Andake your phone calls text messages. Later West Virginia senator shelley capital joins us. 8 00 p. M. After eastern last night, the first day of questions concluded for Supreme Court nominee judge Amy Coney Barrett. The second and final day of questions begins at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. They will be 20 minute rounds as opposed yesterdays 30 minutes. Welcome to washington journal on this wednesday, october 14. Starting at 9 00 in the Senate Judiciary committee, so a two hour program devoted to hearing from you and your reaction on what you heard from judge merrick yesterday. Here is how lines break up this morning. If you support the nominee, the line is 202 7488000. If you oppose her nomination, 202 7488001. If you are undecided about it, 202 7488002 send us a text. That line, 202 7488003. Make sure you include your name and where you are texting from. On twitter, we are cspanwj. It is facebook. Com cspan. As we have done over the last couple days, we will go over the committee. We shoul
[inaudible] senator blumenthal. Thank you very much. Thank you for being back. You very much, mr. Chairman, thank you for being back, your honor, and thank you to your family as well. I want to begin by saying, perhaps not surprisingly to you, that i was really disappointed by your responses to a number of my colleagues most recently on the coons issue of whether you would purchase fate in a decision involving the upcoming election if you were confirmed. I continue to believe that if you were to participate in a decision involving that enduring,it would do explosive damage to the court. I think you know it would be wrong, not because of anything you have done. Fact, i am not raising the issue of whether you have done any sort of deal or commitment because of what donald trump has and my republican colleagues, because they have indelibly put at issue your integrity through their statements. The president has said that he is putting you on the court as the ninth justice, so you can decid
The director of the john w hosted the experience of inflated african muslims in the 19th century, and Supreme Court decisions on religious issues after world war ii. The library of congress hosted this event. Study anotherg to that hasublic debate roiled the republic since its earliest days, how religion touches our daily life in washington and around the country. It wasnt that much noted in the media this morning as they were rushing to cover Todays Health Care vote, but its also a day in which President Trump is asking for or issuing an executive order that will relax the socalled johnson amendment, which was a law passed by Lyndon Johnson in 1964 prohibiting religious organizations from overt political activity for fear of tax consequences. That is also changing today. Day night was the National Today is the national day of prayer at the white house. Last night President Trump met with his evangelical advisory board. That is a group of people who only a year ago were not very happy
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Well. San francisco was the sight of the signing of the it is an appropriate place to hold this debate, the subject of which is foreign and defense issues. The questioners tonight are max trewhitt, and richard valeriani, Diplomatic Correspondent of and be seen news. News. The ground roles are the same questions will be alternated between candidates. Governor carter will take the first question. Each question sequence will be as follows. The question will be asked and the candidate will have three minutes to answer. His opponent will have two minutes to respond. Prior to the response the questioner may ask a followup question to quote clarify with up to two minutes to reply. Each candidate will have three minutes for a closing statement at the end. Resident ford and governor carter do not have it prepared remarks with them this evening but they may take notes during the debate and refer to them. Mr. Frankel, you have the first question for governor carter. Democrats last ran our Foreign