Privilege of welcoming the second and the third. Were extraordinarily grateful to justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor to join us to honor Sandra Day Oconnor. It turns out that Justice Ginsberg and Justice Oconnor share an unusual distinction and that is interesting nicknames. When Justice Oconnor was confirmed she earned the moniker fwotsc for first woman on the Supreme Court. Justice ginsburg has been kroub crowned the notorious rbg. Ill leave it to you to decide which one is catchier. They share a lifelong commitment to expanding opportunities for women. It makes sense when Justice Ginsburg joins Justice Oconnor on the bench in 1993, the two bonded over their historic role in transforming the Supreme Court. Both justices had to overcome discrimination and professional rejection, but Justice Oconnor once put a helpful spin on it if they had come of age when women could easily be lawyers, she told Justice Ginsburg, they would probably end up as retired partners at some law
Im glad youre with us. Lets get a check of our temperatures, and i think i can feel the cooldown. Yes indeed. As i said to alex yesterday, marine layer season definitely taking hold over the bay area. We have widespread low clouds once again this morning. Good morning to you all out there. Well turn partly cloudy for the afternoon but temperatures will be on the cool side, especially along the coastline and inside the bay. Outside our doors at this hour we have a little bit of fog and temperatures relatively mild. Ill have the Current Conditions and into the afternoon expect low 60s at the coast to upper 60s inland. More on what to expect today and for the rest of the weekend, coming up. Thank you. There are almost 2. 3 million cases confirmed of coronavirus worldwide. Those are the latest numbers. Almost a third of those cases are in the United States, where 37,000 people so far have died. California could reach 30,000 cases today. The virus has claimed more than 1,000 lives in the st
[applause] thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us for this book talk. Brick by brick, building hope and opportunity for women survivors everywhere, by karen sherman. What a powerful title, right . Each word of the title has power within its own self, and i think that you will see that illuminated today during the conversation that karen will have with barbara. Im marjorie san, im manager director at ascend at the as spend institute and its my pleasure to step in for my boss, ann mosley, the executive director of asend and also a Vice President at the as spend institute. U fortunately she had family emergency today and is nose able to make it but she was heavily involved in the planning. It was her honor to host the book talk because she has known karen as a very close friend for many, many years and if you know ann, you know that personal and professional relationships and commitments are really important to her. So only an emergency would have kept her from open
On behalf of the Reagan Foundation institute thank you for joining us this evening. I have the pleasure of introducing our two panelists and ted olson in just a moment. We have a number of distinguished guests with us. I would like to take a moment first to thank Justice Brett kavanaugh for joining us this evening. An honor to have you with us. Thank you. [ applause ] today has been a time to celebrate the legacy of the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court. This evening we have the privilege of welcoming the second and the third. Were extraordinarily grateful to justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor for joining us to honor Sandra Day Oconnor. It turns out that Justice Ginsburg and Justice Oconnor share an unusual distinction and that is interesting nicknames. When Justice Oconnor was confirmed she earned the moniker f. W. O. T. S. C. , for first woman on the Supreme Court. Justice ginsburg meanwhile has been crowned the notorious r. B. G. So ill leave it
Each word of the title has power within its own self. I think you will see that illuminated today during a conversation that Karen Sherman will have with barbara. I am the managing director of the Aspen Institute and it is my pleasure to step in for my boss, and mosley, who is executive director and Vice President at the Aspen Institute. Unfortunately she had a family emergency and is not able to make it but she was heavily involved in the planning. It was her honor to host this booktalk because she has known Karen Sherman as a close friend for many many years. If you know her you know her personal and professional relationships and commitments are important to her. Only an emergency would have kept her from opening this up. Thank you for being here. Im not going to spend a lot of time on introductions because you have the bios in front of you and it is important to get into the conversation. I am honored to be able to introduce her because ive known her work for a number of years. The