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 alia. he cut his teeth in the nixon administration. then the soft-spoken ginsburg, she started her career arguing for women's rights. but they had this deep and affectionate friendship. justice ginsburg has this fabulous picture in her ofofce 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 spouses together too. they would all spend new year's eve e gether. have these regular dinners. federal appeals court in 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. bubu thought he said it in an absolutely cap

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

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

bader ginsburg and elena kagan. and i s lucky enough to have one conversation with him that explained his appeal to me. it was ten years ago this april, when i spoke at the white house correspondents dinner. i don't know if you guys saww that. (chf not a lot of people laughed in the front row. (laughter) some people laughed in the back of the room but e important people in the front row, mostly silent when i gave the speech. when it was over, no one was the one exception was antonin scalia. he had been caught a week earlier doing this to the photographers. i did my gestures at him. after it was over, he came up to me, again, no one is talking to me in the whole damn room! and antonin scalia comes up to me and says, it's great, great! did you give me e of these? ahhh! i said, sir, first, i want to ask, would that be legal for me to do? he said, of course, it would be legal. i said, yeah, i gave you one of these. he said, great stuff! great stuff! good night. and he ft. i watched him go and i thought, don't you make m

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. ginsburg.it didn't matter that the two were ideological opposites on the supreme court. jeanne moos shows us how they bonded over everything, from the opera to elephants. for a conservative, he sure laughed liberally.(natsot)one of the things that made others smile was justice scalia's friendship with justice ginsburg.(scalia/no name font): "why don't you call us the odd couple?"not slob versus clean freak....(music up odd couple theme)but opposite sides of the bench. (scalia/no name fonts): "ruth that is not true."(ginsburg/no name fonts): "i have to disagree."(scalia/no name fonts): "we're not going to agree on this, ruth, you reize that?"nonetheless, upon his death, justice ginsburg wrote "we were best buddies."(scscia/no name fonts): "what's not to like...except her views of the law of course (laughter)."they and their spouses spent many a new year's eve together. they went on vacations. shared an elephant, , mething that caused her feminist friends to give them a hard time. (scal

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.

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