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i couldnt get enough pictures. >> 2,000 g.w.u. grads, parents, siblings and friends and oh, yeah, a special commencement speech. >> i am so honored to help you celebrate this wonderful day. >> the first ladys appearance has a back story of sorts. >> it really taught me the power of volunteer work. >> eight months ago, mrs. obama issued a challenge to g.w. volunteer for 100,000 hours of community service this year, and i will be your speaker. >> since then students had been rebuilding h...

Capitol hill. >> reporter: well, its very interesting. you know, you had 31 republicans who voted for elena kagan when she was nominated to her current post, which is solicitor general. but republican after republican after republican has said today that it is very different when youre talking about a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. and its also interesting in seeing some of the e-mails that are just flying around today, especially by conservative activists, theres a lot of pressure o...

Begin to read them. i doubt there is anything there to occasion a filibuster. i think it highly unlikely that it would be fill bustered. >> why do you think that is? . >> shes no, maam natalgna -- qualified. shes charming. she has a background in law and knows the law. those are basic requirements for a supreme court justice. >> as senator kyl said, were talking eight minutes after her nor formal nomination and there is so much they dont know about her. i know we have been talking a lot this mor...

Sessions, and the other comments of senator kyl, two very important republican senators when it comes to judicial confirmations. they were pretty unconfrontational. they were not loaded for bear about elena kagan. they certainly didnt say they were going to vote for her. but the comments were very much in the realm of, were going to take a hard look at it. were not making any promises. but if you want to defeat a supreme court nominee the way democrats defeated robert borke in 1987, you need to ...

Conference moments after the president formally introduced elena kagan. leahy said he hopes the process goes smoothly and is glad he picked somebody from outside the monastery who doesnt have judicial experience. he thinks that would be a good addition to the court. but he said, republicans, if the president sent, quote, moses the lawgiver, some republicans would object. having said that, whats interesting is i just interviewed the number two republican, the republican who counts the votes, john...

When an undergraduate aspirins -- at princeton and speeches since shes been solicitor general and opinions for justice thurgood marshall when she clerked. so there are things people can look at to get an indication of where her thinking is. >> sometimes our leader for shadow and john kyle says shes a liberal but we could have done worse. shes not far off base for him. bill kristol, editor of the weekly standard and contributor for fox news channel, noted conservative said shes antimilitary becau...

carolina when i met donald. invited me to go to lunch to buy me a hot meal. i found out after he left that donald had been homeless. he was actually living at the shelter. >> she lost her job and it changed her life. a woman works her way across the 50 states in 50 weeks. also -- >> i dont think its a question of conservative. i think its a question of responsible. he was not responsible when he voted for bailouts. it was not responsible to vote to save companies that have virtually di...

every americans. president obama nominated his choice for the supreme court justice, a short paper trail but republicans are promising a battle over her confirmation. her name a elena kagan, she works in the justice department as solicitor general. basically the lawyer for the people. she was given the gig after winning senate confirmation last year. more on her legal background in a bit. the president nominated her to replace john paul stevens who plans to retire this summer. and in...

whippersnapper on the bench. president obama expected to name his supreme court choice within an hour or so. get the nomination live right here on the "cnn newsroom." connecting the dots. getting a clear picture. the taliban most likely orchestrated that car bomb in the heart of new york city. the dome was a flop. b.p., whats your plan b? we begin with history in the making. you get a front row seat. one hour from now, president obama due to announce his choice for the u.s. supreme...

law review." stay tuned to c-span and check our information on our web site. taking a look at who will be on the program to more. we will have a roundtable discussion regarding offshore drilling tomorrow. and dennis -- the ocean conservancy will talk about the glass-steagall act. . . [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> the mid term elections are just six months away and could change the power of balance in ...