one note, when she arrives in statutory hall there on that black platform, it's known at the lincoln catafalt. it was built for president lincoln, and since then, it's become the great unifier, because republicans, democrats, presidents, jfk, eisenhower, lbj, reagan, bush all lain on that same spot. but what's unique about this, this is the first woman in our country's long history to lie in state in the u.s. capitol building. something reserved for justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> jeffrey toobin, one of the things that people may not know about her, who didn't have a chance to spend time with her and you covered her just so closely, is that she really was also quite humble. didn't have the loudest voice. didn't speak the most words, but every word she spoke, people listened to intently, right? a precise jurist. >> she was a precise jurist and a precise person. >> yes. >> and you know, one of the unnerving things about talking to justice ginsburg is that she was a person uniquely comfortable with silence. >> epic silence, jeffrey. epic silence. >> yes. and you would talk to law clerks

tomorrow, we will be gathering at statutory hall. air prayer will be led by a rabbi, the first jewish person to lie in state in the capital of the states. -- for i lot of cause don't want to say celebration, but observance. a historic time for a historic woman. that did more for the equality of women than anybody in our history. theonored in the capital women members of the supreme court. being the senior member, justice ginsburg spoke for the group to receive the honor. woman --the story of a yorker,.new a long time ago, she applied to practice law in the supreme court. was 6-3.against her there were nine justices then as now. 6-3 because she was a woman, they turned her down. she did not take no for an answer. withdvocated for change the congress of the u.s. she won. congress passed a law that said women with the qualifications must be admitted to the bar of the supreme court. say, it ises on to my favorite example of how sometimes congress is more in touch with changing times than the court is. i remind you when the court -- curre

that's right outside statutory hall. she will be remembered for git in the law.r generation as a someone who had the imagination to understand that law is a profoundly human endeavor that can make the country better. in her incremental, careful plotting and brilliant way, her life's work made that a reality. >> let's pause and watch this scene unfold.

tomorrow, we will be gathering at statutory hall. she will be the first woman to lie in state in the capital of the united states. our prayer will be led by a rabbi, the first jewish person to lie in state in the capital of the united states. for -- i lot of cause don't want to say celebration, but observance. a historic time for a historic woman. did more for the equality of women than anybody in our history. a couple of years, we honored in the capital the women members of the supreme court. being the senior member, justice ginsburg spoke for the group to receive the honor. she told the story of a woman -- lockwood is a new yorker. chuck schumer keeps reminding me, leader schumer. lockwood, in 1876, a long time ago, she applied to practice law in the supreme court. the vote against her was 6-3. there were nine justices then as now. 6-3, because she was a woman, they turned her down. she did not take no for an answer. she campaigned -- advocated for change with the congress of the u.s. she won. congress passed a law that said women

then on friday, she's expected to lie in state in statutory hall at the united states capitol, a high honor for the supreme court justice. she'll be the first woman to lie in state at the capitol, john. >> historic, to say the least. joe johns for us at the white house. joe, thank you very much. >>> developing overnight, tropical storm beta causing major flooding in houston after heavy rainfall last night. you can see people wading through the waist-high water. tropical storm beta is forecast to pribring heavy rain and thunderstorms along the texas and louisiana coastline today and tomorrow. >>> so on the day the u.s. will cross 200,000 dead from coronavirus, new guidance from the cdc on what should happen for halloween. the guidance is out. we'll see if they're forced to reverse it now. that's next. ♪ ♪ for all the moments you've missed and all the moments you haven't "hi" love, can't wait -"got the ring!" -"yes!" and with jared it doesn't have to ♪ to save you up to 60%. these are all great. and when you get a big deal... ♪ ...you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. every trip is a b

capitol members attend a statutory in national statuary hall this morning thousands paid respects tod a success not a in a row to louisville, kentucky following grand jury decision not to charge officers for the shooting death of breonna taylor, protests remained largely amaze according to reports some local businesses in a hospital did suffer damage including broken windows at least 24 people arrested after protest declared unlawfully assembly. >> in los angeles police investigating reports of protester being hit by a are a in hollywood the investigation ongoing. >> the "new york times" reporting jun durham federal prosecutor looking intoub russia probe has requested information on the bureau handling of the clinton foundation reports the tell a is looking into whether russia probe team he floutdz laws policies when investigating trump not so comparing to clinton foundation investigation. of the unclear whether they were looking for similar flaws but we know, that the the same people were running both investigations, investigation into donald trump answered potential collusion as we

ginsburg will also lie in state in the capitol's national statutory hall on friday and go on for a burial next week at arlington national cemetery. david spunt is on the ground outside of the court where we just saw the president and first lady. david is outside the court where trace as we just heard a moment ago, we saw the first lady and the president. we also heard some commotion in the background where many from the public have gathered outside of the steps there. mostly peaceful and calm as they gather to say their final farewells, maybe david has a better idea what we were hearing there. a moment the country is taking in as this is the final day she will remain at the top of the steps. >> difficult to hear what the people were saying. they were waiting. we told you earlier the president, they had cleared the area for about 20 minutes allowing the president a chance to walk from the -- through the supreme court as david spunt told us earlier he parked in the back for security reasons and walked through the back of the court and walked out the front doors to pay their respects. of cou

on friday she will travel across the street making history lying in state in the capitol and statutory halld steve. ainsley: let's bring in trey gowdy, former south carolina congressman and author of the book doesn't hurt to ask, using the power of questions to communicate, connect and persuade. hey, trey, good to see you. trey: hey, ainsley. ainsley: the president was speaking last night about joe biden, why won't he release names of supreme court nominees. >> now i'm asking sleepy joe biden to give me a list and he doesn't want to do it. you know why, because he can only put super radical left judges on people that would destroy the country, people that would destroy your country. ainsley: trey, what do you think? why won't he release a list? trey: you make one person happy and lots of people upset. you draw scrutiny and why did you pick them and not someone else. ainsley, we don't need the list. we foe who joe biden has opposed in the past. john roberts, the most moderate part of that conservative block. biden voted against him. can you remember the last gop nominee that biden liked. dav

, she will then lie in state in the us capital when her casket will be placed in the national statutory hallaying tribute to the late ruth bader ginsburg. we will return to washington a little later where our correspondence will talk us where our correspondence will talk us through events that are scheduled for the next couple of days. ministers have warned there could be queues of 7,000 lorries in kent at the end of the brexit transition period — on the ist ofjanuary — if haulage companies don't prepare for new customs arrangements. speaking in the commons michael gove said just one in four businesses believe they are "fully ready" for the post—brexit arrangements as he outlined the government's reasonable worst case scenario. i should stress that this is not a prediction or a forecast. it's just a prudent exercise in setting out what could, and the worst circumstances, occur if we don't improve preparedness. and of course, if our neighbours declined to be pragmatic. the scenario builds on an estimate that only 50 to 70% of large businesses and just 20 to 40% of small and medium—sized enter

from complying with the statutory requirement to publish the parliamentary precedents to hours spent in the hall of the house with members, students shall and visitors, the office has been steadfast in our commitment to transparency in the people's house. this commitment is the bedrock of our democratic tradition. finally, i thank my wife and family for their love and support during my tenure. signed, sincerely yours, thomas j. wickam, jr. the speaker: with great appreciation to our parliamentarian, thomas j. wickam jr., pursuant to section 287-a of title 2 united states code, the chair appoints as parliamentarian of the house of representatives jason a. smith to succeed thomas j. wickam resigned. with congratulations to jason smith and thanks and gratitude. thank you. the chair will entertain up to 15 minutes for -- 15 requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from from michigan eek recognition? ms. slotkin: madam chair, i ask for unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the the