After swearing in the woman tomorrow be officially be Justice Amy Coney barrett. Marking the Third Supreme Court justice in 220th federal judge at a record pace. Oath administered tonight by the court, clarence thomas. And that i will well and faithfully discharge. That i will well and faithfully discharge. In speak of the duties of the office from which ive about to enter. The duties of the office from which im about to enter. So help me god. So help me god. Shannon outlining her judge, her preferences and political stances, she will do it for you and the constitution. So will it cost the g. O. P. Critical senate seat in next weeks election . We will ask the man who is out to get it done into before election day. Judge barrett took the constitutional tonight to take the judicial oath tomorrow with chief justice Joh John Roberts d lastminute challenges to voting procedures and mail in ballots. Two highprofile cases part of the next round of oral arguments i kick off monday. Welcome to
Media mob, the washington swamp, joe biden, they want to just call it a day and stop you from asking legitimate, tough questions about the election, about the process, about your vote even as a razorthin margins still separate the candidates in key important battleground states, and people are actually saying things that say impropriety they witnessed and they watched it with their own eyes, so they not be listened to . The president and his campaign are vowing to ensure every legal vote is counted and ensuring that we have free and Fair Elections ensuring that all the laws of every state were followed. That is the basis of this great democratic republic. Democrats, their sycophants, the media mob, they just want to try and block everything and all audit of what are now growing examples and affidavits of voting irregularities. Coming up, we have even more evidence of suspicious ballot counting, whistleblower accounts of what has happened behind the scenes, republican observers being bl
Supporters saw this as war. A fight against anyone who was unwilling to do whatever it took to keep donald trump in power. We are the cavalry. President trump continued to reinforce these messages throughout the day. 1 48 p. M. both speeches, he retweeted, his deputy chief of staffs tweets showing his crowd that he had flown over on marine one and he tweeted, thank you patriots. These people, as you can see were gathered and being told by the president s allies that their election had been stolen. And they were told they were the cavalry. No one else could do it. After hearing these speeches and seeing the president s support, this is what Donald Trumps cavalry was capable of. What you just saw was the violence that ensued after that rally. The proud boys after that rally engaged in serious acts of violence in downtown d. C. Some Trump Supporters and selfidentified proud boys vandalized churches after that rally. If we look at these events, its clear how we got here. Because what the d
Look at the media. State of the union with Candy Crowley begins right now. Week two of a new year, and in the offing, a controversial cabinet nomination and a battle over money matters. Today, is there an echo in here . One thing i will not compromise over is whether or not congress should pay the tab for a bill they have already racked up. We cannot agree to increase that Borrowing Limit without agreeing to reforms that lower the avalanche of spending. Raising the debt ceiling and raising objections over former republican senator chuck hagel. The president s expected choice for defense secretary. Our conversation with senators dick durbin and Lindsey Graham. Then, learning the ropes with two freshmen, democratic senator democrat Heidi Heitkamp and republican congressman richard hudson. Plus, can either Party Compromise and keep hard core supporters on board, neera tanden of the center for American Progress, the wall street journals jacqui kaums and the New York Times and our own dana
And thats it for me. Im Brooke Baldwin here at the cnn headquarters in atlanta. Lets go to wolf blitzer in washington. Wolf. Brooke, thanks very much. Happening now, president obama nominates chuck hagel to run the pentagon. Calling him a leader our troops deserve. Hagels critics call him profoundly wrong on National Security. Also, we have new details about a horrifying night in colorado. A Police Officer cries as he describes a theater floor slippery with blood. Plus, a first look at proposed regulations that have wouldbe gun owners racing right now to buy guns. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com we begin with president obama setting the stage for a new fight here in washington. This time, other the National Security team for his second term. The president s nominating the former senator chuck hagel, a republican, for defense secretary, and his counterterrorism adviser john brennan to direct the cia. At least one critic calls the hagel nom