population ended up paying the penalty. >> the high court, of course, ruled 5-4 thursday that the affordable care act known as obamacare is constitutional under the federal government's taxing powers. that had an opening for the anti-tax republicans who seized on the penalty for not buying health insurance that was determined to be a tax for justice roberts and the liberal block of the court. justice kennedy who always swings to the left stood firm against the health care law. the senate majority leader had this comment today. >> justice kennedy got it right, he found both unconstitutional and said clearly congress would not have passed the rest of this without those two pillars that he found unconstitutional. he and three others, four of them justices agreed that the whole thing should be replaced. >> and mcconnell says he'll do just that. he said the best thing republicans can do for the american people is repeal the health care law which he calls "a monstrosity." back to you. >> steve centanni in washington. it's always great to see you, steve. thanks. and our next guest was one of the leading challengers to the health care law. the reaction now to the supreme court's decision and what happened from here. florida's attorney general pam bondy. good morning. great to see you. and thanks for coming in. >> thanks, jamie. good morning. >> you worked so hard on this, pam, this is a mission for you for the people of your state. and you didn't get it. the health care law stands. what does that mean immediately for the folks that you represent? >> well, this was a group effort with 26 states and yes, florida led the fight and we're very proud of that. and i don't believe that there's anything different than we could have done. we made the right arguments. they made the wrong decision and right now, we're very proud in florida to have governor rick scott. we are not going to implement the medicaid expansion. and, you know, this -- the viewers have to realize that even though we lost a huge portion of this, we prevailed on a big part as well. if they could have done this under the commerce clause, there would have been absolutely no limits to what they could have done and we also prevailed on the medicaid expansion and jamie, that's really important because now, this law looks like nothing congress intended for it to look like. and now, you've got states that are strong like florida, like new jersey, that are coming forward and saying hey, we're not forced to participate in this medicaid expansion, we're not going to do it. >> that's bold. what was also bold, in my opinion, being an attorney, as you are, and reading this opinion carefully is that justice ginsburg said this was a major setback. what's the implication of a dissent that looks at that or justice roberts who wrote the opinion, he said if you don't like it, look, it's just our job to say if it's constitutional. you'll have to pick different elected representatives. >> well, first to justice ginsburg. i think her setback was now they cannot force us, they cannot coerce us to expand our -- to take away our medicaid funding so that was a win for the states. as to justice roberts, you know, what he did in essence was he tossed it back into the political arena. and, you know, nowhere -- nowhere -- we -- this tax issue was discussed at the hearings but very little and no one ever thought. ever dreamed that this would be the result when even while this case was pending, the budget director and the president came out and told the american people it was not a tax. now, we're sitting with -- >> that's true but legally, i had many discussions with folks who were look as hard as i was, not as hard as you were, under the commerce clause the taxing authority could have this, are they wrong on that as well? >> the federal government was calling it a penalty. that was a possibility. we still believe it was unconstitutional. under the taxing power, we're going to abide by the law, of course, all the states are, you know, but, you know, justice roberts -- the federal government called it a penalty and he chose to call it a tax. and -- >> that was the one way that it could make it. that was the one way that it could make it through. >> the only way. the only way. >> you have endorsed governor romney and -- >> absolutely. >> and many people are looking now, even more closely, what's he going to do about it? what do you think he should do now? and if he becomes our president, what do you think he can do then? >> well, mitt romney and i have had many discussions about this and i can tell you the first thing and this is why the american people now more than ever, we need to get involved. we need to get behind mitt romney. because now, the supreme court, like you said, they've tossed it. it's back in the political ar a arena. they said let our lawmakers decide. that's what the american people are going to do and we have a race in 2012. none of this junk has to be implemented until 2014. and now that they called it a tax, jamie, we only need 51 votes in the senate. so if we can get those votes in the senate and we can get mitt romney in the white house, we can repeal what is the biggest tax increase president obama misled the american people and this is the biggest tax increase in the history of our country and we have to elect leaders who are going to be honest with the american people. >> attorney general from florida, pam bondi saying that the ruling leaves us with a health care plan that she says is junk. pam, thank you so much. for being here. appreciate your thoughts. we report, our viewers decide. thanks. >> the past week was historic for the white house and the country, not just in the supreme court ruling on the health care law. later that same day, attorney general eric holder became the first sitting cabinet member in history to be held in contempt of congress. what impact will these twin controversies have on the presidential race? joining us now is a fox news contributor and former communications director for new jersey, former new jersey senator jon corzine and da neen barelli is a fox news contributor and author of the book "backlash". welcome to you both. let me start with you. you heard pam bondi basically explain the republican position calling the health care plan junk. a huge tax increase. how do the republicans get traction in their vow to try to repeal it? >> that's just it. there is traction here because what we have is a classic example of government gone wild and you know what, eric? the american people are sick and tired of it. we have a supreme court justice who basically is playing politics really. this is clearly a tax on the american people. the last thing you want to do is implement more taxes on hard working americans. and so clearly, i think there is a lot of traction here to repeal this initiative because it's not popular with the american people. it is a tax. it wasn't sold as a tax. and that is what we're facing today. >> julie, in your view, is it a tax? how do you think that will impact the president? >> justice roberts viewed it as a tax. just because the supreme court justice says it's a tack, it doesn't it's a tax. i look at it as something the commerce clause should be applied to and something that's widely popular, something about the provisions, talk about the individual mandate. people are about to have health care access that does not deny them health care even if they have pre-existing conditions, if they have rescission which means if i get cancer, my insurance company can't throw me off the rolls. if i'm a child, he can stay on my health care until 26 years old. all those provisions are popular with the american public. when mitt romney talks about repeal, he's talking about repealing not just the individual mandate. he's talking about repealing all those popular components of the health care reform and i think that's a huge mistake politically for him to do and i think that's something that will come back and bite him in november. >> is that a mistake? >> listen to the will of the american people. i was just in ohio at we the people convention and when this ruling came out, this just reinvigorated these individuals and reignited them to fight for liberty and to hold our politicians accountable. this is not a popular mandate. americans are outraged at the fact that we are being taxed even more. & look at the medicaid example with this ruling as well. more and more americans are going to be added to the medicaid rolls where we're already facing fraud, waste and abuse. how come that has not been addressed? so clearly, it's not popular with an overwhelming majority of americans. the states aren't happy about this because they can't afford it either. our country is broke and so i think this is a very bad policy to be forcing on americans and it's a tax. over 60,000 new i.r.s. agents will be hired to go after individuals with this. are you kidding me? americans aren't happy with this. >> with all due respect, extending medicaid are for people who can't afford health care. rather than we're paying for them to go to the emergency room, where we have to supplement these emergency rooms that can't afford health care, they'll have health care. as far as i'm concerned, this is a humane policy and it's good for the american people that don't have health care. if you want to deny people medicaid because they can't afford any other health care and forcing them to go to emergency room for treatment, that's cruel. that's bad for their health care and bad for our pocketbooks because the average american family pays $2200 per family in fees to cover people who are uninsured because they go to emergency rooms. that's a tax on me. it's a tax on you. we need to do something about it and this health care plan does. >> last point, eric holder held in contempt of court. that's not good, julie. >> not good for eric holder and not good for the way that congress is seen either. it's a partisan, partisan ploy by darrell issa. we have, you know, big issues that we could be talking about. he doesn't want to cooperate with eric holder and doesn't want to cooperate with the white house. he'd rather play politics. he tweeted last week that he's doing the full ginsburg, to get on the talk shows. that's great. ups his profile. bottom line is we have a tragic death of a federal agent. we have a policy that really needs to be gotten to the bottom of, instead, darrell issa would rather play politics. >> is it grandstanding? contempt of congress. >> what we need is get to the bottom of this. my heart goes out to brian terry's family. we don't have anyone held accountable for what happened and eric holder is a disgrace, i think, by defying congress. all he had to do was turn over all of the documents. not some. not a few. not the ones that he selects. but all of the documents. so that we can get to the bottom of it. but clearly, he is not doing his basic duty in upholding the highest -- one of the big positions in our country by obeying the law. he should have done so in the very beginning. we wouldn't be going through all of this nonsense. >> that will have to be the last word for now. thanks so much. we have a preview of what is going to happen the next four months until election day. thanks. >> thanks very much. >> coming up later on in this hour, we'll hear from the cousin of the murdered border agent brian terry. his reaction to the contempt vote against attorney general eric holder and the family's latest search for answers over the death of their son. >> and a fox extreme weather alert for you now. it's turned into a high heat situation and it is dangerous across the u.s. after violent storms that literally ravaged parts of the mid atlantic killing at least 13 people. emergencies declared in six states including west virginia where violent weather left nearly 700,000 without electricity. there are still downed trees and power lines and efforts to recover are going slow. elizabeth live in charleston, west virginia. what's the latest? >> hi, jamie. it's been 36 hours since that storm passed through. still about a third of the entire state of west virginia is without power. right around 543,000 people. this particular neighborhood where we're in, you can see they're working to get the power lines up. no power here and also there's been a water -- a water line breakage here so these folks not only do they not have power, but they don't have water. and one of the young women who lives here is shannon pauly. now, shannon, you've lived here all your life but you will say that friday night was one of the scariest storms you've ever lived through. >> yes, it was probably the worst storm i've ever seen up here. we have storms and thunderstorms, i've never seen anything with the intensity this wind had. i made it to my front door and the lights were flickering and i started unplugging all of my electronics because i didn't want a power surge. i heard something that sounded like a train and then a tree cracked and blocked the road and took out all the power lines and brought them down in front of the house and it was pretty scary. >> on friday night, this is obviously a weekend but the reality is you have to work tomorrow and get the life back to normal. what is the plan? what are you hearing? no matter, no power, what are you hearing from authorities? >> they're saying friday which is another week for power and there is no e.t.a. on the water. we reported the water break, i think, at 7:30 and it's, i think, 10:00 and we've not seen anyone up here. >> we're praying for you guys. thank you very much. silver lining, jamie, obviously there were no fatalities here in west virginia. one thing i want to note is it is really a rush for resources. long lines at gas stations. people want ice, water and obviously fuel for things like tools to cut down trees. back to you. >> all right, elizabeth, thank you so much. keep us posted on cleanup and i want to tell you that i was in west virginia and experienced that storm. no power. no air conditioning. no ice. and i have to just give a shoutout to dean parker of pollis communications who made it possible for me to be here because even the airlines couldn't get fuel. so thank you so much. everybody made sure i was safe. >> our hearts go out to everybody. million people still without electricity today. >> it was the worst. >> all right. well, glad to be here with all of you. as a result, we wish everybody the best. and as the storm victims continue to pick up the pieces after this deadly weather, coming up, i wanted to talk to you today in our "take charge" segment about how to protect yourself from disasters like these and still save money on your home insurance. >> and new developments over the operation fast & furious as we've been reporting, the justice department refusing to prosecute the attorney general. well, now, border patrol agent brian terry's family looking for more answers. his cousin will be here live to react. >> brian did ultimately come home that christmas. we buried him not far from the house that he was raised in just prior to christmas day. to a little girl who saw flames reach her home as her family pulled out of the driveway, this isn't just a teddy bear. it's a step towards normal. it's why allstate catastrophe teams didn't just arrive at these fires with cold water and checks to help the grown-ups start the rebuilding... they also brought thousands of these teddy bears for kids. people come first. everything else is second. 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[ male announcer ] half a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. >> jamie: welcome back, everybody. we appreciate you're here. i hope this can be helpful as victims of the powerful storms in the mid atlantic are picking up the pieces this morning hoping to salvage whatever is left. in today's take charge consumer protection segment, how you can protect yourself from disasters like these while saving money on your home insurance policy. michael berry is a home insurance analyst with the insurance information institute. michael, thanks. >> good to be here. >> jamie: there are some discounts that we know about, you can change your deductible. that might reduce your premium. there are some that we don't. you brought up so many, i want to run through these quick. first one you say is loyalty. what does that mean? >> loyalty is also known as a multiline discount. this is auto and home owner insurers most want to keep you as anybody who watches tv or looks at billboards knows it's a very competitive marketplace there. one insurer saying i can save you money and the other one saying i can save you money but this -- this means that the -- your existing auto and home insurer wants to have both of your businesses, they oftentimes will offer you a discount for having what's called a multiline discount. that's not only auto and home insurance but may want to sell awe not umbrella liability policy that's coverage and an additional layer of coverage above and beyond whatever you have. >> jamie: i want to tell for each of those, how much you can save. on that one, potential 5% to 15% while merging your policy with the same company. so shop. second one is you say you have to consider choosing your home location. >> much like the real estate industry, the insurance industry looks at location. and this is not widely known outside of insurance regulators and people in the fire industry but home insurer when underwriting your policy looks to see -- looks to an organization called i.s.o., an insurance rating organization, they look to see where is the home near a fire hydrant? is there a volunteer or professional firefighting department. >> jamie: those will save you 5 e% to 15% more potentially if you live near a fire hydrant or have a professional crew in your neighborhood. let's get to the third one. a lot of news this hour. you say go private. what's that mean? >> this affects only a small percentage of americans, two to three million americans who are in -- have their home insurer is basically the state. they're a property insurer of last resort. in the state of louisiana you can go to the property insurer in the state of last resort but they mandate that the coverage be 10% higher than what you get in the private sector. if you can get coverage in the private sector in a state like louisiana it will oftentimes save you money. florida is a different situation. florida, you have basically the property insurer of last resort is the largest -- there's a lot of reasons for that but the florida legislature has realized that we can't have the property insurer of last resort be the largest insurer and they've taken a couple of steps to have rates raised and now floridians may want to look to see moving to the private sector may save them some money. >> hurricanes are an issue. let me show you these other ones. these are from you. seniors should ask for discounts. make sure you don't have more insurance than you really need. reduce your policy limits. raise your deductible, as we mentioned and consider a home security system. i think that's enough to get folks started. i hear cha-ching in people's pockets as a result of this. thanks so much michael berry. good to meet you. >> good to be here. >> jamie: for more on how to take charge on a number of consumer issues, go to foxnews.com and go to america's news headquarters page. you can watch many of these programs, it's the only page that has it. >> eric: anything to save the cha-ching, every sunday at this time. in syria, trying to embrace a new peace plan to try to stop the fighting there but