21 and 26 have health care only because of this law. >> the health care law puts 15 bureaucrats in charge, we put 15 million seniors in charge. he is putting bureaucrats in charge of price controlling and leads to denied care for seniors. we are saying get red of the helt care law... health care law >> tomorrow, the supreme court begins what is likely to be an historic debate over the constitutionality of the affordable care act. many believe it's the most important case since brawn versus board of education. 26 states and businesses and private individuals are suing to strike down key provisions of

the law. we have a preview, live from the united states supreme court. >> reporter: it starts tomorrow with the first of three days of highly emotional, very, very important arguments before the nine supreme court justices. so important people have already started lining up out here. in fact, they started friday morning, more than 3 days before the first arguments. emotions running high, the political impact will be large and conservatives will try to repeal the law, even if it survives. they say it's just too costly for americans. here's michele bachmann. >> this is extremely expensive. families won't have a choice. they will be forced to buy an insurance product that government tells them they have to purchase. if they don't, theyville to pay a fine to the federal government. this is absurd. it's never happened in the history of the country. >> now the main issue at hand is whether consumers can be forced to buy health insurance. that's the so-called individual mandate. the issue will be the focus of

oral arguments for two hours on tuesday. oppons say the commerce clause of the constitution cannot be construed in such a way that someone is forced to buy something -- anything -- including helt insurance. supporters say there is nothing more vital to u.s. commerce and the u.s. economy than the issue of health care and its high costs. the administration predicts the law will surrife and consumers will be thankful. >> by the end of the decade, we will be glad that the republicans called this obamacare because when the reality of helt care is in place and people like you and i say won't matter, it will be what people's experience is. it will be very positive. >> tomorrow's not the main event, but it is the beginning of three days of oral arguments. we will have 90 minutes and the anti-g -- injunction act, whether or not somebody when they break the law and refuse to buy health insurance and are fined for it and they pay a

penalty, the question is, can you -- can you -- is this the whole case premature because nobody's paid that penalty yet in that's basic it. >> that's the first hurd toll get to. thank you for the preview. >> reporter: you bet. >> conservatives are fighting to convince the justices that it is unconstitutional. a former solicitor general under president raggan says, don't count on it. harvard professor charles freeh is here live. >> good to be with you. >> caller: you are very experienced. you know how this works tomorrow. the pressure that's on. let me give you a couple of arguments from the challengers and you tells how you would shoot those down. first of all that, compelling someone into commerce or telling them they have to buy something is not the same as regulating commerce and you can't go that far? >> well, there are two arguments

which show that that's a bad argument both have been made by very conservative federal judges. i think the best is the argument by judge sutton in ohio who said the whole thing about compelling people into commerce, which they are not in, is a red herring, because the thing that's being regulated -- the thing that people are being compelled in is not health insurance, but health care. and everybody is in the health care market. in any one year, 83% of the population is in one way or another, involved in the health care market n. any five-year period, over 95%. so close enough for government work, everybody is in the health care market. and shelght -- health insurance is just one of several ways in

which the goods which you get in the health care market are paid for. and that plainly is something the congress can regulate and has been rellulated for decades. so that's the first argument which i think knock this is down. the second argument made by judge silverman in the d.c. circuit is even more weeping. it says -- just look at the words of the constitution. congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce, insurance is interstate commerce, only justice thomas doubts that. and way back in 1824, the great chief justice marshall said, to regulate means to set the rule for. this is setting the rule for this subject, period, end of for. i think judge sutton's argument really is the killer because

this is a market everybody is in and it just says, how you have to pay for something that everyone is getting. >> caller: professor, how do you respond to the challenges that if congress can regulate this and tell americans they have to buy something, that there won't be a limit on federal power, they can tell you you have to work out or eat broccoli or by other things to make you healthier? you have heard that argument. how do you respond to that one? >> it's totally bogus because, as judge sutton pointed out, everybody is not in the working-out or in the broccoli market, but everybody is in the health care market. or 95% of the population. so they're not being forced into a market they are not in. they are being told, being regulated in how they pay for things in a market that they are already in and are sure to continue to be in. >> caller: all right.

former solicitor general under president reagan and harvard professor, we know have you spoken out on the law many times. we will watch the arguments and see what the court does. sir, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> caller: just to let you know, we will have a lot of advot icates on both sides, you will hear from the texas attorney general. of course, texas, one of the states challenging the law. >> the man heading up the arguments against the law is former solicitor general paul clemet. he was devote to the top slot under president george w. bush, the youngest solicitor general in more than a century. he has argued a whopping 57 cases before the appreciate. i talked to him about tackling the case of this magnitude, the pressure and how confident he is that he can win. >> it's busy, in a word. it is really a difficult challenge, in terms ever preparing for this case because, at least from my perspective, it's three or four cases.

i mean, the court in a really unprecedented step has divided this into four different pieces. from a lawyer's standpoint, have you to treat each one as a separate argument. the medicaid provisions, which are the sleeper part of the case issue that's really a separate case. the individual mandate and the severability pieces are pretty related. i think in both cases, the key to understanding the issues is really to understand this monstrous statute, right? 2700 pages. not every member of congress, i think, read all 2700 pages before it got passed. but the lawyers are stuck doing that. it's quite a task. >> caller: do you have momes in the midst of all of this where you -- it hits you for a second, you think, this could be the biggest case of my generation? this could be my "brown" case? >> it certainly does. unlike some case it's some cases are really big cases, but they fly under the radar screen, they smeek up on people or

constitutional lawyers know it's a really big deal, but not everyone does. this case has everything. everybody has been focused on this case for the longest time. i wasn't involved at the trial level. i was brought in at the court of appeals level. before i got involved in this case, i was reading about it in the papers, people were focused on this. you have to be under a rock, i think, to not know about this case. if you are involved in it in the way that i have been privilege toed to do, you try to treat it like any other case, but do you recognize that the level of attention, the consequences of the case are really special. >> at the top of the next hour, hear if paul clement about his strategy for qinszing the supreme court to spriek strike down the health care law. >> it strikes a nerve with almost everyone. we want to know, should the supreme court find the individual mandate constitutional or unconstitutional? you heard from the professor.

tweet your answers. we will read some of your responses later on in this hour. stay with fox news. starting tomorrow, we will have around-the-clock coverage of the arguments. i will step out the minute they wrap up and join me for special report, live membered night, starting at 6:00 eastern time. dick cheney's recovering after a heart transplant. he had been on the waiting list for more than 2 years. >> actually, former vice-president dick cheney waited 20 months for a new heart. he has a transplant. we are told, he's recovering in the intensive care unit of the nova fairfax hospital in falls church, virginia. this is the latest and most serious procedure for a 71-year-old who has had five heart attacks since he was 37. back in july, 2010, he had a left ventricle assist device.

he told me at the end of the summer, he wasn't totally sold on a heart transplant. >> one of the questions is whether or not i want to go for a heart transplant. the equipment that i wear was put together as a transition device to keep somebody going until they could get a transplant. now it's gotten good enough that a lot of people live on it for years. i haven't made a decision what i will do yet. but that's one of the options i will have to look at down the road. >> we haven't heard from any of the doctors who performed his procedure, yet. but on average, a year after a heart transplant, patients have an 88% survival rate and that drops to fif% after 5 years and 56% after a decade. a spokesman for former president george w. bush said that he has been in contact with the cheney family. he and mrs. bush were thrill that the surgery went well and they are keeping v.p. chain netheir prier prayers.

and former vice-president cheney was scheduled to speak in a soldout venue for speaker boehner and brad blakeman told me, had cheney known he was going to have a major operation, it's highly unlikely he would have made a him and. so he was likely rushed to the hospital, as soon as the heart became available. everyone at tomorrow's event will show up to show their support for a speedy recovery. shannon? >> caller: peter, thank you very much for the update. >> caller: rick santorum cruised to victory in the louisiana primary, solid backing from conservatives and religious voters. 20 del gates were at stake. mitt romney got 5 and the 5 remaining will be designated as uncommitted. newt gingrich and ron paul had no delegates. mitt romney has a substantial lead, but santorum said, he's

not giving up. >> the people of louisiana sent a loud and clear message this. race is long and far from over. the people of wisconsin, i say to you, on, wisconsin. let's get it done! >> next up on the calendar, the district of columbia, maryland and wisconsin on april 3. he's a rising star in the republican party and now that he has rolled out the budget plan, paul ryan is taking on questions about possible vice-presidential hopes. president obama delivers a stern warning to north korea, threatening to cut much-needed food aid to its people. a live report from seoul, south korea. stay with us. so who ordered the cereal that can help lower olesterol

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>> president obama is warning north korea against a planned long-range rocket launch last month, saying that behavior will not be rewarded. wendall goaler is traveling with the president in seoul. hello, wendall. >> reporter: shannon, north korea says it plans to launch a satellite next month, but the rest of the world sees that as a poorly disguised long-range missile test, forbidden by a

u.n. security council resolution. president obama and south korean president wander againstatism that would be a direct violation of his own commitments and international obligations. that would only deepen north korea's isolation and damage further its relations with its nagz neighbors and seriously undermine the prospects of future negotiations. >> reporter: president obama made clear, north korea's leaders would forfeit hundreds of thousands of tons of u.s. food aid, in exairmg for a pause in uranium enrichment and a resumption of talks. the president visited the demilitarized zone, called the most heavily fortified bord or earth. he said looking at the north was like looking into the past, looking at a country that admits 40 or 50 years of progress.

president obama will also talk about the issue of nuclear safety while he's here, it's a big issue, following the earthquake and tsunami that crippled reactors in japan last year. >> caller: live with the president in seoul, south korea. thank you. >> what the president has been saying, he said it when he ran for office, he's saying it now -- we have to do everything we can to produce oil, natural gas here in it country. production's at an 8-year high. triple the rigs are in the field as when the president came into office. but that's only part of the answer. we have to quickly move to wind, solar and biofuels, and next-generation carbon. >> that was a senior adviser, elaborating on gas prices and the energy plan. i sat down with chris wallace to get a preview of his interview

and also with house committee chairman paul ryan. >> you kicked off the show with a top adviser and both sides of the campaign trail, gas prices and energy. >> we talked to david plouffe, the architect of the election in 2008, now a senior strategist in the white house. what he basically said -- it's interesting, we play aid soundo sound bite of him in 2008, blaming bush for high gas prices and said, well, under that same reasoning, innocent obama responsible? his answer is, look -- it's very interesting. he said, the problem is, you can't depend just on oil and gas. it has to be an all of the above strategy. he keeps pushing this line that it is not just gasoline, it has to be solar fuel and biofuel and all kinds of other sources of energy. that's going to be one of the big fault lines in this

campaign. the question of, is the president going too much to technologies that at this point still aren't marketable, solyndra, obviously doesn't help him. >> caller: you talked about the budget release by paul ryan. they were both on the show today? >> that's right. they couldn't have been more different. one of the interesting things is that the ryan budget, which is much tougher than the obama budget tcuts spending, it cuts taxes and it also, there will be a lot of loophope holes that are closed for rich and it reforms medicare. the democrats think that is such a good weapon for them that he was call together romney/ryan budget. on the other hand, ryan said i'm happy to defend and go into the campaign on this budget because if we do something about the national debt and under the obama budget, he would never balance the debt. talking about that, very interesting development. we may make too much of t. but i asked him about ryan, would he

be a runningmate for romney? he left the door open. he said, i would have to consider t. it's a tea leaf. but in washington, we love tea loves. >> caller: and so many others immediately closed the door. but he did reason through it and talk in a way that sounds like a real possibility. >> depends on who the nominee is. but he is a frontrunner. if you were going to say a half dozen names on the short list, for anybody, paul ryan is one of them. for romney, the one thing that paul ryan does, he would excite the tea partyers, the group in the republican party who doesn't feel that romney -- or maybe any of these candidates represents the revolution in the last 2 years. paul ryan is the incarnation of that. >> >> shannon: terrific panel. thank you. you can catch the full interviews on "fox news sunday," right here on the fox

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former vice-president dick cheney is recovering from a heart transplant surgery in a virginia hospital. he was on the transplant list more than a year and-a-half. he doesn't know who donated the heart. but release the a statement saying he and his family will be forever grateful. he has had five heart attacks in 35 years. the supreme court will take up president obama's health care law. the audio will be made available, several hours after they are done. but despite several requests from lawmakers, they will not release any video. and half of the if i'm four jette is set. ohio state and louisville are in. and north carolina will play kansas and kentucky will play baylor and those are the top stories right now. >> thank you very much. >> the primary case before the supreme court this week was brought by 26 state, challenging the health care law on several points. texas is one of those states and joining us to tell us why he

doesn't believe the law passes constitutional muster, greg abbott. great to have you. >> shannon, great to be here. >> caller: you are one of the states that is challenging this. of course, at core is the mandate, the dig big debate. we had a harvard professor saying that everybody's involved in health care at some point in their lives. so it is a stream of commerce and congress has every right to regulate t. you say, not so. >> not so. i want to applaud the 25 other states that joined with us in this lawsuit. the reason we won in the district court and we won in the court of appeals, this mandate is different and unprecedented and will change the way that government operates. if congress can force someone to go out and purchase health care insurance, they can force machine to go out and purchase anything. going back into that argument, there are certain things that all of us interact with more than health care, access to food, water, clocking, shelter, can congress make us purchase

food, water, clothing and shelter? the answer is no. congress does not have that power, which is why the united states supreme court has set aside three days to hear oral arguments in this case because if this law's upheld, it will change the way that government operates in the united states of america. >> caller: the concern of some judges have been concerned that this mandate is constitutional. republican apointees upheld the mandate in lower courts. how do you think the conservative justices square that, people who are like-minded with them in judicial philosophy and temperament have upheld this? >> the court will look at three primary things that will allow them to strike down obamacare. it is unprecedented, they won't have to overturn any case law to strike down obamacare. 2; it is unlimited. if this law is upheld, the court will realize that they will establish a new precedent to give congress unlimited power. 3; most importantly, it is

unnecessary. congress legally could have addressed health care and health insurance through a legal method and they were empowered to do so in the tax and spend clause, they purposely chose an illegal, unconstitutional pathway to impose this mandate on all americans. >> caller: what do you make of the arguments that point to the conservative justices, justice scalia and the swing vote oftentimes, justice kennedy and even the chief justice robbers, did recognize a wide sweep of federal powers under certain circumstances. >> two things twice in the last 15 or 16 years, they have ruled to strike down laws imposed by congress, as violating the commerce clause, which is the provision of the constitution that congress relied upon here. if you look at justice scallia in particular, he has been the architect behind the legal document, focusing on activity. he insists for the commerce clause to apply, there must be

an activity. the premise of our argument is inactivity, the fail and you are refuse tool participate in an activity. we think that people who choose to be inactive, and not purchase health insurance fits within the architecture creakted by justice scalia whairks about the severability? can the rest of the law survive isn't house version did have a severability clause. it didn't make it into the final legislation. do you think that will speak to the justices about whether the rest of the law can stand up on its own? >> the states argue that it is not severable. the united states department of justice argues that it is not severable. we think the court will agree because the individual mandate is such a leading component of the law, as the department of justice itself has argued, without the individual mandate, there is no funding mechanism to uphold the law.

so once the court strikes down the individual mandate, the rest of it should fall, regardless of whether or not it is severable. >> caller: it will be an interesting week and we will watch to see how this turns out for 26 states, including texas. >> thank you. >> caller: we will hear more on from the man who is arguing on behalf of attorney general abbott. >> the way i like to describe it, you can have the most brilliant lawyer you can imagine without an ego, that's paul clement. >> caller: we sat down with him one on one. he will explain his strategy and his greatest challenges in the case. when will the g.o.p. slugfest end? that's next. do you have anything for a headache...like excedr... bayer aspirin... ohh, no no no. i'm not having a heart attack, it's my head. this is made for pain. [ male announcer ] bayer advanced aspirin enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes extra strength relief to the sight of your pain.

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thank you for making a very clear and crisp statement. >> caller: republican presidential hopeful rick santorum plans to continue his fight for the nomination, despite an uphill battle. he won the louisiana primary convincingly, but lags far behind mitt romney in the delegate count. so will rick santorum win in louisiana give him a bayou bounce? or does the victory with 20 delegates at stake have little in the fight for the nomination? let's ask our panel. former national communications. >> and a former spokesman for howard dean's campaign. he took 49% to 27% for romney, i believe. the south is not romney's strong point, so how much does this win mean? >> ultimately tdoesn't mean anything, it's a nice talking point for the rick santorum campaign, they are moving forward.

but they are not gaining on mitt romney. what the states coming up, the district of columbia, maryland, which will be good for romney, we will see him further the lead, he has double the delegates of rick santorum and that's the math problem. >> caller: how important do you think it is? with pennsylvania coming up, santorum's home state, where he did not do well in the last senate election. how important is it to make a statement there? >> the results in louisiana underscore the problem we continue to see in the republican party. despite the fact that everyone knows that mitt romney is going to be the nominee, rick santorum does not have the delegates and the math is untenable for him, he is not getting out of the race. so the longer this goes on, the longer he continues to stay in the scprais also to win states and pennsylvania could be one of them -- the longer it allows the media to keep writing the stories about romney's problems with the base. >> caller: last time, we saw this with now secretary hillary

clinton and then senator barack obama. i mean tplayed into june. >> yes. >> caller: obama won. >> ultimately, it was a good thing because the democratic state parties were registering voters. we have seen that with the republican party. in iowa, when barack obama was elected president had a deficit of 110,000 voters. that deficit is down to 3,000 now. we are seeing that state after state and we are seeing the voter enthusiasm for republicans really ramp up and you are see the national committee saying, we are going to focus on the national election and barack obama. >> caller: something interesting in the polling data out of louisiana a lot. most of the categories that were asked about, conservatives and different income levels, most of those categories went for rick santorum, but the huge lead for romney was, if you feel that defeating president obama is the number-1 deciding factor. 50% went for romney.

people may not love romney or be convinced of him, but they do think he is the most electable. >> they do happening he is the most electable candidate. but the only strong majority for him, whether it's the south or the north, are voters who make over $200,000. no one makes over $200,000. that means that not only is the race going to continue. but he's in a very weakened position to face obama in the fall. >> caller: doug, everybody wants to debate the math. some say he does have a way forward. is it possible, or does romney have this sewn up? >> i think it's sewn up. if it's possible, it's the slimmest of chances and the realistic chance, the realistic odds of anything happening are just nonexistent for santorum. he will go to the convention, certainly not we will see him give a speech at the convention, most likely, but the romney is

mitt romney. >> caller: all four of them say they are not going anywhere in the race. what do you do with na? if you are mitt romney? >> if you are mitt romney, the more the merrier. if newt gingrich and ron paul is in the race that, takes votes away from rick santorum, good for mitt romney. >> caller: the in thees enjoy watching this play out as people continue to have negative attack ads, it has to be good for the white house. >> we love it. listen, the difference between obama and clinton in 2008 and santorum and romney in 2012 is that the longer obama/clinton went on, it was a good thing for both choices. voters got comfortable with both of them and started to feel that either one would be an acceptable nominee. the difference this time, the longer the voters are looking at romny and santorrum and to some extent gingrich and paul, they are saying, i don't know that i like any of them. their unfavorable ratings are

going up in each case. i would say because they are getting a longer look and saying the positions are out of the mainstream. we don't want to curtail access to contraception and hurt the medicare or social security. these positions are out of the mainstream. >> caller: all right. we have to leave it there. everybody gets a week off are in the primaries. take a breather. thank you very much for coming in. >> thanks. >> shannon: are new smart meters that track energy use the latest case of big brother gone too far? >> yeah, utility cutches say it's a way to update nation's power grid. but some customers say, not so fast. the fair and balanced debate inside america's news headquarters, next. vitafusion multivites: the adult gummy vitamin with the taste and nutrition that just might inspire a little "healthy" competition.

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>> caller: time for a look at headlines, after waiting almost 2 years on the heart transplant list, former vice-president dick cheney is recovering from heart transplant surgery. tomorrow, there will be an outdoor mass when the pope heads to cuba. he held a mass in mexico at the christ seeking monument, a place

that pope john paul ii never got the chance to visit. the u.s. postal service is honoring the 100th anniversary of the cherry blossom festival with a new 45-cent forever stamp. this is the third time a stamp has been designed based on the cherry blossom. new technology designed to measure your energy use in your home is parking controversy. >> this is all over something called the smart meter. according to the market research company, mbd, three out of four meters will be smart by the end of the 2016. there are millions of these things up and running in multiple states across the country. as utility providers look at ways to upgrade the nation's power grid. a smart meter replaces the traditional dial meter on the home, business or parent building. and these transmit your electricity use back to the energy company, wirelessly. they also allow the customer to

monitor their own bill on a daily bey basebasis to better manage their consumption. but the meters are causing quite a controversy and virtually everywhere they have been introduced. >> i would sell my house and move out before i would let them put one of those devices on there. >> long-term exposure to them -- you don't know what that is going to bring. >> now, that is some of the reaction out of nevada, after n.v. energy announced the rollout of 1.3 million smart meters to 90% of the residents. customers fear it would allow the utility company to spy on them, by monitoring it what appliances they are using at what times. and they have expressed health concerns over the r.f. or the radio frequencies they emit. but n.v. energy insists, it is all safe. >> in doing these studies, we have found that our ami network

or smart meter network is 5,000 times less than operating our cell phones, 26 times less than if we have wifi routers in our home. >> now, there were similar concern when is a big california energy company in the northern part of the state bruceed these smart meters a few years back, but they are very common in europe and president barack obama in 2009 pledged to have 60 million of these smart meters installed as a way to go more green in this country, despite the controversy, shannon. >> caller: all right. thank you so much. well, they helped to make the careers of mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich and ron paul possible. they are key supporters on an often cruel campaign. next, the wives who are keeping their husband's presidential campaigns going. i sat down with the man leading the fight to strike down the president's health care law.

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>> today, we are putting the spotlight on the men who would be president of the united states. >> reporter: for the romneys, this is their second go-round on the presidential trail. and things are different this time around. >> last time, i was speaking, doing fund-raising, i was out. but nobody noticed. >> any frontrunner, obviously gets the lion's share of the attention. anne romney has been front if and center and helped a lot of campaign rallies. she is dynamite on the campaign trail. [singing happy birthday] >> reporter: carol paul is the most tradition wife, often seen

and almost never heard. >> when we decided to run, we knew there would be tough fors. >> reporter: elizabeth gingrich has had a role. political spouses have been enduring televised slings and arrows, since president nixon. derided by her husband's oppons. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the first lady of the united states, michelle obama. >> michelle obama is a major asset for the president. she goes out and talks to groups. some political spouses are much more comfortable on the campaign trail than others and take to it more naturally. >> reporter: sharon santorum, subjected to unwelcome scrutiny, she continues to look after seven children, but has occasionally addressed the voters directly. >> rick has a lot of passion with federal regulations and taxes and lift the burdens on companies. >> reporter: when the media leaves our house, one political

spouse said, more mundane matters resurface, what do you have with the kids, what's on the schedule in that spouse was tom palin. shannon? >> caller: thanks. fresh off the louisiana win, form tersenator rick santorum is focusing on wries consin and the april 3 primary. but he said himself, he is planning to help republican scott walker in wisconsin, facing a possible recall election, likely in june. >> we were talking about trying to swing by to a call center here to help the governor in his effort. someone who understands, you know, tough political fights and someone who -- you know, stood up to the establishment, as this governor has done. we want to give every bit of support we can to someone who has the courage to confront the tough issues. >> caller: walker faces a potential recall after pushing the curtailed bargaining rights.

it has garnered so much attention in that state, some pundits say it has overshadowed the g.o.p. primary. if they find it unconstitutional, we will push to repeal the law. if they find it constitutional, we will push to repeal the law! >> obamacare takes a huge leap down the road to socialism and to what i'll keep calling the g.r.e.-- the government-running everything and we don't want it. >> caller: that was congressman louis gomer, and others speaking out against the affordable care act, president obama's key piece of legislation. tomorrow, the gloves come off as 26 states and a coalition of small businesses and private individuals challenge the law at the u.s. supreme court. the two-year anniversary of the law's passing came this week. there were no celebrations, but

some lawmakers did come out in defense of the law. >> there are people who oppose the bill who are anti-government who don't think that government should have a role in clean air, clean water, public safety, public education, public transportation, health care, medicare, social security, medicaid -- any of it and they love their medicare. >> caller: thee days of hearings at the supreme court start tomorrow morning. i'm shannon bream, live in washington. we go live to the supreme court. >> reporter: good morning, shannon. three days of arguments start tomorrow morning in the health care case. it is being watched closely on both sides with all americans interested for one reason or another because it could affect your health care and costs. there is so much interest that there are people in line, many of them are professional line standers, holding a place so some members of the public can go and watch the arguments,

starting in the morning. a couple of dozen people here who have been here since friday morning. i talked to supreme court police officers. they say they have never seen crowds, line sitters or other who is want to witness the proceedings, to form that early, three days, three and-a-half days in advance of the arguments. so tomorrow, we are going to be -- we are going to have the question of the anti-injunction act and whether or not a tax can be challenged before it's actually paid. the administration is confident that the law will be upheld. here's david plouffe, a presidential adviser. >> have you seen jurors supported by democrats and republicans in lower courts uphold this law. two very important conservative jurists, offering very strong preponderances. we are confident that it will be constitutional. our focus right now, automobile, there is going to be a process play out this week and the supreme court will deliberate. >> the main event comes to

tuesday morning, with the case of the commerce clause is heard. that's the question of the individual mandates, can the congress clause of the constitution be intented? such a way that it forces people to buy something they wouldn't necessarily want, health care. that will be the question. conservatives are angry about this dwe and the whole law and the way it was passed. >> did obamacare live up to its billing, the way it was pass in the dark of night, behind closed doors, the process was bad, the substance is going over lick a lead balloon. the vice-president whis ber pered to the president, this is a big f-ing deal and now it's a big f-ing mess for the democratic party and the country as a whole. >> reporter: overall, there will be six hours of arguments over three days. >> caller: thank you very much for the preview. i hope the weather stap shapes up. it's been bad as they have been waiting. we introduced you to the man

preparing to argue what could be the biggest supreme court case of a generation issue the fight against president obama's health care law. we bring you paul clement. why he wanted to tackle this case and his strategy for winning big. winning big. >> i think we will win this case by emphasizing two related principles. one is that this is a completely unprecedented exercise of congressional power. and relatedly the government and they have been asked many, any times just doesn't have limiting principle for their argument. congress has been passing laws for 220 years. there have been lots of crises and opportunities where it would be convenient to force people to buy something and congress never resorted to that power. you could ask yourself is that because congress has been really self-retrained or because the power doesn't exist. our submission is it is because the power doesn't exist. >> shannon: talk about the

severability issue. if the court decides to strike down the mandate as unconstitutional can the rest of the law survive? >> the more you study the law the more you recognize the basic provisions arent related. even the government concedes if the mandate call the so called community rating and guaranteed issue provisions has to fall. the government will say that is where it ends. i think that misunderstands the act. once you look at the mandate that is really the heart of the act. as you look at this it really is a little bit like dominoes falling because if you take out one provision and then take out another provision pretty soon you have really the heart of the act that is invalid and the rest of it really can't stand alone. >> shannon: you also argue the medicaid expansion issue which a lot of folks aren't familiar with but the law changes the amount of followings that would have to be on medicaid rolls. the states say they can't afford it and it is an

overreach of federal power. what is your best argument there? >> point to the supreme court own cases that said there is a limit to what congress can do under the spending power. it can't just, without limit, coerce the states into doing whatever the federal government wants it to do. if there is no limit on what the federal government can make the states do they could make them do anything including impose an individual mandate. in some sense if there aren't limits on spending power the limits on the commerce power and necessary and proper power and all of the other powers would go for naut and this is why the issues are so important. do we have a limited government or unlimited federal government? >> shannon: are you worried about any particular justices and being able to convince them? >> i'm worried about all nine justices. i never buy into the notion i can only get certain justices i will be trying to get all nine justices to vote my way.

some will be harder than others but i'm not as worried i think as some people are about some justices based on what they have written. i think some people frankly haven't read even the whole opinions they are talking about. a lot of people are excited about justice scalia's opinion in resch. i thinking it helpful for us in arguing the case. >> shannon: do you think about the historical perspective the consequences of what this ruling will mean? >> i think you do as an appellate and constitutional lawyer. there is a sense i mentioned to somebody else that this is constitutional law in its best sense. really means how do we constitute ourselves as a people? how do we run our government? is it all going to be run from the federal government? are there going to be some things that only the states can do and when you get to have an argument that really has those features to it, it is hard not to underand it it as be withing historical because i think every single person in this country is tremendously proud of our constitution and the fact that it has endured.

the fact that there are relatively few amendments to it. when you have a case like this that asks a question that is so basic to the constitution i think it is unmistakably historic in that a sense. >> shannon: why did you want to take this case? >> i wanted to take this case because i think it is the rare really big case where the advocacy can make a difference and that gets back to the point we talked about at the beginning about this being unprecedented. right now i would be happy to get involved in a case involving something like the war on terror or campaign finance but you look at those cases and you know that the court has already decided numerous cases in those areas and most of the justices probably know what they think about a campaign finance case even before they read the briefs. that doesn't mean they won't read the briefs and give everybody the benefit of the doubt but they have thought about the issues of the case.

the justices will be more open to persuasion. i think some of the lower court judges were also open to persuasion. the other side likes to point to a couple of republican appointed judges who upheld the law but judge hull in the 11th circuit who was appointed by president clinton was one of our votes to streak down the law. i think that shows that this is a case where the judges and justices are open to persuasion and therefore the advocacy really matters and that is why it is a case that i really thought was one that would be very exciting to be a part of. >> shannon: big week for him. you heard the raisch case and discussion and edebates. what is that case all about? here is the quick explanation. it was a 2005 supreme court case that dealt with home grown medical marijuana in california where it is legal under state law, still a violation of federal law. justice scalia and four of his colleagues ruled the federal government did have a legitimate interest in

regulateing that marijuana growth. he wrote that his understanding of the necessary and proper clause in the commerce clause persuaded him it was legitimate for the federal government to regulate that particular activity. in its brief in the healthcare case the government has cited justice scalia's words from the raich opinion and supporters believe it could be one of their most powerful arguments in persuading one of the so call conservative members of the court. opponents argue that the raich case is distinguishable from the healthcare case and predict it won't sway justice scally. we'll see. starting come we will have around the clock coverage of the arguments. minute they break i will held out and give you all the details. it will be live from the supreme court monday night at 6:00 eastern time and check out fox news .com for in depth reports and additional reaction all throughout the day. speak of the internet we have been asking you all morn you think the supreme courtnino

should find the individual mandate constitutional or unconstitutional. a viewer writes how on earth could such a mandate be constitutional. jeffrey writes the healthcare law is saving lives. if the opposition does not have a better plan they should keep their mouths shut. we want to hear from you. we will read more of your responses later this hour, former vice president dick cheney is recovering from a heart transplant this afternoon. a statement from his office says the donor's identity has not been shared with the family but they will be eternally grateful for the gift. one of the president's top advisors says his boss was simply speaking out as a parent last week when commented on the death of trayvon martin the african american teen shot by a neighborhood watchman in florida.

he says mr. obama's decision to remark on the incident was not motivated on the fact that it has become a racial issue. for his part, no matter gender or race, this is a tragedy. >> shannon: as predicted rick santorum chalked up a win in the louisiana primary. solid backing from conservative and religious voters gave him the victory yesterday with 49%. mitt romney second at 27% and newt gingrich and ron paul rounded out the field. a look at the updated delegate count shows romney with 568 delegates. almost halfway to the 1,144 needed for the nomination. despite the numbers santorum says he is not giving up. >> just let me thank you for making a very clear and crisp statement and that is that you don't believe as the pundits have said that this race is over. you didn't get the memo. >> shannon: next up on the primary calendar the district of columbia, maryland and wisconsin all on april 3.

president obama is in south korea ahead of a two day nuclear summit. north korea was the focus of the meetings in seoul. both leaders warnd that bad behavior will not be rewarded. >> my hope is that at some point the north koreans make the decision that it is in their interests to try to figure out how to feed their are people and improve their economy rather than have big parades where they show off weapons. >> shannon: the north announced a planned satellite launch next month but the u.s. and its allies see it as a poorly disguised missile test. the u.s. military reportedly compensated the families of the afghan civilians killed in the shooting spree attributed to staff sergeant robert bales. he opened fire in two afghan villages and has been charged with 17 counts of murder. an afghan official says the

payout amounts to $50,000 but the military has not confirmed the price. it is the highest military decoration given about it u.s. government and today the country celebrates the heros awarded the national medal of honor and their service. peter doocy with a closer look at the recipients and how they remember the fallen. >> just this week american airlines flew a handful of american heros up here to d.c. ahead of national honor day which is today and we were lucky enough to speak to the veterans and they are an amazing source of living history. >> i went ahead and pushed through with two other marines and they got hit early and i ended up going forward and killing for thes of the enemy. >> i went back in and saved my commander and he got shot three times in the back and i found 7 other marines that i brought out that they were wounded bad. but all of them lived. >> the military portion of the

movie was based on fact on how i earned my medal of honor. i carried three of my brothers on my back. >> we ran into a complex bunker system and i went forward into the area and neutralized several. it seems like it lasted only 15 to 20 minutes but it was about a five hour battle. >> so these are the guys that hollywood tries to imtate for some of their most elaborate ism andbout war and hero when we asked them what it means to wear their medals of honor their answers were completely self-less. >> i let the country know the fact that the old cliche doesn't go away. nothing was free. >> i was fighting to show the american people that we wear a blue ribbon of valor for all those that suffered, sacrificed and wore the uniform.

>> and there are 81 medal of honor recipients who are still alive. shannon? >> shannon: those are the ones that we should be putting a spot light and seems like they don't want it. they are very humble. >> but you listen to their stories and it is like something out of a movie because as you just h heard it is. >> shannon: absolutely. peter thank you very much for a look at those folks. >> thanks. >> as long as you have it, nothing bad will happen to you, i promise. >> shannon: "the hunger games" is poised to bring in a whole lot of money at the box office this weekend. friday alone over $68 million. the fifth best opening ever. estimates for the whole weekend go as high as $135 million. that puts the film on track to set a record for the best debut weekend ever in march. the movie is based on series of books about children battling to the death on live television. gop presidential hopeful rick santorum another win under his belt.

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>> shannon: former senator rick santorum won the louisiana primary but what does that convincing santorum victory mean for the frontrunner mitt romney who also picked up delegates last night? joining us to talk about the challenges that romney is facing is former governor of of new hampshire and romney supporter john sununu. thanks for being here today. >> nice to be here. happy sunday. >> shannon: what is it about mitt romney that has yet to convince primary voters and the fact that we have such a volatile primary season thus far? >> the voters seem convinced. the only one that doesn't seem convinced is rick santorum. he reached the point in the campaign that happens in a lot of primaries where his head knows that he should drop out but his heart and ego won't let him. i think you will see more of an awakening the next couple of weeks when governor romney does especially well in wisconsin

and maryland and the district of columbia rick might take a good hard look at reality at that point. >> there are key states that certainly appear to favor governor romney coming up. let's talk about louisiana for a minute bus rick santorum won there by 22 points last night. how do you explain that away? a southern state, certainly not romney's strongest stronghold area but when sanjay win santoa state by 22 points it has to be hard to talk to about him about dropping out. >> we targeted to get 25% so we would share in the delegates. rick santorum netted with all that win about five more delegates than governor romney out of louisiana. governor romney actually for example netted nine delegates out of northern mariannas. if you want to compare the impact of the two elections that gives you some sense. >> shannon: let's talk about the other two in the race and vow they are staying in until the convention.

newt gingrich and ron paul. ron paul clear early knows he hasn't won a single state. he picks up delegates in some small measure in come places. is it simply because they want a voice? is there a reason they are staying in rol until the end? >> i think they are having fun. there is a lot of gratification in having the press cover them. i think it is in rick santorum's hands that the point. the aright ma tech and delegate count is getting clear. you had guys like jeb bush and senator demint come out strongly will good comments about governor romney. most of the folks in the republican party that understand how the process work recognize this is over. it is just rick's ego that has to come to that conclusion. >> shannon: you have said that

rick santorum is a republican version of president obama. what did you mean by that? >> both of them have never done anything in the private sector. they spent all their life in the legislative process. rick santorum himself sade that he was in wag o, washington, oe very significant votes, voted against his principles just to go along. when was in washington he kind of caved in to labor because of labor pressure and voted with the democrats on labor issues. both are creatures of the legislative process in washington and the washington establishment that the public now recognizes is not the best place for you to select presidents from. mitt romney is coming out of being a former governor. operated as a governor running a state. you learn how to make the hard decisions. how to cut spending. how to cut taxes. how to deal with the complicates issues that come there. rick santorum is a legislative creatures just like president

obama was. >> shannon: do you think there is in i benefit to mitt romney if he does lock tup and become the nominee to having weathered a lengthy primary season. what do you make of the argument it will only make him stronger for the fall? >> i think there is a lot to that. i think he learned how to deal with every issue they can possibly throw at him. going into states like, michigan, ohio and illinois and now wisconsin next week are states most of which will be battleground states. the fact that he has been able to get his message out there and mix with the people during the primary process in an aggressive way. look, i think if i remember correctly when president obama was running against hillary clinton i think she actually was competitive and won the pennsylvania primary at the end of april. i think in the first hw bush race when president regan won the primary process president

bush didn't drop out until the end of may. this may seem long but it is not much longer than any other race has been. >> shannon: we will watch and see how the road to august in tampa plays out. former governor john sununu thank you for your team today. >> thank you very much. >> shannon: congressman darryl issa is asking the department of health and human services that may show that your tax dollars is being used illegally to pay for lobbyist. they asked catherine sebelius why she believes the use of money is mother missable. they asked for a full kale investigation by the department of justice. we will keep you update. >> ahead we will break down president obama's healthcare law before it heads to the supreme court. we will tell you exactly what is in the law and a vocal

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>> shannon: president obama is warning north korea not to test the western world. reit now, mr. obama is in south korea for a nuclear summit. the bottom of the hour. peter with the top stories. >> hours after visiting the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea president obama stood next to the leader of south korea and warned its northern leader that pyongyang will isolate further from the rest of the world if it proceeds with a planned long-range rocket launch next month. former vice president dick cheney is recovering from a heart transplant surgery. he has been on the transplant less for more than a year and a half. he released a statement saying he and his family will be forever grateful. the supreme court will take up

president obama's healthcare law tomorrow. the audio from the three days of argument will be made available several hours after they are done. despite requests from several lawmakers they will not release any video. and one year after that devastating tsunami hit japan a fishing boat that was swept away spotted off the coast of western canada. a canadian rescue officials says an airplane spotted the 50-foot long vessel slowly drifting toward the shore. there are things most americans don't know about the legal challenge to the president's healthcare law which will be argued before the supreme court starting monday. the percent, that the justices mae not even get to the merits of the case. questions like is the individual mandate constitution. day one is dedicated to determining whether the case is ripe or whether the justices

must wait for someone to have to pay a penalty for not complying with the mandate that every american carry health insurance cover and. >> under the act there is a good argument until that we have to wait until someone pays the tax and then they are allowed to get a refund and sue in 2014 after they have paid it to claim they should get the money back. >> the idea that the justices could delay a decision doesn't sit well with john nickelson. he says because of recent economic conditions and the uncertainty over the healthcare law he stopped hiring. >> i hope the supreme court has enough sense not to delay its decision for another fours until the final taxation comes into effect. >> the fourth and final part of the case to be argued deals with what many see as a sleeper issue. medicaid expansion. under the laws states have to prepare to add millions to their medicare rolls and if they don't lose all federal funding attached to it.

>> we get $10 billion a year towards our are medicaid program and the federal government is saying hey, florida, if you don't participate in this we are taking away every cent of that money. >> most believe the court will find the med did i case constitution say it is not quite the budget buster most of saying it will be. >> a goes down to a whopping 90%. this is a great deal for the state. >> shannon: are americans more divided now over healthcare than when the law was first passed? >> 1% want it repealed. 2% want to expand it and 14% say leave it just like it is. we are joined by a strong advocate for the law. tom is president and ceo of the american center for progress. and by the way, also former congressman who voted for the law. why were you convinced it will

meet constitutional muster? >> you have seen a lot of conservative judges through the fourth circumstance kit and elsewhere back that up. remember the history here. the articles of confederation did not include an interstate commerce clause. george, washington, said that and other weaknesses also prevented us from winning the revolutionary war. the conservative argument was made at the time of the articles of confederation and rejected by the founders. the issue is for the country to be strong and competitive. we do have to have some powers to be able to regulate interstate commerce and that is within that tradition. >> the founders were independent. do you think they would have signed off on forcing americans to buy something? >> i think you two questions here. one is a legitimate policy debate about whether or not this is the best approach for solve, the skyrocketing problem of healthcare costs. the second is a constitutional argument. it is fairly unambiguous in terms of precedent and original intent. the debate about policy is one

that will go on. what i don't think is fair is that people who work hard, play by the rules and pay for their own insurance have to shoulder the burden of $57 billion a year for the people who don't play by the rules and get insurance. a hard working middle class family pays a thousand dollars more in premiums every year because of the people that don't bother to get insurance. we are trying to get personal responsibility and fairness into the system. >> shannon: we had a number of guests on on both sides of the law but earlier we had the texas attorney general and he asked the question where do you draw the line then? if the court allows congress to force everyone to buy health insurance because everybody is quote unweight involved in the market already. what about the fact that everybody needs a house and food. can the congress mandate what people do and don't have to purchase? >> in the context of healthcare much like driving there is an issue we are in thi this toget. we either need to make the decision in the healthcare system to let people by in the

emergency room without care or continue with the oath and law, i come from a family of doctors to stay that is not acceptable we are in a situation where these things have to be integrated and you don't want to dump the costs on the people working hard and playing by the rules. we have a system with healthcare where we save a tremendous amount of money investing up front in preventative care. tens of millions of americans have gotten free preventative care already under the healthcare provisions and that saves a lot of money. coming from a family of pediatricians when you see the baby arrive in the nicu it is a miracle what we can do there. but you it is cheaper to provide prenatal care in the first place. we are in a system where there is an integration with the health system different from other areas. >> shannon: advocates on the other side say it is not legitimate to say somebody would show up in the emergency

room and not be treated. that wouldn't happen. doctors are obligated to save a life if it is a leaf or death situation. >> i agree that and say because they continue to pay for the person where does the cost go. $57 billion a year get dumped on the people paying for their premiums. that is not fair either. the idea of a minimum amount of care and responsibility for people to take over their own health situation or pay that tax or fine is something that is well within the tradition of policy and there is a reason that this initially came as an idea from conservative think tanks and not liberal which is that the basic idea of personal responsibility is something that i know from my conservative district people care a lot about. >> shannon: it is interesting in the house version of the bill that you all were considering and first voted on there was a severability clause that said the rest of the law could stand without the mandate. it didn't make it to the final version of the bill. how significant do you think that would be to the justices? >> i would but surprised if they get that far because i

think the medicare provisions are well within, it is an expansion of an existing program upheld. i think the minimum coverage is even within the interstate commerce or taxing privileges. the severability would only come up with the supreme court took a serious return away from precedent and the intent of the constitution to do that. if they get to that point there will be a genuine conversation about whether the severability holds or not. one of the things about the mandate, people say let's get rid of the mandate and keep the other part. that is not entirely fair to the insurance companies to say that they have to cover everybody even with preexisting conditions but people don't have to buy in the first place because then you wait until you get sick and then you go and buy it. i think there is a reason these things are in there together and it was an attempt to make a difficult set of decisions about a complicated area that is one seventh of our national economy and therefore does seem like something that is fairly relevant to

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there is 161 across the united states. within the next year they will have all of the sites upgrade. and how much does it cost to the taxpayer? costs about $50 million but the forecasters say it is money well spent because it is going to be saving lives. shannon? >> shannon: great technology. elizabeth, thank you very much. >> thanks. >> shannon: young people made their voices heard in a big way in the last presidential election. will they be as influencual this time around? we will discuss their impact oa the 2012 race, just ahead. i was worried. i worried about my wife, and my family. bill has the mos common type of atrial fiillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. he was taking warfarin, but i've put him on pradaxa instead. in a clinical trial, pradaxa 150 mgs reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin without the need for regular blood tests. i sure was glad to hear that.

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>> shannon: time for a look at some of your headlines. after waiting almost two years on the heart transplant list former vice president dick cheney is now recovering from the surgery. the 71-year-old has had five heart attacks. pope benedict heads to cuba. there will be an outdoor mass when arrives and government workers time out to go. he held a mass in mexico at the christ of king monument. a place pope john paul ii never got the cha tons visit. a 45 cents forever stamp design based on the cherry blossom. young americans had a huge impact on the last election but will they have a significant

impact in 2012? here is journal aft alexander hefner and also aaron smith director of the young executives. >> thanks for having us. >> shannon: are young voters motivated this time around the way they were four years ago? >> they are still waiting honestly to hear from the candidates how they will address some of the big challenges that are facing young people and are facing the future of our country. young invincibles is doing a national youth bus bus tour. we are having conversations with young people about the challenges that they face and they are hungry for the leadership that can address the bigger issues. jobs and college affordability and student debt is right up there. i think i'm actually very hopeful that young people will get out and vote because frankly it is our responsibility to make sure that we have a voice in this

process. >> shannon: and alexander what are you hearing about the key issues and whether or not young people think that the candidates are addressing them? >> in this election cycle the message rivals everything else. we will hear a lot about social media and its impact and young people's engagement via networking websites like facebook. fundamentally aaron is right. the economy rivals every single issue. governor romney was on the campaign trail saying he doesn't understand how a young person today in america could vote for a democrat yet boxed himself further into right wing positions and has not tackled young people specifically in conceiving of strategies for how tim prove this country. on the one hand, governor romney conceding a lock this again y ma lenial demographic that could be advantageous to his election bid but not proposing real solutions that appeal to these voters.

>> shannon: let me ask you about ron paul because on the campaign trail, a lot of events with the different candidates. he is the oldest candidate out there running and by far there at his rallies and events he has by far the youngest crowd. what it his appeal? >> you need to go talk to the young ron paul supporters. i think part of the appeal is the idea that he speaks his mind and i should just stress that young invincibles doesn't endorse any candidate. the idea that candidates will speak their minds and go at the issues regardless of partisanship is something that is appealing to young people and frankly there is tremendous room for agreement among young people on some of these key issues. you take an issue like healthcare which has been very politically divisive but the reality is that 2.5 million young adults have gained coverage. the new rules around preventative care and birth control are popular among young

women and that cuts across party lines. >> alexander last quick word to you. >> one thing noticeable this cycle is the dismal turnout among conservatives. the republican candidates have not been able to galvanize a youth base and that will frankly be destructive for them come the general election. so president obama right now has a strong advantage with young voters. >> shannon: we'll see how it plays out. alethanks for joining us. >> thanks for having us. >> thanks, shannon. >> shannon: some adorable little guys made their debut at a washington state zoo. a pair of two week old endangered clouded leopard cubs. one of only three zoos that breeds the endangered clouded leopards. the zoo is holding a contest to name the cubs. go to pdza.org to vote. we have been asking you about whether or not the individual mandate is constitutional and

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about beyonce. this puppy only about the size of an iphone. she has grown a lot since she was born two weeks ago. she used to sit inside a spoon. she and her litter mates will be up for adoption in the next few weeks. adorable. we love hearing from you at home and you have had a lot to say today. we have been asking you should the supreme court find the individual mandate constitutional or unconstitutional. several weighed in. george wrote this cls

a lot of you tweeted in asking as well about different justices and accusations that they should reduce themselves. sounds like a lot will be tuned in as watching this week as it all plays out at the supreme court. that is it here for us in washington. "fox news sunday" is up next. chris sits down with the white senior advisor david ploufe and paul ryan and the possibility of whether or not he would be open to taking a vp slot on the gop ticket in the fall. you don't want to miss what he has to say. i'm shannon bream. don't miss our healthcare coverage starting tomorrow. i will be live and hosting special report at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. thanks for watching the fox news channel where more news is always on the way. befo we go, a little aretha franklin on her 70th birthday. happyward birthday, aretha. ♪ just a little bit ♪ just a