congress. and former u.s. attorney general alberto gonzales is here. he llw weigh in on holder. president obama s health care law, the supreme court could keep parts of it or strike it altogether. is the individual mandate constitutional? if it is found unconstitutional, does the whole law have to go? or can the mandate be instruct down? and is medicaid expansion constitutional? and will the tax law prevent the court from addressing the mandate issue right now? a chief correspondent, dr. sanjay gupta, also a practicing neurosurgeon, joining me here in new york. s sanjay, what happens if those benefits from the health care, could the insurance companies drop them? they could. that s why it s such a big deal, kyra. we ve been doing investigating on this, we talked to several big insurance companies around the country. some say, listen, in spite of what may happen with the ruling tomorrow, we still will keep things the way they are. some insurance providers may choose to n
expect your bank to do about it. claire mccasket the latest and biggest name in the string of democrats not packing their bags for charlotte. she is staying away from the democrat convention saying she wants to stay away instead. a milestone this morning. at least one state seeing gas prices falling below $3 a gallon. welcome news for those of you hitting the road for july fourth. plus, this. yes, yes, yes! oh, oh! i ll have what she s having. i bet that woke you up this morning. the scene from the classic when harry met sally. director, writer, master of movie magic norah ephron being remembered this morning for her iconic motion pictures. sleepless in seattle, you ve got mail. we re going back to the movies this morning in honor of nora. newsroom beginning right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you for joining us. we begin in washington at the u.s. supreme court. a history-making decision over president obama s health care law will c
good evening, everyone, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, capitol hill s dangerous game of jenga. we re going to play in a movement. let me explain. we came across a report today that, frankly, made us roll our eyes. i said the word vile out loud. here was the line. quote, congress said to delay automatic budget cuts until march. in other words, congress is now trying to get out of its self-imposed deadline of january 1st. that is when our leaders in washington, either have to find ways to cut the deficit by $1.2 trillion or face automatic across-the-board spending cuts equal to that amount. now, those automatic cuts are designed to hit in the worst places. places that you would not make quick cuts to solve the spending problem. poorly designed, on purpose. bipartisan reports say those cuts could cost over 1 million american jobs. but instead of that terrible situation forcing congress to say, you know what, we re going to find a better, smarter set of cuts, we can cut th
injuries. but what happened to one lance corporal made my jaw drop. how does anyone survive having a rocket-propelled grenade being shot into their body? here s correspondent barbara starr. reporter: marine corporal perez know the rocket-propelled grenade was coming right at him. all of a sudden, just, i just saw the rpg coming towards me, and it hit me, and you know, i was hit and my boys, they knew exactly what to do and they came down, no hesitation, no nothing, and they picked me up, got me to safety. reporter: winder perez had a live, foot-long, rocket-propelled grenade embedded in his left side, but even so, he kept his cool. i tried to call in my own medivac, but u couldn t because my radio, the rpg had struck the battery in my radio. reporter: plain words from this baseball-loving 23-year-old native of the dominican republic. perez and his fellow marines knew the rpg could explode at any minute, but they also knew he needed medical help as soon as possible.
classified national security information is offensive. president obama and his 2008 rival are at it again. senator john mccain is here for an exclusive interview. plus, it is lethal and highly effective, but is the president s drone war making more enemies than it kills? wong com lynn wolsey and congressman peter king join me. then the shifting campaign terrain. dana bash and michael shearer of the new york times. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. . to review the bidding, the president s last ten days include a bleak jobs report, off message surrogates, a shellacking in the wisconsin recall, a $17 million fund-raising gap with mitt romney, and bipartisan outrage over security leaks. friday the president held a news conference pressing congress to pass his jobs bill, including more funding to states to ease layoffs of public workers. he noted 27 months of progress on jobs in the private sector. the private sector is doing fine. oops. it s an ex