and chief executive officer of the john and lillian lewis foundation and former chief of staff to john robertkeem jeffries, colleagues, friends and families of congressman john lewis. it warms my heart and it is amazing. it is kind of ironic that we are here today to celebrate john lewis and the u.s. postage stamp that will bear his likeness. ironic may not be the exact word. let me tell you why it came to mind when i talk of this occasion. i was congressman lewis's chief of staff back in the day before there was internet and before everyone had a cell phone. dbs trackers were not generally available. so when i had to track the congressman down, which i had to do rather often, i had to sent interns to do it the first place i would send them would be here. i would tell them to come here first. most of the time, here is where they would find him. he was talking to groups of students, chatting with the capitol police, catching up with colleagues, answering questions from visitors or just wandering around looking at the statues. john love this place. he was in awe of this place. this place streng

now it's my pleasure to introduce the chief justice of the united states supreme court, john roberts, jr. and now another pleasure to introduce the first lady of the united states of america, dr. jill. as we start this ceremony, i would ask that everyone please rise for the presentation of the colors by the navy color guard, followed by the singing of our anthem by millicent scarlett millicent scarlett. paul. pardon. oh, say hey, can you see. oh, is it also elongate or what? so we hit at the top. it's a classically meaning who's broadcast stripes and bright. is three oh plus eight or the three points we searched worse to leave in. boosting me group. three the late that often was still there. oh see it stands tall spangled. it will even or those. easy you see. in the. thank you again millicent scarlett. and once again on behalf of national archives foundation, i want to welcome to this very, very special, our foundation. the national archives foundation has been the nonprofit partner of the national archives for over 30 years. and we are the ones that support, promote, plan and help ex

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shall be one that was argued is supreme court led to john roberts they attacked the voting rights act before they were successful with john roberts for the most part you almost come back with another challenge will strike down section five. the effort to restrict and suppress the vote has a history of reaction to a historic election were african-americans and others voting in large numbers and a new coalition came into formation. the response was let's use the court system seek to get the supreme court to in effect citizens united overturned and many members a prior supreme court case. shelby overturned supreme court cases. i put this in context because this is a long for power. after shelby and 2013 my analogy is the floodgates were opened and the alligators, the crocodiles, the serpents, they all came out in state legislature. voter suppression, voter id you name it if they could think of it they would try to pass it. in the 80s and 90s matters in the bleat louisiana legislature all of those laws and proposals have been introduced in the louisiana legislature. i never got out of com

and in this ruling john roberts seemed to say that the president is an officer of the united states. if he and to elle's point neil gorsuch have seemed to find in the past that the president is an officer. that doesn't seem a door to go back through. is there some other way. i think politically they want trump gone, but i can't think of any other way to get out of it. >> well, look, i think that you're right. that the law seems very clear on this officer of the united states point. in fact, donald trump himself in one of his other cases, in the past year, argued that the president is an officer of the united states. so, you know, they're sort of trying to have it all different ways. i guess as i look at the supreme court, i want to think that this is the supreme court that has actually taken a pretty tough line on abuses of power by donald trump, has affirmed congressional oversight of donald trump. it's also a supreme court that, you know, as you talked about, at least in some cases has taken a textualist and originalist approach. i think that's an approach that in this case really

a young woman who wrestled cattle in arizona, a generous colleague and mentor to chief justice john roberts, even as a tough mom. >> what do we say to this special person? this little cowgirl, this remarkable woman from a remote cattle ranch in arizona, this mother, this justice who did so much for so many people? we say to her, we thank you, we love you, we will never, ever forget you. >> that was her son jay, who remembered his mother as a force of nature, and who brought o'connor's grandson to tears. so many memories including how she honed her ability to question lawyers by grilling her own sons at the dinner table. o'connor who died at 93 was, of course, also a breaker of glass ceilings, a remarkably tough and able jurist, even though as the crowd learned today, she once got a b in civics class. the president who helped lead her confirmation hearing in the senate more than four decades ago remembered her this way. >> empowered generations of women in every part of american life, including the court itself, helping to open doors, secure freedoms, and prove that a woman cannot only do an

and i think perhaps even more importantly, john roberts has turned out to be a failed justice.s and strikes. and under his tenure, we had two major leaks, because let's not forget, we have confirmed sam alito leaked the hobby lobby opinion to his christian evangelical friend in 2014. the fact we have had two major leaks and john roberts instituted this investigation that turned out to be a big nothing burger, his response has basically been a shrug emoji, and the idea there's been no fervor to get to the bottom of how it was leaked and to enforce restraints on these justices who are the only judges in the country who are not bound by an enforceable code of ethics. >> you're referring to a 2022 report about the hobby lobby case. again, a second leak, as you say. do we know anything about how this leak investigation plays out here? we have all of this information, "the new york times" seems to have uncovered, yet we still don't know the identity of the leaker. who did it? >> sam alito did it. i mean, when the leak happened, back in may of that year, it occurred to me almost immed

i love the self deprecating humor of chief justice john roberts.ave to decide! the ripping off of that intellectual band-aid. you hear so many people trying, twisting their hands, wringing their hands, trying to figure out what the next step will be, isn't that exactly what you want as a supreme court justice? when it hits the fan, the proverbial hits the fan, sometimes you just have to decide. decided she did! >> she did it without regret. you get that sense of her, including in her interviews with her, once she made a decision, that was it! [laughs] >> there were no regrets. >> she was a powerful woman. thank you, we love you, we will never forget you. that was from her son, jay. >> he did such a nice job. he even started out saying, if i lose it, two years, with so many people -- >> and her grandchildren. >> they were all in tears. i have instructed people to start playing music. he was, obviously, so close to her in terms of her work and what was going on around the family dinner table. telling beautiful stories, putting her in the home as well

a date i remember well as then john roberts, the current chief justice, replaced rehnquist. initially was to replace her. her resignation came on june 30th, 2005. she had three children and six grandchildren. she passed away in arizona. she was, as chief justice roberts said, a daughter of the american southwest. an incredible woman and sad news as we just learned that sandra day o'connor has died. shannon bream, our supreme court expert probably knew her very well. shannon, thank you for jumping on the phone with us as the news has just come in. >> shannon: she was a pioneer in so many ways. you reference her time out west and where she was from and it was such an interesting back drop to see her become the first female appointed to the supreme court. she often told the story about graduating from stanford and not being able to get a job. no law firm would hire her as a woman in the 50s and 60s. she struggled to make it in the legal profession. to think she came out of school, she found a roadblock to any kind of legal career and she decided to plow forward and ends up on t

let me ask you about chief justice john roberts and where he fell on this. >> john roberts didn't wanttake the case. he had in an earlier case, albeit in a limited way, voted in favor of abortion rights, and then once the case was taken, he found a middle ground where he would have upheld the law for mississippi in front of the court that would ban abortions after 15 weeks. so that would be a significant below, but it wouldn't be 0 weeks. it wouldn't be doing away with roe. it would be doing away with the part of roe that says viability is the dividing line. and states can't ban abortion before viability. had he was working hard to come up with a compromise and to try to peel off one vote. maybe justice kavanaugh, maybe justice barrett, and as i said, justice breyer, a liberal, thought about joining that compromise position, undermining a part of roe, trying to save roe. chief justice roberts, the name sake of the supreme court, the nominal leader was out flanked by five justices to his right, and found himself with the lonely compromise position for which he was the only vote. >> let

this is chief justice john roberts in a statement. we at the supreme court, he says, mourn the loss of a beloved colleague, a fiercely independent defender of the rule of law and an eloquent advocate for civics education and we celebrate her enduring legacy as a true patriot. >> thank you for bringing us that breaking news. now we want to go to laura jarrett with a look back at sandra day o'connor's life and legacy. >> keeping a campaign promise to put the first woman on the supreme court, ronald reagan nominated sandra day o'connor in 1981. the daughter of an arizona rancher, she came highly recommended as a conservative, sounded like one during her confirmation hearing. >> my own view in the area of abortion is that i am opposed to it as a matter of birth control or otherwise. >> reporter: as a justice, at first she criticized the roe versus wade abortion ruling but later joined the majority in a series of cases upholding abortion rights in the '90s. as the first female justice, her every action was scrutinized. tension she would la

as you will hear from president biden and chief justice john roberts, it's remarkable because both ofhem really first met her in 1981. john roberts was working in the reagan administration, in the white house, he was helping to prepare her for her confirmation hearing, and then, of course, senator biden was somebody questioning her as part of the process, and who engaged with her and even told her that she should use the fact that she was going to be this trailblazer, this first woman to serve as a supreme court justice as something she could use to go out and push the equal rights amendment forward, for instance, and that's something sandra day o'connor pushed back on, saying that would be part of her judicial ethics, and then president biden said it would be a big part of her legacy, and that's something you will, no doubt, hear from the president as he recognizes her as an icon and trailblazer, and he always found she did try, at least, to arrive at a common ground, which is something that the president said in his statements after her passing was something that he admired, and tha

president biden and chief justice john roberts are scheduled to speak. the service gets underway at 11:00 a.m. eastern. we will have live coverage on c-span. yesterday, justice sonya sotomayor honored justice o'connor as she lay in repose. justice sotomayor the heaven shed a tear, i thank the chief justice and the o'connor family or the privilege of speaking today in honor of my life role model, sandra day o'connor. i start where i believe she would have started by introducing her beloved family. scott o'connor and his wife, joni with their two children courtney, adam, and keeley. brian o'connor and his wife, sean, and their children weston and sawyer. j o'connor and his wife and their sons. over the years i've had the pleasure of spending time with some of the o'connor family. and serving alongside jay on the civics board where we worked to continue sandra's initiative in civics education. we are here today to mark the passing of a truly remarkable person. to honor and remand better -- and remember sondra for not only her work as a judge but her humanit

john roberts and the rest of the supreme court, they live in the real world. they know trump is trying to push this out as far as he can so it's not resolved before the election. and they have a choice to make, whether they want to be complicit in that or not. i have to think that roberts as much as possible wants unanimous decisions on these kind of momentous questions that back in 2000 was the beginning of the supreme court's descent in the eyes of the american public. i think you would like to avoid that. maybe the way to do that is in essence join these two rulings. i'd also point out that, you know, the idea that -- clearly the indictments of trump affect the nomination. joe biden's approval rating is under 40%, and the two of them are running even. the idea there is no resistance, no cost to trump for his behavior isn't supported by the facts. >> julian, there is this extraordinary government out in colorado from just a presidential historian standpoint, i mean, i have to think that you are kind of struck by how remarkable it is to have the colorado supr

chief justice john roberts says he understands technology to transform his work take a slow approacho ai. in dehumanizing the law. saying in part quote some may wonder whether judges are about to become obsolete. i am sure we are not. the u.s. to seek ai at the center of court cases the "new york times" is suing open ai and microsoft over copyright violations. >> copyright laws when you have machine learning models that are training on the work and the data of journalists for publications in those publications are not receiving royalties or any compensation for that underlying training data there is a problem. that is white this case is going to really set legal precedents depending what happens here. >> supreme court will also look ahead to several politically charged disputes the new year. many cases will focus on former president donald trump's legal troubles and reelection efforts included whether states can keep his name off a primary and general election ballots for the supreme court could hear arguments on abortion, social media restrictions, gun ownership or the justices will

john roberts, get on that. rs we need a cowboy, right, kennedy? >> kennedy: we absolutely do. i think this is clever marketing for the college football playoff, so as you know, the university of texas longhorns, they are playing u.w., so, i think this is a little bit of -- maybe they are not so good with geography, thought it was seattle and the steer went clear and went in the wrong direction, but that's what i think it is. >> if the bull is any indication how the team will play, i will take it. this goes to show that like you can see anything in new york any day, any minute, it's insanity. speaking of cowboys, were the one we saw, ricky littlejohn, lassoing a cow on the freeway. i thought we saw the peak of loose bulls. i don't know. >> it's so america. >> to my point earlier, we don't grow them like that in northern new jersey. we grow them like me. i saw that i'm like -- >> kayleigh: a florida boy could do it. >> people forget how agricultural florida is, cattle farms. and on the college football playoffs, i

chief justice john roberts is speaking eulogizing the former u.s. supreme court justice sandra day o'connor thchl is her beautiful funeral today. listen in and watch together. >> i was proud to be part of her team. i thought our group did a pretty good job. after all the justice was confirmed 99-0 and we must have had something to do with that. only many years later was i told she thought i had been slow in getting material to her. i should have learned that when she had a challenge or responsibility before her, her approach was simple and direct. get it done. the way she participated in oral argument at the court is a good example. justices have many styles on the bench. some like the back-and-forth of debates, others pose unusual hypotheticals, some badger counsel to get concessions and others spell out a particular theory at length and ask for comment. all this is fine and good. but justice o'connor was different. after the advocate had gotten through a couple sentences, the justice would jump in before her colleagues with a well-prepared questio

with the john robert lewis voting rights investment act. deuel: they're very much trying and appreciate the work of representative sewell and others who are pushing. but i think that that's really sort of indicative of the unfortunate situation we're in in which the voting rights act has always been the crown jewel of civil rights law. it's not just about protecting particular party, it's about protecting voters in cities, in school boards, in county council races. and so it's also bringing litigation all over the country, we're bringing litigation not just challenging congressional maps but also challenging state legislative maps in places like alabama and louisiana. and we're also challenging city school boards. we're also challenging city councils in places like alabama to bring the representation -- terri: and county commissions. we have one in jefferson county. deuel: and so i say all that to say that it sometimes tkpwetsd lost when we're talking about the voting rights act, the implications of it, but what's really important is that t

president biden and chief justice john roberts spoke at the ceremony. you can watch online on c-span.org and the free c-span video app. a former cia deputy director for analysis talks about the gathering, implementation, and information of open source intelligence. topics include the role of intelligence analysts and tradecraft, guarding against disinformation and misinformation, and the difference between traditional and clandestine intelligence gathering. >> good morning and welcome to our final program of the calendar year. we are pleased to host one of the community's leaders for the first in our three part series, the future of open source intelligence, sponsored by james. before we begin, a couple of housekeeping notes. if you have any questions, and we hope you do, please submit them through the questions box on the right side of your screen. we have over 700 registered for today's program, so i will do my best to get to as many questions as possible. we are pleased to welcome members of the press for this call as well. this is on the record and

president biden and chief justice john roberts will deliver eulogies for her. she died december 1st at 93 years old and must beloved as you can see. >> bill: amazing sight today. we'll watch that momentarily. she said growing up in the ranch in arizona. no country for sis -- for a sissy. >> she grew up on a cattle ranch in el paso, texas and very interesting you talk about diversity on the court. there is a need for geographical diversity as well, right? not everybody can come from the esteemed new england states. to have somebody from the southwest in the 80s. i mentioned this yesterday, she was confirmed 99-0 in the reagan administration. imagine the supreme court fights we've had since then. some might say partly because of some of the decisions she was part of that ultimately led to a lot of the discord across the country about some of the supreme court decisions including upholding roe v. wade at one point. >> bill: in 1987 some of her parting words when she was in private life or headed that way our purpose in life is to help others along the way. may you

also expected is chief justice john roberts, on so we'll want to watch that live as well.g with my team off camera i was home recently in arizona and she had such an impact on the nation but sandra day o'connor is a hero, an all-american, air we were in arizona three days before her passing at the end of thanksgiving. people were talking about. saying wow, she would be great for this time, wouldn't she? but it was time for us to remember her and that's what they are doing today. this is really moving at the national cathedral in washington. so we'll pull away from this for just a moment, unless chief roberts is going to make his comments. they usually will break in song and they have been doing that. i don't want to cut away too soon because we aren't quite certain but we'll check back in. justice sandra o'connor being remembered. more polling setting off alarm bells for the biden re-election campaign. no one is ignoring them now, even though they said it doesn't matter and it's too far out. the president's approval rating has dropped to an all-time low at 34%. wouldn't th

. >> john: john roberts in washington.epublican leaders say the impeachment inquiry is necessary to force the white house to comply with their investigation while the same time giving them more leverage when seeking documents and testimony from key witnesses. >> sandra: right to it with hillary vaughan, does this formal impeachment inquiry change things for republicans? >> sandra, that's what they hope. they think that launching this formal impeachment inquiry means their subpoenas have a little more teeth and they will have a little bit better luck getting people to actually show up so these closed door depositions that they are trying to do as part of their ongoing investigation. today the committee did hear from lesley wolf, the former assistant attorney in delaware, accused of slow walking the hunter biden irs investigation by the irs whistleblowers. >> lesley wolf, according to mr. shapley and -- you cannot talk about the big one, meaning joe biden. >> majority of interviews after the new york. and also hunter biden f

i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. we will see you again tomorrow.artha: i'm martha maccallum right now on "the story." america's mo

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and he is going to be delivering a eulogy along with chief justice john roberts. o'connor first met them in 1981, and roberts helped her to prepare for her confirmation where biden was the top person on the judiciary committee. and she earned in 1952 a law degree from stanford university in two years, but despite graduating top of the class, her gender kept her from joining a law firm, so she opened up her own law firm. she was mostly known for being appointed to the high court in 1981, but she is quickly one of the most influential justices of her era, and truly a crucial swing vote on issues like abortion, affirmative action and the 2000 presidential election and perhaps the most notable vote planped parentally versus casey reaffirming the woman's right to an abortion. she helped to shape the decision that helped win george w. bush the white house against al gore. and she penned the majority decision of the post 9/11 detainee write and i am quoting her "a state of war is not a blank check." five women have since followed her footsteps to the court of the highest

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you could see chief justice john roberts worried about that, too. kicking the can down the road, let colorado go this way, but we will see another case, maybe this doesn't get anywhere in any other state, and then we cannot have to intervene. >> look, with two cases still on appeal and actions pending in 13 other states, with the california lieutenant governor asking the california secretary of state to rely on this to bounce trump -- i just can't imagine one or two or more states not taking the bait and disqualifying him. this is terrible. if the goal is to actually, like these indictments, lead to donald trump's defeat, it may have the exact opposite effect once more. all people are talking about is donald trump. nobody is talking about nikki haley or how ron desantis is going to do in iowa. anybody who was going, i don't buy all the stuff about a two-tiered system of justice, they are just out to get donald trump -- someone is going to say, maybe i should rethink that, maybe there is something to this. i think it is going to take donald trump's b

i'm sandra smith, i'm john roberts. see you tomorrow.ts right now. >> thanks very much, guys. good afternoon.

. >> john: so begins hour two, john roberts in washington. good to be back with you again, sandra. >> sandra: with you as well. i'm sandra smith. the war taking a devastating toll on children. in gaza, tens of thousands of kids are displaced from their homes and schools trying to survive in a war zone. and in israel, we are learning more about the children who hamas held hostage. "wall street journal" reporting on the psychological scars engrained on the kids for years to come. >> john: one israeli doctor tells the journal that a young girl began mimicking the men who held her captive, shouting shut up, sit down, don't make any noise, in arabic. another says the kids "looked like shadows of children." >> sandra: trey yingst has been covering the war since it began. he just got back from touring one of the israeli towns hardest hit, where hamas launched its deadly assault, claiming the lives of more than 100 people and taking dozens hostage. >> john: trey joins us now live, what is life like in the kibbutz these days? >> trey: good afternoon.

they also partially one over chief justice john roberts.when the ruling officially came down, which eliminated the constitutionally protected right to an abortion, it had, of course, profound implications that continue to reverberate every single day in this country. i, mean the dobbs decision reshaped the contours of american life, the politics of every state, red or blue, the lives, and day-to-day experience of women and pregnant people, and anyone who is related to them, nationwide. but even with the lake, the circumstances of the decision remained opaque. that's the way the court operates. for 18 months, we've had very little information about how and why the court made this radical ruling, until da the new york times just published an exhaustive investigative piece from behind the scenes of th dismantling of roe v. wade. through internal documents, contemporaneous notes, and interviews with more than a dozen people from the court, both conservative and liberal, who had realtime knowledge of the proceedings, the reporters reconstruct th

you could see chief justice john roberts worried about that, too. kicking the can down the road, let colorado go this way, but we will see another case, maybe this doesn't get anywhere in any other state, and then we cannot have to intervene. >> look, with two cases still on appeal and actions pending in 13 other states, with the california lieutenant governor asking the california secretary of state to rely on this to bounce trump -- i just can't imagine one or two or more states not taking the bait and disqualifying him. this is terrible. if the goal is to actually, like these indictments, lead to donald trump's defeat, it may have the exact opposite effect once more. all people are talking about is donald trump. nobody is talking about nikki haley or how ron desantis is going to do in iowa. anybody who was going, i don't buy all the stuff about a two-tiered system of justice, they are just out to get donald trump -- someone is going to say, maybe i should rethink that, maybe there is something to this. i think it is going to take donald trump's b

john roberts in washington. so begins a friday afternoon. >> sandra: good to be with you. sandra smith in new york. after a week-long truce which saw more than 100 hostages released, talks to extend that ceasefire collapsed after israel said hamas launched more rockets toward southern israel and failed to release all of the women and children that were part of the agreement. >> john: idf appearing to move the offensive to the southern part of the gaza strip, they claim many of the terrorist group senior leaders are alive and hiding in tunnels. strategy is facing opposition from the biden administration. >> sandra: we have complete coverage for you now. former national security councilmember michael allen standing by on what can be done to rescue the remaining american hostages. but first, let's get right to greg palkot, live on the ground in sderot, israel. greg, you and your team have seen the explosions all day. what's the latest from there? >> sandra, john, we are just hearing it right now. more blasts. we can confirm firsthand that the war between israel and hamas is v

president joe biden and chief justice john roberts delivered eulogies that highlighted her trailblazing as the first woman to serve on the nation's top court. mr. biden called her a pioneer who was gracious, wise, civil, and principal as he reflected on her legacy. >> such attributes under such pressure and scrutiny helped empower generations of women in every part of american life including the court itself. helping to open doors, secure freedoms, and prove that a woman cannot only do anything a man can do, but many times do it a heck of a lot better. >> she died on the first of december, aged 93 years old. let's turn now to some other stories making news around the world. the u.s., japan, and south korea have activated a north korean missile warning system. it comes as north korea launched its most advanced long-range missile monday. officials say the missile traveled for 73 minutes lasting west of japan. texas governor greg abbott signed a bill at will make border crossings illegal and punishable with jail time. it allows local and state police to arrest anyone suspected of having cr

can you foresee john roberts, for instance, taking up that opportunity? i probably couldn't foresee clarence thomas doing it. are there five that might? >> i honestly don't know. and this is actually one of those moments in journalism where, you know, there's a lot of criticism and a lot of it deserved for what we call access journalism, for people who really know their subjects or for people who are -- i think there's a lot of criticism less warranted for journalists who are really, really like deep earthworms in one particular beat, but this is one of those moments when people who really know the supreme court, not just as lawyers or ex-lawyers, but people who know these justices and the way these justices interact and in terms of the way they think about politics and their legacy and ethics and all those things, journalism about the court and this court and about these justices is about to get very, very hot and very important. those are going to be -- those people's phones are burning up right now. i think that dynamic that you raised is a real one, j

. >> john: john roberts in washington. this is "america reports".e promise we will not go to bars arbitrarily. not to say it won't happen, but not on purpose. hunter biden says maga republicans are targeting him and his family and compare his remarks with previous statements from the white house, the language regarding his father and his relation to hunter's business appears to be changing yet again. listen to this. >> i've never discussed my business or their business, my son's or daughter's. >> i've never spoken to my son about his overseas business. >> my answer remains the same, the president was never in business with his son. >> my father was not financially involved in my business. >> sandra: president biden insisted he did not discuss his son's business dealings and press secretary said he was never in business with his son, and now hunter says he was never financially involved. karine jean-pierre takes to the podium a few minutes from now. >> john: not the only issue dogging president biden today, across the street on capitol hill, lawmaker

john roberts in washington. welcome back to another busy week of news. >> good to be with you, this is "america reports". that attack seen as the biggest escalation yet against u.s. troops in the region. it is sparking alarm that president biden is failing to head off a wider war in the middle east. iranian backed militias are responsible for at least 75 attacks on american troops in the region in just the last six weeks. >> john: complete coverage now, daniel davis moments away why the biden administration is not doing more to protect american troops in harm's way. >> sandra: first chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon for us. does the military consider this incident an attack on the u.s.s. carney? >> well, interesting enough, they do not. they say that the drone go close enough that the u.s. carney decided to shoot it down but do not believe that the carney was the target. it's a bit of a nuanced argument at this point. but the u.s.s. carney did shoot down not one, but thr

. >> you've got to feel for john roberts, the chief justice hates when the court is sort of drawn intoinging of politics. i remember reporting about how much he abhorred being part of the first impeachment of donald trump, just overseeing the trial in the senate. this is 100% going to put the supreme court smack in the middle of 2024 where john roberts does not want it to be. either way, people are going to accuse them of being anti-democratic. if they rule against taking trump off the ballot and say he can be on the ballot, they're going to look like they're going against the constitution. but if they knock it down, they're going to look like they're overturning the will of the people. so it's bad either way for him. >> karl: we don't have a lot of time, so i want to get to our predictions or most surprising thing that you expect in 2024. rick? >> we have not heard the end of the third party challenges. we've got bobby kennedy jr. and cornel west, we've got no labels and anything they may do with joe manchin. i'm going to predict there's going to be more talk of that. maybe someone fr

supreme court justice sandra day o'connor including chief justice john roberts saying, she blazed a historic trail as our nation's first female justice she met that challenge with undaunted determination, indisputable ability, and engaging candor. >> it's thrilling in a way to be the first to do something, the first woman to ever serve on the court, but it's dreadful if you're the last. >> reporter: the daughter of a cattle rancher, o'connor grew up in arizona, a republican lawmaker and a judge before being nominated to the supreme court in 1981 after president reagan's campaign pledge to nominate a woman. >> i was concerned about whether i could do the job well enough to deserve saying yes. [ applause ] >> reporter: confirmed unanimously by the senate, she served on the court for 24 years holding a pivotal swing vote >> it really was the o'connor court for more than a decade, because she often cast the deciding vote on the most contentious cases. >> reporter: sometimes she sided with conservatives as she did in 2000 settling the presidential election in bush v. gore other times she was with

. >> chief justice john roberts also spoke and remembered o'connor's groundbreaking role in american history as well as her intellect and work ethic. >>> a powerful story of community that was born out of tragedy. it began when a southbay teacher lost her daughter to cancer. that's when her school rallied around her in a big way. nbc's ian cole was on campus for the emotional day. >> today was no ordinary assembly at james franklin smith elementary school in san jose. this was a moment to honor the students and community for their hard work outside of the classroom collecting donations. >> i'm so proud of them. >> fourth grade teacher sharon noyes said of the fundraiser for the leukemia and lymphoma society. >> this is very near and dear to my heart. >> sharon's daughter megan also went to the school but at age 23 after graduating from college she was diagnosed with leukemia. in october of last year megan passed away. >> trying to figure a way to channel my grief into doing something positive. i decided i'd start helping the laconia society. >> they rallied around the family. the stu

. >> o'connor died earlier this month at the age of 93 president biden and chief justice john roberts are both expected to speak during her funeral services later today >>> marvel star jonathan majors is facing up to a year in prison this morning after he was conv convicted of assaulting and harassing his ex-girlfriend. the actor found guilty of two of four charges stemming from arrest last march. he is best known for the marvel franchise and "creed three." >>> a popular video blogger is pleading guilty to aggravated child abuse in a utah court. she amassed more than 2 million subscribers on her youtube page sharing her strict parenting style. she and her business partner were arrested in august after police found one of her children with open wounds after escaping hildebrand's house frank's sentencing is scheduled for february 20th. >>> much of the east coast is now in recovery mode after a massive storm brought in heavy rain, flooding and high winds from florida to maine. at least two people were killed. one man in maine and another massachusetts emilie ikeda has the latest >> repor

but as chief justice john roberts said, she lived her life showing what was possible. >> sandra day o'connor had to study and launch a career in the law when most men in the established profession did not want women lawyers, let alone judges. >> reporter: she learned the values of hard work and independence growing up on an arizona cattle ranch. perseverance when no law firm would hire her as a top graduate from stanford, and political savvy in the arizona senate. on the supreme court, she was known as a swing vote, who opposed overturning roe v. wade. she was revered for helping her colleagues find common ground. >> quite simply, she was a force of nature. >> reporter: jay o'connor, the youngest of her three sons, said she wrote instructions for her funeral. in a letter to be unsealed on her death. in it was also one final message. >> "our purpose in life is to help others along the way." what a beautiful, powerful, and totally sandra day o'connor sentiment. ♪ america ♪ >> reporter: it was the message of her life, and live it she did. now, justice o'connor liked to say it's good to be the f

chief justice john roberts devered brief remarks on the special occasion. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. okay. good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon and welcome, welcome, welcome my >> ok, gd afternoon, everyone, and welcome. i am the director of the washington national opera at the kennedy center. thank you for clapping. one of our most famous and favorite patrons was delayed ruth bader ginsburg -- was the late ruth bader ginsburg. for us, she was truly devoted to our company, and we were truly devoted to her. she was probably the most famous opera fan that ever lived. went out into so many different places in world for her opera was a relief from all the things that she was certainly most famous. and so we are honored to be here today to offer a few so two selections that are really in her memory, which i think that she would have enjoyed. one of the things that she was a huge advocate of was what is known as our young artists program. this is a oup of 12 singers who are people on the brink of major careers. sure, there are many lawyers here. th