it s looking more and more as if the supreme court will cut the heart out of health care reform law. that s the part which would require americans to buy insurance if that mandate is found unconstitutional and we won t know it until june. it s an open question whether the rest of the law could survive. the court wrapped up three days of historic arguments today. cnn s congressional correspondent kate bolduan and our legal analyst jeffrey toobin, they were both inside during the oral arguments. let s start with kate. what s your take, kate? how did it go today? wolf, after three days of oral arguments and four issues being debated and more than six hours of debate, this historic case is a bit exhausting and i m sure even for the justices and for the attorneys arguing before them. this all wraps up with still the same question at the center of this case. is the individual mandate constitutional and with that very question in mind, the justices today took a look at the quest
report, zimmerman claims that he was attacked and beaten by martin before the shooting. and witness accounts corroborate that account too. happening right now, a deadly wildfire in colorado. take a look at these pictures. strong winds are fueling all of those flames. at least a handful of homes burned to the ground. that s jefferson county. evacuations have been ordered for nearly 1,000 homes. researchers report that deepwater horizon oil spill caused a lot of damage to coral formations. scientists spotted one coral colony covered in what they call black couple seven miles from the scene of that gusher. president obama caught in an awkward open mike moment. this is my election. after my election i have more flexibility. i understand you. i transmit this information to vladimir and i stand with you. the president is trying to make light of that moment but his republican rivals are not laughing. the highest court in the land will be getting to the heart of the healt
south korea today. but he is delivering a strong message to north korea about its plan to test-fire a long-range missile. pyongyang claims it will launch a rocket-powered satellite next month, not a missile. south korea says regardless, the technology being used is a violation of a u.n. security council resolution. and former vice president dick cheney is recovering today after undergoing heart transplant surgery. cheney, who is 71 years old, was reportedly on the transplant list for over 20 months. he has had at least five heart attacks since 1978. no word op the identity of the heart donor, but cheney s family says they will, quote, be forever grateful. now to the 2012 contenders and the impact of the latest big contest in the presidential race. louisiana s republican primary, rick santorum easily won, capturing 49% of the vote. mitt romney came in a distant second with 27%. newt gingrich s southern roots, it didn t help him in this state. he got just 16% of the vote. r
will open in illinois and the outcome of this primary could be critical. total chaos. and a deadly shooting at a jewish school in france triggering fears of a possible copycat attack in this country. police in new york and other cities on high alert. once again, severe weather overnight. this time in texas, a tornado touching down right near san antonio. take a look at that. reports of significant damage this morning. this is part of a slow-moving line of storms stretching from texas all the way to minnesota. those storms also bringing some really heavy rain to oklahoma. take a look at your screen. don t do this at home, folks. don t drive through that stuff. floods in tulsa and other parts of eastern oklahoma. you re lucky, buddy. you re lucky that you could get out of your car and get out of that next one. flash flooding into tomorrow. someone always tries. i guess you underestimate how deep it is. and how much it s moving. one minute past the hour. he was 17 ye
but the math and money and more people doubting that that may be enough as we move on your early start. good morning everyone welcome to early start i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. we re bringing you news from a to z, 5:00 a.m. in the east. alabama, mississippi, rick santorum a southern sweep. a heartbreaking tragedy in switzerland, 22 children killed when a bus crashed in the wall of a tunnel. that bus carrying 46 children, and six adults was returning to belgium after a school ski trip. a total of 28 people died, police are investigating now. prosecutors in alabama plan to seek the death penalty against this woman, accused of literally running her 9-year-old granddaughter to death. the girl was forced to run around the family house for hours as punishment for lying about eating chocolate. president obama and david cameron holding formal talks at the white house with the war in afghanistan, iran s nuclear program, syrian crisis and the global eco