the hit song michael jackson co-wrote with lionel ritchie to raise money for children dieing a world his children join in the anthem. ♪ ♪ it's true we make a brighter day just you and me ♪ >> on behalf of my family, myself, fans, friends, nieces, nephews, sisters, brothers, i would like to thank everyone for coming out. >> and yet, four words said it all. >> i just love him so much. >> and he loved them. in fact, many of those closest to jackson say part of what pushed him to get back on stage at 50 was to show his kids what he could do. and so while millions stopped to celebrate the king of pop today, the center of his world was hitting the front row. the three heartbroken children. and these children are now without their father, facing a new world, as yet unknown. we spoke with a family friend who say that the children are at their grandmother's katherine's home with 20 of the closest friends an family members and they're playing video games and hanging out and no tears. just pride. they loved him and made him famous and today, fans here and everywhere paid a final tribute to the

for example, frank ritchie should have been the whistle-blower on the hearings as the firefighter. norman and jane rowe should have been anita hill figure. they said no, she is a moderate leave it at that. >> washington post they were compiling how many blinks she gave during certain answers. it seemed like the coverage got a little vacuous at times. >> i love the washington post lead, she sought to reframe critics. judge was swayed by gender and ethnicity. please. she completely contradicted herself when she tried to explain her wise latina remark. instead of holding her feet to the fire, post, she sought to reframe the accusations of her critics. i think the republicans did a pretty good job to get their arguments in there. it was predicted you can't criticize a latina, people are more intelligent than that. instead -- remember when they had alito, they called him a racist until his wife left the room. they stuck to the substance and it was a respectful legitimate debate. >> i think the republicans were under cut by gingrich and buchanan who said she was a racist. it was out of c

. >> all right, let's take the ritchie case first. how significant is the ruling for the law on racial preferences in contracts and hiring? >> well, i think it's really will have a sweeping impact in the work force, making it really harder, i think, for employees to show some of the standard discriminatory impact forms of discrimination and especially in occupations where the employer tests or rules, and the court is going to make it much harder for employers to consider race when they're doing hiring and promotions and obviously, this was one of the most closely watched cases of the term. a big reverse discrimination case and those are always controversial, paul. 5-4, the justices were quite, quite divided on this, a very bitter dissent by justice ginsburg and alito and wrote a concurring opinion and he and ginsburg really went at it in the two opinions and this case took on heightened significance because of the role of judge sonia sotomayor, she ruled against those white firefighters down in the lower courts. so, you know, this was

the case, ritchie versus destefano involves firefighters in new haven, connecticut took a written exam no african-americans qualified for immediate promotion, the city threw out the test. one latino and seven firefighters who qualified sued claiming discrimination, it was a tough, even explosive issue. the three-judge panel including sotomayor needed less than a page to say that the city had acted legally. in late june the supreme court overturned the decision 5-4. >> all judges their opinion was not sound. five of them said based on the evidence not only should it not go back to further trial, but the firefighters won already. >> alabama senator is the ranking republican on the judiciary committee says that to him the the brevity of the ritchie opinion brings important questions about judge sonia sotomayor. >> was she worried about writing an opinion and that dealt seriously with the constitutional questions and legal questions involved and why she didn't do that? and why it was such a small circumspect opinion, odd really in a lot of ways. a question ask about that. >> another issue

the case, ritchie versus destefano involves firefighters in new haven, connecticut took a written examhen no african-americans qualified for immediate promotion, the city threw out the test. one latino and seven firefighters who qualified sued claiming discrimination, it was a tough, even explosive issue. the three-judge panel including sotomayor needed less than a page to say that the city had acted legally. in late june the supreme court overturned the decision 5-4. >> all judges their opinion was not sound. five of them said based on the evidence not only should it not go back to further trial, but the firefighters won already. >> alabama senator is the ranking republican on the judiciary committee says that to him the the brevity of the ritchie opinion brings important questions about judge sonia sotomayor. >> was she worried about writing an opinion and that dealt seriously with the constitutional questions and legal questions involved and why she didn't do that? and why it was such a small circumspect opinion, odd really in a lot of ways. a question ask about that. >> another iss

republicanos intentan de pintar es una fuerza activista de un lado y por el otro lado, como en el caso de ritchie la otra manera y cuando en esa instancia, ella hizo esa deciÓn basadah@h@tsñfhytiskph@h lleva como jueza, lo que ha usado es el imperio de la ley y al presidente legal para decidir sus casos los republicanos intentan en charla como jueza activista. ella abarca mÁs experiencia que en los Últimos 100 aÑos. loque ella ha demostrado es esa experiencia y esa sabidurÍa legal tan profunda que tenemos. >> su presentacion teriminopero maÑana esperaptestigos a favor y encontra. >> la razÓn por la cual, la jueza ha podido demostrar su conocimiento legal h@tsñfhyonde hay que tener en cuenta que los esos la confirmaciÓn siempre son casi. es el balance de poderes que hay en nuestro sistema. viukph@h@h@y al partido contrario hace las preguntas difÍciles. >> ¿h@h@tsñfhyéiÑkph@h@tsñfhyíi puntos de vista pero al final vamos a ver a la mayorÍa de los senadores que van a votar por ella. >> maria, gracias por acompaÑarnos y ana. buenas noches. >> muchas gracias. >> volvemos en estantes para contar las com

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two seats across from me, i see the guy ritchie come in and i see madonna come in.like this, i didn't want her to remember that. then the conversation goes and i realized she doesn't remember me, that's cool. so i'm sitting there and at the end of the dinner, somebody goes, does anybody want anything? madonna goes, arnold wants a birthday cake. only black people and madonna calls me arnold. me and you, again, at the four seasons, doing a press junket. are you okay? yeah, i'm going to go up and watch a lesbian movie and go to bed. promise me you'll do that oh, my god, did you hear about hugh grant? i go, did he die? worse. what happened? she goes, oh, arrested with a prostitute. man or woman? she goes, i can't tell by the picture. let's call hugh. bloody hell, i'm so sorry, is it a man or woman? he goes, i don't know yet, i don't know yet! >> unbelievable. tom arnold, everybody. also see tom every thursday at the laugh factory in los angeles. more with tom arnold when we come back. does it drip? or comb through root to tip? does the process feel endless? or 10 minute

he and lionel ritchie wrote the song.r to call upon all of the superstars of the world, let's sing it together and focus on our fellow beings. i don't think that campaign would have been as successful as it was. he did a remarkable job. >> larry: the performers that michael wished to go on tour with sang "we are the world" at the memorial today. let's listen. let's watch a little. ♪ we are the world, we are the children ♪ ♪ we are the ones who make a brighter place ♪ ♪ so let's start giving ♪ let's start giving ♪ there's a choice we're making ♪ ♪ we're saving our own lives ♪ it's true ♪ we make a better day just you and me ♪ ♪ we are the world ♪ we are the children ♪ we are the one whose make a brighter day ♪ ♪ so let's start giving >> larry: we don't have much time today, we hope to have you back soon to go over more of this. but one other quick thing. why? why was his appeal so strong everywhere in the world? >> i think that he came along at a time when he struck a chord where the world needed a sense of coming together

we have an accident near ritchie highway. we hope it is wrapping up shortly. we will let you know once we get confirmation. and there are traffic lights out at franklin boulevard in church road. broad street and other areas have traffic lights out. not many other delays. in nice ride as volume slowly builds on i-95 out of the white marsh area. the rest of the beltway is looking good at this hour. that did the very latest on the buses and the trains. >> -- let's get the very latest on the buses and the trains. >> no major delays on all three lines. light rail is on time. metro subway on time as well both east and west bound directions. a couple of diversions on the buses. 17, construction in one area. and there is another diversion due to construction. actress sandra shaw. >> good morning. -- back to sandra shaw. >> good morning. some isolated storms tonight. the activity is going to our south. very much the with the humid air mass hovering over the atlantic this weekend. we are finally in the throes of summer. we will see temperatures around 87 degrees-92 degr

concerned about hunger in africa, ritchie and jackson wrote the song "we are the world" and assembledm it. >> now, one great thing that happened that we both had to realize, i can't read or write music and michael cannot read or write music. so, how do you write a song called "we are the world"? so we started listening to tracks, de, de, de, de, de, du, du. we started -- this is where we started. >> reporter: it was a triumph for jackson. as a musician and as a humanitarian. despite the success of "we are the world" in the mid '80s, seemingly soft-spoken michael was retreating into a world all his own. >> michael had begun to exhibit a certain i think aloofness and a tendency to kind of withdraw from the world. >> michael, michael, michael! >> hysterical adulation does play tricks with your mind. so jackson was almost doomed to implode somewhat anyway. >> reporter: by 1985, the pop star began looking different. people were talking about his plastic surgery. >> every few months, you would see him and you'd go, whoa. you're looking weird, dude. but i think it was about '85, '86, it was

concerned about hunger in africa, ritchie and jackson wrote the song "we are the world" and assembled it. >> one great thing that happened that we had to realize, i can't read or write music, and michael can't read or write music. so, how do you write a song called "we are the world"? we started listening to tracks. we started -- this is where we started. >> reporter: it was a triumph for jackson. as a musician and as a humanitarian. despite the success of "we are the world" in the mid '80s, seemingly soft-spoken michael was retreating into a world all his own. >> michael had begun to exhibit a certain i think aloofness and a tendency to kind of withdraw from the world. >> michael, michael, michael! >> hysterical adulation does play tricks with your mind. so jackson was almost doomed to implode somewhat anyway. >> reporter: by 1985, the pop star began looking different. people were talking about his plastic surgery. >> every few months you would see him and you'd go, whoa. you're looking weird, dude. but i think it was about '85, '86, it was like, wow. he's not going to be able to get

los republicanos sin embargo, la retaron al traer de testigo a frank ritchie que demandó a la ciudad a la inversa. eliminó su examen de promoción porque afroamericanos no calificaron. >> hoy día se dijo orgulloso que 20 bomberos participaron en el proceso, otro demandante, el bombero puertorriqueño relató lo duro que estudio por meses para el examen. >> estoy indignado cuando no se me premia, si no que fue penaliza penalizado, me convertía es una estadística racial. la corte suprema falló a favor de los bomberos, activistas hispanas de new haven. >> todos los hispanos que he hablado están bien, bien tristes de que vargas ha decidido venir aquí a testificar en contra del nombramiento de la jueza. >> el alcalde de nueva york, michael bloomberg testificó a favor de la jueza. >> ha trabajado por 20 años para ayudar a las personas, tiene la capacidad. este senadorh@h@tvña sabia. >> siento haber ofendido a alguien, mi vida demuestra que no fue mi intención. >> la confirmación se da por sentada. >> todo está muy bien. y nosotros hemos estado como se dice. >> el comité podría votar el próxi

someone broke into the heavenly hands salon on ritchie highway early yesterday morning and spray painted racist comments on the walls, floors and counters and the suspect poured a flammable liquid on the floors and took several items, including computers. >> >> man in custody, police say he brought guns and marijuana to a mall. mall security coning tacted the police at noon when the man was seen spray painting his own car in parking lot. when they questioned him, he said "i should just kill everyone." he has been identified as timothy barns of virginia. he is being held on $3,000 bond. >> the white sioux cream sift who is accused of killing a security guard at the washington memorial will be in court this week. he has been recovering from his own gunshot wounds and could not leave the hospital. >>> baltimore county police have a person in custody in connection with a stabbing that happened at 2:30 am. police say one person was stabbed. they have not released the name of the victim or the person arrested. >> the chief of police in alex andre' ya' virginia, chief david baker arrested in ar

. >> reporter: stevie wonder, lionel ritchie, mariah carey and jennifer hudson are some of the stars that will perform in the streets in and around the staples center the know key what theater will be sealed off by police to keep away those who didn't get tickets. >> a lot of jealous people out there. >> before the memorial, the jackson family and their closest friends will participate in the private ceremony at the forest lawn cemetery. there are ways to participate live. you can drive to fredericksburg, virginia the silver point theater will be showing it and you can see it on facebook and my space provided they don't crash and we have other ways. >> yes, cbs news will have coverage of the service. you can watch it here beginning at 1:00 p.m. here's how that will impact our broadcast schedule for the rest of the day -- >>> president kennedy once called him the smartest man he ever met. he was referring to robert macnamara who died at age 93 yesterday. he is remembered for being the architect of the vietnam war. that view of him had recently begun to change after the release of a me

we haven't mentioned ritchie vs. sotomayor. ritchie vs. sew tai mayor. rich itchie vs. destefano. an interesting split, let me just say at the outset, i think this case has hardly anything to do with judge sotomayor's nomination. that having looked at it other the last couple of weeks, it seemed to me clear that second circuit precedent, for better or worse, was clear on this matter. and that the panel eas decision was determined by second circuit precedent and the reason the opinion is a short one is because it is controlled by precedent. the three judges on the sixth circuit saw this case exactly the same way not long after ritchie and decided it 3-0 in favor of not second-guessing the decision to set aside test results in an opinion the sixth circuit chose not to publish so that both the result and the fact of the shortness of the opinion, it's 100-page historic opinion because the court granted review in the case where the law, i thought, would previously have been thought settled. i think every member of the court wrote as if they were making a change in the law and adopting

program, there is now a partial list of those who will participate including stevey wonder, line el ritchie jennifer hudson. >> also overwhelming. the more than 1 paupt 5 million fans who registered but didn't get a seat, that's what concerns police who will lockdown streets within a quarter mile of the arena allowing only those with a ticket wrist band to enter. >> it's impossible to do anything without a scene. also today, a los angeles judge shifted temporary custody of his estate from his moth err to long-time lawyer and friend listed in his will. it is our desire to do everything in our power to do everything michael jacksonville wishes. including his mother raising their children. debbie rowe is prepared to fight. thousands won't miss the chance to say a final goodbye. there is word that as many as 80 movie theaters across the countier will broadcast tomorrow's memorial, live. >> we want to know where you plan to watch the memorial service for michael jacksonville. can you email your answers to wbal.com. if you don't have a special place to watch, can you see it live at 1:00 p.m. here

su postura se ha debilitado por el caso ritchie. los jueces anularon la posiciÓn de sotomayor. que quiso decir cuando utilizÓ ese lenguaje. >> ¿pero usted de verdad cree que la jueza sotomayor es racista? >> veremos lo que dice. ella tiene un expediente muy bueno como fiscal, como jueza de apelaciones, una h@tiknxaojgkph@h@tiknxakynk@ ¿cÓmo van a recuperar los republicanos el congreso la casa blanca sin votos hispanos? >> creo que cada juez y cada denominado juez debe ser juzgado por una cuestiÓn fundamental, es una persona la que se le debe dar poder. espero que los senadores de ambos partidos tomen una decisiÓn que la distinga color. a lo que se refiere a apelar a los hispanos en estados unidos, mientras los partidos republicanos quiere discutir es hoy ofrecer soluciones. pasemos respecto a la inmigraciÓn? ¿con respecto a los trabajos? ¿sobre la paga que se lleva la gente a su casa? ¿quÉ hacemos con la educaciÓn? ¿que hacemos para que todos tengan el mejor futuro posible la oportunidad de vivir bien? la mayorÍa de lososatinos estÁ mÁs cerca del conservadurismo. corresponde a

terms of media coverage, it would have been nice if people for the american what smeared frankit ritchie would be nice for ao w reporter to ask people for the american way what contacted him at the white house juju would you discuss this with an advance if anybody. it would be useful to know i if white house was involved in trashing her opponents and accessing a public show praise, we had planned feinstein earlier in our same figure of the greats supreme court justice. how do she now so mayor hasn'tr said anything in hearings and mac to be fair, bill is making the point that alito ando roberts, a lot of people think we did get a sense of how they w will rule. in theory they're not supposed to tell us how they will rule but this is a political process and people want to know where she stands on the road the way. after is a great question about 21st century technology and she didn't answer but neither did alito and roberts. >> she talked about cameras in i the courtroom and internet regulation, and i think even terry mason. >> nunchucks.liv manhunt comes to the media, i issue one who is li

stevie wonder, lionel ritchie, smokey robinson, mariah carey. ♪ ♪ just call my name and i'll be theree own version of the jackson's hit "i'll be there" connects to very early days. ♪ >> meanwhile, artists who are not there are nevertheless memorializing jackson. this was madonna this weekend in england. >> let's give it up to one of the greatest that the world has ever known -- michael jackson. >> here there was something touchingly sweet and gentle about their brief vigil before the staples center doors and the ticket winners for whom it didn't feel like a funeral coming, but more like a chance to celebrate something they love. and cynthia, one last thing. i know we can't see in the darkness, but that line of people who are waiting just to stand in front and sign their names continues down the sidewalk behind me. much longer than it was earlier in the day. it was a charming and gentle thing. this thing fee like it's coming to a respectable ending. >> thanks, hn. a private burial service has been planned for 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning in los angeles, two hours before his public memori

it happened at the heavenly hands beauty shop on ritchie highway and brooklyn park. police say saturday morning the vandals broke in, stole a computer and other equipment. then painted racist graffiti on the walls and sprayed a flammable liquid all over the place. >> i was a little standoffish. i'm not going to stay here, this is not for me, they want me gone, they won. my kids were like, well,ma, where you going? my sister around the corner, don't leave, don't leave. have i to travel. i don't have a car, you know? i'm like, i'm not going to just leave them hanging high and dry. i'm going to stick it out. i've been here two years, i'll going to be here. >> she'll stay put. if you have any information about the break-in there's a reward available to you on metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. >>> 11 words that cost a woman $50,000. a chicago woman is being sued for a post she made on twitter. this is her quoting now "who said sleeping in a moldy apartment was bad for you? horizon realty thinks it's ok." her former landlord is suing her for the tweet, for defamation

anne arundel county police say someone broke into heavenly hands salon on ritchie highway on saturday morning and spray-painted racist comments on the floor, the walls and the counters. the suspects also poured a flammable liquid on the floor and then stole several items including a computer. anyone with information please call metro crime stoppers now at 1-866-7-lockup. >>> 6:05. fast-moving storms with high winds hit hard across the area yesterday. more than 20,000 people were without power at the height of the storm. the damage stretches all the way from carroll to harford counties. some of the worst damage is in baltimore county. the reisterstown area, especially hard hit. abc2 news was there when a woman was being rescued from her car after a tree fell on top of it. >> it was just, boom, and it shifted my car. yeah, i'm fine. these guys did a good job. >> the national weather service says that the storm was not a tornado but 15,000 people still are without power right now. the debris could take several days to clean up. >>> 6:06. three people are still in the hospital after an ap

. >> miriah carrie, lionel ritchie, stevie wonder and jennifer hudson among the artists that performedt the staple center in los angeles. as 20,000 of jackson's family, friends and fans joined together, for a final farewell. >> as much as we may feel, and we do, that we need michael here with us, god must have needed him far more. >> massive event took place after jackson family members and close friends gathered at forest lawn cemetery for a private service. but at the close of today's public memorial, some touching words from michael jackson's daughter. >> every since i was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. >> and parting words from jackson's brother. >> a part of you, will live forever, within all of us. >> and now that the tribute is over, the investigation continues. the los angeles police will continue their death investigation into what caused michael jackson to collapse almost two weeks ago. and still waiting for the toxicology report from the l.a. coroner's autopsy. live in los angeles, back to you. >> all right susan thank you. >> see more from the

lionel ritchie, offered a spiritual ballad, in keeping with katherine jackson's wishes that this not a secular service. ♪ jesus is lord >> reporter: for all the celebration, this was a good-bye. and a tough one for many. >> although our hearts are aching, we need to look up where he is undoubtedly perched in a crescent moon and we need to smile. >> reporter: jackson's achievements couldn't fit into a single eulogy whether in the record industry itself or that moon walk on stage. >> i think he is simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived. [ applause ] >> reporter: that brought mourners to their feet, only to be lulled back into somber silence from the likes of stevie wonder. ♪ michael why didn't you stay? ♪ >> reporter: the memorial hit every note from jackson's calling as a musician, to the controversy his life so often brought. >> how much pain can one take? maybe now, michael, they will leave you alone. >> wasn't nothing strange about your daddy, it was strange what your daddy had to deal with. >> reporter: the crowd became an integral part of the service when jermaine jackso

the big case, ritchie case, the connecticut firefighters will be coming up over and over again. how does judge sotomayor defend a decision that was repudiated by the people she will be colleagues with on the supreme court. >> well, it wasn't repudiated. it was a supreme court simply adopted a new standard. which the court has its perorogative to do. >>> i think mr. alt disagrees. it is almost an exaggeration to say the second circuit decided. her own colleague, a clinton appointee chastised the court for failing to give the issues. the -- the attention they deserve. she -- she dismissed it summarily without touching the issue. the supreme court that gets 10,000cert petitions per year and hears less than one% of the cases decided not only to hear this case but all nine justices chose -- said that she answered the question in the wrong way, and, in fact, there were serious questions about the way she handled it. how dismiffs she was. >>> -- dismissive she was. >>> one senator, lindsay graham says hey, i don't want milquetoast justices. doesn't the process encourage justices to nev

the ritchie decision is the tenth of judge sotomayor's cases the ritchie decision is the tenth of judge sotomayor's cases that reviewed. they reviewed ten of her cases, and it is the ninth time out of ten that the supreme court has disagreed with her. in fact, sheets 0 for 3 -- she is 0 for 3 during the supreme only 5% of cases federal judges decide really matter. i do not know if he is right, but the supreme court only takes a small number of cases, and it only takes cases that matter. i only know does sotomayor has been run 90% of the time. recently, she was so wrong in with her. as we consider her nomination to the supreme court my colleagues should ask themselves this important question: is she allowing her personal or political agenda to cloud her judgment and favor one group of individuals over another regardless of what the law says? %jb f;púa) of what the law says? today al franken joins the senate. the swearing-in marked the end of eight months of legal challenges with norm coleman, who narrowly lost the race. here is senator joe biden. quorum be terminated. the presiding offic

you know when he came up with the we are the world concept with lionel ritchie and got the superstarsed the hungry, i mean, those are the kind of things people aren't going to show in pictures, but that's what michael jackson did and that's what his children needed to understand. [ applause ] >> all right. and now, his dad, joe jackson, has been very visible, he has been very vocal and acting almost as the spokesman for the family. do you know joe and do you think -- >> joe jackson is the father of the family. i know him. and, you know, people have their opinion one way or the other, but no one can dy joe jackson is the -- he started the group, he pushed them forward. you won't find a more dignified, honorable person in the world than mrs. jackson. i think that, you know, everybody goes through these things about the family. this family has stood together when michael was in trouble, joe jackson and kevin jackson walked in the courtroom with him every day and stood by him when many of his hollywood friends that he made millions of dollars for wouldn't. if you want somebody to bash the

but judge sotomayor got the law really wrong in the ritchie case.nd the new haven firefighter suffered for it. to add insult to injury, the perfunctory way in which she treated their case indicates either she didn't care about their claims or she let her own experiences, planning and overseeing these types of lawsuits with the puerto rican appeal defense and education fund affect her judgment in this case. as has been reported before she was on the bench, judge sotomayor was in the leadership position with this puerto rican legal defense group for over a decade. while there, shimon toward the group's -- she monitored the group's lawsuits and was described as an ardent supporter of its litigation projects, one of the most important of which was the plan to sue cities based on their use of civil service exams. she's been credited with helping develop the group's policy of challenging these types of standardized tests. in a way, judge sotomayor treated the firefighters' claims in the ritchie case, what president obama means when he says he wants judges

the issue in ritchie was what the city did or could do when it was presented with a challenge to one of its tests. this was for promotion. this was not a quota case for affirmative action case, this was a challenge to a test. everyone agreed that it had a very wide difference between the pass rate of a variety of different groups. the city was faced with the possibility, recognized in law, that the employees that were desperately impacted, and that is the terminology used in the law, which is a part of the civil rights amendment that you were talking about from 1991. that those employees that could show a disparate impact or a disproportionate passage rating, they could bring a suit and that then the employer had to defend the test that was given. the city here, after a number of days of hearings and a variety of different witnesses, they decided that they would not certify the test. they would not certify it in an attempt to determine whether they could develop a test of equal value in measuring qualifications. one that did not have a disparate impact. the question before the panel

. >> now that the fifi chief of the arresting officer is a two- year ritchie rigid two-year rookie who should have known better. >> remember the judge who lost his job for suing a dry cleaner for losing his favorite fence. a federal judge has thrown -- losing his favorite pair of pants? a federal judge has thrown of the case again. he claimed the dry cleaners lost if the favorite pens and that the satisfaction guarantee policy was false advertising. >> we have lots of stories. still to come, as parents and students get ready to go back- to-school shopping, retailers have won three concern. why they are worried shoppers may be too frugal, even though there are plenty of good deals out there. >> new technology that lets you stand in with your cellphone to find the best price. >> and south of baltimore city, we will look of the storm. 85 degrees >> here is a look of what we are working on for 11:00. baltimore city councilwoman helen hold an is to be indicted, and a major developer is named. plus, the baltimore county councilman enters a plea in court. details of the unusual punishment oli

. >> mariah carey, lionel ritchie, stevie wonder and jennifer hudson among the artists that performedthe staple center. as 20,000 of jackson's family, friends and fans, joined together for a final farewell. >> as much as we may feel and we do, that we need michael here with us, god must have needed him far more. >> the massive event took place just after jackson family members, and close friends, gathered at forest lawn cemetery for a private service. but at the close of today's public memorial, some touching words from michael jackson's daughter. >> ever since i was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. >> and parting words from jackson's brother. >> a part of you will live forever within all of us. >> now, actually, today one-third of the los angeles police department was here to do crowd control but the crowd was not so great after all. no arrests. i guess, tomorrow, what happens then, jennifer, will be it is back to the investigation into what caused michael jackson's death. almost two weeks ago. >> susan, a lot of people wondering tonight what do we know ab

racial quotasin city hiring and, in numerous cases, fought to overtn the results it seems tome in ritchie ou to be prejudiced ainst another. that is of urse, the logical flaw in the empathy standard. empathy r one party is alway ejudice against another. judge sotomayor we will inquire ho your phisophy which alls subjectivity in the courtroom affectyour decision-making, like, for example, abortio where an organation of which you were an activeleader argued that the constitution ruires taxpayer money to fundbortion. and gun control where you recently noted it is settle law that the second amement does not prevt a city or state from barring gu wnership. prate property whereou've ruled recently that the government could take property from one pharmacy developer and give it to anher. capital puniment where you personally signea statement opposing the reinstatementf the death penal in new york because of the inhuman psychological burden it places on the offender d e family. so hope the american peop will follow these hearings closely. ey should learn about the issues and listeto both sides of a

including mariah carey, hudson, and lionel ritchie. hundreds of l.a. 's finalest are on hand to discourage anyone without a ticket to show up. >> you will be on a hot street with lots of people and not within eye shot of staple. >> meantime in court, a judge appointed attorney john franken and mcclain to administer his estate. following the written orders of jackson himself and over the initial objections of his mother kathryn. >> we believe that the judge did the appropriate thing, made the right decision. >> we will be watching closely. >> right now the l.a. pd is planning to mobilize undercover officers to try to prevent scalpers, anyone caught will be arrested on the spot. pay $500 bond if they want to get out of jail. live at the staple center tonight. back to you. >> josh, before you go. what other security measures are taken for tomorrow? >> other security measures? well, they are, of course expecting onslot of people, hundreds of thousands of people. set up a major perimeter that is not in effect but will be in the next couple of hours. multipl

we've been following this through anne arundel county and rolling its way down ritchie highway.adena, on down towards annapolis, you're getting rain and there's more on the way. the storm is trying to chug its way up the coast. we'll continue with the periods of heavy rain, localized street flooding and two-degree guarantee of only 82 this afternoon. >>> let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >> they are getting busy, especially on the top side of the beltway in the lutherville-timonium area, use caution there because the roads are really slick, getting a lot of rain there. be careful the traffic lights still not working, 152 at singer road, in the joppa area, treat it as a four-way intersection. and benefield boulevard in essex, accident remains on the scene at cape may road and river road. and hilton parkway and edmondson avenue in the route 40 avenue, a crash there. 95 southbound, heavy rain on the scene but traffic flowing freely >>> in the news -- the baltimore mayor is speaking out in support of the baltimore city police department after three children were hand

the frank ritchie case, the discrimination case, it was supposed to be a central line of questioning. it really wasn't, was it? >> no, it really wasn't. because in the end, what you'd have to say if you were upset about the way that whole case was handled before it got to the supreme court, you'd have to say that sonia sotomayor should have taken it upon herself to reinterpret the law into advance the whole understanding of affirmative action, which is ultimately what the supreme court -- >> that's actually the inverse of what senator kyle and judge sotomayor discussed today. and that is that that president didn't rest, necessarily with the supreme court, but within the second circuit -- >> within the second circuit. so to ask her, how come you didn't change precedent within your circuit? it's a difficult case to make. especially if you want somebody who's not an activist. >> rather than retrying, i was going to the politics of the moment. let's go to politics of the moment somewhat more approximate, and that is the president's speech to the naacp. your reaction to it, the fact that i

but stevie wonder, lionel ritchie, mariah carey and jennifer hudson are some stars that will perform. >> it is the cream dela cream of entertainers there. >> thousands of disappointed fans didn't get tickets. the streets and venues have been barricaded to discourage them. there are several ways to watch the event live. drive to fredericksburg, virginia. south point theater will be showing it and facebook and my space if they don't crash and i understand you have another way folks can watch, right? >> exactly. they can watch here on cbs. it is covering michael jackson's memorial service live starting at 1:00. here's how that will impact our broadcast schedule for today. the young and restless can be seen from 11:00 a.m. to noon. as the world turns will be pre- empted. the price is right will move to 3:00 p.m. today. >>> in other news, in the courtroom a judge has changed who's in charge of michael jackson's estate. his mother catherine won temporary control last week but monday the judge put the two men named as executors of jackson's will in charge. however they were ordered to keep h

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michael wanted to do this along with lionel ritchie.ging right there. ♪ and our hearts will be free >> talk to us about this experience, miss warwick. >> i've always described the experience as something that you really had to be there. very difficult to describe it. it was -- it was a room full of incredible artists. all on one accord. there for one purpose. most of the artists who were in the room had been invited by quincy jones. and they came directly from the american music awards. recording studios. i was performing in vegas at the time. and steve winwood was just wonderful. he sent me back to l.a. on a private jet so that i could be a part of this. quincy called me and said, listen, you've got to come into l.a. tomorrow. i said, but i'm working. he says, you're going to be working here because you have to be here. it was the most incredible event that i've been a part of in a long, long period of time. >> damon, was damon around for that? you didn't get to share that with your mom, did you? i'm sure you've heard her speak of it b