Quiet. Youve really got to believe, with the tone we got from the president last night, i thought more invigorated than the recent days, that this is really going to heat up into the kind of Campaign Money people have been expecting, as you say, with 20 days to go. Jonathan heating up on capitol hill as well. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi under a little bit of pressure. A 2 trillion game of chicken playing out in washington, d. C. Tom shes going after wolf like,r of cnn, which is, unamerican to do that. [laughter] seriously, talking to mr. Adams of kentucky, mr. Adams made clear that mr. Mcconnell is comfortable there. Political report came out about 4 00 yesterday afternoon and went to a seven seat dane for the democrats seven seat gain for the democrats in the senate. The momentum in the change is now extraordinary. Jonathan the shift has been phenomenal. Weve got to talk about the back numbers as well this morning the bank numbers as well this morning. Bank of america provisions lighte
Learn more about the law and maybe the differences in the party. As to the hearing room, i doubt if there is any room in the country given more attention and detail to make sure city of the architect of the capitol working with the attending physician has set up the room in a fashion we can safely do our business. Senator lee is back and has been cleared by your physician. Welcome back. The covid problem in america is real. It is serious, dangerous, and we have to mitigate the risk. I would let every american know that many of you going to work today and have probably been at work today, and hope your employer will take care of your health care needs, but we do have a country that needs to move forward safely. Millions of americans, cops, todaysses, going to work to do their day and we are going to work in the senate to do our job in one of the most important jobs the Senate Judiciary committee will ever do is have hearings and confirm a justice to the Supreme Court. Purposes, weeeping
Capital. Shes xektded today to focus on family, morals and her judicial philosophy in her own opening statement. That will come after 22 members read their Opening Statements inside the hearing room. The seats socially distanced. Some senators participate virtually in todays nomination hearing. Some republicans, one of whom tested positive of coronavirus after attending that rose garden where the president selected the judge as the nominee. Republicans say they are following cdc guidelines. We have our entire team joining us this morning to take us through this step by step. Lets go to our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce, this will look different from hearings past. Were going through this pandemic and we he days until election day, we should note, well more than 5 million americans have voted in this president ial election. Reporter david, we have covered many historic hearings in this room, i have never seen any quite like this. You can see the room itself, physically d
Lawmakers will be working on a bill to temporarily extend government funding through december 11th. Current funding runs out tonight at midnight eastern. We accept the final passage later today. Senators also starting to consider Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee, amy barrett. We expect lots of debate on the nomination as well. Now live to the senate floor on cspan2. Almighty god, we praise you with our whole hearts. We refuse to forget how you have led our nation in the past and trust you to guard our future. Lord, encourage our lawmakers to be a part of your solutions and not a part of the problems that confront our land. Give them the courage to carry on, knowing that nothing is too difficult for your sovereign might. May the light of your truth illumine their way, as they find in you a sure guide. Help them to commit their lives to goals that will cause justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. We pray in your sacred name, amen. The president pro te
And livelihoods. The white house has become a covid19 hotspot driven by the president s ongoing denial of how serious this pandemic is. Not even contracting the virus and being hospitalized seems to have shaken him back to reality. In normal times, the senate would be focusing our attention on passing legislation to help the millions of americans suffering during this pandemic. But these are not normal times. Instead, Senate Republicans are rushing to put a nominee onto the Supreme Court to be the deciding vote to take Health Care Away from millions of people. President trump has been very clear about what he is doing. He has repeatedly promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who will strike down the aca. By nominating judge barrett the president is keeping his promise. In her speech at the white house , judge barrett aligned herself with her mentor, the late Justice Anthony scalia, who twice voted to strike down the aca. To help the president keep his promise a republican colleague