patricia wald. [ applause ] patricia wald made history as the first woman appointed to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit, rising to chief judge of the court. she always strove to better understand the law and fairly apply it. after leaving federal service, judge wald helped institute standards for justice and the rule of law at the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia in the hague. hailed as a model judge, she laid a foundation for countless women within the legal profession and helped unveil the
she s been called a champion noticer. she s alert to all the ways large and small that women had been and in some cases continue to be treated unfairly just because they re women. as a writer, a speaker, an activist, she awakened a vast and often skeptical public to problems like domestic violence, the lack of affordable child care, unfair hiring practices, and because of her work across america and around the world, more women are afforded the respect and opportunities that they deserve, but she also changed how women thought about themselves. and gloria continues to pour her heart into teaching and mentoring. her one piece of advice to young girls is, i love this, do not listen to my advice. listen to the voice inside you and follow that. when patricia wald s law firm
0 nevertheless, nancy pelosi wasted no time claiming republican hypocrisy exists in this interview about buzzfeed. it s really interesting right soon on the heels that date, on the heels of the republicans voting to make sure everybody that had access to food stamps was drug tested, it s just is like what? to get food stamps you have to be drug tested? and so i hope that it will humanize, shall we say, their thinking. nbc s pete williams was in court and he joins us now from our washington bureau. pete, i just want to point out that the congressman was one of the lawmakers who voted for drug testing for food stamp recipients so i believe that was the type of connection that nancy pelosi was trying to make there. but you were in the courtroom. explain how this all went down. well, he did plead guilty today and he got the same sentence that most defendants get for a first offense. he got a year s probation, so that means if there are no further violation, this will be removed from
0 loretto lynn, lori simon, richard lugar, and ben bradlee just to name a few. we will bring it to you live when it happens. jenna: great to see you, everyone. i am jenna lee on happening now . bill: jon: and i am jon scott. welcome. taking a toll on the approval of the law, obama health care.gov. we are investing in the failure and that makes, i think, the kind of ability to fix most want to be pro-obamacare orient thai baht in turn obamacare. opinions are usually in the middle. they want to see their neighbors and sons and daughters be able to afford health care that is high-quality. i think if you asked obama himself, he would disapprove of the way that the rollout has gone thus far and i think what is more important is the approval rating two years from now. jon: i imagine he would sing that it s the republicans fault. it s absolutely absurd to suggest this. it is 100% owned by president obama. the fact that republicans were opposed to this to begin with doesn t mean that
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