starting with senator di durbin of illinois. i was on the progr this morning covering this thg live, your hearings today, senator. richard lffe, who is a smart guy, he's got a big bookut about the campaignyou know him well, he says this is real a surroge fight between the president'enemies and our president. let's take a look ght now at the judge making her ce in her opening statement. >> throughout my 17 years on the bench, i have witnessed th human consequenc of my decisions. those decisions haveot been made to serve the interestof any one litigant, but alwayso serve the larger interestsf impartial justice. >> well, that raiseshe question of whether her pathy for people is, in fact, prudice towards certain peop. has she addressed that iss so far, senator? >> i think she has. i think she's addressed itand ink it just stands to reas that each of us, no maer what we do in life, whether we have a "hardbl" show or whether we' senators or whether we're trng to be on thereme court, bring our life experiee to it. the people we've met,

like senator durbin i most remember her mother sitting behind her, that mother who when the father died at age 9, judge sotomayor was raised by that mother who had hardly any money and nurse, saved all the money just to buy their family incyclopedia britanicas and when you watch that family and brothers it reminded you that judge sotomayor knows the law and she knows the constitution, but she also knows america. one experience of hers in particular resonates with me, and that is that immediately after graduating from law school that she became a prosecutor, and i believe that that experience in my discussions will her will forever shape how she views the law. as a prosecutor after you've interacted with victims of crime, after you've seen the damage that crime does to individual families and to communities, you know that the law is not just an abstract sun. it's not just a book in your basement. you see how the law has a real impact on the lives of real people. judge sotomayor's experience as a prosecutor tells me that she meetsz one of my criteria for the supreme court justice. i'm loo

like senator durbin i most remember her mother sitting behind her, that mother who when the father died at age 9, judge sotomayor was raised by that mother who had hardly any money and nurse, saved all the money just to buy their family incyclopedia britanicas and when you watch that family and brothers it reminded you that judge sotomayor knows the law and she knows the constitution, but immediately after law school she became a prosecutor. that would forever shape how she views the law. i had interviewed -- interacted with victims of crime and you see what it does to individual people and communities. it is not just an abstract subject, a book in your basement. ec hubble law has a real impact on the lives of real people. judge sotomayor's experience shows that she has one of my criteria. i am looking for someone who deeply appreciates the power and the impact that loss in the criminal justice system have on real people's lives. in addition to her work as a prosecutor, we learned a lot about her long record as a judge. she came into this as a nominee with more experience than any nomin

like senator durbin i most remember her mother sitting behind her, the mother who when her father died in at age nine judge sotomayor was raised by the mother who has hardly any money coming years as a chairman to buy the family encyclopedia britannica as. and when you watched that family and her brother it reminded you that judge sotomayor knows a lot and she knows the constitution but she also knows america. one a series of paris in particular resonance with me and that is immediately after graduating from law school that she became a prosecutor. and i believe that experience and my discussions with her will forever shape how she views the law. as a prosecutor at you interacted with victims of crime, at to see the damage that crime does to individual families into communities, you know that the law is not just an absurd subject, is not just a booking you're baseman's. you see how the law has a real impact on the lives of real people judge sotomayor's experience as a prosecutor tells me that scene is one of my criteria for supreme court justice. i'm looking for someone who deeply appr

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