metro north rail system. also new this morning, two people who live near the prison told abc news they spotted the men in their backyard. >> i go look at them and i ask them, what the hell are you doing in my yard? get the hell out of here. and he was like sorry, i didn't know where i was, i'm on the wrong street. >> now, once you know who it was that you saw what do you think? >> we're lucky to be alive, man. >> if it was them it's more evidence that the men were traveling on foot after crawling out of a manhole. law enforcement sources tell affiliate wmtz said the men on foot waited for a getaway car that never arrived at all. john yang is outside the correctional facility. john what do we know about this woman called a person of interest? >> as you say, she is a supervisor in the tailor shop in the prison. they make the uniforms for metro north. we know that both escaped

convicts worked in that shop. so presumably they would have had contact together. we know that she is being questioned. our law enforcement sources stress that she is not under arrest she is not in custody, but she is being questioned. we have also learned from our law enforcement sources that on the day of the escape she was described as having a case of nerves and checked herself into a local hospital. now, as you say, the nbc affiliate in plattsburg new york is citing law enforcement as saying the two men popped out of that manhole cover expecting a getaway car or ride that never materialized, so they believe they are on foot in the area relatively close by. that would explain why they still have a relatively heavy police presence here in dannemora, why this town is surrounded by checkpoints on the roads in and out, people

checking -- corrections officers checking cars checking everything going in and out. last night we had a search of two abandoned buildings here across the street from the prison. into the night there was a helicopter hovering over the woods just outside dannemora. now, an nbc news team at will willsborough new york about 15 miles away report there is a great deal of law enforcement there. officers in tactical gear have shown up in that small town. we don't know what is going on but there is a great deal of activity in that town and we are waiting to hear back from our team on developments. >> we just got this information in john that joyce mitchell the woman you were just giving us information on, her background, a government spokesperson now tells nbc news that of course as you said she's being questioned by the new york state police in connection with this prison break.

she is married to another worker at the facility. and so that person has been identified as lyle mitchell. he's in the industrial training portion of that. according to public records, he's an industrial training supervisor, lyle mitchell. so it appears this husband and wife have an affiliation through work with the correctional facility there. back to the information you were able to provide us regarding some of the last-minute actions of these individuals once they got out. authorities say at this point that the getaway car may not have shown up there. it seems like such an elaborate plan down to carving out a pathway in the pipes not to have the vehicle there for them to make their great escape. >> unless that person somehow either -- you used the phrase chickened out or just didn't show up. that is sort of -- you would think that after all that planning they would not just pop up out of that manhole cover

and look at each other and say, what now, that they would have had some sort of plan and apparently that plan may have fallen apart. now, you mentioned nathat her husband also works at the prison. nbc news went to their home last night. neither was home. neighbors said they didn't know where they were and we don't know anything. we have not been told about whether her husband is also being questioned or not, but we do know that she is being questioned, although as i say, sources are stressing she is neither in custody or under arrest. tamron? >> john yang thank you very much and again, authorities have confirmed this woman, joyce mitchell, a person of interest has been questioned by authorities. she's married to another worker at this facility. meanwhile, 90 hours after their escape, these two very dangerous men are still on the run. we're learning more about what may have prompted police to respond to a texas pool party where some accuse an officer of

using excessive force against several teenagers. there are conflicting accounts of why the police were originally called to the mckinney pool. a girl who shot this video of the incident told nbc's lawrence o'donnell that the trouble started when a group of teenagers that were not invited to the party showed up. >> then later on during the party, a group of black men were -- young men were at the gate of the pool and they were trying to get let in but we didn't know who they were so then they went to the side of the pool and then started hopping the fence, and that's when like some of the parents started complaining about it. >> a teenager was briefly put in cuffs by officer david eric casebolt. nbc chris hayes, one of the parents there was to actually blame for what happened. >> one of the parents said a racial slur to a group of teenagers, and we felt the need to step in and say something.

and then that broke out into a lady getting physical and violent. >> now, the boy who recorded the now viral video of officer casebolt shoving that teenage girl to the ground and pointing his gun at other teenagers told nbc's janet shallion he recorded the 7-minute video because people needed to see what happened. >> were you frightened at all during the shooting of the video? >> i did get frightened at one point when the officer had pulled his gun out on those kids. that was very scary and frightening. >> but you kept shooting. >> yeah i did. >> did you ever think about backing off, running off? >> no, i didn't. >> janet shallion joins us now from mckinney where there was a rally yesterday, janet, and people are trying to put together pieces of what happened. is there an investigation, and is this officer accused of excessive force? >> to your point, there are many stories of how this started as there were people at the pool.

but what everyone has seen is that video that now has in excess of 7 million views, and what fort tud of that young man to keep that camera going and he was undisturbed by that police officer the entire time. this community came out in force last night. estimates of between three and five hundred people of what they call a protest march was about a half mile long from a local elementary school here to the pool area where the incident happened. it was largely peaceful a lot of neighbors, some people from the outside, civil rights activists who gave a speech. but it was largely the neighborhood very concerned about what happened here and what they want, most of them, is to see this police officer fired. there is going to be no quick or easy solution on that. he is under administrative leave. he will be until this matter is resolved, and we're hearing no decision is due until the middle of next week at the very earliest. corporal casebolt has been with the mckinney pd about a decade. he was previously involved with the police union here and he

has been a teacher of other police officers. on his behalf the mckinney fraternal order of police issued this statement yesterday, saying the mckinney fop assures this was not a racially motivated incident and can say without a shadow of a doubt that all members of the mckinney fop and mckinney pd do not conduct racial and biased policing. despite that statement, a lot of people here believe it was exactly that. there is a good chunk, tamron of others though who say these kids were not complying. they were told to sit down and then they would take off, and that put the police officer, and specifically corporal casebolt on higher alert. although few justify the actions that were taken by him. >> thank you. we're also following reaction to a south carolina's grand jury decision to indict former police officer michael slager in the shooting of walter scott. slager is seen shooting scott in

the back several times following a stop in april. slager his attorney released a statement in part saying the grand jury is a formal step but just another step in the criminal process. until we have an opportunity to fully evaluate the state's case and to compare it with our own investigation, we will not be commenting on the aspect of the case. our thoughts are with your family as well as walter's children. they range in age from 16 to 25 and they have now lost their father. what was the family's reaction when you heard this news last night -- yesterday? >> we were very happy. and it made us feel good because that's step 1, and we know we have to go through a trial. but that's the first step and we know that we'll get to the next step. if that didn't happen it would

be ended right there. >> in the early days of this story becoming the national headline and the video coming out, their family maintained that mr. scott was gunned down this innocent man over a traffic stop a minor incident. were it not for that video, do you believe that we would be at this point now where there is a charge here? >> i don't think so. i think the forensics would have showed some evidence of him being shot in the back but the cops could have covered that up. but with a video, there is definitely proof that he was definitely not struggling and that he was running away and he was gunned down. >> i know that your family has talked about faith and sticking together through this but you have a long road ahead of you. we've seen many cases from trayvon martin on where families thought that they would receive what they saw as justice only to have a jury see it differently. have you prepared your family

for both outcomes, quite honestly one that you would want to see and the other that would be heartbreaking? >> yes we have. and it could go either way. but we are looking for a guilty verdict in the case and that's what we would want. but it could go either way because there's 12 jurors and they can make a decision and find them not guilty. >> i have to tell you, we were just showing the video and we've tried to obviously, limit what is played because this is someone whose life is ending in front of us. and full disclosure, when i realized we were playing that and you're sitting here my heart dropped thinking how does that feel for you to have watched this over and over the loss of your brother in this way? even with this video that we just showed here? >> it's still very painful. i mean every time i see the video, all i can think about is that my brother was running for his life. and that was the last run that

he would ever take. >> chris, i know that the family right now does plan to pursue a civil case here go through the legal system in that way. what are your plans for this civil lawsuit that i understand could come in a few months? >> we plan on filing probably by the end of july early august. but this case is now bigger than slager for the civil case because what we're alleging and what we're finding out by looking into his file is that this could have been prevented. he had prior incidents of things happening. what happened to those investigations? why were those files closed? why wasn't he reprimanded for his taser use before in some situations? you have to catch the problem early or this can happen. >> i know again the attorney representing officer slager says they are conducting their investigation. they will evaluate the state's case as well. but, again, the larger part of this beyond the case itself working its way through the judicial system are your nieces

and your nephew and your family members who are without walter scott. we really appreciate you coming and talking to us today. >> thank you. coming up new video of former house speaker dennis hastert leaving his home this morning. this is the first sighting of dennis hastert since these accusations. he'll be in court in just a few hours for the first time facing the allegations of paying hush money to cover up some very serious allegations. and we'll learn more about his attorney, this high-profile attorney that's familiar with lawmakers and scandal. president obama is getting ready to prepare his signature affordable care act speech just hours after saying it went to court. >> this probably never should

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this morning a top senate republican is accusing president obama of quote, bullying the supreme court. that as the justices prepare to issue a decision this month on the latest challenge in the president's signature health care law. senator john brasso of wyoming made that accusation after president obama told reporters yesterday that the justices were wrong to take up the challenge centering on whether it's legal to pay subsidies for those who

buy in the marketplace. >> this probably shouldn't even have been taken up. since we're going to get a ruling pretty quick, i think it's important for us to go ahead and assume that the supreme court is going to do what most legal scholars who have looked at this would expect them to do. i should mention that if it didn't congress could fix this whole thing with a one-sentence provision. but i'm not going to go into a long speculation anticipating disaster. >> in response, senator brassarrasso said instead of bullying the court, the president should spend his time preparing for the

reality that the court may soon rule against his decision to illegally issue tax penalties and sub as i had did is on americans in two-thirds of the country. what happens if the supreme court makes a decision that would make certainly the white house unhappy? >> well the president will again today defend the health care law, trying to make a convincing case again that the health care law is good for americans, that it is working right now. the defense of obamacare will take place before the catholic health association about 30 minutes from now. the president will declare that the law is now a reality for millions of americans. the timing of this white house officials tell me is totally unrelated to the supreme court's decision-making process right now. here is however, some of the remarks that the white house has already shared that we will hear from the president later this hour the president saying five years in what we're talking about is no longer just a law. this isn't about the affordable care act, this isn't about obamacare, the president will say, this isn't about myths and

rumors that won't go away. this is reality, this is health care in america. and to bolster its case the white house has also launch aid new web -- launched a website and put out new data saying 15 million americans have now gained insurance as a result of obamacare. as you know the timing of this is significant. the supreme court right now is waiting to rule later this month on whether or not consumers, those people who bought insurance through the federal exchange in 34 states should be eligible should be able to keep those tax credits. one of the real problems is if the ruling from the court goes against the administration, goes against this law effectively, it will be significantly damaging because it would mean that so many of those americans who by law are required to have insurance would no longer get help from the government. tamron? >> all right, peter, thank you. and again, a reminder we will carry the president's remarks in about 20 minutes from now. all of this is the subject of our news nation.

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prisoners, prisoners. police are about to go 15 miles south of dannemore. this is one area they're focused in on now. authorities confirm a woman who works at the prison -- she's been identified as joyce mitchell -- is now a person of interest. she is being questioned about the escape of those two individuals. mitchell works in the prison tailor shop where they make uniforms for employees of the metro north rail system. we also know that mitchell is married to another worker at the facility. his name is lyle mitchell. he is also an industrial training supervisor, according to public record. so we will continue to follow these new developments in that story. also developing now, former house speaker denny hastert left his home in the suburb of plano, illinois as he prepares his arraignment of criminal charges. he is expected to be in court in

chicago 3:00 p.m. eastern time. it is his first public appearance since he was indicted nearly two weeks ago on federal evading charges and lying about it. hastert was paying a man to keep silent about sexual misconduct while hastert was a teacher and wrestling coach decades ago in illinois. we learned late yesterday that hastert hired his attorney who has defended the iran contra. we got a glimpse of denny hastert leaving his home for the first time. it is desperate seeing radio silence coming from his team even though he's hired a very successful attorney. >> i would think in this case -- everything about this case tamron, has been strange and even a little bit bizarre. usually a lawyer surfaces to say

no comment even through an e-mail or something. the appearance of thomas green as lead counsel was just filed late yesterday, so either they wanted to keep it quiet or hastert took his time in arranging his legal representation. >> and it is interesting, as we've noted, there are now questions about not only these allegations of mr. hastert's actions with this money as noted by the fbi in this indictment but also how he was making his money since leaving congress to be able to pay this kind of quote, unquote, hush money or alleged hush money. >> what he was doing is he cranked up his lobbying business. one side note of this is that this indictment shows how, when you have a will there's a way for people in his position to really make a lot of money fast and make so much money that i guess your family doesn't know it's missing. but we always knew that former

high-profile lawmakers can make a lot of money, and certainly this episode shows that when he realized in 2010 -- that's when this person whose name we still don't know came to him that there is past misconduct and he agreed to pay 3.5 million -- that he cranked up his business and he was able to have that money to the point that $1.7 million had already been paid when the indictment came. >> are we going to learn more about these allegation details? some of his former students have come out and defended him while at least one other individual says her brother was a victim. >> today is what they call an arraignment. it will be in federal court, and it could be very brief because the main thing we'll learn today is whether he pleads guilty or not guilty. >> thank you very much lynn. we'll follow the latest developments out of that illinois courtroom. thank you. developing now, a search is under way to find hundreds of people who may have come in contact with a woman who has an extreme case of tuberculosis.

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>> she traveled to three states and they're concerned because she has extremely drug-resistant tb. the challenge is to find out what drugs she's resistant to but they say this is a very dangerous form of tb. the patient is now in an isolation room and is described as only a female no age, no nationality. federal and state health departments are urgently trying to track down hundreds of people who may have been in contact with her in several states. >> the biggest guns that we have as far as our antibiotics, that's what has to be used in this case. and even when we use those, there's still limited effectiveness with this certain type of tuberculosis. >> in april the victim is believed to have spent from india to o'hare, then spents time spent time in d.c. before receiving treatment.

she was transferred by air and ground ambulance to the inh. now the cdc and other health departments are trying to contact other passengers on her flight and anyone who might have come in contact with her in at least three states. while the risk of contracting the disease on an aircraft is low, they take it very seriously. >> people who were on that plane with her owe it to themselves and their close contacts to be followed up to see whether they're infected. >> tb bacteria are released into the air when someone with the disease coughs, talks, sneezes or sings. people with lower immunity especially with hiv, are more at risk. in 2007 an atlanta man who knew he had tb yet flew from europe to canada then drove into the u.s. to evade u.s. authorities. he was treated and released. now this morning a tb case here at the nih. >> now this patient here at the nih could undergo weeks, months even years of treatment.

the cure rate unfortunately, is rather low, but the cdc stresses that though the risk to the general public is rather low, they're concerned about people who might have already been immune compromised and may have been near her on that flight from india to o'hare. tamron tamron, back to you. now to our first read on politics this morning. jeb bush is shaking up his 2016 campaign just days before making his official announcement. donald rumsfeld says democracy in eye rik was, quote, unrealistic. and he faces new questions about his finances. why that issue could be the campaigner's achilles heel in the white house. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me tamron. >> let's start with this move from jeb bush. is this significant? >> i think all campaign staff changes are about telegraphing the message, and the message we're getting about this change

where jeb bush announce aid pre-campaign is really where the state of this effort has not gone exactly as jeb bush's aides had planned. jeb bush was expected if you look back a couple months ago, to be the republican juggernaut the top person to beat and to scare other people out of the race, people like chris christie or marco rubio. in this scenario they would look at jeb bush and say, you know what he's already got the nomination. that obviously has not happened. there are tons of republicans who have jumped in because they don't see jeb bush as strong as he wanted to be. the campaign pushed out jake coppell who expected to be the lead in this campaign. i think they're sending the message, we're ready to set the reset button and go into this campaign with a new strategy.

>> that should certainly telegraph a message to people watching jeb bush's campaign. moving along, donald rumsfeld is out with his statement saying war in iraq was unrealistic. >> this is a surprise from somebody who was so intimately involved with the iraq war. he said, in fact in his quote to the london newspaper that he was dismayed and surprised when he heard george w. bush describe his vision for invasion in the mideast. i think this comes as a surprise to 2016 candidates about what they would have done differently about the iraq war, and i think you might see candidates pointing to this statement from donald rumsfeld saying look there were a lot of different viewpoints at the time when the war was first being planned, and it's a complicated question for republicans to address. >> and it extends beyond iraq as well. and the question that is still unanswered in many cases is the democracy model, that we applaud the right thing for every country. we talked about that from egypt

to libya and it will be a campaign debate for these candidates. last but not least, senator rubio's finances. what's going on here? >> the "new york times" had a story today outlining some problems the florida senator has accumulated over time. he has four children in parochial school he has a relatively expensive house, and he also had big student loan bills. that's on top of also a pretty hefty car lease bill and a speedboat to the tune of $80,000. which i think you might see opponents kind of hinting at this, do we really want a presidential candidate who is not good at handling his own money? the rubio campaign has pushed back very aggressively saying the "new york times" is essentially calling him out for not being wealthy enough which if the tables were turned they would call him out for being too rich and out of touch. >> on one hand you're criticized for being successful. in the clintons' case, they said they made their own way, didn't

inherit anything, and is rubio spending too much money on his lines of credit. thank you very much kerry. coming up a verdict has been reached in the trial of an undercover nypd detective who took part in that vicious attack on a man and his wife in the video that went viral. it is one of the stories we're updating around the news nation this morning. plus this -- >> lepino scores! >> team usa opens the women's world cup with a win over australia as the americans battle for their third world cup title. and you know what's happening tonight. cleveland getting ready to host game 3 of the nba finals tonight. lebron james -- did you hear this? he gave all of his teammates apple watches. but can a watch help you clinch the championship? maybe if you talk to siri. there's a lot going on this morning. a new study from johns hopkins

university found 50 hospitals in the u.s. charge uninsured patients more than 10 times the actual cost of care. a practice researchers call price gouging, officials representing the 50 hospitals dispute those findings saying they provide significant discounts to uninsured and underinsured patients to help cover the out-of-pocket costs. the u.s. army temporarily took down its public website yesterday after it was hacked. the site does not contain any information on army soldiers and is the main site for news and public information. the syrian army said it was behind the attack. a couple in guam have become the first same-sex couple to be married in u.s. to her. guam began accepting marriage licenses this morning after a federal judge this week shut down the territorial ban saying it was unconstitutional. those are things we thought you should know this morning.

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>> you know it's an interesting thing. it's sort of a double-edged sword. they played rather poorly in the first half yesterday, and then they came on strong in the second half with solo in goal. her performance really inspired the rest of the team and there have been a great number of negative headlines about hope solo, so it's a two-way street with hope solo she gives the positive and negative headlines. >> it's interesting they haven't allowed this to block their mommy momentum, and this can't be ignored. >> i'm sure they're aware, clearly. hope solo is their only hope no pun intended. she is their best goalie. the other two are being tested on international play. she's 34 years old, she's fantastic on goal and she's going to continue to have that job right now until someone comes along who is better than she is. and then we'll see what happens with her off-the-field issues.

>> separate and apart from hope the women on the team do have great energy great chemistry and they are bringing it. >> in the group of death. i think sweden is up next. nigeria is also in the group of death and australia, three of the top ten teams in the world, nigeria being the outlyer at number 3. it's a tough road no question about it. >> they looked sluggish in the first half but played better in the second. we'll see what's up next. and lebron james giving out apple watches as though my colleague pointed out, i think he's a spokesperson for samsung, but he didn't want to look like he was giving away freebie stuff from his basement. and his strategy is it cannot be one man. >> there are a lot of pro athletes who do this and it's a way of showing because i'm the big superstar, here's some of the stuff i get. you're important to me you help me. you know it's a nice thing to

do. you'll notice that in new england, tom brady gives his teammates uggs. an apple watch has got to be at least five six times as inspirational to an athlete as a pair of uggs right? >> i'm sure he got a discount. >> it's all free. i don't think anybody paid for any of this let's get that straight. >> but the overall message is they're trying to show their team listen i'm the star but you're in this with me. >> exactly. it levels the playing field a little bit if not literally. >> we'll see what happens tonight. it's going to be an exciting game. thank you very much, cindy. >> thanks. coming up the parents of reeva steenkamp are speaking up after learning the killer of their daughter oscar pistorius, will soon be free on parole. piglets who survive a wreck on the freeway. we have an update on how the accident happened and what happened to the piglets.

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developing now minutes ago community leaders in cleveland announce they'd invoked a seldom used ohio law to request murder charges against the two police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old rice last november. the law allows them to bypass prosecutors who have yet to decide whether to file charges and instead go directly to a judge. tamir rice was in a park near his home playing with an air soft gun in november. a caller to 911 reported a guy with a pistol but the caller added the weapon was probably fake. that information was not relayed to the officers who responded according to records released by law enforcement. we'll continue to follow that story. i and seven of the aforementioned individuals have filed just a few moments ago in municipal court a citizen's affidavit for probable cause in the death of tamir rice. the ohio revised code allows for

any person who believes that a crime is being committed the legal option to make their case directly known to the courts. we have done just that. we believe that officers timothy lowman and frank garnbat caused the death of tamir rice in deeds which were unconscionable reprehensible, and, yes, criminal. >> a lawyer for tamir rice's family telling the "new york times" he knows of no instance in which an ohio judge ordered the arrest of a police officer based on a citizen complaint, but that most previous complaint had been frivolous. undercover new york city police officer convicted of assault charges for his role in a motorcycle gang attack two years ago. that tops our look at stories around the news nation this morning. a judge found detective brashok guilty. he was cleared of the most serious charged gang assault. he testified he did not

intervene because he feared for his safety. he was off-duty when the group of motorcyclists he was riding with got into an altercation with an suv driver. the group forced the driver off the road pulled in from the vehicle and attacked him on the street. he was not involved in the beating. he sped off once the issue pulled over frkts five people including an 8-month-old baby survived a plane crash in the bahamas, forcing the passengers to drift on a life raft for almost three hours. the u.s. coast guard picked them up last night. amazingly, no one was seriously hurt include that little baby. back at home a chaotic scene near dayton ohio after a semi truck carrying more than 2,000 piglet,s overturned on the highway. police say the truck driver lost control, veered into a guardrail sending the little animals running. firefighters paramedics police, even people were not officials, ran around to catch them. about 1500 of them survived.

and they were taken to a local country fairground. we are following breaking news in -- actually, you know what, we're going to update you on the family of reeva steencamp is speaking out after a south african parole board approved an early release for oscar pistorius, the former olympian is expected to leave prison on august 21st after serving ten months for five-year sentence. in a statement steencamp's family said they are shocked by the board's ruling saying the time served is simply not enough. nbc's kyra simmons has more. >> reporter: this is oscar pistorius playing soccer in prison according to a south of course can newspaper which obtained the video three months ago. now prison officials are saying pistorius will be released on parole in august. he was only sentenced in october. >> maximum imprisonment of five years. >> reporter: for killing his girlfriend model reeva steencamp.

speaking in december reeva's mom told nbc news she does not accept his remorse. >> when you've killed my daughter to say sorry, sorry is not enough. >> reporter: incarceration of ten months for taking a life is simply not enough, the family told the parole board. pistorius once known for breaking barriers as the first amputee to compete in the olympics was convicted of culpable homicide after tearfully pleading he hadn't meant to kill reeva, thinking she was an intruder. >> before i knew it i had fired four or five shots at the door. >> reporter: the family still question his account. >> he's got to pay for what he's done. you can't shoot four times through a door in a confined space, the person can't get away and you know with those bullets they're going to die. >> reporter: and in november prosecutors will return to court to argue pistorius should have been convicted of murder. >> that was keir simmons reporting. he will still be under house arrest.

if prosecutors go get their way in november he could though be back in prison for much longer. that does it for this edition of "news nation." i'm tamron hall. up next, "andrea mitchell reports." american express for travel and entertainment worldwide. just show them this - the american express card. don't leave home without it! and someday, i may even use it on the moon. it's a marvelous thing! oh! haha! so you can replace plane tickets, traveler's cheques, a lost card. really? that worked?

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the new energy superpower? it's red, white and blue. log on to learn more. good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president obama is about to give his speech on his health care law. a law that faces an uncertain future as we await a landmark supreme court decision in the next few weeks. the court could strip 6.4 million people of health insurance subsidies. a possibility that might create big problems for republicans in swing districts. let's listen to the president as he's about to address a catholic audience about the health care law. >> -- for his outstanding support of our efforts to improve health care in america. he has been a great friend. i want to thank ascencia health that also recently raised the

minimum wage. i want to thank -- i want to thank secretary burwell and the members of congress here today because they have been obviously doing extraordinary work. my first job in chicago when i moved after college to work as a community organizer, my first job was funded by the campaign for human development, an antipoverty initiative of the catholic church. and my first office was at holy rosary church on the south side of chicago across from palmer park. clapping there. she knows holy rosary. and the task was to work with parishes and neighbors and faith and community