lawrence fishburn declined to offer her any advice. he's the actor, remember. if she's so inclined she can now watch her former boss in action. >> color makes no difference in so far as this court is concerned. >> brown: and see him come to life on stage. >> woodruff: in fact, supreme court nominee kagan was in the audience at the kennedy center last week. performances of "thurgood" continue through sunday. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. president obama began a two-day trip to gulf coast states, and planned a primetime speech tomorrow night on the oil spill. white house aides said b.p. now seems willing to set up a huge escrow fund to pay for damages from the disaster. and officials in the central asian nation of kyrgyzstan reported at least 138 people dead and 1,800 hurt in ethnic violence since last week. the newshour is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: another soccer story: this one is about north korea as it readies for its first world cup match in 44 years. "art beat" tal