barack obama was there. he did not have a plan. he did not have a strategy of that audience and he watched the other candidates in particular hillary clinton, and he came away thinking hillary clinton is campaigning at this level, and i am somewhere down here and if i'm going to win this nomination i've got to figure out how to become a better candidate. but the truth was he didn't know how to do that right away and he was deeply unhappy as a candidate in that i would say february, march, april, may, june period. there's a wonderful moment robert gibbs, now the white house press secretary -- everybody in the campaign was the candidate is not happy. and it's gibbs designated duty to help him through this. so they fly to iowa to get there and he said to then senator obama look i know everything's not great, but focus on something that you feel positive about and just let everything else fall by the wayside. and obama said to him frankly there is nothing i feel positive about at this point. you know, she did not like his own message,

one, but barack obama does have a base. the problem is that base and this is not unique to barack obama. is true of bill clinton, that the establishment for lack of a better term conservatives and even to be honest some of the blue dog democrats, the white democrats from southern states mostly were more conservative don't accept as legitimate his base which is black people, people of color, women, they don't accept the basis. that is part of his problem, it is, and so if you look at how sort of george bush responded once he was elected president the first time even though he did not win that election he had a mandate because he was in office, that's a mandate, it? so that brings us to the second point which is part of the problem is he's not recognized as having a legitimate case, he's not a legitimate president by wide swaths of the country. i couldn't tell you if it is half or not but it's a substantial chunk of the country. the other problem is that i don't have the answer to this, but i agree black people have to do mor

and barack obama says, i wonder why he did that. [laughter] >> two questions a lot of people were asking. >> well, -- [laughter] >> including a lot of people around mccain. that was a hail mary pass on john mccain's part. they felt they needed to shake up the complain. that if they picked a traditional tim who was on the short list, it would be greeted with some praise and wouldn't give them any lift. they felt they had to be something out of the box. and they decided that sarah palin was that choice. now if you take it from the mccain complain's point of view, the reason they did it, support, two, better among women. they had the mistaken assumption that they might be able if they picked to attract women who had supported hillary clinton who were unhappy that she had lost. this was obviously bad thinking. which they learned soon after. but i think the most important reason is that sarah palin to john mccain was somebody who was like him. she was a maverick. she had run against a sitting governor in her own primary. she had defeated

and that was barack obama talking as barack obama talks. and i think people felt that. but it also created an enormous backlash. he's taking the side of the upper middle class black professor over the upper middle class white police officer. even though he speaks on race and it turned out to be an unfortunately and unsuccessful way of dealing with this issue. >> the political wins support him a little bit. that was a black man. that wasn't the president. that was a black man speaking about what most of us go up against on a day-to-day basis. >> i actually believe he missed several opportunities. the harry reid -- of course, he said negro -- i thought he was talking about us. in any case, that was an opportunity to talk about diversity. that was an opportunity to condemn senator reid and to say, maybe we all need to have a conversation about how we get these light-skinned negros and what is that about. harry reid could say, let's put the whole senate through diversity training. i think we need to have a conversation. >> what would you like to see the president look to in

i would like to show you one man who did take my advice that guy, barack obama. first he was like that's crazy my church isn't preaching that stuff. his church teaches economic parity. claims that god is not pleased with&namerica's economic mal distribution. really? progressives are good at changing words. social justice i'm going to teach you what it means. let's look at other words. federal assistance. it replaced the word welfare. welfare. welfare replaced the word hand-out. why? hand-outs are bad, welfare was better then it got a bad name. subsidies have replaced the word self-reliance. bailout has replaced the word corporatefsh accountability. you see that's why the stimulus bill became the jobs bill. you hate the stimulus bill. but jobs bill you would be okay with. the progressives did this over and over again. they do it so you can never keep track of anything. this kind of social justice being preached in reverend wright-style churches not only resembles what many of these radical progressives and socialists and communist groups preach, it is what they pr

como dijo barack obama que iba a.. nosotros por eso los mexicanos votaron por Él. >> dijo que estas historias no le conmueven ya que sÓlo cumple con su deber. y que en estas consecuencias deberÍan pensar sus padres antes de vedir venir a este paÍs de manera ilegal. >> en otros temas, el presidente de estados unidos barack obama realizÓ este domingo el primer viaje de su presidencia a afganistÁn. dijo que la campaÑa militar habÍa hecho progresos pero que aÚn se debe abordar el fantasma de la corrupciÓn allÍ. >> veamos cÓmo transcurrió esta sorpresiva visita. >> el presidente barack obama fue recibido con gran entusiasmo por las tropas estadounidenses. de inmediato tuvo palabras de elogiÓ para con los hombres y mujeres en uniforme. >> mi principal trabajo es decirles gracias en nombre del pueblo estadounidense. todos en casa estamos orgullosos de ustedes y del trabajo y los sacrificios que estÁn haciendo. mÁs temprano el aviÓn presidencial habÍa aterrizado en el campo al norte de la capital afgana y fue

it is not a tension that barack obama can solve himself. the problem does not lie in barack obama. the problem lies in us. until the point that we are ready as a people that we can say we can put these issues on the table and we will not hold people or castigate ohm them or bring it against them for bringing up race. it is only at that point, that a candidate like obama can probably say what really is in his mind. i think he probably does want to have a black agenda but is not doing so because if he were to come out and say it, he would probably lose the next election. tavis: help me understand the hidden brain, the unconscious mind, then, of african-americans, who understand that the president can't stand up with a black first and run down some black power agenda. >> yes. tavis: but at the same time, recognize in their own conversations all of these things you said earlier about the crushing that they are experiencing. about the hell that they are enduring. for black people this isn't just a conversation. this is a way of life. they are the ones -- let me make it clear. too many f

hecho mÁs que bush ¿h@ puntounÁ de solucionado -desilusionado con el presidente barack obama? >> si, yo creo que puede hacer mÁs pero yo creo que soy una parte del sentir de un pueblo. de los 10 millones que salieron a votar, de los miles que apoyaron la candidatura y nal p barack obama. yo creo que Él tiene la gran habilidad de cambiar. yo creo que ha tenido un sinnÚmero de al pivisional p nuestra comunidad en cuanto a la reforma de la migraciÓn. ya que esos retos se van a ir echÁndose a un lado. quizás esto marca un mejor porvenir, todavÍa hay tiempo univpara que este presidente brille. nuntoiv estrella que nos lleve hacia la justicia. >> ¿cÓmo toh@al puntounivisiona deportunnes mÁs que durante bush? ¿quÉ pasÓ? >> esta casa blanca ha decidido que tienen un programa de reforma yo sÉ que cuando univisional puntounivisional pÓ sÍ tiene un plan de inmigraciÓn y de migraciÓn es mayor sufrimiento a nuestra comunidad. se han enfocado en eso, por eso estamos aquÍ, ivis obama, pero tiene que unionel h un trabajo mucho mejor. y no lo ha hecho. >> me quedan sÓlo uno

president barack obama is creating a bipartisan fiscal commission. along with speaker pelosi and majority leader read, i pledge that we will get an up or down vote in congress. we want a statutory provision that was unable to be passed assured that. senator harry reid, speaker nancy pelosi, and di, the commission must come to a consensus in congress must act on the proposals by the end of the year. the president has appointed two proven budget balancers. erskine blwles and alan simpson. i hope congressional republicans will take the work as sincerely and seriously as the chairman takes it. i hope my own colleagues will do so as well. they will come to the table without preconditions, ready to contribute their ideas and not just their criticisms from the sidelines. the commission has -- is bipartisan and won the vote of 16 republicans in the senate. i was disappointed to see that several republican supporters of t!e bill voted against it. as soon as president barack obama endorsed it. social security reform was worked on in the '80s. the real work of

i absolutely -- >> you think barack obama may have anti-american views? >> absolutely, i i'm very concerned that he may have anti-american views. i would say is that the news media should do a penetrating expose and take a look, i wish they would, i wish the american media would take a great look at the views of people in congress and find out if they're pro american or anti-america. i think people would love to see an expose like that. >> well barack obama has anti-american views, the media should do an expose on members of congress? well those remarks caused serious concern in her home state of minnesota at the time. she told a local newspaper that she regretted using the term "anti-american." that was then. but wednesday night at a close to the press fundraiser, congresswoman bachman was offering another assessment. she said her "hardball" appearance was in fact pro fetic. quote, i said i had very serious concerns, that barack obama had anti-american views. and now i look like nostradamus. i can't beat that. nuf said. >>> next, to russia with love, thi

i think many of us remember when president barack obama came before the house floor to give an explanation and encourage us to get the work done. kind of pivotted to the left and looked to the republicans and said, you've been wrong and you've been unfair because nothing in this bill contains any provisions, any tax benefits that could benefit undocumented workers. he said illegal aliens then. two days later he said the washington -- the white house issued a statement saying moreover, even if you go to the exchange to purchase your health care, we want to make sure that you're legally here in this country even though there would be no taxpayer dollars, even though you would use your own money to buy it. i thought that was mean, over the top, unnecessary, bad public policy. and they then interjected immigration policy into the health care debate and we responded. now, what happened was we couldn't -- when the house passed the bill, it didn't include that language. unfortunately, now we're back to the senate. so i and others decided that we would engage this white house in a conversation and

i have no animosity toward barack obama at all. but his policy i abhor. >> bill: okay, guys, thank you very much. appreciate the spirited debate. directly ahead is it legal will the supreme court directly overturn obama care. later, oprah winfrey topic of defamation lawsuit. we will tell you more about that as the factor rolls along this evevevevevev/d/d/d/d/d/d/d/d/d/a >> bill: in the is it legal segment tonight, we have so much for the ladies, we had to give them two segments. first up, rasmussen poll out today says 4% of american voters would favor having their state challenge obama care in court. just 37% would oppose. question, what are the odds, the odds the supreme court will eventually overturn health care reform? here now attorneys and fox news analysts kimberly guilfoyle and lis wiehl. all right, wiehl, you know, i told you right before the segment i yelled at the ladies. >> scaring us before we go on. >> bill: i don't want any nuances. tell me how you think this will play out. will it get to the supreme court. >> it defi

things that republicans like john used to like before barack obama. so we win the argument either way. >> 57% of republicans think president obama's a muslim. worse than that, 25% think he's the antichrist. what is going on here? john feehery? >> you're asking me? sorry. i thought you were asking joan. >> do you believe these numbers? >> i think probably about 20% of the american people believe that the pope is the antichrist, too. you know, i think that -- i was looking -- doing some research. a lot of people thought that george bush, a lot of democrats thought george bush was hitler. they thought george bush was the antichrist. a lot of websites were dedicated to that. i think the biggest tragedy in all of this is the decline in civility in our discourse. >> do you think the republicans are feeding it? >> you know what, i think that a lot of this is organic. i don't think republicans are saying barack obama is the antichrist. i don't think republican leaders are saying barack obama is hitler. >> they're not distancing themselves from it. >> they sho

that puts the final vote on sunday, at the earliest, the day that president barack obama will depart for an international trip. >>> a spokesperson for president barack obama is saying that virginia will sue if it passes. last week, virginia lawmakers passed a bill making it illegal for individuals to purchase health care. >>> years of torture and anguish will come to an end when powell executed. he killed a sister back in 1991. he tried to kill her sister. at 1999, powell will die in the electric chair. read's mother is going to be there. >> it is not going to change what happened to them. you are never the same person after something like this. as tragic as it is, a part of you dies, a part of my died with stacey. >> christy reed is 25 years old, she lives in texas and came back to washington. >>> six men sit behind bars. the woman ktoday go go to bathroom and made a break for freedom. the woman asked that we shield her identity. >> i went and opened the door. this young woman was upset. she said, can you please let me in, someone is trying to kill me. she lost her shoes and up set.

. >>> president barack obama continues his push for votes in favor of the legislation. democrats are getting ready to use the deem and pass tactic. that would allow the house to pass a rule. deeming the senate bill passed without voting on it. president barack obama talked about the push with "fox news" channel. >> what i'm saying is whatever they end up voting on, i hope it will be sometime this week, that it's going to be a vote for or against my health care proposal. that's what matters. >> the white house is saying that the president wants to complete health care reform before he leaves for indonesia on sunday. >>> ohio has passed a law against mandatory health care. this would require the state attorney general to sue the government the residents are forced to buy insurance. virginia passed a bill last week and three other states are considering doing the same thing. >>> new this morning, a fire at a gas station in virginia is under investigation. the two alarm blaze broke out at 1:30 this morning. investigators say that it started in an office area. no one was hur

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it may be good for barack obama in the long term. chris: to be tighter there. does the president cut the losses? >> absolutely. his main problem for the people that said if he walked on water, he has been bloodied. he has sunk, he got back up. he's trudging on. people like that narrative. a persevering persistent guy. who's been knocked around a bit. ris: isn't it weird that massachusetts, ted kennedy's seat, the ghost of ted kennedy in a strange way came back here and saved the democrats' bill and saved ted kennedy's dream, health care for all americans. >> and made people realize that obama is not a magician. he is actually a very persistent politician. chris: write that in a column. again, and again and again. >> you have to be careoul abt not talking about the history. that puts them back on the walking on water category. chris: thank you, howard for the new testament reference. if you watched the health care bill signing ceremony this week, you probably caught this little sugar plum courtesy of vice president joe biden. >> this is a big [bleep] deal! chris

how is it that 95% of all blacks voted for barack obama? how is it that 6 % of hispanics voted for democrats for that matter liberals and progressives continually try to sabotage our relationship with the israelis. how is it that 78% of the jewish vote went to barack obama? how did that happen? i'll tell you next and why it is important to understand it. ç . >> reporter: i'm patti ann brown. today the chief of police at the u.s. capital and the fbi delivered briefings to members of congress to address security concerns after the historic health care vote. steny hoyer says more than then democratic lawmakers have reported incidents involving threats. today the president signed an executive order reaffirming a ban on funds for abortion. the white house insures new health care reform man takens the status quote of law. more than 150 lawyers meeting in san diego today on the eve of a major federal court hearing regarding the toyota lawsuits. judges will decide whether to combine all cases. glenn beck returns in a moment first bret baier previ

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but it is a very big game in changer, and for barack obama, and the country, as mark said, is huge. i don't think since modeled reagan we have had a president who wanted to change the way the country functions of this much. he got a huge piece of what he wanted. >> two views of the health care reform bill. >> we are not a nation that scales back its aspirations. [applause] we are not a nation that falls prey to doubt or mistrust, we don't fall prey to fear. we are not a nation that does what is easy. that is not who we are. >> shame on each and every one of you who substitutes your will and your desires above those of your fellow countrymen. >> profound differences of opinion here. is it a good bill? >> seriously, the devil is in the details. i thought that the prescription drug bill in 1993 was a very flawed bill. mark mcclellan, who was later on the bush's fda -- >> commissioner. >> was in charge of implementation and did a terrific job. that is really at, at the effectiveness of implementation. it is our real responsibility. this administration, particularly health and human serv

we can't trust you to stand up to barack obama. >> chris: you have the final 45 seconds. go ahead. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. this race is about trust. marco rubio earned $300,000 as lobbyist lawyer with a firm in florida while he was in the house of representatives. whose interest was he really looking out for? we have a fundamental different view about public service. i think it's to serve the public. that's why i took the stimulus money, because i put people above politics. in addition to that, he won't reveal his tax returns. why won't he reveal them? >> that's not true. >> it's absolutely true. mine are out there, yours haven't. we asked you to do it three days ago and you haven't done it. is it because you're doctoring the books? or because of the $34,000 raised in the $600,000 you raised and shows up, nobody knows where it is? that the i.r.s. may have an issue with it? i don't know and we don't know. >> chris: because of the doctor in the books line, you have 15 seconds to respond. >> this is outrageous allegation. this campaign is 11 months old and t

he's the old barack obama who won iowa. this guy can do anything. >> yes, he can but except win massachusetts, new jersey, or virginia. he went into all of those and look what happened. so i'm not -- i'm sure he can help barack obama. he can even help legislation, politically, to be determined. >> great question to see, as we go forward. quick last word? base is energi like our chances. >> you guys stay put. we're going to move over to the big screen, we'll have fun with the play by play. we have great moments. republicans wear leather now. tucson, arizona, john mccain and sarah palin. >>> back now with the play by play. still with us, democratic strategiest cornell belcher and alex castellanos. out in tucson, arizona, not just the senator and governor palin but the first dude, todd palin was there, cindy mccain there as wem. listen to cindy mccain and she's warming up the crowd and let's see if this one passes truth test. >> you have come today, i know most of all to see my husband. but i know you've also come -- but you'v

president barack obama signed the new jobs loss. it offers tax breaks to companies who hire new workers and highways and construction programs. skeptics are saying it will only create 250,000 jobs. >>> the top 50 offenders in maryland are being called out. >> really? >> yeah. >> that's a lot of money and are they going to go after them? ÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷ do you know what's in your spread ? in land o' lakes spreadable butter with canola oil, there are just three natural ingredients. delicious sweet cream, canola oil and salt. nothing hidden, nothing artificial. spread pure, natural goodness straight from the fridge. discover land o' lakes spreadable butter with canola oil. land o' lakes, where simple goodness begins. >>> welcome back. flooding fears continue in the midwest. the red river is already spilling over it's banks in fargo, north dakota. the river is expected to crest on sunday. in des moines, iowa, residents are using boats to cross the roads. >> it seems like the red river floods every year. >> the

barack obama is simply trying to be all things to all people. i think he's trying to spend and his way out of this problem. >> sean: i was right about obama from the beginning, deaf -- rigidize log, a sense of tone deafness. will the american people accept the gravy train is over and the politicians have the political courage to say sorry no more? >> it time to find out that's one of the great things about think back [ talking over each other ] >> it is the voice of the working man and woman in this country the decent people who fight our wars who run ourselves vick organizes who are the backbone of this country. they have 1950s values, roll up their sleeves and decent folks. >> sean: not looking for hand-outs. >> the exact opposite. >> they want to say their peace and they want to be heard and respected. >> look how they are being vilified now. look back at the vietnam war the way nixon, ronald reagan vilified in the first part of his administration look how george bush was vilified and demonized. i think we are going to go through a period, th

obama cumpla con su promesa. el congreso es la ventana mÁs propicio para que se logre este acuerdo. >> los Ángeles volverá a escuchar el clamor de miles de inmigrantes pidiendo que se termine con la situaciÓn que atraviesan los inmigrantes. >> estamos con angÉlica salas, la coaliciÓn por los derechos humanos de los inmigrantes. es una de las organizadoras de esta marcha. >> bienvenida. >> es un placer. >> que diferencia tendrÁ con la del fin de semana pasado o con las que sucedÍan hace aÑos? >> tenemos que mostrar nuestro poder como comunidad, para poder motivar acciones en el senado, si nosotros nos salimos a las calles, la acciÓn no se va a dar. la diferencia es que muchas personas han entendido su papel polÍtico y la estrategia polÍtica que tenemos que tener para ganar en una campaÑa legislativa, han llamado, han votado y no se dan por vencidos. y la expectativa es que el presidente cumpla, que nuestros senadores y nuestros congresistas tomen su responsabilidad. >> recientes encuestas dicen que el

wendell goler is at the white house where president barack obama is preparing to go to capitol hill. molly henneberg is on the front are the capital. they've descended to shout opposition and we'll begin at the white house. wendell. >> there is no celebrating, but white house officials point out that each no vote that changes to yes and the optimism officials felt as nancy pelosi's promise to deliver the goods as you say the president heads to the capitol with some democrats showing they have the 216 to pass the senate reform bill in the house and perhaps without the deem and pass measure, parliamentary maneuver that republicans objected to so very strongly. yesterday at a campaign style event at a nearby college. the president rallied a friendly audience as he tried to close the deal with lawmakers and he said the issue is not the costs or the growth of government or the

yes, sir. >> praying for god to kill barack obama. >> bill: and john stossel on what you cannot say in america. is there anything? >> the white right is trying to set barack up to be is asass sin nateed. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill owe rile live. thanks for watching tonight. hating america that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. when you do violent things, you hate your country. it doesn't matter why you do them. violence itself is destructive to society. there is all kinds of violence, physical, mental, and emotional. the fbi has smashed a what whacked out militia group in michigan nine people. apparently the loons were planning to kill a police officer and -- crazy? off the chart. we congratulate the fbi for arresting these people assuming of course the charges are proved. the westboro baptist church which hates gay people and believes god is punishing in america, won a victory in court. these disturbed souls from westboro disrupt milita

. >> it's also because barack obama went big. he went big, high concept, sweeping comprehensive, big, big ideas, even though he allowed the congress to shape the health care bill, but because he went big and conceptual, mitch mcconnell's strategy of sort of spreading tax on the highway to mix my felt fors worked because -- my metaphors worked because voters got worried about big government. if obama had put forth smaller measures that any reasonable person could understand quickly and agree on quickly, it would have made mcconnell's obstructionism harder to carry out. chris: the problem he has and this is the question -- can people look up to the president? like a stevenson or wilson, but vote against him, even though the polls show they like him. they got respect for his mind, his background, his values, but say he is not connected with my interests, which way is he going to affect this election? >> particularly in a midterm election, they can absolutely send that signal for the reason that howard noted just to say hey, not so f

president barack obama is creating a bipartisan fiscal commission. along with speaker pelosi and majority leader read, i pledge that we will get an up or down vote in congress. we want a statutory provision that was unable to be passed assured that. senator harry reid, speaker nancy pelosi, and di, the commission must come to a consensus in congress must act on the proposals by the end of the year. the president has appointed two proven budget balancers. erskine blwles and alan simpson. i hope congressional republicans will take the work as sincerely and seriously as the chairman takes it. i hope my own colleagues will do so as well. they will come to the table without preconditions, ready to contribute their ideas and not just their criticisms from the sidelines. the commission has -- is bipartisan and won the vote of 16 republicans in the senate. i was disappointed to see that several republican supporters of t!e bill voted against it. as soon as president barack obama endorsed it. social security reform was worked on in the '80s. the real work of

we'll ask our band of sunday regulars when we come back. >> president barack obama: if they want the fight we can have it... because i don't believe the american people are going to put the insurance industry back in the driver's seat. >> repeal and replace. that's what americans really want. and that is something far beyond washington, d.c. will want to celebrate, the president and mitch mcconnell giving us a glimpse of the campaign battlefield as the just-passed health care reform bill becomes a rallying cry for both sides and it's time for our sunday group, brit hume, senior political analyst, and contributors mara liasson of national public radio, bill kristol of "the weekly standard" and juan williams also from national public radio. it has been minus a few hours, one week since the house passed health care reform, brit, which side do you think had the better side, better part of the argument so far about whether it's good or bad for the country. >> i don't think that argument has move. the polling suggests people's sentiments are where they were before the vote was taken, which

i don't believe that even you said this morning earlier when we were here barack obama, when it comes to race is almost allergic to talking about it. we've seen him do that once or twice during his presidency. several fims during the campaign but i think i have to disagree with rush limbaugh when he says he is here to divide and conquer. the country is very much divided right now on political terms. the republican party is divided. the democratic party is divided. at one point in time i remember then senator obama saying we are not a nation of red states and blue states. we are a nation of purple states. well, for better or for worse, since his election we have definitely become a nation of red states and blue states and we're going to see it in november. i believe that there are a lot of people, democrats who are going to lose their seats in november. it doesn't have anything to do with race. it has a lot to do with the fact that this congress has done nothing until health care yesterday. >> it has to do with people being whipped up into such a frenzy and it's one thing to say divide

people react -- i know i did as viewer, i said i'm with this guy. >> finally we saw the barack obama of the campaign, he came back it was from losing the olympic bid to this health care mess. >> i don't think it got the coverage it deserved. we know what the conservative position is. the weekly standard, it says repeal. and let me talk about the pundits on this. speaking of "the weekly standard" fred barnes wrote back in january, the health care bill obamacare is dead with not the lightest prospect of resurrection. and here is chris matthews with alan grayson telling him about the idea that health care could pass in the senate through reconciliation. >> reconciliation is 51 votes not 60 votes. >> nobody has done a program with reconciliation. just name the program that's ever been created through reconciliation. >> tax cuts -- >> that's not a program. you can raise taxes or cut program spending. you cannot create something. >> videotape is a wonderful thing, isn't it? >> there's nothing -- it's not that matthews turned out that he was wrong, it's that he's mocking his guest for takin

saborea la bueno. >> el gobierno del presidente barack obama, quiere ayudar a las personas que estÁ cerca de perder sus hogares. >> hace cuatro aÑos realizo el sueÑo de comprar esta casa pero enfrenta la posibilidad de perderla. >> lo que espero es que el banco nos pueda ayudar a bajar los intereses y no perder la casa. >> la administraciÓn reveló un nuevo plan de $ 14 mil millones, parte de su programa de prevenciÓn de ejecuciones hipotecarias. >> se dice que la crisis afecta a millones de propietarios en el paÍs. >> si pudieran recibir una reducciÓn de la hipoteca por seis meses, o incluso venderla en $ 3000. >> lo que es novedoso es que extiende asistencia a familias que de otra forma hubieran calificado para una modificaciÓn. >> el plan busca ayudar a personas, marisa sanchez que continÚa trabajando, una familia con una hipoteca y una casa que vale 180 mil- se podrÍan ahorrar $ 700 mensuales. la participaciÓn de los bancos es voluntaria. >> cÁlculos optimistas estiman que en el nuevo plan podrÍa ayudar a un misiÓn de propietarios, pero 5 millones estÁn en procesos de em

today president barack obama did what generations of presidents before him only dreamed of doing. he put his pen to legislation which officially made health reform the law of the land. mr. obama joined by a huge

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. >> president barack obama: i know it is a tough vote. and i am actually confident. i've talked to some of you individually, that it will end up being the smart thing to do, politically. because i believe the god -- that good policy is good policy. i cannot guarantee that this is good policy, you know your districts, and if you think your constituencies honestly wouldn't be helped you shouldn't vote for this. is the bill perfect? of course not. will it solve every, single problem in our health care system, right away? no. this piece of historic legislation is built on the private insurance system we have now, and runs straight down the center. >> republicans certainly disagree with that and i handful of democrats who argued it is too expensive and taxes and spends too much and ultimately, it is not the right way to address a lot of the problems. clearly, the democrats believe that it does, and tomorrow they'll cast their ballots, for this, and the president has said, democratic majority has said, that not only will it increase the number of people insured and covered

does barack obama and nancy pelosi think we're stupid? >> well, i think what they -- what he's -- he's doing what he has to do, joe. i think you're correct. i think, and howard dean himself says this is a giveaway to the insurance companies. he was against it for a while for that reason. but i think this idea of repeal and reform, i think, is an idea that's got the support of a majority of americans. clearly, a majority did not favor this bill. if you say you're going to repeal it and change the aspects of it, we all dislike, i think that's a powerful republican message. i say to the president, bring it on. >> so if the president going -- i talked about martha coakley because he went up there saying, we're standing up against special interests. but he wasn't. nothing to big pharma, big unions, big health insurance. americans are smart. they figure this out, the president's not telling the truth. so if that doesn't work for the president, i actually think -- i think democrats are too cynical to follow this advice, i think they should just

it has been the biggest political battle for barack obama. the slimmest of the margin clearly indicates -- the slimness of the margin clearly indicates the division. >> after a year of trying, these new laws on health care made their way through an exhausted and embittered congress. as the crucial votes came in, the democrats were google's. -- were duelists -- were jubilo. not one republican voted in favor. minutes after the vote, the president spoke. >> this legislation will let fix everything that ails our healthcare system. but it moves us decisively in the right direction. this is what change looks like. >> in los angeles this morning, americans were digesting that change. >> when you add 30 million more people into the health system that is already strained for resources, how were these people going to get treatment? >> is it going to be affordable or is it just another gimmick for health care companies to make money? >> the new laws should mean that, starting this year, insurance companies will have to guarantee coverage. no more cuttin

. >>> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. [ applause ] >> neil: well, a big something deal in the democrats whooping it up as -- lawyering up. welcome, everybody, plenty of whooping and hollering. the president signing on to make history. now 14 states attorneys generals trying to sign off on history. vermont democratic congressman peter welsh, among those separating today. -- celebrating today. very good to have you. >> good to be here. >> this on the same day a number of attorneys generals, including a democrat, is looking to stop. this very unusual. are you very worried? >> i think it's a great fight. if the republicans and those who voted against this want to repeal this and make it the issue in november, that's fair and square. at the end of the day, the americans have to have a say. what the difference will be is that now the bill they want to repeal is a fantasy bill that doesn't exist. the bill we passed means we have our kids on healthcare until they're 26. insurance companies can't deny because of a preexisting condition. do the

politicians like barack obama just keep lying. i tell you what, here in detroit, michigan, everything is vegas. guest: there were a lot of ross perot's supporters that previously identified with my party, some of them previously with the republican party. there is a current out there in the country of independent voters who, if given a viable choice, which they are not always, of a third-party candidate, they will go in that direction. harder to show off in a non- presidential year like this. i do not know where people go in a conventional election. but there is an element of the electorate that will not align itself with specific parties, but they do not always have the opportunity. guest: de part of this is the fact that financing, you have national parties with infrastructure. ross perot could finance himself. michael bloomberg it could finance himself. detroit has been an economic disaster area for a long time. martin and i would have differing views as the rationale for that. the democratic legislature has not done much. gues

now they are going to list it up a notch with a global co-leader role and one that barack obama may be endorsing. what do you think of that? >> sarkozy said hey, mr. obama would you do us a favor and raise standards on financial regulation across the whole globe? he is looking for derivative regulation. >> neil: germany is balking at that. >> everyone should balk at that. there are different standards here and different standards in europe. if we're the administrator of the regulation, a lot of companies will go overseas and say i don't need to do business here. i can do what i have to do in singapore where they may not be on board with the same france, u.s. exgermany, european union regulation. regulation could be another animal here. >> neil: all right. eric bolling, great stuff. you have tosky daddal --sky can daddal. democratic strategist here with his take on this. you might have heard earlier the guests saying they are fearful that we're joined at the hip with the big government thing. that these two are more than pen pals. what do you make of this? >> the problem i have with peo

concluding with the election of barack obama. he discusses the turn-of-the-century with aspen institute president walter isaacson. >> host: hello. it's my pleasure to be here with bill bennett, an old friend, somebody who has written now one-third in a trilogy of history books. there were too great volumes you did on american history that ended in 1989, and now you're doing a slightly similar volume to continue to the president. is that how you see it, part of a trilogy? >> guest: it is part of which religion. the book is "a century turns," but is a third in the series, america's last best hope. the reason i was a little reluctant, you know you've written history books, this history is pretty close so i was worried about perspective, of its activity, but because america's last best hope are in the schools available when public schools, teachers like to believe they are going to get up to the present. i say that because usually they don't make it but they like to believe they are doing to get their students at the present. so they

. >>> house speaker has sent president barack obama the final piece of legislation, it contains fixes to the bill signed into law on tuesday. among the changes, more benefits for seniors and low income families. >> we want equal coverage for equal premiums. second, when we went for coverage -- >>> callathize health care overhaul a victory for women's equality. she talked about one recent cause that caught her attention. >> one of my hearings revealed that a woman was denied coverage because she had a premature baby by a c section and dropped by one insurance company and when she went to another she was told she had to be sterilized to get health insurance. that will never happen again. >> president barack obama is expected to sign the second and final piece of legislation next week. >>> many companies are tightening their belts. today 320 employees will be laid off. today governor omaly said he is urging employees to work closely to make sure they have access to all available resources. the news of more job losses couldn't come at a worst time. employers cut more than 14,000 jobs. the

concluding with of the election of barack obama. he discusses this turn-of-the-century with aspen institute president walter isaacson. >> host: hello. it's my pleasure to be here with bill benet, an old friend. somebody who's written now a third in a trilogy of history books. there were too great volumes you did on american history that ended in 1989, and now you're doing a slightly slower volume to continue it to the present; is that how you see it, part of a trilogy? >> guest: it is part of a trilogy. the book is "a century turns" but it is a third in the series, "america: last best hope." the reason i was a little reluctant, you know, you've written history books. this history is pretty close to us. i was worried about perspective, ought to activity. but because "america: last best hope" first two volumes are now in the schools, available in public schools, teachers like to believe they are going to get up to the present. i say that because usually they don't make it but they like to believe they're going to get their students up

i'm tired of people giving barack obama a free pass on this. he's president of the united states, just like george w. bush was president of the united states. something happens to those guys when they get in, they say, you know, tina, george bush said he was going to bring america together. he was a uniter, not a divider. he did it in taxes. bill clinton -- >> bush does a huge amount of divisive stuff. >> so did barack obama. >> he had everything after 9/11 -- >> hold on a second. i'm going to stop you there. you're dead wrong. domestically the first thing george bush did by taking kennedy and saying, let's make a deal. and he -- in fact, bush spent up until 9/11 his first nine months working with democrats. not even talking to republicans. so, that -- >> but post-9/11 that was a huge moment. and i think people got very bitter about that. but, you know, i don't actually think this difference between rhetoric and ruin is dismaying to americans as we keep saying it is. i think ultimately process is ugly to watch. life is so transparent. you hear

my friend, barack obama, has a pen. barack obama's pen can turn our hope into victory. [applause] >> and we want barack obama to use his pen. he want him to use it now! [applause] >> our friends, our families, our neighbors have waited too long. if america has the problem it can't solve, our enemies blame immigrants, foster jobs, costly healthcare at those immigrants but you know what? i say the blame game is over. for today we've come to the front door of american history to say that the wait is over. the time is now. we're ready to turn our hope into victory. let's bring about comprehensive immigration reform. [applause] >> so today i want to leave you with this message. we've been patient long enough. we've listened quietly. we've asked politely. we've turned the other cheek so many times our heads are spinning. here in this place where americans facing injustice travel to have justice delivered, we need to present our demands. what is it that we want? to me it's simple. it's time to let immigrants come out of the shadows into the light of day and for america to embr