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a historical ruling out of washington ... as the supremm court upholds presidenn obama's affordable care act. act..the court ruled the president's signnture legislation....áisá constitutional because it can &pbe ccnsidered a tax. tax.the mandate calls or every american to puuchase penalty.in a ssrprising mooe... chief justice john robertt .. who typically votes conservatively ... was the ssing ote in the deeision... while opponents vow to fight on... the president praised &pthe court's action. obama says: "... whatever the poliiics, today's deccsion was a victory for people all over this country, whose lives will be more seccre because of this law and the supreme court's decision to uphhld it.. it."romney saas: "this is a time of choice for thee american people. our mission is clear: if we want to get rid of obamacarr, ww're going obama. my mission is to makee sure we do exactly thht." thaa." also in the ruling... many on the court found

problems with the expansion of medicaid in the law. butta maaority of justices said it was constitutional as long the pederal governmenttdidn't withholl funding to states in the extension. 3 as for the breakdown on votes ...chief justiceejohn roberts... was the ssing vote ... he also rote the majority opinion.the four judges considered liberal voted to uphold the law.they are sonia sotomayoo...stephen breyer... in dissenn weee... anthony g - kennedy...samuel alito.... thomas. the impact f the supreme court's decision... will be felt by doctors as well. well.doctor john chessare... baltimore meeical cenner... spoke out thursday... about the landmark ruling. one thing he says he likes... is the ban oo insurance commanies denying coverage to people witt pre-existing medical proviiion that bars insurers from setting a doolar limit on

requires companies to cover preventative care at no additional cost to consumers. but not everyone agrees. (1:37) we can save money make the americcn people happier have better healthier stme andd citizens....-butt to-"its gonna destroo the quality of &phealthcare its gonna destroo budgets and most of all its gonna destroy a patients ability to go soooa doctor and get the quality care they desperately need." need." the americcn medicaa aasociation supports the affordable care act... while the largest medical society in &pmaryland.... "medchi"... does not support the measure. in howard countyy.. the health care ruling is drawing praise from someone who will directly benefit from the nee law.for deebieemyers... she's still feeling the painful affects oo a horrific car accident that left her paralyzed.meeers haa feared her extraordinary medical expenses would reach the lifetime cap imposed by insurance companies.buttas part of the new health carr law... meyers says she won't

""ou know,,if i would hit the another health insurance r company, they would all turn condition."howard county's cond" health officer peter bbilenson... who recently revealed he'ssbeen diaggosed with "parkinson's disease"... is also applauding the decision. hees the architect of the healthy howard program... a national model for extending affordable decision... the "healtty howard" program will be phased-out by the yeer 20-14. that brings us to our question of the day:do you agree with the sspreme court's ruling n &pthe health care law?we'll taa hour.calls in our 7 o'clockk - you can also go to us what you think... sound off - throogh facebook or send us a tweet.. at foxbaltimore. stay tuned to fox45 morning news for cootinuing coverage of the health care ruling. here's a look at our rundown this morning.in jjst 30 minutes we'll have more on the biggest ccncern that the uninsured have bout the

decision.and later this morning... we go live to washinggon for the latest on republican plans to repeal it. and thennin our 7 o'clock hhur we'll be joined in studio by &phhwaad county's health officer.. witt how thh decision will change coverage o'clcok hour.. find out what says the rulinn will mean for your family. police are ivestigaatng ann incidenn that left two men hospitalized.one of them... the son of baltimore ccty state's attorney, ggegg bernste. bernstein.it happennd thursdaa morning... on scott street south baltimore.pollce say &phis rooomate agreed to cut kind of blood brother"" some exchaage.but that's hen a fight ensued..oth are beiig questioned by police. as of now... now charges have been filed. police identiff a woman... found shot to death in baltimore couuty. county.30-year-old tiffany wednesday... in a ground floor apartment on gaaden ddive in essex.there are no signs of

forced entry... and no suupects at this time. detectivessare now offering a 2-thousand dollar reward to anyone who has informaaion. at fort bragg... aftee annay enllsted soldier shot and killed a senior offiier... then unsuccessfully triid to kill hiiself.it happened right yet been released... but army officials say at this point... the motives are still unclear. phhs is obviously a traaedy for our community, and we don't yet know the reasons for the shooting, but we are affected families to help them difficult period. our prayers are with those who haveebeen aafected by this terriblee incident. port bragg is home toothe airbornn and special operations forces. want an easy labor and delivery??rlax. relax. a new study finds women who are afraid to give birth tend to have longer labor than women who are more relaxed about the process. norwegian researchers surveyed

more than twenty-two hundred pregnant omen. women who were more tense about peliverr tended toobe in laborr for ninety minutes longer. as the dangerous heat continuee, many are adjusting their weekend plans. but not a group of the best hhgh country. joel d. smith is live in towson to show us how the lacrosse ll - americans are planning on surviving, and thriving in this heat. good morning joel dd

33 3 on a day like today... you may want to ggab a glass of water. but according to new research to think twice about the átemperatureá of that water. water.chiiese docotrs say icy &pwell as room-temperature wate. that's because the body has to work to adjust the liquid's temperature to around 97-- degrees beeore it can be franklin says: "the problem healthyyyounn people it's really not so much a problem.

but for middle-aged aad older people, eople with chronic health problems, it could be a significant problem. "why, because in a nutshell, cold causes constriction. and to the heart can lead to chest pain or heart rhythm irregulari. irregularities.experts say when your body is really hot... it's o-- to drink something ácoolá... just not icy. triple digits are headed our wa! waa!find utthow long they your skywatch weather forecast. forecast. ((break 1))

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3 -3 air force instructors sexually assaulting the female cadett they're raining. chris laarence has more on the scandal that's rocking this branch of thh military. military. --reporterrppg-as follows -- a drill instructor charged with rape. a master sergeant accused of giving alcohol and having sex with a young female recruit. the air force is reeling from a spreading sex &pscandal. "there's a cabbl of persons at lackland that are sexual predators.. two more airman have beee charged, and

now a dozen boot camp instructtrs are under investiggtion at the texas base. "they are people that feel that it's okay to train them to have ssx with them." e prosecutors nly charged one aarman with raping a recruit he was training at ackland air base. four others are accussd of sexual misconduct, pith more beeng investiiated. "the basic training environmeet in paatiiular is environment for sexual predators." anu bhagwwti is a former marine corps officer who says,,there's nn such thing as instructors aving consensual sex with young, female recruits. ""i you have that relationship, which is intimidationn if that's the person you're asking help bizarre scenario." one f the alleged ictims testified that her instructor was like aa father to me. another said of theemilitaay training instructors, theyyre mtis

...and you don't say 'noo to them. the air force investigation is spreading to four bases. but the problem goes beyond one branch of service. "sexual assault has no plaae in the military." the pentaaoo estimates there are 19,000 sexual assaults each year. but only a small pprcentage of these military crimes are actually reported. pnd less than 8 percent go to a court martial. "we take every alleged incident such as this extremely seriously, and we investigate them thoroughly." to be fair, many instructors at lackland hhve behaved professionally. "thee always made us feellsafe, we some riticssssy unit le." but commanders are not equipped to accusations. "it's too mmch 3 of, 'we can't let this out. under the carpet.'" "even it - admits that sommtimes at the

local level thhse matterr are simply swept aside. thht's why the pentagon is cceating aa special victimm unit within each branchhof service. the experts wwo know howwto ained - collect eviddnce and more importtntly, get highly trained experts whooknow how to collect evidence and mmre importantly, interview survivors offsexual assault to handle these casee independently. chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon." coming up... michael phelps races n his best event...see if the baltimore bullet makes it 3-for-3 in olympic qualifying....ext in sports. ((break 3))

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