[ ♪ theme ♪ ] [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> hello, everybody. good morning. it's friday, june 29th. great to see you today, and what a big day it is for president obama, for democrats in congress, for the american people and for millions of american families who could never afford health insurance for their families but now thing. yesterday yesterday's supreme court decision is a huge victory. and today, massachusetts senate candidate, elizabeth warren will join us on the full-court press

to tell us what it all means. next to elizabeth warren of course, a person i know who knows the most about healthcare reform and worked hard on it for the obama administration, our friend in los angeles, jacki schechner. and here she is with today's current news update. hello, jacki. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone. it certainly is a big day. i know we all have a bit of a health reform hangover but now that the dust has settled, the court ruled 5-4 that the individual mandate was unconstitutional under the commerce clause but could be interpreted as a tax. we were surprised when chief justice john roberts turned out to be the surprise swing vote. ultimately what's going to happen now is that we've got the entirety of healthcare reform that's going to continue ahead as planned. there was another provision the court ruled on yesterday that got a little bit less attention. and that's the expansion of medicaid. some of the states were worried

if they chose not to participate in the federal expansion which would then eventually cover some 17 million lower income americans that they would then have their medicaid funding pulled from the federal government. the court ruled that the federal government doesn't have the right to pull the all right existing and could opt out. if states decide to participate in the expansion of medicaid they have to provide by the parameters. it's a goo states to opt in. we know this will have some impact on those lower income americans if they don't. if they choose to opt in the federal government picks up the tab for the first two years and states will only have to pay as much as 10%. otherwise, we continue forward with things like not refusing people with pre-existing conditions, making sure we no longer charge women more than men, making sure that people up to the age of 26 can stay on their parents plans and you no longer get dumped by your insurance company the minute you get sick. there are all sorts of great

stuff in this bill. hopefully people will take a closer look. we are back with more after the break. we will see you on the other side. in >> he caved on the public option, he caved on the bush tax cuts, the guy has caved so many times there are miners trapped inside of him. if you have copd like i do you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens

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>> if any day is a special day, it's friday, especially this one because we had a big victory. damn it we have a right to gloat. we have a right to sell brate. we have a right to tell you what it all means and enjoy the moment. and, boy we will today. talking about healthcare healthcare, healthcare the supreme court, by a 5-4 decision, this time going the right way, and chief justice john roberts surprising the hell out of anybody, everybody, including maybe himself by writing the majority opinion that said the obama -- president obama's affordable care act, otherwise known as obamacare is constitutional. it will stand. it meets the constitutional test and sent mitt romney on the skids. so much to talk about today, and i know you are going to want to get right into it. and so we will take as many calls of yours as we can at

866-55-press. it's such an important day. we required entire team to come in. >> i wasn't going to come in. >> you told me that. everybody was clackslacking off. dan was coming in. but cyprian was going to be here for the whole show. peter ogburn going to be here. dan henning. >> hi, guys. >> and, you know, but people that realize that there arewere three parts to this decision. the first was the individual mandate and by a 5 to 4, they said, yes, we uphold it. then there was a medicaid expansion and the court said by a 5-4 decision that, yes, it will remain in place but you can't force the states. it's optional. and then the third part was, unanimous, the judges ruled on the question of whether or not bill o'reilly is an idiot. that was the only -- >> no-brainer. >> --un nam muss decision which

he admitted, himself, the night before. let me be clear to add, bill o'reilly is not the only member of the media to have eg on his or her face this morning but he sure does. this was o'reilly the night before the decision. >> this is absolutely a band-aid. it's absolutely police powers and it's going to be 5 to 4. if i am wrong, i will come out and i will play your clip and apologize for being an idiot. >> i look forward to it. >> that was back on march 26th that he said that. but that means that tonight, stay tuned. tune in billow rile o'reilly is going to come on tonight and say -- >> he should have last night. >> he did not do it. >> that creep. >> yeah. >> broken promise. >> that's right. everybody was talking about that yesterday. yesterday will o'reilly do it? >> media matters put on a big

thing. he didn't have to. we all know he is anyway. right? >> all right. hey to help us through this decision, a great line-up for you. congressman keith ellison from minnesota, one of our favorites will be in studio. dolly e lith elithwick and, very very excited in studio with us elizabeth warren fan club and elizabeth warren herself, will be joining us from massachusetts to talk about the supreme court decision of what it means for the american people, what it means for the people of massachusetts, and what it means for november 2012 and her important senate race. i am so excited today. i can't wait. but first: >> this is the full court press. >> thinking about my own show. >> other headlines making news on this friday members of congress put politics aside after the big day today, to play baseball at washington national ballpark for charity.

the democrats rolled to victory in front of an estimated 8,000 people thanks to cedrick richmond pitching and 11 runs scored. they beat the republicans 18 to 5. proceeds benefitted the boys and girls club and the washington literacy center. they raised about $250. >> seeing riledigrid richmonds almost hit a home returned. >> at the national park? >> yes. >> i can't believe it. all right. >> so the pitcher cedrick richmond nearly hit a homerun last night. >> no kidding? >> he jacked a shot way out and it hit the wall. >> who else? did charlie rangel play? >> our friend john yarmouth played. >> uh-huh. >> and who else have we had on the show?

keith he willston didn't playelston didn't play. >> one woman. this is baseball, not softball. this is legit base balt. >> linda sanchez was the one woman and her jersey just has the roman numeral ix on it for title ix. kind of clever. >> a tearful goodbye with ann curry on nbc's today show. while sobbing, the outgoing co-host said this is not how she expected to leave that couch after 15 years acknowledging the show's slipping ratings. she apologized for not being able to carry the ball across the finish line but she looks forward to her job as a foreign correspondent. anna guthrie is expected to take over. >> hard to watch. >> box office watchers are watching the next batman movie.

it could be a massive blockbuster but it doesn't come out three weeks. opening was $150 million in ticket sales. >> that's expected to grow based on advance numbers. so far, it could potentially break the avengers record. >> man. right. but it's not out this weekend? >> no. >> three weeks to go. don't have to worry about it. going up to rhode island. >> going to see it on opening weekend. >> i am going to rhode island the white lie state. yes, indeed, here it is the "new york times." it's worth picking up today just to save this one for the history books. here is the headlines: justices by 5-4 uphold healthcare law. roberts in majority. victory for obama. and that's it. the bottom line is that the supreme court of the united

states, after all of this wrangling, all of this talk the supreme court, the nation's highest court, said that the affordable care act is constitutional. they upheld the entire law including the individual mandate by a 5-4 vote. it should have been unanimous. too close, but it went the right way, and that majority opinion, most was written by john roberts, himself, the chief justice. some people felt that anthony kennedy would write that opinion because he is the swing vote and roberts might go that way or might not. but it was roberts who led the way. you know the only wrinkle is and what threw people for a loop at first was that the court did say the commerce clause -- in other words, that the individual mandate was constitutional under

the commerce clause. of course, no. we disagree with that. that was the main argument of the administration but their back-up argument, it is constitutional under the taxing power of the congress. said absolutely it is. john roberts, again, writing the majority opinion. you can't deny it. shortly afterwards president obama once the dust had settled went in front of the cameras in the east room of the white house yesterday. i was at the whitehouse yesterday, and he said for the american people, it's a bigwin. >> whatever the politics, today's decision was a victory of for people all over this country who is lives will be more secure because of this law and the supreme court's decision to uphold it. >> and he said all americans, all americans across the board liberal, conservative doesn't matter. we are all better off. >> today, i am as confident as ever that when we look back five years from now or 10 years from now or 20 years from now we will be better off because we had the courage to pass this law

and keep moving forward. >> and that's an important point, to keep moving forward. i think it follows and fits in with the president's theme forward not backward. and the forward is that the president says now to continue to i ammplement and continue to expand healthcare until we really have universal healthcare in this country . >> the highest court in the land has now spoken. we will continue to implement this law. we will work together to improve on it where we can. but what we won't do what the country recant afford to do is refight the political battles of two years ago. >> yeah. we are not going to refight the political battles and we shouldn't, and i don't think the american -- you think people want to go back to where we were finding this whole thing out and listening to eric canon and mitch mcconnell and whiny members of congress?

hell know. : they say that's what americans want us to do. >> americans want us to start over. today's decision does nothing to change that. yeah, let's go back. that was so much fun the last time around. what an idiot. can you imagine? the last thing the american people want. >> until i heard the obama clip where he says go back and fight the battles of two years ago, i kind of forgot what an awful mess it was. >> it was horrible. >> i just want to block it from my memory because it was so bad. i go, oh that's right. it was a nightmare. >> all we heard was that, you know, i am telling you, you know, there is not much hate in my soul, but god, i hate mitch mcconnell. he is such a lose her. he really is. such a looser. he is as much net worth as a mosquitos in terms of what he brings to this planet. brainer is not much better. he said all right. the supreme court didn't do it. we will do it for them.

>> we believe that repealing this entire law is the right thing to do. >> yeah. >> it would help our economy and help bring down healthcare costs. it will save medicare from being cut by $500,000,000,000 and instead, we can put in place common sense steps that really will help the american people have better access to the quality care that they want. >> yeah. have another drink john. it's afternoon after all. you can start. come on. these guys. they are so -- look there is no -- this means. let's talk about it 866-55-press. let me wrap up here as soon as we can get to your calls. first of all, it's a huge victory for president obama. this was the signature issue certainly of the first four years of the obama administration. and the supreme court ruled the other way, everybody would have said, as mitt romney did the other da obama's administration a total waste that the obama spent all of the time on this.

it's a huge find education and shows the guys have guts background, a good set of balls because he took this issue on and he won on it. it's a huge victory for obama. it's a huge loss for the republicans, for mitt romney who have staked everything on this, and romney who said the other day repeating that if the supreme court overturns it, it means that the first three and a half years of the obama presidency had been wasted. okay. well, the reverse then is true, for the supreme court to uphold it means that the first three and a half years of the obama presidency have been well spent and spent on something that's importantly for the american people and helps the american people. so romney is out there. and plus he is doubly -- double lose her on here because it's his damn program that may president obama adopted from massachusetts and made it nationwide. most important, it's a huge victory for the american people. don't forget all of those millions of american families who couldn't afford health insurance before, now they can,

could not get health insurance because they have a pre-existing condition. skids stay okay their parents' healthcare programs until they are at least 26 years old. it's going to get better and better and better are all in place, and so the american people are the ones who really benefit from this. you know what it means? november the 6th, november the 6th, boy, republicans are saying, we are still going to repeal it. mitt romney says i will repeal it on day 1. so the clear choice is november the 6th. it's yes or no. it's yes for universal healthcare or no, against it and start all over again. and the supreme court is going to put that choice now before the american people, and republicans are going to run on this. i say let them run on it. 866-55-press. my column is up on the website at billpressshow.com. ol john roberts saving the court and his ass by writing that majority opinion a historic

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a [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] themes theme >> hey, hello, everybody. what do you say? it's friday, june 29th. what a big news day here welcome to the full-court press. of course, this is one big story today. >> that's a historic supreme court decision yesterday for president obama, for the american people, millions of american families. yesterday's decision by the supreme court upholding the affordable care act is a huge victory. here today to help us understand what it all means for american families, our favorite senate

candidate, the outstanding senate candidate elizabeth warren joining us just a little bit later. we will get back into healthcare but first find out all -- everything else that's going on in the news today. today's currents news update from our friend, jacki schechner out in los angeles. good morning, jacki. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone. there is some other news. president obama's going to head to colorado today to see the wildfire damage firsthand and to thank responders for all of their hard work. yesterday, president obama signed a colorado disaster declaration, which makes federal funding available for emergency preventative measures and crisis counsel ling. in colorado springs, officials have evacuated tens of thousands of people. at least one person has died and the waldo canyon fire has destroyed an estimated 346 homes. the ap reports there are signs of hope as cooler conditions are helping to slow the flames and the fire is now about 15% contained. there is also a second fire called "the hyde park fire."

it's about 70% contained but not before wiping out a total of 257 homes so far. back here in d.c., congressional leaders are hoping for quick action on big legislative package that takes care of looming issues fast approaching end end-of-month deadline. there is a transportation part of the bill which keeps aid flowing to the states for highway and transit construction and uses federal loan guaranties for private investment and infrastructure. the bill is going to save 1.8 million jobs and create another million. as for stopping the federal interest rates from doubling it looks like we have resolution on that. there are changes in pension laws that will pay the tab to keep rates at 3.4%. and just want to let you know that people are actually funneled raising off of the healthcare decision yesterday. the obama campaign sent out e-mails asking for money. they have -- the romney says it raised $3.2 million between the

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>>joy behar is getting her own show coming to current tv this fall. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio and on current tv. this is the bill press show. >> everybody else got it wrong but the supreme court got it right. did they ever. celebrate the victory, everybody. good morning. it is friday, june 29th. so great to see you today. john roberts, chief justice, leading the way for the supreme court to say 5 to 4. too bad it wasn't unanimous. the 5 to 4 saying the affordable care act is definitely

constitutional, shall continue all of the protection, all of the provisions a huge victory for the american people and a huge victory of course for president obama. good morning. good morning. what a way to start the day here on the full-court press this friday, june 29th. good to see you today and thank you for joining us here in our radio, t.v., book factory on capitol hill in washington, d.c., just about five blocks from the supreme court yesterday. about a thousand people outside of the court when the ruling came down. i got a call from carol. she was in the crowd down there. just went down to see the historic moment when the announcements was made and people rushed out of the court with most having no idea what the hell had happened. just started talking about it on television. it certainly is a big story of the day, the one big story of the day and may take us from now all the way to november to november 6th before this thing

is finally, decided. and that's what ger going to talk about this morning with you, 866-55-press is the toll-free number. of course, for you to join the conversation 1-866-55-press. team press in place for you today. peter ogburn, dan henning, and cyprian bowlding. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> good. happy friday. it's go to be going to the weekend. what amazes me still is the fact that the supreme court can make such a major decision and you know they made this. they wrote it up 55 pages. they wrote it up. they circulated among themselves. they all can comment on what the others have written. then they send it to the -- they sign off on it. they send it to the printer. it is printed. it comes back.

that will process and nobody has a clue. >> it's amazing. >> nobody in this entire town has a clue. >> in this town especially. >> in this town. >> this town. >> there are no secrets in this town. i mean i could have lunch with somebody. it could be fishbowl t.v. >> who would say such a thing. >> right. >> i saw there was one time that it leaked, and it was the printer that leaked it. >> yeah. this was years ago? >> years and years and years and years ago. >> right. >> but i mean, especially today with twitter and all of that stuff. >> all you would need is one person inside of that. look, the pentagon leaks, the white house leaks, the senate leaks. every senate. the house leaks. everybody knows that. right? the leakers leak. you know, the media leaks. right? look at this stuff that just came out from fox news. remember, the mole? >> the mole. yeah. >> right?

but not the supreme court. >> wild. >> i love it. we in the media, we like leaks in some cases but i like this is the last strong hold of this town and we don't know what it is absolutely. we will get into this decision with keith ellison, co-chair of the progressive caucus congressman from minnesota a of course dollie elithwick will be in studio with us and very very excited that elizabeth warren our big senate candidate, the next united states senator from massachusetts will be joining us, too, to talk about what this decision yesterday means for the american people, not just for the people of massachusetts and what it means for november 6th as well in that big senate race up in massachusetts. great line-up now, but first: >> this is the full court press. >> in sports university of kentucky star anthony david.

>> unibrow? >> unibrow. >> i know my sports. >> as expected freshman average 14.2 points a game in one season in college. another kentucky player, michael kidd gilchrist was number 2. >> slow down. one season? is that all he's played? >> he is a freshman. >> i didn't realize that. he is going off to -- >> uh-huh. >> the nba as a freshman. >> skipping the last three years of college. >> dumb? >> florida's bradley beale went to the washington wizards as the third pick in the draft. good news for alex tribeck, the jeopardy host we want home after suffering a mild heart attack. according to sony, he will be ready to tape the 29th season in july. he hosted since 1984 and just won an em mcmorries last weekend. >> yeah. good for him bouncing back.

>> it will be hot this weekend everywhere. the national weather service reports temperature records have been broken, 1,000 different records have been topped because of the massive heat waive, especially in the great plainsve, especially in the great plains. 106 in rapid city, south dakota not much cooler in florida where they are fighting wildfires. >> i decided i am not going to complaint about the weather. i am going to do something about it. carol and are going to the beach in rhode island this week week -- this weekend. >> that's you doing something about it? >> yeah. >> i didn't say something new. i said helping me. first of all, it will be cooler and then this big thing called the ocean right there where you dunk yourself in. >> there you go. >> yeah. as i mentioned a little bit earlier, the "new york times" headline this morning says it all. there is no other way to slice it. folks, justice, deep regret with

romney and every other republican, justice uphold healthcare law by 5-4 majority. roberts writing the majority and a huge victory for president obama. indeed. by the way, i notice eric holder is nowhere in the headlines at all. hum. wonder why. yeah. dumb thing for the republicans to do. but what a great, great turn on the supreme court, an historic decision for several reasons. first of all, because this is the biggest expansion of healthcare since medicaid and since social security or since medicare and medicaid, i meant to say. and secondly, because everybody -- you heard the prognosticators and the pundits. everybody, the washington echo chamber is saying that the supreme court was either going to invalidate the entire affordable care act or at least the individual mandate. they all got it wrong.

and historic because john roberts, the justice who has always, always sided with clarence thomas and antonin scalia and samuel alito, this time, he went with the progressives on the court and said no. the congress has the authority to do this. and the affordable care act does stand as within the purview of congress as constitutional. it was a great moment yesterday, certainly for president obama, a personal vindication for president obama as he pointed out yesterday this was not necessarily the politically popular thing to do. there were people inside the white house starting with his chief of staff, rom emanuel who urged him not to do this. yet the president was committed to it and he made the decision. he we want forward, and yesterday, he proves that he did the right thing. the president saying yesterday, big victory for all americans.

>> whatever the politics, today's decision will benefit people all over the country whose lives will be more secure because of this law and the supreme court's decision to uphold it. >> and the president says, again, conservative or liberal doesn't make any matter. we are all better off because of this. >> today, i am as confident as ever that when we look back five years from no you or 10 years from now, or 20 years from now we will be better off because we had the courage to pass this law and keep moving forward. >> but of course republicans still failed to see what's happening in this country, which is that most americans now support the affordable care act including five justices of the supreme court and mitch mcconnell totally out of touch with reality yesterdaysponding saying, well, this just means we go back to the drawing boards. >> smernz want us to start over.americans want us to start over. today's decision does nothing to change that. >> we remember what a bloody

mess that whole battle was in the united states congress over the healthcare reform act. the last thing the american people want is to relive and replay that whole battle. i mean that's just insane. you want to see the great, great difference between members of congress and their different reaction on the news yesterday from the supreme court this photo, if we can show it with nancy pelosi and john boehner, it's an actual photo, not photo photoshopped standing side-by-side on the floor yesterday when it becomes clear that the news is the affordable care act has been upheld. look at the big smile on nancy pelosi's face. look at john boehner. >> look at that sour pus. >> looks like he sucked on a pickle. >> so mad. >> it looks like he is about to cry. >> well, he probably was.

>> but the other big news yesterday -- i would love to get your thoughts. many of you taking advantage of it and some people -- millions of americans could not get healthcare otherwise for a whole variety of reasons except for the affordable care act. and the new rules and limits it places on insurance companies. tell us about it at 866-55-press. the other big news yesterday is, of course, when you turned in at 10:00 o'clock to get the news, and you went to where you usually go for news breaking news, cnn. right? they got it wrong. kate baldwin leads off. >> going through the reading, the opinion, but i want to bring the breaking news that according to producer bill muirs, the individual mandate is not a valid exercise of the commerce clause. it appears as if the supreme

court justices have struck down the individual mandate, the centerpiece of the healthcare legislation. >> man. it's all over. >> on the phone to try to get more information and bring it right to you, wolfe. >> that's a dramatic movement if the supreme court has ruled that the individual mandate is unconstitutional. >> dramaatic moment, cnn getting eg all over its face. but it wasn't just cnn. fox news followed up and said yippie, the individual mandate has been overthrown. of course, what was happening was that john roberts reading the opinion first said on the individual mandate, the administration argued that under the commerce clause this is constitutional and roberts says we disagree. >> that's when everybody ran for the microphones, ran for the cameras. they didn't wait for the "but." but under the taxing authority of congress, the individual mandate is solid and can be

constitutionally justified. so even president obama yesterday, we are told first got the news from cnn. he was standing there. sees this headline on cnn saying individual mandate overturned. by the way, that's how the president of the united states got his news about the supreme court decision. >> unbelievable. >> that's about as bad as you could screw something up. if you are seeing it, you want to know: what's the big deal if i get it wrong? the president of the united states got his information from you and you were wrong. >> and somebody there nearby was watching scotus blog and said, wait a minute. wait a minute. wait a minute. that may not be the case and then they sorted it out and they got it right to their credit. msnbc, and i was watching msnbc. they kept saying what does this mean? what does it mean? they took their time to understand it before they announced to the world but i

believe i think its /* /* i think it's particularly bad for cnn what do they have wrong? they say we are not left. we are not right but we are the people you can count on when there is breaking news. right? isn't that their whole thing? >> where you turn for breaking news. when you don't want the politics and you don't want the opinion, you just want the facts. where do you go? to cnn. cnn got it dead wrong. you know what it was? it was a rush to be first. well, it's important in this business to be first, but it's more important -- it's more important to be right. and shame on cnn and shame on fox news. and we might say, also how about shame on bill o'reilly? it was back on march 26th, when he had a woman on, who was defending the affordable care act. he would not let her speak. he kept interrupting her being the rude pig that he is so often. and he made this -- he asserted

that this was going to be a 5-4 decision to overturn the entire affordable care act. and made this promise. >> it's absolutely a mandate. it's absolutely a force. it's from the federal government. it's going to be 5 to 4. if i come on, i will play your clip and i will apologize for being an idiot. >> all right. i look forward to it. >> yeah. we all looked forward to hearing bill o'reilly admit last night that he was and that he is an idiot. he missed the opportunity. >> maybe he forgot his promise. do you think that's what happened, peter? >> i am sure that's what happened. just probably ran out of time or something. >> he must have. everybody was watching last night to see if he would prove he was an idiot. do you know what i mean? let's give somebody else credit for getting it right yesterday. our own jacki schechner, current tv, with the news update joining stephanie on her show. jacki got it right. you know why? because jacki took the time to read the opinion, at least more

than the first sentence of the opinion, and see that, in fact the individual mandate was upheld. so what happened to cnn? can you trust them anymore? we know we can't trust fox. now, it looks like we can't trust cnn any more either. 866-55 press. this what does this gloryous decision by the supreme court 866-55-7377. oh, happy day. let's celebrate it. >> radio meets television the bill press show now on current tv. spitzer. >>that was mitt romney showing once again his fearless fear of taking a stand that helps make him all things to no people. septic disasters are disgusting and costly, but avoidable. the rid-x septic subscriber program helps prevent backups by sending you monthly doses right to your door so you will never forget to maintain your system. sign up at rid-x.com.

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>> on your radio, on t.v. the bill press show, new on current tv. >> michael tomaski, special correspondent in the studio with us talking more about the healthcare decision yesterday, starting in the next segment. check out my column at our website, billpressshow.com, a column i wrote yesterday morning about this on john roberts not only sayving healthcare reform but saving the supreme court by his decision yesterday. that's up again at billpressshow.com. my column for the chicago tribbun, wes call from columbus ohio. hello, wes. what do you say? >> good morning. >> having watched the princess bride multiple times i am remind remind, chief justice has told the republicans, get utilities

to disappointment. >> has he been coming toward the center here, do you think? >> well, i think what has to happen eventually is that they will have to put up the single-payer system. >> i would hope that's where we go. i think when you get a public plan option, which may be the next step. right? as part of the universal healthcare, then we are heading toward single-payer. it's the only system that makes sense. >> as far as roberts is concerned, look for his next decision to go completely against our feelings on this one. >> it may -- it may very well be, yeah. i would say let's not put roberts down as the next david suitor, as the next liberal. but he did get it right on arizona and he got it right on the healthcare reform. he got it wrong on montan a. but there is hope at least for roberts now. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ]

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>> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the bill press show. >> well, hello sports fans, 33 minutes after the hour here on this friday morning, june 29th, the full court press busy, busy news day. all centered around the supreme court decision yesterday upholding the affordable care act. this is the full court press coming to you live from our nation's capitol and broad to you today by the united steel workers and their colorful outstanding president leo girrard, north america's largest industrial union rep precepting over 1.2 million active and

retired members bringing american manufacturing back to our shores. and you can find out more about their good work at usw.org, united steel workers usw.org. in the daily beast this morning, mike al tomaski writes after weekends of gloom liberals can exhale and smile. here with a big smile on his face, michael tomaski. good to see you? >> nice to be here. >> how did you get the word yesterday in from cnn? >>. initially, sure line everybody else. i was up in new york at "the daily beast" office doing some web tv stuff, live and so we were sitting on the set that's in the newsroom. we were not facing the t.v. people were communicating to us what was on the t.v.s and the first was cnn everybody, no. wait a second.

wait a second. then we check our twitter feeds. eventually it will came clear. then when it finally, came clear that it was 5-4 but the 5th wasn't kennedy but roberts, that's when everybody went: whoa. >> whoa. what just happened? >> yeah. >> isn't it amazing. maybe something as complicated as the affordable care act and something as complicated as the supreme court decision, there might be just a little period that -- between the time when the paper is handed out and the -- an analyst gets on television and tell what it means? >> yeah. yeah. you would think so. you would think so. >> yeah. >> they really cnn really has a lot of eg on its face. you know, it's interesting looking through the majority opinion, roberts' opinion, you can see exactly the paragraph that read that made them think. i don't know if you have looked through it. >> sure. >> a syllabus at the beginning which describes the finding and

then the opinion and then there is this paragraph that says can't be upheld under the commerce clause and somebody probably read that and dashed off and said, let's go. >> this is it. this is it. they should have known better. so we know what the decision is upholding under the taxing authority of congress the individual mandate. what does this mean? it's a bfd as biden would say. >> it sure is. it's a huge deal. look. the republicans are going to find strategies to attack it. i am sure we will talk about that. but the bottom line here is that this law, which has been under a huge cloud that entire cloud hasn't lifted, but a lot of that cloud has lifted and now obama, democrats, liberals, healthcare advocates, can all say this is constitutional. it's the law of the land. even john roberts said so. so it now has teeth and authority that it didn't have

before. >> so where do republicans go from here? right? john boehner saying yesterday, if the supreme court didn't repeal it, we'll repeal it. mitch mcconnell says the american people want us to start from scratch. right? mitt romney says, i will repeal it on day one of my presidency. you know talking points memo this morning, if i bring it up again, after healthcare ruling g.o.p. hits rewind as democrats look to the future. >> that's basically all they've got. right? >> that's what they've got. i think they are going to try to force some kind of replay of the summer of 2009. >> that's what we need. >> that's exactly what we need. but i think that's what they are going to try to do. you know, they have already started on the tax increase thing. you know, i don't blame them for doing that. if i were them, i would come out of this saying that, too. this is now a tax increase and it breaks its pledge not to raise taxes on middle income people. but the democrats have to answer

that, bill, pretty forcefully because they are already out there saying, this is an increase on everybody. but, no. 85% of people have insurance. so this doesn't affect them one way or the other. most of the people will actually buy it. so it will be a tax increase but only for -- it's estimated to be about 2% of the population. >> those people who can afford healthcare and say i am not going to buy it, they have to pay a penalty. now, you are right. >> that's the republican tack and i think democrats have started to respond to that. think progress did this morning. you probably have. i haven't seen it. >> yeah. i did. >> but there is a problem with that for mitt romney. and i notice he did not use the tax argument yesterday because he can't. >> he can't. >> because this is exactly what he did, the very same provision in massachusetts. >> right. >> so if it's the largest tax cut in the history of this country, that would make him the author of the largest tax cut in the history -- >> tax increase. >> yeah.

i mean i was visualizing yesterday afternoon the moment in one of the debates this fall where rockmney tries to trot out that line and obama says, governor, if this is a tax increase, what you did en masse was a tax increase of exactly the same kind. i don't think romney. >> checkmate. >> romney can't use that line. >> what romney did say and i point this out in my column which is billpressshow.com. romney, on tuesday, said that if the supreme court invalidates the affordable care act, that means that the first three and a half years of the obama administration have been wasted. >> right. >> right? now, to be fair: isn't the reverse true? >> this is what i wrote in the piece that you read from briefly. this was basically my main idea in that piece. and that, you know admittedly would have been a really really powerful attack, i think, to independents and swing voters voters in the middle for romney

to stand up there and say, you know, the economy was in the toilet, unemployment was rising above 10%, and what did obama spend his time on? a bill that now we know was a complete waste of the american people's time. can't say that. >> no. >> it has been removed. >> now you can almost take romney's words and turn them around and say this proves and john roberts agrees the first three and a half years were spent on something that was of great benefit to the american people. you are welcome to the join the conversation here at any time jay 66-55-press, with michael tomascy from daily beast and democracy, a journal of ideas. michael, so what does this mean politically now going forward? is this going to be the issue? next to the economy, one the main issues, november 6th is going to play out as okay.

do you agree or disagree? right? it's up or down? >> it almost is. the economy is 'til still going to be the dominant issue, i would think. >> this is related though, to the economy. >> it is. >> republicans try to make that point all the time? >> right. i think democrats are go to go have to counter that this is good for the economy and nancy pelosi was trying to do that yesterday. i don't know how much they can get people to believe that. but polls are going to be coming out and i am going to be really looking at those independent cross tabs. you know because obviously, republicans in polls are going to say, we hate this and we are fired up and this makes us angrier to go out and vote guess obama. i think it will rile up the conservative base a bit. but the independent, i wonder: will a certain number of swing voters ax september this decision especially since it has roberts' infomata. but they did say roberts did say

it's constitutional so maybe we should just like put that blind us a little bit and go forward. >> but several people including, i think it was greg sergeant in the "washington post" earlier this week, which i found very interesting is, yeah, if you ask the overall question: do you think the affordable care act, if i support it or not, they will say no. but then if you go provision by provision, do you think insurance companies should be able to deny you? no. so they agree with that. keeping kids on your health insurance until they are 26? they agree with that. provision by provision by provision, once you explain, they agreed with them. so they agree with all of the parts and not the sum of the parts. to me, that's only a matter of time before they realize. right? >> only a matter of time. but is it by november 6thing. is that the time frame? but you make exactly the right

point. the democrats still have to explain and obama has to explain why the bill -- good provisions of it. i thought he did a pretty good job of it. >> yes? >> clear. >> da-da-da. >> he is going to have to explain how the mandate fits into that by expanding the insurance pool, you are able to lower rates and you have to cover the sick people. so they still have to make that explanation to the people. i think embedded on this is a good attack line for romney. he is not covering people with pre-existing conditions. he is for covering people with continuedous coverage. if on a woman got tossed off of her plan a woman is tossed off her plan he is not for giving her coverage back. i think that's an achille's heal

because 80, 85% of people support, as it's called in the jargon, guaranteed issue. and i think obama can make that argument. >> michael tomasky from the daily beast, big big day for progressives. a huge victory for supporters of universal healthcare and for president obama. where do we go from here? 866-55-press. and do americans really want as mitch mcconnell says to start over again. let's replay the battles of the summer of 2009? 0 yeah? we will be right back. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> on your radio, on t.v. the bill press show. now, to current tv. "the gavin newsom show." for elon musk what could possibly be next? watch "the gavin newsom show."

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here was thinking about the reputation of the court, his own legacy, how the roberts' court would be remembered, would it really go down as the most conservative, the most ideological in history with a serious of con tentious 5-4, the same 5 versus the same 4. if you look at the roberts' record, look at important roberts court decisions, you will see a long list of 5-4 ideological decisions. he obviously decided that on this matter, he didn't want to go there. and i think he probably thought, you know, obviously all speculation but i think he probably thought that the minority's view, the scalia view, tossed the whole thing -- thought the whole thing was too much and he couldn't join that. >> my column on the roberts court making the same point by the way, up at our website, billpressshow.com. joe from chicago, thank you for joining us. >> hello. i wanted to say president obama told us this wasn't a tax, our

premiums wouldn't increase and that i can keep my doctor. and all of that is starting to come out that that's not true any more. >> why can't you keep your own doctor? >> what's going to happen is my work company is going to drop my private insurance and put me into the regular government insurance and i am going to have to go. >> who told you that? rush limbaugh? >> no. >> that's what i read in the paper. >> no. you are wrong on that one, joe. but i appreciate the call. but the president did say at some point, to be fair, joe makes a good point, that this was not a tax. >> he did. this is the stuckey part for the administration said this can be taught of as a tax. they didn't wandt to use the word tax. >> does he have. >> how many republicans have passed a fee on this or a fee on that. they always say it's not a tax.

it's not a tax. i think your earlier point is a valid one that this is only a tax on people who don't do what they are supposed to do. >> right. >> which is buy insurance. they can afford it and they choose not to because they are freeloaders. i don't want to pay for their damn insurance that's what the democrats have to say. they have to turn it around and make this a question of personal responsibility. there have been studies from christmas very quickly because the same process. only about 1% of the people were subject to that penalty. >> so the mitt romney attacks, again, but he tries to accuse president obama. >> he did. >> back to john roberts for just a second here so do you think this means that republicans now are going to throw him under the bus? >> this is one of the gleeful moments for people like us to watch some of this commentary and see, you know, listen for impeach roberts and to hear like fill gingry the congressman

from georgia saying i wouldn't like to have a beer with john roberts today, i would like to throw a beer on his head. >> mike am sav al savage uglier than anybody else on top recall saying it proves john roberts epilepsy medications are affecting his reasoning powers. how low can you get? >> they will probably get lower. >> yeah. you cannot get any uglyier, any lower than michael savage. michael tomasky. it's a good moment to celebrate. thank you for celebrating and coming in. daily beast, of course.com. check out democracy journal at democracyjournal.org. thanks for coming in. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> he caved on the public option, he caved on the bush tax cuts, the guy has caved so many times there are miners trapped

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destroyed. the people to offer whatever support he can. the vice president, we'll get the daily briefing. and then he heads out to andrews air force base arriving in colorado springs just about noontime colorado time mountain time. we will tour the fire area with colorado officials and then returning back to the white house, arriving back at the whitehouse about 8:00 o'clock this evening. no briefing at the whitehouse today. jay carney will gaggle as they call it, to reporters on board air force one. the big news, supreme court decision led by john roberts yesterday saying no, mitt romney. yes, american people. the affordable care act is constitutional, and it shall stand. >> this is the bill press show.

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[ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> good morning, everybody. happy friday. it is friday june 29th. welcome to the full-court press here on current tv bringing you all of the latest stories and there is one big story we have been covering from every angle and will continue to do so. a supreme court. a big victory for the american people. a big victory for millions of american families who could not afford health insurance before but now thing. that was yesterday's supreme court decision led by chief

justice don roberts -- john roberts upholding the affordable care act. he liz beth warren senate candidate for massachusetts will be here this morning to tell us what it means for millions and millions americans. i have to say yesterday when cnn and fox news and almost everybody else got it wrong at first saying the court had rejected the individual mandate, our jacki schechner got it right. >> that's why we count on her every day for our current news update. here she is. jacki? >> good morning, bill. it pays to pay attention. good morning everyone. what happened to romney and congressional republicans now that the supreme court said it is constitutional. mitt romney's response was to attack with the usual right-wing talking points. house leader john boehner reiterated his party's commitment to try to repeal the law. >> obamacare is a job killer.

jacki schechner romney there. apparently having difficulty with that but now that the court has said it can be interpreted as a tax, the g.o.p. is going after the president and bill talked about this the last hour saying he lied when he said there. there would be no tax increase for the middle class. just to be clear what the affordable care act says is if somebody chooses not to buy health insurance he is responsible for paying 1% of his income for the next two years and two 1/2% starting in 2016. there is no tax whatsoever if you purchase health insurance. and the "new york times" reporting today that the tea party and other conservatives are already planning to put new money and resources into using this decision as even greater evidence that they want to get president obama and democrats out of office come november. it also talks about crossroads gps 5i78ing to put some money and energy in to fear mongering

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[ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv. this is the bill press show. >> everybody else got it wrong but the supreme court got it right. led by john roberts yesterday, 5 to 4, saying the affordable care act is indeed constitutional and shall stand with all of its provisions. hello, everybody. good friday morning here it's friday june 29th. and good to see you today. for the full court press coming to you live on current tv and all of your local progressive talk radio stations all the way across this great land of ours

from our nation's capitol, just about five blocks from the supreme court yesterday where that rule came down about 10:00 o'clock yesterday morning. a lot of people getting it wrong at first but they finally figured out what the court was really saying which is it's okay. it is constitutional. and it shall continue. lots to talk about today. this is why it's good to see you. thank you for joining us. our last hour together before we go into the weekend and we are ready to take your calls too, at 866-55-press. what a dynamite rundown of guests we have now a line-up of guests this hour, start with our good friend congressman keith ellison from minnesota. >> good to be here, bill. how are you doing? >> always good to have you back. you have a home here, you know, any time? >> i love it here, man. it's great. not only are you astal stellar host but you have a great staff helping you out. >> i wouldn't go that far. >> of course -- >> when i came in here all

sweaty, i did get a paper towel, you know. >> of course. >> i appreciate it. >> it's a full-service operation, congressman. you are talking, of course about our team peter ogburn and dan henning. >> good morning. >> cyprian bowlding dolly elithwick from slate magazine, she will be here she was here earlier talking about the arizona and montana decisions. we will be joined by elizabeth warren, the next united states senator from massachusetts to talk about what this ruling all means for the american people. congressman, i don't know if you heard but bill o'reilly made a promise based on the ruling yesterday. >> i wasn't aware. >> o'reilly did say that the court, he asserted the court was going to rule 5-4. >> uh-huh. >> which it did but they were going to rule 5-4, to overturn the affordable care act and then he made this promise.

here he is talking with a guest on did this is back on march fo-6. >> absolutely a band-aid, absolutely a force. it's absolutely police powers from the federal government and it's going to be 5 to 4. if i am wrong, i will come on and i will play your clip. and i will apologize for being an idiot. >> all right i look forward to it. >> he will apologize for being an idiot. i am sure he appreciates you reminding him. bill, guess what. time to pony up buddy. >> guess what. he came on last night, and he did not apologize. >> oh. oh. see, bill, that's not being a good sport right there. >> he is one but he didn't apologize. >> admitting he is such an idiot. >> okay. >> a deal is a deal. >> you are right. i agree. >> we will get into what this law all means and where we go from here. but, first:

>> a final check of the other headlines making news on this friday. members of congress put politics aside after a big day yesterday to play baseball at the washington national ballpark all for charity. democrats rolled to victory in front of an estimated crowd of 8,000 people thanks to louisiana congressman cedric richmond 11 runnings in the second inning, they beat the republicans 18 to 5. proceeds benefited the boys and girls club and the washington literacy center. they raised about $250,000 according to mlb.com. peter ogburn was in the crowd as well as cyprian bowlding. >> he is he hit and pitched and nearly hit a homerun. really and truly. >> good for him. >> you know what's great by the way is this is such a d.c. crowd. when the democrats were up, the way they heckled was they were heck ling "justice roberts". >> get out.

>> that's how they heckled the other term. >> how great is that? what we call inside baseball. >> they are saying it's a shocker at wimbledon, number 2, player in the world is out in just a second round, rafael nadal could not get it together. he lost to number 100-ranked from the czech republic. it's the earliest grand slam exit since 2005. it was a it was a day for americans all around. they won masters another mark in the anti-drone category. researchers and students at the university of texas attacked a department of homeland security just to see if they could do it. they did with under a thousand dollars worth of equipment, they scooped the gps system and took control of it while they were

watching. >> can you imagine taking control of one of those drones, have it doing flips in the air, all kind of stuff. trouble, trouble. thank you, dan. >> congressman, i want to talk healthcare, but first, we have not mentioned it all morning because i hardly think it's worth a mention, but i do have to ask you that of all days yesterday, the republican leadership in the house decided this was the time to holderic holder in contempt of congress. >> shocking to me. amazing eric holder in contempt of congress. >> shocking to me. amazing amazing. student loans are about to double, we are about to have a transportation bill expire. this is true that there is talk of a deal but there is no deal done yet. we haven't had a vote yet. >> yeah. >> here we are doing this stuff that's completely unnecessary. and completely bogus and i am disappointed that that's the decision they made. but you know what? it is consistent. you know, quite frankly, i mean

it's the way they do stuff. i mean we haven't had a jobs bill. their version of a jobs bill is stripping epa regularlations. health and safety regulation. they get rid of those and say that's going to help jobs. it's not going to help jobs. they simply have, you know i think it's legislative malpractice. i think they are not doing their job. and i hope that people are paying careful attention to the priorities of the republican majority. >> did you walk out? >> yes, i did. >> most democrats did. didn't they? >> almost all. almost all the. there were seventeen guys who voted with the republicans. >> i didn't understand that. why? >> you know, i -- you know, it's funny in the gym this morning, i had some debates with some of my friends, and some of them took umbrage at the thought the nra might have had something to do with it. i said, well then what was it? we think he should hand over the documents. well, maybe so. but contempt?

i mean come on. i mean, please. and then, also, you know, i do stand by my point that the nra plays an unhealthy role in washington because, look. i own a shotgun. i mean i am glad to owen one. no problem. but i am saying we can't -- we can't even deal with the contempt in a proper way without them weighing in on it. and their whole theory for weighing in on it is that somehow -- >> oh, yeah. >> -- this is going to bring forth gun control. but we do need some gun control. can we start with saying that you cannot buy a 30-round clip over the counter if you are mentaly ill and dangerous? can we start there? they say no. >> yeah. >> and so i mean, i guess, you know, look i will say that i don't want to assume why one person or another voted a certain way. i will give people credit for their own firmly held beliefs separate and apart from the nra. but the nra did a bad thing yesterday. >> and the absurd notion on the

part of the nra that democrats are only using this. right? >> right. >> because if they can get the public upset about fast and furious, then that will build public support for gun control down the road. >> giving us too much credit for strategy. >> yeah. it's just like they say, oh president obama, we can't reelect him because he will take everybody's gun away. >> that's right. >> he has not done squat about gun control in the fast four years. it's absolutely ridiculous. let's get onto the important thing of healthcare. everybody thought it was going to go the other way? >> i was among them. >> democrats would have a losing day? >> i thought at least the mandate was going down. i was wrong. i am glad to admit i was wrong. >> what does this mean? >> it means the healthcare reform is constitutional. congress can help improve the system for the american people. it means that reform is

possible. i mean, look, you know generations of little and gross have been trying to fix this problem. >> hundred years? >> now we get it fixed. what do we learn yesterday? it's constitutional to do so. i say hooray. i want to say to folks on the political left who never liked the affordable care act. if you work for medicare for all, your efforts are not going to be struck down by the supreme court in all likelihood. and the case -- and so get to work. you know, get to work. reform is possible. reform is legal. reform is constitutional, and it's a good thing. >> so as progressives one lesson we can take from this is we don't have to stand here either? we don't have to stop here we are not going backwards but we can go forwards. >> absolutely. look, you know, there were people really upset in 1964 because the civil rights act didn't include voting or fair housing.

it did the next year and it did include fair housing a few years after that. so there is no reason to believe that just because, you know, the affordable care act wasn't your nirvana bill that we cannot make it a stronger, better bill. i can think of some things we can do. i would like to see a provision that states be allowed to have a medicare for all type program if they should so choose and the people want that like vermont is talking about. we have to celebrate the biggest leap forward in 100 years is constitutional. i don't care what the composition of the court was that make it 5-4. it's good enough for me. >> you know, president obama gets whacked by people on the left, not having enough backbone. but yesterday was a vindication for him, too. >> it was. >> this was not -- as he said yesterday, sort of tongue in

cheek, obviously i didn't do this because it was the politically smart thing dopp. >> right. right. right. >> even be rom emanuel was saying don't touch this baby. wait for the second term. and obama said no. we are going to do it because it's the right thing to do. >> you know what? i think when history is written, it will treat president obama very favorably on this decision. i think he is vindicated. he was right. he was proven to be within the law in doing so, and, you know, i read the paper today and they were saying it gave him a bump but not a big one the we really don't know yet. here is the deal: as the did. >> by the way, congressman, that's written by the same people who said -- who unanimously said the court was going to rule the other way. so you have to, after awhile you have to say do these people know what the hell they are talk about or not have any idea? >> they are up here offering their very human opinions like everybody else an you can't credit them with too much.

but here is the deal. i think this bill will grow more popular as people learn more about it. >> i agree totally. >> uh-huh. uh-huh. >> this is kind of like startling lack of information. and people like to criticize obama on that, i think, unfairly so. they say he hasn't sold the bill right. he didn't explain the bill right. look. there is a counterveiling wind of disinformation. remember the death panels. that was a lie, a bold-faced law and people were telling it left right, and center and they used to say it was unconstitutional. they can't say that any more. so my view is that this is a gain all the way, and i think republicans had thursday all set up with a 2 and 0. >> they were saying president obama had a rough weeks ago with john byson having to resign and i forget whatever else went

wrong at that time. he had a good week this week. >> a good week. >> in arizona and you look at healthcare reform yesterday. >> yeah. absolutely. i will say though action and this is not with regard to president obama, but i was -- i'm still kind of disappointed about the montan a decision. >> yeah. >> 100 years ago, montana's people, it wasn't even a legislative decision. it was a referendum. they say we don't want corporate money in our e elections because they have a corrupting influence and the supreme court says too bad. you are going to get it anyway. it's interesting. it doesn't seem to fit with citizens united because there is a factual basis. >> the reason the court didn't want to take up montana was because they would have been forced, i believe, to examine

corruption in politicianss and admit the basis of justice kennedy's majority opinion saying money does not ever corrupt a politician was wrong dead wrong. >> startlingly naive and absurd. >> yeah. >> almost impossible to believe something like that. i don't know what kind of world he lives in. but the fact is, is that it must be an exseedingly idyllic place for the corporate community, some kind of paradise. >> 866-55-press. you know the toll-free number. join our conversation with congressman keith ellison and what we want to talk about is how is it when you look at provision after provision, you know pre-existing condition and all of that kind of stuff american people like the individual provisions and you ask them over all if they like the affordable care act, they say, no. what's going on and how do we turn that around? and where do with he go from here?

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congressman keith ellison, representing minnesota's 5th congressional district. >> yes, sir. >> congressman mitt romney yesterday didn't look like he had anything new on this to say. the wind was taken out of his sails because a couple of days ago, he said if the court reverses obamacare, it will prove that the entire three and a half years of the president's administration has been wasted. >> is the opposite now true then? >> i would say so. i guess he has to admit it's been a fruitful last three years. here is the deal: he's got nothing. he is flat-footed. he had nothing on immigration. he has nothing on healthcare. he is empty. his is over. you know, i just think, as we get closer to the election this guy is going to get exposed more and more and more. >> republicans other than romney, who can't use this argument say oh, what this means now is in response to the supreme court, this is the biggest tax increase in the

history of the world. >> bigly. that's like a big lie with capital b and l. here is the deal. it doesn't change anything. it goes from a penalty to a tax. the only people who are going to pay any tax, people who make over 325,000 a year, and people who have the money to afford their own healthcare but don't want -- won't byuy it. those are the only two people. >> that's it. so that's not so. >> the american people really if you have the money, buy your own health insurance because i don't want to have to pay for it. right. >> is that something called? what is that? personal responsibility. >> i think i have heard that concept from some people somewhere. >> good to have you in. thank you for leaving the gym. >> keith ellison. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ]

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talking about the arizona and montana decision. she was in the court yesterday when the healthcare decision was announced and she is back here this morning with us. dolly from slate magazine. hi. good morning. >> good morning. >> when john roberts started speaking yesterday, you thought, oh, my god. right? >> we were going crazy, the whole press corps was trying to look at faces. sotoamayor. what's going on? the chief started reading which wasn't a surprise. i think we suspected he had the obvious. >> opinion. >> one way or the other. for the first 10 minutes or so, he was just blasting the individual mandate, you know all of the bullet points that we have heard activity inactivity, forcing people into commerce. it lookseds -- it looked like the plane was going down, down, down but at the last second, he said that was a tax. he was that one vote that saved the entire act because the other four dissenterred would have

struck the whole thing down. he said, it's a tax, and i am going to let it stand and we are moving on. and every single reporter in the room got whiplash. we were all in neck braces this morning because it happened so fast. >> you got whiplash. some people got egg on their face, cnn and foch news didn't wait for the "but." they went out and reported it the other way. >> that's right. >> in the beginning. i want to talk about the implications of it, but first and i wrote a column on our website at billpressshow.com. what is your take on what is roberts up to? and why do we suddenly have this, both on monday in the arizona case and here particularly yesterday, a john roberts that looks a little more open-minded, shall we say, a little more flexible than we thought? >> i don't know he looks open minded. he is pretty clear he hates the mandate and even clearer he doesn't much care for the law. but what he is the chief justice, and for the rest of

history, this will be known as the roberts court. >> right. >> i think he breaks from the conservatives when it comes to preserving the integrity of the court. had with had a 5-4 decision to strike down not just the mandate but the entire law, which is what would have happened, we would have had for the first time in a very long time, bill all of the appointees who are appointed by republicans voting conservative, all of the appointees appointed by democrats voting liberal. and we would have had an election issue. we would have had a thermo nuclear election issue. obama would have run against the court. >> roberts had to know that. >> he knew that. the opinion polls have showed the court's popularity tanking, at the lowest. i think he made the decision to throw himself on the grenade,. he will be there a long time. he can say i can do what i need to do in small incremental steps without kicking sand in the eyes of the president and destroying

the integrity and reputation of the court. >> it was for the legitimacy of the court? >> absolutely. if you read the opinion, also a victory for the idea of being modest and humble judicial restraint, saying we are going to preserve as much of the law as we can. those are all promises he made at confirmation. a lot of us doesn't believe him. but it was a victory for the proposition that we let the elected branches hash this out. >> and a victory for president obama. >> well, clearly that is the case. and you can tell by, you know, all of the tweeters who are breaking up with chief justice roberts this morning. >> yeah. they have thrown him under the bus big-time. >> they are very upset. this is a big point in terms of you know putting the supreme court but the roberts court on healthcare law. >> so what does it mean now going forward? mitch mcconnell says this means the american people want us to start all over again. >> well, i mean i guess they are going to try to repeal the thing

in a symbolic move. >> makes it harder for them to repeal any one provision? doesn't it. >> also, you know, the one thing the administration had always had on its side was as parts of this bill that are popular come online, as people start to say i have my 26-year-old on my insurance plan. hey, pre-existing conditions no longer bar me from coverage. as those things come online, what we are going to see is the people hated the mandate. mandate is off of the table. no mandate. everybody hasn't hates it. it's gone. but the parts that are popular as they come online are going to be very, very hard to run against. >> yeah. the president, himself, and others said, no, don't call this a tax because it's not a tax. right? now, it's not that unusual in the sense of across the country, how many states have put in local level, state level, federal level, they will put in a fee. it's not a tax. it's a fee or a filing charge or whatever. they come up with theseeuphemisms.

the supreme court said it is a tax. rush limbaugh even said, the biggesthit in the tax of the world. >> a world. >> a man who is known for exaggerating to make a point. but do you think that's enough to turn this around and defeat it? >> sort of what they decided, i think, the argument they have got left. >> right. michelle bachmann was saying exactly that on the steps of the court 40 seconds after we adjourned. this is a tax and he has raced taxes. >> that's going to be the party line. the question is: how much that sticks. you know youes the president raised taxes. it's a bit of the thumb in the eye that the chief justice said you may be should have called it a tax in the first place, mr. president. but i think that people have decided how they feel about this healthcare bill one way or another. i don't see a lot of independents getting enraged over thisishment i think people are pol arrestized about everything else and so it seems to me folks are going to want to

move on. this is settled and i don't know if mitt romney wants to run his campaign on doing away with the law that not only did he implement in massachusetts, but that is the most successful state healthcare reform we have seen. >> and i also don't know whether he wants to make the argument against this calling it a tax when in fact, it's exactly the same provision that they had in massachusetts. all right. so, here it is. i just had a hernia. i am not supposed to lift anything this heavy. but here is the supreme court. this is a decision. right? >> yes. >> how many pages? >> i think 80 something for the chiefs and dissents. >> 65 in dissents and some 60, 61 or something for the chiefs as well. right? is there ever a time when -- you must admit, a decision this thing. right? all of these pages, all of these

different permutations and caveats, don't you think reporters maybe ought to take 10 minutes to review it or something and understand what it means before they run out and tweet? you know what i mean? >> well, i am dpromsed. i am going to defend the reporters. it's certainly a mistake to try to get a scoop on a supreme court decision because you've got four seconds advantage on the other networks. but i will say, this is the court's fault. the court has the ability to make this available to reporters. >> ahead of time. >> in a lock-up. that's what the can aidian supreme court does. let us read it. >> a lock-up. you are in there. you can read it but you cannot report or tweet on anything. >> they take your blackberry at the door in canada. you have time to read it and digest it and then you don't do stupid things like saying gore won in bush v gore. the nature of scoops is we want our scoops.

people will make mistakes. this is an easy fix that the court could do. >> yeah. they don't, you think, because they want to see reporters make fools of themselves? >> it's such a perplexing thing to me. i have been to compromises. >> i enjoyed watching fox and cnn. >> i hope that's part of it. that would be great. >> i know, you know. >> but there are consequences because when the first story goes out, you know, and you saw all of the tea partyers out in front of the court. they were crazy. there are real consequences to getting it wrong. it seems to me that, you know, william h. runquist famously was called out by the press corps, and the reporters came to him and said chief justice rehnquist, don't give us 5 on the last day. give us 3 and then 2. he said why don't you just save a couple for tomorrow's news. so maybe just we could just only report on two cases today. so i think there is kind of a disjunction between their

paleozoci view. i will put it a little bit on the court. >> the more the supreme court is up to the better as far as we are concerned because it's more opportunity to talk to dahlia dahlia lithwick from slate magazine. slate.com is where you can follow her good work year-round. it's great to see you in the studio. >> thank you. >> when we come back the next united states senator from massachusetts, we declare right here and now. so, tell us what yesterday's decision means for the american people. of course, we are talking about the one and only, the great elizabeth warren next on the full-court press. >> heard around the country, and seen on current tv, this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] we must save the country. it starts with you.

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>> radio meets television, the bill press show, now on current tv. >> thirteen minutes before the top of the hour. here it is, the full court press coming to you live on current tv and your local progressive talk radio station all across this great land of ours. you know there are many important senate races in the country today, but the highest profile race of all of them is in massachusetts, and democrats have no stronger senate candidate in the entire country than elizabeth warren. we call this program the full court press. we could also call it the elizabeth warren fan club and we are proud to welcome and happy to welcome elizabeth warren, herself, to the program this morning. so elizabeth good morning. >> good morning. it's good to be here this morning, bill. >> thank you so much.

the ink is no longer dry on the supreme court decision yesterday than when senator scott brown put out a statement saying well obamacare may be constitutional but he said it is wrong for jobs and the economy. what's your take? >> well they push that same button. don't they? every time. >> every time. >> the way i see this is for every family who worries that one serious health problem could turn them upside down financially, this decision is good news. it ensures that millions of children, seniors, people all across the spectrum are going to continue to benefit from healthcare reform, and i was very glad to see it. >> the senator has said that he would be a vote for repealing the affordable care act. and he also of course as i understand it, has a daughter who is on his own healthcare

plan because she is under the age of 26. so, benefitting from the plan but ready to repeal it? >> yeah. you know, but that's how it's been all along. remember, scott brown originally ran on blocking healthcare reform. he features it prominently on his website. and yet, completely ignores all of the benefits of the affordable care act. you know, we talk a lot nationally about the coverage issue. here in massachusetts, we already have full coverage. but the affordable care act brings us so much more. it permits young people to stay on their parents' insurance policies until they are 26, the feature you just talked about. it also means for people who have cancer or other very expensive -- needing other expensive treatments people with chronicle illnesses don't have lifetime caps. it also means that seniors are

going to have better coverage for their prescription drugs, and those benefits are starting right now. what scott brown and mitt romney and the republicans are going to have to do is go back to the american people and say, hey, you know those things that are really working out that make healthcare fairer and more affordable, the things we have pushed the insurance companies to do, the things we are now doing on medicare for seniors? we want to take all of that away from you. and, you know, i just got to say: that's a debate i am ready to have. we can have that fight. let's go. >> i think we are going to have that fight in massachusetts. and around the country. >> uh-huh. >> mitch mcconnell saying the american people want us to start all over again. not. >> you know, that's the part too. >> that's the one that really hit me as soon as i saw scott brown's statement and then mitt romney's. and then i thought, do you really think the american people want us to tear this up now that

it's passed? it's passed the house. it passed the senate signed into law by the president, has now past muster with the united states supreme court. >> and john roberts writing the majority opinion. >> john roberts, very conservative. tear that up, go back to square 1 and spend three more years fighting about this? and what's underlying have you heard any real plan from the republicans other than "no"? >> no. they used to say repeal and replace. they don't say that any more? >> i don't even here the replace part of it anymore. >> now they just say repeal. without much time left i have to jump if i can to another subject. >> of course. >> elizabeth, which is we were shocked a couple of weeks ago to hear that j.p. morgan, who, of course, say we don't need new regularlations. we can take care of this, ourselves. government stay out of this that they lost $2,000,000,000 on this trade in london. i saw a story vagot very little news, that jamie dimon says we % were more like 4, closer to 9 billion. what's going on?

>> i have to tell you. i saw that. of course, talk about for j.p. morgan perfect timing. it's like they stepped outside in the middle of a hurricane and whispered, oh it wasn't $2,000,000,000. it was $9,000,000,000 and ran back inside. but this is a reminder, both of the kind of risk j.p. morgan has been taking on. but, also, stop and think. they were just in front of congress a week ago. right? >> yeah. >> in front of the house of representatives. i think everybody there was operating on the assumption it was a 2 billion, $3 billion loss. is it the case that j.p. morgan can't figure out how big the loss it is? this has been going on for weeks and weeks and weeks now. or is it the case that they had an idea how big it was and just didn't want to talk about it? either way, it raises the same kind of issues about the risks they are taking on and the lack of oversight.

i am glad you jumped at this because i think this is something that deserves real attention. we have got to have people in the united states senate who are willing to stand up to wall street. >> that's all there is to it. >> yeah. and i can't think of anybody who knows wall street better and who could be counted to stand up to them than elizabeth warren. he liz beth i know i was in touch with a lot of campaigns around the country. this is a big deadline. you have a lot of support in massachusetts. you need support from all around the country. people who care about the future of the united states senate and the issues that you care about. what can they do to help? >> 0, it's so nice of you to ask that, bill. people can go to www.elizabethwarren.com. they can make a donation. they can volunteer. they can just sign up for our e-mail so they stay abreast of

the issues of what we are talking about. one of the parts of this campaign that has been so terrific is, you know i have never run for public office before, never thought this was anything i would do. but people said to me, if you will do this we promise you will not be alone. we will be part of this, too. and people all over the commonwealth, all over the country, have become part of this campaign. and said we care about these issues. we care about the future of our country. we want to be part of it. and we are all kind of connected through the internet now. >> absolutely . yeah. this is the way to do it. go to elizabeth warren.com. thank you for doing what you are doing. thank you for fighting so much for american consumers, and we look forward to calling you senator elizabeth warren pretty soon here in washington, d.c. thanks, elizabeth. >> thanks so much, bill. . >> all right. and great candidate. with that, i will be back with a quick parting word maybe a

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