leak at a u.s. government lab. is an agency that s supposed to protect us from disease putting people at risk? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. all eyes on the u.s. supreme court this coming week as the justices are expected to hand out a ruling that will impact every american and shape the future of the country. the long-awaited decision on president obama s health care reform law. and coming just months before the election, the stakes, politically speaking, could not be higher. cnn s kate balduan is joining us now. she s got a little preview of what we could expect. set the scene for us, kate. hey, there, wolf. well, it is the biggest secret in washington and really only the justices and their law clerks know how this drama will end. but one thing is certain. we will know in a matter of days if the affordable care act stays or goes. an unprecedented decision affecting, as you sa
storm force strength. you can see just to the exterior of the storm we had 17-mile-per-hour winds and the wind speed now being clocked at 60. we re likely to get this as a tropical storm very soon. we re waiting on the advisories. once we have that we will be able to get a much better picture. this is the current spaghetti model plot. we call it that because the lines look like spaghetti. they actually indicate quite a divergence and where some models are taking the storm, westward to texas or to the eastward into florida. it s really interesting. you don t even see anymore that are going straight to the north. they re going one way or the other depending on whether the storm will get picked up by a trough to the north and steered in that direction. all indications are that s likely what will happen because you can see a lot of strong winds right now are to the north and east of where the storm is located. we re already getting stronger winds in the new orleans area. heavy ra
what is your reaction to the conviction? well, obviously i m a little disappointed. i will take a little solace in the fact that the witness i cross examined, mike mcqueary, did not sustain the count of sodomy that the government had promised which cost joe paterno his job. we felt we were a little rushed based on the fact that discovery was given to us, thousands of pages, right before trial started. but joe amendola rose to the occasion and we presented some key evidence. that s part of the reason we got the acquittals that we did. people have been raising eyebrows at joe amendola s conduct over the last couple of days. he seems to be taking a strangely frivolous view of what is going on, cracking jokes, saying today he would have a heart attack if his client was acquitted. what was that about? well, you know, you have to understand joe has worked tirelessly, and i mean the man has worked 17-hour days, dinner being brought to him at his home. i ve seen the work he s d
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up first tonight, presidential politics. a major shift in tone. not much new on policy front. mitt romney makes a direct appeal for latino votes. speaking to a national conv convention down in florida one day before the same group hears from president obama governor romney began by asking hispanic voters to remember promises the incumbent failed to keep on immigration and other issues. that you don t really have an alternative. i believe he s taking your vote for granted. i ve come here today with a very simple message. you do have an alternative. your vote should be respected, and your voice is more important now than ever before. making his case, governor romney focused primarily on economics. is the america of 11% hispanic unemployment the america of our dreams? we can do better. but he also offered a broad outline of his immigration policies. governor romney, for example, pledged a permanent status for young illegal immigrants brought across the border by their pa