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>> im afraid the constitution doesnt say anything about the separation of church and politics. >> are you saying thats a good thing? >> im saying thats the way it is. always has been. >> do you think the voter really needs to know if i go to church? >> i dont need to know, but im not going to vote for you anyway. >> i could watch those guys all night. he was playing a republican candidate for president whose darkest secret was that he did not believe in god. and martin sheen was playing a democr...

We do not believe the university of notre dame should take this action and seek to erase history, simply to appease a small number of local columbus to tractors." father john jenkins, the president of the university of notre dame. one of my favorite places, im a little biased. it is great to have you with us to respond to this controversy. thank you for being here. >> thank you very much. to start by taking issue with your description, we are not concealing anything. we are not erasing anything....

Because it was in the 60s and it was not a safe place to be in the 60s but she stayed because she thought she was doing the thing. she came north to washington to work with the lawmakers and they could make a change. she started to work there with the senators but was at work from them she caps many resume to bobby kennedys office. >> this was a rising star. she would have done great things. all the women that worked with her in the boiler room went on to do great things. its only good to assume...

It was not a safe place to be in the 60s but she stayed because she thought she was doing the thing. she came north to washington to work with the lawmakers and they could make a change. she started to work there with the senators but was at work from them she caps many resume to bobby kennedys office. >> this was a rising star. she would have done great things. all the women that worked with her in the boiler room went on to do great things. its only good to assume she would have done that. dev...

Hackles that he might be biased by affiliations to the church. hes a devout catholic. maybe its the old john kennedy thing again. i dont know what it is, but its a disproportionate amount of attention to his catholocism. what do you think about it? >> i think its a secularization of the american society. happily the text of the constitution addresses it and rebuts issues to faith. it says specifically no religious test shall be imposed for any office under the united states. so to even ask about...

Republicans havent forgiven him for that. >> bill: amy coney barrett works out of chicago now, 46 years old. devout catholic and seven children. >> she and i studied under the same professor rice who was on the short list of five people president reagan had. she would probably be in the view of those around the president, the most serious lightning rod on the issue of abortion because she is the most professedly outwardly traditionally catholic of all of the nominees. >> bill: you say she did no...

Judge, has been for ten years. last year, he wrote a book with an army officer about the importance of solitude. he gets that, working in his personal office in a converted barn overlooking lake huron. amy coney barrett is the only woman on the list. the youngest on the list. devout catholic. there is a potential negative on her. shes only been judge for eight months and has no other government experience. >> pete williams, you and i are getting red dady for a long nig. thank you. >> joining me ...

He is also a lot less controversial. it could help him get confirmed. and then there is amy coney barrett. the only female finalists. seven children. a devout catholic. her writings on overturning the president raised a rag flag with a senator, susan collins. she fears she might overturn roe v. wade. tonight, he thanked kennedy. >> he left because he said, you will pick someone great. >> democrats say nobody on the list is acceptable. chuck schumer has privately urged the president to pick garla...

A devout catholic. someone that many democrats are not a big fan of. what can you tell us about her? >> well, amy comey barrett was born in san francisco. she became law professor and wrote about controversial issues including about the opposition to the death penalty that orthodox con alcohol schisortho can atoll scm catholicism has. i think some people are -- some conservatives are enthusiastic about her because of some things she has said about abortion. i think president trump will probably ...

Have to do, to say, well, i didnt look at it that way a few years ago, but now, i see that it looks different to me. >> reporter: that has some republicans worried kavanaugh wont be a reliable conservative vote on the court. abc news has learned senators rand paul, tom cotton and ted cruz have all called the president, expressing concerns. >> tara palmeri joins us now from the white house. and tara, lots of attention on judge kavanaugh, as we just saw in your story there, but there are other can...