and the leader of the liberal pack, the oldest justice, 83-year-old ruth bader ginsburg, who has been openly critical of donald trump. >> throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. >> reporter: ginsburg, who recently took center stage at the kennedy center last weekend, shows no sign of slowing down. with one open seat and an aging bench, president trump has the opportunity to shape the court for generations to come. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> joining us is npr legal affairs correspondent nina totenberg and also george washington university law professor jonathan turley who's written extensively on constitutional issues. professor, as far as nominating as the process goes, i think people assume it's going to be easy for trump to get his choice confirmed, he's got a majority in both houses of congress. is that actually the case? >> well, remember, this is not a wide margin. even if he picks up the seat in louisiana, you'd have 52 republican senators. you can throw in on a tie vice president pence. but that is not necessarily a lead pipe cinch of

. >> ruth bader ginsburg. what was she thinking? i've never heard a supreme court justice weigh in on an election like she did on donald trump. >> to new zealand? >> yeah. she talked about moving to new zealand. >> which is wonderful, by the way. >> i can't imagine what this place would be if trump was elected and i can't imagine what the country would be with donald trump as our president. i don't to contemplate that. she went on to say he was a faker. >> donald trump said she ought to apologize to the court and i think he has a point. >> jeffrey toobin said she went too far. >> she did go too far and what it does to donald trump i'll tell you this is it solidifies his base because it brings to the forefront this question of the court which is why he'll start talking about it again because for him it just says okay, we have ruth bader ginsburg who doesn't like me. i need to appoint my own justices. >> we have to take a quick break and very big day on both sides and the campaign and bernie sanders getting onboard and what he said an

bader ginsburg is 83 years old. anthony kennedy turns 80 next month. stephen breyer is almost 80. clarence thomas just turned 68. even by supreme court standards, this is an old court and they are going to have vacancies. >> thank you both for being with us. >>> the funerals continue for the 49 people killed by gunman at the pulse nightclub in orlando. there were more this weekend. some family members are haunted by questions. two weeks later they have not been told exactly how their loved ones died. they are asking why it took so long for police to reach their family members. we will have some of their stories and i will speak to the police chief next. is happening now at red lobster. and if you love lobster and shrimp, ...check out all these new entrees. like new coastal lobster and shrimp... ...with summer ale barbeque sauce, ...and new lobster and shrimp overboard. overboard? nah, ...it's just right. so hurry in. [so i use quickbooks and run mye entire business from the cloud. i keep an eye on sales and expenses

scalia and liberal justice ruth bader ginsburg had a friendship, an odd couple they were called. >> they were polar opposites on the bench. scalia was a conservative. ginsburg was a liberal. but they were able to bridge their differences and build a long lasting, deep friendship over the last several years. in fact, they traveled the world together. there's a picture in justice ginsburg's office showing them riding an elephant together. she once joked she was sitting behind scalia to more evenly distribute the weight. they like to give each other a hard time. another fun story was they went parasailing together. and justice scalia admired her courage but was also worried she was going to float away. they'd make appearances together in public, talk about their friendship, the fact they spent new year's eve together. there was even an opera named after them. and so they really shared a lot of interest and had a deep respect, despite the fact they had different ideologies. >> pamela brown, thank you. >>> just ahead, remembering harper lee, an author who cherished her privacy while making an

remember last year ruth bader ginsburg had her eyes closed during part of the address. the cabinet with the exception of jeh johnson, they will be introduced as well. they will be walking in. jeh johnson is what they call the designated survivor. he is not there, but in the gallery, the first lady, michelle obama is walking in, with a nice round of applause. she has a bunch of special guests as well. >> the first lady remains incredibly popular. the politics go back and forth. there he is hugging the second lady, jill biden. she is very popular, and according to the president, probably also excited to leave the white house. >> there she is, she drove over with the president of the united states. dr. jill biden is right there. they're all applauding. there will be an empty chair there tonight as well, the deliberately wanted an empty chair for the victims of gun violence. >> that's right. governor malloy is also there, somebody who's also been very active in the push for -- >> here come the members of the cabinet. that's the secretary of the treasury jack lew. there's jo