education welfare department, to propose real consequences on the states that they do not integrate their schools. it is such an important point and i want people in their minds, if they have seen eyes on the prize, or any of the documentaries about this time period in american history, there would not be a need for the national guard to be called in to escort a black children to school in the 1960s. if they were following the supreme court ruling of 1954. another question i have is about what americans can do in this particular moment. one of the things that has often been nuts to me is that we do not have a visual, at all, inside of the supreme court. there are no cameras. it is very secretive. they come out and they are like this is what the law of the land is and we all have to follow that. what can americans actually do
that group is fighting the influence of money in politics. watch what happens moments later when a protester stands up to demand a change in campaign finance laws. i rise on behalf of the vast majority of the american people who believe that mop any is not speech, corporations are not people and money is not, to the highest. overturn citizens united keep the cap in mccutchen. the justices ignored him. he was escorted out. evan perez joins me live. it was interesting to see the inside of the supreme court. most people never get to see that. that is quite true. it is a very surreal scene. i have been turned back at the door if i didn t have the right notebook. there are very tight security restrictions on getting into that room. that s what makes this so
plan. the law will close the doughnut hole in the medicare prescription care programs for seniors. that is big for them. no question. and the congressional budget office estimates the law will reduce the deficit by more than 1$100 billion over the next ten years, another good thing. the right-wing assault has negated all of the good from the law. rick santorum took the opportunity to do some political grandstanding today holding a press conference on the steps of the supreme court. the reason that i talk about obamacare and its impact on the economy and fundamental freedoms and mitt romney doesn t is because he can t. because he supported government-run health care as the governor of massachusetts. santorum used the hearing as a prop to try to get a few more votes. but it is much more serious than that. the affordable health care act will provide coverage for 30 million more americans. rick santorum has yet to show us
on this. they want to get to the core issue which is whether the government can run a program that guarantees everybody health insurance and i think we will get that tomorrow. the bomb line in all of this, is the supreme court going to turn around with the legislative branch of the government has done. we have a representative government. these people were sent to washington to do something about health care. the president was elected on a health are reform. that s what he wanted to dochl he gets it passed through reconciliation and the majority rules we move forward and now the supreme court is taking this up because there s 26 states that say they don t want to do it, probably because they don t like president obama. how intense is this going to get along those lines? i think it is important for people to realize, for the supreme court to step in and overturn a law that was the subject of so much work and that the congress voted for and the president signed, this could be an incr
old boys here. you would hate to see this be the case here, but it is what it is. trymaine lee and mr. zalisko, appreciate your time. thank you so much. make sure to share your thoughts on twitter. we want to know what you think. coming up, right wingers are trying to demonize trayvon martin. turner clayton junior will be joining me later. he s the seminole county naacp. he will join me to talk about it and years of right-wing attacks on health care reform have finally led to the gone to the supreme court. three days of hearings kicked off today. johnathon cohen of the new republic was in the chamber and he will join me tonight. stay with us. we ll be right back. you don t like it. but you ve never tried it? see the problem here.