whether to hold attorney general of the united states, eric holder, in contempt of congress. that vote expected this hour. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it s the most anticipated supreme court decision in more than a decade. and one that impacts the lives of almost every american as well as the presidential campaign. in a 5 to 4 split, the supreme court upheld the affordable care act, a law so tightly bound to president obama that both critics and supporters call it and i m calling it now what they are calling it, obama care. behind the historic ruling and meticulous legal reasoning that caught many observers offguard as well as the surprise split that saw the chief justice of the united states, john roberts, siding with the courts four liberal justices. kate bolduan begins outside. reporter: absolutely, wolf. a bombshell ruling. the individual mandate, the centerpiece, but getting to that conclusion was a surprising revelation. the chief justice wr
graduates toss their caps in the air, a frightening storm moves in. you ll see why they scramble for cover. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room kwoem. president obama took a few questions in the white house briefing room today but in rushing to get out front of the jobs issue, the president stumbled and republicans are already reaping the benefits. let s go straight to jessica yellen standing by with the details. president obama hammered congress, telling them to pass his long stalled jobs bill as a way to cushion the u.s. from the effects of europe s worsening economy. but that s 23409 the part of his remarks that s making news. the president trying to regain control of his mess amg. if congress decides despite all that that they aren t going to do anything about this simply because it s an election year, then they should explain to the american people why. after disappointing jobs numbers drove unemployment up to 8.2%, he called on congress to pass the j
more. a new terror tactic revealed wild fires. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with new developments in a growing diplomatic crisis dogging the obama administration. the chinese dissident who escaped house arrest and sought refuge, but the u.s. embassy in beijing is now appealing directly to president obama for help. chen guangcheng was basically pushed out of the embassy and abandoned, but the top american diplomat in china tells cnn a very different account of what happened. cnn s stan grant is in beijing and has been following this story from the beginning. dramatic developments, huge interest at stake, stan. you had a chance to speak with the u.s. ambassador gary locke about all of this. what is the very latest? reporter: yes. he is gary locke, the man with the answers about what went wrong at the embassy. chen guangcheng said he was encouraged to leave and without knowing the full range of his threat that
manufacturing revival, and that s going to take it back mark, i m sorry. i didn t know you were i ll say this quickly. manufacturing itself is not going to do it because most of the manufacturing jobs are automated now. mark mckinnon? that goes to thomas friedman s point about needing a dialogue in the election where we talk about the big bold solutions. and i think what the american people and what we are all reacting to is that so many of the proposals we are talking about seem like such small ball. we need big bold ideas, and the president ial election is the time to talk about it. the new ebook is called beyond outrage. we literally went from talking about dogs eating dogs. to saving the american economy. mark, thank you. still ahead, rick stangel will be here to reveal who is on the list of time magazine s most influential 100 people. also, jane goodall will join us right here on the set.
trayvon martin shooting. we ll learn what lies ahead. and north coia says its rocket is now ready to go. that launch could come literally any minute now. with neighboring countries on alert, we re monooring the launchpad in real time. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com out of nowhere, seemingly, a huge political controversy erupts over women, work and wealth. it began with the democratic activist s sarcastic comment here on cnn about mitt romney s wife and republicans now vote it will help romney cut into barack obama s big lead among female voters. democratic strategist and cnn contributor hilary rosen is here to explain her comment and she s standing by live. let s get background from our senior correspondent joe johns. joe, tell us how this political storm erupted. well, wolf, it is certainly a great debate overworking moms versus stay-at-home moms. no matter what side you come down on, the speed with which this cont