number one geopolitical foe. they fight every cause for the world s worst actors, the idea that he has more flexibility in mind for russia is very, very troubling indeed. didn t governor romney have a point about russia being if not the number one, at least a geopolitical foe, by your own accounts, the relationship in some trouble? it s also important to know that secretary kerry is still meeting with his counterpart on friday, because it is such an important relationship. the decision made around the summit on that was supposed to be in september had a number of factors. of course snowden was a factor, but there were discussions even before that about whether progress would jump over the bar or pass the bar here to warrant a presidential-level meeting. secretary kerry is hoping to continue the conversation. issues where we agree, issues where we disagree, and maybe there will be a summit in the future, but it wasn t the time to do it in september.
suggests the former pennsylvania senator lacks the temperament to be president. the landmark debate unfolding at the supreme court on this question. did congress over step its authority when it passed the obama administration plan that man dates you to buy health insurance? this morning the supreme court opened three days of oral arguments on whether the president s healthcare law is unconstitutional. even though cameras aren t allowed in the court inside, there were rare audio recordings and show the chief justice focusing on the key question, can the government force to you buy insurance and fine you if you don t? the idea is that the mandate is something separate on whether you want to call it a penalty or tax just doesn t seem to make much sense. it is entirely separate and let me explain to you why. it is a command. the mandate is a command. senior legal analyst jeff tubin was in the courtroom and he is here live. what is especially what happened today. somet
likeable. let me explain this please. the washington post says president obama will open two days of the g-20 economic summit on thursday with a pair of bilateral meetings dealing with the european debt crisis. obama is scheduled to meet with french president nicolas sarkozy and german chancellor angela merkel to discuss the international response. and the independent panel that organizations presidential debates has four big ones lined up for next october. the first debate between president obama and his republican challenger will be at the university of denver, then at hofstra university in monew york. the third is at lynn university in boca raton and the debate between the vice presidential candidates will be at centre college in danville, kentucky. to our parade of papers the dallas morning news says law enforcement officials announced the breakup of a massive drug smuggling ring that used lookouts on hill tops in southern arizona to move huge amounts of drugs across the
boss, has introduced that with senator tom coburn, who is a doctor. there are areas that could possibly be agreement, the white house just isn t willing to take that step forward. well, doug, they re having the summit on but, doug, we re having the summit on thursday. i mean, this is an opportunity for them to bring that if i could finish. if it s the burr-coburn if i could, if i could finish, that s why what we ve put together through republican national committee which is on gop.org, gop.com is a petition to just scrap this, and let s start from the beginning. maybe if we can do that, we can reach some bipartisan compromise which is really what we want on capitol hill. republicans will tell you it s also voters who have been shut out. jon: go ahead. well, you mentioned the republican approach. doug couldn t even commit that the republicans would support getting rid of discrimination based on pre-existing conditions.