♪ i'll fight >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello, everyone. i'm michael holmes, and this is "cnn newsroom." >> i will be putting forth a nominee next week. it will be a woman. it will be a woman. >> welcome, everyone. just 24 hours after the death of u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsberg in defiance of her dying wish to pick her replacement after the election the u.s. president pushing ahead to fill her seat as quickly as possible. at a rally in north carolina

president trump praising ginsberg and her legacy calling her a fierce fighter for justice and an inspiration to all americans. he also said under the u.s. constitution he has an obligation to name her replacement, quote, without delay. and his republican allies in the u.s. senate are backing him up, pressing for a confirmation vote by the end of the year. that would be lightening fast and also not to mention a stunning reversal from their own positions just 4 years ago. in early 2016 they refused to vote on president obama's supreme court pick, garland or even give him a hearing claiming then that it was because it was an election year. as a result that vacancy wasn't filled for more than a year. well, with the u.s. election now barely 6 weeks away president trump has no time to lose. his success in this fight hinges on a few -- on few if any

defections among senate republicans. already at least one senator, susan collins, says any nomination should wait until after the election. no guarantee in that. the president, though, brushing it off. >> well, i totally disagree with her. we have an obligation. we won, and we have an obligation as the winners to pick who we want. >> democratic challenger joe biden now framing the upcoming election this way on twitter. quote, the supreme court is on the ballot, and the outcome will impact everything from health care to civil rights affecting generations to come, unquote. now, the death of u.s. justice ruth bader ginsburg and the push by republicans to replace her and quickly has altered the dynamics of the upcoming presidential election. cnn's manu raju explains exactly what is at stake. >> this decision ought to be

made senate majority leader mitch mcconnell then when barack obama was president then in 2016 with a vacancy on the supreme court. but times have changed and so has the president. republican leaders applauding a full throated effort to fill justice ruth bader ginsburg's seattle with the election just 45 days away trying to make the argument it's different now because republicans control both the white house and the senate. privately mcconnell and trump speaking about potential nominees on friday night. and the gop leader in a message to his colleagues urging them to keep your powder dry and not take a position on whether the w winner of the november election should be the one filling the vacancy left by the death of ginsburg. on saturday senator susan collins of maine facing the toughest re-election of her career breaking ranks, saying the decision of lifetime appointment to the supreme court should be made by the president who was elected on november 3rd.

but a 53-47 majority democrats need a total of four republicans to vote no and stop the nomination. gop senator lisa murkowski before ginsburg's death made clear she did not want to move ahead on any vacancy before november. and it's unclear if two other republicans will agree. privately top republicans are arguing that a supreme court fight will only boost their chances at holding the senate majority in november, and several republicans in difficult races are indicating they'll vote to confirm trump's nominee this year. even though some endangered republicans like north carolina senator tom tillis took the opposite position in 2016. >> we're going to let the american people speak. >> reporter: yet moving ahead before november could squeeze republicans like cory gardener running for re-election in democratic leading colorado. gardener's office did not respond to questions about whether the winner of november's elections could make the hugely consequential pick.

it usually takes 2 to 3 months to confirm a supreme court nominee. meaning it would be much faster than usual to approve a replacement before november. if a vote slips there's another complication if arizona's appointed senator martha mcsally loses in november. that means the democrat mark kelly could be sworn in by the end of that month bringing the gop majority down from 52 to 48. and several senators are uncommitted like utah's mitt romney. and some senators in the past have been wary about an election year confirmation. like senator chuck grassly who refused to hold hearings for obama's nominee in 2016. he told cnn in july -- on saturday his office declined to say if that is still his position. others have clearly shifted theirs including lindsey graham who now chairs the judiciary

committee and said this in 2016. >> let's let the next president whoever it might be make that nomination, and you could use my words against me. >> reporter: now lindsey graham explains himself this way. he basically says that things have changed since 2018 in the aftermath of that vicious supreme court fight that got brett kavanaugh confirm today the court. he says he views all this differently now. but if the republicans do move ahead senate democrats have their own plans. they're talking about that right now. they had a conference call on saturday afternoon. it was chuck schumer told his caucus that all options are on the table if the republicans do advance a nomination this fall. and one of those options that democrats are discussing, potentially expanding the supreme court, maybe going from 9 justice to 11 justices or even more than that. they would need legislation to do that, and to pass legislation it would have to change the senate filibuster rules. and of course to do that they need to win the senate majority first in the fall. so so much is on the line this fall's election, but democrats

have indicated they're not going to take this fight lying down. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. >> now, one of it leading democrats in the senate says filling ginsburg's seat is about more than politics. senator dick durbin telling cnn the stakes for the court and the country are very high. >> this is just not a political squabble among the big shots in washington. what's at stake here is the future of the supreme court on issues like health insurance covering pre-existing conditions. one of the first cases the supreme court will take up, basic choice questions for womens rights moving forward in the wake of losing one of the leaders in history in terms of forcing the debate in america on womens rights. so it goes way beyond differences between politicians. i can tell you we have a number of senators on both sides of the aisle who are up for re-election. they're going to hear it at home. this is going to change the conversation in many of these

senatorial contests, and some of them may have second thoughts about reversing and changing the very position that they were arguing for 4 years ago. >> but wait say some republicans, they argue tat certain are not the same as four years ago when they said a new justice shouldn't be picked until after the election. cnn political commentator scott jennings defended the change of heart to our chris cuomo. >> you did have different parties in power so that voters in 2016 had delivered mixed messages. you had democrats in charge of one institution and republicans in charge of the other. in this case republicans, the voters awarded them control of both and reaffirmed that control in the senate in 2018. and look, the constitution does not give the president the power to nominate this and the senate to rubber stamp it. you have two coequal separate branches of government that have

a right play. >> president trump has already made the vacant supreme court seat a rallying cry for his re-election campaign. there's even a new campaign slogan. cnn's ryan nobles reports from saturday's trump rally in north carolina. >> reporter: president trump making it clear to his supporters in fayetteville, north carolina, saturday night he's not going to waste any time in picking a replacement for ruth bader ginsburg on the supreme court. trump did have a lot of kind things to say about the supreme court justice calling her an inspiration, but he quickly pivoted to his plans for picking a replacement. the crowd responded telling him to fill the seat and do it as soon as possible. and trump saying for the first time on saturday night that he plans to pick a woman. take a listen. >> so we will uphold equal justice under the law for

citizens of every race, color, religion and creed. i will be putting forth a nominee next week. it will be a woman. >> reporter: trump also revealing his timing for making that announcement saying it should happen some time next week. and sources telling cnn that the president plans to wait until ginsburg has been officially laid to rest before making the official announce. . now, in the jewish tradition that could happen very quickly, meaning the president could be able to make the announcement some time midweek or towards the end of the week. the goal, though, for republicans is to get this process moving as soon as possible even with it hope of getting confirmation before election day. now, that would be difficult. normally it takes several months to nominate and confirm a supreme court justice, but the president and republicans seizing an opportunity here. and they're hoping to have it done quickly. ryan nobles, cnn, fayetteville, north carolina. >> and joining me now is cnn's supreme court analyst and has spent some 25 years covering the

court. great to have you back on, joan. i mean it's not like republicans are being caught off-guard by the death of ruth bader ginsburg. so who are the top candidate or two for the nomination? trump doing badly among woman voters it looks like he's going to pick a woman. he says he is. >> yes, michael. they've been planning for this. you know, no one knew for sure when ruth bader ginsburg would pass and she might have lasted another couple of years. because her health was in jeopardy they've been planning, and they wanted it. two supreme court appointments and hoping for a third. here's what they have. i'll give you the three names that seem to be most in contention right now, but we're only, you know, 24 hours since her death. one woman by the name of amy coney barrett, she's been in the running for a while. president trump looked at her in 2017 when he ended up with first neil gorsuch and the following

here with brett kavanaugh. she's a judge already on a u.s. appeals court based in chicago. she taught at notre dame. all these people have very strong conservative credentials. she's a former law clerk to justice antonin scalia. they're all smart people. as i said very conservative idelogically. and also a man a friend of crucial mitch mcconnell who controls the senate and what gets done. he was a u.s. attorney in kentucky, and he's now an appeals court in the middle of the country. and then finally a woman who's just recently been elevated to another appeals court here in the u.s., the south eastern u.s. appeals court for the 11th circuit, a woman by the name of barbara logoa who had been on the floor of the supreme court. she was the first cuban american

woman appointed to that supreme court, and she recently was named by president bush to one of our federal appeals courts. so as i said, you know, things could be in flux, but these are the people who right now, the smart money seems to be circulating around. >> and as you say conservative all and perhaps not surprisingly. the thing is, you know, what are some of the major decisions in play for the court if the gop does go through? what sort of decisions are you talking about? roe vs. wade, abortion, liberty. >> you name it. there's a full slate of hot button cases before the justice this year and coming up soon. already they've scheduled for mid-november a case testing the affordable care act commonly known as obamacare. president barack obama's

signature domestic achievement republicans have been trying to kill ever since it was signed into law in 2010. %-pt again in 2015. one person who was crucial to a majority vote was ruth bader ginsburg, and she's now gone. so when that test comes back in november it could be quite shaky. we also have several tests of religious liberties coming, affirmative action. there's a major case still in the appellate court right now testing harvard's affirmative action policies challenged by asian-americans that i was covering last week at the appeals court level, and that's marching its way toward the supreme court, which already was very much leaning toward finally getting rid of -- pardon me -- finally getting rid of affirmative action, and i think

with another supreme court justice that could happen. and finally you mentioned roe vs. wade, the 1973 landmark that made abortion legal nationwide in america. that's one that's been hanging by a thread in recent years. and if president trump is able to name a third conservative to the courts that case could be overturned or gutted. >> so essentially with what we've seen with president trump getting three picks on the supreme court we're talking about a fundamental change in americans lives for maybe a generation. >> a generation and more. what i've been saying to people, the law that your children and your grandchildren live under. i'll use an example i've been thinking about because in 1991 another civil rights icon in

america thurgood marshal retired and clarence thomas was named by george h.w. bush to replace him. he was a liberal icon and was the opposite of clarence thomas, his successor who was only 43 at the time in 1991. and clarence thomas is still on the supreme court nearly 30 years later. >> unlike 2016 when a conservative replaced a conservative, what you're seeing here is a conservative replacing a liberal, and it has long-term impacts. joan, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thanks, michael. >> we'll take a quick break here on the program. when we come back, the looming showdown. more on the political battle shaping up to fill ruth bader ginsburg's seat on the supreme court. when we come back. y. which improves skin 3 times better than the leading body wash. better skin from a body wash?

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ruth bader ginsburg's seat. he died friday at 87. you can see there people gathered outside the supreme court for a second night. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell promising a full senate vote on the president's pick. for more let's discuss this with cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein joining me from los angeles. i wanted to pick your brains, politically when it comes to the election itself whose base is likely to be most energized to vote because of this issue? republicans hoped the kavanaugh hearings would energize their base in 2018, and there was a blue wave. >> historically as you know republican voters have been more energized and motivated by the supreme court than democratic voters. that's not true. i think this is likely to further the cultural separation of the parties we've been living through over the last couple of decades but enormously accelerated under trump. i think this is going to further

hurt republicans in white collar suburbs, so in states where there are a large number of those voters i think this is clear headwind for republican senate and house candidates as well as for trump himself. and on the other hand in places where there are a lot of conservative christians, particularly evangelical christians, it's going to motivate them. most americans believe abortion should remain legal, and the protections for pre-existing conditions and the affordable care act should remain in place. in that sense if democrats can make this more specific as opposed to a broader culture war they were playing to the majority of public opinion. >> yeah, on abortion and health care i think it's 70 or 78% of americans want abortion to remain legal. some key issues you touched on this coming up before the court. we're talking about abortion, health care, immigration policy and the like. these things are going to be decided with this new justice if it all goes through. how much will those important issues play into how people may vote in the election with the

supreme court in mind? will they look at what the court might do and vote accordingly? >> well, look, as you know -- as i wrote this week this is a very deeply engraved election at this point. you know, joe biden leading by about 7 points in the national polling averages. he led by about 7 points last october before there were a few intervening events including the worst pandemic in american history since at least a century of american history in which 200,000 people are now dead. so we're probably talking about any movement even on this only at the margin. i think, though, that the bigger issue to me is that you now have the potential for rising tension over the role of the supreme court through the 2020s because the supreme court, you know, if you have six justices that were appointed by republican pres presidents and republican senators, in most cases the presidents appointing them did not win the popular vote. the republican senators who confirmed them in most cases do not represent a majority of the

country if you assign half of each senate -- a state's population to each senator. so i think if this majority increasingly over the course of the next decade is striking down what the democratic coalition wins the election wants to do on climate, on civil rights, on racial justice, on voting rights i think there's going to be a lot of pressure to change the structure of the supreme court in the coming years. >> yeah, you make a good point on the senate. i mean, i think republican senators represent 15 million fewer people than democratic senators. speak to the scenario of republicans theoretically they lose the white house, they also lose the senate. but then voting in the lame duck session on a supreme court justice, what would be -- i hesitate to use the word morality -- of voting for a pick of a president who was just kicked out? >> look, we are seeing a

escalation of political tactics on both sides. but there's no question that republicans are moving toward an any means necessary mentality to try to maintain power in a country that in many ways is demographicy evolving away from them. we saw every republican senator but one vote not to sanction the president for overtly extorting a foreign government to try to get dirt on his opponent. we've not heard a peep from republicans in congress as the president really for the first time in american history is overtly trying to tilt the census to benefit one political party. and of course we saw in 2016 mitch mcconnell and the unprecedented step of holding open a supreme court seat for an entire year to prevent president obama from filling it. so if after all of that republicans come back from an election where they lost and push this through, which they may do, i think democrats it's pretty easy for them to find

three republicans who may say no, but getting a fourth one is not going to be easy if they do that and democrats win the house and senate it'll be hard for democrats to throw away the niceties, add d.c. as a state for example and kind of really move aggressively in this cycle of action and reaction to implement over the objections. >> i tweeted out a list of 23 senators and their comments last night. it took off because everybody was like when they see it written like that, i think they call it situational antics because they're all going to flip basically. you said something that just resonates, though. you've had the economy, you've had the virus, all the things you just outlined there. joe biden's lead has not moved much. why? and could it cost him? >> well, you know, sure.

he is not so far ahead that a small improvement for president trump would not put trump in a position where he could conceivably win the electoral college even if he loses the popular vote. but that would not happen today. president trump is too far behind. and he's driven behind too many of the college educated white voters that used to vote republican and now are voting for biden really in unprecedented numbers, numbers we've never seen in a history of polling in a presidential election. you know, if you ask me -- like i said this is probably going to affect things at the margin, but to the extent it does affect things it's going to reinforce those lines, i think. because the prospect of criminalizing abortion or at least ending the legal protection for abortion is something that is very attractive to aspects of trump's culturally conservative base evangelical voters, culturally conservative catholics, people in rural areas. but it is a terrifying prospect

to an awful lot of white suburban voters already moving away from the republican party. this will push us further into a political system where the parties are divide more by culture than by class. if you look at the senate, by the way, this could help democrats get right to the brink of a majority, doesn't necessarily help them get over it. colorado, arizona and maine, states are republicans are in trouble, a lot of white collar suburbanites, a clear majority in those states to maintain abortion to be legal are, so i think this is going to hurt republicans in those states. but democrats have to win one more and that's either north carolina, iowa, south carolina, georgia, you know, montana. and in those places the politics i think are much more equivocal, and we don't really know how it'll play out. a closer split, closer to 50-50 on whether abortion should remain legal in these states, and i think it really is an open question how this actually un folds in that last state

democrats need to win, although i think it does help them get closer off the bat. >> when the law becomes political. always a pleasure. good to see you, ron. >> thanks for having me. >> and "cnn newsroom" continues after a quick break.

welcome back to "cnn newsroom," everyone. i'm michael holmes. appreciate your company. we're of course following dramatic aftermath cause by the death of the supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg who died on friday. president trump paying tribute to her at a rally on saturday. >> as we meet tonight our nation mourns the loss of a legal

giant, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. her landmark rulings, fierce devotion to justice and her courageous battle against cancers inspired all americans. you may agree, you may not disagree with her, but she was an inspiration to a tremendous number of people. i say all americans. >> yet the president wasting no time finding a conservative replacement for that liberal justice. he said he will nominate a woman next week to fill the supreme court vacancy. and senate republicans pushing to get a confirmation vote by the end of the year. very different to what they said 4 years ago. democrats pushing back. presidential challenger joe biden now framing the election this way. quote, the supreme court is on the ballot and the outcome will impact everything from health care to civil rights, affecting generations to come. now, politics aside ginsburg's

passing has inspired tributes and respect from across the u.s. the expression showing just how much of an iconic and irreplaceable figure she was. more now from cnn's jessica snyder. >> reporter: all of the singing and the celebration lasted into saturday night. everyone here to pay tribute to justice ruth bader ginsburg. there were streams of people who came here to the supreme court after hearing about her passing on friday night, and it lasted throughout the day on saturday. people came here to lay flowers, to light candles, to sing. there were also many renditions of "amazing grace." justice ruth bader ginsburg served at the supreme court for more than 27 years, and the vigils stretched all over the country. from denver to san francisco to tributes in new york city as well. the morning on saturday morning the vice presidential candidate kamala harris also came here in a nonchallant manner with her husband. they wore masks, and they stayed

silent as they looked to the supreme court to pay their own tribute. justice ruth bader ginsburg was referred to as a tireless champion of justice by the chief justice here, john roberts. and that's exactly what the people have been remembering all weekend. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >> meanwhile the u.s. fast approaching the 200,000 mark when it comes to lives lost to covid-19. daily cases here in the u.s. have been ticking up recently. medical experts say they're worried about flu season and how coronavirus might make that more dangerous. around the world poland, lebanon and uganda among the countries now reporting record case surges. while taiwan has become a case study on how to manage the pandemic. in london police have arrested 32 people after anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination protests. officers say there were outbreaks of violence and

emergency workers were assaulted. joining me now is anne rimoin. good to see you. it is hard to think of another time when a health issue has been so political, and that's directly impacting public faith in a possible new vaccine. and that's what we wanted to talk about. new polling is showing only 51% would get the vaccine, the thing is that's down from 72%. speak to the growing public skepticism and the potential impact of that mistrust. >> michael, this is a huge problem. we are losing faith in all of our institutions that dictate public health care. we've lost a lot of confidence in the fda with politicization. now cdc has also fallen prey to politics. and so it's not surprising that people who previously were not vaccinate hesitant or worried about vaccines are feeling

worried. the polls are showing this very, very clearly. you know, taking vaccines normally, under normal circumstances we do have a do a lot of work at getting public confidence. we've had to do more and more over the years. but with all of the pl politicization and mixed messaging we're going to a tough timep here. if less than half the population actually take it, we're not going to reach any kind of immunity, and we're still going to run into problems. i should also mention that a vaccine is not a silver bullet. so with the vaccine hesitancy, with a vaccine that is likely not going to be 100% effective we're not going to see major protection here. >> i guess what do you think can be done to convince the public that a vaccine is safe, even if one is genuinely safe that doesn't matter if people don't trust it. would it be something like anthony fauci standing up and

saying it's good with me? what would it take? >> getting people to trust a vaccine is going to need a lot of -- we're going to need transparency from the government. we're going to have to see all of the scientific experts being able to see the data both in the government, people like dr. fauci but scientists outside of the government. many of us who have been on television, who have been very vocal in the news that have been really serving as watchdogs for science here. and i think that making these data available to the scientific community and having the scientific community being able to come out and say, yes, we have looked at these data, we agree this is going to be effective is going to be very important. and having important public figures taking the vaccine, we've seen this happen with polio vaccine, getting people that are well-known taking the vaccine. the ebola vaccine, many vaccines. we've seen that using public figures to be able to really

show people that this vaccine is worth taking is going to be very important. >> because, of course, the thing is there's a sizable anti-vaccine movement regardless of the coronavirus before all of this. and let's remember the president once raised alleged links between autism and vaccines. but then you throw in the concerns that the process is being rushed, fears about safety protocols being short circuited. you worry that the anti-vaccine movement could grow because of the politicizing of this vaccine. >> well, i think we have a lot to worry about in terms of politicization of science. and now we're going to be paying the price with vaccines. it is ironic that president trump was once somebody who spent a lot of time talking about potential anti-vaccs theories, and now it's going to be on him to get the population to take the vaccine. >> just quickly how much has the

president played into this, his own rosy pronouncements confidence despite the caution of experts? how much does that impact peoples choices? >> i think the president has to be somebody that you -- the president in principle should be somebody you trust, and we're seeing the complete erosion of trust. he's not been relying on his scientific advisers. you see all sorts of mixed messaging. dr. redfield says one thing, dr. fauci says another, and then trump comes out and says the opposite. so this kind of mixed messaging is very dangerous. it's very dangerous not only for the coronavirus but for all public health. and so we need to have our political leaders be on the same page with our scientific leaders and coming forth and giving statements that make sense, that are based on science and that the rest of the public health community, the scientific community can get behind. >> yeah, exactly.

epidemiologist anne rimoin, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. as we mentioned earlier taiwan leading the way in the fight against coronavirus. taiwan reporting only about 500 cases of covid-19, just 7 deaths. cnn's paula hancocks explains what they got right. >> reporter: staying next to the midday sun seems more important than keeping 6 feet apart for these taipei residents. life during the pandemic seems fairly normal. even though there are an awful lot of people wearing masks in the street there are still a significant number who aren't. i'm being told a few months ago when there were still local transmission cases here people wore masks without complaint, but now there's more of a confidence in a way the gump has handled this pandemic and they simply don't feel the need anymore. just one suspected case of

transmission since april. there have been around 500 confirmed cases and just 7 deaths. foreign minister joseph wu tells me they learned harsh lessons from the 2003 sars outbreak. >> at the time taiwan was hit very hard, and we started building up our capacity in dealing with a pandemic like this. so when we heard there was some secret pneumonia cases in china, the patients were treated in isolation we knew that it was something similar. >> reporter: early recognition of the crisis and suspicions beijing was not being transparent spurred the government to respond fast, setting up a command center. passengers from china were screened from the start of the year, weeks before other countries started to react. early travel restrictions, a 14-day quarantine for arrivals, contact tracing and testing. mask rationing prevented panic buying and taiwan increased production to the point it was able to donate 12 million masks to the united states, lifting their world standing.

a college student in taiwan during the sarz epidemic and says the country learned social solidarity. >> very few people here will refuse to wear a mask. >> reporter: she now runs a psychotherapy practice. >> at the time i couldn't even get a test because i remember i think the criteria was for you to have shortness of breath or difficulty breathing or some life threatening situation. >> reporter: chen came back to taiwan in july to visit her sick grandmother and was shocked by the difference in realities. >> life here is so surreal. it's basically like normal. every so often you have to remember to wear a mask and you'll have your temperature taken, but that's about it. >> reporter: a snapshot of normality in a world of uncertainty. paula hancocks, cnn, taipei, taiwan. the u.s. gulf coast can't catch a break this hurricane season. a new storm system heading for texas and louisiana, and it is

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residents along the u.s. gulf coast have already been battered, of course, by hurricanes hannah and laura. now tropical storm beta is heading that way, the latest in a record breaking storm season. cnn meteorologist tyler malden joins us now to talk about that and also the fire threats out west. let's start with the storm. should people in texas, louisiana expect some flooding from this? >> they absolutely should, michael. i mean, this is an area that is already prone to flooding on a normal day. i mean, you can take an afternoon thunderstorm a regular just run of the mill afternoon thunderstorm that sits over houston for too long and that's going to cause a bit of flooding. so you take a slow tropical

system and you are for sure going to pick up more rainfall than you want to see. that's why the weather center has actually issued a level 3 out of 4 flood risk for southeast texas. would not be surprised if that is actually lifted to a level 4 in the days to. it's all because of tropical storm beta about 375 miles south of lake charles and southeast of galveston, texas. if you live in this tropical storm warned area or the storm surge warning area, take this seriously. even though tropical storm beta is going to stay a tropical storm as it slowly drifts up that coastline, it's going to do some damage. it's going to drop a rainfall. we're talking about rainfall totals of upwards of 300 millimeters or more in some spots, widespread amounts of 150 millimeters. and this is on top of the storm

surge inundation of a meter to a meter and a half. now, you can see that there are some very strong storm surge across especially southeast texas. switching gears here we do have some improved fire conditions out west. we have exactly 56 large uncontained fires, which is actually lower than what we were seeing. the weather conditions are actually leading to better conditions to contain those fires, and we're going to see that continue for the next few days. but once we get into next weekend the fire conditions are going to go downhill again. it's all because of these weather systems that are coming into the pacific northwest that is helping with the fire conditions at the moment and also the air quality out there as well. michael? >> meteorologist tyler malden, good to see you. thanks for that. we'll take a quick break. when we come back we'll return to the death and the remarkable life of ruth bader ginsburg, the

notorious rbg, in her own words after the break.

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if i want to catch up on the news or history or learn what's going on in the world, i can download a book and listen to it. because i listened to her story over and over again, i made the decision to go ahead and follow my own dream, which was to help other veterans. i think there's like 180 books in my, in my library now. it changes your perspective; it makes you a different person. it's true, it's so true. to start your free 30-day trial, just text listen25 to 500500. welcome back. we have heard a lot about her from people who knew her, but let's close with her own words. it is a little window into what

it was like to be ruth bader ginsberg and to be a successful woman in a changing america. >> if you want to be a true professional, you will do something outside yourself, something to repair tears in your community. no door should be closed to people willing to spend the hours of effort needed to make dreams come true. we are a nation made strong by people like you. in my lifetime, i expect to see three, four, perhaps even more women on the high court bench. women not shaped from the same mold, but of different complexions. we are at last beginning to relegate to history books the days of the token one-at-a-time

woman. the number of women who have come forward as a result of the #metoo movement has been astonishing, my hope that it is as effective for the woman who works as a maid in a hotel as it is for hollywood stars. i have had the great, good fortune to share life with a partner who believed at age 18 when we met that a woman's work, whether at home or on the job, is as important as a man's. it helps, sometimes, to be a little deaf. i have followed that advice acid with usually, and not only at home with a 56 year marital

partnership. i have employed it every workplace, including the supreme court of the united states. when a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out. r reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's able to persuade. to make life a little better for people less fortunate than you. that's what i think a meaningful life is. one lives not just for one's self, but for one's community. so much. thank you. >> a remarkable human being. thanks for watching the program and spending time with me. i will be back with another hour

of "cnn newsroom" right after the break.

i will be putting forth a m nominee next week. it will be a woman. >> just 24 hours after ruth bader ginsburg's death, president trump promises to defy her wish and appointme someone the seat. well, tiktok, you don't have to stop after all. a last-minute deal could keep americans dancing, but the devil might be in