Seat on the court, just about 50 days before election day. Nbcs tracie potts has a look at Justice Ginsburgs life. Reporter Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg spent more than a quarter century on the u. S. Supreme court and spent much of her career fighting for equality. How wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like. Reporter born in brooklyn, new york, she tied for first in her class at columbia law. But with no job offers from law firms, this was the late 50s, she taught at columbia, then worked on the womens rights project in the 70s. As their lawyer she won five of six cases before the us Supreme Court. Her ultimately goal was to get sex discrimination treated by the Supreme Court the same way race discrimination was treated. Reporter president clinton made her the second female on the nations highest court where she continued to even the playing field, supporting reproductive rights and the lgbtq community. While her rulings leaned liberal, off the bench she was Clo
Liberal voice and a champion for equality. And on the steps of the Supreme Court, crowds chanted rbg late into the washington night as attention is quickly turning to the battle over just when her seat should be filled. Tonight the condolences are pouring in. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away. The 87yearold died from complications of partnncreatic cancer. She was surrounded by her family. She was small in stature but larger than life both on and off the bench. We begin our coverage with nbc bay areas cheryl hurd. Reporter Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg spent more than a quarter century on the u. S. Supreme court and spent much of her career fighting for e quality. Please be seated. How wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like. Born in brooklyn, she tied for first in her class at columbia law. But with no job offers at law firms in the late 50s, she taught at rutgers and columbia, then launched the aclu womens rights project in the 70s. Later
Were monitoring for today is going to be the return of some smoke thanks to some drifting winds. We have winds from the north creeping in towards the afternoon. And our temperatures are going to be in the 70s and the 80s and because of that incoming smoke, the bay area air Quality Management district has issued a spare the air alert for today. Right now, the sensors are good, but as we head into later in this evening, were going to start to notice an increase in that smoke and unhealthy air quality especially for the north bay which is likely going to be seeing the worst air quality for today. Details into the weekend in a few minutes. The nation is waking up this morning remembering the legacy of Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Ground Breaking jurist fought until the very end after battling bravely pancreatic cancer. Only the second woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court, the 87yearold was surrounded by her family in washington, d. C. We begin our coverage with today in the b
Carls in a mood lets get to the news. President trump claimed on friday that the Defense Department had developed a, quote, super duper missile that is 17 times faster than other missiles which is great news unless our enemies develop a super duper infinity notakebacks missile. Oh, i didnt plan for a notakebacks missile. Thats right, trump claimed that the Defense Department has developed a super duper missile. He also said they got to third base with their girlfriend in canada and that their dad can dunk President Trump was presented with the official Space Force Flag on friday man, just look at him. Hes happier than hes been in years. He looks like he just found out he is not the father he looks like a 12yearold standing next to the rock. Though i do feel bad for the flag because we all know where this is headed new york mayor bill de blasio said yesterday that he has ordered the police to stop people from partying outside bars amid the coronavirus pandemic though if de blasio really
Good evening everyone and welcome to tonights event were delighted to have joining us this evening Jerry Van Dyke and investigative journalist focusing on terrorism in the middle east region and our moderator carlos Senior Vice President of program at a World Affairs were recording tonights program so please take a molt to silence your cell phones. My name is tim callahan a Program Officer here at a World Affairs. If you enjoy tonights discussion and youre interested in learning more about the organization, i will be around after the program. So please introduce yourself. I will now like to turn it over to our moderator carlos. So good morning everyone and thank you for joining us its my great pleasure to introduce is our guest this evening jer is rei van dyke a journalist, author and cbs news consultant who covers afghanistan and pakistan. Host authored a book called captive my time as a prisoner of the taliban and another work in afghanistan. Also written for publication New York Tim