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The president nument because any new aappointment changeses the dynamics to the final cart. solicitor general elena kagan. d.c. court of appeals judge. 9th circuit court of appeals judge sidney thomas and second court of appeals judge, diane wood. and who is the front runner, nicole? >> hey, juliet, yeah, that's right, that short list you just ran through comes from the fact that each of these individuals has interviewed separately with president obama and vice-president joe biden. here in d.c., a consensus has taken hold at that solicitor general, elena kagan is the front runner and eric hold...

Had several who already confirmed her as solicitor general. one issue, though, she has a relatively small or thin paper trail and so people don't really know if she'll end up being as liberal as they thought, will she shift the court a little bit to the right when compared to justice stevens. d diane wood is another of the top choices. she is 59, on the higher end of the spectrum. it could make it more difficult to be the choice. she is more reliably liberal. they taught together at the university of chicago law school. merrick garland and sidney thomas said to be at the top of the pack. merri...

>> i think that she's done a great job as slisz or the general. the first woman to ever hold that job, first woman to be the dean of the harvard law school. i think people will get an understand ing who she is, what her judicial philosophy is, if, in fact, she is the pick. she's done a wonderful job in the justice department. i've known her since the clinton year, and i think she would be a great justice. >> well, back with us now a.b. stoddard, associate editor and columnist with "the hill" newspaper. good morning again. >> good morning, alex. >> let's throw out this one because we have elena...

>> yesterday's stunning defeat of republican senator bob bennett of utah could cig gnsigg changes in the november election. some conservatives criticized bennett for voting to bailout wall street and cosponsoring a bipartisan bill mandating health insurance coverage. word out of washington. president barack obama could name his supreme court pick within days. it looks like he's focusing on four candidates. the president has personally meet with candidates elena kagan, judge diane wood, judge merrick garland and judge sidney thomas. we want to update you about a couple of big consumer recal...

From the ash cloud, coming from the volcano in ice land, a plume of ash winding through parts of france, switzerland, italy, shutting down airport, and cancelling more than 200 flights, across europe today. and, aviation officials hope to get flights back on schedule by tomorrow morning. >> juliet: there is word out of the obama administration, the president is close to announcing his pick for the supreme court and the four front funners include appeals court judges diane wood, sidney thomas and merrick garland and there is buzz the front-runner, leading contender is u.s. solicitor general ele...