Much. Again, youre looking inside the hearing room where the hearing for judge Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin with the Senate Judiciary committee. I want to point out, not a lot of these republicans as well as the family of judge barrett knew much about masks before today, it appears. They came to the rose garden ceremony and other things at the white house not Wearing Masks. Theyre all Wearing Masks today with some having tested positive for coronavirus. That does it for us this morning. Chuck todd picks up the special coverage right now. Good morning. Im chuck todd of nbc news here in washington with msnbc special korb coverage of the Senate Confirmation hearings. President trumps pick to succeed the late ruth bader beginberg, Amy Coney Barrett. The senate will gather into what expected to be a contentious
amount of days. And pushing for what could be one of the fastest confirmation votes in decade, the republicans and senate a conservative majority on the court for years to come
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Quote, unquote, all talk. After congressman lewis said he did not think trumps presidency was legitimate. We did have a very constructive meeting. The seminole right of the modern Civil Rights Movement was the right to vote. My father fought so diligently for it, certainly congressman john lewis and many others, Jose Williams fought for it as well. It is very clear that the system is not working at its maximum. And through an op ed that you may have seen we provided at least a solution to begin to address a broken voting system. That was the dialogue, most of the dialogue that we talked about constructively. We believe we provided a solution that at least will giver everyone an id. Do you know if representative lewis still has the scars from the march on selma. Were you offended by president elect trumps tweet that accused congressman lewis as all talk and no action . First of all i believe in the 450e9 of emotion thing get said on both sides. And i think that i am as john lewis is a b
Team trapped deep inside a cave in thailand. How long will the rescue take and how much time do they have to complete the mission . Speaking for the president. Rudy giuliani shining new light on if the president will, in fact, answer special counsel Robert Muellers questions. And scuttled in diplomacy, new reporting on mike pompeos odd trip to north korea. A visit that raised some new questions about President Trumps assertion that north korea is no longer a nuclear threat. We begin with breaking news in thailand. An operation dubbed dday by the head of the Critical Rescue Mission there with the eyes of the world watching intently. Four members of that soccer team have been rescued. That 12member squad known as the wild boars and its coach have been trapped for 15 days. The first four boys were seen on facebook today. Writing, the fourth wild boar is out of the cave. That as work continues on freeing the rest of the team. Bill neely is on the ground, and he got us up to speed. Were at