may god bless sandra day o'conner, an american pioneer. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> when sandray? mr. day answered, well, church is too far and the preacher is no good and, he said, church is all around us here. in washington, justice o'connor found her church. on many sundays, she read scripture in the bethlehem chapel here at the national cathedral. her temple, you might say, was the white marble building on 1st street northeast. when she got to the supreme court in september 1981, she was the first woman justice in our history in 200 years. on tv, millions watched as a handsome self-possessed woman disarm the senators. the vote to confirm her was 99-0. the headline on the cover of "time" 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 -- one job interview at a law firm. 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 d.a.'s office and asked if she could w

. >>> tributes tonight for former supreme court justice sandra day o'conner. a trailblazer on the bench, reshaping supreme court law, casting votes on landmark cases. tonight, sandra day o'conner in her own words. terry moran at the supreme court. >>> and for the first time, actress felicity huffman breaking her silence about the college admissions cheating scandal. why she says she did it. >> whit: good evening. it's good to have you with us tonight. i'm whit johnson in for david. we begin with george santos following a scathing house ethics report that accused him of blatantly stealing from his campaign to pay for personal items, including trips to vegas, luxury goods, and even botox treatments. santos is only the sixth representative to ever be expelled from the house and the first without being convict offend a crime or supporting the confederacy. the vote, 311-114 w 105 republicans voting yes, reaching the two-thirds number needed to pass. >>> speaker mike johnson presiding over the vote. he and house leadership vote for santos to stay. santos leaving shor

sandra day o'connor, who died at the age of 83. >>> tonight we remember a trail blazer sandra day o'conner died today at the age of 93.paved the path of generation of woman including the five that followed her on to the supreme court. >> in my lifetime i have seen unbelievable changes in the opportunities for women in positions of power and authority that woman are well represented. that it is not an all male governorrance governance as it once was. >> she stepped down in 2006 to care for her husband who was suffering from all-timers and she shared her own diagnose for dementia. great to talk to you, thank you for being with us. 1971, i guess, justice o 'conner to name a woman to expongs she was that woman. what does it will you about the woman she was and the legacy that she leaves behind? >> she was a extraordinarily strong woman who saw the future in front of her. she really did believe that she belonged in places of power and managed to make it through stand ford law school to be a state lawmaker to be a state judge and then not terribly surprising to her, i think, to be a female justice of the supreme court. >> y

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earlier today we got the news that sandra day o'conner had passed, 1981, appointed to the u.s.ld reagan and first woman to sit on the bench. yet we reflected on the passing of henry kissenger and soviet union and china and the middle east. here we are, larry. i think peace through strength can be prepped and cut in half. interpreted and cut in half. most meme would agree, larry, they understand you have to build your military arsenal to compete and vanquish your adversaries. the second part of that is weren't you're willing to use it, and i listen to what a lot of our military analysts right now, and that's what i hear on the record and off the record: are we doing enough to be on offense? in order to win this array of conflicts you see around the world, ukraine is condition of them. israel trying to take out hamas is another one. we've been reporting on the hits on behalf of these iranian proxies for a month and a half now. what are we doing in response for that? we can move further east in taiwan and et cetera and the theme stays constant and consist. if you want to build on

o'conner: not for everyone, there are too many people. but i will sign until i give out. ok? all right. it has been nice to talk to all of you. [applause] ♪ >> justice sandra day'connor with a speech from 2013. we are live at washington national cathedral for the funeral service from the late justice who passed away on december 1 at the age of 93. we expect her memorial to begin in a few minutes. president biden and justice john roberts will speak during the service. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ♪ jesu, joy of man's desiring holy wisdom, love most bright drawn by thee our souls aspiring soar to uncreated light word of god, our flesh that fashioned. with the fire of life impassioned. striving still to truth unknown soaring, dying round thy throne through the way where hope is guiding, hark, what peaceful music rings. where the flock, in thee confiding drink of joy from deathless springs. theirs is beauty's fairest pleasure theirs is wisdom's holiest