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Attempts to bedevil this process, i wonder what the number could be. what it speaks to is the real demand for health coverage, for the reasons that zeke suggested. and so its very, very heartening. alex, ive said before, maybe not on this show but elsewhere, i have a child with a preexisting condition, started when she was 7 months old. i went through the dreadful period of time in my life where i thought we were going to go broke because we didnt have health coverage that could handle her healt...

>> funding for the law down, way down, and take the whole thing down. thats next. 

I.r.s. can spend $1.4 million on convention. fiscal year 20 12? 10? the president wants 13.3 billion for fiscal europe 2013. advance it one time. that is an increase of $440 million for the i.r.s. and healthcare to bring on an additional 2,000 new employees. that is what the law mandates. >> thats right. one other statistics if you look over the next ten years the i.r.s. is in charge of collecting about one trillion dollars of -- i was going to call them fees but remember the supreme court calle...

Crazy. >> to petes point, this law will have broader implications for the amount of monkey business that states can get into with their voter registration process. i have to say republicans for the long term, if theyre serious about the rncs new plan and booklet thingy and petitioning to groups, they ought to be cheering for this law to be struck down. no person is going to vote for a party that thinks they dont want to see them at the ballot box. so i think by striking this law down, you would ...

Same-sex couples are now legally getting married in washington state. the state started handing out marriage licenses last thursday. but a three-day waiting period made sunday the first official day for couples to tie the knot. as those weddings are taking place, the supreme court is preparing to take up two challenges to same-sex marriage. what are being billed as the civil rights cases of a generation. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins me now. pete, we learned that the high co...

Student environment is it breaks down stereotypes and promotes cross-racial understanding. >> the court is likely to take up another racially charged issue, whether to scale back the landmark voting rights act. it requires states with a history of discrimination to get federal permission before making any changes in elections. but challengers say with more minorities elected nationwide, the law is outdated. >> we have african-americans, representing districts in the deep south that are almost al...

Into the mantel of the earth. the big draw today in houston was this contraption. look, appropriately named the claw, the claw is an incredible technological feat that allows oil companies to recover oil platforms that have sunk. platforms that have sunk to the bottom of the ocean after some horrible drilling accident. you send the claw down, you scoop up your damaged oil platform, and then, of course, you can see what you can salvage so you can move on to the next project. a little oil in the w...

Possible for companies to drill into the mantel of the earth. the big draw today in houston was this contraption. look, appropriately named the claw, the claw is an incredible technological feat that allows oil companies to recover oil platforms that have sunk. platforms that have sunk to the bottom of the ocean after some horrible drilling accident. you send the claw down, you scoop up your damaged oil platform, and then, of course, you can see what you can salvage so you can move on to the nex...

Law, kasichs anti-union law went downment on the other side of that ledger, the same people that voted that law down, 63% of them said that their federal government shouldnt have health care mandates. so how do you balance out those two? and how do you look at ohio? does this put ohio back in the ledger for you guys? >> i think ohios back in the ledger not because of that particularly. i think that what happened there was important. people -- you know i think what happened in 2010, we may have d...

Ago? get ready for his no holds barred response. >> he not only rolled up his sleeve, we rolled up our sleeves, our pant legs, we were in our gym shorts working like a devil. they made it clear. that under no circumstances are they prepared to pay for anything that we need to do now so we dont raise the debt further in order to help people have jobs. >> well, who got at this jobs bill who is not too big for the republicans to swallow. he made that point. it was meant to be bite-sized and no wond...