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And now, mcclain receives honors for american culture. she sat down with gloria bourger and shared award-winning moments from her career. >> i remember sitting in the car with john kennedy on top of mulholland drive talking about film and power and entertainment. and thats all we did was talk. >> oh, okay. you were backstage when marilyn monroe sung happy birthday at the garden to kennedy? >> oh, theres a back story to that. marilyn wouldnt come out of her dressing place. i dont know, she didn...

Incumbent out of office five years. maybe this time theyll do it. >> one of the first questions you raised in "the cafferty file." getting ready in august for our fifth anniversary. jack, you might be right. >> are we going to have a cake or anything? >> maybe not a cake, but maybe cupcakes. >> come on. cupcakes. >> jack, see you. thank you. elena kagan will make history in a number of ways if and when she becomes a united states supreme court justice. if the presidents new nominee is confirme...

At harvard, then on to columbia to complete her legal education. that means, wolf, nine ivy league law school graduates on the court, and tr that point ever view, i dont think thats enough converse are diversity. many would like to see broader reach. very good law schools. im proud both of them, even so, i think thats less diversity than we like over time. >> spoken by someone who went to -- i believe duke law school? >> no, harvard. >> went to duke undergraduate. >> no. yale under2k3wr5d. >> yo...

Climate change bill in limbo now. this was supposed to be the day three top u.s. senators introduced the environmental legislation, but republican senator lindsey graham dropped out of the talks with democrat john kerry and independent joe lieberman this weekend. graham complained about the democrats plan to debate immigration reform before climate change. our senior political analyst gloria bourger is here with more on the story. what happened? >> ever heard of something called politics? >> a l...

What are you hearing? first of all, how realistic is this notion that the senator is advancing that hillary clinton would be the next justice on the supreme court? >> reporter: im told not at all realistic. someone a senior democratic said to me, maybe misheard, maybe 2 was william clinton, bill clinton they were talking ak? there is precedent. former president, taft, appointed chief justice in 1921. he said, well, maybe theyve got the wrong clinton, but as far as this white house is concerned, ...

Hes not sure whether he will vote yes or not in the end. >> republicans -- voting on the first step. thanks very much. with the retirement of u.s. supreme court justice john paul stevens around the corner, rumors swirling about who his replacement will be. new name on the so-called short list. federal judge sydny thomas, martha minnow and liz whether warren. the one name sparking lots of attention, the name of the secretary of state. >> i even heard the name hillary clinton today. you know, an...