For nevada, they are also threatening legal action in pennsylvania, georgia, and other battleground states. We should note that in the battleground state of pennsylvania, they are saying, the trump companion, they have victory by allowing poll watchers to be participating in these votes that are being counted. Either way, when i speak to sources on both joe bidens campaign and President Trumps campaign, both sides are saying they feel confident they will win. There are no more scheduled Public Events for President Trump later today. We are anticipating we will hear from President Trump on camera. Thatd that, we should note another state the Trump Campaign says they would like to see reversed is arizona. Where phoenixy, is located, those results anticipated in the evening hours, new york time. Bottomline, that is where things stand. There will become as you mentioned, as steady inflow of data, including in this hour in nevada throughout the day. David the subject of that pennsylvania vi
Market as well. Tom ive got to be careful here, but ive never seen it before. The dynamics of particularly dow futures have been extraordinary. Nasdaq 100 shows a little bit of persistency, with green on the screen. Jonathan 18 basis point trading range on the treasury yield. It is the election map everyone feared they might wake up to, confronted with the idea that you might have to wait maybe a few more days. Lisa theres several maps that are the worst Case Scenario for markets. We have the potential for a contested election, but also looking like the democrats will be unable to win the senate. Not yet determined, but that is the map. If you look at the Electoral College, it is the path to 270. Former Vice President joe biden currently racking up 238 of those votes, versus 213 of President Trump. It is going to be up to wisconsin, michigan, georgia, pennsylvania, nevada. It is so close that the big take away here is that this was not the blue wave people looking for. This is not the
To the stories that you have told, including the story of veronicas family. Very moving. If i were a justice, the commitment i would make to you and to all people affected by follows is that i would the law as you enacted it, and i have no agenda. I would not be coming in with any agenda. I would do equal justice under the law for all, and not try to force or disrupt in any way the quality choices that you and your colleagues have adopted. Sen. Hirono so are you saying that the impact of the Affordable Care act on the millions of people who rely upon it, that you would deem to be policy considerations that we should address . Sen. Hirono senator, i think that you choose the law and you have structured the Affordable Care act. You set the policies. And i think when a court has to interpret those statutes or decide how it applies in a Certain Circumstance, the court looks to traditional legal materials, looks to the briefs, listens to the real world impacts on the litigants before the co
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