Supreme decisions
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The death of the US Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is still dominating the conversation in Washington. Jon and Emily look at who could replace her and when. Also on the podcast, Democratic rising star Jamaal Bowman explains how he’ll challenge the status quo in Washington. And Californian Republican candidate Erin Cruz discusses why she won’t dismiss the QAnon conspiracy theorists.
Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Frankie Tobi, Natalie Ktena and Harriet Noble Assistant Editor: Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:16.4 | It's 10 o'clock in the morning in Washington, and as we record this, a service has just been |
| 0:22.2 | held in the great hall of the Supreme Court, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg, members of the Supreme |
| 0:28.0 | Court present closest members of her family and a rabbi residing over the service. |
| 0:42.0 | The Supreme Court justice, as she did in life, is still making history and death. |
| 0:47.0 | She becomes the first ever woman to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol. |
| 0:58.7 | Welcome to America's. |
| 1:02.6 | America's from BBC News. |
| 1:05.6 | I am your president of law and order. |
| 1:08.4 | The pandemic is reshaping the presidential race. |
| 1:11.2 | The country is crying out for leadership. |
| 1:13.3 | Person, woman, man, camera, TV. |
| 1:16.4 | Four kids are justice, bread, and justice, talent, white kids. |
| 1:19.4 | Where are you from? |
| 1:20.2 | At BBC. |
| 1:21.1 | Here's another beauty. |
| 1:24.6 | It's Emily at Home in London. |
| 1:26.6 | You're not in Hull. |
| 1:29.0 | I'm not in Hull or Hell, but it has been quite a week in U.S. politics. |
| 1:33.3 | Where are you? |
| 1:35.6 | It's John in Washington still enjoying a glorious moment, which is all over social media of Emily |
| 1:41.6 | introducing someone on Newsnight, the other night. |
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