leak at a u.s. government lab. is an agency that s supposed to protect us from disease putting people at risk? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. all eyes on the u.s. supreme court this coming week as the justices are expected to hand out a ruling that will impact every american and shape the future of the country. the long-awaited decision on president obama s health care reform law. and coming just months before the election, the stakes, politically speaking, could not be higher. cnn s kate balduan is joining us now. she s got a little preview of what we could expect. set the scene for us, kate. hey, there, wolf. well, it is the biggest secret in washington and really only the justices and their law clerks know how this drama will end. but one thing is certain. we will know in a matter of days if the affordable care act stays or goes. an unprecedented decision affecting, as you sa
championship. lebron james. the whole team. lebron james. doesn t everyone just think lebron james is the heat? good morning, everyone. nice to have you with us on this very, very early start. i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. let s get started here. let s start with the developing news this morning out of egypt about the health of former president hosni mubarak. we re getting conflicting reports about his actual condition. a state news agency is reporting the 84-year-old is clinically dead. but his lawyer says that he is in a coma. the military says mubarak s condition is critical. but that he is, indeed, still alive. all this confusion coming at a very critical time for egypt. thousands gathering overnight in cairo s tahrir square to protest the military leaders who were supposed to oversee the transition to democracy. instead, they are grabbing more power. ivan watson is live in cairo. ivan, what is the latest on mubarak s condition? reporter: the late
good morning to you. it is thursday, august 11 now. this is american morning. lot going on today. let s get right to it, folks. good morning, good morning. so much for comeback. haven t seen these kind of wild swings on wall street since the darkest days of the financial meltdown. the dow diving 520 points yesterday. this time fueled by fears or at least triggered by fears. that france is on a verge of a credit downgrade. every day it seems to be something new trying terg sell-off or the buying. that s because this is a global economy. your investments feel it here. wild swings. take a look at the week. monday the dow dropped 635 points. tuesday, it rebounded. picking up 430 points. yesterday the dow took it all back and then some with a drop of 520 points. drop of the s&p 500 has a percentage was greater. well, far from over, too. because this morning u.s. futures are weighing up and that had asian losses at a minimum. nikkei and shanghai closed down. markets in german