CNN - William Rehnquist death - 2005-09-04 - 3 a.m. (E)
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[0:06] I'm Jerry Willis at the CNN Center in
[0:08] Atlanta where it's 3:00 midnight out
[0:11] west. Our top story is the death of
[0:14] William Renquist. The 80-year-old Chief
[0:16] Justice of the United States has been
[0:18] undergoing cancer treatment for the past
[0:20] year. He was surrounded by his three
[0:22] children when he died at his home in
[0:24] Arlington, Virginia. President Bush was
[0:26] informed just before 11:00 p.m. Eastern
[0:28] time. The White House says the president
[0:30] will have an official statement later
[0:32] this morning. Ranquist had served on the
[0:34] Supreme Court since 1972. He was known
[0:37] early on as the lone conservative on
[0:39] many key decisions. In 1986, President
[0:42] Reagan tapped him to replace Warren
[0:44] Bergher as chief justice. He presided
[0:46] over the impeachment of President Bill
[0:48] Clinton. William Renquist would have
[0:50] turned 81 on October 1st.
[1:01] Our other top story is the state of
[1:03] emergency following Hurricane Katrina in
[1:05] New Orleans. Some 42,000 people were
[1:08] evacuated Saturday, including the rest
[1:10] of those at the Superdome. Officials say
[1:12] it could take a few more days to fully
[1:14] evacuate the city's convention center.
[1:16] Stragglers continue to show up looking
[1:18] for a way out of the flooded city. Now
[1:21] that the US military is in charge,
[1:23] Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and
[1:25] Joint Chief's Chairman General Meyers,
[1:27] Richard Meyers will be in New Orleans
[1:29] later today for a briefing on the
[1:31] situation. Also on Sunday, Secretary of
[1:33] State Condisa Rice will be in her home
[1:35] state of Alabama for a firsthand look.
[1:38] President Bush along with former
[1:39] presidents George H.