Bader ginsburg who died friday night. She died on the eve of the jewish new year, the first jewish woman on the Supreme Court and a very interesting thing about individuals who die right before the new year. They say they suggest very righteous people die at the very end of the year because they were needed until the very end. Under jewish tradition those who die on the new year holiday, a title given to the righteous and saintly. Certainly Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg was entitled to this honor, being righteous and saintly. At her confirmation hearing she talked about her immigrant experience was her father was a jewish immigrant, her mother was a secondgeneration american, she talked about American Values and then she said what has happened over me could only happen in america and then she spent her entire career protecting those values that make america a great nation it is in the reason people come here in order to reach their full potential. It guided her well in her public service
Break. We will see you at 12 45. Senator holly will be next. [inaudible conversations] thank you. Appreciate the break. Mr. Comey, are you with us . Yes sir. Thank you very much. Was that a sufficient rate for you, are you okay . Yes, thank you. Senator holly. Thank you mr. Chairman. Weve heard a number of things this morning and we heard you say a number of times that the oig found problems in the fisa applications across the board, but of course it was only this fisa application, these involving carter page that you signed off on that drew an unprecedented review from the pfizer court, which im sure you remember. Let me quote from that fisa court order the frequency and seriousness of these errors in the case that in a sensitive nature had an unusually high level of review in both the doj and the federal bureau of investigation have called into question the reliability of the information proffered in other fbi applications. Do you remember that order from the court . It came after i
Relocated but just as the migrants and refugees are pleading for help so too are the residents on the island many of them want them out of the country for good well its a crisis that has been brewing since the count was erected 5 years ago it was originally meant to house 3000 people but as more and more people arrive from turkey the population exploded life went from bad to worse in the crown to unhygenic conditions with the outbreak of covert 19 what was supposed to be a short stopover has now become a miserable existence in the mediterranean and some fear they may be trapped there indefinitely. Baby emmanuelle is just 3 weeks old she was born in moria her parents say they fled from the congo to europe in hope of safety and a better life but what they found was hunger thirst and homelessness just 10 months or so disappointed because the European Union could have helped us after all this time i spent 4 days no one is taking care of us what are they thinking how can they abandon us the
Achieve, to participate in and contribute to society violates the equal protection clause. 81, massive victory. I thought it was very interesting her points she often made in the dissent. The Supreme Court argued in the 2007 case ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and rubber company, the majority saitd, you know what . If you have been discriminated against in pay in your job, and you learn about it years later, you can no longer appeal for redress because you had to have come to the court at the moment the discrimination first occurred. Of course, that was a catch22, an impossible situation. If you didnt know about it, you couldnt possibly come to the court. And she addressed this, and she said comprehend she said the majority does not comprehend or is indifferent to the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination. So she called on congress to act to address really this mistaken opinion of the court, and we did in 2009, the first year i came to the senate. And anothe
Image that shocked five years ago, this picture of a syrian toddler who perished in the Mediterranean Sea while fleeing to europe sent shockwaves around the globe. We find out what happened to the family. Also coming up, the sky seems to be the limit the u. S. Stock market, stocks shrugging off the recession and pandemic to set new, record highs. We find out what is feeling the surgrge. And the fitness that the Venice Film Festival opens with less stars unless glamour, top storm top stars staying home. We will show you what films to watch out for. Brent im brent gauff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome. German chancellor Angela Merkel is commanding answers from moscow after her government confirmed rushs leading russias leading opposition gear was poisoned. Alexi navalny is fighting for his life after falling ill in moscow last month. Moscow has disputed allegations navalny was poisoned. Correspondent for years, Alexey Navalny has been fighting to