Seek our states highest officers. Thank you to the Washington State Debate Coalition lead sponsor aarp washington. To preserve social distancing the moderators are seated at the main studio while the candidates are at home in separate rooms elsewhere in the building. This debate with a moderated by broadcast political reporters, essex porter, brandy cruise, Chris Daniels and melissa santos. Good evening from the tbw studios in olympia and to all of you watching across the state from spokane, ocean shores and from walla walla. Lets bring in our candidates for governor, the incumbent Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Republic Police chief loren culp. First of all i need an affirmative that you can hear us from the studio. Yes. Yes. We get what to let viewers know at home at the candidates are alone in those rooms you see them in. They are upstairs from us here in the studio. There are no Campaign Staffers allowed in there, no members of the production crew are in the room with them and
Basement which i would have done anyway, and which i did. I have to tell you, i feel fantastic. I really feel good. Maria we will get into all of that coming up. First, the stage is set this week for judge Amy Coney Barretts hearing on capitol hill. Shell read her opening remarks later today. Senator Lindsey Graham telling me, laying it all out on the schedule and when he thinks shell become a Supreme Court justice. I believe she will be confirmed no later than tuesday, a week before the election. Thats my hope. Maria markets are fractionally lower this morning, its a mixed story. As you see, the dow industrials down 21, the nasdaq is up 111 and the s p higher by 8 andahalf. Investors preparing for a major week of earnings along with more talks on stimulus. Markets posted a gain of more than 3 last week. Take a look, we are lac lookingt momentum in stocks on the heels of a week that sent the nasdaq up 4 andahalf percent and s p 500 up almost 4 . Peter navarro here this morning, live at
Hazy conditions. 61 in san jose. Right now current air quality conditions are good. We are in the green all around the bay area, but that should be changing from the north and over the east bay today. That pink indicates, yes, that hazy smoky air pushing down into the north bay due to some northerly winds. Now, its not going to be as bad as it was like we had a week ago but we are looking at a spaer the air alert today for poor air quality, our north bay and inland east bay and its going to get even warmer tomorrow. Throughout the day today looking at hazy skies mainly north and east. Highs will reach the low to mid80s inland by about 4b. Mid to upper 70s around the bay and thafo clearinng of fall when we see you liz . Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has died. Ginsberg was 87 and had been battling pancreatic cancer. She leaves behind two children and several grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, marty. And heres a live look right now at washington,
5 mile on the coast as well as novato and green indicates good air quality. Upper levels wind out of the north are expected to transport some smoke in to the north bay to our inland east bay for poor air quality. As we look at the rest of the day 60s skies will get slightly hazier as we move into your afternoon especially to our north bay, into the east bay. Our warmest inland valleys, well talk about it and talk about when the air clears in just a few liz . We continue now with the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsberg. Ginsberg was 87 and had been battling pan crealtic cancer. She leaves behind two children and several grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband marty. Heres a live look at washington, d. C. This morning where its 9 01 there. Flags are flying at half staffer atitol and Supreme Court to honor ginsberg. She served on the court for decades, a pioneer there on the court. Abc News Reporter Karen Travers has more on the justices legacy. Repo
Swh she was first appointed on the december circuit she may not have been a household name, but for those of us who were law students at the time it was a significant appointment. Reporter miller has met ginsberg. She was riveting. Reporter and calls her a role model. She was a leading attorney at a time when there werent that many women attorneys. That established the whole panoply of womens rights and gender equality. Reporter uc professor david levine spent a week in italy with ginsberg teaching law students. The problem was she didnt like seat belts so im driving these narrow two lane italian reads that im not familiar with and thinking, oh, the fate of the country is in my hands. Reporter they survive the drive of course and ginsberg went onto effect nation shaping decisions on the Supreme Court. In terms of moving civil rights in the 20th century its Thurgood Marshal for africanamericans. Its Ruth Bader Ginsberg for women. All right, lisa, wow, big friday night news. Looking at s