even when you are a candidate, you are constantly reminded hot mike, hot mike. don't say anything.thing like that to medvedev who is not his peer. his peer is putin. if he wants to pick up a phone and call -- the problem for them, let's assume for a second this is totally innocent. what else are you telling other people? who what are you telling the environmentalists? what are you referring to the unions or the hispanic community? hollywood? the keystone pipeline. if i could get re-elect and i'd do "x," "y," "z." he never finished a sentence why he want agency second term. if this to say it in russia in front of allies a big mistake. >> greg: bob, if you were a campaign guy. if you were a republican this would be in every campaign ad. >> bob: no. i tell you why. the missile defense system goes back for nato, back to bill clinton has been contentious with the soviet union with russia. we have been trying to get something done. nobody is able to get it done. a hot issue. if i have the election, used to put it off, that's what he was doing. saying look, i can't deal with this right no

. >>> plus, jon stewart on the president's hot mike gaffe. remember that one with medvedev? jon also talks about the russian president's drago-like response. that's later in the show. >>> first to the news. live at 5:30 a.m., here at 30 rock in new york city. today, the debate over president obama's health care law moves behind closed doors as the supreme court holds the final say now over one of the most contentious national issues in decades. yesterday's argument focused largely on whether the rest of the law could survive if the government's requirement that americans buy medical insurance is ruled unconstitutional. conservative justice antonin scalia suggested that without the mandate, there's really nothing left for the law to stand on. >> once you've cut the guts out of it, who knows. who knows which of them were really desired by congress on their own and which ones weren't? >> my approach would say if you take the heart thoifts statute, the staatute's gone. >> but the court's more liberal justices took issue with the idea of scrapping the entire law. >> why shouldn't

i think we'll do better in 2013. >> though the president's hot mike remark drew plenty of attention, it was mitt romney's reaction. he responded to it while at a san diego town hall. >> when the president of the united states is picking with the leader of russia saying, he could be more flexible after the election, that is an alarming and troubling development. this is no time for our president to be pulling his punches with the american people. >> romney even accidently said that iran, quote, must have a nuclear weapon. that was a misspeak. democrats leaping on what they thought was an overly strong statement about where russia stands in american foreign policy. >> if he's planning on doing more and suggest to russia that he has things that he's willing to do with him, he's not willing to tell the american people. this is to russia. this is, without question, our number geopolitical foe. they fight every cause for the world's worst actors. >> there is a question about that. there is a dispute in the foreign policy these days about how much of an ally versus foe russia is these days.

for i guess like the second or third time, politicians get caught on hot mikes all the time.t what the president said was uncomfortable, you know i'm sure -- especially folks in the administration would not -- would love to have that done over again. but that's not a time to club the president like a baby seal over something like this. he's overseas, supports the president -- >> baby seal? >> and practically speaking in terms of geopolitics, antagonizing and the way that mitt romney has both china and russia would seem to not be the most prudent line of -- not attack but not prudent at all. in fact, medvedev said, romney's remark smells of hollywood and certain times of the past. >> yeah, but in both cases not smart. a few facts, russia is not our biggest geopolitical problem. it's a beleaguered nation. putin's propped up by high oil prices, theme minute they fall he'll probably be out of it. china's a bigger deal. it's a very important issue. china's in the middle of a political fiasco now that we hear a little bit here. a leadership changeover, there's a lot of conflict, pe

underway in south korea but rather than the nuclear nonproliferation everybody is focusing on a hot mike exchange between president obama and the days of and this weekend d.c. saw the largest secular secular gathering in world history so we can ask if we're getting to a better more open place when it comes to religion or of the religious battle here in the u.s. is only getting up we have all of that and more fee tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. all right so it's a busy day in the news world and the mainstream media are trying to car cover all of their bases and squeeze it all it. nearly seven miles under the speed to the deepest point in the earth at the bottom of the mariana trench this supreme showdown health care reform on the docket this is the supreme showdown over the president's health care overhaul charged with seventeen counts of first degree murder after a killing spree in afghanistan former vice president dick cheney is recovering at a virginia hospital after a heart transplant this weekend to be re

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in on the president's hot-mike moment overseas and all the political piling-on from the president's rivals for the white house. >>> plus, newly uncovered secret documents reportedly show an anti-marriage equality group tried to fan the hostility between blacks and gays to divide two key democratic groups. the group also targeted hispanics hoping they would join the backlash against lgbt rights. we'll get on the record with that today. good morning. i'm thomas roberts. topping the agenda, it is the super bowl of supreme court cases. justices are hearing arguments for and against the individual mandate, the most debated and most divisive piece of the president's health care law. advocates on both sides are out in full force in front of the supreme court. and the justices are debating the issue. -- health insurance. there's a tax penalty to anyone who fails to purchase coverage beginning in 2013. amy howe is a partner at goldstein and russell and an ed store at scotus blog. she's argued before the supreme court, has been listening to the first hour of arguments this morning. amy, are the just

know romney is the latest comments about russia came in the context of president barack obama's hot mike moment with russian president dmitry medvedev monday after a meeting in seoul on what was heard telling me that he would have more flexibility on missile defense after the presidential election the u.s. missile defense shield in europe is one issue that still sticks out in u.s. russia relations but despite certain differences but both russian and u.s. leaders agree that the reset has worked with regards to russia joining the world trade organization for example or cooperation and gadgets but one of the points of mitt romney's foreign policy agenda you can find it on his website he has a section dedicated to russia is to reset the reset with russia but it looks like he is winning the republican. nation america will soon face a choice between romney and president obama there are a lot of people who disapprove of president obama's policies but most experts agree that president obama will inevitably when deal action because lots of americans are plain scared of having someone like romney

defense after the election probably was the most caution move especially since obama's been caught in hot mike moments before but let's admit not necessarily shocking obama's champion the reset all throughout his presidency and it's pretty common practice that presidents do things during their second term that they might not have power politically viable and they had another election on the horizon especially with an issue as sensitive as missile defense and how the system works no one is immune every politician is simply working towards their next election which is messed up but it's nothing new who really gets me is not be easily predictable political response and the right wing one that points out the obvious to go see he has great conversations about things that will be able to achieve after getting reelected some more of the completely out of date outlook on the world the cold war era of fear mongering if you will so you've got mitt romney's take on the clip if he's planning on doing more and suggest to russia that he has things he's willing to do with them he's not well a to tell the ame

to note as we know romney's latest comments about russia came in the context of president obama's hot mike moment with russian president dmitry medvedev monday after a meeting in seoul obama was heard telling me that he would have more flexibility on missile defense after the presidential election the u.s. missile defense shield in europe is one issue that still sticks out in u.s. russia relations but despite certain differences but both russian and u.s. leaders agree that the reset has worked with with regards to russia joining the world trade organization for example or cooperation in of ghana's but one of the points of mitt romney's foreign policy agenda you can find it on his website he has a section dedicated to russia is to as we said the reason. that with russia speaking of romney he is known as a bit of a flip flopper someone who says something but doesn't necessarily mean it then goes out and backtracked on what he said he would actually do their source of tons of jokes fleet week your people from a rival can call him a target. he tries to pander to his audience telling them what

end on a story that we caught our eyes so politicians we know they don't talk shop all the time a hot mike scott this conversation maybe you remember between john boehner and joe biden before last year's state of the union address. so. the only reason we're here for the summer. for the one with the point. there's talk around so now we have reported on all of these needing all of these euro zone get meetings there is another meeting every day appeals like well now we can welcome some insight into what they're actually doing a german finance minister wolfgang schauble was caught playing sudoku during a parliamentary debate on greens so on the open the floor comments how how prevalent do you think this is is this what everybody is doing is this why the greek talks are so long when they go on the phone him he's actually been one of the few leaders in this in the euro zone crisis who seems to be who seems to be acting in the national interest he says to be taking a german line which is i think is fair and he's he's going to really hard work has been doing a good job and you know what if these g

york you know he seems to me personally all right let's take a look at this ad so obviously this hot mike moment between presidents obama and the of was a big thing to talk about this week now american crossroads has put out this james bond like trail take a look. your mission is simple mr obama stood next to. civility to fence and fundamentally comes. to me to be trans the information. stop. this president flexible treatment sponsored transfer. a lot of your. you love it you think it's larry i i love any opportunity to see it without a shirt on that's just my. personal personal take on this i mean i love bill they'd like to write melayu part of the thing about for like an hour star of the president flexible i mean that was cute and funny but if you watch the ad in its entirety it's pretty scary it kind of goes along with the whole myth that mitt romney's been trying to perpetuate this week that russia is our number one enemy that it looks like communist russia there from the video that they should here's the facts and any second term president has more flexibility to do what they want an

a hot mike moment. it's really fun when you watch it play out in real time.ma this morning was speaking with russia's outgoing president dmitri -- i'm going to do my best russian accent, dmitri medvedev. this is what they were talking about as reporters were filtering into the room but the mikes were still hot. >> it's my election election. after my election i have more flexibility. >> i understand you. i transmit this afghanistan to vladimir, and i stand with you. >> whoosh. after the election i have more flexibility. the truth of the matter is isn't this the kind of conversation that happens all the time, dean? >> it probably does, and we don't hear, it but i can tell you this. the republican candidate who runs against him will use these words, after the election i'll have more flexibility, to inspire his base to say, look, if we didn't like what he did for first four years wait until he has more flexibility in the second term. i think it will be used in a campaign ad against him. it really is -- this one really is a blunder by president obama, and it does

you lastly before we go to about right so we've been seeing this back and forth ever since this hot mike moment between president obama advantage and romney doubled down he wrote an op ed in foreign policy magazine called bowing to the kremlin and he said basically one of the lines is it's not an accident that mr medvedev is now busy attacking me the russians clearly prefer to do business with the current incumbent of the white house which i mean to me it's like oh yeah he's president he's the one that's been president for four years that's actually been working with russia when it comes to reset a new start and what not but mitt romney we also do a little background here so he said the russia is the greatest turns out in the past he has also called china the greatest foe he's also called iran the greatest he's also pointed to islamic jihadism as the greatest foe so you know what do you make of all of these his moves here. he's a real opportunist when it comes to greatest proses me but you know i think his comments really make obama's point i mean obama's point was when we get close to e

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whw barack obama caught red-handed by a hot mike, going public. >> greta: well, that was yesterday.day, the president trying to joke his way out of the plainpainfully embarrassing moment. president obama looked at russia's president and put his hands over the microphone, but despite the smiles, he tried to explain away the whispered comments and missile defense and the election. >> when you think about the new treaty that we were able to hammer out and get ratified, that was a pain-staking two-year process. i don't think it's any surprise that you can't start that a few months before a presidential and congressional election of the united states. and at a time when they just completed the elections in russia and they're in the process of a presidential transition where a new president's going to be coming in -- in less that twenty -- len two months. yesterday, he took heat. do you really know what the teachers are teaching your children? are they teaching what you want? one father took issue with issues on capitalism and he co-authored a book with his daughter. it's called "your tea

here are today's top lines including the hot mike. >> there's only one candidate who can make this ainning issue. that's trul santorum. >> i'm not going to worry too much about what rick is saying these days. when you fall further and further behind, you get a little more animated. >> the worst person to make that case is mitt romney. we're here today and he is not. >> quit distorting our words. if i see it, it's bull [ bleep ]. come on. what are you doing? >> you're a stefrt and you haven't taken on a new york time reporter, you're not worth your salt. >> no new tax was required. >> talk about desperate and that a athleticic. >> we're talking about the whole world watching. >> you went to see "the hunger games." what did you think? >> government medicine and republicans didn't say boo. >> is the president suggesting if it had been a white who had been shot, that would be okay? because he wouldn't like like him? that's just nonsense. >> newt knows nonsense. may i remind you, he is still running for president. >> just do the he decent thing and pull out. ? why don't you do the d.c. en

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. >> speaker boehner also weighing in on the president's hot-mike moment overseas and all the political president's rivals for the white house. >>> plus, newly uncovered secret documents repor

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