left. >> she said, hi, mommy. hi, daddy. she sounded really excited to hear us and she said, i love you. i love you. numerous times. >> reporter: one family in pieces. another trying to make itself whole. and in just three days the south carolina supreme court will hear this case. cnn legal contributor paul cowan joining me once again from new york. thanks for sticking around. i did want to talk to you about this. does the family have a case here since this is a federal law? >> federal law trumps state law but a lot of people don't realize this and generally with indian law in the united states and indian reservations tribes are sovereign nations within the united states. and, in fact, a lot of rights accorded to indian nations are the equivalent of treaties with foreign nations. people that live in places like new mexico know about this. and, clearly, a treaty or a federal law pertaining to indian rights will trump state law. that doesn't mean, however, that the parents, the biological father will win in this case. the south carolina supreme court might find the indian welfare act

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mommy war. he's going to explain that. >>> and you'll see the only man who tried out today for an nfl cheerleading team, that's right. an nfl team. >>> this is really the outrage story of the week, isn't it? most people outside of politics had never heard of hillary rosen until this week, but after she said mitt romney's wife ann hadn't, quote, worked a day in her life everyone knew her but we wonder if anyone heard what rosen had to say that, which is ann romney has never had to struggle with the kinds of issues such as how to feed their children or get them to school and then go to work all on a tight paycheck. so i asked our cnn contributors and a senior espn writer for their thoughts. >> i think she would have just offended a smaller group of women, wealthy women because i guess that's what she's saying. it's wealthy women who aren't valid to speak on the economy. that's the ones that should shut their mouths and that's i guess what she is saying and we should forgive her. you can go one of two ways in my opinion. you can say housewives should not speak on the economy. for that ma

learn. most satisfying is when my five-year-old says don't worry, mommy, i am here for you and i won't let you down. where did he learn this? wow. tweet me and we can get your thoughts. like me on facebook. newsroom conditions right now with brooke baldwin. >> suzanne, thank you so much. here we go. i am brooke baldwin. catching up on everything making news this hour. rapid fire. let's begin. first up the statement that won't start any argument here, there will never be another pat summit. she can counted the presidential medal of freedom that the white house made official among her honors. the ladies head basketball coach retires officially today. summit is the winnings basketball coach in all of college history. i am touking 1,098 victories, 5e89 national titles and sadly a diagnosis of alzheimer's. >>> i can tell you i have loved my work at the university of tennessee. it has been awesome. i can say for almost four decades it has been a privilege to make an impact on the lives of 161 women who have worn orange. i am so proud of them, the lady student athletes. >> her long time assis

walked out with her sweater on her arm. that's when the first lady went into mommy mode and helped her daughter on with her sweater. being a mom. >>> every journalist has a hero, the one they set for the bar of excellence. for many of us that legend was mike wallace. he died thursday at the age of 93, and with every interview he did, wallace proved he was the best. this is the guy who asked thekh crazy. >> how many blacks are there on your staff? >> i couldn't honestly answer you. >> no, that speaks for itself. >> huh? >> i say that speaks for itself. >> no, because i can't tell you how many people are on the staff. >> but you can tell black from white. >> oh, yes. >> that's only one example. there are many more from a long and distinguished career. ali safer worked with him for a decade. >> a lot of reporters are insistent, but the fact is he was nosier than anybody else, and more insistent, more successful at being those. i mean, if you think of the watergate interviews he did, which were remarkably revealing, mike, you know, someone -- people like mike have an indefinable quality th