let's get an update on the commute with jim russ. >> thank you. we are looking at the wilson bridge, this is springfield actually then to the wilson bridge. this is pretty indicative of the interstate. this is now the beltway at wilson bridge where it is good each way. no accidents. this is the maryland approach with the taillights going away from us. noccidents here. all the way around the beltway we a in good shape. back to you. >> there are new developments in the michael jackson case this morning. search warrants have been signed in the investigation into his death. >> we are hearing now from the mourners who have been selected to attend the service in l.a. kathy parr has the latest. >> the cause of jackson's death is still unknown and there are questions going on whether he misused prescription drugs. on sunday a judge signed search warrants in connection to the investigation but released no details. at the same time some lucky fans are celebrating after beating the odds to win tickets to his memorial service. the odds of scoring michael jack

russ? >> bill plante, thank you very much. >>> bailed out insurance giant aig wants approval for a new round of bonuses. "the washington post" says aig doesn't need a government okay, but it fears outrage if it pays out some $450 million in promiseded bonuses. >>> and in pamplona, spain, this morning, a spanish man was gored to death at the annual running of the bulls. a bull separated from the herd and charged. nine others were injured. this is the first fatality at the event in some 14 years. >>> it is now 7:09. here's chris. >> russ, thank you. there is major news coming out of the summit on swine flu, or h1n1 virus. when the new fall season, flu season comes, you're going to want to be ready this time around. our dr. jennifer ashton is here. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> the next wave they're thinking is the fall. the government says the vaccine should hopefully be ready. do we think they're going to be ready with a vaccine in time? >> we do, and they are taking steps towards

first let's check the rush hour commute with jim russ. >> we are looking at i-66. this is inbound traffic on top to bottom between vienna and fairfax. so far looks pretty good in this stretch. 95 a little heavy through woodbridge. no accidents on tho roads or any interstates outside the beltway. 29 hungp u getting through the interchange at suitland parkway because of an cidentp nearnt th .yitland par sile tileetho th right. one caller said there was not h much of a delay. back to you. >> there are new developments in the michael jackson case this morning. search warrants have been signed in the investigation into his death. we are now hearing from the mourners who have been selected to attend the memorial service in l.a. tomorrow. kathy park has the latest on that. >> the cause of jackson's death is still unknown and there are questions lingering on whether he misused prescription drugs. on sunday a judge signed warrants in connection to the investigation but released no details. at the same time some lucky fans are celebrating after winning tickets to his memoria

nice to see you, russ. i'm going to step back in case you have won one. >> he's the term traitor. >>> here's a look at the weather. not really changed much at all. still steamy in the deep south. we're going to see some rain and some of it very heavy rolling into the northeast. the appalachians as we head into tonight and tomorrow. you can see a month of rape in some locations throughout new england. watch the low pressure system. not a great day in portions of the great lakes. as we head over fot southwest, it is going to be steamy once again. boise, once again, by the way, as we head to the northwest, checked in at 105 degrees. temperatures similar to that as we look at that area today. inland areas of the northwest, hot. as we head to the midsection of the country and the great plains and the northern plains, things look good. that's a quick look at the national maps. here's an >> that's a quick look at your weather picture. watch for flash flooding in the southwest, everyone. just a little bit of rain c

. >> i am russ mitchell, also tonight, golfer tom watson loses the british open but he is still a winner for those who believe you are never too old. >> absolutely beautiful. >> on the eve of the moon landing, a talk with a nasa controller who gave the green light. >> and remembering walter cronkite, through the words of the colleagues who knew him best. >> walter smiled after the evening news if he did kind of an amusing piece, i mean it just made your day. >> this is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> and good evening, the pentagon now confirms a u.s. soldier missing for weeks in afghanistan has been captured by the taliban, the soldier bowe bergdahl is from ketchum, idaho and seen last night in a taliban video posted on-line. tonight, u.s. military is condemning the release of the video as the soldier's family praise for his safe return. >> correspondent man difficult clark has the latest. >> from i'd doe. >> in the video 23-year-old private first class bowe bergdahl appears in good health, questioned in english by his captors he says she

first we go inside to russ mitchell. russ is standing by at the news desk.d morning to you at home. >>> president obama pushes his campaign for healthcare reform in cleveland today. he'll go to a hospital and hold a town hall meeting. during his news conference last night, mr. obama said two-thirds of the plan can be paid for by cutting wasteful spending and redirecting existing funds. he also said if healthcare costs are not controlled, we won't be able to control the deficit. >> your premiums and out of pocket costs will continue to sky rocket. if we don't act, 14,000 americans will continue to lose their health insurance every single day. >> this morning louisiana governor bobby jindal told harry he believes a government-run insurance plan is inherently problematic. >> we don't want a bureaucrat telling us which treatments we can receive, which providers to go to how much will be paid. >> jindal also says he agrees with the president that cutting down on waste is one way to improve the healthcare system. >>> a soldier who vanished while visiting laredo te

russ? very much. >>> a judge appointed a guardian for the estate of nadya suleman's octuplets. it's to make sure her babies are protected and that child labor laws are followed. she and her youngsters are scheduled to do a reality tv show in september. >>> 8:04 on this tuesday morning. dave is outside on the plaza with another check of the weather. david? >> hi, russ. nice to see you. harry is saying hello to folks over here so we're going to interrupt this conversation. i just want to say hello to these folks, too. >> yes, sir. >> we want to put them on camera. >> absolutely. >> proud members of? >> the united states navy. >> based where? >> naples, italy. >> here for a conference. >> yes. >> who do we say hello to at home and where? moo my mom and dad and my sisters valerie & rhea in oregon. >> and how about you, sir? >> my parents in rochester, new york, and my brother in san diego. >> thank you for your service to the country, and say hello to the rest of the members you'll run into at

russ is at the news desk. what's going on, russ?his morning an agreement on a framework for reducing each side's nuclear weapons will be announced. after the president and his family arrived, mr. obama placed a wreath at russia's tomb of the unknown soldier. he then went to the kremlin to meet with russian president medvedev. the president thinks the talks will yield extraordinary progress. >> a whole host of issues, including security issues, economic issues. discovering we have more in common than we have differences. >> the russians have agreed to allow the u.s. to use russian territory and air space to move arms into afghanistan. >>> a judge has given the green light to a plan for general motors to quickly emerge from bankruptcy. the profitable assets would be sold to a new company under government ownership. it rejected objections from bond holders and dealers. a four-day stay of the order could allow the sale as early as thursday. >>> and roger federer has now won more grand slam tennis championships than anyone in history. th

i'm russ mitchell. also tonight, the stock market rebound. is it a signal of recovery or too good to last? the problem of america's underinsured, how medical bills can bankrupt families even though they have health insurance. >> i've got about $80,000 of bills right now. and they're still coming in. >> and numbers game. a look at the new technology that watches fielders and base runners tracking every move they make. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with russ mitchell. >> mitchell: and good evening. it is the end of a short era in alaska today as governor sarah palin steps down amid questions about her political future. the former vice presidential hopeful is still seen by many republicans as a rising star. and tonight both supporters and opponents are wondering if she isee gone from politics for good. bill whitaker has the latest. with true to her style, sarah palin will hand over the reigns of power to lt. governor sean parnell at a picnic in fairbanks. alaska's first woman governor stepping down just halfway through her first term. she's

the two were on the outer loop when police say kelly russ loos hit them from behind. they say they drifted or suddenly changed lanes on the outside of the outer loop hitting the back of a nissan frontier. the collision sent the nissan out of control and down an embankment. the passenger was found dead at the scene. the driver died even route to the hospital. loos continued into virginia where they crashed her car on the ramp to the georgetown pike. >> in maryland she is charged with leaving the scene of an accident with bodily harm, serious bodily injury. we have a warrant for that. when she is released from virginia, we will extra date back to maryland. >> state police sat investigation is continuing and additional charges could be filed. online court reports show loos recorded a blood alcohol level of between .15 and 20 when arrested this morning. as recently as march she had an address in bethesda where she was charged with four traffic violations. she was cited for driving on a suspended out of state license. she was due in court on june 15th but never showed. bri

russ.ssues for president obama here are global warming, the financial crisis and world hunger. the biggest problem is getting all of these nations to do anything other than talk big. the president stopped first in rome for a ceremonial meeting with italy's prime minister silvio berlusconi and its president. he then headed to the summit here at l'aquila where there was a serious earthquake back in april which killed almost 400 people and damaged thousands of houses driving people from their homes. president berlusconi moved the summit here in support. there's still regular aftershocks in this area in the mountains so there's an emergency plan in place because there are almost 40 leaders staying in police barracks so if there's another serious quake, there's an emergency plan to move them all out in air lifts. >> bill plante in l'aquila, italy, thank you very much. >>> 7:11 and dave price is here just back from l.a. great job out there. >> good to be home. why don't we take a look at the weat

dave, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, russ.ot of insight of how the jackson family has been copes since michael's death, but the major news out of los angeles this morning is about a settlement in a custody battle that could have been lengthy. cbs news has learned details of the custody agreement that has been reached between katherine jackson and debbie rowe. katherine gets full custody, and debbie gets visitation but no money. so you're going to go to the courts with closure that katherine gets custody, debbie rowe has some visitation? >> we'll go to the courts and be united and this is not about money. >> reporter: how is katherine doing? >> mrs. jackson is doing fine. she is still grieving, but she's a strong woman and trying to stay as strong as she can for her grandchildren, all of them, especially michael's children who are going through a major ordeal right now. >> are michael's kids aware of what's going on around them? >> they certainly are aware that it's a big deal in that their daddy has passed. they read the news

russ was arrested when she crashed on the other side of the bridges. court records show russ was recently charged with driving on a suspended license. >>> an ocean city police officer arrested a maryland woman twice in the same day on dui charges. police first stopped her 2:15 a.m. last friday morning. she was arrested again on dui charges five hours later. under maryland law it is illegal to get behind the wheel of a car within 12 hours of a drunken driving arrest. >>> this just in to 9 news. within the past hour investigators in nashville conas confirm steve mcnair's girlfriend killed him before she killed himself. the case getting a lot of attention, brett. >> reporter: it is. today's news conference confirmed what most suspected that steve mcnair's death was the result of a murder-suicide and added several chilling and previously unknown details about the crime as well as the possible motive. police in nashville saying today that interviews with friends of the girl revealed she had expressed thoughts of suicide in the days leading up to the attack

after the service joel's friend russ orlando went to pay his respects. >> i walk up to the limo, bend my head in, pay my respects. and she's crying. i turned around and walked way. >> reporter: finally coming to terms with her husband's death? later, russ encountered another observer who had a better view into the limo. >> she was sitting in the limo with matt fletcher. and she had put her hand on his knee and said, "thank god that's over with." and then the waterworks were off. >> reporter: could it be? was her public grief a facade? after the funeral joel's family held a somber gathering. but matt and jennifer and her family, still under the watchful eye of a plainclothes policeman, had their own funeral reception. >> they all went back to this hotel. they did the same thing that we did, except for theirs was festive. >> festive? >> yeah, theirs was festive. i understand that they had champagne delivered. to have champagne delivered? i mean, i don't know, it's just -- it doesn't make any sense. i mean, i always thought that champagne is for celebration. and who the hell would celebr

>> what can we say. >> thank you, russ. have a great weekend. >> aside from michael jackson's memorial there is a lot more happening on the web. let's go to kristin fisher for the latest. >> reporter: you have got it. well, you had it right, michael jackson's memorial service was the top story on the web this week but the other big story is the cyberattack on u.s. and south korean websites. in case you missed it the attacks started on the 4th of july and are still going on today especially in south korea. in total it hit 26 websites in both countries. these are not small websites. look and you will see what i mean. one website hit in the attack is the white house's very own website. some other websites hit were the state department, the secret service, and the new york stock exchange. these are all very big websites, very important to the u.s. government. now, nobody is saying for certain who's behind or what country is behind these attacks, but without a doubt north korea is the prime suspect. the week.com here is wonderin

good morning, russ. >> good morning, julie. morning, everyone. >>> two men are due in court today in the murder of a popular florida couple. arrest warrants say wayne coldiron and leonard gonzalez jr. wanted to rob byrd and melanie billings with 12 youngsters with special needs. the couple was shot to death in their home. earlier, escambia county sheriff told harry other motives have not been ruled out. gonzalez sr. allegedly admitted to driving the getaway van. >>> judge sonia sotomayor begins her confirmation hearings this morning. she gives her opening statements this afternoon. the republicans have vowed to question her judicial philosophy. justice sotomayor is widely expected to win confirmation easily. >>> president obama has ordered an investigation into alleged war crimes in afghanistan. the state department says as many as 2,000 taliban war prisoners may have been killed in a 2001 incident blamed on the u.s.-allied northern alliance. >>> and stormy weather could stop the shuttle "endeavour" from lifting off tonight. on

and russ were allies in what he called the eatest struggle of the 20th century. and he likened the young men who died at normandy beach to young soviet soldiers who died fending and trying to retake the estern border. so it really was driving me the entire theme of tis trip, today's speech >> ifill: he seemed to making quite a generationa linkage beten himself and the current presint. yet his meetingith the forr president, current prim ministerutin, wa't quite as warp. at least it didn'teem that way from here. warner: it wasn't quite as warm. i think that's fair t say, gwen. they had neveret before. they wentut actually to primeminister putin's home in the count. 're told by the ruian press that the prime minister's eakfast for him was a claic russian breakfast. blinis and calfier and tea made in a russian teapot. but they got rightown to bra tacks, aired their differences. words were ed like candid, honest, and frank. which i usually diplo-speak for fairly blu ifot brutal. on the other hand, they said it was quite open and not defensive. in other words, there sn

first, let's head back inside to russ mitchell at the news desk.k for that at all. >>> a study shows pregnant women infected by the h1n1 flu virus are more likely to develop serious complications and should seek treatment right away. more than 300 people have died from the virus and 6% of those were pregnant. that is six times the percentage of pregnant women in the general population. >>> the defense succeed robert gates said troops may be leaving iraq earlier than planned. gates met with leaders in iraq this morning said there is, quote, some chance of a modest acceleration, unquote, in the pace of the u.s. withdrawal. he said one brigade could be withdrawn ahead of schedule because the security situation in iraq is better than ctpeed. >>> federal officials searched property belonging to michael jackson's doctor. this time it was in las vegas. dr. conrad murray's lawyers said investigators seized cell phones and a computer from murray's home and office yesterday. they searched for prescriptions written for jackson using possible aliases. "the los

chip reid is in moscow this morning. >> reporter: good morning, russ. president obama shortly after his meeting with prime minister putin. he described putin as "unsentimental, shrewd and tough." he thinks the summit is going extremely well. is he pleased with the agreement to reduce nuclear arsenals. he says that's important to set an example for the rest of the world, the hopes that other countries, even iraq -- excuse me, iran and north korea will follow their lead. >> the notion here is that if the united states and russia, as the two leading nuclear superpowers, say we are going to abide by our commitments in the nonproliferation treaty, which we haven't done. we said we would reduce stockpiles, we haven't been aggressive about that, that gives us the moral standing to say how we invigorate the nonproliferation treaty more broadly. once you do that. then you've got an international community that is collectively focused on the issue. >> do you worry about the possibility of war with north korea? how close are we? >> i don't think that any war is im

ambassador to russ. i am pleased to havell of the here i begin withambassador pickerg in washington. what mig... what will accomplished in moscow? >> i think wt we will see here are prably theirst steps in what we all hope wille a comi togetherrather than a drifng apart, which w characteristic of probablyhe last cade or so in u.s./russianelations, centerpieced around theuclear agreement that they all hope to haveone by the end of the ar. buwith a nber of the oer things that have been added to it, including i would add perhaps reminisnt of mytime inoscow a management rangement for t u.s./russian regulationships that brgs gether the two predents in charge of an arrangement where thsecretary of state and the minister oforeign affairs of russia wl actuall perhaps some do somef the whiplashing. but much like the cheer know mere din arrangement which was characteristicf the yeltsin clinton riod. >> rose:oing ngor ward, resetting the relationship means what? just simply change? does it mean that there were thes

russ, back to you? >> christmas in july.bloomberg tv's diedre lton, thank you. >>> supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor is facing tough questions from republicans this morning in her second day of senate confirmation hearings. yesterday in her opening statement before the senate judiciary committee, judge sotomayor sought to blunt concerns she'd be an activist judge. >> in the past month, many senators have asked me about my judicial philosophy. simple, fidelity to the law. >> republican senators say they plan to try to raise doubts about her impartiality, but most concede she will likely be confirmed. >> unless you have a complete meltdown, you're going to get confirmed. >> and if confirmed, sotomayor becomes the court's first hispanic justice. >>> it is now coming up on 7:18. here's harry. >> joining us now to discuss how judge sotomayor did on her first day is former u.s. attorney general alberto gonzales. good morning. >> good morning. >> did you get a chance to watch? >> i watched part of it, yes. >> what did you think

russ feingold, getting ready to ask some questions as well. so, katy kicked off the conference call... but we missed the first half trying to download the docs. which turned out to be the old-new docs... rather than the new-new docs. then bob dialed in from home and his... dog starts barking. so jen jumped in with her "two cents"... which katy missed because she was buying shoes online. and then i hit mute... to talk timelines with my team. getting lots of dirty looks through the phone in the process. - overall... - a great call. - great call. yeah. introducing a better way. learn more at cisco.com/newways [ dog barks ] >>> judge sonya sotomayor is now answering a question on whether or not there were any laws enacted after 9/11 that historians down the road might live to regret. >> i can understand some hess tants but the truth is that courts are already dealing with these very issues. the supreme court itself has struck down a number of post 9/11 policies and you sat on a panel that struck down bun aspect of the national security letter that

russ ortiz, he's back.has a 4.11 e.r.a. >> rob: it is the clubhouse spring training. >> bob: yes. he has made 19 appearances. nine starts to r the astros and the opponents hitting .266 against him. >> rob: and he didn't do so well coming out of spring training. >> bob: a breaking ball fouls it. quickly 0-2. >> rob: by the way, did you see john lannan jump other r over the fence with the celebration? >> bob: yeah. >> rob: ryan dempster did that with the cubs and broke his toe and he is now out for a month. i have the talk to him on the flight. no more jumping the fence stuff. >> bob: and he tried to pull that ball. >> rob: i'm going to go out there and con graduate my teammates. oh, i broke my toe. >> bob: they're not congratulating anyone ton third base side of the cubs today. the braves beat the cubs 4-1. florida has closed out a 7-0 shut-out of the giants in san francisco. hole staid, the staller there today and rod row ghee for the phillies and perez at home against the dodgers. 0-2 to womenningham here

russ is at the news desk. >>> good morning. french president nicolas sarkozy is out of the hospital. he and his wife walked out of a paris hospital and thanked the doctors. sore cozy collapsed while jogging in hot weather. medical tests showed no heart problems but he was told to rest. >>> harvard professor and scholar henry louis gates jr. and cambridge police officer, james crowley have accepted the president's invitation to talk about the. >> reporter: over a beer at the white house. we're in cambridge with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. definitely a sign of things getting back to normal. about 15 minutes ago here at the cambridge police department, sergeant james crowley slowly walked into work. he was in full uniform and smiling and drinking a cup of coffee and he waved and said "no comment." a sense of things moving on. the controversy surrounding henry gates and sergeant james crowley calmed down over the weekend and the two men laid low. >> i'm going to work now. >> reporter: saturday, gates accept

russ mitchell is at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning at the at home. breaking news from new zealand. a powerful earthquake that triggered a tsunami warning. the 7.8 quake was centered in deep water off of new zealand's southwest coast. no serious injuries or damage reported. >>> judge sotomayor's confirmation hearings resume this morning. she is likely to face a second day of tough questions. wyatt andrews is here with more. >> reporter: yesterday, sotomayor was repeatedly pressed to defend her wise latina woman comment and whether her feelings about her ethnicity would impact her judgment. she said it in a speech to a mostly hispanic audience at the university of california in 2001. i would hope that a wise latina woman would reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life. >> i was trying to -- >> reporter: at the hearing, she first explained she was trying to inspire the students, that she was misunderstood. but pressed hard by senator john kyle, she admitted to some overheated rhetoric. >> the words i chose, taking the rhetor

russ mitchell is at the news desk. >>> president obama still wants to close guantanamo prison for terror suspects by january. a key report finds he's running way behind schedule. it's now been six months since the president signed the order, and the closure deadline is just six months away. fewer than 20 inmates have been transferred out, and more than 200 are still being held while u.s. officials struggle with the question of what to do with them. >>> scholar henry gates jr. is accusing police in cambridge, massachusetts, of racively after he was arrested trying to get into his own home. police charged t african-americ harvard professor of disorderly conduct after a confrontation with an officer investigating a report for a robbery. gates was entering his house through a broken door. >>> it is reported the national highway safety administration withheld information about the dangers of drivers using cell phones. "the new york times" reports the info was kept under wraps for fear of jeopardizing federal transit funds. the finding shows driver distraction contributes to about 25% of all p

joining muss is congressman russ holt.of americans are asking, when is this going to happen? congressman, thanks for joining us tonight. >> good to be with us tonight. i'm pleased to be with you when you're discussing "brew-gate." >> which is all the action going to start? when will we start getting news? several weeks ago we heard they're collecting files. where are we tonight? >> there's been document requests, preliminary steps to have an investigation. so far it's limited in scope, and i'm calling for something quite a bit bigger, because the questions that have not been examined now for more than three decades, about how we conduct intelligence, get at the heart of really what it is to be america, what is the relationship between the citizen and the government, and i think we need something on the scale of what was known as the church committee back in the 1970s. >> so this would be a lot broader than just finding out whether chen yes withheld information from the congress in this last run with the administration, and

final check of the weather. >> russ thatay have been one of your best ad libs yet.married kelly hildebrand, and they're not related. i'm telling you, this crowd has got it going on. maggie a little earlier on was pointing out this poor gal out an umbrella. not only do you not have an umbrella but this woman's water from her umbrella is falling right on top of you. what's your name? >> dottie. >> maggie did it for you. i'll do it for you now. there you go, my sweetie. >>> all right. here's today's weather. here's what it looks like out there. we've got a low pressure system with a lot of stormy activity from dallas into memphis. we've another low pressure system off the east coast. it's going to get wet weather from maine all the way down to the florida keys. west is beautiful. southwest is hot. looking ahead to tomorrow. you know what that hot and sticky weather is going to continue around the southwest. when i talk about hot and sticky again, we are talking 110 degrees plus. that's a quick >>> 110 degrees throughout and only two 90 degrees day since april. one in a

good morning, russ. >> good morning.g up a new study shows pregnant women infederal governmented with the h1n1 are increased risk of death. should moms to be get vaccinated and the platest on the jackson case. police raid conrad murray's home and office for the second time. we will speak to a business associate who spoke with murray the night before michael jackson died ever do you have a secret code or language with your child to use when they are in danger. one shocking case may convince you perhaps you should. we will tell you why. that and more on them wednesday edition of the "early show." hope it is a nice day in dc. stormy here today. >> we have showers moving in as well but we'll make the best of it. i know you will, too. >>> hundreds of millions of people belonging to the social networking site facebook and some people spend hours a day on the site. kristin fisher is in the web center looking at the top jobs for facebook junkies. >> reporter: you got it. most times we hear about facebook in the work places becau

we will resume and a moment with questions from russ feingold. the next step is a vote before the nomination gets sent to the senate floor. democrats hope for a final vote confirmation in the full senate before the august recess, which means she would be in place for the first argument the court plans to hear on september 9. we now continue with highlights of the confirmation hearing and questioning by democrat russ eingold nominees. chief justice roberts and justice alito. that's the issue of executive power. in 2003, you spoke at a law school class about some of the legal issues that have arisen since 9/11. you started your remarks with a moving description of how americans stood together in the days after those horrific events and how people from small midwestern towns and people from new york city found their common threads as americans, you said. as you said in that speech, while it's hard to imagine that something positive could ever result from such a tragedy, that there was a sense in those early days of coming together as one community,

russ mitchell will be here tomorrow night. i'm jeff glor for cbs news. good night.

when i -- i agree with russ. if i look at the basic building blocks of multiple expansion, taxes, regulation, inflation and interest rates, all of those things will get worse. they can't get any better than they are right now. and so i think that you're looking at kind of a secular head wind but i would also agree with russ. i'll use -- i'll even use another example, which is japan in the '90s prp there were six rallies of 60% on average or more. in a period in which the nikkei went down by -- a fourth of where it was 20 years ago. so i think this argues for many much more tactical as an investor. i don't want to say earnings don't matter but this is the first time in my career earnings have never mattered less than they do right now because it's really all about trying to dope out where the momentum is in terms of the economy and, you know, what the winners and losers are going to be from that interventi intervention. >> so if the s&p is trading at the multiple you described, 14 or 15 based on earnings, and from

. >> we're watching justice sonia sotomayor answer questions from russ feingold of wisconsin.at repute over the last several years. he doesn't like the administration's policy with the war in iraq. questioning the justice's views of authority. >> she's going to have to deal with this, is already dealing with it. the whole question of electronic surveillance, the issues that eric holder and the white house are grappling with over whether or not congress has the right to decide to be briefed by the cia on covert operations. nothing could be more timely right now. these are questions that are indeed going to come to the court. one thing that strikes me, chris, is that we are now on the seventh questioner in the first round of questioning. there are 18 members of this committee. so they are clearly going to have to decide whether to go well into the evening or with each of these senators getting 30 minutes and breaks have to be built into the schedule, whether this is going to continue tomorrow with the questioning. most likely it will. the question by the senators rather than the

here's russ at the news desk. >> good morning. case for health care reform during a primetime news conference tonight. there is growing resistance from both sides of the political aisle. even democrats are now saying mr. obama's august deadline appears to be slipping. the president met with conservative democrats balking at the price tag. mr. obama remains adamant he will not sign a bill that adds to the deficit but he tells katie couric progress is being made. >> by the time we have a bill on the floor, we will be able to say that this is going to bend the cost curve so health care inflation is reduced. that's good for american families. that will reduce their costs and make the system work for everybody. >> a major stumbling block is a tax increase for the wealthy to pay for the plan. >>> a programming note. cbs will broadcast president obama's news conference tonight at 8:00. >>> the u.s. army is asking people on the u.s./mexico border to be on the lookout for james gonzalez who disappeared on a visit to the area. he may have b

seems to feel he was obligated to do so, then we have blair walk out back very quickly and i think russ feingold is pushing congress's right to know. he's pushing that issue and he wants to know exactly where the obama white house stands on it. >> in addition to pushing to try to find out where the white house stands what eventually do you think senator feingold hopes to accomplish? >> well, i think it's establishing policy but i think we go back here and we can look and say over the last eight years particularly between 2002 and 2007 congressional oversight of the intelligence community reached a low point. it was really virtually ineffective. i think he and i think his chair and the committee on the house side are pushing these boundaries back now. they want to assert congressional oversight. this is a very effective tool for them to use to that end. >> as they push back the house intelligence committee is now investigating the decision not to brief congress. what happens if it turns out as cia director panetta reportedly said former vice president cheney told the cia to keep congress