how does the strike put students at risk in the opinion of the mayor? guest: in the injunction application, it sites that in the city s opinion it is a clear and present danger not to have them in school. before the strike the biggest issue was, street violence and the number of shootings and homicides. well, the city is basically put forward, the kids would be at risk, otherwise, they would be in school if this was not going on. and being fed. the argument is that the city believes they would be in a safe are place. no argument there, but the junk in the case has decided he will wait until wednesday so this emergency has been postponed at least a couple of days. shepard: thank
had had enough of this and announced last night he was going to be seeking an injunction. the injunction application is basically made on two arguments; one, that the strike is illegal because there s a deal on the table, and the economic issues have been ironed out so, therefore, by state law it is illegal because no economic issues remain, secondly that a clear and present danger to students exists as long as the teachers strike exists because otherwise these students would be in a safe school being fed. they are not, so, therefore, that s what the administration says that they would like. a quote from the mayor on all of this, while the union works through its remaining issues, there is no reason why the children of chicago would not be back in the classroom as they have been for weeks while negotiations are worked through, while negotiators work through these same issues. now, an attorney a judge has already opined on this at least preliminarily in this sense. what the city want
ruled it constitutional, including the individual mandate, that roirs every american to have health insurance. i want to go now to our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin. and i m hearing, jessica, that you re just now learning sort of the match natichinations, what n as president obama learned the ruling himself. reporter: that s right, brooke. i ve told by senior administration officials that the president was standing in the admiral oval office, it s called, the sort of area where his assistants sit right outside the oval office proper, watching a television screen that had four tvs on it, and he first learned by watching two tvs, fox and cnn were reporting that the individual mandate had been struck down, and so he had something, i m told, of a quizzical look on his face, but was calm. he was with his chief of staff, jack lew, waiting to hear from his chief counsel, white house counsel, kathy romler. when she entered that outer oval office and informed him,