flags there. people are feeling very celebratory. is it being punctuated by the words of the president-elect? do they get a chance to hear him as he is speaking right now? >> reporter: yes. you can hear that loud speaker putting out the speech. what's interesting. he is very much trying to stress that he is not addressing his supporters. he is addressing all egyptians. interestingly, he specifically addressed the army which he called my brothers and my son. he addressed the police, interestingly, these were the same police that jailed him under the regime of hosni mubarak. he said he was addressing the judges, the judiciary, which just recently dissolved the parliament that the muslim brotherhood was dominating. he is very much trying to address beyond the broad public but those specific parts of the

egyptian state which he may well have difficulties with. this is for egypt a huge change. basically, he is a member that has been in the opposition since it was founded in 1928. he is the head of state, not necessarily with all the powers he would like e is the man that people will address as president of egypt. he was in prison under hosni mubarak's rule. now, he, himself, hosni mubarak, is in prison. >> is the interpretation that he will represent a uniter for this country? >> reporter: certainly, if he is going to succeed in any way as president, that is what he must

do. what became apparent at the first round of elections, a month ago, was if he only appeals to the base, the members, the supporters of the muslim brotherhood, they allennated 75% of the rest of the population, those who are opposed to the muslim brotherhood, women who are worried about the muslim brotherhood's attitude toward women, towards christians who make up about 10% of the population but are very influential and wealthy minority. so he really must, if he is going to succeed in any way, he must be a uniter. otherwise, it is going to be very rough going for him. >> ben, while you were talking, we were looking at live pictures of what appeared to be fireworks and then appeared that sparks or something seemed to hit a portion of the crowd there in tahrir square. it appeared as though there was going to be a fire.

quickly, it was put out. there does seem to be this sense of harmony, quite the contrast from a year and a half ago when people were placing their demands on change in that country in a very big way, taking on the military rule. there still remains a bone of contention, a real potential conflict here, while you have the president-elect, the constitution was torn up. parliament was dismantled. what will be the first steps for this president-elect? will he have powers from this point forward? >> his powers have been severely limited. they were limited by a constitutional declaration issued by the military just moments after the polls closed at the end of the second runoff election. so really his position is fairly

ambiguous. it is not clear how much power he has. he really has to come to some sort of understanding with the military, which is the real power in the country. let's not beat around the bush so that he will have some way to influence the course of events. the military has given itself full legislative powers. it has the powers over the budget. it has basically anything to do with the military is simply the affair of the military. there is no real civilian oversight by the president. there is no parliament. over the military's budget of promotions and whatnot. the president really has to find out where he stands, what powers he has and how he can really make a difference and convince the people who voted for him, the people out in tahrir cheering for him, that he was

actually worth the effort and emotion to bring him to where he is right now. >> ben wedeman thanks so much for cairo, egypt. we will be checking back with you. in the meantime, stateside, the white house is reaekting to egypt's election. they released a statement saying, we look forward to working together with president-elect morsi and the government he forms on the basis of mutual respect to advance the many shared interests between egypt and the united states, end quote. also, here in the u.s., tropical storm debby is now strengthening off the gulf of mexico. the storm's path is uncertain. people living along the texas coast to the florida panhandle are all getting ready. you are looking at a live picture right now at st. pete beach, florida, where already they are getting pounded with wind and rain. all that rain is a major concern in louisiana as well. so the governor there has already declared a state of emergency. the parish said they can't take

any chances. >> if this thing hangs out there, we have never seen a storm with such different forecast. one has it going to florida and one to texas. we sit in the middle. we are real concerned about it sitting out there and gaining strength. we are preparing for the worst. >> very volatile this. storm is very unpredictable. this seems unique in that it can go in any direction, putting everyone up and ready. >> absolutely. certainly, that is the good news that the whole gulf coast is ready. tropical storm debby, the fourth named storm of the season. does that portend a very active hurricane season? who knows. it means a very robust start. here is the picture. i wille show you in detail coming up. certainly worth mentioning. it is a broad circulation. everyone from texas to florida

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>> this is the week that the u.s. supreme court will rule on president obama's health care law. athena jones looks at the steaks for those already being helped. >> my name is christina. i'll be your server. >> reporter: 23-year-old college student, christina white, works two jobs to help pay the bills. neither job offers health insurance. like more than $3 million under 26, she is now covered under her mother's plan because of the affordable care act. >> i would have to have insurance. i don't think i could go without. >> reporter: christina, an avid runner and athlete suffers from asthma. she pays about $20 a month for her daily medication. without insurance, it would cost her about 12 times that. it is not just medication. >> a bad cold in an asthmatic

can lead to an emergency room visit and an increased need for medication and increased cost divan. >> if i wasn't able to be on my mother's plan, i would have to probably find a job where they did offer health insurance. >> reporter: allowing young adults to stay on their parents' insurance plans is one of several provisions of the law already in effect. among others, insurance companies can no longer take away coverage from you become sick or impose lifetime dollar limits on essential visits like hospital stays. they cannot deny coverage to children under 19 with a pre-existing condition. that all could change depending on they rule. at issue is a key provision of the law starting in 2014. it will recover everyone to buy health insurance or face a fine. the court could strike down all or part of the law. >> the court might strike down the mandate or leave the rest of the law in place. it would be up to congress to decide whether that works or

whether congress has to make more changes in the law to adjust it and get it right. >> if the court strikes down the whole law, congress would have to step in to keep other measures in place. election year politics would almost certainly delay action, leaving people like christina white hanging in the balance. >> now, fredricka, as you know, the court has left this huge decision on health care until the very end of their term. court watchers say it could come down to two justices in this case, justice anthony kennedy, who is often the swing vote. he sides sometimes with his more liberal colleagues like in the past on abortion and death penalty, and chief justice john roberts, who had some pretty tough questions for the law's opponents in the march arguments. >> any indication what day of the week that decision may culminate? >> well, it could happen as early as tomorrow. most people we talked to believe it cob a little later in the

week, wednesday, or thursday. we expect the court to issue some sort of guidance about the rest of the schedule during the public session tomorrow. it is unlikely this will end up being pushed off until next week but anything can happen, fred. >> that's right, anything can happen with the supreme court. thanks so much, athee ya jones. the supreme court's decision will have a big impact. joining me now is cnn contributor and washington correspondent for "the new yorker," ryan liza. this decision could go so many different ways. what if the court were to strike down the individual mandate, does this mean imminent defeat or problems at the very least for the obama administration come november? >> i think the expectation now is almost in the political world that that's the most likely outcome, that the mandate goes down. frankly, none of us really know. that's where the political

expectations are. i don't think that would be the worst outcome at this point for obama. as athena pointed out in that great piece, what that would mean is that the congress and the president would have to figure out what to do with these other insurance regulations in the law. so the mandate an these regulations go together. of course, the supreme court has to decide if they get rid of the mandate and those regulations as well or do they just get rid of the mandate and let congress and the president decide what to do about those additional regulations. nothing is going to happen this year. if the mandate gets struck down, the president does not have the political capital to go back to congress and fix that law this year tichlts n year. it is not going to happen. romney and president obama is going to have to figure out bha what to do. the rest of the health care measure as is remains the same. so those things like we saw

spelled out in athena's piece, like mineors would be able to continue to stay on their parents' health care plan or those with pre-existing conditions will not be denied. that would help the obama campaign. >> those are the popular parts of the law. let's take one for example, the pre-existing condition. that's one that the insurance company argue. if you don't have the mandate, we can not accept customers with pre-existing conditions. that would create an insurance pool with mostly sick people. the whole point of the mandate is to get the healthy and cheap health care users into the system. young people who don't use a lot of care. that's what the insurance companies and ultimately the obama administration argued, the reason you needed the mandate, you had to get the young and healthy people in to get enough pool so that the costs are offset. so the insurance companies, if they strike down this mandate but keep the law requiring

insurance companies to ensure people with pre-existing conditions, the insurance companies are going to come back screaming to congress and say, hey, we can't do that. you guys have to fix this problem. that will be the first thing that the obama administration will be facing if they just strike down the mandate but leave alone those other regulations. >> ultimately, then, that we are even at this juncture, does this mean that the white house has simply bet too much on health care reform. it was one of the first things this white house tackled. is it now kind of backfiring? >> well, you know, look, it is on the cusp of being thrown out by the supreme court divan in hindsight, it looks like they did not take the constitutional arguments about the mandate very seriously at the time. let's be honest. nobody was really seriously debating that in the white house or up on the hill in 2009. the big issues were whether to include the mandate or not, on

its constitutionality, whether to have cost control. the constitutionality came out from right field and was not considered a serious threat. look, obama campaigned in 2008 on universal health care. the democrats controlled congress with big majorities. it was ted kennedy's number one priority while he was alive, nancy pelosi's number one priority in the house. i don't think there was any chance that obama could have said, oh, i'm not going to do health care. that train was leaving the station once the democrats were in power. >> you have capitol hill there and this week, there will be a house vote on that very issue of contempt, whether the attorney general, eric holder, will be held in contempt. admission that the program was a colossal mistake was made after initially denying it even existing in the first place. executive privilege then kicked

in. what is at stake here? if the white house feels that it was an issue of protecting privileged information and that's why at first denial was there, does congress, the house really have a beef here to pick with eric holder and the attorney general? >> the justice department sent a letter to congress that they later retracted. congress now wants to know, why did you do that? they want to know the internal decision making process of whether they misled congress in that letter. generally, historically, you get a contempt citation and that gets the attention of the administration. they come back to the negotiating table and say, okay, you want some documents. we don't want to give them to you. now, you have this contempt thing in front of us. it is going before the full house this week. let's reach a deal on some in between area. you saw darrell issa on the morning shows this morning. he is leading this charge in the

house of representatives. he has said, eric holder, white house, come back to me s let's discuss getting some of these documents and maybe we will put off that contempt vote this week. that's usually the way these things get resolved. you know how they are and how ugly it is between the two parties right now. >> there is nothing usual about anything these days on capitol hill and from the white house. that battle is ongoing. thanks so much, ryan lizza, thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. game show host, alex trebek, suffering a mild heart attack. we are following developments and we will have the latest on his condition. if you have to go out, you can continue watching cnn from your mobile phone. you can watch cnn from your laptop. go to cnn.com/tv. you can save on both your home and auto policies. yep.

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strengthening. people are getting ready. louisiana is concerned about flooding. the governor has already declared a state of emergency in colorado, the firefighters are battling a wild fire near colorado springs. the walden canyon fire has burned about 3,000 acres. it is threatening the popular vacation town manitou springs. people have been told to evacuate. egyptians are packed into tahrir square celebrating the results of the country's presidential election. muslim brotherhood leader, mohamed morsi is the winner. he won by about 1 million votes. this was the first democratic election in egypt's history. how will morsi's victory impact egypt's relations with the u.s. let's bring in jill dougherty. morsi is an american-educated engineer who vows to stand for

democracy but he is also a conservative islamist. does the white house have any concerns? >> well shl, in a way, yes. the muslim brotherhood is an islamic organization. they have been meeting with the muslim brotherhood for quite a long time. if you look at what the incoming president, president-elect morsi, said in his speech, it tracks very much what the united states was hoping to hear. let me read the top of that statement coming from the president secretary, jay carney. he said that the united states congratulates dr. mohamed morsi on his victory and in egypt's presidential election and we congratulate the egyptian people for this milestone in their transition to democracy. we look forward to working together with president-elect morsi and the government he forms on the basis of mutual respect to advance the many shared interests between egypt and the united states. obviously, congratulations.

they didn't hang back. they are actually saying this is a good thing. what they were looking for specifically, fred, was some type of call to national unity. that was number one. that's exactly what you heard from president-elect morsi, saying that he is president of all egyptians, muslims and christians. that is important. that's also what the united states was hoping to hear specifically about the coptic christians and human rights, women's rights, et cetera. finally, fred, the international obligations, the treaties that egypt has signed and that, although it wasn't specifically said, could be a reference to the camp david accords, which is peace with israel. that is very important too. so, overall, you would have to say they must be breathing a sigh of relief. >> what about israel. president-elect morsi says he wants to maintain peaceful relations with israel. in the past, he has called the

leaders vampires and killers. >> he is not doing that anymore. he is referring to international obligations. so that is good. i think you would have to say, though, the united states will watch that very closely. the rhetoric is one thing. the actions will be another. >> jill dougherty in washington, thanks so much. the book is called "the american bible" which documents speeches from u.s. history. do you consider sacred enough to be included? this is $100,000.

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from the declaration of independence to speeches by abraham lincoln and martin luther king jr.,there are some

things that americans treat with the reference of scripture. boston university scholar steci tharow talk about how these words are used in his book "the american bible." >> there is this common anxiety in american culture that our disagreements are going to divide us. part of what i am saying is it is exactly the opposites. our disagreements is what bring us together to do something. what we do, we argue. we argue about wha is america, who are the true americans. my name is steve p rchl othe rchl o. i am the author of "the american bible, how our words unite, divide and divide a nation. "the american bible" are the songs, speeches, letters, novels that americans value enough to fight about. we don't know these texts in the american bible as well as we

should. politicians can site them in ways that are ridiculous and nobody stands up and says, lincoln didn't say that, king didn't say that, jefferson didn't say that. one key document in the american bible is obviously the declaration of independence. that's in some ways what founded our country. we didn't focus on preamble, the kind of philosophy that jefferson injected in there about all men being created equal. lincoln in the gettysburg address tells us that america was founded on the proposition that all men were created equal. all of the sudden, he says, america was founded in 1776. it was founded on the declaration. nobody believed that until lincoln. then, martin luther king comes along in the i have a dream speech and this is the promissory note that the united states has given to all its citizens, that all men are created equal. you are not making good on that. we as african-americans are coming here to the march on washington to ask for the down payment, the payment of this promissory note. it hasn't been paid. there are all sorts of people that say, no, no, no, the

declaration isn't about equality and america is not about equality. it wasn't established in 1776. it is about order and three branches of government, not about equality. >> we go very quickly to you are an american and obama should be tried for treason. obama is a muslim, whatever it might be. these strategies we use to essentially excommunicate one another from the american fold. that's what we need to relearn, the texts i am presenting in "the american bible" and this conciliation, disagreeing without being disagreeable. >> for more, check out our belief blog at cnn.com/belief. add your own comments as well. or get paid to break out of jail. that was the offer made to some

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>> hundreds of sailors and marines are back home after conducting maritime exercises. no one is happier to see them than their families. one group of kids got an extra special surprise. >> was it fun? >> yes. >> i saw you crashed a couple times. >> how about you, my dear, was it fun? >> who is that guy in the blue suit? let's see. what's up? hi. >> daddy! >> it is okay, it is okay, honey. we did it as a surprise. >> out of san diego. >> for years, the fulton county

jail here in atlanta was having a problem with the locks on some of its prison cells. it was so bad that prisoners could just jam the locks with soap or a piece of cardboard and simply get them open. now, the jail wants to see how good the new locks work, how well they work. they put a bounty on them. anyone able to pick a new lock gets free credit at the prison commissary. nick is here. a very strange challenge to the inmates. in the end, the inmates feel it is secure. >> apparently, this is an epidemic to the jail that goes back to the '90s. he said all the inmates know about it but only a few practice it. one of our affiliates caught up with the inmates. this is what they have to say. >> you know how to beat the locks and get out of your cell? >> yeah. >> how often does this happen? >> every day. >> as they mentioned, this is an

everyday problem. thankfully, only a few want to get out. this is an internal security problem. a couple of the guards back in the '90s did get beat up over this. having said that, a lot of these problems are internal problems, never a risk to public safety. >> is this something done in other jurisdictions or is this unique to fulton county? >> according to the chief jailer who worked there in the '90s, he has never heard of a program like this. he is opposed to it. he said there should be a guarantee from the manufacturer that the locks won't break or should work. >> nick, valencia, thanks so much. a photographer who is legally blind has just won a cnn ireport award for his amazing work. i talk to kurt weston about what inspires him.

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a chinese spacecraft carrying three astronauts docked with an orbiting spacecraft. the crew will conduct scientific experiments and physical exercises while on board the

space lab. the astronauts include china's first woman in space. graduation, it is a special occasion but when it becomes a family affair like this -- >> william lee, local diploma. [ applause ] >> this is one of those days i will remember for a long time. >> it is an opportunity that not many people get. it is one of those once-in-a-lifetime things that you will never understand until after the fact. it is grandfather and grandson, michael allen and his grandfather, russell leigh. they both picked up high school diplomas. leigh dropped out back in 1961 to join the u.s. navy. he recently found out about a program that let's vets from world war ii, korea, and vietnam get their diplomas if they have

a high school equivalency. he qualified for the program so saturday, he joined his grandson for commencement. congratulations to both! kurt weston is a photographer and also legally blind and has been living with hiv since 1991. his work and personal story have earned him a c nchl n ireport award. earlier, i spoke with him about what inspires him and how he copes living with hiv. >> i was so thrilled to be here in atlanta and meeting the c nchl n nn ireporters. it was very exciting. >> you won the personal story category. your personal story is extraordinary. you were diagnosed with hiv in 1991. in '96, you became legally blind. you were a fashion photographer well before that. you managed even through the

loss of your vision, to maintain this art form of photography. you are telling stories, your story about seeing the world through your blindness, through hiv, in a very powerful way. it has touched a lot of people. >> well, thank you. i do want my work to speak to my own personal life experiences. i developed a certain technique in some of my work, which i call my blind vision work, which illustrates the emotional and psychological weight of sight loss. it does represent a lot of that through the way i created the work with obstructions and things like that. >> how are you able to do that? we are looking at some of your images now and these are your self-portraits. how are you able to convey what it is you are seeing internally and what it is you are seeing externally into your photography? >> well, one of my biggest

challenges was how do i illustrate the actual obstructions that i see in my vision, because i have a condition called floaters on top of the damage that was done to my retina. i decided to experiment with various photographic techniques. i actually ended up with using a flat bed computer scanner, which i was then -- i put different objects and foaming glass cleaner on top of the glass and i end up scanning my face through this obstruction of different materials and foaming glass cleaner. it becomes kind of performtive in a way. it is very illustrative of what i have to look through. >> that is the story you are trying to convey. how do you articulate to people what it is you are seeing, how your view of the world has changed and in some ways has become even more enhanced by way of the loss of your vision?

>> yeah. i think what it is is the whole story behind it, the fact that hiv-aids is still with us in our society. there is still no cure. people can and are still unfortunately getting infected. one of the unfortunate aspects of living with a compromised immune system, a full-blown aids, is that you can have this horrible virus that can attack your eyes and create blindness. >> when you look at these beautiful landscape images that we just saw, how are you able to do that? how are you able to see with that kind of clarity? >> the interesting thing, fredricka, about the landscapes, that was a whole other body of work that i generated due to an unfortunate diagnoses that i got several years later, which was a rare form of abdominal cancer. i was actually told by a medium

that my sister requested that i speak to her. i had a tell conference with her. she said i could overcome the cancer but i needed to be in and around nature as much as possible. >> so this was part of the healing for you? >> yes. >> is there a message you are sending to those living with hiv? >> yes, definitely. first of all, hiv-aids, there is no cure and it is still present. when i got infected, we didn't know there was an hiv-aids. now, people know that there is. they know how it is spread and there is a way to avoid it. >> and ambrose is more than your seeing eye dog. ambrose is your partner. >> ambrose is with me all the time. he watches out for me. he gets me to where i need to go. he is just an amazing dog. >> kurt weston, congratulations to him. presidential candidates and their secret weapon on the campaign trail.

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