diane? >> but jake, as you know, the white house has indicated the president wants a successor that sharps the views of justice stevens. so, we asked terry moran what else is going to factor into the president's choice. >> reporter: it's a short list of nominees, according to administration sources. four women and one man, who offer a range of judicial academic, political and life experiences. at the top, elena kagan. >> the supreme court's jushs diction is discretionary. >> reporter: kagan, a brilliant legal scholar and former dean of the harvard law school is a traditional liberal on social issues like abortion and gay rights. but she's a strong defender of presidential wartime powers. >> kagan is very impressive and very appealing, because she meets the goldilocks standard. just right. >> reporter: if the preference is for real world political experience, as president obama has said, two other women from the political arena, homeland security secondary janet napolitano, and jennifer granh

dian diane? >> and what about china joining in on sanctions for iran? >> reporter: all the president would say when i asked about that at the press conference was that, what he knew was that china was sending representatives to work on these sanctions. he said he wanted action quickly and boldly. but he downplayed expectations, saying sanctions are not a magic wand. all it can do is change the call cue laus for iran's leaders until they conclude the nuclear weapons program has too high a price to pay because of these sanctions, diane. >> thanks, jake. and the conference just ending recently. >>> a battle was declared on the issue of abortion today in nebraska, where a new law places a limit on abortion, making abortions illegal after 20 weeks. the new argument being waged, what the unborn feels. as the president considers a new justice for the supreme court, this is a case that could be on that docket soon and dan harris has been following the debate closely. >> reporter: diane, good evening. it is very possible this new law will force the supreme court

diane? >> all right, brian, thanks. and still ahead from west virginia after this break, i will question massey mining boss don blankenship. what does he say about the questions raining down? >>> in other news, a new u.s. nuclear strategy. the president vowing to reduce the role of nukes. >>> and at the end of the broadcast, i will take you down inside a mine, miles, to show you what it's like when miners are forced to try to make their way out. if you've had a heart attack caused by a completely blocked artery, another heart attack could be lurking, waiting to strike. a heart attack caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix taken with other heart medicines, goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone, to provide greater protection against heart attack or stroke and even death by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming clots. ask your doctor about plavix. protection that heps save lives. people with stomach ulcers or other conditions that cause bleeding

from the liberal perspective, it's diane wood. wood was a voice on the seventh circuit against richard posner and easterbrook and others who said here is a liberal position. people are saying yeah, this is what we need at this point in the life of this court. but the court as it's led now by chief justice roberts really has become the strongest foothold for conservatives in american government. >> chris: bill, your thoughts about -- it's not only a choice for the president as to whether he wants to pick a more liberal candidate who would create more of a political dust-up. what about for republicans and their decision as to how much of a fight they want to make of it? to some degree, it depends on who the president chooses. >> not that much. for example, i think elena kagan would be a respectable choice. but i think most republicans would oppose her and honestly should oppose her with deference to her academic credentials. because she will be a reliable liberal vote and i think republicans should want to have a serious debate on t

that report is expected in rome by the end of this month, diane. >> okay, brian, thanks. that out today. >>> and, "on the money" tonight, if what's good for the automakers is good for america, it was a good month, ending today. sales by all the big car companies rose dramatically, including toyota. chris bury tells us there's a clear explanation why. >> reporter: for all its recent troubles, the massive recall, the public relations fiascos the embarrassment of having executives hauled before congress, toyota enjoyed sizzling sales last month, up 41% over last year. the big reason? generous incentives that lured bacchus hers. >> it's clear there are a lot of loil toyota customers out there that were ready and willing to take advantage of the incentives. >> reporter: toyota fought its image battles with an aggressive advertising campaign. >> we want to believe we can always be better. >> reporter: but the biggest incentives in toyota history, nearly $2300 per vehicle, helped turn around two straight months of declining sales. and american car makers were on a shot streak, t

earlier, diane reported how auto sales shaped up in march. with the bounce, auto part stocks saw buying. t-r-w auto holdings led the pack, hitting a new intraday 52- week high. tenneco is within a dollar of a new high. borgwarner and arvin meritor also are in that camp of less than a buck away from new highs. meantime, used car seller car max saw strong traffic on its lots in the fourth quarter, resulting in better than expected profits and a strong stock rally. k-m-x shares have doubled in the past year. but despite seeing a 10%ain in the average selling price of its used cars, the margins at car max actually fell. some interesting volume spikes with a trio of international focused exchange traded funds. beginning in taiwan, the e.t.f. that follows that market saw a nice rally to a two and a half month high on three times average volume. the united kingdom e.t.f. saw five times average volume on its gain. and the switzerland e.t.f. also saw five times volume, rallying to a new high closing price. all of this as the u.s. dollar hit a two week

diane, come back on the program.big shot now. >> i promise i will. >> ladies, appreciate it, as always. >> always love you guys. >> we're back in a moment. >>> congress is talking about reforming wall street right now. but you can reform your own finances right now this minute, this second. cnn's stephanie elam with today's top tips. stephanie, where do we start here? >> tony, let's start with your paycheck, and taxes, right? that's a good place to start, basic. make sure you're not giving uncle sam an interest-free loan. the bigger your tax refund, the more money you've been lending to the government free of charge all year long. you need to adjust the amount of money withheld from your paycheck for taxes. by changing your w-4 withholding, you can keep more of your paycheck throughout the year, and you can always ask your tax planner for advice on how much you should be withholding in the first place, tony. >> i get this a lot, so i know you must get it a lot. how do people increase their credit scores? >> people fe

and former assistant secretary of education diane ravage talks about the effects of testing on schools and students. her book is the death and life of the great american school system.

and then, what one of the survivors described to diane sawyer as hurricane-force winds. >> when i felt the air, i knew it was wrong. i knew -- in my mind i was certain what had happened. so i got out of the man trip and got out on foot. i felt like the air was going to pick me up. >> reporter: and carry you -- >> and blow me out. i actually got scared. >> reporter: stewart saw the bodies of some of the men who were killed instantly. is. >> something that i never, ever wanted to see, and i had to see it. and -- it's tough. i'm sorry. >> reporter: into the night, as rescue teams raced to the mine, word soon spread that anyone still inside was likely dead. >> i just started getting all these phone call, i've been outside, and they told me that -- they asked me if kevin was working the evening or night, and that's all they said. when i told them evening they told me there had been an explosion. >> reporter: by morning across the county, down country roads, families tried to come to terms with the loss. diana davis told david muir of abc news she lost her husband and two young nephews. >> h

katie couric and diane sawyer aside. in 2006 of the 35 hosts or co-hosts of prime time cable news shows, 29 are men. on the sunday talk shows, men outnumber women by 4-1. home wood is still very much run by men. we all applauded katherine big

. >> to the lines, diane in wisconsin. >> caller: hi, nancy, we love your show. >> thank you, diane.s your question, love? >> caller: my question, i was just concerned about if this was going to break the case. but it's unbelievable to me that this little girl could be missing for 30 days. i have kids of my own and my son is a sophomore in college. if he was living here, when he's home during the summer, i want to know where you're at. this little girl was missing for a month and the grandmother never said a word. >> you know, diane, i didn't even get to play you the information, the tapes that we have of the female inmates and the pillow talk. wait till you hear that. when you hear that, diane in wisconsin, you and your sister are going to flip. tonight, has a wrench been thrown in the state's case against tot mom? very quickly, let's stop and remember navy petty officer first class robert mcril, killed iraq. a photographer, awarded photographer of the year award east coast. had many published photos, loved fishing, volunteering at church. remembered for his barbecue ribs. leaves be

we've been talking about those, former dean of the harvard law school, diane dean and a federal judgegton, d.c. both of them court of appeals judges. one question will be might the president want to choose someone who does not come from the traditional route to the supreme court at least in the last decade or so from the courts of appeals. will he look at someone with political experience. that might mean janet napolitano, the former governor of arizona, now secretary of homeland security, jennifer granholm, governor of michigan. someone from that route. so this does, as luke says, put a new mission on the president's plate. it ends an era in the supreme court, because john paul stevens was not only the oldest justice and the most senior of the associate justices, he was also the head of the court's liberal wing. it was his mission to assign opinions whenever he was in the majority. and he was an excellent tactician in decision how to bring in other justices to reach the magic five people for a majority opinion, and that is something that the liberal wing of the court will very much m

>> reporter: good evening, diane. finance shl regulatory reform is an incredibly complicated, in the wields debate, but president obama talks about it in stark terms, almost as if he sees himself as a sheriff in the wild west, trying to clean up a criminal casino. painting a picture of some of these unregulated financial markets, president uses words such as gamble and bet. the chips are the economy. >> we can't allow financial institutions. the same recklessness that nearly brought down our entire economy. using money and connections to stack the deck. >> reporter: and in this good guys versus bad guys drama he describes, the president seems increasingly ready for a showdown. >> what we've seen is an army of industry lobbyists from wall street descending on capitol hill if they want a fight, it's a fight i'm ready to have. >> talking in terms of morality and immorality, lying, is the way to reach out and try to put a face on this. >> reporter: the core issue now, derivatives, which are essentially bets between power

diane? >> lisa stark. >>> moving out west, 20 million in southern california and northern mexico faced a day of uncertainty. dozens of aftershocks after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake yesterday, the fourth big quake this year including haiti. everyone is asking is this just a coincidence or a sign of a bigger quake to come. david wright in mexicali, mexico tonight. >> reporter: at 3:40 p.m., utter panic in this mexican border town. this camera man could barely keep steady. >> all the ways, you know, and my wife was crying and my kids were scared. >> reporter: for 45 seconds the earth shook, so hard 20 million people could feel it. some more than 300 miles away, in phoenix, las vegas, los angeles, san diego. >> i was like, i'm done. this is the scariest thing i ever experienced. >> reporter: if didn't take long for youtubers to share their experience. it occurred during easter dinner. the only tsunamis were the waves in the swimming pools. the most serious damage is downtown. 80% of these older

diane eastabrook visited his office in suburban chicago. >> you ready? how are you? >> reporter: dr. brian o'leary's days are a blur of patient appointments, prescriptions, and more patient appointments. o'leary's has roughly 4,000 patients. he thinks health care reform will bring even more newe[f patients into his internal medicine practice and help him take better care of them. >> i'm hopeful that the pilot projects that are being funded by some of this legislation will look at innovative ways to take care of people to prevent disease from progressing in ways that are very expensive and reduce costs, preserve access and quality. >> ah, that's cold. >> sorry! >> reporter: 56-year-old ed beckenhaupt is a case in point. a recent change in insurance providers increased his co-pays and out-of-pocket costs. so he's cut down on doctor visits and medication for his diabetes. >> when was the last time you tested your sugar? >> it's been awhile. i haven't done it since the last time i seen you, no. >> do you have any way of guestimating about how you're doing? >> i'm probabl

diane eastabrook reports. >> reporter: if you're looking for signs the economy's recovering, you'll find them in elkhart county, indiana where 70% of the nation's recreational vehicles are built. jayco, the nation's third largest r.v. maker, is building twice as many trailers and motor homes as it did a year ago. it's also hiring back many of the workers it furloughed during the recession. marketing director sid johnson calls his business a good economic indicator. >> our customers, while conservative, are also the type of people who can afford to do things that they want to do for their family. and so when there's an upturn, even in anticipation of a general economic upturn, they begin buying again. >> reporter: this corner of indiana has traditionally been a barometer of sorts for the overall economy because it tends to lead the rest of the nation into and out of recession. the most recent downturn started here in the spring of 2008 when gas prices took off and the housing market tanked. those two factors caused the r.v. industry to collapse. as a result, r.v. makers like jayco, damon,

garland, and diane wood, considered the most liberal candidate. his hope is to have a nominee confirmed in time for the next session. >>> abortion is always a big issue when discussing the supreme court. he says he would not judge candidates on that one issue, but his choice will take women's rights into account when interpreting the constitution >. >>> limiting the ability of banks to trade derivatives, complex tools that were at the heart of this recession. the opposition of the bill seems to be easing somewhat. senator grassley voted in committee for the derivative regulations. it would increase regulations on financial transactions and create a new consumer protection office. federal authorities are investing large sums of campaign money paid to former congressman's chief of staff. documents obtained by the washington post came right after he announced his resignation. they announced they are investigating whether anyone tried to cover up sexual harassment allegations. the democrat will not be included because the committee cannot investigate

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diane wood is liberal and expressed positions on abortion issues. on the other hand she's got a relationship with conservatives, frank easter brooke. merit garland who worked in the clinton justice department and helped in the prosecution of timothy mcvay in the oklahoma city bombing and uni-bomber would be the easiest one for republicans to swallow. a lot of liberals say we have a majority, 59 seats, we may not have that again, probably won't have it after november, if we go after a true blew liberal. >> looking back, it was this justice's confirmation hearings, the last ones that weren't testify advised. abortion never came up even though the ruling was made. it was seen as leaving politics at the door. how things have changed. >> i have to say i didn't know that until rosen pointed it out. 1975, two years after roe vs. wade. it didn't even come up and i was confirmed 98-0. that changed in 1986 with the confirmation over robert bjork, the reagan appointee, the democrats vilified him and said if he's confirmed, it would bring back-to-back -- bring

transferred for one of the tourist group. >> a biologist and director of data and research for the dianenica vacelio studies the three research groups. what's the value of having a group that's not a tourist group that's just a research group? >> continuing the research in gorillas is always important. always give a lot of information in terms of population dynamics. >> population dynamics are important, especially since there are only about 720 mountain mountain gorillas left in the wild. and they're smack dab in one of the world's worst conflict zones. even the gorillas seem to know it. you have the congo border, and there's obviously so much instability in congo. how does that impact the gorillas? >> the gorilla, they are pretty much obliged to stay in rwanda. they try several time to move and to cross the border, and after a few hours they run away. literally, they run away and come back to rwanda. >> we've been here for about an hour, and kansbey and the others don't seem to mind our presence. frankly, they seem a little bored with us. >> we've been warned these gorillas might be ag

short list are former charger chief justice, the solicitor general, a moderate judge, and judge and i diane wood. the president said he will announce in nomination no longer bent the end of may. >>> the president will lay out his plan for more wall street reform. banks say the new rules could hurt profits and hurt the economy. senate democrats are working to compromise with republicans on a plan to strengthen oversight of wall street. >>> joe motors says they have repaid over $8 billion -- general motors says they have repaid over $8 billion. they call this a sign that gm is recovering. the u.s. government now owns 61% of gm. >>> dangerous storms in california on tuesday. the work jackknifed semi trucks all across the state. trees and power poles were knocked over. the rain is expected to continue through thursday. >>> time for a look at our weather right now. >> showers pretty regular today. just a straight chance tomorrow. the weekend will be a washout. we do need the rain. it will help the trees and washed away the pollen. watched the plane come in pre you can see -- you cannot say. it i

also on the list, two federal appellate judges, diane wood of chicago and merrick garland. >>> another big retirement on the hill today. michigan congressman bart stupak. he's been taking a lot of heat lately from both sides of the aisle for supporting the health care overhaul. today he talked about threatening phone calls he's received. >> if you look at my elections, i win by huge margins. i know these folks. they wouldn't do that. so you sort of just ignore it and move on. and so it didn't play a big part. >> tea party activists are holding rallies this weekend in stupak's district. he says he's retiring because he's tired and he accomplished his goal of improving health care. >>> how about this? a milestone today on wall street street. the dow jones industrial average briefly went above the 11,000 mark today, the first time it went above 11,000 in 18 months. last time was in september 2008. came close a couple times earlier this week. >>> a bizarre case of road rage. police say a driver hit a man on a bike and it does not end there. coming up, the victim tells us what happened next

>> pacino: oh, i mean, with diane, and i'll never forget it, we did a scene there, at the table... >>the wedding? >> pacino: at the wedding, and we went home that night, just got drunk, and we just said, "this movie's going to die." >> couric: not only did al pacino think the movie was going to bomb, he never expected to get the part playing opposite diane keaton. a successful stage actor, he was virtually unknown in hollywood when director francis ford coppola picked him to play the pivotal role in the movie. nobody wanted you in the role but him. >> pacino: he was the only one. >> couric: pacino says executives at paramount were adamantly against casting him, and even dismissed him as a "little runt." only after being made to audition four times did the studio reluctantly give him the part. but pacino didn't feel secure in the role, and worried he might be dropped even after filming began. >> pacino: and even francis started to lose it a little bit, because i wasn't producing what they expected at that time. and i kept thinking, "well, it's going to come later," you know. >> couric:

that is going to change, isn't, diane in? >> well, they have to back certain parts of the mortgage market and i spoke to daniel mudd after the hearing and he said, look, there has to be some kind of government backing when you talk about to getting the new homeowners into market, and borrowers on the lower end of the credit spectrum and he talked a lot, interesting, to me about the fundamental basis of the nation is homeownership, and written into the founding fathers and how we are all expected to at some point own a home in your lives and how the government has to play a part in it, but he said that the government should pay a less part of it and only on the low end of the market. >> well, diana olick with the latest there. >>> meanwhile, tiger woods near the top of the leaderboard at the masters, but will the sponsors be the big winner regardless of whether he dons the green jacket. >>> and repo activities and accounting activities used to hide debt. it is not illegal, but is it ethical? you are watching cnbc, first in bus

merrick garland, diane wood and secretary of the department of homeland security, janet napolitano. are any of them overly ideological? >> it will depend upon the analysis of what they have written, what they said, judicial decisions they've made and what they say in hearings, whether my colleagues would reach that conclusion. they are all qualified, and, again, the question, i think to present is, do judges like this, or candidates like this, approach judging on the basis of each case presenting its unique facts in law, being decided strictly on that basis, rather than with the judge coming to the bench with an ideological position. for example, i've heard colleagues say we want somebody that will be tough on execute powers. i heard somebody else say we need somebody to be tough on large corporations. no. you need somebody that will decide the case whether the big corporation or the executive should win a particular case. depends upon the facts of the case of the law. not on the judge's ideology before that person even gets to the bench. >> let me follow up with you for second. sen

i think diane wood. of the seventh circuit. >> tell us about her. how could she lead? >> she's breezingly bright. she's very, very smart. she's respected by judges on both sides of the political spectrum. and she does have that ability. i have to say even though kagan is not popular, she has proven that she's a significant leader. at harvard law school she combined a faractured faculty. with her, however, she's viewed as embracing many of the bush policies. some of the key cases where stevens is the fifth vote could flip with kagan and that has civil libertarians concerned. >> like what, where could it go to the right? >> you have a number of questions on the tribunal's decision in hamden in 2006. you have razul in 2004. stevens played a very critical role. kagan is viewed by suspicion -- >> what happened to liberal judges? i grew up with them. you and i grew up with them. i grew up with earl warren and that court was pretty liberal. it did things like brown. you couldn't have separate but equal education. gideon, you had a right to public counts. you had right to a la

. >> reporter: diane howe maintained he should have been locked up last week. it was carter's brother who was initially charged with jordan howe's fightal shooting over a stolen brace left. police thought orlando should have been locked up, as well. >> we don't always agree with the u.s. attorney's office. sometimes we have a difference of opinion. my goal is to stop more people from being injured, and we submitted an arrest warrant. the u.s. attorney's office has to make a decision. >> reporter: chief lanier and mayor fenty returned at the site of the shooting. >> this is one of the most vinlt things to happen in washington, d.c. >> a 14-year-old boy is facing murder charges as driver othe minivan. plifs found shell casings of three weapons at the scene, ak-47, 0.9 millimeter and a hand gun from a horrific shooting. >> it would have never happened if that prosecutor would have signed a warrant for his arrest. >> reporter: the three suspects under arrest are expected to face an additional murder charge. one the of the victims passed away early this morning. liv

if you haven't got diane -- buy in, the longer term aspect of what needs to be in place to ensure is that you have a personal capacity to maintain equipment and what have you. that has been critical over the past decade or so. >> there are regulations that require that security to be in place. they're not going to invest unless the government tells them they have to. we had been working with russia on that, we need to work on a much larger array of countries. >> it plays into a little bit of my capitol hill background. as it relates to monitors and radiation detection equipment as opposed to how many trains have begun on export controls, and that border in cassocks stand -- the kazakhstan. it makes it a very difficult uphill battle. >> a lot of these fuzzy measures are very important. not everything and can be counted counts. >> lock down, secured, and eliminated [unintelligible] they agree that what was once our greatest security blanket is now our greatest security liability with these materials spread all over the world from reactors to hospitals and various countries with securit

elena kagan is the youngest at 49, garland merrick, diane rudd, who is a liberal judge based in chicago. >> and surprises out there? >> everybody notices that there is nobody on this court who has ever run for office or serve in the legislature or ever dropped a piece of legislation. everybody notices that when john stevens retires, it is possible there will be no protestants on this court in the majority protestant country. there will be nobody from the mountain west on this court. there are many western issues. i don't see any other names but it is not out of the question. >> a western province and wrote -- lieutenant governor. >> watch for that it now pay just $99.99 a month for verizon fios tv, internet and phone -- guaranteed for two years! it's an amazing offer that could save you hundreds of dollars. call now to lock in this guaranteed low price for two years. with 100% true fiber optics to your home, fios delivers the future and gives you more of what cable doesn't. the best channel lineup and more hd. america's top-rated internet. even facebook and twitter on your tv. enjoy a b

whose men are still in that mine. >> our thanks to diane sawyer for that report. of grief are staggering with some mourning the loss of multiple family members and close friends. david muir traveled across coal country to hear about the heartbreak. >> reporter: the magnitude of this disaster is still so hard to grasp even for the proud people who know all too well the dangers of the mines here. the governor spoke of the coal miners they' been able to identify and we were struck by something he said. >> we have 11 miners we've been able to identify and tell their families. of those 11, three miners were in one family. >> reporter: three members from one family. a husband and his two young nephews who will never come home. we traveled the same route he so often took that hour and a half ride through the mountain. we found his wife, diana davis, carrying so much heartache. >> he loved to work. and he worked for me and these kids. and we just miss him and we love him so much. >> so you lost three people in the mine? >> uh-huh. yes. at one time. they're so young. >> re

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. >> reporter: if the president is looking to stoke his political base, judge diane wood could get thessionate liberal with a sweeping view of the constitution. and then there's the intriguing possibility that the president could pick a politician to put on the court, which he's often said he wants to do. >> we have not had a politician on the court for a long time. it's striking that a majority of the court that decided brown versus board of education in 1954 were former politicians. there were no sitting judges. this court is all former appellate judges. >> reporter: so, the president is considering former arizona governor and homeland security secretary janet napolitano and michigan governor jennifer granholm. for the president, it's all about legacy. justices usually serve for decades after the chose them retires. for republicans, it's an opportunity to rally the troops in an election year that looks very good for them. >> the white house has had their chance to celebrate. but americans will celebrate in november when they replace this ins late majority. >> terry moran reporting. a

diane wood, a chicago federal appeals court judge. and make garland, a federal appeals court judge in washington, d.c. who is considered more moderate on criminal issues. the president hopes his choice to be a lasting legacy, just like john paul stevens. but one thing his choice won't have that justice stevens had is a quick confirmation. justice stevens was confirmed a mere 19 days after he was nominated and the vote was 98-0. katie? >> couric: jan, the president's choice, if he or she is confirmed, is unlikely to change the makeup of the court as you mentioned. having said that, is there a front-runner right now? >> well, katie, if the white house doesn't want a fight-- and my sources say they really don't-- merit garland would probably be the easiest to confirm. he's considered a moderate on some issues. but there are a lot of voices for a woman. remember, only two of those nine justices are women. and that would point to solicitor general elena kagan. katie? >> couric: january crawford at the supreme court tonight. jan, thanks so

be shauer to watch world news tonight with diane sawyer. she will be reporting on how the backlogs are growing longer and longer. it begins tonight rate after abc 2 news at 6:00. you'll see that at 6:30. >>> tonight, the nation is mourning the death of dr. dorothy height, a leading voice in the civil rights movement who fought for quality education, justice and human rights for everyone. officials here in maryland are remembering the pioneer. height served as a long time president of the national council of negro women and the leading female voice of the 1960 civil rights movement. she continued actively speaking out well into her 90 on women's issues and education. local leaders are reflecting on her life. senator ben cardin says dorr i had height was instrumental in the civil rights movement with her insistent voice for racial justice and gender equality in america. representative elijah cummings said of dr. heights, "in the press and history books, her time was often overshadowed by the men in the civil rights movement. however, in the h

here's diane sawyer. hey, diane. >> juju, thanks.ories of the day, of course. if you're sneezing or coughing or wheezing and think, this year it's maxed out. it's out of sight, the allergy season and the pollen, you're not alone. we're going to tell you the facts of what's happening to you, around you. that's tonight, juju. >> our thanks to diane. that's the news at 8:05. sam, i don't know about you. but my family is inundated with allergy problems. >> i didn't hear the last part. inundated with? >> allergy problems. >> exactly. that's why we have fake tulips to have no pollen in the area. >>> gang, say good morning to juju. >> good morning, juju. >> welcome back, juju. it's lovely to have you back in the studio. a gorgeous day today. a little cooler than yesterday. but that's not a bad thing. 97 deges what have you got? an umbrella there? where are you from? >> virginia. >> is it chesapeake, kvirginia? i got it right. twitter picture. this is the chinese red bud at the zoo. we like everything that's blooming out there. it goes back

and diane wood, a judge on the very respected -- a liberal judge, on the court of appeals based in chicago. >> any surprises out there? >> i mean, everybody notice, but there's nobody on this court who's ever run for office, ever served in a legislature, ever crafted a piece of legislation. everybody notices, in fact, that when john stevens retires, it's entirely possible there will be no protestants on this court in a majority protestant country. nobody from the mountain west on the court, and there are lots of western issues. i don't see any other names that it's not out of the question. >> western protestant lieutenant governor. >> thank you. watch for that. income tax day. angry tea party folks. >> i'm tired of the government taking everything i own. sit home, drink beer, and do nothing. >> taxes are directly related to liberty. the more taxes there are, the less liberty we have. >> i've been a little amused the last couple days where people have been having these rallies. about taxes. you would think they would be saying thank you. that's what you'd think. >> that's president obama at

obama did interview her last time and an appeals court judge from the chicago based seventh circuit, dianewas also considered by president obama. she's someone that knew obama from chicago, from his time in chicago also. and -- and also the third person who he interviewed last time who was runner-up, homeland security secretary, janette napolitano. she's had a rocky political career and that play hurt her. >> you said that stevens knew how to navigate the middle. how important is it to president obama who could also navigate the middle who play argue against somebody that would be considered a greater liberal? >> the president himself seems to be the person that wants to navigate the middle and he's getting pressure from the left saying, look, you know, can't we go back to the old days when a liberal was a liberal. when we talk about the left wing of the court now, we're not talking about thur good marshall or william brennan, we're talking about people that are much more aaccommodationist. >> and practicing mag -- mag mat i think and leading over the others that are to the right of brenna

diane, he survived. >>> it's always so strange to see a cupboard behind you that has things in it that are unbothered too. thanks so much. again, it's a big, big survey of the wreckage down there as nature contends with something else right now. on the gulf coast, workers racing to contain the oil slick. the spill threatens fish. ryan owens went with the coast guard to get an aerial view of the slick and learned it has tripled in size in just one day. >> reporter: mexico, turning its famously blue water a murky brown. nearly a mile straight down from here is what's left of the massive deep water horizon oil rig. it sank but left behind a toxic legacy. 42,000 gallons of oil are leaking here everyday. today the oil sheen has stretched to 1800 square miles threatening the coastlines of four states. >> right now we're about 400 feet above the water. you can clearly see the brown in the water. be you can really smell the oil below the surface, crews are using robots to try to activate valves at the well head. so far it hasn't worked. bp the owner of the sunken rig is constructing a dome tha

in dearborn, michigan, today, diane esterbrook asked ford c.e.o. alanmulally. >> what was driving profits for ford in that last quarter? >> the main drivers were the strengths of our products themselves, especially sales. on the sales side, we were up 37% year over year. we increased our market share by 2.7 percentage points which is incredible. then also, our revenue was up 37%. that combined with our continuing focus on quality and productivity allowed us to turn in that great operating profit. >> reporter: the market share was very noticeable. up a couple of points. do you think you can continue those kind of gains throughout the rest of the year? >> i don't know about the exact amount of the gains, but in our guidance we said we would improve from our market share last year so clearly we're on a positive track to be able to deliver on that commitment. >> reporter: obviously, you're a company that's gotten good will from the public because it did not take any money. now g.m. has paid the loan back, do you think you might of that goodwill and los

and, of course, diane sawyer will be right back here tomorrow night. i'm dan harris.or all of us here at abc news, thank you for watching, and good night.

still on the short list now alena kagan who is now solicitor general, federal apeerts court judge diane pamela wood from chicago. homeland security secretary janet napolitano, one of the president's cabinet favorites. the president is also looking at federal judge merrick garland. in utah today republican senator orrin hatch urged the president to pick a moderate. >> and if he will, he will go down in history as a better president. if there doesn't, there will be a whale of a fight. >> reporter: confirmation hearings have been decisive and may be again this time on the heels of a bitter health care debate and in an election year. >> just because you have a democratic president replacing a more liberal justice doesn't mean that the process won't be contentious. people on both ends of the spectrum will be pushing the president in the direction they favor. >> reporter: senior aide as say the president takes a hands-on approach as a constitutional lawyer himself reading articles, cases and briefs, not necessarily relying on summary and memos provided by aides. this is one of those choices t

[inaudible] but when i heard you on diane raines the other night, the other day, my mind went back some i think 15 years and i can remember this huge debate that went on when banks were allowed to become investment companies as well. i don't know if i have that right. there was a lot of harbingers of june at that time and i think that's of course a lot is what happened. instead of breaking these companies up, will it be -- would have the same purpose to divide retail banking again from the investment banking and allow bank of america to be a busy retail banker at 3% interest, et cetera and then be separate from the investment and let that be the breakup? would that work? >> so this question is often put, a very, very good question in terms of should we go back to glass-steagall which was the lord of the 1930's that make the split between what we for long time called investment banks and and the one time called commercial banks. i think the spirit of glass-steagall is right. the spirit is you shouldn't be allegedly with house money. if you have federally guaranteed deposits in your bank,

katie couric and diane sawyer aside. in 2006 of the 35 hosts or co-hosts of prime time cable news shows, 29 are men. on the sunday talk shows, men outnumber women by 4-1. home wood is still very much run by men. we all applauded katherine big low's crashing finally after 82 years of the glass ceiling, but only 9% of major film directors are female. so have we come a long way sips the 1990's? you bet we have. but women and men should be much more indignant about the resurrection of sexist images that undermine girls and women's self-esteem and seek to keep us, especially our daughters, in their place, and there is still much unfinished business for girls and women in the country, and we should resist and indeed, challenge the seductive message that full equality has been achieved, and that feminist politics are passe and no longer necessary. what can we do? there's plenty to do, but i think the first step is to name enlightened sexism for what it is, to make fun of it, to ridicule it at every turn, because while only an i

and diane wood, the most liberal of the bunch.senators must approve the nomination, and they were weighing in on the president's options. >> he wants somebody who has a sense of what real life is in america. >> reporter: but republicans fear that barack obama may opt for a liberal nominee with an activist bent. >> if we have a nominee that evidences a philosophy of judges know best, that they can amend the constitution by saying it has evolved, and effectuate agendas, then we're going to have a big fight about that. >> reporter: if that happens, senate republicans could choke off that nomination with a filibuster. >> i'm not going to take it off the table but i think it can easily be avoided. >> reporter: new york democratic senator schumer agrees. >> i think it's just about a certainty that the president will nominate someone in the mainstream. so the likelihood of a filibuster is tiny. >> reporter: still, partisan gridlock over a divisive candidate may be toxic in the run-up to the november elections. >> it's in the administrati

fill the seat of john paul stevens includes sidney thomas of the federal appeals court, as well as diane wood, and leah ward sears and the solicitor general elena kagan, jennifer granholm, and homeland security secretary janet napolitano. the white house says hillary clinton is not on a short list. >> coming up, embezzlement accusations at the prince william high school. >> also, conan o'brien has a new home, tbs. >> traffic and weather every 10 minutes. it's 53 degrees in roslyn. minutes. it's 53 degrees in roslyn. (announcer) we all want to stay active. we don't want anything... ...to slow us down. but even in your 30s... ...your bones can begin to change. overtime, you can begin to have bone loss. calcium and vitamin d work together to help keep your bones strong. and yoplait gives you... ...20% of your daily calcium... ...and is the only leading yogurt with vitamin d in every cup. keep your bones strong every day... ...with yoplait. >> we are the --high school cheerleading squad. let's go jackets. good morning, washington. all right, way to go. >> its tuesday. time to look at the tra