Nancy Pelosi opens Ruth Bader Ginsburg service ‘with profound sorrow’

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state in Statuary Hall of the US Capitol (Shawn Thew/Pool/AP)

The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in state at the US Capitol, the first woman in American history to do so, in commemoration of her extraordinary life.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it was with “profound sorrow” that she opened a private service in her honour on Friday.