For joining me today. My wife chris, my son patrick on the far left, my daughter brigett and our son duncan. My family and i have reached a decision and i wanted to share that with the people of pennsylvania. And that is that i will not be running for reelection in 2022, and i will not be running for governor. I will serve out the remainder of my term for a little over two years that are left of the current term and after that, my plan is to go back to the private sector. I want to say very clearly that representing the people of pennsylvania, this big, beautiful, con my indicated, diverse state, has been an extraordinary, amazing honor. It still is, and its been by far the highlight of my professional life. The reasons that ive reached this decision are not political. Theyre personal. The decision is consistent with a longheld view ive had in support of term limits. I committed myself to limiting my terms in the house. I didnt do that in the senate but id always thought that id probab
There is no opening statement, no closings, no time limits. We do have a lot to get through so please do not filibuster. We will be keeping track of speaking time to keep things relatively even. Good to see you both and thanks for joining us. Thank you for having us. We are going to start with masks this evening. The mask issue became huge this weekend when the president tweeted that both he and his wife tested positive for coronavirus. The university of washingtons study projects that 160,000 more people could die by january 1. That number could be reduced by 96,000 if 95 of us wore masks. Lets start with you, Kevin Oconnor. Do you support a mask mandate where it is legally permissible . Mr. Oconnor a mandate . Yes. Mr. Oconnor i dont support a mandate. I think there are appropriate guidelines that people should follow, and certainly within confined spaces, yes, then i think its appropriate to regulate whats going on. When you say appropriate guidelines, i check both of your twitter a
On the senate elections. Author and Vice President ial scholar Joel Goldstein reviews wednesday nights Vice President ial debate. Nightsews wednesday Vice President ial debate. Host good morning. 6 2020. Esday, october President Trump returned to the white house after a three day hospital stay. The president declared that he felt that her than he had in decades and urged americans not to be afraid of covid or let it dominate their lives. We are asking our viewers whether the president s Coronavirus Diagnosis has changed your view of covid19. Give us a call. Republicans 202 7488001. Democrats 202 7488000. Ndependents 202 7488002 if you have had covid19, 202 7488003. You canalso the number send us a text this morning. Please include your name and where youre from. Otherwise on social media, on twitter it is at cspan wj. Good tuesday morning. You can start calling in now. When president y hemp announced via twitter would be leaving walter reed. He said, i feel better than i did 20 years a
Nan aron talks about her groups opposition to her nomination. Later, former tennessee attorney general paul summers talks about his groups efforts to keep the Supreme Court to nine justices. Washington journal is next. Host at age 48, judge Amy Coney Barrett would be the youngest andeme Court Justice solidify the conservative members. Welcome to the first of four days of hearings beginning at 9 00 a. M. Eastern each day. We will get right to it with your thoughts on the nominee. Do you support or oppose judge Amy Coney Barrett . If you support the judge, 202 7488000. If you oppose, that line is 202 7488001. If you are unsure or undecided, the line is 202 7488002. You can send us a text as well, 202 7488003. And make sure you tell us your name and where you are texting from. On twitter, it is cspanwj. We welcome your posts at facebook. Com cspan. Just to lay out a little bit of the schedule for our coverage plans, as we mentioned, it is four days of hearings, getting underway today an a
And we have the right to do it. We should wait and see what the outcome of this election is. What does senator Sheldon Whitehouse say now . Firing line with Margaret Hoover is made possible in part by. And by. Corporate funding is provided by. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, welcome to firing line. Thank you. Its so go to be with you. Look, this weeks president ialebate is already being called the worst president ial debate in history. What does it say about the state of civil discourse in thicountry, senator . Well, it was pretty embarrassing. I think you may see a lot more of those any functioning adult yard signs or bumper stickers in the wake of this. And as the what . Son, grandson, and nephew of foreignservice officers, it was particularly horrifying to read the reviews from overseas newspapers. You know, were supposed to be the city on a hill. The world looks to us for leadership. It was pretty much of a unanimous cascade of shock and horror and disappointment. There is a view that