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Who set in place to the policies that led to the economic crisis that exploded the deficit to now be saying why the deficit so big? they lit the back half of the house on fire and now they are complaining the air-conditioning dont work. >> they said moving forward job creation should be a priority but their ideas are different because speaker boehner says the deficit and debt needs to be addressed while pelosi said a balance of cuts and new revenue would be the key to creating jobs. >> heather: ...

showdown at the u.s. supreme court, where arizonas controversial crackdown on illegal immigration seemed to get quite a sympathetic reception from the justices. the obama administration contends the law steps on powers that are exclusive to the federal government, but as cnns kate balduan reports here, there may be a majority of justices who see things differently. >> reporter: inside the courtroom, the conservative majority appeared to lean toward upholding at least part of the arizon...

firefighters in dearborn, michigan, when the roof they were on started to collapse. training, quick thinking and a lot of luck saved the day. >> saw it on video so many times. oh, boy. i guess we really avoided a crisis there. so -- especially when it was my feet dangling in that hole. from cnns world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from studio 7, this is "cnn saturday morning." the streets of sanford, florida, are agai...

In the back half of the day having to do with the expansion of medicaid. well bring in someone who was inside the courtroom this morning. joining me now supreme court litigator and the founder of scotus blog, tom goldstein. hes been watching the court for 20 years. tell us about your opinion of how the arguments went today and what you thought it. >> today the court was deciding what to do if they do strike down the individual mandate thats been so verse shall. the justices clearly divided on th...

>> a car just crashed across the street, blew up. theres fire coming out of it. >> it just exploded. oh, my god, if theres somebody in that car. >> brinkley heads toward the blaze. >> my caller is stating the vehicle was moving when it caught on fire. >> i was concerned at that point based on the information we had that somebody was still in the car. so i stepped it up a little bit to try to get there. >> brinkley turns into the mall parking lot and sees flames engulfing the vehicle. >> when i a...

♪ and its primary day in puerto rico. 20 delegates up for grabs, but most eyes are already focused on tuesdays contest in illinois. well tell you why. starting monday flying gets a whole lot easier. especially if you are over 75. well explain. we now go to joint base louis mcchord in washington state where u.s. army sergeant robert bales served most of his military career when he was not deployed. thats why we find our casey, and he has more on bales defense team. casey, good mor...

Crazy. thats why conservatives dont like him. >> in this race, if you are not waking up and going crazy every morning, you shouldnt be running for president. >> well, you have to be in the first, right? >> but its the back half of that statement. its the idea of presidential candidates getting into questions with about contraception within a relationship between man and woman, husband and wife, im not going there. right? thats it. >> but at least rick santorum will stick to what he says. rick sa...

a bartender, didnt want her drinks watered down. >> and inside syria, cnn, breaches the borders and witnesses firsthand some of the slaughter. people grabbing children off the streets to protect them from snipers, wholesale violence and assaults in neighborhoods, we will get you inside and show you whats happening. >> we finally have a deal here. late last night word that a payroll tax cut is now in place and lawmakers are using a word you havent heard for a while. it is called comprom...

Messing with the primary calendar has not helped a person like romney, gives every motivation in the world for newt gingrich to say in. >> in 2008, mccain had been pushed so far to the right, he could not win the general, and again, you are seeing that. even if romney gets the n nomination, the fact that they have had all the fights and the fact that they can push him further to the right and ron paul, you know, making sure that there are pieces to the puzzle, he will have a platform that is sim...

town wins a $950 million lottery jackpot. you heard right. all except one guy who missed out on it. we start with this. were just a few hours away from the start of the nevada caucuses. it is the fifth contest in the republican presidential race, but the first one to take place west of the mississippi we will have much more on that in just a moment. but first, here are some of the other top stories we are watching for you this morning. in syria anti-government activists say the milit...