good morning. i m melissa harris-perry. 4zmuáájjz americans are still without power, workers in new york city have been locked out at con ed, as contract talks have broken down. thousands have been replaced by company managers. con ed says they ll be able to respond to emergencies and power outages, but not necessarily to every day maintenance work. all of this, of course, in the midst of a national heat wave. but on to our top political story. oh, yeah, and by the way, it s july 1. my student loan rates did not double. party. okay. our top story. it s so ordered. with those words, which concluded the supreme court s majority opinion in the national federation of independent business versus sebelius, obama care, or known by its government name, the affordable care act was declared constitutional on thursday. the court s affirmation of the sweeping over haul of health care gave president obama a victory that had been sought by democratic presidents for the last 75 years. whe
couple of people on the supreme court declare something constitutional does not make it so. the whole thing remains unconstitutional. well, i guess he s sort of right in thatç it s not a couple of people, but a majority of the nine people on the supreme court that have to make that declaration. and that happened and that is what makes it so. you can subtract from the 32 million that now have the legal right for insurance, the citizens of some states who are denied coverage available to the rest of the country. governor scott walker vowed wisconsin will not take any action to institute obama care. and no health care in louisiana either. bobby jindal says we re not going to start implementing obama care. same for south carolina. she said the state already made the decision not to implement an exchange. as did texas, whose governor, rick perry, has said absolutely he has absolutely no interesting in accelerating the implementation of obama care and will not create a health i
level. it is like a virus that eats up and more and more of the budget. not only the next budget but the budgets. chris: went on for telling meow have been talking to other governors. what are they saying, hang in there? absolutely. whether him or chri chris chri. i got in one day 19,000 e-mails on friday. the overwhelming majority saying stay the course you are doing the right thing and it is always good when you are doing things for the right reason and that is what we are doing in wisconsin. gretchen: thank you very much for joining us today. we appreciate it and we will stay on top of the story. gretchen: thank you, chris.
level. it is like a virus that eats up and more and more of the budget. not only the next budget but the budgets. chris: went on for telling meow have been talking to other governors. what are they saying, hang in there? absolutely. whether him or chri chris chri. i got in one day 19,000 e-mails on friday. the overwhelming majority saying stay the course you are doing the right thing and it is always good when you are doing things for the right reason and that is what we are doing in wisconsin. gretchen: thank you very much for joining us today. we appreciate it and we will stay on top of the story. gretchen: thank you, chris.