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>> reporter: with todays vote, lu becomes the first of president obamas judicial nominees to fail. >> this will not go down easy. >> reporter: with that last remark, democratic senator barbara boxer signaled the water of the senate confirmation hearings still poisoned after 20 years after the robert bjork hearings may become more poisonous. >> bret: thank you. the department of homeland security notified 30 cities across the country they are about to lose anti-terror funding from the federal gov...

Absolutely the senator is correct that we need to confront questions like even title -plts and larger spending programs, that has to be done, but we are not going to be able to do entitlement reform unless the president and the democratic leadership steps up and participates and theyve rejected that. the one thing that we can do and must do is reduce this wildly increasing discretionary spending as i just mentioned, education, transportation, energy are all receiving double-digit increase. jon: ...

Being grounded today across europe because of ash from that erupting volcano in iceland that we cant pronounce. on capitol hill, the judiciary committee is holding a hearing on a controversial court nominee, goodwin lus nomination will be a test of whether republicans can view a presidential court pick they view as far too liberal. today is the last day to mail back your 2010 census form. if you dont send it in, you can expect a knock on your door. census workers lit the street the starting may ...

Supreme court. hes a 39-year-old professor at the university of california berkeley. and if confirmed, hed be the only asian american currently on the appeals court. but republicans are expressing concern about his statements in support of same-sex marriage and affirmative action. our congressional correspondent brianna keilar has more on todays hearings. how did it go? >> this is a very tough hearing, wolf. goodwin lu very much on the hot seat. republicans have issues with him for many differen...

It seems unlikely. >> the democratic party is not the party of truman, kennedy, or jackson or even fdr. >> they is similar criticisms of the entrenched republicans. given the tendency to skepticism, they may be of the toughest 2012 caucus votes to collect. steve brown, fox news. >> a washington state man has been charged threatening to kill democratic senator patty murray over her support for healthcare reform. charles wilson was arrested in yakima today and the f.b.i. says he left threatening m...

It seems unlikely. >> the democratic party is not the party of truman, kennedy, or jackson or even fdr. >> they is similar criticisms of the entrenched republicans. given the tendency to skepticism, they may be of the toughest 2012 caucus votes to collect. steve brown, fox news. >> a washington state man has been charged threatening to kill democratic senator patty murray over her support for healthcare reform. charles wilson was arrested in yakima today and the f.b.i. says he left threatening m...

>> reporter: with todays vote, lu becomes the first of president obamas judicial nominees to fail. >> this will not go down easy. >> reporter: with that last remark, democratic senator barbara boxer signaled the water of the senate confirmation hearings still poisoned after 20 years after the robert bjork hearings may become more poisonous. >> bret: thank you. the department of homeland security notified 30 cities across the country they are about to lose anti-terror funding from the federal gov...

Dispizeed. -- despiseed. that is a bridge so far. >> reporter: one of the supporters defended the comments. >> it has a ring of passionate litigator making an argument with probably more zeal than he, himself, appreciates. >> reporter: but other supporters ignored it, focused on his resume. >> the american bar association didnt waste time evaluating professor goodwin lu. they warded him the highest possible rating. >> reporter: democrats urged republicans to follow their own mantra about the jud...

Dispizeed. -- despiseed. that is a bridge so far. >> reporter: one of the supporters defended the comments. >> it has a ring of passionate litigator making an argument with probably more zeal than he, himself, appreciates. >> reporter: but other supporters ignored it, focused on his resume. >> the american bar association didnt waste time evaluating professor goodwin lu. they warded him the highest possible rating. >> reporter: democrats urged republicans to follow their own mantra about the jud...