good morning. i m melissa harris-perry. 4zmuáájjz americans are still without power, workers in new york city have been locked out at con ed, as contract talks have broken down. thousands have been replaced by company managers. con ed says they ll be able to respond to emergencies and power outages, but not necessarily to every day maintenance work. all of this, of course, in the midst of a national heat wave. but on to our top political story. oh, yeah, and by the way, it s july 1. my student loan rates did not double. party. okay. our top story. it s so ordered. with those words, which concluded the supreme court s majority opinion in the national federation of independent business versus sebelius, obama care, or known by its government name, the affordable care act was declared constitutional on thursday. the court s affirmation of the sweeping over haul of health care gave president obama a victory that had been sought by democratic presidents for the last 75 years. whe
couple of people on the supreme court declare something constitutional does not make it so. the whole thing remains unconstitutional. well, i guess he s sort of right in thatç it s not a couple of people, but a majority of the nine people on the supreme court that have to make that declaration. and that happened and that is what makes it so. you can subtract from the 32 million that now have the legal right for insurance, the citizens of some states who are denied coverage available to the rest of the country. governor scott walker vowed wisconsin will not take any action to institute obama care. and no health care in louisiana either. bobby jindal says we re not going to start implementing obama care. same for south carolina. she said the state already made the decision not to implement an exchange. as did texas, whose governor, rick perry, has said absolutely he has absolutely no interesting in accelerating the implementation of obama care and will not create a health i
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a sunday. i m lester holt. i m jenna wolfe. nine years of war in iraq and now it s over. just three days ago, the war in iraq was declared over. the last american troops have left. a picture that richard engel just tweeted a short time ago. literally, the last vehicle out. and someone scrolled that out. a historic picture. richard is standing by in kuwait. meanwhile, prince harry finds himself in the middle of a police investigation, after his friend was reportedly mugged. details, coming up. clint eastwood, one of hollywood s most iconic actors from his memorable performances on screen to success behind the camera we may see a whole new side of clint eastwood. we ll explain in a few minutes. a little later on, a story we all grew up with, and champion gymnast kathy rigby is bringing peter pan to life. i got a chance to see everything on stage and above it as well with a rare