thank you again, justice sotomayor. [applause] >> can i just say thank you to the dene and everyone else who worked on putting this wonderful event together -- dean and everyone else who worked on putting this wonderful event together? and do all of you who are here -- you touched my heart in a deep and profound way. i thank you for taking the time to share this moment with me. i wish you could stand here in my shoes for a few minutes and look out. it is an absolutely are inspiring feeling he -- awe- inspiring feeling to be standing up here and having you looking up at me. it is a little strange. the whole year for me has been filled with strangeness, but a nice strangeness. each moment has had a measure of magic that i could not repeat that any other moment. thank you for coming today. anyway, let's start with the first question. if you cannot hear me, tell me. i am usually loud enough. my friends do not complain. [laughter] >> good afternoon, justice sotomayor. my question is, how was life different living from the br

thank you again, justice sotomayor. [applause] >> can i just say thank you to the dene and everyone else who worked on putting this wonderful event together -- dean and everyone else who worked on putting this wonderful event together? and do all of you who are here -- you touched my heart in a deep and profound way. i thank you for taking the time to share this moment with me. i wish you could stand here in my shoes for a few minutes and look out. it is an absolutely are inspiring feeling he -- awe- inspiring feeling to be standing up here and having you looking up at me. it is a little strange. the whole year for me has been filled with strangeness, but a nice strangeness. each moment has had a measure of magic that i could not repeat that any other moment. thank you for coming today. anyway, let's start with the first question. if you cannot hear me, tell me. i am usually loud enough. my friends do not complain. [laughter] >> good afternoon, justice sotomayor. my question is, how was life different living from the br

she'll join justices ruth bader ginsburg and sonia sotomayor as the third woman serving on the court, the most ever at one time. late today, the president hailed the outcome. >> today's vote wasn't just an affirmation of elena's intellect and accomplishments, it was also an affirmation of her character and her temperament, he open mindedness and even handedness, her determination to hear all sides of every story and consider all possible arguments . >> woodruff: kagan's asses tonight the high court came despite sharp criticism throughout the process from most republicans. they attacked kagan's move as dean of harvard law school to block military recruiters from the school's career services office. she argued the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy against gays in the military violated harvard policy. but texas senator john cornyn said kagan's actions raised red flags about her. >> dean kagan's actions in taking every step legally possible to relegate the military to what she herself believed was separate but equal st-t us the placed an unmistakable stigma on the military during

and we got sonia sotomayor. gwen: a third of the court is from the five boroughs of new york and new jersey. >> really. and that shows. it shows in the youth of the court. it shows in this northeast thing going on. so i think that elena kagan is not going to have any kind of real freshman anxiety. she's not going to lay back. there's only so much you can do as a junior justice. >> she still gets a vote. >> right. but she votes last. >> and also different because she's never been a judge before. does she get a certain amount of hazing there? >> it's interesting you mention the experience because that's why some republicans said they voted against her because she had no judicial experience. we're so accustomed to this thing of -- the nominees coming already wearing a black robe. but back in 1972, president nixon named william rehnquist and louis powell, who went on to very distinguished careers and neither of them had been a judge before. elena kagan has been solicitor general of the united states for the past 18

thank you again, justice sotomayor.an i just say thank you to the dene and everyone else who worked on putting this wonderful event together -- dean and everyone else who worked on putting this wonderful event together? and do all of you who are here -- you touched my heart in a deep and profound way. i thank you for taking the time to share this moment with me. i wish you could stand here in my shoes for a few minutes and look out. it is an absolutely are inspiring feeling he -- awe- inspiring feeling to be standing up here and having you looking up at me. it is a little strange. the whole year for me has been filled with strangeness, but a nice strangeness. each moment has had a measure of magic that i could not repeat that any other moment. thank you for coming today. anyway, let's start with the first question. if you cannot hear me, tell me. i am usually loud enough. my friends do not complain. [laughter] >> good afternoon, justice sotomayor. my question is, how was life different living from the bronx to princeton

thank you again, justice sotomayor. [applause] >> can i just say thank you to the dene and everyone else who worked on putting this wonderful event together -- dean and everyone else who worked on putting this wonderful event together? and do all of you who are here -- you touched my heart in a deep and profound way. i thank you for taking the time to share this moment with me. i wish you could stand here in my shoes for a few minutes and look out. it is an absolutely are inspiring feeling he -- awe- inspiring feeling to be standing up here and having you looking up at me. it is a little strange. the whole year for me has been filled with strangeness, but a nice strangeness. each moment has had a measure of magic that i could not repeat that any other moment. thank you for coming today. anyway, let's start with the first question. if you cannot hear me, tell me. i am usually loud enough. my friends do not complain. [laughter] >> good afternoon, justice sotomayor. my question is, how was life different living from the br

. >> reporter: elena kagan did get five fewer votes than sonia sotomayor last summer, but the number that really excited democrats is three. ginsburg, sotomayor and kagan. >> three women will serve together on the united states supreme court for the first time in our nation's history. >> reporter: at 50, kagan becomes the youngest justice, succeeding the oldest, 90-year-old john paul stevens. congratulations from president obama late today. >> she knows that the supreme court's decisions shape not just the character of our democracy, but the circumstances of our daily lives. >> reporter: kagan's unexpected sense of humor charmed senators of both parties at her confirmation hearings. >> it means i'd have to get my hair done more often, senator specter. >> reporter: new york born, first woman dean of harvard law. her policy to limit military recruiters access there gave republicans their strongest criticism. >> dean kagan, i believe, showed a willingness to bend the law in fact to advance her own political goals of protesting the don't ask, don't tell policy. >> reporter: kagan worked

atleticos enfrentaron a medias blancas de chicago y ganaron 6-2 >> robert guerrero le gano a joel sotomayorante marquez. >> el nuevo estadio de chivas costo varios millones de dolares >> las compañias de renta de autos busca comenzar a rentar bicicletas asi se pretende mantener bajos los niveles de contaminacion ya volvemos lleva a conocer los estrenos lleva a conocer los estrenos tenemos lo nuevo de este fin de semana >> tenemos esta divertida pelicula de paramount >> y esta de perros y gatos dos, una pelicula que nos cuenta la hisotira entre perros y gatos. >> universal nmos presenta esta historia de este joven que pasen un buen fin de semana antes de irnos les hablamos de una de las bodas mas famosas llevadas a cabo chelsea clinton contrajo matrimonio hoy, la familia emitio un comunicado sobre el matrimonio.

good afternoon, justice sotomayor. sotomayor. i'm a senior at abraham lincoln high school. it is an honor to ask you this question. in your remarks on may 2000 -- may, 2009, you said and the along the lines of, "are at -- our founding fathers have set of principles. times have changed, and so have the principles." what your beliefs about the words "all men are created equal" and calling illegal immigrants "aliens"? in what direction is immigration reform heading? >> it was the declaration of independence which spoke about all men being equal. they did not mean all men, because they excluded blacks and excluded women. it was not all people are equal. obviously has changed. we have grown into a society borne ferom -- from brown versus board of education that it does mean all men. we have grown through legislative -- not constitutional -- actions -- st people do not recognize this. most of the change in equality for women came through legislative reform. the right to vote. the court followed with requiring equality of women in e workplace and in other fields in other ways. it

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guest: i was struck that she got fewer votes than sotomayor did. sotomayor in many ways was more controversial because of the wise latino remark and a few other things. just to put it in terms, it made it harder for senators to vote against it, whereas elena kagan didn't have as much of a constituency and she didn't excite people one way or the other. there wasn't a grass roots movement in her favor or against her, that's why it may have been easier for republicans to vote against her. host: new orleans, john, independent line. you're on with tony mauro, talking about the supreme court, gay marriage, elena kagan, go ahead. guest: yes, good morning. first off, i'm not nervous, i'm on my treadmill getting exercise like all americans should be doing. mr. mauro made a statement that was pretty revealing. he said, and i quote as closely as i can, that in recent decades, the court has "read rights" into the constitution that were not specifically there. i think that pretty well sums it up, the shadow of the law that we often hear about. and the key point

supreme court nominee elena kagan, this october she'll join justices ruth bader ginsburg and sandra sotomayor in forming the first three-woman block on the nine-member high court. mortgage rates hit another new record low, the sixth in the past seven weeks. freddie mac says the average rate on a 30-year fixed loan was 4.49%. that's down from 4.54% last week, and well below where rates were last year. the european central bank held its key interest rate unchanged today, at a record-low 1%. rates have been at that level for the past 15 months. e.c.b. president jean claude trichet said he thinks economic growth will remain modest as the continent works to fix its debt problems. >> jeff: still ahead, in tonight's "of mutual interest," all that glitters is not always gold. especially when it comes to investing in e.t.f.'s. john waggoner, mutual fund columnist at u.s.a. today, joins us to explain. >> suzanne: july was a lackluster month for many of the nation's retailers, as they relied on heavy discounting to move leftover summer merchandise. the reuters same-store sales index rose almost 3%, slig

democrat to vote yes, when kagan is sworn in on saturday, she'll join ruth bader ginsberg and sonya sotomayor who was president obama's first nominee to the high court. >> for centuries there wasn't a single woman on our nation's highest court. for the first time in our history there will be three women when elena kagan takes her seat. >>> dressed up like cops and committing robbery. police are searching for a group of men responsible for a brazen home invasion. it happened last night before midnight in pleasant hills close to i-680. three suspects walked into an open balcony door and ordered everyone to the floor, even shocking people with stun guns, they got away with electronics, including a big screen tv. investigators believe the suspects knew the victims or at least the layout, because they were in and out in three minutes. >>> antioch police released a fright thing surveillance video of a robber holding a rifle in a bank yesterday. it happened on lone tree way just after noon. the three masked men brandished a handgun and a stun gun too. they were seen leaving in a gray newer model hon

. >> eleanor there and with sotomayor there, is that why? >> kennedy is going to go with the liberals and he is going to lose because the supreme court likes federal power. he generally likes federal power. >> oh. i agree and i think the governors will be quietly relieved because if the court doesn't swing that way, they are going to be stuck with a voter backlash. what people realize, hey you are taking away the healthcare that was directed toward the states here. so i suspect that's what is going to happen. >> i th >>> issue two, republican would be's. ♪ >>> yes, i do. at night hearing, hail to the chief. >> the ranking of this list is from gallop poll data. the host of this program did not have anything to do with the probability ranking of these possible candidates for the republican presidential nomination 2012. question. why do experience credibility and crust worthiness count so much with the gop voters? pat. >> experience, trustworthiness, i would expect they would count with all voters, john. >> this particular year. >> what they wa

john paul stevens on the liberal wing of the court which includes justices breyer, ginsburg, and sotomayor. the conservatives are scalia, thomas, and alito with kennedy often the swing vote. in missouri today, mothers and fathers got the kind of phone call ever parent dreads-- their children were involved in a terrible accident. they were aboard two buses carrying high school students from st. james to an amusement park outside st. louis. just 10 miles from their destination the buses slammed into the wreckage of an earlier accident. one of the children on the buses was killed, dozens more injured. cynthia bowers has more. >> reporter: it's an annual trip the band members look forward to all summer. >> it was going to be a good day and it turned into such a terrible day. >> reporter: two buses, the first one filled with girls, the second with boys, were headed for six flags amusement park when they were caught in a horrific collision, a chain- reaction crash, witnesses say, that happened in the blink of an eye. >> i seen it, but i didn't see it, it happened so fast. >> reporter: the highwa

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applause] i will be the only candidate, ladies and gentlemen, that stood in their with the justice sotomayorhen she was up for her nomination and i stood up and said she was the right selection and she would make an outstanding supreme court justice. [applause] i am the only candidate and will be the only candidate that will stand up for a woman's right to choose on what happens [applause] in her] i will be the only candidate, ladies and gentleman, who fought legislative and will continue to work for comprehensive health care for every american [applause] and everything already apparent -- and every authority and. [applause] i will be the only candidate who is willing to pull back on the top 1% of the bush tax cuts and get more tax cuts for the middle class and small businesses. [applause] when you make me your next united states senator, i will stand up to make sure that you continue to see what you are seeing now, our men and women coming back onto their families from iraq and afghanistan. that is important to military families that we reunite them and continue to hunt for those who have h

we feel that his support of elena kagan and sonia sotomayor are under manning -- undermining our second amendment rights. i have my concealed carry permit and i was a member of the nra. i tell them that i would renew by membership when was certain they would not endorse harry reid. i am also a member ofhe gun owners of america and have their endorsement. i had a "a"rating from the nra. with all those credentials, that gun owners in nevada had a clear choice and they will make the right choice. next question? i am a mom here and active with our school board. i am against them for what th did. i would like when you get into our federal government up there to go wind and kicked butt = because i am so ted of seeing our ki to have been born here getting second-hand treatment in many areas that the ell o learners get. most of them were born here in the united states. we snd over $1,000 per student. they get quite sure teachers for the kids. our english students get one teacher per 500 students. we're seeing that cutting in the fine arts and these money -- this money is going to these kids. i'

i will be the only candidate that stood in their but sonia sotomayor when she was up for her nominationnd i stood up and said she was the right selection. [applause] i am the only candidate and will be the only candidate that will stand up for a woman's right to choose to what happens to her body. i will be the only candidate that fought, legislate, and will continue to work towards comprehensive health care for every american and every floor ready and. -- korean. i will be the only candidate that is willing to pull back from the top 1% of the bush tax cut and give mortis -- bush cat -- to the small businesses. when you make me your next united states senator, i will stand up to make sure that you continue to see what you are seeing now, our men and women coming back home to our families from iraq and afghanistan. it is important for military families that we reunite them and continue to hunt for those who have harm our country. i think it is also important to know that anything that came out of this primary, it showed that this campaign has the strength, the integrity, the will and des

believe he obtained it some part of the settlement and got some settlement of of the tobacco sonia sotomayorell into the black hole of calcutta. there is still the whistle- blower law covering the tobacco industry -- no whistle blower law covering the tobacco industry. believe it or not, today the food and drug administration inspectors have almost no protection, and as we learn about the bad eggs, there is a whistle-blower law in congress for people who work for the food industry so they can blow the whistle on things like contaminated peter badeanut butr and eggs. it still has not passed. i came here in 1982 as an intern, and they were trying to pass protection for food workers. it still has not passed because the agricultural industry is so powerful. tobacco is in the same way. i know mr. wygant suffered. i know there is some resolution and he has a website i.d. t is strong strong advocaand he is a advocate. the food industry has been carved out, but we are doing our best, but we need as much public support as possible. host: another caller from georgia. frank joins us. good morning. call

a little later, president obama's first appointment to the bench, sonia sotomayor my your. president obama will get an update on the economy this morning. afterwards he is expected to make a statement to the press. we plan to have that live from the white house rose garden this morning. it starts at 12:30 eastern this afternoon on c-span. white house spokesman robert gibbs will brief reporters later today. we will have that live at 1:30 eastern. join us tonight when we have last weekend's rallies from washington starting at 8:00. glenn beck and sarah palin and they're off "restoring honor" rally from the lincoln memorial. after that, al sharpton leads a rally entitled "reclaim the dream." watched both of them if on c- span at 8:00 eastern. >> yesterday i signed a declaration for the state of louisiana, a disaster declaration. this morning i signed a disaster declaration for the state of mississippi. >> as the gulf coast marks the fifth anniversary of hurricane katrina, look back at how the federal government responded to the crisis online. every program since 1987 garrett i

believe he obtained it some part of the settlement and got some settlement of of the tobacco sonia sotomayorhe fell into the black hole of calcutta. there is still the whistle- blower law covering the tobacco industry -- no whistle blower law covering the tobacco industry. believe it or not, today the food and drug administration inspectors have almost no protection, and as we learn about the bad eggs, there is a whistle-blower law in congress for people who work for the food industry so they can blow the whistle on things like contaminated peter badeanut butr and eggs. it still has not passed. i came here in 1982 as an intern, and they were trying to pass protection for food workers. it still has not passed because the agricultural industry is so powerful. tobacco is in the same way. i know mr. wygant suffered. i know there is some resolution and he has a website i.d. t is strong strong advocaand he is a advocate. the food industry has been carved out, but we are doing our best, but we need as much public support as possible. host: another caller from georgia. frank joins us. good morning.

times -- from "of the washington times," they are talking about elena kagan and the justice sonia sotomayor, group would support of nine republicans -- who soared through with nine republicans. or will republicans launched a losing battle as they did with the second nominee of george bush"? that is "the washington post" talking about the numbers game for the elena kagan confirmation vote. if you want to keep tabs on what is happening with that confirmation, you can go to our website, we have a special hub, c-span/kagan. you can watch her previous appearances and coverage of confirmation hearings, you can see if your senator has announced how he or she will vote for the tally. dsthe access has additional lins and more. that is c-span.org/kagan. next up is new york, new york, independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? there are a few things. one, we need to look at our history as a nation. ethics is a funny thing when it comes to hamiltonian democracy. the government decided that a select few all family makes the decision. [unintelligible] ethics the main driving force

times -- from "of the washington times," they are talking about elena kagan and the justice sonia sotomayor, group would support of nine republicans -- who soared through with nine republicans. or will republicans launched a losing battle as they did with the second nominee of george bush"? that is "the washington post" talking about the numbers game for the elena kagan confirmation vote. if you want to keep tabs on what is happening with that confirmation, you can go to our website, we have a special hub, c-span/kagan. you can watch her previous appearances and coverage of confirmation hearings, you can see if your senator has announced how he or she will vote for the tally. dsthe access has additional lins and more. that is c-span.org/kagan. next up is new york, new york, independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? there are a few things. one, we need to look at our history as a nation. ethics is a funny thing when it comes to hamiltonian democracy. the government decided that a select few all family makes the decision. [unintelligible] ethics the main driving force

she'll become the third woman on the current supreme court, joining ruth bader ginsburg and sonia sotomayor. president obama described that development this way. >> a sign of progress that i relish not just as a father who wants limitless possibilities for my two daughters but as an american, proud that our supreme court will be more inclusive, more representative and more reflective of us as a people than ever before. >> reporter: elena kagan will be the court's youngest justice at age 50. she succeeds john paul stevens who retired in june at age 90. >> pete, thanks for that. >>> bp engineers finished pouring cement into the well in the gulf on thursday. the government's point man on the spill says the cement will virtually assure there will be no chance of more oil leaking. >>> overseas markets mostly higher this morning. trish regan is at the new york stock exchange. trish, the focus will be the jobs number. >> reporter: jobs, jobs, jobs, you said it, carl. people are very concerned about this. the reality is that the consumer accounts for two-thirds of the overall economy, so if the con

she is expected to get if your boats that sonia sotomayor york, who last year received 68 votes during her senate confirmation. we're going to continue to watch during the rest of this vote. >> once again, eminem taken has passed the threshold necessary to be confirmed as a supreme court justice. the senate continues to vote. -- elena kagan has passed the threshold necessary to be confirmed as a supreme court justice. i want to tell you about our kagan hub. debatereaking down the and to individual speakers. you can watch with your senator had to stay on the the nomination. see that at the website. >> we're not ruling any options in, but we're not ruling any options out. >> this month marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the first gulf war. look back at the key players and even as the became desert storm. online at the c-span video library, all free, every program since 1987. watch what you want, when you want. now the discussion on taxes and fiscal policy with treasury secretary timothy geithner as the former congressional budget office director. this is moderated by the pres

an hour later, the focus is president obama's first appointment to the bench, justice sonia sotomayorth ruth later ginsberg -- ruth bader ginsberg. the university of wisconsin law school hosted a discussion of the blog treaty -- oceans' treaty. this is about an hour and 40 minutes. . . . >> happily, neither steven nor his staff found the time to interview me. on that particular question. we have a short conversation. -- we had a short conversation. john played a instrumental role in negotiations and represented the national security council committee on the subject. for many years, he has maintained a strong interest in the law of the sea treaty and has been one of the primary individuals involved. his success is not measured in time, but in persistence. we will hear from each of them for about 20 minutes and then we will respond. the chairman will have an opportunity to ask a question for two. then we will open up the floor to you for questions and we will keep a few minutes at the end so they can some of. thank you for being here. -- so they can some of. -- sum up. thank you, very m