>>>la corte suprema llenó a la señora sonia sotomayor llenó de elogios la ma jis entrada reveló hoy quew york al máximo tribunal del país. >>> en guatemala habían oído hablar de arnold schwarzenegger por sus películas pero nunca se imaginaron que por culpa de uno de sus romances el pueblo un día sellen ría de amenazas de muerte, esto fue lo que encontró vanesa mientras investigaba la historia de mildred baena en su tierra natal. >>> aquí nació mildred baena, es una población justo en la frontera con méxico a cuatro horas de la capital guatemalteca. >>> se fueron pequeñas de aquí todas para los Ángeles. >>>. >>>.... >>> su prima habló con telemundo ocultandose por miedo. >>> teme por su seguridad y dice que su familia ya ha sido amenazada. >>> el problema de inseguridad el problema de violencia que se vive aquí, ellos según me dijeron no quieren dar información debido que se pueda decir que se puede manejar dinero tras, pero es la situación de la familia. es que en este pueblo son comunes las excursión hasta aquí ha llenoingado la noticia de sumas de dinero que le podrían ofrecer a la ex

an actor and diabetes research advocate john ratzinberger, followed by a supreme court justice sonia sotomayor at the university of south cockrel line in columbia. commencement addresses this afternoon starting at 3:00 eastern on c-span. before president obama's remarks at arlington, let's take a look at a discussion on the current role of u.s. forces in iraq and the progress of the iraqi military and security forces. this is from this morning's "washington journal." "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from baghdad, major-general jaffe -- jeffrey buchanan with the strategic aspects director. thank you for joining us. first, can you give us the scope of what troops in iraq are doing current day? guest: thank you for having me on the program, pedro. we have about 46,000 troops -- soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coastguard, as well as other government civilians that are serving in iraq. under operation new dawn, we performed three tasks on the military side for stability operations, which is our focus. our first task is to advise, train, as is, and equipped the iraqi security for

then, justice sonia sotomayor speech to students in north carolina.ch from women's rights activist beate sirota gordon. this week the house is set to begin work on 2012 spending bills, including ones for homeland security and the investment affairs department. tuesday, a speech from alan west on defense spending. he will speak to the heritage foundation and you can see his comments live tomorrow on c-span 2. later in the day the house panel looks at cases of autism in other countries in how children can get medical care, especially those in other countries. held by the foreign affairs subcommittee live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> we are continuing with a commencement address from diabetes activist and actor, tzenberger. we begin with the honorary degree presentation. >> in a respected entertainment career spanning 30 years, you have played a memorable characters in groundbreaking television, films, and animation. you have been an architect of ingenuity, employing or background in acting, writing, you introduced us to the amazing work of our e

the speech from supreme court justice sonia sotomayor as she attended the graduation ceremony at the university of south carolina in columbia. commencement addresses memorial day, starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. next, a discussion with general james amos on the future of the marine corps, including their mission in afghanistan, and data operations against libya, and the military share of the federal budget. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. it is a big treat and pleasure for me today to welcome the marine corps commandant amos to brookings. peter singer and i would like to welcome you all. we have an opportunity to hear from a, not on a number of issues that i know this crowd needs no briefing on their importance. everything from the status of marine corps modernization efforts to the status of the war in afghanistan, to help various budget exercises may be going at pentagon to the extent we can talk about those today. i want to begin just briefly with the word of appreciation for the general. i was very fortunate to be with him and his team re

. -- sonia sotomayor. and so washington addressed 5000 graduates in pennsylvania.man for the boys and girls club of america. he received an honorary degree. this is 25 minutes. >> i kind of got a little messed up here. let me get in the right order. if it starts flying around the stage, run around and grabbed it for me and bring it back up here for me. i will keep going if i can. president, provost, the board chair, fellow honorees, and today's graduates -- [applause] i am honored and grateful for the invitation today. it has always been great to be on the campus. i have been here before a lot of times for basketball games. my son played on the basketball team. that is right. he played on the basketball team. the coach did not give him enough playing time. we will talk about that later. i am really pleased with the progress that coach allen has made. i am. i really am. i wish him the best success in the future. i always get a warm welcome when i come to pennsylvania, when i come to philadelphia. except on the few occasions where i wear my yankee cap. what is wrong

>> i think for president who from sonia sotomayor's nomination, obamacare, has shown a general disregardll, the patriot act is probably what's unconstitutional. auto pen, a lot of people don't know this john hancock used it. we have to look at history. >> who knew? jamal, will, pete, thank you so much for being here, our political buzz. we'll be back tomorrow. >>> in just minutes, a wreath laying ceremony on the "uss intrepid" serving as a museum at pier 86 on the west side of manhattan. 100 foot american flag unfurled during the ceremony. >>> memorial day service is being held at 1:00 eastern on the vietnam veterans memorial in washington. the names of six service phep are being added to the wall. >>> joplin, missouri, an update at 2:00 p.m. eastern on the tornado that ripped across the city may 22nd. >>> president obama is will take part in ceremonies to honor the nation's war dead. we're expecting that to begin later this hour. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually ha

supreme court justice sonia sotomayor.firmation hearings, she said under oath that the second amendment is an individual right. it was settled law and beyond debate. yet less than a year later when she had a chance to prove it in the mcdonald case, she did just the opposite. you know, some people warned me not to accuse a supreme court justice of lying, but what's she going to do, go back on her word and try to erase the second amendment from the constitution? the too late, she already did. i may not agree with the president's supreme court picks. i know we don't agree on much. but words do matter. and ideas have consequences. some things are worth fighting for, even dying for. you know what i'm talking about, or you wouldn't be here today. i'm talking about freedom. it's freedom that makes america the greatest country on earth. but look at our society, look at who people listen to. bill maher? spike lee? and look at who the media puts up on a pedestal. lindsay lohan? charlie sheen? these people aren't winners, they're los

this one involving now justice sonia sotomayor. justice sotomayor is a charming woman. she came into the senate judiciary committee hearings and won over many people who -- who were frankly a little skeptical of his nomination, based on some of her previous writings and speeches. but i remember in one particular question, she was asked whether she accepted as an individual right the guarantee in the second amendment of the constitution the right to keep and bear arms, and she said she did. she accepted the decision in a case called the heller case that said that that was an individual right of a citizen. a few months later, in a case called mcdonald versus chicago, she wrote a dissenting opinion from a supreme court decision where she said the right to keep and bear arms is not a fundamental right. well, you can parse the words, an individual right, a fundamental right, but to me it's clear that justice sotomayor during her confirmation hearings tried to parse the words in a way so as not to raise alarms about her commitment to the bill of rights and the second amendmen