. >> his best friends on the court, liberal justices elena kagan and ruth bader ginsburg. that's ginsburg and scalia together on an elephant. >> as annoyed as you might be about his zinging dissent he's so utterly charming. so amusing, so sometimes outrageous, you can't help but saying, i'm glad that he's my >> he always insisted that his judicial philosophy was dictated by the constitution only. but his death instantly turned the political arena bloody. >> i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor. >> another obama supreme court appointment could tip the 5-4 majority from conservative to liberal. the republicans' position, absolutely clear at last night's g.o.p. debate. in south carolina. >> i think that we ought to let the next president of the united states decide. >> the senate needs to stand strong and say, we're not going to give up the u.s. supreme court for a generation by allowing barack obama to make one more liberal appointee. >> delay, delay, delay. >> antonin scalia loved a good fight. the battle over who names his will be hu

bader ginsburg who shared his affinity for opera. his disagreements he said in a 2008 interview with 60 minutes were not personal. >> i attack idea. i don't attack people. some very good people have very bad idea. >> reporter: in a statement, ginsburg said they were best buddies and color r itiques made her opinions better. the apple sauce, 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 argue. i have always loved to argue. and i love to point out the weaknesses of, of the opposing arguments. >> his death will have an immediate impact on the court. it now will be divided 4-4 along lines, liberal nominee would move the once conservative court to the leaf. 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 bigger than any one party. they are ab

bader ginsburg who shared she called him a jurist of captivating brilliance and wit with a rare talent to make even the most sober judge laugh. >> i could be charming and combative at the same time. what is contradictory between the two? i love to argue. i've always loved to argue. >> reporter: now one of his most significant decisions was that landmark ruling in the second amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. but, you know, he often was in dissent and he always said he hope he wouldn't be known nelson for his majority decisions but for changing the way that we think about the court and the law and interpret the constitution and, kristine, he certainly did thichlt sure did. >> in the meantime, president obama is in california to host a summit meeting with asian leaders and that event is being overshadow by justice scalia's death. also the political fight that is sure to come when the president >> i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. there will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its respo

when right and left rarely intersect, supreme court justices antonin scalia and ruth bader ginsburg proved 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. there was the rough and tumble scalia. he cut his teeth in the nixon administration. then the soft-spoken ginsburg, she started her career arguing for women's rights. but they hadadhis deep and affectionate friendship. justice ginsburg has this fabulous picture in her office of the two of them, riding an elephant on a trip to india. they both loved the opera. they're even dressed in costume in one picture that they have. they would do things with their spspses 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 washington. it was always wonderful just to hear them talk about their relationship. >> i was listening to him. disagreeing with a good part of what he said. but, though

. >> reporter: adding to the confusion, unlike fellow supreme court justices ruth bader ginsburg and, scalia kept his health issues private. >> by the time you're 79, some people will have heart disease. he might have had more heart disease than was thought before. >> reporter: justices are not required under law to disclose their medical conditions but if scalia had m me his health issues public, these questions may not be coming up. scalia's family had no further comment. >> jan, thank you. >>> mma fighter ronda rousey hass opened up in a rare and emotional interview about her she told ellen degeneres she briefly thought about t ting her life after herer loss last year to holly holm. >> i was in the corner and in the medical room, i'm like, what am i any more if i'm not this? i was literally sitting there and thinking killing myself and last second, i'm nothing. what do i do any more? and no one gives a [ bleep ] about me any more without this. to be honest, i looked up and i saw my man, travis was standing there and i looked up at him and i was just like, i need to have his babies.