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we tell you about a cnn exclusive. the white house's final push to a health care reform bill. ed henry joins us from washington, d.c. ed, you are hearing this first. you are in washington tonight. what are you hear something. >> i'm at the gridiron dinner, a long washington tradition. it was interesting because bill clinton, the former president, is the headliner for this dinner and will start speaking soon. he was late to the dinner. i started inquiring with democrats outside the dinner and picked up two democratic sources that bill clinton was late to this dinner because he was making phone calls on health care. he was enlisted by the white house to push this over the finish line. bill clinton was the most recent democratic president in 1993 who tried so hard to get health care reform and failed so spectacularly. that is one of the reasons why democrats are so nervous about

the current debate. this lobbying, last-minute lobbying by bill clinton, calling democratic members of congress tells us two things. number one, while the democrats are close, they don't have the votes yet. they wouldn't be enlisting a former president. secondly, the white house is pulling out all the stops. enlisting a former president showing that president obama is literally pulling out all the stops to make sure this gets done tomorrow when the house votes on it. >> some people might question that choice because former president bill clinton took on health care unsuccessfully. do you think this is going to help? will people give their vote to him? he couldn't get it done. >> it's a good question. it remains to be seen. let's face it, he is a very popular figure in the democratic party. an interesting side note is one of my democratic sources was pointing out there was some thought that hillary clinton,

the secretary of state, might be able to help on this. but democratic officials point out as secretary of state it is awkward to get involved in domestic politics. that is part of the reason why instead of using the former new york senator the white house basically reached out to the former president. you are right. it could be difficult because he is somebody who tried and failed, but on the other hand, there are a lot of democratic faithful who respect and admire bill clinton for trying. even though he failed he fought the good fight. they are seeing perhaps president obama is going to finish the job. passing it in the house, if they do tomorrow, doesn't mean it is over. it means they still have to get it through the u.s. senate. this would be a major step forward and maybe bill clinton is somebody who can help push it through. >> it has been a very interesting day, ed henry. former president bill clinton late to the gridiron dinner and the president speaking to the democratic caucus, spending a

lot of time on capitol hill. ed, if you get more information please get with us. we will have you back later to talk about health care final four. a lot of people are comparing what is happening in washington to the final four tournaments. ed, we appreciate your exclusive reporting tonight. we want to move on and tell you, this is our exclusive story. ed henry is saying the white house has enlisted bill clinton to go and speak to the people on capitol hill. especially democrats who may be wavering to try to get this health care reform bill through. after all of the debate, health care reform comes down to raw numbers, really. it is one crucial vote. 216 yeas or nays will decide it. designed to provide health care to millions of americans who don't now have it. so much is at stake that president obama postponed an

overseas trip to take a ride to capitol hill. one of the most significant journeys of his political career. >> we have been debating health care for decades. it has now been debated for a year. it is in your hands. it is time to pass health care reform for america. and i'm confident that you are going to do it tomorrow. thank you very much, house of representatives. let's get this done. >> well, the president had to bring his "a" game. fellow democrats have been turning against the bill, joining the republican opposition. if the president loses 38 democrats they and 178 republicans will ensure the bill is defeated. 32 democrats have said they will vote no. six more and it's all over. it comes down to these 26 democrats. look at your screen right now. officially they are undeclared. they have not said how they will vote tomorrow the president needs to keep at least 21 on his side or health care reform is

dead. no longer. lawmakers know their political lives are on the line for this vote. whichever way they vote it will stick with them. emotions are extremely high. >> abortion is not health care. vote no. >> kill the bill. >> vocal demonstrators converged on capitol hill to insist lawmakers kill the bill. similar rallies for and against the passage popped up in cities across the country. it was against this highly charged backdrop at times turning racist and ugly as the president of the united states stood and urged lawmakers to be strong and do the right thing. dana bash was there. >> reporter: don, democrats are working late into the night counting the votes hoping to have a victory on health care this time tomorrow night. today they had a personal push from the man with the most at stake politically. the president came in confident. >> we are going to get this done. >> reporter: and used his final

pep rally for house democrats to cast the moment in historic terms. >> is this the single most important step that we have taken on health care since medicare? absolutely. >> reporter: he acknowledged political rally. >> i know this is a tough vote. >> reporter: but insisted voting yes on health care will be a political plus for democrats. >> i'm actually confident, i have talked to some of you individually, it will end up being the smart thing to do politically. i believe good policy is good politics. >> reporter: even before the president's hard sell democratic leaders for the first time said they secured the votes to pass health care. >> we believe we have the votes. >> reporter: that prediction after a frenzied saturday after last-minute meetings to cajole fence sitters. do you think you will have the firm 216? >> i still have a smile.

>> reporter: house democrats banned deem and pass. that would allow house democrats avoid a direct vote on the senate health care bill many don't like. the maneuver became explosive and backfired. >> i don't put that and won't support a rule that does it that way. >> reporter: democratic leaders racked up nine votes with a regional issue, disparities in medicare payments to hospital. >> this was crucial. >> reporter: yet as momentum appeared to build, so did the opposition. >> kill the bill! kill the bill! >> reporter: protesters descended on the capitol. >> abortion is not health care. vote no. >> reporter: yelling for lawmakers to vote no as they walked outside and cheering at the sight of the house republican leader. >> kill the bill, john! >> reporter: the protests turned personal and ugly. >> kill the bill!

>> reporter: inside this office building a cnn producer overheard protesters yelling the word faggot and openly gay barney frank and john lewis, a civil rights icon who marched in selma, alabama, told cnn protesttors hurled racial slurs at him repeating the "n" word. the house speaker insisted she will not give into demands from anti-abortion democrats for a new vote on language making a prohibition on taxpayer funding for abortion more restrictive. don? >> dana, thank you very much for that. people are taking to the streets to push for their side. outside of chicago the yeses and the noes protested side by side. it happened at michelle bean,

undeclared until now. she came out today in support of the bill. similar story, different location. northern california, protesters against the overhaul rallied at the office of jerry mcnerney. they were chanting and the congressman moved from undeclared to yes on health care reform. boy, it is heating up. stay with cnn throughout the weekend as we cover this crucial vote. special programming will begin tomorrow at accou9:00 am. >> not just politicians and americans who are at odds, doctors are, too. we hear strong arguments from physicians on all sides. bracing for flooding in fargo. will there be a last-minute reprieve? we ask jacqui jeras. at sharp, our goal

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if if the health care reform bill does pass and signed into law the medical professional will be required to deal with the new regulations. i spoke with two doctors with different views. >> the problem i see is we are spending a tremendous amount of money to try to bring about health care reform. we are doing that in a system we know it is bankrupting our country. we have already said our country cannot afford this type of health care plan we are currently on. despite that, we have a bill that will increase our costs by a quarter of a trillion dollars. that is unsustainable.

>> according to the analysis just released by the cbo, in fact, this plan does generate the funding to pay for itself and over the first ten years reduce the deficit by $138 billion due to loopholes that are closed and some of the things in medicare reduced in terms of cost. it is important to note that. >> he is saying this is ducks in a pond. >> i have read the cbo report and chief actuary report. >> you heard dr. bill was -- dr. hill, i should say, was opposed to the health care reform bill. so i asked him to take some questions from you, our viewers. i asked him what does he think? what would he do differently. >> doctor, we ran out of time with you and the other doctor. thank you for talking with us.

i wanted to ask you, it was clicking in my head and we didn't have time. ask him what he wants changed within the bill. you said this bill is bad. you said you are scared. what would you do differently? >> we need to look at changing the way the structure of the system is arranged. patients are removed from the cost of health care. they have no idea the cost of health care. the only system set up. >> changing the structure how? >> we need to look at a consumer-driven health care plan. there is data that show these work. if you look at indiana, there was a great study that was just published that looked at the cost savings in indiana with health savings accounts. this plan takes those away. let me give you the data. >> real quickly. >> 11% cost savings in indiana because they have 70% of state employees on that plan. cost savings. >> listen, we have to go.

we have time constraints here. >> it is important stuff. >> i'm a cancer survivor unable to get insurance. the bill is not perfect. it is better than doing nothing. >> it is not better than doing nothing. it is a bill that costs more money, harder for that person to get health care down the line. we need to decrease costs and find efficiency in health care delivery system. we save 11% by doing a consumer-driven health plan. 12% to 20% cost savings in consumer-driven health plans. that can go to that person. >> i have ten seconds left. you said you were scared. >> i'm truly scared. >> they said you are in the wrong profession. >> no, i'm not. i'm scared for my patients' future. the scary part is i have politicians down there who are directing our health care in a way that is going to decrease our ability to give health care

to people. >> thank you. your number one point, consumer-driven health care. >> evidence shows it works, it decreases costs to utilize money later. >> okay. politics and how about that. basketball. they may have more in common than it might seem. our top political minds bring march madness to the floor of congress. here you go. thank you very much. watching the red river. fearing a flood. could fargo dodge a bullet? jacqui jeras will weigh in. a reputation for unsurpassed quality and industry-leading customer service, even more so. which is why it must be earned. every day. every mile. with every driver. we've earned ours by relentlessly asking one simple question... how can we make it even better tomorrow? lexus. the pursuit...of perfection.

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is keeping a watch on the flood watch. the red river is expected to crest at 37 feet, 19 feet above flood stage. that is lower than many once feared. more than a million sandbags are in place in fargo and nearby moorhead, minnesota. city officials have cigars at the ready to celebrate if the river does not overflow. jacqui, let's hope they can celebrate. >> it may not overtop the levees, but you have to make sure there are no holes. if you get a break they are in big trouble. one of the concerns is we are going to stay under the record crest, but the river is supposed to stay in major flood for at least a week. the sandbags are going to be up there with the water pressure pushing on them for a good week. that is something we are watching. a little bit of good news and

the level is forecast to be lower than we originally thought because colder temperatures have moved in. the ground is hardening back up. not all the runoff is going back in the river. now, the other big weather story is snow. yeah. on the first day of spring. not so much fun for a whole lot of you. check out this gorgeous i report from oklahoma city. patricia smith sent this morning. it was gorgeous although she is sick of the snow. the roads were very slick. but she was going to give it a go to try to go to a wedding. we hope that worked out for you. some roads were closed because the wind was blowing huge drifts over some of the state highways across the area. we had accumulations in kansas, kansas city, the heaviest accumulations in this area reaching the seven-inch mark and winds 40-plus miles an hour. that is why we had blowing and

drifting. big differences in temperatures behind and ahead of the front. you can figure out where the cold front is. cold air is moving in. everybody who has enjoyed a lovely spring day in the east today will see wet weather and much cooler temperatures. >> that means us? >> that means us. >> every time it gets warm, i say finally. do you play? >> not so much. >> did you have anything riding on it? >> no. listen, we are doing the whole thing the health care reform bill is a lot like march madness and the ball is in the court of the undecided democrats. bad sports analogy. we are not going to stop there. our top political minds are bringing it to the capitol. >> it is a funny analogy.

more on the big story. one that keeps heating up. tomorrow's health care reform vote. mr. mark preston. listen, we talked about democrats. 32 have broken ranks. the white house may seem they are nervous. do you think they are? considering ed henry's exclusive story? >> we heard ed say that bill

clinton, in fact, is making phone calls on behalf of the white house. he is clearly reaching out to undeclared democrats. democrats are still confident they are going to win the vote tomorrow. republicans who i have been speaking to over the past couple of hours believe they will lose, that democrats will win. however, if you are the white house, there is very little if no room for error. so that's why we are seeing bill clinton make these phone calls on behalf of the white house. >> republicans may have to whip out the big strategy. they have a good strategy here. >> certainly. if they don't win tomorrow, if they don't win the vote tomorrow they believe politically the democrats will win. if democrats are only able to get 216 votes, the baseline needed to pass this bill. republicans believe all 216

democrats can be tagged with the idea they were the deciding vote in this health care bill. this country right now, don, is divided over health care reform. half the country wants it. the other half doesn't want it. we saw that outside the capitol today with the very, very tense protests as they were debating the bill inside. >> okay. listen, if you can say three votes tomorrow? quick i will explain that to us? >> yeah, sure, don. tomorrow there will be several procedural votes. several hours of debate. the final vote will come in the late afternoon, early evening. this vote will be on the senate bill. the bill will move to the white house to be signed. the debate is not entirely over. the senate has things to do. we will still be talking about health care this time next week. >> don't go far away? will you stick around? >> sure. >> mark and i will talk about this. a health care fight of a different kind. we are talking about is march

madness kind of relates in that debate? we are going to talk about our cnn hero battling to bring doctors and patients together in a developing country. what does march madness have to do with all of this? the frenzy in washington, the overhaul of the bill? think about it. ♪ is to reproduce every color in the world on tv. introducing quattron quad pixel technology. it adds a fourth color, yellow, to the standard rgb color system, creating a vast array of colors you can't see with your tv's three color technology.

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heated. one that can be a bit difficult to understand. in fact, many of the proposed provisions won't kick in for a number of years. others, however, will be felt almost immediately. we break it down in terms that are easy for you to understand. as the vote comes down to the wire president obama takes his message straight to the people, touting the immediate benefits of his health reform bill. >> starting this year, thousands of uninsured americans with preexisting conditions will be able to purchase health insurance, some for the very first time. >> the full impact won't take place for several years. in the meantime americans with pre-existing conditions will get temporary coverage from a $5 billion fund, this will include children. young adults would immediately be covered under their parents' plan. >> by the way, to all the young

people here today, starting this year if you don't have insurance all new plans will allow you to stay on your parents' plan until you are 26 years old. >> right away people with serious illnesses including cancer will no longer face coverage caps from insurance companies and if people feel their insurance company unfairly denied them coverage, they can appeal through an independent process. right away with the elderly, when they exceed the drug coverage under medicare part "d" they get $250 a year to plug the gap. >> do not give up. we are going to keep going. we are going to get this done. we are going to make history. we are going to fix health care in america with your help. >> all right, solisen, you are talking about it and we're talking about it so let's talk about it. hand me that. thank you, sir. march madness. several big upsets tonight. none bigger than number one seed

kansas falling to northern iowa. kansas picked by many including president obama to win it all. look at this. >> you've got kansas. >> kansas beating k-state. >> and kentucky. >> a rematch in the coaching department from 2008 when john calipari was coaching memphis. against bill self. >> i think once again self wins. that is the game right there. >> the president comes up a loser in basketball. what about health care? joining us mark preston in washington. mark, we were talking about this. don't think about it too much. it is a fun segment. ed henry is supposed to join us but ed's not here. no ed. we don't have ed. solise listen, mark. it seemed appropriate after we went to a ball game and had a couple of beers, it is like the

health care debate. it is down to the wire. the president may go for a buzzer beater. do you agree there are similarities? >> there are. if you look at politics like sports northern iowa who defeated kansas gave president obama his biggest political win. had it not been for iowa, we probably wouldn't have had a president obama. won the iowa caucuses and, boom, he moved forward. if you look at politics as sport, don, you are right. >> i know where you are going with this. this is our health care final four. this is our bracket right here, mark. weigh in on this. so we have president obama and representative bart stupak and representative john boehner and represent nancy pelosi. i don't know. can we predict a possible winner here when it is looking -- with the votes we are looking at? >> if you are a republican, you are looking at that bracket and

saying there are three democrats and only one republican up there. in the end it is going to be pelosi and obama. i suspect right in the middle. they are both going to win. that is what we're hearing right now. they have the votes, but by the slimmest of margins. >> let's look at that bracket if we can put it up there. president obama versus his own party and representative bart stupak. who do you think wins in all of this? we had representative gao on. this issue is one i can't compromise on. abortion. >> president obama, let's assume he wins, democrats get the health care bill. huge win for obama. huge win for nancy pelosi. not a terrible loss for john boehner. they have a campaign issue. bart stupak, stood by his conscience, lost legislatively. >> john boehner and nancy pelosi, if you can call this. >> why are you doing this to me?

both of their aides are going to call me yelling at me. >> let's talk about the president. we saw the president filling out his brackets. last year in better political times he was a winner. and this year everyone is saying oh, my gosh. it could turn out to be a big political upset like all of the games down to the wire and upsets. people are predicting this could be an upset. >> just like he has taken ownership of his picks, health care for president obama is his initiative. he can't push it off on republicans. we saw the white house talk throughout the past year the banking crisis, the housing crisis wasn't his. health care is his. this is huge for him. >> thanks for playing along with this. people get on a saturday night you don't want to be beat over the head with policy and bad news. ncaa going on. thanks mark preston. see you tomorrow. get some sleep.

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listen, this weekend tavis smiley is holding a big event in chicago to talk about issues important to african-americans. so many african-americans threw their support behind president obama to get him elected. is the nation's first black president doing enough to address their concerns? tavis smiley raised the issue. he took his concerns to the president's home turf today at chicago state university. now, i had a chance to speak with smiley along with author and professor cornell west. very interesting discussion. pay close attention. >> this conversation at chicago state here in chicago, obviously, is really about whether or not there ought to be an african-american agenda in

the era of obama in this so-called post-racial world, don. and how we go about doing that. i happen to believe that disproportionate pain requires a disproportionate response. i agree and i believe dr. west agrees the black agenda is the best in america because it is always about democracy, looking out for those who are disenfranchised. how can black people exercise their agency and how do we get black leaders to understand the urgency of the pain black people are feeling. >> so, listen, there is a controversy for people who don't know. people are saying who is tavis smiley to set the agenda for black america? black americans are not monolithic. tavis smiley is not a policymaker. he is not the president of the united states. what gives him the gumption in a sense to call out president obama? >> first of all, i'm not calling

out president obama. i'm calling out black leaders who have said the president doesn't need to focus on a african-american agenda. when black leaders say that, what role are they playing if they are not fighting for the agenda of black people. it is not about the president. it is about the presidency. how do you get the white house to take note of the suffering of your people. >> you talked about black leaders. i'm reading quotes. al sharpton said tavis smiley is a liar and a hater and a clinton water boy. how do you respond to things like that? >> i don't, quite frankly. people are entitled to express themselves. i don't engage in personaled a homonym attacks. it is about keeping alive the legacy of dr. king, justice for all, service to others and a love for our people that will liberate them. if frank rich in the "new york times" takes the president on.

he is courageous on. if paul krugman takes him on, he is courageous. if anderson cooper has a segment keeping them honest, he is courageous. all of a sudden i'm an obama critic. it is specious and has racist undertones. >> it is concern to the congressional black caucus that the president has not focused on african-americans. some people took him to task. robert gibbs defended him saying the president was a member of the congressional black caucus and he has to run the entire country but he is focused on issues important to african-americans. what do you say to that? >> it is not a personal thing about what the president's say is. it is a question of looking at his policies and see if they tilt toward the strong or tilt toward the week. what brother tavis is saying is we have to bear witness to

ensure that the weak, the most vulnerable are not being rendered invisible no matter who the president is, no matter who the governor is, no matter who the mayor is. >> ultimately, i want folk to understand you are the leader you've been looking for. during the obama campaign, the campaign and black leaders asked black folk and a lot of other americans to do a lot of other things. black folk were asked to raise money, to give money, to host coffees and teas, to walk precincts, to tell their friends, show up at rallies. there were all kind of things black folk were asked to do by black leaders and the obama campaign to exercise their agency. here is the question, don. i'm being rhetorical. what have black folk been asked to do since the president was elected? that is what this conference at chicago state is all about. what are we prepared to do to exercise the power we have to make sure this administration, this celebration we have about

barack obama is not just about symb symbolism, but ultimately about substance as well. >> i think the important thing no matter who the president would be, it could be hillary clinton, could be barack obama, john mccain, lo and behold it could be sarah palin. if they are not focusing on poor people, the industrial complex, workers, if they don't understand it is about jobs with a living wage, quality health care, infrastructure, quality education, allowing people to live lives of decency, we wouldn't need to have this gathering. it is not about the color of the president. it is true that president obama has tended to tilt toward the investment bankers than brother jamal and sister la ticha on the block. that concerns me. >> dr. cornell west and tavis smiley. thank you for that interesting conversation. i want to tell you, we asked for

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if you are flying british airways this weekend you might want to make sure you've got a plan "b." a three-day strike by a cabin crew is underway. the airline is operating roughly half of its flights. british airways serve more than 75 country. unite is against working conditions. pope benedict xvi is truly sorry for a scandal that rocked the roman catholic church. in a pastoral letter the pontiff said he was deeply disturbed of a decades long coverup of child sexual abuse by priests. some say the apology is not enough. have you sign this video? a massive sand snowstorm beijing. the thick cloud of sun made it hard to see and grounded flights at beijing's airport. people were told to stay indoors

because the air quality was so bad. as you can see, many people didn't listen to that, they donned their masks and went out. stay with cnn throughout the weekend for the coverage on the crucial vote. our special coverage begins tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. "state of the union" with candy crowley. so, listen, everybody knows to stay clear of skunks, right? but when one got stranded in the middle of a four lane road with a jar on its head somebody had to do something, a little something, something, as they say. an animal control officer came to the rescue. the jar popped off the skunk. fortunately, nobody got sprayed. he went to stink somebody else up in the very near future, i'm sure. guys, that was cute. this was a great show. i enjoyed your feedback. great topics. exclusive breaking news at the top of the show. let's look at some of your --

the exclusive story was bill clinton has been enlisted by the white house to try to rally democrats over to the president's side for this health care reform bill. a lot of people are saying it is going to work. some say it won't help at all. bill clinton wasn't able to get health care reform passed. let's go to the board here. you are talking about tavis smiley and cornell west. obama needs to focus on all americans. we need to stop the separation of all races. >> tavis is wrong. the president is the president of the u.s., not president of blacks m leaders in the community should do their job. bracket busting in the ncaa tournament, health care reform debate, when we did our fun thing. this is crazy. this is not a game. agree with you. lighten up. we can have fun here. a lot of people are dealing with some bad things, their