justices, ruth bader beginsberg, sonya sotomayor and kagen shared storied and they talked about how life and work for women has changed over 30 years. the supreme court historical society and the freedom forum co-hosted this hour-long event. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, i'm greg joseph, and i'm delighted to welcome you to the society's celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first term of justice sandra day o'connor on the u.s. supreme court. we are deeply honored to have with us this evening justice o'connor, justice ruth bader ginsburg, justice sonya sotomayor and justice elena kag agai kagen. this is the first time they've done this this evening. we want to thank jim duff, the ceo of the freedom forum and the freedom forum was making this magnificent space available to us at the museum this evening. jim has a history with the supreme court historical society dating back to his time as administrative assistant to chief justice rehnquist and before that chief justice berger. i also want to thank society president amare tus frank joenz to support the events this evening. fra

looks like parts of the law will be upheld, but the justice like sonya sotomayor is skeptical and-- >> what about the case that it's racial profiling, not argued in the course, even the government isn't making that case, but a lot of outside groups have been saying that that's what this is and therefore, that's a violation of the law. is that even at issue here? >> well, i believe that the law, specifically, bans that practice and chief justice made that clear during the oral arguments. there's no racial pro filings, you're not alleging that, right. >> no, we're the not. >> dan, explain the politics, if you lose 8-0 at the supreme court, that doesn't strike me as good politics. >> i think that the obama white house and democrats reached the point it doesn't matter to them all that much whether the supreme court rules against them 8-0 on this. they take away the issue of the republicans and mitt romney being anti-hispanic. and i don't think the voting block is going to be paying really close attention to the federalism issues at the center of this case, they're going to be able to run

after the justice department lawyer said the arizona law would lead to harassment of latinos, sonya sotomayor said you can see that argument is not selling very well. two other parts of the arizona law did not seem to fare as well today. they would make it a state crime for illegal immigrants to look for work or to fail to carry federally required papers. brian. >> pete williams starting us off from the supreme court. pete, thanks. >>> now to presidential politics. word from newt gingrich that he's ready to end his campaign for president a day after mitt romney swept five primary contests. our chief white house correspondent political director chuck todd has our report. >>> newt gingrich today bowed to the political reality. >> i think obviously that i would be a better candidate, but the objective fact is that the voters didn't think that. >> gingrich, the last major republican challenger said he would suspend his campaign early next week. after a five-state primary sweep tuesday, mitt romney gave a lot what sounded like a mini acceptance speech last night. >> i can say with confidence and g

liberal just stis stephen breyer asked -- sonya the sotomayor warned him about the case. jan brewer left the hearing encouraged. >> arizona has the right, i as governor, i felt, was somewhat insured that i had a right to check the citizens of arizona. >> reporter: brewer charged president obama sued her state to get a boost with hispanic voters. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >>> nbc news confirmed newt gingrich plans to suspend his campaign next tuesday. the former house speaker will make the announcement in washington. it is likely he will endorse mitt romney. >>> there was more dramatic testimony on day three of john edwards trial. the alleged plot to use campaign funds to hide his affair with a former staffer. jay gray has more. >> reporter: andrew young described a plan was implemented by john edwards to hide his mistress, rielle hunter, from his wife and public during his run for the white house. the defense got the first shot at the state's star witness in the high profile case. attacking in consistencies between his testimony and tell-all book he has

. >> he ran ads against rick santorum attacking him for voting for sonya sotomayor mitt romney attackedk santorum for that as if she's turned tout be a scandal that politicians should be ashamed of. the republican party this year is in a fragile position. their nominee has taken policy positions that are wildly unpopular and latino voters are saying wildly unpowular with them. that said the last election cycle did see three latino republicans elected to state offices. yeah, george w. bush is kicking around again and latino voters did not like him as much as they disliked mitt romney. one thing to watch is how the republican party tries to course correct. that's part of why new jersey governor had to al but beat reporters off with a stick in not onlying say she is not going to be picked as mitt romney's vice president and if she is picked as the vice president, she will say no. nevada governor bryan sandoval is saying the same thing. not just i don't want it, but i will say no if i'm asked. also, florida senator marco rubio saying i will say no if i'm asked to do the job. they are now co

. -- sonya sotomayor. i thought it was a clear victory. i think we will been a minimum of a 5-3 and maybe even greater on some of these things. [inaudible] >> [inaudible] it has been political sound bites and that's why they never raised it. thanks for coming. it's a great day. >> i am tom. we filed on behalf of the author of 1070, the second brief was on behalf of state legislators from 20 states who wanted their voices heard in support of 1070, and the court hearing went very well. looks like to us the majority of the court uphold key provisions. the obama administration has run away from its earlier incendiary rhetoric suggesting this is about racial profiling. it's clear to me this is a political lawsuit, that the administration says this lock conflicts with its political parties and has to be thrown out by the court. but that is not to the way our constitution works or how our federal system works. the court will rule in favor of 1070, at least. the provisions least that thank you. >> the supreme court will decide arizona oppose immig

he attacked rick santorum for confirming sonya sotomayor. >> we haven't been able to find this is a national model. >> he's made no change to his position. he continues to be opposed to any amnesty. he continues to believe that enforcing the law is essential when you're part of the federal government, that is only fair. and he believes e-verify is an excellent program that should be used by all businesses in this country. he has not changed his position one bit. >> do you believe, paul, that he has tailored what he has emphasized based on what states he's campaigning -- >> there's no doubt. if he was campaigning in new hampshire, for example, and said kelly iyote would be a great running mate, maybe she's on the list. those lists are often wrong, so i could be wrong about that. if mitt romney, if he was speaking to cannibals, he would promise them missionaries. he's the most elastic, flexible guy. >> isn't that something all politicians do? they emphasize a local candidate or local issue? >> but he's like the muhammad ali of this. like all boxers throw punches, but this guy is unbelievable.

saying other things he would not have voted for sonya sotomayor the first latina named to the supremeourt. he needs to acknowledge all that. he needs to distance himself from people like kris kobach, architect of sb 1070 and anti-immigrant legislation. calls him supporter. coback calls himself an advisor. third point may be the hardest of all. rick: what about that? i know that the governor and a lot of other people have talked about the latino voting, latino community not being a single-issue voting bloc. that immigration will not be the sole reason they two to the polls or sole thing they think about when they vote but how do they get beyond some of these issues regarding immigration? sonia sotomayor and other things we heard about from alicia? >> well the immigration is important issue. it is something we're talking about. we want to have a real discussion. there are lots of candidates and officials talking about solutions to the immigration but what we want to talk about this president has done nothing on immigration. he promised to pass immigration reform in first year even with

later in the day, supreme court justices ruth bader ginsberg, sonya sotomayor or, and elena kagan inbute to justice sandra day o'connor, who was the first woman appointed to the court. she was appointed by president ronald reagan in 1981. live coverage starts at 6:30 eastern. >> they depart beneficial where rosen says the u.s. will continue to be involved in developing afghanistan after the 2014 withdrawal. he is represented to afghanistan and pakistan and was part of a discussion hosted by the u.s. institute of peace. this 90 minute event was moderated by former national security advisor stephen hadley. >> good morning. my name is george moose, i'm the vice chair of the board of directors here at the u.s. institute of peace. i'm pleased to welcome you here this morning. before we begin i would like to ask all of you to turn off your cell phones and your pagers. because they interfere with our own electronic systems, including those that are streaming today's session live over the internet to our many listeners in our virtual audience out there. this morning i have the honor to intro

the justice sonya sotomayor was appointed by president barack obama on may 26, 2009 and assumed her position on august 8, 2009. the following year, justice elena kagan was appointed to court by president barack obama on may 10, 2010 and assumed her position on august 7, 2010. we are honored and grateful to bring all of you together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the ground-breaking tenure as it began of justice sandra day o'connor. i would ask everyone to turn off cell phones and blackberries. i would turn the program over to jim. >> thank you very much. we are delighted that the supreme court historical society is having the celebration of justice 0th anniversary of for appointment to the supreme court here at the theater in the museum. we are very honored to have justice o'connor with us. we are pleased that justices ginsberg, sotomayor york, and justice kagan are with us on this very special night. it is special because it is the fourth anniversary of the opening of the museum. we could not have done better to celebrate that. we do not have a quorum, but we have enough to grant [uni

the panel include sandra day o'connor as well as a provider ginsberg and sonya sotomayor, elena kagan. it will be moderated and a discussion of memories as well as reflections on saturday o'connor's appointment to. the supreme to coming up next, we will look at regulations regarding mortgage service companies and we will be right back with a reporter to talk with us about that. >> april 15, 1912, nearly 1500 perished on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, they cited an iceberg head that struck the bells three times, which is a warning saying that there's some object ahead. it does not say what kind. of kind what the look out and then did was he went to a telephone message and called it down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was what do you see? the response was iceberg right ahead. the response from the officer was thank you. >> the truths and myths about that night, sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern this weekend on c-span 3. >> martin luther king is a man of al

taking away people's guns and one was eric holder and then the other one was sonya soia sotomayor, i'msome kind of intentional racist kind of gibe going on there. but i looked around me at these mostly old white guys, and then you look at the screen, one white woman, one latina and two black men and you thought, this is a group of people looking at the future of this country and really not liking it. and they're not liking -- not just who they are and what they've done, but -- not just what they're doing but kind of in a sense who they are. and that fear when -- because i'm british and so i don't fully get guns, like, one of the interesting things for me is, like, why is there a need for this. people talk about this is how america was founded. these are -- you know, one guy said to me, there wouldn't be a west without the gun. >> right. >> meaning the western world. saying, well, yes, exactly, like, there was -- this country was founded, among other things, on violence and this is about kind of maintaining that sense of violence. >> kerry, i want to give you a very quick chance to resp

sotomayor, justice kagan, too? you are safe. you are on the court. >> it was a much different process far sonya and elana. -- i was a beneficiary of the senate judiciary committee's embarrassment over the nomination of justice thomas. they wanted to make sure it was civil, that there were women. my hearing -- it was rather dull. the vote was not 99, but it was close. 96-2. -- 96-3. justice breyer was also in that atmosphere. 1993-1994, we were truly bipartisan. -- the senate was truly bipartisan. senator hatch was my biggest supporter on the committee. i wish we could get back to the way it was in those years. >> what about your experience? >> i think what we have fallen prey to is the public's expectation that there are answers to every question, that a hearing will be a place where this prospective judge will say yay or nay to whatever social issue. and outcome. i think that so long as that expectation continues to be fed by both the pundits who examine our records for how we are going to vote, that we are never going to satisfy anybody with the system as it currently exist. the reality is that what you are attempting to do i