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Amazing list of people he was considering. he consulted with senators on both sides of the aisle as well as those outside the senate. as a scholar of the constitution himself, he brought a wealth of knowledge and insight to the selection process. he wanted to select an outstanding future justice well within the mainstream of legal and constitutional thought and her recent confirmation to be solicitor general of the united states would appear to support that. just over a year ago the senate consi...

Bombing? or did shahzad find the pakistani taliban and met with them a few times and they gave him a rough pamphlet, bomb making pamphlet and sent him out there? i think its these types of details thatll make it easier to determine what type of threat the pakistani taliban is right now. these are details the u.s. officials have yet to come out with. >> thanks so much in islamabad. this of course continues to be top of line for the obama administration as does this. word is that the president c...

>> and this prime minister and this government have left our economy in such a complete mess. >> we cannot afford to lose jobs and businesses and lose growth now. >> what you cant do, and this is where i really disdegrees is try and fool you into thinking that just efficiency saving is enough. you cant fill a black hole by just a few paper clips in whitehall. >> dawna friesen is in been london. its amazing to see how much television has completely taken over this election process in great britai...

61% said liberal. flip that now. the majority said moderate. today the president is reaching out to senate leaders at the center of the selection process. senior white house correspondent ed henry joining us live. ed, what are we expecting today? >> reporter: kiran, in the next hour the president will be sitting down with the bipartisan leadership in the senate, particularly from the judiciary committee that will be dealing with these confirmation hearings in large part what the white house want...

Megyn: here is a quick look at stories we are watching. president obama says there will not be a litmus test on abortion as he picks his next supreme court novel knee. he met with senate leaders from both parties to discuss the selection process. the pentagon ruling out a military strike against irans nuclear program for now. the under secretary of defense. a religious liberty group complained about franklin grahams description of islam as evil. imagine your dream comes true. you open your own b...

>> do you remember the student charged with hacking into sarah pal palins e-mail account during the presidential race? his trial has begun. the latest on that ahead. first, other important storying were following. joe johns has the "360" news and business bulletin. joe? >> anderson, president obama has been privately reaching out to candidates for the pending supreme court vacancy. thats according to an administration source involved in the selection process. the talks are described as phone con...

Remember the former college student charged with hacking into sarah palins e-mail account during the presidential race? his trial has begun. well have the latest on that ahead. first, some other important stories were following. joe johns has the "360" news and business bulletin. joe? >> anderson, president obama has been privately reaching out to candidates for the pending supreme court vacancy. thats according to an administration source involved in the selection process. the talks are describ...

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Picking someone to replace the retiring supreme court justice john paul stevens. hes starting the selection process by calling a meeting at the white house next week with senate leaders from both parties. cnn john kings here, and hes covering the story and hell be covering a lot more at the top of the hour on "john king, usa." this is pretty unusual to invite the republican and the democratic leadership in, saying lets discuss. >> presidents in the past have reached out to the other party, wolf,...

Stevens among serving of the supreme court members, president obama has the second chance to shape the courts direction. and he nominated sonia sotomayor last year and he said the juror will affect the daily lives of the american people. >> it will be someone who like justice stevens knows in democracy, powerful interest must not be allowed to drown out the voice of the ordinary citizens. >> leading the selection process will be white house counsel bob bower who met the president on air force on...