But chairman Lindsey Graham said from the outset he would give both sides plenty of time to ask their questions. He started the q a. This scalia, he asked . Referring to the late anton scalia which barrett clerked and she share. Of the same philosophies. No, you would not get a justice scalia, you would get a justice barrett, she said. Dianne feinstein stepped in a controversy when barrett was nominated for a court of appeals position ago. There was none of that today and feinstein had questioning about roe v wade. Do you agree with Justice Scalias view that roe was wrongly decide . I do want to be forthright and answer every question so far as i can. I think on that question, you know, im going to invoke jug keegans description which i think is perfectly put when she was in her confirmation hearing, she said she was not grading precedent or give it a thumbs up or thumbs down. I think it would actually be wrong in a violation of the canons for me to do that. As barrett business out tha
The weather. Announcer todays weather is brought to you by the makers of nondrowsy 24 hour claritin. Live claritin clear. All right. Lets look ahead to your weekend. We start off with saturday weve got a much nicer day in the southeast after so much rain record heat continues in the rockies. A fire risk out west wet in the Pacific Northwest sunday, sunday autumnal warmth in the northeast. Much cooler in the plains. And the fire risk unfortunately continues out west thats whats going on across good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Lets take a look at our high temperatures for today. The last, very nice and comfortable day before some high heat comes in. Well see our temperatures in oakland reaching 73. 78 in palo alto. And 85 today in antioch. But then as we go into the weekend, there will be high fire danger for a lot of our bay area hills, especially in the north bay. And there will be a high concern as were going to also have some hot temperatures extending into early next week.
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Wallace will moderate debate number one here in cleveland 9 00 eastern but the attacks have already started. President trump demanding his democratic opponent take a drug test either before or after tomorrows showdown. The biden team jumping on the New York Times report dropped late last night 20 years on the president s taxes. Anticipation as you know is sky high. Both men are looking to put their best foot forward in hopes of swaying anyone who may be undecided in this campaign. President trump i debated a lot four years ago. If you look at the polls, those polls are coming out according to the polls i won every single debate in the primaries and then when i debated crooked hillary. My guess is, it will be just straight attack. Mostly personal. The only thing he knows how to do. He doesnt know how to debate the facts. He is not that smart. He doesnt know that many facts. He doesnt know much about foreign policy. Not much about domestic policy and know much about the detail. I think t
John roberts live on the north lawn of the white house and john, as you reported from the beginning, the president knew he was going to pick a woman. How did he come to Amy Coney Barrett . Well, i think you could probably say, leland, this was a decision that had its beginnings, if not, was mostly done back in 2018. Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the 7th Circuit Court of appeals, was when judge kennedy retired and the president ultimately went with Brett Kavanaugh, but to have the seat if and when. And here we are todayment multiple sources have told us as you pointed out at the time that it will be barrett, but some republicans, some republicans who have been told its her say theyre not going to be 100 sure until she walks out with the president at 5 00 this afternoon. He does like to keep us guessing. When the announcement is made, the clock will start ticking toward confirmation, the election is in 38 days, using history as a guide that should be plenty of time to get barrett through. H