1993. In her pioneering work in behalf of the womenftr o she ha truly historic record of achievement. Reporter as a Supreme Court justice she was best known for the farreaching dhat struck downec the tioisn virgin military institutes menonly admission policy. Those doors that were shut tight against us are now open. Optimistic. Reporter Justice Ginsburg was known as a judicial work horse. She worked throughout her treatment for cancer in 1999 and again ten years later. In january 2019, herurry tovo rs lesions from her lung forced her to miss oral arguments, but she continued working from home. Ginsburg became something of a pop ctu iat her life. This comedic but still rev rent impression of her on saturday night live. Im never going to step down now. You cant get rid of me. Aentitled rbg and the 2018 film on the basis of sex focusing on her push for equal rights. On civil rights, abortion and separation of church and state, she was a consistent liberal, yet she won the admiration of many conservatives for her grasp of the law and carefully considered opinions. Karen travers, abc news, gtinsh. On now, last october Justice Ginsburg appeared at uc berkeley just two months after undergoing treatment for cancer. Rb sasas whe fans was there to honor the law schools first female dean. The justice spoke for about 90 minutes and was her usual witty self leaving the crowd laughing and crying at the same time. She stayed clear of politics but did get in a little jab saying it helps every now and then to be a little deaf. Not just in marriage but to this day in dealing with my colleagues. People across the world are paying tribute to ginsburg on twitter. A look at many of the tweets, many of them from women thanking rbg for paving the way. Governor newsom said weve lost a giant among us, a trail blazer and champion of equality and justice. His partner said i dont know that i can ever quite put into words what Ruth Bader Ginsburg means to me or hasment to the progress of this country. Hillary clinton wrote Justice Ginsburg paved the way for so many women, including me. There will never be another like her. Jackie speiersaid weve lost an American Icon of untold proportions, a feminist with the steeliest spine and a jurist of remarkable talent. London breed said rooud Bader Ginsburg lived an incredible life breaking barriers and delivering justice. Her passing is devastating loss for our country. We can honor her life by continuing to fight for a more just society. Congresswoman Maxine Waters wrote weve lost a champion tonight but her legacy lives on. Barbara boxer wrote my heart aches for the loss of justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Her contributions to equality will never be forgotten. Maria shriver wrote the news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg passing has left me in tears. What a hero she was to me and millions of others. Kellyanne conway also offered her condo justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg led a remarkable life of consequence. She worked with passion and conviction, inspired many women, offered hope to other cancer survivors. House pelosilso put tak ape scy stateermeannt n newsroom just minutes ago that reads in part every family in america benefitted from her brilliant legacy and courage. Over the course of her quarter century as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, rooud Bader Ginsburg became an worlwitheric,on tenacity, towering intellect and devotion to the american promise of equality and opportunity for all. Now, flags at the u. S. Capitcap been lowered to half staff. This is customary when the nation is in mourning. Flags will remain at half staff until Justice Ginsburg is laid to rest. Mourners are making their way to the Supreme Court to pay their respects to ginsburg. Flowers have been laid on the steps leading up to the court, n assee. Now, rbg was known for being a legal pioneer as she fouequalit. Before taking thechen b as an a american civilib l tierand kate larson joining us. Kate, youve been gathering reaction to Justice Ginsburgs patsi passing and it is far reaching. I just got off the call with Justice Marla miller who serves on the California Court of appeals and on californias Supreme Court ethics committee. Justice miller has met Justice Ginsburg in person. She called her riveting and a great listener. I spoke to Justice Miller about justicece in her own law career and she said it was just tremendous. When i was in law school, before she was appointed even to the d. C. Circuit, which was her first judicial position before she was on the Supreme Court, she was a role model to all of us. She was the leading attorney at a time when there werent that many women attorneys and she was also a leading attorney and real pioneer in bringing the court cases that established the whole panoply of rights that we now associate, that women have, gender equality rights that were revolutionary at the time that we take for granted now. A woman in law school at the time, the question the woman had to answer was, well, why are you here and taking a mans place . Things we couldnt even consider saying to people now were said at the time. Doors were closed to women then, and not only did she open the doors, but the things that she accomplished once she got in the room were just incredible. I spoke to Justice Miller and asked her are your colleagues calling and texting . Is everyone in the Legal Community here in San Francisco and california communicating with each other . And Justice Miller actually told me that shes heard more from her personal friends and family, which really just goes to show in this conversation with Justice Miller, that Justice Ginsburg, rbg, really transcended the Legal Community. She was an inspiration and continues to be an inspiration to so many. Of course the reaction is jt tr. People devastated and surprised. Of course Justice GinsburgHealth Problems were well known but it alws felt like she bounced back, felt like she came out of the hospital so i also think theres a lot of shock that she passed today. Im kate larson. Ack to you. All right, bys gu,kate, than very much. One of the late justice antonin scalias children tweeted im very sad to hear about the passing of my parents good friend and my fathers wonderful colleague, Justice Ginsburg. Despite scalia being conservative, the two justices shared a long friendship and even traveled together. Despite their differences, there were lots of things they agreed on. One of those things were opera. The two often took in performances. After scalia died in 2016, ginsburg said she had lost one of her, quote, best buddies. Now, along with friends, ginsburg leaves behind two children and several grandchildren. She was proceeded in death by her husband, marty, who died the itwo met in college and we wed more than 50 years. The two are known to have one of gr ae thstteeae lew york profil years ago, reporter Jeffrey Toobin published this note marty wrote to ruth shortly before his death. It reads my dearest ruth, you are the only person i have loved in my life, setting aside a bit parents and kids and their kids, and i have admired and loved you almost since the day we met at cornell some 56 years ago. What a treat it has been to watch you progress to the very top of the legal world. After martys death we should point out ginsburg was back on the bench. She says that is wha her husband would have wanted. As news broke of Justice Ginsburgs death, we used the abc 7 news app to send out a push alert, this push alert. Download the app so youll know the news as soon as it breaks. And much more ahead on the passing of Justice Ginsburg. Also, though, we are expecting a spare the air alert tomorrow. Abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel explains if it will i got it all from you im always pushing through i know well make it to the finish line i know youre waiting on the other side im like you ondemand glucose monitoring. Because theyre always on. Another lifechanging technology from abbott. So you dont wait for life. You live it. To washington, d. C. , now and a live look at the Supreme Court building. You see the flag at half staff there in memory of justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died from complications from cancer at age 87. Shifting gears now, enjoy the blue sky while it lasts. After enduring, believe it or not, a recordsetting 30 Straight Days of spare the air alerts, the blue skies wont be here much longer. Sandhya patel joining us now. Its not looking good for the weekend, sandhya. Its not. I mean i have to be the bearer of bad news, but at least im giving you fair warning. Let me show you live doppler 7 and you will notice that there is a system that swept through our region bringing some showers to the Pacific Northwest right now, brought Northern California a few drops. That is what helped clean out our air a bit. I want to show you the air quality. Much of the west as you will notice has seen a change. California in particular, good to moderate for many parts except around yosemite where it is hazardous. Our air quality has been good all day long in the green from ukiah to santa rosa, concord to san rafael. San francisco to livermore and the sea breeze has played a role in this. San jose just turned moderate. It is in yellow. And around the santa cruz area, good air quality. ,vosa because things will be changing for the weekend. Heres a look at the smoke forecast. If you still want to get outside, you have the opportunity to enjoy fresh, clean air. But then the north wind will start to drag some smoke from Northern California down to the bay area. You can see that in pink. Tomorrow afternoon in the north bay heading across the entire into sunday afternoon, it is going to be smokier for the entire region on sunday. Monday we shift the wind again and look what happens. That fresh, clean air returns. Good air qudiy,itted by the blu there for monday evening. Until then a spare the air alert for tomorrow. Poor air quality for the north bay, moderate air quality elsewhere. I suspect theyre going to issue one for sunday as well. Heres a le look from our emeryville camera as we look towards downtown oakland. Some blue skies and fog in the distance. 64 in the city. 70s from oakland to san jose. Gilroy 75 degrees. Its socked in on the Golden Gate Bridge right now. 78 in fairfield and a foggy view from our tam cam so thats going to be with us tomorrow morning. Warmer weather, smokier this weekend. Spare the air for tomorrow. We are looking at autumn beginning on tuesday at 6 31. Seasons are going to change. Believe it or not, its going to feel like it here in the bay area as temperatures will drop. Fog along the coast, bay, tomorrow morning youll see it around the samgeneral vinl vicinity. The fog will peel back where its going to hang around well into the afternoon and evening. Temperatures tomorrow will be coming down compared to last night and the night before. 60s. Tomorrow afternoon a nice day other than the smoke. Livermore, 75 oakland, 80 san jose, 66 half moon bay, warmer day San Francisco, 70. 81 in san rafael, 84 degrees in santa rosa. Heres your accuweather sevenday forecast. Increasing smoke and a spare the air for your saturday. Smoky and warmer on sunday, low 90s inland, mid60s coastside. Better air quality for your monday and the season is changing on tuesday. Temperatures dropping and minor warming is expected with autumn warmth wednesday through friday. Inland areas in the 80s, coastside in the 60s. Limit the exposure this weekend to the outdoor smoky skies and you will be in good shape. Eric and dion. Great advice, sandhya, much appreciated. A look now at californias coronavirus numbers and theres reason for optimism. The state reported more than 3,600 cases diagnosed today. Thats about 300 more than the sevenday average. There were 91 deaths, and thats below the daily average. The key number today is the positivity rate. The 14day dip to 3. 4 is the lowest its been since the pandemic started six months ago. As for the bay area, you can see the number of daily cases on this graph there in blue. The yellow line is the rolling average and it is trending downward after spiking in early august. 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Now, multiple sources have told abc news that President Trump is expected to put forth a Supreme Court nominee to replace ginsburg in the coming days. Joining us now is abc 7 news contributor and San Francisco chronicle insider phil phil, reports that a nominee could be named very soon would indicate the white house already had a list of possible replacements. Thats right. And abc is reporting through its sources a list of six. Its an interesting list, eric, because the picking of the next Supreme Court justice was sort of a background issue for both President Trump and for joe biden and Kamala Harris as we move forward in the election. Just prior to Justice Ginsburgs passing, Kamala Harris said in a video chat that she and biden had agreed that if there was an opening on the Supreme Court, they would move to put a black female in there. Well, there is an opening in the Supreme Court now, only instead of them putting someone forward, chances its going to be donald trump. And hes putting forth a short list. As i said, abc news shows about six candidates. Four of them are women. One of them is from south asian extraction. So what we have here is a mix of candidates that the democrats could have a very tough time facing as they go forward with the approval process. Phil, i want to share this statement that Ruth Bader Ginsburg had said and dictated just moments before her death. She said, quote, my moment fervent wish is that i not be replaced until a new president is installed. Lets take a look at this. We are looking at the timing of about seven weeks or so. Whether or not that wish actually gets to come true has yet to be seen. What in your opinion is the likelihood . Because this is not an awful lot of time for republicans to get their pick in. No, it isnt. But if they have got the ball, theyre going to move it down the field. Its interesting to note that four years ago, just four years ago, Mitch Mcconnell, the same mu Mitch Mcconnell whos say were Going Forward with a vote is saying, no, we should hold off on president obamas pick until after the election. It just goes to show in politics, if you have possession of the ball, youre g