thank you all very much. >> thank you, howard, orrin.i think we're going to be signing books over there. thank you all for your questions and for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> here's aook at some upcoming book fairs and festivals over the next few months. >> please let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area and we'll add them to our list.

orrin may be right in as far as it deals with the standards for wh the state may do with respect forg that may be preempted by the federal immigration law. but it insuct -- instruct me that the claim is targeting the evidentiary value of free speech an the content of such. but you know yes it is the ninth ciuit. >> ok,id anyone have a response to miguel's statement? >> it's not disagreement but i do think, and this is probably an after the fact challenge or application. one wonders how the police will know that the person asking for a job is legal or illegal. and is there going to be a real problem here? >> that may be a vagrance problem. >> homeless may work, how do i know the status when you hold up that sign. that's where the problem would be. >> i will end this panel with the same question that i asked panel 1. we talked about some pretty serious constitutional argument about the supremacy clause of the constitution. and whether or not arizona's new immigration law invites profiling of people with color. and whether it infringes of free speech rights of day laborers and others in

orrin hatch of utah sent out a statement reading in part, "i will examine her history to understand her judicial philosophy. my conclusions will be based on evidence, not blind faith. my support do not by themselves establish her qual fantastics for the supreme court nor my obligation to support her." again, a news conference with senator leahy in about 10 minutes. elena kagan just after her 50th birthday here nominated to the supreme court. she attended princeton university and among the many stops on her raise may she was a clerk for supreme court justice thurgood marshal. she served as deputy assistant to president clinton, and then, of course, last year, appointed as u.s. solicitor general. we'll take you to the news conference. until then, on this morning's "washington journal" we had comment about the nomination from a supreme court reporter. host: you say kagan is obama's supreme court pick and has national appeal. why do you say that? guest: when she was at harvard she was the first woman dean of the law school and she earned a reputation for merging ideological factions. she al

scholarships here at the white house correspondents' association is in honor of our long-time friend deborah orrincovered four presidents, served as bureau chief at the "new york post" and lost her battle with cancer in 2007. education was a passion of hers and northwestern university held a special place in her heart. two students are here tonight to receive a $5,000 scholarship, katelyn holtzman and christopher paisley, both from the chicago area. [applause] and so that's it. this is an evening not one for long speeches, so let me conclude by saying, thank you, on behalf of the white house correspondents' association. your presence here allows us to do what we're doing tonight. next year, we'll reach the $500,000 mark in scholarship money. mrs. obama, thank you. >> thank you. [applause] and, mr. president, thank you for being with us tonight. we appreciate it. ed chen. >> thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome matt winkler, editor of bloomberg news, who will give out the journalism awards. [applause] >> this is the merriman-smith award and it recognizes presidential news coverage und

>> orrin hatch is a gentleman. he was just visiting with the in the oval office. i do enjoy him. this is sort of a report in question, isn't it? this is a budding reporter. there has been a lot of rhetoric floating around on this health care bill, so i will explain quickly what is in the bill, and you can make your own judgments instead of us slapping labels on it. here is what the health-care bill does. first, it is an insurance reform bill. some of these insurance reforms are starting to take effect of this year. for example, one of the reforms ensures that all insurance companies have to let you keep your child on your health insurance up until 26 years old. as a lot of your know, when you leave college, sometimes getting that first job you may not be able to get health insurance right away. we want to make sure those young people can stay insured until they get a job that offers health insurance. another insurance reform is making sure that insurance companies cannot draw simple when you get -- cannot drop you when you get sick. another insurance reform is making sure that yo

kit bond and i and orrin hatch and i wrote todd care legislation working on private litigation reformith the willingness to come together to say this is what i would write so today to sit down to help manage something to get the best results that we can with the circumstances that we live in so my hope is then the coming weeks when i don't have a partner yet to it says come along. two totally dominate the other but obviously with some success in the last word seven months 37 of the 42 measures are the lot of the land because richard shelby and i have been able to work together on a wide range of issues port security a lot of major bills with sanctions and the like i hope that will happen the next couple weeks and i am reaching out to but let me mention specifically a couple of things. i agree with my colleague i hope we can resolve the issue on the issue the only bipartisan proposal on the table is the one people managed to get some bipartisan support for that. and it will involve a all of us my friend from tennessee would love to sit in that chair and have day good laugh but you will

but jon kyl of arizona and orrin hatch of utah have made the point that this is a different job. a lifetime appointment. this is the distinction that has often been made in the past. senators will say, yes, we may have done this before, but this is a different job. they make president. they do not follow it. it is a different game. >> you also wrote that the then- gop senator arlen specter voted against her for solicitor general. he indicated whether he supports her and why would this be a tough decision for him? >> this puts him in an awkward spot at the time that the solicitor general vote came up, he was the top republican on the senate judiciary committee. he will have some explaining to do. he has been out today saying that it is a different job and that he has an open mind. he is trying to give himself some wiggle room. >> what about the hearings themselves. what sort of issues will be at the forefront of the confirmation hearings? >> this will be a unique hearing in the sense that we have a non- sitting judge, almost 40 years since powell and rehnquist. she was a law profe

not a high number, but there were some key votes, including senator orrin hatch, a republican from utah. host: what happens next? guest: there will be a lot of activity over the next four or five weeks. the record will be scrutinized by critics and supporters. the hearing will begin. senator leahy and senator sessions will schedule the hearings. it could be the last week in june or maybe early in july. they have to navigate among a lot of different factors, including a traditional recess around the fourth of july. last year president obama named sotomayor on may 26 in the hearings began in july. he is getting a little jump on things. host: if you follow the time line of sotomayor's confirmation, when you see a possible confirmation for elena kagan? guest: easily by july. she took her oath in early august. she came into the practice a little bit earlier. as you might recall, she was on the bench by early september right now, we do not have an unusual case schedule before the first monday in october, but i expect the new justice to be able to take her seat on the regular schedule. host: w

orrin gives him another sign. he steps on the rubber. he's all set to go. joe dimaggio is on deck.three for the ball getting away to the mickey. >> the yankees win the world series. >> whether it's sports, the arts, we are a nation which produces culture in ways no other modern country has. >> we consume culture, good and bad. >> and we export it. to the world with more success these days than chevys for computer parts. >> the united states library of congress sound a moving image collections are the largest on the planet. >> television programs, classic films, radio broadcasts, video games, early sound recordings, screen plays and photographs. >> and in 2007, the single largest private gift the library was made by david whitley packard and the packard institute in the form of packard campus, a more than $155 million audiovisual conservation center. >> the packard campus for audiovisual conservation ensures that our cultural heritage and our current history will be available for all to study and enjoy for centuries. future generations will come to know us as intimately as if they w

also in utah, the provo-orrin, also harrisburg, pennsylvania. >> i need to take a trip to pittsburgh. the best places to live now have to have like a median temperature of like 75. in my opinion. if you're planning to take mom out for seafood on mother's day no matter where she lives, it might be your last chance to do so before prices go up from the oil spill. >> i'm thinking this is the sunday you want to do it, you want to load up if you love seafood. a restaurant owner tells bloomberg that maybe they can hold off for another week or even two weeks, but if they sell a lot of seafood at one of your favorite restaurants, you're probably going to see the prices going uppen the menu. and fishing is clothed from the mouth of the mississippi to southwest florida. so 25% of the catch is threatened. you know how supply and demand works. there's probably going to be a lot of fish, but they're probably going to cost a little bit more. >>> we have been talking about spring cleaning tips, but also about your money. maybe you've got a file stuffed with all kinds of old receipts and paper work,

among the senators she met with, patrick leahy, debt sessions, and former chairman orrin hatch. she and harry reid spoke to reporters shortly after their meeting. >> it seems as the most my life in a courtroom. you are moving to this position across the street is so meaningful to everybody but the everybody, no matter where they are in america, whether it is a democrat or republican or independent -- the great country we are in is ruled by law. that is what you are going to make sure continues. we are grateful that you have agreed to accept this assignment from the president. i did forward to working to make this transition from your present job to the next job estimate as possible. >> thank you, everybody. >> thank you. >> wire some liberal so skeptical? >> i want to welcome elena kagan to the capital. i know this will be a challenging process to go through. it always is for the lifetime appointment of this consequence. i want to assure her and the public that we intend to go through a thorough process. it is not a rush to judgment. we will have an opportunity to examine the cr

which is bipartisan legislation that has been sponsored in the past by folks like dick durbin and orrin hatch, and this is legislation that would allow these kinds of young people, will graduate from an american high school, who make their grades, who are in college, where not committed any kind of dangerous crime and are waiting for immigration reform to become citizens. many were, -- were brought this country when they're infants. some of the do not speak any other language besides english. host: virginia, an airline for democrats. caller: i agree with the arizona law. if the federal government would pass laws, like if you are born here, you're automatically a citizen. i think it should be changed to say that if you were born here, and both of your parents are legal citizens, that then you are legal. i think there should be a law change that you have to be an american citizen 10 years before you can get any food stamps or welfare assistance. this is our tax money. i want these people out of here. gee, i do think there is a barrier to your plan. -- guest: i do think there is a barrier

seraile, will you please raise orrin hatch and techs a false statement to an agency of the united states this -- will you please raise your right hand? a false statement is punishable by law. these wars tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> baidu. >> please, be seated. >> the tournament represents transocean, are you comfortable with him sitting next to you? -- the lawyer that represents transition, are you comfortable with him sitting next year? >> yes. >> could you spell your last name. >> s-e-r-a-i-l-e. >> could what position you hold? >> assistant driller. >> how long have you held that position? >> i will say right at one year. >> because all the with the deepwater horizon? >> -- has it all then with the deepwater horizon? >> yes,. how long you been with transocean? >> five years. >> can you tell me about your educational background? >> i did not graduate high school. i quit in the seventh or eighth grade. >> have you received any well control training recently? >> yes. >> when it was a last time you went? >> i cannot and did it, but it was