so the ultimate question the way that we do this is what led anthony kennedy do?at is a peculiar set of questions for a democracy to ask itself i would much rather ask the question what can i get a majority in each house of congress to pass that i am confident anthony kennedy will have confidence? that is a much healthier way. too briefly touch on the last component, is this something we can aspire to realistically? that depends on the new administration. they decided it would review two things one is the population of guantanamo on the individual basis they will review every single case to see if they can be released, transferred to another government or put on criminal trial or if not what else we may do that is lawful? secondly they will study the problem of detention going forward. if you imagine the results of these reviews with the universe of people that we have hypothesized that are too dangerous to release if that group is small and the danger is unmanageable you will have no appetite for either the administration or congress on the other hand, that a gro

for the first time, and some people will wonder, well, does that indicate we should -- that is anthony kennedyrt justice, the one sitting supreme court justice who will be there, that should mean she is coming in very shor vey. but, he was dead set against justice souter, of televising proceedings and over my dead body and sotomayor said she has had experience with the televising of trials and is not opposed to it and may indicate that maybe justice roberts, chief justice roberts who i guess approved this televising, is somewhat open to the idea himself. >> rick: i guess it is fitting then is als the first t to be shown on live television. might that portend something for the future as we see the judge's na be,ily there is her mother a her brother, walking in to the east conference room, aniss migr this sort of give us a sense of what is to come as far as cameiss s showing the i ter workings of theona .s. supreme court. >> chris: we would never see the i ter workings but would like to e see the actual hearings when the lawyers argue the case before the nine justices

it is anthony kennedy, john paul stevens or ruth bader ginsberg, the answer is b. at 89 years old, john paul stevens is the oldest and longest serving member on the court. he was nominated by president ford. his first day on the supreme court was september 19th, 1975. >>> we begin this morning's head leans with a look at redskins training camp. if there is one thing the redskins have been known for it is the strength of the team's offensive line. the hogs as they were affectionately known were feared around the league but lately the offensive line has been a source of problems for the team. the current offensive line has turned in to a m.a.s.h. unit, one full of injuries to stephon heyer. and thomas is out with pain in his knee, the same one he had surgery on. that is three-fifths of campbell's bodyguards out of service. >> i'm not that concerned. not as bad as i thought it would be. take a few days off and see how i am in a couple of days. >> we have plenty of beef over there. coach them hard. as long as a guy is tough, i will coach him. >> other notes from camp,

right after she took the oath, she shook hands with her new associate justice colleague, anthony kennedy. some other family and then left. and we're told that there will be a reception at the court for her friends and those that are gathered in the east conference room. but we won't hear from her today. other than the oath. and that's it for today. we won't see her again until next wednesday, when the white house has a reception for her and the president will be present at that. but he was not in the east conference room today. and we're told that was his decision. he wanted to emphasize the fact that she's independent of the president now. she's not supposed to be beholden to the man who nominated her. she's a member of the judicial branch now, separate from the president. and we're also told, alex, that the whole idea of doing this swearing-in with both the oaths at the supreme court and neither at the white house was the president's decision. supreme court justices in recent years have been grumbling, sometimes quietly, sometimes publicly, about the fact that many of their colleagues

and that seat went to anthony kennedy as a result. and roe v.saved because anthony kennedy was there and not robert bork was there. and that's another legacy of ted kennedy. >> he cut across so many areas. you wanted to make a point. >> he was doing that to make sure other democrats on the judiciary committee, like now vice president joe biden, would go his way in opposing bork, as well. jeffrey makes an excellent point. we have been talking a lot about the fact that ted kennedy reached across the aisle, but he was fiercely partisan and very theatrical. i remember running to the senate chamber, just watching him. he was so animated and so boisterous that the walls were shaking, he was so, you know, loud and talking about what he believed in. >> when he would get excited, he would get excited. >> absolutely. the supreme court, first of all, is up or down. you ear either yay or nay. there's no compromise in the supreme court nominee. but as he stayed in the senate, he used to tell his aides he had made a mistake earlier on in his career when presi

kennedy's legacy will be. the same sentiment, so many have shared, over the past few days. >> probably, just contributing to -- the average citizen. >> i spoke with anthonyoaly, senator kennedy's press secretary. we are trying to track down a current or former staffer. virtually all were in boston for the funeral. he also told me some elevator operators from the capitol actually made the trip to boston for the funeral as well. that's because his former boss had such a touch with the average citizen. we are live tonight at ti melvin. news gailvmein. news .ck tu.yo>>ha nk >> thank you.o t sy wta teou yiy sco4wsornd nbc n ovngineer c oagndf uiin sng coverage of senatorems brian willied wams nia williams willilnc ali anc mo atin roor rnrning at :0100. then10 then tomiaur b l iaur oornol fydwes by newsb30af .:00 6:00. tr m bh events live on our website. nbc washington.com. >>> danny and a flash flood watch in our area extended into tomorrow. check with bob through the storm center. >> throughout the morning. in some areas, 1 to 2 inches of rain. the ground is saturated. there are the areas, the general metro area. you folks in southern maryland. where the dop

justice anthony kennedy was the only other member of the court in attendance.here that the oath$u(j given in the private ser knowny. the judicial oath was taken in the larger gathering in the east conference room. for the first time, television cameras where there to broadcast it. that was in the baltimore sun this morning. this was in the "new york times." obama's embrace of bush tactic. president obama has issued signing statements claiming to enact laws in office including mounting criticism. this is charlie savage in the "new york times." on to your calls and treat $and emails about the healthcare town hall meetings. the first is from a republican. jackie in new hampshire. caller: on july 28, i got a phone call about 7:00 at night. it was from the congressman. it was a town meeting. they put everybody on the phone and asked questions. when kind of question do you want to ask him. they said ok press 3 and you will get connected. irwaited 45 minutes. they never took my call. were you able to listen in on the telephone call? >> yes. they took everybody else. m

defeating judge bork for the united states supreme court, and had he been there instead of justice anthony kennedy roe v. wade would now be history and equal protection would not have included women or the disabled. i have effectively joined the president obama democratic team when i voted for the stimulus package, provided a key vote. there would have been no stimulus package. out of the 10,000 votes that i have cast, that was the most decisive. in that vote i became a member of the team. and a defacto democrat and made the formalistic changed later. i was invited by president obama to join his health care summit, and i have been working hard to structure legislation with a robust public auction. [applause] ] option -- option. i have attended town hall meetings -- maybe you have heard of them. tuesday, in lebanon, i was astounded to find three networks, cnn, msnbc, and fox covered the entire session. even the surfers couldn't find any place else to go. while the "usa today" has on its front page, members of congress on willing to face hostile audiences, that is all i have been doing all week, fou

vote in defeating judge bork for the united states supreme court, and had he been there, just as anthony kennedy and roe vs. wade and equal protection would not have included women or the disabled. i have effectively joined the president obama democratic team when i voted for the stimulus package, provided with collins, snowe, and arlen specter, there would not have been another piece of legislation, i became a member of the team. a de facto democrat, and made the formalistic change. i was invited by president obama to join his health-care summit, and i have been working hard to structure legislation with a robust public option. [applause] i have spent the recess attending town meetings. maybe, or maybe not, you have heard of them on television. i have been in this work a long time. i was astounded to find three networks, cnn.com msnbc, and fox covering the entire sessions. even the surfers could not find a place to go, and while the "usa today" has on their front page members of congress unwilling to face hostile audiences, that is all i have been doing all week, four of them, and i carried the

anthony and also ted kennedy. it will go past there. the major will ring the bell 47 times, for all the years kennedy was in the senate. it will go past the office near the massachusetts state house where kennedy served as assistant d.a. and then it will make its way to the presidential kennedy library where mary stow is. we will bring you live coverage once he reaches the museum where his body will lie in repose and members of. public will be able to come and pay their last respects. gloria borger, you, on a number of levels, have had a fascinating relationship with the kennedy family. not only have you covered what ted kennedy was involved with with regard to health care, you have gotten to know the family very well. you have spent time there at the xoun. as you've been watching all this, tell me what you are thinking about. >> well, i'm thinking about how senator kennedy probably planned this route. as you said earlier, it is kind of a tour through his life and his career. i think what he is doing on this route is paying respect to n

the supreme court justice anthony kennedy said in a recent supreme court decision restoring our greawritof habeas corpus, the constitution is not somethg that any administration is able to switch on or off. at will. we shouldn't be afraid to look at what we have done or to hold oursels accountable. as we do other nations when they make mistakes. we have to underand that national security means protecting our country by advancing our laws and values, and not by discarding them. this idea for a commission of inquiry is not something to be imposed. its potential is lost if we don't join together. today is another opportunity to come forward to find the facts and join all of us, republicans and democrts come in developing a process to reach a mutual understanding of what went wrong and did you learn from it. if one party remains absent or resistant, the opportunity can be lost. and calls for accountability through a more traditional means will then become morconsistent and compelling. i held early hearings exploit our detention policies and practices fromuantanamo has seriously eroded fundam

. >> senator kennedy was a worshiper here and a great supporter of st. anthony'sine. >> reporter: to new england's high profile superbowl coach. >> i have a lot of personal regret today on the passing of senator kennedy. >> reporter: and everyone in between. >> he was for the rights of everybody. he was for the rights of the disabled. he was for women's rights. he was for the civil rights movement. >> reporter: the people of boston are mourning deeply. for as much as senator kennedy was a player on the world stage, here he was teddy. and teddy belonged to them. reporter and boston native marty nolan covered kennedy for 40 years and wrote today's obituary in the "boston globe." >> he was full of charm and he enjoyed the odd drop after hours and so did i and he could sing an irish song like a clancey brother put together. he'd do it at an a.f.l.-c.i.o. meeting as well as he'd do in the a saloon somewhere. >> reporter: when kennedy threw out the first pitch of the red sox season in april, boston's mayor tom menino was there. >> it's a big hole many our lives right no

fter a private family mass, kennedy's so patrick-- a rhode island congressman-- wreled playfully with a nephew. anthony shriv joined in. shrer's mother, eunice, who was senator kennedy's ster, died just two weeks ag a short time later, a mitary honor guard emeed from the home bearing the caske moving slowly to a waiti hear. and a final departure fr the storied compod on nantucket sound. as the processiono boston began, people linethe route-- some moved to tear piped strains oamazing grace greeted the corte. the motorcadeended its way paslandmarks in boston and on to the john f. kennedy predential library, where the senator's body will liin repose until a funeral satury. as the remembrance d memorials continued, the busiss of filling kennedy's nate seat began in earnest. last week in letter, kennedy asked thmassachusetts legislature to chan state law to low an interim scessor to be apinted ahead of a special election. massachusettsovernor deval patrick supports the idea. he appeared tod on a.b.c.'s "gd morning america." >> i ink that the senators made a very reasonle request. it is to permit e governor

after a private family mass, kennedy's son, patrick-- a rhode island congressman-- wrestled playfully with a nephew. anthony shriver joined in. shriver's mother, eunice, who was senator kennedy's sister, died just two weeks ago. a short time later, a military honor guard emerged from the home bearing the casket. moving slowly to a waiting hearse. and a final departure from the storied compound on nantucket sound. as the procession to boston began, people lined the route-- some moved to tears. piped strains of amazing grace greeted the cortege. the motorcade wended its way past landmarks in boston and on to the john f. kennedy presidential library, where the senator's body will lie in repose until a funeral saturday. as the remembrance and memorials continued, the business of filling kennedy's senate seat began in earnest. last week in a letter, kennedy asked the massachusetts legislature to change state law to allow an interim successor to be appointed ahead of a special election. massachusetts governor deval patrick supports the idea. he appeared today on a.b.c.'s "good morning america." >> i think that th

shriver, her husband, arnold schwarzenegger, the governor of california, and eunice kennedy shriver's four sons, anthony group of special olympians down the street, followed by law enforcement, followed by the casket and the shriver family. standing at attention with their medals on and their hands over their hearts were some of the special olympians that eunice kennedy shriver made her own over the years when she founded special olympics back in 1968. the casket is now inside the church of st. frances xavier. the family has worshipped here for decades and it is where maria shriver married arnold schwarzenegger many years ago here in the church, there is an altar that was donated by the kennedys in memory of joe junior who was killed in world war ii. there was a plaque in this church where president john f. kennedy used to come and worship and it is -- it has a very special place in kennedy history. as you mentioned, senator ted kennedy is not here today, but you can see his wife victoria, she is here representing her husband. as you know, senator kennedy is battling brain cancer and while he did attend

robert, her five children, robert, sergeant shriver iii, maria owens, tim schieffer, mark kennedy schieffer and anthonys and all of her 19 grandchildren with her at the time of her death. again, this is the youngest sister of president john f. kennedy, eunice kennedy shriver. certainly a life and legacy in her own right with everything she accomplished. >> so much focus on senator kennedy as the patriarch of the family, living patriarch but she was really the matriarch of the same generation. obviously not just through her brothers and husband, tom schieffer, vice presidential nominee in 1992 and her famous daughter maria, but in her own right most outspoken, champion of children with special needs in america through the special olympics really did incredible work over many years to get that organization not just in america but around the world up and running. >> absolutely. we'll follow this story, obviously breaking very early this morning. mark halperin you had the lead on it with the family e-mailing you. really sad time for the family. certainly our thoughts are with them. it is time now for a che

kennedy, jr. is an environmental lawyer, author, and ready of us. anthonythe son of sargent shriver and eunice kennedy runs best buddies, a nonprofit for developmentally disabled people. pennsylvania, maria on the republican line. caller: i'm truly sorry for the kennedy family, but he left behind a legacy that i will never understand, being a catholic. he supported abortion rights. being hispanic and see many abortion centers near people who are either hispanic or black, i find it very discriminatory. it is a program of systematic eugenics. god rest his soul. i'm very sorry that he did not do what he was supposed to do as a good catholic. host: to our independent line, andrew from florida. caller: good morning. i'm an independent, as you say. i grew up with the kennedys, even with vietnam, but i see all of these people despising the man and i do not see where they have the right to through the stone at someone. they are cleaning their catholics and catholics are the ones who give a false name to the crater. the name was yahweh and yeshua and now all of a su

anthony shriver in between them. it was so interesting and his tribute to kennedy, that big tough guy arnold schwarzenegger called him on cotati, and i'm sure that's what he was for all the family. not only for granted but all of the schreiber's and all of the children of robert kennedy and of jack kennedy and of the smiths. he was on cotati. and that of course -- it's been well told -- and of the extraordinary stories after the deaths of bobby and jack that degree to which teddy became the youngest, the baby. as one of you said earlier the last shall be first. he became the center of the family and the patriarch of the family. as they have said in some of the -- and some of the eulogies, there wasn't a wedding, there wasn't a christening, there wasn't the birth of a baby that wasn't a school graduation for this enormous extended family that teddy kennedy didn't go to. i'm sure you must assume that during her time at the kennedy family, the degree to which steve mcmahon played a role as the picture of the family. >> back in the 80s when i worked on a senate staff, many of the people we're looking at today were just c

her son anthony and many of her grandchildren. again, eunice kennedy here at cape cod hospital. we are told that most of her family was by her side when she passed. they are no longer here at the hospital. they will not be doing any sort of interviews today. steve: reporting live from intelsat, thank you very much. this next story we're going to tell you about, it is every traveler's nightmare. dari: the smell of overflowing toilets in crying babies on an entire night. why were passengers held on the plane for hours and hours? brian: i thought we had a bill of rights to protect us against that. there is just one problem. if they do not want to use it themselves, why should the rest of america? a congressman joins us shortly to talk about that push to make congress take the plan. steve: i am sticking around for that. new aveeno nourish plus. active naturals wheat formulas proven to target and help repair damage in just three washes. - building shiny, strong... - hair with life. announcer: new aveeno nourish plus. in a long line of amazing performance ma

anthony williams will take his place in mid september. again locally and jenkins longtime and fierce advocate for d.c. statehood said kennedy as recently last year reiterated his strong support for the determination. >> ted kennedy is a tremendous loss for d.c. he supported statehood from the very beginning. he believed in us. he said that d.c. should not be the nation's last colony. >> reporter: jenkins walked up to kennedy and barack obama last year at american university. >> and i went right up to them and they -- informed me enthusiasticallyhat yes, we support full statehood. >> we will hear more about local people who fell the kennedy impact right here in the nation's capital. wendy, back to you. >> tom sherwood, thanks, tom. >>> senator kennedy was a true champion of health care. one of his life's long goals was to achieve universal health care for america. a goal he would never see completed. it was one year ago that he spoke about that at the democratic national convention. >> and this is the cause of my life. new hope. that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every american, north, south, east, west,

anthony and eleanor roosevelt, and you'll see eunice kennedy shriver. would hope that people would look at her entire story. yes, but families came from, yes the family she created, but what was her goal, what was her mission? had she go about accomplishing that? she created something that did not exist before. she was relentless in it. she was a mother and wife. she was a sister, a daughter, she was a friend to millions, and she not only changed the back yard that she started in, the community they started and, if this date, the united states, but really the world. her mission may have started in the back yard, but the result of permission has changed throughout the world. she deserves to be on the woman's hall of fame. . [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> it's the custom of the kennedy library at these forums to take questions from the audience. and now i will open the envelope . the first one is, in a house full of children, do you have a favorite funny story that exemplifies your mother's personality? >> i would say there ar

for more onunice kennedy shriver's achiements and legacy, we are ined by andrew imparato, president and c.e. of the non-profit americ association of people with disabilities. anthony impato, thank you for being here. >> good to be he. >> woodruff: youorked with eunice shriver in the 1990's. telus about that. >> i came to washington to work for senator harkin in the ddle health care reform under the clinton administration ad i remember eice calling the office and wanting to kw what was ithe bll for pople of intellectual disabilies. she wavery focused. she lled senator nnedy's office d she called senator hark's office and she had me ideas about what sh wanted in the bill and they found their way into the bill thatgot marked upin senator kennedy's commite, so i was pressed with her ssion, i was impressed with how seriously people took her input. she clearly was viewed as a health-licy expert by senator harn's office and senator kennedy's office andhat was one of the many things e was an expert in. >>oodruff: you know this fie sowell. at was it like for people with intellectuadisabilities befo nice shriver came along? >> well, if you look backt the clip that youjust s

anthony and eleanor roosevelt, elizabeth cady stanton and you'll see eunice kennedy shriver and i thinkhat's two really -- i would hope people would look different entire story. yes, the family she came from a yes, the family she created by what was her goal? what was your vision and mission? and had to go about accomplishing it? to creed is something that did not exist before. she was relentless in its and the issue was a mother, she was a wife, she was a sister, she was a daughter, she was a friend really to millions into not only changed the backyard and then she started in, the committee she started in and the state and the united states but really the world. permission may have started in the backyard of the results of current mission has changed from the world and so i think she believed she deserves to be on the women's hall of fame. this is the first american living woman to be on a dollar. i think she deserves that. she deserves a bug that details how difficult that work was a time in this country when people didn't expect things from women and really the political mine here an

kennedy's family will hold a private mass at the private compound in hyannis port. then a motorcade will escort his body through boston passing by places that shaped his life. >>> casey anthony's says they have proof they did not kill her daughter. saying casey anthony was in jail. court documents reveal two weeks after caylee disappeared, casey anthony got a tattoo on her shoulder, italian for a beautiful life. >>> some soldiers will head to the battle field wearing new flame resistant uniforms. itself extinguishes. it weighs and looks the same as previous materials and is worth it. he says there have been a lot of burn victims because of ieds. >> it's a horrifying bad injury to have and it takes years if ever to recover from fully. >> says the new uniform makes him feel more confident. >>> minnesota senator al franken canceled a fundraiser after learning the host served prison time for swindling people in franken's home state. the man was convicted in 1997 for what one of his relatives described as a ponzi scheme. the fundraiser was scheduled for today in st. paul. >>> a muslim woman is suing a michigan judge for telling her to remove her head scarf in the courtroom. she she

anthony peter is the man accused of beating up the mayor is facing multiple charges. john, kiran? >>> senseless. he has a good attitude, but it's senseless. >> so much of violence is senseless. >>> pay ted kennedyple of days. all of that information coming up. cape cod to washington. 55 minutes after the hour. t we use our points from chase sapphire and take a break? we can't. sure, we can. the points don't expire... ♪ there is nothing for me... ♪ there's no travel restrictions... we could leave tomorrow. we can't use them for a vacation. you can use the points for just about anything. i know... ♪ the way you look tonight ♪ chase what matters. i think i'll go with the basic package. good choice. only meineke lets you choose the brake service that's right for you. and save 50% on pads and shoes. meineke. >>> welcome back to the most news the morning. of all of the issues ted kennedy championed, health care was his baby, his number one cause. can legislators reach across the aisle and get a health care reform bill pass? jessica yellen takes a look. >>> kiran, john, senator kennedy was so beloved and health care was so important to him that many in washington believe his death will inspire his col