Holds a crowded campaign rally. The question is, how long will the president continue to foster environments that cause the virus to spread . Plus, dueling town Hall Meetings tonight in place of the scheduled debate. President trump in miami, joe biden in philadelphia. The question is, whose message will rise above the noise . And democrats grill Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett for a third day over health care. The question is, did her testimony yesterday about a key legal doctrine provide them any reassurance . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that cant seem to recall a male nominee being asked about keeping up with the laundry. Im kasie hunt on this thursday, october 15th. We will start with the news. Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are surging at an alarming rate in parts of the country. On average, over 50,000 new covid19 cases are being reported in the u. S. Every day, a mark that the nation hasnt seen since midaugust.
Fox news chief legal correspondent, anchor of fox news at night Shannon Bream has been on the hill all day and she has highlights now. Good evening. Abortion, gun control and from the Affordable Care act to Court Packing, judge Amy Coney Barrett remains in the hot seat and she is continuing tradition of not telegraphing exactly how she decided any particular case and she is working hard tonight to convince the senators she comes to the bench with no agenda. Im not willing to make a deal, not what the committee, not with the president , not with anyone. I am. Speak on the first day of questioning before the hearing committee, judge Amy Coney Barrett refused to commit to ruy particular way should she be confirmed to the nations highest court. She also stressed that no one within the Trump Administration, including the president , has asked her to. I have had no conversations with the president or any of his staff on how i might rule in that case. On the health care law. Thats why we keep
Senator ted cruz of texas. Plus, bill gates one on one. We are running the worst testing system in terms of who gets access to it of any country. On his efforts to make a vaccine available to low and middleincome countries around the world. Finally, that plot to kidnap michigans governor, gretchen whitmer. Hate groups heard the president s words not as a rebuke, but as a rallying cry, as a call to action. Does President Trump bear responsibility for encouraging hate groups . Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief White House Correspondent hallie jackson, hugh hewitt, host on the salem radio network, maria teresa kumar, president of voto latino, and jake sherman, Senior Writer for politico. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. From his first day in office, donald trump has been the shockandawe president , but its possible w
The stock market tonight fell off a cliff when the president made his statement precluding any possible covid help. Even some republicans in congress are expressing shock and disagreement with the president s statement. Theres polling just out as of last night which shows that the American People by almost a 3 to 1 margin prefer for congress to work on a new covid relief measure before the election rather than trying to install the new judge on the Supreme Court almost 3 to 1. Look at that. Nevertheless, thats the opposite of what theyre going to do. So, representative alexandria ocasiocortez will be live here to talk about that in a moment. Ill tell you honestly though were sort of on the lookout for maybe a potential reversal from the white house on this tonight. And maybe the laws of political logic dont apply here. But if they do, this is something that should probably be reversed. I mean, even if you ignore the stark and terrible impact of a policy decision like this, the fed chai
They still say they want a virtual debate. The white house says nuts to that lets do our own things, well have rallies and the biden camp will have town halls. So i guess instead of debates it will be rallies and town halls which is, by the way, just fine with the president. President trump i dont think the debates mean that much and ill tell you y. Ive done well with debates. Ive had 15. I think ive won every single poll. I won the poll on this one with him but i had to be rude because he was lying. He would get up and say a series of things and i had to interrupt and say he was lying. It was a very interesting thing. I would rather let him speak because hes gone. Thats the president conducting his radio rally today with rush limbaugh. How confident is his doctor . Heres what he said. The president in a conversation last night with sean hannity said, yeah, i would like to get back out there and rally my supporters. Given the tough security requirements and other logistics monday might