A time when i sat through this is too much i dont think this is for me but then i thought whats the one whos done something on quit halfway i want to i want to take it to the end so when im speaking about it im going to be speaking from a position of authority. She didnt. Because i was. When my cousin said phoning me to come by is going to. Pitts name is. Nice only when its all that i wanted to go into politics she refused he said no no no. As a joke you pray for me shes here she said noise you want bree ok no problem. Shes a prayer warrior she lives in the church. I take it to god in prayer. Is my strength my mom is my inspiration now because she says she knows we got how we always have our own we argue with. What my strength from because she was. For me. Never raised. No problem what i love i love had today even though growing up she used to beads the whip they had lots of me she knows shes here she used to be speed to be. My sister the one who came up to a few years she is happy its just spoiled i want spoiled. Me i received the roads every road thats why im tough too dont try or obviously. I dont care how long i have known you would dont bring it cause i want a kid just be yourself with me and well be fine way you want to bring it you bring it and ill bring. We interrupt this programming to go live to the u. S. Where u. S. Democratic Vice President ial candidate coming out heresy is questioning amy kone at the Senate Judiciary committee before her nomination is put to vote lets listen in 2. 1000 of our fellow americans who died and millions more including the president republican members of this committee and more than 100 front line workers here at the capitol complex have been infected this pandemic has led to an historic economic crisis causing millions of workers to lose their jobs without war and 12000000 americans have lost their employer based Health Insurance the senate i strongly believe. And needs to be laser focused on you the American People to help you get through this anthemic to do so the senate urgently needs to pass critical Financial Relief for those who are struggling because of this pandemic and many are struggling. People need help they need help to pay their rent or mortgage parents need help putting food on the table that millions of American Workers who have lost their jobs need help making it through the end of a mom and Small Businesses need help so they dont have to close their doors for good. But sadly Senate Republicans have rushed to hold this Supreme Court confirmation hearing rather than help those who are suffering Health Crisis not a bigger making. As i think yesterday these priorities are not the American Peoples priorities since president obama signed the porthole care act into law Senate Republicans number one priority has been to tear it down. And remember before the taping Affordable Care act Insurance Companies health virtually unchecked power over our Health Care System they can refuse to cover basic medical expenses like Maternity Care mammograms prescription drugs or hospitals to its worst of all if you were sick they could deny you coverage all together there is nothing you can do about it. Over the last 9 years republicans in congress have tried 70 times 70 times to repeal or roll back the a. C. L. U. In the United States congress in 2013 Senate Republicans were so desperate to stop its success thanks to shut down the entire government for weeks. After President Trump was elected Washington Republicans spent nearly a year trying to repeal. But i will always remember that thousands of americans from all over our country and all walks of life who crowded into the halls of the United States capitol to require that lawmakers see their faces and understand how they would be hurt if there was a repeal of the portable care act brave activists in the Disability Community stage citizens. Seniors protesting to keep prescription drugs affordable mothers and fathers walk the halls with their children in strollers to Show Congress the face of those who depended on the law and doctors and nurses protested to protect their patients access to the care and they desperately need together with many of my colleagues i joined the civil rights and Community Leaders to speak to the thousands of people who gathered outside the capitol and they pleaded as they begged lawmakers to do the right thing. All of these dedicated americans demanding that their voice is heard they made a difference a major difference history will remember. That late night down moment when the great great john mccain. Did night republicans the opportunity to repeal the Affordable Care act. And now for a decade of failure washington and publicans have realized that the Affordable Care act is working too well and helping too many people to repeal it without facing serious political consequences. They didnt ring after suffering the backlash they provoked by targeting the law in congress but he decided instead of just circumvent the voters and try to strike down the Affordable Care act through the courts right now the Trump Administration and Senate Republicans are urging the Supreme Court to strike down the entire Affordable Care act and all of its patient protections republicans are scrambling to confirm this nominee as fast as possible because they need one more judge on the bench before november 10th to weigh in and strike down the entire portable care act this is not hyperbole. This is not a hypothetical that. This is happening. And heres what you have to know people are scared people are scared of what will happen if the Affordable Care act is destroyed in the middle of a pandemic. There are more than 100000000 americans with preexisting conditions like asthma and diabetes Heart Disease they could be denied coverage or are charged more by Insurance Companies if. It successful in getting rid of the book their act and because of the coronavirus more than 7000000 people have now a preexisting condition that they didnt have earlier this year those who depend on the cia are afraid of their lives being turned upside down if the Court Strikes it down but you know what could happen and i will share it with you and the American People. No protections for preexisting conditions higher costs for health care for women and people over the age of 50 young adults kicked off their parents insurance more expensive prescription drugs for seniors Insurance Companies refusing to cover Mental Health care Insurance Companies refusing to cover Maternity Care no free mammograms cancer screenings or Birth ControlInsurance Companies reinstating annual and lifetime caps and more than 20000000 americans losing insurance at the worst possible time again in the midst of a pandemic. Including nearly 2000000 texans 607000 north carolinians 288000 south carolinians 227000 iowans and 4200000 california. And the pain of losing the protections disproportionately felt among the 9000000. 00 africanamerican latino asian and native americans coverage under the Affordable Care act. Well this isnt about statistics this is about millions of real People Living real lives who deserve their government and its institutions to see them and to heed their call. And i know a republican member of this Committee Said earlier today that the people who will Lose Health Care are somehow not relevant to this hearing i disagree. Helping these people is supposed to be why we are all here. Why we ran for office in the 1st place and im your fight for people like true leadership. In this is her. Pollution is a writer a public speaker and. From something california and now she. Is included arthritis as well and a rare autoimmune disorder that caused tumors that wrapped around her optic nerve and part of her brain. Her life depends on periodic cancer fighting infusions that cost 160000. 00 a year. Elisa is terrified she knows that without the Affordable Care act she could not afford ongoing treatment the treatment she needs to stay alive and here is exactly what she said and i will quote. My life is in the hands of people i do not know who do not know me who are essentially telling me i dont matter that my life doesnt matter that my health doesnt matter that the quality of my like doesnt matter. And thats really hard. Tragically and. Fears are shared by millions of americans the Affordable Care act and its protections in the. Supreme court and the outcome of this hearing. Before being elected. President trump quote will do the right thing im like oh she has a point he john roberts on obamacare. Judge breyer at 18 months later you criticized the chief justice for upholding the Affordable Care act when you concluded quote chief Justice Roberts question for all care act beyond its possible meaning to save the statute. Question is how many months after you published that article did President Trump nominate you to be a judge on the court of appeals. Senator has i apologize i dont remember the timing of that article i was nominated i believe my nomination to the court of appeals was announced in may of 2017 thats correct but i dont remember when the article came out they article was published in january of 2017 so that would have been 5 months later. Justice ginsburg who see you are seeking to fill provided a critical vote in a 54 decision but the Affordable Care act so lets lay this out for everyone whos watching as ive discussed previously one. Republicans have spent a decade trying to destroy the Affordable Care act to. Promise to name a Supreme Court justice and Supreme Court justices who would tear down the Affordable Care act 3 President Trump is before the Supreme Court right now arguing that it be struck in its entirety before the Supreme Court could be just one vote away from overturning the Affordable Care act and all of its protections including for everyone who has a preexisting condition or making for a preexisting condition in other words the Affordable Care act and all its protections and this seat and it outcome of this hearing and i believe its very important the american. At trump announced your nomination and the Supreme Court he tweeted quote obamacare will be replaced with a much better and far cheaper alternative if it is terminated in the Supreme Court and quo but in reality there is no alternative billions. Of horrifying truth is that President Trump and the republicans in congress are fighting to take healthcare away from the American People in the middle of the pandemic yes i have said President Trump has said that he wants to protect the American Peoples health care but the reality is right now he is asking the Supreme Court to get away period. Senator clinton char asked you earlier today it did not receive when they answer prior to your nomination were you who are the President Trumps statements committing to nominate judges who will strike down before the book here i think id appreciate a yes or no answer well senator has i want to be very very careful im under oath i am sitting here i dont recall seeing those statements but if i lets see i dont recall seeing or hearing the statements but i dont really know what context they were in so i guess i cant really definitively give you a yes or no answer what i would like to say is i dont recall hearing about or seeing such statements where i imagine you were surrounded by a team of folks that hear you for this nomination hearing i have had. What let me finish if you dont mind im going to start in form you know the president s statements and that this might be a question was presented to you during the course of this hearing. When i had my calls with senators it came up many of many of the Democratic Senators wanted to know about the Affordable Care act and to satisfy themselves that i had not made any precommitment to the president about it and so you then became aware of the president s statements are. Lets see senator here this. Question in the context of President Trumps comments perhaps so i think from my perspective the most important thing is to say that i have never made a commitment ive never been asked to make a commitment and i hope that the committee would trust in my integrity not to even entertain such an idea and i wouldnt violate my oath if i were confirmed and hurt that case. So just so im clear and then we can move on are you saying that you are now before i said but where are not aware the president maybe. To the United States senator here is what i was saying i thought you initially framed the question as whether i was aware before this nomination process began and i swear to you that question to you if you were aware were you aware before this hearing began there you said youre changing youre asking me now whether its where before the hearing began as a follow up question i am yes and what i said was that when i had my calls with Democratic Senators this question came up and i dont recall but it may well have been that it referenced those comments in the course of those calls even if so that wasnt something that i heard or saw or directly by reading it myself senator leahy asked you earlier today but i think it bears repeating do you think its important for the American People to believe that Supreme Court justices are independent and figure and impartial and that is a yes or no answer. Yes senator her its a number of my colleagues have asked you today whether you would recuse yourself from cases on the Affordable Care act you did not directly answer their questions and instead you described the process by which that would work or happen and so my question is isnt it true been at the end of the process regardless of that process that it would be you will ultimately would make the decision about whether or not you would recuse yourself that is true and i cant have you elicit a commitment from me about how i would make that decision in advance that would be wrong. Right and what ive asked you is that is it not correct the bet is the process that ultimately it would be you and you hold alone that would make the decision about whether you would be recused youve already opined on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care act and that position is satisfied the president s promise to only nominate judges who tear down the Affordable Care act and Senate Republicans rushed this process so that you could rule on this very case the reasonable question about your impartiality undoubtedly hanging over this courts ultimate decision in the Affordable Care act case if you refuse to recuse yourself i strongly believe that. Supreme Court Justices routinely consider the consequences of their decisions on peoples lives earlier this year the Supreme Court ruled against President Trump in his effort to repeal daca protections for dreamers children of course who of arrived in the United States many before they could talk or walk chief Justice Roberts wrote the opinion for a 54. 00 majority that included the crucial vote of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg the court rejected the trunks administrations attempt to and production protections for dreams chief Justice Roberts said the administration had not taken into consideration the fact that many dreamers rely on those protections when they started their careers and businesses when they served in the military of the United States when they bought homes and when they started in family. Senator hirono as to whether it is appropriate for a Supreme Court justice to consider real world impacts. But youre sitting judge nicole so my question is in deciding whether to uphold Government Action do you currently consider the consequences of your rulings on peoples lives well senator harris thats part of the decision of every case and so you do every case has consequences and peoples lives so of course they do in every case thats part of the judicial Decision Making process and would you do that. If you were actually what would on the United StatesSupreme Court would you do that there as well senator considering how at the resolution of a dispute will affect parties will affect people is part of the judicial Decision Making process and i will continue engaging in that process to the best of my ability so if the Affordable Care act is struck down more than 100000000 americans with preexisting conditions like heart to see diabetes and cancer pay more for insurance or be denied coverage entirely more than 20000000. 00 americans could lose their Health Coverage entirely including nearly 3000000. 00 black americans and over 5000000. 00 americans received access to Health Insurance because of the Affordable Care act insure our insurance will once again be able to discriminate against that more than 50 percent of africanamericans and nearly 40 percent of latinos with preexisting conditions insurance will be able to deny coverage to more that more than one quarter of native americans the conditions like diabetes Heart Disease and cancer all of this in the midst of a pandemic that is not going away any time soon a pandemic that when age is taken into account has been 3 times its typically black Latino Pacific islander and native americans. A pandemic has killed approximately one in 1000 black america. One in 1200 native americans and one in 1500 latino americans. What you consider 135000000 people who gained protections under the Affordable Care act when deciding a case that challenges that wall senator harris if i were to be confirmed and concluded that i was not that i was able to sit on the case pursuant to the recusal statute and then if i heard the case and decided the case i would consider all the protections that congress put in place and as i said earlier. Earlier during this hearing the question would be figuring out whether congress assuming that the mandate is unconstitutional now whether that. With your intent you know this is congresss law would permit the act to stand or whether the flawed portion of it could just be excised out and that is a question not of what judges what its not a question the Supreme Court its a question of what congress wanted in the statute and that is the statute you know that human acted and extended this Health Care Coverage to millions of americans. What we do get the fact that 130000000 americans preexisting conditions are now depending on the protections of. What we well senator harris as i mentioned to senator hirono star decisis takes reliance interests into account because as ive said before starting to say says about keeping stability in the law so the law often takes into account reliance interests i cant really say sitting here how they would play in a way in this case because thats part of the legal calculus of the case so i cant really give you the kind of commitment or precommitment that youre asking for me of how i would weigh factors or how i would structure my Decision Making process. I would ask you to consider if you are confirmed or if youre just joining us that was senator comer harris questioning president Donald Trumps nominee in this court judge Amy Kearney Barrett she was attending that hearing remotely to coronavirus concerns harriss questions very much focusing on the Affordable Care act bringing in some personal stories about americans that have been helped by the obama care in the United States at the moment and how theyre concerned if the republicans manage to take that away lets go to our correspondent alan fischer whos in capitol hill and was watching and listening to that questioning very closely. So this was a tricky balance for a couple harris because she had to play down her prosecutor or instinct and come across and see broadly appealing to the wider audience do you think she did that in those questions. I think thats for the wider audience to judge i think what she did do was realize that the Supreme Court isnt just the vote judicial rulings its also about politics and you saw that as a theme throughout her question shes talking about the Affordable Care act which of course known as obamacare in the United States thats a big election issue a lot of people are going to the polls wondering if they a preexisting conditions will still be recognized after the Supreme Court makes a ruling a week after the election so that is why she spent a large part of our 30 minutes talking specifically about the Affordable Health care act and exactly how but it would would rule on that its also telling that she referred back to the fact that it has criticized parts of the Affordable Health care act before in the past and suggesting that the reason that she was nominated by donald trump was because she said that she would essentially strike it down it would be unconstitutional in her eyes though as far as the democrats are concerned the reason that this is being pushed through so quickly of course is just 17 days since including but it was announced as the nominee is that they want to make sure that there is a conservative majority on the court and they will be able to end the Affordable Care act obamacare once and for all allan stay with us were going to turn back to those questions by senator Kennedy Harris lets have a listen by its own precedent to strike down the louisiana law because it was virtually identical to a texas law that the court ruled unconstitutional and on and 16. The result of the state were able to receive the full range of reproductive care but chief Justice Roberts wrote his own separate opinion in the case to make clear that in the future he could not be chanted on a womans right to choose Justice Ginsburg provided the critical 5th but just strike down the unconstitutional abortion restriction in june medical services so we must be honest about the impact of her passing and the impact it will have on the courts decisions in cases regarding womens access to Reproductive Health care now my republican colleagues have said that there is minimal chance that the Supreme Court will overturn roe but back in january 39 republican senators including 10 members of this very committee signed their names to a supreme Supreme Court brief that asked the court to quote take up the issue of whether roe should be reconsidered and if appropriate overruled so lets not make any mistake about it allowing president trying to determine who fills the seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg a champion for womens rights and equivocal vote in so many decisions that can sustain the right to choose was as a threat to safe and legal abortion in our country after all President Trump said that overturning roe v wade will quote avin automatically in my opinion because i am quoting prolife justices on the court. Several times today you have quoted Justice Ginsburgs testimony about not making predictions in future cases however she was far more forthcoming at her confirmation hearing about the essential rights of women. In 1903 Justice Ginsburgs confirmation hearing shows that she testified that quote the decision whether or not to bury a child is central to what womans life to her wellbeing and dignity it is a decision she must make for herself when government controls that decision for her or she is being treated as a less than that fully adult human responsible for her own choices then judge ginsburg went on to say quote it is essential to womens equality with man that she be in that decision meant for her choice control if you impose restraints that impede her choice or disadvantaging her because of her sex unquote now Justice Ginsburg did not tell the committee how she would vote in any particular case but she did freely discuss how she viewed a womans right to choose but judge perry your record clearly shows you hold a different view. In 2006 you signed your name to an advertisement published in the south bend tribune it described roe v wade as quote an exercise of raunchy additional power and call for putting quote an end to the barbaric legacy of probe the way it signed a similar ad in 2013 that described pro as quote infamous and expressed opposition to abortion also in 2013 you wrote an article about Supreme Court precedent in which you split it roe from a list of well settled cases that you said quote no justice would overrule even if she disagreed suggesting of course that you believe roe is susceptible to being overturned on the 40th anniversary of roe you to limit a speech in which you said that the courts recognition of the right to choose was quote created through traditional. Rather than what i did in the constitution and during your tenure on the 7th Circuit Court of appeals you have been willing to reconsider abortion restrictions that there are republican appointed judges found unconstitutional. As the Senate Considers filling the seat of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg who was straightforward enough in her confirmation hearing to say that the right to choose is quote essential to equality unquote i would suggest that we not pretend that we dont know how this nominee views a womans right to choose and make her own Health Care Decisions mr chairman i ask unanimous consent that the following 3 documents get into the record. A letter opposing judge bear nomination from the end of any statement opposing judge barretts nomination from the planned direction of america and planned Parenthood Action Fund and report barretts nomination romney any Legal Defense and educational. Without objection thank you mr chairman thank you thank you very much. Set us a come. Questioning Supreme Court judge amy kearney previously she was focusing on the Affordable Care act and then she moved on to another issue which is. Very closely followed by the democrats which is the the right to abortion which was established in the roe versus wade case less return to our correspondent alan fischer on capitol hill this this is an issue that has come up again and again throughout the questioning today but the conservative judge repeatedly refusing to be drawn on any of these issues. Exactly what she has said several times is that should judges the case on its merits roe v wade is important because its more than 40 years old if you look at the opinion polls across the United States the majority of people in the us believe it is a settled case that is that it doesnt need to be revisited but there are a number of cases which are making their way through the lower courts at the moment where some states have restricted access to abortion that has led and evidently to court action and at some point its expected that some of these cases will reach as far as the Supreme Court at that point will be up to the justices on the Supreme Court to judge what come the highest is saying is that she believes that she. Will vote that is one because of her catholic faith but also because she has written several times and posted support for abandoning rule v wade and she said that is why there is no one in any doubt but the judge herself insists that what she does is look at the facts of the case applies it to whats in the constitution and then she makes a decision although she did accept that she realizes that the real world consequences to judicial decisions but this again is politics and the Supreme Court being tied up together throughout the last 2 days that never been that far apart become the hottest drawing stark contrast there with what she sees as Ruth Bader Ginsburgs position and of course those by judge but it the woman whos earmarked to take that seat on the Supreme Court. Ellen for that for us in washington d. C. Many thanks. Lets move on to some other news cyprus has suspended a lucrative program granting citizenship in 10 for investments often aljazeera expose the parliamentary speaker who is seen in the on the cover video says he will abstain from judys to learn vest occasion is completed and that work expires senior politicians who are engaged in a plan to help a criminal buy a cypriot passport there is Investigative ReporterDavid Harrison reports from the capital because you. An emergency meeting of the cypriot cabinet was held at the president ial palace following the release of the al jazeera investigation. Because. Of this some brought us here in. The bar on bush in the program the reality. Of the. Job our own. As a flurry of developments followed the cyprus attorney general said he was launching a full investigation into the evidence gathered by aljazeera. What has been published in the last few hours by the Aljazeera News Network is causing outrage anger and concern among the people i have given clear instructions to the Police Leadership from the outset to conduct a full fora and indepth investigation into the possibility of anyone committing criminal offenses undercover reporters from aljazeera as Investigative Unit posed as representatives of a fictional client a wealthy businessman who was sentenced in absentia to 7 years in jail for bribery and Money Laundering and he is seeking a cypriot passport our reporters were led through a network of enablers ended with a meeting with demetrius salukis president of a Cypriot Parliament did. It. Without motion. For suck or. A very little politically torture. When confronted with the evidence so the rest tonight wrongdoing and claim that he was suspicious of our undercover reporters from the start. Who is in their various who he is or the. Other 1st to guess this could be i guess or heres the other to me teresa lewis has since announced that hell be stepping down from his duties until the investigation is complete opposition member of parliament Christakis Giovanni was also implicated in the documentary. Is. What shocked looks today in a statement he announced he is resigning from his post as member of parliament and from all his positions in the opposition party. But years there have been suspicions in the European Union that the Cyprus Investment Program was allowing criminals to enter europe with the proceeds of their crimes the revolutions of our investigation have shaken the Political Leadership of this country after years of failed attempts to tighten the rules the scheme will now be abolished and it seems the attorney generals investigation will examine the full extent of the wrongdoing David Harrison aljazeera cyprus saudi arabia has failed to win reelection to the Un Human Rights Council the attempt had faced criticism to use allegations of state involvement in the murder of the saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi turkey says he was killed within the saudi consulate in istanbul 2 years ago china and russia did win seats on the body despite widespread criticism of the actions of both countries us actually of state might pompei it was said in a statement that the election of cuba russia and china countries with a poor and human rights records validates the Trump Administrations decision to withdraw from the council in 2018 and to use other venues and opportunities to protect and promote universal human rights