Capital. Shes xektded today to focus on family, morals and her judicial philosophy in her own opening statement. That will come after 22 members read their Opening Statements inside the hearing room. The seats socially distanced. Some senators participate virtually in todays nomination hearing. Some republicans, one of whom tested positive of coronavirus after attending that rose garden where the president selected the judge as the nominee. Republicans say they are following cdc guidelines. We have our entire team joining us this morning to take us through this step by step. Lets go to our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce, this will look different from hearings past. Were going through this pandemic and we he days until election day, we should note, well more than 5 million americans have voted in this president ial election. Reporter david, we have covered many historic hearings in this room, i have never seen any quite like this. You can see the room itself, physically d
Everybody. Ning, bird will judge barretts family, welcome. Jud quest good morning every buddy. Judge amyg to confirm Coney Barrett will begin. Cooperation. Will have a hearing that hopefully the country will learn more about judge merrick and the and willdge barrett learn more about the law and maybe the differences in the party. As to the hearing room, i doubt if there is any room in the country given more attention and detail to make sure city of the architect of the capitol working with the attending physician has set up the room in a fashion we can safely do our business. Senator lee is back and has been cleared by your physician. Welcome back. The covid problem in america is real. It is serious, dangerous, and we have to mitigate the risk. I would let every american know that many of you going to work today and have probably been at work today, and hope your employer will take care of your health care needs, but we do have a country that needs to move forward safely. Millions of a
Do you solemnly swear the testimony youre about to get this committee is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god . I do. Committee, tothe your family. The floor is yours, judge. Ranking member feinstein and members of the committee, i am honored and humbled to appear before you today as the nominee for associate justice of the Supreme Court. I think the president for entrusting me with his profound responsibility this profound responsibility and the graciousness he and his family have shown me throughout the process. I think senator young for introducing me, as he did at my hearing, to serve on the seventh circuit and i also think senator braun for his support. Well she could not be with us via satellite i am also grateful to former dean patty ohara of the notre dame law school. She hired me as a professor nearly 20 years ago and she has been a mentor, colleague, and friend ever sense. I thank the members of this committee other colleagues in the senate wh
Which says. Follow the science the science is in focus on capitol hill hearing will come to water as experts testify on the next steps needed to combat coronavirus theres nothing more important in the fight against this virus then developing a vaccine in washington, im karin caifa. California may be days away from loosening restrictions on the current shelter in place order. Governor newsom is expected to announce those changes tomorrow, however kron fours Haaziq Madyun spoke to an east bay health officer. Well explains why the existing order will remain in place in contra costa county. As california approaches stage 2 in reopening the economy later this week officials at Contra Costa Health services say the county is not quite ready that is based on several indicators yet to be reached that would signal it is time to move away from the existing shelterinplace orders says Contra Costa Health officer doctor chris far in town we want to look at the number of chases in that area going dow
A blanket ban and which is unfair because it punishes the innocent as well as the guilty. The leaders of france germany russia and ukraine are meeting in paris on monday to thrash out a road map to peace in Eastern Ukraine president putin has just arrived in paris for the summit are detailed to trying to report on what the 4 leaders are in to achieve. The bloody conflict in east ukraine between the pro russian breakaway republics of donetsk and lugansk and kiev has been sorted for years now theres only one crucial remark its been sorted on paper the step by step peace plan is called the mids big remains and this came into being thanks to the efforts by the leaders of germany france ukraine and russia this quartet became known as the normandy for well during the 5 years of the existence of the peace plan and weve kept hearing from all kinds of politicians from east to west that the minsk agreements are the only way to go to support the implementation of the minsk agreement because the r