i m dana perino along with jesse watters and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. america, just when you thought you d seen every scandal out of washington, there s this. a staffer, ben carter, is out of a job. it comes after a graphic sex tape was filmed in an historic senate hearing room. capitol police are investigating how it was allowed to happen. the senate sex tape was recorded last week but the time of day is unclear. it s the same esteemed place where supreme court justices had their confirmation hearings, where the 9/11 commission uncovered what happened there and where s james comey testified against former president trump. the identities of the people involved in the video haven t been confirmed but legal experts think they could face criminal charges like trespassing. meanwhile, some of the media are really spinning this story. nbc news blames conservative outlets. this is an early present on a monday. greg: a sex tape before christmas.
it has been said that the supreme court is like a family, a family composed entirely of in-laws. 42 years ago, i was assigned to help then judge o connor join that family. it was my first day in a new job at the justice department, and i was proud to be part of her team. i thought our group did a pretty good job. after all, the justice was confirmed 99-0, and we must have had something to do with that. only many years later was i told that she thought i had been slow in getting material to her. i should have learned that when she had a challenge or responsibility before her, her approach was simple and direct. get it done. the way she participated in oral argument at the court is a good example. justices have many different styles on the bench. some like the back and forth of debates. others pose unusual hypotheticals. some badger counsel to get concessions. others spell out a particular theory at length and ask for comment. all this is fine and good. but justice o connor
good morning. i m wolf blitzer in washington, and this is special live coverage of the funeral of former supreme court justice sandra day o connor, the first woman to serve is on america s highest court. the service over at the washington national cathedral is set to start right at the top of the hour. president biden left delaware for washington, d.c., earlier this morning. he is set to arrive at the funeral any moment now, we are told. and he is going to be delivering a eulogy along with chief justice john roberts. o connor first met them in 1981, and roberts helped her to prepare for her confirmation where biden was the top person on the judiciary committee. and she earned in 1952 a law degree from stanford university in two years, but despite graduating top of the class, her gender kept her from joining a law firm, so she opened up her own law firm. she was mostly known for being appointed to the high court in 1981, but she is quickly one of the most influential justice
conservatives had second thoughts, and what the leaked draft did to any hope for compromise. now a year and a half later, the high court is on clean up duty. agreeing to take on the first major complication from its ruling, this one on the abortion pill. mifepristone. the decision, which could effectively ban the pill nationwide should come next june, meaning the court will keep abortion front and center in the summer before the presidential election. an issue that has repeatedly proven to boost democrats, especially as republicans are still struggling to figure out what to say on it. just listen to senators ted cruz and john cornyn on this week s decision by the texas supreme court to deny kate cox an abortion. senator, are you supportive of the texas supreme court s ruling in the kate cox case that prevented her from getting an abortion after she learned her fetus was not viable. call the press office. i have for two days, and i haven t received an answer. are you w
word with my friend katie phang in for lawrence, good evening, katie. tie phan good evening, alex, hope you have a great weekend. and to all of you joining us tonight, our broken ooze. $148 million, today, a washington d.c. jury ordered rudy giuliani to pay 148 million, $169,000 to the two atlanta election workers who were falsely accused of election fraud, after donald trump lost the 2020 presidential election. the case began on monday of this weekend, despite very vocal promises to do so, in the end, giuliani did not take the stand in his own defense. that left the jury with a little to consider of the harrowing and compelling testimony from ruby freeman and miss moss. many met during the house select hearings. i stayed away from my home for approximately two months. it was horrible. i felt almost. i felt, i can t believe this person has caused just much damage to me and my family. to have to leave my home,, i lived there for 21 years. lady ruby and her daughter descr