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senator schumer may not agree with that.agree with that, but i'll tell you the american people agree with it. and we're going to be back and we will win this and make this a law of the land. >> and we'll be back also. always good to see you. we have to leave it there. we're out of time. to be continued. i'm andrea mitch until washington. coming up tomorrow on the program, republican senator orrin hatch and contessa brewer picks up our coverage next. sav! lower hotel booking fees mean you get a lower total price. plus, if another orbitz customer then books the same hotel for less, we send you a check for the difference, automatically. come on in. you're invited to the chevy open house. where getting a new vehicle is easy. because the price on the tag is the price you pay on remaining '08 and '09 models. you'll find low, straightforward pricing. it's simple. now get an '09 malibu 1lt with an epa estimated 33 mpg highway. get it now for around 21 thousand after all offers. go to chevy.com/openhouse for more details. my daughter

schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be dispensed. .the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: mr. president, i rise today in opposition to senator session's am t amendment immediately mandating all federal contractors and subcontractors to use e-verify. first of all, obviously, legislating on and delaying a critical appropriations bill which is necessary for us to pass, which is necessary for us to pass quickly to secure our borders, ports and provide into our interior points of vulnerability is a delay that we don't need. but, secondly, and more importantly, despite claims this amendment only seeks to reauthorize e-verify for three years -- which i don't oppose -- the actual language of my distinguished colleague's amendment makes e-verify permanent and mandatory. there would be nothing wrong with that if the system actually worked. but, it doesn't. the distinguished senator from alabama and i agree upon one of the main seven principles f

did you think what judge schumer was doing was effective?uestions about the impartiality, what we can aspire to, but we cannot reach, latina, a lot of race-based talk, and that is something most americans are not comfortable with, and they do not want to see that in a potential supreme court justice, so to the degree that it was about that, i thought to varying degrees of effect, that was bad for her. he did something that was very effective. he took a number of cases where natural sympathies would seem to be on one side, usually on the side of an individual worker who was saying they had had some workplace discrimination, or tried to get a loan and had been denied by a bank, where the families of the victims of a plane crash, where her sympathies, or empathies, -- her empathies would be on the other side, and for all of the talk about feelings and racial identity and identity politics, you follow the rule of law even when it goes against, quote, your side. i think that was an effective thing for him to do. megyn: no matter what she said in

schumer: thank you, mr. president. i today rise today -- we're not in a quorum? we're not in a quorum, are we? the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. i rise today asking my colleagues to table the pending amendment filed by my distinguished colleague from alabama to the department of homeland security appropriations bill. his amendment would both make e-verify permanent and would immediately mandate all federal contractors and subcontractors to use e-verify. well, first i have good news for my colleagues, and good news for my colleague from alabama. the department of homeland security has just taken action. they were planning to do it before. it's coincidental but fortuitous that it occurs right now, that addresses the issue, or at least a good part of the issue that my colleague from alabama has raised. the department of homeland security today has issued a statement indicating -- quote -- "the administration's support for regulation that will award federal co

thank you to senator schumer and senator gillibrand for their introduction of view. thank you for your statement. i look into the faces of your family, they appreciate it. they all do. we all do. we will stand in recess until 9:30 tomorrow morning. thank you very much. rick: judge sonia sotomayor, her opening statement lasting under the 10 minutes she was allowed, the key line being that senators asked about her judicial philosophy. simple, fidelity to the law. the task of a judge is not to make a lot, it is to apply the law. a different sentiment from the one we have seen on tape numerous times from her speech from 2005, saying that the court of a port -- court of appeals makes law. carl cameron is in the senate office building, where the confirmation hearings are wrapping up. your thoughts? >> as we watch the nominee she hands with arlen specter, it is fair to say that the panel is divided along predictable party lines. republicans might -- republicans raising the questions of concern, democrats supporting her. these questions of empathy being a factor in judging a

here she has chuck schumer, the person who was in effect her guide through the meetings with senators in the early phase of her nomination now trying to help her, if you will, with going over some of the points that he thinks are most flattering to her case and a bit easier for her to talk about. imagine just for a moment, she has been sitting there all day long. every camera trained on her. every word being judged and measured. it's an exhausting day. it's difficult for any nominee and certainly she's being put through her paces. it's been tough from republicans who want to lay out some very strong positions, from a conservative point of view you know what has been going on all day long. raising the question about would she use outside influences, feelings of empathy, that buzz word that's been so popular, talk about ethnic background, talk about personal experience, and how that might affect the cases in which she has presided. democrats have been trying to say don't look at speeches, look at her vast caseload, and make judgments there. we've received from both sides just pages and

chuck schumer said we've got two years. they don't have two years. the congressional elections are in november of 2010. they got to show progress before then. >> i think a big test will be whether they at least can get some agreement on health care before the recess on the house side. the senate is going to be more difficult. that is a huge problem, and now we've got a proposal from the house democrats and charlie rangel for an income tax -- a s surtax. even among lou dobbs democrats in the house it will be a tough sell. plus, the obama administration has scored this with the congressional budget office, and they've figured out that rather than just -- raise $500 billion towards the health care costs, the cost of insuring the inunshiinu inunsu inunsured, but after ten years those numbers block sharply. in the out years unless there are major savings from health care reform, you know, out there, you are going to have a huge balloon of expenditures in ten years out, and that is going toy a big debate. >> the big lesson from 19 the 3's failure of health

it was initiated first by senator schumer, as i said. he said it is time for honest and open language on the issue of illegal immigration, and border security. here is senator chuck schumer who will be leading the fight for comprehensive immigration reform in the senate, making that declaration, using the term "illegal aliens" i believe, for the first time instead of "undocumented workers" or some other euphemism. >> people who enter the united states without our permission are illegal aliens and illegal aliens should not be treated the same as people who enter the u.s. legally. when we use phrases like "undocumented workers," we convey a message to the american people that their government is not serious about combating illegal immigration. which the american people overwhelmingly oppose. >> senator schumer obviously trying to assert in a good faith and honest language the need for exactly those qualities on the debate and the national discussion on the issue of illegal immigration and border security. we, along with the rest of the cou

schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment so we can call up amendment 1764. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from new york, mr. schumer, proposes an amendment numbered 1764. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent further reading be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask that i be yielded 5 minutes of the 15 minutes, senator bennett, the ranking member of the rules committee, be given 5 minutes and senator chambliss be given 5 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: i rise about 1764, the move act of 2009. i want to thank my colleague, senator bennett, for his hard work on this. indispensable in getting this done were senator chambliss and senator nelson, ben nelson of nebraska, and senator cornyn, who had previous legi

i also want to thank senator schumer for his kind introduction. in recent weeks i have had the pleasure and privilege of meeting 89 senators, including all of the members of this committee. each of you has been gracious to me and i have so much enjoyed meeting you. our meetings have given me an illuminating tour of the 50 states and invaluable insights into the american people. there are countless family members and friends who have done so much over the years to make this day possible. i am deeply appreciative for their love and support. >> i want to make one special note to my mother. i am here because of her aspirations and sacrifices for broet my brother juan and me. mom? i am very grateful to the president and humbled to be here today as a nominee to the united states supreme court. my parents left puerto rico during world war ii. i grew up in modest circumstances in a bronx housing project. my father, a factory work we are a third grade education passed away when i was 9 years old. on her own, my mother raised my brother and me. she caught u

i especially tha senator schumer and senator llibrand for theiintroduction of you, butespecially, judge tomayor, i thank you for yourstatement. looking at the faces of your faly, they appreciate it. we all do. we will standn recess until 9:30 tomorrow morning. thank u vy, very much. >> i sawanheard a picture of a family studying and sating at night, mother getting ready for her rn. >> the face of her moth and her brother an her step-father, the mother's pride and emotion during her statemen the thank you to her mom. is hard-working family, fst generation family,he father with a third grade education who died and the most comment politically i think was ma senators have asked me about my judici flphilosophy, it is simple. >> i'm getting one of those thrills i get about amica. i'm soy, when she talked about sitting at that tabl andot being a genious like barack obama, not one that n walk into a college scholarship, hato sweat f it. richard? >> she had a compelling story, but i also want to pick up something she said. she said as a da, i felt the sufferg of victim's families. >>victims. wa

megyn: we were expecting it after schumer. i wonder if the chairman expected one was needed immediately. bret: it seemed like senator kyl was taking it down the road of questioning judge sotomayor's speeches and what she meant by those speeches. let's bring in our panel, our all-star panel from the "weekly standard ." steve hayes, news analyst for national public radio, also a fox news contributor, juan williams. also with us host of "fox news sunday," chris wallace. steve, if you listened to senator kill try to go after judge sotomayor for that speech which we have talked about a lot and the one line about a wise latina would make a better decision than a white man, what about how senator kyl went about that? >> i think he took far too long in his setting up of the question without ever giving her a chance or forcing her to respond to the individual points he was making which i thought were very good points. but i have to say that in listening to her, i'm sort of blown away by how she is trying to twist her speeches. in fact,

new york senator chuck schumer. finally, the take from our political rounab. karen hughes, republican strategist and former counselor to president georgw. bush, bob sh k, democratic stratist and senior advisor to the gore and kry presidential campaign, andndrea mitchell, nbc news chief foreign affairs, and roger simon, "politico" chief political columnist. >>> first, senator john mccain. welcome back to "meet the press." always happy to have you here. want to start with breaking news this morning. the front story in "the "new york times"" is that former vice president dick cheney kep congress in the rk, his orders, to keep congress in the dark aut a cia program. it's a pgram thatia director pin eta has now shut down and briefed ngress about it. what's your reaction to it? >> i am not on the intelligence committee. i don't knowhat the details of this are and the vice president, i think, should obviously be heard from if allegations are levelled in his direction. clearly, the republicans did not sign a letter apparently tha was written alleging this, so i ink it

chuck schumer, the democratic senator from new york, he is next in line. he will start asking some questions of sonya sotomayor. we will take a break from these hearings and check in with betty nguyen. she is monitoring a lot of other news happening outside of these hearings. betty, what's going on? >>> i am at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. rick sanchez is on assignment. a total of seven people are in custody for the gorilla style slaying of a couple northwest of florida. the escambia sheriff hugged a daughter of one of the victims and announced the search for suspects is over. the break turned out to be the red van seen on surveillance video at the home where bird and melanie billings lived with at least nine of their 16 children. most of those children adopted and many with special needs. masked men are seen in the video raiding the home where the couple's bodies were found. authorities said a safe at the home was taken and robbery was the motive. >>> well, contrary to published reports, there is no deal between debbie rowe and the family of mic

i want to go back to what charles schumer said on our air, about ideology. he held hearings in 2001 about why ideology should factor into these hearings. this was before the judge roberts and judge alito started. here is the oath. "by solemnly swear that i will do equal right to the fore and the rich, faithfully discharging the duties -- poor and the rich , faithfully discharge the duties upon me." critics? >> if you would like to make that the case, what republicans would like to do is say that this is about her position that she said a wise latina is going to make a better decision, making the case that president obama selected her because she is a latina. there has been some criticism as a result. they are saying that there are better candidates. bret: senator orrin hatch, chuck grassley, arriving, as we look live. >> i think that the come back to that by judge sonia sotomayor is the record. maybe she said some things at speeches that she should not have said, many of them are not happy with the president setting empathy as the standard, but the fact is t

a first on cnbc, democratic new york senator chuck schumer, economic committee vice chair. he'll be with us. >> his take on the administration's health care proposals, financial regulation overhaul, providing the economy and actually begins with a four-plus bill dollar computer chip facility in his home state that could generate 5,000 jobs. speaking of health care reform, cnbc hosting a special "meeting of the minds" at 9:00 p.m. eastern monday evening to tackle this very top piic. take a quick look. >> jim, why are we spending so much money on advertising? up of these dollars that are going to tell me who is not a doctor, what drug i should use, shouldn't we be putting that money back into research and development? it seems crazy to me that i can turn on -- do it on the tv and they're advertising for cealis or whatever. >> i'm not a doctor. >> he can make a speech. >> taxpayer dollars are going into advertising when it's not -- >> a billion dollars in 12 years to get one drug. not guilty going to be defending the drug company. one four star . two identical rooms. so why do

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senator schumer will being recognized for five minutes. we will reserve his other five minutes for later on when he will be introducing judge sotomayor. senator schumer, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to welcome judge sotomayor. we in new york are so proud of you. and to your whole family. our presence here today is about a nominee who is supremely well qualified with experience on the district court and appellate court benches that is unmatched in recent history. it is about a nominee who in 17 years of judging has authored opinion after opinion that is smart, thoughtful, and judicially modest. judge sotomayor has stellar credentials. there's no question about that. judge sotomayor has twice been the four been nominated to the bench. the first time she was nominated by a republican president. most importantly, judge sotomayor's record bespeaks judicial modesty, something that our friends on the bright have been clamoring for in a way that no recent nominees has. it is the judicial record, more than

you see senator schumer on the right and senator leahy on the left. she will have lunch and relax and come back. we'll hear from four more democrats. there 12 democrats on the senate judiciary committee, seven republicans. all seven have made their opening statements including senator grassley who has just emerged to shake her hand as well. four democrats will be making their opening statements, amy klobuchar of minnesota, edward kaufman of delaware, arlen specter of pennsylvania, the former republican chairman of this committee, now a democrat and the newest senator al franken of minnesota. they will make share statements, and then two other senators, chuck schumer and kirsten gillebrand of new york will introduce sonia sotomayor, and then she will have other opening statement. we don't know how long that is. i'm guessing it will be at least 15 or 20 minutes, approximately that. then the session will be gavelled for the day. tomorrow the q&a begins. each senator, all 19 senators, will have 30 minutes of uninterrupted questioning time available to gri

one more thing about chuck schumer because i slammed him all lot. chuck schumer is a guy who would not come on the show because i went after her really hard about some of the judges that were not elevated specifically because they were hispanico african american. he actually called up and said i wanted to come on and go man-to-man with joe and he did. we talked and while i disagree with probably 90% and he disagrees 90% we had a the respect that goes back and forth and that is what makes the show work. >> host: what have you learned about politicians since you started interviewing them on tv. you used to be one of them, you do certain things as a political figure used to be the guy in the house that was going for the four men tipoff on hardball now you're anchoring them by doing the four minute pop. what have you learned being on the other side of the table. >> guest: i should not say this, but thank you so much connie chung said to newt gingrich's mother this is between you and me. there are exceptions but i am surprised how bad politicians are at

chopped schumer unveiled legislation yesterday -- chopped schumchuck schumer said this >> yesterday > texting while driving is a deadly habit. >> one can imagine the dexterity it takes to be watching your blackberry and reading a message and keeping an eye on your traffic around you. >> the district and 14 states have passed laws against texting while driving. some critics question whether these laws can be enforced. >>> the woman who made the 911 call that led to an altercation between henry louis gates and james crowley is speaking out. >> i was called racist and i was a target, of scorn and of ridicule because of the things i never said. >> the woman says it ain't hurt to be labeled a racist. sgt growlers said he identified man as black. 91 tapes revealed that she did not know what the man look like. >>> d.c. leaders will be talking about the voucher program today. anthony williams and other leaders will hold a conference on vouchers. it offers scholarships to low income students. >>> 6:36. we have 71 degrees. we're just two hours away from the latest jobless reports. >> analyst ar

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stuff ahead, don't misst senator chuck schumer will be our guest.will also talk to governor deval patrick and a numb of others. athis point, dr. nancy snyderman picks up our coverage om here. nancy, what you have? >> hi, carlos n a few minutes a majornnouncement at the white house. hospitals say they are ready to pony up and come to the table, all in the name of health care reform, but is i enough to kp that momentum going in coness? >>> and how safe is your foo in the obama administration says it is goi toveal newafety standards aimeat saving lives. we will look at wether the new guidelines go far enough. >>> and a new move in california tolegalize rijuana. could the state's budt crisis bethe spark that put these pro-t forces right in front of eryone's faces? we are appaching noon. the doctor isin, right here on msnbc. i will see y in just a minute ter this quick break. >>> coming up today on "dr. nancy" just announced, hitals are cougngp big money to help p for health care reform. $1 billion over ten years. but will i pick up the biggest tab for a

. >> reporter: new york's chuck schumer and other democratic senators representing states with large areas say changing the law will put americans in danger. >> if this amendment is adopted this hypothetical vermonter would be free to stroll through central park or times square with a backpack of loaded guns. >> reporter: many democrats support gun rights. including senate majority leader harry reid, who has said he will vote for the amendment. like many democrats who will vote yes on this, harry reid is from a western western state, nevada, in his case where there's a strong tradition of gun owner ship and also serious political consequences. we are told, lou, by republican top aides but also democratic top aides they expect this will pass the senate tomorrow when they vote on this expansion of gun rights. >> that's impressive. to hear senator schumer say that, there's nothing in the thune amendment that would suggest, is there, is senator schumer correct that because gun laws will permit concealed carry for a person in vermont that they could ignore state laws prescribing them from

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let me say one last thing about chuck schumer though because i slammed him an awful lot. chuck schumer is a guy that wouldn't come on the show because i went after him really hard. >> host: on scarborough country? >> guest: on this show also about miguel estrada and some of the other judges that were not elevated specifically because they were hispanic or african-american and i went after him an awful lot and he actually called up and said i want to come on man to man with joe and he did. and while i disagree with him on probably 90% and he disagrees with me on her 90% of the issues we have respect that goes back and forth and again i think that is what makes the show work. >> host: joe, what have you learned about politicians since you started interviewing them on tv? you used to be one of them. you knew certain things as a political figure. you used to be the guy in the house going for the four minute pop on hardball. now you are big guy anchoring the guy doing the four minute pop on "morning joe." what have you learned since being on the other side of the table about p

but he got very emotional, chuck schumer, jessica yellin. when he was introducing her, his lips were trembling a little, he got choked up. he got very emotional referring to her background. >> reporter: he said he is personally very invested in sotomayor and her success here, and he emphasized what we heard so many of the democrats say their message is, she has more judicial experience than anyone else nominated to the bench in the last hundred years. that's the message they will drive home. i thought what was interesting is we did not hear from sotomayor the words empathy or the word race or gender. she is going to steer clear of that as much as possible, although that won't be feasible for the rest of when she starts taking questions, but she's trying to stay on the message of her enormous experience. as another note, i would like to point out something you guys probably could not see from your vantage but once al franken, the newest senator on the panel started talking, there is something in this room we rarely see, which is every single

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gary re-or chuck schumer or nancy pelosi.e is the best they have -- harry reid, chuck schumer, or nancy pelosi. neil: thank you very much. >> thank you, even though you bad mouthed be at the beginning -- me at the beginning. neil: i did, did i not? in 1977, an 8-year-old boy picked up the game of golf from his father. the odds of that same boy then making it to the u.s. and european pro-golf tours? 1 in 7 million. the odds of the "big easy" winning the u.s. open once twice? 1 in 1.2 billion. the odds of him having a child diagnosed with autism? neil: all right, we are getting new details on that massive political corruption case in new jersey, the fbi helping to crack it. one of the accused was given $96,000 stuffed into an applejack xbos box. nothing new in it jersey politics, but this is concerning the illegal sale of, i do not know, human organs. larry sabato is here with fox news reporter jamie colby. blinged the voters? -- blame the voters? >> part d. mele, new jersey has been corrupt for so long -- partly. neil, new jer

i also want to thank senator schumer and gillibrand for their kind introduction.recent weeks, i have had the privilege and pleasure of meeting 89 senators, including all the members of this committee. each of you has been gracious to me and i have so much enjoyed meeting you. our meetings have given me an illuminating tour of the 50 states and invaluable insights into the american people. there are countless family members and friends who have done so much over the years to make this day possible. i am deeply appreciative for their love and support. i want to make one special note of thanks to my mother. i am here, as many of you have noted, because of her aspirations and sacrifices for both my brother, juan, and me. i am very grateful to the president and humbled to be here today as a nominee to the united states supreme court. the progression of my life has been uniquely american. my parents left puerto rico during world war ii. i grew up in modest circumstances in a bronx housing project. my father, a factory worker with a third grade education, passed away whe

and chuck schumer getting a bit emotional. then megyn kelly on a 66-year-old woman giving birth to twins through in vitro. why? i noticed that in past videos i have looked at, she typically sits a little hunched over. bill: let's go to senator chuck schumer who is a big judge sotomayor supporter. he got emotional when talking about it. roll the tape. >> when sonia sotomayor was growing up, the nancy drew stories inspired her sense of adventure, developed her sense of justice, and showed her that women could and should be outspoken and bold. now in 2009, there are many more role models for a young cardinal spellman student to choose from. with judge sotomayor foremost among them. bill: all right. so the senator got very emotional and he was tapping his little finger as you saw on the thing. what does all that say? >> that's like a time taker. that kind of helps him to collect himself, regroup. if you notice, the little dimples underneath the chin, too. the mouth tightened, the jaw tightened, even the throat tightens. you see th

i also want to thank senator schumer and gillibrand for their kind introductions. in recent weeks i have had the privilege and pleasure of meeting 89 senators, including all the members of this commitee. each of you has been gracious to me, and i have so much enjoyed meeting you our meetings have given me an illuminating tour of the 50 states, and invaluable insights into the american people. there are countless family members and friends who have done so much over the years to make this day possible. i am deeply appreciative for their love and support. i want to make one special note of thanks to my mother. i am here as many of you have noticed because of her aspirations and sacrifices for both my brother juan and me. mom, thank you. i am very grateful to the president and humble to be here today as a nominee to the united states supreme court. the progression of my life has been uniquely american. my parents left puerto rico during world war ii, i grew up in modest circumstances in a bronx housing project. my father, a factory worker with a third agreed education

then you have senator chuck schumer, from her home state of new york. then u.s. senator durbin from illinois. i think you are going to say each of the senators expressed some of their own interest, but will constantly have a return to the age-old issue of confirmation hearings, race, abortion, religion. host: seated next to al franken will be the former republican senator from pennsylvania, arlen specter. guest: that will be interesting. senator specter used to be able to speak quite early in these hearings. he will now be very much at the end of the line. as we all know, he switched to the democratic party a few months ago. on this committee of 19 people, there are 12 democrats, including senator specter. there are seven republicans. they go in alternating seniority. host: we want to talk about the sources of the hearings, but will she be coming in with a cast? will she be on crutches? guest: she still has a very injured leg. she fractured her ankle when she tripped at laguardia airport last month coming from new york to washington, d.c. for some of her courtesy

senator schumer. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank all of my colleagues, first, i'm going to follow up on some of the line of questioning of senator sessions and kyl, but i would like to first thank my republican colleagues. i think the questioning has been strong but respectful. i would also like to compliment you, judge. i think you've made a great impression on america today. the american people have seen today what we have seen when you have met with us one on one. you are very smart and knowledgeable but down to earth. you are a strong person, but also very nice person. and you have covered the questions thoughtfully and modestly. so now i'm going to go on to that line of question. we've heard you asked about snippets of statements used to criticize you and challenge your impartiality. but we've heard precious little about the body and totality of your 17-year record on the bench. which everybody knows is the best way to evaluate a nominee. in fact, no colleagues have pointed to a single case in which you said

and then we will -- centered schumer, you're recognized for five minutes. senator dole and gramm, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. today is a great opportunity to recognize that the nomination of one of the most qualified candidates in the supreme court in american history could not have happened anywhere else in the world. judge sotomayor's story is a great american story. it is also a great new york story. consider this. in no other country in the world could a woman who grew up in a working-class family, received an education at the best institutions, having thrived there and gone on to be a judge and now a nominee to the highest court. this is because we do not have a caste system in this country or even a class system. 250 years ago, we throw away the centuries old framework. we started fresh, now ranks, no titles. a farmer and self-taught lawyer from illinois became perhaps our greatest president. and so the american story goes, and judge sotomayor from the bronx -- judge sotomayor embodies what we all strive for as amer

thank you. >> senator schumer and now senatorllibrand -- the other senator from new york. please go ahead, senator gillnd. thank y, chairma leahy, ranking member sessions for t privilege to speak on behalf of judge sonia sotomayor. president obama has chosen one the country's outstanding gal minds with his nomination of sonia sotomayor to the unit states supreme court. as a new yorker, i take great pride in jdg somayor's nomination, along with the rest of my ate and theirelegation and my lleagues from the house. as a woman, i te great pride this htoric nomination. in the words ofandra day o'connor,t took a ry long time to get the first woman on the supreme cou and i thought th we'd very likely always ve two and eventually, more. i am have thankful for president obaman his recognition of women's voicesnhe high court. her life and career are astudy in excellenc a commitment to learning and the law. her stor is also the quint essential american and new york story. growing up in public housing and raised with aove of untry and deep apprecie for hard work. jue sotomor demonstra

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she has now retreated from two statements that amongst others, senator schumer said she would not alter in any way. she has simply thrown her two most controversial remarks to the wi7bd, hasn't she? >> lou, you know the song, "you've got to know when to hold, know when to fold." it is an indefensible comment on its own terms. she explained what she was trying to do. i thought she did a pretty good job of saying, look, this is what i think. i made an inartful atemtd back in 2001 when i made the statement, but, you know, she did her best. >> an inartful statement that she repeated over the course of nine years, jeffrey. >> well, i don't know how many times she actually said it. it was several times. >> it was over nine years. >> it was over several times. i think it was a ham-handed attempt to say that latinas had a place at the table in judicial -- >> but why is there a separate standard because lindsey graham in the midst of what was a rather studied -- i don't know what we would call it -- plotted hearing today, you know, he said it straightforwardly. his career would be over had he sa

and chuck schumer getting a bit emotional.hen megyn kelly on a 66-year-old woman giving birth to twins through in vitro. why? bill: body language segment tonight. three interesting situations beginning with judge sotomayor. >> do you think you have a temperament problem? >> no, sir. i can only talk about what i know about my relationship with the judges of my court and with the lawyers who appear regularly from our circuit, and i believe that my reputation is such that i ask the hard questions but i do it evenly for both sides. bill: ok. so we had a lot of blinking there, tonya. i should introduce tonya. joining us now from west palm beach, florida, the body language czarina, tonya. i was a little ahead of myself there. we have fluttering of the eyes. rapid blinking as most people know if they watch "the factor" is usually associated with nervousness. there is no reason why the judge shouldn't be nervous. come on. everybody would be in that situation. but she has some fluttering. that's what i wanted to know about. >> right. y

schumer, you didn't even go to spellman. it's not even your alma mater.parently, he escorted sonia sotomayor to the cardinal spellman senior prom.

then from senators gillibrand and schumer, who will introduce jue sotomayor. itas senior offial who said that judge sotomayor is going to be very personal in her commen. she's going talk about this azg life story, growing up in aublic housing, losin her father at age nine. her mother working as aurse to send her and her brother to private, catholicchools. her brothe w to yale medical school. she's also going to fill out some of her professional background as we and talk about h career and h she's se cases of abuse when she worked new york. children whoere abused. i k we'll see is larger portrait. the president trieto know when he introdud her to the plic d she talked abou but there's gng to be more of that this afternoon and clearly, that's the highlight the briefings day. and then finally, chris, just some colorr what i've been learning and talking to people, she's still got that gnt cast on her leg that she's had diiculty walking around usin crutches, so a lot of tho 89 senators she met with actually came and met with her. she's moving around a litt better n

. >> charles schumer of new york unveiled legislation today after report found texting while drivingis more dangerous than drunken driving. >> i do not know about that. >> michael rogers, who admits driving and texting often, understands the danger. >> i will probably do it less. >> some critics wonder whether the law could be enforced and whether there is enough proof to warrant a ban. >> one can hardly imagine the dexterity that it takes to be watching your blackberry, reading a message, scrolling down, and keeping an eye on traffic. >> it is not safe to turn your eyes away from the road. >> a habit, whether behind the wheel or not, is more popular than ever. texting has grown from 10 billion messages per month in 2005, to more than 110 billion today. if this law were to pass, states would have two years to implement it or lose 25% of the federal highway funding. john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >>> coming up -- a drive through break-in. a bold robbery in prince william county and the clues that the a sodaprur sise none of us would want. you will not believe with this man found inside of

at least one key democrat, senator chuck schumer, agreeing with republicans that ending the free flow of illegal immigration is a necessary component of any future legislation. >> in order to get and rationalize our system, we are going to have to make sure that there are not future waves of illegal immigrants. >> and this week, the department of homeland security also took a step to discourage illegal immigration. federal contractors will be required to use the employment verification system known as e-verify to weed out legal workers. lou? >> lisa, thank you very much. i'll have a few thoughts about this report and a lot of the topics that we're discussing here this week. join me on the radio monday through fridays for "the lou dobbs show," 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. each day on wor 710 radio in new york. go to loudobbs.com to get your local listings for the lou dobbs show on the radio. also, please follow me on loudobbsnews on twitter.com. >>> and a suburban swim club accused of discriminating against african-american and hispanic children from a philadelphia day care center. the director o

property overseas, but new york democratic senator charles schumer says, quote, we're going to find aay to make sure that theseasmbassi pay, and that new york is made whole. monday we tried to define what constitutes one of the president's czars. tonight, whether they really make sense from a managerial standpoint. here is white house correspondent wendell goler. >> the president gave his czars responsibilities that might have been divided among different cabinet secretaries in past administrations. >> she handled budget matters for federal healthcare programs. >> who were not to get bogged down by bureaucracy. >> you have my full support. >> when you add 15 cabinet heads, throw in military advisors and a couple dozen selected other officials, you have a lot of people who have oval office walk-in rights. >> i think the number is close to 100. >> not what you would see at most fortune 500 companies according to james bailey at washington university. >> most c.e.o.'s have 7 to 10 people reporting to them. we have somebody that maybe the number is pushing 100. can they reasonably and res

chuck schumer got a little emotional.9, there are many more role models for a young student to choose from. with judge sotomayor foremost among them. >> and senator schumer joins us live from capitol hill. great to have you with us this morning, senator. tell us what got you so emotional in yesterday's hearing. >> the beginning was when she went to cardinal spellman high school, one of the few people from the housing projects, her idol was nancy drew. there were no women, no hispanics for a young hispanic lady to -- or girl -- to model herself on. now she's become the role model of one generation and the theme of my little remark was what a great country america is. you know? they called us when we started, when they wrote the constitution, "god's mobile experience." you look at her story and you see where god's mobile experiment is today. >> one of my friends went to cardinal spellman. a great school. something for new york to be proud of. we know the nomination will happen today. but one of the things your colleague sai

senator schumer. >> i thank you for your testimony.ke two comments, you can comment in writing because i do not have a lot of time. professor, let the shareholders decide as miss yeager points out. shareholders do not decided yet. saying that we leave that up to the shareholders, whatever happens, happens. in to many instances they do not have the ability to decide. our rules will let them decide. whatever they say is what they want? not under these rules. you can respond in writing. to prof. coates, because they would be bailed out, they can have a different structure. as the shareholders of citigroup or a ided that they have done quite well because they let this go to far and were bailed out. buzz companies, by the time they are bailed out, their shares are worth very little. i do not think that they would have a different structure and i would argue that the recent history was under kutcher argument even further. -- would undercut your argument even further. because you might be brought out allies should take risks and that is fine