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>>> BREAKING NEWS AND A LOOK AT OUR NATION'S CAPITOL.
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PASSING OF A POLITICAL I+@CON.
THE
THE
THE SUPREME COURT SUFFERED A
MONUMENTAL LOSS.
MONUMENTAL LOSS. JUSTICE RUTH
JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG HAS DIED AFTER
COMPLICATIONS FROM PANCREATIC
CANCER.
CANCER.
CANCER. SHE MADE HER NAME
FIGHTING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND
BECAME ICONIC AS A VOICE +@OF
DISSENT.
DISSENT.
DISSENT. 46 DAYS AWAY FROM
ELECTION D+@AY IT, OFFERS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR SENATE
REPUBLICANS TO FILL THAT SEAT.
WHAT COMES NEXT?
>> IT IS HARD TO EXAGGERATE THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THE TIMING OF
THIS +@DEATH.
THIS +@DEATH. 46 DAYS BEFORE A
VOLATILE ELECTION.
VOLATILE ELECTION. PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT TRUMP HELD A RALLY IN MINNESOTA
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. AND IT APPEARED AS
THOUGH HE DID NOT LEARN JUSTICE
GINSBURG HAD DIED UNTIL HE LEFT
THE STAGE.
THE STAGE. >> SHE JUST DIED?
WOW.
WOW.
WOW. I
I
I DIDN'T
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
YOU'RE TELLING ME NOW FOR
THE FIRST
THE FIRST
THE FIRST TIME.
TIME.
TIME. SHE
TIME. SHE LED A+@N AMAZING LIFE.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU SAY?
SHEAVE AN
SHEAVE AN
SHEAVE AN AMAZING WOMAN.
AMAZING WOMAN. WHETHER YOU
WHETHER YOU AGREED OR NOT, SHE WAS AN
AMAZING WOMAN WHO LED AN AMAZING
>>
>> THE
>> THE PRE+@SIDENT'S R+@EACTION RATHER OFF HAD THE OF HAD THE
CUFF.
CUFF.
CUFF. JOE
CUFF. JOE BIDEN HAD MORE TIME TO
PREPARE WHEN HE ADDRESSED WHAT
HE THINKS SHOULD HAPPEN NEXT.
>> VOTERS SHOULD PI+@CK THE
PRESIDENT, AND THE PRESIDENT
SHOULD PICK THE JUSTICE FOR THE
SENATE TO CONSIDER.
THIS WAS THE
POSITION THE REPUBLICAN SENATE
TOOK IN 2016.
AND THERE WERE
TOOK IN 2016. AND THERE WERE+@
ALMOST TEN MONTHS TO GO BEFORE
THE ELECTION.
THE ELECTION. >> ONE+@ OF THOSE TWO MEN WILL
NOMINATE GINSBURG'S REPLACEMENT,
BUT WHO?
BUT WHO?
BUT WHO? PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD
ANNOUNCE A NOMINEE BEFORE
ELEC+@TION DAY.
ELEC+@TION DAY. AND THEN THE
REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED SENATE
REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED SENATE COULD QUICKLY PUSH THROUGH
CONFIRMATION HS AND APPROVE THE
NOMINATION BEFORE NUMBER THIRD.
THAT'S ONE+@ POSSIBILITY.
SENATE
SENATE
+@
+@ MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL
ALLUDED TO THAT HAPPENING IN A
STATEMENT RELEASED 90 MINUTES OR
SO AFTER GINSBURG'S PASSING.
HE
HE
HE PRAISED THE JUSTICE BUT ADDED
REPUBLICANS ARE IN CONTROL.
SO
SO
SO MR.
SO MR. TRUMP'S ENEMY NEAL BE VOTED
ON ON THE+@ SENATE FLOOR.
BUT HE
BUT HE
BUT HE DID NOT SAY WHEN THAT VOTE WOULD
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD
SAY HE'LL WAIT ON THE ELECTION.
>> AND THEN IF HE WINS THE
ELECTION, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO
HURRY IN NAMING HIS SUCCESSOR.
IF HE LOSES, THERE WOULD BE
OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN THE ELECTION
IN EARLY NUMBER AND MID-JANUARY
TO RUSH A NOMINATION AND
CONFI+@RMATION THROUGH THE
REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED SENATE.
REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED SENATE. >> REPUBLICANS ARE IN POWER
THROUGH AT LEAST JANUARY 20th
WHEN TRUMP TAKES T+@HE OATH OF
OFFICE FOR THE SECOND TIME OR
JOE BIDEN IS SWORN IN.
GINSBURG
GINSBURG
GINSBURG HERSELF HAD SOME THOUGHTS ON
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. QUOTE, "MY FIRST+@ FERVENT
WISH IS THAT I WILL NOT BE
REPLACED UNTIL A NEW+@ PRESIDENT
IS INSTALLED."
IS INSTALLED." >> UNFORTUNATELY IN TODAY'S
POLITICIZED CLIMATE, YOU DON'T
GET TO HAVE T+@HAT SAY.
WILL THIS
WILL THIS
WILL THIS SWING VOTERS IN ANY WAY?
>> THAT IS THE MILLION DOLLAR
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. IT COULD FIRE UP
VOTERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT MORE ABOUT THE
POWER OF THE SUPREME COURT WHEN
IT COMES TO POLITICS OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS.
IT REMAINS TO BE
SEEN.
SEEN.
SEEN. THIS COULD FIRE UP
+@
THIS COULD FIRE UP CONSERVATIVE VOTERS BUT IT COULD
ALSO FIRE UP LIBERAL VOTERS.
THIS JUST CHANGED THE ELECTION.
NO DOUBT.
NO DOUBT.
NO DOUBT. >> STAY WITH US.
WE ARE GONNA
COME BACK TO YOU.
>>> HOW DOES THE COURT LOOK NOW
WITH THE LOSS OF JUSTICE KINS
GURRING?
GURRING?
GURRING? YOU HAVE THREE JUSTICES
THAT LEAN LIBERAL, AND FIVE THAT
LEAN CONSERVATIVE.
LEAN CONSERVATIVE. JOHN ROBERTS+@
JOHN ROBERTS+@ HAS BEEN A SWING-VOTE AT TIMES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NOMINATION
WOULD LIKELY CEMENT A CLEAR
CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY.
CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY. PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT TRUMP VERY PUBLICLY PUT A TEXAS
SENATOR ON HIS SHORT LIST.
>> HE DID.
+@HE MENTIONED TED
CRUZ'S NAME AGAIN TONIGHT IN
THAT RALLY.
THAT RALLY. THIS HAPPENED BEFORE
HE KNEW THAT THE JUSTICE HAD
PASSED AWAY.
PASSED AWAY. >> I HAVEN'T SAID I'M PUTTING
TED +@CRUZ.
TED +@CRUZ. ONE OF THE PEOPLE FOR
THE SUPREME COURT, RIGHT?
AND
AND
AND YOU
AND YOU KNOW WHY I DID IT?
BECAUSE I
BECAUSE I
BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD
SOMEBODY WHO LISTENS.
45
45
45 UNBELIEVABLE PEOPLE.
UNBELIEVABLE PEOPLE. THE
THE
THE SMARTEST+@, THE BEST.
THE CRHM+@E DE
LA
>>
>> CRUZ
>> CRUZ INSISTS THAT HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN JOINING THE COURT.
REPEATING THAT ALL WEEK.
TONIGHT
TONIGHT
TONIGHT THE SENATE URGED THE PRESIDENT
TO QUICKLY NAME A
>>
>> ONE
>> ONE REPUBLICAN TONIGHT MADE A GOOD POINT THAT THE NOMINEE
SHOULD BE LIKELY A WOMAN SINCE
IT WOULD REPLACE A WOMAN.
+@AND
+@AND
+@AND ONE
+@AND ONE OF THE NAMES THAT IS BEING
TALKED ABOUT A LOT IS JUDGE AMY
CONEY BAIRD.
CONEY BAIRD. THAT'S ONE I WAS
TOLD T+@O KEEP AN EYE ON.
SHE IS
SHE IS
SHE IS 48
SHE IS 48 YEARS OLD.
A FEDERAL JUDGE.
A
A
A FORMER
A FORMER NOTRE DAME LAW PROFESSOR.
POLITICALLY, THE VACANCY ON THE
SUPREME COURT IS A HUGE BOON FOR
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT'S
SOMETHING THAT ALL+@ REPUBLICANS
CAN GET BEHIND.
NOT JUST HIS
LOYAL BASE.
LOYAL BASE. THERE ARE MANY
REPUBLICANS OUT THERE WHO
BELIEVE THE REPUBLICAN IDEALS
MIGHT NOT LIKE HOW PRESIDENT
TRUMP DISPLAYS THEM.
SO THIS IS
SOMETHING EVERYONE CAN GET
BEHIND.
BEHIND.
BEHIND. THIS WEEKEND REALLY
START LOOKING FOR JOE BIDEN AND
DEMOCRATS TO RELEASE A LIST OF
PEOPLE THAT THEY OR THAT HE
WOULD NOMINATE TO THE SUPREME
COURT IF HE IS ELECTED.
+@
+@ THE
THE
THE BIGGEST QUESTION TONIGHT TO KEEP
IN MIND IS WHETHER THE SENATE
WOULD HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO
ACTUALLY CONFIRM A NOMINEE.
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
REPUBLICANS NARROWLY CONTROL THE
SENATE.
SENATE.
SENATE. AND SEVERAL REPUBLICAN
SENATORS IN CLOSE RACES MIGHT
FIND IT POLITICALLY NUMBER TO
WAIT TILL AFTER NVB THIRD BEFORE
THEY VOTE.
THEY VOTE. >> YOU COVERED POLITICS IN TEXAS
FOR YEARS.
FOR YEARS. BASED ON CONVERSATION
WITH VOTERS OVER TIME, WHEN
THEY'RE LOOKING AT CANDIDATES,
HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT
CANDIDATE'S POSITION ON SUPREME
COURT JUSTICES TO GETTING THAT
VOTE?
VOTE?
VOTE? >>
VOTE? >> IT'S HUGE.
+@
+@ ESPECIALL
ESPECIALL
ESPECIALL REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. REPUBLICAN VOTERS
REPUBLICAN VOTERS IN THE STATES.
SINCE THEY'RE THE
ONES THAT LOYALLY SHOW UP IN THE
POLLS AND HAVE FOR THE PAST 25
ONES THAT LOYALLY SHOW UP IN THE POLLS AND HAVE FOR THE PAST 25+@
TO+@ 30 YEARS OR SO.
BUT THIS IS
GOING TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. IT W+@ILL
IT W+@ILL
IT W+@ILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, THE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES.
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES. THERE ARE
THERE ARE
THERE ARE THREE THINGS ON THE RADAR HERE.
THE ONE IS COVID, RESPONSE,
NUMBER TWO IS THE ECONOMY.
AND
AND
AND NUMBER THREE IS WHICH WAY THE
SUPREME COURT SHOULD TILT.
AND
AND
AND RIGHT
AND RIGHT NOW IT'S TILTING TO THE
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. AND IF +@THE PRESIDENT DOES
IN FACT GET ANOTHER PERSON
CONFIRMED TO IT, IT WILL LEAN
LARGELY TO THE RIGHT.
AND THAT
AND THAT
AND THAT COULD TAKE GENERATIONS TO
REVERSE.
REVERSE.
REVERSE. >> IT'S A SIGN OF THE TIMES.
WE
WE
WE ARE
WE ARE FORCED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
THE POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
+@
THE POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS HERE JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER
LEARN+@ING OF HER DEATH.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. >>> JUSTIC+@E GINSBURG WAS AT HE
WHEN SHE PASSED, SURROUNDED WE
HER FAMILY.
HER FAMILY. WHATEVER YOUR
WHATEVER YOUR FEELINGS ON HER JUDICIAL VIE+@W,
IT+@ HAS BEEN+@ A LIFE WELL-LIV.
SHE WAS THE SECOND WOMAN TO
SERVE ON THE U+@.S. SUPREME COU.
BUT RUTH BADER GINSBURG'S TRUE
LEGACY MAY BE AS THE ARCHITECT
OF THE LEGAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
SHE GRADUATED CHUMMIA AT THE TOP
OF HER CLASS AND BEGAN HER LEGAL
+@
+@ CAREER
+@ CAREER IN THE 1950s WHEN SEXUAL
AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION WAS A
FACT OF LIFE.
>> NOT A LAW FIRM IN THE ENTIRE
CITY OF NEW YORK SOUGHT MY
EMPLOYMENT AS A LAWYER.
>> Reporter: GINSBURG CHALLENGED
LAWS THAT TREATED MEN AND WOM+@N
DIFFERENTLY.
DIFFERENTLY. PRESIDENT CLINTON
PRESIDENT CLINTON APPOINT HERD TO THE HIGH COURT
IN 1993.
IN 1993.
IN 1993. >> HER PIONEERING WORK ON BEHALF
OF THE WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY.
SHE HAS COMPILED A TRULY
HISTORIC RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT.
>> Reporter: ON THE SUPREME
COURT SHE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR THE
FAR-REACHING DECISION THAT
STRUCK DOWN THE VIRGINIA
MILITARY INSTITUTE'S POLICY TO
ONLY ADMIT+@ MEN.
>>> SO LONG-TERM, I REMAIN
OPTIMIST.
OPTIMIST.
OPTIMIST. >> Reporter: JUSTICE GINSBURG
+@
>> Reporter: JUSTICE GINSBURG WAS KNOWN AS A JUDICIAL
WORKHORSE.
WORKHORSE. SHE KEPT GOING, EVE
WHILE BEING TREATED FOR CANCER
IN 1999.
IN 1999.
IN 1999. AND AGAIN TEN YEARS
LATER.
LATER.
LATER. IN
LATER. IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR,
SHE WAS FORCED TO MISS OESHL
ARGUMENTS WHILE RECOVERING FROM
SURGERY TO REMOVE CANCEROUS
LESIONS FROM HER LUNGS.
SHE
SHE
SHE BECAME SOMETHING OF A POP
CULTURE ICONLATER IN+@ LIFE.
CHECK
CHECK
CHECK THIS IMPRESSION ON SATURDAY
NIGHT LIVE.
NIGHT LIVE. >> I LOVE IT.
>> Reporter: THERE WAS A
DOCUMENTARY TITLED RBG AFTER A
NICKNAME GIVEN TO HER BY FANS.
AND THE FILM ON THE BASIS OF
SEX, WHICH FOCUSED ON HER PUSH
AND THE FILM ON THE BASIS OF SEX, WHICH FOCUSED ON HER PUSH+@
FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.
GINSBURG WAS
GINSBURG WAS CONS+@ISTENTLY LIBERAL ON SOCIAL
ISSUES LIKE SIMPLE RIGHT,
ABORTION, AND SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STA+@TE.
BISHE EARNED
BISHE EARNED THE ADMIRATION OF MANY
CONSERVATIVES FOR HER GRASP OF
THE LAW AND CAREFULLY-CONSIDERED
OPINION.
OPINION.
OPINION. >> CONDOLENS CONTINUE TO POUR
IN.
IN.
IN. "LAURA AND I JOIN OUR FELLOW
AMERICANS IN MOURNING THE LOSS
OF RUTH BADER GINSBURG.
SHE
SHE
SHE DEDICATED MANY OF HER 87
REMARKABLE YEA+@RS TO THE PURSUT
OF JUSTICE+@ AND