whose states have been hit hard. and finally, colorado on fire with their governor. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. twice a week for the white house, a major victory in the supreme court followed by history of a different sort on the house floor. the president used the trappings of the white house in this case the formality of the east room to suggest in picture and in word that the supreme court ruling settled the controversy over his health care law. today s decision was a victory for people all over this country. as the president tried to close the book on the health care debate, his republican rival was writing the next chapter. obama care was bad policy yesterday. it s bad policy today. well, trying to ring the politics out of health care, the administration was equally determined to underscore the politics of capitol hill s investigation into a botched federal gun running sting. the resolution is agreed to. the republican-led house cited
families are getting their first look at what remains of their homes after a deadly wildfire tore through the neighborhoods of colorado springs. roads will be open for several hours allowing families to cautiously examine what s left of their homes. just been like a mess because those are people s lives and we are watching it. so my heart goes out to them. we should tell you that this area is under a red flag warning today which means a chance a fast moving fire could flare up again. we will go there live for you in a moment, as well. turkey s military said today it scrambled fighter jets and took action after syrian helicopters got a little too close for comfort. turkey has ramped up presence along the border after a fighter jet was shot nine days ago. mexicans are going to the polls today choosing a new president, officials calling it the largest and most complex in the country s history. in mexico city some polls opened late and lines stretched for blocks. polls cl
it s been a week of major rulings at the supreme court, culminating with the most anticipated decision in more than a decade, health care reform. chief justice john roberts caught many observers off guard by siding with the four liberal justices to uphold president obama s signature accomplishment. cnn s kate balduan begins our coverage. kate, this was a ruling that went against conventional wisdom. i would absolutely say so, candy. it was a bombshell ruling with the chief justice, as the swing vote joining the court s more liberal justices in the majority narrowly upholding the main provisions of the president s health care law. the justification for that is what surprised many court watchers. the court justice writing for the majority that the mandate was unconstitutional, under the commerce clause, really rejecting the argument that the obama administration and congress stood behind the most. instead, the majority said the law was upheld under congress s power to tax, a
intercom, and it is all caught on video. three major stories we are watching right now. record heat, millions without power, and a massive wildfire in colorado. we ve got it all covered. rob marciano is in colorado springs, meteorologist karen maginnes is watching the heat, and athena jones is keeping an eye on the outages on the east coast, which could be a very dangerous combination with the heat for people hours from now. this all after a violent line of thunderstorms swept across the east coast. you re looking at the fierce winds and heavy rains that pounded indiana. and in virginia, falling trees killed two people and over a million people are without power. there are widespread outages from indiana to new jersey. athena jones is in rockville, maryland, this morning, where the power is out and triple-digit temperatures are expected. athena, what kind of progress are crews making to try and get this power back on? reporter: well, good morning. it s happening slowly bu
on to rain more boys? well, graduate assistant mike mcqueary saw him and the boy in the shower. he froze, didn t stop sandusky, but he did report what he saw. he told his box the legendary head coach, joe paterno what he saw. coach paterno told his bosses. everyone who had the power to stop jerry sandusky had the information they needed to stop jerry sandusky. so why didn t they? that is the question. tonight, a 360 exclusive that could point to some answers. more, now, from susan candiotti. reporter: cnn has been given details of four purported e-mail exchanges from sources with knowledge of the case. raising questions about what penn state knew and when they knew it. the e-mails are between penn state president gram spannier, vice president shultz and athletic director tim curry. discussing the shower incident. where grad assistant mcquery says he saw sandusky raping a young boy. that s 16 days after mcqueary reports to his boss, coach joe paterno about what he s seen i