presidential candidates about their marathon battle. and your child or grandchild may be the target of identity theft. it turns out youngsters are at high risk for a crime that could scar their financial record for years to come. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it s looking more and more as if the united states supreme court will cut the heart out of the health care reform law, that s the part which would require americans to buy insurance. if that mandate is found unconstitutional, it s an open question whether the rest of the law could survive. the court held three days of historic arguments this week. kate baldwin and jeff riff toobin were both inside for every minute of those oral arguments. let s start with kate. first of all, what was your take? you know it s impossible to predict. but after three days, as you mentioned, and more than six hours of oral arguments on the fate
so from new york to san francisco, people in long lines outside grocery, convenience and liquor stores waiting to buy mega millions tickets. wait times hit two hours outside the blue bird liquor store in hawthorne, california, near los angeles. why are people waiting there? well, it sold $20 million worth of winning tickets over the years. and st. mary s, georgia, population 17,000, bursting at the seams today thanks to people driving across the border from florida. florida s one of eight states that don t take part in the mega millions lottery. but in 42 states, it s a day for big dreams. a new house for my family and my kids and my grandparents. a lot of people would benefit. a lot of people would be happy. our mary snow tracking lotto mania in new york city. mary, what s it like there? reporter: well, john, so many dreams of early retirement and people pondering the what-ifs. there s been a steady stream inside this 7-eleven on west 42nd street here in manhattan.
that are not true about george. how he s being portrayed is just an absolute lie. robert zimmerman insists his son acted in self-defense. he talked about taking a, quote, leap of fate. federal charges filed against that jetblue pilot that had a midair meltdown. the captain s mental health coming into question, whether he should have been at the controls in the first place. where s mom? what are you stopping for? here it is, right here, right here. we re out, we re out, we re out. dramatic cell phone video captures one family s harrowing escape from a fire burning in colorado. two key endorsements for mitt romney to tell you about. one, a potential running mate. the other, a former president. the polls show the gop front-runner has a lot of work ahead if he plans to beat president obama. we start with new developments overnight in the trayvon martin investigation. just released video obtained by abc of george zimmerman on the night he fatally shot the 17-year-o
it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. we ll start with the top stories. the sound and the fury. he was screaming, they re going to take us down and ranting about the middle east and a bomb. new tape this morning of a jet blue pilot and what s being called a mental breakdown at 30,000 feet. you re going to hear from the hero copilot and the passengers who literally grabbed him by his neck to save the flight. and the more you hear, the more you realize just how close they came to disaster. the supreme court, set for a critical final day of arguments in the historic health care debate. today s session focusing on whether parts of the president s plan can even remain law if the individual mandate at the heart of the overhaul is deemed unconstitutional. an emotional plea for justice. the parents of trayvon martin speaking to lawmakers on capitol hill, as supporters continue to insist the florida teenager was killed because he was black. newt gingrich is scaling back. the former hou
report, zimmerman claims that he was attacked and beaten by martin before the shooting. and witness accounts corroborate that account too. happening right now, a deadly wildfire in colorado. take a look at these pictures. strong winds are fueling all of those flames. at least a handful of homes burned to the ground. that s jefferson county. evacuations have been ordered for nearly 1,000 homes. researchers report that deepwater horizon oil spill caused a lot of damage to coral formations. scientists spotted one coral colony covered in what they call black couple seven miles from the scene of that gusher. president obama caught in an awkward open mike moment. this is my election. after my election i have more flexibility. i understand you. i transmit this information to vladimir and i stand with you. the president is trying to make light of that moment but his republican rivals are not laughing. the highest court in the land will be getting to the heart of the healt