stephens. there have been liberal law professors that said she would go to the right. she too conservative on issues like enemy combatants and terrorism. whether they ll support her or not is unclear. her supporters say she s so able and basically, progressive and so able to win over justice kennedy that in the end she would be a liberal leader. president obama must have figured that this is more important than the progressives concerned about her. but this fission on the left is actually an interesting development. the safe bet is everyone says it will be elina kagan. i ll tell you, don t go far. we may be needing you in our hours here on cnn. appreciate it, again. good to talk to you. economic woes that have incited riots oversea.
decisions that any president can make. they call it his longest-lasting legacy. why is that? the person picked to fill this supreme court seat will touch mrn lives and affect american lives for years, possibly decades, after president obama leaves office, don. and that s why there s so much at stake and so many people are waiting. tell us a little bit about the to have candidates. i know you know about them. the leading candidates, really represent a diverse group of people with diverse backgrounds including two women and two men. the current solicitor general, elina kagan as well as federal appellate judge, diane pads, merricq garland and sydney thomas. some represent if inside esh s insider. the perfect pedigree, east coast, what we traditionally see of supreme court nominees. but there are also people like diane wood. she s from houston and didn t attend an ivy league law school.
pan, a group closely allied with al qaeda. he has traveled back and forth to pakistan a number of times over the years and he returned to the united states in february. it looks like the ttp was responsible for this attempt. and cnn s been tracking the alleged taliban connection for us from islamabad. don, this is definitely news. pakistani officials did not want to hear. this is something they wanted to do without but that s not on option anymore. last week, faisal shahzad came out and told u.s. investigators it was the pakistani taliban who trained him in pakistan s waziristan region. up until sunday, u.s. officials had used a very cautious tone in talking about the possibility of the involvement of the pakistani taliban. that changed on sunday when u.s. officials came out and explicitly stated their position and their position is that the pakistani taliban was involved in this attempted bombing in new york on sunday. president barack obama s adviser for homeland securi