Separate televised town halls. Trump spoke to booters in miami at the same time biden was speaking to booters in philadelphia. Amy Coney Barrett took center stage as she was grilled by senators during her multiday confirmation hearing. She sidestepped answers to specific questions by senators and, including Dianne Feinstein and, harris. Joined me now by skype from San Francisco is kqed Senior Editor scott shaver. Also joining by skype is kqed politics and government correspondent marie sub august lets talk with the president is back providing relief money on california wildfires. Whats going on here. There was an Emergency Declaration request sent to the white house and fema by governor gavin newsom and we found out on thursday that the application had been rejected by fema, which is kind of a surprise because these applications have been approved, so that created a bit of a stir. Suddenly we had House Minority leader on the phone and within a few hours the president overruled the orig
Appear remotely. Senator Kamala Harris, you see there, the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, who has been in close contact with the president while he has been sick and he is Walking Around talking to a number of the senators and guests gathered there. A quick timeline of how we expect this to go today. We will hear Opening Statements from members of the committee and judge barrett. The questioning begins tomorrow. We expect that to be quite heated. A Committee Vote is expected ten days from now. Lets bring in chief legal so goe re all right going to object to her qualifications, but they will be objecting to her judicial philosophy . And the process. I think you are going to see you could almost say the three as. You are going to hear about abortion, the Affordable Care act, and appoint. Kind of chicanery. Democrats will try to suggest she would overturn roe v. Wade, which of course said a woman had a constitutional right to an abortion. The Affordable Care act. The Supreme Co
We are expecting a tripledigit move on the upside with the dow industrials up 231 and s p 500 higher by 19 points after technologyrun yesterday finishing near record highs. S p up 34. A probe into election bribery. Florida congressman matt gaetz wants to know if Michael Bloombergs pledge to pay fines and donations to florida is actually illegal. We will ask congressman gaetz about next steps. How the deal can get out of limbo. Then out of this world, nasas newest plan to get a man and a woman back to the moon. Mornings with maria is live right now. European markets this morning have a firmer tone. Take a look at european indices. Euro zone manufacturing, purchasing slight gains in the month of september. As you see the ftse 100 is up 143 points. Dax index in germany higher by 23. Asia markets overnight take a look and as you see here after the rally on wall street yesterday, weve got mostly a firmer tone but for the most part fractional moves across the board. Some of the stop stories
Election. Mitt romney the last potential swing vote announces his support as the nation honors the groundbreaking justice. Air scare. Vice president pences plane, air force two, forced to land after a bird strike. The details this morning. Crossing the aisle. Cindy mccain, the widow of senator john mccain, announces shes endorsing joe biden. She joins us this morning. Why she says shes putting country over party. Making waves. The video of this 6monthold waterskiing baby with his dad beside him getting backlash online. Our exclusive interview with his parents, how they are responding this morning. And icy expedition. Two explorers surviving this chilling climb in the north pole when they were suddenly flipped into the freezing waters. How they narrowly escaped the frigid fright of their lives. Good morning, america. Its good to be with you, and of course, its great to be with george and robin. And i know thats something they will never see happen to any of us. An iceberg . Mmhmm. Why g
Swh she was first appointed on the december circuit she may not have been a household name, but for those of us who were law students at the time it was a significant appointment. Reporter miller has met ginsberg. She was riveting. Reporter and calls her a role model. She was a leading attorney at a time when there werent that many women attorneys. That established the whole panoply of womens rights and gender equality. Reporter uc professor david levine spent a week in italy with ginsberg teaching law students. The problem was she didnt like seat belts so im driving these narrow two lane italian reads that im not familiar with and thinking, oh, the fate of the country is in my hands. Reporter they survive the drive of course and ginsberg went onto effect nation shaping decisions on the Supreme Court. In terms of moving civil rights in the 20th century its Thurgood Marshal for africanamericans. Its Ruth Bader Ginsberg for women. All right, lisa, wow, big friday night news. Looking at s