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that. >> that is very bold. very bold. cant wait to share the ending with you. good morning. welcome to "early start." im zoraida sambolin. >> im john berman. this morning mitt romney is in ohio. so is bobby jindal and jeb bush. >> parade? >> coincidence? it is sort of a parade. all about the veepstakes. also the key state of ohio. more coming up. also nelson mandelas 94th birthday. well hear from former president clinton who just visited with the icon in a cnn exclusive. thats com...

To cut more than 16 billion dollars from the food stamp program, but that bill is unlikely to come up. and meanwhile, the cuts are never going to happen. ben, what do you make of it. >> i remember vividly long ago i had a girlfriend when i was a hippy, hippy, in santa cruz, she was an heiress, first thing she did was apply for and get food stamps even though she was a multi-million dollar heiress and lived off them well, ice cream and cake and thats what people do now. obviously, we dont want on...

Election, to make up their mind about the economy. dont look at what it was 2 or 3 years ago or take the four years in the aggregate. they look at the months leading up to the leck a the election a an interesting item bill kristol brought up. i asked why president obama is not getting dinged more for the state of the economy. and high pointed out, this poll that said 41% of people think that president obama has a clear plan to fix the economy. only 27% of people think mitt romney has one. that c...

good morning and welcome to "early start." im ali velshi. zoraida is off today. >> i like these hours. >> im eating a hot dog this morning. >> i love that about you, ali velshi. im ashleigh banfield. it is 5:01. its the holiday but this fourth of july is less about celebration and more about patience for many americans. and in some cases, even survival. because for six days now there have been many of your fellow countrymen with no power in this extraordinary heat wave. at least 20 peo...

citizens where the president took part in a naturalization ceremony for members of the military, and homeland secretary janet napolitano swore them in, and tonight there will be a celebration on the north lawn at the white house. and no power. that is the extremely uncomfortable position that people find themselves in after weekend storms knocked out power from il toile the nations capital, and the most outages five days after the storms hit, west virginia. 5,000 homes are without ai...

Four who make $29,000 a year and they would get -- the federal government would pick up the tab basically through 2022. >> youre still talking about sm small story, though. compelling but small. the problem for health care vis a vis the democrats is the story is complex and also an abstraction. it doesnt exist yet. the benefits are not ones people know about, that theyre receiving, so i think what it really does for the republicans, it fits very nicely into an economic message which is like this...

Obamobamacare, the presidents healthcare law. correspondent shannon bream examines what is at stake. >> reporter: as the country awaits what is certain to be a landmark decision from the supreme court, brand new fox news polls shows americans remain opposed to what is arguably the presidents top legislative success. 39% favor it. 49% say they remain opposed to the healthcare law. when it comes to how it come obamas handling the law, 51% approve. the decision rests with the nine justices who will...

Case, so a quick recap. you may remember day one focused on whether this case is even ready to be decided or if the court will wait until someone refuses to comply with the mandate, then have to pay the penalty and then sues. that would stop this entire case in its tracks. so we do expect the jus us diss -- justices have moved beyond that and will get to the heart of the matter, whether the mandate is constitutional or not. if its struck down, they get to severability, whether the rest of the la...

That some of the individual things theyre doing, its the aggregate and the aggregate is fueled and supported and enabled by citizens units. its the fact that so much of the money is not the $2500 that goes to the individual congressperson. its all this stuff that is not disclosed. its just flooding the whole political process. plus, the lack of -- where usually it could be done in term of legislation and were not doing it. >> thank you so much for coming and talking to us about your reporting. t...

In a very fund alexander way. >> reporter: justices repeatedly said those who decide not to get verdict are having an economic impact on an existing stream of economic activity. heres justice cagan. >> the aggregate of all of these uninsured people are increasing the normal family premium, congress says by $1,000 a year. those people are in commerce. they are making decisions-- >> reporter: equally unconvinced, justice scalia. >> everybody has to buy food. so you define the market as food. every...