lindsey graham, the chairman of the committee, said before they approved it with 12 republican senators and no democrats, he argued it was the democrats who started all this back in 2013 when the democrats at the time changed rules to allow appellate court judges and other judges to move forward by simple majority rather than super majority of 60 senators. instead, democrats are coming to regret it. >> i remember telling senator schumer you'll regret this. today he will regret it. all i can say is that judge gore sick was filibustered two or three times, requiring us to change the rules. they started this, not me. if it were up to me, it would be a 60 vote requirement in the senate today. >> reporter: after the democrats made the move in 2013, then the republicans in 2017 when president trump was in office, they changed the filibuster rules again, removing it for supreme court nominees. that's why they can advance by just the majority party support in the senate rather than getting bipartisan support. so that's why the president has neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh, soon will have amy cone

now lindsey graham is an ally of the president's. his reaction to trump's abhorrent treatment of mccain, even in death, luke warm. >> it bothers me greatly when the president says things about john mccain. it pisses me off to no end, and i let the president know it. the way he's handled the passing of john is just -- was disturbing. i am not going to give up on the idea of working with this president. >> working with him and golfing with him. graham and trump are often seen on the course together. graham has tweeted about how grated trump's golf club is, and he's talked about the president's game. >> i saw you played golf with the president over the weekend. who won? >> i've never seen him play this well. i mean, he's got more on his shoulders. i'm hoping, okay. he's a little distracted. he beat me like a drum. amazing's shot 74. >> what? >> i know. 4 74. >> i'm not joking. >> if i could beat him i would. >> 74? 2 over par. what a notorious golf cheat president trump is. ready to safely wager they'd eat their 9 iron if the score was

. >>> and republican senator lindsey graham refusing a coronavirus test before his debate tonight. the question is why, especially after his colleagues have become infect. >>> and the state is spreading the community for spreading coronavirus. seem themself at times, they may not be hydrated enough. wabba wabba! all new, plant powered creative roots gives kids the hydration they need, with the fruit flavors they love, and 1 gram of sugar. find new creative roots in the kids' juice aisle. >>> broadway is dark tonight. it will be that way for months. this is coronavirus headlines from across the country. lights on broadway aren't going on soon. broadway shows in new york city are suspended until next summer. according to the broadway league. they suspended the shows, saying shows aren't returning until at least january, 2021. now they say ticket sales for broadway performances will be suspended through may 30th next year. >> i'm manu raju on capitol hill. jamie harrison running against lindsey graham, threatening to pull out of tonight's debate, demanding graham take another test for

this is ruby red state where somebody like lindsey graham who has been, you know, tried and true conservative for that state, but also very, very tied closely to the president over the past few years especially, should be running away with it, but jaime harrison, his democratic kalgchallenger i thi the most well-funded democratic challenger in the country and giving lindsey graham a run for his money so we will see what happens there. >> the money in south carolina and all of these races is unbelievable. >> it is. >> dana bash, thank you for the tour. we appreciate it. >>> utah hospitals are now warning that icus are so overwhelmed, doctors will have to start rationing care. >>> plus, we take you to times square where a billboard showing jared kushner and ivanka trump has led to a legal threat. >>> the president is still blasting the questions he got on "60 minutes." so we will roll the tape on them. (♪ ) keeping your oysters growing while keeping your business growing has you swamped. (♪ ) you need to hire i need indeed indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shor

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. >> the plan is for [ inaudible ] as chairman lindsey graham has indicated. and we will be voting on the nominee very soon. >> is any member of the senate, democrat or republican, to your knowledge, do they have the virus? >> well, we don't know. but, you know, it could sneak up on you. it did with the president and the first lady, so we're being very careful around everyone. >> and i talked about the reality check, the uncertainty that he referred to at the end, we don't know and that could have repercussions for the state of the senate and the supreme court nominee they're trying to get through in a very, very compressed timeline. so it is not just public health or policy, it is all of the operations on capitol hill right now are a little bit unsettled and have had a very jarring last 12 to 15 hours. >> thanks, phil. >>> so any serious illness by any president brings serious national security implications and we don't now how far the outbreak extends, how far into the danger zone is the country right now. joining me now is the former director of national in

i think this one is also somewhat unique about lindsey graham. more than anyone in the senate he has undergone an amazing transformation from vocal trump critic in 2016 to loyal trump ally. some conservatives aren't completely sold on that evolution in the state. then he has alienated moderates and some center left democrats in the state that would vote for him, too. and again, harrison with $57 million that he has brought in over the last quarter which oh bli blit rated the previous fundraising record, he is able to blanket the state in ads. they hope a third party candidate that remains on the ballot despite dropping out, endorsing graham could pick off enough to give him a plurality to win. >> great reminder. we focus on the presidential race, but there are a lot of races down ballot especially in the senate that are consequential. grateful for your time and reporting. we'll stay on top of this the next 15 days as well. >>> up next, the president of the united states goes after his top doctor on infectious diseases. dr. anthony fauci. in the p

this is senator lindsey graham, the chairman of the judiciary committee in his debate over the weekend in south carolina saying full speed ahead. >> the one thing i want to people to know is that the virus is serious, but we have to move on as a nation. when a military member gets infected you don't shutdown the whole unit. we're going to have a hearing for amy barrett, the nominee for the supreme court. it will be done safely but i've got a job to do and i'm pressing on. >> r i know you think it should wait until after election but the republicans have to votes and you disagree. i know you think it's unwise with the infections but the republicans have the votes, senator and they disagree. >> if this were a baseball or football team, three of the players tested positive, any responsible caring manager would say enough. we're going to postpone the game until everyone is well. we're not going to endanger the health from anyone. that should be what we hear from mitch mcconnell, but not at all. this notion of everyone being tested is basic common sense when you're dealing with a deadly vir

and lindsey graham saying i trust his judgment. lindsey graham is in a very difficult senate race. john thune is not up for re-election but second highest ranking republican in the senate and said the president needs to quit attacking fauci, focus on the issues and almost said quit attacking the media but, of course, the president is not listening to his colleagues, which is why a lot of republicans, john, fear a lot could impact the senate majority and debate about what it means for the party if trump loses is also starting to intensify, john. >> when the president won't stay focused, those candidates get asked about what the president said and they can't stay focused either. manu raju, thank you. we will watch this one as well. >>> coming up, massive voting numbers and likely postal night waiting game. but some things are too serious to be ignored. if you still have symptoms of crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis even after trying other medications, it may be a sign of damaging inflammation, which left untreated, could get much worse. please make an appointment to see your gast

. >> chairman lindsey graham just gavelled in. we're going to monitor this as they begin their opening statements, but let's let them get through the procedural stuff. jeffrey toobin, i had you on the air when justice scalia's death came and we talked about heller and the second amendment decision in heller for which he wrote the majority opinion. what do we know about judge barrett when it comes to the second amendment -- hold that thought. let's go to this. >> the architect of the capital working with the attending physician has set up the room in a fashion that we can safely do our business. senator lee is back. you've been cleared by your physician. welcome back. the covid problem in america is real. it's serious. it's dangerous. and we have to mitigate the risk. i would just let every american know that many of you are going to work today, probably already been at work, and i hope your employer will take care of your healthcare needs, but we do have a country that needs to move forward safely and there are millions of america

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so you see a lot of campaigning of lindsey graham talking about south carolina. he is in a fight in south carolina, all the money on the race on the other side. it is a very unusual moment for the country, three weeks before election day to be replacing rbg who is a legend on the left with someone who basically says she's in the mold of scalia, even though she tried to back away from that, that's likely what her judicial record was in the past and will likely be in the future. it was interesting to see her hold up a blank piece of paper, but it is in keeping with what she's trying to present herself as, a blank slate that people can't predict what she's actually going to do when in fact she is there because conservatives want somebody to rip out the aca, want somebody to overturn abortion rights in this country. so it is sort of an irony there. then you see republicans also, i think mike lee, do you have anything to do with the fact that people do have health care? anybody that gets health care through the aca, should they be worried about your ascent to the supr

and so that is certainly impacted lindsey graham's popularity back in his home state. and in general, i think more broadly, if you think about the big picture and the presidential race, because of the sheer amount of money that democrats have raised, not just joe biden but also down ballot, that's put republicans who are defending more seats in the senate in a position of having to compete in places they weren't expecting to. and so they are dealing with a lesser amount of resources that make -- that puts tough choices before the party about where they should invest more money. so more money going into south carolina means perhaps pulling away some money from cory gardner in colorado or thom tillis in north carolina and other seats they are defending, joni ernst in iowa. it doesn't help that the president who carried a number of these states four years ago is now himself on the defensive which, again, i think tells you that this is very much because president trump is vying for a second term. he is on the ballot. it's a referendum on his presidency. obviously, the stak

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as lindsey graham noted there, the question is whether or not anyone's views will change. at the moment it does not appear that way, but will she trip up in any way, tomorrow is when the questioning begins. democrats will press her on the affordable care act, it's unlikely she'll get pinned down, she'll side step as nominees attend to do. will she recuse herself from any election related disputes after november. roe versus wade. at the moment stark battle lines being drawn but republicans feeling confident about her nomination. >> appreciate the live report, manu. joining the conversation, sung moon kim of "the washington post." as of now, it looks like the republicans have the votes and they'll ram it through. so democrats are trying to lay it as a campaign issue, what they expect of judge barrett. listen to this on health care, trying to rally the american people with the election just three weeks away. >> they are asking the supreme court to strike down the affordable care act. >> judge barrett has said she would overturn the aca. >> this person getting on the supreme c

this happened with senator lindsey graham in south carolina. it reportedly happened reportedly with senator roger marshall in kansas. the latest is senator perdue in georgia. he's skipping the last debate against his challenger jon osoff, so he can attend a trump really, but i'm sure this moment is also still on his mind. >> perhaps, senator perdue would have been ability to respond to the covid-19 pandemic if you hadn't been fending off multiple investigation for insider trading. it's not just that you're a crook, senator, it's that you're attacking the health of the people that you represent. you did say covid-19 was no deadlier than the flew. all the while you were looking at your own assets and your own portfolio, and you did vote four times to end preexisting conditions. >>> s.e. cupp is the host of cnn's "s.e. cupp unfilltered." it's so weird to see them skipping out on they it's anot middle fingers to voters. when you don't show up to debate your record or explain a proposed record, for give me, it's an effu from voters. when the preside

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he's been on the phone with senator mcconnell, lindsey graham, chief of staff, mark meadows talking about emergency declarations for states as well as stimulus. so, he's hard at work, despite mild symptoms. >> the chief of staff learned hope hicks tested positive before the president departed for bed minister. why would he still go? >> he socially distanced. it was outdoor and deemed safe by white house operations. >> when did the president first start feeling unwell? >> i've seen inaccurate reporting. i encourage you to ask the question before you report. >> i did. >> not you but others who recorded it falsely. i have no knowledge of hicks' positive test. >> will you be wearing masks from now on indoors? >> he was in air force one and that fund razor. who made that assessment? >> white house operations made it a was safe for consultation and with others. >> all right. many questions left unanswered as kaley mackenaniy walks away. she said she wouldn't get into the kind of tests he had. she wouldn't get into the symptoms he had, although they're mild and he has been working the phones tal

lindsey graham. he did over the last 48 hours what several republicans do, which is a little bizarre if you think about the last 10 years saying, look, there's no way obamacare is going to get struck down. there's no way this court case that will arrive in the supreme court just a few days after the election will actually strike the law down in its entirety. what they have been pinning it on is the issue of severability. you see several lawmakers at the top of his presentation today to open the hearing is tee that up for the nominees. look, you don't need to tell us how you would rule or feel about a case but why severability is winning out. they are teeing it up. it started tuesday night when mitch mcconnell had a debate and said nobody believes obamacare will be repealed, struck down. the senate republican research team september out a document about all the reasons obamacare wouldn't get struck down, even though, again, obamacare could be truck down with the case that starts after the election. fa

. >> you hear lindsey graham talking how serious the covid crisis is in america, not what you hear from top of the ticket. grateful for the live reporting and insights. >>> now to capitol hill and high tension this morning over the nomination of judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. republicans spending much of the morning defending their fast track confirmation process. democrats using their time to paint judge barrett as a potential vote to undo decades of progressive progress, including issues like abortion rights and the affordable care act. let's get to capitol hill and phil mattingly. any surprises today? >> reporter: not really, the first day is the longest pregame warmup before a sporting event. if you wonder did i miss the question and answer, no, you didn't. that's not the point of today. today is opening statements by all 22 senators on the committee and opening statement by judge amy coney barrett which we have gotten a look at. i think what you've seen and what the first day of supreme court hearings provides is a window into what's coming next. republicans making c

graham is a hell of a good trial lawyer. if he wanted to make a bias case, dick durbin is a hell of a good trial lawyer. if they want to make a bias case and could show 80-0 pattern, a, that's admissible, b, i would love to make that argument to the jury. i would be hard pressed to say to the jury 80-0 is flukes. all bipartisan, all this way. something is not right around the court. and dark money has a lot to do with it. special interests have a lot to do with it. donors trust, whoever is hiding behind donors trust has a lot to do with it, and the bradley foundation orchestrating over at the court has a lot to do with it. so i thank you, judge barrett, for listening to me now a second time. i think this gives you a chance for you and i to tee up an interesting conversation tomorrow. i thank my colleagues for hearing me out. >> thank you, senator whitehouse. senator cruz. >> mr. chairman, can i put in three letters? >> without objection. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. judge barrett, welcome. congratulations on bei

graham in particular. the chairman of this committee, virtually everywhere he goes, he mentions her name and supreme court fight and mentions he's leading the charge. pushing for money and voters to get behind him as his race is a debt heat, like so many other republicans are, john. >> and let's shift to the other side, house speaker nancy pelosi clearly frustrated by criticism she should be willing to compromise more to get a new coronavirus stimulus deal. in an interview with cnn's wolf blitzer, pelosi said the white house is fully to blame for this impasse, calling the $1.8 trillion proposal fall short to help families and businesses. but there are democrats who want a deal. despite that pressure though, listen to the speaker. she is not budging. >> there are millions of americans who have lost their jobs, they can't pay their rent, their kids need the foods. >> that's right. that's what we're trying to get done. >> $1.8 trillion is going to help millions of americans that cannot put food on the table,

it's critical that lindsey graham have the republican senators he needs to be there in order to advance this nomination in a timely manner so they can approve it before the election. this will kick off the democrats' first opportunity to really question and grill amy coney barrett. now, we expect that tomorrow is going to be lawmakers giving their opening statement, including chairman graham and top democrat on the committee, dianne feinstein. then every senator on the committee will have ten minutes for their opening statements. that will be followed by amy coney barrett's introduction, her swearing-in, and then she will give an opening statement, which cnn has obtained. i want to read you part of her statement. she says, quote, there is a tendency in our profession to treat the practice of law as all-consuming while losing sight of everything else. that makes for a shallow and unfulfilling life. i worked hard as a lawyer and a professor. i owed that to my clients, my students and myself. but i never let the law define my identity or crowd out the rest of my life. now, erica, the next

graham and e dia dianne feinstein shook hands and hugged. it sparked a lot of criticism by those who expect political leaders to set a proper example, and notably not wearing a mask either was queen elizabeth. it was the first time she had attended a public event since the pandemic started and although buckingham palace says precautions were taken, some are wondering if she should have worn one regardless. anna stuart reports. >> reporter: it was the queen's first public engagement since the pandemic began. the monarch opened a research facility accompanied bid her grandson prince william. there's always a lot of attention on what her majesty wears, but on this occasion there was perhaps more focus on what she didn't, a face mask. prince william didn't wear one either. buckingham palace says the queen decided not to wear a mask after consulting medic. specific advice was sought and all necessary precaution taken. as you can see from the footage, the queen and prince william kept a clear distance from others throughout the visit. people are q

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graham did say a number of months ago he would not bring up a nominee to close to an election if he were chairman. going back to 2016 that didn't happen when the democrat was a president. just the remember the recent history. >> i'm smiling because that was then and this is now, right, jim? he is also in the middle of a really tough race to hold on to his seat. i would note for our viewers before we move on, remember that this judge will fill as a justice the seat of ruth bader ginsburg, the last justice ginsburg, who was confirmed almost unanimously, right, and those were very different times. thank you, sunlen, for explaining it all. >>> so we're going to get back to michael osterholm on covid right after the break. >>> also this hour the nation's top national security officials say that russia and iran are interfering in the 2020 election. we will speak to someone who has been briefed on the intelligence. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took oz

we expect lindsey graham, the chairman, will give his opening statement, followed by diane fine ti feinstein. all of that will be followed by judge barrett's swearing in and opening in, and we expect her to say, quote -- there is a tendency in our profession to treat the practice of law as all consuming, while losing sight of everything else. that makes for a shallow and unfulfilling life. i worked hard as a lawyer and professor. i owed that to my clients, my students and myself, but never let the law define my identity or crowd out the rest of my life. overshadowing this nomination will be the question of the timeline and, of course, the question of coronavirus. two individuals, mike lee and thom tillis, had contracted coronavirus more than a week ago. so the question, of course, will they be attending in person later in the week when their presence will be essential to the question of whether or not they can move this nomination forward in a timely way. we know tillis is planning to be there. we're not sure what's going on with mike lee, but i will tell you when you were talking about this

now, last night manu raju was in south carolina with lindsey graham who told him that they are still full you steam ahead with their plan to hold hearings the week of october 12th. they can hold the hearings without two members of the judiciary committee from attending. and i think that that is important to remember. but what gets trickier is when it is time to vote. they actually have to have quorum present. and with the fact that they are dealing with mike lee and thom tillis who have covid , they would not have a quor rim um de not to show up. so then you get into dicey territory when it comes to a formal vote. we're still several weeks away, members could recover, but it is important to remember that the math was already very tight here. majority leader mitch mcconnell could only lose three members and right now he already has done that with the three members that he has. and that is not including the fact that susan collins and lisa murdkowski have already said tht they would not support a nominee before the election. and so there is a lot up in the air. ron johnson was not pres

graham, does plan to move forward with amy coney barrett's nomination hearing the week of october 12th. that is significant because there are two members of the judiciary committee, mike lee and thom tillis, both republicans, who will likely be dealing with whether or not they can attend that hearing. now, there are questions about what happens with the vote at the end of the week if they are unable to attend. so there are a lot of balls up in the air right now. but when you're thinking about this nomination, it was just a couple of weeks ago that it seemed like republicans were moving full steam ahead. that they likely had the votes to move this forward before the election. now, of course, because we have questions about when those two senators will be able to return to the committee, as well as whether or not everyone will be available to vote on the floor in the last week of october, there are questions about what is going to happen with that nomination. now, of course we are still awaiting word from chuck schumer, but he said in a statement that what he thought was irresponsible wa

that's according to the judiciary chairman lindsey graham. that's significant because even though tillis and lee, who have both tested positive for coronavirus, may or may not be present for the actual hearings, in order to get her out of committee, they would actually need to be present. so, of course, that opens up a pandora's box of uncertainty and questions about when they would be able to return to capitol hill, when they would be able to actually vote on her nomination in committee because without them there, if democrats decide not to show up for the vote, they need a quorum. meaning they need at least more than half of the members on the committee to be present. if democrats don't show up and tillis and lee are missing, that puts that vote in jeopardy. so a lot of questions right now about when exactly her nomination could move forward. of course, we're still talking about the fact that three republican members have tested positive for the coronavirus. and there are, of course, questions about how that influences ultimately a floor vo

abby, in terms of democrats, it was an important point that lindsey graham made at the beginning by the way she's filling the seat of the late justice ruth bader ginsburg who, by the way was confirmed in 96, 93. but i know it was a different time but nothing close to that is going to happen here. what is democrats' main objective since they can't stop it? >> nothing close to it is going to happen this week, next week, maybe ever again. i think the democrats are coming into this knowing in some ways there's an inevitability to all of this, whether that's she's confirmed in the coming days or weeks that despite what dianne feinstein said, which is she believes this should be left until after the inauguration of the next president or the re-inauguration of this president, they're going to harp on the hypocrisy of this in their eyes but she will be confirmed and then trying to extract as much of your judicial philosophy as they possibly can. what is interesting about the moment that we're in, because president trump, in the last election and he continued this practice as president, released

south carolina is probably more about the senate race where lindsey graham is facing a tough time. if you look at the averages, president has to find a place to take back electoral votes he won in 2016 from joe biden. >> john harwood, thanks. let's go to mj lee with more on biden's strategy this week. georgia on the list? >> reporter: that's right. it tells you so much that joe biden is kicking off the final full week of campaigning in the state of georgia. this is a state that a democratic presidential candidate has not won since the 1990s. this was bill clinton in 1992. recent polls have showed a competitive race in that state and widen has a shot of winning that state and you look at the map and you see how fanned out the biden campaign is today. you mentioned kamala harris is campaigning in nevada. former president barack obama, who is one of joe biden's highest profile surrogates is campaigning in florida. you look at the rest of the week in store for biden you get a good sense of the frame of mind for the biden campaign right now. biden, himself, is returning to florida on th

south carolina is more about the senate race where lindsey graham is trying to hang on against jaime harrison. but melania trump going to pennsylvania where the president was yesterday. that's most likely the tipping point state he's down by about 5 points there. needs to win it. and in addition the president will be going to wisconsin and michigan, both states he won in 2016 against hillary clinton, those made him president. and the president is go to nebraska, omaha, where a vote is awarded separately. he won it in 2016, he's down now against joe biden. the trump campaign playing defense against joe biden who has a significant lead. >> mj, you've been covering the joe biden campaign. it's interesting here because to see him spending this crucial last week election time in the state of georgia, which in any other election would be a long shot for a democrat here. i wonder why that focus. is the campaign seeing numbers that make them believe they have a shot there? are there any concerns about focussing resources there now? >> reporter: no, it's very telling that joe biden is spendin

graham, the chair of the judiciary is saying it's of up most importance and the timeline matters here. what now? >> it matters to republicans politically because they want to rush her confirmation through before the election. absolutely no reason that has to happen before the election. that's a political decision they have made. however, given that -- given what we know now and that the major players seem not to be impacted by covid to date. again, there's a long adjustment period, i don't see why they will affect that. the it limb pact the presidential debates but not the confirmation. >> congress doesn't have a testing plan or strategy. >> they have got to ratchet up the sense of responsibility. they have been living in denial for fear of offending the president politically for too long. that is wake-up call. >> the president, the white house at a minimum is distracted by this and focused this, understandably so. historically has that ever happened from a national security standpoint, right, because the u.s. as always has a lot of adversaries who watch for signs of weakness. they al

now, this is lindsey graham, the senator from south carolina, talking. this is not a question directed at you. from my point of view obamacare has been a disaster for the state of south carolina. all of you over there want to impose obamacare on south carolina, we don't want it. we want something better. we want something different. you know, what we want in south carolina? south carolina care, not obamacare. now, why do we want that? under the affordable care act three states get 35% of the money, folks. can you name them? i will help you. california, new york and massachusetts. they are 22% of the population. senator feinstein is from california, nancy pelosi is from california, chuck schumer, the leader of the democratic senate is from new york and massachusetts is elizabeth warren. now, why did they get 35% of the money when they are only 22% of the population? that's the way they designed the law, the more you spend, the more you get. what does it mean for the people of south carolina? if you had a per patient formula where you got the same amount f