small business is shattering and john cornyn has no action or leadership. he when his party talks rushes through a supreme court nominee. i did three tours in afghanistan, earned a purple heart and i'm raising two kids in the middle of a pandemic and he thinks that i'm going get pushed around like he has? i approve this message because it's about time that texas had a senator as tough as we are. host: here's richard, from clarksville, tennessee. wondering, back in 1980's,'s through the the elected people running for senate or president, they did not use a lot of slander. i suggest that slanders against the law isn't it? guest: we are going into the intricacies of slander and libel , which we mostly learned about in journalism school and we have to be careful of that. politicians don't have to be quite as careful. to be fair, there's a long history of politicians fudging the truth in order to get across a particular political message. that's not necessarily brand-new in 2020. of course, now there's multiple and new ways to get that information across, especi

could cornyn seat be in doubt in texas this year? >> well, look, andrea, it's amazing we're talking about texas, texas, texas. if you look back at the history, you have mitt romney who won texas by about 16 points, donald trump won it by 9. beto o'rourke lost it by less than 5. so it's been trending blue for a long time. you can see trending blue for those numbers. now according to there's morning news poll, biden is ahead of trump three points in texas. that's within the margin of error. that brings it down to zero. anything is possible. the thing with texas, there is a demographic now, largely latino voters voting in big numbers now. texas has been red for a long time. it used to be blue with ann richards. now it's starting to trend toward blue again. could they get it at this time, absolutely. i don't know. we'll have to see. >> donna edwards, we've heard president trump's comments try to appeal to suburban women. here is what he just said again moments ago in pennsylvania. >> they keep saying we don't know, we think he's not doin

at one point senator cornyn asked her to hold up a note pad sitting in front of her to show what she is using to prepare for the hearing today, and the note pad was completely blank with nothing on it. really telling of how prepared and how knowledgeable she is and able to handle these questions. the hearing continues, and it's expected to go until 9 p.m. tonight. lou? lou: hillary vaughn, thank you very much. we'll be talking about all of this and much more tonight throughout the broadcast with "just the news" editor-in-chief john solomon, congressman deafen nuÑes and historian victor davis hanson. >>> president trump leaving for another rally in johnstown, pennsylvania. the most recent polling shows the president about 2 points off of joe biden's lead. president trump's visit to pennsylvania comes just a day after he returned to the campaign trail with a big rally held in central florida. the president, having recovered from his bout with the china virus, says he's feeling better than ever. >> one thing with me, the nice part, i went through it. now they say i'm immune, i can -- y

cornyn: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. coarse correspondent mr. president -- mr. cornyn: mr. president, on thursday you the senate judiciary committee advanceed the nomination of amy coney barrett unanimously. it was unanimous because our democratic colleagues sought to boycott the meeting, but what they basic lay did is expedite -- basically did is expedite consideration of her nomination. it was really kind of puzzling to see the chairs that were set aside for our democratic colleagues filled with large, blown-up pictures. and i'll sort of get to that in a moment. the false narrative that we've seen here -- because our colleagues cannot successfully attack the character or the qualifications of this incredible nominee to this seat on the supreme court. she discussed -- judge barrett discussed everything from the separation of powers to the free expression clause of the first amendment, and many of us marveled at her knowledge and her ability to recall facts and le

yea senator cornyn. sen. cornyn: mr. chairman, i will take a couple of minutes. i find this to be a surreal environment we are in, where our democratic colleagues announced they are going to boycott one of the most important votes this committee will have, probably during our entire senatorial tenure. that is a vote to confirm, to provide advice and consent to a nominee of the supreme court of the united states. i just want to comment on the pictures that are in their chairs, like this is some sort of sporting event during covid-19 and rather than show up and do their job, they choose to continue the theater that was part of the hearing. of course, this is all pretextual. their argument, as i understand it, is somehow amy coney barrett will violate her oath of office, contrary to everything she has done and who she is, and somehow that the affordable care act is in jeopardy. she explained, i think with great skill, the issue before the supreme court. it is one of severability, which is a very technical doctrine. it doesn't have anything to do with the merits of t

cornyn continued, i think what we found is we're not going to change president trump. he is who he is. you either love him or hate him. what i try to do is not get into public confrontations and fights with him because what i observed is those don't usually end too well. by someone who has been endorsed by the president and critical on the way out the door s your party having buyer's remorse? >> i think you know my history a little bit why i'm going out the door. when president trump says something i agree with, you know i did, and when i didn't, that got me in trouble. same-sex weddings, pre-existing conditions, to open the government, all these things is what i got hit on. as i got railroaded out of it, and i think that's the issue. i think we have people afraid to say what's needed. i don't work for the president. i work for the people of the dire district, the 750,000 people. i give a note to the constitution. i fought for this country. it's a disservice and disrespect to service members when you see conspiracy theories put out there or perpetuated am. right now yo

briefly, before we go to senator cornyn. senator leahey mentioned my time with the president. i think all of us on this side were consulted by the president on how to fill the opening. he gave me a list of -- a small list of names, all women. you were on it. i was enthusiastic about everybody. play a lot of golf with the president i guess. i've enjoyed it. the we talk about a lot on the golf course, some policy, killing solkil killing solamani that was interesting. senator cornyn. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> most of us have multiple notebooks and books and things like that in front of us. can you hold up what you're referring to in answering your questions? is there anything on it? >> the letter head that says united states senate. >> that's impressive. >> judge, the best i can understand the objections to your nomination are not to your qualify indicati qualifications, training obexperience but it's that you have or you will violate your oath of office. i find that terribly insulting. they suggest that you can't be unbi unbiassed in deciding a case you haven't even p

in somebody like a john cornyn who's up in what is probably going to be a much closer re-election than he ever wanted to, to give you a sense in texas more than 4 million early votes are already in. almost 45 -- sorry, almost 50% of the 2016 turn out has already been hit in the 2020 race with 15 days to go. i think these are guys that are desperately trying probably way too late to try to separate themselves. i think when you look at the ben sasses of the world i think they're laying down the marker of wait a minute i was never really in this camp as we head into what's going to be a heated contest on the republican side in 2024. if we get into this election where the president feels like he needs to contest the outcome, this is the group of people that's going to be put on the spot, and maybe they're practicing and auditioning for finally breaking with the president on something that matters. >> and robert, while i have you maggie haberman from "the new york times" this weekend under the headline trump runs the kind of campaign he likes but not the one he might need, quote away from t

cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator for texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: i have a request for three committees to meet during today's session of the senate. approved by both the minority and majority leaders. the presiding officer: duly noted. mr. cornyn: i had the pleasure of remeeting judge amy coney barrett who has been nominated to the supreme court due to the vacancy left by ruth bader ginsburg. over the last few days, judge barrett's nomination has been applauded by people across the political spectrum, and for good reason. her background in practicing law and academia and on the federal bench has provided her with an unquestionable knowledge of the law. much of the praise has come from her colleagues who worked closely with her over the years. marcus cole, where she teaches said, judge barrett is a brilliant legal scholar and jurist and she's one of the most popular teachers we've ever here at notre dame law school. a grou

first of all, what do you make of the comments from your former colleague, senator cornyn of texas? >> well, it's not going to turn out too well. it's not going to turn out too well for the party. down ballot, the republicans are taking a hit everywhere. we did so in the midterms and we're likely to do so at this point. whether you speak up or not, the president's actions are not good for the party. >> you think the republicans in the senate are going to take a hit, you could lose the majority? right now it's 53 republicans, 47 democrats in the senate. what do you anticipate happening after november 3rd? >> it's very close. i think if the election were today, and some have already voted. if november 3rd were today, i think we would lose the senate. i think that's a shame. but that's the way it looks right now. and i think you have nobody to blame really but the president and his policies and his conduct and his behavior. >> as you know, senator sasse refuses to support the president's re-election. senator mitt romney has harsh words for the president. you know both of these men well

john cornyn had a line, the aca versus the acv today. martha maccallum back with us in new york, what he thinks of argument >> i think that's exactly right and i thought that john cornyn's exchange with her was very interesting. i think the point is that the photos, which obviously evoke sympathy on everyone who looks at them, but the point that she was making anything obviously many entrances she cuba is a very compassionate person, especially the george floyd story and the reaction with her family. i think the point that's being made is it doesn't matter how she feels about anyone of these situations that is separate and apart from the function of performing and she's here for essentially a job interview and she's being asked whether or not she can leave her own feelings aside when she addresses these cases, so i think that's a very important point that she has made here and i think she's made it very effectively and very clearly. these posters, as has been pointed out, do evoke sympathy. these stories are compelling. however, they are

issue and i wrote about this for the "post," the president i plummet eting in the poles and senator cornyn saying he is disappointed th the president on the pandemic. is the g.o.p. finally starting to crack when it comes to r president trump is this just another round of muted grumbling? year year crack is a little too strong. i think there is reservations and doubt and a rock and a hard place for them. three-plus weeks from an election and will pay a pri they move away from the president. and i thinkhey have to live with the consequences. what worries them, if youoo our "wall street journal" the trump base. senior citizens are moving against the president and working-class men are moving against the president. and so thene thing republicans who had their doubts about the president was thathe base is solid and trump base will help me, but there is some doubt about that and you have suburban women who continue to move south. there is a lot to be worried about if you are a repub senator. robert: is that why the presidt came back to t negotiating table on friday and etary mnuchin working with

issue and i wrote about this for the "post," the president is plummet eting in the poles and senator cornyn saying he is disappointe with the president on the pandemic. is the g.o.p. finally srting to crack when it comes to president trump or is this just another round of muted grumbling? ear crack is a little too strong. i thinks there reservaons and doubt and a rock and a hard placeor them. election and will pay a price if they move away from the president. and i think they have to live with the consequences. what worries them, if you look at our "wall street journal" pole you start to see erosion in the trump base. senior citizens are moving against the president and working-class men are moving against the president. and so the one thing republicans who had doubts about the president was that the base is solid and trump base will hel me, but there is some doubt about that and y have suburban women who continue to move south.is ther a lot to be worried about if you are a republican senator. robert: that why the presidt came back to the negotiating table on friday and secretary mnuchin wo

in somebody like a john cornyn who's up in what is probably going to be a much closer re-election than he ever wanted to, to give you a sense in texas more than 4 million early votes are already in. almost 45 -- sorry, almost 50% of the 2016 turnout has already been hit in the 2020 race with 15 days to go. i think these are guys that are desperately trying probably way too late to try to separate themselves. i think when you look at the ben sasses of the world, i think they're laying down the marker of, wait a minute, i was never really in this camp as we head into what's going to be a heated contest on the republican side in 2024. so i think they're going to divide into each camp. what will be interesting is, if we get into this election where the president feels like he needs to contest the outcome, this is the group of people that's going to be put on the spot, and maybe they're practicing and auditioning for finally breaking with the president on something that matters. >> and, robert, while i have you, maggie haberman from "the new york times" this weekend under the headline, trum

the government who wants to give their consent, senator cornyn. there's a battle royal over the postal service and whether it's going to be implicated in an effort to slow down or stop ballots from being delivered. one ballot collection box in harris county, texas for more than 4 million people. one box? it's clear what going on here. it's an effort to make it difficult to vote. even for those who are legally entitled. historically the republican party is starting using a tactic of discouraging voters. we've seen this making it more difficult, reducing the period of time that people can vote early, requiring i.d.s even if there's no evidence of fraud. purging the roles of names. this is all going on. i want to confine my questions at the outset here on the question of voting. let me start request a summary of an exchange yesterday. senator feinstein said president trump suggested me wanted to delay the upcoming election. he asked you, does the constitution give the president of the united states the authority, reason closely, to what he asked, to

senator graham and senator cornyn now among them. on this committee so there's a lot of tension in this room there's a lot at stake for future of the country and for the future of this election as people make these decisions and amy coney barrett proved herself to be -- a candidate for this position in the -- van that everyone has come to expect and respect for the supreme court justice. for the supreme court. so it's an important back and forth to watch and kennedy having breakfast before they get started this morning. so going to be interesting. >> talking about the reelection campaign i was thom tillis walking in there a moments ago here comes family of judge barrett as she enters hearing room. let's continue our discussion with dana perino i heard you something last night i don't often hear you say that was how impressed you were with a single individual with whom we spent most of the day yesterday. at least virtually from our perspective. how come? >> well, i just find her poise, grace, genius, brilliance, wisdom, and her abilit

chairman, i'll reserve the rest of my time. >> thank you, senator cornyn. for planning purposes if it's okay with the committee, we'll have senator durbin, senator lee, break for about a half hour for lunch and come back. are you okay with that? do you need a break? >> that's fine. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you judge barrett and your family for being with us here today for this marathon of questioning. >> thank you, senator durbin. >> i would like to respond to two of my colleagues quickly before i ask a few questions of you. who came up with this notion, this insulting notion that you might violate your oath? could vitt come from the white house? could it have come from the president's tweets of what he expects a supreme court nominee to do politically for him? that's where it comes from. that's where it originated. you have said very clearly today without equivocation you are not going to be influenced by president trump's importuning or the importuning of this committee or anyone else which is what we expect you to say. this notion that this w

senator cornyn is in a very tight race for re-election. he's also in a state where there are 1.7 million people who will lose their health insurance when amy coney barrett votes to eliminate that program. another 12 million who have pre-existing conditions. now you just go down the table there. i should have started with the chairman, lindsey graham, in the state of south carolina. he has 242,000 who will lose their insurance if amy coney barrett eliminates the affordable care act and 2 million who have pre-existing conditions. iowa, joni ernst, 187,000 will lose their insurance. north carolina, 500,000 will lose their insurance. so, you want to know the point we're going to make? we're making a point that this not only has an impact on the lives of so many innocent americans, it could impact the members of this committee. >> i want to play a quote for you from former vice president joe biden on this issue of expanding the court. let me play it and ask you about it on the other side. >> my court backing when the election is over. now, look

i want to ask you listen to senator cornyn from texas about the position of a federal judge and a lifetime appointment. >> as a judge you serve for lifetime tenure, correct. >>> correct. >> you don't have to stand for election. >>> no. >> you don't have to raise money. >>> no. >> you don't have to consult pol polls. >>> no. >> focus groups? >>> no, well the reason we have life tenure as federal judges is to be insulated from the pressure that such things like focus groups or public opinions, the pressure that might apply for a court to decide a case one way or another. that's why we side according to text. >> i know there are so many focus groups going on right now, these drawing a line between the judicial branch and those that are elected officers. >>> and senator cornyn certainly knows about the politics. he's in the middle of a very competitive reelection in texas. republicans are looking at the polling quite encouraging when it comes to this nomination. she started off with a lot of voters not knowing about her, skeptical about how this was handled. morning consult came our with a pol

forward senate judiciary committee chairman lindsey graham and texas republican john cornyn the democrats have no real basis to object to is not just qualified, she's incredibly qualified rather than show up and do their job. >>they choose to continue the theater missouri republican josh hawley calls baird's confirmation which gives conservatives a 6 to 3 majority on the court a victory the most openly pro-life candidate for the supreme court in my lifetime, the full senate will begin debate on there is confirmation starting friday with a final vote expected on monday in washington raquel martin. >>coming up in 5 senate republicans take on big tech why the ceo's of facebook and twitter will be questioned by congress next week and your quality of some sleet may affect the effectiveness of your flu vaccine. why local experts as being well rested makes all the difference and one industry that seems to be doing well during the pandemic is real estate why it might be a good time to buy a home. uber and lyft are like every big guy i've ever brought down. prop 22 doesn't "help" their drivers-- i

thank you. >> senator cornyn. >> mr. chairman, during my opening statement i quoted james man lee who worked for harry reid for many years. he was quoted as saying the groups want blood. democrats on and off the committee want a real fight. i guess this is what passes for a real fight. i am struggling to find out and to understand why judge barrett is such a threat to them. is it because they have become accustomed that when they lose elections and they lose votes in the congress they depend on the courts to bail them out? that's not what judges should be doing. judges should be trying to determine what intent of congress is. we're the ones that are accountable to the voters. they are not by definition. by the fact they have lifetime tenure. that's why it is so important to have judges like amy coney barrett. she doesn't want to substitute her opinion for ours. she wants ours to prevail. she wants majorities respected. that's the american system. so i think a lot of the arguments and maybe it's just so obvious it doesn't

what is interesting is just in the last few minutes john cornyn who is a senator from texas he said look many people when they come here have notebooks of books that they can refer to can you sure what you've been working with and she held up a piece of paper which is given to people who go into these halls with us tonight it states senate on top of a new note so she has been speaking for just over 2 hours talking about case precedent she would interpret the law giving some examples as well and doing it all with notes he said that is very impressive john cornyn also made the point that look people aren't complaining about your ability your academic credentials your experience he said i think everyone would agree that you're qualified for the supreme court this is become a political battle and to a degree he's right because the democrats don't believe that this should begin to push through so close to an election that it should be left for the next president and what we're going to see is perhaps the 2nd most partisan election of the supreme court justice in history covered up being the 1

lindsey graham didn't say it, thom tillis didn't say it, ted cruz didn't say it, john cornyn didn't say it, mike lee didn't say it, none of them said that. they are all giant hypocrites. >> i think as you conceded, she said what i said she said, which is the president has the power. >> but why did she say the two previous things, why did she say -- did she bring up something that was meaningless? no. she went to great lengths to say the difference between judge kennedy, why bring that up? why bring up something meaningless unless you're not -- if you're actually not being genuine. >> what she said is when you have someone with similar ideological leaning as the vacancy, it is not going to be as politically contentious. but the president has the power to nominate, and the senate has the power to act or not. and the president clearly, many, many cases -- >> by the way, is she of the same political leaning as ginsburg? >> why won't you let me finish my point? so when the president and the senate majority are the same party during an election year, these nominees almost always get confirmed

voted 70 times to try to overturn the aca and many members of this committee, members like senators cornyn, lee, and others have filed briefs before the supreme court asking for the law to be struck down. now, on the eve of the election, i believe president trump is making a last gasp attempt to get the supreme court to do it for him. he cannot do it through the democratic process, he cannot do it administratively, he's going to try to do it with one more challenge. as you well know, it was upheld eight years ago in a five to four decision where justice roberts wrote a critical piece of the opinion. justice scalia, whose broad philosophy you embrace, dissented. he thought it was unconstitutional and voted to strike down the entirety of the law. in wrote an article "constitutional commentary" in 2017 which you are quite critical of chief justice roberts' decision. i want to ask you, not as a matter of debating abstract academic principles, but because i believe the outcome in this case, a week after the election may hang in the balance. he wrote in the article, in a case that upheld the aca

virus and now in one of the toughest comments yet from the president's response, texas senator john cornyn tells "the houston chronicle" adding i think he got over his skis and it's a lesson we need to exercise self-discipline. at a town hall event last night democratic rival joe biden said he's not surprised the president tested positive. >> glad he seems to be coming along pretty well. would communicate the right lesson to the american people masks. masks matter. >> reporter: at least 18 linked to trump have now tested positive. among the latest press secretary kaleigh mcenany and two of her , the white house says access to the president will be significantly limited. >> we are all vigilant. we are all working together whether it's by phone or in person if that's possible. >> reporter: over the course of his hospitalization the president staged a series of photo-ops, in this one, appearing to sign his name to a blank sheet of paper then he briefly left the hospital to wave to supporters possibly exposing the secret service agents riding with him. >> this is just another reminder we elect

highly partisan four committee republicans are up for re-election lindsey graham, the chairman, john cornyn, joni ernst and tom tillis joe biden's running mate kamala harris is on the committee too some may attend virtually. democrats say the hearing should be postponed, a suggestion republicans reject >> so at every step they're arguing for whatever will delay things, and their objective is just delay beyond election day. >> reporter: if as expected judge barrett is confirmed strictly along party lines, it will be the most partisan vote for a supreme court justice in modern history >> and a busy week ahead our thanks for that report nbc news will have a special report on the confirmation battle beginning at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> coronavirus cases in the u.s. continue to surge and set new records in parts of the country. as of today the nation has over 7.7 million cases and over 215,000 deaths the latest data comes as an nbc news tally finds six states including missouri, montana, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma and west virginia all had single-day record increases on sunday andy beshear says

virus and now in one of the toughest comments yet from the president's response, texas senator john cornyn tells "the houston chronicle" adding i think he got over his skis and it's a lesson we need to exercise self-discipline. at a town hall event last night democratic rival joe biden said he's not surprised the president tested positive. >> glad he seems to be coming would communicate the right lesson to the american people masks. masks matter. >> reporter: at least 18 linked to trump have now tested positive. among the latest press secretary kaleigh mcenany and two of her deputies. in a new statement this morning, the white house says access to the president will be significantly limited. >> we are all vigilant. we are all working together whether it's by phone or in person if that's possible. >> reporter: over the course of his hospitalization the president staged a series of photo-ops, in this one, appearing to sign his name to a blank sheet of paper then he briefly left the hospital to wave to supporters possibly exposing the secret service agents riding with him. >> this is just ano

well she's currently being interviewed by john cornyn who is a senator from texas also served on the state bench for a while while he was down in texas so has some judicial experience but perhaps the most interesting exchange has come just in the last 20 minutes or so with patrick leahy who is a democratic senator from vermont now he asked whether or not anyone was above the law in the eyes of the judge she said no obviously that was the case and then he asked can a president self pardon no this is all about donald trump and what he might do should he lose the election given that there are a number of cases that could be pending against him some of them criminal that could mean the former president if he loses the election appearing in court. refused to answer that by saying simply that this needs a lot of legal analysis is not something she could answer it's not something to be legislated has been talked about around the time of next month nixon's impeachment and resignation but it never gone through the legal process so she couldn't answer that that's something that's going to get

senator graham in south carolina, senator tillis in north carolina, senator purdue in georgia or senator cornyn in texas, our new head winds, troubling head winds for republicans in the south because the south as an idea may live in the republican imagination as a place where you have a wide electorate that powers you, that -- a conservative electorate. but if you look at places like georgia, the population there is growing increasingly diverse, and so is the new south in south carolina, in parts of texas where californians are coming in and it's demographically changing, politically changing. we saw hints of that in 2018, and now it continues to grow. and the biden campaign is trying to capitalize on that by sending the contenders there. >> gene, mr. kushner made news today. i don't think he intended to when he woke up this morning, but let me play it for you. we'll talk about it on the other side. >> there's been a lot of discussion about the issues that were needed in the black community for the last years but particularly an intense fight after the george floyd situation. and you saw a lot

from cornyn judge to cornyn judge to this nominee hop, hop, hop. when texans lose their aca healthcare protections, hop, hop, hop to see whose doorstep that sits on. lost in the hypocritical rush is the legacy of ruth bader ginsburg. let me remember her in a minute. she fought for equality, equity and dignity and forged a path for women in the law to harvard law school, the pinnacle of legal academia to the apex of legal advocacy and onto the supreme court where she defended women's reproductive rights. the rights of workers, voting rights,, the rights of immigrants, homeland security very regents and countless other freedoms. in her work she bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice for all americans. how fitting that she should be the first woman to lie in state in our united states capitol. as to this charade, big donors may love it but americans see what's going on. they see this ugly hasty hypocritical power grab and they know what it means for their healthcare in the midst of a pandemic. for republicans there is no washing your hands

neil: i know you guys were working and talking to senator cornyn of texas earlier. you're watching, is it to get ready for the barrett nomination? is it to counter democratic moves to either push that vote back or do something to blunt it, what? >> well, kind of all of the above, actually. i mean, mainly the reason we're here so that democrats can continue to protest. we had a series of procedural votes yesterday. they're trying to do everything they can to delay or block her nomination. we're setting up for a vote tomorrow at 1:00, a cloture vote, a procedural vote as long as we have every republican here and available we'll win that and that will set up a final vote on judge barrett's nomination for monday evening, but under the senate rules there are 30 hours of post cloture debate. we expect the democrats to use those hours so they can continue to demonstrate their supporters that they're protesting this and do everything they can to stop it. essentially what we're doing, live unanimous consent requests on the floor and we have to have somebody there to object t

he not only said trump would lose texas and john cornyn would lose texas and joe biden will win it and haggar who is left wing and nutty would win as well. on energy, there is something i don't think people have paid much attention. he said zero carbon by 2035. that means by 2035 he wants to end the 70% of electricity generation from fossile fuels. virtually all of it. some from coal and a small amount of oil. 70% of electricity he wants it gone. he will make demanslaughter we -- demands we get into electric cars. billion dollars of investments in plants that can run for 50 years will be gone. what will that do to your utility bills? can will jack them up and like california we have blackouts. >> laura: karl, we have to run. people might not like trump's tweets but they won't like rolling blackouts and never ending shut downs. >> and higher utility bills. >> laura: thank you. karl, thank you very much it. with control of congress on the line, the gop looking to take back the house next week. maybe 30 african-americans republican candidates running right now could push them over the fin

the moment that john cornyn turned against donald trump and came out and distanced himself from trump, something he had not done in four years, it's like a canary in the coal mine. like an electrocuted eagle in the coal mine howling and that's john cornyn saying i could lose this race and a world where cornyn can lose in texas is a world where you're look the -- you could have a plausible conversation about the democratic landslide, 1980s style landslide in the senate and a giant win for joe biden. i think everyone understands that texas is fully in play. kamala harris going there on friday, lemire made the right point earlier about the allocation of the candidates' time and more pointedly about the biden campaign. they have been so disciplined for the last six months saying we are not going to go and mess around in the states, we will put some ads on the air, but we'll send our candidates to the core six states we need to win and won't make the mistakes like hillary clinton made in 2016. it's a sign of just how much those two states are obviously just -- i mean they could go either w

note, david, that one republic senator who has been very supportive of the president, senator john cornyn of texas, recently gave an interview back in texas, just a short while ago, saying that hhf dealing with this pandemic. and there will be tough questions that will be asked. i think, as you said, you know, there's nobody that's unhappy to see somebody recovering and we donald know if he is, but he's clearly walking out of here on his own. that is a good sign, but he is going to face some very tough questions, both specifically about the events at the white house and how they may have spread the virus, but also more globally, his handling of a pandemic that has now killed more than 210,000 americans. >> jon, thank you. stick with us here, another thumb's up, a wave to the camera there. as the president boards marine one, headed back to the white house. just moments from now. again, after being taken to walter reed friday evening, after coming down with a fever, mild symptoms, how they were described at the time. but fever, congestion and discomfort from the symptoms that came on fairly

and if you don't believe me t t the look at what senator cornyn is going through in the state of texas. yes, texas for the president himself is the only one or three points ahead in the polls in texas we have seen over the last few weeks over the last 34 days taking a much more hands-off approach to the presidential outcome of the selection. and it is more than aware of the impact of this selection could have on his leadership inen the senate and those who want to be competitive so yes there is a degree of voice inside of the republican leaders to say let it go disruptive to the country. there is no political website ato that point. and not just from democrats. and then i want my voters to go to the polls and want them to be disruptive the president giving his blessing and to white nationalism that'sop the narrative and they would be loath to embrace that narrative on the other side and then to hold on and then to some degree be on their owned. >> and then to add to that there is an important guardrail and that would be a big question trump news has a very professional decision desk an

conservative judges and so he want to take this moment to highlight his nominee for the supreme court any cornyn barretts. but there was very little social distancing and very few people were were met with. that so many of these people have become sick and hope it is still back in the news that something a trump have to deal with so it is only a month now from the presidential election how will all these infections. will that have on the trial well it has an effect on so many areas like with the 1st with this nominee for the supreme court because 2 senators who are on the judicial the thing that you just for a committee have become i have been diagnosed it's questionable if they can keep the timeline because they really want to hurry up and push and get her on the bench also we're looking at what the vice president mike pence has to do not only does he have to fill in on the road for donald trump but he might have to fill in administratively and he's still going to take part in this scheduled debate with senator camila harris and what's different from the last event is that everybody there has t

resources into senate races in places like kansas and alaska, not to mention mj hegar's race against john cornyn in texas and steve bullock's race against the incumbent republican steve daines in montana. i mean the places where democrats are on offense now are in red states. at least what used to seem like red states where republicans would usually assume that their senate seats are safe no matter who's on the ballot. i mean i don't know what's going to happen in the presidential election, and neither do you. but i never thought that democrats would be playing this hard for senate control while an incumbent republican president was up for re-election. like i said, there's nothing new under the sun. i know anything can happen. but with 18 days left, things seem increasingly possible for the democrats. like i said, we've got some breaking news on something going very wrong for one of the republican incumbents in a georgia senate race. we've got that for you next. stay with us. when disaster str, we all get together and support each other. that's the nature of humanity. ♪ it has encouraged other

cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, it's a privilege to serve with the senator from vermont on the senate judiciary committee. he and i have been called maybe the odd couple on a number of issues like freedom of information act reform and other matters. we -- so we find ourselves aligned on that important issue and the importance of the public's right to know. but it won't surprise anybody to know, it certainly doesn't surprise him to know he and i have a different point of view on this nominee and on a few other topics as well. one of the ones i wanted to talk about briefly at the very beginning was the -- the so-called ginsburg rule. senator leahy was -- was there, joe biden was the chairman of the judiciary committee back in 1993 when justice ginsburg then a lawyer was nominated for the supreme court. her record as a litigator for the american civil liberties union placed her far outside the mainstream. she argued for legalized prostitution, and speculated there should be a constitutional right to polygamy

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john cornyn, texas senator who's widely considered to be kind of a smart establishment guy said this is going to be bigger than watergate. they were talking about jailing government servants, okay? people put out a list of names at one point in time, and now years later -- years later, it turns out to be nothing? man, i hope we don't forget this, because people need to remember what these people did and how they threatened good serving public officials for no reason. >> just for ron, off the top of my head, we had the hillary clinton email server thing that turned out, buried the report on a friday night or something that it turned up nothing. now we have this. what the in hell is going on here? >> look, you have the president who's trying to weaponize everything in the federal government, the scensus. you see the counterreaction. the other thing that happened today that was pretty incredible, 128,000 people as you probably know showed up to vote in harris county in houston texas more people than vote in the georgia yesterday. in a county where 1.3 million people vote in the 2016. it

were hoping hi would come back there is a lot of private concerns i am dekt -- you see senator john cornyn, he came out saying the president has made some mistakes and now he's handling the pandemic >> you see the president may not have done everything right >> our connection is getting shaky and we are about to get to the top of the hour. we have gone almost as normal there to the white house being the center of covid with billions of people around the world is and that place is now at the very center of this disease this is the news on cnbc >>> he'll receive another dose of remdesivir here today, and then we plan to get him home. >> president trump's health. >> you're actively not telling us what the lung scans show gl tonight, what we know and what we don't know, and what's next for both campaigns scorched earth, hundreds of homes destroyed, dozens of lives lost california hits a record milestone this year. 4 million acres burned >> we have been told since early march,

we will talk to john cornyn and get reaction from the white house, plus a lot of comparison to barrett and her mentor, antonin scalia whose son will weigh in on her defense on original income and her definition. carrie severino's name came up on trying to tie her to a massive dark money scheme. wondering if she'll respond to the accusation was also on deck, doctor siegal, molly hemingway, rob smith and you. thank you for joining us. we will kick things off 15 minutes from now on the channel you trust 3 your morning news. back in two minutes, stay with us. but my home of my dreams needed some work sofi was the first lender that even offered a personal loan. i didn't even know that was an option. the personal loan let us renovate our single family house into a multi-unit home. and i get to live in this beautiful house with this beautiful kitchen and it's all thanks to sofi. and i there were tsunamis fourtin the world.e and once they happened, we were in a major hurry to get to those regions to provide aid and support. it was very humbling to be able to help out all those people. it's my

and by every indication, senator cornyn is going to be returned to the u.s. senate. you know, the other thing that president trump campaign has going to be it in texas is he has some very strong surrogates here. for example, our lieutenant governor dan patrick has been stumping for the president. steve: interesting. >> i expect the president to win the lone star state, no problem. steve: there you go. we will see what joe does with his $6 million. chuck devore, thank you very much for joining us live. >> thank you. steve: you bet. we are going to step aside. donald trump jr. and scott walker in the next two hours of fox and friends. ♪ ♪ that life of the party look walk it off look one more mile look reply all look own your look... ...with fewer lines. there's only one botox® cosmetic. it's the only one... ...fda approved... ...to temporke ...and forehead lines... ...look better. the effects of botox® cosmetic, may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye prob

and republicans across the board, senator cornyn in texas, senator graham expressing alarm about democrats fundraising in his state, south carolina, to the president being in florida and urging his core voters in that city, and throughout the whole state. he talked about the pan handle. this is the republican party and a president who are very concerned they may not just use the white house. they could lose the senate majority. >> doctor, credibility is a tricky thing. it is just about everything in your line of work. you didn't have to be a board certified physician to see the tell virks's position and have questions about, was the doctor co-opted by the patient, the timing was a tad suspicious when the pretty was en route following his hospitalization, and we were told, oh, yeah, he tested negative. first, do you believe the results? >> when i looked temperature letter, it said the president is still pcr positive. if he were negative, what we would see someone shedding a virus, they would have said he has had two negative pcr tests what we see from people were severely ill. unless they'r

and even john cornyn who is part of the leadership in the senate and has a closer than expected race in texas has now gup begun criticize the president's handling of the coronavirus. that disturbs the president. there's no doubt about it. so it's a little bit of a case of you're breaking with me? no. i'm breaking up with you. there's an element of that. so i think there's another reason for it which is that if the president's sending a signal to these donors, don't expect to have a senate as a hedge against biden. if what you're thinking is that if biden gets elected it's not a tragedy because you've got a republican senate, you're not going to have a republican senate. so you better make sure that i get reflekt electricity -elecre. >> very interesting indeed. as you know, senate republicans will likely confirm the president's third u.s. supreme court pick on monday. there's no deal on an economic stimulus package for so many suffering americans and there likely won't be before the election. do you believe that's adding to the president's pessimism about control of the senate? >> i d

one of the lighter moments of today as hearing happened when senator john cornyn asked what notes she may have been thinking during the hearing but turned out there were none. some in the media were impressed. >> in another age, i watch long enough, judge amy coney barrett would be just 70 votes or more. >> that's going to be very impressive to republicans and democrats, not that everybody to think she was smart but she was that competent. >> it is very accessible and touching to me. >> let's get more reaction to the confirmation hearing from the dirt director of the judiciary for the planned parenthood action fund. good to have you with us tonight. >> thanks for having me. shannon: i want to play what judge barrett said today when she was pressed on a number of issues, she referred back to the woman whose see would be taking if confirmed, she can't fill those shoes, she would be the predecessor. is what she said. >> justice ginsburg with her characteristic used to describe how a nominee should comport herself at a hearing, no hints, no previews, no forecasts. that had been the practi