Past election day. That of course might spark a backlash from the president who claimed one could be ready by the election. But might indicate that science will rule. Next hour, the nations Top Health Officials are testifying on the hill about the nations response to this pandemic. Well bring that to you live. First though we begin with cnns medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen who has the latest on the vaccine to big phase three trials in the u. S. This is a big point because this is where you tested among thousands of people. What are we learning . Right. As we test it actually among tens of thousands of people. This is now number four to go into phase three clinical trials. Lets look at the list. So we know that know that moderna and pfizer started in tens of thousands of people on july 27th. Astrazeneca sort of an interesting one, started august 21st and then went on hold while an illness of one of the participants is being investigated to see if its related to the vaccine. Johnson johnson started today, september 23rd. When you look at these four, the first two use the same type of vaccine platform or technology. The second two use another type. So the first two use one type and neither of the times has ever resulted in the vaccine on the market. So these are relatively new vaccine technologies. We will be interested of course to see if they actually work and if theyre safe. Jim and poppy. I mean, thats so interesting, that neither of them the mrna and others have been approved to take it to market. Can you tell us and explain what changed overnight in terms of how the fda is issuing what appear to be pretty more strict guidelines at least on the time line for authorization. Right. I think, poppy, hit you hit an interesting point there. These are new technologies and the sources im talking to says theres a bit of anxiety about this because theyve never resulted in a vaccine being put on the market and being given to hundreds of millions of people. We are being told that the fda is expected to put a rule on that will say, hey, when you get to the certain point in your trial, a point that neither moderna or pfizer has reached yet, you have to wait two more months until youre allowed to apply for the emergency use authorization to put your vaccine on the market. So its waiting two months past a certain point in the trial that neither one has got to. You dont have to get your calendar out to know that neither one of the vaccines will be on the market by election day which is what President Trump keeps talking about. And the reason for this is safety, safety, safety. The fda wants more shots and more arms, so that they can see, hmm, is there a safety problem here . We want more people in these trials so that we can see if this vaccine might possibly cause problems. Jim, poppy . Elizabeth, thank you for that reporting. With me is the president for the center for science and the Public Interest and hes critically a former associate commissioner of the fda. Dr. Laurie, i have read your quotes for months now about this. Im glad youre here in person. Thanks so much. Thank you. So lets begin with that. The fda our sources there are saying two things. One, the fda could make these Pharma Companies wait 60 days after all participants in the trial have gotten the second dose. And then go for emergency authorization or wait for 60 days until half of the people have gotten the second shot. Is it safe to wait for half of the people to have been two months out from this and not all of them . Well, its a balancing act. On the one hand, you want additional Safety Information and on the other hand, you dont want it to be withheld without improving what you know. So i think this is probably a reasonable balance that theyre striking. Its important to get that additional Safety Information because sometimes those signals dont appear for a while after the injection. So theyre basically putting the limits on before they give a ua. You were quoted on monday about sector of health and human agencies, alex azar, assuming control for what all of the agencies underneath him do and say, right . Barring the Health Agencies which would include the fda from signing any new rules that would include on a vaccine without him first approving it. So can the fda do this without him signing off . So i think there are maybe a couple of Different Things going on here. I do think that the fda can enforce this and they do so by telling the companies what they expect and any company would be foolhardy to submit something with what the fda said they required. I think theyll go along with this. The second relates to the memo from secretary azar, which i do think is, you know, something of a power grab by him. But what it does is it relates to new regulations and these orders that relate to vaccine approval and emergency use authorization they arent orders. The move by the secretary to insist he signs all regulations i dont think it affects all regulatory approval. So your comment about it being a power grab, the chief of staff to him, harrison, said this is a housekeeping matter. It has no bearing on how the agency deals with covid vaccines. Explain why you think the hhs secretary shouldnt have this power. Well, you know, what this really relates to is whether or not given kind of person ironically called an interior officer can sign a regulation and i speak as somebody who was an inferior officer and i signed these when i was at the fda. It adds really meaningless bureaucracy to the process to require that someone several levels above the level i held is going to be somebody signing a regulation. I mean, thats just a total waste of time and it creates a gumming up of the machinery when it comes to regulations. I think whats really going on is that the secretary is sending a signal to the white house that he has his and that the whole thing is under control. Okay. Well, its great to have your insight, dr. Laurie. I hope you come back soon. Thank you very much. Well, still to come, moments from now, Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg will return for the final time to the Supreme Court. You will see it live right here. A moment for the court, a moment for the country. And new reporting this morning from the New York Times says that russian trolls are simply amplifying President Trumps own misleading statements this election cycle rather than create their own disinformation. Former National Security adviser to President Trump, h. R. Mcmaster will join me next to discuss this and other threats. And longlasting gain scent beads. 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This on the same week were learning that the cia says russian president Vladimir Putin is probably directing russias interference once again and the fbis warning that foreign actors might try to spread disinformation about the 2020 election results. Im joined now by the president s former National Security adviser, lieutenant retired Lieutenant General mcmaster. Hes out with a new book called battle grounds, the fight to defend the free world. I would recommend it. Thanks for being on this morning. Thank you. House intelligence indicates that russia is interfering in the u. S. President ial election as well as the broader political conversation here. Under putins direction, to help donald trump and hurt his democratic opponent. As we saw in 2016. Given your experience particularly with russia, why does the kremlin prefer it seems President Trump . Well, jim, you know despite this report, i dont know if they really prefer anybody. What they want to do is they want to sow doubt about whoever wins, right . And make sure that americans lose confidence in our democratic process. And in our institutions and elections broadly, but who we are as a people. So anything they can do to divide us and, you know, i mean, putin at the kremlin, theyre always like a step ahead, right . Theyre always thinking about what can we do next to make it even worse for americans in terms of how we view ourselves and one another. I think thats i think thats what theyre up to. I think they dont really care who wins, as long as we doubt the result and they can pit us against each other. I get that. And i get that putin, the kremlin, win regardless, right . Because any disarray in this country serves their interest, but the fact is they focus their negative disinformation, right, on Hillary Clinton in 2016 and now on joe biden. Why then that focus if it doesnt matter to them . You know well, its winwin for them, because what happens is if theyre seen as actively undercutting the one candidate, the other candidate wins and the other is discredited. You know, how can they lose in that scenario, right . So putins really sophisticated about this. Jim, again, 2016 election, what i found as we were looking into this is that the Internet Research agency, like the Front Organization for the you know, the kremlin spies running the sustained campaign against us, their activity went way up right after the election. And they had a Campaign Like ready to go of, you know, hey, trump should have won, but the election was rig. But when trump did win, they had to shift it oh, wow, he would have won the popular vote. So theyre always trying to sow these doubts about our processes. Hey, what we ought to be proud about though i think and positive about, there have been a lot of adaptations since 2016. Their organizations stood up to protect the, you know, the election infrastructure. But that also to counter the disinformation and the propaganda. The report that leaked out of the Intelligence Agency its an indicator. Hey, the government is working on this hard. I think jim what we need to do is work on it harder ourselves. Because what russia does is like they they take advantage of any division we have. Right . As we were at each others throats you know, from a partisan perspective, you know, russias i mean, theyre celebrating. You know, this is a great situation for them. I get that. I do. And you see it. Listen, russia as you know better than me dives into every divisive issue whether it be take a knee in the nfl or election disputes. But what has been missing as you know is a unified american bipartisan response. Right. You look at a whole issue of provocations recently, you know, bounties on u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan, arm sales to the taliban, the poisoning of navalny, which in any other time everybody including the president would be standing up and saying, putin, stop it. But the president doesnt do that. I want to play what he said yesterday to the rally and ask you a quick question about it. Have a listen. I like putin, he likes me. We get along. But the fact is, russia doesnt have our interests at mind at heart. Do you have any explanation for why the president wont utter the simple words dont mess with us, russia. Im on to you. Right. You know, jim, i dont understand it. You know, i wish President Trump would just realize hey, Vladimir Putin is not his friend. Right . I mean, he wasnt george w. Bushs friend when he looked into his soul, hes not Barack Obamas friend when he was trying to work with medvedev. Hes not Hillary Clintons friend when she brought a reset button to lavrov. Its selfdelusion. I write about this in battle grounds like the strategic narcissism. We look at the world the way we want it to be and we have to confront the reality. Putin is the best liar in the world and he shakes our confidence in who we are with the flat denials of even what is so obvious that they have done. Right, the poisoning of navalny, a nerve agent like they did with skripal. And they shot down an airliner full of innocent people in ukraine and they said, oh, that wasnt us. There was incontrovertible evidence. So jim, i dont understand it. I think the president should be stronger on this and should be direct about it. We should be direct about it. You in your book, you focused particularly on the threats from russia and china and china is a country that the president reversed that narcissism if you can say it in terms of our view of the world from previous administrations. One hes been direct against. Who is the bigger threat including to the russia is it russian or china or are they differing kind of threats . Theyre different kinds of threat and china is a huge threat because of scale. I mean, the side of their economy. They have increased their defense spending 800 . Its the largest i think that im aware of, the peacetime buildup of a military in history. We see them becoming more and more aggressive in so many ways. And so what china wants to do is they want to take center stage, right . This is the narrative of National Rejuvenation from xi jinping. But russia realizes theyre weak. They have the economy the size of texas and they have big problems. The chance of oil prices and covid hit them hard. A lot of internal dissension especially in the eastern part of the country. But putins standards are lower. He wants to drag us down. Right . And putin thinks, hey, ill be the last man standing as i watch the United States, as i watch European Countries consume themselves in their vitriolic partisan politics and as you mentioned, right, what they do they use whatever issue can divide us, right . So about 80 of this Internet Research agencys efforts are on race. Divide us on race. Yeah. Yep. Then that go to hotbutton political issues like immigration or gun control. So whenever we have the conversations like were yelling at each other instead of having civil discussions about these issues, were just playing into their hands. Yeah, i get it. I want to ask you about the coronavirus because your successor, robert obrien, told the president earlier this Year Coronavirus would be his Biggest National threat of his presidency. We just sur passed 200,000 dead americans. Has the u. S. Failed from the National Security perspective in its response . Well, we havent done as well as we should have and you see how difficult it is to implement. You have to get things done. You cant just write a plan, you have to actually implement that plan. And there are three aspects to this. Ill go through this quickly. First of all, you want to be able to stop it early. Stop it where it starts so it doesnt get to your shores. And of course, thank you, chinas communist party. They suppressed any of the news of the human to human transmission. They shut down, you know, internal transportation before international. All of that. The second thing is you want to mobilize biomedical response. Thats where we had the biggest problems, right . Because we have the very fragile supply chains that were overreliant on china, but they were biased on efficiency and just in time delivery. Okay, we cant do that again. The pharmaceuticals and the personal protective equipment so mobilizing the response is hard for us because we dont have a centralized system. Its public and private and federal and local so coordination of the effort. That was the biggest shortfall i think. And the third area is innovation. How do you get therapies, how do you get a vaccine. Jim, thats actually going very well. You know . I heard you reporting and im confident in the vaccine effort. I know a lot of the people involved in it, on operation warped speed. On the plus side is that. And the minus side, we have to stop it early and mobilize and we have to work on it and get better at it. We have seen kelly, mattis, and others, some have questioned his fitness for office. I know this is uncomfortable for all military leaders, including you, deliberately in your book. I just wonder as a soldier, as a commander what is the greater duty for military leaders . To remain apolitical or to share concerns about the wellbeing of the country . You know, i think its both. Right . To remain apolitical and share concerns but dont do it in a partisan way. Dont get drug down into the morass of partisan politics. Im critical about the trump policy in the book but i wont get into the ad hominum attacks and the petty partisanship. We have to resist any effort to drag the military into the partisan politics. Our founders were very cognizant of this. George washingtons grandparents fled the english civil war. So we can never have the military involved in politics. So i think every political leader has a responsibility for those two, because, you know, jim, i mean, there are many examples of where if you have a partisan agenda, hey, just get some admirals and generals to sign up for your program. I think we have to resist doing that. I get you. The book is called battle grounds, the fight to defend the free world. Its a smart book. We appreciate your time. Thanks so much, jim. Great to be with you. Bring back poppy now. Of course, poppy, we have quite a moment this morning. Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court. Thats right. Take a look at this. What a moment. Just look at that image, live pictures on the steps of the high court as we wait for the casket of the Late Supreme CourtJustice Ruth Bader ginsburg to arrive. Shell be accompanied by a hundred of her former law clerks. You see them there on the steps. Lets bring in our Jessica Schneider and whats the moment like this day . I remember being in the rose garden when president clinton nominated her and he referred to as the Thurgood Marshall of civil rights and now her casket will be there under the portico of a building that says, you know, equal justice under law. She she talked about how she hoped that during her tenure she would live up to her mothers aspirations for her. What you just described on the front steps of the capitol, her clerks and all of those people lined up, mothers, fathers with young children. Shes her legacy in the law is one of equality, certainly. But her personal stature spoke to so many americans. You know, as she became the notorious rbg, someone who went beyond the law to touch them in terms of social pop culture. Just someone who was inspiring in so many ways. So i would say since 1993 to now we have seen a transformation in america, but Ruth Bader Ginsburg was trying to keep the country moored to the guarantee of equal rights. As i watch this image there at the court, im getting goose bumps. I have not seen something comparable to that. That show of support. Show of force. A solemn moment. If someone embodied a bridge, right, at the court, it was someone like rbg. In the friendship with scalia and respect on both sides of the aisle. Her confirmation by a near unanimous vote in the senate. Was she to some degree sadly the last to represent that kind of bridge as the court has become more divided . Well, youre certainly right, jim. It was interesting, her relationship with Justice Scalia, but just standing a few feet away from the army of clerks, you really when you talk to them, they say just what youre talking about. That kind of bridge. Working for her was a lesson in the law for sure, but it was also a lesson in life. She taught them about how to be civil. How to disagree agreeably. Her dearest friend was Justice Scalia, but these clerks right here, theyre going to greet this casket. There are a mix of her Supreme Court clerks and her appellate law clerks and they will greet it and then go up the steps and in shifts theyll stand guard over this casket while its here. A lot of them talked about them a their lessons and poppy will remember when she interviewed ginsburg, one of the things that she said was to some of the female clerks, she said you can have it all, but you cant have it all at the same time. And that emboldened through the clerkship and beyond. Youre seeing the honorary pallbearers coming down who will serve as honorary pallbearers. I think of those words all the time, joan. And her great advice, sometimes its good to be a little deaf. Both to your colleagues and in your marriage. It was good advice that she followed. Were waiting for the moment and the casket to arrive. What do you think as you stood outside the whole term and you brought us the news and the rulings and you heard the dissents. She was known as the great dissenter. Thats right. Reading in her quiet and her forceful voice. I was usually waiting for opinions. It has been quite a minute in the fast few minutes. This area has been quiet, but a real hush fell over this building crowd in just the last few minutes when we saw the dozens of former law clerks walking out on to the steps to await the arrival of Justice Ginsburgs casket. There are more than 100 out on the steps here. And actually as were seeing right now, were looking at the hearse that seems to be arriving here with Justice Ginsburgs casket. We have seen a few of the former law clerks step forward near the street, near first street northeast here. These appear to be the former law clerks who will be serving as the pallbearers this morning. So while they serve as the pallbearers, the other 100 or so clerks they will line the steps as Justice Ginsburgs casket makes its way up the steps and into the Supreme Court. Into the great hall. Thats where first this morning there will be that private ceremony. Were expecting it will be close friends, family, the justices. We will hear remarks from chief Justice Roberts as well as a rabbi. Then at 11 00, the public will pay their respects as Justice Ginsburg lies in repose at the Supreme Court. I have been out here for days ever since the announce of Justice Ginsburgs death on friday night. The stream of people who flocked here to the court to lay flowers and light candles. I spoke to a woman who got on a plane in chicago, she came here and she stayed for one day and got on a plane to head back. Jessica, just for a moment, lets just take in this moment in silence as the casket comes out. Poppy, you want to talk about a show of support there. 120 of ginsburgs former law clerks lining the stairs there of the Supreme Court. 120 from her service on the Appeals Court as well as the Supreme Court shows, poppy, the kind of breadth of impact she had. Often they to on to be judges themselves and part of the legacy of Justice Ginsburg is what were see on the step the court right now. Youre so right. Jessica schneider, let me get back to you, i jumped in there so we can take that moment in silence. Finish your thought. Reporter what strikes me the most watching the law clerks, you know, just the stories that you have heard in the past few days about those law clerks. A lot of them clerked for Justice Ginsburg when she was a judge at the d. C. Circuit. Many of them also here at the Supreme Court clerking for her. It was just so interesting to hear about Justice Ginsburgs work ethic through the eyes of these law clerks. Hearing the stories about scrambling at the fax machine when she would fax them at 2 00 in the morning. She was a workhorse. She worked at all all hours. She talked about how marty, her beloved husband, would have to come to the Supreme Court, and say, ruth, its time to come home for dinner now. He had to try that multiple times to get her home and away from work, but that was who Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg was. And, you know, the months and days leading up to her death, she worked. She heard arguments in may from her hospital bed when she was treated for a gallbladder conditions. It is seeing all the clerks out here that she touched, who worked so hard by her side. Yeah. Reporter its really touching out here, jim and poppy. Lets take one more break for a moment, just to listen in to this. Just one note there in terms of the special honor being given Justice Ginsburg. Where her casket is laying right now is known as the lincoln cat afall ka and now Justice Ginsburg shares that position after her passing. Shell also become the first woman in history to lie in state at the u. S. Capitol. Just remarkable. Joan biskupic, of the many signs of the respect for her legacy, on both sides of the aisle, both sides of the divide this this country, are those many traditions, right, that there are being set here to honor her. Reporter you know, thats right. Im glad you observed shes going to be the first woman to lie in state at the capitol, but shes the first woman justice to lie in repose at the Supreme Court because the first woman justice, sandra day oconnor, shes still alive and shes 90 now. But shes still alive, so Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become yet another first even in the Supreme Court building there. And that tableau that youre seeing is one thats very familiar to her. You know, she she came up and down those stairs for colleagues when they passed away. You know, chief Justice Rehnquist who she was close to and Justice Scalia that arian said she was so close to him. Not just in the law did she bring people together but in life. The lessons that poppy took to heart, she was doing to the end. Marty ginsburg died in 2010, so she was alone for ten years. She no longer had him to come and rouse her from her office and get her home. And sometimes Court Personnel would say, you know, late at night, shes still in there. She just she just never stopped. And until the middle of this month, she was conferring with colleagues. Working on cases. She would often take stacks of materials with her on her hospital runs. You know, it was only to the very end that she was stopped. And what a poignant moment were all observing right now. Yeah. Youre so right, joan. She worked so hard and she expected the same of her clerks. But she always worked even harder. But she also lived large and she was kind and she never missed a birthday or a wedding announcement or a baby announcement and always sent letters and congratulatory calls. I think she was a full human and her fight is not over. Remember . Yeah. Lets listen to this live. Hold on. Here we have the ceremony. God has given, god has taken. Praise be the name. Psalm 23. [ speaking in a Foreign Language ] a psalm of david. The lord is my shepherd, i shall not wont. God makes me lie down in green pastures, god leads me beside the still waters. God restores my soul. God guides me in the straight paths for gods name sake. Though i walk through the shadow of death i will fear no evil. For you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You have anointed my head with oil, my cup runs over. Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and i shall dwell in the house of adonoy forever. Today we stand in mourning of the american hero, Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. In a moment i will speak to what she meant to all of us, but first i would like to turn to her beloved family. The justice was a mother, a grandmother, and as we all know had one of the most extraordinary Life Partners in her beloved marty. To each of you, to the justices colleagues, to her law clerks, and to her court family, the country mourns with you and sends you our deepest love and comfort. To be born into the world that does not see you, that does not believe in your potential, that does not give you a path for opportunity, or a clear path for education and despite this, to be able to see beyond the world you are in, to imagine that something can be different. That is the job of a prophet. And it is the rare prophet who not only imagines a new world, but also makes that new world a reality in her lifetime. This was the brilliance and vision of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. The torah is relentless in reminding and instructing and commanding that we never forget those who live in the shadows. Those whose freedom and opportunity are not guaranteed. 36 times we are taught that we must never forget the stranger. 12 times we are told to care for the widow and the orphan. This is one of the most important commandments of the torah. It is the torahs call to action. And it is also the promise written into our constitution. As Justice Ginsburg said and i quote, think back to 1787. Who were we the people . They certainly werent women. They surely werent people held in human bondage. The genius of our constitution is that now over more than 200 sometimes turbulent years, that we has expanded and expanded. This was Justice Ginsburgs lifes work. To insist that the constitution deliver on its promise that we the people would include all the people. She carried out that work in every chapter of her life. As an advocate arguing six times before this court, for equal treatment for women and men. As a judge in the d. C. Circuit and as a justice on this court. And as a path marking role model to women and girls of all ages. Who now know that no office is out of reach for their dreams. Whether that is to serve in the highest court of our land or closer to home for me. As the rabbi of their community. Nothing could stop Justice Ginsburgs unflagging devotion to this project. Not even cancer. Justice ginsburg, from generation to generation. We promise to Carry Forward your legacy. May you rest under the wings knowing that you have tirelessly served us and this great country, the United States of america. Please rise. Grant infinite rest in your sheltering presence among the holy and the pure, to the soul of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Who has gone to her eternal home. Merciful one, we ask that our loved one find Perfect Peace in your eternal embrace. May her soul be bound up in the bond of life. May she rest in peace and let us say amen. Thank you, rabbi holtz plat for those compelling words. On behalf of all of the justices, the spouses of the justices, and the eternal Supreme Court family, i offer our heart felt condolences on the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. That loss is widely shared. But we know that it falls most heavily on the family. Justice ginsburgs life was one of the many versions of the american dream. Her father was an immigrant from odessa, her mother was born four months after her family arrived from poland. Her mother later worked as a bookkeeper in brooklyn. Ruth used to ask what is the difference between a bookkeeper in brooklyn and a Supreme Court justice . Her answer one generation. It has been said that ruth wanted to be an opera virtuoso, but became a rock star instead. But she chose the law, subjected to discrimination in law school and the job market because she was a woman, ruth would grow to become the leading advocate fighting such discrimination in court. She found her stage right behind me in our courtroom. There she won famous victories that helped move our nation closer to equal justice under law, to the extent that women are now a majority in law schools, not simply a handful. Later she became a star on the bench where she sat for 27 years. Dissenting opinions will steer the court for decades. They are written with the unaffected case of precision. Her voice in court and in our Conference Room was soft, but when she spoke, people listened. Among the words that best describe ruth, tough, brave, a fighter, a winner, but also thoughtful, careful, compassionate, honest. When it came to opera, insightful, passionate. When it came to sports, clueless. [ laughter ] Justice Ginsburg had many virtues of her own, but she also unavoidably promoted one particular one, humility in others. For example, on more than a few occasions someone would approach or call me and describe some upcoming occasion or event that was important to them, and i knew what was coming. Could i come and speak, but no. Instead, could i pass along an invitation to Justice Ginsburg and put in a good word . Many of you have seen the famous picture of Justice Scalia and Justice Ginsburg riding atop an elephant in india. It captured so much of ruth. There she was doing something totally unexpected, just as she had in law school where she was not only one of the few women, but a new mother to boot, and in the photograph she is riding with a dear friend. A friend with totally divergent views. Theres no indication in the photo that either was poised to push the other off. For many years, of course, ruth battled serious illness. She met each of those challenges with a combination of candid assessment and fierce determination. In doing so, she encouraged others who have their own battles with illness including employees here in the court, and she emerged victorious time and again against all odds, but finally the odds won out and now ruth has left us. I mentioned at the outset that ruths passing weighed most heavily on her family and that is true, but the court was her family, too. This building was her home, too. Of course, she will live on in what she did to improve the law and the lives of all of us, and yet still, ruth is gone and wer. May she rest in peace. Ruth is gone and we grieve, those the words of the chief Justice John Roberts as we look at her portrait there in the Supreme Court, a portrait from 2016 of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I believe the artist is constance beatty. The court is her family, too and her loss is widely shared. Joan, youve covered this court and youve covered the chief justice more than anyone, really. Sincere words, were they not, from him and from others as they comment on her passing that this is a deeply personal sense of loss from someone that they deeply, personally admired . . Thats right, jim. The chief is an excellent writer, and i thought that was a beautiful tribute that did indeed seem very sincere. He struck three notes that i mentioned. One that hasnt been in the news much at all when he referred to her voice of precision, her unadorned voice of precision. She was an excellent writer in the most fair way, and the chief himself is a great writer and im glad he mentioned that and in the court family is something, and finally that picture that he evoked of Justice Scalia and Justice Ginsburg on the elephant. There is a joke that she would often tell about that, because she was sitting behind Justice Scalia and people gave her a hard time. Behind . Behind nino and she said of the generously built scalia, it was for weight distribution. I always thought that was a nice remark, but i thought he struck exactly the notes of how they feel about her. Theyre all appointed for life. They dont choose each other at the outset of their tenure, but they have to find ways to Work Together and she certainly helped. We saw joan in the room there, eight of her fellow justices, and the spouses of briar, alito, cavanaugh and scalia and retired Justice Kennedy was there and as the chief justice noted 483 majority, concurring, minority and dissenting opinions, but as we look at the perfect image of the sun peeking out behind the high court, her work was not done, joan, right . She wanted to see, for example, an equal right amendment. Thats right. When he mentioned the 483 opinions, very few of those, frankly, were her majority authorship opinions. She had her notable ones that goes to your question, poppy, about equal rights where she wrote the majority opinion in the Virginia MilitaryInstitute Case bringing in women to that military school, but her work isnt done, and she expects many people on the scene to Carry Forward. Joan biskupic, thank you for being there. This must be a particular moment, thank you for your deep reporting on the late justice. We will be right back. This is our chance to put the darkness of the past four years behind us. To end the anger, the insults, the division, the violence, and start fresh in america. We can stop focusing on a president that thinks its all about him, and start focusing on whats best for us. We need to get control over the virus. Donald trump failed. Joe biden will get it done. We need to help working families. Joe bidens plan rewards work, and makes the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share. We need to take the next step in health care. Joe biden will lower premiums and reduce drug costs while still protecting those with preexisting conditions. We need to take on Climate Change and protect Social Security and medicare. Weve had four years of a president who brings out the worst in america. Isnt it time we had a president who brought out the best . Im joe biden and i approve this message. Im a delivery Operations Manager in san diego, california. We were one of the first stations to pilot a fleet of electric vehicles. Were striving to deliver a package with zero emissions into the air. I feel really proud of the impact that has on the environment. We have two daughters and i want to do everything i can to protect the environment so hopefully they can have a great future. Fronts, as you just saw. We are so glad youre with us. Good morning, everyone. Im poppy harlow. Goodness, what a day of news. Yeah. Of course, marking the passing of rbg, but many other things striking the country right now. 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