[applause] >> next supreme court justice sonia sotomayor.he high court's third female justice receive an honorary law degree and delivered the keynote address at the university of south carolina's at commencement ceremony last month. she spoke to a crowd of 11,000 in the colonial life arena in colombia, south carolina. her speech is 15 minutes. [applause] >> are you excited, graduates? i am. thank you for this honorary degree. i am deeply touched and grateful to be a part of your class this year. everyone's in a while there are special moments in my life when i pinch myself just to make sure i am not dreaming. just before i came out i pinch myself. this is my very first trip to colombia, south carolina. i hope not my last. you may be among the largest audiences i have ever addressed. this is a bit of some. i know there are many parents, grandparents, and send uncles who are pinching yourself right now. you dreamed about the baby you saw born growing up and graduating from college but i bet you really couldn't imagine what it would feel like

are seen exclusively for yourself not for me are you tried as are you trying to tell me that if sonia sotomayor husband. had taken over a million dollars from from george soros funded programs and and she herself had taken it taking gifts from groups that were safe from unions that we're going to have business in front of the supreme court if it used to be just fine without. actually i know i don't know if i'd be fine with it but i'd do it but it would be the it's the law of the land why are you saying this has nothing to do with race why shouldn't the supreme court say it hears the same basic standards of judicial condoms and they require lower judges. from federal judges all the way down to justices of the peace to adhere to what i would have what i'm saying is and i had made i kind of went off the subject but i had to address the one little thing for throwaway line that you said it as not going to do with race it was i don't think i've been there and i know what i think clarence thomas is everything about race and i think i think he stands for one of proctor sees all of the i think he stands

the third annual congressional women's softball game, supreme court justice sonia sotomayor, a big yankee. >> the lady lawmakers beat the press 5-4. debbie wasserman-schultz got the game-winning hit. it grew a bipartisan crowd with john boehner and nancy pelosi on hand. it benefited the young survival coalition, assisting young women facing breast cancer. >> i can't believe the press lost to those guys. first lady michele obama wrapping up her goodwill visit to africa after a visit to botswanna. >> cnn's zain verjee following this, live in london. good morning, zain. >> good morning. let's just go straight to this video because, you know, african archbishop desmond tutu can do pushups, so can everybody else, okay, guys. he does it, but the first lady, michele obama, is really spearheading this. she's at a football stadium with some kids there and there she goes. some sit-ups there. doing them pretty well. and then you see the archbishop himself, there he goes, down he goes. >> down he doesn't go. down his butt goes up and down, don't see the hands moving. >> come on, drew. >> give him a b

none other than supreme court justice sonia sotomayor.retty good job, i have to say. she told us we needed to report on it if she threw a strike. i have to say, she ended up doing quite okay. now, the reason all these people come out, brooke, really, it's for a good cause. it benefits the young survival coalition, the top organization in the u.s. for young women 45 and under who suffer from breast cancer. a really good cause. that's why you have democrats and republicans and people from different branches of government coming out. >> let's listen to your big get. supreme court justice sotomayor. let's listen. we don't have it, i'm told. but bottom line, you were happy to be talking to her obviously. there she was in her zebra print top throwing out the first pitch. i'm told we have it right now. then let's listen. >> i just start throwing a softball. forgive me if it's not perfect. if i throw a strike, you better report on it. >> so, bri, who won? >> reporter: i'm burying the lead on that one. that may not be an accident. i have to say, i

. >> reporter: and there to throw out the first pitch, supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. >> i justl, so forgive me if it's not perfect. but if i throw a strike, you better report on it. >> reporter: not bad. not bad at all. so how do you get all these people in one place? a great cause. the game raised about $50,000 for the young survival company a application to help young women diagnosed with breast cancer. it's not very often that you can get democrats and republicans playing together on the same team, but you managed to do it. >> yes, and unfortunately, breast cancer the highest risk to get it is just being a woman. doesn't matter what party you are. >> reporter: laura richardson batted in three runs early in the game. in the sixth inning with new york senator keirsten gillibran on the mound, they tied it up. with two outs on the board, a line drive by debbie wasserman schultz brought congresswoman linda sanchez home winning the game 5-4 for the women of congress. new hampshire freshman senator savored the taste of the victory. >> it was a blast and so great to know your collea

host: joining supreme court justice sonia sotomayor saturday at the raley field -- wrigley field, talking about entitlement programs and the deficit debate. here is more from yesterday's cnn interview. >> for every dollar we spend in washington we borrow 40 cents primarily from china. our major competitor in the world. this has to come to an end and a can. we cannot day response the discussion based on the bowles- simpson commission. if we respect the basic programs like medicare. >> the support raising the retirement age for benefits? where a meaningful savings to get? you said you don't want to break the promise but the reality is it is not sustainable in the future for the american people. >> saying to people wait two more years for medicare is not a good idea. think about how vulnerable people are at that age. maybe they are retired and at this point have no health insurance and medicare is their lifeline to basic health care protection. and i think the house republican budget went too far. college co-illinois senator dick durbin on a "meet the press." by the way, all of the sunday sh

current justices to support this include anthony kennedy, justice prior and i think sonia sotomayor. maybe one or two others. the liberal wing of the supreme court. we wrote a paper about this, one of the papers we wrote. i don't think it is a bad it as long as it is done in a prudent and narrow way. just so everybody understands the controversy hero because high-profile cases, the supreme court and usually justice kennedy would said this particular practice like executing people who commit crimes as juvenile for executing people who are mentally retarded is something the united states does but no other country in the world does this so in interpreting the eighth amendment which pascual and unusual punishment we should take into account the norms as they prevail in other countries. this upset a lot of people especially those who support the death penalty partly because this methodology was introduced in such hope for a -- high profile cases that become instantly controversial and it is in tension with the idea you should interpret the constitution according to the understanding at th