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>> reporter: all right. many of the justices did express concern, though, about how to handle the rest of the law if the mandate falls. here's some of what justice antonin scalia had to say during the arguments. >> have we ever -- most of our severability cases, you know, involve one little aspect of the act, and the question is whether the rest. when have we ever really struck down what was the main purpose of of the act and left the rest in effect? >> reporter: tomorrow we find out. although the court is set to release the final opinions of this term at 10 a.m. eastern, keep in mind there ar...

But more than that, bill. that it's not severable. if the mandate falls, the entire healthcare act falls. i always preface that saying we all know we need tremendous healthcare reform in our country but this is not the way to do it. it has to be constitutional. bill: this court can do unexpected things and no one knows what will come. whether it's today, tomorrow, or thursday we don't know. but will the court look at the mandate as a penalty or a tax? and if it views the mandate as a tax, can the obama team win? >> well, yes. the short answer, yes, if necessity right as a tax. we had our presi...

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for a second term as president. >> what would obama phase two look like with senior white house adviser david plouffe. and then -- >> he has been president for 3 1/2 years, and talk is cheap. >> sizing up mitt romney with former republican presidential hopeful rick santorum. plus, days away from a supreme court decision which could gut the health care law. is there a plan b? doctor and senator john barrasso and congressman chris van hollen join us. and the cnn chief white house correspondent jessica yellin and matt bayh will join us. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the unio...

to have health insurance. it's scheduled to take effect in 2014. it imposes a financial penalty for not having health insurance. let's get right to today's hearing. what went on inside the court. our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and our congressional correspondent kate baldwin were both inside the courtroom. jeff, you said based on what you heard in the courtroom, you think the court is likely right now to overturn this individual mandate. you just tweeted, i was looking at your twitter, you tweeted this was a train wreck for the obama administration. what happened? >> well, y...