he was nice to sonya sotomayor and for 28 minutes, he grilled her. asked long, very detailed questions and complained when she didn't have answers that he liked, saying, like, i told you in advance i was going to ask you these questions, you should know this. let's listen to this little clip. >> i know that with some important issues, they want to make sure that there isn't the procedural bar to the case of some that would take away from whether they are, in fact, doing what they would want to do which is -- >> was there a procedural bar? you had weeks to mull that over, because i gave you notice. >> senator, i'm sorry. i did mull this over. my problem is that without looking at a particular issue and considering the file, the discussion of potential colleague as to the reasons why a particular issue should or should not be considered. >> i can tell you are not going to answer. let me move on. >> so that was, i guess, the nature of arlen specter. you wanted to make a point? >> even by the standards of the old senate, he is pompous and grouchy. they a

there she is, sonya sotomayor. she is leading the judiciary committee hearing room for a few moments. she will be back, as well senator chuck schumer of new york, he is next in line to start asking some questions. he is arguably been the most supportive of all the united states senators given the fact that he represents her home state of new york. our coverage continues right after this. who can give you the financial advice you need? where will you find the stability and resources to keep you ahead of this rapidly evolving world? these are tough questions. that's why we brought together two of the most powerful names in the industry. introducing morgan stanley smith barney. here to rethink wealth management. here to answer... your questions. morgan stanley smith barney. a new wealth management firm with over 130 years of experience. if you're like a lot of people, you have high blood pressure... and you have high cholesterol. you've taken steps to try and lower both your numbers. but how close are you to your goal

arlen specter and sonya sotomayor.ll take a quick break and continue our coverage on the other side. we are watching these historic senate confirmation hearings for sonya sotomayor. up next, by the way, after arlen specter, isal franke al franken senator from minnesota. vÑvÑvÑvÑÑ >>> arlen specter delivering a lecture on why it is critical to have television cameras inside the courtroom. >> you had to be a chairman of the committee to get a seat inside the chamber. the supreme court decides all the cutting-edge questions of the day, the right to choose, abortion, death penalty, organized krirnlgs every cutting edge question. bush versus gore was probably one of the biggest questions, more than 100 million people voted in that election and the presidency was decided by one vote. justice scalia had this to say about irreparable harm. the counting of votes that are unquestionable legalality does in my view, referring to president bush, does harm to the country upon casting a cloud on what he claims to be the legitimacy of

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and sonya sotomayor returned tomorrow for questioning. she was pressed hard on her latino remark. she says it was words that fell flat, but republicans didn't buy it. >> no words i have spoken or written have received so much intention. >> the words were "wise latino" and she had to answer for them again. >> i am asking again today what do you really believe. >> sotomayor had said that a wise latino would reach a conclusion than a white male. >> i do not believe that any ethnic group has a soundment of judgment. >> some said that they came away with bad feelings about her. republican linzie graham had feedback. >> she's a terror on the bench, do you think you have a temp erament problem? >> no, sir, i ask the hard questions but do it evenly on both sides. >> sotomayor has not answered on abortion questions, and this hearing could grind until thursday. >> now your 11 forecast with your chief meteorologist. >> we had a temperature drop to 58 degrees, haven't done that in years, had to go back to 2001, and in baltimore it's 68. and afternoon

sonya sotomayor has been making the rounds on capitol hill. just yesterday she got a good luck phone call from the president. >> like spring training, she's getting ready. but the hearings are the ball game. >> with the ball in her court, sotomayor who could become the first latino justice faces the senate judiciary committee where her story has drawn praise from democrats. >> i have seldom in my lifetime seen a story that equals her story. >> and her judicial philosophy has brought scrit criticism from some republicans. >> i don't think we want people on the bench who are routing for one side or the other. >> the court of appeals is where policy is made. i know i should never say that. >> it's comments like these and when she said a wise latino woman would reach a better conclusion than a white male that are expected to generate the most controversy and there's a ruling in a reverse discrimination case involving a group of connecticut firefighters that was recently overturned. >> this is just proof positive that people should be treated as in

a look at how the first day wrapped up. >> reporter: sonya sotomayor went before the senate and it appears her battle will be wage along lines. to explain the past ruling. defenders portray sotomayor as a meticulous judge who has followed the law strictly for her 17 years on the bench. in her open remarks, the judge says she has spent spent the past several weeks explaining her judicial floss foy senators. >> simple. fidelity to the law. the task of a judge is not to make law, it is to apply the law. and it is clear, i believe, that my record in two courts reflects my rigorous commitment to interpreting the constitution according to its terms. >> g.o.p. lawmakers promise to scrutinize her writings and records on remarks that she made in 2001 that a white latina could make a better decision than a white male. chances are considered excellent, especially with the party's filibuster-resistant majority. >>> also in d.c., a family practice doctor from rural alabama is president barack obama's choice for surgeon general. dr. regina benjamin was introduced earlier today. she talked about how she

the supreme court nominee, sonya sotomayor is answering questions.uss feingold, from wisconsin, has been asking her about national security issues, specifically in the aftermath of 9/11, whether any laws that were enacted went too war. russ feingold voted against the patriot act, which has become very controversial in the years that have followed. she didn't want to answer these questions, even though she got a little personal and pointed out she happens to live right near ground zero in lower manhattan. >> she talked about not being anyone to drive and get around and a huge tragedy. she said historians will drive down the road and we are too close, sessentially, to 9/11. to your point about russ feingold, he is among the most liberal, to the left on these issues, voted against the patriot act. a sharp critic of the iraq war and what he believes are abuses in overstepping in executive power by the bush administration in a whole host of areas, whether it is gitmo or the warrantless wiretapping program. he was trying to get her to express herself. she

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it is day three for judge sonya sotomayor.out an hour and a half for another round of questioning. republicans on the panel were raising doubts about the first hispanic nominee's ability to be fair and impartial. she fielded those questions yesterday and will be preparing it answer more today. >>> the newest members of congress, senator al franken, will be one of those questioning the judge today. it's his first real outing on the national stage just a week after taking office. how is the comedian-turned-senator doing so far? jessica yellin has got some answers. >> this is a fascinating phenomenon in afghanistan right now, afghan star. a tv show sort of like "american idol," now a smash hit in that nation. alina cho with a program that's rocking the ratings and also rattling that nation's religious leaders. >>> first we're following breaking news out of iran this morning. a caspian airlines passenger jet has crashed 75 miles northwest of tehran. iranian state radio reports the jet was heading from tehran to the armenian capita

the first hispanic and a third woman to the high court, showing a sotomayor's -- high court, sonya sotomayor began the process. >> we need and we deserve to know what to think on fundamental issues, such as civil rights, privacy and personal rights. >> her stance on abortion is not abundantly clear, but abundantly concerning to several protesters. in opening statements, she alluded to another issue that has been center stage. >> in the past month, many senators have asked me about my judicial philosophy. simple -- fidelity to the law. >> critics claim that she may be biased in rulings because of this past statements, that the life experiences of a wise latina would allow her to arrive at better results lend a white male judge. many felt that line is being misinterpreted. >> i think it is terribly misplaced. i think that, really, what she has said is that diversity adds to the value of any conversation. >> i do not think it is necessary true that, just because she is a latino woman, she will be better for the job. >> she will have to explain that for herself in the question and answer session

. >> after weeks of public silence, sonya sotomayor took the chair. >> many have asked me out abmy philosophy, simple, detail to the law. >> and told her life story. >> on her own, my mother raised my brother and me, we worked hard. >> but before we spoke the senators highlighted her experience differently. >> let no one distort the judge's record. >> but republicans that it would be better than a white male. >> call it sympathy, but it's not law. >> with the majority in the senate, there is this reality. >> now unless you have a complete meltdown, you are going to get confirmed. >> sotomayor faces a ho of the questions tomorrow and wednesday. they are expecting to ask questions on gun laws and abortion, and a case in connecticut where the supreme court overruled the panel. the center stage for the president, and he recruits a new lieutenant to be the nation's surgeon general. >> these are trying times in the health care field, and our health care system cannot continue on the path we are on. >> at the white house, dr. regina benjamin pledged to work with the health system. and she was electe

>>reporter: mean time democrats have set the first vote on sonya sotomayor for some time next week. >>> whether he will it seems americans are losing their confidence in president obama. new poll shows 55 percent of the public approves of how the president is doing. 37 percent say they disapprove. in the past 5 months president obama approval rating dropped by 10 points and his disapproval rating went up 12 points. >> that brings us to our question of the day. do you approve of the job that president obama is doing. go to our web site and let us know what you think. response could air tonight on fox 45 news at 10:00. >>> the governor says he wants to prepare for major disaster right now. governor o'malley wants businesses and non-profit groups to sign up to help for future emergencies. heavy equipment to move debris is major need for the state. so are all the hands that can help. now the state wants businesses to submit what they can to help and you can find a link to the state emergency management web site on our web site. of course, fox baltimore.com. >>> young cancer patients at jo

. >> judge sonya sotomayor fighting for her seat on the supreme court. i'm brian mooar in washington that story's coming up. >> and the area load ways looking good so far. some closures in advance of captioned by the national captioning institute -- www.ncicap.org -- >> good morning. i'm lisa robinson in for mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us. >> let's get a chof

it is the law. >> sonya sotomayor very firm in explaining what she sees her role to be. happened today. gloria borger, john king, and jeff toobin are here. did she make her case convincingly, j he have? >> i think she did what she had to do. she had an answer on the wise latina case. she made a mistake, she spoke imperfectly. she made clear she doesn't think latinas are smarter or better judges than other people. are answers are out there. >> lindsey graham had this exchange with her. he put her really in the hot seat. >> do you understand, ma'am, if i had said anything like that, and my reasoning was that i'm trying to inspire somebody, they would have had my head? do you understand that? >> i do understand how those words could be taken that way, particularly if read in isolation. >> i don't know how you could take that lindsey graham said, i will make a better senator than x because of my experience as a caucasian male makes me better able to represent the people of south carolina and my opponent was a minority. it would make national news and it should. >> he really

latest target senator barbara and her upcoming vote on the supreme court nomination of judge sonya sotomayorkeith live downtown with the latest on the story tonight. keith? >>reporter: randall perry and his group operation rescue have a history of what some are calling decisive commentary. you may recall he said an abortion doctor murdered in kansas last month got what he deserved. and tonight at this church he said she supports baby killers. urging pro life republican and pro life democrat to fillibuster sotomayor nomination. the 12 city tour ends today in baltimore at the basilica of the assumption. right across the stleet from the archdiocese where he is asking archbishop o'brien to withhold communion from senator if she votes for sotomayor. she's a catholic. >> when someone is in open defines of the church teachings and there by brimminging great scandal it's the obligation of the bishop to say no you may not present yourself for holy communion until you repent and get your life together publicly. >> well the response from the archdiocese is simply this tonight. spokesman says the archbi

tonight, sonya sotomayor is preparing for her meetings.zzing range from racial clikt to legal controversy and her personal facts and views. she was nominated to be the first hispanic justice to the supreme court. >>> the space shuttle launch delayed for a third time. space shuttle endeavor. there was lightning strikes near the pad, crews will meet to determine if endeavor is cleared for takeoff tomorrow. >>> one year after major brain surgery, jesse hall is now back in baltimore. we have the latest on the little girls condition and how parents are reaching out to other families in similar situations. >> she that why the spot. >> reporter: yeah. >> that's my scar. >> aside from a scar on her head and a brace on her left leg, 7-year-old jessie hall looks like your average soon to be second grader. >> night and day. left here doing fairly well and couldn't walk yet. and now hopping and skipping all over the place. >> reporter: when dr. ben carson first met jessie, had encephalitis. the team from the johns hopkins surgery center removed part o

this week, as expected, the senate judiciary committee voted to recommend the confirmation of sonya sotomayorupreme court justice. watch the committee debate and see the vote this saturday on c-span at 7:00 eastern. then next week her confirmation moves to the senate floor. live coverage of the full senate debate on c-span2. and coming in october on c-span, tour the home to america's highest court, "the supreme court." >> more now about health care legislation from a news conference with a group of liberal house democrats from the progressive caucus. also hear from the chairs of the black, hispanic and asian-american caucuses also known as the tri-caucus. this is just under half an hour. >> hello, everybody. thank you for being here. and thank you, tri-caucus and progressive caucus members for hanging very strong and very solid for health care reform that actually takes care of all americans. we have one major announcement today. we have a letter to the leadership and to the three committee chairs that will, during this break, pull all the bills together. we have 53 signatures on our letter.

gwen: sonya sotomayor speaks. -- sonia sotomayor speaks. and so do senators, firefighters, supporters and detractors. after four days of judiciary committee hearings, were any minds changed? >> remarkable. she gets a 10 for judicial temperament. as judge sotomayor took her turn in the hot seat both republicans and democrats played their assigned roles. the republicans, skeptical. >> you said a wise latina woman would reach a better conclusion than a male counterpart. judge sotomayor made her now famous remarks about a wise latina woman making better decisions than other judges. >> i am disappointed that we still have a lot of muddled testimony and lack of clarity. really a person going on the supreme court should be clearer in my view. gwen: and the democrats in full embrace. >> you look at sonia sotomayor's story and the noble experiment today. >> she's a judge in which all americans can have confidence. gwen: in the middle of it all, a nominee who consistently sidestepped any questions about abortion or gun rights or campaign finance refo

. >> today the senate judiciary committee votes on the nomination of sonya sotomayor to the supreme court. live, 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, c-span radio and c-span.org. and tour the home to america's highest court. the supreme court court, this fall on c-span. >> on c-span radio hear 1968l.b.j. phone calls with his secretary of state, richard nixon and billy graham. saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span radio. >> now, former president clinton on preventing childhood obesity. he spoke at a conference hosted by the centers for disease control. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you. thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here and for inviting me. i want to thank -- i was reminded when dr. freedman said that i now had a foundation in new york, his former hometown, that i was kidding him backstage that hillary and i, i'm sure you all know, have a daughter we're very proud of. and she left the private sector and went back to graduate school in public health. [applause] one of the things she hoped to do was to spend this summer working in new york city for dr. fre

how sonya sotomayor defened herself. >> keeping your kids safe. why one area county isn't doing criminal background checks on coaches. that story is coming up next. >>> dealer: during the autobahn for all event, you can get great deals. it's perfect. i just want to make sure it's the right decision. future...us? we got here as quick as we could. look it's the cc. you don't pay for scheduled maintenance, you get the car of your dreams... seriously us, just drive it. you're right. dealer: let's take this one. it's a time-space continuum thing. the future... >>>. >> the department does work very closely with the county police department to keep the kids safe. fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> day 2 of sotomayor supreme court confirmation hearings right out of the gate. the chair on the senate judiciary committee beat republican to the punch letting her respond to the controversial comments at wise hispanic woman might be able to make better decision than a white man. >> i do not believe that any ethnic, racial or gender group has an advantage in sound judgmen

. >> this incident was taking place just as the confirmation hearings for ss ss weewn sonya sotomayor for us. you have the drawings of the u.s. capitol. a lot of viewers in the united states and around the world have visited the capitol. show us where this went down. >> this is the capitol, wolf, as you mentioned. supreme court right back here. we had all these events going on today. the senate down here. if we move this way towards union station. >> those are the senate office buildings? >> yes. right back over here, if you move this way towards union station, this is all parkland, very relaxed with trees and everything. the distance from here to this end of the capitol is ruffle a quarter of a mile. as best we can tell, from what we are being told by the witnesses there on the grun, th this man was headed this way on this street. a lot of traffic merging in and out going to the capitol. coming down this way. right at this intercession is apparently where it all started coming apart, the intercession of "d" and louisiana. this is the area we are talking about. police now say they sho

supreme court sonya sotomayor. the committee voted 13-6 today as expected to approve sotomayor nomination. the vote fell along party lines with the exception of senator gram who join the democrats and voted in favor of sotomayor. >> this is the first latino woman in the history of the united states to be selected for the supreme court. now that is a big deal. i would not have chosen her but i understand why president obama did. >>reporter: full senate is expected to vote on the nomination next week. sotomayor is expected to be confirmed. >>> how healthy are maryland children. new report shows they are not as healthy as children in many other states. jeff is here with the story tonight. jeff. >>reporter: when it comes to the health and well-being of children, maryland national ranking has dropped from 19 to 25. findings released today in the annual kids count report which is produced by the casey foundation. the report shows that conditions in maryland are worsening when it comes to low birth rate bab babies, infant

. >>> judge sonya sotomayor begins senate confirmation hearings today. will she set the bar set by lawmakers? more news, first warning weather and the first traffic report of the morning in a few >>> good morning, maryland. now don scott, marty bass, breaking news with mary bubala, your first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it's wjz, maryland's news station. >> hello, again in 30 seconds it will be 5:00. it is the 13th day of july. sharon will let you know how traffic is doing. marty over with first warning weather. >> a great shot. can we go back and take a look at it. a few high clouds in the area. every once in a while a peek of a planet over a star and a waning month to sky. generally what you are seeing the beginning of a nice day with sunshine and temps in the

circuit court ruling handed down by a panel of judges that included the supreme court nominee, sonya sotomayorhere is what one of the victims told shaun hannity. >> i think we view discrimination as discrimination plain and simple. we were discriminated upon because of our race just like african-americans were in the past in other issues, so it's plain old discrimination. >> all right. marissa, sotomayor's confirmation hearings begin shortly. does the fact that her decision got overturned here, does that mean she should expect tougher questioning from the senators or maybe from the press? >> i think so. i think she was always going to receive tough questioning on this particular case and on the affirmative action issue. i mean, it's-- this is an issue that's become the-- it's risen to a boiling point, i think, and also, you know, you have opponents of affirmative action pointing to president obama as the very reason why we don't need it anymore. >> judy is disagreeing. >> i think the courts are all over the map on this as the best of the written coverage pointed out. and i think that she did n

. >> we're back with a look at sonya sotomayor's confirmation in a little over a week.ey, opinion journal.com editor, james, okay, 5-4. for the firefighters. good decision? >> yes, i think it's a good decision. reject the notion that new forms of discrimination can remedy old discrimination. what's interesting, is even the four dissenting justices rejected the sotomay sotomayor n the lower court. rejecting sotomayor's reasoning, yes, to the extent that the government is moving away or the cases are getting us away from a government, racial type endorsement is a good thing. et cetera very narrow and it didn't stay flat out, look, racial preferences are against the constitution, it didn't go as far as anthony scalia says, ultimately maybe the supreme court has to go, he wrote in his concurrence there's tension between discrimination, history of racial discrimination cases and the idea that remedies can-- >> and the criticism heaped on the city of new haven, it does, i think, allow cities like new haven the next time to try to be a little more clever about how they do this

. >> tomorrow morning, confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee sonya sotomayor and the latest poll numbers the judge faces an uphill battle when it comes to convincing the public, that she belongs on the highest court in the land and the opposition, the highest for any supreme court nominee they say in the last 20 years. 47%, support her confirmation and 40%, oppose it. and we are looking at her nomination, and what she can expect, during the confirmation process, the witnesses, the questions, and that will be 8:00, a special, bret baier, fox news reporting, judging sotomayor, and join bret and megan for a fox news special coverage for confirmation hearings starting tomorrow morning 9:00 a.m. on the fox news channel. >> jamie: and i think, eric it could be a hearing that is watched by more americans than any of the other confirmation hearings we have seen, i also think that judge sotomayor is probably one of the most prepared, you heard what is going on at the white house with the mock questioning, and some of the best people that have ever done it before have been working wit

. >> we continue now with our local life and career of sonya sotomayor. we talk with susan sterne about her years at yale university law school. >> when did you first meet judged sotomayor? >> in my first year of law school. this was at yale. in 1976. >> what were the circumstances? we were friends in her group and met at a social occasion. a group of law students were getting acclimated to a new situation. we shared an interest. most importantly, we shared an interest in social justice. we both came to law school to advance that set of personal goals and immediately discovered that that was a common bond. we also really enjoyed trying to figure out what actually was going on in the world of law school. we enjoyed try to analyze the culture we were in. >> what was going on at that time? >> it was a very exciting place. we had a class of people who were really very serious about themselves and their futures. so there were many discussions about the role of the law as an agent of change and also the will of the wall as an agent of civility. lots of discussio

this has come out of little bit with sonya sotomayor. that place had only recently admitted women. i happen to know about the history of ivy league submission and had only started letting in students that were not born into at about 15 years ago. we had a college and campus that was still dominated by what you might call the blue-blood, upper-class america. people were coming in who had done very well on tests and had different ethnic backgrounds. they did not mix well. there was a lot of alienation at princeton. when there is unhappiness there is a lot of drug usage. >> did you ever get caught using drugs? >> no. then again, princeton was a very large and unpolicied island. they brought all these kids in and let us lose. i was not aware of supervision, even from a far. >> did you win this? >> i did win the kasbe fellowship. it was a very odd fellowship. when i got to the interviews that were held in a law firm in philadelphia, there was a different kind of merit. it was the young gentleman. they ask me, did i like to take walks? i said yes. they asked me why i had gotten d's on my

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. >>> on monday, hearings start for sonya sotomayor. they face questions from the 19 senators on the judiciary committee. experts already predicting political fireworks and will dig deep into controversial rulings and her achievements and her activities on the bench and off. joining me to discuss what she'll be facing, legal analyst and former judge and former prosecutor and law professor. great to see both of you. i don't think i could have paired better. first of all, because you did serve time on the bench, i was a clerk to a head judge. so the question is, when you're on that bench, there are rules and so is there a problem with the fact that i heard it raised, that she was a member of the puerto rican legal defense and education fund before she went on the bench or any organizations that is an advocacy group for ethnicity. >> great point. because that's really what the issue here is. because is there any bias? this is the highest court of the land. this is the court that can change the law. so it is so critical that whoever sits an

some clinton era documents on supreme court nominee sonya sotomayor have been withheld from the public public says more than 1200 pages of white house communications with sotomayor withheld by the former president's advisor and they're mostly related to the bill clinton's 1998 aappointment to the judge from the second u.s. circuit court of appeals and internal assessment to sotomayor and various political factors related to her nomination. more coverage of the confirmation hearing right after the break. we will talk to linda chavez, who is on the minority witness list. what is she going to say at the con membershfirmation heari we'll find out when we come back. clear clear having the right tools is crucial to being able to manage your diabetes properly. it's very important for me to uh check my blood sugar before i go on stage. being on when i'm feeling low can be like a rollercoaster. it does at times feel like my body is telling me to do one thing... and, my mind, my heart is telling me to do something else. managing my highs and lows is super important. with my contour meter i can p

is this something she wants bring up on the eve of sonya sotomayor's confirmation hring nextweek. jacksolee, is going to wanto have? >> i justalk to an aide a ttle while ago that thedon't think this is coming to the oor next week. they're not sure they have the poet voets tpass it so they're not sure they'll bng it to the floor all. so s may not ge this thing debated on the floor of the house after all, at least according to a sour i talked to a little while ago. >> we'll be backit susan page and eamon javs right after this. you're watching "harall" only on msn ♪ (announcer) transform your waer memen o drink crystal lit drink 20% more waterer. crystal light. make a delicis change. hangng tgo in the midddd o of affic and justtarting and stopping. having to gon the middle of f a ballgame and then not being a able to go once i got t there. and going at night. i thououghi i ha a going problem. my doctor said i had grgring problem. it wasn't my bladderer myroroste was growing.g. i had d annlnlarng prostate th w w causing my ururiny y sytoms. doctor prescrcreded adart. (a(announc) over

like her mother, sonya sotomayor worked hard. >> i love the story about how your mom saved all of her money to buy you and your brother the first set of encyclospeedias in the neighborhood. your mother struggled to buy the in cyclospeedias on her nurse's salary but believed deeply in the value of education. >> born to a puerto rican family, growing up in public housing in the south branch and raised with a love of country and a deep appreciation for hard work. >> you made your start from very humble beginnings, you overcame substantial obstacles and went on to excel at some of the nation's top schools. >> judge sotomayor was born to parents who moved to new york from puerto rico. her mother raised sotomayor and her brother juan, now a doctor practicing in syracuse on her own. >> then it was time for judge sotomayor, it is not over yet. boy, did she drop bomb shells. >> progression of my life has been uniquely american. my parents left puerto rico in world war ii. i grew up in modest circumstances in a bronx housing project. my father passed away when i was nine years old. on her own,

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that association gave sonya sotomayor just about its highest rating.ater, as you alluded to, there will be some witnesses for republicans, one of whom is frank ricci, the firefighter from new haven who tried to get an affirmative action test taken away and sonia sotomayor ruled in a way that that isn't going to happen. that is something we are going to see throughout the day. what was most riveting was some exchanges she had with some republicans. look, her nomination, we have been talking about it. her nomination, there is no question she is going to be nominated barring something really unforeseen. the question is, how many republican votes will she get. lindsey graham, somebody who might be one of those republicans, he made pretty clear at the end of the day, he believes she is somebody who is going to follow the law. listen to what he said. >> you are able after all these years of being a judge to embrace a right that you may not want for yourself, to allow others to do things that are not comfortable to you but for the group, they are necessary. t

. >>> judge sonya sotomayor is one step closer to the supreme court has the senate judiciary committeeoted 13-6 to send her nomination to the full senate. four other republican senators have announced they will support her nomination. if confirmed, she will become the nation's first hispanic justice on the supreme court. >>> then astronauts bid their international space station colleagues farewell before they closed up the hatches. endeavour is scheduled to touch down in florida on friday. >>> a child trying to get out of church, not breaking news. >> not until you hear the lengths one went to, a 7-year- old to avoid that trip. why police ended up bringing him back home to mom and dad. >>> free television everywhere you go and fox 5 is one. first stations that will make that happen. >>> tony has your updated forecast and we'll get a check on the roads from julie wright. that is all coming up on fox 5 morning news. >>> he stole a car and led police on a chase but he can't seen see over the dashboard. joyrider, just seven years old. police followed the boy through weer cnty utah on sunda

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. >>> judge sonya sotomayor is one step closer to becoming the first hispanic on the nation's highest court. the senate judiciary committee voted on the supreme court nominee approving her by a vote of 13-6. south carolina senator lindsay graham was the sole republican to vote in her favor. >>> antiterrorism officials are issuing bulletins to law enforcement agencies around the country about growing concerns of american bred extremists. case in point, seven men arrested in north carolina including the alleged ringlead daniel boyd. boyd is originally from alexandria, virginia. all are charged with noting and if you hadding terror tacks. boyd reportedly received terrorism training in pakistan and afghanistan and came back to the united states and trained others. federal agents are still looking for an eighth suspect. >>> researchers say a tanning bed can give you much more than a glow. the world health organization has moved tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation into the highest risk cat gory for skin cancer categorizing it as led a as arsenic or muse -- as as deadly as arsenic or must

judge sonya sotomayor -- sonia sotomayor is one step away from becoming -- from dying on set? no.irst hispanic justice on the supreme court. the senate judiciary committee approved her nomination today. full senate expected to confirm her next week but-runs are still saying they're concerned -- but republicans are still saying they're concerned about the comment that she would hope a wise latina would reach a better conclusion than a white male. listen. >> i don't believe anyone should be on the -- on any court of the united states that does not deeply committed to the ideal of american justice and that is that they should set aside their personal opinions and biases when they rule from the court. >> 17 years on the bench, not one example, let alone, a pattern, of her ruling based on bias or prejudice or sympathy. shepard: and he's right about that and in the end every democrat voted yes. every republican voted no. except lindsey graham from south carolina. he says he would not have nominated judge sonia sotomayor. but sending the first hispanic to the supreme court is a "big deal

: a journey that began at the white house now heads to capitol hill for supreme court nominee sonya sotomayor. >> i hope that as the senate and american people learn more about me they will see that i am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences. >> reporter: senate democrats who have the votes to confirm sotomayor are expected to highlight her personal story to win favor. growing up poor in bronx public housing. then going on to an ivy league education and now possibly the first latina supreme court justice. a smart approach for sotomayor as well, says former reagan chief of staff, ken duberstein who has advised several high court nominees. >> give an awful lot of your personal life and your values, but also your impartiality. you judge them as you see them coming. >> reporter: conservatives have a difficult task ahead. challenging sotomayor's record without coming across as attacking her. republicans are expected to ask tough questions about sotomayor's views on gun rights, abortion, and affirmative action. but republicans think they have a bet

most people are expecting a huge fight over supreme court justice nominee sonya sotomayor. 60% say artisan battle is likely. republicans may target her record on race, gun rights and abortion. democrats may defend her calling her a mainstream judge. only 47% support her confirmation. hearings start on monday. >>> a 9-year-old girl outwitted a suspected child molestster. a stranger grabbed her friend on tuesday. police in bakersville, california say the man pulled the 6-year-old girl into the alley and tried to fondle her. the 9-year-old girl says she needs to get her jump rope. listen to her explain it. >> i lied on purpose. i said that i was going to go and put the jump ropes away so he wouldn't know. >> well, he ran for help -- she ran for help instead and police caught the suspect. the girl said she was glad her friend wasn't hurt. >>> so we know home prices are falling. money expert, jennifer westhoven is with us now. buying a home is getting cheaper, not just because of the prices but because of the rates as well. they are coming down a little bit. a lot of people think that the

sonya sotomayor will be approved. we estimate 13-6 in her favor jane: of the battle over health care. yes, it is still a battle. race on for a bipartisan compromise. why six senators could make a difference. gregg: ieds. what is the military doing to protect our soldiers. jane: new reports on what michael jackson's doctor gave him before he died. gregg: and eight suspects in the north carolina terror group that was apprehended is on the lam, and they are still seeking to locate him. federal prosecutors say one member seeks to wage it had. -- jihad. apparently they were together with those four on the screen. jane: update us on what we are expecting to hear about confirmation from both sides of the aisle? >> all eyes were on senator graham, a republican who will cross party lines for the nominee. he says elections have consequences and he wants to defer to the president prospekt. he says he has become convinced that she is qualified. but he says he does not to it without reservations. here's what he had to separate --

. >> sonya sotomayor was born in 1954 in the bronx. this is the cork-apartment complex where she grew up. a look at the life and career of the judge threw her friends and colleagues. we big dutch begin with the columbia university law professor that knew her when they were students at yale university. >> i met her in my first year in moscow. we had a common friend and we met on a social occasion. we were loss students getting acclimated to a new situation. >> what did you have in common? >> most importantly, we shared an interest in social justice. we both came to law school to advance that set of personal goals and immediately discovered that that was a common bond. we also really enjoyed trying to figure out what actually was going on in the world. we enjoy trying to analyze the culture that we were in. >> what was going on at that time? >> it was a very exciting place. we had a class of people who were very serious about themselves and their futures. there were many discussions about the role of the law as an agent of change and as

confirmation hearings begin tomorrow for sone sotomayor sonya society mire. and it's the last call for a landmark. >> only on 7 tonight. a passenger takes a picture that appears to show a bus driver reading while operating a ride on bus. tonight, a report sparks action. what are tonight's new developments? >> due to our story, an investigation has now been launched to find out which driver was responsible, what she was reading, and what in the world she was thinking. >> the pictures taken by an outraged passenger appear to show a montgomery ride on bus operator reading a book while driving. that ride whore does not want to be identified -- who does not want to be ideified says she was scared. >> i couldn't believe it. i was nervous. >> the passenger said she hopped on the bus at nickle sn lane and says hee tcwad in horror as the driver periodically read during the 20 minute trip to wheaton. >> this is not acceptable, to be driving you have passengers on the bus. it's not just your life. it's other passengers as well. >> according to the manager, drivers are t

lindsey graham who gave her a pretty rough time during his questions, says he will vote yes for sonya sotomayorng with his party's conservative leaders. in the middle box, the d.c. metro crash investigation. there's word that the metro found at least six spots where signaling equipment was designed to detect the presence of trains on the track and it malfunctioned since that fatal crash last month. in the bottom box, the government is calling for several thousand volunteers to take the swine flu vaccine. and trace has volunteered to be one of them. trace: a u.s. soldier has been missing for nearly two weeks. family members say he was kidnapped. the army not saying anything. the 24-year-old private was last seen near corpus christi, texas. he told his brother he was headed to loreto to see a friend. he never reported for duty. days later the family says someone demanded $100,000 in ransome. >> a phone call from the army asking if we had heard or seen from james because he hadn't reported to duty. a few hours after that we received a phone call from the f.b.i. they're the ones that let us know th

confirmation hearings for judge sonya sonia sotomayor are under way. if confirmed, she will be the first hispanic woman to serve on the supreme court. weijia jiang has more on what this means for baltimore's hispanic community. hi, weijia. >> reporter: hi, sally and everyone. certainly the entire hispanic community is celebrating already. because they say the nomination is extremely exciting in itself. and they say her story represents the american dream. >> reporter: on the corner of light and redwood street in baltimore, they're rooting for sonia sotomayor. >> i think that's awesome. >> reporter: it's not just the judge herself who is excited. it's her story. the american story that lives on every corner in every state. >> she understands what that means to come from. >> a lot of people, i think, can relate to her. we started from zero in our business. >> reporter: sotomayor, a child of the projects in the bronx, is the country's first hispanic nominee to the supreme court. the grueling confirmation process started on monday. >> thank you, mr. chairm

. >>> the senate judiciary committee is expected to vote today on supreme court nominee sonya sotomayor. her nomination is expected to advance to the full senate. >>> from now on, you will have to pay $2 for the first half- hour of parking at the w i airport. airport officials blame the economy. the change is expected to bring in half a million dollars in additional revenue. >>> we will have another news upda for you at 7:56. for continuous news coverage, tune in to our sister station, news channel 8. have a great day. ♪ i'm free free falling ♪ >>> always think of tom cruise. ♪ free falling >> we'll talk about freefalling into the record books. a kayaker took the plunge off 108-foot waterfall. this morning, he's going to join us live, "around the watercooler." >>> we say hello again. i'm diane sawyer, with robin roberts. how do you learn how to bottom out? it's kind of pass/fail. >>> also this morning, something brand-new to me. i didn't know that your pharmacist can switch your prescription drug to a different drug, without even telling you. not even tell you? we're going to look into