most respectfully yours, john paul stevens. 11 days before his 90th birthday, justice john paul stevens, officially announces today that he is stepping down. his retirement not exactly a surprise. it had been speculated upon for weeks now. but today the justice made it official. when the letter arrived at the white house this morning, its intended recipient was on board air force one. once president obama returned to the white house today, he gave some early insight into what he's going to be looking for in a replacement for justice stevens. >> i view the process of selecting a supreme court nominee as among my most serious responsibilities as president. while we cannot replace justice stevens' experience or wisdom, i will seek someone in the coming weeks with similar qualities. an independent mind, a record of excellence and integrity, a fierce dedication to the rule of law, and a keen understanding of how the law affects the daily lives of the american people. it will also be someone who, like justice stevens, knows in a democracy, powerful interests must not be allowed to drown out t

but not stevens. he is the only one who refuses help. he does it himself. but the courtly justice also can be harsh. he wrote a scathing dissent in "bush v. gore," criticizing the court's decision that stopped the florida recount saying the decision would damage the court he wrote: stevens notified the white house in a letter this morning. sources say the leading contenders to replace him are elena kagan, former dean of harvard law school and the "courant" solicitor general. diane wood, a chicago federal appeals court judge. and make garland, a federal appeals court judge in washington, d.c. who is considered more moderate on criminal issues. the president hopes his choice to be a lasting legacy, just like john paul stevens. but one thing his choice won't have that justice stevens had is a quick confirmation. justice stevens was confirmed a mere 19 days after he was nominated and the vote was 98-0. katie? >> couric: jan, the president's choice, if he or she is confirmed, is unlikely to change the makeup of the court as you mentioned. having said that, is th

how did that work with justice stevens. >> well, justice stevens had a particularly close relationship with justice kennedy who is so often the swing vote on the court. and for example in the environmental case he was able to get justice kennedy a strong supporter of states rights to say that massachusetts had a right to compel the federal government to regulate greenhouse gases. so i think he had a way of figuring out what each justice cared about in bringing them to his team. but i think in terms of his legacy we should remember he made a great contribution to freedom of speech, often siding with the freedom of speech whether it was of jehovah's witnesses to profilatize door-to-door or using the internet. he may have been the oldest just at this but was the first to say the intermet made everyone with a personal computer effectively a town crier who could communicate to all the world. he wasn't always for freedom of speech rights. he didn't believe that flag burners had a right to burn the flag in protest. and that reflected the fact that he was the only person on the court with mili

. >> reporter: justice jon paul stevens has always been his own man. when he joined the court 35 years ago, he was considered a moderate conservative. he became a reliable liberal. serving under seven presidents, he forged his own path. >> when president ford was faced with a supreme court vacancy shortly after the nation was still recovering from the watergate scandal, he wanted a nominee who was brilliant, nonideological, pragmatic, and committed above all to justice, integrity, and the rule of law. he found that nominee in john paul stevens. >> reporter: on the current closely divided supreme court, with five conservatives and four liberals, stevens anchors the left wing. his impact on the law is broad. he provided by a critical fifth vote to affirm abortion rights, uphold affirmative action, ban the death penalty for juveniles, and limit presidential war powers. three years ago when i was at abc news, justice stevens granted me his only network interview. he insisted he was the same conservative republican gerald ford nominated. >> i don't really t

to the court and justice stevens very much wanted a man who, like justice stevens was born in chicagock obama now calls chicago home, a man who ideologically much closer to justice stevens, that what might have happened if barack obama loses his re-electi re-election. you know he could have gone through it three more years. you do it at a moment when someone you like ask respect has a chance to name the replacement. so justice stevens is giving a great gift. a chance that every president wants to pick a legacy pick of the supreme court. this will be number two for president obama and remember, he still has two and a half years left in his first term and justice ginsburg could well step aside by the time we get around to late 2010, 2011 and into 2012. >> john king, the man knows his stuff. the host of "john king usa." thanks for your time. you've been generous with us. you've been generous with us. let's take a break. pot reserved. >> lose your job, you can file for unemployment. more people did that for the first time last week than the week before and even though the number of people

john paul stevens will leave the supreme court after nearly 34 1/2 years. the third longest service in the court's history. in a one-sentence letter addressed, "my dear mr. president," stevens will step down at the end of the current term in late june. that will allow time to have his successor in place in early october when the new term begins. >> he has applied the constitution and the laws of the land with fidelity and restraint. he will soon turn 90 this month, but he leaves his position at the top of his game. >> reporter: the court's only gerald ford nominee, stevens arrived in 1975 as a moderate conservative but became the anchor of the court's liberal wing. the choice of his replacement by a democratic president will probably not change his until logical make-up. he insisted the court shifted, not him. >> i don't think i have changed. i consider myself quite conservative. >> reporter: he voted to recognize legal rights for guantanamo detainees. because justice stevens was able to attract swing votes, his departure may make a difference in close case

and it's signed john paul stevens.s is he is going to leave the court at the end of this term. we were talking about this a bit early. what he does not say here is that he will stay on the court until his successor is nominated and confirmed, that he's leaving service as soon as the court term ends, which would be usually in late june. so that differences -- that basically gives the senate and president until october 1st to find a successor. that means he'll leave the court at the end of the term. you know, justices vary on how they choose to do this. some of them say they will stay until a successor is confirmed. some like suter did last year will leave as soon as it's over. >> let me bring diane back in, clec for supreme court justice -- sorry, say that again? a law professor is joining me now. the news we're following here, supreme court justice john paul stevens announcing his retirement at the end of this current term in the supreme court, that's supposed to happen sometime this summer. paul, what does a justice n

in his early years, stevens was considered a loner. but as the court became more conservative and his seniority grew, he became a far more potential force on the left. >> i don't think i've changed. there have been a lot of changes in the court. >> reporter: stevens views have moved left on issues like the death penalty, affirmative action and led the charge against claims of executive power in cases whether the u.s. government can hold detain needs at guantanamo without providing evidence against them. >> he was very strong in ruling against what he said were excessive uses of presidential power. >> reporter: stevens has not always been predictable. the former naval intelligence officer opposed the court's ruling that states had no right to prohibit flag burning. >> do you think the federal government has any power at all to regulate how this flag is displayed in public places? >>> don't see any state interest whatsoever. >> i feel quite differently. >> reporter: stevens felt differently in the majority in bush versus gore, the landma

and it's steven perez. mike murray began the game as the dh and came on here with a position change to catcher for the deem deacons, playing mike leanski suffered on both sides. a 1-1 pitch and another bunt. another chance for murray. throw-in the dirt but semianick gets it out. not being able to do anything dismissal without some cause for concern. three more all over the field. you have a left fielder and the start up catcher and backup catcher. the first baseman an error. >> martinez, the third baseman dives but can't come off with it off the bat for pat blair. again the deacons getting ever so close to the numbers three, and 4, hitters steven brooks and mike murray who miami had been unable to contain so far tonight. but first it's ryan seminick. . >> well, hit center field and devos. off the wall and rounding third and stopping right there is pat blair. that ball hit a mile by seminick. and yet again, give credit to the deacons not going down without a fight trailing 8-6 with two runners in scoring con

tell me about justice stevens. >> justice stevens is an amazing person. he is from a different era.and i think you get that sense the second you meat him. he has a certain gentility about him, a certain just basic decency that i think tends to be lost these days. and just in terms of his jurisprudence i think your intro was quite right that he is an independent thinker. i think you know he talks of as the liberal lion on the court, the liberal icon on the court but he really does, i think, approach each case on a case-by-case basis. he really does have an independent streak. >> he had an influence beyond one vote. >> i think so. i think that's absolutely. he has been on the court for 34 years. and i think even some of the conservatives on the court are able to respect that. there is a very strong seniority on the court and he is the most senior justice by a country mile. and just the kind of institutional knowledge he has is respected by judges on both sides of the court. and of course all the current kind of liberal block of the court where we are talking about justice ginsburg, ju

stevens turns 90 this month. he was named to the court by gerald ford in 1975. >>> tiger woods returns to the spotlight as masters week gets under way. woods made an unexpected visit to augusta national yesterday. he hit the driving range, then played nine holes on the famous masters course. the tournament, which begins thursday, will be his first since his sex scandal erupted. woods holds a news conference later on this afternoon. >>> tonight in indianapolis, it is duke versus butler for the ncaa men's basketball national title. hometown butler can expect most of the crowd's support. the bulldogs have never played in a championship game before. duke, on the other hand, is seeking its fourth national title. right now the oddsmakers are saying duke with a seven-point lead but i hope it goes to butler, your wife's alma mater. >> they want to be the underdog. they've been the underdog all the way through. why not tonight? fingers crossed for butler. >> i can't wait. >>> here's a look at your monday forecast. kansas

they spoke with everyone from stevens brother and stevens children and people who worked with stevenswhen he was a lawyer and judge in chicago. donald rumsfeld, who was instrumental in having stevens appointed. former clerks and with bader ginsburg. scott -- and so the number of research has amounted to 10 years. >> what kind of competition do you have in this space? he is we should note for the audience probably knows at age 90 the longest-serving justice. he's got several decades of legacy on the court. have there been other big works on his career? >> there have been other books that have touched on stooefbz. -- stevens. there's a good part that talks about his judicial career but not a true biography. this book really personalized stevens who's a man who's beloved by the people who know him. in addition to covering his very important work and his influential professional life it, also really presents really entertaining anecdotes about his personal life and stories from people who know him the best and love him the most. this is really the most complete look at stevens the man tha

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justice john paul stevens, the man who led the supreme court's opposition to the bush/cheney attack on civil liberties at guantanamo bay in u.s. courtrooms and holding cells around the world now says he is deciding whether to retire this year or next, opening a gap on the increasingly divided court and sparking a nomination battle in the increasingly divided senate. justice stevens lived through prohibition, the great depression and world war ii and watched babe ruth's alleged called shot from behind third base at wrigley field. appointed by president ford, confirmed 98-0 by the senate, stevens is considered by today's right wing as a liberal, having used his position to marshal support for gay rights, abortion rights, with his 90th birthday, stevens is considering when to step down. a departure bigger than just one man. the new yorker writing, quote, when stevens leaves, the supreme court will be just another place where democrats and republicans fight. indeed, his departure is likely to spark just a fight like that. democratic senator arlen specter sending a not too subtle plea yeste

here with us now, steven a.mith in new york, the nationally syndicated radio host for fox sports radio and the columnist for "the philadelphia enquirer" and former nba star broadcaster and commentator on the passing scene, john sally. steven smith, were you surprised at the whole story today? >> not necessarily. i mean, tiger woods i consider to be the best in the world, the best i've ever seen. fact is he had time off. you know, regardless of being in the sex addiction clinic or whatever he wants to call himself being, he had plenty of time to work on his game, to practice just a little bit. i'm quite sure he got on that golf course little and worked on his game. he's focused. he knows what it takes. he's won born. he's a born winner. this is his sanctuary. if he doesn't win here that brings more fuel to the flames. he recognized that. he stepped up and performed. i'm not surprised at all. >> larry: john, did it surprise you? >> no, he's the greatest golfer of all time. literally i'm going to learn to play golf

they spoke with everyone from stevens' brother, some of stevens' children, people who worked with stevens' when he was a lawyer and judge in chicago. president ford, when he was still with us, who appointed stevens, donald rumsfeld instrumental in having him appointed, former clerks and ruth bader ginsburg. >> and so the number of people they interviewed required tremendous amount of time and research and that is how it ended up to ten years. >> and what kind of competition do you have in this space? she is, we should note for the audience, he is 90-years-old, the ljungqvist serving justice. have there been other works on his career? >> there have been other books that have touched on stevens. there's a good book that looks at a very specific part of his judicial career but nothing that is a true biography. and this book really personalized stevens. he's a man beloved by the people who know him so in addition to covering his very important work and his influential professional life it also presents entertaining anecdotes about his personal life and stories from the people who know him bes

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let's start with stevens retirement from the supreme court. pete, big topic. i know you have been thinking about it for a while. what do you think the president is thinking? >> i think he is thinking a couple things. how can he get someone through the senate. the calculation he has to make, does he choose a relatively moderate justice who can get confirmed or someone a little more developed record of decisions or statements that are liberal that would be a tougher fight. that is the question they have to make in the white house. this question about a leader, it's important for a couple reasons. john paul stevens is in an unusual position because when he retires he will be leaving one of the three longest positions. 1975. he had the years to get into that position. no matter who the president appoints, they're not going to be able to come in and take that mantle from justice stevens. it's a matter of personalities. it will take a while for someone to emerge. now, that person might be anthony kennedy might emerge as the next leader -- >> he's a hard to predict g

they spoke with everyone from stevens brother, his children, people who work with stevens when a lawyerdge in chicago, president ford when still with us to appointed stevens, donald rumsfeld who was instrumental in having stevens appointed in, a former clerk in ruth spader ginsburg, so a number of people they interviewed required tremendous amount of time and research and that is out and up to 10 years. >> what kind of competition do you have in this blacks we should not for they and others that at age 90 the longest serving justice and he has several decades of legacy of the courts. have there been other big works on his career? >> there have been had touched on stevens, there's a good book that looks at every specific part of his judicial career but nothing that is a true biography in this book really personalize stevens. he's a man who is beloved by the people we know him so in addition to covering his very important work in his influential professional life it also presents really entertaining anecdotes about his personal life and stories from people now him best and love him, so th

justice stevens announces his retirement. >> i will move quickly to name a nominee. >> but will obama's next pick for the supreme court face a republican filibuster. >> i hope he doesn't nominate an overly ideological person. that will be the test. >> two key senators on the judiciary committee, democrat jon kyl and democrat chuck schumer, preview the battle to come, only on "this week." >>> then -- president obama pushes the reset button on nuclear weapons. >> we will not do anything that endangers or limits my ability as commander in chief to protect the american people. >> but is he putting the country at risk? >> that's kind of saying, okay, punch me in the face and i'm not going to retaliate. >> this morning headliners, secretary of state hillary clinton -- >> let no one be mistaken, the united states will defend ourselves. >> and secretary of defense robert gates. >> did you change your mind. >> clinton and gates on nuclears afghanistan and tension was israel. plus analysis and debate on all of the week's politic s on the "roundtable." with george will. aryana huffington, cokie ro

among praising stevens, john roberts who praises intellect and independence and justice stevens will officially step down sometime in late june early on july. i'm live at the supreme court, jennifer johnson. >> jennifer, thank you. >>> next on news4, it is just getting started here. performance by tiger woods at the masters today. live in augusta with the latest. >>> at 4:15, how the rules of the road could soon be changing in maryland and what could soon be illegal behind the wheel. >>> at 4:30, a successful reality tv show producer now suspected of killing his wife. >>> at 4:45, the deep discounts coming to a retail giant near you. >>> tiger woods put in another solid performance despite the scandal that kept him out of game for the past four months. this afternoon woods finished another round at the augusta national. kristen dahlgren is live in augusta with the latest. another strong showing on day two. >> reporter: yes. really was, jim. he just finished up a short time ago. now in the clubhouse and finishes now at six under. that means he will likely clear one more hurdle in his

but on the different ideological differences as stevens has done. >> specter appealed to stevens to wait until after the election, is that so things will be calm in 2011 than they are in 2010? >> i think senator specter is mistaken about this. the democrats are only, as we all know, only one vote shy of having a filibuster-proof majority after the midterm elections they might be a few votes shy. and should the republicans filibuster, as they're threatening to do, it would be easier to get a nominee like stevens to replace him on the court before the midterms. it would be easier to survive a filibuster before the midterms. >> can the republicans as easily filibuster as might be theorized in these times, isn't there anything left from, say, gerald ford remaining proud of this appointment until the day he died, that he thought it was one of the great things he did in his brief presidency? isn't there some residual effect from that? isn't there something that this republican party has to honor about that republican party? >> if president obama appoints somebody who justice stevens believes i

in having stevens appointed.ormer clerks and ruth ginsburg. so the number of people interviewed required him in his amount of time and research, and that is how it didn't up to 10 years. >> what kind of competition they have in this space? we should know for the oddest probably knows at age 90 the longest-serving justice that you have got several decades of legacy. have there been other big words on his career? >> there have been other books have touched on stevens. is a very good book that looks a very specific part of his judicial career, but nothing that is a to biography. and this book really personalized stevens is a man who's been a people who know him. so in addition to covering his very important work and his influential professional life, it also really presents really entertaining anecdotes about his personal life and stories from the people who know him best and love him the most. so this is really the most complete look at stevens the man that there is right now, and i can't imagine anything that is r

stevens has been hinting about retiring for a while now. he turned in his formal notice to president obama this morning. jennifer davis reports from capitol hill. >> reporter: 89-year-old justice john paul stevens, the supreme court's oldest member and the leader of the liberal block is retiring. in a short letter delivered to the white house the justice writes he will step down at the end of the high court's term this summer saying it would be in the best interest of the court to have my successor appointed and confirmed well in advance of the commencement of the court's next term. >> he has stood as an impartial guardian of the law. he's worn the judicial robe with honor and humility. >> reporter: president obama now has his second high court opening to fill. his selection is expected within weeks. >> we cannot replace justice stevens' experience or wisdom. i will seek someone in the coming weeks with similar qualities. >> reporter: stevens joined the court in 1975. chief justice john roberts says he's brought intellect, independence and

grupos hispanos esperan que el sucesor del juez stevens comparta su vision en interpretar las leyes... "la voz y el puesto de este juez stevens en la corte suprema ha ido desenvolviendose a una politica mas liberal, entonces el trabajo que tiene el presidente obama ahora es remplazarle a este juez con un juez o jueza que lleve los mismos principios, la misma politica progresiva liberal, entonces no creo que esto va a causar un desiquilibrio en el balance de la corte ahora" stevens, quien es el integrante con mas edad de la corte, cumplira 90- aÑos el 20- de abril y rumores de su retiro circulaban desde hace meses.... tres jovenes miembros de la pandilla ms 13 son acusados de matar a un adolescente de 16 años a golpes en el condado de fairfax.. christian perez de lorton, recibio golpes fatales en la cabeza y cuerpo con un bate de baseball, presuntamente por ser miembro de una pandilla rival.. uno de los acusados habia escapado de la carcel en noviembre, cuando se le permitio ir a una cita con el dentista en compania de su madre, y nunca regreso... el director de los servicios

justice john paul stevens, who turns s 90 this month said toda he will step down.can say jurisprudence, the conversation turned. who will the president choose to fill his shoes? terry moran has this report. >> reporter: the party faithful and party leaders were loaded for bear. >> from now until november, when they say yes we can, we stand up and we say, oh, no, you don't. >> reporter: while conservatives here cheered sarah palin and bought buttons and hobnobbed, they were planning for a major assault this november on the democrats' control of congress. so, the news that supreme court justice john paul stevens were retiring shot another jolt of political adrenaline through this gathering. so, you predicting a long, hot summer of confirmation battle? >> i think that is very likely. >> reporter: you think it's going to be a big fight? >> i expect it will be. >> i can't imagine that it's not going to be some kind of big brouhaha over the next nominee. >> reporter: for his part, president obama seems to know a fight is coming his way, and today, in describing the kind

steven brooks in the 1st inning take that fastball over the fence. and on deck mike murray with two place. eric erickson has to be careful here. it's just a three run ballgame. one swing of the bat and this could be a different ballgame all over again. see the demon deacons doing their best to pressure the hurricane base runners at 2nd base. this is a team that likes to run the bases as well. >> jason: take a look at what steven brooks was able to accomplish in the 1st inning against erickson. >> you see that fable as we mentioned earlier, jason. that ball got too much of the plate. steven brooks, which is a guy that does everything well at the plate. a good gap hitter. so he is displaying his power in that 1st inning at bat. >> jason: runner is going. erickson has him got but the throw gets away from martinez. and at 3rd is pat blair. that would have been quite a bind for the base runners. it would have been if blair caught up if that throw was accurate. it looks like he easily would have been nailed. >> you had both runners going on the hit. they h

people in our culture and i love when steven talks he can hypnotizes me. keep talking, steven.t. >> larry: steven smith should always be on television. >> just talking. i go into a fugue state. i lose the capacity to defend myself, too. the fact is people lose track, and our culture particularly of something called intimacy. many of us have disorders. we don't know what intimacy is. we don't know how to control our closeness or proximity of other minds and that's where real health evolves. that's where physical health also develops as well. if you look at intimacy as the goal, thing like sexual addiction, if you are going to call it that really get in the way. >> larry: is she wrong when she says it is not addiction? >> you can call it whatever you want. you can call it compulsion, addiction, a symptom of a larger 7th issues. the reality is there are men and women who acout sexually in certain ways and they seem unable to stop that behavior despite their consequences. and they need aer is form of treatment that follows. whatever you call it, i don't care. >> larry: does it conc

he found that nominee in john paul stevens. justice steve temperatures has courageously served his country from the day he enlisted the date before pearl harbor and through this long tenure on the supreme court. he has stood as an impartial guardian of the law. he has worn the robe with honor and humility. he has applied the laws of the land with fidelity and restraint. he will soon turn 90 this month but he leaves his position at top of his game. his leadership will be sorely missed. i spoke with him and told him on behalf of a grateful nation i thanked him for his service. justice stevens ex-pretiond in a letter to me that it's the best interest of the supreme court to have a successor appointed and confirmed before the next term begins. so i'll move quickly to name a nominee as i did with justice sotomayor. while we cannot replace justice stevens' experience or wisdom, i'll seek someone in the coming weeks with an independent minds, a record of excellence and integrity, a fierce dedication to the rule of law and a keen under

they spoke with everyone from stevens' brother, some of stevens' children, people who worked with stephen'swhen he was a lawyer and a judge in chicago. president for but he was still with us who appointed stephen's. donald rumsfeld was asked about and having stephen's appointed. former clerks and with ginsberg. so the number of people required a tremendous amount of time and research them and that is how it ended up to 10 years. >> what kind of competition do you have in this space? we should know for the audience, age 90, the longest-serving justice. he has got several decades of legacy on the court. have you been other big works on his career? >> there have been other books i've touched on transport. there's a good book that looks a very specific part of his judicial career. but nothing that is a true biography. and this book really personalized stevens who is a man who is beloved by the people who know him. so in addition to covering is very important work and his influential professional life, it also really presents really entertaining anecdotes about his personal life and stories from

steven brooks in the 1st inning take that fastball over the fence. and on deck mike murray with two place. eric erickson has to be careful here. it's just a three run ballgame. one swing of the bat and this could be a different ballgame all over again. see the demon deacons doing their best to pressure the hurricane base runners at 2nd base. this is a team that likes to run the bases as well. >> jason: take a look at what

john paul stevens will turn 90 april 20th. for 34 years he has been on the high court nominated by president ford just after watergate back in 1975. he is a protestant. he is someone who has been liberal in leanings though pointed by a moderate republican. upheld roe v. wade. voted in cases that limit death penalty. supports affirmative action and he has given more rights to terrorism detainees at the guantanamo bay detainny prison in cuba. the magic wall for the volatile political environment. it in this political environment president obama will name a successor. we have seen the left and the right dominate oirg politics. take michigan, for example. bart stupak a democratic congressman resigned today, trying to make the case in that district that his health care vote was the right vote, because the tea party says no, some on the left criticized him. bart stupak saying 38,000 people in northern michigan will get health insurance and nearly 200,000 will see their costs lowered. that is a view from michigan of the contested pol

world will be more secure about the president appears to nominate a successor to justice john paul stevens. will he had a fight on his hands? >> we all need to stand up them on income-tax day, the voices of the tea party card across land. >> he comes in crash as our party. start your own party. f>> the economy is looking better. the jobless rate is much too high the stock market has really happened resell sales are up, housing is a problem but people are buying cars again and the banks, the banks are raking it in. had we take the big boys from taking as down the road to perdition again? the democrats say to regulate and that is president obama's next big fight. can he win this one? >> he will win this one and win big. he will win it because it is a popular issue. wall street is unpopular. there are republicans that also recognize this and will get on board. >> if you have a bill that would propose putting the bankers in stocks in times square, it would pass the mood of the country. anything you label, regulatory banking reform, will pass. >> let's put it this way -- if he does not win it,

the oldest, longest serving member justice stevens is retiring. another high stakes political battle to fill his seat. stevens is the leader of the liberal bloc and president obama is certain to dominate another liberal to take his place. when he was put in, the word from ford was he wanted somebody with the best judicial mind and came up with stevens. now president obama wants someone very similar. the president is considering ten people at potential nominees. >> i view the process of selecting a supreme court nominee among my most serious responsibilities at president. while we can not replace justice stevens' experience or which is some, i will seek someone with similar qualities. >> this is obviously a political battle. some republicans will fight the president tooth and nail. in fact we only have to look back to last year when the president nominate the justice sonya sotomayor. with us, "fox news sunday" anchor chris wallace in the a block. it's a big day in washington. where does this go? >> obviously it depends on who the president chooses.

they make a great team the. >> does just sends -- justice stevens know about it? >> guy would not put to a big sticker authorized but he did sit down for interviews and allowed us to take some photographs of trophies in his office he does have a hole in one trophy and also gave his blessing to the authors and interviewing people at were close to him those people are incredibly loyal so they never would have spoken without the author's without his say so so we had access to family members friends and former clerks with his blessing. >>host: why so long if the making? >> of the authors have done astounding amount of research stores with his family and childhood growing up in chicago all the way through the current decision of campaign financing so the scope of the story is very "in-depth" in the number of sources in the research they have done is impressive. they spoke with everyone from the stevens brother, his children, people who work with siemens when he was a lawyer and judge in chicago. president ford when he was still with us, donald rumsfeld who was instrume

as supreme court justice stevens mulls retirement, the republicans might filibuster even stevens. >>nk the president will nominate a qualified person, i hope, however, he does not nominate an overly ideological person. that will be the test. >> meaning what? no liberals or moderates? the sometimes rumored nominee says to justice stevens wait until next year, after the elections. >> after a year passes there's a much better chance we could come to a consensus. >> like you came to a consensus on the expiration of unemployment benefits? bunning and coburn passed it, today they blame the democrats? >>> bondage club gate. today michael steele says he's under pressure because he's african-american. the same guy who that says -- >> a lot of folks have a different margin. it's a different role for me to play and others to play. and that's just the reality of it. >> line of the day, robert gibbs, quote, i think michael steele's problem isn't the race card, it's the credit card. >>> the florida urologist who puts politics ahead of patients. who says if you voted for obama you should go see a d

as justice stevens famously said. he didn't move to the left.the court that moved to the right. so if you look at issues like guns, like abortion, gays, you know what? the president feels this court now represents more corporate interest. the case you cited, the one on campaign finance spending. so he is looking for someone who could play a role in the way that stevens did. stevens brought people over like o'connor or anthony kennedy to form a liberal voting block. who fits the mold perfectly? from the liberal perspective, it's diane wood. diane wood was a voice on the seventh circuit against richard posner and easterbrook and others who said here is a liberal position. people are saying yeah, this is what we need at this point in the life of this court. but the court as it's led now by chief justice roberts really has become the strongest foothold for conservatives in american government. >> chris: bill, your thoughts about -- it's not only a choice for the president as to whether he wants to pick a more liberal candidate who would create more

liberal justice john paul stevens retires after more than three decades on the court, after a bruising battle over health care, will the second supreme court vacancy, this one in an election year, mark his next big fight with republicans? we'll speak exclusively to the chairman and the ranking member of the judiciary committee, patrick leahy, from vermont and jeff sessions, republican of alabama. >>> then america's role in the world. how will this week's agreement on nuclear disarmament make the country safer? why are so many friends and foes alike defying the united states? our conversation with secretary of state hillary clinton and secretary of defense robert gates. >>> finally the roundtable takes on the growing left-right divide over the president's leadership, the congressional elections and the politics of the court. columnist for "the new york times" david brooks, chief washington correspondent for "the new york times" david sanger, syndicated "washington post" columnist kathleen parker and former democratic congressman from tennessee and chair of the democratic leadership coun

today on american and the courts, and look at the life and career of justice stevens. he talked about his 35 years on the high court after being nominated by president ford in 1975. america and the courts airs at 7:05 eastern on c-span. tonight, first lady michelle obama meets with students at the white house to talk about preventing childhood obesity. she is joined by c-span student camp winter matthew shimura. the first lady talked about eating healthy and reading food labels as she answered stevens questions. see it tonight at 9 eastern on c-span. >> this week, a three judge panel from a federal appeals court unanimously decided that the federal communications commission does not have the authority to regulate high-speed internet. on this edition of "book t"the communicators" we will talk with several guests. we'll talk with the ranking member of the house energy and commerce committee that holds jurisdiction over telecommunications matters. representative barton, were you surprised by this decision? >> no, i was not surprised. i am very pleased by it. i think the c

remember, john paul stevens was nominated by a republican president who was facing election. he was a conservative republican and a democratic-controlled senate confirmed him in 2 1/2 weeks overwhelmingly. what has happened between then and today? >> i want to pin you down on this point. back in 2005 on this program after sandra day o'connor retired, this is your advice to president bush. >> that's why we're going to meet with the president in about a week, going to urge he put somebody who would unite the country, not divide the country. >> yes or no? does that same standard apply to president obama now? >> of course it does. but it also requires people to not take a knee-jerk reaction. one republican leader has already said we may filibuster. he doesn't know who it is going to be. >> we'll get to that in a moment. let's put some of the names on the short list, this is what's thought to be the short list of names so far. judge diane wood on the 7th circuit u.s. court of appeals. elena kagan, judge garland who sits on the u.s. court of appeals in the d.c. secretary. and secre

steven. >> next question from heather.e is 16 in texas, glenn, do you think we can get to the house and senate to take my history exams, could we get them to take these exams and i want -- and the failure rate, they need the lessons more regularly. >> glenn: this is one of the most amazing things i have seen. there are -- since i have been in television, and talking to people that, you know, you have seen on television, for years, that are the i-cons of television -- icons of television and also the people who are supposedly, you know, the leaders of our country, you push them on things like the economy, on the federal reserve, on history, you can see there ain't nothing there and that is one thing i loved about bill o'reilly, when we first went on the bold, fresh tour, i was on a plane with him, and we sat there and talked and i think everybody around us may have wanted to hang themselves, because, we just talked history, back and forth. and, that guy knows history. and that is what we need and the people in washington, n

. >> will obama have a fight on his fands over justice john paul steven? and on income tax today, the voices of the tea party are hurt across the land. >> well, the economy is looking better. jobless rates still much too high, but the stock market has some real heft again. real today sales are up, housing is a problem, but people are buying cars again. the banks are raking it in. but how do we keep the big boys from taking us down the road to perdition again? the democrats say we regulate, of course. that is president obama's next big fight. can he win this? >> he can win this big. can he win it because of the popular issue, wall street is unpopular. also you have some republicans who also recognize it's a popular issue and they're going to get onboard. >> charles? >> if you had a bill that would propose putting the bankers in stocks in times square, would pass the mood of the country as anything you label, regulatory banking reform will pass. >> nina? >> let's put it this way. if he doesn't win it, the democrats will run on it. >> mark? >> whose side are

stevens announced he is retiring. this was widely expected. it gives president obama a chance to name a second justice of the supreme court on the liberal wing, of course. he will complete his work in june or july. he was shown previously with the chief justice john roberts. the question is, what is next now for the president? >> justice stevens indicated earlier that he wanted to retire during the term of president obama. so it comes at nut -- as no surprise. but the accord is losing probably its most liberal member. the question is, what will president obama do now as a replacement? i can assure you one thing. you never hear the word liberal, out of the white house -- coming out of the white house. >> what word will they use? >> one thing to keep in mind is the political dynamics of the midterm elections have just changed rather significantly. the white house now has a lot of important decisions to make. do they want to bring in a nominee fairly quickly when they have 60 votes in the senate and get this done so that we avoid the whole nuclea

followed steven felix's home run, with 1 up.elix is at 2nd base. 3-2, troy leads. 2 outs in the 5th. >> wow, this is an rbi hit right here. rowell lays out and >>> we start the 6th. troy leads, 3-2. >>> we are in the 6th inning in troy, alabama. it looks as though this will be a lot of sunshine from now on. and houston has provided some sunshine to the ualr trojans. >> i think houston has a nice swing. look at him trying to bunt right there. the guy can roll. 9 stolen bases, top in the team. great combination of the power, 8 homer to lead the club. then the 9 stolen bases, as well. all around great player. good 2nd baseman . he will be getting the attention of the 1st out. and a dandy breaking pitch. >>> beyond left field, by the start of next season, there will be a baseball plaza out there, concrete, concourses, championship flags and places for people to watch the game. that is the reason there is a chain linked fen, and not a solid fence, because people will be on the other side with an excellent opportunity to see the game

supreme court justice john paul stevens is retiring. susan estrich clerked for justice stevens.san joins us live. good evening susan. >> hi greta! >> greta: looks like things are exciting in your old stomping ground of the supreme court. is this going to be a big battle for the president or not? >> well, i think he's gonna make a very smart choice and pick somebody who is imminently confirmable and the republicans won't be able to say no. >> greta: they lost their filibuster-proof senate. have any bearing on any choice that the president might want to makers have us is what he ends up making? >> well, i think, you know there has been a tradition of treating supreme court justices with a little more respect, certainly letting them get on a committee and come to a vote on the floor. and i think there are at least a few republicans who if he picks someone like kagan, wood or garland would hopefully support that nominee. i think it is unfortunate. i think you would agree this politicalization of judicial nominees to the point that highly qualified people become unconfirmable is just

all of those would be justices to replace stevens.i think the real impact on business, larry, could come from the political oxygen that is taken up by the fight to replace justice stevens on the court this summer. that could be the death now for comprehensive energy and climate legislation that cap and trade, you and i discussed many times, that has been a long shot. that long shot got even longer. i was just talking a few minutes ago to boon pickens, the oil man who is pressing his own energy plan which involves natural gas. he has some concern about the extent to which the political tension is going to be consumed by this fight. i talked to a republican senator the other day who was asked about what the political environment would be in washington this summer if we had a supreme court fight. he said, well, i think i may go to the middle east for a vacation. that gives you a sense, larry, of exactly what this is going to be like in the end, president obama is likely to get his choice, but it is going to be a fight and going to consum