Virus can spread and everybodys for joe biden in this town. I think hes going to win. Why this irish town is backing biden in novembers president ial election and how hes waiting into the aggressive debate. 6. Good to have you with us. We begin with a showdown brewing in washington. U. S. Democrats and republicans are gearing up for a battle over Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsbergs seat. This as the country continues to mourn the passing of the Supreme Court icon. The seat, which she occupied for nearly three decades, is now covered with a black drape. The u. S. President donald trump is already scrambling to fill that vacancy. With less than two months to go before the u. S. President ial election. His campaign is even selling tshirts calling for just that. Mr. Trump says he plans to pick a woman for the job, possibly this week. Meanwhile, u. S. President ial nominee joe biden says the winner of novembers race should decide who will fill the Supreme Court seat. The former Vice
The last full day of summer. 5 a. M. In new york. 43 days until the election. Theres an Epic Supreme Court fight now at hand. The political stress test is escalating by the day. The battle to fill the seat of Ruth Bader Ginsberg comes on top of the Ferocious Campaign and the pandemic about to claim the 200th american life. 200,000 deaths. President trump reinforcing a generational majority on the nations highest court. Cnns manu raju has the latest. Reporter good morning. The fight begins in earnest when senators return to washington later today. The big question is whether or not they should be delayed. Whether or not the nomination fight to go and vote after the november election. Were just 43 days after election. Typically it takes two to three months to get through a nomination. They said let the people decide. Now things are different because the republicans control the senate and white house. Back then a democrat was in the white house. Nevertheless, some republicans say they don
Tonight the seat is on the bench speak s s to that void. And to the larger than life marge she left on history. Its unfortunate we cant dedicate the program to that, but the court is one of three branches. The decision they make are front and center. The president has already said he expects to name a successor this week, a woman and most certainly a very different justice than Ruth Bader Ginsburg with the Affordable Care act to to consider and a contested election. Any or all of that will affect millions of lives for decades to come. And people will be voting, no doubt w that in mind. They may also be considering the actions of republican senators who publicly opposed even Holding Hearings on president obamas Merrick Garland. But that was then. Theres also the larger media context. The sad fact that the country is about to pass 200,000 deaths from covid19. The president speaks in the past tense about the pandemic. It is unfortunate ly all too present. Which is why we cant simply look
G. O. P. Colleagues tomorrow. They will vote on the nominee sooner rather than later. Tonight, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham says democrats have a double standard when it comes to how nominees are treated, citing the bruising battle over justice thomas, justice alito, whose wife left the hearing in tears, and just a kavanaugh. Graham telling democrats that republicans plan to move ahead and saying, if the shoe were on the other foot, he would do the shannon which woman the president may nominate, tony barrett and Allison Jones. We will talk with britt hume about why some are opposed to people of faith serving on the federal bench. We kick things off with kevin cork with the latest on the president S Supreme Court plan. What can you tell us . Reporter rather than debate the merits of a potential nominee democrats on capitol hill are threatening retribution, punishment and political upheaval if they dont get their way on this but at least so far donald trump is unmoved
So now we have a political fight over how and when to fill Justice Ginsburgs seat and that will by all accounts dominate the debate until the next election. Election. Democrats say they gained seats in 2018 and they have a moral obligation to fill that seat. Senate is shaky this time for the republicans, so they say nothing should be done until november 3. Key senators, victor davis hanson. And we begin at the white house to learn which one maybe the president will nominate as early as this week. The president said he will nominate a woman to the Supreme Court as early as this week. He had plenty to say about this in lafayette, north carolina. He made his case directly to voters why now is the time to act. President trump article two of the constitution says the President Shall nominate justices of the Supreme Court. It will be a woman. A very talented, very brilliant woman. I havent chosen yet. Reporter the schedule for tomorrow just came out. There are no announcements on it. A but t