we cannot afford to reelect susan collins as the majority leader. collins. >> to vote against the affordable care act with the deciding vote and to say it's just not accurate. you know anyone in the senate and i worked on long ago to move to the state of maine. >> talking about the things i transparency with the unaffordable and as if it were cactus the issue that people cannot afford healthcare i would also like to know that if we have universal healthcare that word be for small businesses and corporation and to get the health care for the rest of the world. >> now each of you would have a chance to ask of your opponents the same time limits apply. >> i have a question for senator gideon polls show the top issue is healthcare we know republicans don't have a serious plan to improve healthcare. i support medicare for all as the majority of mainers and showing that is the best way to provide world-class universal healthcare. your plan of expanding the affordable care act would not cover everyone and would not cost less then we pay now. associated mai

reelectt afford to susan collins or mitch mcconnell. sen. collins: i was the first republican to speak out against repealing the affordable care and i cast the deciding vote to save it. inaccuratea said is and i do not know anyone in the senate who is not for protecting people with pre-existing conditions. that is an issue i worked on even movedfore sara to maine. i feel talking about things like transparency and the cost of health care or adding a public auction avoids the issue. we are talking about the fact that people cannot afford health care. care,had universal health this would be a great boon to the business community. economy ifhelp our we could get our health care on the same plane as the rest of the world. host: each of you will have a chance to ask a question of one opponent. lisa savage, we will start with you. ms. savage: my question is for ms. gideon. polls have you leading the race and show one of the top issues is health care. we know republicans do not have a serious plan to improve it. i support medicare for all. studies s

whether susan collins has about changed, but about whether maine's vor rs have. e pbs newshour, i'm lisa desjardins, traveling in maine. ♪ judy: to be or not to be, seven months into the pandemic, live theaters are struggling to raise the curtain. john yang is back to take us to one regional company in rural virginia that hopes it has found a way for the show go on -- safely. it's part of our ongoing ameran creators series on rural arts and canvas, our coverage of arts and culture. >> theater audiences have gotten used to admonitions about silencing cell phones. but unusual times call for unusual requests. >> we ask that you continue to wear your masks and wear them properly. if you do n ifhis pandemic doesn't. >> at the american shakespeare center, nestled in virginia' 's shenandoley, a rare sight: live theater, indoors, with a live audience -- alternating performances of "othel" and "twelfth night" through october 18th. >>er some of thelarge organization i think they can afford to kind of run for the hills. wait for the wave to break and en come back, reopen.

does this add pressure to susan collins, anna? >> i think it was a good decision by murkowski to stay on the procedural vote, she will not conform, but the eventual vote, confirm the support for amy coney barrett. i think that puts pressure on susan collins but i will say she's the only republican who's not endorsed trump this cycle and she's going to need those more suburban, moderate republicans to stay with her and not vote for sarah gideon. she she has a fine balancing act the closing days of the election. >> it if the senate runoffs decide the senate majority, does that mean it's a bad night for democrats on election night? >> yeah, it would be -- that's probably a did way to think about that, chuck. i think democrats have at least five seats right now where they're currently ahead. and so if we go nine days from now, it meant they only won three of those. and it would probably be the north carolina and iowa and, yes, determining control of the senate in georgia in january. wow. >> yeah, like i said, i talked to democrats who

does he want to see susan collins reelected? >> i think the president wants every republican re-elected, regardless of who they are and if they break with the president on some of the issues, and the reason is, the alternative is much worse. look, if chuck schumer becomes the senate majority leader, we're going to have a very different path forward and we would see less supreme court justices nominated, we'd see less federal bench members nominated. so look, we want a republican majority, to be crystal clear. >> i'll ask you, what's the one state on election night that's going to tell you more about what's happening in this campaign than any other? >> well, chuck, i know the last person wouldn't answer the question, but i think florida is the battleground state. it always has been, always will be. we feel very strongly about where we are positioned right now in florida. it's an east coast state. i know they've got some part of their voting in the next time zone, but i'll tell you what, when donald trump wins florida big on elect

s susan collins never sta to donald trump. o desjardins: it is a sto outside spending-- at least $60 million in a state with fewer than one million people.. all th on top of what has happened with the president and the coronavirus. but voters we talked to here say that's not a factor in their .cision on this senate ra the campaigns, however, say the coronavirus has changed how they operate. >> be respectful of people's space. please have a mask on at alls. ti >> desjardins: team collins just resumed door-knocking in the past two weeks, something they usually would have done for months. >> my name is mary and i'm volunteering witmothe maine deatic party. >> desjardins: phone banks are now virtual, with volunteers like mary smith working solo, from home. smith shows why collins is so vulnerable. she's a democrat who voted for her in the past and now thinks collins has changed. that's directly related to president trum- his takeover of the republican party, something that is an issue for vulnerable republicans acrossy, the counik

the fate of the senate rests in the hands of susan collins and martha sally -- martha mcsally. joni ernst. you could've had three stronger women that do more for -- to luzern you live

>> i'm voting for susan collins, why, because i think things in maine have been better than in years past. >> susan collins -- molly: she's ready for an end of onslaught of ads. >> i cannot believe the amount of money that has been spent on slandering each other back and forth. molly: nearly half of all registered voters in maine have already cast their ballots. bill. bill: off we go. molly, nice to see you, final word with phillipe, rj, julie, who wins on tuesday, julie, do you have that in you? >> i make no political predictions, how about that? bill: rj, i know that you do? >> right, donald trump's base got him elected last time. it's bigger this time. he's going to be reelected. bill: phillipe5 seconds? >> it's not bigger by one vote, joe biden wins and he wins big. bill: thank you, guys, you're on tape, by the way. thank you, nice to see you. that does it for special edition of bill hemmer reports more reporting every day, moments here we will take you to the rallies when they begin. thanks for watching, bye, bye just pick your protein, select your doneness, and let the grill mo

. >> susan collins used to tell a story that she had a male opponent and she is to joke that foreign-policy a experience because he drove a toyota. we want to make sure they know all the issues. they tend to wing it more. we are going to be much more engaged on the issues. >> is a question from carol. she says my dream is for two women to be the presidential candidates and four years. happen, whicho means we would have our first woman president, how would that help your cause in terms of more republican women running? stronger republican woman as a nominee for president? >> i mean, immeasurably. especially that lineup. role models for pretty much

i don't think trashing susan collins helps him win that. and susan collins isn't out of the race either, whether it helps or hurts her, i don't know if it helps politically. susan was a courageous vote in his last nomination, and paying a huge price for it in the state of maine as a result of that. sometimes leave well enough alone, allow a senator in a tough state to run a race. >> senator rick santorum, you know what it is like to win and lose a tough senate race. interesting 18 days ahead. >>> up next, u.s. thorlts are investigating whether recently published emails are tied to a russian disinformation campaign aimed at the bidens. proposition 16 takes on discrimination. some women make as little as 42% of what a man makes. voting yes on prop 16 helps us fix that. it's supported by leaders like kamala harris and opposed by those who have always opposed equality. we either fall from grace or we rise. together. proposition 16 provides equal opportunities, levelling the playing field for all of us. vote yes on prop 16. >>> important news ju

collins of maine. here on c-span2 we will continue to take your phone calls and reactions to the vote today, 2-027-488-9214 for level begins, (202)748-8920 for democrats and for all others (202)748-8922, (202)748-8923 for your texts. all blumenthal of huffington post write about president rob success on the supreme court saying this, donald trumps reception court justices the most since reagan fulfilled the 40 year long drive for a rocksolid conservative majority by the conservative legal movement. what happens now. just about what happens now here on c-span2 our coverage tonight is a tweet from caitlin collins of cnn the white house officially announcing that president trump will host a swearing in ceremony for amy coney barrett on the south lawn at 9:00 o'clock and is expected to be similar in size and the last event for her but is in a bigger location and chairs are distanced unlike the white house event previously. roll call saying associates justice clarence thomas scheduled to minister the oath o

susan collins, lisa murkowski being two most obvious. she was very qualified of course and exceptionally qualified but he also fit in a state that would be or make it easier for oaks like senator collins and senator murkowski to vote for him. he was considered a consensus, moderate conservative. >> one of the things a nominee has to go through are things called murder boards. you assemble anywhere from ten-20 people to sit in a room and act like a senator. he will try to replicate the hearing. >> we had people who could play senators just dead on. it was amazing. we would put the nominee in front of these people and for hours we were just pounded them with questions. >> i like to be very aggressive in those murder board sessions. to come up with them harder than they would in a hearing and to be routed to them, to be very aggressive, to cut them off and to chastise them or raise serious doubts about what they are saying so that they are ready for the real hearing. >> you want practice to be hard for the games that are easy. that's the wh

susan collins has been fighting for her political life as well. her unwillingness to involve herself or take a solid position during this administration or on trump is hurting her in maine. but the momentum is certainly on the side of the democrats, and it's more of an uphill battle nor the republicans at this point. >> sara, same question. herein say graham is royalty in south carolina. is his seat really in jeopardy? >> as tara pointed out, he's being outspent, which is stunning. but i think at the end of the day, lindsey graham's going to get re-elected. i do think his handling of the amy coney barrett supreme court hearings i think helped him in south carolina. and so i think he'll be okay. but i believe the senate is likely to go the way of the presidency. >> final question to you both. almost 7 million young folks have early voted already. which candidate is more likely to benefit from the youth vote? >> well, i think over the course of the last 20-some years, young people have tended democratic by higher numbers. so that will benefit biden.

martha and excel he comes to mind, susan collins, certainly. in do you see some of those some of those big senate races? how do you see the state of play in some of those races? >> sometimes the senate is lost in the shuffle. coming into 2020, we had a historic record nine republican female senators. which doesn't sound like a lot, but it is a lot. that is the good news. news, it is sort of screwy the way things have worked out on the senate to have that many in cycle in the specials that are going on. you mentioned does go of the top ones. this senate rests in the hands of at least three republican women. you couldn't have three stronger women that do more for their states that you could ever imagine. everyone is trying to help the three of them come back to washington. the big story here has been the money. the money flowing into these races is just extraordinary. quarternd excel he last raised $22 million, which is awesome, it is twice the amount you have ever raised in a quarter before. mark kelly raised $40 million. almost 2-1, raised susa

i mean n maine, if susan collins has -- susan collins has a tough split voter that she's trying to appeal to. paul: yeah, okay. all right. thank you all. we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week. ♪ ♪ - i'm norm. - i'm szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. we do consulting, but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; it's important. we walk three to five times a week, a couple miles at a time. - we've both been taking prevagen for a little more than 11 years now. after about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didn't notice before. - it's still helping me. i still notice a difference. a live bookkeeper is helping customize quickbooks for me. okay, you're all set up. thanks! that was my business gi, this one's casual. get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks. >> time now for hits and misses of the week kim first to you. >> paul, a misto nih anthony who spent this week complaining that the trump campaign is running an ad and quoting him as praising the federal government's virus respo

. >> bret: maine senator susan collins, i asked each of the panelists to pick a senate race they are following. this is in maine, the incumbent susan collins is trailing sarah gideon but recent polls, this is an average of polls say it's getting pretty tight. >> the drama in may and is is there still room in american politics for a true middle-of-the-road which is what susan collins has been throughout her career -- or unfavorable rating is now 49 in a state where she has always won reelection very easily. i think she may be in trouble. this is one if the republicans lose that, their chances of controlling the senate are dim. >> bret: you chose north carolina, take a listen. >> the truth doesn't matter. cal cunningham said that, he's founded an entire campaign on it and now we know that these affairs were going on with the wife of a combat veteran while he's in the midst of this campaign. it's a hypocrisy that north carolina voters will reject. >> bret: senator thom tillis, the polls have cunningham up but the latest polls didn't start coming out with this affair that cunningham is h

the race for remains senate seat, the incumbent susan collins fighting off the democratic challenger, could be a major opportunity for the democrats. not only to flip the seat, but the flip control of the senate. correspondent molly takes a look. >> means long serving senator susan collins is fighting to hold ground once for them beneath feet. six years ago she soared. now collins challenger, democrat sarah, holds a narrow three-point lead in the latest poll, a statistical dead heat. if the final debate, neither will bwere pulling any punches. >> they were taking the affordable care act away from you. we can't afford senator collins to be in the u.s. senate or mitch mcconnell to continue to be majority. >> i do not know a single senator who supports taking away coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. everybody supports that coverage and i worked in state government two provides that protection while sarah was still in rhode island. >of >> collin touts her own home state routes and refuses to back president trump's reelection. foreign governor of maine, jungle dodgy >> i thin

susan collins came out clearly and forcefully about her views on donald trump. just kidding. that never happens. but susan collins did continue to end the race as she's begun it as she's lived her whole six years. it's her career. so this is how she rolls. her right to do it in a state where there is a lot of downward pressure on her running to try to explain her role in a trump republican party and what is traditionally a blue state. take a look. >> does president trump deserve to be reelected for another four years? senator collins? >> well, steve, i'm not getting involved in the presidential campaign. what is important to me is that i can work well with either joe biden. >> do you not care if your party win the white house? >> what i don't want to see is one party control in washington. >> so again, do you want to see republicans take the white house? >> as i said, i'm not getting involved in presidential politics. >> gilanni, is that a good enough answer? >> i'm going to go out on a limb and say no. if you look -- i mean, it's absurd spectacle and also odd strategically b

you have seen the comments from susan collins from and ben sasse. are you starting to see republican senators running on a separate track from president trump? >> i'm not. i think all of them have been running similar races along. here is what i will tell you. i'm seeing more enthusiasm than i saw in 2016. i study the data every day. we know that our voters will turn out on election day. they don't trust the mail in balloting as much. they're getting out in the early vote states. we want them to get out and turn in their votes. but we're seeing a huge energy and we're seeing really great numbers coming out for the president. and this is a race. and any republican that doesn't recognize that running with the president is going to help them is hurting themselves in the long run. >> finally your uncle, mitt romney, called out the president for refusing to condemn qanon. >> i knew you would ask me that question. it's something the voters are not even thinking about. it's a fringe group. they're not part of the party. the president said you know what, i

supreme court, susan collins is the only republican to vote against confirming judge barrett joining with the democrats. will have much more when we speak with greg lee coming up in just a couple of minutes on the confirmation on amy coney barrett to the u.s. supreme court. >>> san francisco, coming up, $32 million short every month, due to the pandemic. at 5:30, the city's plan for a relief fund. >>> kids being kids, but in the time of covid-19, it is causing quite the reaction, how one south bay school district responded to reports of a house party with 200 students and one of those students eventually testing positive. >>> an explosive fire, an update on the conditions in orange county as tens of thousands of people have had to evacuate. >>> i'm tracking red flag warnings, taking a peek at what is happening now and what is going to happen, things are getting better, you might've noticed, we will have that forecast on what you can expect along with the current red flag warnings. they all endorse yes on prop 25. to end unfair, unjust, discriminatory money bail. governor gavin newsom

i mean n maine, if susan collins has -- susan collins has a tough split voter that she's trying to appeal to. paul: yeah, okay. all right. thank you all. we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week. ♪ ♪ ♪ limu emu and doug. and if we win, we get to tell you how liberty mutual customizes car insurance so you only pay for what you need. isn't that what you just did? service! ♪ stand back, i'm gonna show ya ♪ ♪ how doug and limu roll, ya ♪ ♪ you know you got to live it ♪ ♪ if you wanna wi... [ music stops ] time out! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ shingles doesn't care. i logged 10,000 steps today. shingles doesn't care. i get as much fresh air as possible. good for you, but shingles doesn't care. because 1 in 3 people will get shingles, you need protection. but no matter how healthy you feel, your immune system declines as you age, increasing your risk for getting shingles. so what can protect you? shingrix protects. for the first time ever, you can protect yourself from shingles with a vaccine p

bret, you heard chad speaking by the fact that susan collins is expected to be the only no vote on the republican side. she has distinguished herself in that way throughout these supreme court procedures with brett kavanaugh, she was the one on the fence. she's in a tough senate race right now. >> very tough. trying to hang onto her political life in maine and trailing in the latest polls there. this is a tough spot for her, but she is doing what was expected that she would do. it's interesting that, you know, the democrats are there in person. obviously they boycotted the senate judiciary committee hearing with no votes against judge barrett, but because there's only one republican vote against her suggests how well she did in that confirmation hearing. her credentials, her ability to answer questions straightforwardly, to talk about what originalism is, to be a qualified judge or justice seemed to convince even those that were on the fence. mitt romney talked a lot in his speech today about how qualified she was, as did lisa murkowski. >> martha: yeah. mitt romney obviously was one o

the same thing with susan collins in maine. she shows how tough it is to sort of be a centrist right now, because you're either on trump's side or you're against him. if you flip your nose at the president or go against him, you're going to get an angry tweet. you're going to anger conservatives. that's what susan collins did with her decision to not vote for now justice amy coney barrett. i'm not sure it helped her with moderates in the state, but centrist democrats often voted for her, it's probably turned off some conservatives too. >> jessica taylor, steve kornacki, thank you for the look at how the senate map is shaping. interesting to see how it plays out when we count the votes on election day. >>> new numbers speaking of voting, coming into our news room. by our count more than 72 million americans, 72 million people have voted in this year's 2020 election. that is more than half of everybody who voted in 2016. that's a lot of people. right? but there are still millions more mail-in ballot requests that have been reques

collins in maine of voting against. the senate returned with no legislative work planned until nearly a week after the november election. before leaving, several republican senators stopped to talk to reporters in the capital about the just ended vote. >> i'm good, thank you. how are y'all? a minute to make a statement. let me get my -- right now there's folks back in louisiana, there are family and friends, former tea a

party is making those signs -- susan collins is facing a very strong challenge from sara gideon. this is the recent polling on that senate race in maine. it looks like susan collins is going to lose to democrat sara gideon there, i mean at least according to current polling. still time to go of course. the senate races in georgia, interestingly in georgia, there are two senate races in georgia up at the same time this year. we just had a little breaking news on something appearing to go very wrong in one of those georgia senate races for one of the republican incumbents. we're going to have that for you next. we need to take the commercial break to turn around a piece of sound that you are going to want to hear. but that may be very important in terms of that georgia race, which is already on the bubble for the republicans. i mean even the senate race in kentucky where mitch mcconnell himself is having to defend his seat against democratic combat veteran amy mcgrath, even seats like that are places where mcgrath is doing fantastic in terms of fund-raising and where democrats are

next, susan collins and sarah savage max lin and lisa participate in a debate. this is live coverage on c-span. >> tonight in conjunction with the maine state chamber ponders -- chamber of commerce, we present the program. this is an opportunity to try to get clarity about the candidates and where they stand. we planned to hold this in person and were set up to do so but with the senate still in session, senator collins

susan collins would like nothing more to be able to tell the voters she had her name on the deal. i think you have what remains a split senate in terms of republicans. they are not certain the president will win and they are not sure they will put their name on a bill that is this large, going forward, given the fact that they are supposed to be cautious about spending. david: we have been talking about pennsylvania today. sense that to be a joe biden continues to have a lead. was,uite as stubborn as it particularly in the swing states like michigan, wisconsin. what is your sense of where the race is right now? jeannie: i think republicans are nervous, the president's team are nervous. we have seen that in some senate candidates like ben sasse holler out the president. i see some concern there, but it is also too early given the number of unknowns in the race. way too early to call this for joe biden. i think they are cognizant of that. still feels there is a pathway forward in the pennsylvania. they still feel they can take that state. i think there is a reason to be very cautiou

collins, dwarfing what susan collins has been able to race. but again, you would rather have 57.9 million in your war chest to spend so democrats feel pretty good, but also cautious down the stretch, and in key races, and then in select cows trying to reach voters with their messaging, but this is a sign of the kind of enthusiasm that the democrats have all across the ken, and at least in the money race republicans are lacking behind in the key races. >> nia, thanks so much. >>> as coronavirus cases surge, and as states head in the wrong direction, there are cracks beginning to emerge in the white house coronavirus task force. hope is the light in all of us that cannot be extinguished. to stir that fire, university of phoenix is awarding up to one million dollars in scholarships through this month. see what scholarship you qualify for at phoenix.edu. see what scholarship keeping your oysters growing while keeping your business growing has you swamped. (♪ ) you need to hire i need indeed indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed y

the main senate race seen as an opportunity to seat as susan collins and sarah gideon weighing in on one of the hottest issues this election cycle which is court packing. molly line reporting from portland, maine. >> reporter: new england's last republican in congress, maine's long serving senator susan collins is fighting to hold ground, 6 years ago she soared to victory with 68% of the vote. collins's challenger, democrat sarah gideon holds a narrow 3 point lead in the latest college poll. a statistical dead heat. over health care and potential to expand the us supreme court. >> any proposal to change what the supreme court looks like i will evaluate through this lens. does it help us restore an independent judiciary. right now as i see the proposal come for what i see an argument between democrats and republicans. >> i will give you a straightforward answer and not beat around the bush, the answer is i do not support increasing the size of the supreme court. is ruth bader ginsburg says, 9 members. >> reporter: owens was the only one to vote against the nomination of amy coney barr

he potentially could help susan collins. she's seen as a vulnerable senator. she is running against the house speaker, sarah guild on, of the maine -- gideon house, and the recent poll putting sarah gideon, the democrat, up by 4 points. so you can get some fresh produce, some apples, some carrots, some great maine delicacies and sign the pumpkins. you can also do some positive political work as we see this wonderful american new england tableau. the president of the united states and, arthel, drinking her coffee. what a way to campaign. that's the heart of america. right there. just great. ♪ >> even if we get a vaccine this year, even if that becomes available this year and we get shots into the arms of the first tranche of patients which is likely to be the elderly and health care workers ors they're not going to have protective immunity until at some point in 2021 because it takes time for that vaccine to kick in, and you need two doses. eric: that's former finishing da commissioner scott godly, laying out the likely timeline for when a vaccine could be wi

collins. justice barrett now takes the seat previously held by the late ruth bader ginsburg. ♪ >> you're watching c-span2, unfiltered view of government. created by america's cable television company as a public service and brought to you by your television provider. ♪ >> coming up live on tuesday, c-span's campaign coverage to news with joe biden speaking in georgia, home of fdr's white house, 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span at 3:00 p.m., senator kamala harris campaigns nevada. 3:30 p.m., mike pence speaks to supporters in south carolina. the hill host an event host focusing on the pharmaceutical supply change. 2:00 p.m., the heritage foundation is from theaters of operation warp speed, a plan to create a coronavirus vaccine 7:00 p.m., the debate between eric and his challenges, democrat woody myers and libertarian candidate, donald rainwater. ♪ >> november 3 election day, when voters will decide who occupies the white house next year. watch campaign 2020 coverage everyday on c-span stream

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jon: political news out of washington senator susan collins of maine says shy will vote no in support of amy coney barrett. for supreme court, opposing a nomination just before the election murkowski will vote to confirm, but susan collins, who is locked in a tight race in maine, she said will vote not to confirm, amy coney barrett. that is our "fox report" this sunday october 25, 2020, i am jon scott, thanks for joining us. chris: with just over one week until election day, the candidates hit the battleground states and make their chosing arguments. >> i'm relying on you to deliver a historic vote in the most important election in the history of our country. chris: president trump trying to make up ground in the midwest and targeting his rival's son. >> as corrupt as hell. the bidens got rich while america got robbed. chris: we'll discuss the trump strategy in the home stretch with republican national committee chair, ronna mcdaniel. and -- >> we're so much better than this. we can bring back this

we expect that susan collins will be the lone republican voting against her tomorrow. we should note she's up for reelection in the state of maine. ana? >> there's another curveball. at least five members of vice president pence's circle have tested positive. so is he still planning to attend tomorrow? >> reporter: i asked the majority whip john thune about this. he said it's really up to mike pence. remember, they don't need pence to be presiding over this vote. they have the votes that they need. like i said, they only have one republican defection, but democrats are furious about the prospect of pence coming to capitol hill. here is what chuck schumer said just a few hours ago. >> the vice president, who's been exposed to five people with covid-19 will ignore cdc guidelines to be here tomorrow, putting the health of everyone who works in this building at risk. it sets a terrible, terrible example for the american people. and nothing could be a more apt metaphor for what's going on here. the republican party is willing to ignore the pandemic to rush this supreme cour

one republican didn't vote, the maine senator susan collins. however, 52-48. obviously the nomination a shoe in and now the justice will be sworn in at the white house one month to the day of her nomination gathering that ultimately turned the white house into a cluster. and despite the fact that

reporting tonight from portland, maine. >> new england's last republican in congress, susan collins is fighting to hold ground burning at her feet. six years ago she soared to victory was 68% of the votes. now, collins challenger, sarah gedeon, holds a narrow three-point lead in the latest poll, a statistical dead heat. the two women start over health care and potential proposals to expand the u.s. supreme court. >> any proposal to change the supreme court i will evaluate through this lens. does it help restore an independent judiciary? as i see the proposals come forward, i just see an argument between democrats and republicans that doesn't get it there. >> i will give you straightforward answer not beat around the bush, the answer is, i do not support increasing the size of the supreme court. as ruth bader ginsburg says, nine is a good number. >> collins was only went to vote against the nomination of amy coney barrett, but voted for brett kavanaugh that launched a blue backlash, it helped propel her rise. >> it's been a bitter contest, more than 160 million in for researchers. a big

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you got susan collins is been just terrific senator from maine. help judge kavanaugh, helped us with the tax cuts. help all of us. we cannot turn over the entire government to this radical left. schumer's speech tonight was disgusting. he's the guy that started the filibuster with bush 43. he's a guy along with senator kennedy who declared war on all things conservative. it is alito, kavanaugh, thomas, bork. it's not the process. they tried to destroy judge kavanaugh's life. amy barrett is probably a beneficiary from the kavanaugh hearings. it blew up in their face. the american people hated what they did to kavanaugh, so i think they were more respectful to judge barrett. let me just say this. the internet is on fire tonight. they are raising money like crazy to take back the senate and beat president trump. help me. everybody trickle help everybody i just named. lindseygraham.com. my opponents raised a hundred million dollars. the most in the united states, history of the senate. let's all fight back together. let's celebrate this is so pivotal.

the president criticized susan collins in the fight for her life in maine, criticize her because of her vote on his supreme court nominee. some republicans say that's great for susan collins in maine, democrats have spent tens of millions trying to tie the two together, but it does speak to the exact phenomenon you're talking about, bri, that this president doesn't see past his own future and what it means to him as opposed to the big picture for the party and in this case balance of power in the senate. >> i have been dying to ask you about georgia, senator loeffler trying to hold her seat, it will be tough. she's a big time supporter of the president. ads highlight the fact she voted with him 100% of the time. when asked about the infamous "access hollywood" tape where donald trump talks about sexual assaulting women, grabbing them by the p word, loeffler acted like she had never heard of it. let's listen. >> i don't owe anyone in washington anything. i went there to drain the swamp. >> you're not disagreeing with that particular thing that president trump said, you're not disagreeing

susan collins was a nay on nomination of brett kavanaugh. jackie? jackie: you have a special role in the debate tonight? >> yeah, absolutely. chris stirewalt and i, we'll do a live blog during the debate. we've done it with the vp debate a couple weeks ago. also the first presidential debate. look at the bottom of your screen, scan the qr code, join us for running commentary during the debate. jackie: sir, we'll be watching. can nell, over to you. connell: that is pretty cool. the great chad pergram. thank you, jackie. in a moment in swing state georgia we'll speak to one local restaurant owner how the business is changing in response to the coronavirus pandemic. that and more straight ahead. remember charles payne is set to lead the panel of fox business all-stars for "america votes together" virtual town hall. if you have a question, there is still time to send one in on anything from reopening to real estate to the market or whatever. just make a video of yourself and email it to investedinyou@foxbusiness.com. and they may feature you next tuesda

susan collins running behind it. cor corey gardner and martin mcsally and dan sullivan. >> dan sullivan? look at the polls. his opponent is technically independent. the senator of alaska is that close. it shows how broad a plain field democrats have it in this election. joining me is our david plouffe, campaign manager for barack obama. it shows to be a tie in four consecutive polls and i was conce skeptic on iowa and now alaska, is that real? >> well, chris, it is a great question. it got some similarity to electoral college. there are core states. that'll be the tipping point that get by if you win over 270. you got georgia, iowa and ohio and state that is are also competitive, putting pressure on trump. so there is core race. it would be great to protect doug jones in alabama. you have to win north carolina and you have to win maine and north carolina and colorado. it is great to see all these races. there is going to be maybe 8 or 12 senate races. can democrats be on the right side of that. it is a tragedy to los

in the latest polls, she starting to close the gap, but is it too late for the incumbent susan collins? we are also going to go out here to colorado and that is a race where the incumbent is also in trouble, there's not a lot of polling out there but the latest poll has cory gardner trailing former governor john hickenlooper and staying out west, let's go here to arizona. the senate race pits a former nasa astronaut against a former pioneering air force pilot, there you see mark kelly up, chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel shows us how this is shaping up. >> the democrats rode to the senate majority could go through arizona, retired astronaut mark kelly is taking on republican martha mcsally who was appointed to the seat following senator john mccain's passing. kelly has tried tying mick sally to president trump. >> i can think of one occasion where she has stood up when the president has made a mistake or the governor has done something that was it exactly right, that's not leadership. >> this is another example, he criticized the ppp loan, said it wasn't working while his

so far only collins of maine, susan collins of maine is only one likely will be a no. is it your understanding that the vice president will be kept close by just in case he is needed? >> he won't be needed i think we have 52 votes now but it is too bad we don't have more. as you know, she was confirmed recently less than three years ago to the 7th circuit with a bipartisan vote. she should get a bipartisan vote. in normal times anybody with her qualifications with her incredible performance at judiciary committee where she show a lot of judicial temperment being calm and patient with her background with people from the political spectrum notre dame, saying this woman is qualified. too bad she will not get any democrat support, in normal times she would. she will do a great job. the vote will occur probably 7:00 or 8:00. she will be confirmed to be on the supreme court to fill that vacancy. neil: senator, thank you. to your point these are not normal times. >> take care. neil: you're working through the weekend. that vote, seven or 8:00 tonight as amy barrett makes her

susan collins whont i disagree with on this vote. it's all in the balance because they will do it. what would that mean to the -- >> number one, they are going to take the number nine and expanded to probably 13 to wipe out the conservative majority. they will packet with liberals. that means the court loses its independence. they will do away with the legislative filibuster. they are going to do away with the electoral college which means new york and california pick the president in perpetuity. iowa, south carolina, arizona won't count anymore. they are going to have open borders and free health care for illegal immigrants. all of them raised their hand. they will turn thisor country fm a free enterprise nation to a socialist nation. from the law and order nation to chaos. they will reward the most radical agenda in the history of the country that's trying to take us all out. we've got a chance to make history. can you imagine four more years -- >> sean: that music means the first lady. >> the big guy. they are playing that music. that means the president is entering. let's go li

one is really about some of these vulnerable republican senators, like susan collins, who yes, she has said she wouldn't vote in favor of a justice before the election, but it's willing to say that and another thing having to do it when you're right up against a hard election, so i think that there is some consideration to giving someone like a susan collins, cory gardner, a little bit of faith in pushing this beyond the election. there are risks in doing that though, particularly if president trump loses and democrats take back the senate. yes mcconnell said, and he's right that their terms to extend, but the political dynamics could change and there's of course the possibility that we won't know the outcome of the election for some time, particularly if it's quite close. >> bret: what about that, mark? a lame duck senate. let's just -- you could assume the worst of it republican point of view, that they lose control of the senate. maybe donald trump loses the election november 3rd, but he is suggesting that this senate is all the way to january and then could approve a lifetime justi