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Signed with a top modelling agency. the supreme court has 85-year-old justice ruth baden ginsberg who has become a cultural rock star. older women are being seen and heard in greater numbers. >> i can't do it any more, joe. >> reporter: though the oscar eluded her, 71-year-old glenn close won a golden globe. >> i'm thinking of my mom who really -- in her 80s, said i feel like i haven't accomplished anything. and it was so not right. >> reporter: what's going on? well, part of it's demographic. women are living longer. the average lifespan, 81, five years longer than men. women are also healthi...

Close won a golden globe. >> i'm thinking of my mom who really sub himated herself to her dad her whole life. in her 80s, said i feel like i haven't accomplished anything. and it was so not right. >> reporter: what's going on? well, part of it's demographic. women are living longer. the average lifespan, 81, five years longer than men. women are also healthier and have more income than in any previous generation. many women who grew up in the '60s and '70s were passionate advocates for women's rights. little surprise those activists are still active. of course it's not all good news. there's r...

Where we do really well in certain factors, economic factors but when it comes to health care and possibly access to health care especially in rural areas and education, we are falling short. >> neil: i think we are stressed out and it has a lot to do it with it. we can't calm down. >> we are a stressed out nation. our portion sizes are much bigger than the developing world. >> neil: back to the fat thing. >> it all contributes to things like heart disease and cancer. if we control our exercise and diet, some is preventable. >> neil: you are right about all and you are a good sport. the cdc, t...

Before i catch a train. >> it's not imperative. only imperative because they're trying to create the illusion to be imperative, or before something else comes out. they all want to vote for him, confirm him, jam this through and that they at least have the illusion of taking her charges seriously without actually having to dig into them. >> let's take a step back about why that is. this process is fundamentally broken. we're the only advanced democracy in the world that puts people in the supreme court for lifetime appointments. when the founders wrote the constitution, the average life span w...

Confirm him, jam this through and that they at least have the illusion of taking her charges seriously without actually having to dig into them. >> let's take a step back about why that is. this process is fundamentally broken. we're the only advanced democracy in the world that puts people in the supreme court for lifetime appointments. when the founders wrote the constitution, the average life span was 36 years old. today we could have people serve until they're 102. our organization has called for a move to 18 years supreme court terms with david lee, left and right agree on it. we've got t...