ALEX CHADWICK, host: This is DAY TO DAY from NPR News.  I'm Alex Chadwick.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: We've got some great music coming up in just a moment, but first, this      news from Capitol Hill.</s>Senator TED STEVENS (Republican, Alaska): On this vote, the ayes are 78;      the nays are 22.  The nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. of Maryland to be      chief justice of the United States is confirmed.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: That's Senator Ted Stevens, the president pro tempore of the      United States Senate, announcing that John Roberts will be the 17th chief      justice of the United States.  As you heard, the vote was 78-to-22 today.      All of the Senate's majority Republicans and about half of the Democrats      voted for Judge Roberts, who now is Chief Justice Roberts.
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Judge John Roberts to be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Alex Chadwick offers listeners the latest news on the vote.