politics. she famously said, a descent in her minority rolling in the bush versus court ruling, and handed the presidency to george w bush. she criticised donald trump openly a few years ago. she couldn't quite resist wanting to talk about the events of the world, as she saw them?” to talk about the events of the world, as she saw them? i don't think that she could, i think that's right. you hear older people talk about, as they get older that they are more free to speak their mind and that they no longer feel constrained. it is true that the justices generally tend to try to stay out of politics. we have the state of the union, for example, and when they attend they don't applaud or stand up, they are simply there to witness and to be present, but i do believe that she took it very powerfully, what kinds of changes were happening and that she did have a descent against it and she wanted to make that known.

and yet, all because as she fought for, from her support is uibo ‘s point of view of 27 yea rs uibo ‘s point of view of 27 years on the bench, and as an advocate before that, potentially in jeopardy for the fa ct potentially in jeopardy for the fact that she has died and donald trump is president. —— supporters' point of view. but is now a significant part of her legacy whether people like it or not. i think that is right. it is a done deal. this is what mitch mcconnell has been looking for. this is what he has been strategising for. this has been his mission and now it has been served up on a silver platter. this is the reason republicans have been willing to take whatever they had to take any donald trump presidency. if they wanted a tax cut, they got that, and other will —— others wanted to pack the courts, they got that, now they have a final seat on the supreme court. there will bea the supreme court. there will be a vote. it will absolutely happen. it will be after the election so that even

vulnerable senate republicans we re vulnerable senate republicans were up for re—election, their fate will be sealed and by then they will be able to vote freely and they will fall in line as they always do and this will be done. given that we all know that ruth bader ginsburg was ill with a very serious disease, had the democrats prepared some kind of strategy for when this announcement came? i honestly don't know. there is no strategy. all the cards are in mitch mcconnell‘s hands. he is the leader of the senate. the senate is the only one with the power to confirm. there is nothing the house can do. they're not allowed that power the constitution. with that it means that mitch mcconnell holds all the cards. the only people that could stop this happening a four republicans if they fall out of line. i don't know who those four republicans would be, there are several that have come out with statements that are very carefully worded to say that they will not be in favour of a vote before the election. that is not to say this can't happen before then. the new convert is not seeded untiljanuary the new convert is not seeded until january three and

the new convert is not seeded untiljanuary three and so they have all of november and all of december to take this vote after the election is done and after the election is done and after they know their fate. if they have been voted out of office they get to serve throughout the lame—duck and they can because this vote and go home even if they have lost. and if they have one they have six more years in the senate and they would have to worry about that anyway. when i say that statement i am talking specific about suzanne collins in maine, she has taken a rough time after brett kavanaugh, same of senator makowski up in alaska. she has said that in that very carefully worded statement. i am that very carefully worded statement. iam not that very carefully worded statement. i am not at all disillusioned by it and i know that they will vote and fall in line in november and december just as they had planned. line in november and december just as they had plannedlj just as they had planned.” think one of the democratic collea g u es think one of the democratic colleagues is looking ahead to that, assuming that that happens, democratic senator ed markey from massachusetts has said that if a newjustice is concerned and it is mr strong's appointed, the democrats, if they get the senate and the presidency, two huge ifs, must

expand the supreme court if they win control of the senate and take that injanuary and the presidency later in january. you know, i have heard that a rumbling. it is certainly possibly an option. i think that will be very difficult to do. we are already talking about the democrats have wa nted talking about the democrats have wanted to do away with the supermajority that is needed for most votes in the senate. mitch mcconnell has already done away with a four the supreme court votes. democrats are trying to do away with that on the policy side, trying to add supreme court justices on the policy side, trying to add supreme courtjustices on top of that, i think that will bea top of that, i think that will be a lot of change the institution that has prided itself on tradition and on the norms and the rules that they have lived by for over two centuries. i think that will be hard. they won't take it off the table, i'm not sure they will muster enough votes to get that done. thank you so much for joining that done. thank you so much forjoining us. thank you,

james. well, for most of her life, her 87 years, james. well, for most of her life, her87 years, ruth james. well, for most of her life, her 87 years, ruth bader ginsburg was almost anonymous. she could have walked through any street in america after the of 60 and not be recognisable. that all changed in 1993 when she was appointed to the supreme court by bill clinton. and then gradually after that she became a cult figure. into her 80s herfamous she became a cult figure. into her 80s her famous workouts, which she did to stave off the many health problems she had became famous and she became known as the rbg, the notorious rbg. betsy west is the filmmaker behind the documentary on ruth bader ginsburg. the document he was called rbg. i think in some ways people have been holding their breath because she has been sick for several years, off and on with cancer. but ruth bader ginsburg was an

extraordinarily determined and, you know, energetic octogenarian. she was famous for her workouts. yeah, she was hanging on. and certainly in our documentary we filmed her doing the work out that was really one of the most amazing scenes that i have ever witnessed. she came in the with a sweatshirt that said super diva. and she didn't look at us all the camera and she just was paying attention to her trainer, brian johnson, and paying attention to her trainer, brianjohnson, and he was putting her through her paces. i think she was a role model for so many people on so many different levels and certainly for older women in terms of keeping herself going. there are not that many people who are, well into their 80s, when they get a cool, catchy nickname. laughter. she did. rbg. tell us about

that. they call her notorious rbg. did you have any idea who she was being compared to? not at first. i think her grandchildren filter in and then she used as we had a lot in common. we were both born and bred in brooklyn. that's true. i hadn't thought of that. that was a surefire lifeline. she had a great sense of humour about herself. and she got that nickname because of the very stinging descents she was writing as the supreme court was moving to the right and more and more conservative decisions on voting rights and reproductive rights —— dissents. and she really told it like it is an younger people just gravitated to the idea of this feisty older woman who was

speaking truth to power and the notorious rbg hashtag took off. she was somebody determined to work through life—threatening illness almost up until the end. absolutely. she was extraordinary. the number of times we would get an alert that she had been to the hospital, she had fallen and broken her ribs, she had another recurrence of cancer, she was having chemotherapy. she would keep going. she rarely would miss a day in court and she kept up with all the opinions. i have to see, this woman loved the law. she loved herjob. she loved what she was doing and i think she felt she was making a contribution to her country and, as long as you could do it, she was going to be in the. filmmaker betsy west looking

back on the life of ruth bader ginsburg who has died at the age of 87. both president trump and democratic presidential candidate joe biden than and democratic presidential candidatejoe biden than their reactions on hearing the news. she led an amazing life. what else can you say? she was an amazing woman, whether you agreed or not, she was an amazing woman who led an amazing woman who led an amazing life. i'm actually sad to hear that. let me be clear that the voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice for the senate to consider. this was the position the republican senate took in 2016 when there we re senate took in 2016 when there were almost ten months to go before the election. that's the position the united states senate must take today and the election is only 46 days off. i think the fastest justice ever can “—

think the fastest justice ever can —— confirmed was 47 days and the average is closer to 70 days. and so we should do this with full consideration and thatis with full consideration and that is my hope and expectation what will happen. and the chief justice of the united states, john g roberts, has said "our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature." at the supreme court, crowds are gathering, some in masks, others are simply standing around. some have been singing. supreme courtjudge around. some have been singing. supreme court judge ruth around. some have been singing. supreme courtjudge ruth bader ginsburg has died, she was 87. she had been undergoing some of the many years, treatment for pancreatic cancer is one of four liberal justices pancreatic cancer is one of four liberaljustices on the court her death raises the prospect of president trump trying to expand the court's slender conservative majority. these are live pictures from the supreme court itself, a building in which ruth gaidar —— ruth bader ginsburg made her life for 27 years. we will be

covering this story on bbc news. hello. well, i think most of us would agree that the last few days have been pretty decent on the weather front. we've had plenty of sunny spells. it's been pleasantly warm, and this spell of settled weather is going to continue through the weekend. there might be one or two showers in the far south of the country, brought by this low pressure which is actually close to spain and portugal. that's just encroaching into the south of the uk. but on the whole, it's looking absolutely fine, and the advice is make the most of this weekend because next weekend could be very different. much more like autumn. so, this is what it looks like early on saturday morning. you can see the showers there crossing the english channel, just about approaching cornwall and devon there by the second half of the morning or around about lunchtime. let's zoom in to the south and see where the showers will be. so, the thinking is cornwall, devon, maybe somerset, one or two possibly sneaking into the isle of wight as well,

but certainly north of the m4, it's looking mostly sunny. in fact, a beautiful afternoon on the way. bit of a breeze still blowing out of the east—northeast, but even in the north of the country, temperatures could nudge up to close to 20 celsius. the thinking is that later on in the afternoon, it might cloud over around the aberdeenshire coastline and also the north of england. there's a lot of cloud here in the north sea and that north—easterly wind will push some of that cloud closer to land. but the evening on the whole is looking fine for most of us on saturday. sunday's weather forecast is going to be a mostly bright if not sunny day. the winds will be just that bit lighter in the south and no further showers are expected in the south, so, a dry day and a warm one as well. temperatures possibly hitting the mid 20s in the south east of the country, cooler on the north sea coast, only around 15. the outlook for early next week, it is still looking fine, but midweek onwards, it's a complete change in fact, weather systems are expected to spiral up in the atlantic and head in our direction. yep, you guessed it. autumn will be knocking on the door. so, a big change in the way for around about tuesday, wednesday onwards. now, the beginning of the week is looking absolutely fine and on monday, the south of the country with temperatures

still hitting around 25 celsius, a little cooler by tuesday and from wednesday, it's all change.

welcome to bbc news, i'm james reynolds. our top stories: the us supreme courtjustice, ruth bader ginsburg, has died. she was eighty—seven and had been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. with weeks to go until the presidential election, her death sets up a battle for her replacement. crowds have continued to gather on the steps outside the court in washington to pay their respects. hello and