Began, people started to scratch the surface, i suppose, people started to go, well, weve got that here. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by when the world gets complicated, a lot goes through your mind. With fidelity wealth management, a dedicated advisor can tail advice and recommendations to your life. Thats fidelity wealth management. The william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and supporting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewle. 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 day one of the confirmation hearings for judge Amy Coney Barrett is in the books, and the battle for this u. S. Supreme court seat has been joined. President trump and republicans are pushing to put a c
The shock of the president s tweet, after down 600 points on the dow, there were two followon tweets. Adjust too amend and the specificity of what he desires versus the senate. They want nothing, Senate Republicans, and Speaker Pelosi wants more omnibus legislation. Jonathan speaker mcconnell got on the phone to the president said that pelosi was leading them along, and that anything they agreed on would not pass in the senate. That is the story. The distance between mnuchin and Senate Republicans was bigger than the distance between mnuchin and house democrats. Those two tweets overnight, lets go through both of them. The idea that he agrees with chairman powell, sure. That is political posturing. The checks for everyday americans, that was in the skinny bill republicans produced in the senate that went nowhere a month ago. We are at square one, and we never really left. Tom at the bottom of the hour, Rudy Giuliani is joining us, a ille confidant of an president. The 30 year bond gets
Senior at the endowment, women to carnegie connects. Issues of americans in the world. The last discussion was the afternoon with a simple question, what foreign factor, our lee panelists, and myself included new the answer to that question before with we began. Not so today. The request he we pose, will american democracy survive november 3rd and beyond, is unanswerable. It may be overly dramatically rendered, but there are simply tomorrow unknowns and too many uncertainties and fears about the consequences of this election. However, there are also hopes. Rachel had written reflecting the fact for many its hard to imagine that the u. S. Wont find a way to muddle. Through. Ross argued in the New York Times on sunday that well definitely muddle through and then some. Let me quote what he said. Meanwhile, the scenarios that have been spun out in reputable publications where trump induces republican state legislators to overrule the clear outcome or militia violent intimidates the Supreme
Information has been obtained by iran and separately by russia this data can be used by foreign actors to attempt to communicate false information to registered voters that they hope will cause confusion so chaos and undermine your confidence in american democracy. Former u. S. President Barack Obama Says donald trump is incapable of taking the job seriously as he stumps on the campaign trail for his former deputy Joe Biden Obama urged supporters to vote early. And israeli delegation has made a rare visit to sudan to discuss normalizing ties as according to israeli media force a deal between washington and cartoon to remove saddam from the u. S. List of state sponsors of terror the u. S. Has been instrumental in helping israel restamp lish relations with most countries most recently the u. A. E. And behavior in nigerian protesters have defied a curfew to continue protesting against Police Brutality the Rights Group Amnesty International says at least 12 people were killed tuesday a mas
The Senate Confirmed the nomination by a vote of 5248. A short time after the vote, a mequon ehret attended a swearing in ceremony on the south lawn of the white house. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States accompanied by Justice Clarence thomas and Justice Amy Coney barrett. [applause] [hail to the chief] [applause] pres. Trump thank you very much. This is a momentous day for america, for the United States constitution and for the fair and impartial rule of law. The constitution is the ultimate defense of americans liberty, the faithful application of the law is the cornerstone of our republic. That is why, as president , i have no more solemn obligation and no greater honor than to appoint Supreme Court justices. On this october evening, and it is so beautiful, the first lady and i welcome you to the white house to bear witness to history. In a few moments, we will proudly swear in the newest member of the United States Supreme Court, Justice Amy Coney b