Uncertainty about the legitimacy of the upcoming election and whether or not he will accept the results. And at a rally last night, in virginia, he repeated his claims that the only way he will lose is if the vote is rigged. President trump will hold another Campaign Rally moments after announcing his new justice nominee. All of this coming as the u. S. Just surpassed two grim milestones in the pandemic. The number of coronavirus cases now exceeds 7 million. And the death toll is over 200,000. And now Health Experts are warning of another surge in cases in the next few months. Lets begin our coverage with Sarah Westwood at the house. The president keeps trying to sew doubt in this election process. Reporter thats right, fred. Though he provided evidence for none of that last night at his rally in new port news, virginia. Claiming that mailin voting could tip the Election Results. Theres no basis for that. But its part of his efforts to undermine confidence in the Election Results with his supporters as you mentioned hes been claiming that the only scenario in which those results can be tested they reflect a victory for him. That comes after a week in which he stirred considerable controversy by refusing to commit to a peaceful transition of power should he lose the election in november. He was doubling down on that this week despite clear unease from even his republican allies on capitol hill with him taking that election. Last night at the rally the president said he would be amenable to a friendly transfer of power but only if he feels he hasnt been cheated. Thats the only way were going to lose is if theres mischief. Mischief. It will have to be on a big scale. Be careful. We do want a very friendly transition. But we dont want to be cheated and be stupid. Reporter in a cleanup attempt from the white house the white house later said the president would agree to a peaceful transfer of power the election was free and fair. Trump seems intent on deciding what constitutes free and fair in this election, fred. Sarah, what do we know about among the people the president may have interviewed before announcing his nominee later on today . Reporter yeah, fred. A source tells cnn that amy Coney Barrett, the expected nominee for this vacancy was really the only person the president interviewed formally. He did say on monday that he was speaking to several of the candidates for the nominee. Amy Coney Barrett was really the only person who got that one on one facetime. She was the favorite pretty much throughout this entire process, however short it was. Mitch mcconnell expressed his interest in having her be nominated in conversations with trump and conversations with the white House Counsel because she was considered the easiest to get through the confirmation process. Shes a known quantity. Were learning that amy Coney Barrett if she is nominated is expected to be on capitol hill this week, fred, for courtesy calls with senators and with mcconnell. Sarah westwood at the white house. Thanks so much. The expected nomination of amy Coney Barrett kicks off unprecedented scramble by republicans to get her confirmed before the election, which is now just 38 days away. Cnns Jessica Schneider looks at the potential nominee. Reporter people who know 48yearold amy Coney Barrett say her family is her number one priority. And she made sure they were front and center at her 2017 confirmation hearing for the seventh circuit. We have our oldest three daughters with us today. Reporter barrett proudly showcased all seven of her children including vif yen and john who she and her husband adopted from haiti. Vivian is our miracle. Vivian was born in haiti and came home when she was 14 months old. She weighed 11 pounds and she was so weak we were told she might not never walk normally or speak. Today vivian is a track star and assure you she has no trouble talking. Benjamin has special needs and that presents unique challenges for all of us. But i think all you need to know about benjamins place in the family is summed up by the fact that the other children unreservedly identify him as their favorite sibling. Reporter barretts large family is two children shy of matching the late justice sca a scalia. She clerked for him right out of the law school. It was intimidating working for him when he called you in his office, you had to be prepared to go to mat and talk about whatever it was. He was always five steps ahead of you. One of my friends put it this way, he said judge barrett is the kind of person and the kind of judge that you would want to be the judge in a case if you didnt know which side you were going to be on. Reporter carter sneed is part of barretts closeknit group of friends in south bend, indiana. He has an adopted child and bonded with the Barrett Family when it came to kids and cooking. She and her family host extraordinary parties for mardi gras. Shes from new orleans. She cooks kree yol cuisine and makes crawfish. Reporter one issue has come up before for judge barrett, how she balanced her faith and the law. If youre asking whether i take my faith seriously and im a faithful catholic, i am although i would stress that my personal Church Affiliation or my religious belief would not bear on the discharge of my duties aed a judge. Senator Dianne Feinstein drew criticism with her sharp questions about barretts religion in 2017. You have a long history of believing that your religious beliefs should prevail. The dogma lives loudly within you. Reporter as barrett emerged as the frontrunner this week, her association with a multidenomination Christian Group called people of praise began drawing attention. The groups board of governors is all male and has referred to women as hand maids in the past. A term that has sense been dropped by the group. A spokesman for people of praise tells cnn christian leadership in no way involves superiority or domination among shouss but we have chosen to rely on male leadership based on our desire to be a family of families. We follow the new testament teaching that the husband is the head of the family and we have patterned our community on this new testament approach to family life. Putting aside barretts potential past or present membership judge barrett has made clear she leaves her religion out of her judicial opinions. Its never appropriate for a judge to impose that judges personal convictions whether they derive from faith or anywhere else on the law. Reporter Jessica Schneider, cnn washington. Lets get more perspective on the president S Supreme Court announcement coming up in just a few hours from now. Joining me right now melanie sa know that, congressional reporter at politico author of the huddle newsletter and julian, good to see all of you also. Julian is a cnn political analyst. Julian, you first. While its not official, you know, all signs point to President Trump naming amy Coney Barrett as hiS Supreme Court nominee. You say her confirmation would finish a historic right ward shift that started with reagan and will help justify republicans support for President Trump. But you also say it could help both sides politically. How so . Well, look this finishes a process that started with the rain kwis court starting in 1986 under reagan and solidifies a conservative block if this goes through and shes appointee. A 63 conservative block. So for republicans, this is very exciting. President trump is delivering on a Supreme Court that will have great influence on key rulings on every issue from regulation to Voting Rights but for democrats it will also be energizing because once again the stakes of two terms of President Trump will become very clear. So i think both parties will see exactly why this is a very historic moment and the implications in the election. Melanie, you wrote a piece about how democrats are debating scorched earth tactics versus restraint in the Supreme Court confirmation battle. We know theres virtually nothing democrats can do to stop the president s pick from being confirmed. And instead it appears democrats are appealing to voters by underscoring all thats at stake on the bench from Affordable Health care to lgbtq rights and affirmative action in colleges and universities . Thats right. Theres a real debate in the Democratic Party right now about what their strategy should be if they win back the senate and if the gop rams this nominee through. On the one hand you have progressives who say we need to fight fire with fire. They want to expand the Supreme Court. They want to end the legislative filibuster and feel like the other side hasnt been playing by the rules so why should they. On the other side, you have some of these moderate democrats, including Party Leadership and joe biden, who called for a more restrained response. They say lets keep the message focussed on health care and whats at stake and a lot of these moderate democrats that i talked to this week are worried about the extreme calls backfiring and being used against them in attack ads on november 3rd. The flip side you have progressives who say this could alienate the base and its a mistake to not sort of galvanize the base and the grass root heers. This is going to be a heated debate Going Forward if the democrats win back both the senate and the white house. More to your point, julian, seems republicans have fallen right in line with what the president is trying to encourage that a confirmation will actually happen even before election day from Mitch Mcconnell to lindsey graham. So, even if republicans have grimaced, you know, at the president saying the election is rigged if he doesnt win, they are on board with getting this confirmation done quickly. Absolutely. We often talk about trump base, but the real story is broad republican support for the president which continues. And important reason it continues is he delivers on key issues. He delivered on tax cuts. Hes delivered on deregulation. And the courts he delivered big with federal courts in a shift we have seen right ward. Now the Supreme Court, as we said, will be a solid conservative block. So i expect to hear very little from Congressional Republicans with Senate Republicans trying to push this as fast as possible so that this is all lined up and theres no risk come 2021 about this nomination. Melanie, if it is indeed amy Coney Barrett who is indeed announced later this afternoon and many republicans said outloud and those like mitt romney who some were thinking might be a little ret sant with the hurry up with the nominee, no, it follows precedent. What are the potential obstacles that there may be for amy Coney Barrett among republicans who have said, okay, lets go ahead and get this nominee. Lets get the confirmation process going. But theres still a dot dot dot about whether they would confirm her. Right, of course. They have to evaluate the nominee. This is going to be a battle on capitol hill. Democrats are going to try to land some blows at the confirmation hearing. The things were hearing that theyre going to try to make an issue is theyre going to press her on whether or not she could recuse herself from any Court Challenges related to the election especially since trump this week said explicitly i want that ninth justice there to break a tie. Theyre also going to raise issues about health care, roe versus wade will be back in the spotlight. But i think something to keep in mind here is that she has strong support among conservatives and on the right and considered really a slam dunk pick for conservatives. So barring really some sort of big revelation or some big bomb shell in the next few weeks the thinking here is that shes going to get through on capitol hill. Julian, President Trump continues to cast doubt on the integrity of the election. You know, hes still making false claims about mailin voting and he wont commit to a peaceful transition of power if he loses. Do you think concerns about the potential of a peaceful or lack thereof transfer of power, you know, are overblown . No. I think its totally legitimate to be very worry md ied. The president is not being subtle about different threats hes making. He made statements about a peaceful transfer of power. I think the real risk right now is not to take what hes saying seriously. That will also feed into concerns about the appointment and nomination of the Supreme Court happening right now where he explicitly has connected this to the election. So, its fair to be worried. Yeah. And despite that the president continues to make those threats its extraordinary you would have this resolution on the hill to try and shore lay fears of the general louse populus, indeed there will be a peaceful transfer of power but wont that really kind of be up to the president . All right. Melanie, julian, lets leave it there for now. Thanks so much. Thank you. Thanks. All right, the most anticipated moment of the election is here. Donald trump, joe biden facing off in the first president ial event. Watch it all play out live on cnn with special coverage tuesday starting at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. Straight ahead, floridas governor reopening bars and restaurants as the number of coronavirus cases and deaths continue to rise in that state. Were live. Plus, the family of Breonna Taylor with a clear demand for the Kentucky Attorney general. Release the grand jury transcripts. I never had faith in Daniel Cameron to begin with. 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Reporter fred, as you said, the governor is lifting all restrictions on businesses here in the state of florida, phase 3 is officially under way. We are 100 open, according to the governor here in the state of florida. That includes restaurants, which will now be allowed to open to 100 capacity. Theres still people sitting outside here at the restaurant behind me but inside you can fill it up, according to the governor. Bars and nightclubs can also open to 100 capacity. There will be some limited social distancing protocols inside there as well. But also if the county does want to keep a restaurant closed just a little bit, say 50 to 100 capacity, they have to justify that move to the state and they have to get approval for that. So, the governor really wants to see the state get back under way in terms of business and economic recovery here. Also, fred, regarding masks, the governor says that local counties and municipalities they will not be able to fine people for not wearing these anymore. A lot of count