choices. almost impossible to overstate how important next hour s announcement is. we have complete coverage to break it down for all of you. our crews are covering every angle from coast to coast. let s go to the white house, though, first. there s breaking news coming out. jessica yellin is standing by. what are you learning about the president s intention today? reporter: hi, wolf. well, president obama will be in the oval office receiving his daily briefing when the supreme court ruling comes down. he ll be there with the vice president, his chief of staff, and the men who usually brief him, the heads of his national security team, and others. and i understand that the president will give remarks. i expect it in the nature of a speech and the white house is prepared for a number of different contingencies. they re prepared for the possibility it s fully upheld, obviously, fully struck down and then something in between. possibly a version of the mandate getting struck d
martha: we re waiting for a big announcement, folks, that could put the tea party on a level political playing field, live shot we have right here, the national press club and a group called the tea party patriots, which is about 2800 tea party groups under one big umbrella, the largest tea party organization out there. and they are expected to announce a huge financial contribution from a large conservative donor, who shall remain unnamed at least for now until it gets dug up as well. it will be an interesting announcement, welcome i m martha maccallum, brand new hour of america s newsroom. bill: i m bill hemmer, good morning, the song that she chose to dance last night, mama told me not to come . martha: mama probably signed off on that one. which is very cute. bill: this announcement expected any moment now, is a mystery donor that can put the grassroots movement on a much bigger playing field.
serious injuries. the engineers looked at this thing down in brazil and the conclusion is quite obvious. structural issues at the bleachers. martha: and too many people on them. bill: not built safely enough. and, this is the aftermath, you see, people being carried away by these who helped immediately, 100 injured there, in brazil. wow. martha: shocking. imagine standing on those things, while it collapses and watching it in slow motion it is more horrible and we hope the injuries are minor, a remarkable, remarkable piece of video. let s move on to the announcement we have talked about this morning, we are waiting for and will get underway any minute from now, a big announcement from the group known that s tea party patriots. they are unveiling a major cash dough nati donation and the movement is successful, several midterm wins are under their belts and even the president says he understands americans are against bigness, as bill clinton called it, this week, in government.
martha: that s right. steve centanni is live in washington covering the live story, today. what is the basic goal, do you think of the press conference? what are you hearing, steve. reporter: the idea is to build on the momentum of the primaries, where a tea party candidate, as you know, chalked up notable victory and to try and carry the excitement over into the general midterm election in november and the tea party patriots, a coalition of hundreds of grassroots groups across the country, will announce an anonymous 7 figure donation and it adds a bit more of a national party flavor to a movement that is proud of its grassroots origins, but, officials say the big donation will not be used for tv ads, just forget out the vote efforts, between now and november. martha? martha: and, any reaction to this from the white house? well, no, not directly but of course as you know, the president did weigh in on the tea party movement, yesterday, during a town hall meeting and he said america
president barack obama: i think there is also a noble tradition in the republican and democratic parties, saying that government should pay its way. that it shunts get so big, that we re leaving debt to the next generation. all those things i think are helping. martha: all right, so let s tackle these with a senior writer for the weekly standard and a fox news contributor, steve, welcome, good to see you as always, steve hayes. hello, martha. martha: the announcement first: the tea party patriots oversee 2800 tea party organization across the country, grassroots, didn t want to be beholden to any big, central group, and what do you think of the major dough nation a donation and what the impact will be. it is the next natural step for a organization, mutual that is beginning to coalesce around the election issues, that were elected to see this fall and i don t think, however, that the