eiffel asks the big question about running for president. >> well, you have to be a little bit crazy to run for president. let me just put it like that. good way to put it. and go team usa. don't worry, world cup fans. no need to turn the channel. we'll have all the latest action right here. >> i believe that we will win! i believe that we will win! and a very good day to you. i'm kristen welker in washington in for andrea mitchell where we begin with breaking news at the supreme court. two more pivotal and unanimous rulings from the justices this morning. one restricting the power of president obama and his successors to make recess appointments. the other limiting the right of states to restrict protesters

outside abortion clinics. nbc justice correspondent pete williams joins me live now outside the court to break it all down. so, pete, let's start with these recess appointments. this is a big blow to the obama administration, right? >> the constitution says the president has the power to fill up vacancies that may arise during the recess of the senate. what a recess? and this is where the court basically gave the senate a big victory here. they said, number one, the senate is the judge of its own recesses and secondly, the senate can do these pro forma things where it comes in during christmas vacations or summer breaks. they can come in every three days have a little pro forma session, gaffele to order and immediately go into recess and that's enough, the court said, to frustrate the president's ability to get a -- to make a recess appointment. the brakes in senate action they said have to be at least ten days. the second point was can the president only fill vacancies

that arise during a recess of the senate. that's what a lower court said. that would have cut back the power. the president can fill any vacancy that arises any time. but if any event, the practical effect of this ruling is to frustrate a president's ability to do recess appointments when the senate is in the opposite party. that's when the modern presidents have most wanted to use this power when they can't get their nominees through the senate the old-fashioned way. >> when there is a president in one party and the senate in another party, and both parties have done this in the past. both republican and -- actually republicans, the democrats started this. the republicans have been the most recent to use it. when they are in opposite parties, basically, a president will find it very hard to do recess appointments. >> and, pete, let's talk about this other major ruling today which weighed in on protesters outside abortion clinics. what did the court have to say about that?

>> this is a supreme court that's deeply divided on the subject of abortion, but this ruling was unanimous saying massachusetts went too far by painting a line on the street, on the sidewalk outside abortion clinics 35 feet from the entrances. the supreme court said a sidewalk is a traditional public forum. it's where you are most likely to meet people one on one. it's the most effective way to get your message across. people can change the channel, tune the radio out, hang up on you on the phone but when they confront you on the sidewalk, that's a very effective way to get your message across. people that oppose abortion can't do that at clinics. >> there was too much violence and problems at entrances and this was the solution the court said. it's too blunt an instrument. gives a number of other options the state could have chosen. now as a practical matter, it's always been a little unclear exactly what other restrictions there were like this outside of

massachusetts. the best we can tell is there are probably a dozen cities that had city ordinances similar to what the state of massachusetts did. so two effects of this ruling, one is to strike down the law in massachusetts and whatever city ordinances were like this. but secondly, to tell states and cities that when they want to control protests at abortion clinics they'll have to find some other means than such a wide restriction. >> and, pete, i know it's been a very busy week for you already. but we're still waiting on one more major decision, right? tell us about that one. the hobby lobby case. >> that's the hobby lobby case. the question of whether a for-profit business can claim it has a religious belief that would be violated if it provided some forms of contraceptive coverage that are required by obama care. we now know the last day of the term will be monday. it's a pretty good guess. can't say with 100% certainty because the court can always say we can't decide we're going to do it next year.

they've done that in recent years. the best bet is we'll get that decision on monday. >> we'll check back in with you then. that's for sure, pete. >> i'll be right here. >> all right. well, game on, soccer fans. the u.s./germany match is under way in brazil. fans all across the country are gathering to root for team usa. grant park, chicago, is where we find nbc's katy tur who has been witnessing world cup mania firsthand. shoos out there somewhere among the thousands of fans there. set the scene. take us inside all the excitement. i can hear the fans cheering. >> can you see me? that's the question? do you know which one i am? >> there you are. i see you now. >> the u.s./ghana game and then the u.s./portugal game. this guy was in the crowd dressed up as teddy roosevelt. he happens to be the co-worker of all these fine people. so they've blown up his face. it's a little silly but it's

certainly really great. you guys having a good time? >> having a great time. we want to keep tallies on brazil. so everybody trying to do #teddy in brazil. going strong. >> it's great that we know our history and can immediately recognize teddy roosevelt. >> so you are dressed up with usa on your chest and on your face. is anyone more american than you today? >> i'm so american every day but this day, more than any other. more than any other. the whole country behind the u.s. men's soccer team, and i love it. >> great thing about soccer. the best thing about it, it can change at any moment. it's going full force for a whole 90 minutes and you can get a goal at 30 seconds like we did in the first match. a goal at the very end of the game like portugal did to break our hearts on sunday.

everyone is really excited. 15,000 to 20,000 will be showing up here in grant park, not to mention the other numerous viewing parties across the country. it's going to be a good one. i'm going to throw it back to you because i really want to watch this game. >> you have the best assignment, i think of the day. you are also working hard out there. you spoke to some other fans earlier today. we're going to play some of those interviews and then i'm going to ask you one more question before you run off to watch the game. >> okay. all righty. >> i told my boss i had some family obligations. came here instead. >> i believe that we will win. >> always the underdog, but we win. that's what we thrive on. >> the u.s., the u.s., and that's the way we like it. we like it. oh! ♪ >> and rain was a potential factor today. not for team usa, though, n not for will ferrell. take a listen to what he had to say. >> it's going to be raining,

right? as everyone knows, germans hate the rain. no, they hate it. they are fearful of it because 93% of germans can't swim. they never learned how to swim. >> i don't know if that fact is accurate. how much concern was there about the weather and how much relief is there right now that this game is moving forward? >> there is concern about the weather. there was concern about the weather. but you have to know something about the world cup in particular. they are playing these matches at the exact same time. if they'd have to cancel the u.s./germany game they'd also have to cancel the portugal game. they play these games in extreme weather. there was a monsoon for the mexico/cameroon game. the u.s. played in a snowstorm recently. they don't cancel these games lightly. and most of the teams end up playing. they end up playing pretty much no matter what.

although there was concern and some of the families are not going out for the game -- not going out for the game, they are playing and will go on and the people in the crowd are super excited. >> sorry about this guy. >> way to handle a huge crowd. awesome report. i'm going to let you go and watch a little bit of the game. thanks so much. great assignment. and now to yet another bump in the road for general motors. this time with their top selling chevrolet cruz. the automaker told north american dealers to stop selling the 2013 and 2014 models because of a potential defect in air bags. the 2014 recall tally now tops 20 million vehicles. ceo mary barra in her first tv interview since the recall storm told the "today" show's mauts laur, there could be nor come. >> are you done with recalls? this has been a long line of recalls. 20 million cars in the last year or so. are you done? >> we're going to continue to

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if others want to, you know, take things out of context or try to crate some caricature. >> but it sticks sometimes. ask mitt romney. >> that's a false equivalency. >> how does hillary clinton shake questions about her wealth? inspired partly by her awkward answers during her book tour. joining me, chris cillizza and "new york times" white house reporter jackie collins. thanks to both of you for being here. jackie, i want to start with

you. you heard hillary clinton push back against this idea you can compare this to mitt romney. but the broader point is some of these early story lines stick. isn't that a real concern for her at this point? >> oh, absolutely. she said at one point she misspoke. and, you know, the words were pretty clear what she said. and it's going to be a problem. it's going to dog her throughout assuming she goes forward and runs a presidential campaign. there's a real distinction like she said. there's truth that she is not like mitt romney or george w. bush in the sense she wasn't raised in privilege and has in fact, a long career of working for people who are not privileged. so there's that big difference. it's going to give the republicans and has given them an opening and her critics to say she's being a hypocrite. >> chris, i want to turn to you. we've seen hillary clinton but

also president clinton, the clinton machine push back. how would you sense their attempt to pivot and try to move on? >> i would assess that it suggests she's running for president. that this is -- they understand, i agree with what jackie said. they understand that this is a problem for them. as dismissive as she is of the story line, they've been around politics to understand that these things do -- perception does sometimes turn into reality. people do tend to start thinking, maybe she really isn't one of us. but, you know, i think that this happening now is a lot better than this happening in 18 months. she has to get a better answer. she is still getting asked about it. she has to hope that after this round of interviews for the book tour, this doesn't keep coming up. but it has clouded the book tour to a certain extent. the book tour was meant to be a

pre, precampaign and this shows the perils of modern campaigning, particularly if you are as high profile as hillary clinton. >> i want to move on to house speaker john boehner saying he's going to file a lawsuit against president obama. he says he's overstepped his bounds with some of the executive actions he has taken related to health care, the environment. i want to read you an excerpt of boehner's memo on this lawsuit. he writes, quote, i believe the house must act as an institution to defend the constitutional principles at stake and to protect our system of government and our economy from continued executive abuse. the president has an obligation to faithfully execute the laws of our country. when this legislation is introduced in the coming weeks, i ask that you review it and join me in supporting it when it goes before the house. chris, based on the research that i have done it could be several years before this actually comes to fruition. so what are the practical implications here and what is speaker boehner trying to do? is this just about politics? >> you should not forget that

the election is not all that far off. an election that republicans very much hope functions as a referendum on what, at this point is a quite unpopular president of the united states. i think the republican base, which, remember, midterm elections tend to be, aren't always, but tend to be a battle between the two parties, which one being more enthusiastic, making the difference that the republican base quite clearly thinks barack obama has far overreached in terms of broadening executive power. so i think -- do i think john boehner also believes that? yes, he probably does but he knows this is a long shot in terms of suing the president of the united states. it's less of a long shot in terms of scoring political points in the last five months before an election. >> right. just to give folks some context if you look at recent executive orders for presidents, clinton had 364. george w. bush, 291. president obama, to date, 182.

jackie is this essentially the end of all legislating during president obama's term as president? is that what this essentially means? >> well, i think we've been in this absolute lull for pretty much most of president obama's second term so far. once it became clear last year that on the bipartisan passage of an immigration bill by the senate that the house, it's now been a year, has not taken it up. the newtown massacres at the opening of president obama's second term. and the gun safety legislation ended up going nowhere. died in the senate. those were the two big initiatives. and there's just been, on the fiscal front, they've sort of fought to a draw. so everything is now just in a sort of state of stasis and the president is using his very real executive powers. i mean, it's been decades. one thing a president has is a wide range of executive powers. and many of them given to him by the congress, including this

congress when they pass legislation. and leave it to the executive branch to define. i think the one big danger of john boehner doing this is it just draws attention to the fact that this has been historically, the least productive congress in history. so, you know, it gives the white house an opening to say, well if they're not going to do their work, somebody has to. >> all right. and one more topic before i let the two of you go. we have some news on the same-sex marriage front which is that republican senator susan collins becomes the fourth republican to come out and say that she supports same-sex marriage. so, chris, what are the implications of this in 2016? how does the national republican party handle this issue going forward? >> let me first say, i don't think susan collins saying that she personally supports same-sex marriage should shock anyone who pays attention to politics. she's largely said in the past, this is something the state should decide. but when asked personally, she acknowledged she does support it. what does it mean for 2016?

great question. the problem that republicans have is this, kristen. the general electorate is moving very rapidly, as fast as i've ever seen such a societal norm change. moving rapidly towards being okay with same-sex marriage. that includes young people and people who are older. it's not just generational. young people more accepting. the problem is the people who still believe marriage should be between a man and a woman and believe that strongly also happen to be a pretty large constituency within the republican base who tend to be the people who turn out and vote in the iowa caucuses or south carolina primaries. so it's a difficult dynamic because taking a position that might help you in the primary could definitely hurt you in a general election. >> all right, chris cillizza, jackie calmes, thanks for joining us. there are new developments today in the investigation into missing malaysia airlines flight

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now you are releasing a report. tell me what this report has found. >> this report is the result of 18 months of work with an outside panel of experts that helped us identify how, when we spend taxpayer dollars to save children's lives around the world, we can save as many children as possible. so we went through 160 grants and contracts, billions of dollars of planned expenditure and made some real changes to focus on the poorest kids in the most vulnerable settings and to give them the cheapest, most efficient medical solutions to their diseases. and by implementing the findings of the report, which we will, do we estimate that we'll realign $2.9 billion over the next two years and save an additional 500,000 child lives in some of the poorest communities in the world. >> you talk about the action plan going forward. >> so what we're focusing on is really focussed on trying to mobilize tens of thousands of global citizens across america

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calling on the u.s. administration to take urgent action on child survival through twitter. so i know raj's twitter handle has been off the hook and also we've been encouraging the u.s. government and congressmen more broadly to take the lead as well. we were delighted last night on capitol hill that several congressmen from across the aisle came together for a bipartisan commitment around child survival. tonight we're bringing together 20,000 people and we really believe it's just fantastic of the u.s. government has heard this call. it's fantastic that dr. raj shah has responded to this call and we're excited by what's in stall for the announcements tonight. >> just weigh in briefly. how important is social media to mobilizing people all over the world? >> well, it's tremendously important. what we've learned is young people in this country, people in faith communities, business leaders, university leaders, they want to be part of this effort to end extreme poverty. so when president obama stood before -- >> there you are right there, right?

>> that's me. that's christy turlington. that's me with my mom. we're asking all our friends and colleagues, presidents of both parties. president bush put his picture up yesterday. president obama has stood before the joint session of congress in the state of the union and said we should work to end extreme poverty and preventable child death. make sure every child gets a chance to go to school which is why we make sure that when we spend these resources, we're getting real concrete results. and tonight, we'll further that effort by announcing an additional $50 million which is our aspiration to provide to the global partnership for education in 2015. we have to work with congress to achieve those outcomes. but at the end of the day i'm confident that congress on both sides of the aisle supports this effort to end extreme poverty and make sure every child survives and thrives. >> this is the 1st time you've announced that effort $50

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today trying to get saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to crack down on money flowing from their countries to isis. that's the terror group threatening the survival of iraq and potentially jordan. >> particularly grateful to our allies and partners from the middle east, particularly in jordan, coming here to talk about a number of critical issues right now. iraq, obviously, is one of the predominant ones. the movement of isil concerns every country here. >> i'm joined by congressman adam schiff. thanks for joining me. i appreciate it. >> you bet. >> we have gulf states like laush, qatar, the uae, who are really helping to create isis. they don't seem willing to stop private money from their country going to that terror group. what more than the u.s. do, what more should the u.s. do? >> i think that's starting to change. in the beginning of the syrian

conflict, many of the arab states in the region were happy to throw their money in with anyone who was opposing assad. and little did they know what they were creating. and we have now this growing, metastasizing isis in syria and iraq. i think our region allies understand the significant threat it poses to their own regimes back home. isis has no fondness for the saudi family or leadership in uae or elsewhere where they've also been involved in ploth again plotting against those regimes. i think they've gotten the message. i don't think we'll see government support going to groups like isis, but they can do a lot more in terms of cracking down on wealthy people within their countries to make sure they aren't funding these radical jihadi groups. >> and congressman, secretary kerry has been trying to pressure prime minister nuri al maliki as you know, trying to

force him to have a little solution to this to create a more inclusive government. it doesn't seem as though he's listening gop you have any indication that a little solution is viable in this instance? >> he's listening. i'm not sure he's actually going to act on it. he's saying some of the right things. on the other hand, he seems he has ruled out a national unity government. and that's really what iraq needs. and it may be that things need to get worse in iraq before he's willing to allow them to get better and relinquish his power which would be the best thing to happen in my view to iraq. i don't think any thof the sunn tribes are going to be under his helm. i was pleased to see secretary kerry indicate that air strikes by the united states are not imminent. i don't think we ought to be further anning it inizing the sunnis that we hope to peel away

from unless i feel we're very discriminating in what we do in the air may be to effect those strikes. i'm glat we're being restrained in terms of military force and i hope we're even more aggressive in trying to force a national unity government there because i think it's utterly essential. >> if you look at the polls it seems like americans agree with you. anti-war sentiment is an all-time high and yet we're just learning that there are now six teams of u.s. military advisers operating in iraq. there's approximately 50 additional military personnel who are arriving. if those advisers determine that air strikes are necessary, would you support the president if he decided to move forward with that action? >> well, i would need to see changes in the iraq governance. otherwise i don't think strikes are going to have any impact and could be counterproductive. it may be if we get good enough intelligence, if we're able to go after very specific irreplaceable leadership of

isil, that may make seps. so i wouldn't want to rule that out completely. but in the current environment, where we still need to get much better sense whof who the targe might be and more importantly, until there's that political work done that's done at the top, i would caution against any use of american military force. >> finally, congressman, secretary kerry travels to saudi arabia tomorrow. what should his message to the king be? >> i think his message to the king ought to be one we're talking about earlier to make sure there isn't money leaving saudi arabia that's going to support these radical jihadi groups. there's much a threat to the saudi regime as they are to the united states and the stability in the region and that we could use the saudis help and encouraging their sunni allies and the sunni tribes in iraq to divorce themselves from this marriage of convenience with

isil. i think that's going to be a hard sell while the maliki government is in place. but that's an argument that the saudis are well positioned to help us make. >> all right. congressman adam schiff, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> absolutely. well, earlier today at the white house, outgoing israeli president shimon peres received the congressional gold medal. the highest civilian honor the u.s. congress can bestow. the vice president and leaders of the senate and house were on hand for today's ceremony. peres is the latest -- last surviving member of israel's founding generation. >> you are a force of nature, mr. president. you are a force of nature. every once in a while, a people produce someone who is beyond their office. they are a force of nature.

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wall pope mobile in favor of an open-air vehicle and he's famously shedded many of the luxuries of the papacy in favor of a more humble approach. the latest, the road side pit stop blessing. while visiting a small town in southern italy over the weekend, pope francis stopped his official car to bless bystanders. take a look at this video. friends and family of a young disabled woman were hoping the pope would drive by ready with a sign that translated to please, pope, stop here to see an angwhole has been waiting for you. the catholic news agency reports that when pope francis saw the sign, he asked his car to stop and promptly walked out to greet them. quite remarkable scene. we certainly don't see that every day. we'll continue to check in with fans around the country during this first half of team usa's big world cup match. spoiler alert. it's still 0-0. we'll continue to update you and stay tuned for more after the break. i'm the proud dad of three beautiful,

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could this lead to an impeachment proceedi ining agai the president? >> this is not about impeachment. this is about his faithfully executing the laws of our country. >> white house communications director jennifer palmieri joins me now. so house speaker john boehner says that the threat to sue the obama administration isn't about impeachment. what was president obama's reaction to this news? >> well, you know, the president had made a decision early in this year, but also at times throughout his presidency that our view is we want to work with congress every way that we can and cooperate with them. so we can make some progress on behalf of the american people. but if they -- if we hit -- either hit an impasse with them, as we have done when it comes to

legislation like minimum wage, equal pay or there's just action the president is able to take on his own, that's going to help to make some progress that he's going to take that action. so it is -- it's one thing to not want to work with us to pass legislation but then quite another to file a lawsuit that tries to prevent the president from doing his job. so i don't -- i'm not sure what -- we'll see where this process goes, what the practical implications of it are. but the president is certainly still going to be taking every step that we can. obviously, always within the law. but if we see an opportunity to make progress, whether it's on minimum wage or equal pay or climate change, we're going to do that. >> to that point w what the implications of this are, do you acknowledge that at this point, there's just no hope that anything substantial is going to get done with this president and this congress? >> no, i think we've seen that

congress is a very dynamic place, and, you know -- >> but they could barely get anything done working with the president prior to this. how can they possibly get anything substantial done at this point? >> well, that question may be for the house republican caucus to answer. we are always going to be willing to work with them. there is -- we're going to be needing to pass appropriations bills and general housekeeping matters we have to do. i'm sure they'll want to be part of getting that done. and we'll take the opportunity to work on larger things, certainly matters of national security. but, really, that question -- those questions are all up to them. our focus is taking whatever steps that we can and, you know you cover the white house, kristen. you've seen the president do this throughout the year to try to make progress with his executive authorities and we'll continue to pursue both aefs. >> and let's move on to what the supreme court ruled today on recess appointments.

this is essentially a rebuke for the president. the supreme court saying he was wrong to take the actions he did. these recess appointments weren't constitutional. is this a huge rebuke to the president? >> this is a complicated legal case but the previous court had ruled, had knocked down recess appointments the president made and said he didn't have -- had ruled he did not have the authority to do that. we were pleased the supreme court actually ruled the president does, in fact, have the authority to make recess appointments. there was questions about the dates on which the appointments happen, but they did reaffirm this is a right and an authority that the presidents just in general do have. we think it's important they upheld that. and the individuals in question had already been confirmed through other matters. it doesn't have an actual impact

on the people who had been recess appointed. at least the court did uphold we had the thoauthority to do so. >> jen palmieri, thank you. which story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? i think there's a certain soccer match that we will be talking about. andrea mitchell, the one and only, joins us now after having rested a very sore throat. chris cillizza is back with us and katy tur is in chicago. incredible week. you covered secretary kerry. the only problem is you left your voice on the plane. >> i left my voice somewhere on a c-17. our trips, we fly on these cargo planes, these troop carriers all the way from ahman to erbil, then on to brussels. it was a long noisy and difficult flight. thank you so much for filling in. >> oh, please. thank you. it was an incredible week of reporting. secretary kerry heads to saudi arabia tomorrow.

what do you anticipate is going to come out of his meetings there? >> sad to say, i don't think a great deal. i thing saudis are angry at us. the relationship is so weak between the saudi king and president obama that kerry is really going to try to smooth things over. but the important meetings in paris today were to try to move forward on stopping money from saudi arabia and the rest of the persian gulf and going to the insurgents in iraq and syria. i think i better save my voice for cheering usa. >> i know you'll be cheering them all afternoon. and we're going to head back out to katy in the thick of it in chicago. bring us up to date there. >> i am in a sea of red, white and blue and patriotism. but these horrible fellows have shown up. >> germany! >> what i want to know, this is a crowd, it's like 10,000, 20 thos people they say here.

i want to know if these people have jobs. how do you get out of work to stand around for so long? do you have a job? are you supposed to be here or playing hooky? >> you are a doctor, right? you saved lives this morning. now you're enjoying yourself. >> are you working? >> part time. i am partly playing hooky today. i'm working from home. >> are you playing hooky from your jobs? anyone? do you not have jobs? are you college students? i don't think anyone really likes me right now. it's going really well so far. we're at a draw, which means that if it stays this way, we will continue. if we win, we win we continue. if we lose, we'll see. i think you'll talk bhoer that right now with the -- >> thank you, katy. >> the soccer expert chris cillizza. >> you heard katy asking everyone if they were playing

hooky. coach klinsmann wrote a note basically excusing folks from work. so, chris, why are you at work today? >> my first commitment is to andrea mitchell at all times everywhere. >> all of our commitment is to andrea mitchell. >> one of the huge perks of being a reporter is that you have a television at -- at least i have a television at my desk. now it's not a big, you know, wide screen, but i can watch the game in between going on television. and i will tell you, we started off very poorly. germany had all the possession. but in the second half of the first half, much better. look. we are not going to beat germany 4-0. if we win it's probably going to be 1-0. a draw is absolutely fine. you are talking about one of the perennial world cup and world soccer powerhouses here. so 0-0 at halftime is great for us. bad conditions. it's pouring at recife, brazil.

so slow down the game. we're fine, 0-0. this would be the first time if we ever do it. i'm not jinxing it or knocking on wood. if we do it, it will be the 1st time we've advanced to the knockout round. the round of 16 in consecutive world cups. so soccer in this country is getting significant. not just the interest as you saw with katy in chicago. dupont circle. tons of people here in d.c. but we're getting better at the actual game of soccer, too. >> we're knocking on wood right along with you. andrea is cheering. it's a whisper cheer, but she's cheering. andrea, chris and katy, thank you so much. sdhis it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." andrea will do everything she can to be back tomorrow. tomorrow on the show, david gregory, meredith vieira and author kathryn hamm. follow the show online, on facebook and on twitter at mitchell reports. "ronan farrow daily" is next.

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i am crystal ball sitting in for ronan farrow. we have the latest for you as the supreme court throws a lifeline to republicans on capitol hill. while the tea party freaks out because african-americans actually voted for a republican. >> as a practical matter, the recess appointment power is dead. >> this is a big win for the gop, wouldn't you say? >> for practical purposes it means the senate, whoever controls it, can basically make it much harder to ever get a recess appointment in. >> the republican party has been trying to get black people to vote for it for a long time. finally when it happens, the tea partiers get upset. >> he appealed to black people. that is incredibly selfish. doesn't thad cochran know there's no "i" in mississippi? >> folks will tell you i'm not a scientist, which really translates into, i accept that manmade climate change is real. if i say so out loud, i'll be run out of town by a bunch of

fringe elements so i'm going to just pretend like i don't know. i can't read. >> if others want to take things out of context or try to create some caricature -- >> but it sticks sometimes. ask mitt romney. >> that's a false equivalency. >> right before the usa/germany crucial game. crucial. huge game. the eyes of the world are watching. let's do this. >> let's do this. hello and welcome to "ronan farrow daily." we begin with breaking news out of the supreme court today which unanimously limited the president's power to make recess appointments. though case arose from a political dispute between president obama and senate republicans who claimed that he had no authority to put three people on the national labor relations board in january 2012. the senate was out of town. the court also ruled unanimously on a