david souter when he was on the court, he sat next to me. we do everything in seniority order.ve to my -- he could sense when i was beginning -- my head was beginning to lower. so he would give me a pinch. now my colleagues -- i think they are more reluctant. >> who was sitting next to you. >> justice kennedy and they gave mae little jab but it wasn't enough. >> so little known fact david souter best known for being moderate supreme court justice for two decades we also know he was justice ginsburg's official pincher. that he would pinch her when she started to fall also, justice kennedy, step up. time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> word has it that you are an official pincher for chris matthews. >>> today the egyptian military struck back against islamic state. and lorne michaels will talk about the 40 amazing years of saturday night live. >>> a dramatic escalation of egypt's role in the battle against isis

david souter when he was on the court, he sat next to me.verything in seniority order, so -- and he was sensitive to my -- he could sense when i was beginning -- my head was beginning to lower. so he would give me a pinch. now, my colleagues i'm -- i think they're more reluctant. >> who was sitting next to you? >> justice kennedy on one side ask they gave me a little jab, but it wasn't enough. >> so little known fact david souter, best known for being a supreme court justice for decades, we now also know that he was justice ginsburg's official puncher when she started to fall asleep at speeches. and learning that come on, that's the best new thing in the world. may we all >>> good morning, everyone. right now on "first look," breaking news overnight a texas judge blocks president obama's executive order on immigration. 5 million people are now in deportation limbo. >>> an absolute mess as an ice storm from oak tok to the carolinas heads northeast, even shutting down the federal government. >>> and an incredible scene in west virginia where a

ginsburg said in previous years former justice david souter used to give her a little pinch before she nodded off. >> i think everybody needs a glass of wine before the state of the union. i'm just saying. >>> he didn't run for president but ran the campaigns that put barack obama in the white house. >> in sunday on capital download david axelrod tells my colleague susan paige why getting into office was just the beginning of this president's troubles. >> i don't think any other president has had people persistently challenge his very citizenship. i think those are consequences of his race and background in several ways. he has been treated in a way that i don't think a president who was white would be treated. >> he looks different without the moustache. >> they is in chicago. axel rod has advice for democrats if they want to hold onto the white house because the battleground of 2016 might well include your facebook page, what it will take to win in today's digital and social media world. join us sunday morning >>> sunday is the deadline to sign up for healthcare coverage through the

. >> he -- david souter. >> he had an acute sense and would giver me a pinch. >> reporter: ginsburg nicknamedtorious rbg" and scalia known as "nino," have long vacation the together with their families. scalia admiring his pint-sized partner's taste for adventure. >> and ruth, honest to goodness went up behind a motorboats in a sail -- >> yeah. i mean she's so light, you will think she will never come down. [ laughter ] >> reporter: their political differences an elephant in the room they aren't afraid to confront or ride as they in india. >> that was a rather bumpy ride. [ laughter ] >> some of her feminist friends gave me a hard time or her a hard time because she rode behind me on the elevator. big deal. i'm not kidding. >> it was -- the driver explained it was a matter of distribution of weight. >> reporter: pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> who knew those two vacationed together? how adorable. >>> a key ukrainian city is on edge now as a cease-fire gets closer. coming up hear why residents worry they'll become pawns in the bigger battle. >>> also ahead here the u.n. chief says yemen is c

. >> so little known fact david souter, we also know that he was justice ginsburg's official pincher. her when she would start to fall asleep at speeches. and learning that, that's the best new thing in the world. may we all have official pinchers when we need them. also justice kennedy step up. time for the last word with law lawrencelaw lawrence o'donnell. >> word has it that you are an official pincher

. >> so little known fact david souter, we also know that he was justice ginsburg's official pincher. that he would pinch her when she would start to fall asleep at speeches. and learning that, that's the best new thing in the world. may we all have official pinchers when we need them. also justice kennedy step up. time for the last word with law lawrencelaw lawrence o'donnell. >> word has it that you are an official pincher for chris matthews. >>> today the egyptian military struck back against islamic state. and lauren michaels will talkke -- lorne michaels will talk about the 40 amazing years of saturday night live. >>> a dramatic escalation of egypt's role in the battle against isis. >> the first time it's taken military action against the militant group. >> executing nearly two dozen egyptian christians. >> two men are under arrest. >> the danish nation is strong and we will not accept any attempt to threaten or intimidate our liberties. >> this latest terror attack comes as our department of homeland security runs out in just 12 days. >> we cannot cut funding for the department

which was the designated pincher, a, jus david souter, b, sandra day o conner, c, john paul, or d. > david suitor was when he was on the court, he sat next to me. he could sense whether i was beginning -- my head was beginning to lower, so he would give me a pinch. >> the correct answer is a. and rocky is correct again. >> well done, rocky. i thought learned hands being pinchy would have distracted you. this is a little twist. for your last question, you have a choice. i have two prepared. do you want a politics question or a weather question? >> politics. >> politics, okay. the answer to the weather question was portland, maine. but we're going to do the politics question. this is from thursday's show. we talked about the reaction among republicans to rudy giuliani saying that president obama does not love america. now, one republican presidential hopeful responded to that comment by volunteering a statement saying he agrees with rudy giuliani did that. who did that, george pataki, scott walker, ben carson, or bobby jindal? >> d, bobby jindal. >> steve, you got the answer for us? >

imagine somebody like david souter or christine whitman or -- just imagine the voice. a non-politician who committed to run for president with one promise -- that when elected they would do one thing to pass whatever the reform is that person thought was essential and then promise to resign. that's it. do one thing, a regent -- the regent is there while the children grow up. so we are going to force you to grow up by taking away this corrupting influence and the ordinary politician, the vice president becomes the president. the critical thing about this idea is there's no ambiguity if that person was elected why that person was elected. barack obama says i was elected for 44,000 of her reasons, but this is one person elected for one reason and there's no reason for congress pushing back against it because it's clear with the american people said and there would be plenty of incentive to give that person with that person wants because it's the easy way to get rid of that person. once you give them the bill, they've got to go home and you can get back to ordinary politic

law school specializing in constitutional law, a clerk for judge stephen williams and justice david souter, and he is written four books including conflict of laws, and the book that is the object of timothy sandefur's ire, and that is "the myth of judicial activism," making sense of supreme court decisions. lease join me in welcoming timothy sandefur and kermit roosevelt. [applause] tim, i'm so glad you're here. you have written a passionate and vigorous defense of the constitution of liberty. you begin by saying that constitutional history has always hovered in the mutual resistance of two principles the right of each individual to be free of the power of the majority to make rules. tell us about this principle which you call the primacy of liberty. is it is expressed in the declaration embraced by abolitionist the constitution should be interpreted in light of it. how should judges determined the constitution and by the presumption of liberty? >> the idea when you look at political institutions, the constitution or our legal system or what have you, we start with the premise that people

imagine somebody like david souter or christine whitman or -- just imagine the voice. a non-politician who committed to run for president with one promise -- that when elected they would do one thing to pass whatever the reform is that person thought was essential and then promise to resign. that's it. do one thing, a regent -- the regent is there while the children grow up. so we are going to force you to grow up by taking away this corrupting influence and the ordinary politician, the vice president becomes the president. the critical thing about this idea is there's no ambiguity if that person was elected why that person was elected. barack obama says i was elected for 44,000 of her reasons, but this is one person elected for one reason and there's no reason for congress pushing back against it because it's clear with the american people said and i was the plenty of dissension to give that person with that person wants because it's the easy way to get rid of that person. once you give them the bill, they've got to go home and you can get back to ordinary politics as

imagine somebody like david souter or christine whitman or -- just imagine the voice. a non-politician who committed to run for president with one promise -- that when elected they would do one thing to pass whatever the reform is that person thought was essential and then promise to resign. that's it. do one thing, a regent -- the regent is there while the children grow up. so we are going to force you to grow up by taking away this corrupting influence and the ordinary politician, the vice president becomes the president. the critical thing about this idea is there's no ambiguity if that person was elected why that person was elected. barack obama says i was elected for 44,000 different reasons but this is one person elected for one reason and there's no reason for congress pushing back against it because it's clear what the american people said and i was the plenty of dissension to give that person with that person wants because it's the easy way to get rid of that person. once you give them the bill, they've got to go home and you can get back to ordinary politics

so imagine somebody like don gaetz or david souter or christie whitman or my favorite, just imagine the voice. it would be fantastic. a non- politician. with one promise that it would do one thing to pass whatever the reform is that that person thought was essential and that promise to resign. that's it. one thing. the regions is there when the children grow up so washington is filled with lots of children so we are going to force you to grow up by taking away this corrupt influence and step aside and then the ordinary politician becomes president. [is that there is no ambiguity of the person is elected and why that person was elected. barack obama can say that i was elected for 34,000 different reasons but this person would be elected for one reason and there is no ability for the congress to push back against it if the congress wants to survive because it is pretty clear what the american people have said and there would be plenty of incentives by ordinary politicians to give that person with a person wants because it is the easiest way to get rid of that person. once you give them th

as a tack 81-year-old admitted she's had occasional help staying awake from now retired justice david souterould give me a pinch. >> ginsburg nicknamed that torious rbg, have long vacationed together with families. scalia admiring her taste for adventure. >> and ruth honest to goodness went up behind a motor boat in a -- >> parasail. >> yeah. i mean, she's so light you would think she would never come down. >> their political differences an elephant in the room they aren't afraid to confront or ride as they didin india. >> it was a rather bumpy ride. >> some of her feminist friends gave me a hard time or her a hard time because she rode behind me on the elephant. big deal. i'm not kidding. >> it was the driver explained it was a matter of distribution of weight. >> pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> a little bit of levity that you so rarely see. >> delightfully human especially when this court has to deal with difficult issues to see the human nature there. reassuring actually. >> very good point. >> still to come, did argentina's president try to cover up an iranian link to a deadly bombing.