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. they are like our version of associates. and so today we have three of them here with us. we're goi to first start with a number comes om an opera by richard wagner called tannhauser. it's an aria by, the character wolfra and he singing to the evening star and he is saying farewell the evening star. it is a vy beautiful and moving sho. aria it is going to be sung

. >> ruth bader ginsburg used to joke when people would ask her in interviews how many women needed to on the court for the court to reach equality, and justice ruth bader ginsburg used to say nine. i don't know what o'connor's position was on that, and she sort of had an internalized pbg anxiety feeling like if there was a misstep or if in anybody's eyes she was not up to the task there would never be another woman on the court. and a woman of her generation feeling that immense amount of pressure there. the court has become more fractured since her time on the bench. i think we have seen it on certain opinions and how they talk to each other, and certain tone and tenor i feel has been exhibited in the justices in a way o'connor thought was not a good idea, and her position was certainly that if there were disagreements those should not be aired in public, and she was a fan of movie nights and barbecues and was the social glue, i think, for the court at that time. >> laura, melissa, michael and monica, if you would stay with us. we will continue this conversation going forward. we wil

she was very close to ruth bader ginsburg. i recall two weeks after ruth bader ginsburg lost her beloved husband marty, i was at a dinner for sandra day's birthday party. it was her 80th in aspen, colorado, and ruth bader ginsburg was there with her grandson, and somewhat surprising to some people, but those who knew her well knew that she was not going to change anything. it was so remarkable that she spoke about sandra day o'connor and told what an influence she was, what a mentor she was, how important it was and how in her first year when the chief justice assigned her first majority opinion, she, ruth bader ginsburg was panicked over it, and went to sandra day o'connor for advice, and sandra day o'connor told her -- imitation of her very distinctive voice and said, just put one foot in front of the other. just do it. do it. and it's that encouragement, that sisterhood that she reached out it someone of a completely different background and ideology, the werner versus the new york city ruth bader ginsburg and different reli

were sitting around recently, and well, it couldn't have been so recently, because it is a ruth bader ginsburg line, and when did that begin, and she said, when a woman joined. and she did the aerobic class in the morning, and bader ginsburg said, no way, i am not getting that up. and also, she shared not only when the way things about the court worked, but she shared friends when he was ronald reagan's third appointee, and so she was about smoothing relations in a really legitimate authentic way from her own upbringing in arizona. >> to talk about the human side of her, but talking about the way she left the court. her husband had alzheimer's, and she would bring him to work in the day, and he would sit with her in her office, and then when it came time to leave, it was because she felt that her husband needed more care. so she left voluntarily, and she left before her time. then went on to go do more judicial things, but made a very personal decision to leave the court because she felt she couldn't take care of her husband. >> i spoke to her about that back in 2010. i got to know her a littl

also memorably, her relationship with ruth bader ginsburg was so important to give ruth bader ginsburg the confidence, and i remember ginsberg, shortly, weeks after her beloved husband, marty, died at an aspen institute event for sandra day o'connor's 80th birthday, she applauded what senator day had done for her, giving her the confidence when she was first assigned by the chief justice to do the first majority opinion in her first year on the court, and she was so nervous and went to her mentor, you know, sandra day o'connor and said what should i do, how will i do this? and she then imitated sandra day o'connor said do it, put 1 foot in front of the other, and do it, get it done, and gave her the confidence to write that first majority opinion, and ruth bader ginsburg became such an important justice by creating coalitions, by influencing others. she became really a leader who could bridge divides and change votes in conference on the court. she was just -- sandra day o'connor, she grew up on the ranch that she wrote about lovingly in her memoir. she graduated first in her class at

i remember ruth bader ginsburg talked so movingly about her two or three weeks after martin ginsburge were in aspen and i was invited to an 80th birthday party for sandra day o'connor. you may have hosted it. >> i did. >> ruth bader ginsburg got up. she was accompanied by her grandson. she had come to aspen to speak. she actually even amusically imitated sandra day o'connor's way of speaking. she said when she was a freshman member of the court, she was assigned by the chief to write her first majority opinion. she was so nervous, she went -- she turned to her mentor, sandra day o'connor and said, how do i do this? she imitated herself. i'm imitating ruth imitating sandra. she said, just do it, do it. put one foot in front of the other and do it. >> that's pretty good. >> it gave ruth bader ginsburg the spine to write that opinion and rise to, of course, become a decisive vote on the court who had more weight than just the single vote, because she actually turned votes from one to another. she got seven votes. >> here is a story that tells a lot about her. the mentioned the vmi case.

female justices, the late justice ruth bader, elaine kagan and they cleared way for them to be on the bench. she was such an inspiration to all of them, and ruth bader ginsburg used to call her, her bigger sister. this announcement came early here in the court and the justices are not in the building, but they will sit again for arguments next week. and as stated she had suffered from and died from complications due to alzheimer's. so as joan talked about, she played such a role on the court for pragmatism. that is what she believed from her background. that is what she felt she could deliver. the court when these deaths occurred, even though she was retired, they had not retired the funeral plans, but expect it to come later on today. >> ariane, talk about trail blazer, yes, and the attributes and politician of knowing thou work a room, if you will, but she has had such a strong hand as a justice on so many aspects of american life, and will you talk about her legal legacy, if you will. >> yes, she did. in her legal legacy, she was definitely faltering in later years, but she did see it chipped away in the new conservative court in the area of abortion and

wade, just months after they did, they look like an abortion protector, ruth bader ginsburg. >> you mentionedett was initially a sticking up tops but then last-minute, turns to a no vote. it really sounds like it's about optics for her. it's not necessarily some judicial standard, it's about the fact that she does not want to be seen as rushing into her new posts and throwing out row. is that a fair stutsman? >> i am not sure it's optics, because until we reported it, it was known that she had decided not to vote in favor of taking the case. i think it may be a sign. but what is for sure is that we reported here in the case with the bare minimum of four votes, all now conservatives, and every woman was on the other side. >> you talk about the sort of engine behind taking up tabs, a person with the greatest seal to overturn roe v. wade, and that was undoubtedly sam veto. you talk a little bit about how in the term i think you guys use, he pre-gained the dobbs decision. can he talk more about what that actually practically meant? >> sure, justice alito has made it a lifelong paycheck of his fro

that is what happened under ruth bader ginsburg. >> when she knew she had cancer [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] i will do much more reading. i appreciate your time to come. >> would you like a photo before you go? you've got too much going on. >> there's lotss more important. i'm from minnesota. minnesota's third district. i love it. i live on black oaks lane. >> i don't know why that part. i didn't realize that. lucky to have you. my father died when i was ten and my mother moved us to tulsa oklahoma. [inaudible] nice to meet you. thank you. how do you get the money to get out there in front of t people? >> there's no question it's a very expensive and endeavor. >> i'm still going to be working for joe biden until it's not going to work. >> i respect b that, but i tell you it's not working. >> but i write him a letter every day to tell him what he does wrong. >> that's so great. nice to see you. >> i love new hampshire.

ruth bader ginsburg is a wonderful woman. >> she had cancer we knew she had cancer. >> the culture in washington we are trying to fix for. >> i will go into much more reading now. i really appreciate you taking time to come. >> you want a photo bill rigo? [inaudible] >> he put simply got jewish going on progress know nothing's more important backslash more important. >> ray from originally? >> minnesota minnetonka. come on? [laughter] how about that. minnesotans are in the house. i love it. there you go. i live on black oak lane piglets i don't know that part. i represent lake minnetonka. >> i did not realize that. they're lucky to have you. [inaudible conversations] ask my father died when i was 10. my mother moved us all where she grew up in the house in tulsa, oklahoma bird that's a contrast. we loved that, nice to meet you. >> high, mac. >> nice to meet you. dean phillips. >> how do you get the money to get out there in front of the people? >> i need support, there is no question. it's an expensive endeavor and untilnt you generate message. >> you've got a very good one. just want

. >> i have an rbg prayer candle i light for ruth bader ginsburg, but not anthony fauci. >> this is myfigures immediately plummeted when the economy started sucking and everyone is miserable, and don't want to represent the people who are agony to everyone. >> i live in a bubble. >> can't afford potato chips, can't afford this, their likeability is in the toilet, and approval rating, and fauci. >> good gag gift. >> or regift. >> i'm going to post the photos of the ornaments when i get home. >> and light your candle. >> here is "america reports"

she was very happy when ruth bader ginsburg came along and there were two.hat was 11 or 12 years later. so, she was sensitive to women's rights, and she was very careful about setting a role model for law clerks, about promoting women. so, she was sensitive to that. i wouldn't call her a feminist in the traditional sense, but she certainly did a lot for women. she would want to be remembered, i think, as somebody who was civil. she really believed in civil society. she didn't like stupid fights. she would avoid the stupid fights that justices or anybody can get into. she wanted people to get along, to work together, to get things done. she didn't like posturing. she didn't like showing off. she would be pretty unhappy, i think, today with politics on the court as well as politics off the court. she liked to get things done. she was a cowgirl. she grew up on a ranch where there was no time to mess around. you had to get it done or the cows would die. that was her style. and she was a hard worker. there were no excuses in her chambers. you get your work done.

well, this is not a very good sign for the biden campaign, liberals who scooped up fauci and ruth bader ginsburgthe heroes. it's not just the sales of swag. they're having trouble selling the term bidenomics is no where in the president's speeches decide saying it was the word of the year. >> they started referring to my politics as bidenomics. guess what. it's working >> bidenomics is just another way of saying restore the american dream. >> bidenomics flows off the tongue. >> here to talk about the word of the year here. >> biden reveals how it feels about bidenomics. >> it's got tougher for everybody. >> how could he be seeing it through our eyes. >> it's got worse. >> registered democrat but i'm not happy. >> this economy sucks. everything is going up except payc paychecks. >> greg have you purchased any bobbleheads? >> it's hard to make a bobblehead when somebody's already a bobblehead. it's redundant. you're not going to get a kamala harris bob head and they should have got a coffee table book of diagrams or kamala harris speaking for it yuts. that's why let's go brandon took off. nobody p

i have worry democrats may be running into a sort of ruth bader ginsburg moment where they put all theirtock in somebody who they believe in but could end up losing to somebody so dangerous. >> other than dean phillips, democrats aren't putting themselves out there. he is the one who is saying those things and saying more of us should be doing this and given biden a real primary. could we talk about nikki haley? really interesting to see her rise. chris christie, "new york times" reporting that some republican big donors have a message for chris christie which is get out and they are throwing their money behind people like nikki haley and part of what is interesting is she is willing to talk about real entitlement reform on social security and head carol. listen to her. >> the once we change it for are those like my kids in their 20s. coming into the system. we change retirement age to reflect life expectancy for them. we limit benefits on the wealthy. instead of cost of living increases, we do increases based on inflation and we expand medicare advantage plans which seniors love to allo

was brett kavanaugh who pushed for a delay to create the appearance of distance from justice ruth bader ginsburg's. why did he think that was important? >> one of the things that he cited was that he wanted to watch some other abortion courses -- cases play out in the lower courts. it pushes the case to the next term and creates the appearance of distance from justice ginsburg's death. the court has the report to grant. the case is clearly moving forward and yet they essentially withhold the decision from the public for months. geoff: justice alito wrote the draft, you report that the other conservative justices quickly signed on to it without requesting any changes. that was his way reportedly of trying to safeguard a coalition around overturning roe. how and why did the leak of his opinion to politico in may of 2022 cement to the ruling? -- cement the ruling? >> there were extensive attempts to craft compromises. we don't know if they would have worked or what prospect they had at succeeding. chief justice john roberts, justice stephen breyer, they tried to stop the case from being heard. when i

supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg warned about in 2015.ally previewing what life may become if roe fell. >> there will never be a time when women of means will lack choice. because take the worst case scenario, roe v. wade is overruled by the supreme court. what it means is a woman who can afford a plane ticket, a bus ticket will be able to decide for herself whether to have an abortion. but the women who won't have that choice are poor women and that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, i think. >> and that is the reality now in the state of texas. joining us now, senior adviser for planned parenthood, texas votes and former texas state, wendy, her filibuster to stall a bill that would have implimented strict. thank you for being with me this morning. the texas supreme court bases its decision in this, quote, these laws reflect the policy choice that the state legislature make, lawmakers, and the court must respect that choice. you were a state legislature. why is that wrong in your view? >> well, it's wrong because the state legislature is

but instead o'connor turned to justice ruth bader ginsburg, who at that time had only been on the courtof years, and said this should be ruth's opinion. justice ginsburg told me, "i loved her for that." justice clarence thomas told me, "she was the glue, the reason this place was civil was sandra day o'connor." she left the court in 2006 at the height of her power. her husband john had alzheimer's, and she want ed to take care of him. "he sacrificed for me," she said. "now i want to sacrifice for him." how lucky we were to have sandra day o'connor. >> and now with a more complicated look back at the legacy of henry kissinger, brought to you by his long-time friend, ted koppel. >> henry kissinger's meteoric rise to prominence -- >> reporter: i've been covering henry kissinger for more than 50 years. the early stages when he held high office, wielding real power. crafting historic changes toward china, the middle east, the soviet union. in his 90s, kissinger co-authored was it his 20th or 21st book. this one on ai, which he considered the greatest challenge to human survival. >> the event

wade and planned parenthood versus casey was not a question of that but it was the fact that ruth bader ginsburg2020 creating a vacancy that could be used to add another conservative justice, and therefore a pretty solid block to overrule both of these landmark cases. >> according to this report justice neil gorsuch signed on to aledo's 98-page opinion to overturn roe, just hours after it was released. and justices thomas is, there it, and kavanaugh signed at the next morning all signed without any alterations or edits. what do you make of that? >> as someone who is cloaked on appellate court i think it is really rare that something gets circulated, especially in opinion of this kind of magnitude. and everyone was like perfect, ten out of ten, no notes. even that could be read. this was over 98 pages. it came in close to 98 pages in the end. neil gorsuch apparently read it in ten minutes. to me, that suggests that he either saw an earlier version or the final version of the draft in advance of it being circulated among the justices and he was on board and we gave his assent at that point. or tha

liz magill, the former penn president, was a constitutional law scholar who clerks for ruth bader ginsburgersity campuses, penn is entangled in the anti-woke crusade to eliminate affirmative action, pronouns. trans people in sports. basically anything that doesn't fall in line with their conservative view of the world. mukill has been a target for a while, especially after leah thomas switched to the women's team and won the ncaa 500 yard freestyle race. the school then nominated her for female athlete of the year. back in september, before the hamas attack, penn donors were already calling on magill to resign over a palestine rights literature festival that took place on campus. critics said it included speakers with a history of making anti-semitic statements, but organizers and attendees rejected that claim. the ire against magill isn't new, and there's a jen ws debate in this country over opposing israel or supporting palestinians is itself anti-semitism, but you know who is disingenuous, elise stefanik. make it make sense. up next, the outrage at harvard, m.i.t., and penn. fights back

postal service unveils a new forever stamp featuring ruth gator bins for -- ruth bader ginsburg.ouse speaker mikeohnson is heading to the southern border r the new year. glenn thompson will join him on the january 3 trip. speaker johnson says "america is experiencing the worst border cris in our history impacting every community in the untry. we look forward to meeting with the brave men and women of law enforcement and the citizens on the front lines of is crisis who will help shine a light on the disastrous effect of this administration's border policy p ." party leaders search for a broader compromise including funding in 2024 a. the house returns for the second session on january 9. funding deadlines on january 19 and february 2. watch the house live on c-span, e senate on c-span2 and follow all congressionarage with c-span now, our mobile video app. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government and we are funded by these television companies and more inclung comcast. >> are you thinking this is just a community center? comcast is partnering with 00 community centers so stu

the late ruth bader ginsburg recalled the simple advice when she became the second female justice justuet said the first on the court. in law and life sandra day o'connor was a pretty. >> it's exciting to be the firs to do something. i did not want to be the last. >> sandra day o'connor did succeed. a westerner, pragmatic conservative, grandmother, she made history as the first woman in the nation's highest courts. >> it's hard to 40 years on the to back about how unusual it wa it. >> with mcgregor was justice o'connor's first law clerk. her one-time bonds it took her experience as a prosecutor late a state senator to forge a consensus minded strategy to deciding to have cases. >> he was a practical approach but one that was really grounde in legal principles and respect for what the judiciary means it. >> she called it, sensible solutions to thorny political and social questions. gun control, abortion access, civil and voting rights. executive power. at that restraint and flexible approach was shaped by her upbringing and the high desert of arizona. >> we were 35 miles from the neares

but she always wanted to have more women on the court and was such a mentor and big sister as ruth bader ginsburged her on her 80th birthday, to those of us lucky to be at that dinner, described her as someone who helped her get through her very first majority upon, so nervous and sandra day o'connor told her to just to it.describi wonderful mom, always present, and there for her family, as she was when her husband was diagnosed with alzheimer's and came to the court, she took care of him at the court until she felt she had to retire in 2006. she committed herself to civic education. that's what she believed in. and just doing so much after she left the court until she herself sadly was diagnosed with early signs of dementia and took her leave from public life in a farewell letter to the country. >> an extraordinary woman and extraordinary life. thank you for sharing. >>> talks aimed at arranging another humanitarian pause in gaza in exchange for hostages appeared to have new life today. the u.s. and he's ra u.s. and i met. the pressure on israel to scale back its campaign against hamas continues

she was the lone woman on the high court for 12 years, until president bill clinton nominated ruth bader ginsburgconnor retired from the court in 2006, citing her husband's health, but continued hearing cases in the u.s. courts of appeals. and, she made time to visit schools, actively promoting the importance of civics education. justice o'connor: i wanted to teach young people in america how they can be part of the governmental structure and help decide what problems to tackle and how to solve them. judy: the retired justice devoted much of her attention to caring for her husband, john, who suffered from alzheimer's and died in 2009. that same year, o'connor was awarded the presidential medal of freedom -- the nation's highest civilian honor. at the ceremony, president obama said she forged a new trail and built a bridge behind her for all young women to follow. o'connor reflected on it all, in an interview with the newshour in 2009. justice o'connor: i was asked in my senate confirmation hearing about how i'd like to be remembered. i called it the tombstone question. and i said, 'i hope the tom

light for ruth bader ginsburg, but not anthony fauci. >> this is my theory. i think the sensational surrounding the figures immediately plummeted when the economy started sucking and everyone is miserable, and don't want to represent the people who are agony to everyone. >> i live in a bubble. >> can't afford potato chips, can't afford this, their likeability is in the toilet, and approval rating, and fauci. >> good gag gift. >> or regift. >> i'm going to post the photos of the ornaments when i get home. >> and light your candle. >> here is "america reports". [bombs and gunshots] >> sandra: we are expecting to get a state department update as israel pushes deeper into southern gaza. and is reportedly eyeing new tactics to root out hamas terrorists. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to have you today. >> bret: good afternoon, i'm bret baier in washington in for john roberts. pump sea water into the complex tunnel system to force hamas terrorists out of there. israeli forces are setting up pumps to draw water from the mediterranean and pu

over this country we used to complain about some of these liberal judges like ruth bader ginsburg or whatever. the people that are coming out of these law schools now are much, much more ideological in extreme than what was being produced 50 years ago. that's where the left will look. it will be a massive transfer of power from the american people to likely just five liberal unelected judges. i know 2016, the court was front and center for many conservatives because of the death of justice scalia. we knew there would be an appointment that needed to be made. that certainly was a big motivator for me. i remember at the time, there was a lot of conservatives that did not want to vote for trump. my argument was, you want hillary to replace scalia or do you want trump to do it? he has a list any said he would pick from it. that cause a lot of conservatives to go out and vote when they maybe weren't as hot on doing it. i think the court in this election will be huge. i think it goes to the right to make sure the federal constitution is enforced and it will have so many more implications o

that is what happens when ruth bader ginsburg, a wonderful justice who stayed too long. >> we wont evenere. >> that's part of the culture in washington i'm really trying to fix. >> i will go and do much more reading now. i really appreciate you taking the time to come. >> would you like a photo before we go? >> i would love that. you've got too much going on. >> nothing more important. where are you from originally? >> i from minnesota. >> how about that? i love it. i live on black oak lane. >> i don't know that part. i didn't realize that. they are lucky to have you. my father died when i was 10 and my mother moved us to tulsa, oklahoma. that is a contrast. exactly. we loved it. nice to meet you. thank you. >> nice to meet you, dean phillips. how do you get the money to get out there in front of people? >> i need support, there's no question. >> your message is a good one and you've got a very good message. i want you to know i'm still going to be working for joe biden until it's not going to work. >> i respect that, but i'm telling you that it's not working. but i respect that. >> i w

over this country we used to complain about some of these liberal judges like ruth bader ginsburg or whatever. the people that are coming out of these law schools now are much, much more ideological in extreme than what was being produced 50 years ago. that's where the left will look. it will be a massive transfer of power from the american people to likely just five liberal unelected judges. i know 2016, the court was front and center for many conservatives because of the death of justice scalia. we knew there would be an appointment that needed to be made. that certainly was a big motivator for me. i remember at the time, there was a lot of conservatives that did not want to vote for trump. my argument was, you want hillary to replace scalia or do you want trump to do it? he has a list any said he would pick from it. that cause a lot of conservatives to go out and vote when they maybe weren't as hot on doing it. i think the court in this election will be huge. i think it goes to the right to make sure the federal constitution is enforced and it will have so many more implications o

they petitioned the court and then justice ruth bader ginsburg dies.arrett replaces her. tell us about the dynamics in what we think of as the conference in that court about whether to take up that case knowing how adjacent it is to justice ginsburg's death. >> so one of the things that adam liptak and i found was that this was a real point of sensitivity for the court. it interesting that on the one hand in our system of lifetime appointments the passing of justices helps refresh the law. it's part of what moves the law around, moves the law along. but if the law changes to quickly after a justice dies it can look like this is actually amy comey barrett wrote years ago in the law review article, if you look at this is about politics and power instead of law and reason. so there's this debate in early 2021 about whether to take up the case. not how to decide it, but whether to take it up at all. and it becomes a debate about timing. it's very clear that this new conservative super majority has the votes to hear the case. they have the minimum of four,

would not have a woman at all, and she sat on the court for years before the appointment of ruth bader ginsburgiddle, and she was a consensus builder and not an ideologue, and despite the fact that she was a conservative, she left herself open to other opinions. she was very influenced on the affirmative action ruling that she was -- that she made sure happened by ruling in favor of affirmative action, and not only was she the first woman, but for most of her tenure on the court, because she sat in the middle and was a consensus builder, she was the most important member of the court. >> we see the current supreme court justices all gathered right now, and it's not often we see a gathering of this size. can you describe the magnitude of an event like this as we are watching, and as we will see a president speak. we have all these justices and dignitaries coming together. >> you are right. this is a look at the government in its highest respect, and ten years ago we had become so divided. she's one of the few members of the supreme court that was actually a lawmaker, she served for five years in

. >> well, so the standard account is that ruth bader ginsburg dies, amy coney barrett comes on to thert, and it's inevitable. it's going to happen. but in fact, they take months and months and months of internal deliberations about whether to hear the case. and our reporting shows that justice barrett ultimately voted against hearing the case, so the bear minimum of four justices, it takes four justices to put a case on the docket, did that, and while justice barrett ultimately voted with the majority to undo roe v. wade, our reporting shows that this was a much more complicated enterprise within the court to get it on the docket and then even once it's on the docket, there were strenuous efforts made by the center of the court, chief justice roberts and justice brayer, a liberal to try to come up with a compromise, so much so that justice brayer taught about doing away with part of roe. >> stephen breyer was on the court at the time this reporting covers and he was one of the justices trying to find a way to at least save some of roe v. wade. i am curious, though, in talking about th

this should be loose case, she said, turning to ruth bader ginsburg. o'connor cast a decisive vote and some 330 cases. that is a lot of power. some pundits began made -- writing about the o'connor court. that is not the way she looked at it. she did not like being called the swing vote. she would say, that sounds fickle. she came to view the court as not all-powerful last word but in an institution engaged in an ongoing conversation with other branches of government, legislators, executives, federal , state, local. she had an uncanny feel for where the country was on difficult issues like abortion rights, affirmative action and religious freedom. she knew that when progress comes on the should be careful, thoughtful, considerate. she knew this from her own experience. exclude me first, but you do not want to be the last. how happy she was to see four women justices on the court. she told her clerks, never be above taking care of people. in 2005, at the height of her power, she decided to leave the court to take care of her beloved husband, who had alzh

. >> justice o'connor was the only woman on the supreme court until ruth bader ginsburg was appointed in 1993. today four women serve as us supreme court justices. o'connor died due to complicated reasons from dementia. she was 93 years old. i'm james torres, ktvu fox two news. >> overseas now, we're after days of a temporary cease fire. israeli military officials say that forces have resumed operations in the gaza strip. this renewed fighting comes after hamas released more than 100 israeli hostages. nate foy has the latest developments this explosions in gaza on friday as a week long cease fire agreement between israel and hamas is now over. >> israeli forces hit terrorist targets in the northern gaza strip minutes after the deal expired. if approved, seven adam sirens also blared in southern israel. both israel and hamas blame each other for violating their agreement. israel secured the release of over 100 hostages over a week, but says hamas refused. used to free the final 20 female hostages who remain in gaza. >> and it was clear yesterday that the israeli side wants to go back t

insistent on not being the last, but mentoring so many women in law, including our beloved ruth bader ginsburg. >> we have new details tonight on monday's flaring at the chevron refinery in richmond. the county health report has been released. let's go to ktvu alex savidge in studio with more on what officials are saying. >> all right, christina. well, the big takeaway here is that there was no air quality threat to the public. contra costa county health services says it was a failed electric line that caused that flare that a lot of people saw. officials say sulfur dioxide, methane and hydrocarbon were released, but air quality did remain in line with state regulations during the flaring. the flare was triggered as chevron operations personnel were investigating the faulty electrical line. that's according to the report. power was unexpectedly lost and that cut off the facility's steam supply, which officials say caused all of that smoke. officials classify this as level one flaring, meaning it posed no risk to the community. health officials told us that was due in part to favorable weather

she remained the only woman on the court until 1993, when president clinton appointed ruth bader ginsburg to the court. retirement eventually came in 2006, where she spent her remaining years teaching younger generations about law. this morning, we spoke to a constitutional law professor at santa clara university who worked as a clerk for justice o'connor more than 20 years ago. >> you get to work on the most important legal questions facing the country at that time. >> and sit right at the hand of a justice who's resolving those questions as it wasn't without its stress. justice o'connor was a bit of a taskmaster for. but it was incredible opportunity city that really shaped my career thereafter, bringing it back here to the bay area in 2014, justice o'connor was inducted into the san mateo county women's hall of fame. >> sandra day o'connor died of complications from dementia, a diagnosis she announced back in 2018. she was 93 years old, and as of today, there are now four women serving as justices on the us supreme court. gasia james torres, thank you. >> new this morning, police have

which ruled that state schools could not exclude women but instead o'connor turned to justice ruth bader ginsburgf years and said this should be ruth's opinion. justice ginsburg told me i loved her for that. justice clarence thomas told me she was the glue, the reason this place was civil was sandra day o'connor. she left the court in 2006 at the height of her power. here husband john had alzheimer's and she wanted to take care of him. he sacrificed for me, she said, now i want to sacrifice for him. how lucky we were to have sandra day o'connor. ♪♪ my name is gary... pastell... jozi. i have ms. i have ms. [all together]: ms is what we have. i take ocrevus. an infusion treatment that's two times a year. female vo: a prescription for adults with relapsing or primary progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, ocrevus is proven effective in reducing relapses in rms, and slowing disability progression in rms and ppms. male vo: don't take ocrevus if you have hep b and tell your doctor about vaccinations or if you've had colitis or hep b, as hep b could come back. a common side effect of ocrevus is infusi

peter: contemporary justices, ruth bader ginsburg, well-known, antonin scalia a, well known. fair? >> absolutely. they gave rise to the great scalia-ginsberg opera and much more. and justice ginsburg did have that great movie made after her, so maybe we are continuing in that great tradition. peter: let's hear from jack from davenport, iowa. go ahead with your question. >> what would holmes think about the internet, where people are looking for rooms full of people so they can get them all stirred up, and then they yell fire to stir up a lot of anger? beck's great question, so important, the question gets to the heart of homes incitement test. in the abrams decision he not only said that speech had to be strongly protected, but he endorsed a version and it was articulated that speech could only be restricted if it's intended to and likely to cause imminent violence. so it's not enough to say something thatomne may be, possibly in the future might react badly to, it has to be intended to create imminent violence in the violence has to be imminent and serious. the supreme court embra

peter: contemporary justices, ruth bader ginsburg, well-known, antonin scalia a, well known. fair?absolutely. they gave rise to the great scalia-ginsberg opera and much more. and justice ginsburg did have that great movie made after her, so maybe we are continuing in that great tradition. peter: let's hear from jack from davenport, iowa. go ahead with your question. >> what would holmes think about the internet, where people are looking for rooms full of people so they can get them all stirred up, and then they yell fire to stir up a lot of anger? beck's great question, so important, the question gets to the heart of homes incitement test. in the abrams decision he not only said that speech had to be strongly protected, but he endorsed a veron and it was articulated that speech could only be restricted if it's innded to and likely to cause imminent violence. so it's not enough to say something that someone m b possibly in the future might react badly to, it has to be intended to create imminent violence in the violence has to be imminent and serious. the supreme court embraced that

the women's rights project which famously was founded by ruth bader ginsburg we are exactly the opposite based on experience. if you get the government the power to answer sexual expression power is particularly going to use this for me with two silence expression that is important for women as of women's rights. we see that is a year, your timely referring to published in 1995. all is defending pornography, free-speech concepts and the fight for women's rights. a lot of important information in that subtitle. the publisher was trying to be provocative. earlier this year he asked to republish this book as part of the nyu classics series asked me to write a new credit because there had been solely on sexual expression and in particular expression gender identity and sexual orientation. that stigmatizing the term pornography as though our executive officials around the country who are attacking under that rubric attacking books by about lgbt. plus individuals and remove them fromlibraries . school libraries and school correct so the term piracy has very positions. most people tend to use i

ruth bader ginsburg in the '90s what's happened to the process 30 years ago. my argument has been i think we set it in the book. as you saw this power gravitate to the supreme court the most important questions in society they did not want to decide it. it only became natural over time that politics would start to invade the judicial process. the judicial confirmation process as the judges became more powerful it is no surprise the political system would try to start influencing if you are going to say suppose you care deeply about abortion. until dobbs louis can affect abortion policy in the country was by trying to affect who gets appointed to the supreme court. between roe versus wade and dobbs all the politics that would have been devoted to passing legislation about abortion all got focus on who's going to be on the supreme court it was only inevitable as a supreme court became more powerful the appointments process became more politically important we saw all of the instruments of campaigning start to be applied to the confirmation process. i mean this i

. >> -- justice ruth bader ginsburg died to throw it in the constitutional rights rubbish bin. >> let'sdi kantor, investigative reporter for "the new york times." you wrote this extraordinary piece along with adam. thank you so much for being with us. there were so many things that we learned for the first time yesterday in reading y'all's remarkable piece. one actually was that amy coney barrett was hesitant at first to take up dobbs. why? >> well, the reasons she gave initially, there was a timing debate early in the justices' discussions of whether to take the case. on the one hand, they had the votes to green light it. on the other hand, there were some conflict among the justices about when to do it. justices alito, thomas, and gorsuch wanted to move in immediately and hear the case actually a year earlier than it was eventually heard. however, justice barrett spoke very strongly. remember, she was brand-new on the court at this time. she says to them, i have a timing issue. i have just gotten here. i've barely been here for three months. there is a change in composition on the cou

the women's right project founded by ruth bader ginsburg, we argued the opposite based on experience. if you give the government power to censor sexual expression, that power is predictbly going to be used disproportionately to silence expression that is especially important for women and advocates are women's rights and we see that to this day, peter. your timely referring to my book that was published in 1995. the full total is "defending pornography, free speech, sex and the fight for women's rights", a lot of important information in the subtitle, the publisher was trying to be provocative with the name there. and earlier this year, nyu got in touch with me and asked me to republish this book as part of the nyu classic series, and asked me to write a new preface because there had been attacks on sexual expression in particular, expression about gender identity and sexual orientation, and that stigmatizing term pornography has been wielded by state legislators and executive officials around the country who are attacking under that rubric, attacking books by and about lgbtq plus ind