lisa mcconnell knows this bill won't pass. he knows that most of his members do not wanted to pass. and amazingly, he seems happy and the fact that situation. this is one of the most cynical moves i've ever seen in the middle of the pandemic when americans are crying out for relief. the political exercise on the republican side, there is no relationship. to the needs in our country. it has nothing to do with our states our workers and their families. opening up schools it safely, or healthcare workers with a really need. it has everything to do with finding thein bare minimum that senate republicans can support. facing the greatest economic crisis and 75 years in the greatest of crisis in a century. they do ♪ ♪ is been searching for bipartisanor progress. he is looking for political coverage . and as we begin the final work before the november election, democrats will keep pushing. bipartisan, equipment that actually meets the urgent needs of the american people. for the good of the country, i hope and i pray, my republican colleagues will join us in that effort. on another vent

susan collins and lisa murkowski have said mcconnell should delay any action until we know who wins the presidency november 3rd. do you think any additional republicans will join those two, thus, theoretically, at least, being able to block mcconnell from proceeding to a vote? >> well, i think it's a possibility. the list of people who could be in the company of susan collins and lisa murkowski are pretty limited. you are talking maybe three or four other republicans who might be open to it. >> many haven't said where they stand. but i did think it was notable that mcconnell said today this nominee will get a vote this year. he did not say before the election. it is possible that mcconnell is trying to feel out the senate republicans that he represents effectively and saying to them would you be open to this if we held a vote after the november election? that might be more likely to help him keep, you know, the republicans together. i think that that might allow for a delay in this vote, but perhaps give democrats limited options to stop it all together. >> and ron mcconnell said john p

murkowski, it appears mcconnell has the votes he needs. democrats say all options are on the table. they are virtually powerless to shut this process down. the current judiciary chair, lindsey graham is vowing to confirm before election day. >> the nominee is going to be supported by every republican in the judiciary committee and we've got the votes to confirm the judge -- the justice on the floor of the senate before the election and that's what's coming. >> the president's expected to pick by the end of the week. they confirm judge amy coney barrett was at the white house monday and met with president trump. remember what's on the line, a change to obamacare and a legal fight over the election. >>> meantime, the president spreading misinformation on justice ginsberg's dying wish for the new president to replace her. he claims that it's coming from democratic leadership, not the late justice's granddaughter. listen to what she has to say. >> i asked her if there was anything she wanted to say to the public, to anyone that wasn't already

lisa: republican senate leader mitch mcconnell's office is stressing that it is possible to get this done before the election. if you can see this graphic, this very friday is 38 days from the election. a nomination on friday would mean 37 days the senate has. the nominee would have to submit boxes and boxes of documents. with the kavanaugh nomination, there were more than one million pages of occupants. the nominee would likely have to meet with all 53 republican senators and perhaps democrats as well. all that would need to happen within the space of a few weeks. hearings would need to happen. democrats could call for a one-week delay. democrats could override it. -- publicans could override it. there's just two to three weeks to make a judgment on this nominee. and, where are the votes exactly? john reported on this but let's look at where we are tonight. it does take a majority of the senate to pass a supreme court nominee. so, 50 votes are needed. republicans have 53 votes in the senate. that means they could lose four. two are against a vote right now. were we watching? that of

already, one of them, senator lisa murkowski of alaska, has said she can't support moving forward with a nomination at this time, that it is simply too close to the election. many will remember, mcconnell made a similar argument in 2016 when he blocked the nomination of merrick garland by president obama. that was more than eight months before the election then. meantime, senate democrats held a conference call today. their leader, chuck schumer, stressing the stakes that are involved ithis nomination, and, also, making a threat, saying that if senate republicanmove forward with this nomination, absolutely everything is on the table next year. procedurally, that would mean democrats would essentially go to war with republicans if they push through this nomination. >> sreenivasan: for more on the life and legacy of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg, visit www.pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: for more on justice ginsburg and what comes next at the court, i spoke with marcia coyle, chief washington correspondent for the "nional law journal," and amy howe, co- founder of the scotu

lisa: this is a fascinating race . mitch mcconnell is currently the third most senior senator in congress. he has survived many challenges before. some people see him as teflon, but he's up against a challenger who now has nationwide recognition. amy mcgrath was the first female marine combat plight -- pilot. she closely lost an election last time. massive amounts of money between the two of them. $60 million, at least, has been spent. these candidates are spending more money in the campaign funds than any other race. in addition, senate democrats however still see it as a longshot. they would need help from the presidential race. president trump is a factor in kentucky. he's very popular in kentucky. if that decreases. democrats could have a chance at unseating mcconnell. but republicans like this race not only because they believe mcconnell will win, but they also like democrats are sending money here. they think it's a longshot pair they don't want money going to the other races they think are closer. we have to wat

not that mitch mcconnell cares, but, you know, i'm glad that lisa murkowski who by the way was the only republican who voted against brett kavanaugh has put out that statement because what we're calling for is fairness and decency. and there are only 46 days before the election. note that the day that justice scalia died that is when mitch mcconnell made the announcement that it would be appropriate for the voters to decide in the election which was many, many months away. scalia passed away in february he makes an announcement in february the election isn't until november so the double standard that lisa talks about is very much something that i hope will move the republicans, but we shall see. in the meantime, i will look for every procedural tool that i can find to make sure that this does not happen we will do everything we can and this passing, chris, reminds me of when i did have a chance to sit next to justice ginsburg at a dinner two years ago and she talked about her concerns about the supreme court, that there would be more 5-4 decisions, and that would not be good for the cou

you have lisa murkowski up in 2022, chuck grassley up in 2022. if there's a nomination and mcconnell sets hearings and they throw upin road blocks, they can call their careers over. in 2022 they won't get past their primaries. this is significant. mitch mcconnell is the master of understanding the political dynamics in the senate. lisa murkowski and mitt romney and others have to know their careers on the line as well. >> laura: i want to also remind viewers, this is something that i believe jeffery tubin said on cnn that, look, ruth bader ginsberg, her final state through her granddaughter is that she wanted her replacement to be chosen by the new president. that means that if donald trump pwould win the presidency, which was an obvious implication of her statement. but jeffery made a comment about who she was philosophically. let's listen in. >> let's not kid around here. ruth bader ginsberg was a liberal democrat. she was indiscrete before the election in 2016 displaying her contempt for donald trump. so she wants to be replaced by a democrat.

lisa, sit out of it. lisa: i am. jonathan: this is bloomberg. ritika: with the first word news, i'm ritika gupta. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says a new republican stimulus plan focuses on restoring supplement to job benefits and extending help to small business. the senate votes on the measure tomorrow. it will cost as much as $700 billion, about 1/3 of what house democrats want to spend. joe biden opens a new front on economic issues today. the presidential candidate heads to the battleground state of michigan. there, biden will unveil a new policy aimed at fighting off shoring, the practice of u.s. companies facing some operations in low tax countries. polls show that voters are starting to trust biden's approach to job losses. wildfires are now spreading beyond california. foron's power turned off about 5000 customers near mount hood. winds were threatening to take down carolines and start fires. it is said to be the first time such a shutoffs have happened outside california. president trump plans to announce further reductions t

mitch mcconnell is currently the third most senior senator in congress. he has survived many challenges before. some people see him as teflon. but this year he's up against a challenger who has natideon recognition. amy mcgrath was the first female marine combat pilot, she osely cost a congressional election in 2018. let's look at the race between the two of them. massive amounts of money. we'll look at some nmbers here. $60 million at least has been spent. gese candidates are spend more money in their campaign funds than any other race in the country right now. now, in addition, senate democrats, however, still see this as a long shoy t, thewould need some help from the presidential race. so president trump is a factor in kentucky. he's very pular kentucky. but if that decreases, if trum voters do not go to the polls in kentucky, democrats would have a chance pentially at unseating mitch mcconnell. but i tell you what, judy, renoblicans like this ract only because they believe mcconnell will win but they also, like the democrats, are sending money here b

so far, senators lisa murkowski and susan collins have said they will not confirm anyone this close to an election. mitt romney says he wants to meet with mcconnell before he decides, and there are a lot of questions about what other electoelect torally vulnerable republicans might do. if mark kelly beats republican marthae mcsally in arizona, he could be seated in november. in the meantime, the democrats say if they win back the senate, there will be consequences. including potentially getting rid of the filibuster and adding seats to the high court. as one source close to leadership tells me, it will be, quote, fire and fury. we could hear from senate minority leader chuck schumer and majority leader mitch mcconnell next hour. joining me now, though, is "new york times" chief white house correspondent peter baker, law fair editor in chief, ben wittes, and rogers distinguished professor at vanderbilt university, jon meacham. gentlemen, welcome, and thank you for being with us. peter baker, this waw already a, to put it mildly, insane election year. losing ruth bader ginsburg just a ma

and i think that mitch mcconnell -- i'm sorry -- i think that mitt romney, rather, lisa murkowski, and susan collins have, all, pretty much let you know where they're going to come on this thing. you need one more republican to shut this thing down. but i think if they do this, i think a president biden will, in january, shortly thereafter, expand the court and expand the rest of the federal judiciary, which i actually think is long overdue because we're backlogged on cases and we need more judges to get through them, frankly. >> the affordable care act, you know, early november. if there were a decision before, you know, the end of the year, it is very likely it would be potentially a four-to-four ruling. and if that were the case, is it not a federal court judge who would help break the tie? >> two things, fred. first of all, they will never rule on that case by the end of the year. just given their your usual timetable. they will hear it in november and i expect a ruling probably closer to may or june. but to your question about what happens if there is a four-to-four deadlock in so

. >> anything could happen, but most senate republicans are lining up with mcconnell so far. only two publicly, susan collins and lisa murkowski, have come out against this plan to hold the vote before november. president trump and biden have been going at it. >> i'm just doing my constitutional obligation. i have an obligation to do this. >> to jam this nomination through the senate is just an exercise in raw political power. >> i would rather have it before the election. i think it would be better for our country. >> i don't believe the people of this nation will stand for it. >> the first votes in this 2020 election began on friday as four states welcomed early voting. now the race has been up-ended by a very real issue for so many americans, which may energize republicans and democrats alike. joining us now is the former acting solicitor general, he's argued 41 cases before justice ruth bader ginsburg. former council to the mayor of new york, mya wylie, and david corn, washington bureau chief. neal, i'm curious your views first? >> first of all, i think it's important to

of getting this done. >> so, lauren, let's examine lisa murkowski's statement. she says for weeks i have stated that i would not support taking up a potential supreme court vacancy this close to the election. sadly what was then a hypothetical is now our reality but my position has not changed. i did not support taking up a nomination eight months before the 2016 election to fill the vacancy created by the passing of justice scalia. we are even closer now to the 2020 election, less than 2 months out, and i believe the same standard must apply. but it's critical to examine what she didn't say, she did not necessarily say that she didn't like the idea of the president moving forward with this nominee and that perhaps a vote would happen in that lame duck session. >> that's exactly right. when you lay out the differences between collins' statement yesterday and murkowski's statement this afternoon there is an important distinction. collins made it clear yesterday what she didn't want to have happen is for a vote to happen before the election or for trump to lose an

you already see republican senators likely is a lisa murkod saying the sap thing. no matter what mitch mcconnell says, each senator has to look in their soul and look at the words they said back then. i, today, come to honor ruth bader ginsburg and what she stands for. what she stood for was justice and justice means allowing the american people to have a voice when she choose the next president. >> senator klobishar, on the judiciary committee, the republican chairman now is senator lindsey graham, he said on october 3rd 2018, if an opening comes up in final year of trump's term. we will wait until the next presidential election. i have a good chance of being the judiciary chair at that time. hold the tape. he is promised that if this happened in 2020, which is now. that we will wait until the next election until considering a new supreme court nominee. do you expect that senator graham will know that we held the tape? and had will hold himself to the standard that he is articulated? >> i think this is a major watershed moment in a time where people have lost trus

lisa: there's a question about what will happen after that date, and mitch mcconnell has come out and said there will be an orderly and full transition of power. what will you do, if you agree with mitch mcconnell, about that if president trump does not concede or is unwilling to go along with a peaceful transfer of power? rep. hill: all of our elections are controlled by our states. i think americans who were actively watching the presidential election watch that bushout in 2000 with gorby -- with gore v. bush and the effort to recount ballots. so this will play out state-by-state. i expect we will have a peaceful transfer of power, and the eggnog you -- and the inauguration of donald trump on the 20th of january. but this is going to have some challenges potentially in the states. we will just have to wait and see how that goes. there are lawyers on both sides to make sure every american vote counts. i would just urge americans to vote early so that there is no controversy that their vote will be counted if they are going to vote absentee. lisa: ok, but absent faith in the peaceful

leader mcconnell cannot afford too many defections. leland? leland: mike, as your reporting pointed out yesterday, democrats saying there's not much we can do, but if it happens, there will be consequences next year. mike emanuel, thank you. alicia: for insight on how the trump campaign is responding to this and other key 2020 issues is trump 2020 advisory board member and rnc senior adviser for black media affairs paris denard. we appreciate your time. let's begin with the selection process for the supreme court. i want to play what former president clinton said this morning. [no audio] >> there are a limited number of things that we can do, but what it boils down to is this: will four republican senators decide that it is -- alicia: and we're having some difficulty here, but we will play that as soon as we can. essentially, what democrats are accusing republicans of is changing their tune from four years ago. however, they're failing to mention that democrats are also changing their tune, democrats are accusing republicans of a grab for powe

we have heard from two as lauren fox indicated earlier, susan collins and lisa murkowski. they don't buy the argument. i think at this stage, fred, you have to say the odds are in favor of president trump and mitch mcconnell that they will get this done. >> don, let me also bring into this conversation cnn supreme court analyst joan. joan, the democrats are vowing to do whatever it takes. everything is on the table, you know, to slow or stop a confirmation happening this year. with speaker pelosi, you know, threatening another possible impeachment, but she says she's not interesting at all in shutting down the government, you know, to slow things down, is there nothing or is there something that democrats actually can do? >> they really have to count on the political will. they have to count on key senators to make a difference. mitch mcconnell has the math on his side right now. they have to make clear to people that it is not just cases like the affordable care act that jessica so rightly referred to, but this is a lifetime seat. this is affirmative action. this is relig

so mitch mcconnell is the man to watch. as he's said he will bring about a vote on the senate floor. but just recently lisa murkowski of alaska said she would not support a vote on the floor ahead of the november election. that is also what susan collins of maine has said. so we have two gop senators not moving forward with that. we're waiting to hear from staples from others, whether it is mitt romney or cory gardner, some others that could sway that vote and make a difference one way or another if it did come to the floor. but as we're out here today, talking to people coming to celebrate ruth bader ginsburg legacy and hearing from young families and from parents who bring their children about wanting to share the lessons and what she worked toward for equality and women's rights. take a listen to what some of them told me. >> it was so they could see that the -- the impact she had on so many women and people in general and i wanted to let our children see that you could make a difference and she really did. >> reporter:

senators susan collins and lisa murkowski have said they oppose any votes before the election. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live in washington with more on all of that. mike. >> ht and senate conservatives says once the nomination is made things will get moving very quickly. >> there will be a vote. there have been some cases like justice ginsburg herself where the nomination and confirmation process took less than 44 days and other cases which it took longer. it is too soon to say right now but we will move forward without delay. >> today the senate democratic admitted there isn't much they can do to stop the confirmation process. >> there are a limited number of things we can do but it boils down to this, will for republican senators decide that it is too hypocritical to reverse the position they took four years ago when they denied to president obama the authority of the supreme court built vacancy in the last year of term. >> leading republican says his side has no plan to cut corners but the gop plans to be efficient. >> this should take as long as it

republican senator lisa murkowski becom becoming the sed g.o.p. vote after susan collins saying did i not support taking up a nomination 8 months before the 2016 election to fill the vacancy created by the passing of justice scalia. we are now even closer to the 2020 election. less than two months out. and i believe the same standard must apply but with only two republican senators that they can lose, the president picks up a g.o.p. supporter who had been thought to be in question. that's retiring senator lamar alexander who says no one should be surprised that a republican senate majority would vote on a republican president supreme court nomination even during a presidential election year. senate majority leader mcconnell is only doing what democratic leaders have said they would do if the sho do if e on the other foot. now we will be watching for senators mitt romney cory gardner and former senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley all of whom are thought to possibly be on the fence and there are protesters he, we are told. somewhere o

lisa, meantime, from the hill perspective, take usro h what the timing and the logistics are. could they actually g this done before the election? senate leader mitch mcconnell's office isin stressg it is possible to get this done before the elec aon. let's lowhat needs to be done. if you can see this graphic, this very friy is 38 days from the ection. so a nomination on saturday would mean 37 days that the senate has to make this decision. what is involved? the nominee would have to submit boxes and boxes of documentd, for example, with the cavanaugh information, there were over one with his nomination.uments in addition, the nominee with all 53 republicanet senators, and perhaps somee democrats asll. all of that needs to happen in the space of just a few weeks, judy, because hearings need to happen in the judiciary that is usually at least one week. democrats can call for a one week delay in that. republicans can override it, but if they try to go with normal procedure, judy, what this all meansst is there is a space of two or three weeks for senators to make a judgment on t

importantly mcconnell tid not specify a date for consideration of the eventual nominee, but two republicans senators susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska both said they'd not support senate consideration of a supreme court appointment until the next inauguration. norah. >> o'donnell: thank you. chief legal correspondent jan awford covered the supreme court since 194, nearly all of ginsburg's time on the court and has a look back at her remarkable life. >> mr. president, i am grateful beyond measure. >> reporter: ruth bader ginsburg's 1993 nom the supreme court hardly seemed possible 34 years earlier when she graduated from columbia law school at the top of her class. >> there was not a single firm in the entire city of new york that would offer me a job. >> reporter: she said she had three strikes against her -- she was jewish, a woman and the ultimate deal breaker, a mother. >> and legal employers feared that i would be staying home more than i would be showing up for work. >> but it was that kind of unequal treatment that drove her to become a law professor and eventually h

you already see republican senators like lisa murkowski coming out and saying the same thing. so i, regardless of what mitch mcconnell says tonight, rachel, each and every republican senator is going to have to look into their soul and look at the words that they said back then so i have today come to honor ruth bader ginsburg and what she stands for but what she stood was for justice and justice means allowing the american people to have a choice when they choose the next american president. >> senator klobuchar, on the judiciary committee, the republican senator now is senator lindsey graham he said if an opening comes up in the last year of president trump's term and the primary process has started, meaning the presidential primary process, we will wait until the next election, and i have a good chance of being a judiciary choir man at that time hold the time. he promised in 2018 if this happened in 2020, which is now, that we will wait until the next election until considering a new supreme court nominee. do you expect that senator graham will know that we held the tape an

we're talking about susan collins and lisa murkowski. there's a number of other vulnerable republican seats and those are facing pressure not to do that but remains to be seen what's going to happen. there's a big difference between doing this before the election and doing this during the lame duck two months between the election and the confirmation of the new president should biden receive the presidency and after the results are known and before the actual transition of power, there won't be the same consequences as before but by that point, we might be dealing with a very different scent. >> democrats have gotten a nominee through lame duck before, right? >> so there have been nominations chuck grassley making the argument there's a tradition not to nominate anybody during the election year. two successful nominees during election year, one of them in 19 1988, this is not exactly fair but there's this bitter memory from something that happened in 1968. >> the year was 1968 and chief justice warren, seen president nixon, presidential

, we have not yet heard a clear timeline from the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, but take us through what would the process but in order for them to get this done before election day, which is just six weekaway? >> that's right. today mcconnel wsaid ll chairman lindsey gto startiary the process, lay out a beginning of the ocess. but i think i's imprtant for viewers to be ready for this next intense looking month. i'm going to lay out a time line. i'm going to stress this is just my best guess fro m talkito sources about what needs to e,ppen and the time lin this is not a formal time line set in motion. so we get this nomination saturday. let's start with the week after that. in theext two weeks, from september 27 to october 10, uhat's really a possible timeline tot evaluate the nominee, the nominee would meet with senators as we have been talking about, produce documents, do all of the research, senators and the nominee alike getting to know each other, it's not a lot of time. ter that is when you s the next time period, the next two weekin october seem aossible timeline for

i have no doubt that president trump is going to nominate and i have no doubt that mitch mcconnell is going to move forward on that confirmation and people like susan collins and lisa murkowski, maine and alaska respectively, will have to figure this out right quick. jillian: let's talk about alexandria ocasio-cortez for a second. she had something to say if biden wins in november. take a listen. >> voting for joe biden, i don't care if you like him or not. this is not over. we win in november, i'm sorry to tell you, you're not going back to brunch. we're not going back to brunch. that's not happening. jillian: tony, your thoughts? >> i'm just so glad that the political left is doing so well economically that they can afford brunch, that's number one. number two, the exact same thing could be said but in the opposite. doesn't matter whether you like president trump, you're going to vote for him. we're not going back to brunch because people are rioting, telling you can't sit in a restaurant and representative owe cassiocasio-cortez aa attace people. of course you have to fight these p

two republican senators, susan collins and lisa murkowski, both announcing their opposition to taking up a nomination now. they cited majority leader mitch mcconnell's decision to block president barack obama's nominee back in 2016. the democratic presidential hopeful joe biden, meanwhile, calling president trump's push to nominate a candidate this close to an election a, quote, exercise of raw political power. now, away from the political maneuvering, people are paying tribute to justice ginsburg outside the supreme court. cnn correspondent jessica snyder is there. >> reporter: people have flocked to the supreme court for three nights in a row now and it's not just all of the flowers and the candles that theme apeople are out here. the memorials have also turned inventive. you can see on the sidewalks the chalk drawings. they say everything from "thank you, rbg" to "rest in power." it's amazing. they range around the perimeter of the supreme court itself. now, outside the supreme court tonight, the crowds have actually thinned out. a lot thinner than last night's vibrant tribute and

they know a trio of moderate republicans, susan collins who is up for re-election, lisa m murkowski of alaska and mitt romney will be in a crucible as to how they will handle this and what they will do. this goes back to the merrick garland issue where mitch mcconnell refused to give garland a vote back in 2016. it angered democrats. you combine that dynamic with just how tense things are across the country. the tensions between senate republicans and the president of the united states, the racial unrest we've seen in the streets. it's all leading to a feeling that everything is teetering right on the very edge. there are some other down in the weeds kind of calculations, for example, martha mcsally's reelection is technically a special election, so they could seat mark kelly if he wins thax would take the number down from four to three republicans needed to thwart mitch mcconnell. all of these things are swirling. the fundamental broad picture here is that president trump is currently losing the election. in no small part because so many americans died due to the mishandling of the co

not to be afraid of mitch mcconnell. to do the right thing, stand up, and do just what is fair and right. reporter: it may be tough to confirm a justice. over the weekend republican senators lisa murkowski and susan collins to wait until after the election. if you're 53 republicans you're down to 5yea votes. everyone is focusing on gop senator mitt romney and republican cory gardner in colorado. gardiner face as tough re-election bid. president trump believes supporting his nominee will help competitors in tough races. president trump: i think susan collins is hurt in their race. murkowski is badly hurt and doesn't run for two years but i think this will follow her. reporter: the family of ruth bader ginsburg will sit shiva until saturday night and president trump says the nomination will be coming soon. president trump: i think it will be on friday or saturday. we want to pay respect. it looks like, it looks like we will have probably services on thursday or friday as i understand it. i think, you know due respect we sh

mike: with 53-47 republican majority in the senate, majority leader mitch mcconnell cannot afford too many defections, maine senator susan collins who is facing a tough reelection and alaska senator lisa murkowski are opposed to holding a confirmation vote before election day. one of their conservative colleagues tried to make the case today why this is different than when president obama tried to fill a vacancy in 2016. >> the vacancy occurs in an election year, of the 29 times of those 19 the senate confirmed 17 times. if the parties are same, the senate confirms the nominee. when the parties are different, that's happened ten times, merrick garland was one of them, of those ten, the senate confirmed the nominees only twice. >> democrats are furious that mcconnell never gave president obama's nominee consideration. today a key judiciary democrat suggested a swift confirmation would do damage. >> for the republican majority just 44 days before the next presidential election to rush through a new justice in a partisan confirmation process will further divide our country, will further

murkowski, there isn't a fourth that is apparent in terms of a republican who would buck mitch mcconnell and president trump right now. i think that is going to be the big key that a lot of people will be racing the hallways trying to get people on the record about where they stand on this. this will be the first time really that these republican lawmakers have been back together since rbg's death. >> let's talk about what the democrats can do here, democrats have a series of options to try to block or delay the vote. they can impeach trump or attorney general bill barr. they can add more seats to the supreme court in the future. they could eliminate the senate filibuster. they could even try to enact statehood for d.c. and puerto rico, thinking that that may lead to more democratic senators in their caucus. speaker nancy pelosi hints she'll be pulling out all the stops to prevent this from happening. watch. >> you're not taking any arrows out of your givequiver, you're ruling anything out. >> protecting our democracy requires us to use every arrow in our quiver. >> so what are democrats

does mcconnell have the votes? >> reporter: well, that's what we're watching today. as you know, over the weekend, two republicans, lisa murkowski of alaska and republican senator susan collins who is up for re-election in the state of maine both said they will not support a vote before the election. that's important. now susan collins went a little further saying she believes that whoever wins on november 3rd should be the person to pick the next supreme court justice, but where does this leave us? remember, that mcconnell can lose three republicans. he just can't lose four so the question is who would be the two other republicans? we, of course, had been looking at someone like lamar alexander but he said he supports mcconnell's decision to advance this nomination whenever that vote takes place. of course, there will be questions about who the nominee ultimately is, but we're keeping an eye on two other senators that i want to talk a little bit about. myth romney, a republican from utah who voted with democrats on one article of impeachment back in january, he's so

the most important statement came from mitch mcconnell who says they should go ahead and fill the seat that is in opposition to what happens when and tone and scalia died in 2016 when merrick garland was nominated by president obama and they held on, never got hearing in the senate. >> if you are asking me a hypothetical, a member of the supreme court, vacancy that created this year. we would fill it. >> contrast that to what mitch mcconnell said four years ago. listen. >> the next justice could alter the direction of the supreme court and have a profound impact on our country so of course the american people should have a say in the court's direction. >> a couple of hours after antonin scalia died in 2016 mitch mcconnell made the decision not to entertain any nominee barack obama put forth in this is why diane feinstein on the judiciary committee said under no circumstances, her term, should they consider a nominee under donald trump until past the inauguration. this might be the most important factor, the average from when someone is nominated when they get a hearing for supreme cour

know 2 of them are already on the record they are susan collins who is a republican from maine and lisa murkowski the senator from alaska and there may well be a couple of others who are sweating but their voices would only really be had if mitch mcconnell moves to hold a vote sometime before the election of course he could try and push something through in between the election and the inauguration and that lays the groundwork for a constitutional crisis if joe biden wins the election in november the thought possibly the strongest argument that joe biden makes is that voting is already under way in many states early voting we've seen long lines and he said that people have decided that they are going to vote for the president the president chooses the supreme court justice so that process. this is no underway and also interesting he was appealing to voters to tar note because he said look if we get a conservative majority on the supreme court a lot of things that democratic voters like could well be at risk and under threat what is interesting is that in the hours since ruth bader ginsb

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lisa murkowski of alaska and susan collins of maine. the senate majority leader chuck schumer has had it with mitch mcconnell. the kentucky republican refused to consider president obama's nominee garland in 2016. >> the rule, american people should have a voice in the selection of the next supreme court justice. the mcconnell rule was nothing more than the mcconnell ruse. >> schumer had strong words for the colleague on the senate floor and he said no one defiled the senate like mitch mcconnell. harris? >> harris: chad, the senator from tennessee making news. she was saying that they can get this done any time between now and the end of the year. depending on when the 30-day mark starts with a hearing. a lot going on. we appreciate you being with us today on the "outnumbered overtime." thanks. >> of course. >> harris: we are awaiting the white house press briefing. as i said previously this is the first time we have heard directly from the white house since the passing of justice ginsberg. all of this talk about nominee, we know it wil

leader mcconnell is up against amy mcgrath, though, by 15% in kentucky according to a poll that came out just the other day. lisa: we are focusing more than we would on the supreme court vacancy in part because that is where the focus is in washington, and not on fiscal support, not on some of the other key issues people have been looking for. yesterday, the house did manage to pass a stopgap funding bill to avoid a shutdown at the end of the month. can we take any positive signs from this, or was this basically the bare minimum washington could get done in its current dis-functional state? kevin: i'm an optimist. it could always be worse, right? you look at the volatility and how markets have always negatively reacted to there being a government shutdown, the volatility that could come out from that, look, they kicked the can down the road, but the government is not shutdown. it gives all politicians the opportunity to go back to their districts in the next couple of weeks and say the government is open. lisa: yesterday, jon asked you about the change of the polls with former vice p

there is an expectation now that the ball in many ways is in mitch mcconnell's court, of course the senate majority leader but the white house in this official acknowledging the potential that there will be a lot of pressure on some senate republicans, specifically susan collins and lisa murkowski on this issue of whether a nominee will get through, or could get through before either election day or an inauguration if president trump does not, for example, win reelection so a critical political moment, lester, this is really setting up drama like we haven't seen in washington, d.c. keep in mind that the president has made this issue of judicial nominees so central to his campaign, so central to his administration so far, it is something he talks about at every major speech he gives, including a u.s. have audiotape kl weeks ago at the republican national convention, lester the president over the summer when justice ginsburg was hospitalized wished her well in the rose garden but his chief of staff around the same time was asked what would happen, if, for example, there were a vacancy before

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell plans to move quickly, though, despite his decision to ignore president obama's election year nominee in 2016. here is what republican senator lindsey graham said at the time. >> i want you to use my words against me. if there's a republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say, lindsey graham said, let's let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination. and you can use my words against me and you would be absolutely right. >> joining us now, democratic senator chris coons, a member of the senate judiciary committee, which would hold confirmation hearings. senator, nice to see you. have you run into lindsey graham over the past few days or talked to him about why that seeming massive flip-flop? >> alisyn, no, i haven't reached out to chairman graham over the weekend. i will see him later today. and i do intend to have conversati conversations, not just with him, but with a number of other colleagues, republicans, and independents, because at the end of the day, as joe biden said

so all eyes are on 3 republican, quote, moderates lisa murkowski said she would not vote on a nominee this year and then all eyes on mitt romney and susan collins and a lot of this will depend on what they say. you can imagine that there are a lot of background conversations going on just right now. as in terms of -- in terms of the broader electorate, though, and what this means for election, one thing that i have seen a lot of people pointing out you have democrats out there saying this would be dangerous for you, you dare not bring this up, they'll be a revolt, but if you look at the last time we had a major fight over a supreme court nominee in brett kavanaugh, it was the four democrats in competitive states in 2018 who lost their seats for voting against the nomination heidi heitkam, bill nelson. i think republicans feel this is a winner in battleground. paul: i want to get to the election impact but on the confirmation impact, kyle, you can only afford to lose 4, right, you can lose 3 and then vice president pence can give you 51 from the 50-50 split. but i guess the question is

mcconnell refused to hold confirmation hearings in 2016 for president obama'a's nonomin, nine months before the election. so far, only two republican senators -- lisa murkowski of alaska and susan collins of maine -- have said they do not support voting before the november election. democrats need four republicans to join them to block the nomination. but on monday, democrats were dealt a major setback when republican senators chuck gardner the colorado senate race and senator chuck presley of iowa said they both supported holding a vote on a nominee before the election. trump appeared by phone on fox news monday and falsely claimed that ginsburg's dying wish -- that she not be replaced until a new presidenent is insnstalled - was s a democrcratic hoax. pres. trump: i don't know if she saidid that worth itit was writn pelosi.dam schiff and amy: justice ginsburg is scheduled to lie in state in the capitol friday, the first woman to receive the honor. before this, she will lie in repose at the supreme court for two days outside due to pandemic . she will be interred at t a private serv

where not one ruled against kavanaugh, lisa murkowski voted present. i think we're most likely going to see the republicans toe the party line on this issue, because it has become the party of trump. >> speaking of trump, will his pick, you know, potentially affect the vote, perhaps help shore up his flagging support with women or potentially, you know, with latinos depending on who he picks? >> right, that's a good question. i think that this vote is something that is going to get him more support from conservative female voters and possibly from hispanic voters who tend to be conservative on issues like abortion rights. but i don't think it is going to move things in a huge way, in terms of the republicans that are already going to vote for trump, they decided this long ago. i don't think this pick is going to have a huge impact on us. what i'm looking to see is how the democrats hand this will process and if they're able to convey to the voters some of the hypocrisies that the republicans, you know, just some of the things they said in 2016 are not

lisa murkowski and susan collins have said that they would oppose moving forward. some people are looking at mitt romney of utah, chuck grassley of iowa, and cory gardner, who faces a tough reelection battle in colorado to see what they will do on this nomination. cindy, connecticut, you are a republican. is this pick important to your vote? >> i think the vote was important aside from this. everybody was highly motivated before this happened. so, it's not going to change my motivation. however, i'm really not -- i don't like what lindsey graham is doing. i just have two words. term limits. i understand it's important to pick, because the selection, hillary clinton, she said to joe biden to test this election a matter what. that scares me. it's why i'm not sure what to think about this. i initially thought it should wait. ferocity ofof the the democrats to try to don't know what, to mess with the election like they did last time , it's really, can this get any worse? motivate me. but i'm already motivated. host: you said you don't like what lindsey graham is doing,

goodwill toople of continue to follow the acts of the leadership of lisa murkowski or susan collins and say no, this is not right. the next president should nominate the next justice. i'm not going to get into an analysis of whoever trump has suggested were put forth. i think the important thing is the process because regardless of what party is in power, regardless of what time we are living in and through in this country, we have to make sure that we stay faithful to certain principles and the integrity of this is more important than ever. emily: we cover technology on this program, which is now facing antitrust scrutiny, as you and i have discussed. it is an industry that affects all of us in so many ways. what changes for the technology industry or could change without justice ginsburg's voice on the court, and with a more conservative voice on the court? ms. healey: i think it is an interesting question. i guess we will see. there will be a new court in a matter of time. that is a fact. the kind of cases they take up, the issues presented will have to see how that goes. personally

mitch mcconnell. but take us through, what with the process be in order for them day, which is just six weekstion away? lisa: today macconnell said he would defer to the senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham to start the process, lay out the beginning of the process. but i think it's important for viewers to be ready for the next very intense looking month. a i'm going to lay oume leon -- timeline here and this is just my best guest -- best guess, talking to sources about thwhat needs to happen an timeline. this has not been formally set in motion but one possible way this could go. let's look at a graphic here. th get the nominatio weekend. let's start with the weekth aftr . in the next two weeks, september 27th to ocber 10, that is a possible timeline to evaluate the nominee. the nominee would meet with senators, produce documents, do all of that research. senators and the nominee alike getting to know each other. not a lot of time. r afat is when you would see the next time period, the next two

however, the senators like lisa who just recently said it should be after an inauguration of a new president and a number of others including lindsey graham, the point is this, they are independently elected, not by mitch mcconnell. they have to look at their own integrity. they have to look to their own souls, they have to look at their own moral compass each one of these that made the statements both during the debate and many of them recently. they are going to have to make their own decisions and that is going to be their reckoning and they have to think about the future of this country. >> you mentioned lindsey graham because i have to tell you, after four years of watching republicans go from saying that donald trump is a racist and a coup which lindsey graham said to essentially worshipping him as if he were a king, i don't have a lot of faith in the souls and hearts of these people. right? they're going to do what's politic for them. i want to play what lindsey graham said when it came to garland and what he said he would do if donald trump had an opening at the end of his term. >> i