known for weeks, but have kept it quiet until officially released. neighbors expecting the family's wishes. we're learning so much more about this young soldier, now missing. bergdahl enlisted in the army just last year. prior to that, he was a barista at a local coffee house. he was home schooled and even ballet. lean leanne, tell us more about his family and how they're holding up. >> reporter: this has been kind of a gathering point where people have shown this outpouring of support. his family is still in seclusion. they have said they want their privacy and today, the local sheriff delivered a statement on their behalf saying we hope and pray for our son's safe return to his comrades and to our family and we appreciate the

support shown us to by our family members and our friends and others across the nation. and he apparently was a very popular, or is a very popular guy in this community. well liked, he was happy to do everything from bike riding to ballet. there are a lot of people here who are very concerned about this because it is such a small one. today, volunteers were speaking out verbally were showing their actions of support. they delivered yellow ribbons around the town along with signs asking for his safe return. they're hoping and praying for his safe return. >> thank you very much. now to the bigger picture and what the government can do to secure the release of bowe bergdahl. robert gates just spoke about the military's efforts to free the soldier. >> our commanders are sparing no

effort to find this young soldier and i also would say my personal reaction was one of disgust at the exploitation of this young man. >> officials say bergdahl simply walked off his base three weeks ago to meet with local friends. this weekend, video was released after his capture. on the tape, you can see he's prompted by his captor to speak and at one point, he is asked about his family. >> i miss them every day when i'm gone, i miss them and i'm afraid that i might never see them again and that i'll never be able to tell them that i love them again. >> jim miklaszewski joins us live from the pentagon. even if they were able to figure out a general area where bergdahl was being held, how difficult is it in that region?

>> reporter: it's pretty tough. u.s. military officials say the possible intelligence on bergdahl and his captors is getting much better. the more they get out into the area and the more people they talk to and as a result of spreading leaflets out about concern and the search, that more and more tips are coming in. they feel like they're narrowing down the search area, but have no specific idea of where he has or how long it's going to take, but the new commander general, who's just arrived there in afghanistan less than two months ago, has made this a top priority for the u.s. military. >> any claims of responsibility or demands? never mind that the u.s. wouldn't meet the demands, but

maybe more intelligence if somebody takes responsibility. >> reporter: the taliban off camera prompting bergdahl mentioned that he is with the islamic emirate, all the while however, the u.s. military has thought he was in the hands of the network, both afghanistan taliban. the voice on the tape may have been putting out that to try to throw the u.s. military off.

as of today, they still think it's the acan network who has him. >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon, thanks for the report. heart wrenching situation for his family and fellow soldiers. >> it's incredible how that town in idaho, they knew about this, but kept that family's secret, wanting this young man to be brought home safely. his face, he was fighting back the tears when talk about his family. we'll continue to follow that. we have other break troops. their goal is to meet the demands in iraq and afghanistan.

we're following breaking news out of our los angeles international airport where a suspicious device was spotted at the counter, bradley terminal, the upper level of the airport itself, being evacuated. a suspicious package at the el al counter. it appears to be traffic tied up going into the airport. it's backed up as they try to get a location on this package and evacuate that part of the terminal, but this is the entrance, i believe, into the airport itself and you see one side of our screen, the traffic tied up as this report come ins from the airport. >> one thing about the bradley terminal, it's a little bit away from the other airlines and israelis national airline well before the united states, they would be the ones who would ask the question, has anyone given you a package. we don't know exactly what's going on -- >> we're also being told the bag

was emitting a ticking sound. we'll keep you up to date. president obama going all out on his effort to pressure congress to pass health care legislation. the president's got a busy schedule. thursday, he'll take a trip to cleveland to talk about the need to reform health care. then a prime time news conference. that on wednesday. it was today at the children's national medicial center that h met with the group of health care providers. >> this isn't about me. this isn't about politics. this is about a health care system that is breaking america's families. breaking america's businesses and breaking america's economy. and we can't afford to politics of delay and defeat when it comes to health care. not this time, not now. >> also today, there's a new poll out from "the washington post" and abc news. in the past three months, the president's handling of health

care, his numbers. and now, 44% in that poll disapprove of the president's handling. up from 29% in april and this morning, the chairman of the republican party, michael steele, accused president obama of conducted risky experiments with his proposal. according to steele, it will hurt the economy and cost too much. >> how come the democrat's plan to save money will cost us more money? how come their plan to reduce health care costs will cost us trillions more in tax dollars? >> savannah, michael steele is hitting on a message we heard from many republicans, how will all of this be paid for. what is the president and white house, how are they dealing with that? >> reporter: they recognize that that is one of the huge issues

that has to be resolved and as we speak, we're waiting on the senate finance committee, which is trying to do a bipartisan deal, work with republicans to come up with a way to pay for reform. on the house side, there is a bill that has a surtax on focuses making over $280,000 a year if you're an individual. on the senate side, the sense is is that will never get through, so the idea is in the senate finance committee right now to come up with something bipartisan. the white house recognizes that this is one of the key issues, how do you pay for health care reform, and how do you keep the costs down. how do you keep health care inflation. that's a huge issue especially with the cbo director saying that as of now, do not reduce health care costs, but increase them. >> we just ran down the president's schedule for this week and i think one website said all obama, all the time. he is really trying to capital

size on his approval rating. there's still a lot of favorablety the american people have towards him. >> reporter: i think you could really say the president is all in on this one. every day last week out with a public message on health care reform. he has got the news conference, he's going to cleveland. i think we will see him traveling more. that's because they feel that he is their best advocate. interesting to look at his remark's today. he took on one republican critic directly who said if we can break obama, it will be his waterloo. the president really pushed back, making this pitch because the sales pitch of his presidency. >> thank you. coming up, david and i are going to talk about health care with

tim kaine. we'll have live coverage on msnbc. just some of the messages coming from the president and those who want to fight health care. peter orszag said the people who want to delay it want to kill health care. >> and they have somebody they can point to in terms of senator jim demint who said this will be like president obama's waterloo. you see the white house say wait a second, here's a republican who cares more about beating me than about providing health care reform. then michael steele essentially supported it, which is why it's going to be interesting. another story we're watching out there. michael vick is free to pursue a career in football, again. his federal dog fighting sentence ended this morning. that's when a photographer

snapped this photo. vick had been under home confinement for the last two months. nfl commissioner said he will review vick's status after he completes his sentence. and michael jackson's children still don't know who will be their caretaker. his mother granted custody, but sources are saying she realized she can't raise the children alone. two of jackson's sisters are now emerging as potential contenders for custody. and a law enforcement official says murder charges are unlikely in his death, but some doctors could face lesser charngs. up next, the sarah palin farewell tour. >> how she's hitting back against her critics even within her own party. plus, selling the need for

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we're following breaking news out of the los angeles. you see traffic tied up as part of the airport has been

evacuated. the suspicious package with a sound coming out of it at the el al counter. we've got the sergeant on the phone. what's going on? >> actually, the situation has been resolved for a few minutes. the population has been in progress and traffic is a little backed up now as we clear the central terminal area. shortly after 11:00, an item was discovered on a upper level of the tom bradley terminal in the bank of airport operators. because of this, the area was cleared, partially on the upper level and the bomb squad was called to determine what was in. >> what was in the bag? >> it turned out to be a consumer electronic item that was emitting an unusual sound and the bag had not been screened or gone through tsa

screening. also the person could not be located. normally, we'll try to locate a person who owns that bag and clear it, but in this case, there were a couple of factors that required caution. >> thank you very much. can you imagine the person -- i would be so mad. that woman or man, put their picture up on the board an just -- you've caused me to be late. in the meantime, it's for for another installment of what we like to call the palin chronicals. >> the outgoing governor of alaska has taken at least eight trips since announcing her resignation. is it a farewell tour or the start of a higher profile. in an interview, palin was asked

about critics in her own party. she said quote, don't give a damn how they do it outside. the pioneer spirit runs strong. here is david hawkins, thanks for joining us. what's sarah palin up to right now? >> well, it's hard for me to understand if she's trying to introduce herself to the nation again, should be spending more time in the lower 48, but she'll have plenty of time to do that in five days. it can't be underestimated that trying to maintain a profile in the lower 48 is pretty difficult to do up there. it's far away. takes most of a day just to get to the lower 48. she is saying good-bye to her constituents now, then will be spending less time in alaska

going forward. >> what are you picking up in terms of the way the establishment in the republican party, the way they're viewing sarah palin these days, whether they consider it a headache or something intriguing. >> a little of both. i think there's still an intrigue. there's a sense that she can use this time to get a little more seasoned and do the basic political work she has not done. this has all happened in less than a year since she burst on the stage. she has got a lot of time left in her political career. she is still in her mid-40s. she could skip the next six presidential elections and run again in 2036 and be the same age as john mccain was last year. she has many, many, many years to reinvent her career. >> wow. there's also the argument of

strike while the iron is hot. >> that is true. >> with a lot of time comes time things can go wrong and right. do you know of anything she has booked, so much has been made about how much she can make. six days, anything that's been confirmed? >> not that i'm aware of. there is still the rumor mill that she is going to come into your business or our business and maybe go on cable tv as a guest analyst to make money. she could give speeches again. that would be something that would require her to be not the governor of alaska because if she wants to come to des moines, iowa, that takes almost a day. the calendar will fill up quickly. she does not however, had not had the kind of staff that would allow her to keep a good

political calendar. she's done a pretty poor job of being staff. she hasn't had good people advising her on which invitations to accept, which to pass over. the basic political work of just being a politician who's got a constituency bigger than one congressman. she's the governor, but has as many constituents as one house member. >> david, thank you. and tamron, i've got to read this. she writes todd and i are packing juno house. looking at piper's kindergarten. she enters third grade in fall. >> she's talking about her child and sounds like she still wants to balance that mom image. >> that's a pretty generous way -- look how quickly time

flies. kindergarten to third grade, actually only two and a half years. >> if she would only come on and do an interview with us, she could explain. you only have 140 characters. she's got to stop tweeting and talk to us. still ahead, how mark sanford says he's thankful for everything that happened. >> and mentions god a lot. and later, the grass roots campaign to keep paula abdul on american idol. you're watching msnbc. when you're on a diet hungry just won't quit.

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carolina governor and what he's saying about his affair. >> he's saying more. sanford panned an op-ed in the state newspaper apologizing, again. last month, he returned from a mysterious disappearance only to reveal a romance with a friend with special benefits in argentina. he writes, it is true i did wrong and failed at the largest of levels, but god can make good of our respective wrongs in life. while none of us has a chance to attend our own funeral, i feel i was at mine and am thankful for the -- he says he will e maernlg as a better family man. he writes i've been humbled it is my belief that this will make me a better father, husband, friend and advocate.

>> he's risen from the dead. >> he's got some obsession with having to have his voice heard. >> some say he's going through a mid-life crisis. still ahead. the first six months of the obama presidency. >> what has the president done, what does he have left to do? plus, a look back at one of humanities greatest achievements. the "apollo 11" mission to the moon. david brinkley said just days before the launch -- >> to say that somebody is about to land on the moon and walk around on it while almost everybody on earth watches is just about too much to swallow. i almost don't even believe it. but it's true. and if this is not a permanent, enduring event in human history, then nothing is. ♪

if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act.

right now, the dow is trading up about 89 points. the s&p 500 up about 9 points and nasdaq up about 17 points. cit gets a rescue. the company approved a $3 billion loan agreement with major bondholders to keep it out of bankruptcy. boston globe members vote today to accept the wages and benefits. the owner of "the new york times" company is looking for

concessions to improve the paper's finances. and how group's profits are up 5% to $39 million. this amid toy sales. the company is looking for a joint venture with discovery for a new program for children. back to msnbc. one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> welcome back. >> the big picture right now, president obama's commemorating the 40th anniversary of man landing on the moon by meeting with the alpol"apollo 11" crew e white house. the president just wrapped up the meeting. he thanking them for inspiring this nation 40 years ago and now --

>> on this 40th anniversary, we are, all of us thankful and grateful to all of you for what you've done and e expect there's as we speak, another generation of kids out there who are looking up at the sky and are going to be the next armstrong, collins and aldrin. we want to make sure that nasa is going to be there for them. >> the crew now has their sights set on mars. we spoke with the president about the possible mission to the red planet. it's hard to put into words just what a big deal which was 40 years ago, so let's take a look back, exactly 40 years today. jay barbree is live in cape canaveral, florida. here's a look back at some of your reporting on the fatal fire in 1967, when they were

preparing for the first mission to the moon. >> here in the next few days, the board will search through all tapes, plus the photographs made before and after the disaster. from these, they hope to discover exactly what went wrong. >> jay, you know, great reporting back then. just as now. and i guess the question is, those sort of mistakes, the problems that nasa had, it seemed to increase the drama in 1969, right? >> it sure did. who was that young kid up there? that's great, guys. thanks a lot for that. show me just how old i am. i'm so old, i'm beginning to -- >> take us back. what was going through everybody's mind? you had covered the accident, the successes and drama that summer. take us through it. >> with less than an hour to go at 4:17 p.m. eastern time, the

astronauts were ready and landed on the moon at 4:17 eastern time. then spent about six and a half hours getting everything okay on board before they stepped out on the moon. they hoodwinked us. last fall, steve had us -- and told me afterwards they'd put in a four-hour sleep period to keep us reporters from getting antsy. they walked out on the moon at 10:56 p.m. eastern time, 40 years ago today and that was the first time that a human being touched another world. >> and jay, what were you thinking at that moment? >> i was in the nbc bubble. that's what they called it. the bubble overlooking the

mission control center and we saw earlier david brinkley, and i remembered that so much. i was just off camera when david was making that remark. he and ted came down and because of we were sponsored by gulf oil, gulf was playing a lot of money and didn't want somebody like jay barbree. they wanted the big stars. the unit got the emmy for it. it was led by one of the greatest producers ever at nbc. he was the right arm of reuben frank, who was really the father of nbc news. he was the executive producer of huntly brinkley. it was a great time, a very historic time. i've got to tell you something funny that nobody else knows. when they came back and landed, david and tamron, when we got them back safely, everybody

began to drink. we called it the splash down party. that whole street was filled with drunks, if you will. ted huntly was the nicest guy you would ever meet, a perfect gentleman, unless you gave him a drink. as soon as you did, he became honorary and mean. he did not appreciate the piano players playing by the pool so he decided to push the piano and piano player into the pool. the executive producer on that, shad's walking around mumbling, how am i going to write this off? how am i going to pay for this. it was a wonderful time. >> well, you've seen so much. 51 years. it's your anniversary at nbc. you're as handsome today as you were in that video and we just love you to death. >> god bless you, tamron.

thank you, dear. >> we learn something new about nasa and the people covering a mission. >> i love it. we've got to have a splash down party after the show. everybody's getting drunk. up next, buzz aldrin looks back on the historic moon walk. it was sixth months ago today that barack obama was sworn in. >> if it seems longer, that's because so much has happened between then and now and the president has managed to pass no fuer than 12 bills. the stimulus, the credit card act and helping families save their homes act. craig, thanks for joining us. my, how time flies, but with time comes criticism, disappointment and successes. overall, how is the presidency

seen? >> i'd say the white house is feeling pretty good about where they are although the polls are starting to get weaker. you mentioned the 12 bills, but there are two more he'd love to pass. it feels like some of president obama's aura has worn off. >> david and i were talking about senator demint saying that health care could be obama's waterloo. looking back at inauguration, campaign season, does this white house feel like maybe they should not have made health care reform the be all, end all before the end of the first year? >> they are insisting this is a must-do this year. a lot of talk this week that he's on a three-week tear to be out there all obama, all the time, to do a press conference

wednesday and different apeerns to make the case to the american people. so they are not backing off of that at all. although this august deadline does seem to be dialling back. they believe if he does not get this done in the first year, that 2010, all the members of the house, it just gets tougher to get any big piece of legislation through, especially one as big and costly as health care reform. >> i know it's difficult to compare decades, but compare how president obama has done with clinton and bush. >> president clinton set some type of record. he passed a large tax cut and major school reform package by june of '01, so that's pretty ambitious. president clinton had the brady bill well on its way as well as

some of the family leave act stuff. both of those former presidents did get pretty ambitious and important bills through. i know obama would love to match that record, but on health care and energy, i think he's going to have a tough time. >> thank you. how would you grade president obama? you can vote by using your mobile phone. just text your grade to the number on the screen. up next, making the case for a second stimulus. >> how double digit unemployment in some five key states is now shaping the debate. plus, today's "crossing the line" is a good one. a police officer going after kids for selling lemonade. david, going to get you fired up. >> unless there's -- well. >> unless there's something in there. ♪ ♪

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welcome back to msnbc and now it's time for "making their case." >> despite national unemployment numbers, president obama continues to make his kaz that the administration has the right plan for the economy. but how long are americans willing to wait? five states now top the 10% mark with michigan now over 15% unemployment and rhode island, oregon, south carolina and nevada all at or above 12%. jason is a political reporter for the huffington post. the obama stimulus was designed to keep unemployment from double digits. looks like it's going to reach there. that's a big problem, isn't it? >> i would say a huge problem. it's now presented the administration with a bit of a

sticky. they have to suggest the next move. the next move i think has been characterized by many as an additional stimulus package. i think they'd be going down the wrong road if they tried to sell a second stimulus package. the need is to address jobs. they need to concentrate on writing a job fill and writing good policy. >> what about the argument that the unemployment numbers, as bad as it is, it would be even higher if the administration had followed the republican advice of simply passing tax cuts? >> that doesn't sound like an attitude that promotes the attitude of a president. promising this would keep it below 8%, now it's over 9%. the key here is when the -- you've got to stop digging. >> jason, i know you said, and many polls show that people

don't have the stomach for a second stimulus, like paul krug other respected economists said it wasn't big enough. you had the republicans fighting. why is the argument so strong against a second stimulus? you have to stop the bleeding. with he showed michigan 15%, but when you factor in part-time workers, some numbers estimate it between 20% and 25% of the people not working. >> the argument is purely in the realm of politics. it has nothing to do with policy. it is an opportunity to wield brick against policy that did not work. unemployment numbers are a lagging indicator. at the same time i feel equally obligated to suggest that we could get to 2010 playing this same hand and no one could be at work. the mission must be to put people to work, so that is what the obama administration needs to double down and concentrate on doing f it means folding this hand and getting to the point where you start a new deal, i hate to use that, no pun intended, then that's what must

be done. >> brian, are we hearing a strong enough argument from the republican party about what to do? you've heard things like let it work itself out and tax breaks perhaps, but what is the true heart of the argument from the republican party that would help this problem? again, folks are out of work, and they're tired of talking. they want to go to work and pay their mortgages. >> you're absolutely right, tamron. i think early on in this administration we saw republicans pushed for measures to reduce the cost of hiring new workers, breaks on payroll taxes, regulatory reform, other things like that to encourage job creation. the president rejected those. he said i won. for jason who says this is purely political, i refer him to the comments from director orszagh. he said stimulus packages like this can't work because they can't pay out enough money quickly enough. if he's complaining this is politics, he ought to take it up with the omb director. >> i'm not sure that's the exact quote. that's a little out of context. but in any case, we'll have you both back on.

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welcome back. in today's "crossing the line" we don't have video of this one, but the details are enough to pick your side. call it lemonade or lemonade. it went down to pennsylvania, about 13 miles from philadelphia. ten children set up a lemonade stand after a permit. after a complaint called from a neighbor who is quoted saying i

was not trying to be a grinch or scrooge, an officer may have gone to far. a group of small business owners, and i meal small,s a in 5-year-old triplets and their little friends, were given a warning for selling their goods without a permit. the officer told them it was a violation of the law. the deputy chief of police said we all sold lemonade when we were kids. we all went like who calls on kids? that's what the deputy sheriff said. forget who calls on kids? what officer forces a kid to shut down the lemonade stand. the responding officer's name and badge were were actually blacked out of the police officers report because they probably didn't want to embarrass him. what's worse though, this officer was wrong. according to the department, the permit law does not apply to anyone younger than 16. so they blocked out or blacked out the officer's name and the officer was wrong. the deputy police chief insists the officer would have no way of knowing the permit laws don't

apply to 5-year-olds with lemonade stands. the department insisting the officer acted on the information available. what about common sense and understanding? did the officer have the ability to tap into the brain where common sense is supposed to live? "crossing the line," you tell me. let us know what you think. twitter.msnbc.com. although i was on the side of the officer at first. shut them down. >> 5 years old. almost 4:00 on the east coast. there's a lot more ahead. we'll be talking health care with tim kaine. we'll get his reaction to the fiery comments from michael steele. also the latest on private bowe bergdahl. we'll go live to the sold aers hometown. plus on this, the 40th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon mission landing. our interview with buzz aldrin. you're watching msnbc. introducing one a day women's 2o.

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this hour on msnbc, the battle erupts. president obama's now throwing everything he has into health care reform. >> this isn't about me. this isn't about politics. this is about a health care system that is breaking america's families. >> but the gop stands firmly opposed to the obama plan. >> it is time to stop the experiment. plus, it's now been six months since president obama's inauguration. how do the expectations compare to the realities? we will grade his work on foreign policy and bipartisanship. later, it's been exactly 40 years since man first walked on the moon. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> members of the apollo 11 crew got together again today in washington for more honors and more memories. and the other things we thought you should know. secretary of state clinton says movies can be misleading. >> and if