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For this. this now becomes i think a sleeper issue. >> you know, fdr had a wonderfully sarcastic way of talking about the republican party. they always take something the democrats have just done and say we could do that, too, in a way that wont cost you anything. they always do that after the fact. can they get away with it this time? the democrats will cost you this mandate or penalty. we can give you preexisting coverage, adult children coverage, but it wont cost you anything. >> i dont think...

and a situation now so serious president obama is getting involved. >> saw the mass exodus yesterday from that area. it was incredible. >> those pictures keep rolling in of neighborhoods on fire. good morning, everybody. welcome to "early start." im ashleigh banfield. >> im zor ray da zam bow lynn. up first, the decision that will affect every single american is less than five hours away. the supreme court will decide whether all or parts of the affordable care act dubbed obamacare...

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...

Text of submerged state, and the idea that we experience the government benefits all of the time, but because they are submerge and invisible to us, we dont realize that we are benefiting from the government, and we start to talk about the wanting small government because we dont have a clear assessment, and medicare is one thing, but talk to me, kenji, about the medicaid, and how this affordable health care act talks about medicaid? >> well, it is a sleeper issue in the case, because everybody ...

The individual mandate, what are we calling it now, the opportunity -- >> something about the personal responsibility act. >> right. they would vote on that and also on the other two questions, whether that part of the individual mandate can be taken out and the rest of the law survive and what became really the sleeper issue, whether the medicaid on the states is constitutional. so by friday they will have decided how they are going to decide this case, at least take a preliminary vote, and the...

gunned down. the supreme court begins hearing arguments this morning as 26 states challenge president obamas health care overhaul. at the heart of the debate? whether the individual insurance mandate is constitutional. and president obama is joining lead errs of more than 50 nations in seoul, south korea this morning for the 2012 nuclear security summit. the president kicking things off with a stinging warning to north korea. a developing story from afghanistan. nato officials sa...

Of the case. questions like is the individual mandate constitution. day one is dedicated to determining whether the case is ripe or whether the justices must wait for someone to have to pay a penalty for not complying with the mandate that every american carry health insurance cover and. >> under the act there is a good argument until that we have to wait until someone pays the tax and then they are allowed to get a refund and sue in 2014 after they have paid it to claim they should get the mone...

>> absolutely. we will have a decision this saturday on americans united and this is, i believe, is the sleeper issue in this election and it is going to take people like colbert and stewart who are not needing to raise money from the new interests that can suddenly give unlimited money to raise the issue. its been brilliant. i would like to say colbert, or now stewart, put a spotlight on the issue of where the money can come from for is super pacs, which is unlimited amounts of money from corpo...

>> details on the fighter pilot deal today. why the economy remains the number one issue and a new sleeper issue emerging. immigration and end of the road. why sineed oconnor is dwoergs her fourth husband after 16 days of marriage. i will talk to the snend who said tucsons mexican american studies program is against the law. it is a done deal. nearly $30 billion ofç equipme are headed to skrab. congress approved the sale and the obama administration confirmed that governments have signed off o...

Say if romney wins the nomination, a moderate republican, a mainstream republican, rather than newt, is there an opening for trump to go third party? seriously? >> i dont think there is in terms of actually happening, because of getting on the ballot, i dont think hed be the americans elect nominee, and i think getting on the ballot is something that is pretty burdensome. i think he could do it if he wanted to, but i dont think he wants to go through that. i think trump would want to run if he t...