She died, yesterday, at the age of 87, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Ginsburgs dying wish, as dictated to her granddaughter we are told, was to not be replaced until a new president is installed. But, from President Trump, this morning, and im quoting here, we were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people, who so proudly elected us. The most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court justices. We have this obligation, without delay. And already, Senate Majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell, is vowing whomever President Trump nominates will get a vote on the senate floor, despite his 11th month blockade of obamas pick four years ago. Flags are flying at half staff. Flowers and signs line the steps of the Supreme Court in honor of a woman who spent decades chipping away at gender discrimination. In my lifetime, i expect to see three, four, perhaps even more, women on the high court bench. Women n
Ginsburg. Its saturday, september 19th. Im victor blackwell. Im christi paul. I want to let you know Justice Ginsburg died yesterday from complications of pancreatic cancer. She was 87. This morning youll see flags flying at halfstaff here at the white house. That same honor ordered at the capitol and Supreme Court as well. Crowds gathered for a vigil on the step of the high court after this news broke last night. Well be looking over this morning this rich legacy she left behind and what will happen with the seat left on the court. This race has intensified. Well have more on the political fights that are ahead in a moment but were going to start with jessica schneider. She has a look at ginsburgs life and the great tenacity she was known for who earned the nickname the notorious rbg. Reporter Ruth Baden Ginsburg rose from billion to the highest court was a classic american story. What is the difference between a bookkeeper in new yorks Garment District and the Supreme Court justice .
Pandemic, election and Supreme Court. On the same day the coronavirus death toll surpassed 200,000 americans, President Trump said the pandemic driven surge of mail in ballots and the legal battles to follow mean a new Supreme Court justice must be confirmed before election day. We begin with coronavirus. Three source tells cnn fda is considering new rules that all guarantees of a vaccine have to wait until after election day. The president has said repeatedly the vaccine could be ready by then. The administration is face an erosion of trust after several decisions driven by politics. Fda want extra time to northern people taking part in the trials. The data will determine the announcement. I would trust the cdc. And i would trust the fda. The fda commissioner has made it very clear that hes going to make sure that the in trenches scientists who look at these type of things all the time, thats what they do for a living, they are going to be the ones making the recommendation. Expect mo
President trump escalating his threat to topple a pillar of american democracy. After first refusing to peacefully commit to the transfer of power, he loses the election. The president dug in. So we have to be very careful with the ballots. The ballots, thats a whole big scam. We want to make sure the election is honest, and im not sure that it can be. I dont know that it can be with this whole situation. Unsolicited ballots. These are not unsolicited ballots. In 41 of 50 mailin ballotbefor. Only a handful of states automatically mail ballots to all registered voters. Even the president s own fbi director say mailin ballots pose no real threat to a free and fair result. We have not seen historically any kind of coordinated National Voter fraud effort in a major election, whether its by mail or otherwise. And, remember, 25 states are already voting despite President Trumps continued baseless warnings about voter fraud. Republicans seem compelled to respond to the idea he wouldnt step as
Seeing the last six months as a great success. If you look at what weve done and all of the lives that weve saved, im going to ask that a graph be put up and now its up. The was right at the beginning if we do a great job. Well be at 100,000 to 240,000 deaths and were below that substantially and thats despite the fact that the blue states had tremendous death rates. If you take the blue states out, were at a level that i dont think anybody in the world would be at. Were really at a very low level. If you take the blue states out. Which i mean, just think about that. Thats really a window into how this president views this country. There are his states, and the blue states. Ignore the deaths from the blue states. Things look great. I mean, that alone is stunning or should be if we werent numb to outrage by now. The president noted tonight that deaths might have reached into the millions had the administra done quote not so good a job so 2 239,999 is a great victory for him . He wondere