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We are talking health care reform. it means different things for different people. >> everyone is wondering whats next, even if you already have a job and insurance. dr. sanjay gupta is here to sort everything out for you. good morning, doc. what do you got for us? >> obviously, everyone will be affected by this to some degree even if you have health care insurance and you havent been sick. let me break this down. looking at some of the largest groups of people who are thinking about this. if yo...

Its our capital. >> mr. ambassador, to hear him tell it it sounds like a fairly firm position. expand on what you said. is it as firm as it appears? >> well, its both firm and besides the point. the administration as far as i understand it has not been challenging israels right to build in jerusalem. what it has been challenging is these announcements building in arab suburbs of jerusalem, demolition of palestinian homes in jerusalem. its those issues that are consentous because they disrupt the...

Lawsuits. >> there are no politics involved in this whatsoever. this is something i would do whether i wa attorney general or not. this bill is wrong. >> thats not all. 36 states are considering new laws to block an array of health care reform measures. many of those states point tottenth amendment to the constitution, which says powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved for the state. there is a problem, clause in the constitution which declares laws passed by congress as the ...

18 and a half minutes after the hour. we have a great conversation going on at our blog this morning over health care. of course one of things a lot of people have been talking about is the mandate, they have to have health insurance or get fired. im so tired of people whining about the mandate. that its unconstitutional, whats the difference between this and when you own a car youre mandated to purchase car insurance. people make the point thats a state mandate and nobody is forcing you to get ...

Hillary clinton, secretary of state addressed apec as well and was rebuked to some degree, in statements afterwards saying, if you dial it back a little bit, remember the historic relationship between the united states and israel. did the administration overreact on that particular point do you think? >> no, i dont think so. i think that it was very important to have a moment of clarity in which the administration said enough is enough. were not talking about building in suburbs of jerusalem. we...

And credit cards. and want financial firms and banks to bolster their capital cushion. also, new rules around too big to fail. they are saying that they would create a nine person advisory oversight council to sound the alarm before the company could get to the point where they could affect the rest of the financial system. think of aig and lehman brothers. there will be clearing house thats would clarify the value of these trades and make the rating agencies more responsible if they then take i...

Change? >> well, so, there is a couple things that are sort of at play here. one being this health exchange people are talking about. again, that comes about in around four years, 2014. some of the same rules apply here. again, no lifetime caps and then this nondiscrimination for some sort of pre-existing condition. thats going to exist under the health exchanges as well. the congressional budget office predicts that in the individual market, people who go out and buy health care insurance on th...