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one of his closest friends on the court, liberal justice ruth bader ginsburg. just last year, scalia head headlines, voicing his dissent of the 6-3 decision to uphold a key component of the affordable care act, or obamacare, calling it, interpretive jigry pokery, in which words no longer have meaning. scalia, who over the years had become the anchor of the court's conservative majority, was confirmed by the senate 30 years ago, 98-0. >> martha raddatz for us tonight. martha, thank you. >>> let's go straight to senior white house correspondent jonathan karl. jonathan, this news is so fresh, but now there is a vacancy in the supreme court. >> reporter: a vacancy of the conservative icon of the supreme scalia was really the hero to conservatives on the court. with that vacancy, the question is, will a republican-controlled senate allow president obama to replace scalia and we have an answer to that, at least from the repeplican leader of the senate, mitch mcconnell, is already out with a statement, saying that the american people should speak in the next election,

a passion for music that he shared with his dear colleague and friend, justice ruth bader ginsburg. michelle and i were proud to welcome him to the white house, including in 2012 for a state dinner for prime minister david cameron. and tonight, we join his fellow justices in mourning this remarkable man. obviously today is a time to remember justice scalia's legacy. 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 responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote. these are responsibilities that i take seriously, as should everyone. they're bigger than any one party. they are about our democracy. they're about the institution to which justice scalia dedicated his professional life in making sure it continues to function as the beacon of justice that our founders envisioned. but at this moment, we, most of all, want to think about his family and michelle and i join the nation in sending our de deepest sympathies to his wife maureen and their lovin

counting among his very closest friends liberal justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> for those who knew antonin scalia, his passing is a shocking loss and his death has ratcheted up the stakes in american politics. justice scalia was often the most forceful and eloquent voice on conservative positions. david lavigne spent a summer with him in italy. this is a picture of scalia holding up lavigne's child. he said he was a charming man to spend time with, unafraid of chairing his point of view. he said scalia's passing has raised the stakes in the u.s. presidential race. >> you've got this presidential election coming up, and because everybody knows that this slot cold change the balance of power on the supreme court for decades to come. so the stakes could not be higher. >> he says supreme court confirmations can take months, especially if the republican controlled senate votes down any of president obama's possible nominees. a president versus senate standoff could focus attention on senatorial races. republicans are defending more seats than democrats this year. >>> the open justice seat has b

liberal justice ruth bader ginsburg said that they were best buddies. even though disagreed on the bench, the two justices were known to hang out often, even vacation together with their families. >> former president george w. bush called him a towering figure, an important one. he hits the campaign trail today, he'll join his brother jeb at an event in south carolina. this comes after a blistering attack on the bushes from d dald trump. trump accused the former president of ignoring the cia and destabilizing the middle east by invading iraq. now, according to the latest poll, trump has a commanding lead in south carolina, with 42% >> on the democratic side, something of a campaign concidence involving "hot topics" and bernie sanders. they attended the same service. there's no video of the meeting. they both addressed the congress geg grags with the race in nevava extremely close, hillary clinton canceled a trip in order to stay in nevada. sanders takes his campaign to michigan today. >>> we switch gears now to the cold. bitterly cold in the northeast t

. >> lots have been said about his friendship with ruth bader ginsburg and the affection, besides respect, as the person. tell me about that. what is it like behind the robes, behind the curtains when they're together. he called them nine elected lawyers at one point. a deep meaning emotional connection between some of these justices, especially dealing with him despite their different judicial opinions. >> that's the most admirable characteristic of the court. there's a tendency to say look how divided our society is today and how divided the court is. justice marshal and justice brennon, not talking about justice rehnquist. they were not happy. but they were not collegial. these justices, justice kagan, justice ginsburg, they were good friends with justice scalia, and it's a tribute not to the lawyers but to the people. >> maybe the rest of the folks in the city of washington would take a lesson from those folks inside. thank you for joining us. and for you reflections on the justice. >> my pleasure. all the best. >> that should be applied all across the country. >>> and we're going to

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bader ginsburg. they were close friends. this he got to know each other on the appeals court. they were both opera buffs. they enjoyed each other's company, as unlikely as that might seem. and justice elena kagan, when she came, made a point of going hunting with him. he made friendships with lots of people. not just his ideological soul mates but he enjoyed the combat of ideas. and he also loved the law. as he told me in an interview a couple years ago, it is a great job for someone who loves the law as he did. it was his great passion. and sometimes he got a little carried away with it. but he left a very, very strong impression. >> pete williams, nbc justice correspondent. thank you again for your reporting on this. we go to the white house where kelly o'donnell has new information. >> good evening. we now can tell you that president obama will be making a statement about the death of justice scalia at 8:30 eastern time, 5:30 pacific. the president is in california and he had a day where he was so

brandeis university in massachusetts posted -- hosted a panel, including justice ruth bader ginsburg told. freeman, who studies early american politics, and brian in thewho specializes 20th century, discuss the evolution of political parties. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house rewind, from the 2000 campaign, a south carolina republican primary debate featuring texas governor george w. bush, john mccain, and outline keys. and larry the event king moderated. bush went on to secure the republican nomination. at 6:00, american artifacts looks at selections of objects left at the vietnam memorial wall. the collection includes about 400,000 items, all stored at the national park service museum resort center in maryland. for the weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. between 1865 in 1872, the war department's bureau of refugees, freed men, and abandoned lands, or the free men's bureau, provided assistance. emmanuel dabney discusses the extensive archival records of the freedmen's bureau, and what they can tell us about the lives of former slaves. he describes how the bureau iss

bader ginsburg, and david breyer. in the end, with the measured he said was the recount process, as it was described by the majority and as it was going on in florida at the time come is inconsistent with the minimum procedures necessary to protect the fundamental rights of each voter in a state recount. and then it said, the implication was this is one ticket good for one right only. there was plenty of heat on the other side. i will give a snapshot of then junior justice john paul stevens. we will not know the certainty with -- the identity of the winner of this election. the loser is abundantly clear. rememberhat do you from those 36 days. judith: thank you for having me here. is great to be in this room with faces that i remember from 15 years ago. they may look a little different. but it is great. ,ust thinking about bush v gore in some ways, i get some hives thinking about that time. for me, when the decision was handed down, i was in florida. the thing i remember, two days after the election -- actually, one da

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. michelle and i were proud to welcome him to the white house, including in 2012, for a state dinner for prime minister david cameron. and tonight, we join his fellow justices in mourning this remarkable man. obviously, today is a time to remember justice scalia's legacy. i plan to fulfill my constitutional a successor in due time. there will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote. these are responsibilities that i take seriously, as should everyone. they're bigger than any one party. they are about our democracy. they're about the institution to which justice scalia dedicated his professional life and making sure it continues to function as the beacon of justice that our founders envisioned. but at this moment, we most of all want to think about his family. and michelle and i join the nation in sending our deepest sympathies to justice scalia's wife, maureen, and their loving family, a beau

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