i'm wolf blitzer sitting in for larry.gin with president obama's pick for the united states supreme court. let's get right to it with the executive vice president of a local group and he was a student at harvard when kagan was dean of the law school there. professor jeffrey stone was dean at the university of chicago's law school. kagan taught there. and now al aushuler from northwestern university. he taught with elena kagan and president obama at the university of chicago. thanks to all of you for coming n i want to pick your brain on what she's like, what she's all b josh, let me start with you. you worked with her in the clinton white house. what's she like? >> smart as a whip. fair. aggressive. and, you know, we worked closely together on tobacco and tobacco legislation. how to keep it out of the hands of kids and standing up against hate crimes. she is incredibly fair and at harvard where she was my dean, continued to show can you build consensus and do the right thing. >> you mean a liberal? >> no, i would say on a

and wolf blitzer is here. hello, wolf. the name of sarah palin touching a helicopter, wolf blitzer, doesn't it seem like that? wolf, the answer is stay off queb slit jeopardy." the big rumor is sarah palin may ran for president in 2012. as you know, she wants a former beauty queen. if she wins, it would make history. it would mark the first time a beauty queen could actually bring about world peace. they all talk about it. but she could make it happen. did you see her campaigning last month? it was beauty and the deceased. sent that what it looked like? and my favorite democrat in the past year, senator john edwards. a personal injury attorney who turned out to be a sleazeball. who could have seen that coming? i was stunned, stunned by that revelation. now there's talk of a john edwards sex tape. oh, huh? there's something people haven't seen before, a lawyer screwing people, wow. how unusual is that? of course, the first lady on television, betty white is here. where's betty white? we love betty white. hi, sweetheart! bet

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with breaking news on the times square bomb case. we're getting new information right now out of pakistan about faisal shahzad's alleged links to known terrorists. our homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve is standing by. but let's go to cnn's reza sayah. he's in islamabad where he's working this story. reza, tell our viewers what you're learning. >> reporter: yeah, wolf. very interesting and really conflicting developments here in pakistan. of course, for the past couple of days, we've heard a lot about the pakistani taliban. were they behind the attempted bombing in times square new york? well, today in a phone call to cnn, the spokesperson for the pakistani taliban told us that absolutely not, they were not involved in this attempted bombing. here's what tareq had to tell cnn. that we appreciate faisal shahzad, but he has no link with the tareq pakistan. he may have received training from other groups, but not the tariq taliban

you can get my tweets, go to twitter.com/wolf blitzer cnn. it's all one word. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." "john king usa" starts right now. >> thanks, wolf. a busy day. it is cinco de mayo. as we welcome latinos to the white house for a celebration, the president weighted into the dicey politics of immigration, but nowhere near his guests would have hoped. the president made a promise to push major immigration reforms in his first year of office. listen closely, this pledge has no commitment to get it done in 2010. >> i want to begin work this year and i want democrats and republicans to work with me because we've got to stay true to who we are, a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. >> back to immigration policy in a moment. we begin with your safety, because of important new details about the suspects in the times square car bombing attempt and because of a new government statistic you might find hard to believe. do you think someone on the government's terrorist watch list should be able to buy firearms. now the statistic, over the past s

there is wolf blitzed and dennis quaid -- wolf blitzer and dennis quaid.is all from about 90 minutes, two hours ago. there is former secretary of state madeleine albright. she is a guest of nbc's. white house press secretary robert gibbs. he is an invited guest of the white house correspondents association. nobody else invite him except the association. calvin coolidge was the first president to speak at the white house correspondents' dinner. that was in 1924. it was not until 1962, at the prodding of helen thomas, that women were allowed to attend this event. the washington hilton has the largest hotel ballroom in the city, about 3000 people can cram into there, and trust me, it is cramped. there is the white house correspondents for abc news. he got his start as the press secretary to a one-term democrat from pennsylvania. she was the one who voted for president clinton's budget and all of the republicans on the floor and waved goodbye to her. there is larry king. not sure who the woman is. is that his wife? another dinner first timer, rachael ray, with

[laughter] >> and wolf blitzer is here. hello, wolf. that sound like the name of sarah palin's hunting helicopter? stay off of "celebrity jeopardy iy." sarah palin may run for president in 2012. she is a former beauty queen. if she wins it would make history, because it's the first time that a beauty queen could bring about world peace. they all talked about it, but she could make it happen. do you see her campaign last month, beauty and the deceased. isn't that what it looked like? and my favorite democrat, senator john edwards, a personal injury attorney who turned out to and sleaze ball. who could have seen that coming? i was stunned by that revelation. there is talk about a john edwards' sex tape. there's something people never seen before. a lawyer screwing people. woy! the first lady of television, betty white is here. we love betty white. [cheers and applause] >> hi, sweetheart. betty has a long history in this town. her first stage performance here was interrupted by john wilkes booth. and that was a sad day. [laughter] >> the l

in "the situation room" with wolf blitzer, wolf talked about his immediate family members. >> his wife and children, are they in pakistan? have you been in touch with your government with nah? >> i'm not going to comment on the wife and children. most pakistani, several hundred thousand of them they come to america essentially to pursue the american dream. this man wanted to shatter it so we want to understand what happened, who was he connected to and we do not want to embarrass his wife and children if they were not part of anything that he did. >> so what is it about new york that seems to make it a prime target for these types of attacks? former new york mayor rudy giuliani joins larry king live tonight at 9:00 eastern time. >>> tennessee is slowly starting to dry out, but try selling that line to the folks in nashville. folks are still submerged and some lost everything. one i-reporter tells us about his personal battle to keep the river away. >> as you can see, our driveway is completely covered over with water, not as high as it was yesterday, but i don't think it really matters

and wolf blitzer is here. doesn't that sound like the name of sarah palin's helicopter?know, the big rumor is, sarah palin may run for president in 2012 and she is a former beauty queen. if she wins, it would make history, would make the first time that a beauty queen would bring about world peace. they all talk about it. she could make it happen. you see her last month. it was beauty and the deceased. and my favorite democrat, senator john edwards, while a personal injury attorney who turned out to be a sleaze ball. i was stunned by that revelation . [laughter] >> well, now there's talk of a john edwards' sex tape. there's something that people never seen before, a lawyer screwing people. wow! how unusual is that. betty white is here. we love betty white! hi, sweetheart. betty has a long history in this town. her first stage performance was interrupted by john wilkes booth. [laughter] >> the last time i was here was 2004 and back then, hillary clinton campaign had $20 million but now mark penn has it. little inside baseball. the rich guys get it, yeah. newsweek is repor

and wolf blitzer is here. doesn't that sound like the name of sarah palin's helicopter? know, the big rumor is, sarah palin may run for president in 2012 and she is a former beauty queen. if she wins, it would make history, would make the first time that a beauty queen would bring about world peace. they all talk about it. she could make it happen. you see her last month. it was beauty and the deceased. and my favorite democrat, senator john edwards, while a personal injury attorney who turned out to be a sleaze ball. i was stunned by that revelation . [laughter] >> well, now there's talk of a john edwards' sex tape. there's something that people never seen before, a lawyer screwing people. wow! how unusual is that. betty white is here. we love betty white! hi, sweetheart. betty has a long history in this town. her first stage performance was interrupted by john wilkes booth. [laughter] >> the last time i was here was 2004 and back then, hillary clinton campaign had $20 million but now mark penn has it. little inside baseball. the rich guys get it, yeah. newsweek is repo