he telephoned mcnair's friend, robert gaddy. robert gaddy came over to the condominium. >> do you know when this could have taken place? >> we know from a witness that mcnair arrived at the condominium in the early morning hours of today, perhaps around 1:30 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. we know also from that witness that the woman's vehicle, the 2007 cadillac escalade, was already there. >> do we know if they were out at any point last night together and if that could have led to what later happened inside the condominium? >> i do not know of where they may have been last night or whether they were together last night. >> what was their relationship? do you know what their relationship was? >> well, from what i understand, she was a friend. she was a friend of mcnair's. the vehicle, the 2007 cadillac escalade is registered to both her and mcnair. and it gives an address of jefferson street. i think he has a restaurant now on jefferson street. >> was there any activity at the blue moon this morning with regard to a woman maybe confronting

john roberts has the week off. good morning. >> you, too. did you have have a nice july 4th weekend. >> nice weather in new york. >> for once. >> nice start. we're following several stories. we'll be breaking them down in the next 15 minutes. right now preparations under way for michael jackson's memorial service. it will take place tomorrow at the staples center. the los angeles police de

former defense secretary robert mcnamara has died. you may remember him as a key architect of the u.s. war in vietnam under two presidents, john f. kennedy and lyndon johnson, as well. he died at the age of 93 years old. this is according to his family. once again, former u.s. defense secretary robert mcnamara under john f. kennedy and lyndon johnson died at the age of 93. certainly a member of kennedy's inner circle during the cuban missile crisis, as well, back in 1962. i wanted to get this news out to you as we get it here and confirm it at cnn. >>> from iran this morning, word that a british embassy staffer has been released. now, that leaves one other staffer still in jail. a top iranian cleric said friday he could be tried for inciting post election unrest. meanwhile other leading clerics have come out against the results of a disputed election there. and the former president has also expressed doubts about the official result. he heads the group responsible for appointing or removing the supreme leader, that's ayatollah khamene

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robert mcnamara served as defense secretary under kennedy and johnson and harshly criticized for escalating the war. he wrote a book and admitted that u.s. policy on the war was wrong. mcnamara served as president of the world bank and died early today at his home. he was 93. >>> choking black smoke, clogging the sky line in western china. at least 140 people are dead, 800 others injured after a weekend of riots. as emily chang reports, it was ignited by rising tensions between ethnic muslims and the chinese. >> reporter: protesters command eared the streets in northwestern china screaming and chanting and swelling. these pictures from the state run media. throngs left the market stand in the city's district to join in. riot police responded swiftly pushing the crowds back. the witness, an american studying says that's when the crowds turned violent throwing rocks and vegetables and setting vehicles on fire. >> they were slap smashing car windows and bus windows that have been evacuated once things got really heavy and tear gas. i heard several bouts of gunfire and explosions. >> reporter:

alina cho in for john roberts today. we have a lot to cover. the president is in russia, as many people know. we have an interview with

john roberts has the day off. >> at least we're not wearing the same sweater as we were yesterday. i'm kiran chetry. we start with the president on his trip. >> we are following several developing stories this morning. we're going to break them down for you. first off, the g-8 summit about to get under way in italy. president obama about to meet with leaders of the global economies. could be a glitch. the summit is held at the site of deadly earthquakes. there's an evacuation in place in case of more

their name adorns every property, the roberts village, the roberts loft, the roberts mayfair hotel, but don't compare them to donald trump. >> what may appear to you today as ego 40 years from now will be legacy. and black folks need legacy. we have to have examples of successes in order for us to be able to let the generations to come know that many of the successes that occurred by african-americans in this country can be seen and pointed out and can be emulated. >> reporter: the orpheum theater in downtown st. louis indicates their quest for legacy. they were only allowed to sit in the highest balconies, and now they own the theaters. i assume your mom gets a front-row seat? >> oh, yeah. mom can sit wherever she likes. >> reporter: that is priceless. >> hey, mom, how you doing? >> reporter: ed lavandera, cnn, st. louis, missouri. >> and get more stories on people creating successes on "black in america 2." >>> first, this hour leaders of the world's biggest economies are in italy focusing on the global financial crisis. for president obama, it's his first g-8 summit. the leaders say

you're in for john roberts. >> he took a really good day off. it's beautiful. >> he's on the left coast. >> he didn't tell me. i never got the memo. >> if he's here. which he may be, gorgeous. the sun coming up over the new york city, it's beautiful today. we're following several days this morning. there's a bomb claim out. a letter in it they say leon panetta recently testified that the cia concealed significant information and misled members of congress since 2001.

shawn roberts from george washington university. thanks so much, shawn. >>> she told her friends her life was out of control and she should just end it. police talk about the woman they now say killed a former nfl star and then herself. >>> the coast guard is searching again today for five people aboard a small plane that went down off florida's gulf coast. searchers found a two-mile debris field yesterday shortly after the plane crashed west of ft. richie. officials say the twin engine cessna was flying from mckinney, texas, to tampa when it reported turbulence. >>> a lot going on in the next hour of "newsroom." paula newton now in italy. hi, there, paula. >> hi, there. here at the g-8 summit, they want president obama to do more on climate change. that's at the top of the hour. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. some environmentalists say it's too little and too late. more on that at the top of the hour. >> i'm susan lisovicz at the new york stock exchange. rain and retail, they're related when it comes to bathing suit sales. >> i c

because the idea here is while -- i'm sorry, robert. if you don't know what's going on in iran, we should tell you, we have a desk of people who are constantly, constantly working on this stuff. so, we are monitoring everything, and reza, thank you very much. >> no problem. >> we'll continue to check in with you if you get new stuff. >> no problem. >>> we are also following things in afghanistan. take a look at this. at least 25 people killed when a truck rigged with explosives detonated in a province near kabul. most killed were civilians, including students on their way to school. authorities first thought the attack was aimed at nato troops, but now they say that apparently wasn't the case. the taliban is denying that it was behind the bomb. >>> also let's take it over to iraq. a surge in violence just days after american troops have pulled out of the major cities there. cnn's michael ware is with us now from baghdad. michael? >> reporter: yeah, ali, look, what i have to say is that this isn't an uptick or a surge in violence. this i

let's go to the twitter board if we can, robert, johnnie. take a look at this. right at the very top, you see this one here. clashes in front of tehran university. this is coming in on twitter. many from people is there in tehran. people are joining the dem on strange from iman hussein square. this is one that got our attention when we first heard it. police used tear gas against people trying to push them back at vanak square. they is revolutionizing the way we gather news. police using tear gas against people there. by the way, look at this here. we have being told there are protests all over the united states from 18 different cities from many persian americans who are also going to be letting their opinions be known as well. we are all over the story. we expect even more pictures. i was told a little while ago we might be getting more video from tehran in a little bit. we ask you to stay with us throughout the hour and with cnn's coverage throughout the evening as well. as the new pictures and new information comes in and we verify it, we'll be sharing it wi

. >> i'm joe johns in for john roberts. glad to be here on friday. >> friday in july. but in new york, it feels more like november. >> absolutely. this is strange. >> 62 right now. >> let's all go to texas. >> 104 for a high, wow. >>> several stories developing this morning. we'll break them down for you in the next 15 minutes. new outrage over published reports. you remember the whole outrage that happened in march after the a irk g bonuses after the company took bailout money from the federal government? well, it looks like there's another plan in the works to give millions in executive

republicans who opposed ruth bader ginsburg in the '90s or the number of democrats who opposed alito and roberts just four years ago. >> it's amazing that democrats and republicans seemingly are looking at two different nomi e nominees. >> oh, yeah. >> yeah, a lot of controversy about sotomayor's stands on the issues. what are people saying? >> this is very interesting as well. check out this number. we asked if her qualifications are okay. if she's qualified. senators should they vote against her because of her stand on the issues. as you mentioned, affirmative action, gun rights, controversial issues when it comes to this nominee. you can see americans are divided here. that is a change. back in the old days, pack in the day, tony, if a judge was qualified, senators would most likely vote for that judge. nowadays it's much more partisan, tony. >> wow! is there -- i don't know, can we get along on anything? can we agree on anything? is there anything in the polls that people actually agree on, paul? >> there is something. it may not be a big thing. 6 in 10 think that next week's confirmation he

. >> reporter: don't be surprised to see george clooney or robert de niro next time you're in michigan. sews hollywood a-listers have joined others like clint eastwood to make major motion pictures in the embattled state as it works to reinvent itself. >> we are focused entirely on diversified our economy, the creative economy, whether it's filmmaking. >> if you stay with us because if i have to come back here again, it's going to be ugly. >> reporter: clintestwood's new picture takes place a few miles from detroit. so, what's the incentive to film here? a 42% tax break for studios that hire local workers rather than bring in their own crews. sounds great, but here's the problem. even though michigan has a skilled labor force, most don't have any experience working on film sets. >> okay. >> reporter: enter mort meisner and the center for film studies. started in march, it gives michigan workers a chance to hone their skills to meet the needs of movie execs. >> i don't think hollywood woke up this morning and said, hey, let's go to michigan! they're coming to michigan because the tax in

chris kennedy, the son of robert f kennedy and cheryl jackson. these are three democrats that could view for the primary. >> what about jesse jackson jr.? >> he wanted to be appointed to this seat and, of course, got caught up in this whole blagojevich scandal. we have not heard his name. we know for the most part, a democratic congressman from illinois are not in this race right now. >> mark, you always have your finger on the pulse of things no malt ter where it is. chicago politics included, i guess. thanks to you. we will bring you back if there is anything else going on. we will monitor the rest of the speech. if there is any news or any great heated debate between him and some of the supporters there or some of the reporters, we will bring you that as well. thanks again. >> here is what we are going to have the latest on for you now. >> afghanistan. >>> we have new information, new tape and this question. it's a serious question. it probably should be considered by all americans. given everything that's gone on in this country over the last

robert as you watch this, what do you think the time line can be? many presidents have looked at africa in the past. george bush spent more money and put more effort into africa than any president before. in terms of getting things done. and it is really much the sense it is just the start? >> i think everything when you are dealing with two processes, two bureaucratic processes, it takes time. it takes team to come to some sort of common ground. because some times there is a lot of what i call, there has to be acceptance of the program not just talks. people want to see things happening. there has been this general tendency of what i call the belief that everything goes to the people at the top. it doesn't trickle down to the person. >> you raise an interesting point. an international survey done recently that pointed out one of the concerns around the world, people love barack obama by and large. hugely popular but they really want to see the proof. what is the policy? what is the change? what are the businesses your group is going to start will i

. >> robert, beyond, charles, beyond your experience earlier on, what do you think this has done for your life? for your plan for what you are going to be? you are a young man. going into your junior year of high school. anything different about you based on what you will do based on your experience? >> yes, of course. just going over there and experiencing their lives. it taught me how to appreciate things more. and from that aspect. i mean i want to, i look to give more than i receive. and that is just out of the kindness of my heart. >> what about your career? what do you think you will do for a living? >> i want to be just like president obama, the first african-american president now. i can't achieve that. >> that job is taken. >> but i would look to, i mean be an elected official. >> service of some fashion. >> yeah, want to wrap it up quickly with you, steve. you must look back three years later and say it was a bit of success. what was your feeling as you watched barack obama depart obama? >> well it was very motivating because now i see that, you know, our president obama ha

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ginsberg should have been confirmed back in the '90s and higher than the number of democrats who felt roberts and alitto should not have been confirmed. >> let's move from that to this hot button issue that we'll hear about. could that stand in the way of her getting a confirmation? >> reporter: it could. americans have a different opinions. we asked if sonia sotomayor is qualified, could senators be justified in voting against her. some of those issue, affirmative action and gun rights could come up. american are split and different than it used to be back in the day, if somebody was qualified they should antibiotic proved. >> democrats and republicans split. we've seen the poll numbers. is there anything they agree on when it comes to sonia sotomayor? >> reporter: one thing. not so good. we asked what do you think will happen coming up on the confirmation hearings and you can see six out of ten say a major fight between the parties and less than four out of ten think it will be a bipartisan kind of week. could be some fireworks. >> we'll be watching very closely starting tomorrow morning at

they'll pass along recommendations through defense secretary robert gates and the pentagon policy team soon. we'll see what happens. >>> after three straight delays back hear at home, the space shuttle "endeavour" is on the pad fueled up and ready to go. will a fourth launch attempt be the charm? the car listens. you say call nina, you get nina. you say play puccini, 12 sony speakers... play puccini. you say get me to the game, you get there step by step. with our voice activated sync technology, no one speaks your language like we do. we speak the 2010 ford fusion. get in... and drive one. >>> we're physical lowing the news out of iraq about the bombings of six churches in a 24-hour period. as promised, we are back in baghdad with cnn's michael ware. what can you tell us about all this? >> reporter: what i can tell you is in the last three hours or so there's been five targeted bombings of christian churches here in the capital, baghdad. roughly around the time of sunday evening services. there was also an addition alboming late last night at st. joseph's church in iraq. because of th

i had a chance to talk with robert cabana the director of the kennedy space center and he and many others wish it weren't this way. >> i want a u.s. capability. the russians were good partners in the columbia down time. we could not have maintained the space station without our russian partners. it is important to have more than one way to access space. when we go back to the moon do we want partnership? absolutely. do we want to rely on another country to fly our astronauts to space? absolutely not. >> reporter: once they get off the ground, 16-day mission, 13 people in space, seven on the shuttle, six on the international space station, the largest gathering ever. hopefully they will get the vehicle off the ground. >> you stole jacque's thunder, or lightning. >> reporter: sorry, jacque. >> where is that storm? >> the space center is right over here. this is the thunderstorm we are going to be looking at. it is moving east/southeast. we have an hour to get this thing out of the 20-mile range we are talking about. it is on the cusp, holding west of i-95. it is looking questionable as to w

don't be surprised to see george clooney or robert de niro in michigan. the hollywood a-listers have joined clint eastwood to make major motion pictures in the embattled state. >> we are focused on the creative economy, whether it is film making. >> if i have to come back here again it is going to be ugly. >> clint eastwood's "gran torino" takes place close to detroit. a 42% tax break for studios that hire local workers rather than bring in their own crews. sounds great, but even though michigan have a skilled labor force most don't have any experience working on film sets. enter mort mizer in and the center for film studies, the school gives michigan workers the chance to hone their skills to meet the needs of movie execs. >> i don't think hollywood woke up this morning and decided, hey, let's go to michigan. they are coming to michigan because the tax sunsets are here. >> reporter: a full course isn't cheap, it cost five grand. 75% of the workers are getting funding from no worker left behind program. these workers who used to build homes are learning h

my favorite example was when joe biden was on the judicial committee and john roberts was testifying, biden had a half an hour to ask questions. biden talked for 24 of the 30 minutes available. you know, that's what a lot of the questioning is like. you know what? that's great for sotomayor. she wants to sit there. she can't lose to the senators are talking. that will be fine with her. >> our senior legal analyst, mr. jeffrey toobin and author of "the nine" which is about the supreme court. always good to see you. >> it's the nerd super bowl tomorrow. i can't wait. >> thank you, jeffrey. remember you can see judge sotomayor's confirmation hearings live right here on cnn. the pointed questions about her background, her rulings from the bench, and much more live all week. >>> it is a tough thing to hear. families finding out bodies of their loved ones were stacked in piles in a chicago area cemetery. we'll hear their stories. >>> also former vice president cheney out of office and under fire, accused of telling the cia to hide things from congress. political analyst lynn sweet and april

i'm john roberts. >> welcome back. >> i'm kiran chetry. we have a lot going on today. we're following several developing stories this morning. we'll be breaking them down. first up, just hours from now, history unfolds as the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor begin. republicans are planning to use some of her own words against her. we're live in washington with what sotomayor may expect today. >> democrats say they want an investigation. republicans say they're just playing politics. a fierce backlash breaking out this morning after members of congress announced former

the record is significantly more complete and john roberts and samuel alito just a few years ago. the judge's testimony will be carried live on television stations and also live via webcast, something that i have set up for the judiciary committee website. my review of her judicial records leads me to believe that she's a careful and restrained judge with a deep respect for the judicial area and including the law and making role in the congress. that conclusion is supported by a number of independent studies that have been made of her records. it shines through in a comprehensive review of her tough record of criminal cases. she has a deep understanding of the real lives of americans and the duty of law enforcement to help keep americans safe and responsibility of all of us to respect the freedoms that define america. now, unfortunately, someone south to twist her words in political attacks. pressure groups began attacking her even before the president made his selection. they stepped up her attacks and that's not the american way and should not be the senate way. and in truth we

justices roberts and alito. so judge sotomayor, i would like to avoid code words and look for a simple pledge from you during these hearings, that you will respect the role of congress as representatives of the american people, that you will decide cases based on the law and the facts, that you will not pre-judge any case but listen to every party that comes before you and that you will respect precedent and limit yourself to the issues that the court must decide, in short, that you will use the broad discretion of a supreme court justice wisely. let me emphasize that broad discretion. as justice stevens has said, the work of federal judges from the days of john marshall to the present, like the work of the english common law judges, sometimes requires the exercise of judgment, a faculty that inestbly calls into play notions of justice, fairness and concern about the future impact of a decision. look at our history. america's common law inheritance is the acretion over generations of individual exercises of judg

in 1987, the big supreme court fight of all of our lives was robert bork. he was defeated, no doubt about it, because of his ideology by a democrat senate. clarence thomas was four years later. that didn't really have much to do with ideology. i think we all remember it had to do with other things. but after that, there was a period of kind of quiet, where the republicans sort of gave in and said okay, clinton's the president, but it is true that the democrats have raised the stakes and fought hard on both chief justice roberts and samuel alito. >> guys, hold that thought. we're getting ready to hear from arlen specter and al franken. you'll hear those opening statements coming up next. sdmoo >>> republican turned democrat, arlen specter of pennsylvania, now speaking. >> a century later, there were only 161 signed opinions, 2007, there were only 67 signed opinions. i start on the cases which are not cited, although i could start in many, many areas. could start with the circuit splits, where one court of appeals in one section of the country goes one way, a

why we're spending so much time attacking john roberts and the roberts court. i thought this was supposed to be about judge sotomayor. >> speaking of judge sotomayor, let me wrap things up with that. i want to get from you now, did you -- obviously you got a chance to listen to what she said there. it wasn't a long comment but she did right away, she hit it and hit it hard. she said fidelity to the law. loyalty to the law and then she went on to say my task as a judge is not to make the law. sounds like she, senator, is singing your tune. is that enough? >> well, she said all the right things in her statement. what i would like to do is have her reconcile what she said in her opening statement with the speeches that i alluded to earlier. that's where i'm going to inquire during my -- >> what about the ricci case? is that going to be something you will hammer away at as well? >> well, it is. i worry that the way she and her fellow judges sort of seemed to sweep that case by the firefighters under the rug, it took another judge to call them out on it, and then ul

republican on the committee and voted on two previous supreme court nominations both bush nominees justice roberts and justice alito. he's from the state of alabama. he opposed sotomayor back in 1998 when she was up for the appellate court and he was nominated himself and remember his nomination was defeated in this very same judiciary committee and here's what is at issue so far. he had said he's concerned her policy preferences influence her decision making and, wolf, he is leading the charge for threns today questioning her saying in her speeches and her rulings she has not been as impartial. infidelity to the law and she is saying now her answers are much more politically motivated, not what she has done over the course of her record. >> very good point, john. the other sensitive issue that came up, her first effort to explain that controversial comment he made about being a wise, latina woman and a wise latina woman could make a better decision than a white man. you're very sensitive to this issue. she said what she was trying to do was inspire young latinos that they can reach for the stars.

that is the formulation that john roberts used, samuel alito also said, but between the lines with roberts and alito, you could see that that was a decision they were uncomfortable with. i didn't sense any similar discomfort with judge sotomayor here and she was nominated by a president who was pro-choice and the proabortion rights and president bush, who was anti-abortion rights appointed alito and roberts and that will be reflected in their tenure on the court. >> candy, in terms of all of her decisions, not a whole lot, if any, that addressed the issue of abortion rights. >> one on mexico city policy, but that's the only one that mentioned the word abortion that i could find. so, frankly, when you do look at a record, all these hot button issues, we really know very little and it would have been surprising had she not said that rowe v. wade was law. >> when she was part of the legal defense fund she reported strongly and she took a great interest in and they did want taxpayer funding of abortion and they did want to get rid of parental notification and they did try to get no 24-hour not

roberts did the same thing. olli t olito did the same thing. >> they are all refuse tog do because of court. he spelled out all of his positions and you know what happened. >> that's right but that was, i think, the process working as it should, because the senate had a chance to make a judgment on the merits. what are they afraid of? >> not getting confirmed. >> that's not my concern. my concern is for the good of the country. >> here is another question. he said the biggest mistake he made in his hearings was that he actually told the truth and answered the questions. >> the other question i might ask, is she the perfect nominee for democratic senators running for re-election in swing states coming up. she may not be. we were talking about lblanche lincoln, a moderate conservative democrat. if i were her, i would be thinking what other republicans are going to run against me. she spent more and put us deeper into the debt than any senator ever. that wasn't enough. now, she supports a democratic nominee that op

let me tell you what justice roberts said. he said he would recuse himself, and i'm quoting, from matters which he participated while a judge on the court of appeals matters. since you did acknowledge that the incorporation decision was the issue in your second circuit case and the question i asked was if that is the issue from the ninth and seventh circuits, you would consider yourself bound by that, it would seem to me that you should be willing to make the same kind of commitments that justice roberts and justice alito did. >> i didn't understand their commitment to be broader than what i have just said, that they would recuse themselves from any matter. i understood it to mean any case that they had been involved in as a circuit judge. if their practice was to recuse themselves more broadly, then obviously i would take counsel from what they did. but i believe, if my memory is serving me correctly, and it may not be but i think so, that justice alito, as a supreme court justice, has heard issues that were similar to ones t

i'm john roberts. >> i'm kiran chetry. we begin the morning with the breaking news of a plane crash. a passenger plane carrying 150 people crashing this morning in northwest iran. it happened about 75 miles northwest of teheran. everyone onboard feared dead at this point. and in a moment, we're going to show you the pictures we just got in to cnn. here's what we know right now. iran state radio reporting it was a caspian airlines jet that was headed from teheran to the armenian capital. it crashed about 75 miles northwest of teheran. the wreckage you're seeing there engulfed in flames making it

chief justice roberts who is now giving justice scalia a run for his money. so, she sounds to me like she's going to fit right in there, not because she's some shrinking flower, but because she's tough. that's considered a skill for a supreme court justice. >> let's take a quick break because there's a lot to digest and we have the exchange that sonia sotomayor had with john cornyn ready to go on the wise latina comment. cnn.com, you can see these hearings uninterrupted and we're streaming all of that live. the doctor diagnosed arthritis in my right knee. but with aleve, i don't have to worry about my knees hurting. only two aleve can stop pain all day. that would take three times as many tylenol arthritis pain. aleve works for me. ♪ ♪ which one's me - for a cool convertible or an suv? ♪ ♪ too bad i didn't know my credit was whack ♪ ♪ 'cause now i'm driving off the lot in a used sub-compact. ♪ ♪ f-r-e-e, that spells free credit report dot com, baby. ♪ ♪ saw their ads on my tv ♪ thought about going but was too lazy ♪ ♪ now instead of

she will be alito and roberts on the court. really, you can see no differences, which i think most people would find inaccurate that that's not her background. on the puerto rican legal defense fund, which, again, she was on the litigation committee and i believe she headed it and active in supporting it and that committee and she signed a letter to that effect. that they did go to try to limit taxpayer funding of abortion and wipe out parental notification on a few occasions, things like that. again, most republicans would have no trouble voting for her if she was pro-choice or prolife as long as she adhered to the law, strict interpretation of the law and hadn't said those other things like judges make policy from the bench. that's the real concern. >> on the litigation committee, she reviewed staffing, resources and didn't write the briefs. but, more importantly, i don't think the reason you can't expect roberts, alito or sotomayor to answer the question what about viability and technolo, those are precisely the issues that

my question to you is, do you agree with what chief justice roberts said when he was just judge roberts, that is an area of making laws to transgress into what congress has done by way of finding the facts? >> i would find it difficult to agree with someone else's words. i can tell you how much i understand the deference that congress is owed. i can point to you at least to two cases and there are many, many more, that shows how much i value the fact that we are courts that must give deference to congress in the fields that are within its constitutional power. >> do you agree with chief justice roberts? i sent you that quotation a long time ago and told you i would ask you about it. do you agree with him or not? >> i agree to the extent that when talking about the deference that congress is owed. i can't speak for what he intended to say by that. >> not what he intended to say. what he did say. >> i heard what he said, sir, but i don't know what he intended in that description. i do know what i can say, which is that i do understand the importance to congress' factual findings, that my

i'm john roberts. >> i'm kiran chetry. today is two days after bastille day. what does that mean? >> i'm following the tour de france very closely because lance armstrong is very close, eight seconds back. and bastille day is a big day in the tour de france. that was two days ago. that's a headline of "was" magazine. we're looking at "now" magazine today. >> such a strange man, john. >> you think? we're following several stories this morning. we'll break them down for you. an eighth person arrested in a murder that shocked the florida communit

. >> the only reason i mention this is when alito and roberts were before this panel, they were asked about memos they wrote in the reagan administration, clients they represented, a lot to try to suggest that you, if you wrote a memo about this area of the law to your boss ronald reagan, you must not be fit to judge. they were able to explain the difference between being a lawyer in the reagan administration and being a judge and to the credit of many of my democratic colleagues, they understood that. i'm just trying to make the point that when you are an advocate, when you are on this board, the board took positions that i think are left of center and you have every right to do it. have you ever known a low-income latino woman that was devotely prowife? >> yes. >> have you known a low-income latino family that supported the death family? >> yes. >> so, the point is there are many point of view within groups based on income. you have, i think, consistently as an advocate took a point of view that was left of center. you have a judge than generally in the main stream. the ricc ice cas

that's what we did on roberts and alito and senator leahy committed to that. i'm -- we'll all try to keep our time down now. most people had most of their questions answered. but there will be a third round. >> you promised the american people they would be courteous, substantive sessions, if you forgive the pun, with the supreme court nominee and i want to thank you because these sessions have been very useful, very good. we've learned a great deal about the law and the supreme court and i think it's a useful service for the american public who are watching right now across the country. senator sessions, thanks very much for doing that. >> thank you, i appreciate your affirmation of that. that's one of my highest goals and i hope people will feel that way when it's all over. >> when the dust settles we will all have at least learned something about the law that is critical to all of us. thank you, jeff sessions, the ranking republican on the judiciary committee. we will continue our coverage of these historic hearings. we are waiting for al franken, he will h

i'm john roberts. >> we are following several developing stories this morning. we'll break them down for you. breaking news out of jakarta, indonesia. an apparent target hotel injuring dozens, including three americans. we will bring you the very latest in just a moment. >>> president obama delivering a poul

at this briefing that just took place, robert wood was asked about that. he said, these attacks do not undermine the believe that this is indonesia, a democracy that is thriving and that these attacks will happen. it doesn't change that picture. finally, the united states has asked -- has offered any type of help. it could be the fbi, forensics help. the government has thanked them but so far is not asking for anything. kyra? >> jill dougherty, thanks. >>> senate hearings for sonia sotomayor are over. what's next? we'll tell you. (man) i'm rethinking everything... including who i trust to look after my money. ♪ (woman) the dust might be settling... that's great, but i'm not. ♪ (second man) i guess i'm just done with doing nothing, you know? ♪ (third man) oh, i'm not thinking about moving my money. i am moving it. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 car insurance company in the nation. but, it's not like we're kicking back, now, havin' a cuppa tea. gecko vo: takes lots of sweat to become that big. gecko vo: 'course, geckos don't literally sweat... it's just not our t

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i think that's exactly what chief justice roberts did, what justice alito did, what justice ginsburg and justice bauer and everyone hawaii done. they do not comment on it, because they don't know what might come before the court and the shart has a right to ask, the senate, and she has a right to refuse to get into thing like gun control, aboorgs and other issue. >> she said i can't comment on that until i see the case and facts before me. thanks so much for your insight today. >> my pleasure. >>> a parent crime should not mean a life sentence of pain and tragedy for the child. a woman making a difference for other children. that's coming up. >>> also, why walter cronkite became the most trusted man in america. two former colleagues share their thoughts about the explained newsman. we decide to turn in early. we just know. announcer: finding the moment that's right for you both can take some time. that's why cialis gives men with erectile dysfunction options: 36-hour cialis or cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you

she's got tremendous judicial history, more so than roberts and alito. i mean, she's got an outstanding education. she's going to be a great supreme court judge. this woman will make the cortistatus quo, avery knows, the next one that obama selects that's going to be the swing vote. >> i agree with that. i really agree with that. >> thanks, gentlemen. appreciate it. appreciate it, richard and avery. >>> an olympic task, not just getting through all those four cases in record time, but an olympic task that attracts just the man to take it on. he's our cnn hero. mom was diagnosed with moderate alzheimer's. it was tough news to hear. everything changed. i didn't know what to do. right about then, our doctor mentioned the exelon patch. he said it releases medicine continuously for 24 hours. he said it could help with her cognition which includes things like memory, reasoning, communicating and understanding. (announcer) the most common side effects of exelon patch are nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. the likelihood and severity of these side effects may increa

and n roberts says sotomayor will be one of the best judges this country has ever had. and then on my facebook, nasir says, she promised to base her decision on the constitution. if she keeps her promise she will do well. chris grant on facebook saying she seems to contradict her own previous statement from the past. to me that's not what you want in a position such as that. we welcome your comments on facebook and my blog. thank you for contributing to them. we continue to focus on sonia sotomayor and potential confirmation come tuesday at least that is the scheduled time for the confirmation vote. remembering a legend in broadcast news. >>> good evening from the cbs news control center in new york this is walter cronkite reporting. walter cronkite, gone at the age of 92. hi, may i help you? yeah, i'm looking for car insurance that isn't going to break the bank. you're in the right place. only progressive gives you the option to name your price. here. a price gun? mm-hmm. so, i tell you what i want to pay. and we build a policy to fit your budget. that's cool. uh... [

cnns john roberts says that, quote, anything that came out of walter's mouth, you could believe. because you knew he believed it. walter cronkite was 92. cronkite covered some of the biggest stories in recent american history, assassinations of john f. kennedy jr., martin luther king jr. assassination, the vietnam war. walter gate to mention just a few. we are going to talk about his legacy now with host of cnns "reliable sources." so your most vivid memory of walter cronkite? >> well, in person, it would have been two years ago when i visited him in his manhattan apartment. he slowed down, a little hard-of-hearing. he was sharp and full of opinions as you might expect. >> what did y'all talk about? >> we talked abouten part his decision, wasn't really his decision to step down in 1981. he was a relatively young, 65 years old. truth is that for all the praise heaped on him now, cbs kind of forced him out to make room for dan rather. and i think that he was still had some bitterness about that. felt he could have gone, five, six years. cbs didn't make much room for him on the air

it made it sound like alito, roberts, scalia, don't have personal experiences at all. they just go strictly by the law. which when you read these decisions you can tell they do use those personal experiences. >> of what you witnessed this week during the hearings, did it inspire you in your pursuit in the field of law? did it in any way maybe kind of stoke the fire of, hey, one day, i want to become a supreme court justice especially because of what i saw? >> i think that judge sotomayor's nomination is general is an inspirational story. where she came from, how hard she worked, the tremendous amount of achievement that she was able to achieve, i mean that's american dream. >> we heard justice ginsberg say not too many months ago, it's that only being the only woman on the bench if. >> i think you see in cases, for example, that the strip church case, i can't remember the name of now, i think it was important even though you have justices applying broader legal concept, it was still a 13-year-old girl who was strip search and it was valuable to have someone who had bee

. >> reporter: robert bowling helped branch and terry find work. his organize, the williamburg community house, received $490,000 from the stimulus for its summer employment program. he said that money means he can put 200 people to work this summer compared to 137 last year. >> it is very difficult for a young person with no job skills at all to compete in a marketplace where individuals are losing work all the time. >> reporter: but these are temporary jobs, which is why some, like virginia congressman eric cantor, are questioning whether summer employment is the most effective use of stimulus money. >> i think the american people are just frustrated seeing their taxpayer dollars wasted and when you say that you want to see a stimulus bill work, they, the american people, expect that stimulus bill will be focused like a laser on creating jobs. >> reporter: are they wrong? >> to say that this summer program does not work doesn't really hit the point. the point is you're training young people for the future. >> reporter: shawn branch, at least, alr