>> no es porque sea latina sino por ser latina sabÍa.lÍa esta posiciÓn de relativismo. >> pero no en sus acciones. tenemos aquÍ por primera vez una candidata que tiene mÁs experiencia, mucha mÁs trayectoria como juez, mÁs decisiones que ningÚn otro juez que hemos visto en los Últimos 100 aÑos. dijoeso 6 veces en 15 aÑos pero las acciones que ha tomado, lo han admitido las personas, de las acciones y el record demuestra es imparcialy que no se deja llevar tnr÷hjv@ >> ¿dijo lo que tenÍa que decir sotomayor para ser confirmada? >> exactamente. cambiÓ su posición. necesitaba cambiar esa imagen. esos comentarios habÍan pintado de ella. fue bien entrenada por la administraciÓn de obama, realmente cambiÓ el sentimiento y el punto de vista que habÍa presentado. pero este es el proceso de confirmaciÓn del senado y es un procesque realmente no nos deja entender y conocer a la gente que va a estar en una instituciÓn tan poderoso en este paÍs. no nos deja entender o conocer a esta persona. esto es algo que debe cambiar un poco. tienes una persona q

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sabia en el debate. >> tener una posiciÓn negativa delante de la comunidad latina en este paÍs.eno, esperamos que haya mÁs. >> la repÚblica no -el republicano de carolina del sur subiÓ a los demócratas- >> esta es la primera latina la historia de estados unidos seleccionada para la corte suprema, y eso es un gran logro. los republicanos conservadores criticaron su filosofÍa judicial. contraria a la gran tradiciÓn americana de que la justicia debe ser ciega,como estÁ escrita. tambiÉn la republicana martÍnez apoyarÁ a la jueza sotomayor. >> no como si hubiÉsemos seleccionado a uh@txñyttcékph@ hispanos,afirma que las crÍticas son porque la crean un poco liberal. la confirmaciÓa de la jueza concluirÁ en el pleno del senado la prÓxima semana. hay 60 demÓcratas y 40 republicanos en la cÁmara alta,el lÍder de la minoría y por lo menos otros 16 republicanos se manifestaron en contra,pero hay quienes aseguran que podrÍa haber hasth@ precisamente de la decisiÓn de hoy de la comisiÓn judicial del senado,nos acompaÑa el analista de asuntos hispanos,arnoldo torres. seÑor torres, econfirmaci

why would that not be disputed yet to say why is latina woman? is that life experience, that did ruffle feathers? >> i think it was her comparison. her statement that a wise latina woman would make a better decision than a white male. i think at least my perception is that is the statement that really ruffled the feathers. >> all right, some georgia law school students from emery as well as university of georgia. so, sonia sotomayor, one of many wise latina women, that's why rick sanchez went to miami to talk to them and find out whether she indeed an inspiration to them. in the meantime, we're also taking your calls. this is some of what you're saying. >> i have a day job, i'm a long haul druk driver, driving across oklahoma right now. i wanted to make a comment about so the so. i don't think she answered the questions fair enough to be able to sit on the supreme court. i think when they asked a question, i think she ought to answer the question and not dodge it. i listened to most of it on satellite radio and that's my opinion. thank you. %%

sabia en el debate. >> tener una posiciÓn negativa lante de la comunidad latina en este paÍs.en el pleno, esperamos que haya mÁs. h@ >> la repÚblica no -el republicano de carolina del sur subiÓ a los demócratas- t[dxrmsckph@h@h@t[dxrmxkhkph@h la crean un ma que las poco liberal. la confirmaciÓn de la jueza concluirÁ en el pleno del senado la prÓxima semana. t[dxrm[sjkph@h@t[dxrmtizkph@h@Í por lo menos otros 16 republicanos se manifestaron en contra,pero hay quienes aseguran que podrÍa haber hasta 10 republicanos en favor de sotomayor. >> ahora para hablarnos precisamente de la decisiÓn de hoy de la comisiÓn judicial del senado,nos acompaÑa el analista de asuntos hispanos,arnoldo torres. seÑor torres, estnfirmaciÓn como vimos en el reportaje activamente estÁ garh@t[dxrmpmkkph@h@h@t[dÓó >> esa repÚblica lo que dice que la apoyÓ,¿a que se ha debido la oposiciÓn republicana? >> es polÍtica,porque estÁn apoyando lo he ido lÓgico del partido republicano, hay muchos que hablaron del cual polÍtico de la comunidad latina,eso es lo que estÁn apoyando,su base ideolÓgica, no quieran romp

es decir que sotomayor estÁ a punto de convertirse en la latina mÁs influyente de los estados unidos. ser aprobado por el senado. mana comienza las audiencias de confirmaciÓn a washington en donde estÁ la jueza sotomayor y muchas personas que la defienden y que la critican. precisamente para hablar de sotomayor nos acompaÑa otra mujer que tambiÉn ha roto muchas barreras, cecilia muÑoz es la directora de relaciones intergubernamentales de la casa blanca. se dice que obama sÓlo las escogio porque es latina y mujer. >> ella tiene mÁs experiencia que cualquier otro juez. es muy calificada y sus experiencias y sus decisiones demuestran que esta calificada para la corte y el procesan la semana que viene va a demostrar la experiencia que tiene. es una mujer increÍble. >> el presidente barack obama constantemente ha hablado diversidad en todo los aspectos del gobierno los estados unidos. el hecho de e ya se ha mujer y que sea latina, tuvo algo que ver en la decisiÓn del presidente oralmente se puede tomar este tipo de decisiones sin considerar el grupo Étnico o o color de piel de un candidato

que el gobierno de correa tuvo alguna relaciÓn con las farc, estamos a disposiciÓn deoda amÉrica latinanada que esconder. >> este vÍdeo fue incautado. >> dice que el vÍdeo fue obtenido de buena fuen n que no se puede hacer pÚblica, pero que antes fue confirmada su autenticidad con un fiscal especializado en este caso, y la respues de rafael correa no se hizo esperar. >> que investiguen si el gobierno ecuatoriano alguna vez ha recibido 20 centavos de cualquier grupo extranjero. ya no saben quÉ decir compaÑeros, depende de ustedes a quien le crean. >> las reacciones en ecuador estÁn bipolarizadas, quienes apoyan a correr a creer que es una estrategia por parte de los estados unidos. >> estas acciones buscan sacarle legitimaciÓn, es una estrategia que viene del imperio. >> sin embargo, otros creen que sÓlo se trata de la punta del iceberg y que pronto se encontrarÁn más pruebas en contra de rafael correa. >> creo que seguirÁn saliendo documentos e informaciÓn muy valiosa, para que el pueblo ecuatoriano conozca la verdad. >> se habla de supuestos nexos de la guerrilla, gobiernos de quito y

the other problem for her is the wise latina judge comment. "my personal and professional experiences help me to listen and understand with the bilal was commanding the result in every case. does that do it? >> absolutely not. you are right. she tried to preempt this, trying to have a discussion in her own way. i do not think that it ultimately work. we have heard from a number of republican senators that this is likely to be the focus of a substantial part of for questioning, along with the overall judicial philosophy. i agree with shannon. four or five senators gave a speech -- broad of a speech that she made in 2009, -- brought up a speech that she made in 2009 about losing influence in the world. it was a rambling speech. we are likely to see them walk out many parts of that speech. -- pluck out many parts of that speech. bret: we are told the democrats in the house are not rolling out a health care bill today. we are looking live at steny hoyer, talking about health care at a news conference. we are told that the blue dog democrats are up

conflict with being a passionate latina woman.n president clinton was looking for a supreme court nominee, he tried to get governor cuomo because he wanted someone who had experience in politics as opposed to getting everyone from the ivory tower. i mean, that's what this is about. this is bringing a diversity of experience. she really does have it in her personal background and in her legal training. >> john, you asked what she gains by answering the question that way. she gains senate confirmation to become a supreme court justice. look, she wasn't -- >> without controversy. >> without controversy. she wasn't gonna answer that question in any other way, but let's face it, when president obama made that statement about empathy, that was one of his criteria for a nominee. and look, frankly, i lack empathy for empathy on the bench. that's not what the law requires. >> too bad mario didn't make the bench. >>> exit question, is judge sotomayor a shoe-in, pat buchanan? >> 60 democratic votes and i think she'll get more than 10, i woul

does judge sotomayor's wise latina comment really make her a racist? >> do you understand, ma'am, if i had said anything like that and my reasoning was that i'm trying to inspire somebody, they would have had my head. do you understand that? >>> also the battle over michael jackson's kids. debbie rowe's lawyer tonight says she won't trade custody for cash, but is the family trying to pay her off to make her go away? >>> and the amazing video of the day. watch this. we'll tell you the story behind this spectacular crash. >>> hi, everybody, those are big questions tonight. but we start as always with "the mash-up." our look at all of the stories making an impact right now. the moments you may have missed today. we're watching it all so you don't have to. we start on capitol hill. judge sonia sotomayor, a woman on a mission, and very much on message. trying to convince senators when she rules from the bench, only one thing counts, it's not gender and it's not race. >> all of my decisions show my respect for the rule of law, my record shows is that i follo

have you ever seen a case where, to use your example, the wise latina made a better decision than non-latina judges? >> no. what i have seen -- >> i know you like all of your decisions. i was just saying that i know she appreciates her own decisions. i don't mean to denigrate her decisions, mr. chairman. >> i was using a riskal that hearken back to justice o'connor because her literal words and mine that meaning that neither of us, if you were looking at it in their exact words make any sense. justice o'connor was part of a court in which she greatly respected her colleagues, and yet those wise men -- i'm not going to use the other word. and wise women did reach different conclusions in deciding cases. i never understood her to be attempting to say that that meant that those people who disagreed with her were unwise or unfair judges. as you know, my speech was intending to inspire the students to understand the richness that their backgrounds could bring to the judicial process in the same way that everybody else's background does the same. i think that's what justice alete owe was referring

el presidente h@h@tiknxailskph@h@t@ escogio porque es latina y mujer. >> ella tiene mÁs experiencia ques muy calificada y sus experiencias y sus decisiones demuestran que esta calificada para la corte y el procesan la semana que viene va a demostrar la experiencia que tiene. es una mujer increÍble. >> el presidente barack obama constantemente ha hablado diversidad en todo los aspectos del gobierno los estados unidos. el hecho de que ya se ha mujer y que sea latina, tuvo algo que ver en la decisiÓn del presidente oralmente se puede tomar este tipo de decisiones sin considerar el grupo Étnico o o color de piel de un candidato? >> el presidente ha dicho muchas veces que no hay un conflicto entre diversidad y excelencia en tÉrminos de capacidad de servir al paÍs. esta nominaciÓn demuestra este hecho. es importante saber la experiencia y tambiÉn demuestra que estamos suprimiendo barreras. >> uno los temas los controles se les es que en alguna ocasiÓn ha dicho que una mujer latina por su experiencia podrÍa tomar mejores decisiones de un hombre blanco, ¿serÁ un problema para la nominaciÓn de s

sabÍa en el debate. >>> ellos tienen una posiciÓn negativa ante la comunidad latina en este paÍs pors visto que hay 5 republicanos que se han pronunciado entquxwúaxkph@h@tÁ >>> rompiendo rangos con su partido el rublicano del carolina del sur se uniÓ a los demÓcratas del comitÉ, esta es la primera latina en la historia de estados unidos seleccionada para la corte suprema, y eso es un gran logro. los republicanos conservadores criticaron su filosofÍa judicial. contraria a la gran tradiciÓn americana, de que la justicia debe ser ciega, y de fidelidad a la ley como estÁ escrita, tambiÉn el republicano de la florida apoyarÁ a la jueza sotomayor. >>> no es una persona conservadora o liberal pero lo vemos como el poder darle el consentimiento nuestro a una persona que estÁ bien kcal sf calificadas crÍticas son porque la creen un poco h@liberal. >>> el paso final desde luego serÁ latquxwúea]kph@h@ prÓximaÍ estÁn en contra pero hay aseguran que pueden a ver hasta 10 republicanos a favor >>> lourdes estienen buxwúln le se tratah@ de polÍtica >>> pues una mezcla edna los republicanos dicen qu

judge sonia sotomayor on her assertion that a wise latina woman usually makes better judgments than a white male. this what some are calling a confirmation conversion. also judge sotomayor faces a barrage of issues facing the supreme court including gun rights and illegal immigration. tonight we examine her responses, assess whether she should be confirmed, she will be, and house democrats move closer to an all-out on the cia and their mission to kill obama. tonight we ask whether an investigation is warranted, whether democrats are playing politics with national security. that and more in our face-off debate tonight. we begin with judge sonia sotomayor today acknowledging for the first time that her wise latina woman comment was a mistake. on the second day of her supreme court confirmation hearing judge sotomayor declared that she does not believe any ethnic, racial or gender group has any advantage in sound judging but republican members of the senate judiciary committee appeared unconvinced that judge sotomayor changed her position. the ranking committee member jeff sessions says

wise latina woman. here's what she had to say today. >> do you stand by your words of yesterday and when you said it was a failed rhetorical flourish that fell flat that there are words that don't make sense and that they're a bad idea? >> i stand by the words, it fell flat. and i understand that some people have understood them in a way that i never intended and i would hope that in the context of the speech, that they would be understood. >> rick sanchez is joining us now from florida where there are a lot of wise latina women and, rick, you had a chance to meet some of them. >> what we want to do, wolf, from time to time take the conversation outside the beltway. and get a perspective from people living in america, especially people who are touched by this particular vunacular. this new term that will be used and has been used by so many people. wise latina woman. so, what i have done is assembled a panel of very wise latina women in south florida. i think when you hear what they have to say, a persp

wise latina and on and on. here is your chance, you tell us what is going on here, judge. >> thank you for giving me an opportunity to explain my remarks. no words i have ever spoken or written have received this much attention. i gave a variant of my speech to a variety of different groups. most often to groups of women lawyers, particularly young latina lawyers and students. as my speech made clear in one of the quotes that you referenced, i was trying to inspire them to believe that their life experiences would enrich the legal system, because all experiences always do. there is no quarrel in our society in that. i was trying to inspire them to believe that they could become anything that they wanted to become, just as i had. the context of the words that i spoke have created a misunderstanding. i want to give everyone assurances. i want to state up front, unequivocally, without doubt, i do not believe that any ethnic, racial, or gendered group has an advantage in sound judgment. i do believe that every pers

i think we should celebrate she is a wise latina. >> bonnie: i have to bring up, she's a wise latiname that includes a woman. >> both women who have been on the supreme court have come on and spoke about that. we want those experiences brought to the bench. women have different life experiences than men and we're also 52% of the population. and we want those -- we should celebrate that. we should celebrate that adversity that the candidate is bringing to the bench. >> i think if the makeup of the congress was different with more of a 50-50 deal we wouldn't see much of a difference in terms of the outcomes. a justice is not put on the bench to make speeches, a justice is put on the bench to make decisions. she is really quite middle of the road. >> if you put the same comment as alito said, she was a wise woman rather than a wise man -- that's it. >> bonnie: wait a second. [simultaneous speech] >> bonnie: wait a second. bay, let me ask you this. with justice roberts or alito, was there questions about their temperament on the bench, that they seemed to be angry most of the time, that

think we shouldelebrate she is a wise latina. >> bonnie: i haveo bring up, shs a wise latina somthatcludes a woman. both women who have beenn theupreme court haveome on and spoke about that. we want those experiences brought to the bench. women have different life experiens than men and we' also 5 of the pulation. and w wanthose -- we shod celebrate that. we should celebrate that adversity that the candidate is bringing to theench. >> i thi if the makeup of the coress was diffent with more of a 50- deal we wouldn't see ch of a difference in terms of the outcome justi is not put on the bench to make speeches, a justice is put on t bench to make decisions e is really quite middle of the road. >> if youut the same comment as alito said, she was wise womarather than a wis man -- tt's it. bonnie: wait aecond. [simultaneouspeech] >> bnie: wait a second. bay, let me ask youhis. with jtice roberts or alito, was there questions about their temperament on the bench, that theyeemed to be angry most of theime, thathey -- in other wos it seems to me in terms of sxism one thing theysed against her

se declara culpable policÍa acusado de atacar sexualmente una mujer latina en california.ualmente en tras Él estaba uniformado se declarÓ culpable ante una corte y estÁn esperando la sentencia. >> en este tribunal federal de los angeles el ex policÍa de la ciudad de bell feliciano sÁnchez se declarÓ culpable. lo acusaban de violar los derechos civiles de una mujer indocumentada que detuvo para darle una infracciÓn cuando patrullaban las calles de la ciudad. >> ese declarÓ culpable en trozos de aquÍ tiene que ir frente de un juez y la juez decide cuÁnto tiempo va estar en cÁrcel. >> la vÍctima, un emigrante mexicano se relatÓ ltbg[sadilla que viviÓ hace dos aÑos cuando sÁnchez lo obligÓ a tener sexo oral dentro de su patrulla. >> ese bajo de la patria, sino la vuelta hacia donde estaba, me abre la puerta y me volteo. >> en ese entonces la emigrante buscÓ la ayuda de un activista comunitaria. >> nunca tengan miedo. ustedes tienen derecho. no importa que no tengan documentos. siempre ey es la ley y los va respaldar. >> tras la publicaciÓn de la represiÓn univisión, el fbi inv

- wise latina.depends on a person's race? >> i think that the republicans have missed a big opportunity today. jeff sessions, i have to say, did a good job in his 30 minutes, and she was really back on her heels, and if kyl and others had just followed up, and they are pretty defensive about a latina judge being better than a white man, if they had just hammered on that, they could have made it a much worse today. at this moment, i do not think her confirmation is in jeopardy. bret: i'd think it could get a little hot. next up is lindsey graham who foreshadowed earlier today that he was going to get into the border region defense funds, on which she was a board member until 1992. that group had some controversial -- basically stood behind some controversial moves, including eliminating most or all state and federal abortion regulations while requiring state and federal funding of abortion, so we could see a lot of questions about that. megyn: an advocate for the anti- death penalty, and they were ca

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. >>> y esta fue la respuesta, enfatizaron una famosa cita que una latina con sabiduría tenga mayor ante> a menos que sufra un colapso este repuplicano dijo que notññp votará. >>> y este jurista la comparó con otras juristas. >>> será una magistrada para todos los estadounidenses. >>> los republicanos ya nieren justificar que votaran en contra. >>> los demócratas dijeron que su vida era una inspiración. >>> es lo que ella haya hecho sobre su carrera. >>> en el salón abarratado la jueza estaba esta vez sentada en el banquillo frente a sus jueces. >>> pienso que ella va a ser aprobada por el senado y vamos a tener una latina en la corte suprema. >>> un par de veces fue la audiencia interrumpida por opositores. otro grupo manifestaba su apoyo a la jueza en esta su prueba de fuego. >>> la jueza sotomayor fue breve pero enfatica, pero la mayor parte de su discurso fue sobre su historia personal, recconoció que llegó por su madre. mañana se enfrentará a la primera ronda de preguntas de los senadores. >>> qué se espera de esas preguntas de mañana? >>> los principales temas ya se definieron hoy,

mark whitaker, do you think she did handle the wise latina comment. pat leahy gave her a softball in having rephrased her comment. it was then brought back to her by jeff sessions the way she actually said it. she said she was trying to be inspirational to latina women and she didn't intend to indicate she would do anything from the bench that was not just the facts. >> unfortunately, she chose her words poorly. i think most people who are sympathetic to her feel that way and i think ultimately she had to admit that when she said it was bad and she was just trying to play on a comment sandra day o'connor had made earlier. i don't think it was an accident that senator leahy also started by ask iing her for her to talk about her experience as a trial judge. >> let's go directly to florida, pensacola, additional arrests in that horrible murder case. >> last thursday, july 9th, a tragedy occurred in escambia, county, with the murder of byrd and melanie billings. where we as a society, and specifically escambia county, witnessed the worse in man. cruelty a

>> i would say to her, i have said that a wise latina is wiser, and today you affirm that a wise latinanot wiser. who are you trying to kid? >> i would just try to express not outrage but extreme skepticism at her change of tone and substance, because obviously, it's disingenuous. bret: today we said the short questions worked the best. >> absolutely. it is like a prosecutor in court. let the person who has got center stage hurt themselves, but my thinking, charles, is 17 years experience, tremendous record of experience, and we know what kind of judge she has been. she has been in the mainstream. charles schumer, the senator from near her home state tried to walk that through today and make the case that if you look at her rulings, they have been in the mainstream. it's just that the overwhelming wave came from the republicans and was about identity politics an double standards that if a white male had made that statement, the white male's career would have been over o. bret: and so far, nothing approaching the lindsey graham meltdown? >> no meltdown. i would focus on the fact that she

yes, she considered herself a wise latina. >> why is it such a big deal? wise latina.words together? could that be part of it? >> reporter: so the organization is watching the hearings with interest that sharpened tuesday when senators pounced on sotomayor's berkeley speech. specific line -- i would hope that a wise latina woman would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male. >> how can you reconcile your speeches which repeatedly assert that impartiality is a mere aspiration which may not be possible in all or even most cases with your oath that you've taken twice which requires impartiality? >> no words i have ever spoken or written have received so much attention. >> reporter: sotomayor says those words were actually a poor play on words, spoken by former justice sandra day o'connor that "fell flat." >> it is clearly not what i intended which was attempting to inspire young hispanic latino students and lawyers to believe that their life experiences added value to the process. >> reporter: some bloggers critical of sotomayor didn't buy her expl

comentarios vertidos hace ocho aÑos cuando dijo que una latinas habÍa llegaría a mejores conclusiones blanco, aparecieron como un fantasma hace charla. [ mÚsica ] >> la jueza sonia sotomayor defendiÓ la imparcialidad de sus fallos en la primera ronda de preguntas en su audiencia de confirmaciÓn sobre su cita de que una mujer latina con sabidurÍa llegaría a una mejor conclusiÓn de un hombre blanco. >> "no creo que ningÚn grupo racial o de riesgo tiene una ventaja al remitir con juicioso bro. cada persona tiene igual oportunidad de ser juez sabio sin citar sus antecedentes un ex precio debido". durante el dÍa se repitiÓ a sus partidos. "es muy claro que no pasÓ mi juicio en experiencia personal o prejuicios pero no convenciÓ a este republicano.2 >> "expresamos nuestra simpatÍa a los bomberos". la corte suprema descartÓ este fallo. >> estaba tratando de sugerir que ella no es persona que se le pueda creer. >> ellos no han podido socavar la objetividad de sonia. >> en un crÍtico ha logrado que cometa un error. me impresiona cada dÍa mÁs su habilidad para sostener todos los televisan y sim

a wise latina could reach a better decision, i actually meant i it couldn't.en judges make the law from the bench, when i said that, i meant the opposite of that. on point after point, her defense is that i actually meant the opposite of what i said. democrats may have the votes to get this judge approved here, but there's the question, i think, she's going to be faced with next, which judge should we believe? the one who has an interest in gaining our approval or the one who spoke at unguarded moments at this hearing? >> you worked in the clinton white house and you teach at uc berkeley school of law right now. you're, obviously, very sympathetic to judge sonia sotomayor. >> she is well qualified to be a justice on the supreme court. >> there are two sides to her, what she said as opposed to how she's explaining it today. >> we should take a line from justice alito who said the kind of judge i'm going to be is the kind of judge i have been. that's exactly what she is doing. that her statements and speeches and trying to inspire young people to go into law, to

is empathy supposed to be the criteria, in other words, if she talks about a wise latina woman that can make better decisions -- >> what she said -- sean: she says it seven times. >> five, but who's counting? you didn't -- sean: the administration -- >> you didn't hear her say she misspoke. the context is civil rights cases, and second what she's talking about is you need more diversity inside in those cases, and what she said is i hope. she doesn't say people can't -- she says i hope my experience allows me to make the best -- sean: she says as a wise latina woman would come to a -- >> don't leave out the beginning. she's saying what i hope is a wise latina woman with -- >> but, david -- there's a whole group of nonminority supreme court justices that have been very protective of civil rights, so to make a statement about -- and i'm not impugning her intelligence or as a judge. i think it's misconstruing her role as judge when you make those statements. sean: what if it was a white male that said that? >> i think it is always more troubling when the people who have not been discriminat

comments that you made about the wise latina speech. your words of yesterday when you said it was a failed rhetorical flourish that fell flat. >> i stand by the words, it fell flat. and i understand that some people have understood them in a way that i never intended, and i would hope that in the context of the speech that they would be understood. >> joining me now is maria tree is a cumar, founding executive director of voto latina. what do you make of this, having to answer the same questions. >> part of it is i think she was having a flashback when she was a student in princeton, reminded of her latinaness every day. the republicans are really kind of stuck an they're stuck in the old way of doing business and they're really trying to fuel the fire of a cultural war and they're trying to energize the joe the plumber the base. that's dangerous. i believe the reason they're doing it is they know they're gearing up for a fight when it comes to not only affirmative action but also immigration reform and they want to make sure that joe t

women. >> wise latina woman. >> wise latina woman. >> where does one go to find these wise latina womendiciary committee. >> it was a bad choice of words by me. >> reporter: after four days of hearings and hearing in particular those same words. >> wise latina. >> wise latina woman. >> wise latina comment that you made -- >> reporter: we started to feel as irritated as this baby sounded. the words are now on t-shirts meant to honor and on a magazine cover meant to mock and a mug meant to be sold depicting supreme court justices saying just what we need, a wise latina woman. >> a wise latina heading to the supreme court. >> the whole wise latina woman thing has led to wisecracks. >> reporter: take the fake news story wise potato chips, the wise latina woman, comedians ate it up. >> i can understand the appeal of nominating a hard-working new york latina woman who has risen to the top of her profession against all of the odds. >> yeah. >> why don't we just nominate jennifer lopez? >> reporter: a group of conservative provocateurs. they took their sign to predominantly hispanic union city

would come to a better conclusion than others. >> your wise latina comment. >> the wise latina woman quote. >> this wise latina comment has been talked about a lot. if i had said anything remotely like that, my career would have been over. >> so, no free ride from republicans, but no delusions from them either. >> unless you have a complete meltdown you're going to get confirmed. >> no pressure there, judge. later, tonight, some fascinating perspective on this from a man all too familiar with confirmation battles. judge robert bork is going to join us a little later. >>> while sotomayor's nomination is expected to go through, health care? another story. today, some tough words from president obama. >> i just want to put everybody on notice. because there was a lot of chatter during the week that i was gone. we are going to get this done. inaction is not an option. and for those naysayers and cynics who think that this is not going to happen, don't bet against it. >> the white house hoping congress will pass health care reform before their august recess. but is that going to happen? t

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sotomayor say it may have been a bad idea to use the words "wise latina." for this man, witnessing sotomayor taking another step to becoming the next justice is inspiration. >> we are terribly excited that we are seeing this in our lifetime. >> george sotomayor will be at a capitol hill tomorrow. -- george sotomayor will be at capitol hill for another -- judge sotomayor will be at capitol hill for another round of questions tomorrow. >>> tonight the department of homeland security is reassessing its terror alert system. the current system goes from green to red, and homeland security secretary janet and appellate panel has created a task force to examine this. >>> the candidates running for virginia governor have raised seven-figure sums in the last month. when countered against their expenditures, there is a difference. coming up, and you plan to honor president obama in the district, but why it would require changing the law. >> he confessed. how much clearer does it need to be? >> what else this woman is saying about this case. a local teenager talks abo

wrwrqñóÑçwóo ba >>> sonia sotomayor got pressure regarding her wise latina remark.econd day of confirmation hearings. though they're questioning her ability to judge fairly, republicans still expect sotomayor to become the first latina to sit on the high court. steve handelsman has our report. >> no word i have ever spoken or written have received so much intention. >> the word were wise latina. sonia sotomayor, the first hispic nominated to the u.s. supreme court. and had to answer for them again in her confirmation hearing. >> i guess i'm asking today what do you really believe? >> in a series of speeches, sotomayor had said a wise latina would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male. >> i do not believe that any ethnic, racial, or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. >> some lawyers who argued cases before sotomayor said they came away with bad feelings about her. republican lindsay graham read some feedback. >> she is a terror on the bench. she is temperamental, excitable, she seemsangry. >> do you think you have a temperament

you said that a wise latina woman would reach a better conclusion than a male counterpart. what i'm confused about, are you standing by that statement or are you saying that it was a bad idea and are you disavowing that statement? >> it is clear from the attention that my words have gotten and the manner in which it has been understood by some people that my words failed. they didn't work. the message that the entire speech attempted to deliver, however, remains the message that i think justice o'connor meant, the message that higher nominees, including justice alito, meant when he said that his italian ancestry, he considers when he's deciding discrimination cases. i don't think he meant -- i don't think justice o'connor meant -- that personal experiences compel results in any way. i think life experiences generally, whether it's that i'm a latina, or was a state prosecutor, or have been a commercial litigator, or been a trial judge and an appellate judge, that the mixture of all of those things, the amalgam of them, helped me to listen and understand. but all of us unders

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judge sotomayormade her now famous remarks about a wise latina woman mang better desions than other judges. i am disappointed that we still have a lt ofmuddled testimony ad lack of clarity. ally a person going o the sreme court shouldbe clearer in my view. gwen: an the democrats in ull embrace. >> y look at sonia sotoyor's story and he noble experimenttoday. >> she's a udge in which all americans can have cnfidence. gwen: in the middleof it all, a nomineewho consisttly sidestped any questions bout aboron or gun rights or campaign nance reform or any other hot btton issue tht might come efore the court. >> senator,would you want a judge or a nminee who came in re and sai i agree with you this is uconstitutional, before i ha a case beore me, before i had both sides discsing the issue with me? i don't know that tt's a stice that can be. gwen: interesti point. so aft four days of pretty detailed testimoy, where do we stand on this nomination, joa don't surprise me. , really. >> well, there's o question she's going to be cofirmed. but what exactly did w see? we did see se things. there was pnty

let's talk about the wise latina comment yet again. and the only reason i want to talk about it yet again is that i think what you said -- let me just put my vices on the table here. one of the things that i constantly say when i talk about the war on terror is that one of the missing ingredients in the mideast is the rule of law that senator schumer talked about. that the hope for the mideast, iraq and afghanistan is that there will be a courtroom one day that if you find yourself in that court it would be about what you allegedly did,ot who you are. it won't be about whether you are a sunni shia, a kurd or a pashtun. it will be about what you did. and that's the hope of the world, really, that our legal system, even though we fail at times, will spread. and i hope one day that there will be more women serving in elected office and judicial offices in the mideast. i can tell you this from my point of view. one of the biggest problems in iraq and afghanistan is the mother's voice is seldom heard about the fate of her children. and if y

is it the ricci case or the quote, wise latina woman? >> i think it's a combination. basically, it's the ricci case, the firefighters case where she was overturned, it's the wise latina comment where she suggested it was somehow better to be a latina than a white male, and it's a membership on the board of directors of the puerto rican legal defense fund, all of which the republicans, some republicans will use to paint a picture of her as kind of an activist, someone who is more interested in helping her community than in interpreting the law. that's a very tough sell, but i think that's the argument that they're building towards. >> you know what's interesting, my take at least on when she finally got a chance to speak, what she says is i love my father, i love my mother, i love my family, i come from a great place, isn't it great to live in america and by the way, fidelity to the law. is that pretty much what we're going to be hearing from her? >> she knows what the rap is against her. in a subtle way, her opening statement was an anticipatory response to the critic

>> no, as a wise latina.no, she's not backing down and would probably want to say, not only do i mean a wise latina. i meant any latina could make a better decision than a white man could. i'm just saying, i'm just saying. she may not say it but maybe she's thinking that. >> what about the senators? interpret her question. what's going on, really? >> basically, the opinions of white conservative male judges define objectivity and thanking her for not being one so they can send out fund-raising e-m l e-mails about her. also saying, thank god, don't depend on the hispanic vote. >> they may coming up in future elections. maybe they're not thinking this through. take a listen to this exchange. the issue of abortion. listen. >> white house press secretary said the president did not ask sotomayor specifically about abortion rights during their interview. is that correct? >> yes. it is absolutely correct. i was asked no question by anyone, including the president, about my views on any specific legal issue. >> now,

sonia sotomayor gets a chance to explain that now-famous remark she made about latina women. >>> the murder mystery in a family home in florida, the death of the adoptive parents of so many special needs children -- it has taken an odd turn. >>> critical condition -- why america's doctors don't want to go into family practice anymore. >>> a woman making a difference with good works around the world. with good works around the world. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. this was a long first day of questioning for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor who found herself answering for some of her own words from her past. at times it was a classic courtroom cross-examination, mostly by the republicans, while most democrats are interested in wrapping up this and voting to confirm. the woman most believe will be the next supreme court justice. our justice correspondent, pete williams at the court to night to start us off. pete, good evening. >>> brian, within the first hour today, judge sotomayor was asked about her wise latina comment

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