Meanwhile in texas, a caravan of Trump Supporters tried to run a Biden Campaign bus off the road. One truck swerved into a car full of Biden Campaign workers. Trump responded by tweeting, i love texas. Joe biden condemned the political intimidation. Mr. Biden we have never had anything like this. At least we have never had a president who thinks it is a good thing. Amy plus, we will go to the key battleground state of florida to speak with haitianamerican writer Edwidge Dandicat to talk a milliona quarter of u. S. Born children born in the u. S. Could be separated from their parents should trump win reelection and terminates temporary protected status for migrants. We will also speak to a 13yearold u. S. Born girl who is the daughter of tps recipients from haiti. Can make au vote, difference in what happens to me and all those other children. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. One day ahead of election
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returns to capitol hill thismorning to face another round of questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary committee. Yesterday barrett testified for nearly 12 hours at her confirmation hearing with some exchanges turning heated. Laura podesta is in washington. So laura, what can we expect for today . Reporter good morning, annemarie. We can expect a slightly shorter day for judge Amy Coney Barrett after yesterdays marathon question and answer session. For one, senator also get 20 minutes as opposed to yesterdays 30 to inquire how she would rule on key issues. Like previous Supreme Court nominees, Amy Coney Barrett tried to avoid taking a stance on key issues during her confirmation hearing. Its not something really thats appropriate for me to comment on. Ive never expressed a view on it. I cant answer questions like that. Reporter what answers she did give on obamacare. Im not here on
Confederate flags. The response from wallace and criticism from one of the president s closest allies. Sidelined. Well take you inside the new cases and testing problems that threaten to delal plans to bring back sports. Say it aint so david jol from 5 in midmay to 20 . Hospitalizations are rising. And the outlook in many areas is woerns i worsening. We have recordbreaking cases. We are knee deep in the first wave of this. Hes facilitating the virus. Hes enabling the virus. How did this become a political statement . President donald trump is calling out nascar driver Bubba Wallace and questioned nascars call to ban the confessderate flag. A white woman who called the police during a videotaped dispute with a black man in central park was charged with filing a false report. A black man says he was attacked and threatened with lynching saturday night in bloomington, indiana. Please let him go. Were going to as soon as you let him go. In the history of sports, pat mahomes gets a tenYear
That just cost facebook billions of dollars. Tracking godzilla. A saharan dust storm stretching from texas to florida now heads toward the northeast. Why for some it could actually be dangerous. And police story. As many areas try to reimagine the force and its role in communities, well look back at the history of policing, when it began, what came before it, and learn the key decisions that led us to todays enforcement levels. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. If we want to end this outbreak, really tend, weve got to realize that we are part of the process. Reporter the dangerous first wave of the virus is crashing into the three biggest states california, texas, and florida. Were in a much stronger place. The truth is we did slow the spread. We flattened the curve. The response has not been a success. It has been one of the least successful responses in the entire world. Reporter the house of representatives voting to make washin
We cant be overconfident until we have some measure of being able to say its in the past, because if we let our guard down, were not going to fight this. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by fidelity investments. Consumer cellular. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Johnson johnson. The kendeda fund. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the Supreme Court handed President Trump a big legal defeat today on a major focus of his domestic agenda. It overturned his decision to end protections for immigrants who arrived illegally as children. John yang reports that