Was the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. She was an iconic figure whose legacy only grew into her ninth decade on earth. She had changed american law and left her mark on american law before she ever served a day on the Supreme Court, where she went on to further cement her legacy. Her health has been tenuous for some time. She has battled any number of ailments, including multiple rigorous cancer treatments. She said more than once she would no longer serve on the court if she were unable to do the work, and it turns out only in death was she unable to continue. Tonight we will look at all of it, her life, her jurisprudence, the fight now before us just when you perhaps thought our politics could not get any more poisonous or toxic, its about to. Donald trump had already started a rally in minnesota when word of her death arrived. He was informed only after leaving the stage en route to the flight home. She just died . Wow, i didnt know that. I just youre telling me now for
Eveninglong special coverage of the news you no doubt have heard by this hour, the death tonight of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg this happens to be day 1,338 of the trump administration, leaving 46 days to go until the president ial election. A hugely consequential day for our country as history would have it. And tonight a crowd has gathered indeed at the steps of the u. S. Supreme court. The Court Announced her death earlier this evening, said it was due to complications from cancer ginsburg, who was 87 years old, was the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court. She was an iconic figure whose legacy only grew into her ninth decade on earth. She had changed american law and left her mark on american law before she ever served a day on the Supreme Court, where she went on to further cement her legacy her health has been tenuous for some time. She has battled any number of ailments, including multiple rigorous cancer treatments she said more than once she would no longer
Mike tobin is in mexico beach on floridas panhandle. Hows it going today . Reporter well, dana, just about an hour and a half ago we saw marine one do a fly over of mexico beach. We know now that the president and first lady have gotten a firsthand look at all of the devastation, all of the slab foundations that days ago were houses and are now just entirely wiped out. The president sat down just a short distance from here. He is now in lynnhaven, florida, about 25 miles northwest of this location where the hurricane made eye wall. Certainly a hurricane ravaged area. So the president is getting a first hand look at the devastation caused by this storm and promising the maximum effort of the federal government. Back here in mexico beach, still much of the effort is focused on search and recovery. We have seen the searchers do a preliminary search. They did a more detailed secondary search with the dogs. Searching all of the void spaces inside the debris. Now what theyre doing they are i
Day, my interview with john legend on his push to get out the vote and more. When i see the president mocking Sexual Assault survivors i get upset. When all in from florida starts right now. Good evening from orlando, im chris hayes. We are now 34 days from the midterm election. Weve come here to florida which has some of the most closely watched competitive races in the country and where the right to vote is literally on the ballot this fall for more than a million and a half people. My interview with john legend about that issue and more coming up. But first, the New York Times has just moments ago printed a letter tonight urging the senate not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. It is signed by more than 650 American Law School professors and counting. The letter cites kavanaughs lack of judicial temperament as disqualifying. We have differing views about the other qualities of judge kavanaugh, but we are united as professors that he did not display the impartiality and
Mocking Sexual Assault survivors i get upset. When all in from florida starts right now. Good evening from orlando, im chris hayes. We are now 34 days from the midterm election. Weve come here to florida which has some of the most closely watched competitive races in the country and where the right to vote is literally on the ballot this fall for more than a million and a half people. My interview with john legend about that issue and more coming up. But first, the New York Times has just moments ago printed a letter tonight urging the senate not to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. It is signed by more than 650 American Law School professors and counting. The letter cites kavanaughs lack of judicial temperament as disqualifying. We have differing views about the other qualities of judge kavanaugh, but we are united as professors that he did not display the impartiality and the temperament to sit on the highest court of our land. Allies tried to explain away the president s