and you see the door opening now with john roberts. he'll walk in first.here is soon-to-be justice sotomayor, and now the chief justice of the united states, john roberts. >> good morning and welcome to the court. judge sotomayor will be invested as a member of the court on september 8th in a special session of the court. we are administering the oath this morning simply so that she can begin work as an associate justice without delay. now i'd like to invite mrs. sotomayor, the judge's mother, and her brother dr. sotomayor to come forward. judge sotomayor, are you prepared to take the oath? >> i am. >> please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, sonia sotomayor do solemnly swear. >> i sonia sotomayor do solemnly swear. >> that will i administer justice without respect to person

about john roberts is he actually hid his involvement in the federal society from the senate and the rest of the public until some enterprising reporter disclosed that he has long been involved with the workings of the federal society. you are absolutely right. there is almost, i think, almost a force of -- a fourth of the republican appointed court of appeals judges belong to the federal society which is -- as you all know is an organization which encourages young conservative republicans to become judges. actually recruits young conservatives for judgeships around the country. and we saw during the clinton years that individuals who belong to the aclu, the n.a.a.c.p., anyone who had been involved in work against robert bork's confirmation in 1987 was automatically excluded from list of candidates. i am pleased to say, that we have submitted a slated of candidates to the white house. of individuals who have spent time in public defenders offices, legal services offices, union side law offices, president obama is about to nominate some union-side lawyers for some of the influential c

barack obama as a senator scored -- voted no on a john roberts, perhaps the most excellent candidate in years. his reason was ideology. it is perfectly reasonable, if you are a conservative, but that he would oppose were on ideology but personally, i would vote for her, the way that lindsey graham is, because i would like to establish the gold standard of approving a candidate of the opposition, even though ideologically you are different b. but it is the democrats, starting with robert bork, that institute the principle that if the ideology is different, you ought not to vote. >> patrick leahy -- >> half the democrats. i think it will be nine. half of them will be retiring. >> charles grassley and orrin hatch, two respected republican senators, announced they were voting against her, after the announcement was made, the national rifle association, that if you do not vote the right way -- >> i wonder what it would have liked attended jefferson was trying to write the declaration of independence if there had been 24-hour news coverage. the likelihood of failure, the whole thing is col

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from chief justice john roberts. >> are you prepared to take the oath? >> i am. >> please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, sonja sotomayor, do solemnly swear. >> i sonja sotomayor do solemnly swear. >> that i will administer justice without respect to persons. >> that i will administer justice without respect to persons. and do equal right to the poor and to the rich. >> and do equal right to the poor and to the rich. and that i will faithly and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as associate justice of the supreme court of the united states of america. under the constitution and laws of the united states. so help me god. >> congratulations and welcome to the court. >> lots of firsts taking place today. it's the first swearing in to be televised. this one taking place at the white house. that's why we go to elaine. the first hispanic american. give me an idea what meeting will take place between she and the president? >> that's right. of course this is a huge victory for president obama, his first high court a

. >> >> jamie: and john roberts will administer the constitutional oath to the third female and the first hispanic member to sit on the nation's highest court, the first time in history that it will all be televised and fox news will televised and fox news will bring it to you live! captioning by, closed captioning services, inc. >> and the day is here for judge sonia sotomayor, hello and welcome to a special edition of america's news headquarters from new york city, i'm rick folbaum. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby, great to have you with us on this exciting day and if you are tuning in for the cost of freedom, no worries it will air later today at 12:00 eastern and only one hour remains now, before judge sotomayor takes her oath and becomes the 111th supreme court justice, caroline shivley is live after the supreme court monitoring the excitement. hi, caroline. >> reporter: hey there, jamie. it an historic day today, becoming the first hispanic justice, on the supreme court, sonia sotomayor and also as you said the first time cameras will be inside the supreme court building and we'll get to

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three decades later, ted's brothers john and robert purchased surrounding homes, creating this three acre property simply known as the compound. john is the editor of "the last lion." >> for years of his life, this was the home. this was the one home they kept returning to. they lived in new york, massachusetts, london, england, but for john, this was his anchor. >> reporter: the brothers played their famous games of touch football on the lawn here, training for the youngest brother, a star at harvard. >> i think this was the center of his young world. so many things happened here. certainly, in times of tragedy, this is where the kennedys gathered. >> reporter: a place of mourning too many times for the kennedy clan. ted was there in 1999 when he learned of john jr.'s death. >> he loved the sea, just being out on the ocean. we all know about his deep and abiding faith. i think that must have been part of it. >> reporter: right up until the very end, after he was diagnosed with brain cancer, he went home and straight to the water, sailing in the race and placing second with his wife v

el magistrado john roberts que tuvo 22 votos demócratas.o abrumador apoyo en sus nominados. jorge. . >>> gracias lourdes, en vivo de la importante cobertura de lo que ocurra. vamos a una pausa y enseguida estados unidosclara que no impondrá sanciones para el gobierno interino de honduras. el presidente hugo chávez, dice que puede haber una guerra en sudamérica y culpa a estado ni. en clifr r california. un juezen detención casi inmediata de >>> el departamento de estado aclaró la política de estados unidos hacia honduras no apoyara hacia ninguna persona en particular. refiriéndose a la disputa ante el presidente derrocado y el presidente ito rhin de este país. el departamento de estado el des puesto presidente hondureño tomó medidas provocador s son sus palabras aclara que washington, no está considerando sanciones económicas severas en contra del gobierno interino de micheletti. consiguió eltxvxkwófskph@h@h@tx la llegada de más soldados y equipo militar de estados unidos a colombia. >>> puede ser el primer paso de una guerra en sudamérica

i say we, i really mean john roberts. it was his money. the family came in and took over. they thought he was an idiot for getting involved in the first place. his father was a miserable character. john was a wonderful guy. he died a few years ago. he was steadfast and right on the money all the time hand once he made the commitment, he saw it through. after the festival we had a meeting on wall street to -- unwittingly -- the weekend. and wanted to make sure they read going to be covered. we were not sure how to handle things. we were at odds with each other. sort of broke down, they going to buy us out. we had a great deal of goodwill. we had a film and record is worth a lot. if we just kept our wits about us, i am fine. but we didn't. we got out, because they were bankrupt, they were trying to buy us out. then warner brothers bought them out. to make up the loss. warner brothers went on. >> warner brothers was a big winner. financially. >> anybody else? [applause] >> michael lang is co creator of the woodstock music and art fair, he is the head of the michael lang organi

she toot oath from chief justice john roberts. sour clo sources close to her say that is to be expected. >> there is a great desire on the part of both justice sotomayer and her colleagues to let her get to work. she could not start participating in the informal work of the court that goes on over the summer without being sworn in. >> this was the reaction in the spanish harlem right after sotomayer was sworn in. she was born in the bronx. >>> authorities in hawaii are beginning to close beaches on the big island as hurricane felicia approaches. forecasters are predicting heavy rain and possible flash floods. reynolds wolf will have the latest details on felicia just ahead in weather. >>> a typhoon is lashing parts of china. a million people evacuated in the country's eastern areas ahead of the storm's arrival. look at the pictures. yesterday it passed over causing the worst flooding in 20 years. they are blaming the storm for 20 deaths. >>> police in one community are trying toting folks to drop their guns and hold out their hand

roberts, chief justice john roberts got 78 votes including 22 democratic votes, so steve hayes, it looks sonia sotomayor got a little bit better bipartisan support than alito but not nearly as muching as roberts. >> right. that's the trend if you look historically going back 15 years, 20 years, you can see that republicans generally defer to democratic president picks and stage less ferocious confirmation hearings than democrats have. what's interesting to me in this case, are republicans, i think, questioned her aggressively but resphectfully respectfully. i don't think anyone would say she had a difficult confirmation process, but in the end, they voted in numbers greater they have historically in opposition to her nomination. one of them was a substantive reason. she sounded like a federalist society member, a conservative, stict constructionist, but her history of speeches, mainly, some of her decisions suggest that she is not that certainly, and number two, i think republicans for republicans this is something they will go back and be judged on. >> the politics ran both ways, jennif

. >>> at the top of the hour, sitting in for campbell brown, john roberts. >> hi, lou. tonight, should louisville coach rick pitino be allowed to keep his job now that he's caught up in a sex scandal? plus, is dick cheney joining the critics of george w. bush? i'll talk to mary matalin. >>> and an all-star tribute to a guitar legend. steve miller and richy sam bora join me to remember les paul. >> is he responsible for the eight strak. track. these days, wouldn't it be great if saving money happened as automatically as everything else? at bank of america, it practically does. use the bankamericard power rewards visa credit card and earn rewards like cash back with every purchase. cash you can put into savings. or even use to help pay down your credit card balance. it's one of the many ways we make saving money in tough times a whole lot easier. >>> join me on the radio 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. each afternoon. go to loudobbs.com and get the local listings in y

y siguen dos ceremonias de juramentación para la jueza presidida por la corte de suprema john roberts. será embestida en el tribunal, en el mismo salón donde escuchan los casos. la jueza, que reemplaza al juez david... entrara en función en una sesión especial de la corte el 9 de septiembre. jorge. >>> la mayoría de los hispanos puertorriqueños o no puertorriqueños apoyaban ah@tw] 31 republicanos votaron en contra ella. ¿qué consecuencias políticas puede ocurrir con esto?. >>> hay estrategas hispanos del partido, señalan que esta confirmación es motivo de orgullo para los mayoría de los hispanos y han tomado un serei riesgo al oponerse a ella como dar por perdido a los hispanos que votaron 2 a 1 por el presidente o. y que van a perder un bloque político clave y que los latinos conservadores no necesariamente la apoyan. y así todo, la presidenta del consejo nacional de la raza. dijo que esta votación, va a contar y que será recordada por largo tiempo. jorge. >>> gracias lourdes, de la capital del país seguimos con esta nota. en new york la ciudad natal de sotomayor. su celebración se h

she will be sworn in by chief justice john roberts. >>> drivers can still get good deals for trading gas-guzzlers' in for more fuel-efficient models, at least through labor day. president obama signed the $2 billion infusion for the cash for clunkers program into law today. the senate passed the yesterday, the house the week before. the program burned through all its original funding for just one week. >>> time to head back to school, and top health and education officials have released guidelines for how to combat the swine flu. they say students infected should stay home and schools should have home learning plans prepared for them. the plans should include phone calls come internet packets, a internet lessons. >> we hope that no schools will have to close, but realistically some will close this fall. >> the latest figures reveal more than 160,000 people worldwide have been infected with the h1n1 virus. experts say 2 billion people will become infected. the best way to prevent it is vaccinations. the first three on deals -- the first three volunteers will receive the vaccination to

our featured authors today are john and elizabeth roberts. john roberts served in the reagan white house for two terms in areas of planning and evaluation, as well as the office of political and intergovernmental affairs. . . >> our friends today combined information about freeing tibet on the establishment of the tibetan area. we are looking forward to their discussion in a very readable book and i know that john and elizabeth had have special comments for us and join us for the q & a afterwards. so please join me in welcoming to the podium, john roberts. >> just a little bit over 50 years ago, a very enigmatc monk sailed into the harbor of new york to settle into the saw it's. i decided to start this morning talking about him, because he turned out to be the living human bridge in a changing political movement to maintain tibet's freedom that began as a cold war operation in the 1950's under president truman, and continued to become a counterculture cause up till today, where it's a mass global movement. and that transformation of a politic

she was sworn in by john roberts today. 60 guests were there for the ceremony. she's the nation's first hispanic justice and the court's third female justice. >>> today, president obama sounded a hopeful note for the economy. >> this month's job numbers are a sign that we've put the brakes on the recession and the worst may be behind us. we must do more than rescue the economy from the crisis. we must rebuild it stronger than before. >> reporter: the assessment comes on the heels of a better an expected jobs report. the number of people losing their jobs dropped and unemployment rate registered at 9.4%. key indicaters will be released this week including the consumer spending. >>> hillary clinton is in africa this week. she arrived today and she's meeting with the south african president today. take a look here, she took time to visit a capetown neighborhood. >>> all in all, it was a nice day in baltimore. today, teens took advantage of the weather and played b ball. let's look outside at the weather. we'll have a little bit of clouds? and it's still nice compar

let's turn to john roberts, another bush nominee. firmed him 78-22. solid republican report. the 22 democrats also voted yes. among roberts and alito and sotomayor, roberts got the most cross-party votes. >>> from high justice to high diplomacy, secretary of state, hillary clinton, is talking about the better choice between two very disturbing options. listen to her answer carefully. a question posed by cnn's f. >> if you had to choose which is worse, an iranian nuclear weapons program or an american attack on iran? >> well, we have no intention to pursue the latter. this is something that is a very delicate and difficult issue to even contemplate. yet, at the same time, we are very concerned about iran being a nuclear weapon state. it is not going to surprise anyone that israel used that as a threat. that many in the united states see that also as a direct threat to american interests. but, you know, force should never even be contemplated except as a very last resort. we are still focused on our engagement and bringing international

then john roberts will administer another oath in front of reporters' television cameras.first televised ceremony in the court's history. >>> the battle over health care heats up on both sides of the issue. some of these town halls ever getting ugly. six people got arrested at a forum in suburban st. louis yesterday. things got rowdy in southeastern michigan and tampa, florida. the afl-cio has issued a call to arms by what it calls right wing tea party patriots. and the irony of all this, going to one of these potentially violent forums might be hazardohaa hazardous to your health and safety. >> reporter: congressman john dingell drowned out by the boos and jeers from an angry hall. he was hosting a town hall. the 81-year-old could barely get a word in edgewise. crowds started showing up early to wait in line, both those for and against, yelling it out before the meeting ever got under way. >> just say no! just say no! >> reporter: once inside, it was a free for all at times. >> it got really heated and really loud. it was a lot of chanting, a lot of booing, you know, some

she split the difference between samuel alito, who got 58 votes in favor of his confirm ratiatid john roberts who got 78. sonia sotomayor getting 68. it's all academic at this point. as they say in washington these days, it's such a zero sum game, david, washington politics in our generation. a win is a win. this is certainly a win and the white house wasting no time in saying so. >> and, mike, they certainly need the win right now given that they're -- their approval ratings continue to slip. how important is getting her confirmed by the end of the summer, possibly lifting their political fortunes, how important is that? >> it's a welcome dose of good news. i think what you're starting to see in the economy is also something that's very welcome given the fact that the president and the administration's poll numbers on the handling of the deficit and the economy in particular has slipped quite dramatically as is his approval ratings which incidentally remain above 50% in an area that's not cause for panic. certainly unlike the economy and the deficit. you have seen the president emphasizing t

puerto rican mother holding the bible there sotomayor took the oath of office from chief justice john roberts. she becomes only the third woman to sit on the u.s. supreme court. supporters say sotomayor is well suited for her new job. >> 17 years on the bench, the opportunity that she had to be a prosecutor and also work in the private sector and this very unique set of skills she's been able to accomplish in her 30 year career path. >> president obama decided not to attend today's swearing in ceremony to emphasize the court's independence. he will hold a white house reception for sotomayor wednesday. the new justice will hear her first case september 9th. >>> still ahead tonight, not every car dealer is reaping the benefits of the cash for clunkers program. some say the program is actually tanking their business we'll talk about that also. >>> why it seems that we're making fewer babies in this country. new numbers suggest it. >>> plus, top of the class. dogs are smarter than some people. we'll tell you which breeds finished at the top of their class. >>> coming up in sports, a record in red

the democratic standard practiced by barack obama as the senator was that he opposed john roberts, as high level of a nominee as we have ever had, on the grounds of ideality. he believes his understanding of the law is one we should not have on the supreme court. that is how the conservatives have voted. it will hurt him with hispanics and women, but i commend them for acting on principle. >> but i don't think it or acting on principle. i think they were behaving in a partisan way. both sides have done it now. now we have seen that this will be the pattern for judicial nominations as we go forward. there was a time not long ago when the nominees would be measured based on their qualifications, and you would see a much more bipartisan vote. the democrats set the stage -- >> with bork. >> but really with roberts and alito -- roberts in particular, who was very well qualified to the republicans have now call it the same kind of behavior. -- the republicans have now copied the same kind of behavior pbc this set for sometime now, where it is basically a partisan vote. >> the republicans' b

his fight gave us the opportunity we were denyd when his brothers john and robert were taken from us. the blessing of time to say thank you and goodbye. for me, a great loss of a great friend and great, great advocate for people and it's like losing a brother. lost my sister a month ago and i feel the pain again. >> i hope he remembered -- i remember how he treated other people and made others look at himself and one another. >> ted kennedy, everyone knew, was fighting for the -- [ indiscernible ] >> the decade ted kennedy was a rock for the family. [ indiscernible ] >> you can see from the soundbites there. you don't need to open a history book to see how he changed our society. take a look around. here's more kennedy's example in action. >> reporter: this army of volunteers lost a leader today. poet davis delivers food to elderly people through meals on wheels of arlington. >> reporter: think there are a lot of hungry people if this program didn't exist. >> the hope still lives. >> reporter: in 1972, ted kennedy sponsored legislation to help make sure older people have a nutritious

john f. kennedy, robert kennedy, martin luther king jr., and a picture of jesus.is: i have some church fans in my personal collection. everybody who would go to this churches would see those pictures on those fans. i was thought it was amazing that it would be in churches all across america. >> i have some of those also. somehow, in some way, these men gave people a sense of hope in a time of hopelessness. tavis: you were there, one of the foot soldiers with dr. king. we know that you were beaten and almost killed on a number of locations. you were the youngest person to speak at the march on washington on that day where king gave the "i have a dream" speech. your resume is intact and regard to your duty and service on the civil rights front. because you were there, you were there, and dr. king was not always happy with john kennedy or bobby kennedy. edward kennedy seemed to take a different tact. what you make of that? >> -- what do you make of that? >> we were not always happy with the president of -- the position of president kennedy or robert kennedy, but alon

bush but got fewer votes than the other bush nominee, john roberts. who was supported by half the senate democrats. sotomayor picked up votes from nine republicans, four plan to leave the senate including ohio's george voinovich. >> while the founding fathers may have a disagreement with her on some of her legal views, i think they would be proud, judging individuals on their merit has endured as part of this great experiment. >> reporter: for orrin hatch, was the first vote against the supreme court nominee. >> i believe i am doing the honorable and right thing even though i feel badly about it. >> reporter: only ailing ted esident has nominated the n first hispanic justice to the united states supreme court. times are changing. >> reporter: president obama acknowledged those changing times after the vote praising his nominee's beliefs. >> they are ideals she has fought for throughout her career, ideals the senate has upheld today in breaking yet another barrier in moving us yet another step closer to a more perfect union. >> reporter: judge sotomayo

ought to be appli to the democratic standard used bbarack obama as a senator, work he opposed john roberts, as gh level a minee ase have ever had, on the grounds of idlogy. he belies his understanding of thlaw is one we oughto not have on the supreme court. it will hurt the with spanics and women, but i commend the for actingn principle. >> but idon't tnk they were acting principle. think theyere being in a partisan way, and bot sides have done it now now we seehat this will be the paern for dicial nominatis going forward. the was aime not long ago when the nomees would be measured basedn their quifications, and you would see a much more bipartisan vote. the democrats set the ste -- >> wh bork. >> it started there, but wi roberts and alito-- roberts in particular, because he was very wellualified. the democrats set the stage, and the republicans have now copied that behavior,nd this will be set for some time now, we're able be basically a paisan ote when it comes to judicial nominees. >> the repubcans' best pe is that peoe were t paying atteion this august. >> but the hispanics were ying a

sotomayor, do solemnly swear -- >> reporter: with her mother holding the family bible, chief justice john roberts swore in the supreme court's first hispanic. >> that i will administer justice without respect to persons. >> reporter: surrounded by family and friends, she became justice sotomayor. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, and welcome to the supreme court. >> reporter: but her path to history began some 50 years ago in a bronx housing project, where she was raised by her mother, and went on to elite schools -- princeton and yale law. and it was a republican president, george h.w. bush, who nominated her to be a district court judge. after president obama nominated her for the high court, she endured three days of gruelling confirmation hearings. >> did you fail to show the courage? >> no, sir. i didn't show a lack of courage. >> reporter: but with a solid majority of democrats in the senate, her confirmation was never in doubt. >> unless you have a complete meltdown, you are going to get confirmed. >> reporter: sotomayor will hit the ground running. the court returns early next month

justice john roberts will administer the oath. he will be sitting in the judicial oath before a small gathering of friends and family. the senate confirmed her yesterday. >>> after a .32 year ban d. c. residents can lawfully keep guns that their homes. the attorney who took that case to the supreme court wants to be able to carry his gun on the street. >> reporter: attorney allen gur a a may have his hands more than the supreme court if this new law goes into effect. the d. c. council has the say how laws are regulated on the street. >> i don't believe that you'd find wide spret support on the council. >> reporter: d. c. councilman david ca tanya it would become a hurdle for any proposed expansion of d. c.'s gun laws. >> you ought to be able to carry guns throughout an urban area like this even more dangerously you ought to be able to carry concealed weapons. >> reporter: more than a few people on the streets of the northwest mirror his point of it view. >> we have plenty of good people carry guns if you take it off the streets en

, and the democratic standard practiced by barack obama as a senator was that he voted against john roberts, who was without a doubt as high-level a nominee as we have ever had, obama posted on grounds of ideology. -- obama opposed him on grounds of ideology. that is how i think the conservatives have voted. it is going to hurt them with hispanics and women, but i commend them on their acting on principle. >> but i don't think they were acting on principle could i think it would be heading in a partisan way, and both sides have done it now. now we have seen that this will be the pattern for judicial nominations as we go forward. there was a time not that long ago when the nominees could be measured based on their qualifications, and a much more bipartisan vote. the democrats set the stage -- >> started -- it >> with roberts and toledo, and roberts in particular, who was very well qualified. the republicans have copied the same kind of behavior. you'll see this set for some time now, where it will basically be a partisan vote when it comes to judicial nominees. >> the republicans' best hope

. >> do you agr with charl that john roberts is the most excellent jusce we have had in 50 years? >> no, i don' but i really do not care t debate this, since obviously is anon-issue. he is not the best we have had . you know what, i know it, a the americ people know it. >> i want answer his question -- what would happen if we d cable the time ojefferson? weould be singing "god sa the queen"very day. >> covering health care debate. the way we are coverinthe economy, the stimulus package, everytng else. everhing is measured in terms of what happened yesterday, because we are big reporters who have to get stories at, instt reporting at has nothing to do -- >> aunprovoked attack on fox another cable news channels by doctor krauthammer. >> od save the queen" is grt tune. [laughte >> is thereat recession reay over? i don't know whether youave seen the latestover of "news we do" magazine at the grocy store, -- "newswe" magazine at e grocery store, but the cover says the recession is ov. i imagine that u may have found the news a little startling. [lauter] i know i did. here is wh is true

>> the one other point that was left out -- it was a great question about john roberts.ly hit his involvement in the federal society from the senate and the rest of the public until some enterprising reporter disclosed that he had long been involved with the workings of the federal society. you're absolutely right,ç thers almost, i think, almost one- fourth of the republican appointed court of appeals judges belong to the federal society, which as you all know is the organization which encourages young, conservative republicans to become judges. it actually recruit young conservatives for judgeships around the country. and we saw during the clinton years that the individuals that belong to the aclu, the naacp, anyone who had been involved in work against robert bork's confirmation in 1987 was automatically excluded from the list of candidate -- candidates. i am pleased to say that we have submitted a slate of candidates to the white house of individuals who have spent time in public defender's offices, legal services offices, union side law offices. president obama is a

his service before being laid to rest at arlington national cemetery near his slain brothers john and robert lined the streets of washington to bid farewell while former staffers gathered at the capitol where he worked for nearly 50 years on sweeping social legislation including the civil rights act. his family became one of the most powerful political dynasties in history. president obama called senator kennedy the greatest legislator of our time. >> was given the gift of time that his brothers were not. he used that gift to touch as many lives and right as many wrongs as the years would allow. >> reporter: he told his son after losing his leg to cancer to never give up. >> i said, i'll never be able to climb up that hill. and he said, i know you can do it. there is nothing that you can't do. we're gonna climb that hill together. even if it takes us all day. sure enough, he held me around my waist and we slowly made it to the top. >> reporter: saturday's events mark the four days of private and public mourning for senator kennedy remembered as the staunchest of liberals who could cut deals

. >> sotomayor will be sworn in at supreme court by chief justice john roberts on saturday. >>> congress is giving the green light to cash for clunkers. first the house. late tonight the senate approved a $2 billion cash infusion for the wildly popular program. it was running on e after burning through the first billion in the first two weeks. cash for clunkers gives consumers up to $4500 as a rebate to trade if their gas guzzlers for a new, more fuel efficient ride. >>> check the fine print. credit cards trying to sneak a few fees past you. we'll tell what you to look out for. >>> rather this -- remember this brutal baseball brawl? that pitcher is headedo prison for what he just did right there. >>> guys, think about this one over the commercial break. how much time do you spend checking out the ladies? a new study has the answer next. >>> but first, we're almost there. thursday night. a quick check of our rundown. a few of the stories we're working o. back in two. try the new subway big chipotle cheesesteak. an updated all-time favorite: juicy steak layered with zesty chipotle sauce, m

robert bourque. >> reporter: but he could also celebrate his work with republicans with whom she shared few political beliefs. >> and president bush was there every step of the way. >> reporter: the assassinations of john robert kennedy meant their lives will always be measured in terms of possibilities. but ted kennedy died in the fullness of his years, so his words and deeds, his triumphs and failures can be measured in full. >> let this be our commitment: whatever sacrifices must be made will be shared and shared fairly. and let this be our confidence. at the end of our journey and always before us shines that ideal of liberty and justice for all. >> couric: and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'll be back with a cbs news special "ted kennedy: the last brother" tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central. until then, i'm katie couric, thank you for watching. good night. >>> this is "entertainment tonight" in high definition. >>> did michael jackson's doctor have a mystery accomplice? the new report that murray made three phone calls as michael jackson lay dead. who did he contact? >>> and are police ready to make an arrest? >>> plus, my new interview with michael's nurse, just named

we'll be back with john mclaughlin, robert baer and john o'sullivan. >> what i think happened sent shock waves through the region as well as iran that it no longer has the standing it had and it no longer seems like this force that cannot be stopped in the region. >>> we are back with john mclaughlin, the former deputy director of the cia, john baer and john o'sullivan. john mclaughlin, do you believe there are important rifts within the iran regime? and do you think this is significant in a broader sense? >> the iran republic is one of the great survivors of the last three decades, so i think we should not under estimate the e resillience of the regime. but i don't think these things can be papered over as it was before the election. it's impossible to know at this point where ilts goit's going, may look like a year from now, but i think it's fair to say iran will never be the same again. just, for example, how we thought of iran, say, two years ago when the united states was pinned down in iraq, when israel was fighting hezbollah to a standstill in lebanon, iran at that point seemed li

chief justice john roberts swearing in the curt's newest member. >> congratulationses and welcome to the court. >> reporter: her mother was atad sotomayor on her own. she told her daughter she could become anything she put her mind to. today, the self-described puerto rican girl from the south bronx became living proof of that. and her moment here-- >> go, sonia! >> ...was celebrated across her home town. >> i'm just joyous. she's latina. >> this is our moment. latino moment, people of color. >> reporter: some are hoping she'll champion women's and minority rights. others fear she'll lean left as the first appointee by a democratic president in 15 years. >> a judge embraces empathy at the expense of objectivity. >> reporter: the experts say it often takes three to four years before a new justice's pattern becomes clear. she's replacing david souter, who turned out to be far more liberal than the first bush white house expected. >> my sense is she is going to be moderately liberal, like justice souter was, and in some ways more conservative. >> reporter: her day of work comes early. t

as her mother salina held the bible and her brother juan stood by, chief justice john roberts led her through the oath. >> i sonia sotomayor do kohl let mely swear -- >> reporter: formally making her the first are hispanic supreme court justice. >> so help me god. >> congratulations and welcome to the court. >> friends and family members applauded and she hugged her mother who raised her as a single parent after her father died when she was 9. where she was sworn in today was symbolic, too, a formal conference room at the supreme court. and for the first time, cameras were allowed in to report record the event. just before in a private ceremony, roberts led her through another oath, federal law requires a special one for judges. today's event was a big change from past swearing in ceremonies for supreme court justices held at the white house. >> i samuel a. alito, jr. >> i clarence thomas do solemnly swear -- >> reporter: though swearing in justi justices at the white house has been going on for nearly 70 year, members of the court have become more vocal complaining it that it sends t

. >> with her mother holding a family bible, chief justice john roberts swore in the supreme court'sirst hispanic. >> i will administer justice without respect to persons. >> surrounded by family and friends, she became justice sotomayor. >> so help me god. >> congratulations and welcome to the court. >> it began some 50 years ago in a new york city housing project where she was raised by her mother and won scholarships to elite schools -- princeton and yale law. and it was a republican president, george h.w. bush who nominated her to be a district court judge. the unprecedented weekend swearing in at the supreme court means sotomayor can hit the ground running. the court returns early next month to hear arguments in a major campaign-finance case. tell take up cases on religious expression, and whether juveniles can get life in prison for their crimes. sotomayor's appointment has been a great source of pride for many hispanic americans who view her as a role model for young people. >> in the salon, we been waiting for that to happen, now is the day and feel proud about what she's bee

all the kennedys were, the political kennedys that we know of, john, robert, and ted, and i think the country will be less of a country from his passing. >> suarez: patricia klath brought her grandchildren to the kennedy library today. >> i have a tremendous admiration for how going after tragedy, tragedy, tragedy and he became the patriarch of that family and that's not an easy family to be patriarch of, its so large anyway- but how beautifully he represented it. something deep within, glue maybe called love that carried the day. >> suarez: senator edward moore kennedy will lie in repose at the kennedy library thursday and friday. a funeral mass will be held in boston on saturday. later that day, he will be buried at arlington national cemetery, across the potomac from washington, on the hillside where his brothers john and robert, and his sister-in-law jacqueline, were all laid to rest. >> woodruff: we'll have much more on senator kennedy's life and legacy later in the program. >> woodruff: in other news today, the lieutenant governor of south carolina asked embattled republican gov

chief justice, john roberts, lloydminister the oath in front of cameras.. you tend to "fox news" we will have live coverage. >> here's a thoroughly disturbing story. the husband of the new york woman who drove the wrong way down a highway gemming eight people, now says that the bottle of lockout that was found in a car wreck could have been his. daniel schubert said the family would carry a bottle of thought that around because he liked to sit that location. basically said they could use one bottle of summer. he also admitted to occasionally served peanut gloves at barbecues, but very few. schuyler insists his wife was not an alcoholic. the medical examiner says diane schuyler, the driver, heavy equipment of ten drinks in her system, and have recently smoked marijuana before the crash. location posts on this story as more develops. to mexico state hillary clinton was in cape town, south africa today. she met with south african president, jacob martin to her trying to improve relations. secretary clinton also visited a housing project in cape town and met w

robert bourque. >> reporter: but he could also celebrate his work with republicans with whom she shared few political beliefs. >> and president bush was there every step of the way. >> reporter: the assassinations of john robert kennedy meant their lives will always be measured in terms of possibilities. but ted kennedy died in the fullness of his years, so his words and deeds, his triumphs and failures can be measured in full. >> let this be our commitment: whatever sacrifices must be made will be shared and shared fairly. and let this be our confidence. at the end of our journey and always before us shines that ideal of liberty and justice for all. ndc:ou aha tt'scb the " ts evening newsback with a cbshei's special "ted kennedy: the last brother" tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central. until then, i'm katie couric, thank you for watching. >>> from the first local station with news in high definition, this is 9news now. >> flags are flying at half staff over the u.s. capitol and in fact, all around our country tonight, marking the passing of a man known as the lion of the senate. senator edward kennedy of massachusetts in rntemoafa g r rng after a 15 with brain cancer. he was 77 years old. good evening and wel