i'm john roberts with our special continuing coverage. good morning. od morning, kiran. >> good morning, john. give us an update on what you were -- what they told you in this last press conference that took place about 30 minutes ago? >> governor joe manchin updated us a little while ago. he had told us that he expected the rescue crews were probably going to enter the mine about 4:30 eastern time. it appears that they did shortly after that. they have made their way, the best estimates are, about a mile and a half, two miles into the mine. they are travel willing by vehicles. they can't take those all the way in. they will probably go another mile, mile and a quarter on that. you are taking a look at the entrance they went in through. they have to take all their gear off the vehicle and walk the rest of the way in, another couple of miles. it's believed that the four miners who are missing are accept par ra separated. one is working along the long wall of coal and the other three were working in a new development area which was about 2000 feet away. i

john roberts in west virginia.h. >>> stick with us because we'll bring you the latest developments as soon as they happen out of west virginia. we'll figure out what's going to happen in this news briefing that will take place in about 25 minutes and hopefully we'll get answers to how crews can get into one specific area where those four remaining miners might be. >>> desperate times call for desperate measures. that's the story in los angeles this week where the mayor is pushing for a three-day workweek for city employees. that's right. three days. a five-day weekend sounds pretty cool, right? unless you want to go to a library or city park. they'll be closed. >> i am asking the ceao to develop a plan to shut down all general-funded city services with the exception of public safety and revenue-generating positions for two days per week beginning the week of april 12th. >> now, apparently public safety is off limits like police and fire departments and bernard parks is actually a former police chief there in l.a. a

. >> reporter: the announcement comes in a very unusual way, a statement by chief justice john robertseme court has just released. let me read it to you. associate justice john paul stevens earned the gratitude and admiration of american people for nearly 40 years of distinguished service to the judiciary including 30 years on the supreme court. justice roberts says he has enriched the lives of everyone in the court through his intellect, independence, and warm grace. we've all been blessed to have john as our colleague and wife marianne as our friend. we will miss his presence in our daily work but will take joy in his and his wife's friendship in the days ahead. you know, we had all expected this month would be the month when justice stevens would make his wishes learn. he turns 20 later this month -- sorry, turns 90 on april 20th. that was, we thought, going to be a landmark date for him to make the decision. we thought perhaps we would hear about this at the end of the court's last two weeks of hearing oral argument, which will be starting on april 19th. so we had thought maybe tha

chief justice john roberts said the law was over broad and could target videos about hunting. roberts wrote there is substantial disagreement on what types of conduct are properly reguarded as cruel. the 1999 law, he said, was not clearly defined. samuel ailey toe was the loan dissenter, saying animals will suffer because of the decision. he said the law was passed to prevent horrific acts of animal cruelty. tonight, members of congress are vowing to craft a law that will ban the selling of videos depicting only the most horrific of acts. pierre thomas, abc news, the supreme court. >>> and now, we turn to that volcano, and air travelers from new york to europe, travellers rejoiced. the first flights in five days landed in britain after a bill dollar loss by airlines during all of this, and miguel marquez tells us what a difference you could see everywhere today. >> reporter: today, paris' charles de gaulle airport packed to the gills. just 24 hours ago tx same terminal, a ghost town. at new york's jfk yesterday, it was stranded travelers in very temporary quarters. tod today, t

he was shown previously with the chief justice john roberts. the question is, what is next now for the president? >> justice stevens indicated earlier that he wanted to retire during the term of president obama. so it comes at nut -- as no surprise. but the accord is losing probably its most liberal member. the question is, what will president obama do now as a replacement? i can assure you one thing. you never hear the word liberal, out of the white house -- coming out of the white house. >> what word will they use? >> one thing to keep in mind is the political dynamics of the midterm elections have just changed rather significantly. the white house now has a lot of important decisions to make. do they want to bring in a nominee fairly quickly when they have 60 votes in the senate and get this done so that we avoid the whole nuclear option fight we had when president bush had two nominees of? they could do that, but that is a typical. they could run these nominees through fairly quickly considering a run the chamber but obviously the republica

tonight's post is just as john roberts -- host is justice john roberts. has asked that there be no extensive introduction, both because he does not need one, and because i do not want to risk condemned the court -- contempt of court. [laughter] i would be remiss if i did not say again that, long before he ascended to the bench, he was a strong supporter of the society. we are now, as we have been for years, deeply in is his debt for that support. it is my honor to present him to you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. i did not quite know what he was going to do when he picked that up. we have the cases today involving those. i thought -- we had a case yesterday, involving those. i thought he was going to clear up some confusion. thank you for joining us for the sectongld lecture on the supreme court and the separation of power. the series is sponsored by the supreme court historical society. we very much appreciate all the society does to improve the public understanding of the supreme court and our nation's constitutional form of government.

john roberts said -- >> well, the first amendment protects not simply popular speech. indeed, you don't need the first amendment to protect that. you need it to protect unpopular speech and activity. and indeed, this goes right up close to the line. >> reporter: justice alito, the lone dissenter felt the line was cropped writing -- >> reporter: while the underlying comment in this is illegal nationwide, but animal rights groups worry decriminalizing the sale of imma'ams of those events means there is still a demand for them. >> we wouldn't let people commit murder for purpose of selling video and showing it on the internet for money and we should don't the same for animals either. >> reporter: sportsman organization are among those lauding the opinion, saying they were fearful in engaging in lawful hunting activity but risking criminal hardship if they report it for commercials or dvds. they said the only thing standing between the group and five years in jail at this point may have been nothing more than a merciful prosecutor. bret? >> bret: thank you. the senate home

megyn: it reminds me of when chief justice is john roberts an was asked by joe biden, i want someone who will be in there protecting the little guy and john roberts said when the little guy deserves protecting he will get it, but he says sometimes the big guy deserves protecting. he says we are like umpires. megyn: we'll see what the name is going to be. everybody will be watching the white house for that announcement. brian wilson, thank you so much. we are getting new data on the economy and the ballooning deficit. ben stein is with us to talk about whats happening with jobs, federal spending and whether your taxes are about to go up. sarah palin fired up the crowd as you saw moments ago and firing back at president obama. she delivered the keynote address down at this huge event for the republican party. we'll play you more of her much anticipated speech and bring you the democratic response with doug schoen straight ahead. megyn: brand-new fox polls showing a majority of americans are not happy with how president obama is handling the economy. take a look. more americans disappro

also, republican purge, arlen specter is out, john mccain, charlie crist and robert bennett is all beingd on the right. is this any way to run a party or run it into the ground. >>> next, where's the credit. the top two leader of al qaeda were killed over the weekend. does president obama get enough credit for being tough on terrorism? that's my question for former counterterrorism adviser, richard clarke. >>> plus wait until you see how president obama parried with a gay rights heckler. >>> and let me finish with a tribute to a real american hero. let's start with the politics of financial rerm and the lingo. "time" magazine's mark halpern is author of the great book, "game change." and ross sorkin is the author of "too big to fail." two giants on the show tonight, gentlemen, thank you for joining us. >>> it seems to me that the president has finally got the accent right. he calls it wall street. he doesn't say financial regulation or all of these boring terms. he says, we've got to clean up wall street. we've got to stop them from stealing our money. oempbd, the republicans, thanks

john roberts in for campbell brown. make sure to join me bright and early at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for "american morning." among our guests, senator bill nelson of florida who called on president obama to block new off-shore oil drilling in the wake of that massive oil spill. "larry king live" starts right "larry king live" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> tonight, battle on the border. the growing rage. pro and cons. spawned by arizona's tough new immigration law. are hispanics unfairly targeted? can the law be enforced? could backlash ruin the state's economy? governor bill richardson and former attorney general alberto gonzales tear into the issue. let's get ready to rumble next on "larry king live." we begin first with breaking news. an oil slick the size of delaware and rhode island combined is close to the gulf shore. it may well eclipse the exxon valdez disaster. a well that ruptured more than a week ago is responsible. efforts to shut it down failed. the slick covers as much as 600 square miles of square water. let's get more from

chief justice john roberts says he's brought intellect, independence and warm grace to the bench. >> whether people would hear i work for stevens, oh, of course, the liberal justice. and when i would tell him that, he would say but i haven't moved at all. it's the court that's moved around me. >> reporter: stevens' replacement won't change the balance of the court but the hearings could get contentious given the tense partisan climate. >> democrats voted on republican nominations based on -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the senate has to confirm the president's nominee with a simple majority. democrats currently have 59 votes in the senate but republicans could delay the process if they want to. in washington, jennifer davis, fox news. >> who would replace justice stevens? the white house isn't revealing names but there's already speculation. some possibilities include solicitor general elena kagan. 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

among praising stevens, john roberts who praises intellect and independence and justice stevens will officially step down sometime in late june early on july. i'm live at the supreme court, jennifer johnson. >> jennifer, thank you. >>> next on news4, it is just getting started here. performance by tiger woods at the masters today. live in augusta with the latest. >>> at 4:15, how the rules of the road could soon be changing in maryland and what could soon be illegal behind the wheel. >>> at 4:30, a successful reality tv show producer now suspected of killing his wife. >>> at 4:45, the deep discounts coming to a retail giant near you. >>> tiger woods put in another solid performance despite the scandal that kept him out of game for the past four months. this afternoon woods finished another round at the augusta national. kristen dahlgren is live in augusta with the latest. another strong showing on day two. >> reporter: yes. really was, jim. he just finished up a short time ago. now in the clubhouse and finishes now at six under. that means he will likely clear one more hurdle in his

about how he misread from the process, the confirmation process, misread what kind of justice john roberts would be. let's watch. >> i think we've got to find a better way to evaluate nominees and what they say, even though it's under oath. perhaps i should have paid more attention to roberts' early record when he worked in the department of justice or white house council where he showed ti signs at that time of being far to the right. i still think we ought to do a better job in identifying ideology. >> to both of you, is there any way in these hearings the senators can ask questions and not just get boilerplate responses that really are not predictive of what kind of justice they'll be? because what senator specter said to savannah and chuck is that he has really been surprised at at least two mayor rulings from roberts, that he's been much more conservative than he indicated he would be. conservative and also not following, at least as far as senator spector is concerned, not following precedent. >> the confirmation process really in many ways is broken. i'm writing a book about race an

supreme court justices john roberts and samuel alito. but republican jeff sessions contrasted their experience, when nominated, with liu's. >> have you argued any cases before the supreme court or any cases before the federal courts of appeals? >> senator, i have not argued any cases before the u.s. supreme court. i have argued one case before the united states court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. >> holman: liu won support from committee chairman patrick leahy and other democrats. they accused republicans of being unfair. >> let's leave these straw men kind of complaints out of it. we have so many people sitting on our courts of appeals, nominated by republican presidents, supported by both republicans and democrats, who do not begin to have the kind of background that you do. >> holman: the hearing was considered a test for the larger fight to come, when the president nominates someone for the new vacancy on the supreme court. >> toyota announced a new recall. the auto maker said it will check 600,000 siena minivans for corrosion in

that is not how things went for the second nominee after john roberts. >> this morning i'm proud to announce i'm nominating associate justice of the supreme court. she has devoted her life to the rule of law and cause of justice. she will be an outstanding addition to the supreme court of the united states. >> exactly 24 days later, harriet miers withdrew that nomination to the supreme court, after undergoing a barrage of criticism from all corners of the political world. for all the drama, passion and raw emotion that comes out of the supreme court nomination process, you know what doesn't happen? supreme court nominees don't get filibusters. for as partisan as these nomination fights can get, filibustering really just isn't part of it. in the entire history throughout the years, exactly one judge has ever been successfully filibustered. in 1968, president lyndon johnson wanted to elevate abe fortas to being the chief justice of the court. he was filibustered, not allowed to become chief justice. the very next year he resigned under threat of impeachment for having done stuff like accepting

remember, supreme court chief justice john roberts said when he was at his confirmation hearings, i'm only calling balls and strikes. i'm just interpreting a law. for a generation they've been saying they don't want to legislate from the bench. now they are the hypocrisy court. the republican majority is the hypocrisy court. they've completely turned on a dime. they now believe in judicial activism. so pretty much any argument they would have against an obama nominee would be intellectually empty because the argument they've been making against liberals is completely bankrupt now after these recent very activist conservative decisions. >> so we can expect them not to do that. jon alter, great thanks as always for coming in. >> thanks, steve. >>> let's turn now to sam stein, political reporter for the the "huffington post." for the big picture, where are we now in terms of big picture, this report about postponing all contentiousness, except wall street, until after the midterms. is the white house backing down on some of its big stuff, and are republicans really considering cooperatin

tonight's post is just as john roberts -- host is justice john roberts. has asked that there be no extensive introduction, both because he does not need one, and because i do not want to risk condemned the court -- contempt of court. [laughter] i would be remiss if i did not say again that, long before he ascended to the bench, he was a strong supporter of the society. we are now, as we have been for years, deeply in is his debt for that support. it is my honor to present him to you. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. i did not quite know what he was going to do when he picked that up. we have the cases today involving those. i thought -- we had a case yesterday, involving those. i thought he was going to clear up some confusion. thank you for joining us for the sectongld lecture on the supreme court and the separation of power. the series is sponsored by the supreme court historical society. we very much appreciate all the society does to improve the public understanding of the supreme court and our nation's constitutional form of government.

each one, i remember my colleague john roberts doing a story on one woman who had, you know, a husbandfamily members who perished. and it's such a tragedy and this is a way of life here. and the president in the remarks we've seen already, a teaser of them, really is going to talk about how much mail has flooded into the white house from various mining families around the country reacting to this and urging the president to make sure that safety is stepped up, for example, so that this doesn't happen again, fred. >> and so while he will be talking about this collective grief that the entire country is feeling for these 29 lives lost, will he go into detail as far as you know about how to step up security, how to prevent another loss on this kind of scale? >> reporter: he will go into great detail. let me read real quick something that the president will say. it's more of a broad brush, of course, for a eulogy. he will say, quote, we cannot bring back the 29 men we have lost. they are with the lord now. our task here on earth is to save lives from being lost in another such tragedidy. t

i'm john roberts. >> i'm kiran chetry. you have gone for much of last week in west virginia.t the ending to that story couldn't have been a good one but they found the last four miners did not survive that blast. >> that was what they expected but it doesn't make it easier. even if the families were prepared for it, it was a terrible ending. >> looks like the president spoke out about it in congress. >> an investigation will take place and we see always after these disasters new regulations put in place. the sad thing is regardless of how many regulations are put in place or how many steps to keep the miners safe, something always seem to happen. this was the worst one in 30 years. >> we'll see what is decided. >> 40 years. >> in the end it ended up being in four decades. we'll continue to follow that story and bring you big story this morning chuding the spread of nuclear weapons and how to stop it. in a moment we'll take you live to the white house with new details on the president's nuclear security summit. >>> cnn obtained a letter written four years by toyota assembly wo

how you compare your experience to that of chief justice john roberts? >> >> he has an extraordinarily distinguished record both as a lawyer and a judge. i believe almost any nominee would be fearful of comparing their record to that of the chief justice. i suppose, senator, that i would leave the comparison to others. i have not have some of the -- had some of the experiences that chief john roberts had. i would like to think that i have had other respect -- expenses that might be valuable. >> likewise, you are highly critical of justice alito's nomination. you testified that intellect is a necessary, but not essential credentials. we care about a nominee's judicial philosophy. i agree with you on that. likewise, i think you would acknowledge that justice alito had an extraordinary record. he served for three years as a solicitor general, the office of legal counsel in the department of justice, a united states attorney for new jersey, had argued 12 cases before the supreme court, at least two dozen cases before the federal court of appeals. have you ar

how you compare your experience to that of chief justice john roberts? >> >> he has an extraordinarily distinguished record both as a lawyer and a judge. i believe almost any nominee would be fearful of comparing their record to that of the chief justice. i suppose, senator, that i would leave the comparison to others. i have not have some of the -- had some of the experiences that chief john roberts had. i would like to think that i have had other respect -- expenses that might be valuable. >> likewise, you are highly critical of justice alito's nomination. you testified that intellect is a necessary, but not essential credentials. we care about a nominee's judicial philosophy. i agree with you on that. likewise, i think you would acknowledge that justice alito had an extraordinary record. he served for three years as a solicitor general, the office of legal counsel in the department of justice, a united states attorney for new jersey, had argued 12 cases before the supreme court, at least two dozen cases before the federal court of appeals. have you ar

i'm john roberts. >> we have a lot of big stories we're breaking.n the market for a car. "consumer reports magazine" saying the new lexus gx 460 poses a safety risk. they say the tests uncovered a problem considered so serious that the group is urging consumers not to buy this luxury suv model. they're also calling on toyota, the parent company of lexus, to fix the problem quickly. >>> hard truth and progress as day two of a nuclear summit in washington gets under way. one country has agreed to get rid of its highly enriched uranium stockpile. we're live at the white house with the details this morning. >>> new evidence could fire up an age-old debate. a recent study finds that toddlers who are spanked are 50% more likely to be violent by the time they're 5 years old. researchers say it's the first time that they were able to control factors like how aggressive a child was to begin with. coming up, the co-author of a study on time-outs versus spanking and whether it's too late to turn back. >>> our live blog, by the way, is up and running. we would

how you compare your experience to that of chief justice john roberts? >> >> he has an extraordinarily distinguished record both as a lawyer and a judge. i believe almost any nominee would be fearful of comparing their record to that of the chief justice. i suppose, senator, that i would leave the comparison to others. i have not have some of the -- had some of the experiences that chief john roberts had. i would like to think that i have had other respect -- expenses that might be valuable. >> likewise, you are highly critical of justice alito's nomination. you testified that intellect is a necessary, but not essential credentials. we care about a nominee's judicial philosophy. i agree with you on that. likewise, i think you would acknowledge that justice alito had an extraordinary record. he served for three years as a solicitor general, the office of legal counsel in the department of justice, a united states attorney for new jersey, had argued 12 cases before the supreme court, at least two dozen cases before the federal court of appeals. have you ar

jane john robert, pretty strong words. what's been the reaction? >> well, you know what, i think a lot of people were surprised by that. it was really unprecedented in terms of an assault on the character of tiger woods i wondered when i heard that, i was thinking how long have you been thinking this, billy, you know, how long has this been something that the members of augusta national have been quietly upset about with tiger. i mean, he isn't the most fan-friendly guy, but part of that is that he's very, very focused. last year, we were in miami and a little boy asked him for his autograph as he was walking down the fair way and he looked at him and said i'm working, not now. and that's always been his view. it's just he's at work, and this is what he's here to do. now, clearly, billy payne is trying to say to him your responsibilities are bigger than just playing golf, you're not just playing golf, you're the number one player in the world and people look up to you and you need to rehabilitate your image. jane: some reporters have said he's been

i have had some of the experiences that chief john roberts had. would like to think that i have had other experiences that might be valuable. >> likewise, you are highly critical of justice alito's nomination. you testified that intellect is a necessary, but not essential credentials. we care about a nominee's judicial philosophy. i agree with you on that. likewise, i think you would acknowledge that justice alito had an extraordinary record. he served for three years as a solicitor general, the office of legal counsel in the department of justice, a united states attorney for new jersey, had argued 12 cases before the supreme court, at least two dozen cases before the federal court of appeals. have you argued any cases before the supreme court or any case before the federal court of appeals? >> i have not argued any before the supreme court, but i have argued yuan for the federal court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. >> i want to be fair about this. i know senator feinstein believes that we should not personally attacked nominees, but you and yo

when you had, say, william rehnquist and sandra day o'connor replaced by john roberts and samuel alito is a significant move to the right on the part of the court. and i think that's correct. but i also thinknevens changed. when you look at his early decisions on issues such as affirmative action, he was very hostile to the idea of any sort of racial preferences. by the time of the famous university of michigan law school case in 2003,where he joined justice o'connor's opinion, supporting affirmative action, he had moved substantially on that question. on some issues, he didn't move. but i think on race and civil rights, he definitely did move to the left. >> jeffrey, yopt you to go anywhere because i have another question for you. >> i'm not going anywhere. tony, i work here. >> i work here. okay. paycheck from these people. i'm with you, brother. we've got dan lothian standing by and we also have kate baldoun standing by as well. why don't we get to the white house now? i love this multiple balls up in the air. let's get to the white house now and dan lothian. dan, this decision from

. >> bill: bill clinton and john mccain. robert gibbs criticizes megyn kelly. how could he?eports after these messages. ♪ [ male announcer ] designed to function the way you funion. the lexus rx. ♪ at your lexus deal. >> bill: human zone segment tonight. let's bring in fox news chief political analyst brit hume from washington. what about this bill clinton stuff? is this thinly disguised attack to diminish the tea party? or, in your opinion, is the president sincerely think that this inflammatory rhetoric might ignite another tim mcveigh. >> it's the former not the latter. not the first time he has done it, bill. i was covering the white house back in 1995 in the aftermath of the republican takeover of congress and the president was in very serious political trouble. and when the oklahoma city bombing happened, he went out there to the big ceremony they had him in a very effecting speech. but, at the same time he was doing all of that, and i think a lot of people think it marked the beginning of his political comeback. he also suggested that the hot rhetoric used against him

robert? and john? [applause] >> good evening.first of all, we have no need to other for about 20 years our sell and started together at the post january 1993 and we did not know each other at the time we both came to the post and both of us were skeptical of the other because what brother was to work for the post at? [laughter] we became friends. but we cover politics and a number of things i started off and that semester i could cover officials washington like ron brown and got to go to the by house and to see what official washington looks like. the goal was to become political or journalist who would not have one ideology or another to cut through that to say here is what the democrats say republicans say and introduce you to all of those polls at the same time. budget not a lot of it felt real because i did not know whether i was talking it almost did not matter because everybody was talking about the people and when did go out been to america is doing the iowa caucuses as opposed to knocking on the doors. that is the reporti

i think many would say the same thing about john roberts.at the time he was nominated, many regarded him as one of the more moderate choices that bush would have made. his nomination was very controversial and it attracted some opposition in the senate. the president has a lot of incentive to look for someone who has a pretty clean record. a fight is one thing, a scandal is something else. he knows he has to put up with a fight. he needs someone with outstanding legal credentials. host: he is the author of "the next justice." thank you for your time. amy howe we acoe is the editor f the scotus blo -- who is the editor of the scotus blog. the president must be bold or play it safe. does that sound right to you? guest: absolutely. there will be a fight. the republicans will protest if he is a liberal. with 59 votes in the senate, he can swing the fences for someone like pam from stamford. -- standford. host: can you take judge sotomayor, what have you seen as far as her judicial philosophy? how might the president choose his next justice? gues

i'm jim acosta in for john roberts. >> i'm kiran chetry. we have a lot of stories.e planes back in the skies. they are hoping it happens after ann arbor cloud shut down travel. a lot of questions about whether they can guarantee safety in the sky and were authorities to ground so much flights. >>> a no-go for round one. nasa calls off the first landing attempt for the space shuttle "discovery" because of bad weather. will the crew get back to earth today. >>> all eyes on goldman sachs, the dow took a dive friday after the fed charged the bank with fraud. stock futures falling today on concerns about the fallout over goldman sachs. charged with civil fraud tied to its dealings and bonds backed by sub-prime mortgages. will the crackdown on wall street bring out the bears. we are following that. our a.m. fix blog is up and running. we would love for you to join, cnn.com/amfix. we will read some of your comments. >>> first, the ash cloud that's casting a devastating shadow over international air traffic may be lessening. the agency overseeing european air space seas tha

with the exception of chief justice john roberts. the case was brought by california police officer. he sued his department for violation of privacy after his supervisor read through his personal messages sent to a mistress. a decision is expected in june. >> reality star kim kardashian posted this photo on twitter. she's holding up a kitten by the scruff of its neck and peta is not happy about it. the animal rights group thinks she should have placed her other hand underneath it for better support. sources say kardashian only held the cat for a few seconds. and the owners -- she had the owners and vet's permission. she was doing a photo shoot there. >> take that. from cats -- >> what's up with the sports world? >> to sports. >> yeah, no cat talk, unfortunately. but she does twitter a lot. hey, let's talk about the nba playoffs. lebron james tends to stand out and the cavs would have to have him stand up for them to win. they did good and held serve against the bulls at home, of course. late fourth quarter, chicago making a run of it

suprem4i court justic, john roberts.recently offered a historical look at the changes experienced by the high court over the past century and its evolution as an institution. he takes questions from audience members on topics like traditional independence, the increasing costs of litigation, his relationships with president obama and former president bush, in his role as a consensus builder. he spoke recently in indianapolis. this is about one hour. >> indeed this is a historic night for the law school as we welcome, as you well know, the 17th chief justice of the united states, john g. roberts jr. we will have a door prize for anyone the could name the first 16 without going on the internet. i could not blame half of them earlier today. i do have to say a couple of words. the chief was born in buffalo, new york. as i mentioned, he grew up as a hoosier in he still has family here in indiana, including his sister, kathy, and their daughter, katie. we're glad that they could join us here this evening. [laughter] [applause]

sting, the roots, robert randolph, john legend and passion pit are slated to perform once this event begins. the sky is gray and storms are forecast. but don't worry about that says the event producer. >> well, we have a standing evacuation plan. we work close with the park police and park service and basically the smithsonian institution. so if we do see inclement weather, thunderstorms that might be threatening with lightning, we've got somebody in the production trailer, that their so job is to look at the doppler radar. i won't tell what channel but we focus on that throughout the day and we'll make announcements from the stage as well as information on jumbotrons to allow the people that are tending to act at the mall safely. >> as he said, this is about more than music. jesse jackson, alf cole president richard trumka and the author margaret at wood. it's a good cause if you're coming down, definitely bring an umbrella to put on the ground. it is free. the bands start to play early afternoon. sting and the others get on later in the afternoon. hopefully the weather will hold ou

title of today's program is, of course, a reference to the 2005 hearings for now chief justice john robertsmously declared that supreme court justices are like baseball umpires, he said quote umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. and he likened the role to a very limited one. just how apt that description may or may not be for the role of a justice, and what that says about what is at stake in the supreme court nomination and confirmation process is something we will hear more about today. we are not, let me make clear here, principally or solely to guess about when the next vacancy on the court will over. there's enough speculation already about justice john stevens, nor are we here to principally or solely guess about who the nominee may be. the next candidate for umpire, so to speak. of our candidate wants to speak to that we will certainly invite them to do so, or if our panelists. we also want to consider what, if anything, can and should be done about the nomination and confirmation process. and in particular the confirmation process in the senate. which has been described va

. >>> also, republican purge, arlen specter is out, john mccain, charlie crist and robert bennett arened on the right. is this any way to run a party or run it into the ground? >>> next, where's the credit? the top two leader of al qaeda in iraq were killed over the weekend, in a joint operation by u.s. and iraqi forces. does president obama get enough credit for being tough on terrorism? that's my question for former counterterrorism adviser, richard clarke. >>> plus wait until you see how president parried a gay rights heckler. we'll have it in the "hardball" "sideshow." >>> and "let me finish" with a tribute to a real american hero. let's start with the politics of financial reform and the lingo. "time" magazine's mark halperin is the coauthor of the great book, "game change." and "the new york times" andrew ross sorkin is author of "too big to fail." two giants on the show tonight, gentlemen, thank you for joining us. it seems to me that the president has finally got the accent right. he calls it wall street. he doesn't say financial regulation or all of these boring terms. he say

after that, stuart taylor on the retirement of justice john paul stevens. later, robertreich his perspective on the economy. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. timothy geithner is interviewed. this is part of a conference hosted by the american society of newspaper editors. that is live at 12:45 pm -- 12:45 p.m. eastern. >> all of this month, middle and high school students from 45 states submitted videos on the country's biggest strings or challenges. watch it every morning on c-span at 6:50 a.m. eastern. then meet the students that made them and for a preview of all of the winners, visit studentcam.org. >> of the white house announced that the ukraine will get rid of all of its new clear material by 2012. robert did spoke with reporters about nuclear issues. he is joined by a counter- terrorism advisor. >> good afternoon. before we hear from john brennan, the president's advisor on counterterrorism and homeland security, i wanted to start today with an announcement. today, ukraine announced a landmark decision to get rid of all of its stockpile of

john birch society, what do you need to be their boogie man? >> what they really hate is the idea of governance itself. set aside democrats or even republicans. it's the idea of governance. robertr of the john birch society, founded in 1958, the year after the death of joe mccarthy and really founded to perpetuate that idea. democracy itself does not appear in the constitution. >> i know i know this is a bit weird question and maybe a bit sensitive. is the john birch society only be allowed in conservative groups because of death of william f. buckley? >> there was a towsle when he got rid of them. he denounced welch's theorizing that 90% is controlled by the -- >> the founder of the john birch society. >> and buckley denounced that as drifl, but there were many on the right that supported him no enemies on the right. if they can be useful, you keep them in the tent. then by the mid '60s, as you said before, they had gotten so far off the grid that buckley, a guy who kind of trafficked in intellectual circles, particularly in new york and had a lot of smart liberal friends, got a little embarrassed by them. at the same time, though, as you said, they were forceful, they were us

after that, stuart taylor on the retirement of justice john paul stevens. then robert reich with his perspective on the economy. timothy geithner is interviewed by an economics columnist. this is part of a conference hosted by the american society of newspaper editors. that is live at 12:45 p.m. eastern. now, a panel examines how new media and social networking in iran is changing grassroots communications and politics in that country. we will hear from the author of "reading lolita in tehran". this is an hour and 50 minutes. >> welcome and thank you for coming to our event on iran's blogosphere. we have a different conference for you today. i'm a professor here at gw school of public affairs. we are hosting today's event. we're doing things a little differently today. our goal today is to talk about the importance of engagement, means of engagement, the importance of person to person contact even when foreign policy between two countries is a difficult, to say the least. we will be talking about new media. we will have an online moderator who will be bringing in comme

host: next call for robert sloan, atlanta, john, independent. please go ahead.for taking by call. like many americans, after the bailout i wanted to make a better sense of the history of the financial powers and i came across a gentleman named congressman wright patton. are you familiar with him? guest: i'm not. caller: he was the chairman of the banking committee i believe in the 1950's or 1960's. he had a quote that stuck out with me that said, i have never had anyone who could, through the use of logic and reason justify the federal government borrowing the use of its own money. i believe the time will come when people demand this be changed. i believe the time come when people blame you and me and everyone else connected with the congress for sitting by and permitting such an idiotic system to continue. i was wondering if you could elaborate on his quote and what that means to americans. thank you. guest: gee, i'm not really sure what to make of that quote. i think that we have certainly run deficits that are now trillions of dollars. i think that speaks for

john is an award-winning investigative journalist as the former executive editor of the "washington times," he won numerous journalist awards including the robert kennedy journalism award in 2008, this idea of professional journalist 2009, national public service award. he also produced the first joint project with cbs 60 minutes about which exposed to the fbi crime lab practice faulty bullet lead analysis for decades using erroneous signs to convict hundreds of people without informing them of those problems. the series when won the 2008 robert kennedy memorial journalism award for domestic television. and the society of professional professional -- official journalist top award for investigative tv reporting. before joining the putt -- "washington post," mr. solomon spent 20 years as a manager and reporter for "the associated press" february 1 the grinning achievement award for providing wire services worldwide, investigative coverage of the 9/11 attacks. mr. solomon was named in 2005 to oversee a seven-member investigative team dedicated to producing high and back stories that could play simultaneous on tv, and web, and radio and in print. p

he accused john mccain of warning to go after programs with a hatchet instead of like a surgeon who would try to maintain the system. during detroit they have a diversity manager named robert baba who has come in here with a hatchet and is closing all the schools, almost half of them. supposedly on orders from washington. host: we are ready to appear shortly. let's get a response. guest: been in congress is a of challenging job and my colleagues across the country, whether democrats or republicans, our job is to meet with constituents, work on legislation and to be communicators. we really try to do that. i think democrats have a strong agenda calling into 2010. and we have accomplished tremendous things for the american people. we are on the path to job creation and shoring up our manufacturing censure -- sector. host: he talked about the seven issues in detroit. the state budget issues are a focus in congress. guest: the difficulties that the states are facing right know, our state of maryland is having to face cuts that normally would not have to. who would not face this in a robust economy. -- we would not face this in a robust economy. our challenge is to make the eco

white house press secretary robert gibbs spoke with reporters about the ukraine agreement and other white house issues. he is joined by counter- terrorism adviser john brennan. here's a portion of that press conference. >> ukraine announced its intention to get rid of all its stockpiles of the enriched uranium by the next meeting in 2012. they will remove a substantial amount of their stock this year and will convert its seville nuclear research facility -- its civil nuclear research facility to operate with regular fuel. this is something the united states has tried to make happen for more than 10 years. the material is enough to construct several nuclear weapons. this demonstrates your grandpa's continued leadership in nonproliferation and comes at an important -- in an important region where highly enriched uranium exists. let me turn this over to john brennan. >> the threat of nuclear terrorism is will and contributes to global insecurity. there has been indisputable evidence over the last quoted two decades that terrorist groups have searched out nuclear-weapons and that includes biological, chemical, and radiological. the impact of a nuclear a

host: next call for robert sloan, atlanta, john independent. please go ahead. caller: good morning.thank you for taking by call. like many americans, after the bailout i wanted to make a better sense of the history of the financial powers and i came across a gentleman named congressman wright patton. are you familiar with him? guest: i'm not. caller: he was the chairman of the banking committee i believe in the 1950's or 1960's. he had a quote that stuck out with me that said i have never had anyone who could, through the use of logic and reason justify the federal government borrowing the use of its own money. i believe the time will come when people demand this be changed. i believe the time come when people blame you and me and everyone else connected with the congress for sitting by and permitting such an idiotic system to continue. i was wondering if you could elaborate on his quote and what that means to americans. thank you. guest: gee, i'm not really sure what to make of that quote. i think that we have certainly run deficits that are now trillions of dollars. i think that s

by 1963 john kennedy and his brother robert are on the forefront of the civil rights movement, but it took three years of learning for that to happen. and in many ways it took three years of learning for the entire country to be at the point where it was in 1963. >> host: can you from a historical point of view draw parallels between the kennedy administration and the obama administration? >> guest: it's not for me to draw those parallels. not yet. i haven't, you know, unlike david remnick i haven't done the research on the obama administration. i can't say. what i can say is this, what is very interesting is to watch leaders express their willingness to change. not just to change the country, but themselves to change and to learn. we've been, we have sort of a tension in american society where some people think you have to know what to do the minute you become president. but is that really realistic? frankly, there's no job like being president, even vice president. even a very strong, miss lahr vice president in the -- muscular in the case of the vice presidency of dick cheney. even

moments ago white house press secretary robert gibbs speaking out, discussing the characteristics the president is looking for in a nominee to succeed justice john paul stevens. listen here. >> as we look for a nominee now and as we looked for a nominee last year, somebody who understands how the law affects real people and the real world. not just in a clam, not just out of school. >> this comes hours after president obama met with senate leaders on this very topic. saying he plans to nominate someone by the end of may, possibly sooner. shannon bream, live in washington. shannon, so the only question the president took was a biggie on abortion. how is that going to factor into this whole thing? >> you're absolutely right, megyn, he did take only one question and that was about it, about women's rights and he said listen, i'm going to say the same thing every president has said up until this point, i do not have a litmus test, but he also said women should have the ability to make their own decisions about their bodies and issues of reproduction. he also said core constitutional values promote the notion that individuals are protected in their p

john paul stevens announced his retirement friday. we'll speak exclusively to the ranking member of the senate judiciary committee, patrick leahy and jeff sessions. our conversation with secretary of state hillary clinton and secretary of defense robertg on "meet the press." and that's going to do it for us on this sunday morning. janice huff. i was surprised i wasn't involved in the meat cutting aspect. >> we did give you the meet the press part. >> see you later on "nbc nightly news." so long, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> a nation in mourning. poland is grieving after a horrific plane crash, the president along with the top military and church leaders all killed. what's next for a country suddenly in a leadership vacuum? >> it could be some of the worst traffic d.c. has ever seen. the nuclear summit is coming to town, and it will make things difficult on the roads and on the rails. welcome to "news4 today." i'm aaron gilchrist. kimberly is off today. it's suns april 11th, 2010. first the day's forecast. meteorologist justin drabick is standing in for chuck bell with the details. >> good in

john mccain for that matter, an especially tough sell in an already heated election year, let's break down the new policy terrain and the crackling new political environment with four people who know it well. robert orkwis has warned republicans not to alienate the growing latino population. frank sherry is founder and executive director of america's voice and immigration advocacy group that shares the president's views. and maria cordona who has served as federal communications director. let me start with a show of hands, does anyone here think this arizona law is a good idea? that's four nos, half, if i could. >> why? >> if i could, first of all we haven't really seen the details thon. there's been a quantity tum leap here about racial fro filing. we don't know if that's the case. we need to see that the actual federal law will be enforced. there's an incident that's followed by reasonable suspicion then additional steps can be taken to see if the person is in our country and that will enforce our laws. >> maria you shaking your head. let's listen to the governor t governor made it very clear, she was quite forceful in her language saying she examined all sides. let's listen to governor brewer