For 45 years, 45 years that every Supreme Court vacancy under a republican president was going to bring about the apocalypse. John paul stevens, they said was antiwomen. David souter, they said, wanted to hurt vulnerable people. John roberts was out to get health insurance. And wouldnt you know, the president had barely finished saying judge Amy Coney Barrett before the same old attacks begin rolling in. Our 77yearold male for Vice President and our 69yearold male senatede democratic leader have tried to inform american women that this 48yearold working mama wants to roll back her own rights as as a woman, l back her own rights as a woman. Democrats have tried to fearmonger around a fouryearold academic paper tthat reinforced one unfair penalty in obamacare which congress by the way has already eliminated three years ago. As an aside, madam president , if the American People are interested in which senators are serious about protecting americans with existing conditions, they can s sim
Also coming up on the program 6 days of fighting dozens dead but now signs of compromise on the news government says its ready to discuss a cease fire in a going to occur. And defiant protesters continue their calls for justice over the gang rape and deaths of 2. 00 women in india. Welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump and his wife melania are in isolation off to testing positive for code 19 displaying mild symptoms of the virus a white house doctor said that trying received experimental antibodies and that he remains fatigued after the diagnosis how long the president s isolation is set to last all that depends on how unwell he becomes u. S. Health Authorities Say people miss self isolate for 10 days after a positive test and even longer if they present symptoms and even off of that trial might have to test negative twice in a row with those test on at least 24 hours apart the crucial question how is this going to affect the Election Campaign says all preannounced events
First, democratic representative al green of texas, then scott perry of pennsylvania. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, october 1, 2020. The senate convenes at noon, and the house is in at 9 00 a. M. Eastern, which means we will be with you for two hours. We begin taking stock of tuesdays first president ial debate. With criticism pouring in from both sides of the aisle, the commission on president ial debates announced yesterday it would make changes to the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues. As we wait to see with those changes will be, we are asking you what you would suggest. How would you alter the debate format, if all . Phone lines are split up as usual. If you support the trump pence ticket, 202 7488000 202 7488001. If you support the aydin harris ticket, 202 7488000 biden harris ticket 202 7488000. For independents, 202 7488002. O text us, 202 7488003 twitter,lso find us on cspanwj. You can start calling and now as
In the oh zorks s. Ignoring the risks. And later, an appreciation of rbg. She came up to my shoulder. I always knew i was in the presence of a giant. This is the cbs overnight news. Good evening, everyone. Im major jofr in washington. A president ial election that had largely been a referendum on President Trump and in particular his hamming of the covid crisis has become something much, much more. A fight over the future of the Supreme Court following the death friday of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Tonight, a reminder as a narks we are continue fronted with many losses. Bells tolled at the national ka athlete need ral in the capital for the americans killed by the virus. By some counts, that number now counts 200,000. Again today mourners visited the Supreme Court where the grounds around that building have bloomed into a memorial honoring Justice Ginsburg. Tonight President Trump is pushing falls to name sauk sesor as furious democrats plot their senate moves. Paula reid at the whit
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