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congress. and former u.s. attorney general alberto gonzales is here. hellw weigh in on holder. president obamas health care law, the supreme court could keep parts of it or strike it altogether. is the individual mandate constitutional? if it is found unconstitutional, does the whole law have to go? or can the mandate be instruct down? and is medicaid expansion constitutional? and will the tax law prevent the court from addressing the mandate issue right now? a chief correspondent,...

expect your bank to do about it. claire mccasket the latest and biggest name in the string of democrats not packing their bags for charlotte. she is staying away from the democrat convention saying she wants to stay away instead. a milestone this morning. at least one state seeing gas prices falling below $3 a gallon. welcome news for those of you hitting the road for july fourth. plus, this. >> yes, yes, yes! oh, oh! >> ill have what shes having. >> i bet that woke you up this mor...

we want to get right to it now. we are less than 24 hours away from a supreme court rule ing that will affect a president and the legacy and the race for the white house and the future of medical care in this country. of course, we are talking about the decision on president obamas health care reform law. been dubbed as obama care as it has been become known here. and as we count down to the ruling tomorrow, we are taking an in-depth look at what is at stake, and the possible outcomes ...

we have had report of tornados, tornado warnings are posted and with the land falling tropical system, tornados are not out of the question. so tropical storm debby, the latest coming out at 5:00. national hurricane center did make a few tweaks. with its intensity and path, which is quite interesting. it is a broad circulation. as you heard don said everyone from the florida to the texas coast needs to be mindful of this. also, its moving very slowly. what does that mean? it wont be a ...

They pay for those who are sick. its kind of like cost sharing. thats why we call it an entitlement but if the mandate is struck, were going to have something called the insurance death spiral. let me explain that. the mandate by bringing in money for the insurance companies allows them to keep the premiums. at least at a semireasonable rate. if you strike that mandate, theyre going to end up raising the premiums. some experts say by 10% to 30% in order to cover all the pre-existing conditions, ...

Into health insurance and pay premiums when they are not sick, so you get the money coming in and you can use it for people who are sick, if that goes away, premiums are going to go up as the insurance companies struggle to cover people with pre he ca preexisting conditions, cover the kids up to the page of 26, no lifetime limits. all the bells and whistles stay in, thats going to cost and you better believe the insurance companies will transfer the costs on to the patients, and also cut doctors...

>>neil: if the supreme court decides to strike down the presidents health care law, united health care will not. so who will pay that? part the medical news a time, what is united health care doing, keeping a lot of provisions that people like, right? but, you are going to pay more, wont you? >>guest: this is a huge group. they cover nine million people and another 19 million it administers. >>neil: they cover us. >>guest: absolutely. i will call this, that they know that consumers like covering...

Assistance for poor. there are lifetime limits. what were seeing is the top line is, poverty is not going down. its going up in the recession, but those receiving assistance has gone down dramatically, theres a widening gap between people who need the assistance and are getting it. heres a dramatic statistic from georgia. look at this. this is the percentage of people poor families with children receiving temporary assistance to needy families cash aid in 1996. were defining poor, really poor, t...

Of preventive care, a lifetime limits, no longer in place these are huge advantages and improvements we will continue to implement the law and we have confidence it will be found constitutional. >> thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> thanks lawrence. >> coming up, george zimmerman made his first appearance in course and we have learned much more about the facts in the prosecutors second degree murder charge. and in the rewrite in california, the death penalty is being rewritten by the...

Everyone able to take advantage of preventive care, a lifetime limits, no longer in place. nie these are huge advantages and improvements we will continue to implement the law and we have confidence it will be found constitutional. >> thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> thanks lawrence. >> coming up, george zimmerman made his first appearance in course and we have learned much more about the facts in the prosecutors second degree murder charge. and in the rewrite in california, the de...