Have the legal right to challenge the law. Moments ago former president obama tweeted out a statement that reads, today the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care act again. This ruling reaffirms what we have long known to be true, the Affordable Care act is here to say. The principle of universal coverage has been established and 31 Million People now have access to care through the law we passed with millions more who can no longer be denied coverage or charge more because of a preexisting condition. Also decided today, a local religious freedom case. Justices ruled in favorite of Catholic Foster Care Agency in philadelphia that refused to consider samesex couples as foster parents. Joining us to talk about this, cnn justice correspondent Jessica Schneider and White House Correspondent jeremy diamond. Jessica, on the obama care decision, what more do we know about how the decision was made . These seven justices essentially ruled on procedural grounds without getting to the heart o
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And we have a really nice day ahead. Basically a repeat of yesterday with our highs reaching into the 70s. Well have one more warm day tomorrow. You my want to head to the coastline and enjoy it. Some rain and sierra snow in the forecast. Mike, how is it looking for the morning commute . Well, kari, things are looking average as far as those speeds go as we take a look at the big map. You dont see anything really outstanding. I want you to know about this but its still there. Southbound 680 coming in to san jose. As you approach the 101 interchange reports of tire debris. There may be a big rig on the shoulder as well. Meanwhile we have some slowing coming down towards 680 where the trivalley and out of the altamont. Back to you. Thank you, kari and mike. A long Election Night is turning into a confusing and contested morning. Live Team Coverage to break down all things for you. Today in the bays scott mcgrew is standing by with his analysis. First lets get right to tracie potts live i
Infrastructure for electric and alternative fuel vehicles. Thats a reality of consumer desire, as well as dealing with the realities of Climate Change. We give local discretion for funds to initiate Emission Reduction strategies. That include simple things like providing alternatives for our cars, people who want to walk or bike rather than getting into our cars. Its a major commitment that we are going to provide resources and partnerships with local governments to deal with our realities and the responsibility in the transportation sector to reduce carbon emissions. I can tell you, mr. President , as i told my colleagues on the environment and public works committee, every day i face it every day, every day i community from baltimore to work and have to deal with the realities of congestion. Its been estimated that the delays caused by congestion and the excessive fuels that are used by congestion costs our economy over 300 billion every year. So theres not only a quality of life iss
I am going to skip right to what Dorothy Roberts said, because Dorothy Roberts was one of our speakers when she came here to present book torn apart. This is what dorothy once again, Daniel Hatcher powerful exposes how Government Systems operate and extractive part of the industry motivated by profit rather than justice, is our opening book is essential for understanding causal system mechanics and for working to hope that were going to get into lot of things with this book. And i wait to get into it. Daniel hatcher is professor of law at the university baltimore, where he teaches Civil Affairs and cleric in which students represent low income clients. You guys what im talking about not just learning, but acting. All right. He is the author of in addition to the nice book, the profits excuse me, the poverty industry, the exploitation of americas most vulnerable. So citizens that was former maryland legal aid and Childrens Defense Fund turned into attorney and has been a scholar. Advoca