two former members of the supreme court, justice sandra day o'connor and chief justice william rehnquist, were well-known to be close friends who met in law school. but it turns out they had a secret that even their own children didn't know about. here is pete williams. >> reporter: sandra day o'connor and her husband john were married 57 years after meeting in law school at stanford university. she graduated number three in her class. number one was william rehnqui rehnquist. he would become a justice, then chief justice of the supreme court. she eventually joined him there. it's long been known that they were more than just friends at stanford, and actually dated for a time. but now author evan thomas, working on an o'connor biography, has discovered that rehnquist's interests in her went much further. when he left law school to become a supreme court clerk, he wrote to her. >> i think he was lonely in washington and began writing her, ardently writing her. he went on to say, "sandy, will you marry me?" >> reporter: there is no record of her response but it was clearly no. she married

two former members of the supreme court, justice sandra day o'connor and chief justice william rehnquist were well known to be close friends who met in law school. it turns out they had a secret even their own children didn't know about. nbc justice correspondent pete williams has their story. >> reporter: sandra day o'connor and her husband, john, were married 57 years after meeting in law school at stanford university. she graduated number three in her class, number one was william rehnquist. he would become a justice, then chief justice of the supreme court. she eventually joined him there. it's long been known that they were more than just friends at stanford and actually dated for a time. but now author evan thomas, working on an o'connor biography, has discovered that rehnquist's interest in her went much further. when he left law school to become a supreme court clerk, he wrote to her. >> i think he was lonely in washington, and he began writing her, ardently writing her. he went on to say, sandy, will you marry me? >> reporter: there's no record of her response, but it was clearl

author evan thomas has discovered a long lost decision he sandra day o'connor.ted an appeal from william rehnquist-- an appeal to marry her. he popped the question in a letter when they were law school students, long before they both served together on the supreme court. in fairfax, virginia today, more than 30 children celebrated halloween by becoming u.s. citizens, in costume, no less. the kids come from over a dozen countries. after taking the oath, they took to the street to trick or treat. what else? americans buy nearly 600 million pounds of candy for halloween. in seven states, candy corn is the most popular, according to candystore.com. candy corn. skittles is number one in five states. hot tamales are the favorite in three states. while salt water taffy tops the list in washington and nebraska. up next here tonight, on ice: heroes. >> glor: pittsburgh police officers put their lives on the line to stop the gunman in the synagogue massacre. last night, the city said thank you. david begnaud is there. >> joining us, two of the brave officers who were woun

. >> sandra day o'connor attended law school with this future supreme court colleague and they briefly dated. >> rehnquist. >> that is correct. they both attended stanford law school. >this was one of yours. >> the really easy questions are from me. >> not true. >> which justice and future chief justice resigned in 1916 after he was nominated as the republican party's candidate for president in a surprising third ballot of the national convention? >> hughes? >> that is correct. he lost to woodrow wilson. he later returned as chief justice. next question for team madison. which early chief justice resigned and later turned down a second chance to be chief justice after the senate had already confirmed him? >> this is intense. [laughter] >> we are going to need an answer. >> can we call a lifeline? >> i don't think so. >> jay. >> that is correct. it was john jay, our very first chief justice. he resigned when he was elected governor of new york. six years later, president adams nominated him a second time, but he declined the appointment, and adams went on to select john marshall to be t

when they were just students at stanford law school, william rehnquist proposed marriage to sandra day o'connor in a letter. o'connor turned him down. she was already dating a man she would later marry. the proposal is revealed in a new book about o'connor due out next year. rehnquist served as chief justice, and o'connor was the first woman appointed to the court. they remained friends until his death in 2 >> and that remained largely a secret until now. >> yes, until now. >> until now. they looked so young and sprite in those images. >> it was the letter. you need to propose face-to-face >> you can't put it in a letter. >> sign of the times. >>> coming up, the can of beer that took out the world series trophy in boston. >>> but first when we come back, the uproar over a college football player's death and the decision about whether his coach should be fired. >>> and later, the unusual houseguest. a hawk flies into this home confronting the residents who are cats inside. hawk fleiies into this home. w. for people who never say no to one more episode brilliant sound clarity for people who crash

we're talking about sandra day o'connor and william rehnquist. they were known friends and actually dated for a little while. once they graduated, rehnquist went to work in washington and o'connor.ing in one of the letters, he proposed. the answer was apparencay no e they both went on to marry other people, but they were threunited oe supreme court. an author working on a book for o'connor made that discovery. >>> well, a lot of creativity d planning goes into halloween costumes. >> people go through a lot of effort to make these costumes. one of my favorite toddlers may have taken the cake for best costume this year. this is 3-year-old parker curryr you migember her from earlier this year. i did a little interview with her and the artist who painted michelle obama's portrait. the video of parker with michelle obama went viral. the i had a chance to see portrait with her together. this is the photograph that went viral initially because she was just ihi awe of portrait. she was admiring so much of what that portrait means to her. guess what, ta-d

. >>> author evan thomas has by sandra day o'connor. she rejected an appeal from william rehnquist, an appeal to marry her. he popped the question in a letter when they were law school students long before they both served together on the supreme court. >>> in fairfax, virginia, today, more than 30 children celebrated halloween by becoming u.s. citizens. in costume, no less. the kids come from over a dozen countries. after taking the oath, they took to the streets to trick-or-treat, what else? >>> americans buy nearly 600 million pounds of candy for halloween. in seven states, candy corn is the most popular, according to candy store.com. candy corn. skittles is number one in five states. haul tamales is the favorite in three states. saltwater taffy tops the list in washington and nebraska. >>> up next here tonight, on ice. heroes. when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be enco

in it, future chief justice william renquist then girlfriend sandra day o'connor. they declined.y acknowledged they were dating at stanford law school. the late justice renquist and his wife became friends with the connors. >>> and while you were sleeping, jimmy fallon showed outtakes by the president. >> first is alabama. >> it sounds too much like obama. next. >> how about hawaii? >> hawaii is a beautiful, beautiful country. >> massachusetts. >> god bless you. >> that wasn't a sneeze. that's a state. >> what's the next state? >> massachusetts. >> gezuhntit. >> new mexico. >> there's a new mexico? isn't the old one bad enough? make new mexico old again. put that on a hat. >> oh, my gosh. >>> let's get a check of cnn business. asian stocks kickoff november with positive readings here. the hang seng up 2%. shanghai up a little bit. nikkei down 1%. u.s. foots a s afutures are pos. dow closing up to cap off a terrible october. nasdaq trimming the monthly decline. the worst month for the nasdaq since november of 2008. s&p is up 1%. the steepest decline since november of 2011. general

sandra day o'connor rejected a marriage proposal for her then classmate william rehnquist.hey would later serve on the supreme court together. he was chief justice and she was the first woman appointed to the nation's highest court in 1981. >> their romance is revealed in a new book, "first" is its title. it's set for release next year. rehnquist put his proposal in a letter asking, sandy, will you marry me this summer. despite the rejection, she remained close with him throughout his life. >> that was the problem, you don't propose in a letter. >> in a text? >> press the flesh. got to do it in person. >> that was the problem. oh, well. >>> an airline worker in kansas city picked a bad spot to sleep off a long night on the town. >> a piedmont airlines employee dozed off in the cargo hold of an american airlines jet on saturday. by the time he woke up he was in chicago. >> wow. >> police brought him in for questioning and he apparently told officers, look, officers, i was hungover, i took a nap on the job. you know how it is. he was not arrested but he has been suspended pen

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appellate judges and district court and even state supreme court justices like sandra day o'connor said there are hundreds to choose from but they are all disqualified. the judges are disqualified because they don't have the two extreme right groups the heritage foundation refers to the indians as cartels. i don't want the foundation picking a supreme court if i'm representing pennsylvania. i stand by that. we have to have a different system. democrats say you are a rubberstamrubberstamp for presid evil confront any nominee submitted for the court. is that true and if not, what kind of nominee would you oppose? you know what is amazing about this, this may be the biggest example in the country of resistance and obstruction and stop anything this country is doing. you voted for three judges on the list. the judge didn't move far right. you moved so far left looks like he's further right. >> you have a process that is rigged by the special-interest corporations. thea single may the 25 can be chosen and in the deciding vote with a lot of major issues including the right to organize for uni

he clerked on the supreme court for sandra day o'connor and justin stephen breyer. and the wilson cromwell prize he was a distinguished publication record in the leading law reviews and written extensively for lay audiences including pieces in "the slate", "the washington post," the "the new republic" where he was a contributing editor. he served on the board for the constitution society, a counter wait to the federalist society. his work has been cited in many popular publications including the new york times, the new york times magazine, usa today, "the washington post," and los angeles times. driver has already received a master's degree in education from duke and this i was most excited about, he has taught civ civics to students. please welcome them. [applause] so will you do share with the audience the core argument you present in your respective pieces. what led you to these projects and why do you think they're important in this con temp ray moment. if your background speaks to how you got to those pieces as well. please elaborate. >> thank you. so, the core

. >>> san delay -- sandra day o'connor and her husband john met at stanford university.long been known that she and renquist dated at stanford for a time. but now it's been discovered ren quist's interest in her went much further. >> i think he was lonely in washington and he began writing her. then he went onto say, sandy, will you marry me? >> she married john o'connor and he married natalie cornell. >>> let's get a check on your weather now. >> it's a very active november 1st morning. we watched tornados yesterday, five of them reported. we had severe storms in eastern texas, then through louisiana last night with two tornado reports. even in the last half hour we've had reports of a tree that has fallen on a house in mississippi. it's heading right through the heart of mississippi. eventually it will move into alabama. in the next couple of hours hopefully the severity of these storms will begin to lessen. we're also getting a drenching rain in arkansas and missouri. portions of illinois too were soaked for all the kids unfortunately. as far as severe weather, maybe

it ended up playing out to be at justice kennedy and maybe we should talk about justice sandra day o'connor's role a bit . >> i think her contribution here was to offer a verbal formulation that allowed for greater regulation of abortion then the doctrinal formulation emergent out of roe versus wade. i think that is right, and it is clearly right as i forget in a dissent prior to casey, she offered the undue burden test. i guess that is all. >> she came to georgia state several times and after her retirement, she hinted that maybe she was not that happy at how the undue burden test was implemented. maybe that was not what she was thinking. >> one of the areas that is not scheduled to be talked about here is the other area where the supreme court moved from heightened scrutiny to an undue burden standard and that is the right to vote, and now there is an undue burden sliding-scale there as well. that puts tremendous pressure on who is doing the judging because what some people see as an undue burden, other people don't. you can see this when you look at the lower court opinions where there is

it profiles nine women who were short listed to the supreme court before sandra day o'connor became our first female justice. i've written numerous articles on legal ethics, on judicial ethics. on the first amendment and gender inequality in the profession. i've testified in front of judges facing discipline. including a judge that challenged certain rules of the texas code. currently i teach professional responsibility, constitutional law and a seminar on gender law leadership and power. i told my students in the gender seminar yesterday that i would be here testifying before you this morning. they were surprised to learn that the recommendations i'm going to make weren't already part of the judicial code and rules. i previously taught a seminar on the first amendment and lawyer judicial speech. i served as a american reporter for the american bar association. and amman elected member of the american law institute. i'm a graduate of the university of chicago. all of that informs my testimony before you this morning i'm here today in support of the changes of the code of conduct and rel

sandra: wow. you learn something new every day. >> bill: she said no. a center date o'connorew weeks ago put out a notice that she is suffering from dementia. she has withdrawn from public life. to her and her family, our best to you. that was a tidbit we were not aware of. so now we know. >> sandra: looking to the past as a possible guide to the future, the government now releasing a watergate report that had been kept under wraps for decades. could it be a road map for the russian investigation? >> bill: the ohio race for governor in his neck and neck. one of the tightest in the country. the battle for the buckeye state will go down to the wire. the republican's mic to wire. he wants the job. we will talk to him next. i'd like to take a moment to address my fellow veterans, because i know so many of you have served our country honorably. one of the benefits that we as a country give you as a veteran is the eligibility for a va loan for up to 100% of your home's value. if you need cash for your family, call newday usa. with automatic authority from the va, we can say yes whe