did on friday if you look very closely at the legal papers that came out on friday all he did was finalize the very same rule that they put in place in august of 2011 not one word was changed. not one comma was changed. it is exactly the same rule. all we got on friday were two additional promises. one from the administration saying that they would delay enforcement of the rule for a year so that these religious groups could fall in line and the other promise we got from the president was that he would come up with some additional mandate that would shift the costs to insurance companies. that is magical accounting according to our view of things. so really all we got was two promises if any one has been paying attention at all they realize that the president has not fulfilled his previous promises to religious groups and likely not to do so the same. shannon: how do you respond to those who have concerns about the cost issue, what legal authority the president has to tell the insura
what goes on. shannon: let s talk about recent polling numbers that show in texas there are some people who didn t feel like it was a great idea that you ran for president. your approval rating below president obama in texas. how do you come home and win back over the people of texas as you govern them? i don tgone by polls. i have been low in the polls before. that doesn t happen to someone who is governor for 11 years in the state. you are up and down in polls for what is going on around you. shannon: you mentioned a possible run for white house in 2016. do you feel like you have unfinished business, those to prove on the national stage that said you didn t belong there or in the race? people will say what they ll say. this is about america. not the candidates. this is about the people and
shannon: here is a look at some of our top stories. fans and friends mourning the loss of whitney houston. the 48-year-old are was found dead in her beverly hills hotel on saturday. houston sold more records and received more awards than nearly any other fee nai femalp star of the 20th century. catholic bishops remain opposed to president obama s plan to require insurers to provide birth control. the bishops say the only solution is to get rid of the mandate. rick santorum says the republican presidential race will come down to two people, him and mitt romney. he tells abc abouts this week romney is having trouble figuring out how to go after a rival who is a solid conservative. romney won maine s caucuses following santorum s tuesday wins in colorado, minnesota and missouri,. president obama announced a plan to try to help struggling home owners catch a break he. doug with a look at whether it as good deal for consumers or no deal at all.
in weeks the supreme court will hear three days worth of arguments on the constitutionality of the president s haste law. if they strike down the mandate, the part requiring every american have individual insurance or pay a penalty, can the rest of the law stand on its own? we re going to debate that today. welcome. thank you. great to be here. i mean there are some who say if congress wanted to be so secure on the issue of severability that the law could stand without the individual mandate they should have written more language in the law. how do you respond? what is interesting about the arguments that the reg of the law will fall if the mandate is held to be unconstitutional require basically an admission that the mandate is constitutional.
performed. it s clear if the autopsy would happen today or first thing tomorrow. the next big step in the investigation to determine the official cause of death and texnology reports. that would shed light whether she was taking illegal drugs, prescription drugs or alcohol they may have contributed to her untimely death. the pop icon dying 3:55 local time before 7:00 eastern yesterday at the beverly hilton hotel where she was staying in the fourth floor room. tmz reporting she was found dead in the bathtub, but we should reiterate cops are not confirming or denying this. this is as the clyde davis pregrammy gathering where whitney houston was supposed to attend happening downstairs at the hotelment some of the piggest names in the biz reacting to her death on the red carpet last night. listen. whitney changed music, you didn t see color. you have didn t see black female artist. you have heard a wonderful voice. that s what it s about. the voice and the music. whitney s