The latest humanitarian cease fire. And a surprise discovery on the moon how frozen more so could be just the tonic for manned missions. Donald trumps pick for the u. S. Supreme Court Justice has been sworn in. No you dont have. Any kind of took the oath of office of the white house shortly after the Senate Confirmed her nomination her appointment gives the top court a large conservative majority no nominee has ever been confirmed this close to a president ial election democrats were against her appointments and wants it to happen often next months vote that replaces liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last month ellen fisher has more on that swearing in ceremony donald trump welcomed the decision he didnt make a political statement he was very president ial in his comments at the white house in the last hour or so as for him equally balanced well she tried to leave fears of democrats seeing that meant that it didnt matter what the 2 branches of government that were involved in politi
To the stories that you have told, including the story of veronicas family. Very moving. If i were a justice, the commitment i would make to you and to all people affected by follows is that i would the law as you enacted it, and i have no agenda. I would not be coming in with any agenda. I would do equal justice under the law for all, and not try to force or disrupt in any way the quality choices that you and your colleagues have adopted. Sen. Hirono so are you saying that the impact of the Affordable Care act on the millions of people who rely upon it, that you would deem to be policy considerations that we should address . Sen. Hirono senator, i think that you choose the law and you have structured the Affordable Care act. You set the policies. And i think when a court has to interpret those statutes or decide how it applies in a Certain Circumstance, the court looks to traditional legal materials, looks to the briefs, listens to the real world impacts on the litigants before the co
Endorsing trumps handling of the pandemic. Fauci said he has never publically endorsed any candidate and not endorsing the the comnts we not given mntext efforts of federal Public Health officials. A trump Spokes Person responded in part, the words spoken are accurate and directly from dr. Faucises mouth. The president today again boasted about his handling of the coronavirus. We lost 200,000 plus and you know, there are those that say we did a phenomenal job. But a new cbs Battleground Tracker poll found that likely voters in michigan, nevada and iowa think former Vice President joe biden would better handle the coronavirus outbreak and voters in all three states say President Trump handled contracting the virus irresponsibly. On fox, the president fired a deeply personal attack at biden. He is against god. At the very time he was saying that, the devout biden was attending mass in delaware. Both are hitting the campaign trail. Joe biden will be in ohio, iowa and pennsylvania with mor
Andake your phone calls text messages. Later West Virginia senator shelley capital joins us. 8 00 p. M. After eastern last night, the first day of questions concluded for Supreme Court nominee judge Amy Coney Barrett. The second and final day of questions begins at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. They will be 20 minute rounds as opposed yesterdays 30 minutes. Welcome to washington journal on this wednesday, october 14. Starting at 9 00 in the Senate Judiciary committee, so a two hour program devoted to hearing from you and your reaction on what you heard from judge merrick yesterday. Here is how lines break up this morning. If you support the nominee, the line is 202 7488000. If you oppose her nomination, 202 7488001. If you are undecided about it, 202 7488002 send us a text. That line, 202 7488003. Make sure you include your name and where you are texting from. On twitter, we are cspanwj. It is facebook. Com cspan. As we have done over the last couple days, we will go over the committee. We shoul
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