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Candidates, today senators harris and booker are in iowa as is mayor pete buttigieg and senator bernie sanders is going to be in new hampshire. another key date ahead is wednesday, the last day to qualify for the next democratic debate which is november 20th, so far only 10 candidates have qualified. eric. eric: all right, jackie, thank you. arthel. arthel: yes, we are going to tell you who is able to scarf down these stone crabs at record pace. we all sleep easier knowing youre out there keepin...

Record pace. senator chuck grassley who was a chair of the judiciary committee has been a big part of this as well as senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. they have filled scores and scores of seats. there are still vacancies they are but the president and mcconnell are committed to getting that done and filling seats. listen in. >> and name 20 or 25 people in that list is still out there. its made up of the kind of people that mitch mcconnell has talked about and youve talked about, people t...

Association has labeled not qualified. >> the nomination is confirmed. >> reporter: but who this week was confirmed anyway on a party line vote, backing the presidents earlier proclamation, the entire court system is changing at a record pace. >> and we are going to be putting in a lot more. >> reporter: its true. george w bush sat 152 judges, bik, 154. barack obama, 94. but they were two-term presidents. trump has already sworn in 157. >> have you worked on any other criminal case? >> reporter:...

System is changing at a record pace. >> were going to be putting in a lot more. >> reporter: george bush sat 152 judges, bill clinton 125, obama 94. trump has already put in 157. democrats are shocked that some nominees are unprepared. eight have earned the bar association label not qualified. many democrats are concerned that trump is picking judges because theyre favorable to conservative views on everything from immigration, to gun control, to gay rights, to abortion laws. the presidents supp...

Theyre confirming his judicial picks really at a rapid pace. >> the way hes changing course strong with his base. but as cnn correspondent tom foreman tells us, theres a problem with a number of people heading to the bench not qualified by the american bar association. >> a federal judge who, imagine this, will uphold the laws and the constitution as theyre actually written. >> reporter: another judicial confirmation, another controversy. >> very few are called not qualified, but hes one of them...

>> a federal judge who will, imagine this, uphold the laws and the constitution as theyre actually written. >> another judicial confirmation, another controversy. >> very few are related, not -- are called not qualified, but hes one of them. >> justin walker, 37 years old, an assistant professor of law. hes the fifth trump judicial nominee the american bar association has labeled not qualified. >> the nomination is confirmed. >> but who this week was confirmed anyway on a party line vote, backin...

I respect that. the other thing is theyre vicious. much more vicious. we would never do a thing like this. >> dana: all that as democrats are looking to stretch it out to the holiday season. thats after they started out on a record pace. more on that in just a moment. first, president trump taking heat after he compared the impeachment to a lynching. lets go to john roberts with more. >> good afternoon to you. as has happened many times before, president trump getting condemned, taking a lot of ...

Indeed, more air strikes against militia inside iraq. the iraqis have reacted with extreme anger to that. and at the same time, of course, iran has now announced that it is going to be driving a destroyer through the strait of hormuz and the gulf of aden, adding to the tensions in and around the persian gulf. so amidst all of this, any kind of sign of reconciliation particularly coming from the u.s. president would be most welcome. alex? >> our thanks to sam kiley in jerusalem. now to brazil, ...

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Until about a month before the election. i will let them have it like youve never heard before. [cheers and applause] i dont want them to change. >> melissa: kevin, the truth is that if you confiscated all the wealth of everybody, all the earnings of everybody made more than $200,000 a year, you couldnt pay for all these programs they are promising. so the president does have a point on the economic front. with your response? >> he does have a point but we have already topped spending from last ...