lining up outside the supreme court, parents bringing their children. some holding flowers and pictures. others dressed as superwoman. 3-year-old lucille wilson and 2-year-old frankie frezzell dressed as justice ginsburg. it was just a year ago, in this polarized country, justice ginsburg expressed a hope for a return to bipartisanship in supreme court confirmations. acknowledging the temperature in the country and saying at the court, quote, collegiality is very important. we couldn t do the job the constitution assigns to us unless we worked well together. and tonight, justice ginsburg on how she wanted to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with whatever talent she had to make things a little better for people less fortunate. justice ginsburg in her own words. i m david muir.
and welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith viera. and i m matt lauer. nine american service members killed when their helicopter crashed in afghanistan. it is unclear right now whether that chopper was shot down by the taliban, which they are claiming is true, or if it was simply an accident. it happened in the zabul province. so far the cause remains under investigation. we want to get more information on this right now, john yang is in kabul for us with the latest. john, what do you know this morning? reporter: good morning, matt, as you say, the nine servicemen dead are americans, nbc news is being told and at least one american civilian is among the three injured. this happened as you say in zabul province in southeastern afghanistan. much of the territory there is controlled by the taliban and coalition forces led by the united states had been stepping up their efforts to take on the taliban in that area, to try to drive them out. this has been
captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith viera. and i m matt lauer. nine american service members killed when their helicopter crashed in afghanistan. it is unclear right now whether that chopper was shot down by the taliban, which they are claiming is true, or if it was simply an accident. it happened in the zabul province. so far the cause remains under investigation. we want to get more information on this right now, john yang is in kabul for us with the latest. john, what do you know this morning? reporter: good morning, matt, as you say, the nine servicemen dead are americans, nbc news is being told and at least one american civilian is among the three injured. this happened as you say in zabul province in southeastern afghanistan. much of the territory there is controlled by the taliban and coalition forces led by the united states had been stepping up their efforts to take on the taliban in tha