Here we are in the midst of sorting through another close election. We asked you because youve been covering this Supreme Court since 1986 to come back and look back in time with us at that 2000 election. What we were going through then as comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align id logically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a leader of that court. Ohn stephens, david sutter and Ruth Ginsburg and steven briar, on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Connor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Would you say a bit more about William Rehnquist and his approach t
School holidays. If we look at the map, we talk about schools open or closed, we do know its a holiday because of lighter traffic. I have my eye on discovery bay. The rest of your commute looks fine. Maybe a factor for 680. Back to you, laura. Thank you very much, mike. 6 01. We begin with live pictures from arlington, virginia. This is Arlington National cemetery where President Trump and the first lady will visit in just a few hours to honor our Fallen Heroes on this veterans day. It is the president s first public appearance since the election. Joe biden will take part in veterans day events. Today in the bays tracie potts is with us live in washington. I know these events happen as the struggle between biden and the Trump Administration continues. Reporter it does, marcus and laura, and we are seeing where republicans are lining up in that power struggle. A few acknowledging and congratulating joe biden on his win. Some lining up with the president saying he has absolute right to c
Divot, savage, is the 20th anniversary of bush versus gore. We ask you, since you have been , toring the Supreme Court look back at the 2000 election. What we were going through that as compared to what is happening now and also some of the lessons learned. Lets start with the court itself. Themmembers, and seven of appointed by republican president s but how did they align ideologically . It was pretty much a 54 pretty much a 54 vote. There were several moderate republicans. Souter, ruthd ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer were the four on the left. , but alsoconservative an interesting era. Justice kennedy and justice were conservatives and you could not predict them in cases. You say more about chief Justice William rehnquist and his approach to leaving the court . He had been on the court for a lot of years. He had strong, clear views. I got lunch with them every year. I found him very interesting but he could talk about all sorts of subjects. Want to talk about sports or politics, the w
5 00 right now. Covid cases in a nationwide surge. This map shows much of the midwest covered in red meaning a widespread number of new cases. Dark orange shows a significant surge. Thats most of the east coast along with parts of texas which just hit 1 million cases. California a lighter orange but cases here are also on the rise. The cdc has put out its strongest guidance yet on mask wearing citing growing evidence a mask can help protect a person wearing it. The cdc says adopting universal mask wearing policies could help future help prevent future lockdowns. As San Francisco struggles to get ahead of rising covid cases, leaders reopening rolling back plans. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson is live in San Francisco to explain why the city is hardly alone here when it comes to new concerns and confusion, cierra. Reporter yes, good morning. Mayor london breed made that announcement shes pausing some of that reopening, and that includes halting the reopening of indoor learning for high
A 2nd wave of the pandemic. Anger grows in cyprus against corruption often aljazeera investigation forces the government to dump a controversial passport scheme. We begin in thailand with breaking news where a crackdown has begun against Anti Government demonstrations riot police has started rounding up protesters shortly after the government announced an emergency decree over ongoing protests it comes as thousands of protesters rallied in the capital bangkok calling for their Prime Ministers resignation demonstrators are also demanding reforms to the countrys powerful lets go straight to a correspondent on the phone from bangkok scott it is still very early in the hours of thursday morning where you are with the government clearly desperate to nip those protests in the bog whats happening. Yes exactly what did happen is emergency decree was asked about 2 hours ago 4 am local time and this was to disperse. The protesters remarks from democracy monument yesterday wednesday down to aroun