Seat on the court, just about 50 days before election day. Nbcs tracie potts has a look at Justice Ginsburgs life. Reporter Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg spent more than a quarter century on the u. S. Supreme court and spent much of her career fighting for equality. How wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like. Reporter born in brooklyn, new york, she tied for first in her class at columbia law. But with no job offers from law firms, this was the late 50s, she taught at columbia, then worked on the womens rights project in the 70s. As their lawyer she won five of six cases before the us Supreme Court. Her ultimately goal was to get sex discrimination treated by the Supreme Court the same way race discrimination was treated. Reporter president clinton made her the second female on the nations highest court where she continued to even the playing field, supporting reproductive rights and the lgbtq community. While her rulings leaned liberal, off the bench she was Clo
Liberal voice and a champion for equality. And on the steps of the Supreme Court, crowds chanted rbg late into the washington night as attention is quickly turning to the battle over just when her seat should be filled. Tonight the condolences are pouring in. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away. The 87yearold died from complications of partnncreatic cancer. She was surrounded by her family. She was small in stature but larger than life both on and off the bench. We begin our coverage with nbc bay areas cheryl hurd. Reporter Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg spent more than a quarter century on the u. S. Supreme court and spent much of her career fighting for e quality. Please be seated. How wrong it is to judge people on the basis of what they look like. Born in brooklyn, she tied for first in her class at columbia law. But with no job offers at law firms in the late 50s, she taught at rutgers and columbia, then launched the aclu womens rights project in the 70s. Later
Cohesion. But weve always had people who have understood how to overcome those differences. And so to kind of reflect on this question about what does enable us to overcome the distinctions in any kind of free society, we are delighted today to be joined by oscar munoz. He was appointed in 2015. He is a true american success story. And well talk about that a little bit. Growing up with eight siblings in california. First member of his family to go to college. Hes had a number of rather remarkable leadership roles, worked at at t, cocacola, pepsico prior to joining united, president of the cxx corporation which moves a lot of heavy stuff around the country. But the focus of this discussion will be oscars focus on people. As i prepared for this discussion, the consistency with which the descriptions of your leadership have been kind of just anchored in both your employees and your passengers as really kind of shone through. And i think, you know, im particularly interested in a field tha
Munoz, c. E. O. Of United Airlines. Mr. Munoz was a guest at the Bipartisan Policy Center where he talk about his leadership style and how united views his global role. He also talks about the heart attack he suffered shortly after starting with united. This is 45 minutes. Welcome, everyone to what i was just informed the 1th installment of our series on leadership. Some of you have been with us before and as youve seen from some of these sessions the meaning of leadership, but the sense that theres not enough of it is something thats wildly shared here in washington. And the ambition for this series is to call on leaders from national and local politics and business leaders, folks from the education and arts, advocates to try to understand what are the circumstances and characteristics that enable some people to overcome real differences. Its not that the history of this country was made of plastic cohesion. But weve always had people who have understood how to overcome those differen
The sense that theres not enough of it is something that is wildly shared among many of us in washington, and the ambition for this series is to call on leaders from national and local politics and business leaders, folks from education, arts, advocates, to try to understand what are the circumstances and the characteristics that enable some people to overcome real differences and lead. Our imagination at the Bipartisan Policy Center is not that the it was passive cohesion. Democracy is not a gentle game, but weve always had people who have understood how to overcome those differences to kind of reflect on this question on what does enable us to overcome the inherent distinctions in any kind of free society, we are delighted today to be joined by oscar m oscar munoz. He was ceo of united airlines. He is a true american success story, and were going to talk about that a little bit, but growing up with eight siblings in california. First member of his family to go to college. He has had