arlene is dealing. arlene has a 2. that's unfortunate. >> hello. >> low, low, low. >> let's have another card. and it is a 9. well, okay. so that's 17. so we lost. yeah, we lost. >> wait, i'm still counting. >> it doesn't matter, we -- yeah. so there we go. we're out of money. well, what are you going to do? all right. we'll do one more. let's do another one. [ cheers and applause ] we have to move this along. just put it up there. >> i'm getting killed over here, jimmy, conon! do something. >> i know, this is our last shot. we have to go kind of quickly here. okay, an 8. a 7. again, not a good hand. let's see what the dealer has. the dealer has an 8. well, that's bad too, okay. wow. >> what do you want me to do? what do you think i should do, guys? >> i think you should move the chips over to next spot if you can. look at this. >> what do you think i should do, guys? >> hit it. >> hit it. >> you have to hit it. here we go. >> come on. >> it's a king or a 10 or a jack i'll kill ya. >> oh, that will be fun too. all righ

which is pretty much what arlen specter did in a kind of older guy way. franken did the same thing but in a sort of light-hearted way. >> our republican strategist, cnn contributor, how do you think he did tonight? >> i thought al franken did well. it is quite a challenge when you have a brand, when you are known to a lot of folks in such an intense way, cutting-edge humor, to come to the u.s. senate and change that and become taken seriously. hillary clinton, first lady, goes to the u.s. senate. would she bring that old persona with her. the pothole senator in new york state to become nope as a serious person. bill bradley, basketball star wants to go to the u.s. senate and become an intellect. franken, willing to have some fun and also a demonstration of depth. it is interesting the generational change, how old school the u.s. senator looks when you see someone like lindsey graham on the republican side and al franken on the republican side both use the kind of language we might all use around the kitchen table. i think it makes the senate so much more

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we have arlen specter.ever know what he is going to ask, because is a maverick, an independent kind of guy. >> and he is i asenator who is not quite happy with his lot on the committee. when he decided to leave the republican party and join the democratic party, he was hoping he would be treated better and get some seniority on this committee which he has so long served and was once the republican chairman. he is not happy as being the second to the least. put that aside for a second, even when he was the chairman, he is known for being a bit unpredictable, maverick, asking some air okrchaic questions aboe law. when he was on the republican side, he was often the odd man out on that issue. it will be interesting to see if he follows up on that. this is a new role for senator specter. he has been on the committee a long time. his seniority has been questioned. he is up for re-election next year for the first time as a democrat. he is in an interesting spot and this will be quite interesting. >> this is not a

minutes each to ask their questions, including arlen specter, the return turned democrat and al franken, the newest member of the senate jud judiciary committee. we will have extensive coverage we will have extensive coverage of all of this right after this.

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snarling arlen, but we'll see what he comes through with. he is certainly somebody who likes to give us surprises, so that could be interesting. >> he's not always predictable. arlen specter once was the chairman of the judiciary committee, now he's one of the junior members, the secondmost junior member of this committee. only al franken who was sworn in a few days ago as a united states senator, more junior as arlen specter. so, we'll have coverage of both of those senators asking questions from sonia sotomayor. dana, stand by. we're going to get back to you. >>> there was an interesting question that john cornyn, the republican senator from texas, asked sonia sotomayor a little while ago. let me play this exchange. >> do you agree with his statement that you had a -- >> if he was talking about the fact that i served on a particular board that promoted equal opportunity for people, the puerto rican legal defense and education fund, then you could talk about that being a liberal instinct in the sense that i promote equal opportunity in amer

nowe'll see howood a democrat arlen specter .c option, and polls in nehowed arlen spectes favorable ratingat a 17-yealow with pennsyanians. i think there is an opening here forthe gressman. thers question about it this would be an easy race. he has the support of president obamand governor of pennsylvania ed rendell. listen to what ed rendell said back in may about this race. >> i'm a gat admirer of joe and i'm going to work hard to get hireelected when he runs for ngress next year, not for the senate. joe should notun for the senate in the democratic primary, he'd getkilled. >> wow. let's nd out how the congssman plans to mount the challeng against specter. he is joing us by the phone. joe,ood to have youith us. >> thanks a lot. >> understand that you just got back from touring pennsylvania, rural pennsylvania, it taks a ek to get ahold of you. wh are the folks out there sang about this race. are they encouraging you to do th? >> oh, wthout any queion. there is great unease, andou w it reflected in poll that you just said whe pe

that and arlen specter being undemocratic side made for additional entertainment. tamara is the big day for q&a. -- tomorrow is the big day for q&a. megyn: shannon has been watching these proceedings for us as well. any surprises? >> and no surprises, nothing we did not expect. we heard some previews from gop senators, things that had not been discussed as much, like wise latina comments and other things. constituents being very interested in the vissue of gun rights, something that resonates with democrats and republicans. a number of gop senators have talked about the issues of international law. this has been debated greatly, and the judge has made comments that we can find good ideas there. i found a forward to a book in 2007 where she talks about being open to the question of what we can learn from the international community in interpreting our constitution. that will cause a problem for some people. she talks about learning from international court's and judges about factors outside of the law that factor into decisions. clearly, a lot of documents that coul

. >> and we nt to take you to arlen specter. he is speaking. >> warrantless wiretaps, that's about as dirt a cnflict as you can have off separation of power. the sueme court of the united states refed to dide the case. d had they picked up the case, th wld have dealtith the, could have dealt wh the issue, about the president having a secretrogram and that issue points us to today, with the recent disclosuresbout secret progra where the president has put into effect sueillan methods or who kws what because th're still secret. had two weeks ago, the decision of the supre court not to take up t case brought by t families of 9/11 victims for damages. st horrendous case, perhaps the most, in the history of the world, wh 3,000 people being killed by terrorists. the congress has sd that foreign -- >> senator arlen specter speakingbout recent supreme court ca involving 9/11 milies svivors. we're going to listen to ore, but let's bringin kly o'donnell. you and i both know th a lot is being mde about the tone, how republicans would choose

we're getting ready to hear from arlen specter and al franken.'ll hear those opening statements coming up next. sdmoo >>> republican turned democrat, arlen specter of pennsylvania, now speaking. >> a century later, there were only 161 signed opinions, 2007, there were only 67 signed opinions. i start on the cases which are not cited, although i could start in many, many areas. could start with the circuit splits, where one court of appeals in one section of the country goes one way, another court of appeals goes the other way, the rest of the courts don't know which way the precedents are and the supreme court decides not to decide. but take the case of the terrorist surveillance program, which was president bush's secret warrantless wiretaps, and contrast it with congressional authority exercised under article one on the foreign intelligence surveillance act, providing the exclusive way to have wiretaps. perhaps the sharpest conflict in the history of this great country on the article one powers of congress and the article two powers of the pres

the "hardball sideshow" tonight. >>> we begin with day two of the sotomayor hearings with senator arlener, democrat from pennsylvania, a member of the judiciary committee. senator specter, what did you make of that backoff by the nominee about how i was bad. it's almost like little person talk. it's almost juvenile talk, i was bad to say that comment about a wise latina woman perhaps offering a better judgment than someone else in a court case. >> well, chris, i think she's just trying to put out a mild fire, but what she said, they're making a mountain out of a molehill about it. she was making a statement of self-confidence. you and i make those statements all the time. she thinks she's competent, and very often people are put down on the basis of race, ethnicity, or one reason or another, and she was just asserting herself. it is by no means a major matter, certainly not a disqualifier. >> what do you make of lindsey graham, your colleague on the republican side, saying if he had said something like that in reverse, if he had said a white guy can make a better decision in a court cas

he was down by 20 points in may and what's changed, arlen is a democrat. people have to reconsider that. if he runs against arlen specter that will be a hell of a great race for the state and good healthy thing to have a choice. democracy is having a choice and i think the people of pennsylvania, well let's let them decide if they don't want a chase chois. if they don't i'll are surprised. >> chris matthews will kick off our coverage -- >> andrea mitchell former radio host in philadelphia whom i first came across in 1974, which say long time ago. >> must have been my mom. i'm trying to tease you, chris. chris is going to kick off our coverage of the president's prime time news coverage at 7:00 p.m. eastern, the president speaks at 8:00 and live annalyss following on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> and coming up, the senate has just voted to reject the bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed weapons across state lines. the senate fell two votes short of the 60 votes they needed to approve the pro-gun measure. pete williams is mbing news ju

look, i know arlen specter very well. when i was drug czar he got very much into it, very technical. he made a great point at the end to be veryioserious. you look at the constitution which senator sonia sotomayor invoked many times. may maybe it's the supreme court, perhaps that's the big power and we should think hard about that. maybe that is one of the most important things. i think he's right about that and a lot of people think about and worry about the amount of power the court has. this is a bipartisan wereorry. people worry with a democratic president that all will be made by a liberal and liberals worry that -- >> all right, looks like -- >> you remember months ago -- >> we're getting a technical glitch there. but just wrap up your thought. >> i'm sorry. remember eric holder said a few months ago we're too cowardly to talk about race, we're a nation of cowards? we had something of a conversation of race about these hearings. not all aspects of it, but one aspect of it. judging through race, judging through gende

arlene in texas. you are just back from iraq. thank you so much for your service. you're back here and want to manage your money. i heard you got great interest rates over there. >> caller: $10,000 in my savings deposit program that has about -- 10% for the 15 months and now i'm back in the state and the money is sitting in my account and i don't know what to do with it. >> do you have any high interest debt? >> caller: no i paid off most of my debt while i was over there. i have two mortgages but other than that that's it. >> don't worry about the mortgages. is this your emergency fund? >> caller: no, i have a separate emergency fund. >> fantastic. if you want to basically max it out in terms of retirement, i know you've got a tfp you have access too, you could have a traditional ira. consider, you have a lot of benefit having served. so you can go to va or usaa and get much better savings rates on your cash like you did while you were in service. if you want to keep that baby in cash, make sure you're intereea interest on that. put it in another ira. you can get

arlen specter probablyround 2:20, according to committee scdule. then the troduction of sonia sotomayor by her oal state senators, chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrd, coming up. we're going to go to a break and after that chris matthews picks up our overage. i'll be joining him from the continuing msnbc secial covege of the confirmation hearings of sonia tomayo stay with us. cidentcan happen, t t wi liberty mutual's new car replacement, if your new caisis toted withinin the fst year, we'll give youheoney to buy arandew car. and withur accident forgigiveness, a accidt won't cause your price to o go up when you renew. if you q qlify, you could save an average of $345. these arare just t of our valule features plus, those who switchch to liberty mutuall ve an average of 20.6% over their prior pololy. because doing the right t thig isn't just for responsible drivers. it's'sor resnsible car susurs, too. that's our policy. find out how much you could save. us directly at... >>> 're back forthe afternoon session for the opening day really of this long fig

. >> i am arlen altman. we were both comprehensive and refreshing clarity. my question relates to outside support of assistance. as you well know, pakistan requires billions of dollars in aid and economic assistance that is likely to flow from the outside world. there is also a school in pakistan with his rubbery -- readily developing here that argues that perhaps better that the u.s. aid be limited, pakistan has to do this on its own, the more involved engagement from the united states the negative. and other schools as we have to do more. how do you come out on that debate between providing pakistan the tools that it really needs or allowing pakistan to do it on its own? >> we have had this discussion with the united states for a long time. what i am saying is there is a strong lobby for support for pakistan and the other lobby of not supporting pakistan or limiting support for pakistan. from what it says in the 9/11 commission, there has been a drive to build capacity, what was seen as the key to the problem in pakistan. in afghanistan, the u.s. and nato

arlen specter and ed rendell aren't pulling their punches. think specter is starting to feel the heat. the congressman challenging anymore a primary is going to join me on the program. get your cell phones ready. we want to know what you think about the democrats and big insurance. who's going to stand up to them. this may be president obama's biggest moment on health care. this is as i would say a make news night. and sometimes the news just falls flat in your lap. the timing couldn't be better for the president to remind the american people that the insurance industry needs some serious reform. united health care served approximately 70 million people in 2008. the company posted a gross

. >> arlen specter spoke out today about his health during committee deliberations involving judge sotomayor. specter was first diagnosed with hodgkin's disease four years ago and suffered a recurrence april last year, but the 79-year-old says he is healthy. >> if you see me-but my eyes, i am not -- if you see me what my eyes, i am not sad. it is chemotherapy, and i have made the kleenex industry wealthy. i am fit as a fiddle, ready for reelection. >> he finished his chemo treatment more than a year ago, and subsequent tests have given a clean bill of health. judge sotomayor is a step away from being the first is ben -- the first latino on the supreme court. today she got the okay from the senate committee. every democrat voted for her, but a lone republican senator when seagram broke ranks with his party to support her. he said he based his vote on her record, but it left others with too many questions. >> mistakes were too high to vote to confirm someone who could redefine the law of the land from the bench. >> sotomayor brings more experience as a federal judge than anyone on the supreme

arlen specter has called for an investigation into the dismissal of 65 minority children from the philadelphiawim club. the children were swimming at the valley swim club about two weeks ago when they were suddenly kicked out. club members complained about the kids and some overheard racist comments. the club president initially issued a statement saying there was a lot of concern they would change at complexion and atmosphere of the club but issued another statement saying the allegations of racism are untrue and they underestimated the capacity of their facility. it is 62 degrees on tv hill at 5:12. even in this recession there is one summer essential most americans are not giving up. and, men, listen up. if you didn't lick shopping before something might change your mind. your mind. how you can score brew with youa capturing the beauty of nature. sharing what i see. that's my vision. and i'm living it. every day, transitions lenses are there to help care for my sight. announcer: transitions lenses adjust to changing light to reduce glare and help protect your eyes from uv damage so you can

they do have arlen specter. subtract one. he is, to say no more, unreliable. >> unreliable. except that arlen specter has a primary challenge. congressman joe sestak, of pennsylvania. and that can concentrate someone's mind. he's already come out and said pretty much, i'm going to be for health care. but, matthew dowd, there are a fair amount of democrats who don't necessarily want to be that 60th vote on a lot of these issues. >> to me, it's interesting. when i reflect back on the bush administration. in 2002, when the republicans took the senate over. they had the senate and the house and the white house. to me, that was the beginning of the end of bush's sort of style of i want to be bipartisan. at that point, he o needed to be. he no to o he didn't have to reach across the aisle at all. as soon as they took the senate, we can do this oour we can dhathe moour problematic thing. if barack obama thinks, i can i think, in the end, that's not going to ben n him and the other thing we saw in bill clinton's expernce, he probably had more success. even though he passed his agend

. >> pennsylvania's are arlen specter as called for investigation.cern a lot of kids would change the complexion an atmosphere of the club. the valley club issued another statement, saying the allegations of racism are not true. >> well, it seems like the safest place to play is in shallow water, but every year, some people suffer dangerous injuries close to shore. >> 11 news kerry cavanaugh traveled to ocean city to see how the beach patrol is saving lives with it's unique technique. >> ocean city's beaches offer a place to relax, soak up the sun, and catch a wave -- with its unique techniques. sometimes, the waves can be punishing, breaking in a way that results in serious injury, even death. >> it is pretty ironic that i almost died 20 feet from shore in about 3 feet of water, about that much water, being that i was a rescue swimmer for the u.s. secret service. >> he says he found himself defenseless against a large wave while body surfing in july 2008. we spoke to him shortly after his accident. >> what i remember about it is catching the wave, a

guest: i agree with arlene that the autoworkers in the automobile industry was very important in terms of creating the middle class in this country. they played a leadership role in expanding health-care benefits and getting retirement benefits out. my brother-in-law is a uaw retirees. he worked really hard for everything that he and his family had. this situation was not caused by the autoworkers. they can play a very productive role. they have dramatically changed how they make the cars. they are making much better cars. when i go to the plans and you see guys -- we have just changed. there is a real pride in how they are operating. i think she is right. they feel very proud of what they have done. the times are hard right now. people across the auto belts are hurting. there are proud people. i think there is lot of reason to be optimistic about the future. host: next telephone call is from michigan. good morning to jerry on the line for independents. caller: what i would like to say is i am enjoying this conversation, however, i would like to know why the gentleman is continually re

and nnsylvania senator arlen specter called for an investigation. >> i think the swim club would be wisy ifhe tinvited the people back. >> reporter: from the valley club president today an updated statement said the valley club is deeply troubled by the recent allegations of racism which are completely untrue. we underestimated the capacity of our facilities. parents like christine pembleton said her son debril had asked troubling questions about his skin color. >> i hugged him. i kissed him. i told him to be comfortable in his own skin. i said what happened at that swim club does not define who you are. >> reporter: members insist this was all a big misunderstanding. >> it has nothing to do with race. >> the pool was overcrowded. >> today, creative steps campers splashed around at the jewish community center's pool. other groups have invited them. but not the valley club. >> would you like to go back there? >> no. >> reporter: why not? >> because -- they shouldn't have did what they did. >> reporter: the staff is demanding an apology to the children. whether this was a misunderstanding

arlen spector is looking into why the children were turned away. >>> the obama administration is telling states to start preparing their plans for giving out h1n1 or swine flu vaccines. health officials are bracing for a resurgence of the virus this fall. today the government is holding a swine flu summit in washington. the government announced a $350 million preparedness campaign to try to stop a major outbreak of the virus. >> we don't know exactly how the virus will present during the fall flu season. but our surveillance efforts have led scientists to believe that the impact of the virus could worsen this fall or earlier. >> many companies are currently working to develop vaccines, and the government is hoping to have one approved by mid- october. the vaccine will be offered first to school children, young adult, pregnant women, and health care workerrers who are more likely to be exposed to the virus. so far about one million people have been infected in the u.s. with the swine flu. >>> and an appalling crime in chicago. how investigators think cemetery workers were able to dig up 3

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one is arlen specter who, of course, deflected from the republican party not too long ago and used to the top republican on this committee before he made that change and lastly we'll hear from the most junior member on the committee, but one who inspired the most interest. senator al franken and this is our first chance to see him public and unscripted talking as a senator. >> yes, and he's a nonlawyer. most of the panel are lawyers. >> exactly. >> was she asked, the nominee, whether she was ever prescreened about her abortion views? >> she was. she said that the obama administration, and president obama in his interview or his preinterview of her that she was not asked about her personal opinion, not only on abortion, but also on other hot button issues. she wasn't asked her personal opinion on other personal issues. of course, this really isn't all that strange because if she were to be asked or if any other nominee were to be asked this is a question that comes up in the confirmation hearings and, obviously, lead the nominee to give away her personal opinion or whether she was bein

she got a little ticked off with arlen specter.end of the statement but grilled her harder earlier on. >> i know that with some important issues, they want to make sure there isn't the proceed yural bar that would take away from whether this he are doing what they want to do. >> was there a proceed yurl bar? you had weeks because i gave you notice. >> i did mull this over. my problem is that without looking at a particular issue and considering the style, the discussion of a potential colleague as to the reasons why a particular issue should or should not be considered, the question about -- >> i can see you are not going to answer. maybe we will move on. >> he seemed frustrated a few times during the questions, in this half hour of q and a. there is no doubt he will vote to confirm her? >> i think so. he has some hobby horses. one is, why didn't the supreme court take up this case of terrorist surveillance? why don't they take more cases? why don't they clarify what is the role of congress versus what is the role of the courts? yo

senator arlen specter put the club on notice in a letter. "without getting into all of the legal issues, it is my suggestion you that promptly reinstate the contract and welcome ms. alethea wright's group back to the pool. whether they accept is up to them." the club issued a response denying race had anything to do with their decision. "we underestimated the capacity of our facilities. our valley club deplores discrimination in any form." susan candiotti, cnn, hunting don valley, pennsylvania. >> our thanks to susan candiotti. we'd like to add this. susan spoke with the swim club's president shortly after filing that report. here's what he had to say. >> i apologize deeply for any misunderstanding. it was never our intention to hurt anyone or for anyone to be offended here. and this is a terrible misunderstanding. and i would actually -- i would send my best wishes to the camp and all the camps, really, because they have gotten an outpouring of support from all over the country -- >> and they deserve it. she's doing wonderful work, giving t

senator arlen specter is the one questioning judge sotomayor who wants to be a supreme court justice.e're keeping an eye on that. if it gets fiery we'll tyke you back there. in the middle box governor mark sanford has cleared his schedule to take a personal trip with his wife three weeks after announcing an extramarital affair with an argentinian woman he wants to fall back in love with his wife and the mother of his sons. >> and then hillary clinton the secretary of state announced she will be visiting pakistan this fall. a lot to talk about how in and out of the limelight hillary clinton is right now. so we'll see if that serves to elevate at least her public image in the work she's doing in the state department. and now caught on tape, the police in baltimore are pulling a motorcyclist over for driving without tags but he takes off. this is from a chopper. officers on the ground decided they were not going to follow him because it was a minor offense but then he tried to get away on foot, ditching the bike. he's running around on foot and finally he gives up and the officer throws

and senator arlen specter is asking the justice department to look into the matter as well. >>> well, unfortunately, rescuers are not holding out a lot of hope for a woman and two children trapped by a mudslide in utah. appare apparently, neighbors saw them going into their house just minutes before it collapsed under a wall of mud. this was saturday afternoon. searchers say no one has heard from the family since then. the "salt lake tribune" reports an irrigation canal collapsed about 100 feet that house and that's what caused the mudslide. >>> nasa is hoping the fifth time will be the charm for the space shuttle "endeavour." it is scheduled to launch tonight at 6:51 eastern. storms kept the shuttle from launching last night. saturday the problem was lightning. whether may be an issue, though, later today. two launch attempts were scrubbed last month because of a hydrogen gas leak. the crew will have 16 days to build what's essentially a porch on the international space station that will be used for experiments. >>> all right. listen to this one. training only part, obviously, of an

and one of the senators from pennsylvania, arlen specter, has taken a large interest in this story asell. joining us on the phone is the executive director of creative step ps camp, who is pulling over and trying to find a safe spot to pull over and talk to us on the phone. we appreciate your time. thanks for talking to us. let me read to you the latest statement from the swim club today. it came out, and i alluded to it a moment ago. it talks about the overcrowding. let's pop it up there on the screen. it says we originally invited the camp to use our facility, knowing full well that children were from multi-ethnic background. unfortunately, we quickly learned that we underestimated the capacity of our facilities and realized that we could not accommodate the number of children from these camps." althea, are you buying this? >> yes. >> rick: you are. you believe that this was a numbers issue? >> hello. rick: althea wright, can you hear me? we've live on the air. >> yes, hello, yes. rick: we're going to re-establish a connection with ms. wright. we're going to take a where i can break

did anybody criticize arlen specter or jim jeffords for letting down the citizens of their states by switching parties, withdrawing? no, it's a totally different standard for sarah palin. it is no surprise that the feminist movement came out of the left because liberal men are rabid sexists though i must say a lot of the hatred for palin is coming from liberal women in new york who have overheard their boyfriends saying well, you got to admit she is good-looking. sean: obama was saying the stimulus was going to kick in next month. we lost another half million jobs, sad for the economy and for the people who are not working the biden goes on this weekend and says we really blew it on the economy. what part of this didn't they understand considering now they're claiming oh, we didn't know it was this bad? how can you sync up with their rhetoric? >> right. but it doesn't matter. that's not why people voted for them the one silver lining in this, it's terrible that the economy stating disaster and that they are not fixing or changing any of the fundamentals. it's not going to be fixed an

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the gentlemen, i believehat's chuck schumer and arlen specter and of crse,he brand new member of theate -- i sorr that's ted coffman ofdelaware. look atl franken. you expect hel come o with a memorable statement or be very cautious today? i think he'll be very cautious. >> what do you make of n-lawyers on this committee? i noticed when there was a big issue the woman was 92 whe di feinstein and barbara boxer were elected,he sense we needed women that committeeft what happed with anita hill. that would surprise peoplehat there e aot ofnon-lawyers on that committee. >> but there is a fair amountof legal experience, too. not just in urtroom law,ut in prosutions and in being judges >> her go, pete williams, our exrt, and norah o'donnell who's in the room above the nominee. after four more members get to speak, she wil get to speak. he's pat leahy. >> we ca get ba and, in der in the room. and judge, good to have you bac here as recall, we left at senato klobuchar, you're next and i'll yield to senator klobuchar. >> thaou very much, mr. chair. welcome back, judge. it's good to see you again.

the state's human relationships commission and senator arlen spector are looking into the matter. >>> police in michigan have determined who hit a car hit by an amtrak train, killing five people, including a virginia man. that happened on thursday west of detroit. the car skirted a gate at a crossing before it was hit. the 20-year-old stafford man was a passenger and killed. 3 other men and a woman also died. >>> startling comments this morning from michael jackson's father. he tells abc news that he believes foul play was involved in the singer's death and cnn reports an anonymous source says the jackson family has been made aware it could turn into a criminal case. the police chief told the cable network his office is waiting for the coroner's report and toxicology tests to decide whether to treat this case as a homicide investigation or an accidental overdose. >>> michael jackson will not be honored with that resolution from the u.s. house of representatives. nancy pelosi rejected the idea saying members can use speeches from the floor to honor someone's life. sheila jackson lee wh

they are not quite sure about that. >> there have been some fireworks, jeff toobin. >> arlen specteres to say that supreme court nominees say as little as possible in order to get confirmed. they really do try to duck the hard questions. sotomayor is well ahead. there are 12 democrats and 7 republicans on the committee. 60 democrats and 40 republicans on the -- in the senate as a whole. this nomination is hers to lose. the less she says from her perspective, the better. >> you served in the clinton white house, maria. walk us through what she is going through. here she is. she's walking in right now. we see her walking in with the chairman of the committee, patrick leahy. we see these live pictures. the top republican on the senate judiciary committee, they are escorting her in. she's hobling a little bit. she's gone through an enormous amount of growing, maria, in the last few weeks, in terms of preparing her for what is not necessarily going to happen just today but then she'll deliver her opening statement. and then tomorrow morning, each of those 19 u.s. senator also have 30 minu

pennsylvania senator arlen specter is asking the justice department to look into these claims.a case of overcrowding or something else? we're hearing now from some of the club's members and its leadership, susan candiotti has a follow-up to the story you first saw on american morning friday. >> john, kiran, good morning. after a hastily called meeting sunday, the valley swim club voted nearly unanimously that it was time to try to work things out with the day care center. after racism allegations, even moving a scheduled swim meet. we also obtained e-mails that indicate a war of world. some defending their leadership, others saying they mishandled the situation. in the end, the swim club spokesperson told cnn it wants to settle the controversy. in her words, as long as we can work out safety issues, we'd like to have them back. but the day care center's director is skeptical as she put it, they should have done that before. those children are scarred, how can i take those children back there? some of the center's kids said when they showed if you were the first time, some club

it's a situation that's gotten the attention of pennsylvania senator arlen specter.e're told more than 60 kids from a day camp used the pool once for 90 minutes after the camp paid a summer membership. but then the kids were told they could not return and the swim club refunded the camp's checks with no explanation. they overheard white members at the club making racist comments. >> i heard this lady, she was like, what are all these black kids doing here? she is like i'm scared they might do something to my child. >> she said she don't want any black kids there. there is too many of them. >> what did you think when you heard that? >> that was just ignorant. >> the club's president reportedly says several members complained that the kids, quote, fundamentally changed the atmosphere at the club. but that their complaints had nothing to do with race. the camp's director finds that hard to believe. >> if the children didn't misbehave, they -- we paid our membership in full. here's the check to prove it what else could it be? we were only minorities there. >> senator spe

and remember, when republic senator arlen specter came clean and switched to democrat, back in april,he had the audacity to say this this -- >> personal independence is my own approach to individual issues. i will not be an automatic 60th vote. glenn: oh, right. of course not. website 538.com starting tracking his votes, specifically contentious votes where the votes are almost split by party lines, and they are the ones that really count. as a republican from january through march, he voted 58% with the democrats, but then a pool came out and put him 14 points behind his republican primary rival. he suddenly became supportive of the republicans, voting with the democrats only 16% of the time, because they were very wrong and i'm sure all that is a coincidence. then after he switched parties, he voted with the democrats 69% of the time, which is another weird coincidence. but now that he has the democratic party challenger in and he needs to run for election again, he is voting with his new party 97% of the time. i got to tell you, i am so glad that you haven't changed your own person