sonia sotomayor dissented. sotomayor said the court ought not to back and wish way rather than confront the racial ineek quality to exists in the society. black and latino enrollment at university of michigan dropped since the ban went into affect at cal black students are among the most under represented >> i don't think that you just have a very small representation. >> the number of latino freshman offered admission increased compared to the previous two years. aat uc berkeley abc7 news. >> a 9-year-old boy has come down with whooping cough, a highly contagious disease. since january, four babies have been hospitalized with per tuesdayis in contra costa county sonoma county has been hard hit, reporting 121 cases as of last week. only one person has been hospitalized. there is a vaccine for whooping cough. >> u.s. fish and wildlife says tanker trucks will give young salmon a better chance at survival. if the young salmon had to swim from hatcheries near ring they'd be easy pray in the shallower than normal wat

who is sonia sotomayor? i remember sonia sotomayor in law school. she stood out for a number of reasons. she was brilliant, principled, hard-working, determined, caring about others, generous and full of life. after law school we lived in different cities had different jobs. and this being before e-mail and internet lost touch. but our paths crossed again when she was considered for judicial appointment to the southern district of new york by president clinton and senator moynihan. i can well remember saying to senator moynihan when he said, "who is sonia sotomayor?" , and i said, "well, she's brilliant, principled, hard-working, determined, caring about others, generous, full of life, and will make an outstanding judge on the district court. and beyond." i joined the 2nd circuit in 1999. she was on it beginning in 1998. we fast became close colleagues. on the second circuit if asked how would i describe her, i would say, well, brilliant, principled, hard-working, determined, caring about others, generous and full of life. and now almost five years

marver bernstein would have loved sonia sotomayor. u students here at georgetown may primarily know of justice sotomayor as a trail-blazing supreme court justice that she is. upon her nomination to the supreme court, the third woman ever nominated, the first latina, her name and fame skyrocketed so that to this day she can't walk down a street with someone, without someone, a cab driver, a bus driver, anyone, coming up to her and telling how inspiring her life story is, what she means to that person, to that family. i've seen it happen every single time since we've gone out since her appointment. she is accessible to everyone. indeed, she is the people's justice. people of all youths feel a connection with her. those who must struggle every day, often people of color, feel that their dreams can be realized because of her. the warmth and respect given to my friend is palpable. sonia, regardless of what is going on in her life, is always friendly, takes a photo with the person who comes up to her. she gives it her all to everyone 24/7, 3

here she says -- sonia sotomayor says no, we are talking about bigger issues, we are talking about equal protection of the laws, the fundamental rights that a democracy provides for all citizens, and we are not at the point where we leave minorities who are oppressed alone to fend for themselves. the affirmative action debate evolved since john roberts got to the court. pt chief justice direction which issues will come before the court and justice sonia sotomayor, and chief justice john roberts tangle about whether we should be ready for the colour blind society or recognising we are far from there. >> she wrote a 58 page dissent and read it from the bench. >> an unusual mood. >> anthony kennedy read his. >> she said specifically that it evis rated an important strand of laws, voting against affirmative action mich knan voters changed basic rules of process in a move that disadvantaged racial minorities. in effect, does the decision says that minorities can target minorities if they vote in favour of a measure that might harm minorities. >> justice kennedy and the chief that joined the o

a i remember sonia sotomayor in law school. out for a number of reasons. , principled,iant hard-working, determined, caring others, generous and full of life. school we lived in different cities had different jobs. and this being before e-mail and internet lost touch. but our paths crossed again when considered for judicial appointment to the southern district of new york by clinton and senator moynihan. i can well remember saying to said,r moynihan when he "who is sonia sotomayor?" , and i said, "well, she's brilliant, principled, caringrking, determined, about others, generous, full of life, and will make an outstanding judge on the district court. beyond." i joined the 2nd circuit in 1999. on it beginning in 1998. became close colleagues. if askedcond circuit how would i describe her, i would say, well, brilliant, principled, hard-working, determined, caring about others, of life.and full and now almost five years on the would say pretty much the same. as someone very proud to call sonia a close friend, i can heronally attes

justice sonia sotomayor had a few things to say about it.ng up next. >> when i call myself an affirmative action baby, i'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started. >> is there still a need for it today? >> there's still a need for people to be sensitive to the fact that they feel more comfortable with people who look like them. is a daily game of "what if's". what if my abdominal pain and cramps come back? what if the plane gets delayed? what if i can't hide my symptoms? what if? but what if the most important question is the one you're not asking? what if the underlying cause of your symptoms is damaging inflammation? for help getting the answers you need, talk to your doctor and visit crohnsandcolitisinfo.com to get your complimentary q&a book, with information from experts on your condition. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organiz

supreme court justice sonia sotomayor is angry about the ruling. ms. mayor is a true american success story, raised by a single mother after her father died. she excelled at a catholic high school in the bronx and accepted to princeton university in 1972. while sonia was a very student, she believes affirmative action helped her. >> the affirmative action of today is very different than it was when i was going to school. and each school does it in a different way. but i do know that, for me, it was a door opener that changed the course of my life. >> ms. sotomayor fulfilled her part of the bargain. she graduated summa cum laude did i from princeton and then attended yale law school where she prospered as well. in 2009, judge sotomayor became the first latino supreme court justice in u.s. history. i met the justice in december. she is a very nice person who firmly believes that minorities in america do not, do not have equal protection under the law. she believes that because of the past, when blacks and other minorities were kept back by the white estab

sonia sotomayor, go on with your bad self.the court's ruling upholding a michigan ban on affirmative action arguing "the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race and apply the constitution with the eyes open effect of the effects of racial discrimination. we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront the racial inequality that exists in our society." the reality, she wrote, is that race matters. chief justice john roberts wrote "to disagree with the dissent's views is not to wish away rather than confront racial inequality. people can disagree but it similarly does more harm than good to question the openness and candor of those on either side of the debate." look, the affirmative action question is a complex one and justice roberts is correct saying good faith debate shouldn't be quashed. that's not really what sotomayor is doing. what she's doing is sticking out her neck to remind us all of a harsh reality. racial discrimination is still a problem. in

en su voto de disensin, la jueza sonia sotomayor, dijo que un una legislacin democrticam ente aprobadae oprimir a grupos minoritarios. sotomayor tambin cit el descenso de estudiantes latinos y afroamerican os en ucla y uc berkeley desde la aprobacin de la propuesta 209 que prohibi la accin afirmativa. s.o.t. nathalia cisneros/estudiante de uc berkeley 7:16:25 en esta universidad no veo mucha gente que se parece a mi, mismo color, misma cultura,entonces que la corte suprema haya tomado esa decisión no me parece muy bien. s.o.t. john almazán/alumno de uc berkeley 8:47:27 hay unas personas que tienen las ventajas que tal vez los estudiantes de color no tienen. la semana pasada, uc berkeley anunci que de entre los poco ms de 12 mil 800 estudiantes de primer aÑo, 2,420 son latinos, un ligero incremento en comparacin con el aÑo pasado. a algunos alumnos latinos le preocupa la accin afirmativa. s.o.t. jennifer hinojosa/estudiante de uc berkeley 10:37:21 no muchos de nosotros tenemos la ventaja de venir a esta escuela, pero a la misma vez no está bine porque está diciendo que no tenemos la cap

in her dissent, justice sonia sotomayor argued -- tuesday's ruling will likely bolster similar anti-affirmative action measures in several other states. it comes as this spring marks 60 years since the landmark supreme court ruling of brown versus board of education, which was intended to end segregation in america's public schools. but an explosive new report finds school integration never fully occurred -- and in recent decades, in may have even been reversed. the resegregation of america's schools is the latest in an ongoing series by propublica called, "segregation now: investigating america's racial divide." it focuses on three generations in the same family in tuscaloosa, alabama. >> the report concludes that -- well, for more we're joined by the author of the series, nikole hannah-jones. she covers civil rights for propublica, with a focus on segregation and discrimination in housing and schools. we welcome you. congratulations on this remarkable series. and coming out now at the same time that the supreme court has backed a ban on race as a factor in college admissions. before we talk a

asÍ campo la magistrada sonia sotomayor.forma. >>> en esencia la decisiÓn de la corte suprema, permite a los estados eliminar programas de acciÓn afirmativa que dio queja a pie de estudiantes. >>> no tenemos la misma chance, necesitamos esa poca ayuda. >>> la mayorÍa de los jueces determinaron que michigan no violÓ la constitucion de estados unidos cuando el 58% de sus votantes en un plebiscito de 20 20 votÓ por prohibir la accion. >>> pueden hacer una enmienda a su constituciÓn >>> mientras el procurador de michigan aplaudÍ y mantiene que ningÚn grupo necesita un trato preferencial, otros opinan que aÚn se necesitan estos programas de acciÓn afirmativa que se establecieron hace dÉcadas para corregir un historial de segregaciÓn y discriminacion. >>> sabemos que en las escuelas pÚblicas es de gran aliento. >>> la jueza sotomayor expresÓ su desacuerdo con el dictamen sin controles, leyes a aprobadas democrÁticamente pueden oprimir a las minorÍas y por eso nuestra constituciÓn establece lÍmites a lo que mra mayorÍa de la gente

. >> reporter: the ruling produced an impassioned, 58-page dissent for justice sonia sotomayor, the court's first hispanic justice, she's hey talked about how she benefited from affirmative action. she said the court's decision ignores the stark reality that race matters. as members of the judiciary, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society. >> reporter: now justice sotomayor took the unusual step of reading out loud parts of her opinion from the bench, and at times her dissent sounded almost personal. she described examples of young people experiencing racial discrim neighbors which she says, scott, rei people experiencing racial discrim neighbors which she says, scott, reinforces this feeling they have that i do not belong. >> pelley: jan crawford on the steps of the supreme court for us tonight. jan, thank you very much. our research department found, since michigan banned affirmative action, black enrollment is down about 30%. in california, where a similar ban since 1996, black enrollment at u.c.l.a. has fallen from nea

. >> justice sonia sotomayor was one of two judges who disagreed with the ruling. she said it ignores the reality that racism still exists. >>> it's been one week since that south korean ferry full of students capsized. investigators this morning just updated the death toll. it's now more than 150. the bodies have mostly been found on the third and fourth floors of the ferry, where many passengers seemed to have gathered. many students were in cabins on the fourth floor, near the stern of the ship. >> california congressman is calling for a sweeping audit after 15-year-old boy stowed away in a wheel well. at 38,000 feet. the temperature minus 50 degrees with a little oxygen. his body endured the trip by going into hibernation. >>> two american astronauts head out on a spacewalk today outside the international space station. their mission, which nasa says is not complicated, is to fix a broken computer. the whole thing is supposed to take about three hours. and comptrollers will be monitoring for water in the suits, which is a complication in previous spacewalks. >>

. >> reporter: but in a passionate dissent, justice sonia sotomayor who often said the system changed her life said the amendment rigged the political system against minorities. while the constitution does not guarantee minority groups victory in the political process, it does guarantee them meaningful and equal access to that process. >> nbc's pete williams with that for us. >>> to the irs. it is getting backlash this morning after a new report saying that the agency handed out bonus to thousands of employees who did not pay their very own taxes. according to a government investigator, the irs shelled out $1 million to employees who owed back taxes. between 2010 and 2012, more than $2.8 million in bonuses were paid to employees with conduct issues. this doesn't violate any federal regulations, but doesn't quite reflect the irs's mission here, to enforce tax laws. >>> georgia's governor is scheduled to sign a controversial gun deal into law in about five hours. it is the safety carry protection act. but many are calling it guns everywhere bill. it would allow licensed gun owners to ca

the decision produced five different opinions, including a 58-page dissent by justice sonia sotomayor who compared michigan's referendum to jim crow laws in the south, calling it, quote, the last chapter of discrimination. and writing that a majority of the michigan electorate changed the basic rules of the political process in that state in a manner that uniquely disadvantaged racial minorities. for more, i'm joined by "wall street journal" columnist, dan henninger, jason reilly and colin levi. colin, you wrote about this for us. the opinion was really splintered. a lot of opinions, different points of view. what should our viewers -- what should be the main takeaway from the opinion? >> right. the main takeaway here is that the justices got to the right answer. but they got there by the most incremental means possible. they found that states can ban racial preferences without violating the constitution, but as you said, it took them five opinions and 102 pages to do it. so it's pretty clear this opinion is not going to be a clear guiding light going forward. >> but very clear this o

." >> next, supreme court justice sonia sotomayor talking about from prosecutor to district and appellate judge to being on the supreme court. latina justice and the third woman to serve on the high court. georgetown university hosted event. it's about an hour and a half. >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. thank you, president, for your extremely kind remarks. ats always great to be back georgetown and to have a chance to see you and my many colleagues. many here this afternoon stirs of memory.cords it's a very personal experience. thinking back some two decades ago when the bernstein lecture was launched with vice president gore and continued with so many luminaries. i must also mention another great mentor of mother-in-law, -- mentor of mine,daniel patric. it's been great to be connected this georgetown community. i've enjoyed coming back here, enjoyed being on the board of many years. i've witnessed the hard-headed of dean schraner in these very difficult times. knew bernstein very well. he really was one of two people for my responsible joining the faculty. before we get to the m

so justice sonia sotomayor y they were concerned about the future of the cloud computing business.emed to be their biggest worry. on the chiefs -- opposite side cheap justice john roberts who came down hard on them. a said isn't your technology way to skirt copyright laws? in this hour-long hearing so to speak, there really was -- there was no give to either side. there was a lot of pressure to really prove their case. it is a hard case to prove forae-- hard case to prove for aereo. it is very hard for them to say we should be able to get off retransmitting signals without having to pay for them when there is precedence by cable providers and satellite companies that they have to pay billions of dollars for the content. the technology companies disrupted an established industry. any other disruptors out there that we should be watching when it comes to the cable business and traditional television? >> there are quite a few. tv. the top not just disruptions but also temptations. clan, you cannot get enough of it. gaming on the smart phone and tablet. tv is not the dominant primary m

ruth investigator binzberg and sonia sotomayor said without checks democratically approved legislation can oppress minority groups. at cal, black students are most the most under represented. >> i don't think what berkeley does for african americans you have a small representation. >> the number of latino freshman increased compared to the previous two years. far less than the state numbers. >> a 15-year-old boy he boy who survived a flight to hawaii says he was trying to get to africa to see his mother. officials say he was unconscious foremost of the flight and did not regain consciousness until an hour after the plane landed. classmates who know the teenager said he transferred to santa clara high school from another school in san jose. he was kind of shy he didn't speak much. but we're all surprised about what happened. we didn't think it's him. we're happy to know he's all right. >> tsa says it will meet with law enforcement and officials to review security after he was able to jump a fence and sneak on to the runway the question is how can someone get into a cramped wheel well of

sonia sotomayor had a lot to say.es understand about the reality of race and merit. and on she went. was she right? >> the reality of race in america is on the supreme court, african-american president actually appointed her to that court. i would say the dream of affordable action has been realized. once a doctor cure the disease, does they continue to treat the patient? bill: you agree with her. what is it the other justices have an issue with? >> listen, don't think the disease of discrimination in this country has been cured. there's a lot of disparity. i think the nuance in this case in particular is what this does is it sort of puts the rights of the minority up against the voting power of the majority, which is the problem here. what she talks about is the ideal we solve discrimination by having a conversation about it. what affirmative action is used for is to make sure you have a diverse class. the right amount. >> the legal question wasn't necessarily a question of race. the question was if people in the sta

. >> justice sonia sotomayor joined in her dissent. i firmly believe that our role as judges includes policing the process of self-government and stepping in when necessary to secure the constitutional guarantee of equal protection. she wrote at length about she wrote at persistent racial inequality that cannot be ignored and that has produced stark soesh economic disparr disparrotity. >> i think you are going to see -- you are going to see those that want to challenge affirmative action be further em boled to do so. >> critics say measures including the one in michigan have resulted in reduced minority enrollment in higher education. the change in statistics of are reported is the real reason for the change in the numbers. >> let's get reaction now from brit hume. >> seven years ago, chief justice roberts wrote that the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race. that truth may seem to be self-evident but alast in the legal wilderness, it is not. affirmative action as it is called, i

the dissenting votes coming from justices ruth bader ginsburg and sonia sotomayor who wrote at length about what they call persistent racial inequality. today's ruling expected to have racial implications. and now other states may try to follow suit. especially after a supreme court decision last june that made it far more difficult for public schools to justify the use of race in their admission policies and criteria. perhaps no one more disappointed than u.s. attorney general eric holder who boldly two years ago declared he could not fathom a world where affirmative action would not be required. >> i can't actually imagine a time in which the need for diversity will ever cease. so the question is not only when does it end, but when does it begin? and does it begin at the end of slavery? no. we are dealing with a relatively small period of time in which african-americans, other people of color have truly had the benefits to which they are entitled. >> other critics of today's ruling say affirmative action bans have resulted in reduced minority enrollment in public institutions. but m

sonia sotomayor said it will lead to a decline in minority enrollment in michigan schools but in histice kennedy said the case was not so much about the debate over racial preferences should be resolved but who should resolve them. >>> and now a milestone just before earth day. it's not the kind of milestone environmentalists were hoping for. the combination of carbon dioxide has been consistently above 400 parts per million for the last month. it's a higher rate of co 2 than earth has seen in millions of years, according to the oceanic administration. take a look at this. for almost a decade, the celebrated photographer james baylock has been bringing us evidence of global warming from the north pole. his evidence was the subject of "chasing ice." there is more time lapsed video from the soul pole, in the southern hemisphere. i recently had a chance to talk to him and asked him about the goals of his new mission to the bottom of the world. >> we've been working for eight years looking at glacial changes, glaciers receding as a result of climate change and we're expanding our evidenc

justice sonia sotomayor wrote, quote, my colleagues are of the view that we should leave race out ofick entirely and let the voters sort it out. it is a sentiment out of touch with reality. race matters. race matters in part because of the long history of racial minorities being denied to the political process. race also matters because of persistent racial inequality in society. and race matters for reasons that are really only skin deep. that cannot be discussed any other way and cannot be wished away. today's court decision is just the latest in a series against affirmative action. michigan is one of eight states that will not allow race to play a factor for public universities. if you want to know what those victories look like, look no further than michigan. since banning affirmative action, public colleges through a ballot initiative in 2006, black enrollment is down about 30% at the undergraduate and law schools. or take uc berkeley for example. the african-american share of the freshman class decreased by 75% between the time california banned affirmative action in 1998 and 2

ruth baden ginsburg and sonia sotomayor, made no secret of the fact she was a beneficiary of affirmativeion in getting her in colleges and says the court is way off base and we have to have an honest and open discussion about the fact racial discrimination still exists. at the same time, the court says if they want to ban it they can. >> in reading from justice kennedy, he wrote that deliberative debate on racial preferences may shade into rancor but that does not justify removing certain court determined issues from the voters reach. democracy does not presume that some subjects are either too divisive for public debate. >> reporter: before that he said there's no authority in the constitution that set aside laws that permit this to the voters. for the six justices who voted, there was no common rationale here. there's a set of interlocking positions. ele ele elena kagan sat this one out. >> the big argument on the way we watch television, this involves little antennas and the invention that could circumvent the way we see tv shows. >> reporter: those arguments are going on right now. i

it is why sonia sotomayor had her elegant and impassioned dissent. this goes to the bed rock of what's going on between the two parties. >> right. republicans, and i think conservatives broadly, have a hard time seeing that racism isn't just people being implolie or saying mean things. it's persistent across generational lines and are reinforced by actions we take. something like this does damage and rises hierarchies. not all democrats get that. certainly very fuel republicans get it. i'm not sure what it would take for republicans to see this. for me, it's easy to see. you glan at any statistic and it's right there staring you at face. >> the other thing that's been brought up in all of this, jonathan, is something that chris was talking about, the sort of i have black friends defense. one has black co-workers. one is the owner of a team where there are -- there is a disproportionate share of black players and fans, disproportioned as in a larger number. and that somehow becomes the excuse. then there's the added weirdness that donald sterling has

but in a blistering dissent, justice sonia sotomayor, a princeton graduate and the first latino justicef a product of affirmative action took the unusual step of reading her opinion from the bench. saying, quote race matters. race matters in part because of a long history of racial minorities being denied access to the political process. the numbers show in states that ban race-based admissions minority enrollment dropped. in michigan state when affirmative action was in place, 10% of new students were african-american. after the ban 5%. five other states have similar laws already in place. >> do you think that other states will follow michigan's lead? >> i think it opens the door. i don't know how many will walk through the door quite honestly. >> for students like marquis there's no giving up. >> i mean, it's my dream school. if i don't get accepted, i appeal. if i don't get in. i'm going to fight to get in. >> reporter: ryan smith, abc news, new york. >>> american paratroopers arriving in poland for a training exercise with more troops deployed to the region by monday. the pentagon m

but in a blistering 58-page dissent, justice sonia sotomayor saying, a majority of the michigan electorateic rules of the political party in that state. and say advocates of affirmative action, stack the deck against minority candidates. sotomayor has called herself a product of affirmative action. >> if they didn't open their doors to me, i would have never gotten to where i am. >> reporter: will it soon be a thing of the past? do you think other states will follow michigan's lead? >> i think this opens the door. i'm not sure how many states will walk through that door. >> reporter: already five other states have similar voter-approved measures. and the impact is staggering. at michigan state, with affirmative action, up to 10% of new students were african-americans. without it, the number falling to just 5%. for "this week," ryan smith, abc news, new york. >>> and here to discuss it, a professor from georgetown law. professor, let me begin with you, when the ruling came down, you wrote in time magazine it's progress we should celebrate. why? >> very much so. affirmative action is very im

and in a strongly worded disextent from justice sonia sotomayor, the decision can hardly bolster hopeor a vision of democracy that preserves for all the right to participate meaningfully and equally in self-government. >> thank you. >>> how the the front steps of uc-berkeley -- out the front steps of uc-berkeley, activists in support of affirmative action made their feelings known. they say it's a racist decision. this group is part of the national organization called, by any means necessary, or bamn. the organization served as plaintiffs in the supreme court case today. today at uc-berkeley members said they will continue to fight for ethnic students in the admissions process. >> calling on students who have been rejected by the uc system, uc-berkeley and ucla are some of the most guilty of the uc campuses of discriminating against so many qualified and true leaders. >> and the organization is going to bay area high schools and meeting students who have been rejected by uc-berkeley. the group then appeals their rejections. >>> getting into college is hard enough these days. but imagi

guardyourmanhood.com >>> one of the most personal and perhaps emotionally rigorous dissents, sonia sotomayorleagues are of the view that we should leave race out of the picture entirely and let the voters sort it out. a sentiment out of touch with reality. race matters for reasons that really are only skin deep. that cannot be discussed any other way. and that cannot be wished away. race matters to a young man's view of society. when he spend his teenage years watching others tense up as he passes no matter what neighborhood he grew up. race matters to a young woman's sense of self when she states her hometown and nowhere are you from regardless of how many generations her family has been in the country. race matters because, the sleights. snickers, silent judgments that reinforce the most crippling of thoughts. i don't belong here. the refusal to accept the stark reality that race matters is regrettable. the dissenting opinion in the case, perhaps underlies the importance of what the universities are trying to achieve and what the supreme court has lacked. diversity of backgrounds. one of t

. >> justice sonia sotomayor said the amendment rigged the political system against minorities. she wrote in her dissent while the constitution does not guarantee minority groups victory in the political process, it does guarantee them meaningful and equal access to that process. by the way, since the ban took effect in michigan, black and hispanic enrollment in the state universities has dropped by a third. that has many colleges ramping up efforts to recruit minorities. >> the first lawsuit is filed in connection with that bus crash in california earlier this month. a mother of a 17-year-old student who was killed in the crash is suing fedex for $100 million. the suit was filed in los angeles on behalf of rosa rivera, who's daughter, jennifer was killed april 10 when a bus collided with a fedex truck, claiming fedex trucks have a history of catching fire. the honor student was heading to state university to tour the campus when the bus was struck head on by a fedex struck. an explosion at a chemical warehouse site in texas could have been avoided. it was 70 miles south of dall

she worked as a student law clerk for now supreme court justice sonia sotomayor who was then an appeals. >> she not only is beautiful, of course, but she has her own career, she's very well-educated. george admires that and seem to be on the same level. >> reporter: the couple has reportedly been dating since last fall, pictured here in london in october. >> what we do know about the proposal is that the ring according to people who have seen it is big and very beautiful. >> reporter: this wouldn't be clooney's first time saying "i do." he was married to "mad men" actress talia balsam. that was from 1989 to 1993. two years later he'd tell abc's barbara walters about his aversion to wedlock. >> i know i'm never going to get married again because -- because i wasn't very good at it. >> reporter: in recent years the now notorious marriage weary actor has shied away from settling down opting for a string of high-profile relationships, including one with italian actress elisabetta canalis and stacy keibler. while clooney and alamuddin have yet to confirm the engagement, many say clooney has

. >> my best of the week is sonia sotomayor who put out an indictment on her fellow justices who seems died in this country. my loser of the week,ing inwee the remarks that have been put out from donald sterling about banning his girlfriend from bringing african-american men to games. if that's true, it's deplorable. >> okay. joe, yours? >> my best would be the story about boston and its resilience in the face of this with this new marathon that just happened this past week. what a great city. boston strong, wonderful, great to see it. worst story, of course, mr. bundy. >> yeah, well, we've gone there. and morris doesn't want to talk about it anymore. let's get to yours. >> my winner is "time" magazine 100. lots of women and diversity. congratulations to them. my loser was obama's asia trip. he went there, maybe he should have rethought it. didn't get a deal done with japan. >> all right. good to see you guys. thanks so much. i'll see you all back here tomorrow at noon eastern. up next, craig melvin. an hurt y. what if you didn't know that collisions with wildlife on the road may not

as justice sonia sotomayor recently said, ours is really the only profession where helping others ispart of our credo or training. we may not have an actual requirement to provide pro-bono service but we have a duty to serve the community because being a latino lawyer, you have an amazing amount of power. had latino lawyers bring their families out of poverty. and those who are in law school are getting your aunts and uncles coming to you and asking you questions, the answers you don't know. you haven't probably taken those classes. but so and so is in law school or a lawyer, you know the answer to everything. they wield power and it's important to wield that power for the benefit of the community. you'll hear today in this conference one aspect of public service, which is protecting the small and vulnerable community from those practitioners who, shall we say, are somewhat lacking in their ethical duties. so ethics, i think win i was in law school you had to take one class, one credit. it's interesting how you just need a very small amount or at least i did in law school, but it imp

as justice sonia sotomayor recently said, ours is with the only profession where helping others is part of our credo, part of our training. we may not have an actual requirement to provide pro bono service, depending on the jurisdiction, but we do it ethically have a duty to serve the community your because again, being a latino lawyer we have an amazing amount of power. latina lawyers bring their families out of poverty. latina lawyers and those of you who are can you don't need to be a lawyer, you already can your aunts and uncles coming to you and asking you questions, the answers of course which you don't come to have a public taken the classes. but so-and-so is a law school, a lawyer, you know the answer to everything. the degree to which the hispanic community holds its attorneys and its team is really a good indication of the power that you yield, and it's important to yield the power for the benefit of the community. and you here today in conference one aspect of public service which is to protect the portable community from -- vulnerable community from those practitioners who s

we did a feature on sonia sotomayor when she was being considered to supreme court justice and we wroteought it was legitimate. you're putting someone on the bench far lifetime appointment. we get queasy when discussing these things, but it's an important aspect of the politician or supreme court justice people need to consider. >> i just want to know, joe, when you felt so, you know, impinged upon and marginalized when you heard hillary clinton say what she was saying, my question is what's the difference between you now and you 20 years snaegago? you always want to play golf and hang on the boat. >> people say why are you so laid back. sometimes i only work 20 hours a day. you know. >> uh-huh. >> what are you going to do? >> i feel so sorry for him. >> sometimes i only work two hours a day. it averages out to about three, four, five hours a day. what if a man, though, said that? what if a man said, women, by the time they turn 55 or 60, they're just so tired from -- >> you'd be a republican politician. >> okay. with us now from tokyo, a guy who's not completely run his race yet. not c

legal and recently all the male justices voted in favor of informative action man but justice sonia sotomayor voted no and wrote it to send a longer than all the concurrent arguments combined that should come as no surprise considering that hosts that she herself has stated that she owes some of her success to the implementation of affirmative action and the numbers don't lie but a new usa today since the ban in michigan has taken effect african-american and woman dropped thirty three percent at the university of michigan in ann arbor even as overall in woman a ten percent but michigan is not even the most disproportionate state when it comes to the issue a ban on affirmative action in california has been in effect since one thousand nine hundred six and the results have been stunning watch u.c.l.a. student size stokes break down. fall two thousand and twelve the total enrollment graduate and undergraduate for african-american males a u.c.l.a. was six hundred. sixty two. that's three point three percent of the nineteen thousand eight hundred thirty eight other males. out of that six hundred s