good morning, america. supreme showdown. the fierce fight over replacing justice ruth bader ginsburg on the supreme court. president trump promising to pick a woman before the election. >> i will be putting forth the nominee next week. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell vows that pick will get a vote despite blocking a pick from president obama before the last election. protesters gather outside the majority leader's house. and democrats say they'll do everything in their power to block it, including possibly im impeachment. also this morning, the tributes pouring in for the legal legend. her groundbreaking journey to reach our highest court, inspiring generations of women. those who knew her best remember her this morning. >> think about how you would like the world to be for your

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emmys bringing all the glamour and glitz up the creek. tv's hottest night like we've never seen it before from zendaya's historic win, to regina king's golden night and the "friends" reunion no one saw coming. and we're taking you backstage. >> we finally pulled into a big station. >> into the homes of the biggest winners and they're saying -- >> all: good morning america. we too say good morning america. good to be with you this monday morning after television's biggest night. the father/son comedy duo, dan and eugene levy's hit show -- can't say it -- winning big at the emmys. we'll hear from the cast coming up. it was quite a night. we begin -- the tributes continue to pour in this morning

honoring the life and legacy of justice ruth bader ginsburg. we'll take a live look at the growing memorial outside the supreme court for the woman who was a hero to so many. the sea of flowers wrapping around the block, amy and george. >> beautiful sight there, robin. inside the court justice ginsburg's chair draped in the traditional black, a tradition dating back at least as far as 1873, and in her home state of new york, landmarks lighting up in blue in her honor. >> she grew up in brooklyn. this comes as voting has begun in the presidential election. 43 days until the final votes. this fight to fill the supreme court now dominating the presidential race. it could shape the court for generations. the stakes high. protesters have gathered outsidn oucovege start senior rr: good morninrrespondent mary george. as the nation mourns the loss of justice ginsburg washington is facing for a monumental fight that could have sweeping consequences for americans'

health care, religious freedoms and abortion rights. joe biden over the weekend said rushing to fill this seat would be, quote, an exercise in raw political power. republicans have made clear they're forging ahead and the president intends to announce his pick in the coming days. this morning president trump is narrowing his choice, vowing to pick a woman to fill justice ginsburg's seat on the supreme court. >> so we will uphold equal justice under the law for citizens of every raceco religion and creed. i will be putting forth a nominee next week. it will be a woman, a very talented, very brilliant woman. >> reporter: trump supporters making it clear they want him to move full steam ahead. >> we'll fill the seat. [ applause ] i love that. >> reporter: sources tell abc at the top of the president's short list, judge amy coney barrett, a devout catholic. she's a favorite among religious conservatives. during her confirmation hearing to serve on the federal bench

in 2017 she was pressed on her stance on roe v. wade. >> the dogma lives loudly within you. that's of concern. >> it's never appropriate for a judge to impose that judge's personal convictions, whether they derive from faith or anywhere else, on the law. >> reporter: on the list deputy white house counsel kate todd and cuban-american judge barbara lagoa who could help trump win over latino voters, especially in the crucial battleground state of florida. the president, we've learned, is already in talks with republican leader mitch mcconnell who is promising president trump's nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the united states senate. it's a reversal from mcconnell's position in 2016. >> let's let the american people decide. >> reporter: he famously refused to even consider president obama's pick to fill justice scalia's seat after he died in february of the election year, but mcconnell insists this situation is different since and the white house. in 2016 republicans like ted

cruz said a confirmation fight should not happen this close to an election. >> for the last 80 years, the senate has not confirmed any nominee nominated during an election year. >> reporter: but now going back on his word. >> i believe the right thing to do is for the senate to take up this nomination and to confirm the nominee before election day. >> reporter: critics say it smacks of hypocrisy. over the weekend, protesters gathering outside the republican leader's house. democrats have very little power here. their best hope, to try and pressure a handful of key republicans to break ranks. joe biden sunday with a direct appeal. >> uphold your constitutional duty, your conscience. let the people speak. cool the flames that have been engulfing our country. >> reporter: four republicans would have to side with democrats to block a confirmation. already two, susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska, say this decision should be up to the next president.

with just every tool they have to try and delay this process, even possibly impeachment. >> we have arrows in our quiver that i'm not going to discuss now. the fact is we have a big challenge in our country. >> reporter: now all eyes here are on a handful of key republicans who could side with democrats and oppose a confirmation. we are closely watching mitt romney who voted to impeach the president earlier this year, and chuck grassley, the former chair of the judiciary committee who said he doesn't think they should act on this during an election year, and cory gardner who is up for re-election in colorado said it might be a political risk. robin? >> we'll see. mary, thank you. as we all know justice ginsburg had a huge impact on the court and american lives. tributes pouring in for her this morning. terry moran joins us now with

more on her life, and her legacy. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, robin. it's a somber but emotional scene here. people gathering all weekend to say good-bye to ruth bader ginsburg. it's expected that justice ginsburg will lie in repose here in the great hall of the supreme court, a private ceremony expected for her fellow justices and the court staff. there may be a public viewing perhaps on the supreme court plaza to be socially distanced, and then she'll be laid to rest later in the week at arlington national cemetery next to her beloved husband marty. her long and historic journey coming to a close appropriately where the nation honors so many of our heroes. inside the supreme court this morning justice ginsburg's seat on the bench draped in black, and a black drape hanging over the courtroom doors as the makeshift memorial outside grows and the tributes continue, including this from former president bill clinton who appointed ginsberg to the high court in 1993.

>> in a time where people are so cynical, ruth ginsburg symbolizes everything that's best about america. >> reporter: and president trump responding to reporters minutes after a rally friday in minnesota offering his praise for a justice who openly scorned him. >> whether you agreed or not she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life. >> reporter: ruth ginsburg's life was indeed astonishing. barely 5 feet tall, she became a giant of american law and american life through the sheer force of her intellect and her determination. >> all i ask is our brethren take their feet off our necks. >> reporter: she was the second woman named to the supreme court. her path to the highest court in the land, not an easy one. a brilliant law student first at harvard, then columbia. she faced discrimination after graduating in 1959. >> she was tied for first in her class. the big new york city law firms just weren't hiring women. >> reporter: so she turned to civil rights law and argued and won five cases at the supreme court that revolutionized the

law for women in america before taking her spot on the high court bench in 1993. >> the increasingly full use of the talent of all this nation's people holds large promise for the future, but we could not have come to this point, and i surely would not be in this room today without the determined efforts of men and women who kept dreams alive, dreams of equal citizenship in the days when few would listen. >> reporter: in her quarter century as a justice, ginsburg became a leader of the liberal wing on the court with powerful rulings on discrimination, voting rights and abortion. >> this is something central to a woman's life, to her dignity. it's a decision that she must make for herself.

>> reporter: she formed an unlikely close friendship with a strong opponent, justice antonin scalia, and as the court shifted to the right, her fierce dissents inspired generations. the notorious rbg she came to be known, a cultural icon unlike any other. >> i'm 84 years old and everyone wants to take a picture with me. >> reporter: she died friday battling cancer. her legacy was to give new greater meaning to those words engraved on the supreme court itself. equal justice under law. a remarkable life indeed. ruth ginsburg was asked the best advice she ever had. she said it was from her mother-in-law on her wedding day. it helps sometimes, her mother-in-law told her, in every marriage to be a little deaf. she had a marvelous marriage. there's probably wisdom in that. george? >> terry, you covered justice ginsburg for so many years

at the supreme court. what's your personal remembrance? >> reporter: i remember that this diminutive woman who seemed so quiet in some ways, the word i associate with her is strength. she was one of the strongest minds you've ever encountered both in person, and in her rulings and on the bench, and she was a formidable colleague for her justices and questioner of the people in the oral arguments, but there's something else that she brought to that bench. she was a living example of how much good the law can do to change america for the better. she reminded me of thurgood marshall that way. she is a living link to a time when the law was changed to make a difference in this country. george? >> terry, thanks. >> let's look ahead with jon karl and mary bruce. let's talk about those two picks on the president's short list. both are qualified judges. the political considerations this close to an election are going to be paramount. >> reporter: absolutely, and let's look at the top of that

list. judge amy coney barrett, she's just 48 years old. she was confirmed to her current position on the u.s. circuit court of appeals back in october of 2017. she is a former notre dame law professor. she clerked for justice scalia, considered one of his favorite clerks. devout catholic, considered one of his favorite clerks. seven children. she would energize anti-abortion activists and religious right. at the top of the list i would put judge barbara lagoa. she is 52 years old. she was confirmed to the 11th circuit court of appeals by a vote of 80-15. so a lot of democrats supported her. former chief justice of the florida supreme court, the first hispanic to sit on that court. she's cuban-american from that absolute must-win state, george, of florida. >> thank you, jon. mary, you pointed out in your piece that senator mcconnell said there will be a vote on the president's pick. he hasn't decided whether the vote should come before or after the election.

>> reporter: i don't think mitch mcconnell knows how he's going to time this, in part because there is just so much on the line here. if they rush to do this before the election, they only have 43 days to get this done. it could put at risk some vulnerable republicans and their chance of winning re-election. if they do it after the election, they have less time to get this done, and if joe biden wins decidedly, it will be much harder for them. >> mary bruce, thank you. we'll have much more on justice ginsburg's in the next hour. we'll speak to one of her closest friends and how she inspired generations of women and became a pop culture phenomenon. amy? we want to turn to the latest on the coronavirus emergency. you're looking at the faces of the nearly 200,000 american lives lost to the virus. the washington national cathedral marking the solemn occasion by tolling its bell 200 times, once for every 1,000 lives. this morning, the u.s. nearing the grim milestone, nearly

200,000 deaths from covid all lost in seven months. the virus targeting victims of all ages, genders and races. abc news learning more information about some of the lost lives. more men succumbing than women. the majority of deaths over 65 years old. roughly 40% of all fatalities linked to long-term care facilities. some health care workers even paying the ultimate price while trying to save others. "the guardian" and kaiser health reporting that nearly 1,200 frontline workers between the ages of 20 and 80 lost their lives to the virus or complications from it. an infection disease specialist in kentucky one of them. the 62-year-old lost her battle with covid after a four-month struggle. >> even to the day she died, she always -- she championed the message of wearing your mask in public. >> reporter: in houston dr.

adeline fagan started to experience flu-like symptoms in july. >> we thought she was coming home. >> reporter: the ob/gyn resident physician who also treated covid patients in the er died after a two-month fight. she was just 28 years old. according to the covid tracking project nearly 29,000 people are currently hospitalized, the lowest number since june. but three states, montana, hawaii and west virginia, are setting new records for deaths. doctors now bracing for a possible surge this winter. >> as a physician i'm still stressed because a lot of things are unknown about this disease process. >> reporter: health professionals urging people to maintain social distancing as schools try to balance learning and student safety. ard after the rtwioran5 people. >> a couple of my peers made some poor decisions. we're paying the consequences. >> reporter: that high school now forced to switch all students to remote learning.

and the world health organization saying that gen-z and millennials are driving the spread of this virus, but it's not because of parties and going to bars, but rather their jobs. those young people in service jobs are at greater risk of being exposed to this virus. george? >> eva pilgrim, thanks very much this morning. we're following other headlines this morning. we'll have much more on how j t justice rubbelke inspired millions. we'll hear from one of her closest friends. then we'll hear from dan and eugene levy after their comedy cleaned up at the emmys. first, let's go to ginger. hey, ginger. >> and we've got our eyes on beta right there in the gulf of mexico about 100 or so miles south of galveston. you see the images there of the waves crashing up and video from the peninsula. this is a storm surge way ahead of the storm that shows you under the homes and on highway 87 notorious for flooding. texas department of transportation just raised that road two feet and put those

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ruth bader ginsburg on the supreme court taking shape right now. president trump promised to pick a woman before the election likely to come this week. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell vows it will get a vote. of course republicans last time blocked a obama's pick for a supreme court nomination in an election year. democrats saying they'll do everything they can to block this pick from president trump including possibly impeachment. we're tracking the wildfires in the west. the bobcat fire is one of the largest in l.a. county history. the inferno threatened the famous mt. wilson observatory as well as the tv towers nearby. the u.s. open there's a champion. bryson dechambeau came from behind to win his first major victory. there's a little celebration. unfortunate is this moment from danny lee drawing a lot of empathy from golfers all over the world. six putts from four feet. >> oh, no. >> yeah. it just kept -- you see it. oh, he missed again. it's getting further away. >> stop, stop!

>> end the pain. he had to withdraw from the tournament after that. i think it finally goes in. no, not quite yet. he did slam his club into a bag which is understandable. probably hurt his wrist. robin, as you know, just about anyone who has played golf understands what was going on right there. >> oh, my gosh. but still to see it, to see it, oh my goodness. all right. that was painful, but many of us have been there. you're right about that, george. we're going to continue now with hollywood's award show like none we've ever seen before. the 72nd annual emmys took place with jimmy kimmel and some celebrities at l.a.'s staples center. everyone else at more than 100 different locations, but for the first hour, they really only had to go back to one location again and again and again because one comedy kept winning and rightfully so. will reeve joins us with much more on this.

good morning, will. >> reporter: good mo robi aidedpectat it won seven awards last night. despite all it was up against, the show went on and produced some indelible moments. >> welcome to the pan emmys. >> reporter: from the opening monologue to the credits, jimmy kimmel running the show from an empty staples center in l.a. >> you know what they say. you can't have a virus without a host. >> reporter: awards delivered to winners by people in hazmat suits or via remote controlled box. >> that's a little extreme, jimmy. >> you never know where the accountant's hands have been. >> okay. >> reporter: as always with live tv, viewers could expect the unexpected. >> sanitized for your protection. this is exciting. >> shoot! >> we are delivering the emmys live. >> reporter: including the first on-air covid test, but nothing could change those emotional reactions.

>> oh, my god! >> reporter: on a night of groundbreaking victories, "succession" and "watchmen" had strong showings. in the drama category, but the biggest story was the clean sweep in comedy by the show about a creek whose name we can't say on tv, winning the first seven awards of the night, the most ever in a night for a comedy series. >> oh my goodness. oh my goodness. this tent is on fire. >> reporter: creek creators and co-stars making history as the first father/son duo to take home trophies on the same night. >> it really comes from, you know, this young man here who i think has infused his dna into the show in terms of what the show actually stands for and what it actually says. >> i think it's -- we have been very lucky. we have been very lucky to have a cast that's as strong as it is. we have been very lucky to have a team of writers who are as

strong as they are, and this show is a collaborative effort in every sense of the words. >> reporter: also 24-year-old zendaya taking home lead actress in a drama for "euphoria", the youngest winner in that category ever. >> how does the reality of your success that you have had in so many areas match up to what you dreamed it would be when you were younger? >> to me success is being able to do what i love to do and continue to be happy doing what i love to do. thankfully i get to live my dream every single day. >> reporter: amid the global pandemic and in the final stretch to the u.s. presidential election, winners used their moments of glory to address critical issues facing the world. >> thank you to president trump for his crummy and uncoordinated response. >> reporter: some winners skipping the traditional awards show formal wear to wear shirts honoring breonna taylor.

>> find out who to vote for in your municipal elections. it's very important. be a good human. rest in power, rbg. >> go out and vote. that is the only way that we are going to have some love and acceptance out there. >> i would be remiss if we didn't recognize all the men and women who died in the tulsa massacre in 1921, the original sin of our show. >> i stand here to say thank you to all the people celebrating and know the value of every patch and every story and every color that makes up this quilt that is our business. >> i want to say to my peers doing the work in the streets, i see you. i admire you. i thank you. >> reporter: through it all, there were some classic award show gags like jennifer aniston barely making it home to hear her category with the help of some friends. >> of course i'm here. we live together. >> you do? >> yeah, we've been roommates since 1994. >> is this live tv? >> reporter: for the cast of "little fires everywhere" trying to end 2020 three months early.

and of special note, tyler perry was honored with the governor's award celebrating his overall body of work, and for the biggest awards of the night, they were all from shows on traditional television. a big night for regular tv. stream services not as lucky, guys. >> okay, will. thanks very much. coming up next, we're going to speak live with former white house national security adviser h.r. mcmaster. we're going to speak live with former white house adviser h.r. mcmaster.

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back with president trump's former national security adviser retired general h.r. mcmaster. the silver star winner and military scholar spent 13 months in the trump white house. he's out with a new book "battle grounds: the fight to defend the free world." he joins us now. thank you, general, for joining us. on page 24 of "battlegrounds," you write that educated citizens best serve or democratic system blai by, quote, electing principles thoughtful leaders and holding them accountable to strengthen our republic. you worked closely with president trump for 13 months. is he the kind of leader you have in mind? has he strengthened our republic? >> george, as you might know, i joined the army when i was 17 when i went to west point, and i made it point throughout my whole career not to be partisan at all. what i wanted to do in "battlegrounds" is give the american people an opportunity to judge candidates based on our most crucial challenges to our security and prosperity and what we can work together to do, how

we can work together to advance security and prosperity for future generations. what i hope the book will do is provide all americans with some criteria for evaluating the candidates. >> right. you lay out the criteria. you lay out what you saw. don't you have a duty to speak out and at least say whether you think the president is the kind of principled and thoughtful leader you think americans need right now? >> i think i have a duty to comment on policy and really what is so important for us, what is most important for us to secure ourselves against some very significant threats. as we are enmeshed in this vitriolic partisan discourse that we see every day, the world hasn't stopped. this book is really an effort to try, george. i hope i can succeed in doing it. to transcend the partisan politics and help americans come together in a respectful

nonpartisan discussion of these challenges. >> i want to get to the policy part as well. i think the reason i want to press this one more time is that you write our divisions -- or partisan divisions are in some way the greatest national security threat because they make us vulnerable to our allies like russia, like china. if that's the number one threat, division, what's your judgment on whether or not the president has been a unifier or divider? as you know, your colleague general mattis who was the pentagon secretary under president trump said that the president hasn't even tried to unify us. he's tried to divide us. that's a fundamental judgment. >> i don't think donald trump created the division in our society. i think what all leaders have is a responsibility not to be part of the problem, right? what i write about in "battlegrounds" is how our adversaries and our enemies, they take advantage of our divisions, use them against us, try to widen the divides in our society, try to polarize us and pit us against each other.

>> that's exactly what russia is doing right now, isn't it? >> all political leaders ought to not be part of the problem. let's come together. let's talk about how we can work together. before we have these divisive discussions let's begin with what we can agree on. before we talk about what we disagree on. >> let's talk about some of the policy you write about in the book. you're pretty blunt. you said it was wrong to withdraw from the paris climate change agreement, wrong to withdraw u.s. forces from syria, wrong to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal when we did. you write the president's withdrawal of troops from afghanistan, quote, cheapened the sacrifices of 2,300 servicemen and women who lost their lives in the war. that's a pretty damning indictment. >> george, i think it is a mistake to disengage from the world. what i'm really concerned about these days, as we emerge from this triple crisis of a pandemic, the recession, the

divisions in our society laid bare by the horrible murder of george floyd, i think the tendency will be towards introspection and a withdrawal from these complex competitions overseas and i think it's a dangerous moment for us, and so it's important for us to remain engaged with these problems, and as we learned with covid, problems that can affect us at home are best dealt with abroad before they get to our shores. i think that's true with jihadist terrorism as it is with a pandemic or a virus. >> you write the jihad threat is greater today than on 9/11? >> i think that's for three reasons. it was the mujahideen era elite alumni who conducted the attacks against the united states on september 11th. we have an al qaeda and isis alumni that is greater and larger than the mujahideen, and

by the way, they have access to much more destructive capabilities and they're much more mobile and capable based on encrypted communications, based on the fact that they can move more freely across the world, and so i think it's immensely important for us to sustain our efforts. one of the reasons why we have not seen another mass murder attack like 9/11 is because our forces have been abroad engaged with these enemies and working mainly through partners. >> right. >> in afghanistan, for example -- in afghanistan, we've lost ten of our amazing soldiers, you know, this year, but about 30 afghan soldiers or police are killed every day defending their country and really all humanity, you know, from these enemies of all civilized peoples. >> finally, you didn't vote when you were in the military. will you vote this year? >> i'm having a discussion with my family about it. i really think that the military should stay completely out of politics. i encourage everyone to vote.

i followed the example of george marshall, across my 34 years in the army, and decided not to vote, and to be studiously apolitical, and i think it's really important for our political leaders as well, george, not to try to drag the military into partisan politics. >> general, thank you for your time this morning. >> thanks, george. good to see you. we'll be right back. coming up, we have more >> thanks, george. good to see you. we'll be right back. so are . prudential helps 1 in 7 americans with their financial needs. that's over 25 million people. with over 90 years of investment experience, our thousands of financial professionals can help with secure video chat or on the phone. we make it easy for you with online tools, e-signatures, and no-medical-exam life insurance. plan for better days. go to prudential.com or talk to an advisor. there's my career, my cause, my choir.

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good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. supreme showdown. the fierce fight over replacing justice ruth bader ginsburg on the supreme court. president trump promises to pick a woman before the election. nominee next week. >> senate majority leader mcconnell vows that vote will get a vote despite blocking president obama before the last election. the democrats say they'll do everything in their power to block it, including possibly impeachment. bracing for beta. the new tropical storm taking aim at texas. already lashing the coast with dangerous storm surge. expected to make landfall this afternoon and bring life-threatening flash floods. ginger is tracking the latest path. celebrating supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> think about how you would

like the world to be for your daughters and granddaughters. >> the legal legend, transcending politics. from progressive pioneer to pop culture phenomenon. the notorious rbg inspiring generationom. this morning what one of her closest friends is telling "gma" about her legacy. and the emmy goes to -- >> creek. >> creek. >> creek. >> sweep creek. the roses becoming emmy royalty. the record-breaking cast talking to "gma" right after cleaning up at the virtual ceremony. jimmy kimmel hosting tv's hottest night like we've never seen it before, with a little help from a friend, and could we be any more excited about this reunion? >> we've been roommates sie 1994. a"s kiinthenes of the t t and they're sa >> all: good morning, america.

george and amy, did you notice i said sweep creek? >> we listened. >> sweep creek. just making sure everybody heard sweep creek. happy monday morning. glad you're starting your day with us. it was a fun night for jimmy kimmel hosting the virtual emmys. the award show unlike anything we've ever seen before. don't you think, amy? >> yes, robin. i was so excited watching the party at the levy house. after all of those big wins, so many of us are big ff a'rgoing p and the other big winners of the night. >> i just feel like saying it. why not? we're going to start with the latest on the supreme court showdown. vote has already begun in this presidential election. 43 days until the final votes

and this fight to fill justice ruth bader ginsburg's seat dominating the presidential race. we want to go back to mary bruce on capitol hill. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. washington this morning is bracing for an epic political fight. joe biden says that rushing to fill this seat would be, quote, an exercise in raw political power. republicans here made clear they're forging ahead. the president plans to announce his pick in the coming days. this morning president trump is narrowing his choice vowing to pick a woman to fill justice ginsburg's seat on the supreme court. >> i will be putting forth a nominee next week. it will be a woman, a very talented brilliant woman. >> reporter: trump supporters making it clear they want him to move full steam ahead. >> we're going to fill the seat. >> reporter: the president we learned is in talks with republican leader mitch mcconnell who is promising president trump's nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the united states senate. it's a reversal from 2016.

>> let's let the american people decide. >> reporter: he famously refused to even consider president obama's pick to fill justice scalia's seat after he died in february of the election year, but mcconnell insists this situation is different since republicans now control both the senate and the white house. critics say it smacks of hypocri hypocrisy. over the weekend, protesters gathering outside the republican leader's house. but dechlts have vemocrats have power here. their best hope to try and pressure a handful of key republicans to break ranks. joe biden sunday with a direct appeal. >> uphold your constitutional duty, your conscience. let the people speak. cool the flames that have been engulfing our country. >> reporter: now four republicans would have to break with their party and side with democrats to block a confirmation, and so far two of them, susan collins of maine and lisa murkowski of alaska have

both said they think this decision should be up to the next president. george? >> mary bruce, thanks very much. coming up, robin will speak with ruth bader ginsburg's closest friends. robin? >> nina. yes, i will george. now we turn to tropical storm beta. matt gutman is on the ground. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. you see the winds kicking up, but one thing you'll notice. it's dry out here. beta is a dying storm, but still dangerous. enough to royal up the oceans here, and this is the sea wall that protects galveston from the gulf of mexico, and i'll go down here and show you where the beach used to be. that surge is already up several feet and the beach line used to be about 50 yards in that direction. still is dangerous. it has been enough to engulf homes in this take on roads. of course the biggest concern is the fourth largest city in the country, that's houston.

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right now it's time for "pop news" with lara. >> hi, guys. good morning. we're going to talk emmy news and two big wins that happened before the show aired last night. first up rupaul making emmy history by winning outstanding host for a reality program for the fifth consecutive year. that's amazing. it breaks a record for the most wins in the category's 13-year history. congratulations rupaul. so well deserved. eddie murphy winning his first emmy ever in his 40-year career. he had five nominations. finally got the gold for winning guest actor in a comedy series, winning for his hosting gig on "saturday night live." that's 40 years after he first appeared on the show. murphy appeared in shock when he accepted his award. take a look. >> thank you so much for giving me an emmy. i don't have an emmy.

this is 40 years since i started "saturday night live." this is my first emmy. so thank you so much. to have the show turn out the way it did, i'm still floating from it. thank you to everybody for giving me an emmy. >> so great. eddie beat out some pierce competition including brad pitt for his turn as dr. anthony fauci. adam driver among some of the stars up for that award. congratulations to eddie murphy. also in "pop news" not everybody could be a winner at the emmys including ramy youssef. he was nominated for lead actor in a comedy, but he did not win an award. he did win the internet, everybody. for showing what happens after you lose. here's the video. he took off -- the trophy presenter leaves in a black tie hazmat suit. he had been dispatched to ramy's

home to present the award, but instead, there he is waving good-bye. he said, yeah. that's what happens when you lose the emmy. he wasn't the only one to find the funny in the loss. samantha b. showing what was in that black box that the academy sent her. for a standing variety talk series, it wasn't the ene emmy. the emmy popping for john oliver when his name was called. samantha after a struggle opening the box. here's john oliver's. it opens up. one of them has an emmy pop up. there it is, and then samantha tries opening her box, and it's a bottle of wine which is by the way, not a bad prize, and she agreed. so everyone's a winner at this emmy's, and then finally another emmy moment that set the internet on fire. if you made it to the end ohi w. you probably saw jimmy invite all the viewers to an emmy afterparty on zoom.

check it out. >> we invite you to the sad zoom after party. meeting i.d. 4599567155. stay safe. please vote and bababooey. >> it turns out that that was a real zoom code. many took to twitter to share they did try to crash the virtual gathering hoping to see some celebs. one person on twitter posting the screen shot writing let me tell you my story about my two minutes in the emmy after party zoom. so apparently it wasn't nion had her own after party from home. look. some of her furry friends. she posted these adorable shots of her dogs dressed up and ready for a party. she shared before the show this photo writing emmy prep in my other mask. there she is. well, guys, we can all agree this emmys one for the looks.

-- books. lots to talk about. lots to share, and i would say that jimmy nailed it. back to you, robin. >> it was highly entertaining. i have to agree with you. all right, lara. thank you. now we move onto our "gma" cover story. more on the legacy of ruth bader ginsburg, her unprecedented legal career taking her to an unlikely place in her later years, and that is pop culture icon. we'll hear from one of her closest friends in just a moment. deborah roberts joins us now with more on such an incredible life. good morning, deb. >> reporter: good morning, robin. you're right. there have been other supreme court justices who left a mark on the court, but few have resonated as profoundly as ruth bader ginsburg. she stood barely five feet tall. her image loomed large. the 87-year-old justice just a fierce fighter in life and work.

and as you say, she achieved cult-like status. the world remembers her as a brilliant legal superforce. in the latter part of her career justice ruth bader ginsburg also became a cultural icon. her fight for equality getting the full hollywood treatment in the movie "on the basis of sex." >> i'm going to give you a corner office. >> i wasn't what they were looking for. women are too emotional to be lawyers. >> reporter: with a giant intellect ginsburg was hailed for here legal prowess and sharpened sense. so much so that she was affectionately dubbed the notorious rbg. lawyer and author shawna giving her that fierce-sounding nickname on a blog as a law student seven years ago, comparing her to the notorious b.i.g. >> they both used their words to speak truth to power. >> reporter: the justice with the whimsical collars leading the world in memes.

leading some to call her the meme supreme. >> you could see the gleam in her eye as she took in the love of the crowd. >> reporter: her image finding its way onto t-shirts, mugs, tattoos. her cultural impact sealed with "saturday night live" paying homage to the legendary justice in this video. >> i float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. i clean myself like a fly. >> reporter: in the oscar-nominated documentar documentary "rbg," ginsburg reacting to this clip. >> she was able to laugh at kate mckinnon's impersonation of her which is over the top, yet there was a real truth behind that impersonation. it gave her a kick. >> reporter: her biggest impact of all may be on the next generation. this weekend social media flooded with parents sharing pictures of their daughters dressed up as the justice, all honoring their role model. ruth bader ginsburg was a huge opera buff even appearing on

stage in a small speaking role just a few years back. the tributes and the honors just pouring in for this extraordinary life. the governor of new york even announcing plans to build a statue in ginsburg's honor in brooklyn, her hometown. robin? >> deb, thank you. joining me now is ginsburg's good friend and legal affairs correspondent, nina totenberg. nina, thank you for your time this morning. our condolences to justice ginsburg's family and close friends as yourself. you knew her for more than 50 years. what a blessing that must have been. when did you meet and how did you become close? >> i first met her when i started covering the court in my early 20s. i was reading a brief. i didn't know much about my beat at the time. i was reading a brief about sex discrimination. i didn't understand it. i picked up the phone and called her. i got an hour-long lecture on

the 14th amendment equal protection guarantee. i was like a stuffed goose afterwards. the next time we met was in person. we were at some conference. we never agreed on what it was, but it was very boring, and so, well, we did what lots of other women do. we went shopping. >> i'm so glad you're letting us see the other side of her. the fact that she was such a close friend, when you got married in 2000 she officiated the wedding. almost didn't happen. because that it did is when you really knew what a commitment meant to justice ginsburg, right? >> correct. she would forbid her husband marty to call me the night before because she had had a blockage from all the radiation and chemo she had. she said it was my election eve

and she was not about to let me be worried. like thousands of other people who had this experience she showed up the next day to perform the wedding ceremony. never told me about anything that had happened until after the ceremony, after the dinner. she said, you know, i was in the hospital last night, nina. would it be all right if i leave a little early? >> everything she went through and she still showed up. there's something that you want to make sure, nina, people understand about her. what is that? >> you know, i've been thinking a lot about why she became such a cultural icon in her 80s. in all different forms she was such a stand-up person. she wasn't just a stand-up person for individuals who were her friends or who she knew about. she was a stand-up person for everyone, for women, for minorities, for gays.

that was her biggest role in some ways on the court, was that she was a stand-up person for america and for americans as individuals. >> just one of the many reasons she is being celebrated and will be remembered. nina, thank you very much for your insight in letting us see a side of justice ginsburg we may not have known. our sincere condolences to you and her family. be well. >> thank you, robin. be safe. >> quite a friendship between the two of them. amy and george, i remember being on a flight from washington to new york. justice ginsburg was on the flight. people before. the reaction from people getting on the plane and seeing her sitting there, i will never, ever forget that and how kind

she was to everybody who stopped her. she was busy. she had her papers out. she was working. i have never seen that kind of reaction. never. >> made a mark in so many ways. >> she earned all that respect. >> certainly did. she did. let's get to ginger. ginger? >> robin, flash flood watches from new orleans to victoria, texas. even though you hear it's just a tropical storm they can drop up to a foot of rain.

now to more on tv's biggest virtual night. even if we didn't see the winners step on stage, there was still plenty of excitement when it came to priceless reactions at home. will reeve is back. good morning again, will. >> reporter: hey again, amy. there was no red carpet, no audience filled with applauding peers and a couple speeches were done from the couch. despite all the changes, some of the biggest names in tv still went home or stayed home winners. for nearly the entire first hour that fun-loving rose family from that show about a creek was all america saw. >> oh my goodness. this tent is on fire. >> reporter: sweeping the comedy category with seven consecutive emmys. >> for now, it just feels really [ bleep ] good. i don't think i can say that on "good morning america." i just did.

it's true. >> you can't say that. we also can't say the name of your show on "good morning america." >> let's start to change that. after seven emmys can we say let's allow morning television to say the word. >> reporter: for the cast and crew watching from a tent in canada, it truly was a family affair. >> as a dad getting to work with both my kids, daniel and sara. hi, honey. >> eugene you last won an emmy the year your son was born. now you're winning emmys together. what does that feel like? >> my son came up and said do you want to work on a show? here we are. we used to refer to it as the little engine that could. i guess we finally pulled into a big station. >> what is your favorite season? >> awards. >> it's strange this sad virus has forced people to stay home and discover some shows they never watched and that we seem

to be a marker for how a family might survive being holed up in a couple rooms together. i'm honestly grateful. >> annie, you were about to quit the business. whl 'm sur isiss zendaya, "euphoria" >> reporter: another star making their win a family affair zendaya, the youngest ever to take home lead actress in a drama series. what does that all feel like to you? what's going through your mind? >> i was nervous. having my family here and the love surrounding me brought me a lot of comfort. >> reporter: cozy at home or on stage, the stars still showed up looking fierce. one of the sweetest moments of the night came from uzo aduba after her best supporting act actress win.

>> mama, i won. >> reporter: mom was there during the interview. >> my mom is calling me. >> mom comes first. >> that's something that does not happen. >> what does mom need? >> i don't know, but she's calling me. just a second. i'm doing an interview. >> does she want to come join? >> no, she does not. >> hello to your mother. congratulations to you and to your mother. good night. >> i'll be back y'all. coming mom. >> reporter: lots of family at the emmys. jeremy strong won for "succession." he had a balloon given to him by his daughter and of course, eugene, daniel and sarah levy, they ran up the scores, guys. >> they did such a good job. will, thank you. coming up next we have millie bobby brown joining us live. stay with us. will, thank you. coming up next we have millie bobby brown joining us live. stay with us.

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got like a covid driving test which is really exciting. she stood outside the car and told me what to do. i was very proud of myself. i passed. >> congratulations. that's a great way to celebrate your 16th birthday. talk to us about playing sherlock holmes' little sister. we saw you doing some jujitsu. that can't have been easy. >> no. it's not easy to do jujitsu itself. doing it in a corset and heels made it difficult. i think it made it more fun. obviously wearing a corset, you know, makes me feel like i was in character. i loved every element of playing enola. that was one of my favorite parts, the stunts. >> let's give everybody a look. >> mr. holmes, mr. holmes. >> yes?

>> you sent for me. >> enola. >> my god. >> look at you. you're such a mess. what happened to your gloves? >> i have a hat. makes my head itch. i have no gloves. >> that was henry cavall playing sherlock. sam's character is very serious. we understand he wasn't so serious in between your takes. tell us about it. >> oh my goodness, i was trying to keep set really fun and light especially because mike kroft is such a traditionalist. he's very serious all the time. to have sam kaplan onset, he's a

very funny person. something henry is goodt as so action, he's good at stop laughing. i carry on the laughter and have to go off the set. that's how i remain 16. that's how i know i'm still 16. i definitely -- i crack up at every little thing sam does, especially his dance moves. they crack me up. definitely embarrassing older brothers. >> have to ask you about "stranger things." i know you were about to start season four when covid hit. what can you tell us about plans on getting back? >> we all want to get back to work as soon as possible. i lengas soot'a saf environment to go back, i'm sure we will. i know the fans want to see what's next. obviously i know what's next.

it's very hard to keep that in. i'm very excited and i hope to get back to work very soon. >> i know a lot of people have been binging "stranger things" during quarantine. we might have an idea what you're binging. you dressed as rachel from "friends" for a "w magazine" photo shoot. has that been your favorite show? >> yes. definitely. it can be dpragreat to watch th news. it can be very educational. "friends" is a light hearted show that makes me laugh. >> millie bobby brown, thank you for being with us. "enola holmes" releases globally on netflix wednesday.

welcome back to "gma." our next guest is an emmy-award winning co-host of the view and former federal prosecutor. she's author of a brand ne of ae "i am these truths". sunny is good enough to talk to us on "gma."

congratulations. i'm a little bleary eyed. i read your book last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. before we get to the book, sunny, i want to ask you about what you'll be talking about on sh received a major award. you did some of her readings from her writes throughout her career. what do you think her legacy is going to be, sunny? >> well, robin, you know, we lost such a courageous and brave champion of civil rights and especially of women's rights. i think that will be her greatest legacy, what she did for women. when i honored her -- i was so humbled to have met her. she's a tiny woman, but so fierce. we read a lot of her opinions and her opinion in the lily

ledbetter case, she wrote the dissent. she wrote the court does not comprehend or is indifferent to the ways which women can be vic. that led to president obama signing the lily ledbetter act r which led the way she fought. she fought for us. i cried when i heard she passed. she was so magnificent. >> in so many ways. you're a fighter too, sunny. i knew that about you. i learned more about that through reading your book. there was another supreme court justice who had a little influence on your book. tell us about that. >> yes. you know, i have the honor of knowing justice sotomayor. we're both puerto ricans from the south bronx projects.

she said to me when are you writing your book. i said to her recently i'm writing that book, justice. she said make sure it's in spanish and english. that way when there's a little girl or boy in a class and that person has english as a second language, as do you and as do i, they will know being bilingual is a gift, it's special and they will be proud of it. justice, i did it. it's in english and in spanish. i'm so happy she encouraged me to do that. i'm already getting wonderful feedback from people all over the world that are telling me, spanish , gracias, you did it in i'm sure. i mean, you have -- oh my goodness. the way you've had to straddle, navigate two words, even

changing your name sunny. tell people your real name. do you have any regrets? >> i have many regrets. my name is asuncion. i'm named after my mother's mother's sister. i was on court tv with nancy grace. at the break nancy was having trouble pronouncing my name. she said can i say something to you? i said yes. she said no one can pronounce that. you should change it. i said when i was in school people called me sunny. she changesed -- changed the chiron after the break, and i have been sunny ever since. my career blew up. i becamether never forgave me for doing that. it kind of changed the trajectory of my identity.

people question, what are you? where are you from? had i not severed that tie, it wouldn't be such a question. i regret doing it, but i did it to sort of become more americanized in a sense. it's something a lot of people struggle with. >> yeah. people -- it's going to resonate with so many people, sunny, your book especially in the times we're going through. speaking of time, they're giving me the wrap. i'm like it's sunny. she's our girl. they're giving me the bum's rush. i wish i could talk to you more about that. >> i understand. >> i'm so incredibly proud of you, sunny, for this and so many other reasons. >> thank you. >> i wish you all the best with the release of the book, "i am these truths: a memoir of justice, and living between

worlds" is out now. you can catch sunny on "the view" weekdays at 11:00 eastern. sunny, be well.k ng. >> thanks, robin. >> thank you, robin, and congrats, sunny. it's a big night for football fans. monday night football celebrating its 50th birthday. returning to abc for the first time since 2005. the las vegas raiders take on the new orleans saints. it all starts here, now we'll help support now we'll help support america's incredible black female entrepreneurs during the pandemic. this segment sponsored by visa. they're committed to helping small business owners recover from covid-19 by providing tools and resources to overcome all

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he was right. this story, my story, could not be told without all of the amazing people who did what my rabbi said at jamie's funeral. he said we don't move on. we move forward. every day since this happened, especially after jamie, new people as well as people who i relied upon my whole life were there to carry me. every single day, and my story is not possible without them, and honestly for this country and for everyone who gets a chance to read my book, i hope they think about all those amazing others in their life as well. >> the second tragedy your brother who was in 9/11, died of 9/11 illnesses. >> yes, four months before jamie was killed. >> what a year that must have been for you, and i know you've made it your mission right now to reduce gun deaths in america.

you're trying to go out of your way to find common ground with those who disagree, those who believe in the second amendment. >> it's the reason why when the current occupant of the white house says the second amendment is under attack i get so angry. it's not. the reality is there's nothing about what i want to do that affects legal gun owners. i want to keep those who intend harm to us or to themselves from having the access and means to get the weapon to do it. what i want to do is save lives. it's not any impact on legal owner gun owners. my father-in-law is a legal gun owner. i spent my life with my best friends who are police officers. when they're not working, they're still with their weapons.

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