bader ginsburg who shared his affinity for opera. his disagreements, he said, in a 2008 interview with "60 minutes" weren't personal. >> i attack ideas, i don't attack peoplement and some very good people have some very bad ideas. ginsburg said they were best buddies and his colorful better. justice scalia nailed all the weak spots that applesauce and argle bargle as scalia put it, and gave me just what i needed to strengthen the majority opinion. >> i could be charming and combative at the same time. what's-- what's contradictory between the two. i love to argument. i have always loved to argue. and i love to point out the weaknesses of the opposing arguments. >> reporter: his death will have an immediate impact on the court that now will be divided 4-4 along ideaological lines, a liberal nominee would move the once conservative court to the left and the battle lines quickly were drawn. the president urged the senate to have a fair and timely hearing. >> these are responsibilities that i take seriously as should everyone. they're bi

. >> reporter: justice ruth bader ginsburg, long among the most liberalce court, spoke fatherfully of a donald trump presidency. "i don't want to think about that possibility, but if it should be, then everything is up for grabs," she told the associated press. in another interview with "the new york times," ginsburg said, "i can't imagine what the country would be with donald trump as our president." ginsburg also accused trump of hold nothing firm political beliefs. "he is a fakeer," the 83-year-old justice told cnn. "he has no consistency about him. he says whatever comes into his head at the moment." ginsburg, appointed by bill clinton in 1993, offered this thought about the next president. "she is bound to have a few appointments to the court." some called ginsburg's comments "highly inappropriate." trump told "the new york times," "i think it's a disgrace to the court and i think she should apologize," adding, "i couldn't believe it when i saw it." senate majority leader mitch mcconnell now blocking efforts to fill a supreme court vacancy by denying nominee merrick garland confi

justice ruth bader ginsburg: the conservatives ask where's the evidence the law would in fact shut down many clinics? justice sam alito, "as to some of them, there's information that they closed for r that had nothing to do with this law." texas passed the law in 2013 amid national outcry over a pennsylvania clinic where a doctor was convicted of killing a patient and three infants in botched, late-term abortion. the law requires clinics to operate more like surgery centers and have doctors with admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. texas representative jodie laubenberg sponsored a bill. >> texas cares about women. that is what this is all about, women's health and quality of care. >> reporter: but amy hagstrom miller, c.e.o. of the abortion clinic challenges the law, said that was a smokescreen. >> this law is cruel and it is harsh, and it does nothing to advance medical health for women. >> reporter: now, the key vote here, as in all of these abortion cases, is the moderate conservative justice anthony kennedy, and today he did not tip his hand. although, he did ask whether the co

bader ginsburg prove that people can disagree and yet remain friends. jan crawford watched their friendship blossom through the years. >> reporter: we think about justice scalia and justice ginsburg, they were in many ways complete opposites. scalia. administration. and then the soft-spoken ginsburg started her career arguing for women's rights, but they have this deep and affectionate friendship. justice ginsburg has this fabulous picture in her office of the two of them, they're riding an elephant on a trip to opera. they're even dressed in costume in one picture they have, and they would do things with their spouses together, too. they would all spend new year's eve together, have these regular dinners. their friendship goes back to their days serving on the federal appeals court in washington, and it was always wonderful just to hear them talk about their relationship. >> i was listening to him and disagreeing withthhat a good part of what he said, but i thought he said it in an absolutely captivating way. >> i think we should leave it at that. we a

well, she didn't apologize or take her words back, but today supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg said she regrets making critical remarks about donald trump. in a statement she said her remarks were ill-advised and judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. today mourners hacked one of minnesota's largest churches for the funeral of philando castile, a police officer shot and killed castile last week after stopping him for a broken taillight. his death was one of the motivations for the dallas police murders last week. [bell tolls] >> reporter: a white horse-drawn carriage led the procession carrying philando castile's casket. mourners packed shoulder to shoulder into the 3,000-seat cathedral, but church officials said they wanted to help a hurting community at the request of castile's mother valerie. >> he is a king and i thought that would be the only thing suitable for him. that's why i chose this place. >> please, officer, don't tell me that you just did this to him. >> reporter: the video of castile's shooting by an officer of the st. anthony's police d