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war against hamas as fears of a potential escalation in the region intensifies. plus, russia pounds ukraines two biggest cities in a new wave of attacks. the assaults are likely to strain nuclears defenses as the country continues to plead for more military assistance from the u.s. and donald trump is appealing the landmark ruling from maine that disqualified him from the states primary ballot. later in the program, well be joined by maines secretary of state to talk about her decision...

Least one nfl game a year would be more likely to go if they had to show proof of vaccination. how do you think this patch work system will work out? >> look, much like the united states where you got every state doing their own thing around the country, youve got every team doing their own thing, and im kind of surprised that the league is sort of let it go that way. you have three teams, the raiders included in that and saints included saying look, you have to be vaccinated to get in our stadi...

Now they do not have to imply with what the president wants to do. >> not only that, not only do they not have to imply, but state-by-state. insurance is regulate by states. each state can decide not to accept the presidents rem recommendations and washington state is run by democrats and said they are not doing what the president has asked them to do and i think washington, d.c. as well. its a patch work system and unclear how it falls into place and a big political vote where the house will vo...

Society of actuaries predict medical claim costs will rise 32% under affordable care act and likely increase premiums who dont get insurance through their employers. the jump is expected to vary by state. by 2017 florida would see 20% increase and ohios rising something like 80% according to the study. the obama administration was quick to dismission the study as speculative but kathleen sebelius did acknowledge some people will see their health care costs go up. surprised those numbers at all? ...

You know, i think even if we see doma get struck down we may see some republicans say, you know what, i agree with this decision because this is a states issue. this is not something that federal government should be doing. >> and -- excuse me, keith, to that point, nbcs frank forte, says in financing a lawsuit, making sure the proper forum is used. not that is t is wrong or that doma should be struck down, but that it needs to be before the proper court. >> the obama administration is enforcing...

Ruling. we are expecting some reaction from elsewhere in the federal government. possibly from the department of justice and the the department of homeland security. but as of yet, we have nothing. we suspect that like us, they are wading through this decision and trying to figure out exactly what it will mean. youre right about what the federal government argued. they said immigration enforcement is our job. if every state were to pass its own legislation we would have a patch work system all a...

Asheville, north carolina, where the president is vacationing. i wonder does this now put immigration on the front burner for the president to try to get something on a federal level going? >> reporter: well, fred, youre right. the president is trying to get it on the front burner. just yesterday in the rose garden before he came here to asheville, he said this arizona situation is really a wake-up call, that you need federal immigration reform to prevent states from going off and coming up with...

Collide and senator grahams words, a sharply worded letter, moving immigration ahead of climate change, quote in this hurried panic manner is nothing more than a cynical political ploy. this is a political difficulty now for the white house because as you just heard from casey, president obama yesterday in the rose garden was saying this situation in arizona is a wake-up call nationally that because of all of the issues that have been pushed to the side, and havent been dealt with, you need fede...