cuccinelli said.arate the mandate from the provision and allow that, and now you have a situation where you have millions of kids covered under parents plan already and they are thrilled about that. you have seniors who are thrilled that there don't hall is being squashed and they are paying less for prescription drugs. you have no caps and oversight of the insurance companies. 85% of the premiums have to go to benefits. we have the doubling of insurance premiums every 10 years. you have some provisions. the american people are thrilled with the specific provisions but they have questions on the mandate and the concept of the bill. so you have a split personality by the american people. should the court allow several abilitability? >> i think that so far the courts have ruled that it is severable. i think there would have to be a response to find other ways to pay for the other pieces of the bill that people do want and are important for health care. that issue will be addressed and i think it will be

cuccinelli said.e court were to separate the mandate from the provision and allow that, and now you have a situation where you have millions of kids covered under parents plan already and they are thrilled about that. you have seniors who are thrilled that there don't hall is being squashed and they are paying less for prescription drugs. you have no caps and oversight of the insurance companies. 85% of the premiums have to go to benefits. we have the doubling of insurance premiums every 10 years. you have some provisions. the american people are thrilled with the specific provisions but they have questions on the mandate and the concept of the bill. so you have a split personality by the american people. should the court allow severability? >> i think that so far the courts have ruled that it is severable. i think there would have to be a response to find other ways to pay for the other pieces of the bill that people do want and are important for health care. that issue will be addressed and i think

bachmann, herman cain and rick perry will speak today and also speaking virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli who's receiving an awards. rick santorum and mitt romney will be there tomorrow. >>> meanwhile, former virginia governor and current senate candidate tim cain is breaking from president obama. the democrat is criticizing new white house rules which require some religious groups to provide coverage for contraceptives. cain is catholic. republicans and some democrats on the hill are fighting back. they want the white house to allow an opt out clause for groups which say this violates their beliefs. among the opponents speaking out, the roman catholic archdiocese of baltimore. >> this isn't something we can compromise on because it's fundamental to our teachings and we have to be consistent. >> the archdiocese of baltimore covers catholic churches in several counties as well as the western part of maryland. >>> a maryland state senator from our area wants to ban teenagers from using indoor tanning beds. jamie raski in takoma park will spent his bill to the senate -- present his bill to t

ken cuccinelli that is underway and i should also add add a caution there you said that one guy. submitted fifteen hundred fraudulent signatures in fact that's what newt gingrich has said we don't know if in fact it was only one guy newt called it oh just a mistake but he has not to my knowledge turned over the name of that one guy that's a whole lot of forgeries for one guy don't you think yeah i mean it could be one guy who runs a company that goes out and get signatures and is paid by the signature and he's got ten guys sitting in a room faking them or something like that and or fifty go or it could be the campaign itself we really don't know because he has not been forthcoming about this now remember newt gingrich has joined with the republicans over the years to decry acorn claiming that what they were doing when they were doing the same thing was voter fraud when in fact acorn wasn't doing it it was a handful of their workers and in all of those cases acorn was the one who checked those signatures who found the fraud who reported it to authorities as fraud and turned in tho

cuccinelli said. in terms of my question, if the court were to separate the mandate from the provision and allow severability, now you a situation where you have millions of kids covered under parents plan already and they are thrilled about that. you have seniors who are thrilled that their doughnut hole is being squashed and they are paying less for prescription drugs. you have no caps and oversight of the insurance companies. 85% of the premiums have to go to benefits, not to overhead and salaries. you the doubling of insurance premiums every 10 years. you have preventive care. you have some provisions. if you do the polling on the provisions, the american people are thrilled with the specific provisions but they have questions on the mandate and the concept of the bill. so you have a split personality by the american people. what does court do about the fact that now these benefits have triggered? should the court allow severability of the provisions so that the bills can stay even if the mandate

virginia's right wing i think he would agree to that label, right wing attorney general ken cuccinelli cooperated with the president to make this big mortgage deal. that's bipartisanship. back to you. >> good to hear about that thank you. steve handelsman reporting. >>> fresh from the series of three victories on tuesday, gop presidential candidate rick santorum seems to be getting momentum in the polls. a new gallup poll shows mitt romney holding on to a comfortable lead with 36%. it shows santorum neck and neck with gingrich. tuesday's caucus victories helped him raise $250,000 overnight. candidates have a few weeks to retool their campaigns now. the next primary contests are not until the end of february. >>> a man was killed after a shooting involving a culpepper police officer. the officer responded to a parking lot on northeast street for report of suspicious person in a jeep wrangler. police say there was an altercation and shots were fired. the jeep crashed nearby. the driver was found dead inside. the officer involved was a five-year veteran. he had minor injuries and is on ro

also speaking virginia attorney attorney ken cuccinelli. >>> the presidential hopefuls are crisscrossing the nation in the wake of tuesday's contests. santorum won the votes in minnesota, missouri and colorado. ling and he's trying to -- and he's trying to point himself as the conservative alternative to mitt romney. while romney is trying to paint the former senator as a d.c. insider. >> we need of the somebody that's going to go out and paint the vision of what america is going to look like versus barack obama. >> newt gingrich and rick santorum they spent -- they spent a lot of time in washington and during their years we spent more money than we were taking in. >> tuesday's triple wins have been big for the santorum campaign. it took in $1 million in just the last 48 hours. >>> speaking of money, at 6:06. jessica doyle is watching yours. >> indeed and apparently this warm winter is good for the checkbooks. >> that's right, it's been a real gift to the bank accounts this year. an example. baltimore gas and electric customers can expect to pay $100 to $200 less. pge says in addition to

virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli's office claims that the metropolitan washington airport authoritying the project won't be affected by a bill that would have withheld $150 million in funding if the airport's authority required contractors to use labor unions. cuccinelliays the law would only apply to state agencies, not regional bodies like the airport's authority. the agency recently backed away from requiring contractors to use unions. instead the authority plans on giving contractors bidding on the project, an advantage if they use union labor. >>> subaru tops "consumer reports'" consumer report card beating honda for the first time in four years. subaru scored big with outback and forrester models. mazda was a surprise with the cx5 model. showed the most dramatic improvement. mazda came in second followed by toyota and honda. "consumer reports" says that hondas and toyotas' coast-cutting measures on redesigned models are becoming noticeable. both companies maintain their most reliable brands on the road standing. >>> and one marine stationed in our area hit the big jackpot, mak