for are raoul versus bush and hampton versus rumsfeld, two cases about accused terrorists held in guantanamo bay where he stood up for the rights of each individual to have a day in court even if they were accused of heinous things. diane, on a personal side, would people be surprised, seems like larger than life characters. the supreme court justice, and i m sure you re probably intimidated yourself going in there to work for this man, but i guess what kind of, maybe, surprised you and would surprise us if we had a chance to sit in the room with him? he was big sports fan, liked hits cubs. what surprised you about his personality that made him seem down to earth where so many of us see him as such a grand character? extremely competitive. loves to play tennis and golf and plays it with a fierce intensity. i think the fact that he was
work with justice stevens. diane amen joins us from san francisco and christopher icegrouper in princeton, new jersey for us thp thank you for being with us. i start with you diane and will ask both of you, in all the coverage you ve seen since the announcement came, the two of you who know him better and differently than most people what have you just thought, you know what? i wish they would talk about this about him more, or something you don t think is getting enough attention? well, i think there s been appropriate emphasis placed on his intelligence, his leadership on the court. i guess one thing i would mention is simply his humanity. she a very understated caring person. he treats everyone with respect, and was a dream boss for all of his clerks. you know, christopher, you agree a dream boss? i absolutely would, and i think that anybody hoop clerk
request an extension. question, send them to our facebook page, and brianna and i both have twitter accounts set up. send those to us as well. @bri keilar cnn. answering your questions directly this morning. a tennessee mom shifts her adopted son back to russia. she put the 7-year-old on a plane by himself with a note that said she didn t want him anymore. she says he was violent and psychotic. the big question this morning, did she commit a crime or was this just bad judgment? we want to tell you about some of the stories making headlines this morning. poland s president, the first lady and a number of other dignitaries are dead after their plane crash this morning in russia. headed to a memorial for the 78th anniversary of a world war ii massacre pap source of great tension between the two countries. it s purely shocking for everybody from poland. this week, past week harks been quite a week of reconciliation between russia and poland over this, and i think this