You can also stay current with the latest episodes of washington journal and find scheduling information for cspans tv networks and cspan radio, plus a variety of compelling podcasts. Cspan now is available at the apple store and google play. Scan the qr code to download it for free today. Or visit our website. Cspan now, your front row seat to washington anytime, anywhere. Next, the Funeral Service today for the Late Supreme Court Justice Sandra day oconnor at National Cathedral and washington, d. C. Speakers include president biden, her son, jay oconnor, chief justice john roberts, and historian evan thomas. Please stand if you are able. With face faith in jesus christ, we receive the body of our sister, Sandra Day Oconnor, for burial. Let us pray with confidence to god the giver of life that he , will raise her to perfection in the company of the saints. Deliver your servant sandra, sovereign lord christ from all evil and set her free from every bond that she may rest with all your
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
Good afternoon, dear tv viewers, the ntv Television Company, channel one, russia1 and the foundation of the holy allhonorable Apostle Andrew the firstcalled, are presenting a Live Television broadcast of the annual ceremony of the descent of the holy fire. Today we are with you rita borisovna butova, candidate of historical sciences, Senior Researcher at the institute of russian History Academy of sciences. Place of the great saturday, before us is the edicule, the place where our Lord Jesus Christ was buried. We are now inside the temple, the temple, which is called the church of the resurrection of the lord or the church of the holy sepulcher, where this great sacrament took place, the resurrection of the savior, who gave us eternal life. Today are special days, they complete the passionate one. Week, and the day of great saturday, as it is sung in todays trapar, a special chant, all human flesh will remain silent, that is, everyone remains in silence in silence, waiting for the resu
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