bill: the texas attorney gregg abbott is part of this lawsuit. good morning to you. what is your best argument? the best argument is what you articulated at the beginning. in more than 200 years congress never exceed its authority by forcing americans to purchase a product. it s called a individual mandate. by the obama-care law they are making all americans who live in this country to purchase a healthcare product from a private insurance. congress does not have the authority under the constitution to make you purchase a product and we are asking the court to uphold that limitation on the government s power. clearly congress has the authority to regulate commercial activity. what dong does not have the authority to do is regulate commercial i can activity. here commercial inactivity. and get this. if congress can force people into the stream of commerce. they can force anyone to purchase alcohol or any kind of product. and that s just wrong. it s un-american. it s uncons
in hockey, canada, no contest. sorry, canadiens fans, an american computer doesn t think montreal has much of a shot in the playoffs. what if s predicts the boston bruins will raise the stanley cup come june. and hopes of their third straight title flash before their eyes. down goes 7 foot big man andrew bynum. he s great, 23, injured a lot. that chronically injured right knee. went down on it last night. after the game, he was walking without a crutch. a good sign. we could fine out more about the injury today. as for his teammates, they were able to push off the san antonio spurs thanks to, yes, mr. kobe bryant. last night, the team trying to go for a third straight nba championship. one team that looks like it is playing, it s best right now playing in the playoffs, got to be the chicago bulls and their superstar there is derek rhodes.
during questioning. there is a grim update to the california man swept out to sea when the japanese tsunami swept the west coast. the body of dustin webber was found yesterday along the oregon coast. it was one month after the di sas rouse wave. in new york, a woman drives her van into a hudson river, killing herself and her three young children. police say they re not sure if it was intentional, but there was a domestic argument before the tragedy. captions by vitac www.vitac.com the national debt, it s your debt and your children s future and in washington, this is the day when the tough choices take the debate to whole new level. we re now four and a half hours away from president obama revealing how he wants to balance the nation s budget. his goals, keep domestic spending low, find new ways to trim the defense budget, reform the tax code. but the president s plan for entitlements like medicare and social security and his expected call for a tax hike on the weal
fujita scale, while it is low on the scale it is strong and rare here for the bay area. now, overall we had a tornado warning in san mateo, around 11:00 this morning and even a water spout that was caught on video. you can see it there. the location. that is where the morning meteorologist is right now. you were tracking it this morning. the radar was lighting up and of course a viewer sent you some dramatic video. reporter: yeah, he did. he told me he was watching me break in to coverage with that tornado warning when he looked outside of his window. saw heavy rain and hail coming down. and then he spotted this highly unusual sight for the bay area. take a look at this. you are looking at a water spout just off shore of richard gutierrez s home at 9:20 a.m. this morning. he got this video for us. a water spout is actually a tornado that touches down over the water. so at t:20 9:20 this morning, he said it turned dark outside. he saw the hail and captured this with his sm
a contest ant wanted for questioning in his wife s grisly death may no longer be in the u.s. the clues that show he may now be in canada. also, the man convicted of bombing pan am flight 103 killing 270 people is free. look at him there. why did a judge decide to let him go on compassionate grounds? also, is she or isn t she a she? how a track star s amazing achievements raised suspicions about her gender. hey, i hope that the day has been treating you well. sit back and relax and tyke a limb tile time for yourself. i m christi paul. we ll get you informed so you can get on with your day. take a couple of moments and relax a little bit. let me tell you about former nfl store plaxico burress we re learning here. he ll spend the next few years behind bars this. morning he pleaded guilty to a nuclear weapon charge and agreed to a two-year prison term. he ll be sentenced next month, but the former new york giants wide receiver accidentally shot himself at a new york nightclu