CBS News Special Report - 2005-09-04
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[0:13] This is a CBS News special report. I'm
[0:16] Harry Smith in New York. President Bush
[0:18] is about to comment about the death of
[0:20] Supreme Court Chief Justice William
[0:22] Rehnquist. The Chief Justice passed away
[0:24] last night succumbing to thyroid cancer
[0:26] at his home in Arlington, Virginia. He
[0:29] was 80 years old. Joining me now from
[0:31] Washington is CBS News
[0:34] Chief Washington Correspondent and
[0:35] anchor of the evening news, Bob
[0:36] Schieffer. Bob, good morning.
[0:39] The Chief Justice had been ailing for
[0:40] some time. I don't think uh that was a
[0:43] headline that in terms of his passing,
[0:46] but uh my goodness, does it open up such
[0:49] a a range of stories in terms of uh
[0:52] what's to come for the court, Bob? Well,
[0:54] um yes. I don't think anybody in
[0:56] Washington really expected that uh Judge
[0:59] Rehnquist would live out the year. But
[1:01] having said that, uh this death coming
[1:04] as it does in the midst of this national
[1:07] disaster that we're undergoing now in
[1:10] the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,
[1:12] really changes everything. Uh you know,
[1:14] Harry, uh Tuesday,