good morning. i m wolf blitzer in washington, and this is special live coverage of the funeral of former supreme court justice sandra day o connor, the first woman to serve is on america s highest court. the service over at the washington national cathedral is set to start right at the top of the hour. president biden left delaware for washington, d.c., earlier this morning. he is set to arrive at the funeral any moment now, we are told. and he is going to be delivering a eulogy along with chief justice john roberts. o connor first met them in 1981, and roberts helped her to prepare for her confirmation where biden was the top person on the judiciary committee. and she earned in 1952 a law degree from stanford university in two years, but despite graduating top of the class, her gender kept her from joining a law firm, so she opened up her own law firm. she was mostly known for being appointed to the high court in 1981, but she is quickly one of the most influential justice
served. with us to start off our coverage, nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba, at the washington national cathedral, melissa murray, a former law clerk to sotomayor, and laura jarrett, and presidential historian, michael beshlash. reporter: josé, we will hear from the late justice s son in addition to her biographer. as you will hear from president biden and chief justice john roberts, it s remarkable because both of them really first met her in 1981. john roberts was working in the reagan administration, in the white house, he was helping to prepare her for her confirmation hearing, and then, of course, senator biden was somebody questioning her as part of the process, and who engaged with her and even told her that she should use the fact that she was going to be this trailblazer, this first woman to serve as a supreme court justice as something she could use to go out and push the equal rights amendment forward, for instance, and that s something sandra day
giuliani must pay ruby freeman and shea moss, the two georgia election workers that giuliani falsely accused of stealing votes in the 2020 election. after the verdict, giuliani came out to the cameras. possibly we ll move for a new trial. certainly we ll appeal. the absurdity of the number merely underscores the absurdity of the entire proceeding. the comments they received i had nothing to do with. my comments had no connection at all to those. there were thousands of things in the press about this. of which mine were a small amount. you ll recall that back in august, the judge, beryl howell, issued a default judgment against jean y allny based on his admissions and failure to turn over evidence in the case. the task for the jury was to put a number on the human toll that moss and freeman suffered because of giuliani s lies. now cameras are not allowed in federal court, but we know what that toll looked like because moss and freeman have indicated the injuries that they
line. today we return to our ongoing series focusing on the specific states in races where the outcome could put people in power who went up and the crucial american ideal of free and fair elections. today s edition takes us to pennsylvania, where the republican nominee for governor was at the capitol on january six, and he s openly declared his role in, as if elected, to interfere with election outcomes in his state. pennsylvania s attorney general and democratic nominee for governor, josh shapiro, joins me to talk about what s of stake in pennsylvania. i always fighting this battle, and why he will not share originate stage with his opponent. meanwhile, her dedication to truth and democracy is costing her a seat in congress. now, republican leader cheney, a republican contender, so she will campaign for democrats this year if that s what it takes to keep the election deniers from her own party. then, the numbers are scary. inflation is over a percent, the biggest interest r