about the inner workings. we don t like congress interfering with it and i say that s what barr is going to adhere to. he may give a little more but, no, it s not consistent with the law and the policy to wholesale hand over everything to you. we don t do that. does congress have legal standing toifi ing ting t ing i? nadler tweeting yesterday, they sent preservation letters to the nsi, dni, the white house, essentially retain anything. anything mueller asked for, keep it. we re going to ask for it. congress absolutely has a job to do here. whether or not something the conspiracy charge is a hard charge to bring. whether individuals were charged with quote/unquote collusion, that s whether they could be charged with conspiracy to defraud the united states and in particular, in relation to the hacking of the dnc and related cyberactivities. that s a high bar to meet as a prosecutor. what s different for congress is they still do have an obligation to understand why it is that this
choices. almost impossible to overstate how important next hour s announcement is. we have complete coverage to break it down for all of you. our crews are covering every angle from coast to coast. let s go to the white house, though, first. there s breaking news coming out. jessica yellin is standing by. what are you learning about the president s intention today? reporter: hi, wolf. well, president obama will be in the oval office receiving his daily briefing when the supreme court ruling comes down. he ll be there with the vice president, his chief of staff, and the men who usually brief him, the heads of his national security team, and others. and i understand that the president will give remarks. i expect it in the nature of a speech and the white house is prepared for a number of different contingencies. they re prepared for the possibility it s fully upheld, obviously, fully struck down and then something in between. possibly a version of the mandate getting struck d
gunfire and explosions rocked the capital today. rebels say they re making substantial gains in their fight to seize the capital. reuters reports thousands of rebels were seen closing in on tripoli today. nato says moammar gadhafi s regime is, quote, crumbling. the libyan government denies the rebels are making any gains. but a government official who asked not to be named concedes that parts of the capital and its suburbs are no longer in government hands. in an audio address broadcast on state tv today, gadhafi vowed to fight until, quote, the last blood drops from every man and woman. a fierce gun battle broke out today near the hotel where many international journalists are staying. cnn s senior international correspondent matthew chance joins us live by phone from tripoli. matthew, you were in that very hotel. tell us more about what s happening around it. reporter: fredricka, it s a very bad line. i don t know whether you can hear me right now. it s more than just a