>> greta: it's the moment we're waiting for. it's down to the line with president obama's health care law. will the supreme court find the individual mandate constitutional? will the court strike it down? the stakes could not be higher. the higher court's decision will impact every single american, and tonight florida attorney general pam bondy is here. former vice-president candidate sarah palin and congresswoman michele bachmann. you'll hear from all of them in a few minutes. right now, it's not a sprint. it's a legal marathon. the supreme court doing something rare, maybe unprecedented. three days, not one, of arguments over the national health care and tomorrow the key issue, the one we've all been wondering about, the individual mandate. today, the burning question, and it is a sizzler. could an obscure tax law stop the court from even considering the case? here's what one of the justices told a lawyer designe defending.

>> what it says is penalty. moreover, this is not in the internal revenue code, but for purposes of collection. >> greta: fox news correspondent shannon bream was inside the court during today's hearing. she's live with the latest. as we say in the business, she owns this. she knows more about this than anybody else. what happened today? >> it was a question about whether this case is even ripe or not because of this 1867 law. the justices never get to the big question about the mandate and anything beyond that. the justices seemed very skeptical about that. you mentioned they had appointed this attorney, robert long. they gave him 40 minutes of time, extended the argument. his only task was to come in and defend the point that the case is not ripe. despite his best efforts, the justices seem unconvinced. >> greta: do you mean that what the consideration was is that you can't sue now? the states can't sue now, they've got to wait until they

actually make the payments, make all their financial investments and then they come in and sue? when you say it's not ripe, it's too early? >> right. this law says you can't have a lawsuit or maintain an action against a tax that has yet to be collected, so critics say mandate doesn't kick in until 2014. somebody wouldn't have to then pay the tax penalty assessed from that until 2015. they couldn't come back to court until that point to argue the case, and so it makes a lot of folks nervous on both sides of the arguments that the justices could say we'll wait three or four years to decide the case. it's possible. >> greta: the states didn't want this at all. the states want their day in court and want it to happen. explain why this happened today. it wasn't the federal government, it doesn' wasn't tha administration saying block it and wait until they pay. the court to do?s independent >> it's interesting. at one point in one of the lower

courts the government argued the case wasn't ready and it was a tax and the law blocked it from moving forward. most of the other lower courts didn't buy the argument and wanted to move ahead. by this point the government was in agreement with the states for different reasons, that the case is ready to move forward. the justices wanted to make sure they weren't smoothing over something that legitimately needed to be considered. that's why they brought in an outside attorney. they told him your only task is to try to convince us we're not missing anything with the tax law, but it sounded like everybody's on the same page, let's move forward, although justice alito made different arguments. at times they call it a tax. when it doesn't work for them, it's not a tax. he told him you're arguing not a tax, but tomorrow when you come back to talk about the mandate and that this is within congress's taxing power, you'll refer to it as a tax. >> greta: if this weren't so serious, the amusing part about it is the last thing the obama administration wanted to call this when they were trying to convince members of congress to

vote for it, they don't want to call it a tax. tax is the t word, the forbidden word. if this indeed were a tax, this mandate, then the states couldn't be in court now because under this obscure tax law, you actually have to pay the tax before you complain about it and so they, the government i guess would love to call it a tax. they get caught with their pants down having said it wasn't a tax before. >> it's been a lot of back and forth. it was interesting to see the justices point out to them saying your position will change tomorrow. if you're right. if the court for any reason thought this was legitimately tax and you heard the sound bite. congress specifically did not call this a tafntle they could have done that in the law, but they didn't. it's not a tax. you've got to accept that it's a penalty. this law doesn't block it. you've got to be ready to move forward and make your indicate. >> greta: tomorrow the mandate. they'll have argument whether the mandate is constitutional tor not. it's going to be attacked or supported on so many grounds. we've got a commerce clause

issue. is this interstate commerce. supporters say absolutely. they're not compelling someone into activity. they're regulating activity. folks against it say if you force me to buy something, where do you draw the line? can you force me, you've heard the example again and again to eat broccoli or to join the gym? they're going to say where do you draw the line if the court says this is okay. >> greta: so another way to look at it, if some people think the commerce clause is this broad so congress could do it, some people think it's only half as broad. whether or not congress has the power to regulate this or not, so it's a little bit like art. some people like it, some people don't. >> right. there are different interpretations just like with art. whoever makes the most convincing to the argument, they've got to sway at least 5 of them. >> greta: i don't know if they've made up their minds. i won't get into that. shannon, thank you. the fl florida attorney genl is one of the 26 attorneys general challenging the law. she was in the united states

supreme court, she joins us. >> nice to see you, greta. >> let's get the inside scoop since they won't let us have cameras in the courtroom. tell me what it looked like. what was it like inside the courtroom? >> well, it was a packed courtroom. there was a lot of excitement in the courtroom. shannon was in the courtroom as well, and it was great to see her and i think that the justices were all very well versed, and they seemed excited to be there. they seemed very interested in the case which is always very important to us, and i think they asked some very intelligent questions. the one shannon just discussed, justice alito asked about, you know, today you're saying it's a penalty, but tomorrow you're going to say it's a tax. that helps us definitely tomorrow with the mandate argument. >> greta: we've all been in court and we hear judges or justices ask questions, and you're so convinced they're going to go your way, and then all of a sudden you read the argument and feel like you got hit by a 2 by 4 between the eyes. you think what in the

world was i thinking when i thought those questions indicated a particular view. >> that's exactly right. even in murder trials you never try to predict. i never do a head count. i never guess. remember when we were in the 11th circuit everyone kept saying oh, they lost because you have two democrats and a republican and we had the best bi-partisan decision in the country right now out of the 11th circuit court of appeal. you can't do a numbers game. you're right. you can't redict based on the questions the justices asked, but they were very engaged today. that hthat was very encouraging. like you said, they gave us an unprecedented amount of time and tomorrow we have two full hours to argue the mandate and why it's unconstitutional. >> greta: okay. that's the big deal. at least i think it's the most important argument tomorrow. we do expect a decision on all the stuff by the end of june, right? >> the end of june. >> greta: not a guarantee, but 99% sure we'll get it by the end of june either way. tomorrow, the mandate.

tell me. why is it that you believe that the federal government did not have the authority to write a stostatuestatute with that mand? >> to purchase a product simply by sitting here, they can force us all, every single american will be told to purchase insurance. if you don't purchase that insurance, you're going to be penalized. they cannot do that. there's no case on point, no case even close. >> greta: i mean, if it were just the state of florida, they definitely couldn't do it because there wouldn't be interstate. it wouldn't cross state lines. they couldn't force everybody in florida. it has to have some effect on interstate commerce, right? >> right. >> greta: is their argument because there's a high lik likelihood that we'll all need medical care that that somehow affects interstate commerce? is that the argument on the

government's side? >> i think that's going to be one of their arguments, essentially. that's no different than saying at some point we'll all need food. they can't tell us what food to purchase. at some point we will all want to drive a car but they can't tell us what kind of car to purchase. right now there's no activity. someone is sitting in their living room. we have a federal government with limited powers, and if they are able to exercise this unlimited power, it truly goes so much farther than health care, and if they're able to do this, they are able to do anything. we firmly believe it's unconstitutional. that's one way. their second argument is going to be that they can regulate this by their taxing ability, so that's where i think. >> they said it wasn't a tax. >> exactly. >> greta: i don't understand how they cancel that one. that was the way they sold it to pass. they said it wasn't a tax when

they persuaded everybody. >> it's like when you argue a criminal case, you try to argue in the opposite, and it doesn't work. >> greta: there's a big controversy down in florida, trayvon martin, a young man who was killed. is there -- i mean, what you have done? >> well, i've spoken with trayvon's family. my heart goes out to them. they're actually wonderful, wonderful people. i've spoken with their attorneys. originally we had an attorney from the local area, a state attorney. as attorney general, i don't have jurisdiction to have the case. >> because it doesn't cross county lines. exactly. >> greta: just like we see with the interstate commerce on a federal level. >> you can't go arrest him. >> no, i can't, but i can have a voice. i called the state attorney in the local county and i spoke with him, and he has done nothing wrong, but based on the high profile nature of the case and based on the fact of the appearance that he's wrapped up with the police department, he

has done nothing wrong. he agreed. he thought it would be in the best interests of the case for him to remove himself from the case, so i met with the governor, and the governor and i decided to appoint angela corey, a great prosecutor from jacksonville. she is just tough as nails. she's one of the few elected state attorneys who still actually gets in the courtroom and tries death pe penalty case. she's already assigned two of her top prosecutors to the case. today she met with trayvon's parents and trayvon's lawyers. she's been working very hard. i have been in constant contact with the florida department of law enforcement, the sanford police department's backed off. that's the local police. fdle is handling the okay, and they are doing a thorough investigation as well as the justice department and the united states attorney who i've been in constant contact with as well. you know, i can tell you. when you have a 17-year-old boy who is walking home and he's shot and killed, there are way too many unanswered questions, and we have got to have all of those questions answered, and right

now they're not answered. >> greta: boil, i'll tell you. temperament is tense anyway. >> it is. >> greta: nice to see you. thanks very much. >> thank you. >> greta: back to the health care controversy. the drama ma insid inside the c. protesters both for and against president obama's health care law making their voices heard outside the high court. many starting gargting even last friday. griff jenkins hit the ground to talk to the protesters. >> reporter: the implications have brought out folks that support the law and folks that are opposed to the law. it'they peaceably disagree with each other. there's no shortage of opinion out here on these steps. >> i absolutely support the law because it's a start. some of the things that i hear

about people falling through the cracks, i think if we look at who is falling through the cracks or we start a more thoughtful conversation like who can disagree with i love the constitution? i love the constitution. >> we're here to stand up for the majority of americans who want to see obama care overturned and repealed. this law is unconstitutional and we're standing up for our constitution. >> this is better. it's not perfect. i think it should be upheld and improved upon, and i think most americans support most of the elements of what's in the bill. individual mandate was a republican conservative idea. it requires people to put some money into the pot. they need to do so, and those who can't afford, will help them. >> i'm in support of the affordable care act. >> i'm against it because since when can the government tell us what to buy? does it also tells us what clothes to buy, what food to

eat, what house to live in? >> the point here is to show the court that the american people oppose obama care, believe it's a threat to our liberty and want the court to do the right thing and strike it down. it's as simple as that. ♪ we shall overcome some day. >> i believe in the principle of universal health care. >> reporter: this case is about much more than a bad health care law. this will fundamentally define the power of government and the limits of government in the lives of individuals. >> greta: coming up, former vice-president candidate sarah palin and michele bachmann. neither of these women will sit this one out. both governor palin and congresswoman bac bachmann go oe record. plus, president obama has

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>> greta: a supreme court ruling on president obama's health care law could come by late june. what is so significant about that? well, it's smack in the middle of the presidential campaign, and whichever way the ruling goes, constitutional or not, it will have a blistering impact on the race. joining us from alaska, former vice-presidential candidate sarah palin. >> heady stuff when you consider the essence of america is liberty and many of us believe obama care essentially evaporates much of that essence. >> greta: these are certainly fascinating times. it's never dull, essentially not now, and very important times as well. i agree with you on that. i describe this as whatever way it goes, it will have a blift erringerrinerringblistering imp. i'll give you two hypotheticals. let's say the entire law is held constitutional by the end of june. how does that play into the

general election, do you think? >> whichever candidate can best contrast their solutions to a health care challenge that we do have here in america, his ideas, his solutions, how they can bring those up and oppose what president obama has put together in obama care, then that candidate will do well in the coming campaign that needs to explain more about how obama care should be replaced with a more market-based, patient-centered solution to the challenges. >> greta: you know, it's sort of interesting because if you look at the polls, the poll numbers that americans increasingly don't think that the mandate is constitutional. now, the nine justices, they get to decide. doesn't matter what the rest of us think. let's say that it's upheld and president obama's facing reelection in november and there's 60 or 70% or whatever the number is thinks the mandate

is wrong. does that help him, is it irrelevant, does it hurt him? >> i think it hurts president obama, and it helps the g.o.p. that is explaining to the 70 or 72% of americans who do not believe that the individual mandate, especially, is constitutional, nor is it fair, nor is it economic. i think that that helps the g.o.p. candidates as we are trying to explain to america that there is a better way to address health care issues in america versus what obama care has done, and that is eros erode foundation of liberty and free choices. it doesn't adversely affect the commerce clause, a different solution than obama care. >> greta: let's say by the end of june on the flip side the law is declared unconstitutional. does that take the wind out of president obama's sails as he goes into an election, or does that really fire up his base and want to sort of regroup and get him reelected and try again?

>> well, because the leftist immediatmedia which is the domit media in our society today because they protect president obama, they will try to just dismiss the whole issue of it being deemed unconstitutional by the supreme court if that's the way this ends up, and they'll try to just kind of divert attention from voters and they'll move on to other issues. it's very important that voters stay focused on the fact that if it is deemed unconstitutional, that president obama who claims to be some constitutional scholar would try to cram down americans' throats this idea that big centralized government would be able to usurp not only the will of the people but constitutional enumerated powers of federal government. voters need to be very careful in watching what the media, the leftist media will try to play them no matter which way the ruling goes, greta. >> greta: all right. assume now a romney-obama

matchup and now you've got the situation where let's say it doesn't matter whether it's constitutional or unconstitutional. now you've got governor romney having to answer for the health care law in his state. in that matchup, you know, how does governor romney not get rolled over by president obama on this health care? >> well, as rick santorum and newt gingrich have tried to point out, romney will have his hands full with this one because, of course, he's now kind of dubbed the father of obama care with his romney care there, the mandates that he made sure got through in the state of massachusetts, so he'll have his hands full there. >> greta: is that fair? >> where romney has gone, in fairness to him in his explanation, his justification for romney care has been the tenth amendment of identifier constitution which, of course, explains that states do have rights and states have great

flexibility. in fact, they have more flexibility than the federal government when you consider what the enumerated powers our in our constitution laying out those restrictions, those limits on the federal government. that's where romney will go, but that's what rick santorum has been trying to tell people. so has newt, but rick is getting beat up for taking a "new york times" reporter to task for saying quit making things up. i'm telling voters romney will have his hands full. it will be tough for him to come up against obama and obama care when he has instituted romney care. >> greta: you mentioned senator rick santorum. i think we have the sound. let's play that for the viewers. >> to run against barack obama on the issue of health care. he fashioned the blueprint. i've been saying it at every speech. quit distorting our words. if i see it, it's [bleep]. >> greta: i must admit i got an e-mail a minute ago, a viewer

complained about sean hannity and the [bleep] they put on greta wire. i'll give you a shot at this. your thought on senator rick santorum's response. >> yeah. santorum's response to that liberal leftist in the tank for obama press character really revealed some of rick santorum's character, and it was good, and it was strong, and it was about time because he's saying enough is enough of the liberal media twisting the conservative words, putting words in his mouth, taking things out of context and even just making things up. when i heard rick santorum's response, i was like welcome to my world, rick, and good on ya. don't retreat. you're saying enough is enough, and i was glad that he called out this reporter. he and the other candidates, all of them, they need to do more of this because believe me, the american people are tired of what that leftist media continues to do to conservatives. >> greta: you think senator santorum has a shot for the nomination right now? >> i do, because i believe that

anything is possible, and you know, i'm going to continue to say anybody but obama. i'm going to continue to say all four of the g.o.p. candidates. they have strengths. they have a respect for our constitution. they want to defend our republic. to me, it is at a much greater degree, and it's much more significant than what our sitting president is capable of doing today, so anybody but obama. >> greta: governor, thank you. >> greta: coming up, whether the health care law is constitutional or not is now in the hands of the supreme court. that does not mean the house republicans are sitting back waiting to see what happens. house republicans are fully engaged now and no matter what. one of the them leading the charge is representive michele bachmann. she's right here next. also, this is really bad. the wrong national anthem. you heard right. the wrong national anthem is played at a sporting event. it gets even worse. the song wasn't just wrong, it was obscene. wait until you hear what it was wait until you hear what it was and where it came from. bobby. it's me marty.

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>> greta: republicans vowing to repeal the national health care. president obama's national health care. no matter what the supreme court decides, what's the next move? representive michele bachmann join us. nice to see you. >> good to see you, greta. >> greta: that was within seconds of when the national health care law was passed, wasn't it? >> actually, this is just recently. this last one. >> right after the president, right after it was signed, you introduced one. >> i did. actually, the night that the bill was passed on the house floor, i turned to one of my colleagues, mike penn, and i said we've got to do something, enter a repeal bill, and he said michele, have at it. my staff and i wrote the bill, and the next morning i was the fur member ofirst member of cone floor. i thought it was imperative that we let the american people know we are not waiving the white flag of surrender on socia socil eyesd medicine.

we're not giving up. >> what was the vote on that, by the way, do you remember? we got killed. it was more than enough. that's when nancy pelosi ran the house of representatives. harry reid ran the senate and barack obama was president. the democrats had their way. they got their bill, and the american people hate it. they want us to get rid of it because they see that costs are going through the roof. it's the number one reasons employers aren't hiring. it will change us forever. people want us to repeal with it and deal with the true problem with health care which is cost. this bill only increased the cost of health care. what we want to do as house republicans is actually bring down the cost. the good news is we can. there's positive solutions. >> greta: i made a list of some things. one of the things is cost would go down and 30 million who were uninsured would have health insurance. right now those 30 million don't have health insurance because we haven't gotten to the mandate. >> they don't have it. but even worse, the government

through the budget office said at least 20 million people are going to lose their health care because employers are going to drop them because the costs are escalating so fast on health care. employers are going to let them go. you can't win for losing on this bill. >> greta: what would you do? i mean, under your thought, would everybody have some sort of health insurance, it would just be a different program? >> this is what i think we need to do, adopt free market principles. my bill said number one, let any american buy any health insurance policy they want. >> >> greta: we can't now? >> you can't. you can only buy a health insurance policy in your state written under your state mandate. >> greta: how come? >> well, because there's a thing call the mccarron ferguson law at the federal level and it creates monopolies for insurance companies in every single state. we've got to knock down those barkerbarriers and think about e

consumer. no minimum federal requirements. >> greta: let me ask you this. so the insurance companies are making out like bandits because of this mo monopoly? >> they've got a monopoly in each state. >> greta: what was that tell you? >> number two, we should let every american pay for their health insurance expenses, whether it's their premiums, their co pays, deductibles, fascial suit calls, medical -- pharmaceuticals, medical devices, they should be able to pay for it. we should have lawsuit reform. if you do those three things, you'll drive down the costs dramatically, and that's the real problem because president obama promised every household they'd save $2500 a year. instead, we've seen the costs spike through the roof, and that's why this is so wildly unpopular. i'm going to be in the supreme court to hear the oral arguments. i have a ticket. i'm going to be there to listen to it. >> greta: i'll tell you what i

find very troubling. this 2500 pages and leader pelosi said something. i think she wanted people to read tanned se and see it. there was some sort of sarcastic remark about how it didn't have a lot of clarity. i thought that was an understatement. the bill is inexre henc incompr. it's a rules. all these unelected people are it's just the bill. and then take that times a

factor of ten. that's the beginning of the regulations. it will never end, and employers will never know if they're a criminal or not cranial if they're in compliance or not. and individuals will never know if they're in compliance or not. it will change us forever. it changes forever the people as a country, our relationship with government. it changes forever because we aren't electing a president in the future. we're electing a health care dictator who with the stroke of a pen or with the waving of his magic wand decides what we get to do or what we don't. the true story of health care under obama care is not the goodies you get, it's what's government is going to take away. that's the future of obama care. we all lose. >> greta: the whole insanity is not one member of congress could read it or did read it before voting on it. i tried reading it. it was absolutely incomprehensible. >> they didn't read the vot it e in the senate they didn't get it for three hours before they voted on it.

>> greta: the thing made absolutely no sense, terribly written. >> it contained 100 billion to implement the bill. can you imagine members of congress voted for a bill that spent $105 billion and they didn't even know that that money was in there. bizarre. everybody should be outraged and demand that this get repealed. i don't care what the supreme court does. congress has to repeal this bill. that's the bottom line. >> greta: representive, nice to see you. >> good to see you, greta. >> coming up, the state of the health care law before the supreme court. some parts are already in place. what happens to those parts in the entire law is struck down? that's next. in two minutes, caught red handed. a hot microphone makes president obama's private words very public. what did he say to russia's president? we doubt he wanted everyone to hear it

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a giant step forward. we're finally getting closer to finding out if president obama's health care law is constitutional or not, and the supreme court, of course, decides that. some elements of the health care law are already in place. what are they, and what happens to them in the law is struck down? emily etheridge joins us. >> nice to see you. >> nice to see you, too. >> greta: what's been implemented so far? >> the things in place are commonly known as the patient's bill of rights. those are popular like letting children stay on their parent's insurance up until 26, children cannot be denied insurance because of a pre-existing conditions. insurance companies have to spend at least 80% of their premiums on things related to health care, not marketing or administrative services. there's a whole host of preventive services that people can get without cost sharing so not paying an out of pocket co-pay or paying your

deductible, different ones for adults and women and children. there's a whole host of benefits for seniors that are already in place. one of those big things is changing the prescription drug, what they call the doughnut hole in medicare which is that coverage gap for when medicare pays for your prescription drugs. they're narrowing the hole down and provide more coverage for seniors. they also gave seniors a one-time rebate check for $250 to cover the drugs. another problem we often see in medicare is they try to -- they can't find enough primary care physicians to see medicare patients because they don't get reimbursed enough. they started a financial incentive to give those physicians, primary care doctors, more money to see more medicare patients. >> so there's actually a number of things in effect, but the big ticket items are yet to come which i assume like any expansion in the roles, right? i mean, like the 30 million people who don't have health insurance. we don't have those 30 million with health insurance, right? >> exactly right. those people are still uninsured as of now.

>> greta: and in order to pay for those people, we're really dependent on this mandate, right? >> that's right, and we have to wait for that until 2014. assuming the supreme court lets it stay in place. all those state insurance exchanges you hear so much about, those are set to run in 2014, that's when the mandate comes into place that all americans have health insurance or pay a penalty. >> greta: if the mandate is unconstitutional and it's stricken, let's say that the rest of the law is allowed to stand. there's even some question that maybe if it's unconstitutional, it may get rid of the entire -- it may require the entire law to fall, but that's assuming the supreme court would decide or not. is there any other plan for financing the -- if there's no mandate, is there any other plan b to finance this expansion of people having health insurance, the 30 million? >> i'm sure that people right now are trying to work on that plan b. we haven't heard a lot about those alternatives yet. you heard congresswoman bachmann say they want to get rid of it all and get a whole new plan

with a number of different changes. right now supporters of the law are hanging their hopes on the mandate taking place. >> greta: there anybody else to determine whether or not premiums have gone up in price or not? that was one of the promises and very important to many americans that premiums not go up. have they gone up so far? >> premiums have gone up. the problem is there's sort of a delay, obviously, in seeing when those premiums happen. we don't have up to date numbers, maybe the last six months if premiums went up. you said a lot of these reforms aren't in place. medicare advantage premiums have gone down or they're growing more slowly. private insurance premiums seem to be growing missourir slowly as well. the trend is starting to save us money. >> greta: at least right now they're going up, just not -- ng up as quickly as one would expect, that somehow this new law has slowed the increase in payments. >> exactly. >> greta: are there any things that are a huge disappointment to the obama administration on this law?

>> one of the things is they had these pre-existing insurance plans to sort of provide a temporary situation for people who have pre-existing conditions and can't get insurance. they would temporarily insure them through the pools until the states got their exchanges set up. they were estimating a few million people would get on it. it's about about 50,000 people. that's not at all what they expected. >> greta: that bad, though? does that make it cheaper or more expensive with the lesser people? >> it kind of depends on how sick those people are and how much money and services they need and the administration was counting on those people paying into these pools and getting more money out of that. you have less people paying for that insurance, so it's kind of hard to see how that all wushes. their estimations were off. >> greta: straight ahead, quarterback sensation tim tebow makes his new york debut. what does he have to say to his fans? you'll hear from qua [ male announcer ] when do you take 5-hour energy? when i'm on the night shift.

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teammates and such great fans and just that i'm looking forward to my time here in new york and my time as a jet, and i'm so honored and humbled to be a yet. a -- a jet. i'm so excited about meeting my teammates. >> tebow speaking at a news conference in the jets' field house today. the team's usual press room was too small for the giant media crush, but tebow seemed to take it all in stride, smiling for the cameras. there will be no easter egg hunt in one colum colorado town. the event has been cancelled because the parents got too aggressive at last year's egg hunt so they have no choice but to cancel. last year hundreds of parents jumped over ropes into a kids' only area trying to make sure their kids found the most eggs, causing all kinds of chaos. organizers say they may bring the egg hunt back next year. and barack strikes again but really it was the organizers of a sporting event who created a

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