. >> paulick empathy, call and prejudice or call it the sympathy, but whatever it is, it is not law. >> she will undoubtedly be playing her one ruling against firefighters -- her one paragraph or ruling against firefighters who claimed discrimination. >> opening statements today from lawmakers and judge sonia sotomayor. questioning on tuesday and wednesday and other witnesses on thursday, including a firefighter. >> there is continuing coverage of the confirmation hearings here on our web site by streaming live. go to wbaltv.com and you will find a link on the homepage. >> the president has nominated dr. regina benjamin from alabama to be the next surgeon general. she is often referred to as the "people's health advocate." we will have more on the nomination tonight on the news investigations into whether vice-president dick cheney hid a cia counter intelligence from congress. this recently disbanded program is something they said they did not know about until last month. leon panetta says the advice came straight from vice- president cheney's office. >> we were kept in the dark. tha