Professor thanks for being with us tonight just your basic reaction we all knew she was battling cancer, but it kind of caught everybody off guard tonight didnt it. Yes, i mean i think like so Many Americans i was shocked even though of course she was 87 and had had a lot of mental, i mean excuse me physical Health Issues when i when i heard the news like many people i got very teary eyed because it was shocking and we thought of her as kind of a rock and someone who even though shes been through a lot of physical adversity an emotional unversity her husband passed away had been someone who we thought and we would be here forever. The second woman on the United States Supreme Court made quite an impact more than many of the men over these many many years why do you think that is. I think she had this really extraordinary combination incredible forward thinking this with respect to the kind of race that she wanted to promote and that was especially the rights of people who are marginali
If you have a question that you would like to ask gail collins, having just watched her program, heres how you can get a hold of us, 202 ab 2027488200 for the east and central time zones. 202748201 if you live in mountain and pacific time zones. If you want to send a text message please include your first name and city and that number is 2027488903. Gail collins, since you take that program with megan twohey and the library of congress ab whats her legacy as an older woman in American History . Her legacy in general theres a lot of legacy people have been talking about obviously that there are legal legacy the thing i think about when i think about her is that she is really the first woman i can think of in American History whose passing was more not as an wonderful person, which she actually was but as a woman empower a person and power, as a major part of the power structure of the government, as a person who made history and changed the way we live in different ways with her rulings
So hard for us model. A role model for all of us. She was our our beacon for womens rights. And while the political world wrestles with what this means for the november election americans are remembering the real life implant impact of Justice Ginsburg had on all of our lives. And at a time when businesses across the bay area are struggling program there in oakland steps up to a lot of businesses with a little release. Youre watching kron 4 morning news at 7. Good morning. Everybody, thank you so much for joining us on the kron 4 morning news on this saturday, September Martin gonzalez. Well have a lot more on all of those stories in just a moment, but we want to start with a check of the forecast from days foreign dave. After the Welcome Break of a couple of days, were back to a spare the air alert for the bay area. Yeah, good morning morning, good morning, everybody and its not total though, but it does cover good chunk of the bay area. We have some fog actually interesting enough, b
Gentlemen, please welcome the provost. [applause] good evening, its my great pleasure to welcome you to Memorial Church for the last lecture on a Meaningful Life. We are deeply honored to have, as our speaker, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. [applause] [cheering] this event, as you know, has a rich history at stanford. Lecture afterin a a law professor decided to give it about the meaning of life. On the last day of his law class, one spring, the lecture was such a spirit a such a success that it turned into an theal tradition until professor retired. It was revived in 2008, supported by a generous gift by the foundation for global community, which established that henry and emilio rathbun fun for exploring what leads to a Meaningful Life. Visiting fellow is selected to come to stanford to deliver this lecture and to spend time with our faculty, students, and staff. Timebusy world, and in a of great change in our country, this lecture p
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome provost strom. [applause] good evening. It is my very great pleasure to welcome you to Memorial Church for this years lecture on a Meaningful Life. Honored we are deeply to have as our speaker associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg. [cheers and applause] this event, as you may know, has a rich history at stanford. Lecture that in a inry rathbun, a professor the 1930s through the 1950s, decided to give on the last day of his class one spring. The lecture was such a success that it turned into an annual tradition at stanford for many years until professor rathbun retired. It was revised in 2008, supported by a generous gift to the office of religious life by the foundation for Global Community which established the henry and Amelia Rathbun fund for exploring what leads to a Meaningful Life. Each year, a rathbun visiting fellow selected to come to stanford to deliver the lecture and spend time with our faculty,