Democrats in the battle over replacing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Senatomitt hes on board with the Senate Taking up a vote on a nominee ahead of the election. He had been viewed as a possible holdout. Meantime, a public memorial takes place today for justice ginsburg. Her body will arrive in front of the Supreme Court at around 9 30 eastern. That is where Laura Podesta is just outside of the Supreme Court. What can we expect to see today . Reporter good morning. People are coming from all over the country to pay their respects to justice ginsburg. Were expecting some long lines, huge crowds. She will lay in repose at the top of the steps right behind me here from 11 00 a. M. To 10 00 p. M. Today and all day tomorrow. Final preparations were finished yesterday outside the Supreme Court where Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg will lie in repose today and tomorrow. Important for us to come down and have our children see what an impact that she has made. Reporter next door at the
He leaves behind his wife and two young children. He is the son of a retired firefighter. He started the Fire Department since 2007. He was most recently assigned to station three in the tenderloin the busiest in San Francisco. This is a very trying time as jason was wellliked in our department. Reporter the San Francisco Firefighters Union said our hearts go out to his family and loved ones especially his two young children. Firefighters mourn the loss of our brother and we are committed to doing everything in our power to support the cortez family in the days months and years to come. This is the first onduty depth of the San Francisco Fire Department since 2017 when the battalion chief died in his office after returning from a call. In 2011 two firefighters died after a house fire. Todays death will be investigated by cal osha. Was this the kind of training that just happens every year for firefighters . Cortez was obviously an experience firefighter. Is this something they train in
There, senator mike lee, senator ron johnson, thom tillis, i believe Chris Christie was at this event. Reverend john jenkins, notre dame president , have tested positive for the virus here. This has gotten to be the source of confusion here. If so many have tested positive there, who is running things in the white house . Now all of this, of course occurs as people are waiting with bated breath to see if the president will indeed make it back to the white house today. There is growing hope from some of his doctors at least that is a distinct possibility. You have to remember with the ongoing concern how far this virus has spread, whether it would be a good idea for the Vice President himself, who was by the way at that event and with others Kayleigh Mcenany, hope hicks since, whether it would be a good idea for the vicepresident ial debate to happen . No one posited that that would be called to question, cancel that, outside of your screen in walter reed hospital. Were expecting a anno
Knocking on doors and all the battleground states. We have the infrastructure in place already and now we are knocking on about a Million Dollars a week. Host are you worried about this before and taking precautions with guest we are taking the safety and Health Precautions necessary. We were completely searchable at first. We made sure that there was ppe available and that all the procedures were being put in place and now weve gone to the full ground game and we feel really good about it. They obviously are cognizant of the home owners and making sure they are putting their safety first, but so far thereve been no issues. Host but we as me ask aboute news when he was asked about Election Night he said we are going to see what happens. From your standpoint, what does that mean . Guest of course the president is going to accept the results of the election, but i think that the president is concerned, as am i. , about many of the walls across the country being changed by democrats that
Communities. We are hosting this debate with Public Health precautions with minimal staff joining us. All of us onset are separated by plexiglas barriers. The candidates joining us are republican state representative Ashley Hinson and democratic incumbent abby finkenauer. Welcome to you both. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having us. Joining us is james lynch, writer for the gazette, and kate anderson, news director for radio iowa. One of the most pressing one of the most pressing issues is recovery from the direct show. Homeowners and businesses access to a variety of federal aid. Abby finkenauer, you have been critical of the federalist bonds. What would you want to do differently and why are you the best person to represent the district during this Recovery Period . Rep. Finkenauer we were on the ground following at and my husband and i live in cedar rapids and i knew by the way that we were going to need all the help we could get, so i asked the governor to ask for an expedited