has just issued an update on the tropical storm which is moving through the gulf of mexico or headed toward it meteorologists say alex is still looking at maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour. higher gusts already. they now say they expect it to become the first hurricane of the atlantic storm is season tomorrow. many predicting it could become a major category 3 storm. the path toward the coast of texas and mexico right now. but that s a a away from the spill. still forecasters warning it could still bring heavy winds and choppy seas and that s key to the disaster area. updating some of fox top stories tonight the justice department reporting that the feds have arrested 10 intelligence officers on charges of conducting espionage in the u.s. new sketches here and five of them we just learned appeared in court today. the judge ordered them held without bail. the supreme court nominee elena kagan on capitol hill for day one of confirmation hearings. testimony continues tomorrow.
dreams, it wasn t like she was wearing a robe in the class like she was in her year book photo. fair enough. andrea, one thing about the announcement today, we re not surprised. this was telegraphed. elena kagan was telegraphed from the beginning, over a year ago. tapped as attorney general, there was those, including arlen specter said she s going to be a supreme court pick. we should learn how to question her. amazing this white house never likes to surprise us. the fact is the white house like to keep secrets. they do keep their secrets. but in this case with supreme court justices, they have sent up trial balloons basically. i think they wanted to vet this very quietly let the important people, the key senate opponents or likely opponents. the fact they brought in senators, the president brought
the supreme court. if confirmed, she will be the first supreme court justice in nearly 40 years with no experience as a judge. the president will also later today turn his focus to the oil spill in the gulf and hold a meeting in the situation room to review the efforts to stop the leak. bp says it may try to use a smaller version of the dome that failed this weekend. you heard anne thompson said they may try the idea of throwing debris into the hole basically throwing anything against the wall. and a new trading week began on wall street following last week s market turmoil. stocks are up sharply today. the european union agreed on an almost $1 trillion rescue plan to try to keep the greek debt crisis from undermining the euro itself. by the way, savannah has now left her spot at the white house to get in position in the east room for the big event this morning at the white house. the naming of elena kagan. moving backing to europe, that bailout plan, will be able to stab off a global
that letter takes a more liberal position than she will has since she s been in the administration. so what her defenders can say is yea, she s lifter general now. it s her job to support the administration policies but she isn t as much of a an conservative on these views as it might first appear. that will be their line, i believe. keli, senator expect ser an intriguing one to watch, of course, because he actually voted against elena kagan last year at her hearings for solicitor general. he was then a republican. he s now a democrat in a fierce primary fight. any early word from his office or what s your best guess what you think he will do here? he was also the chair of the judiciary committee until he switched parties just a year ago. he really understands this process. he will be one to watch. i have not spoken to his office this morning. but when you look at the political pressure he is under at home in pennsylvania with his primary challenge or congressman
going to be reserved. i want to see more about her record, hear more on a confirmation hearing. i want people to know we re watching live pictures of the east room, a live picture of savannah guthrie on her blackberry. she s probably not happy i m pointing that out. i think she has another sound here. it s the top of the hour. i m chuck todd in washington, d.c. covering this pending announcement. president obama going to be naming elena kagan, the solicitor general as his choice to replace justice john paul stevens as the next supreme court justice. if she s confirmed, she will become the third active woman on the supreme court. i want to go back to our panel. this is a big historical moment that we re all it s now being seen as passe. three branches of government here. okay. you look at the makeup of the united states senate on gender. you look at the makeup on the house on gender, the executive branch on gender. now the supreme court is going