staff writer at the new yorker magazine. barbara, director of the lawyers for civil rights. america s unwritten constitution he s professor of law at the yale law school. president for the alliance of justice system. it is wonderful to have you here. this week, we have two blockbuster political events on the calendar. the first presidential debate and the return of the supreme court to washington. they will hear arguments since the first time on the affordable care act. a start and fresh reminder of the power of the court. the court returns with a docket packed with high profile cases and others likely to be heard. it s strangely almost entirely absent from the presidential campaign. it becomes alarming when you look at the age of the justices. 76, 76, 74, and the oldest is 79 years old. let s not forget she s the fifth vote to uphold a decision in roe v. wade. i hope to appoint justices to the supreme court that will follow the law and the constitution. it will be my imp
it s not annoying. the sound s a booster. time to hurry out of bed because fox & friends is just ahead. nice. hi, everybody. welcome to studio e on this thursday morning. you know, we complain that sometimes we have to get up really early and go to bed early. but down just the crew. i mean, we pretty much like it. those guys down in washington were working until 3:00 in the morning and they re going to be up in the 9:00 hour today. wow! welcome to our club, everyone. so after staying at the session well past 2:00 a.m. this morning as steve said, senate republicans find some problems that will force the health care bill back to the house for another vote. kelly wright up early joining us from washington. good morning to you. good morning to you guys. you know, yeah, they ll be up early and look for the bags under their eyes because they won t get much sleep. it wasn t health care, though, that ultimately caused a headache for the democrats. it was their federal
the driver of that runaway prius. listen. ok, how fast are you going? 80 something. you re going 80 miles an hour. 81. and it s still stuck? yes. on route 8 in san diego. more on that call coming up straight ahead. what it means maybe for your toyota that you re driving today and our slogan comes to us from jasmine in maryland. the sun comes up, the bacon s frying, it s time to have fun with steve, gretchen and brian. what was that, brian? i was saying somebody just emailed me another slogan which emphasizes gretchen. we love a million of them. it s really good. can t do that. stay away from those. let s get to the headlines this morning. his prius accelerated out of control hitting 94 miles an hour on a california freeway. this morning the national highway traffic safety administration and toyota itself is investigating why james sykes car started speeding up on its own and a new 911 call details the terrifying ride. put the car in neutral, sir? no
high school football player who collapsed on the football field. prosecutors say his brutal practice led to the 15-year-old s death. we re look at how the case is playing out in court. the lifestyle of bernie madoff. pictures of the homes and boats seized by the feds. his apt manyment where he spent his last days as a free man. what could be one of the most monumental days for the white house. president obama is going to try to sell health care reform. he goes before both houses of congress to make his pitch. president clinton used the stage in 1993, but his bill died a year later. will president obama have better luck and will lawmakers come to an agreement before tonight s speech? we have a team of reporters ready to go, even though it s barely 6:00. let s start at the white house. what can we expect to hear from the president? reporter: he s still fine tuning the speech, but it s expected to last 35 minutes or so. he s going to encourage congress to act swiftly and r