and a situation now so serious president obama is getting involved. saw the mass exodus yesterday from that area. it was incredible. those pictures keep rolling in of neighborhoods on fire. good morning, everybody. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. i m zor ray da zam bow lynn. up first, the decision that will affect every single american is less than five hours away. the supreme court will decide whether all or parts of the affordable care act dubbed obamacare by many is constitutional. politically it is considered the signature legislation of president obama s time in office, and it s likely to be a center piece of the presidential election campaign as well. mitt romney, the presumptive republican presidential nominee, says he ll take action regardless of the decision. whatever the supreme court does tomorrow, one thing we know, if i m elected president, we re going to get rid of obamacare and replace it with real reform. and the american people
singer adele swept the awards and sang for the first time since her throat surgery. the beach boys reunited, each of them between 69 and 71 years old, they are still young! and they are great! and bruce springsteen sang his new patriotic anthem to americans coming together. let s turn to joy ann-reid, msnbc contributor. first of all, jennifer hudson, fabulous, perfect. you know, there have been some people who criticized the performance because she didn t do the whole key change, the big piece of the song and it was a truncated version, i thought it was under stated, emotional, you
and sang for the first time since her throat surgery. the beach boys reunited, each of them between 69 and 71 years old, they are still young! and they are great! and bruce springsteen sang his new patriotic anthem to americans coming together. let s turn to joy ann-reid, msnbc contributor. first of all, jennifer hudson, fabulous, perfect. you know, there have been some people who criticized the performance because she didn t do the whole key change, the big piece of the song and it was a truncated version, i thought it was under stated, emotional, you
chordz. chords. we could have had it all rolling in the deep inside of my head that s adele. she went 6-6 last night. her awards including three of the biggest record album and song of the year. and those are your headlines and you hope when you see that bright and shiny young face, she doesn t go the same path as many other stars and celebrities seem to be going. what s interesting is no one had heard her sing since her throat surgery and right after her opening line, there was what seemed like an extra long pause and people in the audience were like is she ok? they did it for drama. she s absolutely fine. nine minutes after the hour. next on our rundown and hopefully yours at home if you re keeping track, stunning new details on this guy, david brock. why the man behind media matters is so determined to bring down
media and get out the vote, then he has a very good shot in a place like michigan. i think romney is dead in michigan, in spite of the fact that his father was once the governor there. i mean, it s kind of an amazing thing. he should be considered the sort of hometown, one of the hometown candidates, and but if he loses michigan, what does that do to this race? it really turns it upside down. it s very bad for him. because you know, michigan, ohio, the midwest, they re must-win for republicans in the general election, and if he can t be sold in the state where he grew up, he s got a big problem. all right. always good to see you, joe conason, ben white. sorry we re cut short, but we had that news conference. thank you for being with us. thank you. as the music world mourned the loss of one singer, another was being honored over and over again at last night s grammys. 23-year-old british sensation adele walking away with grammys for all six nominations, including the big one