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house. to say, debate begins on the confirmation of sonia sotomayor are. final vote on the nomination could happen later in the week. live coverage of the senate begins tomorrow at 2:00 eastern on c-span2. . >> this week, our guest is bruce chadwick, author of a new book about founding father george wythe. it is called "i am murdered: george wythe, thomas jefferson and the killing that shocked a new nation." >> bruce chadwick, author of the "i am murdered, "where did you get the title and why have we not heard that much about george wythe? >> the idea of this book fell out of the sky...

bruce chadwick. after that, gordon brown meets with the liaison committee. . . >> i lost my balance and fell against a shelf and as i did, from a higher shelf, there was a hardbound copies but it hit me in the head and landed on the floor and cover opened up and the page said the murder of george wythe. knew who was but i did not know he had been murdered. one of the chapter titles was a quote where he told doctors who arrived to see him when he fell ill that he had been murdered. he had been poisoned and he was feeling very badly and he propped himself up by his fellows and stared a...

that perhaps somehow, we have established a new standard of fairness, for both democrats and republicans as we consider future nominees from the bench. . . and the assurance that private property will not be taken for anything by the government other than public use. then there is the new haven firefighter case that others have spoken about. it is not just the decision the judge made without substantial evidence that -- it is also the manner in which they refused to give a fair consideration of the firefighters claims and the way that i would hope that every federal judge will. many ...

reporter of the magazine talks about national security. "washington journal" it is next. ♪ host: president obama returned from camp david a little later this morning, and tomorrow he will introduce the post 9/11 g.i.. bill. it will be a busy month in august to run the country for the president and his cabinet. also, members of congress on health care issue. we will look to follow the president a bit, and hit some town hall meetings with members of congress through the month as they continue to talk about the big health-care issue. we're reading in "the n.y. times" this morning, the...

[roll call] . . [roll-call] [roll-call] [roll-call] beelin} [roll-call] [roll-call] [roll-call ] [roll-call] >> have all members responded to the call of the rule? -- call of the role? any member wish to change his or her vote? the clerk will tally the vote. are you ready? >> mr. chairman, final passage on a vote the ayes are 31 the nays are 28. 31-28, the bill is approved. [applause] >> mr. chairman -- i asked that we have the usual number of days for people to put statements in the record and a minority to offer their views. >> without [unintelligible] the that would be the order. ...