i'm paul gigot. president obama took a victory lap tuesday declaring his signature affordable care act a success. that is, quote, here to stay. with more than 7 million enrollees. chuck schumer saying voters will reward obamacare supporters in the upcoming midterm elections. >> come november, we are confident our push to give the middle class a fair shot at a better life will prevail over the tired false attacks against the affordable care act. >> how confident should democrats be? here with a look at this year's battle of control of the senate, "wall street journal" columnist dan henninger, jason reilly and james toronto. chuck schumer says obamacare is a net plus. how do you see that? >> he sounds like a senator from a blue state not up for election this year. he should talk to some of his colleagues. obviously, is's overselling these numbers. they could be hollow numbers. senators from red states are still running away from this law. democrats from red states up for re-election are still running a

>>> welcome to "the journal editorial report," i'm paul gigot. the supreme court upheld a referendum banning racial preferences in admissions to the public university, preserving the status quo in that state and seven otherses that have ended affirmative action. the decision produced five different opinions, including a 58-page dissent by justice sonia sotomayor who compared michigan's referendum to jim crow laws in the south, calling it, quote, the last chapter of discrimination. and writing that a majority of the michigan electorate changed the basic rules of the political process in that state in a manner that uniquely disadvantaged racial minorities. for more, i'm joined by "wall street journal" columnist, dan henninger, jason reilly and colin levi. colin, you wrote about this for us. the opinion was really splintered. a lot of opinions, different points of view. what should our viewers -- what should be the main takeaway from the opinion? >> right. the main takeaway here is that the justices got to the right answer. but they got there by the

mike murphy, republican strategist, donna edwards, paul gigot, and kara swisher, co-executive editor of re/code. she's been on the forefront of coverage of major news and developments in the digital world at a variety of organizations including "the washington post" and "the wall street journal." that's a lot of information. >> it is. >> about kara swisher. >> that's enough. i'm going to leave now. >> you're the wildcard. you are the person who will shake things up. >> david brooks isn't here. >> we're relying on you. let's get to health care. we'll hear from kathleen sebelius in a few minutes. her first interview since resigning her post. mike murphy, i turn to you. but first ezra klein writing this, obamacare has won, and that's why secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius can resign. the evidence has piled up in recent weeks that the strategy worked. obamacare's first year despite a horrific start was a success. more than 7 million people looked to have signed up for health insurance through the exchanges. millions more have signed up through medicaid. millions bey

i'm paul gigot. the supreme court on tuesday upheld a 2006 michigan voter referendum banning racial preferences in admissions to its public university. preserving the status quo in that state and seven others that have ended affirmative action since 1996. the 6-2 decision produced five different opinions including a 58-page decent by justice soto mayor who compared michigan's reference dumb to jim crow laws in the south and writing that a majority of the michigan electorate changed the basic rules of the political process in that state in a matter that uniquely disadvantaged racial minorities. the political diary editor, jason riley, and senior editorial writer, collin leavy. colin, you wrote about this for us. the opinion was splintered with a lot of different points of view, what should be the main takeaway from the opinion? >> right, paul, the main takeaway is that the justices got to the right answer but they were most incredibilityal. they can ban those privileges without the constitution. but i

. >>> welcome to "the journal editorial report" i'm stuart varney in for paul gigot. the congressional investigation into irs targeting gained steam this week with one house committee voting to refer former treasury official, lois learner, to the justice department for possible criminal prosecution. another voting to hold her in contempt. new evidence emerged, suggesting lerner used her position to single out conservative groups for scrutiny and personally pushed to deny tax exempt status to at least one of those groups, crossroads gps. for more, i'm joined by "wall street journal" columnist dan hen inger. assistant editorer, james freeman and kim strassel. kim, to you first, if i may. you have, i think, a case study of what exactly lois lerner did. >> yeah, that's why what happened this week really mattered, especially out of the ways and means committee, stewart. we finally have an idea of the methods that lois lerner used to go after some of these groups. we know in the case of crossroads, she focused in on them. she exerted pressure on a group to audit them. it ap

. >>> welcome to "the journal editorial report" i'm stuart varney in for paul gigot.estigation into irs targeting gained steam this week with one house committee voting

i'm paul gigot.

paul gigot and the editorial was, it was nice to think that kathleen sebelius's reg nis nation is a case of accountability. the departure of the secretary of health and human services who presided over obamacare's rollout debacle is best understood as one more attempt to dodge political responsibility. why. why do you say that? >> because it's a deck clearing exercise. she's a lightning rod. would have been a lightning rod going into the elections. get her out of there and you waited until kind of you had at least the plausible signup numbers to be able to quote, but now let's move her out. she wasn't going to help in the election. they hope to get this confirmation of her successor done early. i think the danger for the democrats is the republicans will use this as an opportunity to reopen the debate and try to find some of the facts that we don't know yet about how many people have paid their premiums, how many people lost insurance. what about the next wave and the premium increases that are coming? >> carol, a lot of people, friends and foes alike, wanted her gone for a while. >> it

i'm paul gigot. hope to see you here next week. ♪ >>> the crisis in ukraine is intensifying.he u.s. and six other world powers announcing they will move quickly to impose new sanctions on russia. good afternoon, i'm arthel neville. >> i'm eric shaw in for gregg jarrett. armed pro-russian separatists now are holding a group of international observers and accusing them of being nato spies. we're streaming live from donetsk, ukraine, with the latest. leland? >> reporter: hi, eric. those pro russian separatists now say they will exchange these international observers for a number of separatists being held by the ukrainian government. the government is firing back saying the observers are being held as human shields inside the pro russian stronghold, besieged by ukrainian soldiers. the soldiers, though, have not moved into the town, really out of fear of the amount of civilian casualties that would have to occur if they were going to go door to door and try to root out the separatists who are extremely well-armed. the russian foreign minister for his part says he is going to do wh

i'm paul gigot. hope to see you here next week. >>> a fox news alert on the missing malaysia airlines jet. a chinese patrol ship reportedly detecting pulse signals. australian officials now saying the characteristics reported are consistent with the aircraft's black box. as search crews race against the clock to locate it before the beacon's battery life ends. good afternoon. i'm gregg jarrett. >> i'm arthel neville. the chinese patrol ship is one of many in the multinational search effort including planes, ships and a submarine scouring the indian ocean to find any sign of the missing plane. right now david piper is streaming live from bangkok thailand. >> this massive international search has been going on all day. the chinese may have made a breakthrough. the official chinese news agency says chinese patrol ship detected pulse signals in the southern indian ocean. the possible ping sounds from the black box were discovered by ship in an area outside today's search area. 1,000 miles northwest of pe