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Well bring that you coverage of the memorial as it begins. As we wait for that today in the bays tracie potts is at the high court. Tracie, a somber day certainly but people cant forget that politics also at play here. Reporter no question about that, and we are on the grounds of the u. S. Capitol just across from the court where its still evident that the somber moments that were seeing this morning, the private memorial, the beginning of the public paying respects, all pierced by some very difficult capitol where republicans and democrats one more person now onboard to consider this nomination. People, especially women, are flocking to the u. S. Supreme court to remember the late justice known as the notorious rbg. I really like the fact she stood up for everybodys rights, men and women. Reporter more are expected to pay tribute today as Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs casket is placed outside overlooking the u. S. Capitol where theres a fight to quickly confirm her replacement. Well fill that seat. Reporter President Trump says hell announce a nominee saturday. Theyre all great women. Theyre brilliant, great scholars. Reporter a woman likely to create the most conservative court in a century making decisions on health care, abortion, gun rights and maybe even the president ial election. With the unsolicited millions of ballots youre going to need nine justicesthere. Reporter a vote from critic mitt romney. If a nominee reaches the floor i will vote based upon the qualifications of the nominee. Reporter romneys support all but killed democrats efforts to fulfill Justice Ginsburgs dying wish to postpone a vote until after the election. The American People should have a voice in their selection of the next Supreme Court justice. Reporter but that may not happen. Republicans appear to have the votes to fill ginsburgs seat on President Trumps watch. Now weve just learned that the president and first lady are expected to pay their respects tomorrow and republicans plan to try to get this confirmation hearing under way in early or midoctober with the final vote the last week of october. But, again, we dont have a nominee yet, so all of that is up for revision. Back to you. Well be waiting for that name this week. Well see what they come up with. Tracie potts, thank you very much, live from washington. Again, the tributes in washington to Justice Ruth Bader ginsbu about 10 to 15 minutes as her casket arrived at the court. You can watch it all live here on nbc bay area with lester holt and savannah guthrie. Now to our other top story the nation marks 200,000 deaths in the fight against the coronavirus, President Trump is praising his administrations job of handling the pandemic even though six months in the u. S. Still doesnt have a National Strategy against covid19. We have Live Team Coverage for you on the virus. Cierra johnson is following what San Francisco is doing right but, first, bob redell has word on employers facing fines for allegedly breaking safety rules. Bob . Reporter there are several local businesses here that face potential fines for alleged restrictions. Im standing in front of a facility that faces almost 24,000 in fines from cal osha for alleged violations. The state says gateway didnt provide necessary protective equipment to nurses and housekeeping staff. The east bay times reports 32 employees here contracted covid19 and 19 residents here have died from the virus. I did call the center. An employee had no comment, told me to try back later. The Santa Rosa Police Department Faces the largest fine, 32,000. According to cal osha, santa rosa pd failed to do the screening of employees with covid19 symptoms. An employee who the times identified as a 43yearold detective died from the disease back in march. Cal osha says pd didnt notify them of the death until two weeks later. You can see a list we put together for you on your tv screen of the alleged covid19 violations. Santa rosa at the top facing the most amount of fines then gateway. The ridge postacute faces over 15,000. Sutter bay campus, Canyon Springs postacute, also san jose, over 13,000. In a statement Canyon Springs says theyll be reviewing this vie tags a citation. You can see two locations in the south, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center have been fined. The North Jackson avenue fine is for allegedly not warning employees sent to a nursing home about the risk of exposure. In a statement they said those employees were appropriately protected, that theyre reviewing the citation and might possibly appeal. Bob redell, today in the bay. Now to San Francisco and some really hopeful news here. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson is live with how the city ranks in comparison actually doing pretty good when it comes to the fight against covid, cierra. Reporter there was a graph with the numbers crunched by a physician at sf general that show that compared to cities like l. A. , new york and boston San Francisco not only has the lowest case rate but also lower death rates per case of any other major u. S. City. The graph compares San Franciscos mortality rate to that of ten other major u. S. Cities. According to the San Francisco chronicle there were some key factors that played into the outcome. One how Covid Patients were cared for. The article cites that in our city compared to new york city patients were often treated with focused individual care with one nurse caring for unill patient versus one caring for six or seven Covid Patients. The Overall Health of our community San Francisco has a lower number of folks with key factors like obesity and smoking which can ultimately play into the complications with the virus. Another big advantage a physician says they learned from other cities and see what other cities were doing to combat the virus. The nation reached the grim milestone of 200,000 covid related deaths. The physicians stated they would continue to follow the course theyve been doing to continue to keep those cases low as well as that mortality rate low. Some good news in the grand scheme of things here in San Francisco. Live in the city, crow airierran for today in the bay. We hope to keep the numbers going down, down, down. 6 08. Struggling renters and landlords now have a new Financial Life line. The board of soufrs approving an additional 5 million. Contra costa county also extending its Eviction Moratorium until january 31st of next year. The czu fire finally fully contained after a month long battle. More than 900 homes lost and, sadly, one person killed. Cal fire warns that contained does not mean controlled. Crews are still out there monitoring hot spots. New this morning baby yoda on the fire lines in oregon. Well explain it all. Check out the pictures. The back story here is a 5yearold boy and his grandmother donated baby yoda to say thanks. Baby yoda has been traveling from one fire zone to another. What makes me the most happy is its bringing some happiness to these people that are literally putting their lives on the line. The grandmother says she thinks baby yoda is bringing rain now and a change in weather to oregon to help fight the fires. If all we needed was baby yoda to bring the rain, we needed baby yoda a long time ago in the bay area. Yeah, no kidding. I love that, though. They are getting plenty of rain. Take a look at this system thats moving in right now as we track that. Yoda really is working. Lets talk more about that. Some fresher breezes and were going to have some good air quality but then once that storm system moves out well see the smoke coming back in. People with breathing problems if youre sensitive to the well talk about that and the high fire danger. How is it looking as folks get ready to head out to work . Kari, things are in flux, in transition. Northbound 101 as you travel through san jose, that slowing cleared. Were back in the green zone, north 101 from 680 up to 880. With traffic flowing smoothly there we have Traffic Building and slowing now through fremont. The earlier crash at dakota for north 880 in that zone right by the chess youlosure for the ri. There may be another crash. I just heard about that and we see slowing. Getting to the bay bridge a smooth drive. At the toll plaza a little more no but still metering lights are on. You do have to wait as you approach the toll plaza. Back to you. Getting busy out there. Its 6 11. Have you claimed your stimulus check yet . Millions of americans havent. Up next what went wrong and how you can still get your federal cash. Plus amazon says, hey, thats not our bike. Lets take you out to the futures this morning. A little bit of a rise. Its been a rough september for stocks. With school back in session, xfinity is committed to helping kids continue to learnno matter where they are. Were providing affordable Internet Access to lowincome families through our internet essentials program. Its why were working 24 7 to keep our network fast, reliable and secure. And helping College Students study and stay connected through our university program. Were committed to helping all families stay connected. Learn more at xfinity. Com education. Floor and decor is now oand Curbside Pickup g whether youre looking for tile, wood, stone or laminate, with our incredible selection and everyday low prices, youll find the perfect floor at the perfect price. Come explore in person or online. Right now at 6 14 lets head outside in dublin as the sun rises this morning all nice and clear. Good air quality and comfortable temperatures. Well reach into the low 80s by early in the afternoon. Well track a big heatup in our forecast as well as the fire danger coming up in a few minutes. As you travel north through fremont on the nimitz freeway and pass by the dumb barton brie a second crash of the morning. If youre heading to the san mateo bridge just to the north here is what it looks like, a smooth drive and west 92. It may be easier access out of hayward because of that slowing near the dumbarton bridge. A very happy wednesday to you, President Trump will meet with some attorneys general from red states to discuss censorship asking them to look into social Networks Like twitter and facebook to see if they quash conservative voices. President trump thinks they do. The networks say they dont. Twitter added an informational link about voting to one of his tweets where he called ballots into question and predicts nobody will ever know the results of the election. Twitter added the link that says learn how voting by mail is safe and secure. The accusations that social networks are hard on conservatives, on trump conservatives anyway, comes as Bloomberg Businessweek makes the opposite accusation that facebook is partisan but for trump, that its attempts to be neutral has had the opposite effect for facebook. Amazon says it has nothing to do with the socalled prime bike sold by a company closely duplicating the popular peloton bike but for far less money. The bike comes without a screen. You supply the ipad. They are making it sound as if it had a partnership with amazon. Amazon tells the company you have to stop calling it the prime bike. Elon musk announced future planning including a 25,000 tesla within three overpromises. The New York Times says, quote, mr. Musk has a reputation for promising gamechanging innovations that often take far longer than expected or simply never arrive. One of the other things hes promising, marcus and laura, the tesla s plaid which will go even faster than the tesla s. The plaid comes from the old movie space ball as does hes a big fan of the movie. Me, too. Baseball watch out remember the song . Thanks, scott. Ill take your word for it. 6 17. New for you, dont miss out on getting your check. That comes from the accounts office after 8 million americans havent received their stimulus check. A gao says that the reason people havent been receiving the money is because of inadequate roecords given to th irs. People should reach back out to the irs. Well, if you do get that check, where are you going to spend it . 93 shopping days left until christmas and despite the pandemic walmart plans to hire 20,000 seasonal workers. They will work in the economys ecommerce fulfillment centers. The retailer is increasing availability of unexpected gifts that reflect the new normal like all that athletic leisure wear that you see people wearing these days. Tom cruise is lifting off into space for an upcoming movie. If you can believe it he will be filming at the International Space station. Cr cruise will take the spacex rocket there. Even nasa is excited. Nasa administrator says in a tweet he hopes the movie will inspire new engineers and scientists. Cruise will take off into space in october of next year. Up, up and away. So does he take a camera crew with him . Were all doing it from home, you can set it up yourself. I hope its not just a small section of the movie. Hopefully its worth the budget. Im sure it will be a big budget. We will see. Kari has a look at our forecast. Its the first full day of fall today. Yes, and its going to be a great day, really nice weather as were starting out with this clear morning as we check out our live view in the south bay. As we are going to see temperatures today remaining very normal for the first day of fall. Well see some 70s by the bay. Some upper 80s for the north bay, further inland as well as parts of the trivalley into the east bay. High pressure building and with that well see an offshore wind flow because the winds circulating around that High Pressure will be clockwise. Its going to heat up and that means well have a high fire danger going into the weekend. Those winds at times will gust up to 50 mills an hour. For the north bay the fire danger will be high. For parts of the diablo range its looking like were going to see at least a moderate fire risk. So theyre already issuing a fire weather watch starting on saturday morning and well see those winds increasing along with low humidity but were combining that with some extremely hot temperatures. Take a look at where were headed for our valleys. Were in the 80s for the next couple of days. Then you can see it reaching into the 90s, up to 100 sunday and early next week were going to see those triple digit temperatures continuing. Were really going to have to watch that closely. Mike, how i commute . Were looking at a smoother drive but we still have the problem through fremont. We have green sensors but ill zoom in right around dakota. Two vehicles slowing just north of thornton. North of there fine over to the bay bridge. We have a look at the span itself still slower than wed like up the incline but nothing major. The backup at the toll plaza is moving better. You still have to wait before you pay and then cross into San Francisco. All right, thank you very much, mike. Coming up in just moments we are expected to see the first memorial to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Well take you to washington live. And coming up nbc bay area responds next. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way go your own way your wireless. Your rules. Only with xfinity mobile. Welcome back. 6 24 right now. A historic vote by Santa Clara County supervisors thank you very much. That passes unanimously. You hear it right there Santa Clara County becoming the first california county to make juneteenth an official holiday and paid holiday. It commemorates the freedom of enslaved people in america after the emancipation proclamation. It was the first celebration in 1865 following the civil war. The governor has also said hell consider a statewide holiday. High and dry when it came to ao. She turned to consumer investigator chris chmura and his team for help. Reporter good morning. The pandemic has been hard on bonnie street and her husband, both are high risk for virus exposure, so theyve had to cancel an entire summers worth of travel plans. That included a voyage through the baltic sea on a viking ocean cruise. After covid19 hit bonnie canceled and asked for a refund of her 24,000 fare. This is an nbc news special report. Here is lester holt and savannah guthrie. The public farewell is getting underway to Ruth Bader Ginsburg is getting underway this morning, Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose, at the court house where she served for 27 years. Her law clerks all standing to greet her casket. These people were by her side over the 27 years on the high court. What an honor they will pay her today, as they await her casket. Honorary pole bearers. A woman who fought for the law for decades, we will continue to watch the scene unfold, and bring in pete williams, long time correspondent. These ceremonies have been designed with a nod to the advocacy that she made the center of her life. The Supreme Court is a place where tradition reigns, these are the traditional ways they dot ceremony. This will be different. We are across the street from the u. S. Capitol building. The justices are coming out. Other clerks come out. There are well over a hundred of them here. They are law professors, lawyers, one Justice Ruth Bader<\/a> ginsburgs casket is placed outside overlooking the u. S. Capitol where theres a fight to quickly confirm her replacement. Well fill that seat. Reporter President Trump<\/a> says hell announce a nominee saturday. Theyre all great women. Theyre brilliant, great scholars. Reporter a woman likely to create the most conservative court in a century making decisions on health care, abortion, gun rights and maybe even the president ial election. With the unsolicited millions of ballots youre going to need nine justicesthere. Reporter a vote from critic mitt romney. If a nominee reaches the floor i will vote based upon the qualifications of the nominee. Reporter romneys support all but killed democrats efforts to fulfill Justice Ginsburgs<\/a> dying wish to postpone a vote until after the election. The American People<\/a> should have a voice in their selection of the next Supreme Court<\/a> justice. Reporter but that may not happen. Republicans appear to have the votes to fill ginsburgs seat on President Trump<\/a>s watch. Now weve just learned that the president and first lady are expected to pay their respects tomorrow and republicans plan to try to get this confirmation hearing under way in early or midoctober with the final vote the last week of october. But, again, we dont have a nominee yet, so all of that is up for revision. Back to you. Well be waiting for that name this week. Well see what they come up with. Tracie potts, thank you very much, live from washington. Again, the tributes in washington to Justice Ruth Bader<\/a> ginsbu about 10 to 15 minutes as her casket arrived at the court. You can watch it all live here on nbc bay area with lester holt and savannah guthrie. Now to our other top story the nation marks 200,000 deaths in the fight against the coronavirus, President Trump<\/a> is praising his administrations job of handling the pandemic even though six months in the u. S. Still doesnt have a National Strategy<\/a> against covid19. We have Live Team Coverage<\/a> for you on the virus. Cierra johnson is following what San Francisco<\/a> is doing right but, first, bob redell has word on employers facing fines for allegedly breaking safety rules. Bob . Reporter there are several local businesses here that face potential fines for alleged restrictions. Im standing in front of a facility that faces almost 24,000 in fines from cal osha for alleged violations. The state says gateway didnt provide necessary protective equipment to nurses and housekeeping staff. The east bay times reports 32 employees here contracted covid19 and 19 residents here have died from the virus. I did call the center. An employee had no comment, told me to try back later. The Santa Rosa Police<\/a> Department Faces<\/a> the largest fine, 32,000. According to cal osha, santa rosa pd failed to do the screening of employees with covid19 symptoms. An employee who the times identified as a 43yearold detective died from the disease back in march. Cal osha says pd didnt notify them of the death until two weeks later. You can see a list we put together for you on your tv screen of the alleged covid19 violations. Santa rosa at the top facing the most amount of fines then gateway. The ridge postacute faces over 15,000. Sutter bay campus, Canyon Springs<\/a> postacute, also san jose, over 13,000. In a statement Canyon Springs<\/a> says theyll be reviewing this vie tags a citation. You can see two locations in the south, Santa Clara Valley<\/a> Medical Center<\/a> have been fined. The North Jackson<\/a> avenue fine is for allegedly not warning employees sent to a nursing home about the risk of exposure. In a statement they said those employees were appropriately protected, that theyre reviewing the citation and might possibly appeal. Bob redell, today in the bay. Now to San Francisco<\/a> and some really hopeful news here. Today in the bays Cierra Johnson<\/a> is live with how the city ranks in comparison actually doing pretty good when it comes to the fight against covid, cierra. Reporter there was a graph with the numbers crunched by a physician at sf general that show that compared to cities like l. A. , new york and boston San Francisco<\/a> not only has the lowest case rate but also lower death rates per case of any other major u. S. City. The graph compares San Francisco<\/a>s mortality rate to that of ten other major u. S. Cities. According to the San Francisco<\/a> chronicle there were some key factors that played into the outcome. One how Covid Patients<\/a> were cared for. The article cites that in our city compared to new york city patients were often treated with focused individual care with one nurse caring for unill patient versus one caring for six or seven Covid Patients<\/a>. The Overall Health<\/a> of our community San Francisco<\/a> has a lower number of folks with key factors like obesity and smoking which can ultimately play into the complications with the virus. Another big advantage a physician says they learned from other cities and see what other cities were doing to combat the virus. The nation reached the grim milestone of 200,000 covid related deaths. The physicians stated they would continue to follow the course theyve been doing to continue to keep those cases low as well as that mortality rate low. Some good news in the grand scheme of things here in San Francisco<\/a>. Live in the city, crow airierran for today in the bay. We hope to keep the numbers going down, down, down. 6 08. Struggling renters and landlords now have a new Financial Life<\/a> line. The board of soufrs approving an additional 5 million. Contra costa county also extending its Eviction Moratorium<\/a> until january 31st of next year. The czu fire finally fully contained after a month long battle. More than 900 homes lost and, sadly, one person killed. Cal fire warns that contained does not mean controlled. Crews are still out there monitoring hot spots. New this morning baby yoda on the fire lines in oregon. Well explain it all. Check out the pictures. The back story here is a 5yearold boy and his grandmother donated baby yoda to say thanks. Baby yoda has been traveling from one fire zone to another. What makes me the most happy is its bringing some happiness to these people that are literally putting their lives on the line. The grandmother says she thinks baby yoda is bringing rain now and a change in weather to oregon to help fight the fires. If all we needed was baby yoda to bring the rain, we needed baby yoda a long time ago in the bay area. Yeah, no kidding. I love that, though. They are getting plenty of rain. Take a look at this system thats moving in right now as we track that. Yoda really is working. Lets talk more about that. Some fresher breezes and were going to have some good air quality but then once that storm system moves out well see the smoke coming back in. People with breathing problems if youre sensitive to the well talk about that and the high fire danger. How is it looking as folks get ready to head out to work . Kari, things are in flux, in transition. Northbound 101 as you travel through san jose, that slowing cleared. Were back in the green zone, north 101 from 680 up to 880. With traffic flowing smoothly there we have Traffic Building<\/a> and slowing now through fremont. The earlier crash at dakota for north 880 in that zone right by the chess youlosure for the ri. There may be another crash. I just heard about that and we see slowing. Getting to the bay bridge a smooth drive. At the toll plaza a little more no but still metering lights are on. You do have to wait as you approach the toll plaza. Back to you. Getting busy out there. Its 6 11. Have you claimed your stimulus check yet . Millions of americans havent. Up next what went wrong and how you can still get your federal cash. Plus amazon says, hey, thats not our bike. Lets take you out to the futures this morning. A little bit of a rise. Its been a rough september for stocks. With school back in session, xfinity is committed to helping kids continue to learnno matter where they are. Were providing affordable Internet Access<\/a> to lowincome families through our internet essentials program. Its why were working 24 7 to keep our network fast, reliable and secure. And helping College Students<\/a> study and stay connected through our university program. Were committed to helping all families stay connected. Learn more at xfinity. Com education. Floor and decor is now oand Curbside Pickup<\/a> g whether youre looking for tile, wood, stone or laminate, with our incredible selection and everyday low prices, youll find the perfect floor at the perfect price. Come explore in person or online. Right now at 6 14 lets head outside in dublin as the sun rises this morning all nice and clear. Good air quality and comfortable temperatures. Well reach into the low 80s by early in the afternoon. Well track a big heatup in our forecast as well as the fire danger coming up in a few minutes. As you travel north through fremont on the nimitz freeway and pass by the dumb barton brie a second crash of the morning. If youre heading to the san mateo bridge just to the north here is what it looks like, a smooth drive and west 92. It may be easier access out of hayward because of that slowing near the dumbarton bridge. A very happy wednesday to you, President Trump<\/a> will meet with some attorneys general from red states to discuss censorship asking them to look into social Networks Like<\/a> twitter and facebook to see if they quash conservative voices. President trump thinks they do. The networks say they dont. Twitter added an informational link about voting to one of his tweets where he called ballots into question and predicts nobody will ever know the results of the election. Twitter added the link that says learn how voting by mail is safe and secure. The accusations that social networks are hard on conservatives, on trump conservatives anyway, comes as Bloomberg Businessweek<\/a> makes the opposite accusation that facebook is partisan but for trump, that its attempts to be neutral has had the opposite effect for facebook. Amazon says it has nothing to do with the socalled prime bike sold by a company closely duplicating the popular peloton bike but for far less money. The bike comes without a screen. You supply the ipad. They are making it sound as if it had a partnership with amazon. Amazon tells the company you have to stop calling it the prime bike. Elon musk announced future planning including a 25,000 tesla within three overpromises. The New York Times<\/a> says, quote, mr. Musk has a reputation for promising gamechanging innovations that often take far longer than expected or simply never arrive. One of the other things hes promising, marcus and laura, the tesla s plaid which will go even faster than the tesla s. The plaid comes from the old movie space ball as does hes a big fan of the movie. Me, too. Baseball watch out remember the song . Thanks, scott. Ill take your word for it. 6 17. New for you, dont miss out on getting your check. That comes from the accounts office after 8 million americans havent received their stimulus check. A gao says that the reason people havent been receiving the money is because of inadequate roecords given to th irs. People should reach back out to the irs. Well, if you do get that check, where are you going to spend it . 93 shopping days left until christmas and despite the pandemic walmart plans to hire 20,000 seasonal workers. They will work in the economys ecommerce fulfillment centers. The retailer is increasing availability of unexpected gifts that reflect the new normal like all that athletic leisure wear that you see people wearing these days. Tom cruise is lifting off into space for an upcoming movie. If you can believe it he will be filming at the International Space<\/a> station. Cr cruise will take the spacex rocket there. Even nasa is excited. Nasa administrator says in a tweet he hopes the movie will inspire new engineers and scientists. Cruise will take off into space in october of next year. Up, up and away. So does he take a camera crew with him . Were all doing it from home, you can set it up yourself. I hope its not just a small section of the movie. Hopefully its worth the budget. Im sure it will be a big budget. We will see. Kari has a look at our forecast. Its the first full day of fall today. Yes, and its going to be a great day, really nice weather as were starting out with this clear morning as we check out our live view in the south bay. As we are going to see temperatures today remaining very normal for the first day of fall. Well see some 70s by the bay. Some upper 80s for the north bay, further inland as well as parts of the trivalley into the east bay. High pressure building and with that well see an offshore wind flow because the winds circulating around that High Pressure<\/a> will be clockwise. Its going to heat up and that means well have a high fire danger going into the weekend. Those winds at times will gust up to 50 mills an hour. For the north bay the fire danger will be high. For parts of the diablo range its looking like were going to see at least a moderate fire risk. So theyre already issuing a fire weather watch starting on saturday morning and well see those winds increasing along with low humidity but were combining that with some extremely hot temperatures. Take a look at where were headed for our valleys. Were in the 80s for the next couple of days. Then you can see it reaching into the 90s, up to 100 sunday and early next week were going to see those triple digit temperatures continuing. Were really going to have to watch that closely. Mike, how i commute . Were looking at a smoother drive but we still have the problem through fremont. We have green sensors but ill zoom in right around dakota. Two vehicles slowing just north of thornton. North of there fine over to the bay bridge. We have a look at the span itself still slower than wed like up the incline but nothing major. The backup at the toll plaza is moving better. You still have to wait before you pay and then cross into San Francisco<\/a>. All right, thank you very much, mike. Coming up in just moments we are expected to see the first memorial to Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a>. Well take you to washington live. And coming up nbc bay area responds next. Give you my world how can i, when you wont take it from me you can go your own way go your own way your wireless. Your rules. Only with xfinity mobile. Welcome back. 6 24 right now. A historic vote by Santa Clara County<\/a> supervisors thank you very much. That passes unanimously. You hear it right there Santa Clara County<\/a> becoming the first california county to make juneteenth an official holiday and paid holiday. It commemorates the freedom of enslaved people in america after the emancipation proclamation. It was the first celebration in 1865 following the civil war. The governor has also said hell consider a statewide holiday. High and dry when it came to ao. She turned to consumer investigator chris chmura and his team for help. Reporter good morning. The pandemic has been hard on bonnie street and her husband, both are high risk for virus exposure, so theyve had to cancel an entire summers worth of travel plans. That included a voyage through the baltic sea on a viking ocean cruise. After covid19 hit bonnie canceled and asked for a refund of her 24,000 fare. This is an nbc news special report. Here is lester holt and savannah guthrie. The public farewell is getting underway to Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> is getting underway this morning, Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> will lie in repose, at the court house where she served for 27 years. Her law clerks all standing to greet her casket. These people were by her side over the 27 years on the high court. What an honor they will pay her today, as they await her casket. Honorary pole bearers. A woman who fought for the law for decades, we will continue to watch the scene unfold, and bring in pete williams, long time correspondent. These ceremonies have been designed with a nod to the advocacy that she made the center of her life. The Supreme Court<\/a> is a place where tradition reigns, these are the traditional ways they dot ceremony. This will be different. We are across the street from the u. S. Capitol building. The justices are coming out. Other clerks come out. There are well over a hundred of them here. They are law professors, lawyers, one Supreme Court<\/a> justice, the pal bearers, there is a normal way to do these things, people Inactive Service<\/a> die on the bench. Her casket will arrive, go in the court, up the stair, where the clerks are now. Up the marble step, through the massive bronze doors to what is called the great hall. That is where the previoivate ceremony will be. The casket will come back outside, this is a nod to the pandemic. The casket is about to arrive here. It will come back outside, and be under the massive portico, by the front columns that is where she will remain for two day, to allow members of the public to come by here. People will not be able to file past the casket, as if in the great hall. They will be able to come here to the Supreme Court<\/a> front steps and stand on the sidewalk. It looks like the casket is now arriving, and the Supreme Court<\/a> officers are preparing to bring it up the massive marble steps. This is 27 years since Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> arrived here at the excuse me. It was 49 years ago, when she first came here to argue her first case in the Supreme Court<\/a>. The discrimination between men and women, what she called gender discrimination was unconstitutional. Her secretary said, it might be too racy to call it sex discrimination. She called it gender discrimination, and persuaded the court that that kind of discrimination violated the constitution. As we watch this scene unfoshlgsd are yu unfold, you are not the only one with a lump in their throat. Hundreds of thousands coming to pay respect to Justice Ruth Bader<\/a> ginsburg. You mentioned her early day, she came as an advocate. Her strategy in the early days was to get gender equality and represent men. Her first case was a case from idaho, whether or not men or women could have disposing of estates, it was discrimination against men, and the court agreed. We are watching her casket lifted out of the hearse. It will be carried up the stairs. Lets pause a moment and take in this moment. The sight of the law clerks, socially distant. But what a dramatic scene it was, as the justice was brought up the stairs, and into the courts. I assume the fellow justices will greet her casket inside. Reporter thats right. With close members of our family and friends of the justice. And then, we will hear remarks from the chief justice, john roberts, who of course, served as an advocate, he argued cases before Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a>, when she was on the court of appeals in washington, where she met her friend antonnin scalia. Watch this moment as the casket is brought into the Supreme Court<\/a>. The most magnificent and mysterious piece of our history. It will be placed on the riser that held abraham lincolns body, and loaned for this moment to Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> by the United States<\/a> capital. We want to bring in former acting solicitor general, who found himself before Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> many times, what was it like, neil, you were arguing before Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> . It was like arguing in front of a legend. Today is the day none of us who appeared before her wanted to see. She is one of the most influential americans ever. To me, the most fitting things that happened is watching her casket come under the words of the Supreme Court<\/a>, on the words of the court are equal justice under law she emboded that in everything that she did. It is great to see her rest in the great hall, where she made those words a modern day reality for so many people. Your emotion, petes emotion, is the emotion of all of us at this moment. We lost one of the greatest americans to have ever lived. On a personal note, we see the other justices there, paying respect to her. Her colleaguial iity. She was beloved by her colleagues. She wasnt a push over, trying to get along for the sake of getting along. She would be biting in her written opinions and questioning of advocates and other justices, it was always on the up and up. It was always in service of a higher goal. Which is why i think her colleagues respected her so much, regardless of ideology. I know the ceremony is about to begin. You see chief Justice Roberts<\/a> there. People will be invited to take their seats now. Let me quickly bring in the coauthor of notorious rb go. Why did it resinate over last few years, certainly now in his death. Before there was resistance, there was, in 2013, she rom the breaking the record, which means, instead of being just a written, everybody has to listen to her protest. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> resisted what court was doing, several other civil rightsrelated cases, that captured the imagination of young people. Dubbed her notorious rbg. Her personal story, had a Wonderful Partnership<\/a> with her husband. And overcame enormous discrimination as a woman, a mother and a jew, guaranteed people equal status under the constitutional. Something denied more than a century. It started out with a vision of her speaking truth to power. All right, we want to go back inside the court. Everyone has taken their seats. Blessed is god, the true judge. God has given, god has taken. Psalm 23. The lord is my shepherd, i shall not want. God lead says me beside the still waters, god restores my soul. God guides me in the straight path. I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, i will fear no evil for you are with me. Your rod and your staff they comfort me, you prepare the table before me in the presence of my enemies. You have anointed my head with oil goodness will follow me all the days of my life, and i will dwell in the house forever. Today, we stand in morning of an american hero. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a>. In a moment i will speak to what she meant to all of us. First, i would like to turn to her beloved family. The justice was a mother, a grdm had one of the most extraordinary Life Partners<\/a> in her beloved marty. To each of you, to the justices colleagues, to her law clerks, and to her court family, the country mourns with you and sends you our deepest love and comfort. To be born into a world that doesnt see you. But does not believe in your potential, that does not give you a path for opportunity, for a clear path for education, despite this, to be able to see beyond the world you are in, to imagine that something that is the job of a prophet. It is the rare prophet that not only imagines a new world, but makes that new world a reality in her lifetime. This was the brilliance and vision of justice ginsburg. It isreminding, instructing and commanding that we never forget those who live in the shadows, those whose freedom and opportunity are not guaranteed. 36 times we are taught we must never forget the stranger. 12 time, we are told to care for the widow and orphan. This is one of the most important commands of the torah. They werent people held in human bondage. The genius of our constitution, is over more than 200, sometimes turnulent years, that we have expanded and work, that institution deliver honest promise, that we the people would include all the people. She carried out that work in every chapter of her life. Az an advocate arguing before this court for equal treatment for women and men. As a judge on the dc circuit and as a justice on this court. As a path marking role model to women and girls of all ages. Who now know no office is out of reach for their dreams, whether that is to serve in the highest court of our land or closer to home for me as the rabbi of their community. Nothing could stop Justice Ruth Bader<\/a> ginsburgs unflagging devotion to this project, not even cancer. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a>, from generation to generation, we promise to Carry Forward<\/a> your legacy. May you rest, knowing that you have tirelessly served us and this great country the america. Please rise. To the soul of Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a>, who has gone to her eternal home. We ask that our loved one find Perfect Peace<\/a> in your eternal embrace. May her soul be bound up in the bond of life, may she rest in peace, let us say amen. The rabbi is married to one of the law clerks. Thank you for those compelling words. The entire family, on all the justices, the spouses o Supreme Court<\/a> family, i offer our heart felt condolences on the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a>. That loss is widely shared, but we know it falls most heavily on the family. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs<\/a> life was one of many vergs of the american dream. Her father, an immigrant, her mother worked as a book keeper in brooklyn. Ruth used to ask, what is the difference between a book keeper in brooklyn and a Supreme Court<\/a> justice . Her answer, one generation. It has been said that ruth wanted to be a opra, she chose the law. She was a woman, ruth would grow to become the leading advocate fighting such discrimination in court. She was not an opra star, but found her stage, right behind me in our courtroom. She won famous victories, moving our country to equal justice under law, women are now a majority in law school, not a handful. Later, a star on the bench where she conquering and dissenting opinion, will steer the court for decades, they are written with the unaffected grace of precision. Her voice in court and Conference Room<\/a> was soft. When she spoke, people listened. Among the words that best describe ruth, tough, brave, a fighter, a winner. Also thoughtful, careful, compassionate, honest. When it came to opera, passionate. When it came to sports, clueless. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> had many virtus of her own, she promoted one particular one, humility in others. For example, on more than a few occasions, someone would approach or call me and describe some upcoming occasion or event important to them. I knew what was coming. Could i come and speak. No, instead, could i pass along an invitation to Justice Ruth Bader<\/a> ginsburg and put in a good word. Many of you have seen the famous picture, riding on an elephant in india. It captured so much of ruth. There she was, doing something unexpected, as she had in law school. She was not only one of the few women, but a new mother to boot. In the frarvegs she is riding with a dear friend. A friend with totally divertent views, there is no indication in the photo one was to push the other one off. Ruth met each challenge with assessment and fierce determination. She encouraged others to who have their battles with illness, including employees here in the court. She emerged victorious, time and again, against all odds. Finally, the odds won out. Now, ruth has left us. I mentioned at the outset, ruths passing weighed most heavily on her family and that is true. The court was her family too. This building was her home too. She will live on to improve the lives of all of us. Yet, stishlgs rull, ruth is gone grieve. Let us have a moment of silence for reflection. May she rest in peace. As we watch the procession, and heard the comment, i will bring in Senior Correspondent<\/a> n andria mitchell. What a different world it was when Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> graduated law school. Top of her class. Couldnt get a job because she was a woman. What a different world she helped to make. I was struct, the rabbi was married to a former clerk of Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a>, women of all professions can imagine new roles for themselves, including the rabbi. Women back in the 1950s and 1960s, could not be rabbis. That is part of the transition. Women couldnt fly plane, women couldnt be in combat. She lost her job before they went to har vard law, because she got pregnant. That alone was enough to have her lose her job, although she scored so high on the Civil Service<\/a> exam. And i was struck by justice robert, s the family grieves most of all, the Supreme Court<\/a> was her family, and Supreme Court<\/a> was also her home. And the pictures of justice scalia, in india, there was no sign they were to push each other off. The Central Mission<\/a> of the court. That is how in all of her majority and dissenting opinion, how he said her voice was a soft voice. In the Conference Room<\/a> it was always heard. People would listen. She developed those relationships, her intellect, her discipline, her hard work. The kind of person she was, kind and caring. I found myself overcome with emotion when we saw the clerks, as honorary pallbearers. The emotion from the officers, and those arrayed in the great hall, their families and spouses, all extraordinary today. It is the end of an era. Her legacy will live on through the opinions she wrote for the court. I do want to ask you, what was she like as a friend . What was she like in purpose . She had the greatest sense of humor. Dry wit, she was so mentoring to younger people. People who followed the devotion of her clerks and people who didnt know her, reflects the care that she gave to everyone she met. To me, a decent, inspiring person. With her battles with cancer, i had my own struggle with cancer. All of those, even on the court staff, with her grit, determine egg, her fierce candor about it, an indication that she was honest with him about the chief about what she was going through. Her tenacity, and in surviving all odd, her professional career, her personal life and the fight against this terrible disease. We want to bring in columnist ruth marcis. Ruth, one thing i am struct, we dont have time to catch our breath in the world we are living n we barely got news of Justice Ruth Bader<\/a> ginsburgs passing, we orp the drama of who will replace her. This moment. This brief ceremony, the walk up the steps, really seems like a necessarily grounding moment for us to take that pause, take that breath, and remember, not only the power of the Supreme Court<\/a>, but this particular justice. What she accomplished, how she moved the needle in so many ways. Indeed she did. It has been mind boggling, and a little upsetting the degree to which we have moved almost instantly from the sadness and legacy, sadness of Ruth Bader Ginsburgs<\/a> death and her amazing career, and i guess, the default position in washington, talking about the politics. Andria and i were there that day, 27 years ago, when Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> was nominated by president clinton. Nobody could have imagined. The Thurgood Marshall<\/a> of the movement. In terms of creating equal rights for women. Nobody could have imaginedd bac then, that she would turn into the notorious rbg. People were concerned she would be too moderate of a justice. Some women groups she worked alongside with, more concerned about her view on abortion rights, how they were grounded. Her evolution into this liberal icon was not expected. It is a reflection not just of her tenacity, but the changing course that and how much more conservative it has become and how much more conservative it seems destined to be with her absence and with her seat being filled as it appears it will be by President Trump<\/a>. And on that note wer alexand. As you know, the plan here is to have theblic may pay respect, a of those members is expected to be the president himself, coming to the Supreme Court<\/a>, with the first lady, to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a>. Yes, savannah, thats right. 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