Heres to a chance for more together time. A chance to live longer. Ask your doctor about opdivo plus yervoy. Thank you to all involved in our clinical trials. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. I will fight. I will fight. On the steps of the Supreme Court, a second tribute to the Late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, there to mourn hefrielabeth odernewteot datensrg still bell kreutz. Thank you for joining us. First, many are wondering about the potentially smoky conditions today. Lets get over to meteorologist lisa argen. Good morning, liz. We saw the air quality yesterday deteriorate just a bit in the north bay and east bay to hazy conditions. We went from good to moderate. This morning, a shallow deck of low clouds and fog. Look at these pictures, isnt it neat . This is maybe 2 to 250 feet. Where it is shallow, were looking at of course the reduced visibility. But most everyone has good visibility. 69 already in oakland, 66 in san j
Among her peers. She was tireless on a number of liberal issues and out spoken. Some of them were particularly important with gender discrimination and she worked tire e tirelessly to protect womens rights and concerned with civil liberties. These are timeless issues particularly for liberals and a point at this time when liberals were for strong and conservative chief Justice Roberts tilting conservative but treading a middle ground lately. You kind of wonder whats going to happen. A lot of us expect whats going to happen the next few months. It is likelihood the president will draw from that list provided by the federal society, american conservative justices and well begin to see how it will unfold in the senate process. Larry, how possible is it to brush nominees through the system in the next few months . It is entirely possible. It is entirely possible. I would suspect Mitch Mcconnell to make this first on his todo list. He wants to get it through as quickly as possible. Time is
Seat on the court, just about 50 days before election day. Nbcs tracie potts has a look at Justice Ginsburgs life. Reporter Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg spent more than a quarter century on the u. S. Supreme court and spent much of her career fighting for equality. How wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like. Reporter born in brooklyn, new york, she tied for first in her class at columbia law. But with no job offers from law firms, this was the late 50s, she taught at columbia, then worked on the womens rights project in the 70s. As their lawyer she won five of six cases before the us Supreme Court. Her ultimately goal was to get sex discrimination treated by the Supreme Court the same way race discrimination was treated. Reporter president clinton made her the second female on the nations highest court where she continued to even the playing field, supporting reproductive rights and the lgbtq community. While her rulings leaned liberal, off the bench she was Clo
Liberal voice and a champion for equality. And on the steps of the Supreme Court, crowds chanted rbg late into the washington night as attention is quickly turning to the battle over just when her seat should be filled. Tonight the condolences are pouring in. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away. The 87yearold died from complications of partnncreatic cancer. She was surrounded by her family. She was small in stature but larger than life both on and off the bench. We begin our coverage with nbc bay areas cheryl hurd. Reporter Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg spent more than a quarter century on the u. S. Supreme court and spent much of her career fighting for e quality. Please be seated. How wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like. Born in brooklyn, she tied for first in her class at columbia law. But with no job offers at law firms in the late 50s, she taught at rutgers and columbia, then launched the aclu womens rights project in the 70s. Later
Were monitoring for today is going to be the return of some smoke thanks to some drifting winds. We have winds from the north creeping in towards the afternoon. And our temperatures are going to be in the 70s and the 80s and because of that incoming smoke, the bay area air Quality Management district has issued a spare the air alert for today. Right now, the sensors are good, but as we head into later in this evening, were going to start to notice an increase in that smoke and unhealthy air quality especially for the north bay which is likely going to be seeing the worst air quality for today. Details into the weekend in a few minutes. The nation is waking up this morning remembering the legacy of Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Ground Breaking jurist fought until the very end after battling bravely pancreatic cancer. Only the second woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court, the 87yearold was surrounded by her family in washington, d. C. We begin our coverage with today in the b