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Jon: amid all the controversy over the roll out of obamacare the president going on offensive, blasting the republicans who are critical of his signature piece of legislation. he is charging gop lawmakers never offered health care plans never offered health care plans jim angle is live in washington with a fact check. >> reporter: president obama says republicans are trying to roll out obamacare without, he says, alternatives. >> they used to say they will replace it with something better. there...

Now hes out of the race of the doesnt that have something to do with it? >> i think this is political. i think this case is totally politically motivated, whether or not he sued, what the states were, i think this is all something having to do with politics probably better dealt with in the political arena instead of in a civil lawsuit. >> you know what, they say politics makes strange bedfellows. the bottom line the sheriff, i think his actions were out of line and arguably defamtory. and he di...

You, ill give you an exemption, thats illegal, not equal protection under the law. >> reporter: paul wants to defund the the affordable care act, but they say he and other obama care detractors need to get over it. >> it was passed and signed three years ago. it was upheld. the president was reelected. this is the law of the land. >> reporter: the president says he is open to changes that would improve the affordable care act, but he would face another effort to cut funding when congress returns...

In other words, be forced to eat their own cooking. jenna? jenna: and here i was going to say well see how the cookie crumbles. [laughter] that would have followed up, jim. well continue to watch this. here we go. this is the implementation of it all, it is really where its at. jim, thank you. appreciate it. well, an investigation is now underway in illinois following a huge gas pipeline explosion in a cornfield off i-88 in the city of erie. the blast sending flames some 900 feet into the air ...

World. francis, much as he did as the archbishop in bu an he is air east has ideas where to go forward as church and community, and also as continent itself, into the future, certain through the 21st century. >> reporter: tomorrow, his mission begins in earnest. he will attend opening of a hospital for recovering drug addicts. thursday, the welcoming ceremony with one million people on cope a ka ban a beach. >> thank you. now a story youll only see on fox. an effort to get the navy to accept c...

Gimmick and said the filibuster was part of the fabric of the senate. senator mcconnell who was threatening the same move a few years ago said he is glad they did not proceed with it. all senators will gather tonight, martha, in the old senate chamber in hopes of finding some compromise. martha. >> we will see. jim, thank you very much. see you later. >> like a patient in an operating table where mad scientist were committing experiment is on him and he had no anesthesia. he didnt know why he tu...

Triggers what is called the nuclear option. rules change that would allow democrats to approve presidential appointees with a simple majority that could get us through on 51 votes. chief national correspondent jim angle with me now live from washington. hey, jim. >> reporter: hello, martha. thats right, it is called the nuclear option because it threatens to blow up the senate. but senate democratic leader harry reid, as you said, said he will bring up several nominees tomorrow and if not approv...

Again today mark omara, the defense attorney for george zimmerman, kept asking all of these witnesses, do you hear any of that in those recordings that george zimmerman made with police, ill will, spite or hate? they all said, no. the defense expects to wrap this case this week, so this could be going to the jury perhaps by thursday or friday. back to you. jenna: very interesting, phil. thank you. jon: there are new concerns out there that the price of obamacare is spinning out of control. a lea...

There on our screen. yeah. the sign there, essentially, blaming obama, president obama for part of what has gone on there. and heres, heres another one, a little hard to make out on the screen, but it talks about loving the u.s. people and is forth and blaming some of the u.s. media for the coverage of whats gone on there. jim, what do you think about the way the media have handled coverage of the uprisings and the governments situation in egypt? >> yeah. i dont think theres any question the med...

Jon: and then there are these disputes about what happened in that attack this morning that left more than 40 people dead. jim, the media suggested that it was a peaceful sit-in outside the military compound. the military then released some videos that made it look like it was a pretty violent protest. >> >> or an attack even. again, we dont know. thats the enormous challenge of it. theres a piece by a fella named -- [inaudible] in the journal this morning that said that, you know, we could be l...