and to march through the states, get states to attach bills that essentially attack roe versus wade, the sponsors and the pro-life sources don't have the cuts to put a national bill of that kind on the floor because it's a direct assault on roe versus wade that says that up until liability -- vability, the woman can have an abortion and after that, that is a matter for for and her physicians, and this bill tries to push beyond that. the bill is already under attack and the courts and it's sponsored by a representative of arizona who had to answer to the refusal to let me testify on a bill that only applies to the district of columbia because he didn't have a nerve. he dared not put a bill directly to her attack in roe versus wade on the floor and it was preon daned to go to the floor. and they have to tell their listeners about. if you had a provider at any point in your bill, that provider comes in to court to enjoin your right to have an abortion. so, however remote is the provider with the pediatrician, provider was a school nurse, that person has standing to come in to try to get

roe had a long shelf life. but i think the tea party is going to rally on this and very, very powerful thing. the hatred for this law, a lot of the stuff that we went through with the death panel summer and the town hall meetings, that level of anger is smoldering just below the surface. in this part of the electorate. and i think it's been reignited. by john roberts. >> i spoke to a couple of people who are not in washington and a person -- in missouri, they said actually that it's not that much interest in this. they were not sitting there at their television screen glued. chris: you read some of this stuff at the end of the week -- >> and look at the polling on where it ranks as a voting issue. yes among the tea party. chris: and people are calling this guy traitor. and wikipedia page. >> they're calling him the new david outer. -- david souter. chris: they're really angry on the hard right. >> one ruling, one day. >> and the guy that gave us -- >> coming there. chief justice john roberts hasn't suddenly gon

but if we chip away, we'll find out roe has no impact.doing. >> if we chip away, chip away, chip away, we will find that roe has no impact. >> absolutely right. and that's what they have been doing. that's why there's one clinic left. that's why it's so important that this -- that the people see what's happening here. this bill impacts those least able to afford it. the poor. and generally they're african-american women. this is civil rights we're talking about here. we're talking about the ability to decide whether or not to become a parent. you know, this is a state that pretends to care about children, yet we have probably the lowest amount of money expended per child per capita that exists. >> you had said before there was controversy of course. tell me about the backlash that you've gotten in this fight even after the ruling last night you received some backlash. tell us about it. >> well, tell me -- i'm sorry. what are you referring to? >> you had said earlier about the flack you've received. tell me about some of the backlash you'v

i believe since roe v. wade has been the law for 20 years we should sustain and support it. i was an independent during the time of reagan-bush. i'm not trying to return to reagan-bush. i want universal coverage. i want everyone in massachusetts and this country to have insurance. >> despite trying his best to run to the center, to appear to be a moderate, mr. romney even promised he was to the left of his opponent ted kennedy on the issue of gay rights in that election. despite that herculean ideological stretching, mr. romney lost the race badly to senator kennedy. it was not the culture war issues, the social issues that are credited with having made the difference in that election. the race didn't end up being much about health insurance or even whether or not mitt romney or ted kennedy were liberal or conservatives on abortion rights or gay rights or gun rights or anything like that. observers of the race say mitt romney lost that badly. look at that. he lost by 17 points to ted kennedy in that race more because of this issue. >> mitt romney's ads claim he created jobs,

what roe versus wade said was that no state can prohibit it.t things in the world are left to democratic choice and the court does not do democracy a favor when it takes an issue out of democratic choice -- >> how do you as a conservative catholic, how do you not bring your personal sense what is right and wrong to that kind of decision? because clearly as a conservative catholic, you're going to be fundamentally against abortion. >> just as the pro choice people say the constitution prohibits the banning of abortion, so also the pro life people say the opposite. they say that the constitution requires the bans of abortion because you're denying someone life without due process of law. the constitution said nothing about the choice. regardless of what my views as a catholic are, the constitution says nothing about it. >> what has been your hardest decision, do you think? >> my hardest? >> yeah. >> you don't want to low. >> i do want to know. >> no, it's the dullest case imaginable. there is no necessary correlation between the difficulty of a d

they think if they get have themverturning roe versus wade. they told politicothis is all an explosion, which we think if presented to the courts they would recognize the rights of the fetus. i was surprised it wasn't challenged and i would like to see that. they're begging for this, for a court challenge. anti-abortion activists all over the country are inviting a court challenge with these bans that are obviously unconstitutional. if they go to court, they think they'll get their chance to overturn roe versus wade and ban abortion all together. that's what they most want. in the meantime, they get the next best thing. they get a ban on some abortions, which are supposed to be constitutionally protected. they get to enforce these bans, even though they're unconstitutional. they've not been able to end abortion rights but six states are enforcing laws that have rolled back abortion rights that are protected by roe versus wade and the constitution. another three states have new bans like this that have not yet taken effect. back in april, arizo

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anand romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. my father's hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this company. through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. why are you demonizing us for it? it's time whad somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should be rewarded not punhed. we need somebody who believes in america. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

wade, he called it destructive, row -- roe v. wade. as a candidate, he claimed he had done all he could do to block gay marriage. in 1994, he voiced support for keeping minimum wage at pace with inflation. 12 years later he said to do so would hurt the very poor. and then he said he was independent during president reagan's term. independent. but now he says that ronald reagan is his hero! after saying he didn't want to fight in the vietnam war romney later claimed he longed to be there. and then there was this nugget yesterday. when he contradicted his top aide who said that obama care's individual mandate was a penalty, not a tax. so we're adding this to a new section of "the war room." we're calling mitt's flips. as you can see we have a few -- just a few of mitt's great hits here on flip-flops. but donations are encouraged! we want you to help us decorate the war room with your flip-flops. you just send it with your favorite flip-flop of mitt romney name on the back. we'll put it on our wall. it could be part of the whole ethos of

about our bodies and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female announcer ] for women planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning servic. but, for mitt romney... planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. >> the parents of terror suspects had sued the u.s. government for killing their family members and the corona strikes instead of going to trial. >> scott is in the newsroom to explain this. >> there was considerable controversy when he was put on a hit list because he was a u.s. citizen. they were killed in ground strikes without a trial and now their families when the government to pay. the preachings landed him at the top of a hit list and the man accused of inspiring the fort hood shooter. >> i never thought that one day this nice boy would be killed by his own government. >> his father today sued in d.c. federal court along with the acl

s about our boes and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female annnnouncer ] for women planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney... planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. >> the national weather service is calling the storm that slammed into fredericksburg a microburst. it knocked down walls and damaged the roof of nearby homes and businesses. in all, seven people were hurt. the city council will meet this afternoon in alexandria whether to seek an emergency declaration. it would provide the city with financial help and clean up after the twister that swept across the. june 30th. it will be held inside city hall tonight. this was a scary moment caught on tape on the new jersey boardwalk. take a look. a storm knocked out power to the ski high -- seaside heights ride. she jumps 35 feet down. at the time, sh

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roe versus wade. romney backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- ev in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female announcer ] for women planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney... planned parenthood. we're going to ret rid of that. >> line and in hd, this is abc7 news at noon, on your side. >> we have an update on how close to 20 children survive as a powerful storm obliterated the gymnasium they were in. it happen in fredericksburg. >> captured on camera, this is the severe weather that tore through parts of town, nearly splitting buildings in two. >> it was an emotional range of shock and joking around to hysteria on some people's part. >> the only two of the our walls remain. nearly 20 students and their parents were inside the cinderblock dance studio wende wicker -- we did it whether rushed in. -- when the wicked storm rushed in. tom olen says her son and granddaughter were inside at the time. the cracks my son he was the last one. -- >> my son, he was the

they are using women in my district as puppets, as pawns, to get at roe v.they are coming after you. >> so you think that they are specifically pursuing this in d.c., not just part of a broader anti-abortion interest pushing their advantage where they can, where they've got control, you think this is specifically to set up a federal case to challenge roe v. wade by taking this 20-week ban issue that they've pushed in other states? >> no, no, they can do that, and they've already done that in the states. this is to get up ahead of seam throughout the country where you get as many states as possible to defy roe v. wade. you can do it easily in nine conservative states where it's hard to get an abortion in the first place, but if you really want to bring this attention, some national attention on this, what you want to do as part of this national campaign is somehow get the federal government involved. rachel, if this was a principle matter, if you thought there was pain at 20 weeks, bogus science, to be sure, but if that's what you thought, you wouldn't be int

if they go to court, they think they'll get their chance to overturn roe versus wade and ban abortion that's what they most want. in the meantime, they get the next best thing. they get a ban on some abortions, which are supposed to be constitutionally protected. they get to enforce these bans, even though they're unconstitutional. they've not been able to end abortion rights but six states are enforcing laws that have rolled back abortion rights that are protected by roe versus wade and the constitution. another three states have new bans like this that have not yet taken effect. back in april, arizona's republican governor jan brewer signed the most restrictive one of these bans yet. it bans abortions a little earlier than the rest of the 20-week bans but uses the same reasoning in doing so. it's set to go into effect in arizona at the beginning of next month. one by one, in state after state, these laws have been allowed to take effect and chip away at abortion rights established in 1973 by roe versus wade. as of today, there's reason to believe that's not going to be allowed to ha

and romney sup srts overturning roe versus wade.ed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. my father's hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this company. through hard wowork and a little bit of luck, we built this business. why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should b be rewarded not pished. we need somebody who believes in america.

about our bodies and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. ll cut off funding tolanned parenthood. [ female aouncer ] for women planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney.... planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. >> there is hope in the d.c. neighborhood for a long-awaited cleanup of munitions. we expect to learn more about a plan to clean up military refuse from decades ago. >> this is a hot-button issue for people on glenn burke wrote -- glennbrook roaad. >> years ago it became a disposal area for weapons. the demolition of a house that may be sitting on even more varied munitions. beyond this lot fence, it looks like a house under renovation. in fact, it is toxic home in the middle of the affluent spring valley neighborhood. focus of an investigation by the army corps of engineers and the epa. >> there are 75 millimeter rounds, some containing mustard agent. >> they wer

roe versus wade. a direct attack on that.n't have the nerve to come to the target with a direct attack on roe versus wade, so they reach into their pot, pull out d.c. and use it as a cover. they figure they have gotten five or six conservative states where people don't use because they not in favor of abortions and if they want to get further, they think they need -- and they won't get it. even if it passes the house, it won't pass the senate. of course, that is based on bogus science. it's another one of those message bills that is for the republican base and extreme at this. >> -- at that. >> and i expect it to pass the house. >> thank you for filling us in here. >> my pleasure. >>> and all right, getting to the weather here. >> and with 80 degrees, 90, i guess you said it touchd? >> touched 90 and is starting to drop down. i we're still having problems with trees, even though for the most part, we have isolated showers and storms and that tree fell this evening in cleburn park and it's not from come any weather or storm to

and romney suprts overturning roe versus wade. romney backea bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> live and in hd, this is abc "news at noon," on your side. >> after a weekend filled without rage and sorrow, today the legal justice begins in the movie theater shooting that shocked the nation. the suspect james holmes made his first appearance in a, a courtroom. he looked dazed as the judge explained the process ahead of him. that will ultimately include being charged for the attack that left 12 people dead and 58 injured friday morning. let's get the latest from colorado with rebecca stevens. and the only suspect in the movie pewter massacre has made his first appearance in court. people were not sure what to expect when he appeared. the mass murder suspect was brought from solitary confinement to his first court appearance through an underground tunnel. in the

certainly, the political energy that one can see from roe v. wade some 30ears later.a bit of a problem for john boehner because his base is not only energized, they are furious at this decision. john b boehner does not want this election to be about health re. he wanted to be about the economy. that is where he wants to be. if anything, the president has the chance to be on the advantage of health care. that is a great opportunity. mitt romney does not want this. >> doesn' this work for mitt romney? he could say, ii told youu -- >> if mitt romney was ahead of the race and this bill was appealed 3.1 million adults would be shut off their parents' plan. if he got his way 5 million medicare beneficiaries who were saving $5.2 million in prescription drugs with news that. this is what the administration has got to talk about. >> from the president' perspective, mitt romney got his way in massachusetts. i would think he would point that out. >> in some ws, he is the worst person to be making this argument. he insisted on the mandate in his state, has a pgram in massachusett

. >> that was used in roe vs. wade. it is a theory is a lie. >> the highest court in the land where the issues that decide america are decided. my exclusive on piers morgan tonight. good evening. it's not often a supreme court justice sits down outside the court itself. i am here in washington it interview the longest serving justice, ant 99 scalia. they never comment on cases that are pending. everything from his faith and family to his guiding judicial principals and thoughts on campaign finance and politics and his colleagues. it's all on the table and my interview with scalia and coauthor of their new book. reading law, the interpretation of legal texts. justice scalia, welcome. brian, welcome to you too. >> thank you. >> the book is very much a template for the way you conducted your legal life. you are a man that believes fundamentally that the law in america should be based rigidly on the letter of the constitution. that's what you believe? >> yes. give or take a little. rigidly i should not say, but it should be

about our bodies and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female announcer ] for women, planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney... planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. >>> firefighters worked through the heat to battle a house fire in montgomery county. it happened today on ashton road in olney. homeowner says friday's storm tripped his circuit. power went back on. when he went to flip the circuit breakers back on, they caught on fire. >> i turned the circuit breaker on and it just -- everything went up. all the circuit breakers, just -- started burning, melting down. >> it took around 60 firefighters to put out the fire. the father and his small child escaped unharmed. >>> and an historic day for the people of libya. for the first time in 60 years they voted in a free national election. it's the conclu

and earl warren and other supreme court justices, including bachmann on roe versus wade. they become giants in the media after they do the right thing and-- >> it's always the conservatives put upon by the evil liberal media. >> or exconservatives rewarded. >> and the liberals are always rewarded and conservatives never get what they deserve. >> exactly. >> and let'ses talk about public awareness of all of this. the pew research center did a study and found that 55% of americans knew that the health care ruling had been largely upheld. they also found that 15% thought the court rejected most of the law and 30% didn't know anything about what had happened. is there a little bit of situation that needs to be done in the media? >> i think we need to worry about the education level of the american people, in general. including some of the media, but not all. and it was a confusing decision. there were two parts to it, one of which involved whether or not a commerce clause was going to be upheld and the other went against. >> a lot of material to cover. >> jon: up next, are th

has the roe v.d approach so cheapened life that we think about killing embryos without batting an eye? and i recognized that i can no longer stand in the posture of saying, look, i'm personally opposed, but i'm not going to change the law. i needed to make it very clear that in my view, we are wrong to accept abortion, other than in cases of rape and incest. >> reporter: but that conversion story doesn't hold up. because after that conversation in 2004, romney kept saying the same thing he had always said. that he was personally opposed to abortion, but he wouldn't change the law. here's what romney told "washington post" reporters in february 2005. >> so i'm personally pro-life. as governor of massachusetts, which is an overwhelming pro-choice state, i committed that i would not change the laws relating to abortion. >> well, do you support making abortion illegal? i'm not talking about what you would do as governor of massachusetts. >> yeah, but that's all -- that's the furthest i'm going to take y

certainly, the political energy that one can see from roe v. wade some 30 years later. on this one, it is a bit of a problem for john boehner because his base is not only outraged, they are furious at this decision. john boehner does not want this election to be about health care. he wanted to be about the economy, and that is where he wants to be on the defensive. if anything, the president has the advantage of being on the an advantage of healthcare. >> does and does work for mitt romney? >> if mitt romney had his way, and this bill was repealed, 3.1 million young adults would be shoved off their parents plans. if he gets his way, 5 million medicare beneficiaries who save more than $5.2 billion in prescription drugs could lose that. you could go down the list. this is what the administration has to talk about. >> from the president postboy perspective, mitt romney got his way in massachusetts. >> in some ways, he is the worst person to make making this argument. he is a man that insisted on the mandate in his state, has a program in massachusetts that is wildly popula

about our bodies and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roes wade. romney backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female announcer ] for women, planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney... planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that. enforcement database to check if people have the right to vote. the federal government gave the state the okay to check people's names against a list of resident non-citizens. that list is maintained by the department of homeland security. the obama administration denied florida's request for months, but relent aed after a judge roomed in the plan. ship say the mistakes won't be corrected by the election in november. >>> and joe paterno re-upped his contract in the same month of the investigation into jerry sandusky. the longtime coach reached and agreement with penn state on the amended contract last august including a $3 million bonus if pate

and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. . >>> hello and thank you for joining us. i'm jc hayward. >>> the extreme heat is topping our newscast this afternoon. a met -- the metropolitan washington area is under a heat advisory till 8:00 tonight. of course howard has been checking his maps so he has details. howard? >> the heat advisory just went into effect at noon. it lasts for another eight hours. we're worried about the heat- humidity combination pushing the heat index to 105, maybe locally higher than that, especially south of town. the cloud cover this morning, that gave us a little bit of a break. had showers and storms in western and northern maryland. those clouds around this morning have limited the rise to slow it down at least in northern sections. but down south, still very, very hot already.

and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. my father's hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this company. through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should be rewarded not punished. we need somebody who believes in america. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> caught on tape, an allegeddrunken driver plowing into a crowd. a group of fellows refuse to buy a television from that guy in the white car. apparently he didn't take too kindly on that so he drives his t-bird right into the crowd, backs up, coming right at this guy. then he comes down and p

and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. . >>> hello and thank you for joining us. we have breaking news we want to tell you about. police in aberdeen, maryland kay cal ripkins mother was kidnapped. she was found this morning near her home in harford county. she was unharmed. so far investigators are saying that she was approached by a man with a gun who forced her into his car and fled. we're still getting information and details on this story. we will bring you that information throughout the afternoon on our website wusa9.com and of course on 9news now beginning at 5:00 p.m. >>> dozens of residents are living in a high school right now that has been turned into a shelter because of a fire that occurred in prince george's county. flames raced through their apartment building on rochelle avenue in distr

and romney supports overturning roe versus wade.ney backea bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape e and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> live and in hs,d, this is abc 7 news at noon, on your side. >> the man accused of one of the worst mass shooting in u.s. history now officially faces criminal charges. james holmes a appearing in the colorado group for the second time. this time to be formally charged for the july 20 attack the killed 12 people and injured 58 more. this video from last time around because no cameras were allowed in the courtroom today so we turn now to brandi hitt with the very latest. >> no cameras allowed in the courtroom, but we do know the hearing is underway. one is over, many legal experts believe james holmes will likely face hundreds of charges. >> filing charges this monday july 30. >> 24-year-old james holmes is formally hearing the charges against him and said a caller to