but ours, jeff toobin. joining us now from washington. i'm bragging on you, man. >> sheldon whitehouse, aptly named. he's got a future, that guy. >> brilliant, right? i say that about the folks that say nice things about me, too. >> absolutely. >> i know you watched this thing all day. i'm interested in your take, i don't know, did you see my interview with senator from texas -- >> cornyn. cornyn. >> cornyn. i asked cornyn, there's two things to consider here. what she has said from time to time and her record. he seemed to be saying that he's just about giving as much import to what she said as her record. that was interesting. >> well, it is interesting, because there's a lot more for republicans to work with with her speeches, with her off the bench comments, which have been far more controversial than her rulings, which have been very mainstream, very extensive. she has a huge record after 17 years as a federal judge. but the comments are a little more provocative and that gives the republicans more to work with. >> what's the biggest

in new york james walker and jeff toobin. girl on stage without question, the most heartbreaking moment of this service. and such an unusual public role for these children who have led such private lives or sheltered lives, didn't you think? >> oh, very much so. it was very, very touching. and really, it was an example of the good parent michael was because when i was at neverland and with the kids, he really was a good, loving father. they had a fantastic relationship and they were very close knit. to see paris come on, such an emotional moment and give her heart out to her father was very, very touching. and that to me was like the keystone of the whole memorial service. >> folks don't realize marlon is a spiritual force in the family. you saw him say, you know, i'm trying to understand why god took my brother. and michael, can you tell my twin, brandon, hello, give him a hug for me. what was deep about this day is you saw what came forward, jermaine is the spokesperson, janet is still young, hip, quietly, randy is a busine

jeff toobin, let me start with you.e you surprised with how robust judge sessions' comments were? >> i was. what's worth thinking about here is that there's an issue before the supreme court now that's going to dominate these proceedings just below the radar. which is, does the constitution allow affirmative action anymore? does the constitution allow a police department or a fire department to consider race as one factor in promotions? that issue really separates the liberals and the conservatives. sotomayor will be asked about that. chief justice roberts is making a big push on the court to create no more room for affirmative action under the constitution and i think that's just something to think about as we move forward. >> and the whole issue of empathy came in as well, whether that would be appropriate. >> this is, of course, an issue raised by president obama before he asked sotomayor to join the supreme court. he said he wants a judge with empathy and you heard today from senator sessions saying, i don't care wh

let's go to john king and jeff toobin. they're over at the magic wall for us. ry, very sensitive issue with enormous political ramifications. >> wolf, we'll go to the case files to explore with jeff. it is a sensitive policy issue one that comes up at every supreme court hearing and even lower appellate court judges as well. it's an important policy question. it's also an important political question. as i pull up the case they were talking about, it was maloney versus cuomo. there are 60 democrats. if they have any chance of blocking this nominee, and they don't think they have one, is it is to peel off conservative and rural democrats where gun rights are big in their state. here's the case, jeff. i want to go to the topic which is, of course, the second amendment. the issue is whether the state of new york can regulate weapons. a man had a possession of a particular martial arts weapon called a nunchaku, and judge sonia sotomayor was involved in the ruling that said new york's law did not violate the second amendment. it only restricts the federal government

i bet she won't. >> jeff toobin. wolf, we go back to you. it's interesting, senator coburn was making the case why should it be so difficult when the right to bear arms is at least in the constitution. he said the word abortion never appears and that was a legal right. that was one of the inquiries where he was trying to get judge sotomayor to express herself more openly, and she was very, very careful, as we've seen throughout the hearings. >> yeah, yesterday she made the point that one of her family members was a member of the nra and she believes in the right to bear arms and hunting and all of that. >>> candy crowley, this is not just a sensitive issue for republicans. there are plenty of moderate, or conservative, democrats out there who see this as a key issue for them as well. >> absolutely. the interior west. in the south. many -- in the north, there's lots of hunters who always fear when some gun issue comes up, that they are coming after their shotguns and their rifles, whatever it is they're hunting with. so, it is. the problem, o

i want to walk over to our senior legal analyst jeff toobin. you've studied this richie case and studied the supreme court decision, 5-4 decision reversing the position that sonia sotomayor took in the appeals court. go ahead and explain. we've put into the magic wall some of the big cases that sonia sotomayor has decided as an appeals court judge, and, of course, the one that keeps coming up is "ricciv. destefano." and that's the case of the milford fire fighters. just to remind you what the case is about. the topic of the decision was a promotional exam was held by the new haven fire department, and most -- only white fire fighters and one hispanic fire fighter did well enough for a promotion. new haven was worried about a lawsuit from the african-american fire fighters who didn't do as well, and so they cancelled the case -- they cancelled the test all together. well, the white fire fighters, including range ricci who is the lead lawyer -- the lead plaintiff in the case, she -- he sued, and he lost in the district court, and sonia sotomayor

james walker and jeff toobin, joining us as always. jeff what's going on? is it about the money?> it's a shot across the bow. i want to be part of the negotiations. frankly i don't think she has a legal leg to stand on. michael could have named her executor. he didn't. he named someone else. that's the end of the story. >> is there a realistic chance she will win this, be named an executor? >> i don't think there's any chance she'll be named executor. i think she's looking for negotiating leverage. this is going to be a long process. a very complicated estate. i think she's saying look, i'm going to be a presence here, my lawyers are going to be aggressive. i don't think there's going to be any decision in court next week. executors are trying to figure out the extent of the estate. i don't think there's any way it can be resolved any time soon. >> jim, we hear a lot from the family. we don't hear anything frankly from the executors themselves. and these two guys, branca and mclean, they're big wigs, right? >> right. michael branca helped him acquire the beatles cat lower. i agre

jeff toobin, appreciate it. thanks. >>> child custody battles almost always painful, sometimes very ugly. especially when the famous are involved. go to ac360.com for an interactive guide for other celebrity custody battles. >>> were doctors fueling jackson's dangerous addiction? seems like they were. tomorrow night, joe johns "keeping them honest." he shows us how easy it is to get prescription narcotics. joe? >> reporter: anderson, south florida has been called the painkiller capital of the u.s. people come here from all over the east to buy large quantities of highly addictive drugs. i spoke to one man who was arrested today who says he injects 25 to 30 painkillers every day. >> addicted to drugs. >> reporter: we came here to broward county, florida, to take a closer look at what police are calling the next big problem, which some say is already here. anderson? >> that's tomorrow night. don't miss joe's "keeping them honest" investigation on the program. >>> want to weigh in on a story we're talking about ton

let's talk about that and more with our senior analyst jeff toobin and senior political correspondent candy crowley. they'll all be here with me tomorrow getting ready to assess what's going on on these hearings. here are some poll numbers, jeff. let me start with you. we asked in a cnn opinion research corporation poll, should the senate confirm sotomayor to the supreme court? 47% said yes. 40% said no. 13% were unsure. then we broke it down, democrats, independents and republicans. 68% of democrats said yes. 42% of independents said yes and 26% of republicans said yes. looks pretty close there. i don't know how close it is going to be in the senate borrowing a bombshell. >> with all respect to the poll, i don't think it matters very much. the key number here is 60. 60 democrats in the senate. the last time a nominee of the president's, a president's nominee lost when his party controlled the senate was abe fortis in 1968. that is a long time ago. barring some disaster, it seems virtually certain she will get confirmed. >> i don't even know any democrats that are even thinking about

jeff toobin as well. jim, first joe jackson, now la toya alleging foul play. there are reports the family has seen these private autopsy results, what do you make of it all? >> i think that they're concerned. i think we've heard -- we've heard about diprivan on the scene. heard that the family was very conce concerned for some time that michael jackson was under the influence of drugs and people around him for enabling him. i think that if, in fact, the coroner's report reveals the diprivan was the cause of death, i think you're going to see some charges filed. i mean, jeff is even better at talking at this than i am. i would think you're talking criminal negligence or possibly involuntary manslaughter. >> jeff? >> whoa, i think that's a long way to go based on the evidence we know. the one thing we do mknow is tht michael jackson, himself, had an unhealthy relationship with all sorts of prescription drugs. he, himself, did not use these drugs in an appropriate way. so the first question i think anybody's going to have to answer is what was his own role in his

joining me now cnn's senior legal analyst jeff toobin. aria, former deputy chief of staff in the clinton white house with us, and james carville and bill bennett also joining us. welcome to everybody. jeff, let me start with you at the bottom line this. out of all of the hours of questioning today, isn't the bottom line that senators want to know whether or not a white man who comes before judge sotomayor is going to get a fair hearing? >> well, this is a judge who's been on the bench for 17 years. in almost all cases, she has ruled with other judges, there is really no doubt that she is very much a mainstream judge. she said a thing she regrets. there's no doubt about it. she apologized, it was wrong, and i think the controversy is largely going to go away, but she had to fold her cards. she was wrong on what she said. >> james, did she do a good job of explaining what she meant by her comments? >> well, i think, look, i think she's just running out the clock. i think she's going to be confirmed, i think the strategy today is just don't d

jeff toobin and john king are over at the magic wall. john? wolf, let me tap into the case files. here's one case that came up. a gun control case. but the case you mentioned just a moment ago is right here. ricci and jeff toobin, of course, the issue white firefighters in new haven challenge city decision to throw out promotion exam results because too few. this became the big issue. judge sotomayor with the three-judge panel and the white firefighters lawsuit and sent this back to the city and said, come up with a new test. these guys were not promoted and the united states supreme court just recently reversed sotomayor's ruling in a 5-4 decision sending it back saying she was wrong in this case. interesting y want to discuss the topics. did her own background as a latino woman influence her role in the case. number two a short ruling written by this court and jeff sessions, the ranking republican, who was saying did you give short swiftedness. if you make such a short decision, why didn't you say why? >> he was trying to tie the ricci case

let's bring in our cnn senior legal analyst, jeff toobin.in to our viewers what this means for the family. >> okay. just to recall what happened, right after michael jackson died, it was not clear whether he had a will. at that time, a judge temporarily awarded financial control of his estate to his mother, because someone had to have signing power. well, then last week, michael jackson's will surfaced, and it is by all accounts a legitimate will, and today, the executors of the will, led by john branca, well-known los angeles lawyer, came into court and said look, i'm the executor, i want to take charge. katherine jackson, her lawyers said no, we want to share power, but the judge said the will controls, so john branca is now in charge of michael jackson's financial affairs. he's the executor of the will. >> and so specifically, there's a lot of money at stake here, potentially hundreds of millions of dollars, so at least until now, until early august, when there's another hearing on this matter, he can decide how this money is allocated or

jeff toobin, thanks as well.te brother died at the age of only 50 years old. reaction has been pouring in. abby is joining us, our internet reporter. you are getting a lot of i-reports coming in from around the world. >> really, wolf, this was an event that was watched worldwide. you just have to go to i-report.com to see what we are talking about. we have had videos come in. watching the memorial service today, he tells us, we lost the god of pop music. there are more there. we see people whose workplaces just stopped in santo domingo in the dominican republic where they say everyone was gathered around the screens watching the memorial service today. then, of course. many pictures coming in from around the world at the staples center. we have some tributes here from i-reporters sending in what people are writing. good-bye michael, we will miss you. king of pop. all of these at i-report.com. >> thanks very much for that. >> brian todd has been monitoring the reaction from around the world. this memorial service

and cnn contributor brian monroe, the former editor of ebony magazine, and john ridley and jeff toobinjust a killer. heart breaking. and what was it beyond that for each of you that was really the most moving or really stayed with you? jim, for you. >> well, i was lucky enough to get a seat inside the staples center, and i was really struck by the humanity of this person. we know of him as an icon and entertainer, a criminal defendant at some point in his life, but you know what? he was humanized today. he was revered, he was on nhono for his brilliance, and by his family. people who love him. that made him like us. and we got to see a side that perhaps we never knew before. >> brian. >> that scene with paris really got me. i was sitting there watching it on the monitors and my daughter's about the same age, her name is shawna and i could see shawna saying to me, daddy, father, i love you. and it touched something deep in my soul, but also the same moment if you look afterwards the hug, the whole family getting together. deep inside that hug was little blanket. i remember when i met bl

to this, but were careful to make it sure they didn't look like a bunch of mean republicans. >> jeff toobin, is there anything specific you're looking for this morning? >> the thing that has struck me throughout these hearings, the republicans have picked issues which they think are winners. it's very much a focus on affirmative action and gun control and less of a focus on abortion and same-sex marriage, which has been all but invisible. >> let's go to the chairman, patrick leahy, of vermont. >> you seem to have weathered it well and i hope the senators have, too. yesterday, to the extent of first round of questions for an additional eight senators. halfway through, this morning, we can continue and hopefully conclude. senator kyl is recognized next for 20 minutes or as i say with hopes ringing eternal. keep saying up to 20 minutes. nobody's required to use the full 20 minutes, but they, i would hasten to add everybody is certainly entitled to it. >> before i begin, for those watching on television, i would just note that i don't think we put judge sotomayor on the hot seat with our questi

jeff toobin, as well. there's much more on michael jackson, his family on ac360 including the parents, their relationship with each other and with their son. >>> next dramatic storiesa former texas d.a. using moneys seized from crime suspects to pay his secretaries. >>> shark attack survivors headed to capitol hill and the mission may surprise you. specifically, which side they're taking when it comes to humans and sharks. >>> former attorney in texas use public funds as a private piggy back? it is a story we broke and tonight new details and surprises. in texas, and several other states, it is legal for police to spend money seized from crime suspects but did this d.a. go too far? he used the cash to pay the secretaries to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. gary tuchman tonight is keeping them honest. >> reporter: joe frank garza was a district attorney in south texas who gave his secretaries shockingly large bonuses. he says he had good reason to write them checks totalling hundreds of thousan

. >> jim moret, jeff toobin. randy kay. >>> we want to give you a new twist in a story that is outrageous. an investigation of a former district attorney in texas who admitted giving hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funds to three secretaries. joe frank garza. we couldn't believe it when gary tuchman learned new details, about how much money he was giving away. take a look. >> reporter: it literally paid to be loyal to this man. the former district attorney in texas who was extremely generous to his secretaries who he says watched his back. >> they were my eyes and ears. >> reporter: he says he wrote checks for hundreds of thousands of dollars. it may have quadrupled their income. cnn obtained records and garza paid $1.2 million to the three women over a five-year period, a bonus averaging $81,000 a year for county employees with salaries of $35,000 annually. >> i saw nothing wrong with it. >> reporter: anderson w so much money at stake the auditor says crime fighting could have happened. the sheer numb

jeff toobin, our senior legal analyst has been watching and listening very carefully to everything that is going on. we're getting into a lot of the so-called issues, important issues and technical details trying to understand what kind of supreme court justice she might be and she's giving us a little bit of flavor, but she's trying to avoid as much detail as possible. >> she's really doing a good job of avoiding detail. but i was struck by something in your interview by senator sessions. i think we're seeing two conceptions of what the senate's role is. one is the lindsey graham, orrin hatch view, which is elections have consequences and the president, by and large, gets the benefit of the doubt. the other view is actually shared by two unlikely fellows. senator obama and senator sessions. both of whom say ideology matters. that i am going to vote against someone who ideology i don't share. and i think that's really what the republicans who are the votes in play here are going to have to decide. is it the differential to the president's standard embraced by mccain, john mccain and lin

kept pushing her on whether the supreme court had, in fact, overstepped in the kelo case, that jeff toobin was just talking about. given the fact that she is about to go sit on the supreme court, potentially, if she gets confirmed, she wouldn't say whether the supreme court had overstepped. that is something we are going to hear time and time and time again in these hearings. just when you want her to tell us just how she feels about something that she has not drebl directly ruled on. >> three yards and a cloud of dust. she keeps running the ball up the middle and taking no risk. >> she has been told during these three weeks she has been preparing, say as little on the substance as you can. >> she is the perfect nominee so far. as you sit up there, you punt. you don't say anything. you keep returning to her refrain, which is i followed case law or this was a very little, narrow ruling. we saw when she was talking about bush v gore, a huge punt. i can't imagine a nominee sitting up there criticizing a supreme court decision. >> she is a perfect nominee for the obama administration. is it pe

. >> let's go to jeff toobin, who is standing by as well. sort of talked about the life of michael jackson being a life of contradictions, one of those being, as many people are remembering him today, some have been lucky getting the tickets to the staples center to be part of the memorial service, others will be watching no doubt at their television screens. behind the scenes there is a major legal battle, and numerous ones, on many fronts, going over the estate, over the children. it is yet another contradiction. >> there's don king waving a flag. >> you know, that's potentially true. but yesterday, when it looked like there might be a major fight brewing, peace broke out. and i think cooler heads may prevail and the opportunities now, financially, are so great for the jackson estate that the jackson family, katherine jackson, who had originally been given control of the finances, you had the will come out, and john branca being named the executor, obviously, a very savvy musical lawyer, executive. at the end of the day yesterday, both sid

we did some case and jeff toobin, i know you grew up watching perry mason. >> let me make something clear i am too young to watch perry mason. i am too young. >> let me confess, then, like sonya sotomayor and the senator, al franken, i watched perry mason every week together with my older sister, occasionally my mom and dad. usually, my older sister and i would watch it. we had ai little black and white television in buffalo new york. i didn't remember the case where burger won the case. we did some checking. it was the case of the deadly verdict back in 1963. perry mason actually lost and burger, the d.a., won. just to get that out of the way. >> al franken is right. he is right about the value of the internet. >> we found that out right away. he was a little funny today at the beginning and at the end of his 30-minute q and a. the other day when he gave his opening speech, it was all very, very serious. today, he got into a little bit of his rye sense of humor. >> rye, dry sense of humor, funny at the beginning, funny at the end and in the middle, he asked some very good substantive que

jeff toobin, he is trying to win her down on precisely where her ethnic background, her gender background, what role, if any, that should have on a united states supreme court justice? >> that's been a theme of the republicans. it has been their attempt to pull together some of the bill of particulars that they have against her. her decision in the richi case where she ruled in favor of the city and against the white firefighters. i think they are talking in circles with each other, because judge sotomayor has said repeatedly, she is very proud about of her background. she thinks it informs her experience but it does not dictate the outcome of any cases. although, in her speeches, the influence seems to have been greater than she is acknowledges. >> in her speefs but althere ha been studies that it doesn't have an impact on her decisions. many would go against these sensitive issues. >> not necessarily, wolf. when you look at the richi case, the affirmative action, was that a case where her own personal biases may have influenced her? we don't know. certainly, there are two sides that can

jeffrey toobin and lisa bloom join us now. jeff, yesterday you said you didn't think -- it was too early to talk about manslaughter in connection to dr. murray. now they've raided his las vegas office and his home. who what do you think? >> they are obviously engaged in a very serious criminal investigation of him. he is a target. i don't know if he is a target in the legal sense, but certainly in the sense you or i would use. he is a target of criminal investigation. law enforcement officials do not behave this way unless they think they are going to charge someone. whether they ultimately do and what information -- what evidence they have we don't know. the key fact here is that the affidavit in support of the search warrant, the reasons that the investigators gave to the judge to grant the search warrant, that's still under seal. we don't know that, but obviously, they think they have a case on murray. >> lisa, why wouldn't authorities, though, have done this sooner if they raided his office in texas last week? if dr. murray had

>> well, as jeff toobin pointed out, there 60 votes presumed. that makes this filibuster-proof. there is no threat of a filibuster. what matters is she going to have a rough time in her confirmation hearing? i don't think so. i think tomorrow the marquee moments will be from her own statements because she is going to be speaking tomorrow and in the next few days you will have a series of witnesses come. the administration has relied heavily on her narrative, on her biography, and what i think she will try to do and the friendly senators on the democratic side will try to do is say she is part of the mainstream. she's not outside of the mainstream. that's an important message to send to republican senators who might hesitate in their vote if they could argue that she's just a mainstream judge, not an activist. then it's easier to vote for her. >> you traveled with then senator obama to africa, i'm not sure of the date. >> 2006. >> and also watching this trip now, do you have anything you want to share with us? >> well, i do. what's interesting is that he gave a message to many of

jeff toobin, he was making a reference to the fact that as a senator, barack obama voted not to confirmtice alito as a justice of the supreme court. explain the background. >> there's really a -- the party putting forth a nominee, the president always says this is something that should be just about qualifications and that's pretty much what obama has said about sotomayor. but the party out of power often says well, no, we got to look beyond qualifications, we have to look at the ideology of the nominee. obama, when he was a senator and bush was the president, he wanted to look at the ideology of roberts and alito. now, the shoe's on the other foot. it's the outside, the senators from the other party, who are saying we have to look at the ideology of sonia sotomayor and it's the obama administration saying well, just look at her qualifications. >> republicans make the point that the democrats really started this because they voted overwhelmingly to confirm two democratic nominees, justice breyer and ruth bader ginsburg. they were confirmed with a lot of republican support. >> it's gone

jeff toobin, thanks to you as well. the coverage will continue. "lou dobbs tonight" starts right now. >> good evening. house speaker nancy pelosi acknowledging what everybody in washington knew, that the president's health care plan will be delayed until the fall, if it should happen. two leader senators join us today in our face-off. also, the united states addicted to debt. utterly dependent on loans from countries, including communist china. some are now wondering if the united states is on the verge of bankruptcy. >>> and important new information tonight about the show' down between cambridge, massachusetts, police, and henry lewis gates. 911 tapes today cast more light on the case. we'll have more on the breaking story of michael jackson's death and the doctor who allegedly administered a lethal saidative. first, the house of representatives appears unlikely to pass health care legislation by president obama's deadline of august 1st, or a deadline he says is the people's deadline. nancy pelosi today said house democrats need more time to wri

>> well, as jeff toobin pointed out, there 60 votes presumed. presuming senators kennedy and byrd can get there. that makes this filibuster-proof. there is no threat of a filibuster. what matters is she going to have a rough time in her confirmation hearing? i don't think so. i think tomorrow the marquee moments will be from her own statements because she is going to be speaking tomorrow and in the next few days you will have a series of witnesses come. the administration has relied heavily on her narrative, on her biography, and what i think she will try to do and the friendly senators on the democratic side will try to do is say she is part of the mainstream. she's not outside of the mainstream. that's an important message to send to republican senators who might hesitate in their vote if they could argue that she's just a mainstream judge, not an activist. then it's easier to vote for her. >> you traveled with then senator obama to africa, i'm not sure if it was 2006 -- i'm not exactly sure of the date. >> 2006. >> and also watching this trip

and jeff toobin in new york with me as well. ted, let me start with you. what do we know right now in. >> pabasically, campbell, throu the source, close to the jackson family but is knowledgeable about the investigation, dr. conrad murray, the personal physician with jackson when he died did administer propofol or diprivan within a 24-hour period proceeding his death. it really does connect jackson with his medication that is not normally used outside a hospital setting. now, did this kill michael jackson? we don't know that. by any stretch of the imagination. still a significant development that these two have been linked. >> so, jeff, how close, i mean, this is a little speculative. how close do you think they are to bringing charges? if they are close, what sort of charges are they talking about or could they be talking about? >> we need to treat this with great deal of caution. there's no cause of death established. the autopsy report is not out yet. this is not an illegal drug. the doctor, if it fact this is true, administered this, will have explanat

. >> let's bring in our senior political analyst gloria borger and our senior legal analyst, jeff toobin. gloria, it was as if they were referring to then senator obama's opposition to these republican nominees as sort of a basis why they might want to vote against sonia sotomayor now. >> well, they were saying, look, advise and consent is the senate's role, but if you listen to what then senator obama said when he was talking about justice alee to e, for example, and i have it right here, he said that he believes that it calls for meaningful advice and consent, and that includes an examination of a judge's philosophy, ideology, and record. so, it's an ideological standard, not just a standard of qualification. >> and i heard senator hatch make that point, although i also heard him say, you know what, i'm not very comfortable with the position that then senator obama took vis-a-vis the republican nominee. >> you know, this is a traditional fight at these confirmation hearings, is do you vote on the basis simply of qualification and acknowledge that elections have consequences, the presid

. >> jeff toobin this morning.eff toobin, the author of 81 of the definitive books on the supreme court, "the nine." it's a great read. make sure you pick it up. mr. evans? this is janice from onstar. i have received an automatic signal you've been in a front-end crash. do you need help? yeah. i'll contact emergency services and stay with you. you okay? yeah. onstar. standard for one year on 14 chevy models. ♪ come on, baby make it hurt so good ♪ >> well, we all do it sometimes, right? say those colorful words that we're not really supposed to say. maybe you stub your toe getting out of bed or your boss gives you a new project on a friday ash or somebody writes myrtle beach in a teleprompter when you are talking about charleston. if you let profanities fly you may have a higher tolerance for pain. our elizabeth cohen will have that story for us. >> interesting. an upside to the down side. >> could you stub your toe and you go -- you can get through the pain more. >> that's why we do it. it's like childbirth, right?

. >> joining us in new york is donna brazile as well as roland martin and jeff toobin. donna, you talked about your early remembrances of michael jackson, is there a song, you know, that when you think of michael jackson you think of? >> oh, from the beginning "i want you back" to "got to be there" momma's pearls," abc." i danielsed to all of michael's music. i loved him. as a child growing up, in louisiana, every month my mother would give us a couple of dollars. i would go out and get a "right on" magazine. i tell you, we had a competition in our household in terms of, you know, michael, jermaine, tito, jackie, it was an era that right after martin luther king was assassinated, bobby kennedy, the following year the jackson 5 came on the scene. they gave so much hope and inspiration. roland martin and i were talking about the concerts. roland went to one in houston, i went to one in new orleans. but that summer my mother tried to convince us to go on vacation. i said i wanted to stay home and go to the concert and, you know, did some baby sitting jobs and some other od

murray could potentially could face criminal charges. >> i think we have jeff toobin on the line. this is a potentially very significant development. give us your thoughts on manslaughter and this new development. >> well, wolf, it is certainly an important development, and it's not good news for dr. murray, but i would be definitely hesitant to conclude that we're definitely headed for a manslaughter charge here. there are other possible explanations for how this drug could have been administered, at whose instigation, how many times had it been done before, what were the circumstances, what did the doctor know, what did jackson tell him, what did he have access to on his own? f there are a lot of questions to be answered. though this is not good news for the answer, it's far from certain it will lead to a criminal prosecution. >> he hasn't been charged with anything right now. the next step formally is to wait for the coroner's report, right, jeff? >> right, the most important piece of evidence will be cause of death. how did michael jackson die? that will lead to all further le

jeff toobin, our senior legal analyst, he was trying to get her to say, yes, she supports abortion rights say that. >> also, i have to say, this is where these hearings are such a disappointment because the idea that you are going to make up your mind about abortion just by following the law is simply absurd. justice thomas thinks he's following the law. he thinks rowe v. wade should be overturned. justice ginsburg thinks she's following the law because she thinks abortion rights should be followed under a different theory. justice kennedy thinks rowe v. wade is just fine. all think they're following the law and think they're right on the issue. to say simply, you're following the law, is not edifying, to say the least. >> candy, when she said it was settled law abortion rights yesterday, that's what john roberts said when he was testifying a few years ago, as well. >> he also mentioned the core of being settled law. there are so many things that now cover the supreme court that bubble up from the states or the pipeline. what does that mean exactly? requiring parental consent, does that v

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gloria borger, john king, and jeff toobin are here. did she make her case convincingly, j he have?d what she had to do. she had an answer on the wise latina case. she made a mistake, she spoke imperfectly. she made clear she doesn't think latinas are smarter or better judges than other people. are answers are out there. >> lindsey graham had this exchange with her. he put her really in the hot seat. >> do you understand, ma'am, if i had said anything like that, and my reasoning was that i'm trying to inspire somebody, they would have had my head? do you understand that? >> i do understand how those words could be taken that way, particularly if read in isolation. >> i don't know how you could take that lindsey graham said, i will make a better senator than x because of my experience as a caucasian male makes me better able to represent the people of south carolina and my opponent was a minority. it would make national news and it should. >> he really was tough with her. >> he was very tough with her. i think he gets the award for being the most honest questioner, the most down to e

. >> too early, jeff toobin, to start looking ahead to a potentially second nominee that the presidentarack obama might put forward? because there are some current members of the supreme court who may be retiring perhaps in the not-too-distant future. >> john paul stevens is 89 years old. ruth ginsburg is 76, and the administration identified four finalists for this role. the three who didn't get it were janet thnapolitano, the secreta of homeland security, former governor of arizona, elena kay ginn, dean of harvard law school, and diane wood, a judge on the seventh circuit court of appeals in chicago. i think if you go by past experience, the finalists tend to get it the next time. stephen breyer was still a finalist for the appointment that went to ruth ginsburg. samuel alito was considered for spot that went to john roberts. you'd have to think one of those three would be the front-runners -- >> they were all women, so -- because she would be replacing a woman, would he appoint another woman? >> i think he would appoint another woman. almost half the lawyers in this country are wome

toobin. appreciate it. thanks, jeff. >>> we talked at the top how big tomorrow is going to be and how complicated it could become. despite all the efforts to prevent a mess at taxpayer expense. at this point. not everyone is happy about that. but for all the complexity, saying good-bye to michael jackson starts off very simply. >> reporter: the services began at 8:00 a.m. with a private gathering with the family. cnn has learned that the parents, siblings and children will meet at the forest lawn cemetery in the hollywood hills. they'll be escorted to the cemetery by the highway patrol will accompany the family to the staples center. it's there at 10:00 a.m. where the public memorial gets underway. the streets around the downtown arena will be under heavy security provided and paid for by the city. there is still no word on the price tag and some local politicians are far from happy at the expense. the star-studded tribute will be watched live around the world. it will also be shown in about 40 theaters around the count

toobin. appreciate it. thanks, jeffalked about how big tomorrow is going to be and how complicated it could become. efforts to prevent a mess at taxpayer expense. not everyone is happy about that. for all the complexity, saying goodbye to michael jackson starts off very simply. >> reporter: the services begin at 8:00 a.m. with a private gathering with the family. the parents, siblings and children will meet at the forest lawn cemetery in the hollywood hills. the highway patrol will accompany the family to the staples center. there at 10:00 a.m. the public memorial gets underway. the streets will be under heavy security provided and paid for by the city. there is no price tag and some politicians are unhappy. the star-studded tribute will be watched live around the world. it will be shown in 40 theaters around the country. 9,000 seats are reserved for jackson's family and friends. out of the estimated 1.5 million fans who entered the online lottery, 8,750 won tickets. each person gets two tickets bringing the total numbe

jeffrey toobin is in washington this morning tracking all of the developments for us. jeff think, patrick leahy, the democratic chairman of the committee is going to talk judge sotomayor a couple of softballs about it so she can get it out of the way, have her explanation so it doesn't come up in the more combative context that some republicans will be sure to raise it in. >> do you think it's going to be much of an issue? >> i think it will be something she will have to explain. it is a comment that i'm sure she regrets saying the way she did. i think there are ways of explaining it away. but certainly, on its very terms, the idea that a wise latina is always going to do better than a white judge is, i think, a pretty indefensible position. president obama asked about it said she could've chosen her words differently and i suspect she'll say much the same thing. >> a couple of big issues, the issue of impartiality and also the issue of empathy. jeff sessions, the ranking member on the judiciary committee said her empathy for one group of firefighters talking about the new

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