Spectrum. A large crowd has been gathering tonight. Reporter weve been joined by thousands, for several hours. Let me share chief Justice John Roberts who said this in part from our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature. We had the Supreme Court lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn but with confidence future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her. A tireless and resolute champion of justice. Here is donald trump on her passing. I didnt know that. She led an amazing life. What else can you say . She was an amazing woman. Whether you agree or not she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life. I was sad to hear that. Thank you very much. Reporter she was an amazing woman who led an amazing life so said the president of the United States. Let me share a statement from Mitch Mcconnell. A lot of people wondering will they move forward, republicans, and put someone up as the new was nominee for the high court, he said this, Donald Trumps nominee will rece
That she was his reaction pours in from across the spectrum. Kevin cork is live at the Supreme Court where crowds have been gathering to pay their respects. He spent numerous hours here usually in better circumstances but weve been joined by thousands celebrating the life and legacy of Bader Ginsburg self by pancreatic cancer at the age of 87 a disease that took my mother, something i know very well. It is a shock because even though at her advanced age you may be saying she was so strong and indeed she was, she seemed almost indestructible and yet tonight she succumbs to cancer. Let me share a statement from john roberts, he said our nation has lost a jurist of historic stature, today we mourn but with confidence future generations will remember ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her, tireless and resolute champion of justice. Here is the president on her passing. I didnt know that. I am learning that for the first time. She bed an amazing life. What else can you say . She was an amazing
Team him and what they did was incredible. Hes got no hard feelings. He just goes back. Bernie is a loser. Ive never seen a guy like this. He loves to lose. Some people love the lose. Some people, as long as im your president , i will always protect medicare and Social Security like i promised. [cheers and applause] and he wont, and he wont. And america will continue to be the number 1 producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. [cheers and applause] you dont have to worry about me with your ohio fracking, you frank till your hearts content. [laughter] by the way, its not up to him just so you understand. Its not up to him. His party is not going to let him frank. Okay. Theyre not going to let him fr ack. He wont be there too long. They have the dream, they have the kamala who is the most liberal person she said, there will never be fracking. Well, i think we can live with it. No, no, go with what they say first in politics. Go with what they say. Thats where they come from.
Yeah. And im wondering how much of your interview Mitch Mcconnell saw before he surrendered because Chuck Schumer just kept saying, were not going to do it, you know, were not going to go along with it. Every member of the Democratic Senate agrees with this 100 . You could see he had that strength of every member which hes not always going to have. There are going to be some nights when he doesnt have every member, he wont be able to say that, and when you have every member like that, the other leader hears that and realizes theres no way around this. Yeah. But it was quite a dramatic standoff and it is a huge win in that building for Chuck Schumer. Not out there in the world, not out there to people who dont care and dont know about Senate Procedure. But within the culture, rachel, this was the first test. And the strangest test ive ever seen a new majority leader have to deal with just getting that organizing resolution passed. And i yeah it means the i got to say, at this stage Chuc
Good evening, rachel. Great interview. This is a complete surrender by Mitch Mcconnell and i was struck by the strength of what leader schumer had to say about this point before we knew that he had won. Yeah. And im wondering how much of your interview Mitch Mcconnell saw before he surrendered because Chuck Schumer just kept saying, were not going to do it, you know, were not going to go along with it. Every member of the Democratic Senate agrees with this 100 . You could see he had that strength of every member which hes not always going to have. There are going to be some nights when he doesnt have every member, he wont be able to say that, and when you have every member like that, the other leader hears that and realizes theres no way around this. Yeah. But it was quite a dramatic standoff and it is a huge win in that building for Chuck Schumer. Not out there in the world, not out there to people who dont care and dont know about Senate Procedure. But within the culture, rachel, thi