Flags are flying at halfstaff at the white house. The same honor order at the capitol and Supreme Court and crowds gathered for a vigil on the steps of the high court. They came because of the legacy that she left behind, also that powerful decision that has to be made on who will be nominated to replace her on the court 45 days out from what is already heated president ial election with early voting in some states happening already. There is the question of how this will change the court. More on the political fights that are already happening. Well talk about those in a moment. Cnn Jessica Schneider has a look at ginsburgs life with this great grit and tenacity she was known for and which earned her the nickname notoriousrbg. Whats the different between a garment worker and a Supreme Court justice one generation my mothers life and mine bear witness where else in america could that happen. Reporter she was smart, tied for first in her class at columbia law school. In late 50s and ear
Today. Not with intelligence officials inside the government but outside of it. More on whats expected to happen inside that room just ahead as joe biden doesnt just move forward but he gets ready to move on. Coming up our new reporting on how he wants to put President Trumps political baggage in the rear view with our teams exclusive look at how he plans to handle potential investigations into his predecessor. Thats just some of what were watch as we get word on two more biden team staff announcements. One of them currently serving in congress. Comiing up, ill talk with the senator on the Armed Services committee whose name is reportedly in the mix. Plus the new data about kids that parents need to know about coronavirus and the new risk of misinformation around the pandemic. A startling story illustrating that as the president elect delivered his strongest warning yet about what could happen if the transition does not. More people may die if we dont coordinate. Im Hallie Jackson with
Two men with a gun pushed into the door. Those chilling words from one terrified temple students whose off campus home was invaded by a pair of gun toting robbers sunday night. The student still so shaken he asked to us conceal his identity as he described the robbers violent attack on his roommate. Then proceeded to pistol whip him and hit him until he was unconscious. Get down on the floor and sip tied us. Reporter student says there were half a dozen people at home in the 1900 block of north 18th street when the bandits burst in. Tied everyone up and proceeded to loot the place. They stole two laptops, seven cell phones, everyones wallet, anything of value they found. Reporter two students who live here remain barricaded in their rooms locking themselves in when they heard the terrifying ordeal downstairs. Roommate billy denim was at wo work. I think my one roommate was targeted because they were asking him where his money was at. Reporter temple says this does not appear to be a ra
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. As has peter baker, correspondent for the New York Times thanks to all three of you for staying up late. Congressman, again, just a civics and kind of a Physical Plant question. The winner gets to be an incumbent member of congress. The winner will go, will get really bad office space. Theyll be on the bottom of the seniority list. Hell get his predecessors office. You do inherit the office space . How does that work . I replaced the most Senior Member of congress. For eight months as a freshman, i had the best office on capital little. You had a beautiful view of the dome. Then reality sets in. But they cant move in. They cant feel as much as anyone can move in with a twoyear term. Lets say its 12 weeks before the next election. House is out till labor day. Because it is an election day, theyll be in for about three
weeks. Whoever the incumbent is, they will be an incumbent for all of about three weeks. What they will
A look at the days latest news and headlines. Supreme court. Harris i bring in my first guess this talk to the president during a golf game. South carolina senator Lindsey Graham is with us now, member of the Senate Judiciary committee. Great to see you tonight. Thank you. And so the president brings us up on the golf course. How does that happen and what did you tell him . He thinks this is a witch hunt and he didnt do anything wrong. Mr. President ive seen new evidence in collusion. Why do you think we didnt collude with the russians. We got to be patient and run its course, and we want to make sure hes treated fairly. I dont blame him for being frustrated. This has been going on for a very long time. Harris i know ive heard you say that it was about 20 or so time that he said that. I was joking. You dont want to hand losses to republicans, how would that go . If we shut down the Mueller Investigation publicly it would be the only thing that anyone talked about. That would just let t