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Broad strokes, big picture. if you had to say what the 1990s were about, economically and in terms of the grand big picture changes in american priorities and outlook, what we were focused on, what changed us as a country, what was new and important about that decade, for the '90s, you might say, tech? technology, right? the internet. the '80s ended with the end of the cold war, the end of the bipolar superpower universe and that sort of division of labor and division of power and priorities in the country and in the universe, right? the '90s ended up after that being about tech. then after th...

Broad strokes, big picture. if you had to say what the 1990s were about, economically and in terms of the grand big picture changes in american priorities and outlook, what we were focused on, what changed us as a country, what was new and important about that decade, for the '90s, you might say, tech? technology, right? the internet. the '80s ended with the end of the cold war, the end of the bipolar superpower universe and that sort of division of labor and division of power and priorities in the country and in the universe, right? the '90s ended up after that being about tech. then after th...

it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. we'll start with the top stories. the sound and the fury. he was screaming, they're going to take us down and ranting about the middle east and a bomb. new tape this morning of a jet blue pilot and what's being called a mental breakdown at 30,000 feet. you're going to hear from the hero copilot and the passengers who literally grabbed him by his neck to save the flight. and the more you hear, the more you realize just how close they came to disaster. the supreme court, set for a critical final day of arguments in the historic health care debate. today...

it may be the most critical supreme court case since the justices ruled on the 2000 presidential election, but out in obama administration's health care reform law is under close scrutiny. in a dramatic hearing today the court appeared deeply split. conservative justices are showing deep skepticism about the individual mandate which would require people to buy health insurance. cnn's congressional correspondent kate bolduan and jeffrey toobin were both inside the court today for the hearing. kate, let's start with you. is the health care law in serious jeopardy right now? >> reporter...

Electorate to have the politicians scared. >> that's exactly right. >> exactly right. >> at least on the federal level, it's ironic that the house of representatives is less representative than the senate, which was originally supposed to be not representative. why? because there's all these incumbent protection maps. >> with the gerrymandering of the house. >> with the gerrymandering in the house and the state legislatures protect the federal legislatures and also protect themselves. but my question is, with all these different standards, they have to try to say, oh, well we need more minorit...