janet napolitano, we haven t mentioned the solicitor general, elena kagan right now. joining us from washington right now is cnn s john king and on the phone is our senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. my friend, we were talking about this in a series of e-mails after your appearance on fresh air with terry gross. there were clear signs that this day was coming and coming soon. yes. i interviewed justice stevens for the new yorker earlier this spring and on march 8th he told me that he would make up his mind about resigning in about a month. here it is, april 9th, true to his word. he has made up his mind. he has decided and a major, major tenure on the supreme court, 34.5, years comes to an end and a great opportunity comes to president obama. justice stevens, when you think of his career appointed by gerald ford in 1975, what comes to mind? the kind of justice he has been? an unexpected liberal. someone who moved to the left as the court moved to the right. someone
well, i m confident i ll find a job before then. so i m i ll figure out something else at that point, but i m confident i ll find a job between now and then and it won t be a problem and i ll be able to move on with my life and move forward. we re just about 15 minutes away from history. president obama set to sign his landmark health care legislation into law. we re going to bring it to you live. tony harris, are you red for the big moment? this is going to be something. this is going to be quite a moment. we have a terrific team set up. wolf blitzer will be joining us in just a couple of minutes. we ll watch history unfold before our eyes in the newsroom. you have a great day. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a live look now at the white house east room, moments from now the president signs the hard fought health care reform bill into law, guaranteeing universal coverage for americans. this is a huge, huge win for arkansas kids and family. but not every
schieffer: today on face the nation we ll find out in a matter of hours do the democrats have the votes to pass health care reform? we are going to get this done. we re about 24 hours from armageddon. schieffer: the house will have an up or down vote on the senate health care reform bill sometime today. do they have the 216 votes they need to pass it? we ll ask the men who are tracking the votes. house whip james clyburn of south carolina and the key political strategist chris van hollen of maryland. if it does pass, can republicans then stop it in the senate? we ll talk with the republican leader there mitch mcconnell of kentucky and democrat dick durbin of illinois. i ll have a final thought on an anniversary we should not for get. first counting the votes on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs face the nation with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. schieffer: good morning again.
bill: bye bye. jane: good morning, i m jane skinner. jon: i m jon scott, happening now , it is president obama s top priority, today, new trouble in the battle to pass health care reform. why members of the president s own party could sink the deal. jane: in the middle he kept capture a terror suspect wanted in one of the most brutal crimes in the iraq war, now the navy seal and two colleagues are facing court marshal amid allegations of mistreating that push. now that suspect. jon: word that the very same air traffic controller accused of letting his son talk to pilots let his daughter play air traffic controller theny next the very next day. take look at our newsroom, where breaking news is coming in across the world. jane: the president s bush for health care reform keeps bumping up against a major obstacle, abortion. bart stupak says this morning a dozen house democrats will vote against the bill, possibly sinking it, if it doesn t contain stricter language on preven
what you can do. sean: freesht it, matt, thank you very much. rich: that is all the time we have left this evening. thank you for being with us. shannon bream is up next to go on the record. shannon? shannon: well, tonight karl rove goes on the record. good evening, everyone, i m shannon bream in for greta. congress may be on vacation, but make no mistake. this is the calm before the storm. the final battle of the health care war will soon begin on capitol hill and it may be the nastiest, bloodiest fight yet. we talked to karl rove about that and much more. we re talking health care. of course, now that the senate and house have passed their two versions of what they d like to see come to fruition, there s a lot of compromise that s got to happen between those two in conference, which will start up in january, of course. one of the major sticking points still is abortion. we ve got folks in the house staying if the stupak language is in prohibiting federal funding for a