the obama administration replies to a rare order from a federal appeals court. the latest round of a sharp dispute over the nation s health care reform law. we begin with president obama warning the supreme court against overturning his cherished legislation. judges hearing a separate case took offense at what the president of the united states said and they demanded a three-page written explanation. let s go straight to our congressional correspondent kate bolduan. she s working the story for us. today the attorney general of the united states complied with that demand. complied with that demand. i guess to use the sports metaphor the ball may still be in play on this one. i wouldn t call this a bombshell, but it s a strange twist in this political battle with no end in sight. three pages, single spaced. that was the unusual order by a federal circuit court. attorney general eric holder personally responded saying nothing has changed. the power of the courts to review the
taxpayer dollars wasted. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com the obama administration replies to a rare order from a federal appeals court. the latest round of a sharp dispute over the nation s health care reform law. we begin with president obama warning the supreme court against overturning his cherished legislation. judges hearing a separate case took offense at what the president of the united states said and they demanded a three-page written explanation. let s go straight to our congressional correspondent kate bolduan. she s working the story for us. today the attorney general of the united states complied with that demand. complied with that demand. i guess to use the sports metaphor the ball may still be in play on this one. i wouldn t call this a bombshell, but it s a strange twist in this political battle with no end in sight. three pages, single spaced. that was the unusual order by a federal circuit court. att
that mission. they are both home tonight. we re told give orders is expect giffords expected to start outpatient treatment. i spoke with senior medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. the fact she s been released from the hospital and going to begin outpatient treatment soon, what does that tell you? reporter: it s definitely a good sign. there s no definitive milestone to say now go from inpatient rehab to outpatient rehab. practically speaking from a medical standpoint, it probably means she doesn t need acute medical care, the kind of care that a hospital provides anymore. she doesn t need 24-hour nursing supervision anymore. that s from a practical standpoint. but it s also this idea that someone is ready to graduate, to move on to things that are more easily done in the home. things that are focused on the behaviors associated with increasingly independent living. so it s not a definitive milestone, but all indicators are that it s a pretty good thing. i want to pu
welcome back. 38 minutes past the hour. there are new details that the possible moat tip behind the times square bomb plot and officials who is familiar with the investigation tells cnn that the suspect faisal shahzad felt that islam was under attack. since september 11th there have been 11 attempts to attack new york city. are we any safer? joining us cnn national security contributor, frank townsend and pat demora, chairman and ceo of giuliani safety. pat, i want to ask you to weigh in. federal officials say there was this dry run that took place. he actually came to times square to park what would have been the getaway before. and our susan candiotti said he actually left the keys. but what about the dry run before the plot? that s a common practice for members that train with al qaeda or groups like al qaeda over in
all of this raising questions this morning, how much training, if any, did he receive in his native pakistan or was he just a wannabe. our susan candiotti has been following it since day bun she joins us. on this friday that the car was found in times square, what exactly did he do? all of this information comes from a lawn enforcement source. remember, he s talking to investigators, that s how we re finding this stuff out. first of all, he drove his white isuzu from connecticut, down to times square to kind of look the place over and then he parked the vehicle several blocks away. then he gets back on a train and goes back to connecticut. that s the dry run. he s got the isuzu parked in new york city, what happens after that? how does the nissan pathfinder get there? right. now, he s back home. he s got allegedly the bomb together. drives down from connecticut southbound on fdr drive along the east river. he pauses around 49th street, reaches in the rear compartment