there are white hispanics, there are black hispanics, there are asian hispanics. there is not about race for us. hispanics is about culture. it's an identity we bring. it's based in the language. but we transcend all of the races. so i would hope in particular republicans would understand that we're really not about that. what we wanted to see was a qualified -- i'm happy that she's a woman, by the way, because i think we need more women on the supreme court. but what we wanted to see was a qualified latina or latino on there, and i believe we're getting that with this nominee. >> jeb bush, the former president's brother, recently did a bit of a soul bearing interview with tucker carlson of all people in "esquire" magazine. and he essentially said that the republican party couldn't have an electoral future without coming up with a way to win back hispanic voters. how important do you think the treatment of judge sotomayor and the way that her nomination has been handled, how important is that for that task for republicans? >> i know that some republicans have disc

she is hispanic. she works in the best interest of the hispanic community. >i support her. >> this country is so diverse. on the court, you have to have those different positions understood at least, if not represented. >> there was a watch party for the historic event. >> there has never been a hispanic on the court. she would be the third woman on the accord. she is eminently qualified. she has an inspirational story for all the right reasons, she is a significant nominee. >> many of the senators wanted to be heard on this historic day. it will lobby to mark -- it will not be until tomorrow where the real fireworks start and the hard questions will be asked. >>> we want to know what you think of sonya sotomayor's nomination to the supreme court. good to wjla.com and share -- go to wjla.com and share your opinions. >>> i think we all have opinions about the wonderful day outside. we have the forecast. >> it was gorgeous outside. some of us may have felt a little bit on the warm side. but the humidity continues to be low. as we scanned the skies, we see a fe

african-americans and hispanics are behind. what's interesting is a lot of companies are doing automatic 401(k) enrollment. why is there such a disparity here? >> this is the next part of the equation. the first step is do they get in the plan. that's the participation rate. once they are in, what rate are we seeing. after we adjusted for things like pay, age and service. so, the why behind it could be influenced by a lot of factors such as their situation outside of the home or how much total household income they may have or attributed to their comfort level with saving in a 401(k). >> racial minorities are set up to be not stable in retirement, to have issues, problems paying for their households? >> it's dif nitly a lot of issues. we need to be more diligent and pay for our own retirements. we are celebrating the 55th anniversary when the civil rights act started. precivil rights era, there are a lot of things we were not given access to. you have first generation investors. second level, we have 90% consumption rate betwee

and then a big gap, a big drop among african-american workers, 66%, hispanics 65%. you can see the numbers right now. what's going on here? >> i think there are a lot of things that could be impacting that. what we saw in this study of over 3 million workers, it was really designed to look at the differences by race ethnicity. there can be a lot of factors going into it but even when we adjust it for factors like age or service or pay we still saw disparities by race and ethnicity. >> all right. so when you look at reasons why this might be, i think a lot of people might say oh, it's financial education. is that enough of an answer here? >> well, i think you also -- you can't remiss by looking at these -- poverty level in the black community is about 32%. with three times the level of poverty you might have less propensity to be able to invest. >> so african-americans are put tlg money into food on the table. >> exactly. >> a roof over your head instead of maybe a 401(k). let's look at participation rates or contribution rates for a second. asian and whites leading

ricci's testimony and also the testimony of a hispanic firefighter, mr. vargas, who also lost out in this decision by the city of new haven. >> well, frank ricci is what the american dream is all about, and he succeeded through hard work and tremendous effort to overcome obstacles others didn't have to achieve his dream, and he was denied it in part because sonia sotomayor, herself a beneficiary of affirmative action at princeton and yale, threw his appeal into the trash can, which even the second appellate court said was wrong when they voted on the thing and the supreme court, of course, overturned it, and all the justices i understand said they should at least have had a rehearing. so it tells us what sonia sotomayor is all about, and it tells us what frank ricci is all about. >> john payton, sir, your view from the naacp. what do you make of his testimony? >> well, it's the same testimony he's been giving before. i think he said something similar to that when he was on this show last time. but i don't think it actually relates to sonia sotomayor. she

again, the first hispanic, the first minority hispanic before this judiciary committee and the senate, nothing like it. >> because there was a lot of caution, we did see that perhaps because -- >> they didn't want to beat her up. >> there were some senators who say if i do that i'm going to be called a lot of other name, too, because this is the first latina and it's a woman and there we go. >> you nailed it. you nailed it. >> interesting. avery friedman, thanks so much for joining us on this. and josh, we'll see you again. >>> well, among those who are watching the hearings, law studen students. i caught up with a few who were very calculate, very observant and analytical about all they saw this week. >> so, katie kicked off the conference call dog starts barking. so jen jumped in with her "two cents"... which katy missed because she was buying shoes online. and then i hit mute... to talk timelines with my team. getting lots of dirty looks through the phone in the process. - overall... - a great call. - great call. yeah. introducing a better way. learn more at cisco.com/newways [ dog

ricci's testimony and also the testimony of the hispanic firefighter mr. vargas who also lost out in this decision by the city of new haven? >> frank ricci is what the american dream is all b he succeeded through hard work and tremendous effort to overcome obstacles others didn't have to achieve his dream. and he was denied it in part because sotomayor, herself a beneficiary of affirmative action at princeton and yale through his threw his appeal into the trash can and even the second appellate court said he was wrong when he voted on the thing. the supreme court, of course, overturned it. all the justices said they should have had a hearing. it tells us what sotomayor's all about. and it tells us what frank ricci is all about. >> john payton, your view from the naacp? what do you make of his testimony? >> well, the same testimony he's been giving before. i think he said something similar to that when he was on the show last time. i don't think it actually relates to sotomayor. she acted appropriately in the decision she reached. what pat just said that al

moynihan needs an hispanic woman just like barack obama needs a hispanic woman nap is not the criteriato use. supreme court justices, conservative or liberal. that's why i opposed lariat mire. i know she's a good christian woman, probably a fine lawyer, but she's not supreme court material, and neither is sonia sotomayor, and i think -- i think you know that, rachel. >> i don't know that at all and i would say if you and i agree that what our country needs is to be able to choose from the largest possible pool of talent in order to be able to pick the people who are going to have to function at the highest levels so that our country can compete and our country to do all the hard things we need do i would hope that you would see that picking 108 out of 110 white justices to the supreme court means other people aren't appropriately being considered. the reason it's affirmative action, you recognize that the fact that people were discriminated against for hundreds of years in this country means that you sort of gained the system, unless you give other people a leg up. >> it is not. it doe

woman to be nominated. >> couric: and they want those hispanic voters, too. we can't forget that. bob, let's go back to our latest cbs poll. president obama's overall job approval rating is down six points since june. his approval rating for handling the economy is nine points. i'm curious, what do you think is behind these declining numbers. >> i think it's all about the economy, katie. one of the findings in our poll says nearly 70% of people in america are worried about losing their jobs, at least what somewhat worried. when people are in that kind of mood, the president's popularity is going to go down. they want to see some results. he's launched all these programs now they want to see that the programs are having some impact. >> couric: all right. bob schieffer in washington. bob, thank you. good to talk to you. president obama made another nomination today. he chose regina benjamin, a 51- year-old doctor from alabama, to be the next surgeon general. benjamin has devoted her practice to caring for the poor, including many immigrants from southeast asia.

he wanted to choose the first hispanic for the supreme court, and that was a very big factor. he had three very qualified women he was looking at, and any one of them could have crossed the i's -- or crossed the t's and dotted the i's on all the things you said. he wanted to make history, he wanted to choose a woman and the first hispanic, no question about it. chris: let me ask you, judge scalia. you're writing a book about him. everybody knows he's this incredible iconic, anecdotal real guy, leader type. is she going to be leader type in those back rooms? >> well, she'll be a little bit like him in that she'll be much more outspoken than david souter. he's a new hampshire man who wants to return to new hampshire. he never talked outside the marble palace. she's much more out there on the stump already. so i think what you're going to find is someone who's able to get out her message much more than her predecessor and in that way she'll be like justice scalia. but right there in the conference room, i think she'll talk up. i don't think she'll be in any way shy about things.

a hispanic woman from puerto rico. that's why she was passed over.nts who applied there with better scores who were denied the right to go to princeton. >> do you think she has the grades that they got in princeton on the basis of affirmative action, too? >> they do in the ivy league and you know as well as i do, that half the class graduates cum laude these days. >> how did you do at georgetown compared to how she did at princeton? >> i graduated higher in my high school or as high as she did. in georgetown i did. and i match my test scores against her but i'm not qualified for the united states supreme court. >> but, pat, for you to argue that -- that there's no basis on which the united states benefits from having hispanics be among the people who we choose the best and brightest from, the idea that -- >> i want to -- >> by only -- >> hold it. no, no, no. >> white people and jobs i don't believe you believe it, pat. >> hold on. i believe everybody should get a chance to, to excel and be on the united states supreme court, but if i look at the u.s.

she was asked specifically white, black or hispanic. she says she didn't know, only saw one guy from what she could tell and the one she saw did not look like a black guy. also, something else we're finding out there is the caller, actually it was brought to her attention two men were trying to get into the house by another lady. we haven't heard from that other lady even, so this really throws a lot more questions into this mix. elaine quijano following these developments for us in boston today. >> reporter: today, cambridge police released tapes they say speak for themselves. the first is the 911 call that eventually led to the arrest of professor henry gates back on july 16th. in that call, the person describes seeing two men trying to force their way through a front door. take a listen. >> i don't know if they live there and they just had a hard time with their key but i did notice that they had to use their shoulder to try to barge in and they got in. i don't know if they had a key or not because i couldn't see from my angle. but y

one looked kind of hispanic.not sure. >> the caller says she didn't bring up the subject of race in the call. she denies a call that she says that she saw two black men with backpacks on the porch. gates got angry when he told them he was investigating a possible breakin. police released this radio transmission from crowley. >> gentleman says he resides he, he's uncooperative. but keep the cars coming. >> gets says his arrest is a case of racial profiling. president obama has invited gates and crowley to meet thursday at the white house. >>> a north carolina man accused of plotting to commit terror attacks overseas. daniel patrick boyd organized a group of six men, including two of his sons to stage the attacks. boyd allegedly trained in pakistan and afghanistan. agents don't say where the attacks were planned, but the group has been watched for some time. >>> michael vick has been partially reinstated to the nfl. what does that mean? will he be showing up at your team's practice? here is rafer with more. >>> goo

the ferris latina voice, the first hispanic ever in u.s. tree on the bench. justices. she also is one of the few justices in recent history who comes from a, you know, lower middle class background. we have to reach back to clarence thomas, to somebody who really experienced a near poverty in her youth. so i think she'll add a new experience to the court, but in terms of building a coalition, i think it will be too early to see, because as you know, andrea, these justices work over the long haul. they lay some seeds, that don't actually start to grow and really bloom until later in their tenure. >> justice thomas is notoriously quiet, silent on the bench. she has a reputation for being a really tough judge for really firing questions at lawyers before the court. do you think she will be that outspoken? >> i think she will. >> or take more time to develop confidence? >> that's an interesting question. because she'll probably be slightly self-conscious about speaking up, but i don't think she's going to be intimidated. you know, i kid that she's from the bronx,

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she's expected to be confirmed as the first hispanic and the third woman on the highest court. susan roberts has the latest. >> reporter: judge sonia sotomayor gets her chance today to convince senators and a national tv audience she's ready to serve on the u.s. supreme court. >> for someone like sonia sotomayor, the only thing standing between her and confirmation is herself. >> reporter: with democrats holding a majority in the senate, the 55-year-old new yorker is virtually assured the nomination barring any bombshell nomination. that doesn't mean she won't face tough questions from the gop, especially about her ability to be fair and neutral. republicans want sonia sotomayor to explain her comment that a wise latino woman would reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life. they will also see why the sought no reverse did crimination against firefighters in new haven. that was overturned by the supreme court. >> every judge must be committed every day to not let their personal politics or ethnic back ground or biases or sympathies to influence the n

if confirmed, she would be the high court's first hispanic justice.ld also be the third female supreme court justice. >> well, it was the shocking video that caught the eye of commuters region wide and perhaps youtube viewers worldwide. a metro train operator texting on the job while therain was barreling full speed ahead. as a result, metro's instituted new rules for metro operators. news 4's tracee wilkins joins us live from the shady grove metro station with details of the new policy that goes into effect today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, the video was shocking because we've seen how those incidents can go. luckily, there wasn't an accident involved in that accident, but that driver was punished for his actions. today, metro begins its zero tolerance policy when it comes to its drivers and cell phones. as you just said, this policy is in response to that video that was taken by a passenger. that operator was suspended for five days without pay for texting while driving, but now this new zero tolerance policy goes into effect. the

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you want to make a comeback, you need hispanics. you say you have to stand by principle at all times, absolutely. both have valid points. laura, thanks very much. we appreciate it. next, a new poll shows the president's approval ratings are slipping. do americans want the government to run health care? there is polling on that as well. we'll have the data. then geraldo, a very intense homicide investigation in the michael jackson case. we have some new information we have some new information for you coming up. combines two powerful medicines for fast relief of your diarrhea symptoms, so you can get back out there. imodium. get back out there. bill: the latest rasmussen polling has president obama's job approval rating slipping. one month ago, 56% of americans approved of mr. obama's performance, but now that number is down five points to 51%. on the subject of health care, 46% strongly or somewhat favor the president's plan. 49% oppose it. wow. and on the subject of cap and trade, 42% believe it will hurt the economy. just 19% thin

weijia jiang has the reaction. >> reporter: certainly the hispanic community is already celebrating. because they say the nomination itself is so monumental, not only for hispanic americans but for all americans. >> barbecue and some fried onions. >> reporter: on the corner of light and redwood streets in baltimore, they're rooting for sonia sotomayor. >> i think that's awesome. >> reporter: it's not just the judge herself who sparked the excitement. it's her story. the american story that lives on every corner in every state. >> she understands what that means to come from nothing. >> a lot of people, i think, can relate to her. i mean, we started from zero in our business. >> reporter: sotomayor, a child of the projects in the bronx is the country's first hispanic nominee in the supreme court. the grueling nomination process started monday. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> reporter: this marks the first by a democratic president in 16 years. and it's only the third woman who has ever had this experience. in a presidential year where change defined everything, locals are ready for eve

certainly the entire hispanic community is celebrating already. because they say the nomination is extremely exciting in itself. and they say her story represents the american dream. >> reporter: on the corner of light and redwood street in baltimore, they're rooting for sonia sotomayor. >> i think that's awesome. >> reporter: it's not just the judge herself who is excited. it's her story. the american story that lives on every corner in every state. >> she understands what that means to come from. >> a lot of people, i think, can relate to her. we started from zero in our business. >> reporter: sotomayor, a child of the projects in the bronx, is the country's first hispanic nominee to the supreme court. the grueling confirmation process started on monday. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> reporter: this historic nomination marks the first via a democratic president in 16 years. and only the third woman to ever have this experience. in a presidential year, where change defined everything, locals are ready for even more. >> sign of the times, right? >

nationally 32% of hispanics lack health insurance.n florida overall 38% of the population are uninsured, 54.4%, a much higher rate in hispanics in florida without health insurance between 2007 and 2008. many of them get their help in emergency rooms. others get their care, preventive care and other help from the hispanic health initiatives. a community service group with 75 volunteers. we visited their headquarters in orlando. and one of their health fairs. take a peek at another example of community service. >> in the hispanic community, when it comes to health care what is your greatest problem? >> our greatest problem as a group is the lack of insurance. here in florida, for instance, over 60% of hispanics are uninsured. before hispanic health initiatives came into being, most of the outreach in the community was through the department of health or the hospitals, and it was basically monday to friday, 9:00 to 5:00. 9:00 to 5:00, monday through friday our community is working. as a result we do everything in the evening or on saturd

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african-americans, 73%, hispanics, 53%. so there are demographic differences in the electorate on this issue as many other issues involving taxing and government spending. yes, ma'am. >> held out the minority attitude toward health care reform? >> i'm sorry? >> minority, i mean for the hispanic work, how do they think about the reform? >> well, again, we don't have a sample of asian americans. on the question whether they would be willing to pay more taxes, african-americans are more willing. as i said 73% said they would be building to pay more taxes for a national health plan. but only 53% of hispanics are willing to pay more taxes for a national health plan. whites are not. only 45% are willing to pay more taxes for a national health plan and that pattern is pretty similar throughout. yes, ma'am. >> if most americans don't want to choose to be covered by a government run health insurance, like most people think there should be one? >> that's the dichotomy. yes, people want a government-run plan as an option, but they are

>> are they white, black or hispanic? >> there were two larger men. one looks kind of hispanic.really sure. the other one entered. i didn't see what he looked like at all. i just saw fritit from a distan. this older woman was worried thinking someone's breaking into someone's house. she druinterrupted me. that's when i noticed. otherwise i probably wouldn't have noticed it at all, to be honest you. i was just calling because she was a concerned neighbor, i guess. >> are you standing outside? >> i'm standing outside, yes. >> the police are on their way. you can meet them when they get there. what's your name. >> my name is [ muted ]. >> they're on their way. >> i guess i'll wait. thanks. >> there's more. cambridge police also released recordings of the radio calls between sergeant crowley, dispatch and other officers in the field. after getting to professor gates' house, crowley asked the 911 caller to meet him at the front door and then later describes gates as uncooperative. >> could you have the caller come to the front door. >> not her home. she doesn't live there. she's a wi

and some one that happens to be hispanic.e want to make sure that the american people understand what a wonderful addition she will be to the supreme court. host: of all of the dialogue from the other side, what are a couple of points that concern you the most? guest: when she was nominated, there were several conservatives who had knee-jerk reactions to this. i think it went over the line in accusing her of racism and a whole lot of issues that had nothing to do with the reality of what her official record was, reality of her opinions. this is something that they did and the reaction to president obama's first nominee. frankly, i think it backfired. will we have seen since then is her record clearly shows that she is moderate, somebody who is the one sort of how she foresee opinions that she forms. we continue to hear those kinds of comments across the board. our hope is that a majority of the senators have started a dialogue with her. and this week she will finally be able to speak for herself publicly when she takes the jo

we're missing an hispanic. bill: it might be true that sonia sotomayor is qualified to be a supreme court justice. it doesn't matter that she is a latina. look, she has done pretty well in the hearings today. i didn't see anything that would make me vote against her in the hearings, did you? >> here's the question. sonia sotomayor in the past based on her speeches and in her rulings -- bill: but just in the last couple of days. >> is a liberal judicial activist. what she is done in the hearings is cloak all of that to make it look like she is an originalist and a strict constructionist which she clearly is not. bill: colmes, you have to admit there is a race factor involved in the confirmation hearing of a potential supreme court justice. >> clarence thomas was chosen to fill thurgood marshall's seat, not because he was the most qualified person but because he was african-american. bill: how do you know that? >> do you think clarence thomas was the most qualified person at the time he was chosen by bush? >> cla

guest: this is the first hispanic nominee. it could potentially be the first hispanic appointee to the supreme court. host: at one point, president bush and did consider attorney- general alberto gonzales. guest: he was never nominated, for example,. myers -- harriet myers. on the education, she did win a scholarship to princeton and worked her way through yellow school. the caller is right. in the '60s and '70s, there will be scholarship money for people in need. this nominee grew up in the south bronx housing project. her father died when she was 9 years old. her mother worked a couple of jobs as a nurse. so, she was financed by the schools that she went to. she also worked on the sides. host: if she is confirmed, it will be 5-4 catholics on the supreme court. guest: it is 5 now. we have chief justice john roberts, antonin scalia, anthony kennedy, samuel alito, and clarence thomas. there are all on the court right now. she would actually be the sixth catholic. given that there used to be such a cap -- an anti-catholic bias i

you want to make a comeback, you need hispanics.ou say you have to stand by principle at all times, absolutely. both have valid points. laura, thanks very much. we appreciate it. next, a new poll shows the president's approval ratings are slipping. do americans want the government to run health care? there is polling on that as well. we'll have the data. then geraldo, a very intense homicide investigation in the michael jackson case. we have some new information we have some new information for you coming up. diarrhea, constipation, gas, bloating. that's me! can i tell you what a difference phillips' colon health has made? it's the probiotics. the good bacteria. that gets your colon back in balance. i'm good to go! phillips' colon health. it has a motion sensor. which means it goes off only when it senses movement. to give a burst of fresh glade fragrance... only when you need it. ( inhales ) but it's not wasteful, because it won't go off again for another 30 minutes. unless of course you press the boost button. very smart. motion-a

what an insult to the hispanic people. that they are not smart enough to judge her on qualifications. everyone would just say, it is fine because she is hispanic. what an insult. host: time for a couple more calls on the new senator. but another senate story specifically on the democratic side. " the new york daily news -- " the new york daily news was " says maloney once in. it. maloney will take on senator kingston build a brand -- will take on senator kirsten gillibrand. party leaders want to this day out. -- party leaders want her to stay out. maloney is from the east side of manhattan. she will make an official announcement in two weeks. they say the democratic establishment led by chuck schumer has cleared other would- be challengers from the primary fields. bloomington, indiana, phyllis, independence caller -- independent caller. what does the number 16? caller: i do not think it matters because i think congress is pretty much an oligarchy. we have such a group of mummified congressmen and their that we need term --

you want to make a comeback, you need hispanics.ou say you have to stand by principle at all times, absolutely. both have valid points. laura, thanks very much. we appreciate it. next, a new poll shows the president's approval ratings are slipping. do americans want the government to run health care? there is polling on that as well. we'll have the data. then geraldo, a very intense homicide investigation in the michael jackson case. we have some new information for you coming up. if you're taking 8 extra-strength tylenol... a day on the days that you have arthritis pain, you could end up taking 4 times the number... of pills compared to aleve. choose aleve and you could start taking fewer pills. just 2 aleve have the strength... to relieve arthritis pain all day. summerville and you didn't think the day could get any better. juicy johnsonville sausage. create your own ville at johnsonville.com in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. are enjoying the new palm pre with its revol

is that president obama would give us a chance to consider judge sotomayor to serve as the first hispanic woman on that u.s. supreme court. for many who opposed judge sotomayor her life and achievements of her judicial record are just not good enough. after poring over 3,000 court decisions and hundreds of for speeches judge sotomayor's critics focused their opposition primarily not exclusively but primarily on one case, the ricci case, and on one senses from one speech.

we're missing an hispanic. bill: it might be true that sonia sotomayor is qualified to be a supreme court justice. it doesn't matter that she is a latina. look, she has done pretty well in the hearings today. i didn't see anything that would make me vote against her in the hearings, did you? >> here's the question. sonia sotomayor in the past based on her speeches and in her rulings -- bill: but just in the last couple of days. >> is a liberal judicial activist. what she is done in the hearings is cloak all of that to make it look like she is an originalist and a strict constructionist which she clearly is not. bill: colmes, you have to admit there is a race factor involved in the confirmation hearing of a potential supreme court justice. >> clarence thomas was chosen to fill thurgood marshall's seat, not because he was the most qualified person but because he was african-american. bill: how do you know that? >> do you think clarence thomas was the most qualified person at the time he was chosen by bush? >> cla

or will that cost too many hispanic votes? >> it will have a big impact on latinos simply by the fact that if she is confirmed -- get any republicans vote against her, this administration will pointed out. -- klang it out. the best thing -- point it out. the best thing for republicans to do is to make their points respectfully and in a dignified way. supreme court opinion -- appointments are around long after the president's depart the scene. president obama supported a filibuster against the justice alito, so he understands the consequences. i hope the the republican senators take this in a dignified and respectable way. megyn: thank you, karl rove. bret: charles schumer has been an usher to read this process, saying that judge sonia sotomayor wowed people on both sides of the aisle. along with your stan gillibrand -- along with senator gillibrand -- senator cheers and gillibrand, he will assure her in. -- usher her in. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. bret: [captioning made possible by fox news channel]

she is hispanic, i was going in cuba. so the many things we both were looking to accomplish have cultures, all of that, were very much in line. i think the family values that we shared were also very much in line. so -- and this was someone who took academics quite seriously, as i did. all that made her a figure i thought was approachable, felt comfortable speaking with, and i really respected what she had to offer. >> so we can understand, how many minorities might there had been at the school at that time? >> >> if you take a combination of the african-american and hispanic populations, it was probably to about 10% of the student body in total. >> what impact did that have at that period of time in the american life? >> well, for us, it was in tactful. clearly, the spellman experience was a different experience. we could talk about that later, but it did focus bus -- focus on different issues. clubs were formed to participate in. a hispanic club, an african- american club. and some issues, clearly the student body was v

and so and so even voted against justice sotomayor will be a way to split republicans from hispanics. we will see the tone of today's questioning will let us know how politically nervous they are when it comes to going after her with hispanics. >> pete, what is the process today? >> they will ask questions, and she will answer yesterday was all statements. and i think we will hear two cat gories. comments made in speeches. and this is what the republicans said they did not like about her. the comment about the appeals court is where you make policy. and the second line of questions will be about her decisions. cases that are controversial. and some for are probably the most controversial. and this is reverse discrimination case there. and property rights and environmental cases. those are the two lines of questions that we will hear. and based on the opening of her program, her testimony does sound better with the guitar rif behind it. >> that does not cost us that much. feel free to use that, not only today but tomorrow as well. i think we can do both days. norah o'donnell, are you t

>> a third of my constituents are hispanic. i understand what they want and what every nominee deserves is for the nominee to be treated with respect and we will. we're not going to filister judge sotomayor like the democrats did miguel estrada. >> he was being appointed to the appellate court, not to the -- >> the reason he was filibustered is because democrats knew he would likely be the next pick for the united states supreme court. certainly, it's our responsibility in the constitution to ask questions about judicial philosophy, whether the quality of justice depends on the judge or whether it's an objective neutral standard that applies to every case. >> in our final moments, i want to turn to another subject, and this involves your role,enator feinstein, as chair of the intelligence committee. cia director panetta briefed you recently on an 8-year-old program that he had stopped but that congress had never been told about. now there are reports that vice president cheney ordered the cia not to tell congress about it. one,

so it's not jus that she's the first hispanic. but, you ow, e ft of her povertis really important. >> rose: b does that... by definition your lifexperiences affect how you see the world. >> that' right. >> re: and that's good thing? >> that's a gd thing and it's a good thinghat you ha that kind of variety among the nin justices. i don't think it tells you how the person-- either soepl or whoever's up there-- how they will decide a case, but it does tell you the factors that they can brininto it. i thihe way... the ctrast th i see is when judge bourque was asked whye wants to be a... why he wanteto be a supreme courtustice, he said "i think it will be a tellectual feast." and i thk a lot of people were turned off by that. they wanted swers like "justice, fair." >> rose: help us understand, walter, w people look at this idea othe law is theaw is the law or the law is at i say it i >> wel you know, the notion that law is some kind of mechanical process like pros and euclidian geomey is the great stake that is behind so much of the cr

so it's not just that she's the first hispanic. >> rose: we conclude this evening with national security and new reports on bush administration security programs by talking to scott shane of the "new york times" and jane mayer of the "new yorker" magazine. >> he knows... he may be remembered as the president who did or did not reform health care. he'll never be remembered as the guy who, you know, found out that k.s.m. was waterboarded 183 times under his predecessor. so he wants to get congress focused on his own programs and he's also worried about alienating the republicans, some of whose votes he may need on these domestic i can shoes. >> he's also worried about alienating the c.i.a. they don't want to have what they call a rogue c.i.a. they see obama as a young president without much national security experience and the people around obama are worried that he will alienate the c.i.a. by pushing for prosecutions of officers who thought they were doing what was legal at the time. >> rose: a supreme court confirmation process and

there were no women, no hispanics for a young hispanic lady to -- or girl -- to model herself on.le model of one generation and the theme of my little remark was what a great country america is. you know? they called us when we started, when they wrote the constitution, "god's mobile experience." you look at her story and you see where god's mobile experiment is today. >> one of my friends went to cardinal spellman. a great school. something for new york to be proud of. we know the nomination will happen today. but one of the things your colleague said, jeff sessions said i will not vote, no governor should vote for any president who believes it's acceptable to allow a judge to let their perm background, gender, prejudices, or sympathies to sway their decision. one of the things the wise latina comment. what does she knee to say today when they comes up to convince those who are listening that she will be impartial? >> these are such stretched charges against her. when judge aleto talked about his italian background influencing him. when justice thomas talked about how prejudice h

hispanic chamber of commerce, greater dallas, the houston hispanic chamber of commerce and a similar letter from arizona hispanic chamber of commerce. i meant to put them in the record before, we'll put them in the record now. >> mr. chairman, i would offer on the latter for the record from the national rifle association want to express serious concern about the nomination of judge sonia sotomayor and i also noticed the head of that organization wrote an article this morning raising increased concern after yesterday's testimony and i would also offer for the record a letter from mr. richard land, the ethics and liberty commission of the southern baptist commission also raising concern. >> without objection, those will be made prior to the record and we'll give everything up. senator carden. >> thank you. >> there you get a little politics in between the questioning in this, the second day of questioning for sonia sotomayor. candy crowley, i guess politics part of this process as much as everyone who wants to take the high road. we just heard the chairman patrick leahy make mention of

we have that the hispanic uprising, marching in the streets.hey're not even illegal and are protesting in our country. it makes me very angry. i worked hard all my life. i have to pay for everything again. these people come over here illegally and did everything they want and then you say something to them and they call you a racist. will she uphold the law? the losses if you are illegal you have to be gone and shipped back. thank you very much. host: malcolm, a republican from north carolina, you are on. caller: i would ask her why she will not answer the question. all they do, not only her, they just answer within the the panel wants to hear. i wonder why many of the democrats have their mind made up already? it seems to me like i would hope the republicans would really grill her, showing her proper due respect, and really dig into things the way democrats do. they borged the one judge before he even got a chance. if a single republican votes for her i am changing my party to an opinion. i had already been leaning that way. but if one single