell the leader of the republicans in the senate doesnt think that donald trump will be in the oval office after the election would have the power to push through nominations or he decided to put his passion on the court when he had the chance just to reiterate him equally but it looks as if she has been confirmed to the Supreme Court in the United States that would solidify a 6 to 3 republican majority on the Supreme Court allan just as youre talking there we are getting the news lines in confirming what you are telling us and that she has being confirmed in place lets talk about the implications of for the u. S. Of having a Supreme Court which leans so heavily to the right particularly were only away a week away from the election itself but of course there are then there are land particular issues that theyre going to be daily dealing with such as their fordable care act theyre going to be making judgments on that in the coming weeks as well. Well Mitch Mcconnell has said look weve often heard in the past if youre point this person to the court it will mean that there is a conservative majority the court will swing to the right point to those points in history where that has actually happened so his argument is that justices tend to view the law and they dont go with political bias theres going to be a test for the Supreme Court just one week after the election the Affordable Care act will come up theyre going to look at whether or not a preexisting condition should still be covered by in shooters there are people on the democratic side who believe that has already expressed concern about that idea and therefore will vote to straight down the law but more importantly immediately after the election a donald trump has said that he will might not accept that the result of the vote because hes can stand of its legitimacy he said if he loses then it will have been a fraudulent vote so that is the possibility that if this is a tight election we could end up with the Supreme Court hearing various legal motions from both sides go back to 2000 when it was gore versus bush where was that decided in the Supreme Court on the Supreme Court decided to stop ballot counting in florida and so therefore with a 6 to 3 conservative Majority Democrats believe that donald trump has already put his finger on the scale of justice in that case. It came under pressure during her confirmation hearing to say that she would recuse herself from any of those hearings she didnt say that she said she would judge it on its merits at the time so there are big cases coming up in the Supreme Court that could well. Need 9 justices what happens afterwards of course is if joe biden wins hes already said that he will appoint a commission to look at reforming or looking what needs to be done to the Judicial Branch of the United States and so there is the possibility he would consider changing the face. The Supreme Court from one justices perhaps to as many as 13 not something hes expressed fever ability about in the past but were in a whole different ballgame when it comes to politics in the United States as many many senators pointed out in the past there was always the possibility that if you were qualified you got in Supreme Court no its become very political equally burnet confirmed to the u. S. Supreme court the 9th justice will be sworn in in the next couple of hours thanks very much indeed and just to reconfirm the any county about is as alan says going to be confirmed as the 9th judge on the Supreme Court the result there years 52 nays 48 and the World Health Organization is warning some countries are on a dangerous track in their efforts to contain the new surge of Coronavirus Infections that shows director general admits a certain level of fatigue has set in but he cautions against giving up on the fight as comments come a day after president trumps chief of staff said the administrations focus had moved to mitigation of the virus not stomping it out the u. S. Has been hardest hit globally and infections are still on the rise but President Donald Trump insists cases are up because there is more testing White House CorrespondentKimberly Holcomb has more. The u. S. President pushing back on criticisms that this administration is waving the white flag in fact as he continued to hold multiple rallies in the u. S. State of pennsylvania the u. S. President has said compared to europe the United States is doing really well and blames the what he calls the Fake News Media for watching to scare everyone and asked for those comments by his rival joe biden that he is waving the white flag giving up on controlling the virus or even containing at the u. S. President saying that biden is waving the white flag he doesnt want to live life in is just hiding in his basement well what weve got here are 2 very different approaches to dealing with the pandemic in the United States there is the trumpet ministrations approach which is mitigation versus prevention by joe biden its a strategy that the chief of staff mark meadows earlier pushed back on a National Lockdown strategy or a National Porn teen strategy that is proposed by the left. Is not effective is not what one ultimately contain or control this virus so any suggestion that were waving the red flag i mean the white flag is is certainly not in keeping with this president you know him he doesnt give up and hes not going to give up until all americans are safe and we defeated this firemans theres no question that numbers are rising 8600000 americans infections and in terms of deaths 225000 and counting in fact in the past 2 days the u. S. Has reported on 2 different days both the highest numbers of infections and this is a concern that this continues to increase exponentially so in the midst of all of this there is growing concern as americans are set to go to the polls in less or rather in just a little more than a week and as they continue to do that this Administration Still continuing to campaign in that includes the Vice President mike pence who has tested negative for cope at night tina as of today but 5 members of his staff have tested positive. Turkeys president is the latest to call for a boycott on french goods following president zuma all microns comments about islam and muslims a call once tougher laws to prevent what he calls separatism in French Society after a teacher was beheaded earlier this month well hala devolve reports from doha. Palestinian israeli protest against from outside the french ambassadors residence in tel aviv 6. Its a part of a wave of anger after the french president manuel micro refused to and also controversial cartoons depicting islams prophet mohammed earlier this month french teacher some your party was beheaded by at such an attack after he showed his students the caricatures during a class on freedom of expression muslims consider it to blasphemy to show any depiction of the prophet french officials insist its an act of freedom of speech. The idea of serious war stricken city over it protesters made theyll voice head. In dakar the capital of bangladesh they described mccrone as an enemy of peace but im going to get the money if you have no idea about the strains of muslims if we rise you will see that so be careful that im a member of the bundle of this you protesters held up signs with words from turkish president there is a plate of the one who has said president needs a Mental Health test. Fire also recalled its ambassador to turkey in protest accusing him of even failing to condemn the matter of some your party on monday the turkish leaders spokesman responded by strongly condemning what he called the most famous murder of party but president of the one has thrown his weight behind the Boycott Campaign should be about what other im now telling my nation just as the saying in france not to buy anything from turkish brands i call on my nation here now do not Pay Attention to french labeled goods do not buy them. Commercial businesses in our countries including kuwait morrocco are do you have palestine and jordan have taken measures to boycott french products. Which is qatars leading retailer with more than 40 supermarkets across the country has been the 1st to decide a total withdrawal of french products they say it is a voluntary decision but it reflects the collective desire of its customers. About 50 french brands have been removed from the shelves the food items perfumes daily hygiene and Beauty Products have the mark of a mirror i commend this decision by a mirror and i hope that other Companies Follow its example this is the strongest weapon we have right now. At this Shopping Mall in jordan of science reads in solidarity with Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him or french products are boycotting supporters of the boycott hope it will produce results. Its a statement of opposition and im sure it will reach the french officials and will certainly make a difference files has criticised the boycott and asked for it to be stopped but president insists his country will never give in to oppression of any kind and will continue to fight what you called islamic separatism. Or does he. Still had an aljazeera well have the latest on the 2nd day of antigovernment protests in the iraqi capital baghdad. And were just one week away from the u. S. President ial election were going to ask of the battleground states along the great lakes will help trying secure another win. As yet not see very much in the way of winter it is still the way a long way up here and temperatures are in single figures but not subzero in that part of china and that is a nice time of the year throughout japan the Korean Peninsula most to china were hovering around the 20 degree mark the sun is out its disappearing behind the clad in the far west of china but its go up in the Higher Ground but mostly we just talked about disappointment not so much the sunshine more the tide for some the active weather still in the south china say this was a tropical depression it made landfall as a large as a typhoon and its going to make landfall late tuesday or early wednesday in vietnam as the couldnt have a catchcry one hurricane so its it is worthy of no wind damage big waves tidal swell about 250 minutes the rain seems likely it is part of vietnam is pretty widespread rainfall where there is already flooding on the ground south of that where there are still plenty of showers around the quite well scattered to be honest the monsoon trough is heading south officially still over land right about here but an officially i think its gone further south and its left when to behind as winter approaches new delhis air conditioned air quality goes down once again. But. When covert 901st struck china and began to spread across asia. Some in the west criticized countermeasures a stew hot or too weak. But have the different experiences before asian nations in fact not shown the world to root out of this group pandemic. Coronavirus lessons from asia on a jazeera. Were rude to her for when. Im with. We want to go to 0 a reminder of our top stories this hour the u. S. Senate has confirmed. To the Supreme Court the Republican Controlled Senate voted 52 to 48 democrats were against the nomination and wanted it to happen after next months president ial election people have been gathering outside the Supreme Court in washington d. C. In the crowds made up of those who support any counting ballots nomination and those against it. The World Health Organization is warning some countries are on the dangerous track in their battles against new surges of Coronavirus Infections the agency admits a certain level of fatigue has set in but its cautioned against giving up on the fight. The president s vision part of the un has called on turks to boycott french goods hes angry about emanuel microns comments about islam has called for tougher laws to prevent what he calls separatism in French Society. Russian air strike has killed at least 78 Turkish Backed rebels in Northern Syria the syrian observatory for human rights says more than 90 others were wounded in an attack on a Training Camp and theres a widely area of italy province russia and turkey back opposing sides in the conflict falls within a deescalation zone established under a cease fire agreement in march. Producers and Security Forces faced off for a 2nd day in the iraqi Capitol Police fired tear gas and closed a major bridge in baghdad demonstrators a frustrated about government corruption and the deteriorating Economic Situation the protests began a year ago but they were stopped because of coronavirus some of all things in baghdad several tents here in Tahrir Square were either burned or taken down overnight i mean mounting disagreements between the protesters over how to use demonstrations should continue part of them appear to favor a negotiated solution with the government and the protests while others are determined to remain here and escalate the situation until their demands are met. Tends to make tea for the protesters who burned and we extinguished the 3 gasoline owners and you know afternoon burned it was their intention was to remove all tents and the protests but this one or. There is a palpable difference in the atmosphere in Tahrir Square today and we actually withdrew after a short while there because you could really feel that the tensions were running high within the protest movement but there are also ongoing confrontations between protesters and Security Forces on the bridge which you can see behind me on sunday the human rights commissions to the 32 protesters were injured and 138 members of the Security Forces were also injured in confrontations between the 2 sides with protesters following petrol bombs stones and homemade grenades and Security Forces responding with tear gas and stun grenades now today just confrontations have continued we have heard ourselves tongan its being deployed to try to repel the protesters who are trying to climb the barricades atop of the republican bridge to reach the heavily fortified green zone which houses government offices Security Forces appear to have used nonlethal weapons but if the situation endures and if protesters or some of the protesters continue to try to breach the barricades to the green zone the situation could well escalate further. Factory workers and students went on strike in bella ruse piling pressure on president live xander looking to resign they say he is no longer a legitimate leader demonstrations have been held every weekend since august after looking sanka claimed victory in the disputed election. Israels government has announced primary schools will reopen next week is the country comes out of a 2nd lockdown there is a surge in cases was fueled by a high rate of infection with an all for all the author communities where restrictions have been routinely breached reports from westerners in them. The question of how to reopen School Safely has been perplexing israels government for weeks but in ultraorthodox towns neighborhoods its been much simpler they just reopened in violation of the law. An edict issued in the name of influential 92 year old rabbi kind of ski himself infected with the virus was enough for hundreds of religious schools to welcome back their students. And. I call on the ultraorthodox public to follow the guidelines and many follow them but there is also a large group that does not all of them israels Prime Minister is in a bind ultraorthodox Political Parties make up a vital part of his governing coalition but the communitys repeated flouting of restrictions shared widely on social media has seen netanyahu criticized for being too lenient ultraorthodox life is deliberately separate from the mainstream the secular state at best mistrusted sometimes rejected coming all prayer and religious education a critical and so when political protests were allowed at a time when the government was saying synagogues should be closed many ultraorthodox voices complained of double standards as well as conflicting coronavirus policy and a breakdown in trust is a given to him or them. This was manifested by selective Law Enforcement they treated the ultra orthodox with brutality in friends something they did not do with others and in the 2nd they have a right the trust was literally in order. There has been a limited Police Response to the reopening of religious schools but penalties have been few and schools have remained open for some its a long term care. Of priorities allowing religious practices to be restricted presents a bigger threat to this way of life than the virus does to individuals there are a lot of situations that there is the rule and they are trying to bypass it but this time it is very loud and clear and this is why there is such tension and high tension now between the community and the state and the secular societies thats partly because of the numbers ultraorthodox israelis make up 12 percent of the population and at one stage 40 percent of coded 1000 cases there in a disproportionate impact on the Health System and the economy uncovered 19 hit some speculated it might help bridge the gap between ultraorthodox and Mainstream Society instead that gap has only widened and with lives and livelihoods now at stake long simmering resentment simpled up when the pandemic eventually recedes the intensified division of Society Might be one of its most significant consequences are a force that aljazeera westerners. Just a week to go until the u. S. Election the attention of both sides is now focused on battleground states the state of wisconsin lies on a political knife edge the traditionally democratic states recently reclaimed the post of governor from the republicans now the democrats hope to recapture the state itself which seems to be swinging their way john hendren reports from door county in wisconsin donald trump swept into wisconsin like a cool wind off Lake Michigan and he left in 2016 with an upset victory in a state that hadnt voted for a republican for president since 19 eightyfour any did it in part here in door county as swing county they voted twice for george w. Bush twice for barack obama and in 2016 for donald trump. Door county is a tree lined peninsula jutting into Lake Michigan home to dairy farms apple orchards multimillion dollar lakefront homes and tourism. At the farmers markets in quaint stalls on this scenic landscape voters seem is divided as they were 4 years ago i went into the biggest. Depression had. American people could actually vote for somebody who. Treated other people that way its. Totally totally blew me away our president has done a good job. And whether hes going to get in or not i dont know and i hope he does. I dont think is. A Strong Enough to handle the job. With just days before the sun rises on the november 3rd Election Party activists say both sides know if not for wisconsin Hillary Clinton would be running for reelection and they are more motivated this time very early on they realize that joe biden was py going to be the candidate they could best beat donald trump but theres a lot more enthusiasm and energy both sides people didnt realize probably that it you know they maybe didnt think it was going to go to trump so i think they know ok we want to last time we got a shot this time too and i think people realize how pivotal wisconsin is in wisconsin and elsewhere political lines makers say battleground state polls are more reliable than they were when trump won upset victories across the great lakes states but 2016 has left many wary i think biden will win wisconsin but i think it will be fairly narrow even though the polls are saying 5 to 7 points it wouldnt surprise me if it came down to a point like last time or maybe 2 points whatever the polls say if theres one thing we learned from wisconsin in 2016 is that you cant take this great lakes state for granted john hendren aljazeera door county was constant. Us and sadness is a professor of Political Science at Shippensburg University in pennsylvania and he says a number of factors can swing the outcome of the battleground states. Its a very small margin and im sure Vice President biden wishes that it were significantly harder i think the Biden Campaign is hoping that those suburban areas around the cities around philadelphia and pittsburgh will really you know lock it in for him but the rural areas are dominated by Trump Supporters although were seeing a lot more by and supporters sort of coming out of the blood work because in this election a lot of people or the volumes very high people are very angry for some of those states you know for georgia and iowa i think that the democrats this is a pleasant surprise for the democrats florida has always been very very close and in fact in 2000 really the election of george w. Bush hinged on the florida vote because it was a tie the Electoral College until lord was was counted so you know these states these battleground states are the ones that are hard fought hard won and a couple of them we go back to over and over again every 4 years and in part 2 of our series touring some of the battleground states in americas midwest john hendren reports from detroit michigan to find out what matters to voters in a truck majority county thats choosing on aljazeera nasa says its found evidence that water exists on the sunlit the surface of the moon the water molecules were detected in clavius crater in the moons Southern Hemisphere ill just say it is hot it will castro has more on the discovery and its significance. Scientists already knew water is present at the moons frigid pulls but could the hydrogen detected on the moons sunlit surface also be water the answer yes was a surprise discovery made by now says stratospheric observatory for infrared astronomy or sophia for short sophia is a modified boeing jet with a telescope aboard equipped to detect the chemical signature of h 2 a water scientists pointed sophia at the moons largest crater visible from earth as a test what sophia saw astounded them. Individual molecules imbibing on the fungus of the moon and if you were to gang up all those molecules of water it would be about well water you big. Hole you big need of it already whew big. A lot of. Flowing love drier than that. Now so says this lunar water is nothing like the water on earth it doesnt pool because each molecule is incased in a protective shield possibly glass the finding comes from a brief snapshot here olding many new questions but the question is can astronauts women and men on the surface actually extract this water harder to get their inhabitants by perhaps the water molecules come from micrometeoroid or solar wind or maybe the moon has more water beneath its surface that emerge from promote will cain opes now says its preparing to send drills with the next generation of rovers and in 2024 will send humans back to the moon before humans will be doing. It here all. The frozen water known to exist on the moons shadow surface is difficult to reach if the water on the moons bright side is more easily accessible it may help sustain more Human Missions or even an outpost researchers say the next step is to use sophia to look again for a longer and at a greater area and that the possibilities on the moon are tantalizing how do you know castro aljazeera washington. This is all to see but these are the top stories the u. S