Later, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer talks about the Trump Presidency and his new book leading america. Host u. S. Seventh Circuit Court of appeals judge Amy Coney Barrett yesterday completed her two days of testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee in consideration of her nomination to serve on the u. S. Supreme court. Is thursday, it october 15, 2020. This is washington journal. Outside Witnesses Today with a full Committee Vote a week from today. The full Senate Voting the week of october 26. We will spend this first hour asking you a simple question, should Amy Coney Barrett be confirmed to the Supreme Court . If you support judge barrett the 202 7488000, if you , ifse, it is 202 7488001 you are undecided 202 74880 2 2. Wj. Twitter cspan facebook. Com cspan. We will play some of the highlighted questions from some members of the Judiciary Committee in this first hour. The reporting this morning in the wall street journal on the hearing and what is ahead in th
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