between princeton material and non-princeton material. they gave him the best deal. he studied something practical in case his athletic career did not work out. people go to princeton on athletic scholarships and do not end up playing pro. after he left, he moved to washington and became a patent attorney. we added some how badly to corporate life and his ivy league education, such that he moved our family to a tiny little farm, not on the outskirts of the city but will be on the outskirts where we armed with horses and i went to a public school, with no real idea of at the places that he had been or the kind of places that i was going to end up. >> how did the mormonism come into your life? >> when i was 12-years old my father went to a difficult thing, the loss of his father, and a job loss. >> living where? >> phoenix, ariz., of all places. we left the midwest in a hurry. the family was under great stress. the mormon missionaries came to the door and knocked and they had a rare success where they converted a family in not too many week

princeton was a strange institution in 1980. this has come out a little bit with sownia znia sotomayor. they had only started letting in women a few years before. and only started letting in the unborn into. they started letting in different races and ethnic backgrounds and who did sell on the s. a. t. tests. they didn't mix all that way. there was an alienation. when that occurs, there are drugs and other forms of bad behavior. >> did you ever get caught? >> no. princeton is a largely unpleased island. it reminds me of the island in lord of the rings. they bring these bright kids in there and let us loose. i wasn't aware of much super virgs even from afar. going back to reubenstein. did you win that in >> i did. the roeds ask you in interviews questions like, what is the world's greatest problem. i answered communication and said that man and animal weren't communicating well. >> i got to the other interviews. they asked me, did i like to take walks. they asked me why i had gotten bes on my spanish test. i said i was drunk. the

a princeton, yes. if particularly issues are brown south africa, apartheid, the view on endowments of the school at the time. >> how did that play out? would we have seen new discussing things with teachers? what would we have seen? >> some degree of demonstration, but the majority is about the issues we felt strongly about, in addition to which there was a building on campus that was named at that point the "third world center" that was the focus of all of the ethnic clubs. so a number of us spent a lot of time there, and also engaged teachers and administrators around some of the topics we thought were very important. >> you had mentioned the memorial -- minority percentage was about 10%. what was it at princeton? >> 6, 6 and a half %. overt discrimination, no, covert discrimination -- there were some traces of that. i want to be clear, prints and timmy was a phenomenal learning experience of wear around, both academically and experiencing life, and i met my wife there, and we continued to go back to

in princeton she won the pine prize, which is nor the outstanding student in the class. so that's some doing. so i think that she has definitely shown she's a very capable person. >> what do you make of the pat buchanan side of the world that wants to argue with everything, including her academic achievement, that none of it was earned by her. i will let you listen to pat buchanan earlier on "hardball" this year. >> she said herself she was an affirmative action baby herself. >> her words. >> her words. yeah, and she also said, look, in college i had to read classic children's books in order to learn english a little better. she's been advanced her whole career. she got on yale law review. here are her l-sat scores? where has she written something in the law review that's really -- where is an opinion of her we've seen that's really brilliant? you might disagree with it. none of that is here. >> you want spaul for president. >> sarah palin is accomplished on her own right. no affirmative action there, boy. >> senator, you and pat buchanan seem to represent opposite ends

sergio, who followed her to princeton felt the same way. >> princeton had just recently admitted women, it wasn't until around that same era that a lot of people of color came to. the congratulatiograduates at te primarily white male and many thought that the school was changing in a drks it shouldn't be changed to. >> outside the classroom, zoson became a part after student group. according to her account her group along with chi can no students filed, charging them with an institutional pattern of discrimination and sergio was also one of the students who leveled the anti-latino discrimination charge. >> the gist of the complaint there weren't enough faculty of color and numbers of students of color should be increased. >> confrontation was a common thing, done by virtue of the group which you belonged. >> andrew nap tan no was four years ahead of sotomayor at princeton. you couldn't make an of demand. in those days you could, you would, you did, on the front page of the prince tonion. you would be condemned if that was a conservative cause, that was the politics of the area a. >> so

sergio, who followed her to princeton felt the same way. >> princeton had just recently admitted women, it wasn't until around that same era that a lot of people of color came to. the congratulatiograduates at te primarily white male and many thought that the school was changing in a drks it shouldn't be changed to. >> outside the classroom, zoson became a part after student group. according to her account her group along with chi can no students filed, charging them with an institutional pattern of discrimination and sergio was also one of the students who leveled the anti-latino discrimination charge. >> the gist of the complaint there weren't enough faculty of color and numbers of students of color should be increased. >> confrontation was a common thing, done by virtue of the group which you belonged. >> andrew nap tan no was four years ahead of sotomayor at princeton. you couldn't make an of demand. in those days you could, you would, you did, on the front page of the prince tonion. you would be condemned if that was a conservative cause, that was the politics of the area a. >> so

it was the princeton class of 1771. he was a very distinguished class but no, he arrived at the right time. he almost did not come. he should have gone to william and mary. >> but he did not like the anglican kind of imbalance that he thought he saw at william and mary. >> and his father did not get along with the staff of william and mary. >> princeton is a special place. rather, princeton in the late 17 60s was a very special place. it not just for the students that were there, because they were caught up in what was going on there. he arrived a year before madison comes to princeton. >> he was not the greatest intellect, but he conveyed it to princeton and intellectual drive that was very powerful. he came from scotland and he was kind of taking a chance. there was this backwoods place. he was a very learned man. he came with the ideas of the scottish enlightenment. if you do not know how they -- who they were, it was people like adam smith. there was an idea of common- sense philosophy is which i think the shape mad

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students at princeton university, what themhs@ad htp8a glenn: progressive courses are being taught to college kids these days. when you think all hope would be be lost, had there is princeton's course on our founding fathers where they're lining up to get into this class. here is the director of the james madison program, a friend of the program. welcome, sir. >> thank you for having me on the show. glenn: tell me exactly what the college students, at least at princeton are lung gri for -- are hungry for. >> one of the things is the american founding and principles of american government that we aspire to the founding faers this. i teach the course in constitutional interpretation, taught it at princeton going back decades t has always been a popular course because students want to know what this country is about. glenn: you have sometimes 15 people in one of these progressive courses and you have 100 to 125 and almost 1,250 in the spring for this course. >> well, 250 for the civil liberties course in the spring. sometimes less. glenn: so what is the -- what's happening? what does thi

. >> i got into princeton on affirmative action. into yale. i didn't have the scores these other kids did. how did she get on yale law evoo? affirmative action. on the bench by moynihan? moynihan needs an hispanic woman just like barack obama needs a hispanic woman nap is not the criteria we ought to use. supreme court justices, conservative or liberal. that's why i opposed lariat mire. i know she's a good christian woman, probably a fine lawyer, but she's not supreme court material, and neither is sonia sotomayor, and i think -- i think you know that, rachel. >> i don't know that at all and i would say if you and i agree that what our country needs is to be able to choose from the largest possible pool of talent in order to be able to pick the people who are going to have to function at the highest levels so that our country can compete and our country to do all the hard things we need do i would hope that you would see that picking 108 out of 110 white justices to the supreme court means other people aren't appropriately being considered. th

pine prize, the highest honor on a princeton student. this is an award that's given not just to the smartest student in the class, but to the most exceptionally smart student who's also given the most to her community. she graduated from yale law school where she was a law review editor and because we have such an extensive judicial record before us, i believe that these hearings will matter less than for the several previous nominees or at the least that these hearings will bare out what's obvious about her, that she is modest and humble in her approach to judging. as we become even more familiar with her incisive mind and balanced views, i am certain that this hearing will prove to all what is already clear to many. this is a moment in which all americans can take great pride, not just new yorkers, not just puerto ricans, not just hispanics, not just women. but all americans who believe in opportunity and who want for themselves and their children a fair reading of the laws by a judge who understands that while we are a nation of indiv

>> from what i see i would have to say no. >> we asked princeton house, orange county public schools and state department of education to spook with us on camera about the video. but they all declined because the incidents are now under investigation. christopher is now at a new school and is doing much better. his parents say they're wiser for what they want through and so far with us, christopher has not needed to be restrained even once. >>> if you want to hear more about this case, just log on to the blog at cnn.com. >>> new moves are under way to calm the uproar over the arrest of an african-american professor at harvard by a white police officer. why did so many americans see what happened this week so differently. an author who wrote about this kind of disparity joins me. we will have the latest. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to help me breathe better all day long. and it's not a steroid. announceit keeps my airways. to hel

you move into princeton following her. what impact did she have on that? >> i think she had a fair impact on a couple of different levels. this is someone who i knew very well in high school. this is someone who went to the same high school, who i could identify with. when she gave me an opinion about what it was she did her freshman year, it resonated with me. in many ways, the same sorts of things that she is talking about now about her experience parallels my own experiences. can't tell you that -- i can tell you that is a phenomenal school. one of the things that she and i had to do was catch up somewhat with respect to things like reading and writing skills, particularly as a freshman. >> how did you do that? dominoes to the grindstone, same way she did. -- nose to the grindstone. as a parallel to her, no excuses. this was not about claiming -- things had to get done and life went on. when you think about how it was that she started from that point, prime prize it is a tremendous story. she was given the highest academic standing in the class. princet

the princeton review ranks loyola's residence hall second in the country. its athletic facilities ranked 10th and loyola's study abroad program is 14th on the list. the best college list is based on princeton review's survey of more than 1,000 students across the nation. in to september loyola will celebrate its name change, loyola university maryland. >>> arty donovan would order a sclitz. >> not here. this is not a frat house. it's the white house. can the president, policeman and professor toast to peace? sherrie johnson with more on a beer summit. >> good morning. an odd summit will take place tonight at a picnic table behind the white house. a beer summit, the follow-up in the president injecting himself into the middle of an arrest in cambridge, massachusetts. the arrest of his friend, a black professor at harvard by a well regarded white police officer. the white house hopes a few cold beers call what became a heated racial disagreement. dr. henry gates jr. was arrested two weeks ago at his home. gates forced his way into his home when a lock jammed.

-- no, i mean, i really didn't like princeton. yeah, i was an irish catholic kid who thought it hadn't changed, like you concluded it had. i mean, you know, i admit, i have little -- you know, one of real dilemmas is i have two kids who went to ivy league schools. i'm not sure my grandfather will ever forgive me for allowing that to happen. but all kidding aside, it's just important to understand, at least from my questioning, that's the context in which at least i want to ask you my questions. can you tell me what the difference is -- explain to me how that test is distinguishable from just plain old discrimination. chris: well, he came in under 12 minutes, actually, a little over 12 minutes. that was all one question. but the good news for justice sotomayer is the vice president of the united states don't get to ask questions in the senate, they only get to break ties. when weapon come back, president obama has proven himself to be a master at deflecting trouble. how does he do plus, predictions with these top reporters. be righ

. >> princeton class of '83, he would like to see changes to the higher education system. >> princeton philosophy should be on the web. these wonderfully concentrated on the talent and wealth and erudition should be opened up to the larger society, not kept separate, which they still are. >> "lost in americtocracy"sunday night at 8:00. you can also download the c-span podcast. >> "washington journal" continues. host: the deputy director of the state fiscal project of the center on budget and policy priorities. thank you for being here. >> thank you. >host: what is at the heart of most of this? guest: the heart of it is the national recession. unlike the federal government, states can not print money or run deficits. if the programs they provide for people are funded by tax revenues. in a recession, people purchase less and sales tax revenues go down. people make less money or lose their jobs, income tax revenue goes down. if states are seeing the largest declines in tax revenues since they can remember. you have to go back to the great depression to see this. it's happening in republic

> i think princeton philosophy should be on the web. i think these wonderfully concentrated islands of talent and well and area addition should be opened up to the larger society and not kept separate, which they still are. i cannot understand why. >> "lost in the meritocracy." that is on sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. you can also listen on c-span radio or download the c-span podcast. >> this is a forum on american presidential succession in the event of an attack. you'll hear about a new report on potential weak points in the process with former homeland security advisor and political policy l -- political policy analysts. it is just over two and one-half hours. >> all right. i think we will get under way. i am norman ornstein of the american enterprise institute. i want to welcome you all to this event on presidential succession which is key to run the release of this report, "the presidency, preserving our institutions," which is the second report of the continuity of government commission. that was created in the aftermath of

i think princeton's philosophy selection should be on the web. i think these wonderfully, concentrated islands of talent and wealth and erudition should be opened up to the larger society, not kept separate, which they still are and i can't understand why. >> walter kern, lost in a meritocracy, the under education of an overachiever on q&a sunday night at eight on c-span. >> now a house hearing on regulating the insurance industry. specifically in the financial sector. we will hear about efforts to revise those regulations. this is about three hours. >> this hearing of the subcommittee will come to order. pursuant to agreement with the ranking member opening statements today will be limited to 10 minutes for each side. without objection all members opening statements will be made part of the record. >> we need to continue our discussion of insurance regulation, which the capital markets subcommittee has debated in great depth for several years on the eve of the administration's unveiling of its plan to strengthen the oversight of our overall mark

. >> reporter: she acknowledges affirmative action got her into princeton. throughout her life, she's talked about race bluntly and publicly. at the court, the lone woman justice also benefitted from affirmative action at columbia university and generally has supported race conscious programs as a justice. that's not a view shared by the court's conservatives, includes justice clarence thomas, who believes affirmative action taint as person's achievements. in the hearings, republicans will ask how sotomayor's experiences will shape her opinions. >> all americans should be concerned when a judge decides cases based on their own personal views. >> reporter: republican senators also will press her to explain what she meant when she insisted in speeches "a wise latina woman would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male." but her come peopling life story, from the projects to princeton, and the lack of a so-called smoking gun, have softened republican opposition. with a decisive majority in the senate, democrat judiciary committee chair le

that's according to the princeton review guide. loyola's residence halls rank second in the nation. its athletics facilities rank 10th and its study abroad program is 14th on the list. the best colleges list is based on princeton review's survey of more than 100,000 students from across the country. in september, loyola will celebrate its name change to loyola university, maryland. >>> and fans of the king of pop may have to wait even longer for more details on his death. why the coroner's report may be delayed. >>> plus, kate gosselin now has her very own condo in maryland? where it is and who it's very close to. bob!! i need the baker file stat!! reply!! still making changes. circle back later!! what's with the yelling? oh, our internet slows down during peak hours so sending e-mails and large files just takes forever. so, we just yell. ben!!! thanks for the flowers!!! i thought you hated me!!! lol!!! semi-colon! right parenthesis! winky emoticon! (announcer) switch to verizon and get a dedicated high speed internet connection from our office to your small business so you won't be

there has got to be a higher standard for whites in the majority in an and a lead institution like princeton when you have people acting to somehow say the introduction of women or minorties, blacks, puerto ricans, hispanics, whoever, is somehow not going to be accepted or somehow acting against that, given the history of the country, and i think that is obvious to me. >> two different groups and one deals with whites and the other deals with minorties and it's not hypocritical to focus on one because it deals with white membership and the other because it is minority membership? >> yes. if you're asking me in a country that has white majority and slavery and legal discrimination which was government enforced and you ask me about princeton university that was founded by the presbyterian church as an institution for white mealz, you better be aware of the history before you say somebody has to be held to the same standards and says we're here to protect the rights of minorties and dis proportionate poor people who are overly reliant on government assistance and therefore making an appeal to b

her distinguishing career as princeton and yale law school have been much stated. she then spent five years as a prosecutor as we have heard in manhattan working for the legendary district attorney robert morganthau. pleased to have him here today and eight years as a corporate litigator. 17 years as a federal district court judge and appellate court judge add up to an individual who's one of the most qualified to come before this committee. second, as with other nominees across the philosophical spectrum including justices thomas and alito, judge sotomayor has spoken of her family history and her personal struggles. these experiences help her to understand others and to do justice. they further qualify her for the highest court and she has said and done nothing that could reasonably be understood otherwise. third, judge sotomayor has participated in thousands of cases and authored hundreds of opinions. but much of the debate about her nomination concentrated on the difficult case of ricci versus stefano. whatever one may feel about the facts of this case, we know

nacido de padres puertorriqueÑos se graduÓ con honores de princeton y yale. >> la barra a hacer sudar. va a tener que aclarar muchas posiciones y creo que tiene que poner a las persrsrsrsrsrsrsono. >> los miembros de su familia anticipan momentos difÍciles para ella. >> es una persona bien prÁctica y esta bien estudiada. ella sabe que es dificil. tiene que dar respuestas a preguntas que a veces son fuerte. >> nadie duda que lograra su objetivo. >> sonia sotomayor le tiene que mostrar al comitÉ del senado lo que el presidente ya conoce. que es la mÁs capacitada para ocupar el puesto. >> ahora nos acompaÑa desde sacramento california el analista polÍtico de asuntos hispanos, arnoldo torres. ¿cuÁl es su impresiÓn de este primer dÍa de atím]adeçnkph@h@tím]adji calmada por los republicanos. los demÓcratas hablaron muy bien de ella. hasta un republicano dijo que parece creer al va a apoyar la. hablÓ claro de su posición y que la ley va a ser la base de sus decisiones y fue un muy buen dÍa. >> parte de lo que dijo hablÓ de su filosofÍa judicial y dijo que era simple. ¿h@h

unfiled to get into princeton, unqualified to serve on the court. you're going through the whole situation here. >> she said herself she was an affirmative action baby her whole life. that she didn't get the grades. >> her words. >> her words. >> okay. >> she also said, look. in college i had to read classic children's books in order to learn english a little better. she's been advanced her whole career. she got on the yale law review. where are her s.a.t. scores getting into high school and college? where has she written something in the law review? where is an opinion we've seen that's really brilliant? you might disagree with it. >> what about sarah palin for president? >> sarah palin is accomplished on her own right. no affirmative action there, boy. she didn't get any of that treatment. >> pat, that is just a total misreading and misunderstanding of what affirmative action is. i realize you say it as a te jor tiff. i think it's a great thing. i'm an affirmative action baby. guess what? doors were opened for me. i have very good s.a.t.s. >> okay

she was first in her class at princeton. >> no, she was not. she got an award -- >> get off this because you're hispanic bashing all the time. it only hurts the republican party. >> the republican party appreciates your advice, shrum. the democratic party took it and didn't do that well. >> doesn't matter. >> we have to leave it there. let's just stipulate that nobody here is panicked, nobody has any urgency and we're all happy. patrick buchanan, bob shrum, thank you. >>> what political story will be making headlines? that's next on msnbc, the place for politics. know why we're he. to stand behind all who serve. ♪ to deliver the technologies... vital to freedom. ♪ to help carry hope to those in need. ♪ around the globe, the people of boeing... are working together -- for what matters most. that's why we're here. ♪ >>> let's go to chris cillizza, white house reporter for "the washington post" and author of "the fix." >> not sure if i can do it better than bob and pat, but i think health care is going to dominate the sunday talk shows. th

>> clearly, all that she did -- you know, she was vocal at princeton and yale and went on in speeches publicly. her voice out there was very clear, time and again, saying, you know, wise latino woman is a better judge than a white male. this is her philosophy. this is her public persona is. then of course, the famous frank ricci case confirmed she wasn't interested in looking what happened and the results is what she was content with. we're hopeful on the supreme court she will go back to what the constitution calls for and that is equal justice for all. but it's clear that she has a pattern that she is a proponent, a quota queen, if you like. >> bay, i got to stop you. at this point you're throwing around words. again, the analysis i've seen, unless you have different analysis, says 9 times out of 10 she has voted against plaintiffs in any race-based case and when you mention her at princeton where she came in number two in her class and the story about her there at princeton she was always in the library, the girl from the bronx always studying and at yale editor of the law journal

and since then in princeton and other places. my point is, as clarence can testify, as i can testify, this happens repeatedly. i'm going to tell you this, if you want to know. white america would not stand by if this happened to their kids, to their husbands, to their children, to their men folk constantly being herded up, looked at -- >> what is this you're saying happened here? >> i'm saying skip gates, a famous black professor -- >> what did the police officer do wrong? >> first of all, when professor gates showed him he lived where he lived and showed him his i.d. >> there's no -- this is in dispute. >> when he steps out on his porch -- >> let's get back to the facts. >> here is the fact -- >> if you want to play lawyer, fine, i'm asking you as an academic what we're learning. and the question i'm asking -- if he cooperated with the police officer, he didn't. if he said -- >> wait a minute. >> when the guy asked for it, that's a problem. is the cop entitled to ask you for an i.d. card? >> he is. a guy with a ph.d. from cambri

same thing at yale. >> does that accurately reflect her record at princeton and yale? >> i don't think it was an accident that leahy also asked her to talk about her trial judge experience in his first question. because, look, most people watching this don't understand what an appellate judge -- >> and her role as a tough prosecutor. >> but they do understand what a trial judge does if they've been to a trial, if they have watched trials on tv or in movies. she said, what a good judge is to listen to the facts, listen to the arguments, and then make a ruling based on the law. and i think that what she was trying to say is, my experience, my diversity, is relevant in terms of interpreting the facts and the experience, but at the end of the day, i'm still going to rule on the law. >> you're a political reporter, andrea. they're presenting her as a tough law and order judge, a strict construction it, follow the law in the constitution. in other words, a little scalia or a little alito. we know that is nonsense. why did barack obama select his final four choices, all women

trenton and princeton have been a campaign that lasted less than 10 days. greene's campaign lasted more than a hundred days. and actually went on beyond that. by march of 1781, greene had succeeded in causing just enormous attrition in general cornwallis is army. in fact, cornwallis lost about 40% of his men between january and march. and at that point, cornwallis in late march of 1781 made a crucial decision. his orders from the commander of the british army, his orders were not to leave south carolina, or the carolinas until he had succeeded in pacifying those two states. but cornwallis decided that he could not pacify, could not subdue the rebellion in the carolinas and in georgia, unless he could shut down the supply routes through virginia. food was funneling in to those guerrillas, those partisans from the north, through virginia. and that was what was sustaining them. and so cornwallis violated clinton supporters. and there was a small army, about 2500 british soldiers in virginia. cornwallis took his army into virginia in the spring of 1781 to link

from mit, and then quite quickly moved over to princeton and practically all his research has been related to the great depression. and more specifically the mechanisms through which the line into a crisis, the banking crisis crossed the depression and unemployment the contraction of the economy by 30 percent by the way which is still something quite different than what we see today and i think it was a surprise for everyone that he was asked to join the federal reserve in 2003. >> wireless that is a prize? >> because as far as i could discover, he was never in the picture for other jobs and becoming a member of the federal reserve reserve board in washington is usually not the job you get in a onetime move. >> but maybe there were intelligent people in the bush administration and saucer and things coming. >> i don't know about that. and what is a stranger paring bernanke and henry paulson or paul senate in geithner? >> on a personal basis as far as i could discover and mr. geithner are certainly much more to of a kind and then mr. paulson and mr. bernanke. >> can you explain that? >> well

judge somayor went own to employ her eormous talentsat princeton, where she achved thehighest honor. this isn award thats given not just to t smartesttudent in t css but to the most ceptionally smart student who's given the most to her commit she graduated from yale law school. i believe that theearings will mte less than for the several previous nominees or at the least, that these hearings ll bear outwhat is obvious about her. that she is modest and humble in her approach to judging. as we become even mo familiar wi her incisive mind and balanced views, i am certain that this heang will prove to all what is already clear to many. this is a moment in which all americans canake great pride. not just new yorkers, not just hispanics, not just women, but all americans who believe opportunity and who want for themselves and their children a fair reading of the laws by dge who understands that while were a nation of individuals, we are all gorned by on law. mr. airman,eople felt at the founding of america that ware quote, god's noble experiment. judge sotomay's personal sry shows that oda

the princeton review gave them the top ranking for the first time. they finished third last year, but visits from bernadette woods and jessica kartalija helped vault them to the title. good for for you. >> all the time, so -- that could be it. >> it's a good place, i love it. >>> okay, now over to weather. first warning doppler radar, some thunderstorms out there. centered with the same system moving through the. you can see some thunderstorms northern baltimore county, extreme northwestern hartford county and in carroll county. we'll show you no watches, no warnings, no longer in effect for us. they are all gone. but we have had a few rounds of thunderstorms today. mainly for the southeastern shore. winds are light out there. at the same time, the moisture starting to rise. because of the that, we're going to see fog overnight. now, the other thing too, temperatures drops, but not that much further. 76 in baltimore, 73 in cumberland. 70 overnight. 87 for the high today. we're going to be at or above that over the next few days. the other thing that

. >> princeton, class of '83 would like to see changes to the higher education system. >> present philosophy should be on the web. i think these concentrated islands of power and wealth should be opened up to the larger society, not kept separate. >> lost in the meritocracy, the under education of an overachiever. tonight at 8 on c-span. you can also listen on xmsatellite board, the c-span podcast. this week on prime minister's question, prime minister gordon brown discusses government spending and job loss. also, the unrest by iran following its presidential election. tonight at 9 eastern on c-span. >> now a session on president obama's upcoming trip to russia, the g-eight. the president will address the situation in iran during that cheek-8 meeting and praised ghana as a presidential election during a visit to that country. this is just about an hour. these people of the best in business. >> good morning. as long as we keep our expectations low, we are less likely to be disappointed. while all have been paid -- an advocate to try to improve the russian u.s. relationship, there is a flaw in

. >>> find out what list this local college landed on in princeton's annual review. >>> i'm tim williams in for bob turk in the first warning weather center. putting the finishing touches on your five-day forecast. coming up. >>> first, here's today's report from wall street. we'll be right back. have you heard about miralax? it's a different kind of laxative that's kindto your body. miralax relieves constipation with no bloating... no cramping... and now...no prescription. announcer: restore your body's natural rhythm withmiralax. >>> taking a look at one storm that is moving across the southern edge of the viewing area. we're looking at first warning live doppler radar, showing you that from this lowest edge, to the northern most portion of this storm, around fort mchenry and canton. this storm system is moving very slowly. pretty heavy rain underit. but it is the only one out in the spire state right now, that has developed again, the result of these very warm afternoons, with the high humidity levels. forecast tomorrow, much of the same. 84 degrees. and for the next five days, we are

she had gone to princeton. she told me she had trouble with the language her first year but that her professor had taken an interest in her and she had spoken with his family and wrecked an essay every day. she ended up graduating summa cum laude. i was impressed by her. i was impressed by her common sense. i am always looking for people that i think can relate to victims. i was not wrong. >> that relation to victims and witnesses, what does it take to have that ability? >> you have to have an understanding of people. you cannot be arrogant. you cannot think you are better than anyone else. even though she was very smart, she had the ability to communicate. we did a survey, i remember, fairly early on and we found the number one reason for dismissal of cases because the victims and witnesses would refuse to testify. we wanted to be sure that whoever came to us what have the ability, but also they could relate to victims or witnesses so they could persuade them to testify in testify truthfully. >> it was 1979. y

what makes you think that this person is unqualified to get into princeton or serve on the court. you're going through the whole situation here. >> she said herself she was an affirmative action baby her whole life. she didn't get the grades -- >> her words? >> her words. and she also said in college i had to read classic children's books in order to learn english a lit bit better. she's been advanced her whole career. she got on the yale law review. wher her lsat scores? where has she something in the law review -- where is an opinion of hers we've seen that's truly brilliant, even if you disagree with it. >> you were talking sarah palin for president. >> she's accomplished on her own right. no affirmative action there, boy. >> that is just a total misreading and misunderstanding of what affirmative action is. >> i think it's a great thing. i'm an affirmative action, baby. guess what? doors were open for me. i have very good s.a.t.s. >> fine, but when you advance somebody ahead of somebody -- >> you said they're irrelevant what her high school grades were. >> nowadays they are. h

princeton review is out with the list of the top colleges and this list isn't just about academics. for instance the university of maryland ranked number one for the best facilities with bird stadium come cast center and more. which other local schools topped the list. kristin has the answer. good morning. >> good morning, andrea. this is so many great categories. i had a tough time picking out which to share with you this morning. let's get the list people are a biggest pa surprise er rpri there. coming in at mbernue onand wisthas nua bit of a rpseasri me. number one is penn state. number two is of ivsity of miersi eesserivis ty of mississippi. good news for parents, no hahools in our areas ma tt . ppstli are egea our d egin our st , ontoe e inofth ook at olhotop look at the town life, the egllo pr college towns. princeton review says numb one is cobut take a rkokloyot number o.tw at our very own george washington university. right here in . coming in number two at great college town. quality of best liferice university in houston, tes li iscoming in at number one. look down here u

joining us is melissa harris lacelaw, political science professor at princeton. she wrote about the henry lewis arrest this week. great for you to join us. >> let me ask for your assessment of the president's comments last night on the gates' arrest. >> i think my greatest assessment here is as soon as i heard it, my heart sank only because i knew that would be the news cycle rather than the conversation on health care which has been, of course, a whole hour before. so here we have a press conference on health care. it becomes a conversation about the arrest of professor gates. now, i actually think it's worth talking about the arrest. it's worth talking about what it means for racial politics in the united states and how we've reacted to it. but i think i was most distressed simply that when the question was asked, almost regardless of the answer, i think that would become the new conversation sort of in place of the more relevant and i think, you know, seriously important issues of health care. >> the two campaign committees of the republican party have started

. >> she came from princeton. where did you come from? >> i came from brown university. >> did she ever talk about princeton, about how she made that transition? >> that wasn't real lay big subject of discussion. we were focused on where we were, the work we were doing. and we were law journal colleagues together. so some talk about what it was like to write an article for the law journal we both wrote on and decided to play our leadership roles elsewhere besides in the law journal. so there was a lot of discussion of that as well. >> let's talk about the law journal first. what was her role? >> she was an editor of the law journal. which meant that she works on other people's articles and she also wrote an article for the law journal, which was subsequently published. >> why have a law journal? who reads it and what's it for? >> well, it's a very good question. the idea is that we're trying to create knowledge to inform both the practitioners of law, judges, policy makers, and other researchers, law students are also entering into the fi

she gets a big scholarship to princeton, gets rolled in there. >> what do you mean, rolled in there? pat, you are very articulate. what does rolled in there mean? >> she is affirmative action. she's brought ahead of a lot of kids. i don't care what it is. >> you don't care what it is. >> she said i'm an affirmative action baby all the way. >> we'll be right back. access www.sprintrelay.com.

. >> the 55 year-old nominee was raised in the bronx and studied at princeton and yale and became ny's first lateen a federal judge. her personal experience the democrats highlighted this morning. >> her qualifications are outstanding. more federal court judicial experience than any nominee to the supreme court in nearly 100 years. >> republicans are promising tough questions about the hearing. some expected to press her on some of rulings. members of the gop inquired about comments they say raised doubts about her ability to judge cases fairly. >> i will not vote for an individual nominated by any president who is not fully committed to fairness and impartiality so that -- for every person appearing before them. >> we don't have to speculate about what kind of justice she will have. we have seen what kind of judge she's been. >> many believe confirmation is likely, especially since democrats hold the majority of votes in the senate. the hearing was interrupted a few times by protesters. they were escorted out quickly. she would become the first hispani and the third woman to sit on th

. >> reporter: affirmative action helped sonia sotomayor get into elite schools like princeton. >> i am a product of affirmative action. my test scores were not comparable of that of my colleagues at princeton or yale. >> reporter: keep in mind, back then, only 12% of law school students were women and only 7% were minorities. today, the numbers have changed dramatically. today, almost half of law school students are women and 23% are minorities. minorities and women overall seem to be excelling, a black president, a woman secretary of state and the list goes on and on and on. >> i'm just saying. >> reporter: time to say no to affirmative action? >> for us to operate under the nomenclature of affirmative action, to operate on racial preferenceings and quota is idiotic. >> reporter: supreme court justice clarence thomas wrote, i graduated from one of america's top law schools but racial preference had robbed my achievement of its true value. >> let's have it go away. >> i think it is time to consider ending it. >> i don't think it is relevant anymore. >> there will always be some grou

we look at her childhood friend in princeton class might -- classmate. we look at the man who hired her as a prosecutor for the district attorney's office. "america and the courts" today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> these places remind me of modern cathedrals. >> walter kirn would like to see a few changes to the higher education system. >> i think of these wonderfully concentrated islands of talent and well off should be opened up to the larger society not kept separate, but they still are. >> sunday night at 8 on c-span. you can also listen on the satellite radio or download the podcast. >> how is aziz been funded it? >> the u.s. government. >> i do not know. >> not public funding. >> my tax dollars. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies started c-span with no government mandate or money. >> welcome to "the communicators." the annual meeting was recently held and in washington, d.c.. attendees had a chance to hear from the commerce secretary. >> when we think about the opportunities and advantages of broadband, i do not

a princeton. he said, i'm a blanking president of the united states and made me get out and walk the line. prunchts speeding? >> not at off. >> saw me -- >> saw me and pulled me over. that is one of the experiences i have had with the police. >> what does this say about the bigger picture in the country now? >> they have to be washed out of the minds. the collective imagine nation of these people. and does make a difference. people stay is one isolated case. no it is not it happens constantly and repeatedly and routinelism unless it happens to a prominent figure like professor gates work he don't understand the consequences of it. he is shaken up himself, writing about it thee orizing about it from the ivory tower as we all do to get down there in the mud and the slough and feel what every day brothers and sisters feel that is a different story. it means we must deal with this. we are not in a postracial society as many tray to tempt. >> if he were a white professor at harvard, coming back to his