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Something bigger. jenna: and, mike, that is the question, isnt it? is this something on emotion, driven by momentum on emotion, or are there some big, fundamental shifts that we should be watching? what do you think is the? >> this initial phase really does seem like a lot of stocks that got way ahead of themselves, you know, the reason they call it a correction is because it seems like the trend went too steep, things went too far, too fast. so thats the start of it as melissa mentioned in the ...

Oral arguments start in just a few minutes at the supreme court and protesters are already gathered outside. inside, the justices are minutes away from hearing arguments on an essential question, can a for-profit corporation claim it has freedom of religion and refuse to provide health care coverage for contraception? im joined by a professor of constitutional law at american university, also a beat reporter for "the wall street journal" for many years. thank you very much for being here. ill po...

Thats the big question. >> and, pete, on top of the opening arguments in those cases that we expect today, there could also be a few decisions that come out of significance. what do we know about that? >> reporter: before i get to that, luke, let me say what happened in the lower courts here. >> sure. >> reporter: thats the real question of the day here. the courts are divided on this question. hobby lobby, the big company here, it won its case. conestaga wood, the company in pennsylvania, it lo...

Women, who use birth control versus the personal views of a handful of ceos. >> nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is live at the supreme court, braving the cold for us. pete, what are the main questions before the court today, it seems to be, can a private, not for profit company have religious rights? >> reporter: the question is, yes, a for-profit corporation doesnt have religious rights. the companies are arguing that they should be exempt from this law becausative federal law call...

I remember when we were, you know, fighting on this bill when i was covering it in washington, 45 million americans without health insurance, and now its, you know, were down quite a bit from that. the question is, like, whats the path from here to there? >> no, thats exactly right. this was always going to be a slow process. even the congressional budget office estimates, you know, they didnt say everyone was going to get insurance right away. they said it would be incremental year after year. ...

Solution as a federal lization of ukraine, where the republics, including the russian-speaking ones have a certain amount of autonomy. they want to say, if we can bargain in that, well play a constructive role. thats where you start. >> first lets be clear about nato. i mean, nato obviously theres this question about the degree to which a promise was made in 1991/1992 about not extending nato. right? theres a sense in which -- >> its ancient history. >> okay. but heres the question, right? the r...

Theres a very important principle here which is you cant just go annex another part of a sovereign territory. were not going to do anything militarily. we, meaning the west, the u.s., nato, et cetera. but were going to raise the stakes, were going to, you know, punish russia. russia says, eh, no big deal, we can take whatever you can punish us with, because frankly crimea matters more to us than you. then you get the equilibrium. the question is, whats the way out of that equilibrium? >> we have...

I would say, well, then, stop aggressive policies against ukraine. theres no better way to stir nationalist sentiment than exactly what theyve done in ukraine. >> ambassador michael mcfaul. thank you so much. >> thank you. joining me, steve cohen, colleague at "the nation." hes author of "soviet fates and lost alternatives." all right. two things in the putin speech today that seem to be within tension of each other. one was this is about -- its not about eastern ukraine, people are being hyst...

Is that what you expect to see? i remember when we were, you know, fighting on this bill when i was covering it in washington, 45 million americans without health insurance, and now its, you know, were down quite a bit from that. the question is, like, whats the path from here to there? >> no, thats exactly right. this was always going to be a slow process. even the congressional budget office estimates, you know, they didnt say everyone was going to get insurance right away. they said it would ...

Gun to claim stand your ground protection which is just absurd. >> okay. well, thats fairly persuasive case for me. youre in georgia now, and the question is, is this bill getting traction? is it getting attention? has it become -- youre down there working with groups who are trying to block it. is it in the limelight? are folks focused on how extreme this bill is? >> well, as the session started, everyone thought this bill was a done deal, it would be done by now. and so what theyve been this i...