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Was at a chinese restaurant, and everyone thought she was joking, but she said, no, i was really at a chinese restaurant. so she was quite incredibly charming and smart throughout who they will thing and really was never stumped once. >> was there anything that came out of general kagan today that surprised you whether juris prudentially questions that she did not answer that you did not anticipate answering? >> i did not she would come out so strongly for cameras in the courtroom. i'm a strong co-sponsor that have legislation. that was a nice response and the way she handled the military recr...

People, you take them out. >> right. >> all the population protection stuff, you know, maybe, maybe not, but let's keep our eye on the ball here. but you heard petraeus say today you can't just apply the rote lessons of iraq, whatever they may be, to afghanistan. these are different places, so i think it still remains to be seen. >> the rote lessons of iraq stop going to war. spencer ackerman, thanks for joining me tonight. >> so great to see you, chris. >> all right. coming up, elena kagan showed off her legal jujutsu skills. the republicans need to find a new line of attack and john bainer i...

Like it. perhaps the most notable thing to report from today's hearing is that kagan is as advertised really a charmer. today kagan displayed the disarming ease, wit and knack for a well-timed joke that have made her so uniformly well-liked by her colleagues in other endeavors. beyond that, we still didn't get that much of an indication of what kind of justice she would make, though she does support letting cameras into the supreme court. >> from all perspectives, televising would be a good idea. it means i'd have to get my hair done more often, senator spect er. >> let -- let me commend you -...

Record. as in previous hearings, there will no doubt be some tension during this hearing between what senators want to know and what general kagan is willing to tell us. unlike previous hearings, however, ms. kagan has already outlined quite clearly what she believes the supreme court nominee should be willing to talk about in a hearing like this without this information, ms. casan has written the senate, quote, becomes improperly able of evaluating nominees or educating the public. about a supreme court neem knee, vote, the vote she would cast, perspective she would ad, the bottom line is the...

Preparation of how not to react. it looks like she's past that. >> we should explain to folks who haven't heard the jargon that a murder board is not that, it's actually a rehearsal process wherein the candidate is put against the tail and they throw rhetorical questions against her and elena kagan has got a lot of that. it's usually overseen by the administration or at least participated in. this morning before she came to the confirmation hearings ms. kagan was invited to the white house where she had a last-minute stop by president obama and we were told he gave her encouraging words and tr...