She will be remembered as a pioneering advocate for womens rights before she went on to the Supreme Court she was head of the a. C. L. U. Womens rights project and she argued 6 cases in front of the Supreme Court 15 of them to convince the court that. There were there were constitutional protections that allowed the discrimination against women and often she used a very interesting strategy she was known as the plaintiffs most famously a widower who had died in childbirth and he wanted to access her Social Security benefits that automatically would have gone to a woman but not for a man and so that over time many cases like this convince the 3 court to embrace the 14th amendment as one that also along with racial equality with men to guarantee sexual equality so its its by far which is going to be known for certainly you know and im an incredible legacy we can say you know we seen it already ive mentioned it what the president ial campaign is going to be coming up with code her death r
Measures sparked protests in london hundreds of people gather in the british capital breaking rules limiting public out its. Really as welcome to the show mourners have been laying flowers outside the Supreme Court building in washington d. C. And tributes to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg she died on friday at the age of 87 from pancreatic cancer ginsburg had spent 27 years as a member of the court and had built a formidable reputation as its most liberal judge her death has led to not only to an outpouring of tributes but its also kicked off a political battle about who will replace her u. S. President donald trump says he wants to fill her post with a conservative judge as soon as possible. Days before her death Ruth Bader Ginsburg told her family she wished her Supreme Court replacement would be selected by the next president ginsburg was the leading liberal voice on a court bench that already has a conservative majority they decide on major issues such as abort
Steve from Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests chris rock Jonathan Majors, musical guest sasha sloan. And featuring the legendary roots crew and now, heres your host, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause jimmy oh, hey ahha that was very nice thank you very much, everybody lets get to the news and jokes. Well, guys, last night, President Trump held a press conference and this one was out there even for him i mean, when time life releases a box set of trumps craziest moments, this will be on it. [ laughter ] yeah, trump was asked to commit to a peaceful transition of power if he loses the election and this was his response. Will you commit to making sure that there is a peaceful transferal of power after the election well, were going to have to see what happens you know that ive been complaining very strongly about the ballots. And the ballots are a disaster we want to have ge
Difficult to fight those fires in the hot conditions also continue number and those temperatures in the 90s but this going to be a oneday hit with these hot temperatures cooling off after that much cooler over the weekend. Alright an opportune lawrence, thank you now we want to go to next our nations nancy loo joins us now live from calistoga she has the latest on the wineries and in this area that have been damaged nancy. And as youve been reporting the fight against the glass fire still going strong in napa and sonoma counties as we just heard now we need to worry about more heat and new winds about to blow in. It is already too late to save about a 100 homes and businesses and wineries like this one fairwinds. In calistoga. Looks like a hit by a bomb. The ceo of fair winds Estate Winery returned to his property today for the First Time Since the glass fire destroyed most of it 2 days ago, this was one of our production repeats. Elegant wines. Today that room was still smoldering wit
There were fears that Living Conditions in urban communities in south africa and beyond would accelerate the spread of the virus for some experts are now asking what is those same crowded conditions also offer some extra protection against private 19. Some scientists thought a useful population might be behind africas relatively low infection rates but as the pandemic continues analysts are more and more reluctant to put the continent successes down to demographics. Some researches have also hypothesized that the presence of certain parasites in the body are contrary to into higher survival rates. But theyre still trying to unravel the mystery. Africa has recorded a little over 1400000 cases of coronavirus thats less than a quarter figure of the figure for the United States alone almost high. Off of the continents confirmed cases where in south africa but even there the death rate is surprisingly low and the country scientists are pushing to find a vaccine in. The search for a lifesavi