socioeconomic level in this country to understand its future, its challenges, and its opportunities and why you need to know about india. how important india is to your economic future. christine? thanks, ali. health care reform is president obama s signature achievement, and at the heart of the president s health care reform law is the individual mandate, the requirement that most americans either purchase health insurance or face a financial penalty. the vim mandate is designed to lower costs by spreading them across a larger pool of individuals. but after three days of supreme court arguments this week, it s pretty clear that the individual mandate is in jeopardy. and that could mean an end to the entire health reform law. candy crowley is the cnn s chief political correspondent and anchors state of the union. the supreme court is expected to announce its decision in the summer. if it s overturned is it a fatal blow to his legacy or rally cry to the democrats he can ri
17-year-old trayvon martin. and unfortunately, it was the teen s life. listen to the brother as he spoke last night to piers morgan. the gun, i believe, was in his inside tucked inside his pant waist. right. so he has pulled it out and he has fired it? well, he has taken control of his firearm. he prevented his firearm from being taken from him. and used against him. and that s called saving your life. what trayvon said ease to the effect of, i believe this is going to be easy. you die tonight, or you have a piece, you die tonight. and then attempted to disarm him. so when you say have a bag of skittles and an iced tea, nobody just stood there with a bag of skittles and an iced tea. reporter: the other big interview is the one that was given to anderson cooper last night. this from an eyewitness. this will be the first we ve heard of. listen to this account. after the shots, obviously, someone the one man got up, and it was kind of like that period of him
the house of representatives passes paul ryan s 2013 budget plan. i applaud my colleagues for the tough decisions they have made to try to do the right thing for the country. the problem is we already know how this story will end. zero democrats voted for this budget which means it s dead on arrival in the senate. democrats say it ends medicare as we know it. as for the president s budget, it s a no-go too. according to republicans, it s a campaign document that raises taxes and doesn t rein in spending. here s the bottom line. america hasn t had a budget in 1,065 days. both sides say this is a tragedy but instead of compromising or embracing the bipartisan revenue raising and the blueprint of the gang of six or the simpson-bowles commission, both sides put their own budgets out knowing full well they won t pass. the blame, they say, goes to the other side of the aisle. we don t think that the president s led on this issue by virtue he s given us four budgets with liter
a witness claims to have seen the actual shooting. let s go outfront. well, good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. out front tonight superfailed take two. the house of representatives passes paul ryan s 2013 budget plan. i applaud my colleagues for the tough decisions they have made to try to do the right thing for the country. the problem is we already know how this story will end. zero democrats voted for this budget which means it s dead on arrival in the senate. democrats say it ends medicare as we know it. as for the president s budget, it s a no-go too. according to republicans, it s a campaign document that raises taxes and doesn t rein in spending. here s the bottom line. america hasn t had a budget in 1,065 days. both sides say this is a tragedy but instead of compromising or embracing the bipartisan revenue raising and the blueprint of the gang of six or the simpson-bowles commission, both sides put their own budgets out knowing full well they won t pass.
closed doors. we ll tell you what s happening right now and what happens next. also, $640 million up for grabs. the largest lottery jackpot in history could be yours if you got the lucky ticket. i m wolf blitzer. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we ve got breaking news coming into the situation room right now. president obama has just stepped up his re-election campaign. we have the information that is just coming in, stepped up pressure on iran. huge new pressure. the white house has decided to go ahead with what will be the toughest sanctions yet against the iranian regime. bottom line, get this, any country getting oil from iran won t be doing business with the united states any longer. let s go straight to our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin. tell our viewers what the president decided to do just now. well, if the news is that 12 countries that get oil from iran will have to make a decision by june 2