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For 28 years under its director Ron Kagan, the Detroit Zoo pioneered a worldwide movement to showcase wild creatures more ethically while hosting record numbers of visitors at Detroits collection and adding dozens of new exhibits. Kagan announced Tuesday hell retire this summer. The Detroit Zoological Society has formed a search committee to seek the zoos next director, according to a news release. Kagan, 69, will leave his longtime roles as executive director and CEO of the Zoological S...

>> well, i think so. >> reporter: you think so. >> well, i think theyll be raised. >> reporter: jeffrey toobin has a sense of how the hearings starting today will go. >> i think her critique of the hearings was dead-on. i expect she will not follow her own advice and will instead follow the advice of the people in the white house which is always, say as little as possible. >> well, well be watching today to see if toobin was right. during kagans confirmation hearing for solicitor general, she wa...

Own advice and will instead follow the advice of the people in the white house which is always, say as little as possible. >> reporter: well, during kagans confirmation hearing for solicitor general she was asked about her lack of judicial experience. she said then the communication skills she developed that made her an excellent teacher would also help her argue. most of the folks we talked to expect her to be confirmed but expect her also to face some tough and very real questions especially g...

Those decades. elena kagan was born in 1960 here in new york city. not too far from where supreme court justice sonia sotomayor grew up. so if kagan makes the court, there is some cross town rivalry possible. >> this appreciation for diverse views may also come in handy as a diehard mets fan serving alongside her new colleague yankees fan justice sotomayor who i believe has ordered a pin-striped robe for the occasion. [ laughter ] >> shepard: growing up, kagans mom was a teacher. her dad a lawye...

Schools first woman dean and tried to bar military recruiters from campus because of the dont ask dont tell policy. supporters say she developed a good reputation as someone who could bring people together. the fox news contributor lis wiehl a harvard alum says kagan hosted poker parties in her home to bring together liberal and conservative professors. >> shepard: bringing together liberals and conservatives. thats one thing at a poker table. what remains is whether she will have similar succes...

Get up to $800 off select john deere equipment at this months green tag event. visit johndeere.com/greentageve to find an event near yo >> shepard: im shepard smith. this is "the fox report." its the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. supreme court nominee elena kagan is expected to start meeting with senators within the next couple of days in advance of her eventual confirmation hearing. if senators do eventually confirm her, the court will have three women justices for the first...

And the "times" reports her father, a yale alum, was crushed when she went crimson. after graduation, she started her career with clerkships, including one for somebody she admired. >> she has often referred to supreme court justice thurgood marshal for whom she clerked as her hero. i understand he reciprocated by calling her shorty. [ laughter ] >> shepard: have to wonder whether that nickname had anything to do with her basketball game. the "times" report she participated in pickup games in th...

Many peoples lives. >> shepard: if the president gets his way kagan will no longer stand before the supreme court justice. instead she will sit beside them as a colleague. even though the senate confirmed kagan for current position, some republican lawmakers are warning of a renewed focus on her career she has never served as a judge. >> im not suggesting that anyone has ever had to serve as a judge to serve as a justice even though thats a good expersonal basis for it her experience is pretty t...