she clerked for justice thurgood marshal. reporters gather for senator leahy who will be out shortly to discuss president obama's nomination of elena kagan. president obama nominated sonia sotomayor a year ago and now is nominating elena kagan. the process should take a couple months, probably through june, before we see the first hearings of the committee. elena kagan was the first dean of harvard law school, the first woman to serve in her position as solicitor general. if approved by the senate, she would be the youngest justice on the supreme court. comments from senator leahy will probably be followed later by others on the committee. we will bring you reaction and as much coverage as possible throughout the day and the weeks leading up to the senate judiciary committee. we want to remind you, too, if you go to our website at c- span.org, you can see other events we've covered with elena kagan. if you look there now, you can see 20 events with elena kagan featured. you will see those events also later in our program sche

humphrey marshall? who was he?nd john randolph looks like he was a character. >> very much so. >> explain the duel thing. >> it was usually an issue of honor. reputation would be the modern equivalent. if you allow yourself to be insulted and did not defend yourself, then you would be pushed around for the rest of your life. clay, one of the things that he said he was against, is that young men need to fight a duel just to show that they will do it. once they have demonstrated that they will do it, people will probably not try to push them around as much. humphrey marshall was a senior person in the kentucky legislature group, and he was a federalist as well. clay was very much a jeffersonian republican. they came at each other much for political reasons, but then it became personal. marshall, again, sort of like randolph, thought of clay as an upstart. >> there was a big difference in the duels. what was the first one about? >> it was about clothes, oddly enough. there was a homespun resolution that was passed in

of justice marshall. there was a case that followed a pattern that you had in five emos, crew expressed concern over what the majority of the court might do as a reason -- where you expressed concern over what the majority of the court might do. this involved an admission. your memo said, "the addition of this statement is outrageous." you then expressed, "worry that the court might find opposite results so that all ambiguous statements in the future will be construed in favor of the police." you expressed similar sentiment in five cases. it has all the appearance of an overarching philosophy in deciding what cases to decide. is it not really the function to decide whether an injustice has been done, when you say it is outrageous, and not to look to a broader public policy concern as to what the court might do as it affects other cases? you have a defendant with a constitutional right. is that it and not entitled to have a decision on the merits of his case -- is that a defendant not entitled to have a de

robert smith plane, who was fired for presenting the air marshals from canceling coverage during a red alert of hijackers. the time's person time's person of the year who is a former at the i-9 11 whistleblower. justman radek, who was put under criminal specification because she tried to uphold the rule of law and the john-- denial of rights. george sarris, whose criminal investigation for doing a-- a breakdown and maintenance of our cargo aircraft so it will be chaired by chris from federal law enforcement officers association. has chris made it into the auditorium?

c-span: marshall green. >> guest: now deceased, so i can talk a little bit more freely. c-span: who was he? >> guest: he was the assistant secretary of state for -- for the far east, the job that averil harriman had had. he had a long experience in asia, particularly in japan. he was wo -- he was in the em -- our embassy in japan at the time of pearl harbor. he had shared that asian experience, that pacific experience with richard nixon and was very kind to richard nixon during nixon's tour through asia in 1967 as he was preparing to run and, as a result, had nixon's gratitude, who made him assistant secretary of state. c-span: did he talk to you much? >> guest: oh, yes. we had long sessions together, and -- and he gave me a -- you know, a completely different look at -- at how the shanghai negotiations that dr. kissinger ran in -- in beijing in 1970 and '71 took place. and he found the critical flaw in henry kissinger's shanghai communique and point -- when he pointed it out to him, it caused a great stir. and it almost undermined the success of the whole visit and -- u

court of appeals and for justice thurgood marshall. as the chairman indicated, she went on to teach law at the university of chicago and served in the clinton administration and returned to harvard law school in 1999. during her tenure there, she has drawn acclaim as a pragmatic problem solver with rich illogical -- with a logical pride. she has also won praise from current and former students who have observed our country in uniform for creating an environment that ihighly supportive of students to of served in the armed forces. i know that because i have met with many of these young men and women who served. they are uniformly praised full of dean kagan. she is eminently qualified to become solicitor general. it is not just her impressive run -- resume and billion mind, her wisdom and temperament and -- brilliant mind, her wisdom and temperament. she gave a speech at west point. she was invited to speak to the cadets. she told the cadets that our nation is traordinary because as she sai which lives in a government of laws. she used a

we've been as hot as 93 and picked up 4/100th inch of rain at bwi marshall. your 2-degree guarantee was 75. that is within two. dave rinner at chestertown, our 2-degree guarantee weather winner. congratulations to you. get your name to us, abc2news.com. we'll try to get you a storm center umbrella. mid-70s now but with the humidity it feels warmer than that. humidities ranging from 100% in dover to 69% at bwi marshall. 73% in pax river. it's a muggy kind of an afternoon out there. and just really light east/southeast wind, not enough to really cool you down much. our satellite and radar view, a couple of things going on. again, a very widely spread jhpeppering of showers and rea more up towards cecil county and northeastern corner of the state. some made it into the bel air area and harford county. south of us, a lot more rain across the carolinas. all kind of part of the spinoff from this large gathering storm at sea. we are approaching quickly hurricane season so we'll see if this becomes anything with the tropical development. right now that looks like a

president, i appreciate all my colleagues voting "yes" on price marshall. the presiding officer: all time is yielded back. the question is on the nomination. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. and the nomination is confirmed. the motions to reconsider the vote are considered made and tabled. the president shall be notified of the senate action. and the senate will resume legislative session. there are now four minutes of debate evenly divided prior to a vote on the boxer amendment. mrs. boxer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: mr. president, i would like everyone, if they could, to just take a look at these couple of headlines from september 2008. "nightmare on wall street." "where do we go from here?" and i think all of us that went through this, whether we're in the senate or we were looking at what was happening to our investments on wall street, when we saw that over three short days in september 2008, lehman brothers, merrill lynch and a.i.g. a

he ought to be subject to court marshal. >> really start to fly. >> he said you ought to be court marshaled for not attending congress. >> that is silly. >> he wants ta touk about prison for me? let him. >> you'll see the pennsylvania senate race will get nastier. but first, nevada's harry reid on the ropes. emocrat on the ropes. >> could democrats really lose control of the senate? republicans would have to defeat 10 of 18 democrats while holding all of their own seats. it's not impossible but it would be like drawing an inside straight. that's why karl cameron went to nevada. harry reid a former foxer fought hard for president obama's agenda. his opponents say after 27 years of washington reed turned his back on the folks back home. >> this is going to be a good one. pull. >> we got that one. >> the front runner in a crowded field of republican candidates vying to run against harry reid is business come and former state senator sue ls louden. we caught up with her at a fundraiser at a shooting range outside of las vegas. >> we think sow louden is the perfect candidate to send to washingto

bwi marshall 83 from dulles. 79 from the river. 83 winchester. winds gusty out of the west and south. we are getting a warmer air flow. it is still a dry air pattern. we have not much humidity to tell you about. a few clouds in west virginia. high and dry weather up and down the central part of the east coast. entire mid atlantic in the clear. we have a couple of showers and storms flairing up toward north of the cleveland area. for the most part we are looking good. that's part of a cool front that will come and cool us off for the weekend. in the meantime high pressure will keep us nice and dry and keep sunshine cascading down. forecast model. disturbance passes to the north tomorrow. although briefly through the middle part of tomorrow afternoon we could see a shower or two. i think we are not going to see much. into the day on friday. once again, just a slight chance of a shower friday evening. slight chances here. better chance during the day on saturday. that not looking like a lot of rain. relatively dry pattern. overnight 06. mostly clear

she clerked for justice thurgood marshall. she served as harvard law school dean and now is the u.s. solicitor general. from this morning, obama's announcement. this runs about 15 minutes. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] she applied the core values of our founding to the cases and controversies of our time. she has done so with restraint, respect understanding that a judge's job is to interpret and not make the law. she has done so with fidelity to the constitutional ideal of equal justice for all been down she has brought to each case and not just a mastery of the letter of the law but an understanding of its impact on people's lives. he has emerged as a consistent voice of reason helping colleagues find common ground on some of the most controversial and contentious issues the court has ever faced. while we cannot presume to replace justice stevens's wisdom or experience, i have selected a nominee who i think embodies the same excellence, independence, integrity, and passion for the law. she can ultimately provide that same

fire marshals blame smoke inhalation.mine what sparked the blaze last saturday. the children's mother is still in the hospital in a medically induced coma. doctors say she suffered smoke inhalation and serious burns as well. >>> we are following a developing story out of southern india where people more than 150 people are feared dead following a plane crash. the air india flight went down and burst into flames this morning as it overshot the runway. firefighters sprayed water on the plane as rescue workers combed through the debris. airline officials believe 8 of the 166 people on board survived and they are being treated in local hospitals. oil continues to wash up on the louisiana coastline today. here's a live look at oil gushing from the well in the gulf of mexico right now. and a new nasa images from space give you an idea of how widespread the problem is. the beach in grand isle louisiana shut down and law makers are asking tough questions like why is bp in charge of solving a problem that it created. >> this is an

if you see any of the marshals, do take the opportunity to thank them for their service. this can't be the most exciting duty post that they ever encountered. i want to remind everyone to please wear or otherwise display your conference badge at the conference and the banquet. this is a security matter. so everyone is aware, and there is no way you couldn't be, portions of this conference will be taped by c-span and cbs. although this morning is the formal opening of this year's conference, we have already had a great foretaste. yesterday afternoon we were treated to a wonderful presentation by the senior vice president of the metropolitan museum of art on the speech by abraham lincoln when he visited the ohio state house in 1859. i have certified that on very infrequently have nongovernmental groups be allowed to assemble there. our thanks to them. i don't think i have ever seen that much seafood in my place in my life. the conference always benefits from the participation of the life members, and it's a fact that after you go to that reception, you don't need to go to d

you name the countervailing ones. >> i may not agree that the ether -- that thurgood marshall was theatest, but i may agree that he was one of the greatest. i have respect for what he did and thcourage he had. i commend you for having had the privilege of working with him and others on the supreme court. i think you have had some tremendous experienc in your life, and naturally, i respect that. i don't want to ignore you, if your dysesthesia attorney- general, you'll receive the civil rights dision. in the last several years, the division has launched some imrtant initiatives that reflect a more comprehensive vision of civil rights. i want to know if you intend to continue these. one of these is the protection -- the protection of religious liberty. naturally, as a member of the church, the only church against an extermination by the governor of the state, there is a great deal of concern. but not just my faith, people of all faiths. the division right now has a special -- it is also a strong program for enforcing the religious person goes the act which i introced in this path -- it i

we were expected to get the runoff in north carolina between marshall and cunningham.art at least in the primaries didn't have that much bite. coats won although more lon stutzman, the tea party favorite did get a surprising second place with 29%. that was impressive. but the establishment folks won at end of the day. the third big take away from everything was the margin of victory in ohio, lee fisher won by ten points, less than the polls suggested. more importantly for him, don't have the cash that rob portman, his republican opponent in the fall will have. also dan coats won by just getting 39% of the vote which some thought it was less impressive for somebody who's a former united states senator. republicans say they think that coats matching up very favorably against the democrat. >> the turnout was light in ohio and north carolina. >> this is a midterm season. a lot of us who follow every single primary expecting these huge turnouts at the pillows, people aren't that excited. probably the biggest thing for democrats will be to motivate their base. republicans ar

when the coast guard inspects under the marshall islands it marshall islands4 to 8 hours and when it goes under the u.s. regulations, it takes two or three weeks. how many does transocean have an operation in the u.s. waters? >> i believe there are 15. >> have made our flight in foreign countries? >> i am not aware. >> most of them are foreign flags? >> i believe that is correct. >> you get much more lenient and it dangerous to the end safety regulations. you do not have to do of lead. are there other reasons why you might glad them? >> the vessels in the gulf are subject to three sets of regulatory regimes, the class society, the flag state and the coastal state. the coastal state in the gulf of mexico is the coast guard. havee coast guard with th testified that a u.s. coast guard inspection takes two or three weeks. the safety inspection of a foreign takes 48-hours. it is much less thorough. >> if the coast guard is conducting both the flag state inspection and the coastal state inspection, there will of this is the more time on the vessel. if they are only conducting -- >> it is a

together, through the marshall plan, we rebuilt europe. together, we built the most enduring security alliance, nato, an apolitical force that tied people together and brought us even closer we and a political force -- we built the most enduring security alliance, nato, and a political force that tied people together and brought as even closer. and together, we have provided relief and hope for those suffering humanitarian catastrophes in more places than i can mention, from the western balkans to our work in haiti today. to those who continue to question the transatlantic relationships or my country's attitude towards a united europe, in answer is this. even if the united states -- my answer is this. even if the united states did not share these things, our global interest alone would bind us together. the relationship between my country in europe is today as strong and as important to all of us as it has ever been. this century has unleashed new challenges no less dangerous than those that came before in the 20th century, and together, t

probably giving our camera a shake. 79 bwi marshall. 38% relative humidity. winds shifted from the west to south southeast flow. that will begin to bring the humidity back into the picture. 81 is our current high temperature so far today. old record 92. we are above our normal of 71. none the less that was our two-degree guaranteed forecast. 81 degrees. another weather winner today. you'll be getting abc two umbrella. you can send in your name on our website at abc2news.com. 82 easton. 71 dover. 79 baltimore. these numbers above average. not oppressive. humidity low. wind gusts shifted in direction. it has been breezy at times today. no doubt about it. as we look at the radar view. clear skies across maryland from the eastern shore back across baltimore. going west until you get out into the high country. there are a few clouds in the panhandle area. look at rain showers and storms firing up toward the great lakes. it is the only active weather anywhere in the eastern united states up across the lake and cleveland. we are not going to see much from that. high

and despite his obvious legal qualifications, when thurgood marshall was nominated to the cond circuit court of appeals by president kennedy in 1961, his nomination was stalled by opponents in the senate before he was eventually confirmed by a bipartisan vote of 54-16. now, 40 years later, it's elena kagan who is serving as the solicitor general of the united stes, the first woman in america's history to serve as solicitor general. i've long urged presidents in both political parties to look outside what i've calked the judicial -- what i've called the judicial monastery. when confirmed, elena kagan will be the only member of the supreme court who did not serve as a federal appeals court judge. and when the president introduced elena kagan to the country, i was interested to hear him talk about learning from justice marshal that behind laws there are stories, stories of people lives shaped by the law, stories of people's lives that might be changed by the law enforcement the president said her understanding of law is not merely intellectual or ideological, but how it affects the lives

he joins the earl marshal. >> the procession in state has begun. the lord high chancellor, but work -- with a purse containing the queen's speech, and others, one with the cap of maintenance and another with the sword of state, and the queen. accompanied by the duke of edinburgh. ready to present a program of legislation of david cameron is government, david cameron being the 12th prime minister of the queen's reign. everything ready in the house of lords. the entire chamber prices rises --the entire chamber rises and knowledge as the queen's arrival. the queen and the duke will take their places on the parrot thrones, and when her majesty is ready, she will singer -- signal that the state opening can begin. >> my lords, pray be seated. >> the signal is given. the signal relayed all the way down to the central lobby. and this is the tax normally performed by black rod, but he is unfortunately on well and cannot take part, so the yeoman usher is taking his place today. and is his duty to summon the house of commons to the house of lords. . misheard

marshall, 10 degrees below -- above normal. it warmed up rapidly.e still 70 at westminster right now, 70 at easton, and 72 at cambridge. that is quite mild, thanks to a light, southerly breeze developing out ahead of the next weather disturbance. the tail end of this ispfl getg ragged and starting to weaken a little bit. looks like most of the energy with this system will fall apart in amounts were head north to new england. at 9:00 tomorrow morning, you see that line of showers, but is mostly clear east of the mountains. c9!é56-63 under mostly clear sk, with the lights out breeze. the front is coming through, but most of the energy is heading up into canada. we will barely notice the front oing by. a stronger storm system trying to form out in the rockies might impact part of our weekend, but not a lot of rain in the forecast. jejp @ maryland in the afternoon. storms in the great lakes friday evening try to make it into baltimore, but there you see them falling apart again as another weak front tracks through here on saturday. justice like 20% cha

. >>> the state fire marshalls office said they children died of smoke inhalation. the children's mother is in the hospital with smoke inhalation and burns. >>> a large drug bust in anne arundel county. a month long investigation led police to seize $25,000 worth of marijuana and cocaine from an annapolis couple. but $2,000 worth of cash was also discovered. the coats were arrested. >>> new video shows that more oil is gushing into the water than originally estimated from the gulf. joel brown reports from the lousiana coast. >> reporter: live pictures of the massive under water gusher are feeding anger for gulf coast residents. bp now concedes more oil is flowing from the well than previously disclosed. >> certainly a lack of information that we think that is coming out. >> reporter: there is also growing frustration over why a contingency plan wasn't in place to handle such a massive leak. bp is addressing the media every day to counter the criticism and allegations of a cover up. >> we have been working every day to prevent the spill. >> reporter: and this could b

we're holding at 59 at bwi marshal. a light wind out of the west- southwest at 3 mile-per-hours. that will continue to pump in as the storm to our west slowly works its way in our direction. we'll see how that will impact our weekend weather coming up. we had no problems around the beltway. we are working around anne arundel county with a road closure. megan and jamie, back to you. >>> it might be a good time to start talking to your kids again about talking to strangers. >> abduction attempts in annapolis have you on edge. >> it happened to two girls this month. what police say you need to lack out for. >>> less, outrage on the big oil -- plus, outrage on a big oil leak. we'll go live to key west florida for the latest. >>> talk a look at where you store your items. a trunk is being recalled because it can hurt children. >>> plus, creepy, crawly, look at this creature. some kids say he's the reason to come to the library. the invention he had and a few scary days in westminster. boss: hey, those gecko ringtones you put on our website are wonderful. people love 'em! gecko: yeah,

>> there was a wonderful program they put together called a face of mexico where ambassador marshallador from mexico and his wife got together a group of people and a group of youth to share a little bit of the richness of our culture and our food and cooking in those kitchens, jc, fabulous. >> i bet so. >> what are you fixing. >> something easy and quick. an avocado soup. i have some onions. you can see the difference in color. this is ronyons. a little oil and some butter. and i decided cilantro but i let the onion cook for 15 minutes on a really low eat so it would render all of the the flavor in to the oil and butter. we will add it in here. so that's done. it is finished. and the onions have caramelized and are nutty and a little bit sweet. >> you have how much avocado. >> two avocados in there. and this is so simple. you have the ripe avocados. do you know how to choose an avocado? >> no. huh? >> grab it. so it is nice and soft. if you want to hold it and grab it and it is hard, you have to let it be. if you hold it and it gives in it is ready and wants you to use it. >> one mi

the mist and the then the cloud cover for the rest of the day. 65 degrees right now, bwi, thurgood marshal, and we had a very humid day yysterday with the showers and thunderstorms ii some areas..3 temperaaures will stay in the mid-to upper 60s during the morning hours. we will try to get to 72 ddgrees for daytime high today. let's take a look at some the ú%nds we have, not too much to speak of, out of the northeast at 8 miles per hour in about b more anmore anddout to the wests the same. 33 -- we would be in a whole another season. 63, high for 12 early this morning. and later oo this morning. yesterday we hit 75 degrees for the daytime high amid some the shows showers and broit ening of the sky here and there. take a look at the radar, the low pressure system is gradually dipping down to the south. the high pressure builds in tomorrow and the rest of the week. we do have sunnier days ahead. it looks like the temperatures also will cooperate. speaking of temperatures around the country today, we have a that is going to work its way in here tomorrow. we have the high 80 degrees. will be ba

together, through the marshall plan, we rebuild europe and made perhaps the greatest investment in human history. we built the world's most enduring security alliance, nato, and state political force that ties america and europe together and brought us even closer. together, we established the greatest commercial relationship in the world's history, comprising 40% of global trade and helping in an era of social prosperity. together, we provide hope and relief to those suffering q but terry catastrophes in more places than i can mention -- suffering catastrophes in more places that i can mention. to those skeptics, who in spite of these accomplishments, continue to question the state of transatlantic relationships or might countries' attitudes toward a united europe, my answer is this -- even if the u.s. and the nation's all of you represent were not united by shared values and common heritage of many millions of our citizens, myself included, our global interests alone would inexorably bind us together and. the relationship between my country and europe is as strong as -- as strong and a

her ability to marshal the troops in the house, not once, but twice.lly speaking, no matter how you feel about the actual contents of the bill, politically speaking, it was an amazing achievement for her. >> the first speaker to do it, and the first woman to be speaker, so read that anyway you want. her name is ceciúh& connolly, ad she and her colleagues at "the washington post" were first out what this bill means. it is called landmark "." thanks for coming on the program. >> but next, emmy-winning actress dana delany. stay with us. tavis: dana delany is a two-time emmy award winning actress who has startered in "china beach" d "desperate housewives." here is a scene from "multiple sarcasms." >> it scares me. >> is just a stupid outline of a play. it is not even a place yet. tavis: dana, nice to have you on. >> thank you. tavis: i was online and saw some great photographs of you at the correspondents' dinner. i am seeing a lot of debate. >> i would say obama beat him. the last time i saw jay there, it was clinton, and clinton be him, too. tavis: i hea

temperatures two 84 degrees at bwi marshall. a little cooler as you might expect. oakland 73. 81 down on the shore in ocean city. next week of course the unofficial i guess kickoff of the summer travel season, the official kickoff 70 on kent island and 750 in analolis. the radar shows the story what's moving in from the west and southwest. going to impact us a little bit. marty will talk auto little bit more on this and how it will affect your weekend ahead. here is martin bass. >> thank you, tim. here is how it goes today will be absolutely beautiful. tomorrow kind of sunny. as you take a look at this graphic, we notice high pressure off to the east has been keeping moisture and energy at bay out to our west is starting to break down and move off to the east. just imagine a traffic jam. west side of the belt way 4:00 in the afternoon stopped dead. all of a sudden the car in front of you move a couple of feet. you move a couple of feet. that's going to be happening with that low over the next 36 hours. which eventually means it will get into our area. i think we wi

. >> accomplished poker player, opera lover and given that nickname that justice marshal gave to her, she's five foot three, brian. >> she's long been a five foot three powerhouse. >> her interests reflect her openness, she loves softball and poker. >> jon: my mom was five feet so i guess i know from whence she comes. you were shaking your head during josh's interview about the white house and transparency, you don't seem to agree? >> no, i mean, especially because josh himself has done much of the reporting that supports the view that this white house is really trying to micromanage news in a way that we haven't seen recently and their numbers speak for themselves. 46 q & a's by this president, versus 147 with president bush and 252 with bill clinton. that's, that says all i need to know. >> jon: in the case of elena kagan, jim, we're about to, at least nominate or maybe appoint to the supreme court a woman who could be there what, 30 years or more. shouldn't we get to know her a little bit. know more about her? >> with well, the press would have to be a lot more curious about her th

. >> all the fire marshall will say is the fire started in the living room. all three children died from breathing in too much smoke. family members say, even though the fire took three young lives, they will live on forever in their memory. >> i have a picture of shana from my wedding. she's in a pink dress and cowboy boots. i'm going to go buy pink cowboy boots to remember and that picture is getting prominently placed in my house. >> i'm trying to get a grip on everything and still hasn't hit home. like, -- every time i look at my 4-year-old i can't even breathe because i think about the -- the kids you know. a funeral services for the three children will be held tuesday. they're survived by their mother and a 10-year-old brother travis who was not home when fire ripped through the home. >> and a dinner will be held sunday at 2738 bigs highway in northeast, and the cost is 10 dollars and the trust fund is set up at p.n.c. bank. you could make a donation at any branch. >> it has been over a month since the start of the massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico

our humidity levels getting up there. 66% relative humidity now at bwi marshall. so a little muggy, 70s but a warm evening. i think we stay generally rain-free at least in baltimore. we'll talk much more about the week ahead and look at a big storm off to our south, coming up. >>> tonight's top stories -- an autopsy is being performed to determine what killed a 6 week old infant in laurel. anne arundel county police say that joel was found unresponsive with no signs of trauma on saturday morning. a neighbor called police after a woman knocked on the door crying for help. >>> a blair family wants answers in the -- bel air family wants answers in the mysterious disappearance of their son. police found the remains of michael hogan three years after he went missing from a recovery and therapeutic facility in shrewsbury, vermont. authorities ruled out foul play but michael's father reached tout a forensic -- out to a forensic specialist at towson university to see if she could help. she hopes to find some answers about his death. >>> is the bottle tax back? a city coun

she is often referred to supreme court justice thurgood marshall.he credits him with reminding us that the hon law there are stories. there are stores are people's lives that might be changed by the law. that understanding of the law, not as an intellectual exercise forward on a page, but with respect for the lives of ordinary people has covered each step of her career. during her time in this office, she has repeatedly defended the rights of shareholders and ordinary citizens against unscrupulous corporations. last year, the citizens united case, she defended by portis and finance reform. despite long odds and success, she still chosen as her first case to argue before the court. that says a great deal not just of her tenacity, but her commitment to serve the american people. it says a great deal about her commitment to defend our fundamental rights. i think it's as a great deal about the path that she has chosen -- i think it says a great deal about the fact that she has chosen. she could have had a comfortable life in corporate practice. instead,

that's the story from bwi marshall. humidity at 66%. and the barometer 30.21 and falling. take you to baltimore today, through the day you can kind of see the changes in the sky as we worked into the afternoon. variably cloudy skies, breaks of sunshine at times. for the most part here it was a generally cloudy scenario. earlier today really socked in with the cloud cover. then some breaks of sunshine in the afternoon. the clouds coming from offshore, out of the south and east tonight so it's been a different kind of weather pattern than we've seen the last month or so. rainfall totals, minimal. just patchy light showers, drizzle at times. 3/100 inch of rain at mount airy today. about a 10th inch from jessup and just under 3/1 so 00th in potomac. so "today," balmy, upper 70s. 64 today. it depended on where you were. ocean city up to 69 this afternoon. again, right now temperaturewise just all mid-70s. warm kind of a day though because the humidity level is so much higher than it has been in the last several weeks here so it -- 77, feeling a lot warmer than it has. our winds

marshall, mcartur, eisenhower, around, bradley. the legislation we consider today, -- arnold, bradley. the legislation we consider today directs the mint to commemorate a coin. the proceeds will benefit the nonprofit foundation formed in 2005 to enhance the education programs offered at the command and general staff college. retired general gordon sullivan described the command and general staff college as the intellectual heart of the army. part of what makes the heartbeat so strong in recent years is the command and general staff college foundation. under the leadership of the retired colonel, it has supported our country's oldest and largest military staff college by offering many programs and activities to promote excellence. this success is recently acknowledged with a tremendous pledge by ross perot for two new education initiatives. with no shortage of threat today from around our world, our country is demanding much from those who serve us in uniform. our members are -- our service members deserve the best education and tra

marshall. mr. marshall: i thank the chair. this is a pretty simple amendment. we give fire retardant uniforms to all sdiers deploying to our combat zone. national guard soldiers here in the united states do not have fire retardant uniforms, for the most part. yet some national guard soldie as a ordinary part of their duties are exposed to fire hazards. the amendment'pretty simple. it simply says we acknowledge that there is a cost issue associated with issuing fire retardant uniforms to all of our national guard soldrs here in the united states, but at least we should encourage the guard to consider issuing those uniforms to thosesoldiers who as a normal course of their duties from time to time are exposed to fire hazards. and i ho that everybody would agree that's a wise thing for us to do. and i reservthbalance of my time. the air: the gentleman reserves. does any membeseek recognition? opposition? does any member seek recognition? mr. mckeon: mr. chairman, i rise to claim the time in opposition. i will not opose the amendment. the chair: without objection, t

when i kept reading, i found out that thurgood marshall was recess appointed.s recess appointed. i was in good company. don't you agree? just the whole idea of the law of. there's something about people, all they know. the question to me and my senate hearing was, when you follow the principle, that is the biggest lob there is. she said i knew this would not be fair. they have all those foreign words. [laughter] so even when it is misunderstood, it is nice to have people who know something about the nuances and experiences of the people, and it is so wonderful and refreshing to have that. it reminds me of a soldier that my favorite theologian told about a fellow back in the 1920's. he cannot get any work. nobody would hire a negro lawyer. it was a death knell. it was hard enough to get any judges, but to bring a negro lawyer in was not good. so this is what he did. his mother did hand laundry and she supported him with his -- her meager income. but he just kept climbing. when he would do was this. it every day, he would sit in the courtroom, at the courthouse,

that is the warm spot. 50s outside the beltway. 55 at both dulles and bwi marshall. bright sunshine throughout the day. 83 in la plata. 84 in fredericksburg. should be a nice-looking day and a nice evening. we'll look at the forecast in just a couple of minutes. >> now, if we could just get traffic to be just as nice as the weather. i don't know, julie. what do you think? >> i think right now i can do that. i mean things are likely to change later on this morning but right now, i think you'll like the commute around town. all lane are open if you are traveling in each direction down south at the wilson bridge. overnight roadwork in the process of being cleared. they had the inner loop blocked off so everyone was forced to go north on 395, ride the ramps and come back south. we are out towards the 14th street bridge, lanes are open in both the main line and the hovs. top stretch of the beltway holding steady, looking good as you travel west of 650 and continue around through silver spring. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> now, to today's

there is there of the marshall, and then there is elena kagan. there was justice to lea, who was an appeals court judge before that, in a variety of jobs. just as john roberts -- they signed on with the earlier republican administrations. >> douglas still, georgia. go right ahead. caller: this is a stab in the back to the progressives. the progressives and the democrats will not be supporting the president in the next election. and also, this nomination is going to move the court to the right. and also, i'd like to say that when the previous republicans were made, that were made on the right-leaning candidates. and now you have a nomination that is going to tell us to come to this and go into this system and tried to involve us. we do not need this. we will see a little bit more of this if this is known-oriented. -- zone-oriented. they are not doing a very good job about the judicial system. . you are saying this woman is a moderate. she is no moderate whatsoever. she comes from one of the most liberal institutions in higher learning in the unite

>> she can take off from vwi marshalls any time this year. >> this is my first vacation on a plane ever ever, so. >> wow. >> reporter: and more people found out they were winners. including andrea redkey. >> i thought okay, i got a frisbie, a hat and then i kept digging through and said, hey, there's tickets in there. >> reporter: this is the final one out of six bags that have the trip tickets in it. we're going to go give it away to someone lucky. let's go. >> reporter: have you gotten a bag yet? >> no. >> reporter: there you go, you should look inside it cause we're giving away some free stuff today. >> free tickets for a trip to europe. >> reporter: it was a lot of fun today. six bags with free round trip tickets were given away in just 20 minutes. >> you couldn't have brought the bag back here, could you mary. >> i tried, it was a little obvious, a bright yellow. >> sneak it out. >> you could take off and head to a beach. >> i missed it today. i should have been down there. lucky people, that's great. >>> let's take a look at, we have some beach weather coming up around here. take

>> she can take off from vwi marshall any time this year. >> this is my first vacation on a plane, evereah. >> ever, so. >> wow. >> reporter: more people found out they were winners. including andrea redkey. >> i thought okay, i got a frisbie and hat and i kept digging and said, hey, i found some tickets in it. >> this is a bag that has tickets in it. we're gone going to go give it to someone lucky. >> reporter: have you found a bag yet? >> no. >> reporter: you should look inside. >> i got free tickets to a trip to europe. >> reporter: i love being the bearer of good news. >> where's my bag? it will soon cost you more to cancel your iphone contract with at&t. the carrier will charge $325 if you want to get out of your contract early. right now they charge $175. that announcement comes in the middle of speculation that apple will soon offer the smart phone through other wireless carriers. >>> the husband of late actress murphy is found dead in the same home where she was found dead. >> reporter: simon monjack is famous in death as he was in life for his marriage to hollywood actress brit

. >> that was the counsel for the republic of marshall islands. party of interest, bp, do you have any questions for your witness? >> [unintelligible] >> thank you, sir. >> what was that? missed that? >> could you relate to anything they are saying. we cannot hear them in the audience. >> yes i can. bp did not have any questions. >> council for anadarko? no questions from anadarko. douglas brown? >> doehe have questions? >> yes, he has questions for mr. sims. >> what is his name? >> mr. steve gordon. can you hear me sir? >> and not real clear. >> steve gordon. counsel, c you hear me? >> yes, what is your name? >> steve gordon. mr. sims, once again, your drillings operations manager for bp, correct? >> currently for the elite well by the d d three. >> what is your other title? >> that is it right now. >> that is it right now. before -- >> was the word "completion of" title?rt of her title stocyour >> iw ould say it has been -- the tle has been written a number of ways. the wells ops manager. both ways. written >> has the word "completion" ever bomb

>> the ship was operating under a marshall islands flag. >> marshall islands. again, given what the people of mississippi went through trying to get the insurance industry in america to pay claims in mississippi after katrina, i have a very strong suspicion we are going to have a heck of a time getting someone out of marshall islands or switzerland to pay these bills so, mr. chairman, i would hope that you would give and again they're pulling american minerals out of the ground on an american sea bottom with a foreign flagged vessel and quite possibly a foreig crusoe, mr. chairman, with all respect, i would certainly hope that when we go forward from this that you would give every consideration to extending the gentleman's act to cover this sort of vessel in this sort of circumstance. i thank you very much. >> gentleman and i have had conversation about application of jones act to this situation and i have asked staff to prepare a guidance memorandum on the applicable law and the problems of dealing with the wto requirements and there are some legal obstacles t

, the highest level court marshall, under the ucmj. you can have a dishonorable discharge and depends on the crime, as to how serious the punishment could be, but it could be as serious as a dishonorable discharge. so it's a very serious matter. but during the days when i was a prosecutor and attorney, a judge, a chief justice, when there was a jury selection in a civil court, you randomly sent out notices and randomly brought people in and then you went through a jury qualification with all of those and called out those who did not meet the requirements of the law to be a juror in a particular case. and then once the jury was qualified, the jury panel, that is, was qualified, they were brought before the parties of the particular case and they went through what we in texas call voir dire, but most of the country called have a dear. it's just the way we talk in texas. but during that, th attorneys had the opportunity to ask questions of the jury panel so that they can determine whether or not there are people who can be struck for caus

host: a key vote to marshal the german parliament regarding a bailout plane -- plan for greece.e're speaking with thsheila ba. she has been at the heart of the financial response. next is a call from lake city, texas. caller: the fbi, president -- one organization is doing the same thing. they are doing it with lenders. [unintelligible] i have a loan by fannie mae and one by centrust. guest: i think this is something that one person could address. they have strong lending standards and underwriting standards. i cannot really respond more specifically. those are not agencies where the fdic gets involved. as always, if you have a question or issue with an insured bank that you do business with, you can file a complaint with them or the bank regulator. you can go to our web site and it will instruct you on how to file a complaint. we can get you to the right to regulate to. i wish you luck in your endeavors. -- richard to the right regulator. i wish you luck in your endeavors. host: a financial regulatory bill. if the housing giant and a lover subsidizing or become small enough to

and then marshall. >> i would like to add to the extent we are talking at the border.rt has spent time and again in the plain authority of the federal government. and those are really quinsequentially national decisions. and i questioif we would have a conflict other than the fact that each state had a border is going to have his own border policy. i think that's a substantial question under the constitution. in large part because those are foreign relation decisions as well as domestic policy decisions. the state should have input in those decisions at e federal level. we tried once having all the different states being responsible for foreign pocy. and it didn't work so well. and that really belongs to the federal government. and to the extent that we understand what is going on here, and we know because the president of the mexico is he this week. this is a foreign policy problem and why we need to speak of federalism concerns in this area. it may be, if arizona or michigan wants a fence, a law, a border, for very legitimate reasons. the question is as foreign polic