can you go forward if you can t get the 1501 to stay? reporter: there are a number of laws we re implementing. a number of the provisions can go forward and i think that s what the judge is alluding to. i think the issue here, though, there s a critical provision of this law that bans insurance companies from excludeing people based on the fact that they ve been sick in the past or they re likely to get sick in the future. the ban on pre-existing condition exclusion. and the issue is, can that still go forward? can we still have a ban on pre-existing condition exclusions? i think that s the issue. that is the issue. and we look forward to having more of a discussion on this for you to figure out how we resolve that. nancy, thank you very much for joini ining us. again, interesting distinction she makes. she said the tax and/or penalty depending on how you want to look at it, it s not about paying for it, it s about
more. they think it s constitutional regardless of what this judge federal judge in virginia said. he was pretty clear. he said, it s not constitutional to impose a penalty on people for not buying health care. reporter: right. basically and that it exceeds constitutional powers. and that s what it s going to come down to. does it you know is it constitutional or not? and as soon as nancy was finished with you, she spoke with dan lothian and telling him she s going to be on the phone with the justice department this afternoon and trying to figure out their next step here. it s not a surprise to the administration that this ruling was coming out. they knew it was coming, knew it was likely to head this way, but it should be noted there have been other rulings on this very provision that have gone the administration s way. so what i think the bottom line here is from a political standpoint for this white house, they know it s very likely to go to the u.s. support and be decided the
you without as you pick up a magazine to read it, you don t want the magazine to be reading you. reporter: recently the ftc weighed in calling for a do not track system like a do not call system but eckersley says the technology is already there to put this button on your browser but won t happen until congress creates a whole new set of rules. people don t understand what s out there about them personally linked to their online digital fingerprint. reporter: this man tsays it using for customized political messaging and advertising but there s a danger they will be used with malicious intent. what if i m at a wireless place like this and people are everywhere. can that guy right there be track snd. absolutely. he is being tracked right now. everything you do online, if you use a public website or any kind
premium. so all of these tens of millions that don t pay premiums and don t have insurance, if you make them get insurance you have incredible benefits. one, they re forking over money and two probably not use the system much. it spreads the risk and includes the low-risk people. when you are healthy and pay premiums for insurance and don t use and go see the doctor that s great from a financial point of view. can this thing go forward at the moment without this? i think when health care reform was being built and you and i were covering it, when i would ask the question of the obama administration or anyone else how are you going to pay for this? they would say everyone will have insurance and those premiums will be much of the cash that we need to pay for this. so without it, i don t know how you pay for this. all right. we re going to continue reporter: and ali. yeah, gloria. reporter: the states have to start setting up laytheir insure exchanges now. they have to cont
should. the metrodome is not supposed to be an open-air facility. reporter: well, the blizzards moved out of minnesota, but not without leaving its mark. and you can see quite vividly that mark. yesterday morning, folks woke up around the country basically reading news online, seeing it on twitter, facebook, the reports of the metrodome collapsing. crews will be on scene to assess the damage of these panels. basically all came crashing down. but the facilities director says it looks worse than it is. they expect to be able to fix it in a matter of days, make weeks. the vikings have another home game december 20th. we ll see if it s up and running before then. the good part is they can repair that structure. it s happened before, never like this. over the super saturated pacific northwest. cnn all-platform journalist patrick oppmann. the skies began clearing monday morning after several days of near non-stop rain.