The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes the first woman to lie in state at US Capitol this morning.
Joe Biden, who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1993 during the confirmation process of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, will pay his respects along with Kamala Harris at the US Capitol this morning where the late Supreme Court Justice will lie in state in National Statuary Hall.
The casket of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will arrive at US Capitol at approximately 9:30am this morning and be carried up the US Capitol steps through the Rotunda into Statuary Hall where she will lie in state.
Memorial service in Statuary Hall for late Justice Ginsburg will take place at approx 10am w/remarks by Speaker Pelosi & Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt & musical selections performed by Denyce Graves,accompanied by Laura Ward on piano.c-span.org/video/?476232-… @cspan, @cspanradio & online
Pelosi and Schumer await atop the US Capitol East Front steps for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to arrive.
Joe and Jill Biden inside Statuary Hall where the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state.
Justice Ginsburg is carried into US Capitol through the Rotunda to Statuary Hall where she will lie in state.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is now the first woman to lie in state at the US Capitol.
Speaker Pelosi:"It is with profound sorrow & deep sympathy to the Ginsburg family that I have the high honor to welcome Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to lie in state in the Capitol of the United States.She does so on the catafalque built for Abraham Lincoln.May she rest in peace."
Denyce Graves sings accompanied by Laura Ward on piano at the memorial service for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg inside Statuary Hall in US Capitol.
Adas Israel Congregation Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt: "Justice Ginsburg also loved the Court which she so devoted her life, a court for all of us. It was Justice Ginsburg's tenacious hope to preserve the integrity of the Court."
Rabbi Holtzblatt: "Today she makes history again as the first woman and the first Jewish woman to lie in state. Today we stand in sorrow and tomorrow, We the People, must carry on Justice Ginsburg's legacy."
Rabbi Holtzblatt: "Even as our hearts are breaking, we must rise with her strength and move forward." She was our prophet, our North star, our strength for so very long. Now she must be permitted to rest after toiling so hard for every single one of us."
The family of Ruth Bader Ginsburg with the late Justice as she lies in state in US Capitol.
Pelosi and Schumer with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first woman and the first Jewish woman to lie in state at US Capitol.
Hoyer, Harris and Scalise with late Justice Ginsburg.
Democratic Stabenow, Warren, Gillibrand, Baldwin and Duckworth with late Justice Ginsburg.
Joe and Jill Biden with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she lies in state in US Capitol.
Florida Democratic Congressman Donna Shalala, former Clinton HHS Secretary, pays her respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in US Capitol.
Michigan Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell pays her respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who becomes the first woman to lie in state in US Capitol.
House members and Senators pay their respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is now first woman to lie in state in US Capitol.
House Foreign Affairs Cmte Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX) pays his respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in US Capitol.
Maryland Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen with the late Justice Ginsburg in US Capitol.
California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell with his daughter Cricket and other members of Congress pay their respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she lies in state in US Capitol.
Democratic Senators Stabenow, Warren, Gillibrand, Baldwin and Duckworth pay their respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at US Capitol.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Mark Milley and top military officials pay their respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader GInsburg in US Capitol.
Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick and other members of Congress pay their respects to late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Statuary Hall, across from House chamber in US Capitol.
The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg departs the US Capitol with mainly female House and Senate lawmakers standing on the East Front steps to pay their last respects.
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