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KGO Good Morning America July 12, 2024

Face forward. March. This is the ceremony unit from the u. S. Capitol police who will now stand at attention. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the United States house of representatives. It is with profound sorrow, a deep sympathy to the ginsburg family that i have the high honor to welcome Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg to lie in state in the capitol of the United States. She does so on the catafalque built for abraham lincoln. May she rest in peace. Ladies and gentlemen, ms. Denies graves accompanied by ms. Laura ward. Deep river lord i wanna cross over into campground deep river my home is over jordon deep river lord i wanna cross over into campground oh, dont you want to go to that gospel feast that Promised Land where all is peace deep river lord i wanna cross over into campground Ruth Bader Ginsburg passionate about opera. A tribute there from denise graves. Ladies and gentlemen, rabbi lauren holtzblatt. Madam speaker, Vice President biden, senator harris and to all of our leaders gathered today, thank you. Psa psalms 1 18, verse 5. From the narrow straights, i call out to you. You, god, answered me with expanse. In the chambers of Justice Ginsburg hangs a framed piece of art that reads justice, justice, you must pursue. A command in the 16th chapter. The tradition assigns meaning to every single word in the torah. The repetition here teaches, a medieval rabbi, that time and time again all of the days of your life you must pursue justice. This was how Justice Ginsburg lived her life. Justice did not arrive like a lightning bolt, but rather through dogged persistence all the days of her life. Real change, enduring change happens one step at a time she said. She faced many obstacles in her life, even from a young age. Though chosen as the valedictorian of her high school class, she gave no graduation speech. Instead she grieved at home with her father after burying her beloved mother one day before graduation. Her family had already suffered terrible loss with the death of her sister when Justice Ginsburg was only 14 months old. Justice ginsburg kept rising. A full scholarship to Cornell University and only one of nine women in her Harvard Law School class. After transferring to columbia law school, she graduated first in her class. Yet, she could not find a job. No firm in new york would hire her because she was a woman. These obstacles didnt deter her. She pressed on. As she sat in an interview with her dear friend nina tottenberg, quote, i get out of law firm with top grades. No city in new york will hire me. I end up teaching. That gave me time to devote to the moment vement of evening ou rights of women and men. I was nominated to a vacancy on the d. C. Circuit. Ju today we would have been retired partners from some large law firm. Because the route was not open to us, we had to find another way and both end up on the United States Supreme Court. All the days of her life she pursued justice, even in illness. She fought five bouts with cancer and she supported her beloved marty through his battle with cancer as well. Each time she pressed forward. She returned to work to the bench, to the court with focus each and every time. Nothing was given. Pursuing justice took resilience, persistence, a commitment to never stop. As a lawyer, she won equality for women and men, not in one swift victory, but brick by brick, case by case. Through meticulous, careful lawyering she changed the course of american law. Even when her views did not prevail, she still fought. In recent years Justice Ginsburg became famous for her dissents. Despair was not an option. She said, quote, dissents speak to a future age. Its not simply to say my colleagues were wrong and i would do it this way. The greatest dissents do become Court Opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view so that the dissenters hope that theyre writing not for today, but for tomorrow. Justice ginsburgs dissents were not cries of defeat. They were blueprints for the future. Justice ginsburg loved her family. Her grandchildren, her dear friends, her colleagues and her court family, we all send our love to you. Justice ginsburg also loved the court to which she so devoted her life. A court for all of us. It was Justice Ginsburgs tenacious hope to preserve the integrity of the court. Today she makes history again as the first woman and the first jewish woman to lie in state. Today we stand in sorrow and tomorrow we, the people, must carry on Justice Ginsburgs legacy. Even as our hearts are breaking, we must rise with her strength and move forward. She was our prophet, our north star, our strength for so very long. Now she must be permitted to rest after toiling so hard for every single one of us. May the memory of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg forever and ever be a blessing. God, give us the strength and bless us with the courage, the intelligence, the bravery and the unbreakable resolve to pursue justice. Amen. Precise, eloquent tribute to Justice Ginsburg from her rabbi. Ms. Denise graves, accompanied by ms. Laura ward. All weve been given by those who came before the dream of a nation where freedom would endure the work that brought us to this day what will be our legacy what will our children say let them say of me i was one who believed in sharing the blessings i received let them know in my heart when my days are through america, america i gave my best to you each generation from the plains to distant shore with the gifts they were given were determined to leave more valiant battles fought together acts of conscience fought alone these are the seeds from which america was grown let them say of me i was one who believed in sharing the blessings ive received let them know in my heart when my days are through america, america i gave my best to you of those who think they have nothing to share who fear in their hearts there is no hero there know each quiet act of dignity is that which fortifies the soul of a nation that never, ever dies never dies let them say of me i was one who believed in sharing the blessings ive received let them know in my heart when my days are through america, america america, america i gave my best to you Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg certainly gave her best to america. The american anthem there by denise graves. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain in your seats until brought up to pay your respects by the sergeant at arms staff. Justice ginsburgs daughter paying her respects, along with the rest of the ginsburg family. James ginsburg, the justices son. Grandchildren and friends now paying their respects as well. Senator Kamala Harris there. The republican steve scalise, other members of congress will pay their respects. After those in statuary hall pay their respects, the public will be invited, starting with the members of congress over the next hours and day before a private Burial Service for Justice Ginsburg at Arlington Cemetery next week. We are going to return to our regular programming. For many of you that is good morning america. Have a good day. Have a good day. Announcer this has been as a thats unicefusa. Org covid19. We are tracking a red flag warning that will go into effect at 9 00 p. M. Tomorrow evening and last several days. 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That gave us the time to celebrate the things that connect all of us . Waiting for tonight welcome back to gma. We are dancing into the weekend with Jennifer Lopez and her hit waiting for tonight, but j. Lo fans no longer have to wait for new music from the superstar. The singer releasing not one, but two new songs in a mega music video overnight. Only as j. Lo can do it. We have much more coming up on that in pop news with lara spencer. Im looking forward to that too. This just in. George, loves that. J. Lo. Waiting all waiting for the last five minutes. Ten minutes for that one. Here are the top headlines were following right now. New protests across the country overnight following the Breonna Taylor case. In louisville, demonstrators faced off with the police after curfew. Protesters took refuge at a church and now the Kentucky Governor is calling on the attorney general to release all the details from the grand jury report. Also right now, were watching the u. S. Capitol where Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg is lying in state, the first woman in u. S. History to do so. This comes as President Trump is closing in on his pick to fill her seat. He says hell make the announcement tomorrow afternoon. Lebron james and the Los Angeles Lakers one win away from returning to the nba finals. Combined with his teammate anthony davis, and this would be lebrons tenth trip to the finals. His fourth title possibility. Ten times. Wow. Were going to switch gears and we have a big story to tell you about starting with the ohio woman who was tased at a middle School Football game after refusing to wear a mask. She was arrested and charged with trespassing after refusing to leave the stands where masks were required. T. J. Holmes has more on this. Reporter i feel like i have to tell viewers, yes, you heard cecelia correctly. A dispute over a mask led to a woman being tased by a cop at a middle school game. Of course, no, it should have never come to this, and as shocking as this video is, it might leave a lot of mask wearers wondering, what is your right to refuse and what is law enforcements ability to enforce . This confrontation between a woman and a Police Officer all started over a mask. Stop it. Let go of my wrist. Reporter at a middle School Football game in ohio wednesday, a woman in the stands refused to put on a face covering, violating the School District policy requiring spectators to wear masks at games. When confronted by the School Resource Police Officer, they say she refused to put on a mask and when asked to leave, she wouldnt comply. Watch what happens next. Get off of me. Get off of me. Put your hands behind your back. I will not put my hands behind my back. Reporter the officer explains that shes being arrested. When she continues to resist, he uses his taser. You can hear other spectators in disbelief. Come on. This is over a mask. Reporter the scuffle continues as the officer handcuffs her and tries to remove her from the stands. Weve done this how many times together . Reporter police say the woman is alecia kitts and that she told them she refused to put on the mask because of her asthma. They also say kitts wasnt technically arrested for not wearing a mask rather saying in a statement, she was asked to leave the premises for continually violating school policy. When she refused to leave the premises, she was advised she was being arrested for criminal trespassing. After refusing, she was arrested for criminal trespassing, and then required the use of force. They placed the school on lockout after receiving threats on thursday though none were found to be credible. They say the district has done their best to make the mask policy clear. We have signs in our stadium. We remind parents when they come in. We do public announcements, be sure to wear your mask. Kids are watching. So i think as adults, we have to follow the rules. Reporter weve seen instances before whether on the football field or the friendly skies. Tense moments over mask use. In regards to the womans claim she didnt want to wear a mask because of her asthma, cecilia, a lot of people who believe that it is more difficult to breathe in a mask if you have asthma. There is no firm data that says people with asthma are more prone to getting covid. The cdc recommendation, everybody, wear your mask. Well break this down with chief legal analyst dan abrams. Hey, dan. Lets get right to what t. J. Said at the start of this. This is shocking that it came to this. So what are the rights . Whats the breakdown of the rights for the woman, the rights for the school . Well, so i think we need to be clear again as t. J. Pointed out, the police would say she was not arrested for not wearing a mask. She was arrested because they asked her to leave the premises and she refused. Look, there is a statewide order in place requiring people to wear masks. There is also an exception for underlying conditions. This is one of those tricky situations where the police clearly were trying to execute on something that the school had wanted which is to ensure that people in the stands were wearing masks. They asked her, and she refused. This is a challenge thats going on around the country. And how much enforcement should police do of these statewide or countywide orders . Here the Police Officer decided to really try to enforce it. The question down the road is going to be of course, did he need to use the kind of force that he did in using a taser . You mentioned underlying conditions, asthma. Do police, authorities have to honor that . Under the law of ohio, if you have an underlying condition, you are provided with an exception to wearing a mask. But again, making these sorts of calls on the fly as with the case here does get difficult, and this goes again to the question of how hard to enforce these kinds of orders instead of simply just saying, hey. Youre supposed to wear a mask, a reminder versus if you dont wear a mask, were going to get you out of here. So weve seen cases like this, people not being allowed to travel on planes. Weve seen this woman removed from the stadium here. Where do cases end up going . Are people getting jail time or getting charged in the end . In almost all of these cases, the cases are being dismissed and resolved after. All right, dan. Thanks so much. Michael . Thank you, cecelia. We turn to the new program attempting to sniff out coronavirus among fliers. One airport using dogs to stop travelers who may be infected. Transportation correspondent gio benitez is at Laguardia Airport with more. Good morning, gio. Reporter hey, michael. Good morning. Yeah. We should say scientists are looking closely at this, but some doctors really believe that the next tool in finding covid19 is right under a dogs nose. This morning, finland is willing to bet a dogs nose may be powerful enough to identify covid19. Helsinki airport launching a Pilot Program with ten socalled coronavirussniffing dogs. Now heres how the airport says the trial works. A traveler will swipe their skin with a wipe. Its put in a jar, and in a second room, a dog will sniff it. The trainers in finland say the dog will have an answer in just ten seconds. The airport says preliminary tests conducted by a University Research group say dogs are able to smell the virus with almost 100 certainty. Though it may be different in the real world, something american doctors are looking at too because even labrun covid tests can produce false positives or false negatives. Were starting to look at if dogs can detect an odor associated with covid19. Reporter dr. Cynthia otto at the university of Pennsylvania School of veterinary medicine telling gma earlier this year about a groundbreaking program to see if dogs could identify covid19. What were trying to do is find if there is an odor, a volatile, organic compound basically that is telling us that there is a difference. What were hoping is that the dogs can figure that out. Reporter the results of that study are currently under journal review. Good girl. Good job. Reporter still both customs and Border Protection and tsa tell abc news that there are no plans to train canines to detect covid19. And again, scientists have not yet confirmed that here, but they are studying it and a lot of people, michael, are interested in those results. And gio, we know here in the u. S. , one airline is launching a Pilot Program to test passengers for some flights. Reporter yeah, so in mid october, this is very interesting. In mid october, United Airlines is going to start offering up rapid testing. This is only for flights from San Francisco to hawaii so visitors can avoid that 14day quarantine on the island. This is optional though, and if you test positive, you cannot go past security. We may see more of this in the weeks and months ahead, michael. All right. Thank you, gio. All three of us are discussing having our dogs trained. Yes. Its a lost cause in our house. None of our dogs could do it. Coming up next, an unusual warning about

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