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by and clearly this sense of excitement. what you re not seeing on the cameras is this small little opening that exists in the crowd and when the pope goes by it, it appears he is doubling back through parts or was doubling back through the square through places he s already been. through this small opening we see throngs of people running parallel to his van and just waving trying to catch a glimpse hoping maybe he sees them as well. there is a real sense of emotion out here, i ll tell you, that scene of seeing the pope get out of the jeep and walk down to that severely disabled man and just lay his hands on him as if in prayer, as if to offer a blessing to that person and as well as kissing these babies. this is not the type of baby kissing that you see on a political campaign, terry, that you ve been covering, this is these are not babies being handed up to the pope. this is the pope getting out of the popemobile to be one with the people and i think that says a lot abou
0 democrats for the economic showdown. lindsey graham went back to the well of republican opposition to the white house in pitching his plan to deal with the sequester. it s the president who proposed the sequester. it s the president who designed the sequester. it s the house republicans who twice passed legislation replacing the sequester with smaller cuts in other areas of government. the president gave a speech showing he would like to replace t but he has not put details out there. that s why i conclude i believe it s going to take place. there s no leadership on the other side of the aisle and no agreement. here s my belief. let s take obama care and put it on the table. you can make $86,000 a year in income and get a government subsidy under obama care. obama care is destroying health care in this country. people are leaving the private sector because companies can t afford to leave obama care. if you want to find ways to save $1.2 trillion over the next hagel will have enou
arguments. reporter: we heard about the mandate, whether it s constitutional. but today we may not get to that question. the old tax law says you cannot have a lawsuit against a tax you have not already paid. the justices will have to talk about whether they have to wait for the mandate to kick in in 2014. and booting this case until they could take it later after it kicks in. normally the justices would give 60 minutes teen argument like this. both sides in this case agree. the 26 states challenging a law. they agree move this case forward. this old arcane law does not stop it. but the courts ear appointed an outside attorney to come in and argue the position. they have given it a lot of weight. they considered a strong possibility, 90 minutes, then they get to the heart of the case tomorrow and beyond. bill: we can heart protests behind you. they will be not you force throughout the week. martha: shannon just laid out day one in which they will decide whether to move forw
from the court in 80 years. bill: shannon, what is expected on day one of three days of arguments. reporter: we heard about the mandate, whether it s constitutional. but today we may not get to that question. the old tax law says you cannot have a lawsuit against a tax you have not already paid. the justices will have to talk about whether they have to wait for the mandate to kick in in 2014. and booting this case until they could take it later after it kicks in. normally the justices would give 60 minutes teen argument like this. both sides in this case agree. the 26 states challenging a law. they agree move this case forward. this old arcane law does not stop it. but the courts ear appointed an outside attorney to come in and argue the position. they have given it a lot of weight. they considered a strong possibility, 90 minutes, then they get to the heart of the case tomorrow and beyond. bill: we can heart protests behind you. they will be not you force throughout the we