Life well planned. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Welcome to outside source. President trump pick for the Supreme Court makes her pitch before the senate. Amy Coney Barrett said it is up to politicians not the courts to make the value judgments that govern peoples lives. I believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our constitution and laws as they are written. I believe i can serve my country by playing that role but democrats say that the hearing should not have gone ahead with members of the Committee Testing positive for covid19. A new approach for combatin coronavirus. A Warning System allowing for local lockdowns in each region in england. The states continue to rise in belarus. They have been told they can use lethal force against protesters. And we look at why an offer from two of the biggest clubs in english football to give hundreds of millions of pounds to the lower leagues has gone down a lot worse than you might have imagined. Lets begin toys program in washington. President trumps pick for the Supreme Court had been making her case. If approved, amy Coney Barrett will replace ruth der ginsburg who died. In the last hour or so amy Coney Barrett has addressed the Senate Judiciary committee. Here are some of what she said. I chose to except the nomination because i believe deeply in the rule of law and the place of the Supreme Court in our nation. I believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court. That interprets our constitution and laws as they are written. I believe i can serve my country by playing that role. Judge barretts nomination has been controversial. The politics of it all. In 2016, republicans blocked a vote on president obamas nominee because it was an election year, but this year also an election year, they decided to go ahead despite the process being far closer to election day. Here is how dick durbin described what the republicans are doing. It is a shameless, self serving reversal. Why Senate Republican so afraid to give the American People a voice about the future of the Supreme Court . First they must doubt the donald trump will be reelected second, they won a want a 63 Supreme Court to carry out an agenda that is not popular with the American People. Lindsey graham defended the process. The bottom line is Justice Ginsburg when asked about this several years ago said that a president serves four four for your years, not three. There is nothing unconstitutional about this process. This is a vacancy that occurred to the tragic loss of a great woman and we will fill that vacancy with another great woman. The senate is doing its duty constitutionally. The senate did not go through that process in 2016 when it could have chosen to do so. The republican senators, two of them, have recently tested positive for covid19 and the virus has caused a number questions about e process. Here is joe bidens running late. The decision to hold this hearing now is reckless and places the facilities workers, janitorial staff, and congressional aides, and Capitol Police at risk. Not to mention that while tens of millions of americans are struggling to pay their bills, the senate should be prioritizing coronavirus with leaf and providing Financial Support to those famies. The next reason why barretts nomination is sensitive is because of the balancethe court. Five justices had been appointed by republican president s. Four by democratic ones. If successful, if there would be a strong conservative majority of 63. Social conservatives are keen on her because of her records on issues lik gay marriage and gun rights and immigration and abortion. Bothides of the aisle agree the stakes are very high. We saw evidence outside the hearing stay. These people are against this particular nomination. Democrats are warning that her appointment would undermine the future of Health Insurance for millions of lowincome americans. The counterprotesters as well, republicans see this as a chance to shape the nature of the court for years to come. As well as being conservative, ms. Barrett is known as being an originalist, and meaning that she believes that the judges shouldnt happen attempt to interpret the constitution as the authors intended when they wrote it. Here she is on thissue. The courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life. The policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made by the political branches, elected by and accountable to the people. The public should not expect courts to do so, and courts should not try. One law that may lie in the balance is the Affordable Care act, also known as the obamacare. Heres diane feinstein. Health Care Coverage for millions of americans is at stake with this nomination. So, over the course of these hearings, mcolleagues and i will focus on that subject. We will examine the consequences if, and thatas a big if, republicans succeed in rushing this nomination through the senate before the next president takes office. These heangs will run for most of this week as barrett will be questied about her personal and legal beliefs about by the judiciary committee. The committee is expected to vote by october 22 at the latest. If the vote is in her favor, republicans hope to hold a full senate vote on october 23. All that or that could be pushed into the following week. This seems likely to go the way of the republicans because they hold a slim majority in the senate and 51 votes do look secure. Watching that statement was Laura Trevelyan in washington. Carefull calibrated. How did you assess what she had to say . Laura yes. Carefully calibrated but the key phrase that she believes americans of all backgrounds deserve Supreme Court that is independent and interprets our constitution and laws as they were written. Now, that, as you were saying is clearly a pitch that she is an originalist, someone who believes in the constitution as it was written, a signal to conservatives that she is someone who will take issue with the more expansive interpretation of the constitution. One, for example, that protects a broad array of americans rights. When it comes to a abortion rights and expansive role of the state, conservatives hope that she will be someone who will vote for a more restrictive agenda, and on november 10, the Affordable Care act comes in front of the Supreme Court. She has criticized Justice Roberts for his vote in upholding obamacare a few years back. And, clearly conservative republicans are hoping she will be part of a vote to strike down that act. And this was her Opening Statement pared we then move onto questions later in the week. I was mentioning she was quizzed about her personal and legal beliefs. Help us understand what that means. Laura well, i think democrats will probably steer clear of questioning her about her faith. Sh is a catholic. She is a member of a charismatic group. Joe biden, the democratic nominees, worn Democratic Senators not to go down that route. And republicans have been flagging up all day that it is not fair to go after somebody based on their faith and to assumehey will rule in a particular way because of that. So, id expect more the democrats will ask her questions about the fact she doesnt like the weight the chief justice voted the way the chief justice voted when he upheld obamacare and she is on the record or saying she does not like roe v. Wade, the law that upheldhe right to an abortion. All of the senators get 30 minutes each to question her. The democrats are trying to hammer this idea that a vote for her would be the end of the Affordable Care act. Thank you very much. In washington. A very important day in washington. I day a future important for england. Boris johnson announce new restrictions and a new alert system aimed at controlling covid19. He has been explaining the new rules at a briefing in the last couple minutes. We are today simplifying and standardizing and local roads in england by introducing a covid alert. With existing National Measures such as the rule of six, and the pleasure of hospitality at 10 p. M. The closure of property lydia 10 00 p. M. A ban of indoor social mixing between households, and very high for places the nhs will swiftly be on there. Within the very high alert category will be reviewed and will be shut down indefinitely. Very high, also means pubs and bars were closed but shops and stores and universities remain open. Johnson has been justify new measures by highlighting the fact that infection rates have quadrupled in england in recent weeks. He argues to no ac not act would be unforgivable. There are thoseho say on that logic, we should go back into a full National Lockdown of indefinite duration, closing schools and businesses, telling peoplein to stay at home, as we did in march. Once again shuttering our lives and our society. I do not believe that would be the right course. We would not only be depriving children of their education. We would do such damage to our economy as tode our abi to fund the nhs and crucial public services. The leader of the opposition was the first to question whether these restrictions go far enough. I have to say, im now deeply skeptical the government has actually got a plan to get control of this virus and to protect jobs or regain public trust. We have trouble we have tried to give you the benefit of e doubt and it feels like the Prime Minister is several steps behind the curve and running to catch up with a virus he has lost control of long ago. Mr. Speaker, we had a slight ch of tack, the right honorable gentleman, seems to be willing to support the measures this government put in place to restrict the spread of coronavirus and now we see an equivocation. He wants it both ways. The city of liverpool will face the most severe restrictions. Here is the rejection the reaction of the mayor. [no audio] repeatedly said they had been kept in the dark about covid19 restrictions by the government in london. He heard similar complaints today. Here is the mp for wigan. Greater manchester will be placed into tr 2 restrictions. There was a government briefing. I cant provide details because i was not invited. I suspect this is because they do not know where wigan is. What an absolute shambles, she says. Another mp in the northeast of england saying along with other mps ive just received an email from the government minister advising me to a meeting to discuss further restrictions in the northeast with just seven minutes notice. Disgraceful. Do they even know what they are doing . And this is what we were toldy the labour leader of leeds city council. We didnt have consultation before the announcement to the press last thursday, which triggered an immense outcry right across the north in particular. We are starting to have conversations with government. The news from government is saying they want to work with us more closely and they want to help us shape any further measures. But obviously we are going to have to wait and see whether that translates into meaningful, activity in our areas. Well, at todays briefing the chief medical officer for england was asked whether the meures would be enough to bring down infection rates in the worst affected areas. His reply is getting a lot of attention. I am confident nor is anybody confident that thenot tier 3 proposals for the highest rates, if we did the absolute base case and nothing more, would be enough to get on top of it. That is why there is a lot of flexibility in the tier 3 level for local authorities, the directors of public health, around the country to actually give up that range so they can do. Quite a few people asking ying there are not a law at all confident that current measures are enough. That is a very good question. This brings to the obvious, the statement of the obvious. That is, look, the proof is in the pudding will be, are they able to bring the infection rates down in either of these areas . Whether there is going to be a higher level of alert or in places likwe are in london where it is a much lower level. For people watching on bbc world news all around the world, help them understand the calculations Boris Johnson is having to make, both from a Health Perspective and a political perspective. It is incredibly important to say that this is much more of an evolution rather than a revolution the way the u. K. Is dealg with the crisis. What i mean is that th government takes the view that there are two positions. You can either completely go back to a lockdown which we saw in march in the u. K. , or you can let the violence the virus rip. It has been the governments view since the early summer, we are trying to steer a path in between. Essentially that is still the view that Boris Johnson is taking. In other words, you do not go lockdown but neither do you let the virus rip. And this idea of having a tier system is about trying to make things a bit clearer to peop and to get back to high levels of public support for the measures, because it has all been a bit bitty the last few weeks with different bits of england have a slightly different measures. I noticed, rob, the Prime Minister referenced the mayor in liverpool three times during his briefing. Is he keen to shower some praise in the direction of the provisional leaders . Or share the blame. That, of course, is the other way of seeing it. Trying to say, its not just us, it is local consultation. There is a way in which epidemiological it meant sense to have different approaches and different parts of england. With different infection rates. They are much higher in the north of the country. But politically this is potentially absolute nightmare of a problem for Boris Johnson and his government because the conservative party. Its in the south. It tends to support the rich. Of course, they do not care about us. They lifted the lockdown too early without giving us enough financial and political support. So epidemiologically understandable but politically incredibly tricky. Rob live with us from the bbc news room. Back in a few minutes on outside source. Two premier league clubs, liverpool and Manchester United, have come up with a plan to give more money to struggling Lower League Teams but their plans are proving usually controversial. Hugely controversial. The ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan was breach within the first 24 hours. A bbc team in nagornokarabakh said it hurt regular shelling from the direction of the frontline. We are told that lace let late last night one shelf all right here. You see the crater at left. It fell on a house on the edge of theity. And if you look at the scene here, you can see has caused enorus destruction. Thank goodness the owner and his son were in the cellar at the time so they were not hurt. As you can see, the house he built 25 years ago has been pretty much destroyed. And, actually if you look on the ground, you canee bits of the missile that landed here. Now, we believe that these are parts of a big longange missile which is torn through this house. Armenia accuses azerbaijan of violating the truce that was agreed in moscow but azerbaijan accuses armenia of doing the same. Our lead story on outside source comes from washington, d. C. President trump pick for the Supreme Court amy Coney Barrett has begun the process of confirmation. Republicans nt to make sure that processes completing before the president ial election. Now, the crisis in belarus continues. The police ve been authorized to use lethal force against protesters who continue to dispute the reeleion of president lukashenko. The government said this is because the radicalization of the protesters. Its obvious that they are trying to plunge belarus back into chaos. On behalf of the ministry of internal affairs, i declare we will not leave the streets. We will ensure order in the country. Employees of the internal Affairs Bodies in servicemen of the internal troops will, if necessary, use special equipment and lethal weapons. While that is happening the European Union is moving toward sanctions against president lukashenko. Ministers say he lacks any democratic legitimacy. For more on the possible sanctions its a sign of the toughening up of the Security Response of these demonstrations. We saw that yesterday, sunday, the day when you get demonstrations on the streets of minsk, the capital. And there were indications yesterday that the curity forces were in some ways losing patience. They used on grenades, water cannon, they were openly beating otesters and human Rights Groups say that 300 people were detained. The e. U. Has been slow in terms of comin with these targeted sanctions in place at the moment. It is nearly two months since they were first announced targeted sanctions on key figures around president lukashenko. At the time, they didnt sanction president lukashenko himself possibly to give himself a little bit of legal room to allow flexibility a bit of wi