joins us now live to help break it down. this is, obviously, not going to be good news to the obama administration, but there is some good news for them in there. reporter: well, there is a bit of a silver lining, but you re right. this decision from the 11th circuit ruled that the individual mandate is, in fact, unconstitutional. many have argued that is the centerpiece of the law, but it said it does not invalidate the rest of the health care law. now, the majority opinion states that a basic objective of the health care law is to make health insurance coverage accessible and, therefore, reduce the number of uninsured persons. and it says even without the individual mandate, the act has enough provisions to help accomplish some of the same objectives. but they smacked down the individual mandate pretty hard, megyn. let me read you some of the court s language. the individual mandate was enacted as a regulatory penalty, not a revenue-raising tax and is, there are, unconstitutional.
numbers, because they re all headed in the wrong direction, pat. the first thing is stop pretending they re not going in the wrong direction or paper it over. i lived through a campaign like this where you think you re going to savage your opponent. probably we re looking at something much bigger, megyn, we re in a prerevolutionary moment. when you have 69 percent of the people who say that the government in washington is not governing with their approval or authority, that is historic. megyn: you re head fog a watershed moment. 17 percent saying they do. the consent of the government is being observed. at that point, they need to look for alternatives. they are down on both parties and the fox news you showed, that s a 20-point swing in one direction. it s a 40-point margin swing. and we re seeing the same thing about how the system works, the belief that both parties cannot solve the economy, president s numbers on being able to make the economy better are down at 30 percent, bas
that straw poll tomorrow and that debate last night, those were big news debates. the news cycle happens so quickly now, so much can happen between thousand and a year from november, it s too soon to tell. megyn: and alan is hoping that they do. i think things will be very favorable for the left. megyn: okay. well i know you think i m biased megyn: we ll run the clip november of 12. play this tape. megyn: good to see you. not biased, just opinionated. an eyed log. i m not an eyed log. tell you all the areas where i disagree with democrats and the president? megyn: they re telling me in my ear, no. all right, see ya, alan. new developments on that american woman who s now missing on the island of aruba. just ahead, we ve got mark fuhrman on an interesting new twist on the case. wait until you hear this theory that she went missing snorkeling in the past. plus, one of the president s top advisers is dismissing reports to launch an all-out
tribes exist on the planet, megyn, and now there s a big concern that other tribes in this area may also be pushed out by the drug cartels because that amazon forest is such a vast flow of drugs coming from brazil into peru and vice versa. megyn: what a story. trace, thank you. reporter: okay. megyn: an awkward exchange at last night s debate is stirring up major controversy today: in 2006, when you were running for congress, you described a military in your life when your husband said you should study for a degree in tax law. you said you hated the idea. and then you explained, quote, but the lord said be submissive. wives, you are to be submissive to your husbands. as president, would you be submissive to your husband? megyn: uh-huh. congresswoman michelle bachmann and her answer are what are making headlines
because you don t take sides, you don t pick winners and losers, but sitting there as the person who was responsible for controlling the event, did anyone jump out at you as making a bigger mark than the others? reporter: well, i think, clearly, newt gingrich appeal today a lot of folks in what he was saying, and he had a big night. i think governor romney, i was surprised by the lack of attacks directly on governor romney thinking, considering he s the front runner. so he largely got out unscathed. and others made points, made marks, but who had the best night? i think most analyst would say newt gingrich for a campaign that needed some breath into it. megyn: and yet is he a serious contender, bret? according to the polling that we ve seen? reporter: well, that s a dangerous question, as you know, megyn. i mean, bill o reilly asked me that the other night, and i think governor pawlenty s answer stands. if you look back to 2008 at the beginning of the polls, we would