i give you sonia sotomayor. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause]) [applause] >> after i got to washington in 2009, i met a whole bunch of texans from everywhere in this large state and i have been repeatedly invited to visit. and you know when you get a new job you are a little busy. and so i have been been able to calm, but it's a tribute to the warmth of the people i met them that has been confirmed in the few hours that i have been here already. that this is the third city on my tour. i was first in washington, my new home. i went back to the home of my heart, new york, over the weekend and as you saw on television i was back and forth a lot. [laughter] and this is my first trip outside. i am delighted. this is my first trip to texas and i am here in houston. [applause] i wanted to visit more than one city and i'm going to austin but i got to replace that i want to. i still have a day job and i only have a few days to visit cities and promote my book but i make the promise on television so you can hold

i am finally giving you the little sonia and then giving you the reflections of the adult sonia. this is not easy to do. put myself back in time and tell you what i was feeling. but i did it for a purpose. that purpose was to tell you what i learned from these experiences. in the process to have the hope that every single person in this room who has experienced even one of the difficulties that i had faced in life, and those difficulties are growing up in poverty, having a chronic disease, and surprising how many people suffer from a chronic disease. and live their lives never talking about it. a child raised by a single parent to facing discrimination. or it is about my background of simply being afraid. i think most people experience this. we all create a bravado about we are okay, we can do this. it's easy to say, but it's hard to do. so i talk about those things in an ordinary way that i can. as openable way as i could. in order to give people courage. there was a second purpose in this book. the books that i love make me think on different levels. they deliver more than one

tonight, a conversation with sonia sotomayor. she is an associate justice of the supreme court and has written a new book called "my beloved world." >> it's what the whole book is about. it's how i stand on the shoulders of so many people who have helped push me up. who have supported me, opened doors for me, helped me to learn. you know, i talk to people now sometimes on the book tour who say to me "i've done it alone." and i look at them and i say think about that statement. you may not have had parents who could have helped you, but i suspect you had someone in your life who's given you more meaning in an important way. whether it was a teacher, a grandmother, a relative, a friend whether it's a spouse there are always people who come to aid you in your life. recognizing it and being grateful is so important. you have to really understand when you're being motivated by your own feelings rather than by the law. i can't tell you how many times when i was a lawyer and sometimes even now you read an opinion below and you say "what

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tonight, a conversation with sonia sotomayor. she is an associate justice of the supreme court and has written a new book called "my beloved world." >> it's what the whole book is about. it's how i stand on the shoulders of so many people who have helped push me up. who have supported me, opened doors for me, helped me to learn. you know, i talk to people now sometimes on the book tour who say to me "i've done it alone." and i look at them and i say think about that statement. you may not have had parents who could have helped you, but i suspect you had someone in your life who's given you more meaning in an important way. whether it was a teacher, a grandmother, a relative, a friend whether it's a spouse there are always people who come to aid you in your life. recognizing it and being grateful is so important. you have to really understand when you're being motivated by your own feelings rather than by the law. i can't tell you how many times when i was a lawyer and sometimes even now you read an opinion below and you say "what

"welcome to another night in the life of sonia sotomayor. supreme court justice current queen of best-seller list and suddenly the nation's most high profile hispanic figure. the release of her new memoir my beloved world suggests she has broader ambitions than her colleagues to play a larger more personal role on the public stage." accurate? >> no. i think that reporter misunderstood the purpose of why i'm doing what i've done. the book explains itself. >> rose: right. >> it says i have that lived a life with a lot of challenges, a life maybe not identical to everyone, but i think in reading this book everyone will find pa piece of my life that rings accord within them. and my hope was as people read it at the end they would come away saying "you know, she's just like me." and if she can do what she did so can i. maybe not be a supreme court justice, but chase that dream whatever they have. and find a place along the journey that will enrich them more and will bring something special into their life. because that's what i think it's about,

he said, "sonia, none of us is born a jusce. we grow into becoming one." >> ifill: have you grown into one? >> not yet, but i'm growing. >> ifill: not yet. >> not yet but i'm growing gl >> ifill: one of the things you write about is learned habits for building bridges and building bridge where's others see cassisms. >> that's also part of the lessons i share in the book, if you build bridges and not chasms, if you don't build that sort of pool in front of you, but look at ways of st of connecting with others rather than seeing your differences, that you accomplish so much more sphwhrief that seems anathema in washington. >> i'm told it is. >> ifill: just told. >> i'm smiling because, remember, i just got to washington three and a half years ago. but i think it's really a life lesson, which is if you approach life looking immediately at how people or situations are different, you're nevergoing tow find a solution to a problem. >> ifill: i want to talk to you about affirmative action. it is smug support, that you speak of-- >> be

. >>> a simple vista las heridas de sonia son imperceptibles pero su trauma no sana. >>> nada más sentícráneo, brazo derecho y pelvis, permaneció meses en cama, y se le causaron yagas por el tiempo que estuvo postrada. >>> demasiadas secuelas porque la rehabilitación no la tuve. >e>> l chofer continúa prófugo y la compañía de autobús no la indemnizado porque el juez no tiene un responsable que procesar. >>> el caso de sonia es uno de los muchos que hay en la zona de guadalajara, de hecho muchas de las víctimas mueren sin recibir justicia . >>> eso pasó con laura carolina mendoza cuya historia la presentamos en primer impacto en el 2008. >>> iba realizando carreras y se volteó. >>> ella falleció sin ver al culpable, lo mismo le pasó a esta pareja que murió después de er impactado, el culpable aceptó que competía con otro conductor cuando ocurrió la tragedia. >>> qué tenemos de manera extra oficial ,que efectivamente iban ganándose el pasaje. >>> las autoridades no han logrado solucionar el problema porque solamente se puede vigilar que se den acuerdos, el gobierno ofrece concesiones, por

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i do think that justice sonia sotomayor is in competition with justice scalia to see who can ask the most questions. [laughter] [applause] with three, we look like we are there to stay. we are no longer curiosities. >> i would like to go back in time a bit to the 1970's when there was a strong effort to amend the constitution with the equal rights amendment, an effort that was unsuccessful. from your perspective as someone who engaged her entire life in gender equality whether you believe the failure of the equal rights amendment had a long-term impact on the cause of gender equality or whether, ultimately, the necessary tools have been found in the equal protection clause or other parts of the constitution? the second part of that, i am wondering how you feel as a pioneer in gender equality about the progress that has been made to date and what you believe may be the principal barriers remaining to progress in the future? >> that's a multi part question. [laughter] let's start with the era -- it was not something new. the equal rights amendment was first framed by the national women

>>sonia sotomayor critico a fiscal federal por comentarios raciales que hizo durante un juicio.>>sugirió que los miembros de estos grupos etnicos son propensos al crimen. >>piden presiónar al congreso para evitar que el viernes entren en vigencia nuevos recortes. >>napolitano dice que esto dañaria la seguridad en la frontera, líderes republicanos dicen que barack obama está asustando a los ciudadanos >>el gobierno de venezuela dice que han participado en reuniones con hugo chávez, pero la oposición no les cree. el dictador cubano raúl castro, anuncio que se retira en 2018, a partir de esa fecha gobernaria cuba alguien que no pertenece a la dinastia castro. lourdes del río nos cuenta como cedio a este cedazo a la cubana >>el anuncio de castro tomo a muchos desprevenidos, más aun el hecho de nombrar a un desconocido como sucesor. >>los analisis no se han hecho esperar >>diaz canelo nacio después de la revolucion, sin un histórico cuba va a lucir distinto< el funcionario cubano de mayor rango, miguel diaz canelo de 52 años profesor, comunista, ex ministro de educacion superior >>en

now she's giving some of her personal items to the smith sonia.he donated wrist tape and uneven bar grips that she used. doug laws is the first african-american woman to win gold in the gymnastics individual all-around. >>> a provocative art exhibit about gun violence is now open in a small gallery off logan's circle in d.c., called the newtown project. the gallery owner knows what it's like to be shot. this exhibit is designed to be piercing. >> reporter: children's building blocks splattered with blood, a gun press bed someone's temple. a child's image against the u.s. constitution, his feet blown off. >> there are no pretty pictures. >> reporter: charles crowd owner of the gallery on 13th street, said these images are supposed to make you reaction, maybe even recoil. >> it is provocative, and that's what art is meant to do. art is meant to make people think. >> reporter: krouse, a former journalist has felt the pain of a bullet wound. he was traveling with lee oryan in jonestown in 197, and jim jones' followers opened fire on them on the airstr

mientras la juez sonia sotomayor le dijo a los abogados de chelo vi que quizÁs el sur habÍa cambiadoeta. la cirugÍa realizada por 30 especialistas durÓ horas. se reconstruyÓ la piel farol. el cuello, la nariz, los labios, los mÚsculos, arterias y neuro voys. quedÓ en estas condiciones luego de un ataque en el 2007 cuando su ex esposo le echÓ lejÍa industrial, un quÍmico corrosivo que le quemÓ el 80% del cuerpo. >>> tras regresar en noticiero telemundo se va benedicto xvi >>> un millÓn de dolares para viajar en una rÉplica del titanic al parecer mÁs de media docenas de personas estÁn dispuestas a pagar esa cantidad por un camarote de primera clase en la rÉplica del titanic que construyÓ un magnate italiano, se espera que este listo para el 2016. su viaje recorrerÍa la misma ruta que el navÍo famoso no pudo concretar. dicen que llegara a puerto seguro. >>> y que tiene suficientes salva vidas y barcos, para rescatar a las personas en caso de emergencia vamos ahora a otra travesÍa, directo al vaticano, a solo horas de que benedicto xvi se retire, estÁn miles de feligreses esperando para

sonia white and dareious perry spoke exclusively to "inside edition." they say they needed a geared dog but oreo, a pit bull, was only interested in, shall we say, playing around with other boy dogs. >> i got oreo to do a job, to protect the home and he clearly was not doing. >> so can dogs really be gay? we asked pet expert andreaer aden. >> a normal part of social interaction about how dogs negotiate socially. but it really has nothing to do with them being gay. >> thanks to all of the attention, oreo quickly found a new home. >> he is just a sweet boy. >> dog lover steiveany adopped oreo and now he is free to play all day in her back yard with her other dogs. girls and boys. stephanie is not sure if he is gay or not, but she has renamed him. elton, yup, after elton john. >> good boy, elton. >> the shelter says it wants everyone to know the dog has been saved so maybe their phone will stop ringing off the hook. >>> beyonce may have killed during her super bowl half time show but everyone agrees she looked fabulous. but beyonce doesn't like some of the

. >> ifill: then, we have a conversation with justice sonia sotomayor-- the first hispanic member ofhe supreme court about her life before and on the bench. >> sort of fine walking that we're always doing between when are we listening with an open mind and when has our mind been closed because of a bias? >> woodruff: plus, we have two medical research stories. first, our week long focus on guns. "after newtown" continues, with a report from miles o'brien on what science can tell us about the minds of rampage killers. andy williams called me collect inside the prisop. >> i didn't think 13 people were going to get shot. i just thought i'd make a lot of noise and the cops would show up. >> ifill: francis collins, head of the national institutes of health, walks us through president obama's call for a ten-year initiative to map the human brain.

dependent on nuclear power for its domestic energy so it makes up nearly seventy percent of the total sonia also so discontent among mine workers last year who protested against the working conditions and wages they believe is the key to change is an interesting purity and french president on long term risk campaigns economy because i thought he's more of a notion of polls now increasing doubts about whether or not he can turn it over. well president on land is welcomed as a liberator in mali after france's military operation against the islamists occupation back at home crowds are also gathered but with a starkly different mood where people are fired up over the continued decline of europe's second largest economy despite the president's promises to create at least one hundred thousand new jobs the nation is shedding them at an alarming rate last november about a thousand every day the worst figures in years the country's unemployment is approaching a shocking eleven percent with more than three million jobless the french daily lives claims that the exact situation could be even worse if o

. >>> last night in the book touring supreme court justice sonia sotomayor made a rare television appearance. she was on the colbert report. she talked about her childhood in the bronx, faith in the constitution, but she got a little bit coy when stephen tried to draw her into specifics. >> not all of us believe in the constitution. the second amendment is never to be questioned. do you believe that we have the right to have any weapon we want? >> well, you'll find out soon enough when the case comes up. >> this is what i like. this is what i like. >> all right. stick around. we're going to take a quick break. while we do, send us an e-mail and let us know why you're awake at this hour. you can also tweet me. we'll read the best responses later in the show. still ahead here, stadium blackouts, they're not just for football anymore. last night the lights went out during an nba game. we'll have that next in sports. >>> later on, more of governor christy taking on his toughest critic david letterman appearing on the couch on laid night. and we'll also get a check on the weather when "way too ea

judge sonia sotomayor said "discrimination is discrimination, and what congress said is it continues." said justice stephen breyer, "the disease is still there. it's gotten a lot better are a lot better, but it's still there." that's why civil right attorney debo adegbile said the provision is as necessary today as a generation ago. >> the problems are much more serious, much more repetitive, there is a much greater continuity in certain places than others. >> reporter: now the liberal justices and the obama administration are saying the court should defer to congress which they say is better situated to make judgments about discrimination and voting. but, scott, based on this argument today, it does appear a majority of the conservative justices are ready to tell congress it's going to have to make some changes in that law. if it wants to preserve it. >> pelley: a decision likely months away. jan, thank you very much. if you hope that democrats and republicans might find a way out from friday's budget crisis, have a look at this picture. that president and republican house speaker jo

other industrialized country their labels bands that right we have soya and corn the majority of sonia's so in corn planted the u.s. g.m.o. and of course we know that they're the basis of almost all processed foods in this country i mean what do we what can we do as the average consumer if states like vermont even we old you old monsanto's reach here. and don't even pass this this direct democratic vote where people want labeling what can we do to fight this well there's been a number of. positive developments so it's i'm sure you know california had a ballot initiative to label g m o's and it barely lost just by a percent or two and it was only because months and on the other companies injected tens of millions of dollars to defeat it but it has i think you know stimulated other similar efforts in other states so we're hoping that this. movement will continue to build and that we will get some control over this you know technology in these companies and i would add that most of these genetically engineered seeds are engineered to be resistant to herbicides and that's led to a huge incre

we are so excited chief justice sonia sotomayor will be at the brat library february 28th to start out women's history month and this is her story. it is really different. we hope everyone will read it download it everything. >> anybody else? go on our web site. we have so many authors coming really you pick and choose yourself. >> thank you dr. >> thank you. >> this is what's going on around town. a oo welcome back. we have a special guest. interesting looking thing. from a distance it's a ball of fur. long ears kind of. >> what is this? >> he is a lie an head wadet. they are a fairly new breed of rabbit. they are from the united kingdom in the mid to late 90s. in the last ten years within the united states. even though they are a recognized breed of show rabbits in the u.k. they are still working on breed standards in the united states for this breed of rabbits. >> it is not a wild rabbit? >> no. it is a domestic rabbit. cinnamon and honey. >> is there an area where there are domestic animals? >> we have the farm yard which could have wo have domestic livestock. we have some animals

. >> john: but you don't leave your house thomas, that's the oh other thing 37 sonia sotomayor was the the day when she said, you think racial discrimination no longer exists in this country, and scalia changed the subject. >> that's why it's nice to have the president put someone like that on the court. you have some diversity. >> she comes to the today. >> i'm not going to have this nonsense. i'm going to call you out on it. >> john: fox news viewers called an epic shouting magic when sean hannity and congress man keith ellison. ellison came on as guest called hannity a scrhill for the g.o.p. >> can i ask you a question. >> you say i'm racist. >> here is a special question. >> i'm not backing down to you. >> john: so what is this argument really about and i really don't want to ask this, but who won it? >> but glenn beck left fox too soon. he's having an argument with wrestlers now. there is wrestling going on with fox. >> i was baited. he was baited. >> john: hannity? >> yes, hannity invited him on the show. he had that ridiculous cliff with barack obama same things that were not sc

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and she's a teacher, miriam, and she said to me "sonia if in your writing this book any kid can take a listen from nelson's death than it's a story to tell. and i think some kids will." >> rose: as well will they when they read about your life and your beloved world. thank you. >> thank you for having me, charlie. >> rose: pleasure to have you. >> this has been so much fun. thank you. >> rose: great to see you. thank you for joining us for this hour. the book, again, is "my beloved world." see you next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org narrator: for 60 years, david attenborough has guided us through the natural world. this is a very intelligent animal. narrator: and who could believe how much our world has changed? attenborough: never before had it been so clear to me that a species was heading for disaster. narrator: animals have teetered on the brink of extinction and our vast wild spaces are disappearing. attenborough: we became witness to a slow-motion tragedy. narrator: but the past half century was also an

we wrote a story about sonia sotomayor having diabetes, these are fair questions.ain had his own health issues when he was running. and the issues were raised for john mccain, and will be if joe biden runs. we'll see if he ends up losing weight in anticipation of a run, or maybe it will just be a life-style change he will encounter in the next coming months. >> analyst sam stein and analyst, not saying when is senior and which is junior, you guys decide that. >> oh, we know that. >> thank you, guys. >>> next in the rewrite, the new standards at "fox news" tonight's firing of dick morris seems to indicate that it is no longer cool for fox news pundits to just be wrong about everything. >>> and malala yousufzai speaks, she has made her first speaking videos since she was shot by the taliban. and she has been nominated for a nobel prize. all of that is coming up. etting rid of dark spots will restore even skin tone? think again. introducing olay professional even skin tone. developed by experts in skin genomics to target 5 major causes of uneven skin tone and help res

>> who is sonia sotomayor?yes. >> i mean, when you have jeopardy mocking mitt romney about the binder full of women from a presidential debate, once you've lost alex, you've lost america, david. >> of course let's look at the president's state of the union speech. one of the key things he talked about was universal preschool for kids. you and i know how essential it is to get kids on the right path to education from an early age on. this is so that they won't grow up and have to rely on entitlements. >> those are the kinds of things at jeopardy. i'll have to leave it there. >> those are the things republicans don't support and that's what i don't get. >> david corn, thanks for joining me tonight. >> sure thing. >>> ahead, what a difference 12 days make. i'm introducing john mccain to john mccain. >>> and elizabeth warren does it again. who is she grilling on fairness today? >>> and the gop war against chris christie just got worse. oh, i'm sure this will end well. stay with us. ♪ i've been coloring liz's hair f