Be done without any precedent in the time at least ive been on this committee which is about 25 years. And its being done i guess to show power and push someone through really abrogate the value of hearings that this committee should treasure and respect so i very much hope this does not happen if theres no need for and is going to create a lot of bad will the doesnt need to be created. Today was the final day of confirmation hearings for judge Amy Coney Barrett judge barrett was not involved in todays hearings but it was still heated at times yes our washington correspondent Alexandra Limon joins us now live with details alexandra. And vicki good evening. And despite the opposition that we heard from Democratic Senators like senator feinstein there, the interactions between those senators and judge barrett were still pretty amicable all week long but today lawmakers did lose their patients with each other. Points. In the final day of hearings Democratic Senators continued to push agai
Reporter some places that were on the list were spared any outage at all and others saw the weather subside and few problems getting power back on. But there are still 32,000 customers spending a second night without. It was last night at eight zero 7 pm. That is a good thing. Reporter generators and extension cords put away as neighborhoods in the mount diablo foothills were reenergized by pg e. They are dependent on weather forecast. Reporter this home and retire for the phone company and recalls it is better to under promise than to disappoint. You get your outside estimate because that is what people need to plan for the worst event or the worst case. We feel pretty comfortable that once there restored they will stay on. Reporter it is nightly briefing they said overnight winds delivered in mount st. Helena recording a 65 mileper hour gust and winds are forecast to ramp up again in the north the overnight so napa and sonoma counties will stay out. Areas with the all clear have been
The economy, the Supreme Court, the big issues affecting americans were addressed tonight by both men hoping to be our next president. They appeared at separate events but took aim at each other. The president always takes his eye off the ball. The whole ball game changed when i saw the way they treated justice kavanaugh. I have never seen any human being and im not just talking about Supreme Court. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Glad youre with us tonight. Joe biden and President Trump were originally scheduled to hold a town hall together in person tonight. But after President Trump was diagnosed with coronavirus, the nonpartisan commission that organized the debate announced the event would be held remotely. Well, the president refused to attend, resulting in two separate events at the same time. We brought in a team to cover what happened tonight. Abc7 news contributor phil matier is in the newsroom with his unique insight. That in just a m
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Were going to begin this friday morning with President Trump and joe bidens separate town halls. The rivals offered different approaches to key issues including the coronavirus pandemic. The struggle to contain the outbreak comes as more than 63,000 new cases in the u. S. Were reported just yesterday. Thats according to Johns Hopkins university. Thats the most in one day since late july. And the sevenday average for new cases is spiking in at least 38 states. So Laura Podesta is in washington. Laura, what were some of the bigger takeaways from the town halls . Reporter good morning, annemarie. President trump is facing some criticism this morning for distorting a recent study. And falsely saying that 85 of americans who wear a mask end up catching the coronavirus. Biden, for his part, at his town hall, he was asked how he would have handled the pandemic differently he had been president. He said he would have pushed to have access
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