The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. The presiding officer madam president , last week the Judiciary Committee held its hearing on judge Amy Coney Barretts nomination and it was easy to see why judge barrett is held in such high regard by her colleagues, students, and peers and why the American Bar Association gave her its highest rating of well qualified. We knew well before the hearing that judge barrett possesses an extraordinary intelligence and comprehensive command of the law. After three days of testimony americans got to see her qualifications for themselves. They saw why she has been described as a jurist, a formidable intellect, a brilliant and conscientious lawyer and staggering academic mind. Even the democratRanking Member on the committee couldnt hide the fact that she was impressed. Judge barrett understands the proper role of a judge in our system of government. As judge barrett made clear, she understands the job of a judge is to interpret the law, not
Times that has just been reverberating for me when he said only 11, that there were only 11 republicans who voted against the statements of Congresswoman Greene today in the House Of Representatives. And he was so disappointed in that, that 199 voted to support everything shes ever said. You know it was i think theres a thread to pullon, though, with the break down of those numbers. With 3 of those 11 being the 3 republican members of the house from South Florida all of whom were contacted by parkland families saying stand with us and not with her, please. For our kids, our families for what weve been through and all 3 of the south Florida Republicans did that. There is something there thats powerful in terms of what those families have been able to do to turn their grief and loss into something constructive for the country and also to use it to force people to confront the humanity behind these issues. And it is Fred Gutenberg is an incredible spokesman for what he believes but theres
You know it was i think theres some theres a thread to pull on, though, with the breakdown of those numbers. With 3 of those 11 being the 3 republican members of the house from south florida, all of whom were contacted by parkland families saying stand with us and not with her, please. For our kids, for our families, for what weve been through. And all 3 of the south Florida Republicans did that. There is something there thats powerful in terms of what those families have been able to do to turn their grief and loss into something constructive for the country and also to use it to force people to confront the humanity behind these issues. And it is i mean, Fred Guttenberg is an incredibly articulate spokesman for what he believes. But theres a connection that parkland families and sandy hook families and other survivors have been able to take to make them be brave. I have to say i dont know where they get the strength to do it. Im just amazed by Fred Guttenberg and other parents who ha
Where he was staying. Massive forest fires in the Arctic Circle. We have a special report on the blazes moving across siberia. We start with coronavirus and figures from the World Health Organization showing that new weekly coronavirus cases in europe now exceed those reported when the pandemic first peaked in march. The un body has also warned of alarming rates of transmission across the region. It came as the uk government announced almost 3 00 new infections on thursday. To help prevent the spread of the virus, almost two Million People living in the north east of england will be subjected to tougher restrictions from friday. Spain recorded almost 5,000 new infections in 2a hours, up from just over 3,000 the previous day. Almost 2000 were in the madrid region, which is planning targeted lockdowns. And in france 10,593 cases were recorded on thursday the highest single day count since the pandemic began. Well have a report from our correspondent in marseille, a new french virus hotsp
He met with Angela Merkel. She also offered help to the kremlin critic. And germinate recording its highest number of new Coronavirus Infections in months as coronavirus cases spike all across europe. And in the United States, the democrats most Unusual Division enters its fourth night. Joe biden will formally accept the president ial nomination later this evening from his home state of delaware. Im brent goff. To our viewers around the world, welcome. Activists in germany are planning to send a rescue plane to bring russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny here to berlin for medical treatment. He was on a flight from siberia to moscow today when he lost consciousness. He was last seen drinking tea at the airport before boarding the plane. Tea that a spokeswoman says was poisoned. Afterward he became so ill the plane had landed early. He was carried off the planes in the city of home skin and taken to a hospital. He i is considered one of president Vladimir Putins fiercest critics. He