>>> hello, i'm pamela brown. we come to you this hour with breaking news. a deadly shooting in a high school in suburban portland, oregon. there is at least one victim, a student killed by a gunman. the lone shooter is also dead,

>> pamela brown, thanks so much. do we have jonathan turley.urley, a constitutional expert. jonathan, does this mean that a protester at an abortion clinic can now walk right up to the door and talk to women as they go in? >> well, in terms of talking, i think there is a legitimate claim for that. you know, this massachusetts law was facially unconstitutional, poorly written, poorly conceived. most of the free speech community denounced it at the time. you can't just pick these different areas of free speech zones like abortion clinics. it's a limitation on free speech. the fact that you could get some un nan nimty on the court reflects how outside the bounds that is. this is a normally very divided court on issue s of abortion. they were nighted for good reason against this law. that doesn't mean, as the opinion says, you can't put other types of protections. you can keep people from blocking these clinics. you can -- there's obviously existing laws to keep you from abusing people who are going in a very direct physical and obstructionist way.

and also our o justice correspondent pamela brown. jeff toobin, if i could interrupt you for a moment. >> there's something on another stage that i'm interested in. >> it's not world cup this hour. >> no score yet. just keep me up to date. >> there is a big score, it just happens to be coming from where you're sitting. >> having a little fun here. >> you want to talk this up for the republicans because this is a big score in their favor today. for those joining us and aren't really clear on what the recess appointments are or the significance of it is, button it up for me. >> the constitution gives the power to the president to make appointments around congress when congress is not in session. in this period of gridlock, the senate has come up with these sort of fake recesses which allow the president -- which have allowed the president to make appointments. the supreme court said we're not buying these. it has to be a real recess. and the significant part is the republicans can basically stop a recess. so, yes, in theory the presiden

our justice correspondent pamela brown outside the supreme court in washington with the details.first, in an important legal ruling about searches here. >> that's absolutely right, john. this is a big blow to law enforcement in a big win for privacy rights, essentially today this was a sweeping decision, unit mouse decision here at

>>> hello, i'm pamela brown.eaking news. a deadly shooting in a high school in suburban portland, oregon. there is at least one victim, a student killed by a gunman. the lone shooter is also dead, we're told by authorities. although we don't know how he died. >> a gunman entered the high school this morning, shot one student, unfortunately that student has died. the gunman was located and the gunman is also deceased. >> this is a very tc

pamela brown is at the us supreme court. she has one of their attorneys with her. >> with us today is lori wyndham, she's the attorney for hobby lobby. she's here to share her reaction to the ruling in favor of hobby lobby that you've been representing in this highly contentious fight. >> we are thrilled with the courts decision today. we think this is a great day for religious freedom. the court reaffirmed that american families don't give up their constitutional right to religious freedom just because they open a family business. >> lori, when i talk to you before, i remember you telling me the greens, the owners of this hobby lobby, they didn't come to this fight, the fight came to them. what a fight it has been for them. >> yes, it certainly has. it wasn't something they wanted to do being, to take on the federal government and all the way to the supreme court. the government was requiring them to do something violating their faith. they pay their employees double minimum wage, they give their employees a day off on sund

let's bring in justice correspondent, pamela brown.spect who's now dead. >> yeah, we just found out moments ago, wolf, according to a law enforcement source with firsthand knowledge of the situation down in georgia that the suspect, dennis marks, was part of this anti-government group. he was part of the sovereign citizens movement. and basically this is a subculture of people who reject authority and the government. according to information about this group. they're a group of people who believe that they get to decide what laws they obey and don't obey. it's not up to judges and law enforcement. and so that's what we're learning. we believe he is associated with this sovereign citizens movement, wolf. and also we learned that he is a former tsa agent, but more than a decade ago, from 2002 to 2003, he worked for the tsa as a screener and that is all the information we have on that. obviously that was some time ago. but it is interesting to note that he has this anti-government -- he was part of this group with the anti-government sent

pamela brown, thanks. joining us via skype, a student who was in the school at the time of the shooting. carol is joining us. tell us what happened, from your perspective, when the shooting happened. where were you? >> i was in a catering class that was a few halls from the main entrance of the building which then leads to the gymnasium area which is where this apparently all took place. >> what are the school authorities, teachers and everyone tell you? >> well, it was actually -- i had heard the first bell ring but the second bell, the start of first period hadn't gone through yet but luckily right as my teacher was walking into class we heard on a loud speaker that we were going into lockdown, it wasn't a drill, we needed to get inside the classrooms with the doors locked as soon as we could. >> how did the students, kara, react? >> everybody was scared at first bt i don't think they really realized the situation at first. we were in lockdown for a good half an hour. >> in your classroom, is that right?

newsroom with pamela brown starts next. >> i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin.t to have you along with us and we begin this hour with the story that is sending shock waves through the republican party. it seems no one saw it coming. we have just gotten word that in the wake of his stunning defeat, he will resign next month as house majority leader. maybe he should have listened harder to the boos that came from the tea party. >> when i sit here and listen to my opponent speak,

pamela brown has that angle. >> reporter: the men seen here in video released by an afghan news agency were greeted as heroes when they landed in qatar. for years they were considered extremely dangerous by the u.s. government. >> i don't think anyone harbors any illusions about these five taliban members and what they might, might do if they were transferred. >> reporter: that stancing changed saturday when the men were allowed to leave guantanamo bay. among the detainees released is khair ulla said wali khairkhwa. another one, mullah mohammad fazl. and mullah norullah noori said he was not expected to the taliban. u.s. intelligence sources said abdul haq wasiq said he claimed he was arrested while trying to thips. and finally chief of communications, mohamed nab nabi omari helped prisoners escape from afghanistan. u.s. officials won't elaborate on what exactly those assurances were and added they were not negotiating with terrorists because qatar officials helped secure the exchange. there's a one year ban on travel for the men. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> let's dig deeper now

those are the allegations, the fact-check from pamela brown. >> reporter: some who know bergdahl sayhey want him brought to justice and claimed disappearance led to the death of fellow soldiers. >> what he did had second and third effects that rippled through the area. those affects harmed soldiers. >> soldiers say that when bergdahl left in 2009, their primary mission changed. they were ordered to go find him in the province. >> we were going on intelligence we received, whether we were there to actively search for bergdahl or whether we were there to talk to just the locals to see if they knew anything and do a presence patrol. >> reporter: over the next three months at least six soldiers were killed in that same province, but whether bergdahl had anything to do with that is murky. these military releases on the soldiers' deaths have few details only say they died from roadside bombs or fire. one soldier believes there is no way to link the deaths to bergdahl. >> the soldiers died because they were out there doing their jobs as soldiers. which is running patrols. looking for the en

pamela brown has more. >> reporter: at first it almost looks like a hollywood movie trailer.tants trying to lure in like-minded europeans to join the caravan of jihad and it's working. >> the number of americans that come to fight with groups like isis and others has grown over time. >> reporter: u.s. officials estimate about 100 americans and thousands of europeans have poured into syria since the war started. some joining jihad groups like isis, they are there to study terrorism at the camps in the region. >> where americans and europeans can get training how to build bombs, counter intelligence, propaganda. it has become a foreign jihad battle field, that includes europeans, some with access potentially to the united states. >> reporter: a u.s. intelligence official tells cnn the man in this isis video with the blurred face is an american. a 22-year-old jihad from florida who ended up dying for jihad, killing himself and three dozen others with a truck bomb in syria last month. the growing concern is that isis a group too big for al qaeda will send for the ultimate mission

joining us to talk about this are justice correspondent pamela brown at the supreme court and also senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. pamela i want to start with the issue of recess appointments. fascinating. this is a traditional executive end run around congress. what did the supreme court say? >> that's right. the supreme court unanimously ruling today, john and michaela, in favor of congress. it's a big defeat for the white house so this has been a high stakes power tug of war between the legislative branch and the executive branch for years. the president can use his executive power to temporarily appoint people into government positions while congress is in recess. in this specific case the president appointed three people to the national labor relations board, the nlrb, but the senate republicans said that they were in pro form a session where they hit the gavel and they claim that they were in session. that was really the heart of this. was the senate really in session when the president put these three people on the nlrb and today the justices said yes, for purposes of the rece

pamela brown reports. burst of gunfire rang out shortly after 8:00 a.m.. with more than 2800 students ever knows high- school already in the class. police have not released a motive but said the gunmen showed up along the street and began firing a semiautomatic weapon. >>: i heard gunshots and then they started yelling at telling us all to get down. the school once on lock down over a loudspeaker students are told this is not a drill. outside police and zloty members descend on the campus. >>: we have the buildings around it right now. we're going have to go and sell them back inside the gunman has killed one student and shot a popular teacher agreed that man is expected to survive. students are told to began filing out of the school to read a single file in hands raised. >>: we panicked. come out flying down the street grid i was shaking. nearby terrified parents to of race to the same are corralled on behind police tape waiting for word on their children. >>: we are sure he's ok but until you hear that and to you have a final word. >>: moments later this

more from pamela brown now. >> reporter: soldiers who served with bowe bergdahl tell cnn he joined theitary as a quiet, well-behaved soldier. a portrait in rolling stone magazine two years ago, those who knew him said in the days before his deployment he seemed more interested in learning, reading military manuals and studying maps of afghanistan than socializing over barbecue and beer. but once he got to afghanistan, he started to change. >> as soon as had gone to afghanistan and things started to turn a little bit harder for all of us, he immediately started separating himself away from us and everyone in the platoon and started gravitating more toward the afghan soldiers. >> reporter: bergdahl's father told "rolling stone" his son was lured to the army with the false promise he would be helping afghan villagers rebuild their lives. and learn to defend themselves. e-mails to his family show bergdahl's growing disillusionment and one e-mail calling command stupid after an ambush on his unit. >> he did talk about how he did not agree with the war effort in afghanistan. or the way we we

cnn breaking news. >>> and i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin. bergdahl is scheduled to be back in the united states overnight. great to have you here with us, dr. ritchie, first off if you would, tell us what did bergdahl have to do? what did he have to show in order for him to be transferred back to the u.s. from the hospital in germany where he has been recovering? >> so the decompss

pamela brown, let me bring you in live from washington. what have you learned?er: yeah, brooke. this is really disturbing, learning about this website called myredbook.com, and allegedly advertised children for sex, exploiting children. and the fbi today, brooke, shut down this website. it has been seized. we have learned that on this website, there were pictures of children of minors and descriptions of them, and they were being advertised. and the fbi, we have learned, executed several search warrants, arrest warrants today. sources tell us two people have been arrested according to sources, a man and a woman have been arrested for allegedly operating this website, myredbook.com. also, as you mentioned, this is sort of a -- of a broader effort by the fbi to crack down on child prostitution, brooke. in fact, we learned on monday that the fbi just over the past week rescued 168 children, and made 281 arrests, and we have learned that some of the victims that were recovered as part of this operation called operation cross-country actually were identified through

newsroom with pamela brown starts right now. >>> i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin on this fridayspecial coverage of a horrifying scenario. a deadly battle for baghdad getting more likely by the hour. radical islamists are pushing toward the capitol after capturing one city after another in just a matter of days. the question no longer seems to be whether the u.s. will jump back into the fight but when and how involved will they be? that is the big question. we have just learned the u.s. is sending in a heavily harmed aircraft carrier keeping the

our pamela brown is here with more. the name which some consider racist is not going away just yet. >> it's not going away. in fact, we still have to go through a lengthy appeals process before anything happening happens, jake, but the bottom line is this is a landmark decision by the u.s. patent and trademark office. while the decision to cancel the team's trademarks can't force the redskins to abandon its name, it's putting more pressure on the team to do so and it could raise the financial stakes down the road, not only for the team, but the entire nfl as well. the washington redskins sacked by the u.s. government. stripped of its trademark protection for things like jerseys and hats. >> this racist mascot's got to go! >> the big winner, native american groups who have been fighting the redskins name for decades even airing this tv ad during sport events. >> native americans call themselves many things. the one thing they don't -- ♪ ♪ >> the u.s. patent and trademark office wednesday canceled six trademarks federally

our cnn justice correspondent pamela brown is about to go inside the u.s. supreme court to await that ruling. she's outside now. describe the scene for us, pamela. >> absolutely. just to put this in perspective, carol, this is the biggest case of the supreme court's term. this is the final day of the public session. as you can see here behind me, the crowds are out today, we have demonstrators on both sides of the issue. this are demonstrators who support the contraception mandate and the affordable care act. they say that companies should be required to provide comprehensive health care coverage of birth control for its employees and then the demonstrators here behind me who say religious liberty rights should trump that, the demonstrators behind me claim that companies should be able to refuse to provide this comprehensive health care coverage of certain types of contraception if it is a violation of their faith. this has been a hot debate for a long time now, carol. we have three contentious issues converging, abortion, religious liberty rights and obama

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pamela brown, thanks so much. good insight there on what we can expect.e, cnn's legal analyst jeffrey toobin. jeff, you heard pamela just now. officer safety. that's what law enforcement was advocating. is there an exception? for example, when, perhaps, either public safety or officer safety, may be at risk. >> well, that's something the courts will undoubtedly be dealing with as this ruling comes into wide use. i think the principle is very clear. as i think most people know, when someone is arrested, the police pat you down. l they look for any weapons. they make sure they or the public is not at risk. if you find a cell phone in the course of that patdown, which of course is very common, most people now have them, is you can't just rummage through it. you can't look for texts. you can't look for a record of phone calls. you can't look for internet searches. unless you get a warrant first. because the supreme court said it is not a matter of public safety. to look through someone's -- to look through someone's phone calls right away. all you need to do

let's go straight to pamela brown with more. pamela, what do you know? what we're learning, brooke. a u.s. law enforcement official telling cnn, a mexican law enforcement helicopter crossed about 100 yards over the u.s.-mexican border south of tucson, arizona, very early yesterday morning. and this chopper fired two shots very near some u.s. border agents who were right there on the ground, according to this official we spoke with. but none of those agents were hit. no one was injured in this incident. now the law enforcement official tells us, brooke, the mexican police chopper immediately stopped shooting and turned right back around into mexico. and soon after that, mexican authorities called u.s. authorities and acknowledged the incident and said it was a mistake. and we are told the mexican police were conducting a drug operation right near the border there when they fired those two shots. but brooke, at this point, we don't know if the mexican chopper was following drug suspects and tlibt recrossed the border as part of this mission or inadvertentl

pamela brown is following the story for us. pam, i know that details are still coming in. what more can you tell us about what happened today in portland? >> that's right, erin. in fact, we're expecting to learn more in a presence conference in just about an hour from now. but what we have learned according to law enforcement sources we've been speaking with today is that this gunman, who walked into the school, high school this morning was a student, and that he apparently died from a self-inflicted wound. and according to scanner traffic, erin, it appears he walked in this morning wearing all black, including a helmet and a bulletproof vest and opened fire, killing one of his fellow students. right now investigators are still trying to piece together why he did this. >> shots fired in the locker room. at least one person down. >> reporter: the burst of gunfire rang out shortly after 8:00 a.m. >> shots fired! >> in the locker room. >> reporter: with more than 2800 students at reynolds high school already in class. >> shots. one is down. person is wearing a vest. >> report

>>> hello, i'm pamela brown. we come to you this hour with breaking news. a deadly shooting in a high school in suburban portland, oregon. there is at least one victim, a student killed by a gunman. the lone shooter is also dead, we're told by authorities. although we don't know how he died. >> a gunman entered the high school this morning, shot one student, unfortunately that student has died. the gunman was located and the gunman is also deceased. >> this is a very tragic day. one that i had hoped would never, ever be part of my experien experience. and as we are able to get more information, the district will provide that to the public. we feel very sorry for our parents, our kids. they were absolutely wonderful today exiting the building. >> still very active scene there. it's still unclear whether any other students were hurt. here's what we do know. 8:07 pacific time, shots were fired at reynolds high school in troutdale, about 12 miles east of portland. the shooting happened as classes began for the day. p

pamela brown at the supreme court.to talk about this more, jeffrey tobin as well as ezekiel i manual. he's a professor of bioethics and a fellow at the center for american progress. you know, and to you first, ezekiel, you were a key adviser on the affordable care act. you're intimately familiar with it, the accommodations, the fixes after it was passed. what can president obama do now in the wake of this ruling? >> well, what the ruling says is that the government needs to find another way that's less restrictive to do it. but i would also emphasize, this ruling, whatever its r ramifications does not go at the heart of the affordable care act, nothing about the exchanges, the medicare, the quality improvements, the cost f the bill. what it does do is prolong the uncertainty about various provisions and in that sense uncertainty is not good for people getting on with it and that i think is the biggest effect. but not at the heart of the bill. >> let's bring in jeffrey tobin. one of the interesting things is we've heard

pamela brown is joining us. it's a heartbreaking situation we're seeing. >> it really is.t's a humanitarian crisis. jay johnson shot back today at the growing course of critics over his agency's handling of this crisis, saying that the administration is doing everything they can to provide for the influx of children at the border and video released by the government proves it. but pictures we obtained tell a different story. tonight, new images of illegal immigrants crossing the southern u.s. border and packed border patrol facilities, crammed into cages, forced to sleep on the floor without enough supplies to go around. they have come from el salvador and guatemala and colombia. this woman tells us that some who are caught are released with money and a bus ticket and a date to appear in immigration court. >> translator: i heard people are getting passes to stay, she says. others are not. >> reporter: thousands of women and children every day, many of them risking their lives to escape violent gangs back home. >> translator: i just want the best for him. there is not a day

our justice correspondent pamela brown is here with the stunning images and the federal government's nse. tell our viewers, pamela, what's going on. >> well, administration officials, wolf, are calling this a humanitarian crisis. a flood of undocumented children from central america pouring into the rio grande border in texas right now. officials say while they have prepared this year for more undocumented children the numbers in the past weeks were much larger than anticipated and tonight a law enforcement source tells cnn this is being fueled in part by smugglers in their homeland setting off a false alarm that very soon there will be no way for them to get into the u.s. these disturbing leaked images show undocumented children cramped inside a border patrol holding cell. sleeping on the floor under foil blankets. basic necessities like food and showers are scarce according to a u.s. official. >> beginning on tuesday, we started seeing families dropped off including, you know, children, most under the age of 5, some as young as 3 to 6 months old. >> reporter: senior administration o

justice correspondent pamela brown is looking into the story for us. >> accusations are stunning.ial complaint with new allegations of physical, sexual and verbal abuse. the aclu alleges it's been going on for years and the government has done nothing. >> reporter: tonight, civil rights groups say these leaked images of undocumented children packed into a u.s. border patrol holding cell only tell half the story. new complaint filed against the department of homeland security, the aclu and other groups accuse customs and border patrol agents of keeping illegal immigrant children in squalid conditions, denying medical care, strip searching and shackling them, verbally abusing them. aclu says charges are based on accounts of undocumented children being held. the agency tells cnn, customs and border protection isn't ensuring hi gene is being met. given proper medical care, mistreatment, or misconduct is not tolerated. the obama administration says 60,000 unaccompanied children could cross america's southwest border this year. tonight, the crisis is growing, children coming from countr

newsroom with pamela brown starts next. >> i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin. great to have you along with us and we begin this hour with the story that is sending shock waves through the republican party. it seems no one saw it coming. we have just gotten word that in the wake of his stunning defeat, he will resign next month as house majority leader. maybe he should have listened harder to the boos that came from the tea party. >> when i sit here and listen to my opponent speak, i hear the inaccuracies. the winner, economic demonstrated this morning that he has got some learning to do on basic policy questions. take a listen. >> let me ask you about foreign policy questions. arming the rebels, would you be in favor of that? >> check, i thought we were just going to chat today about the celebration aspect. >> i am happy to do more but i just wanted to talk about the victory ahead and i wanted to thank everybody. >> never mind that. he slobbered him 56% to 44%. and since we hear about people buying elections, here's the truly shocking part. cantor raised some $

cnn breaking news. >>> and i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin. and u.s. army sergeant bowe bergdahl is scheduled to be back in the united states overnight. great to have you here with us, dr. ritchie, first off if you would, tell us what did bergdahl have to do? what did he have to show in order for him to be transferred back to the u.s. from the hospital in germany where he has been recovering? >> so the decompression process, which is what he has been going through is a series of steps. it is doing a medical dical evaluation, a psychological evaluation, gathering intelligence, we don't know the whole story, but it is likely that bowe bergdahl had to be evaluated to show he is stable enough to get back in the glare of media publicity that he is about to face and to reunite with his family after so many years away. >> and let's talk about that glare of media publicity. because there obviously has been a huge backlash since the controversial exchange where we traded five taliban detainees for him to be returned to the u.s. and in a sense how will

. >>> pamela brown has a bulletin. pamela? >> hi there.organ in krit congressional but stable condition and responsive after being involved in a crash on the new jersey turnpike over the weekend. that accident left a friend of his dead. and police have charged a walmart truck driver with vehicular homicide and say he was awake more than 24 hours before the collision. >>> meantime, the pakistani taliban has claimed responsibility for a siege on the karachi airport. officials say at least 29 people were killed and 10 militants. >>> and five relatives of those aboard missing airlines flight 370 appeared in a new video seeking $5 million in donations. organizers say the money will be used for a private investigation and offers as a reward for information on what happened to the plane that went missing three months ago. anderson? >> thanks very much. >>> just ahead, a gay man forced as a child to undergo a controversial therapy that now the texas republican party has endorsed describes why it didn't work and the harm he says it hurt him. and th

and pamela brown has a "ac360" bullet bulletin. >> hi there, comedian tracy morgan is in critical butafter being involved in a traffic accident on the new jersey turnpike. police charged a man who they say had been awake more than 24 hours before the collision. >>> and the taliban has claimed responsibility for a crash, 29 people were killed including ten militants. >>> and five relatives of those aboard missing malaysian flight 370 appeared on go-go.com where they are seeking compensation regarding what happened to the missing plane. >>> and now, the texas republican party has endorsed this. and why it didn't work and the harm it caused him. and the philanthropist behind this hidden cash phenomenon. he is no longer anonymous, i'll talk to him coming up on "ac360." replace your laptop? start with the best writing experience. make it incredibly thin. add an adjustable kickstand, a keyboard, a usb port, and the freedom of touch. and, of course, make it run microsoft office, with the power and speed to do real work. introducing surface pro 3. the tablet that can replace your laptop. to h

. >> pamela brown, cnn washington. >> i want to get additional perspective now from someone with ex-tentivexperience on the ground. dan, those saying bergdahl is responsible for the deaths that may have happened because of the search for him, do you think that's fair criticism? >> well, you know, indirectly, these soldiers would not have been out on search mission for bergdahl that died. there's up to six soldiers from his battalion that were specifically going on mission for him. indirectly, yeah, you have to hold bergdahl and his actions responsible for wounds and ultimately killed in action for troops from that battalion. >> some are claiming he is responsible for every death in the province in the months after he disappeared. do you think that's fair or is that a stretch in. >> no, that is a stretch. listen, regional command east is one of the most dangerous regions. my last months as an advisor was in rc east. that is a place where every patrol is frougt with danger. it was the most hot environment. and so you can't blame every death on bergdahl that happened over that time frame. but

newsroom with pamela brown starts right now. >>> i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin on this friday. nice to have you with us. this is special coverage of a horrifying scenario. a deadly battle for baghdad getting more likely by the hour. radical islamists are pushing toward the capitol after capturing one city after another in just a matter of days. the question no longer seems to be whether the u.s. will jump back into the fight but when and how involved will they be? that is the big question. we have just learned the u.s. is sending in a heavily harmed aircraft carrier keeping the door open for possible air strikes. speaking a short time ago, president obama says he doesn't know the course of action he'll take if any at all but he's sure of one thing, no boots on the ground. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq but i have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options that could help support iraq security forces and i'll be reviewing those options in the days ahead. the united states will do our part, but understand that ultimately i

our justice correspondent pamela brown outside the supreme court in washington with the details. let's start with cell phones first, in an important legal ruling about searches here. >> that's absolutely right, john. this is a big blow to law enforcement in a big win for privacy rights, essentially today this was a sweeping decision, unit mouse decision here at the high court saying that police must obtain a search warrant before searching the cell phone of a criminal suspect upon an arrest. before this, police used great discretion to search cell phones without search warrants. in fact the two defendants in this case were convicted in part because of information taken from their cell phones without a search warrant. they argued that cell phones should be treated differently than other items on a person, such as a wallet or a purse, and today the justices in a 9-0 decision agreed with the defendants and here's what they said. our answer to the question of what police must do before searching a cell phone seized incident to an arrest is accordingly simple. get a warrant. the justi

pamela brown is outside the supreme court. and jeffrey toobin is also with us. pam, we want to start with you the scene of where this all played out. obviously, this is one of the biggest and most anticipated rulings. it was the one left for last. a little bit of drama before they end their session. >> so much anticipation for this ruling today. it is the final day of the public session. the crowds were out, demonstrators on both sides of this issue, issues combining abortion, religious liberty, obamacare, corporate rights, all into this one ruling, and today we heard the ruling from the majority, the five conservative justices ruling in favor of hobby lobby striking down this key provision in the affordable care act requiring closely held family owned companies to provide comprehensive coverage of contraception to its employees. now the two companies that brought this case forward argued that four types of contraception in particular violated their faith because they equate it to abortion and they said that they should not be forced by the government to provide

joining me to talk about the legal troubles is cnn's justice correspondent pamela brown and hln legal analyst joey jackson. it seemed like this was quite a surprise. was this a surprise? how did this all go down, pamela? >> it's certainly a landmark decision, ashleigh. some would say it's not a surprise because there has been so much political and social controversy, pressure, on the redskins and the owner dan schneider to change the name of the team. basically, let me break down what this decision means. the team can still use the name the redskins, but now others can too. assuming that all the appeals go through and this decision is upheld. so this means that marketers can sell redskins t-shirts and hats. companies can have the name redskins as part of the company name. they don't have to pay a dime to the team. they don't have to pay any royalties because the trademark, six trademark registrations were canceled. so this really hits the team in its pocketbook. it could lose a lot of money with this decision, ashleigh. and we've reached out to the redskins, trying to get a comment. w

pamela brown reports from the supreme court. >> reporter: fiery protest on merge not three issue niecereligious freedom, abortion and obamacare. today the high court striking down a key provision in the affordable care act for companies providing coverage. hobby lobby cast stores saying it violate their beliefs. >> obamacare covers 20 types of birth control. this case focuses on four. plan b, morning after four and week after pill known as ella and two types of iuds. hobby lobby equates them with abortion because they say it prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the womb. supporters of the contraception mandate say this ruling unfairly brings a woman's boss into her private medical affairs and will dump a huge financial burden on female employees. >> i think immediately tens of thousands of women who were employees of these companies will either be out of their birth control or will absolutely have to double pay because we already pay and that adds up at the end of the month. >> five conservative justices on the court used a 20-year-old federal law it make the case that closely h

our justice correspondent pamela brown is at the supreme court. we also have our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and chief political analyst gloria borger here in the studio. i want to begin with pamela down at the supreme court. so the court said its ruling applies only to closely held companies. i was looking at the definition here. companies with more than 50% of their value held by five employees. how does that distinction work? >> yes, absolutely, jim. so think family owned companies. closely held, for profit, family owned companies. not a big publicly traded company like fedex. that's what the justices said in the ruling today. the ruling applies to these closely held company. it doesn't necessarily mean they have to be small. important distinction. you look at hobby lobby, it's an arts and craft chain with more than 13,000 employees nationwide and more than 500 stores nationwide. but today the majority, the five conservatives, saying essentially that these closely held for profit companies should be afforded the same religious liberty ri

. >>> pamela brown with a "360" news and business bulletin. >>> pakistani taliban claimed responsibility siege on karachi's airport. officials say 29 people killed and 10 militants. rescuers are still trying to reach workers trapped inside a cold storage facility. >>> five relatives of those aboard malaysia airline appeared seek $5 million in donations. organizers say the money will be used for private investigation and offered as a reward for information on what happened to the plane three months ago. >>> and hillary clinton tells abc news, she and her husband, former president, bill clinton were dead broke and facing massive legal bills when they left the white house in 2000. they paid off the bills in four years and the clintons now rake in millions each year in speaking fees. >> all right. pamela, thanks very much for that. >>> up next, what police say the truck driver charged in the crash that critically injured tracy morgan did not do the day before the deadly wreck. peace of mind is important when you're running a business. century link provides reliable it services like multi-lay

joining me to talk about the impact is cnn's justice correspondent pamela brown, cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin and an attorney from the beckett found, a public interest law firm representing hobby lobby. pam, first to you, take me into this very narrow ruling. in plain english, explain what was said today. >> it is a narrow ruling, as you point out. there still are some unanswered questions here today. but the conservative justices, the majority rules in favor of hobby lobby today, saying essentially that owners of these close closely held family-owned companies can exercise religious freedom rights. in this case, the justices ruling that hobby lobby does not have to be required by the government to provide coverage of certain kinds of contraception. hobby lobby argued it was a violation of their faith to provide that to its employees. today, actually, the justices deciding with hobby lobby, but you had the dissent with four justices. ginsburg says, the court i fear has entered into a minefield by its reading. i would define religious exemptions under the act for organizations formed fo

and we're joined by pamela brown, phd student in sociology at the new school in new york, leading activistue of student debt. she helped launch the occupy student debt campaign pledge of refusal and produced the debt resistors operations manual. pam, your reaction to what president obama announced? what is the significance? is a binding? >> first, thanks for having me on the show. the obama announcement is an important announcement, a good thing that students -- that many milliondents, about 5 or students will at least have access to this particular program. but it is really just putting a band-aid on a gapingwound. the problem is so much more enormous than reducing people's payment to 10% of household orome and forgiving so-called forgiving it after 20 years. if you pay taxes, it is forgiven -- >> can you explain, if you're part of this program? >> the program has pacific rules. there are several programs available. there's income based repayment which has been the most common one at 15% cap on income and 25 year forgiveness. this program is in distinction to that. you could not have borr