gripping a huge part of the country right now. hot and hotter. that s what the national weather service says that we can expect for the next several days, and you need it know this. at least 16 states under heat advisories or warnings today. adding to the misery, nearly 2 million people without electricity in the d.c. area and surrounding states. deadly storms battered that area over the weekend killing at least 16 people. our brian todd is outside in that heat in the d.c. suburb of wheaton, maryland. brian, what s the biggest problems you re seeing right now? reporter: right now the rush hour is officially over, but really it s not over. one of the biggest problems in this area is traffic snarl. hundreds of traffic lights are out. there s one over here on randolph road just a couple hundred yards up from us now where they are trying to get people through that light. people say treat this like a four-way stop. every stop around here treat it like a four-way stop. this one j
good evening everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the health care fight that doesn t add up. love it or loathe it. the individual mandate, the heart of president obama s signature domestic achievement is in jeopardy tonight. republicans are already circling the wagons. we made it pretty clear and i ll make it clear one more time. if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what s left of it. there are three things to know about the bill tonight. as we count down to the supreme court s biggest decision of the year. first this, only one in ten americans would even be required to get health insurance under the president s mandate. yes, you heard me right. the mandate is wildly unpopular but it doesn t require anything from a lot of us. most americans already have insurance and another 22 to 24 million americans will be exempt from the mandate because they don t earn enough money to file income taxes or they re in prison or they
snoof good. good evening, everyone. the health care fight that doesn t added a up. love it or loathe it. the mandate that is the heart of president obama s single achievement is and republicans are already circling the wagon. if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what s left of it. there are three things to know about the bill tonight. as we count down to the supreme court s biggest decision of the year. first this, only one in ten americans would even be required to get health insurance under the president s mandate. yes, you heard me right. the mandate is wildly unpopular but it doesn t require anything from a lot of us. most americans already have insurance and another 22 to 24 million americans will be exempt from the mandate because they don t earn enough money to file income taxes or they re in prison or they re members of certain religious groups. second, if the mandate is struck down, but the rest of the bill is upheld b
good evening everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the health care fight that doesn t add up. love it or loathe it. the individual mandate, the heart of president obama s signature domestic achievement is in jeopardy tonight. republicans are already circling the wagons. we made it pretty clear and i ll make it clear one more time. if the court does not strike down the entire law, the house will move to repeal what s left of it. there are three things to know about the bill tonight. as we count down to the supreme court s biggest decision of the year. first this, only one in ten americans would even be required to get health insurance under the president s mandate. yes, you heard me right. the mandate is wildly unpopular but it doesn t require anything from a lot of us. most americans already have insurance and another 22 to 24 million americans will be exempt from the mandate because they don t earn enough money to file income taxes or they re in prison or they
susan candiotti is outside of the courthouse. susan, bring us up to date. reporter: fredricka, the latest information we have on the suspect in this case, pedro hernandez, is that he is not being held in jail at this time. instead, he is at bellevue hospital in new york, which is a very highly regarded public hospital, which has an equally highly regarded psychiatric unit as well. we are told that he is being evaluated. he is not under a suicide watch, according to police officials, at this time. so right now at the courthouse, we are waiting to find out when a hearing might be scheduled. this would be the first appearance for mr. hernandez at which time we expect that prosecutors will be announcing exactly what he will be charged with. now, it was flagged yesterday by police that they expected the charge to be second degree murder. but it will be the first opportunity we have to see him in court if in fact this appearance does come today as expected. fredricka? susan, ye