reed and in washington michelle cottle and julien epstein. julian, what do you think of mitt romney hitching his wag ans to john boehner, the most disastrous speaker in recent history? well, again, they re looking for cards to play, and the card he is looking to play is the debt reduction card. it is a cynical card because i pointed out in the last segment it is like the arsonist complaining of the fire. it is like the orphan, the kids that killed his parents and complaining they were an orphan. republicans had a 5 to $6 trilt i don t know sur plaus projected when bush took office and turned that into an $11 trillion debt and represents more than two-thirds of what our current debt is right now and boehner and romney are looking at the political polls that show that the debt is a potent issue for some independents and that is
i will get the job done. unfortunately, what is missing from mitt s debt drenching bravado are specifics about what he would eliminate from the budget. he says he will cut taxes, he will expand the military, putting more stress on the budget, all while vowing to the st. petersburg snowbirds he will protect social security and medicare. give mitt credit. he comes ready with a panda for every single audience. by the way, for the young people in this room, that guy there and who did i see over here, well, you re not that young. there is a guy way back there. actually, anybody under 65 i find very young. they ate it up down there. they really did. now, of course the closest romney has come to laying out a specific plan is his endorsement of the ryan budget pass this had year by house republicans and it s boehner and the boys the president found himself facing again today in a lunchtime hoagie summit between himself and congressional leaders and with speaker boehner claiming
young. there is a guy way back there. actually, anybody under 65 i find very young. they ate it up down there. they really did. now, of course the closest romney has come to laying out a specific plan is his endorsement of the ryan budget pass this had year by house republicans and it s boehner and the boys the president found himself facing again today in a lunchtime hoagie summit between himself and congressional leaders and with speaker boehner claiming he is the grown up in the room. when i am trying to do is encourage people on both sides of the aisle, on both sides of the capital and on both ends of pennsylvania avenue to be honest with the american people and to be honest with ourselves, to begin to tackle this problem in an adult like fashion. he is right, you know. holding children s health care hostage to your conservative agenda, no child will ever do that. let s bring in our panel now. here in new york, contributor joanne reed, managing editor of the grio.co
court of the united states, and i think julien and are i are in complete agreement, they need to get to the merits of this. why d you give an hour and 30 minutes to something that really shouldn t have been that big of an issue, but they did. based on the questioning that came forward in the court, it s becoming pretty obvious at least by the oral arguments, the fact is the court will address tomorrow the individual mandate, and i expect that one way or another that decision will come out at the end of june. the questioning looked like it went today almost from all the justices with the notable exception or two that the court was going to reach the merits. interestingly, a couple of conservative judges that in the lower courts have said that the anti-injunction act applied. megyn: virginia. i m going to play a little bit of audio because i think it s interesting to hear the justices. let me just set this up for you because it s a little confusing. here s the deal. the court wanted to h
banded together on this issue. later right here on america live we have got the actual audio of some of the key moments from this morning s hearing. you haven t heard it yet today. we will look at the questions that were asked in a fair and balanced debate with two guests who have years of experience with issues before the high court. you know them well by now, jay and julien, here on the arguments, and you will hear the justices for the first time on the president s signature legislative achievement. stay tuned for that. got an alert now and brand new developmentses in a cheating scandal. you may remember a story breaking last year about school administrations manipulating standardized testing grades in cities like washington, d.c. and camden, new jersey. well, today we re getting reports that this kind of cheating could be going on in a number of other school districts across the country. jonathan serrie s live in atlanta. jonathan, for folks who don t remember that, just set the