summer, kelly malini, what are republicans saying about this so far? republicans want a justice who strictly ininterprets the law. senator orrin hatch is a key member of the judiciary committee and here is what he had to say. i don t believe that this should be a politicalization process, it s going to be in fairness, i will vote for someone who will abide by the judges, interpret not to make the laws. reporter: hatch is promising a whale of a fight. it could get ugly on capitol hill after the bitter health care battle and the mid term elections coming up. kelly: all right. malini wilkes reporting for us from washington there and we ll continue to follow the developments of this and continue through the hour, thanks, malini. you re welcome. uma: president obama is promising to make his supreme court court quickly, hoping to have the nominee in place before the october court
greg palkot is following this and is live. hello. we have been tracking the story and this is a devastating tragegy that is hitting one of america s key alleys in central europe. the president of poland lech kaczynski and his wife and others who were aboard a plane that crashed in russia are dead. including is the head of the central bank, head of the polish security, the head of the defense department and military services in poland. they were aboard a russian-built plane, that was approaching the airport in western russia. it was believed it was pilot error but a black box has been recovered. my ill-play will be sorted out once the data aboard the box will be listened to. there is so much interest in this that russian prime minister vladimir putin has personally taken charge of the investigation into the crash. president obama getting in touch with polish prime minister by telephone offering america condolences to the families, those on board and, in fact, the nation. pol