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>> reporter: the democratically controlled senate is unlikely to take any action on this legislation. the white house said president obama opposes it and likely would veto it if it were to make it to his desk. jenna. jenna: molly, thank you. jon: a recent study on america's medical future gave the usa a grade of f, as in fat. now the american medical association has officially voted to classify obesity as a disease. the group is recommending new measures to fight what it calls an obesity epidemic in this country. about a third of the adults in the u.s. are considered obese. in 2008 medical cos...

Now it's time to start shaming obese as they cost us billions in medical care. where is this headed? government pays for the healthcare, they can decide who lives or dies based on what behavior they dislike. if you can't be penalized to lose weight, to quote the piece why not just let the health sinners die? annual healthcare cost are roughly $96 billion for smokers and $147 billion for the obese, the government says. that is the big point. the government says. when everyone else pays for your care withholding care is their call. your death improves the bottom line. one way time to prove the c...

Very effective way of dealing with the most severe cases of being overweight. jenna: we were taking a look at some of the medical bills, if you have gastric bypass surgery you're going to be spending 20 to $25,000 just on that surgery, that is apparently the average cost. if someone is living with diabetes over decades it could go into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. do we really have two choices here, pay now, or pay later? >> well, you know, with all due respect to this argument i think this is a terrible idea, and i think what we've decided is that, you know, the costs that we are sus...

room". all eyes on the supreme court expected to issue its ruling on thursday on president obama's signature first-term achievement, health care reform. it's a hot topic on the2007 supporting president bush's use of the same authority. >> that's right. and with the supreme court case on health care reform expected to come down on thursday, joe, i think it's going to get a lot hotter. >> jim acosta, thanks so much for that. appreciate it. now we're just going to get a little more on this with cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. the candidates argue over the economy and wh...

every day about 1.5 million americans board airplanes. this morning they have a big question. is it safe to fly? no doubt there's good reason for that concern. this new plot centered around a nonmetallic explosive designed to slip through airport detectors similar to a bomb aboard a flight in 2009. a malfunction may be the only reason those passengers survived. the latest plot also targeted an international flight coming into the united states. that was foiled two weeks ago. the investigation is still unfolding. a short time ago we heard from white house chief adviser or counterterro...