somehow everybody survives. welcome to our viewers around the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. you re in the situation room. the obama administration gives in and replies to a rare order from a federal judge. the latest round there a legal and political fight over the health care reform law. things escalated this week when president obama warned the supreme court against overturning himself cherished legislation. some appeals court judges took offense and demanded a written explanation. they got one. let s begin with cnn congressional correspondent kate baldwin. kate, the administration has answered this request. so where do things stand now? to use a sport metaphor, i d say the ball may still be in play, joe. i wouldn t call this letter a bombshell but it s definitely another strange twist in this political battle that has no end in sight. three pages single spaced. that was the unusual order by a federal circuit court. attorney general eric hol
and the rest of the world. a week from tonight, negotiators will be arriving to talk with iran about the disputed nuclear program. the debate over where iran will talk to the united states, britain, france, germany, china and russia may not just be rhetoric. this could derail talks and send the world down a path towards military strike. now, iran suggested it might move the venue from istanbul to beijing. here s what william cohen told me. the iranians are not interested in reaching an agreement, thane are not interested in producing a nuclear pow e. they re interested in acquiring nuclear weapons. now iran says it s for peaceful purposes but it isn t just the united states that s frustrated. turkey s prime minister stepped said today that iran s off tore move the venue was this. the offer going around at the moment, damascus or baghdad is a waste of time. it means it won t happen. because of the lack of honesty they re continually losing their international prestige. t
now he makes shocking remarks about asian-owned businesses. wolf blitzer is off. i m joe johns. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com breaking news, a horrifying scene in a crowded apartment complex in virginia beach as a navy jet crashes into buildings there, shooting flames and thick, black smoke into the sky. the crew members ejected and were taken to the hospital. now an urgent effort to account for all of the people on the ground. our brian todd has the very latest details. brian, what do we know? joe, the very latest from fire and rescue officials in virginia beach, we know that at least six people have been injured. that includes the two crew members, four others on the ground injured and taken to local hospitals and at least one of them is a policeman treated for smoke inhalation. these injuries not believed to be life-threatening. i ll show you some of the pictures and the horrific-looking pictures and we ll talk location. you see so
captions by vitac www.vitac.com an historic and stunning showdown is under way right now between the obama administration and federal judges. a three-member appeals panel all republican appointees has taken issue with the president s jawboning of the u.s. supreme court over the health care reform law. now an unusual demand from those judges is putting a lot of heat from the justice department in washington. brian todd is following this battle for us. brian, what s going on? reporter: one seasoned court analyst says federal judges almost never do this kind of thing. whether he intended to or not an appeals court judge has publicly taken on president obama and walked into the political fire. reporter: a barometer of how high the political stakes are for the president and his opponents on the health care law. a public sparring match between president obama and the courts. on monday, mr. obama says this about the supreme court s review of health care. ultimately, i m
like business too much. but the economy is simply the product of all the businesses of the nation added together. so it s a bit like saying you like an omelet, but you don t like eggs. you know, to build a strong economy that provides good jobs will you meet the snare, overcome the demon in the woods, and actually get to the white house? and i think what to go to your point a second ago, i think what you say from what mike and evan have done, is that romney probably could have used in his own mind less of a time of testings but ultimately what does matter in a primary obviously is if you win, and zpt seem to me anyway, that the down side of this is that i think the independents who decide presidential elections are probably not coming out of the primary feeling particularly warmly toward the republicans. mike, let me bring you back in here, you obviously collaborated on this e book. i was fascinated by romney s gym ritual. let s take a look at president obama, mitt r