this morning on early today, making her case. supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor charges back against charges of bias. stunt gone wrong. a sport plane plunges out of the sky during an air show in germany. > and play ball. president obama throws out the ceremonial first pitch at major league baseball s 80th all-star ceremonial first pitch at major league baseball s 80th all-star game. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good morning. i m lynn berry. today we begin with trial by fire. judge sonia sotomayor will be back on capitol hill this morning for a second day of tough questioning in her bid to become the nation s sex supreme court justice. this all follows a day of sharp, if polite, exchanges with republican lawmakers who honed in on one famous remark. nbc s steve handelsman reports. no words i have ever spoken or written have received so much attention. reporter: the words were wise latina. sonia sotomayor, the first his panic nominated to