Pandemic that has already claimed more than 225,000 american lives. We are 00 mere eight days away we are a mere eight days a away from a president ial election. Donald trump announced his nomination of judge barrett even before we could fully mourn the death of the great Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. And Senate Republicans then rushed this nomination to the senate floor. In doing so, they violated the rule that their leader, Mitch Mcconnell, imposed in 2016 which kept Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court after president obama nominated him in february of that year to fill the vacancy that arose with the death of justice antonin scalia. That rule was clear. That rule was concise. That rule was definitive. The senate would not consider a nomination to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court during a president ial election year. Many of my republican colleagues echoed leader mcconnells pledge. In fact, my colleague, senator Lindsey Graham, who chairs the judiciary committee, admonished us to
Than 100 Million People cast their ballots early, which means incould see the is turnout the print see the biggest turnout in president ial election. But we are seeing attempts to undermine it. Tols and texts attempting discourage and intimidate voters today. How keytalk about social platforms like facebook, twitter, and youtube are looking andrevent disinformation postelection civil unrest. First, a check on the markets, where u. S. Stocks rallied for a second day. Investors have been incredibly anxious leading up to this moment. Just how anxious were they today . Abigail not so anxious today. At one point, the s p 500 index up 1. 2 . Thehe close, up about 1. 8 , best day in about a month. Around anxiousness, the vix below 35. Some are saying that it suggests that it means that there will not be decision soon, that that is no longer the case. That the volatility investors are telling us that we are more likely to know who will be the next president sooner rather than later. We had bon
It was politically stupid. This is not law. This is not politics, this is an attempt to end the election illegitimately so that he can maintain power. What we know right now and what we dont. How the results impact you and your family and the generations to come. Its anxiety producing. Im definitely nervous. Surprises, the hopes and disappointments. The issues that matter most, health care, taxes, energy, climate, the military, the markets. All eyes on the Electoral College, the path to 270. The mailin and absentee vote totals still coming in. Its your voice, your vote, our all night all morning coverage continues right now on abcs america this morning. Good morning, welcome back to continuing coverage of the 2020 election. The day after. At this hour we still dont know who the next president will be. The race is too close to call but President Trump is falsely claiming victory and blasting the election as a fraud and joe biden is currently leading in popular and electoral votes as we
It was politically stupid. This is not law. This is not politics, this is an attempt to end the election illegitimately so that he can maintain power. What we know right now and what we dont. How the results impact you and your family and the generations to come. Its anxiety producing. Im definitely nervous. But i guess we can only wait and watch, hope and pray. The surprises, the hopes and disappointments. The issues that matter most, health care, taxes, energy, climate, the military, the markets. All eyes on the Electoral College, the path to 270. The mailin and the absentee vote totals still coming in. Its your voice, your vote, our all night all morning coverage continues right now on abcs america this morning. Good morning, everyone. Welcome back to continuing coverage of the 2020 election. It is the day after the election day. At this hour we still dont know who the next president will be. The race is too close to call but President Trump is falsely claiming victory and blasting
Back at some of the weeks big moments in this weeks edition of the weeks talkers. Watch. Maria you have a scenario that you believe took place here. Tell us what you see. Oh, definitely. They framed general flynn because he was the cornerstone of the insurance policy to destroy President Trump in the event he was elected. Maria youve been talking about this, something was to come, for some time. If you take a look at this hard drive and youre an fbi agent, youre compelled to do something about it because there are things on it that havent come out yet that if any fbi agent sat by and watched it, they shouldnt be an fbi agent. Maria the fbi was leaking stories to web sites, and then they would use those stories that they leaked as evidence to renew the warrants to spy on the trump campaign. This is a scandal, and it stinks. If you look at what the Obama Administration did, it politicized the fbi, the department of justice, the cia. It used them, essentially, as a political Oppo Research