not for sandra day o'connor.it. she became concerned that citizens were increasingly disengaged from their democracy. she looked to the future and she saw so clearly, decades before anyone else, that our democracy could not be taken for granted. she could not have been more precedent. she started a nonprofit that you've heard about today already, designed to teach young people how our government and democracy work in a way that is really fun and engaging using online, interactive role-based games all for free. today it is used by half of all middle school and high school kids in this country and over half the schools. business types, let me put her accomplishment in another way. at the age of 78, our mom founded and led a hot, tech-based nonprofit startup. within 10 years she had achieved 85% market share and 55% market penetration. not too shabby. church is a place for confession and i feel the need to come clean on a family secret that we protected for decades related to this very topic. years ago, while going

classic sandra day o'connor.er i met and married my beautiful wife heather, it was unclear who loved heather moore. my mom or me. i say it was me, but it was close. she buried her approaches with each of her sons based on her different interests and personalities. with her hardcharging eldest son scott, getting him to 5:30 am swim practice every morning helped him become an all-american swimmer at stanford. with her thrill-seeking middle son, ryan, it was a different story and different approach. when brian was in high school, he decided to secretly take hang gliding lessons. he knew our parents would not be thrilled. when my mother discovered a receipt dropped on the bedroom floor, smooth move, brian, there was quite a discussion that night at the dinner table. our parents said, hang gliding is literally the most dangerous sport in the world. we give you boys a lot of latitude, but we draw the line at hang gliding. for all we care, you could take up parachuting. naturally, the next weekend, brian took up parachu

when sandra day o'connor arrived at the u.s.half the justices showed up. so she made it her business to make the justices come to lunch. not to talk about cases or argue over the law, but to get to know each other. if they didn't go to lunch, she would go to their chambers and sit there until they did. when justice clarence thomas came on the court he later told me, he didn't much feel like going to lunch. but after conference, justice o'connor would walk with him down the hallway saying, clarence, you need to come to lunch. so finally as he told me, i started going to lunch. he felt he belonged. he said, she was the glue, the reason this place was civil was sandra day o'connor. justice o'connor, who had rounded up cattle as a teenage girl, expected you to do your job thoroughly and without complaint. one of her law clerks taped on the wall a photocopy of justice o'connor's hand with in message, if you want a pat on the back, lean here. she was tough, and she could be, as she called herself, bossy. every year she marched her cle

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 humanity, leadership, determination and vision. we cannot do that without giving thanks to each of you in the o'connor family for sharing shut -- first staring sean -- sa ndra with us, including your father who she adored and made the greatest of sacrifices to father -- to follow her to washington, d.c.. all of us owe you that gratitude. i know how precious that you were to her. each of you had your own unique relationship with her, and she cherished that relationship. she was especially grateful for her wonderful daughters-in-law, and it is not hard to imagine why. for a long time, the only women among men, saundra appreciated y

she got it done. >>> i'm jay o'connor, the youngest son of sandra day o'connor. normally, my voice isn't that raspy or alluring. after a very sore throat last night i woke up and was hardly able to speak. i'll do my best. mr. president, chief justice roberts, and evan thomas, the entire o'connor family is truly, truly honored and grateful for your generous words about our mother. we gladly shared our mother with the nation for 40 years. so imagine what it means to her sons and grandsons to hear the tributes that you have given here today and the outpouring of public admiration she has received since her death. thank you. i would like to share with you all a son's personal portrait of the human side of our mother, focusing on what she loved, what she believed and what she was like, especially as a mom. i should note that i have asked the choir to break into a lively song if my emotions get the better of me. her first love was the lazy b ranch where she was raised, where he had could look out across the rugged high desert unobstructed by trees and she could see for

not for sandra day o'connor. she saw big problem looming in the country and she decided to do something about it. she become concerned that citizens were increase ingly disengaged from their democracy. she looked to the future and she saw so clearly decades before anyone else that our democracy could not be taken for granted. she could not have been more present. so she start a nonprofit and designed to teach young people how our government and how our democracy work. in a way that's really fun and engaging. using online, interactive, role-based games and great content all for free. the concept took off. today it's used by half of all middle school and high school kids in this country and over half the schools. business types let me put her accomplishment in another way. at the age of 78, our mom founded and led a hot tech-based nonprofit startup. within ten years, she had had achieved over 85% market share and 50% market penetration. not too shabby. church is a place for confession. and i feel the need to come c

justice sandra day o'connor. to remember the ways her life touched ours, to entrust her to the keeping of her god. we also gather to surround her family with our love and support in their time of grief. she was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister. she was also a trusted court colleague. a cherished mentor. a friend, and a trailblazing inspiration to many. most of us gathered here were part of her court family. and this space, this building was a kind of holy space for us, the place where we had our most sustained interactions with her. in our shared sorrow, we gather to draw strength from one another and from the holy one upon whom the justice called throughout her life. let us pray. eternal god, lord of life and death, we thank you for your servant sandra and for the love and mercy she received from you and gave to us. in these moments of grateful remembrance, gather our pain into the piece of your presence. and assure us that not even death can separate us from your infinite mercy. amen. justice o'connor some

in 1930, o'connor excelled at school. she even earned a law degree from stanford university in just 2 years. but despite her impressive resume, she received only one job offer after graduating for secretary. >> i was shocked because i very well i was way up here. and i assumed everything would be perfect. it wasn't i couldn't get job offer. and i was shocked by the >> o'connor instead decided to work for free for the county attorney and san mateo, california. and after proving herself got her first paid job as the deputy county attorney, she later moved to arizona with her husband, john, to start a private practice. then in 1969, she got elected to the arizona state senate where she quickly rose to majority leader becoming the first woman in history to occupy that role in any state in the country. in 1981, o'connor accomplished yet another first for women while she was serving as a superior court judge in arizona, president ronald reagan's surprised the nation when he made o'connor the first woman to ever be nominated for

in washington, justice o'connor found her church.rble building on 1st street northeast. when she got to the supreme court in september is 1981, she was the first woman justice in our history in 200 years. on tv, millions watch ed a handsome, self-possessed woman with a gach-tooth smile disarm the senators, all of them male. the vote to confirm her was 99-0. the headline on the cover of "time" magazine read "justice at last." the law, like much else in our society, had long been dominated by men. sandra day graduated near the top of her class at stanford law school and was able to get only one job interview at a law firm. but not for a lawyer's job. the lawyer interviewing her asked how well can you type? she was never bitter. she went to the local da's office and asked if she could work there. i have no money to pay you, the da said. i'll work for free. i don't have any space for you. i can sit with your secretary. he hired her and eventually even paid her. and so, on she went, never looking back, never looking down. returning to ari

supreme court justice, sandra day o'connor. brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in on the week's political headlines and much more. >> this is "the pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington, and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: for the first time in more than two decades, congress has expelled one of its own. as congressional correspondent lisa desjardins explains, representative george santos is out of a job. >> the yeas are 311, the nays are 114. lisa: the new speaker of the house announced the result solemnly -- the first expulsion of a republican from congress, and more than 100 republicans voted to do it. >> the clerk will notify the governor of the state of new york. lisa: it was an historic turn of events. >> this is a personal race. lisa: last year, he was a little-known congressional candidate, running as a trump supporter who embraced long island's diversity, and was tough on crime. >> george santos vows to tackle crime head on in our district. lisa: he wo

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 humanity, leadership, determination and vision. we cannot do that without giving thanks to each of you in the o'connor family for sharing shut -- first staring sean -- sa ndra

>> well, obviously, justice o'connor was a trailblazer in many ways. she was the first woman appointed to the supreme court, this was back in the 1980s. she was ronald reagan's first appointment, and she really was the center, the fulcrum around which the court moved for many years during her tenure. she was, as lawrence has said, conservative. she came from the west, arizona, where she had been a state legislator and then later a state judge, but she was meant to sort of keep the court on a conservative path, nominated by a republican justice. she was very interested in questions of state prerogatives, maing sure that the states maintained a role in a fed rated system without the federal government overtaking some of the traditional functions of state government, and so she was very much associated with that move toward a, quote, unquote new federalism. but she was also very moderate in some of her decisions, especially where it counted. so as lawrence noted, she was part of that three justice plurality that voted to affirm and uphold roe v. wade 1992

justice o'connor worked the state. literally made herself available for interviews and clips and almost pounding the pavement in an effort to try to communicate to nevada voters how important this was. and it ended up losing 58-42, i think, if my memory serves. but she was willing to go all out. she was so passionate about trying to ensure that judges had the capacity to be impartial, that the noises in their head or the angels or devils on their shoulders were not comprised of trying to elicit public opinion in some way or raise money. john: rebecca love kourlis talking about working with sandra day o'connor. thank you very much. rebecca: you are very welcome. thank you so much. ♪ john: now online, how nurses who worked at an historic black hospital are fighting to keep its memory alive decades after it closed. all that and more is on our website, pbs.org/newshour. and that is "pbs news weekend" for this sunday. i'm john yang. for all of my colleagues, thanks for joining us. have a good week. >> major funding for "pbs

and former supreme court justice sandra day o'connor has died. and now we are hearing that elise stefanik is moving to save george santos from expulsion. and that vote is happening any moment. much more is ahead. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> former supreme court justice sandra day o'connor, the first woman to sit on the highest court of the land has died. her passing announced this morning by the supreme court. cnn's jessica schneider has more. ♪ >> reporter: sandra day o'connor grew up a cowgirl in arizona 25 miles from the nearest town. >> i became a little bit of a pragmatist, because we have to solve all of our own problems on the ranch. if the truck broke down, we had to fix it. if some animal needed medical attention, we had to provide it. there is not much that we didn't have to do. >> reporter: she had the toughness that ranch life could breed. >> she was incredibly fearless, and part of it was because early life was hard. the parents died and grandparents died, and she was shuttled back and forth from the ranch to relatives in texa

justice o'connor: not for everyone, there are too many people here. [laughter] i will stay and sign until i give out. thank you, it is been nice to talk to you. [applause] >> retired u.s. supreme court justice sandra day o'connor passed away today at the age of 93 in phoenix, arizona. the first female associate justice served from 1981 through 2006. arizona representatives were joined by the state bipartisan delegation on the house floor to pay tribute to justice o'connor and lead the house in a moment of silence.

in 1930, o'connor excelled at school. she even earned a law degree from stanford university in just 2 years. but despite her impressive resume, she received only one job offer after graduating for secretary. >> i was shocked because i very well in law school. i was way up here. and i assumed everything would be perfect. it wasn't i couldn't get a job offer. and i was shocked by the >> o'connor instead decided to work for free for the county attorney and san mateo, california. and after proving herself got her first paid job as the deputy county attorney, she later moved to arizona with her husband, john, to start a private practice. then in 1969, she got elected to the arizona state senate where she quickly rose to majority leader becoming the first woman in history to occupy that role in any state in the country. in 1981, o'connor accomplished yet another first for women while she was serving as a superior court judge in arizona, president ronald reagan's surprised the nation when he made o'connor the first woman to ever

supreme court, sandra day o'connor, dies at the age of 93. we're taking a look back at her trail blazing career and her role in shaping american history and the bay area. >>> we appreciate having you with us for this midday newscast. i'm kris sanchez. laura and marcus are off. sandra day o'connor's vote was the deciding vote in some of the court's most controversial cases, and her ties to the bay area were a pivotal part of her historic career. here's a live look at her alma mater this morning, stanford, where she enrolled at just the age of 16. she earned a degree in economics before going on to stanford law school. o'connor later served as a deputy county attorney for san mateo county in 1952, which we'll get to more on in just a few moments. first, nbc news' jarrett jarrett laura jarrett as a look back at o'connor's life and legacy. >> reporter: 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 con

it's o'connor lane that leads you to stanford law school where it all started for sandra day o'connor at stanford university. michael thomas kron. 4 more national news. >> the u.s. house has voted to expel republican congressman george santos of new york, washington correspondent trevor shirley has more. >> and with that final vote today, the house overwhelmingly voted to expel congressman george santos. congressman santos is now only the 6 member of congress ever expelled. he's facing allegations that he fleeced his constituents and donors spending thousands of campaign dollars on personal expenses like rent and shopping trips. he's also facing indictment by the justice department pleaded not guilty. despite a scathing ethics committee report released last week, santos refused to resign. he says this is a political stunt by people who don't like it's pretty frustrating because i'm sitting here as somebody who is fighting a. >> enormous of allegations, but i'm still fighting and still standing. but are all counting out. forget i can't my kelly gets divorced from reality continues to e

and o'connor began her legal careers here in the bay area. kron four's dan thorn joins us in the studio with more on how she is being remembered locally. dan. >> grant o'connor was from arizona, but later graduated from stanford law and also started her courier in san mateo county. back in the 1950's. it was difficult for women work in law firms, but she found a way and eventually made history. >> sandra day o'connor, the first woman supreme court justice is being remembered in the bay area. o'connor kick started her careers with the san mateo county district attorney's office. shortly after graduating from stanford, current da stephen wagstaffe says at the time it was difficult for women to get a paying job as a lawyer. but it was a compelling letter that got a young sandra day. that first job. we still have the letter having here in my hand and it's just beautiful letter talking about her desire why she wants to practice law. >> and she applied office because heard that the da's office in redwood city would hire women 2 years later day woul

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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 question. the question was clear, direct, even enunciated carefully and went to the heart of the lawyer's case with no fluff. her approach was let's get what is most important to me on the table at the outset. get it done. another example came day i was nominated to succeed justice o'connor. reporters asked her what she thought of the nomination. she had nice things to say, but ended by noting the only problem was i didn't wear a skirt. my initial reaction was, of course, everything is negotiable. fortunately it did not come to that. she called me later that day and said there is something very important that i had to do right away. my ears perked up. she said, you have to hire by incoming law clerks or they won't have jobs. my ears unperked. she saw a problem for the clerk's and a solution and she wanted to get it done so they could rest easy. she seemed a bi

in 1930, o'connor excelled at school. she even earned a law degree from stanford university in just 2 years. but despite her impressive resume, she received only one job offer after graduating for secretary. >> i was shocked because i very well and its way up here. and i assumed everything would be perfect. it wasn't i couldn't get job offer. and i was shocked by the >> o'connor instead decided to work for free for the county attorney and san mateo, california. and after proving herself got her first paid job as the deputy county attorney, she later moved to arizona with her husband, john, to start a private practice. then in 1969, she got elected to the arizona state senate where she quickly rose to majority leader becoming the first woman in history to occupy that role in any state in the country. in 1981, o' onnor accomplished yet another first for women while she was serving as a superior court judge in arizona, president ronald reagan's surprised the nation when he made o'connor the first woman to ever be nominated f

in 1930, o'connor excelled at school.e from stanford university in just 2 years. but despite her impressive resume, she received only one job offer after graduating for secretary. >> i was shocked because i very well i was way up here. and i assumed everything would be perfect. it wasn't i couldn't get job offer. and i was shocked by the

sandra day o'connor is another example of that. we're here for the reagan defense forum happening every year the first weekend in december. starts later today and all day saturday. trying to bring some of the best minds in america together to try to figure out where we are in the world and where we go next. and how best does america make these decisions? remember peace through strength. it means a lot of things right now in today's world whether it's ukraine, middle east, china, taiwan. we'll go through all that over the weekend here and you will see that beautiful boeing 707 behind me. it will be displayed masterly as the centerpiece of this fantastic library. >> dana: even tyrus couldn't move it. >> bill: right. i saw that. listen, we have a sunrise in southern california. it is beautiful to see. there is other news to get to. why don't we do that now? here we go. >> dana: right now we are awaiting for the house vote on whether to expel congressman george santos. house speaker mike johnson saying a short time ago he plans to vote

andrea, you have known and covered sandra day o'connor for many, many years.hought there were so many wonderful moments that brought both tears and smiles and laughter and applause. tell us what you'll take away from this, what stood out to you. >> reporter: well, what stood out to me and thank you so much for having me on this day of sorrow, but also of joy in remembering the memory for this extraordinary woman, a pioneer, a cow girl as she would describe herself. she came from the lazy b ranch. when i first covered her, i remember going back to the national airport, now reagan national airport, and we were able to go right to the gate, a group of reporters, and she was extraordinary. she was a consensus builder. she was lauded today as someone who was a patriot, who was wise, who had a conscience, who believed in people beyond herself. she was also thinking of other people. of course, it was president biden eulogizing her and chief justice roberts who said she commented when he first got confirmed to take her seat, that he was just -- she was just sorry that

now the road is named after her, o'connor lane. she had trouble finding a job after because she was a woman but eventually started as deputy county attorney in san mateo county. today she was described as a hero. she became a swing vote on other critical issues upholding abortion rights and affirmative action in college admissions. she voted to end the 2000 florida recount. >> she was a figure that so many of us look up to, especially through my generation of women at the law school because she was the first supreme court justice, she was someone who paved the way for our aspirations for our careers. >> you spoke with someone who received a letter from o'connor. the two never met but when she was appointed back in 1982, o'connor sent her a letter. today it's still framed and hanging in her house. cordarrelle was stunned. >> you will be an excellent judge and i trust this will be just the beginning of a long and distinguished judicial career. with best wishes from another stanford law graduate, sincerely sandra day o'connor. i was s

justice o'connor: not for everyone, there are too many people here. [laughter] i will stay and sign until i give out. thank you, it is been nice to talk to you. [applause]

the president called o'connor gracious and wise, civil and principled. we get more from cbs's jan crawford. >> reporter: the path sandra day o'connor blazed changed the nation. and as she was laid to rest, thousands came to pay respects to the historic first. >> may god bless sandra day o'connor. >> reporter: the president was in the senate 42 years ago when she was confirmed unanimously, something unimaginable today. 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

in 1930, o'connor excelled at school. she even earned a law degree from stanford university in just 2 years. but despite her impressive resume, she received only one job offer after graduating for secretary. >> i was shocked because i very well and its way up here. and i assumed everything would be perfect. it wasn't i couldn't get job offer. and i was shocked by the >> o'connor instead decided to work for free for the county attorney and san mateo, california. and after proving herself got her first paid job as the deputy county attorney, she later moved to arizona with her husband, john, to start a private practice. then in 1969, she got elected to the arizona state senate where she quickly rose to majority leader becoming the first woman in history to occupy that role in any state in the country. in 1981, o'connor accomplished yet another first for women while she was serving as a superior court judge in arizona, president ronald reagan's surprised the nation when he made o'connor the first woman to ever be nominated f

>>> and remembering a trailblazer, sandra day o'connor, the first woman who served on the supreme court starts in an hour. we will go to the washington national cathedral for the service. i'm sara sidner alongside kate bolduan. john berman is off today. this is cnn "news central." >>> today, nearly every 2024 republican presidential candidate is in one place, iowa, and maybe not surprisingly for some final and truly critical prechristmas campaigning. they are right up against it, folks. january 15th is caucus day, and this morning we are learning more about the donald trump campaign test case. the strategy they are trying to deploy in iowa and why they are hoping it sets a model for the general. cnn's alalaiyna treene has thisr us. >> well, what they are trying to do is to go after the not only caucusgoers, but to try to create and go after first-time caucusgoers, and expand the electorate in donald trump's favor and they think by doing this, they can turn out a lot more people on caucus day for donald trump than anyone was anticipating, and if that strategy is successful in iowa and th

justice o'connor, before and after o'connor stepped down from the supreme court. francisco in the newsroom. suzanne phan abc7 news and our team spoke with san mateo. >> district attorney steve wagstaffe today, sharing his own memories about justice o'connor. he says she struggled to land a job coming out of stanford law school and the san mateo da's office was the first place to hire her. justice o'connor was one of the most gracious, graceful, wonderful people anybody could ever meet. she we're talking about a person who was communicated with leaders of state presidents. she herself was one of the most significant historical figures in our country. and yet when you talk to her, she made you feel like you were just as important as her. she was so, so interested in you and not herself. that is a trait not often found in people who rise to these levels of power. at the time she joined the office, there was one other woman, but there were not many women. and today in my office of 66 prosecutors, 42 are women and 24 are men. and every one of them knows that it was san

o'connor's exceptionalism was evident as one of the few women admitted at stanford university in the people, especially women at stanford, really felt like she had blazed a trail that people wanted to follow in. >> stanford law professor bernadette meyler said o'connor's years at the university were significant. it was there. o'connor met her classmate and future supreme court chief justice william rehnquist, but she also met her husband. >> she had been an important member of the law review when she was at stanford. and she also met her husband famously through the law review, through late night editing, i guess after law school, o'connor had trouble finding a firm that would hire a woman. >> her first job was as a law clerk with then san mateo county district attorney keith sorensen in my office of 66 prosecutors, 42 are women and 24 are men. >> and every one of them knows that it was sandra day who punched the hole in that ceiling and made it where, you know what? we just to be a good prosecutor, you just need to be a good lawyer. >> o'connor ended up working for state government

the president called o'connor gracious and wise, civil and principled. from cbs's jan crawford. >> reporter: the path sandra day o'connor blazed change the nation. as she was was laid to rest, thousands came to pay respects to the historic first. >> may god bless sandra day o'connor. >> congratulations. >> reporter: the president was in the senate 42 years ago, when she was confirmed unanimously,% something unimaginable today. as chief justice john roberts said, she lived her life showing what it 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 sanford with political savvy in the arizona senate be up on the supreme court she was known as a swing vote, opposed overturning roe vs. wade, she was revered for helping her colleagues find common ground >> quite simply, sh

. >> supreme court justice sandra day o'connor. we'll take a look back at her life and her lasting influence right here in the bay area from ktvu fox two news. >> this is the four marking the 35th annual world aids day held every year on december 1st. >> right now here in the united states, there are nearly 1.2 million people living with hiv and aids. with more than 150,000 of those people unaware they are hiv positive. the fight against the aids epidemic is clearly still ongoing, with nearly 35,000 new hiv infections diagnosed here in the us each year. welcome everyone to the for this afternoon. i'm alex savage. >> good afternoon. i'm frank mallicoat. ktvu's christien kafton. he joins us live from the national aids memorial in san francisco's golden gate park. christian >> yeah, guys, as you said, it has been 35 years since the heights of the aids crisis. but the cdc says that 13,000 americans still die from hiv aids every year. san francisco marked the 35th world aids day with reflection, looking at how far the world has come in,

sandra day o'connor, the former u.s. is being remembered today. >> president biden: to the o'connor family my wife jill and i send our love from a grateful nation for her service. i'm humbled to be asked to speak today. to the members of the clergy, the chief justice of the supreme court, past and present, members of the bench and bar, members of the congress, distinguished guests and other americans. 40 years ago in september of 1981 the senate judiciary committee came to order. i was the ranking member of that committee and the day's business was momentous. the nomination of sandra day o'connor to become the first woman in american history to serve as a supreme court justice on the united states supreme court. announcing her nomination earlier that summer, president reagan described her as, and i quote, a person for all seasons. and it was a person for all seasons. we saw in that hearing and the americans and the world would see through her extraordinary service as a justice, and i might add as a citizen. gracious and

how sandra day o'connor's trail blazing career started in the bay area.

sandra day o'connor fue una pionera.> el mismo gobernador del estado lo reconoce como un legado y una inspiración para todos aquellos que quieren precisamente entrar a esto. >> descanse en paz. tenemos más. tras la pausa, una comunidad de san josé dice estar harta de la prostitución y aplaude el esfuerzo de la fiscalía de otorgar orden de alejamiento a quienes enfrenten cargos. por este motivo, y hoy se realizó un evento para estudiantes al este de la bahía, donde se habló sobre ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería, matemáticas y todo para motivar a los estudiantes. >> hay una advertencia para los consumidores por melones contaminados con salmones, la alerta al regresar. salud. salud es rodearte de quienes te hacen sentir bien. en kaiser permanente, trabajamos juntos para cuidar de todo lo que tú eres. contaminados con salmonela. >> nuestra reportera de protección al consumidor ha preparado esto para ustedes. arlen fernández nos explica sobre la alerta. >> los centros para el control y prevención de enfermedades alertan sobre

in 2018, o'connor announced she, too, had been diagnosed with dementia.or died friday. she was 93. that's quite a legacy. that's "nightline." watch full episodes on hulu. see you right back here monday. thanks for staying up with us. good night, america.

god love justice o'connor.an see the arrival ceremony of the casket, just about set to get underway on the front plaza of the supreme court. the flag is at half-staff and all there to note the life and career of sandra day o'connor, playing a role in several important, key supreme court decisions, including planned parenthood v casey, the decision that protected abortion access and that was first established decades to roe v. wade. justice o'connor wrote the majority opinion there. the casket arriving now this morning, in front of the supreme court. we will take you there for live coverage on c-span.

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president biden and chief justice roberts leading a final farewell to sandra day o'connor >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin tonight with breaking news from colorado, where the state supreme court has just disqualified former president donald trump from colorado's 2024 primary election ballot in its ruling, the court cited the 14th amendment, finding that mr. trump engaged in insurrection for his role in the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol today's ruling is stayed until january 4th to allow for an appeal, and the legal fight is just beginning. and late word the trump campaign is responding tonight garrett haake is following this he has the latest details for us garrett, could this have an impact on the republican front-runner >> reporter: it absolutely could, lester this is a stunning decision from the colorado supreme court, which tonight ruled that former president trump is disqualified from serving as president again, citing his actions on january 6th then ruling that, quote, because he is disqualified,

. >> zran day o'connor spent her early days here in the bay area. college at stanford and began her legal work in earnest at san mateo county. today she died at the age of 93. nbc's ian cole has her story. >> reporter: sandra day o'connor was a trailblazer described by supreme court justices today as an american hero and as the country's first female justice her every action was scrutinized. >> 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 and if i didn't do the job well, that's what would happen. >> at first she criticized the roe v. wade abortion decision but later joined the majority in a series of cases upholding the cases in the '90s. she was appointed as a conservative voice for the court, she became a swing vote on several critical issues joining the majority in ending the 2000 florida recount but ruling to uphold affirmative action in college admissions. she got her start in law at stand forward enbe rolling as an undergrad at age 16 and today the roa