150-year-old law prevents the supreme court from hearing this case at all until the most controversial part, the individual mandate, takes effect in 2014. then tuesday we get to the mandate itself, the most controversial part of this -- does congress have the power to order every american to buy health insurance? on wednesday, the last two questions, if the individual mandate were determined to be unconstitutional, can the rest of the law survive? and finally, a challenge by the states, new requirements under the medicaid provisions to expand coverage to anyone basically under 65 who makes up to 133% of the poverty level. up precedented in modern supreme court history. chris? >> thank you so much, pete. coming up at the bottom of the hour, we'll talk with a legal scholar on the massive pressure facing the supreme court justices over this huge case. this decision will have a major

impact on every american for decades ahead. tonight's marches and rallies are planned in cities all across the country calling for solidarity, for justice, for change, one month to the day after trayvon martin was shot and killed. take a look at this map. it shows you some of the major communities from chicago, california, planning to come together again today, including in the city where it all began, sanford, florida. trayvon's parents and the reverend al sharpton will deliver a petition with 2 million signatures calling for justice. the reverend al sharpton is live for us in sanford on the phone. it's always good to talk to you, reverend. i know you and trayvon's parents are going to be speaking and deliver those 2 million signatures from the petition. what's your message tonight? >> the message is that mr. zimmerman should be arrested. he should have been arrested 30 days ago. there's probable cause based on

the audio tapes where he himself confirmed he was pursuing trayvon. and then after an arrest, you proceed toward whether you charge him and indict him and have a trial. all of this trying him in the police station or in the media is the exact reason people are protesting. and that is that there is a double standard. and we're saying that you cannot have a country where some people are treated as other than citizens, some people are immediately arrested when there is a probable cause of a crime and others you have to go through all kind of maturations for the law to move forward. i think that's why people are outraged all over the country. that's why we're pursuing this case. it's a month ago today. there's been no arrest. he is by all accounts an unarmed young man that did nothing wrong, no crime, no drugs, killed and nothing done about it and people want answers.

>> i don't know if you had a chance to listen to "morning joe" this morning. they also had governor rick scott there. here's a little bit of what he had to say on "morning joe". >> it's taken too long. we don't know enough yet. so absolutely, we should expect more. now, we do have to wait. we have to get the information out before people make decisions about things. we have to have due process for the individual that people are suggesting, this jim miklaszewski this george zimmerman did something wrong. >> when you have probable cause, you make an arrest. and to say that zimmerman did nothing wrong, that would be determined in a court of law, not in the police station. that's my exact point. you can't predetermine he did nothing wrong. he himself admitted he killed someone. he himself admitted he was

pursuing who he killed. if i were to kill someone or anyone in my community had killed someone and i've got an alibi as to why i did it, they would arrest me and say, tell it to the judge. he's supposed to prove that to a court of law, not in a police station why he's saying something that contradicts the evidence they have on the tape. just go to the tape. the tape tells it all. >> the reverend al sharpton, i know you're very busy, thank you for taking the time to step away. i know you were in a meeting. and, again, he will be part of that march tonight. they're hoping to get a huge crowd, tens of thousands. and also tonight, trayvon's mom and dad are going to be guests on reverend sharpton's "politics nation." let's continue the conversation with alexis stodghill.

zimmerman's attorney was on the "today" show and he said this was very clearly self-defense. >> george zimmerman suffered a broken nose, injury to the back of his head and signs of a scuffle, being a grass stain on the back of his shirt. >> has there been a possible rush to judgment here, charles? >> whether or not there was an altercation is not the issue. who initiated the altercation, that's the issue. you cannot start a fight and lose a fight and then claim self-defense. so if you are -- i'm not saying he is. but if as trayvon's family and attorneys are suggesting that zimmerman pursued this kid -- and that is not up for debate. he did pursue him. if he initiated some sort of physical altercation, then the person standing their ground in that case would be trayvon martin. there's an armed man who i do not know who is pursuing and attacking me.

however, if as zimmerman's account goes, that trayvon -- he's walking back to his truck and trayvon comes out of nowhere and attacks him from behind, then there's a self-defense argument to be had because he's being attacked without provoking. but the question is not who wins a fight, it's who starts a fight. >> and we know from the tapes, first of all, that zimmerman called police. he was told, there's no need for you to pursue. and we also know from the phone call with the girlfriend that there was some concern that he was being followed. so those, as you say, are the facts. now, another fact, according to a friend of zimmerman who was also on the "today" show this morning, is that he, zimmerman s devastated by all of this. let me play that. >> he couldn't stop crying for days after the shooting. george is just a genuine human being. and he was out there performing

his duties as a watch captain because he cares for his neighborhood, because he cares for his neighbors. we don't know what happened from the time george got out of his vehicle and by the time the shot went off. >> alexis, the point they have been trying to make is there was reason for him to be concerned that this was a neighborhood that had been hit many times by burglaries, that's why he was a neighborhood watch captain. what do you make of what his friends say, his family says, he's not racist? >> i think part of the problem is when you're trained properly as a neighborhood watch captain, you're trained to know what is suspicious, considering the context of your neighborhood. that neighborhood is only 49% white. in that particular community, it was actually a majority minority community. it would have occurred to him that it would be normal for a young black man to be walking down the streets that evening.

>> what do you think -- you were one of the first people to write about this, charles. i've told you repeatedly, a week ago saturday when i read your column, i had not heard of this case before, it left me shaking. what we hear about these marches and these protests that are going to happen tonight is that people are coming from all over the country of every race, of every age, of every socioeconomic level. what is it about this case, do you think, that has sparked this in us? >> well, i think that he kind of -- trayvon encapsulates a lot of the concern and the fear that kind of exists in the ether that doesn't have a real kind of mask to it. it doesn't have a real person. doesn't have a face on it. and he provides a face for that. and i think that a lot of people imagine that this could be their

child, that this child was doing nothing wrong. and, in fact, as alexis was saying before, even his neighborhood is -- it wasn't even strange to be in this neighborhood. i talked to his mother again over the weekend. she had been there several times in this past year alone. he wasn't strange for him to be in that neighborhood. the idea that somehow he evokes some sort of suspicion in a place that he is not really a stranger in, that other people in that neighborhood look like him is extraordinary because that would be our neighborhoods where our own kids may be walking home with a bag of candy and a soda. and that, i think, is the thing that really touches people. this could be my child. >> and two things we're looking at -- one, what's going to happen to george zimmerman? but there's also the bigger picture of is this going to change things in society as a whole. i want to bring in congresswoman corrine brown. i want to ask you about something we heard from chuck

schumer. there is this renewed focus on the "stand your ground" laws. let me play for you what the senator from new york had to say. okay, we don't have it. but basically he's asking the justice department to investigate where these laws are working. do you think that that's, a, one way to go and is that a question that absolutely has to be asked, not just in florida but in more than 20 other states? >> well, tomorrow, we're going to have a hearing in washington and it will be from -- i think it's from 3:00 to 5:00. and we're going to discuss whether or not civil rights violations, whether or not it was a hate crime, profiling and "stand your ground." and the skooe key here is, how does this law need to be amended or adjusted? it is clear that if any police department around the country -- if a police is involved in a shooting, he has desk duty.

this man still have the gun and have a permit while the investigation is going on. so it is clearly a problem. >> do you want this investigated as a hate crime? george zimmerman's mother is white, his father is hispanic. his family says he has relatives who are black -- >> listen, listen, listen, that has nothing to do with it. this story has no good ending. this young man is dead. he can't tell his side of the story. now, the point is the situation have been contaminated. how can we make this a teachable moment? how can we make sure that it never happens to another young person again? >> do you think that can happen -- there is often -- we see in justice and there is a hue and cry, for example, after the shooting of gabi giffords, will people re-examine gun

control laws? and that was not the outcome. do you think that trayvon martin's death, whatever happens with george zimmerman, do you think that it will seriously cause change in this country? >> i absolutely think it's going to be change and it's not just in the gun laws. it's going to be a renewed interest in our children and how can we take this horrible situation and make things better for children? and i think that will be the results. ten years from now when we look back on it, we want to be able to see that things have changed better for the children because of what has happened. let me tell you, in 30 years i've been elected, for the first time, a woman came up to me in a wheelchair and said, tax me to fund the school system. so there is -- this is a bigger picture. >> congresswoman -- >> how can we make things better for the children. >> congresswoman corrine brown, thank you so much. we'll be keeping our eye on that hearing.

let's talk a little bit about the politics of this. newt gingrich came out after the president spoke and said, this could be my son. and newt gingrich called him disgraceful. here's what the administration had to say in response to what newt gingrich said. >> there's been broad agreement, almost universal agreement, including the people running for president, that there ought to be a thorough investigation of this. those comments are reprehensible. speaker gingrich is clearly in the last throes of his political career. >> why would anyone try to make an overtly political issue of this, charles? >> well, i think that when barack obama said that this kid could be -- if i had a son, he'd look like this, it automatically catapults it into a political environment. i thought it was a fantastic statement. it was very humane and beautiful and simple. but once you have a president

who is running for reelection weigh in on something like this, to identify with it on such a personal level, it automatically opens up this kid to being a political -- and since then, you have seen some really awful attacks on this child's character online, including postings of pictures that are not him and is he a drug dealer -- i mean, the kinds of things i have seen in the last couple of days lets you know that now it is part of the political debate and because barack obama has identified with the kid, the kid must be brought low in order to make barack obama -- >> we're out of time. but do you think that good will come of this? >> i do think good will come of it. when i was in sanford last week, i talked to many people in the african-american community, including some leaders. i think a lot of people think this will lead to a regeneration of political action by the community.

this is an issue that more people need to get involved in. >> alexis and charles, great conversation. it will be continued. thanks to both of you for coming on. we'll be right back. ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪

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it will be romney. the elephant has sung yet. but he's warming up. >> unless romney steps on a landmine, he's going to be the nominee. >> he has the money, he has the math. but apparently that memo hasn't gotten to rick santorum who's been emboldened by his primary win in louisiana on saturday and is vowing to stay in the race. >> they still want to see

someone who they can trust, someone who's not running an etch a sketch campaign but one who has their principles written on their heart, not on an erasable tablet. that's what helped us deliver the win in louisiana. i think we're going to do very well up here in wisconsin as well. >> i'm joined now by molly ball and by nia-malika henderson. good morning to both of you. wisconsin holds its primary a week from tomorrow. santorum argues if he wins, he goes into this big three-week gap. there's not a single election and he does it with momentum and credibility. molly, is that wishful thinking or is wisconsin potentially important? >> i think it's a little bit of both. obviously it tells us something, it sends a signal anytime voters in a state are unwilling to get on board with mitt romney, no matter how inevitable the math is for him. but we've already seen with, say, ron paul and newt gingrich

and what you're going to start to see with santorum is he's not going to be treated as someone with a chance. he's going to be treated as a side show, someone standing on the sidelines. there's not a way for him to reasonably turn it around at this point. >> and some high-profile republicans are going to jump on the romney bandwagon if we wins wisconsin next week, it's been said. there's enormous pressure on santorum to drop out. and last night, he got a little testy when he was asked to clarify a comment he made -- >> on the issue of health care, that's what i was talking about and i was very clear about it. come on, guys. don't do this. you guys are incredible. i was talking about obamacare and he is the worst because he was the author of romneycare. >> there was also a little expletive deleted.

he got, as we said, a little testy. where is rick santorum in all of this? what is he getting out of this? does he think he can win the nomination? >> well, he's getting the biggest platform he's ever had in his life. he's getting trailed by reporters. he's got secret service detail there. he's cruising around in suvs everywhere he goes. that's what he is d.c. getting for now. does he realistically have a chance to close this 300-delegate gap that he has with mitt romney? probably not. but i think he feels like he can go into this convention, his argument is he can go into the convention, there will be a lot of conservative there is and that he could make the case that he should be the nominee. but i think more likely he'll be in a place where he has some leverage to fiddle with the platform of the republican party, put the social issues there are important to his followers and supporters. that's where he is right now. i there is going to be a coalescing around mitt romney. you have him now casting rick

santorum as being unhinged and testy and volatile out there. that's a -- a glimpse of that is shown in that clip in that exchange with "the new york times" reporter. >> let's talk a little bit about the president's health care law before the supreme court. david plouffe says romney would hardly be in a position to attack the president. >> mitt romney's the godfather of our health care plan. if he's president, remarkably, he's running away from that past. and he's going to say he's going to try and throw all this away. we're going to have a big fight about health care again. >> that is santorum's argument. how big is health care, you think, going to play eventually in this overall general election? >> there's no question that it changes the politics of health care, whether santorum or romney is the nominee. we've got santorum actually going to the supreme court today speaking from the steps and using this trial that's beginning as a way to underscore that argument.

and saying that romney won't be able to campaign on this issue. i think mitt romney would take issue with tha mitt romney has made a lot of noise about obamacare, being against it. he is not going to take that lying down. >> molly and nia, thank you both. dick cheney is recovering at a washington area hospital after getting a heart transatlanta over the weekend. the 71-year-old was older than average for a heart transplant. but doctors say he is doing exceedingly well. cheney spent 20 months on the waiting list for a donor heart, longer than the typical patient. [ laughing ]

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here's some of the stories we're keeping an eye on for you. nato says a man shot and killed two british soldiers this morning. this incident inside the nato base in southern afghanistan. the gunman was also killed. we're also hearing for the first time from the wife of the american soldier accused of killing 17 afghan civilians. in an exclusive interview, carrie bales defended her husband. >> it's very unbelievable. all i can think of is what happened? what led up to it? we don't have -- i feel like i don't have all the information. >> will there come a time where you get to see bob and you can look him straight in the eye and ask him? >> probably. >> probably? >> probably. >> not definitely? >> i don't think i'll have to ask him is what i mean. i think he'll tell me what happened. from his point of view. >> staff sergeant robert bales

is being held in a military prison at ft. leavenworth. the brother of the gunman killed in that siege in southwestern france is facing preliminary murder charges. mohammed merah died last week after claiming responsibility for the attacks. could it be? a return to golfing glory for tiger woods who won his first pga tour victory in months. woods won the arnold palmer invitational. rock bottom, nearly seven miles under the sea to the deepest point in the earth, the bottom of the mariana trench. james cameron is the first human to reach that depth slow. he spent hours down there in his fully equipped submersible shooting 3-d video. he was more than 35,000 feet

below sea level. by contrast, mt. everest is 29,000 feet high. and developing now, the historic arguments are under way at the supreme court and the justices' decisions on the future of the obama health care law will affect all of us. 26 states are challenging the constitutionality of the sweeping law. over the next three days, the high court will hear six hours of oral arguments. that's the most time the high court has spent on a single law since 1966. and hanging in the balance is health care for 30 million americans with potentially huge implications for the november elections. i'm joined now by robert shapiro, professor of law at emory university and a former clerk to justice john paul stevens. good morning and thank you for coming in. >> morning. >> 90 minutes this morning, three lawyers talking about whether the supreme court should even hear this case. that may seem kind of strange to civilians like us. so in laymen's terms, what's

today all about? >> today is a threshold issue. under the health care law, eventually everyone's going to have to buy health insurance or pay a fee and that's really the center of the challenge. but usually when the government's requiring to pay you a fee or a tax, you have to pay it first and then challenge it later because the government wants to keep its budgets full and doesn't like people challenging before they pay. well, here no one has to pay until 2014. so the question is, is this a kind of tax that you have to pay first before you can challenge or is this the kind of thing you can challenge right away? >> it's actually the one part of this where both sides agree, they want to get this done now. let's tomorrow tomorrow, whether the individual mandate is constitutional. can you give us just most basically, what's the argument for and against? >> absolutely. the centerpiece of the obama health care plan is to provide insurance coverage for as many people as possible. the way that's being done is to say that insurance companies will have to sell you insurance no matter your pre-existing conditions and they can't charge

you more based on your individual health. but to make that work, the law says everyone has to buy insurance or else you just wait till you were sick before you bought it. the question is, can the federal government do that, require you to buy insurance or pay a fee? the question is, what is the source of federal power? maybe it's a tax, that's one argument. but the main focus has been under its power to regulate commerce, can congress do this? so the argument on the one side is, sure, this is really a regulation of the health insurance industry. and that's clearly commercial and as part of that, congress can force an individual to buy insurance. on the other side, they say, you're forcing someone to buy insurance, that's not regulating commerce, there's no commerce till you create it. that's beyond the federal government's power. >> and we have seen protests on both sides. we've heard political arguments on both sides. the justices have gone a long way to try to show impartiality, even looking at parts of the law that lower courts have not

suggested are unconstitutional. still, you've been inside those chambers. do you think they're feeling the pressure? >> i think certainly they feel the public scrutiny in a case like this. i think they'd have to. they're well aware of the consequences of their decision and what that would mean. >> the four liberal leaning, four conservative leaning, does this depend on kennedy's vote? >> a lot of decisions do. it might be justice kennedy who sometimes -- if you look at the larger scheme, congress can regulate that. that's what he did when it came to the regulation of medical marijuana. was that commerce? kennedy said, sure, it's part of a national regulation. so kennedy's often the swing vote. could be the case here, too. >> and we watch these protests going on. let me ask you about what's going on inside. there's a fascinating article today in "the new york times" about the lawyers who are going to be arguing before the supreme court for such a long time. and they quoted one lawyer

saying, boy, after a 30-minute argument in front of the supreme court, i'm exhausted. i have to have two days to recover. what's it like for those lawyers? the most-watched case we've had in a very long time. and having to argue it over three days for such a long period. >> it's really an unprecedented marathon. they're very experienced supreme court litigators. to have this six hours over the course of three days, i think they must be getting their energy ready, trying to think about all different possible arguments. and they will be relieved when this week's over. >> i can't blame them for that. fascinating to watch. robert, thank you so much for coming in and helping us to understand what's going on. while this could sway votes on election day, the economy still expected to be the main driver. and more and more, gas prices are factoring into that equation. the national average is up 11

cents in the past two weeks. it's now $3.90 a gallon. experts say those prices may be about to peak. john harwood is here with what's moving your money. what are you hearing from the experts? are we in danger of $5 gas this summer? >> reporter: small danger. the energy department says the chances that gas will hit $5 a gallon this summer are about 2%, more likely that it's somewhere around 4%. a lot of it depends on instability in the middle east. what happens in iran, what happens in libya, what happens in syria. all of these things affect the mood and the psychology of the oil market which drives the price even more than some of the supply and demand factor, although the recovering economy is fueling demand to some degree. >> and facts be damned, it's in full swing. i thought it was interesting what david brooks said on "meet the press."

let me play that clip for you. >> in 2006, democrats were asked, is bush responsible for gas prices. 73% said yes. and they were asked, is obama responsible for this, 33% of them said, yes. >> can either side win this blame game and turn it into votes in november? do you believe that most americans believe that the president can do something to turn the tide or that newt gingrich can make $2.50 gas happen? >> reporter: george w. bush was not responsible for the level of gas price. he didn't control them. barack obama doesn't control them now. so i think the blame game is something that doesn't matter all that much to voters because they've heard it so often. they heard it from democrats when bush was president. republicans now -- however, if gas prices are high, if it hurts the economy, if it sours the public mood, if it makes them feel less well off, that hurts the incumbent, whichever party

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arguments on the constitutionality over president obama's affordable care act. and how will the bench's ruling influence fall elections? at least one of the presidential candidates is taking his campaign to the steps of the supreme court. and justice for trayvon, one month since the unarmed teen's killing. still no arrest as thousands plan another rally today in sanford, florida. >> thomas, thank you. just hours from now, pope benedict xvi will land in cuba. and in traveling, he's going from latin america's most roman catholic country to its least. kerry sanders is in santiago, cuba, the first stop of the visit. kerry? >> reporter: this is the first time in more than a decade that a pope has visited cuba, despite the tropical breezes here, it could be a frosty reception because of what the pope had to say about this form of government here. pope benedict xvi on his plane told reporters, it is evident that marxist ideology as it was

conceived no longer responds to reality. setting the stage literally, and among cubens, especially those who remember pope john paul ii's visit here 14 years ago, there's a rock star excitement in anticipation of today's mass. how do you feel? >> real proud. proud to participate. >> reporter: it's exciting? >> yeah, of course. >> reporter: fidel castro once promised all 11 million cubens their communist government would take care of them, cradle to grave. but today, it's the catholic church that helps feed the elderly. political expression is still censored. but the government at times here tolerates opposition groups like the so-called whim in white. some americas traveling to see the pope believe the government isolated economy here is an opening for the holy father.

a surprise to find such a beautiful church -- karen harrington is already here. >> the church doesn't embrace one political or economical system. the church speaks to values. >> reporter: while the women in white have been allowed to protest before, not here, not today. state security reportedly arrested a group of women in white about 18 miles from here. after the pope meets with president raul castro here in santiago, he's eventually scheduled to travel to havana where he'll meet the architect of cuba's revolution, fidel castro. chris? >> thank you so much, kerry. and this weeks kicks off another round of job fairs for returning veterans. and here's why it's so needed. last year, the unemployment rate for vets was 12.1%. that's almost 30% higher than the nationwide average. all of nbc is teaming up with the u.s. chamber of commerce for hiring our heroes campaign.

this wednesday, the chamber has organized veterans job fairs in new york, ft. hood, chicago and an online virtual fair. joining me now from atlanta is ida stanley who got a job through hiring our heroes job fair in atlanta and is now working as a transportation planner. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> tell me a little bit about how hard it was for you job hunting when you got out of the military. >> well, chris, actually it wasn't hard. the military provided a transition assistance program in which i fully utilized. so by the time i got out of the military, it was kind of easy. they help you write resumes, how to go on an interview, what to say, what not to say, how to dress. it was a pretty smooth transition. >> how long was it from the time you actually said good-bye to the military till you started work with ryder? >> actually, i had other

employers before i came to ryder. but once i got to columbus, it took me about a month before i started working with ryder. >> you were a supply specialist with the army in iraq. one of the things the folks who organize these job fairs like people to know, employers to know is that there are a lot of skills from the military that are directly transferrable to private civilian corporations. how did you transfer your military skills into this real work environment? >> well, actually what i did was i went online and i saw what the companies were looking for. and i compared my skills with their criteria. and i just word it in their format. basically in the military, we do a lot of shipping and receiving, inventory control management, anything dealing with supply chain. it was a smooth transition. >> so you felt completely comfortable, it was very similar kind of work for you? >> yes, i do.

i do. >> i'm sure for a lot of folks who are getting out -- we know there's going to be another million leaving the military over the next five years, especially with the numbers of the military winding down. is there any advice that you have for new folks coming into the job market who frankly might be nervous? they see these job numbers and think, the odds are against me. >> well, the best thing i could say is, don't be nervous. because a lot of companies, they don't just look at your skill and qualification. they base it more on your character, who you are as an individual. i could give a prime example where ryder -- i applied for the shipping inventory clerk. and they said, i know you have the experience and qualifications but i think you're best fit for a transportation planner. and i was like, oh, wow, it was unexpected. but like i said, don't be nervous, go ahead on, build your

resume up, do what you have to do, go on different job search enjins and i'm pretty sure someone is going to call you. >> you did your due diligence and it paid off. congratulations to you. ida, thank you for taking the time to talk with us today. >> thank you. we want to say happy birthday to nancy pelosi who turns 72 today. another birthday is the subject of today's tweet of the day. it comes from the daughter of jon huntsman who is 52 today. quote, happy birthday to my best friend and hero, love you, dad. ♪

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opponent of the president's health care law that was signed almost exactly two years ago. stay here for full coverage. now, tebow sandwich, a half-court shot and a one-pound hot dog. let's go down to the wire. what a welcome to new york for tim tebow. his own sandwich. he will be introduced at a press conference this afternoon. but already carnegie deli just introduced the jetbow. it's piled with corned beef, pastrami, roast beef, american cheese, mayo, all on white bread. a third grade ser playing in a basketball tournament over the weekend. throws up a half-court shot at the buzzer and makes it. and they won the game, to boot. a new record in mexico city for the largest dance fitness class, 6,633 people participating in this zumba class.

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