u.s. or bermudaca. we re watching tropical storm maria. 45 mile-per-hour sustained winds. this could comb into the u.s. over the weekend and early next week. this is tropical storm nate which we don t quite have a handle on yet. some forecast models have it coming very close to the gulf coast region. we would love the moisture working into texas. unfortunately we don t think that is going to occur. it is a matter of too much rain or too little unfor the unfor the fatly in the extreme weather center. jenna: janice dean, thanks. jon: virginia is one of the states that challenged the nation s new health care law, a big ruling from the fourth circuit court of appeals on that. shannon bream will be along with the information. plus you can still vote on today s must-see moment. time is running out. rick is at the web wall. let us know. you decide, we report. a couple animal stories. three for you to choose from today. do you want to hear about
secretary geithner has been going for looking at tax reform generally will come out later. in this particular bill the president will be looking to close loopholes. reporter: she didn t specify what kind of loopholes they have in mind here but we can tell you that in the 2012 budget back in february the administration proposed about $356 billion in revenue changes and loophole closures, including for example getting rid of tax breaks for oil and gas companies. jon. jon: peter barnes at the white house where they are doing some digging. peter, thank you. be sure to keep it right here on fox. shepard smith anchors our live coverage of the president s address to congress tonight. 7:00 eastern time. jenna: in the months and years after 9/11 just about everyone feared or fears another terror attack on our soil. with congress and the white house and intelligence experts
question whether or not that individual mandate is constitutional. they re strictly looking at issue of standing. whether the state of virginia has the right to sue over this. they say, this law that virginia passed does not give them the right. it does not create a conflict that allows you to go to federal court to fight back against a federal law. not surprising. i attended arguments at the fourth circuit the day they argued this case. it was clear the three judge listening were very skeptical. turns out we have the ruling, this opinion on paper saying basically virginia doesn t get to argue about the constitutionality of that individual mandate. they don t get that far. bottom line the court says virginia has no right to sue regardless of the fact they passed a state law saying you can t force us or our residents to buy insurance, jenna. jenna: interesting the twist and turns on the here. what does it mean for broader challenge in the supreme court? is this another indication the la
through august. i had the pleasure of being with him when he was in the midwest, in iowa. he was in new jersey. he was in detroit. he has been all over the country talking to experts, talking to business leaders, talking to the american people and the plan he is sending forward, the american jobs act he is sending forward is going to do some critical things. first of all it is going to make sure we re creating and saving jobs. that we have particular focus on those who have been unemployed for over six months and making sure that people aren t getting laid off. we have to have teachers in class rooms. we have to have firefighters making sure people are safe in their homes and businesses. the same thing with police officers. construction workers are working to rebuild bridges and roads. jenna: melody, we ll hear some of those ideas, i apologize for interrupting you. i have to get to a break in a moment here. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell wants to president to admit failure with
share with the american people tonight to turn around the job situation. the challenge is no one single thing. in my letter iaid out several. just a couple out of there i hope he talks about the idea of a infrastructure bank, if you leverage properly you can create an incredible amount of resources out there to build roads, bridges, water systems and sewer systems that are falling apart and crumbling across the country. also they are important for the private sector work off of. if we build the right road systems, the right water and sewer systems private sector will attract and build from that. jenna: do you think that has a chance of passing not only the house but the senate as well? we ve got to have a little hope around here. if we keep talking that nothing is going to happen then guess what, nothing happens. i will tell you today in the senate environment and public works committee the highway transportation to be extended by january of this year was passed out unanimous. ther