Thanks for joining us, tonight, we are with staunch activists in a political clash away from the campaign trail, the struggle over the future of the Supreme Court, the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg making way for a nominee who some say may reshape weapons reproductive rights for decades to come. Hey yall, the time is 7 50 and we are on our way to our location. We have our cart ready to go. And we are excited. The rain is starting to pour a little bit. That is not going to stop the prolife generation. For melanie, a 20yearold senior this moment is history in the making. She is joining four other women, the self described scotus squad. We want to motivate and activate the prolife generation right now to vote prolife first and be a voice for the preborn. Only a few blocks away, amanda, a planned parenthood activists is getting fired up. Abortion rights and all of reproductive rights is personal. The personal is political. Todays a big day. Its the start of the Supreme Court confirmation
Understanding the role of the judge. Thank you. This isnt just a sterol discussion of some theoretical legal document, this is lifeanddeath. For thousands, if not millions of americans. We believe the Affordable Care act is hanging in the balance on this decision fulfilling this vacancy on the Supreme Court. Sowill drive that issue home our colleagues on the others may want to talk about additional policy, very interesting. But this is mandan. We demand demanding. We demand those who are in these hearings understand the reallife situations of american families. Our republican colleagues are shocked that we think this nomination is all about judicially destroying the Affordable Care act. Here from like laura rhode island. The only problem with their feigned shock is that they are the ones who, thats what they are doing. Its in the Republican Party platform to reverse the obamacare case. Trump has said he is using his nominations to terminate the affordable i think it is pretty fair Affo
Official vote. One week later that was set up a final confirmation vote on the full senate floor the week of october 26 tonight, California Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein is alling grahams move unprecedented senator find side tweeted is another example of republicans ignoring rules and tradition so they can rush this nominee through before the election and in time to supply a vote to strike down the Affordable Care act today was the day of Opening Statements from barrett, herself and senators democrats unified their message on the Affordable Care act, joe khalil reports from washington dc. The truth, the whole truth. And nothing but the truth so help you God Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett played out her judicial philosophy in the first Senate Hearing of her confirmation process i believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our constitution and laws as they are written barrett described herself as a textualist who strictly inte
Like economic development. I know we are not going to agree on every issue tonight, but i want to go to washington to find common ground. We are facing some tough problems right now with the pandemic, the economy, with health care, and with education. The way to get to the best solution is to do it together. Moderator senator, 60 questions for you seconds for you . Ms. Millermeeks i would like to thank the cedar rapids gazette. , am Mariannette Millermeeks my father was a Master Sergeant in the air force, my mother had gotten a ged. No one in my family had been College Educated though they valued education. Burnt in a16, i was kitchen fire and in that hospitalization, i had an epiphany about my future. I was going to become a doctors i left home at 16, got a job, and rolled in san antonio junior college, enlisted at 18 and worked and went to school until i got a degree in nursing, masters in education, and was able to go to medical school and i came to iowa to do my residency in ophtha
Watch our president ial debate video from the cspan video library. With just four weeks to go now until election day, 2020 we take a look at the battle for control of the senate were joined by Jessica Taylor of the nonpartisan political report Jessica Taylor it will take a net game of four seats for democrats to take the senate, three if they also take the white house. S how likely is that outcome as you survey the senate battlefield today . You know in july we were saying thatel democrats had a slight edge. And i think that that edge has now really grown. And especially over the past, you know, very tumultuous week with trump that clearly turned off a lot of voters were seeing that reflected in. National pols of the president ial race, and sundays nbc washington journal poll, that had him up 14. But excuse me joe biden up 14. Cnn poll had him up 16. Those kind of numbers have a major effect on down ballot senate races and you know republicans strategist that ive been talking to yester