sharyl attkisson has more. >> reporter: during most of his 30 years in the senate, arlen spector was best known as a moderate republican. serving on the powerful senate judish area committee which he is remembered for his opposition to conservative supreme court nominee robert work in 1987. >> and the concern i have is where is the predictable in judge work. >> reporter: and his aggressive questioning of anita hill for the hearing for clarence thom nass 1919. >> well, when you say a number of things might occur, what what sort of things. >> reporter: he was a ranking member who quickly climbed the political ranks to become pennsylvania's longest serving senator. >> i won the election because of my attention to pennsylvania over 24 years. >> reporter: even before coming to congress, arlen spector had already made a name for himself as philadelphia's district attorney, gaining national attention in the 1960s when he served on the warren commission which investigated the kennedy assassination. and he's credited with co-authoring the single bullet theory. first elected to the senate in 1

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nobody ever agreed with arlen spector all the time. he angered all of us at some point, about you had to admire the way his ethics and his intellect approached the job. and also his strength. that would be the third thing that comes to mind. he was battling nonhodgkins lymphoma, undergoing chemotherapy and never missed any of those hearings. an iron backbone is what the man had. >> let's turn to the campaign trail now. mitt romney in boston today, under new scrutiny of his leadership as governor of massachusetts. this is according to "the new york times." romney spent more than year of his four-year term out of the state on personal and political trips unrelated to the job. no secret he was running for president. but given his own emphasis on his leadership as governor, joy, is this news, is it problematic for him? or is this something that we're not talking about two or three days from now? >> it's hard to know what's problematic for mitt romney. i think what it does reinforce is the sense that personal ambition is the only true ideol

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. >> funeral services held for former pennsylvania senator arlen spector. he died after a battle with non-hodgkins lymphoma. he switched to become a democrat in 2009 was 82 years old. joe biden is set to attend the funeral. president obama ordered flags at the white house to be flown at half staff. >>> we have more now on the breaking news that we have been following this midday. >>> a shooting in fairfax county. the shots rang out after 9:30 on geddy's court. pat collins is live for us. what can you tell us? >> reporter: it appears to be a murder on geddy's court. police are still working the case. shelly is joining me with the police. what can you tell me about it so far? >> we were called here about 9:40 this morning with the report of a shot person. police located an adult female. we have an adult male in custody at this point. we don't believe there's a public safety threat. >> is the female victim related to the male suspect? >> they are related in some way. i'm not certain, yet, of exactly what that domestic relationship is. >> reporter: this appears

people, including vice president joe biden, said a final good-bye to former pennsylvania senator, arlen spector. he had complications. spector was 82 years old. the five-term senator is being remembered as a lawmaker who always voted his beliefs no matter the situation. his final political move was defecting from the political party to win reelection. president obama ordered flags flown at half staff in spector's honor. >> presidential candidate, george mckorn has been admitted to a hospice in south dakota. he is best known for his unsuccessful campaign against richard nixon. his family issued a statement saying it appreciated everybody's concerns and it requested privacy. george mcgovern is 90 years old. >>> amazon is hanging out the help wanted sign for more workers. the online store is hiring 50,000 seasonal positions to process the orders. and thousands of those people could end up with long-term jobs. amazon says its full-time workers make up to 30% more than traditional retail employees and it joins other big retailers who are boosting their ranks for the holidays. >> and when it comes to

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. >>> a public funeral is set for tomorrow for former pennsylvania senator arlen specter. spector, a survivor of decades of political fights in washington, lost his battle against non-hodgkins lymphoma sunday at his home in philadelphia. in a statement president obama called spector fiercely independent, never putting ideology or party ahead of the people he was chosen to serve. arlen specter was 82. >>> well, stocks are coming off their worst week since june. cnbc's mary thompson is at the new york stock exchange to tell us what is moving the markets today. mary, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, natalie. earnings are a focus as corporate america rolls out its results from last quarter starting this week. this is the dow, just 6% below its all-time high despite last week's losses. japan's softbank is playing $20 billion to give a 20% stake in sprint to give them a hold in the u.s. wireless market and it will gill sprint for much-needed cash against bigger rivals at&t and verizon. >> thanks. covering pro football games is not without its hazard. look what happened to

arlen specter at the age of 80, was aiming to become a stand-up comic. >> so, now you're embarking on this stand-up comedy career. >> earlier this year spector and i spentt performance. >> arlen specter's funny? what do you say to those people? >> i say, there's something funny in almost everything. >> spector really does see something funny in everything. our dr. sanjay gupta got a taste of it four years ago when spector was battling cancer for the second time. >> you probably are going to lose more of your hair. >> i'm going to lose all of my hair. i'm going to bald as a billiard ball. >> spector liked to quote churchhill to describe his approach to life. never give in. >> how you feeling senator? >> not so hot. >> what's plugging you today? >> overhead headache. i was up and at 4:00. couldn't sleep. got my squash partners out until 5:30. played a little squash. >> anyone who can play squash during a headache cannot be dismissed when he says he wants to do standup. >> we're going to go over some of the material that you're planning to use on monday night at carolina lines, correct? >> things are a possibility. >> when i was recuperating from hodgkin's

president obama said spector was, quote, fiercely independent never putting party or ideology ahead of the people he was chosen to serve. arlen specter was 82 years old. >>> i'm don lemon at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. thanks for watching. see you back here next weekend. >>> lynchings? i'm sorry. that section is not in the bill. >> poll tax? sorry. >> if the vote matters as much to you as it does to me why don't you want to protect it? >> i really believe they're trying to suppress the minority vote. >> in 2012, the state of florida is going to be crucial to the re-election of the president. simple as that. >> my name is livan bright bracy. the first time i quoted was in 1966. >> i'm dennis baxley. i served in the florida house of representatives. >> the first time i voted was in 1970 when i turned 18 years of age and i never miss an election. >> when i hit that parkway that goes up to the capital, i just still get this tingle that -- this is self-government. >> you brought your team? >> yes. >> good morning, ladies. >> you get to do this. and why me? all right, what are we going to talk about. how can i help you?