Now from abc 7, live breaking news. Right away that breaking news, Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. She was 87 years old and had been battling pancreatic cancer. She leaves behind two children and several grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, marty. She now leaves a vacancy just days before the term starts. Here with more on the justices legacy. Ut hrue ter she was justven t legacy may be as the legal architect of the equal rights movement. She graduated top of her class at columbia law school. Her career began when sexual and Racial Discrimination was a fact of life. Not a law firm in the entire city of new york bid for my employment as a lawyer. Eventually she was hired by the American Civil Liberties union, challenging law that treated men and women differently and inflaming housing and government benefits. She was appointed to the high court by president clinton in 1993. In her pioneering work on behalf of the women in this country, sh
Truly historic record of achievement. Reporter as a Supreme Court justice, she was best known for the farreach decision that struck down the military institutes menonly policy. They are now open. So, law firms, i remain optimistic. Justice ginsburg worked throughout her treatment for cancer in 1999 and again 10 years later. In january 2019 her recovery from surgery to remove cancerous legions forced her to miss oral arguments. She became something of a pop culture icon. With an impression of her on saturday night lively. Im going to step down now. You cant get rid of me. Reporter a documentary titled rbg after a nickname given to her by fans and a film focusing on her push for equal rights. She was a consistent liberal but she won the admiration of many conservatives for her grasp of the law and carefully considered opinion. Abc news, waug. The as the. Tributes pour in, a battle is already brewing for her replacement. Reporter hailing ginsburgs work as a champion of equality in a quart
Supreme court, thousands gathered for a second night to pay tribute to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. There to mourn her friend and lead the crowd in a chant was senator elizabeth warren. She is just one of many lawmakers, tonight, now debating when ginsburgs seat will be filled. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. Ginsburg died yesterday at age 87 from complications from pain kr pancreatic cancer. The justice was longknown for being an advocate of womens rights and civility. Abcs Carina Mitchell has more. Reporter outside the Supreme Court, lawyers gathering to pay tribute to Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. A popculture icon, who became known as the notorious rbg. Even though people talk about her as being tiny. She actually is at least tenfeet tall, and looms over all of us in her energy and force and determination. Reporter the battle to fill her seat already underway. Joe biden tweeting the Supreme Court is on the ballot. And the outcome
Homicides this year. Live now from the newsroom with more onthis. Reporter good evening. Neighbors are mourning the loss of the two young boys fatally shot this morning in the School Parking lot. They are the first two homicides of the city this year. Police say they dont have any leads in a possible suspect. And Community Involvement will be critical. All day they gathered at the site of the fatal shooting. Thats obviously ehorrific for the failies and prayers go out. Reporter about 1 30 this morning they got several 911 call cans reporting gun shots. When police arrived, they found two boys in the park min theres a few fireworks going off. They like the do that here. It was a very long drawn out range of shots. Reporter the 11yearold died on the way to the hospital. The motive behind why they were there, what led them to that particular location and what led the suspects to come in contact with them is still under investigation. Reporter crime scene investigators collected several sh
Leandro. 2,000 people are under evacuation orders. Heres a live picture of sky 7. You can see all of the smoke coming off of the fire near geyser ville. Its been burning since last night. It exploded to more than 10,000 acres now. The good news, kristen, is the wind has died down. Mmhmm. However, it is now burning on both siesd of highway 128 there, and theres zero containment at this hour. Thanks for joining us. Thank you. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. The fire is burning near geyserville. Laura anthony joins us. She joins us live on pine flat road with the latest on the conditions. Laura. Reporter were high above. Were stand at 2,100 square feet where weve been watching this aerial fire fight go on throughout the day. You can also see on the ground just beyond the pinkish fire retardant, you can see a bulldozer on the ground. For the most part theyre trying to fight this fire from the air. Its a battle thats being fought mostly from the air as the kinkade fire marched up the hills e