Pilots are participating from their homes. The Atlanta Press club gives a special thank you to georgia public broadcasting for helping to support and organize the online debate. Lets meet the candidates. They are now funk medical order, the rotarian shane hazel the marine corps veteran and cohost and producer of the rebellion podcast which analyzes politics from a local to global level. Democrat john and served as ceo and inside dwi, Media Production company that investigates corruption, organized crimes and war crimes for International News organization. Republican david purdue has served in the u. S. Senate since 2015 before be an elected to the senate he sat on the board of five major corporations and cofounded. Partners, a Global Trading company. Now lets meet our town hall. In his anger with radio group. Tom baxter is a reporter with reports. In a reporter with w abe news. Now lets get started. Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer their questions and 30 seconds to respond to
President ial hopeful Amy Klobuchar led off the days venomous assault. This isnt a rush to justice, this is a rush to put in a justice. We are dealing with a president who doesnt think truth matters, and he has allies in congress who in the past defended our democracy but are now doing his bidding. Yes, judge, i think this hearing is a sham. More than 9 million americans have already voted, and millions more will vote while this ill legitimate Committee Process is underway by replacing Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg with someone who will undo her legacy, President Trump is attempting to roll back americans lives for decades to come. Lou the democrats, the party of hate. The radical dems made no arguments today against judge barretts credentials, her character and capacity, but they did define the confirmation hearing as a litmus test for the future of obamacare. Its a topic that law professor Jonathan Turley says is entirely inappropriate for the senators to even discuss. The assumption b
Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Katty im katty kay in washington and this is bbc world news america. How to fight the pandemic china embarks on testing an entire city in just days and we will be live in sweden to find out if that countrys controversial approach was the right one. Confirmation hearings begin for u. S. Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett is the controversy surrounding her legal, political, religious or all three . We report from the devastated region of nagornokarabakh as a ceasefire comes under pressure. Welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. As the u. S. And u. K. Struggled to test even a fraction of their populations, china today embarks on the ambitiousoal of testing an entire city this week. They launched an Aggressive Campaign after just a hanul of new cases were disc
Violence and better roads has intensified for he is deployed astray against elderly demonstrators during a march of several 1000 retirees in the capital minsk e. U. Foreign ministers have agreed to more sanctions on the regime in response to its escalating fact town on protesters the measures will charge of the countrys president for the 1st time. Researchers who spent more than a year studying Climate Change in the oxic have returned to base with alarming findings after 389. 00 days drifting through the optics and Scientists Say the ocean is warming and one of ice free summers there in just decades. This is do you have any news from berlin follow us on twitter and on instagram at state of the news or visit our website the you dot com. Offer. Her name is amy coney bear in just 3 weeks she could be the new judge on the u. S. Supreme court she could determine the future of Affordable Health care and if the president ial election result is contested she could very well decide who the u. S
We do not participate in elections or endorse or oppose candidates in any way and we are very grateful to be producing with the nyu center that advocates for civil debate on politics and public policy, and nyu votes, which works to give every nyu eligible student the information they need to vote. I am especially grateful to be introducing an event with some of the countrys most important thinkers on what i think is one of the most urgent issues we face, and theres a lot of competition. Weve been witnessing a relentless and unprecedented series of attacks on the twin foundations of our democratic system. Free and Fair Elections and the rule of law. They are not unrelated. The president has made repeated threats to subvert the election, some with support from the attorney general, sending military to the polls, Voter Suppression, and perhaps most chillingly refusing to commit to abide by the election results. Some are worried the rule of law has been so eroded in this country, it may be