Summary
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, US Supreme Court Justice and icon of liberal America, has died at the age of 87. We sound the emergency klaxon and gather to discuss how she became a cult figure, and what her passing might mean for the election.
Studio director: Michael Campbell Producers: Harriet Noble, Natalie Ktena Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham, Emma Close
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Last night in America, it was at where were you moment? |
| 0:08.7 | Just like our parents' generation had talked about where they were when they heard |
| 0:12.4 | that John F. Kennedy had died, so it was when the news broke that Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| 0:18.9 | had passed away. |
| 0:20.6 | This is a big deal. |
| 0:22.4 | This is an emergency America cast because the US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| 0:29.3 | history making, jurist, feminist icon, national treasure has died at the age of 87. |
| 0:36.3 | America's. |
| 0:39.3 | America's. |
| 0:40.3 | America's from BBC News. |
| 0:42.3 | I am your president of law and order. |
| 0:45.1 | The US has now surpassed four million cases of coronavirus. |
| 0:48.9 | The country is crying out for leadership. |
| 0:51.1 | Person, woman, man, camera TV. |
| 0:54.1 | Four kids are just as bright and just as tall as white kids. |
| 0:57.1 | Where are you from? |
| 0:58.1 | At BBC. |
| 0:59.1 | There's another beauty. |
| 1:00.1 | It's John in Washington. |
| 1:05.8 | And it's Emily in London. |
| 1:07.2 | And one of the hardest things about this moment is that liberal America right now wants |
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