comings and goings at the movies. good morning, everyone. i'm alex witt. here's what's happening right now for you here on msnbc saturday. bill is a category two hurricane this morning. the winds dying down just a little bit. now about 100 miles an hour. forecasters say the storm could regain intensity over this weekend. bermuda residents woke up this morning to palm tree debris scattered across the roads. some power outages and minor flooding there on the island. police along the east coast from -- people on the east coast from northern florida to new england are bracing for high surf and rip currents. we've got a live report later in the hour from orleans, mass marks coming your way, but right now here in studio nbc meteorologist todd santos keeps tracking bill for us. good morning again to you. slowing down just a little bit. >> good morning. we've seen the winds kind of tick off a little bit as of the 11:00 a.m. update. the forward speed has increased from it 4 miles an hour to 23.

we'll see a significant acceleration, and that's good news, especially for residents of cape cod where right now you can kind of see a few of the showers along the coastline just the outer edge of the system itself. you see that one little streak just coming to the range of the radar. time to give you an idea that we may see a system graze the edge of martha's dine vs yard with rainshowers and wind. toe personally upwards of -- starting late tonight, early tomorrow morning, and that's why we're talking about the tropical storm warnings in effect for mainly cape cod. the winds when they do start to build, will be mainly northeasterly to start, and then northerly eventually basically shifting more with the more westerly component, considering, again, you just picture thad counterclockwise rotation as the system passes by the coastline. the acceleration and speed, especially for late tonight through even early tomorrow morning and then again even the residents of down east maine could potentially be put under a tropical storm is the word i'm looking for warning. that's something to watch out for. again with some of the heavier

rain bonds. really the bulk of the system off the coastline, a major wave producer. that's one of the issues. you see the high surf advisory especially through much of long island. you do extend kind of spore addically all the way down the coastline towards jacksonville, florida. something to keep in mind. by tomorrow we'll start to see the winds dying down there and picking up. especially along cape cod and upwards of 15 feet. >> thank you for all those details. appreciate that, todd santos. moving now outside weather channel meteorologist jeff morrow. he is live on norfolk beach in orleans, massachusetts, with the perspective from the beach there. good morning again to you, jeff. what's the latest? >> reporter: all right, alex. well, i promise not to call it hurricane alex this time. >> that's okay. >> reporter: we are getting some of the higher surf. we had to move our location up here because the tide is coming in. did will be high tide within the next couple of hours. we're expecting that some of the over wash will come up as it did last night to the base of the dunes here. a lot of these people probably will have to move here before too long. there are a lot of people here. of course, we're still in summer vacation season, and a lot of

folks are here, and they're down here basically to see how big the waves are and a lot of disappointed surfers that they can't get out in the water. they're turning people away here. if you have a surf board and trying to come into the parking lot, they're turning you around basically, and the surfers that were out this morning, a lot of them have now come out of the water. with good reason. we're expecting these waves, as todd sabt yoes was just saying, maybe upwards of eight to 12 feet as we head through later today, and maybe higher than that as we head through the overnight. that may cause some overwash and some dune erosion up around this area, so probably is best not only to stay out of the water, but maybe late this afternoon and early tomorrow morning to be off the beach altogether. alex. >> okay. just so you know, hurricane alex happens to be one of my nicknames. just think about it, and you'll probably get it. >> one for continuing coverage of hurricane bill. the storm looms along the east coast. meantime, new this morning president obama is once again

tackling what he calls the outrageous myths about health reform. republicans say the president is the one playing fast and loose with the facts. i'm joined now live from washington d.c. by nbc's mike vickera. good saturday morning to you, mike. >> let's get to the latest here. you have a lawmaker who is also a physician, and he is the one that's making these claims that the president is playing fast and loose with the facts. what's the story here? >> well, he is not the only one, alex. all along republicans have fought back against the president. the president has said time and time again, as have many democrats and prop ownents of this health care reform legislation, that these accusations that they're going to be so-called death panels, that they're going to be mandatory funded abortions in this plan, that it would cover illegal immigrants. these are petition not hely false, as far as the bills that are in congress, and particularly one bill that's on the house side. republicans have countered and said, look, the president is making claims too that aren't necessarily going to be true an

interesting back and forth here. he is an orthopaedist from georgia. let's have a listen to some of the claims and kousht claumz. >> the plan is being promoted by the white house, and it would give washington the power to make highly personal medical decisions on behalf of patients, on behalf of you. >> i no sooner want government to get between you and your doctor than i want insurance companies to make arbitrary decisions about what medical care is best for you. if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. if you like your private health insurance plan, you can keep your plan. >> experts agree that under the house bill millions of americans will be forced off of their personal private coverage and shuffled on to the government plan. >> now, alex, you and i have both spoken with charlie cook. you spoke with him on the air just moments ago. he is a noted political analyst here in washington. he analyzes elections as well as what's going on in congress. known as a nonpartisan.

he said something startling. that some of the democrats he has talked to over the last three weeks are fearing that this is shaping up as a political disaster for them. on the order of 1994, and we know what happened at the outset of the clinton administration when they tried to institute a health care reform program, and republicans won 52 seats in the elections in 199had. at this moment, you know, they say the president is taking a long view. he looks at the distance. one of his advisors is saying. at this moment things are not looking at the encouraging for this health care reform effort in congress. >> yeah. you know what, mike, i want to ask you about that great back and forth that was put together. we talked about the president, and you have representative price. where is the truth? that's what most people want to know. how is this going to affect me is what everybody is asking right now. even cost notwithstanding. what's going to happen with the quality of my health care? will the government get involved? will it not? where does this lie? >> when polls are showing that

most people will have a health insurance program we're pretty much satisfied with their health insurance program. sometimes it's kind of painless. i, for example, and many others, millions of others have health insurance premiums deducted from their paycheck. you might not be aware of how much you are paying. this is what the administration is trying to fight saying, look, we're going to reduce costs for you. in particular, what republicans have been critical of and the president makes his claim over and over again is that he will not have to lose your doctor or lose your plan, but republicans point out that there may be the -- there probably will be some people who have a plan through their employer and some of these employers may say, look, i'm not going to offer that plan anymore. under the house plan, they would have to payle% of their payroll seats if they chose not to offer a health insurance plan any more. then their employees would have to exchange what their creating and choose another plan. that's what republicans are referring to, and they say the president isn't being complet y

completely -- >> okay. mike, thank you very much for that. >> muammar kaud all offy says he is grateful to britd for releasing the pan am bomber in from lockerbie. he was released on compassionate grounds to scotland because he has terminal cancer. u.s. and british officials have condemned the apparent hero's welcome he has received in libya. he says soon he will present evidence that prooufrz he is innocent. new developments this morning in the international search for reality tv contestant accused of killing his ex-wife. the u.s. marshals service is offering $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of ryan jenkens who may be hiding in his nafsh canada right now. jenkins appeared on the vh1 show meghans want a millionaire. the 28-year-old's ex -- she was stuffed in a suitcase with her fingers and teeth removed. joining me live now from

washington d.c., msnbc analyst former fbi profiler clint van zandt. he is the author of "facing down evil." talk about some evil they face down right here. >> yeah. >> very disturbing details, and apparently jasmine was identified -- she had the obvious means of identification taken away from her, her fingers. her fingers, fingerprints. teeth for dental record identifications. they used breast implants. >> as you probably know, alex, whether you have a heart implant or an artificial knee or elbow or something, everything has serial numbers to include artificial breasts. in this case the breast implants were identified by serial number. since we didn't have fingerprints, we didn't have dental records, and realized her body was moved, it was stuffed into a two foot by three foot suitcase that a guy was dumpster diving for trash happened to find and opened it up and found her body. then it took police a couple of days to find out who she was,

and by that time the boyfriend was gone. this is the type of guy who says to the world, hey -- she wasn't going -- >> authorities say they believe that the suspect here, ryan jenkins, has fled to canada. this is what they had to say late yesterday. take a listen to that. >> sure. >> at this time it is our belief that the suspect has crossed the border into canada, and we are currently working with the royal canadian mounted police in or attempts to locate him. last night the black bmw was located in the city of blaine, washington, with a boat trailer attached. >> where do things go from here? if he crossed over into canada, what kind of a can of worms does that open?

>> well, number one, he is a canadian citizen, and we know that canada won't extradite anybody back to the united states if they face capital punishment. california authorities real quickly have said, hey, no capital punishment. we're not going to charge him with that. the challenge now, alex, is with this guy, like any other animal on the run, they have a tendency to go to an area that they know. as a profiler, we know most people on the run are going to go to a community to an area where they can fit in, where they know their way around, they know which streets -- which way the streets go, so that's what this guy did, but, alex, should he be the one that killed jasmine, he is not a professional killer. you know, by cutting her fingers off and taking her teeth out, he has seen too many episodes of csi, but he doesn't know how to run. what do we do as investigators? we shut his bank accounts off. we follow his credit cards. we watch his parents' home. this guy is going to have two choices, alex. surrender or die.

>> sure it's only a matter of time. clint van zandt, thank you very much. >> thank you. stay with us for more coverage much the big surf on the east coast as hurricane bill is moving you on up the atlantic. also ahead all she did was have a beer and now she's going to get the beating of her life, and she wants everyone to see it. >> surprised the best operatives in the world. >> that's "g.i. joe" on the big screen. the twitter factor at the box office. we'll talk about it on msnbc saturday. you're good. thanks. so is our bike insurance. all the coverage you need at a great price. hold on, cowboy. cool. i'm not done -- for less than a dollar a month, you also get 24/7 roadside assistance. ght on. yeah, vroom-vroom! sounds like you ran a 500. more like a 900 v-twin. excuse me. well, you're excused. the right insurance for your ride. w, that's progressive. call or click today.

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a live look at the waves off of jones beach on long island in new york. at points on the eastern coast there are battering waves and dangerous rip currents. spotted up and down the eastern

seaboard as hurricane bill moves west in the atlantic. waves reached 20 feet off north carolina and 18 feet from long island to southeastern massachusetts. heads up, everybody. pay attention to lifeguards and their posted warnings about riptides. let's go to politics now and health care reform. fiction versus fact. lawmakers on both sides of the debate say the other side is filling people's heads with myths and mistruths. this is the president and leading democrats who say pushing through a partisan plan. i'm joined now live from washington by political journalist jennifer. good morning to you, jennifer. >> good morning, alex. how are you? >> i hope you are too. i'm great. we talk about this very convoluntarily outed issue. the gop says that you're going to be forced to give up your private health care in certain situations. the president said that is a myth. you will be able to keep your private health insurance if you wish. >> where is the truth here?

this is a situation without much enlightenment being provided by the sper have aers of this bill for what it means for americans. i think the white house is clearly on defense. democrats are on defense. the proposal is absolutely in jeopardy at this point. of course, you know, the president is on vacation this week, so it's a tb continued come september. >> do you think there's any wisdom in the president being gone this week? not wisdom. the guy needs to take a break. we understand with his family. in terms of just racheting down all the rhetoric flying back and forth. there are those that say get him out of the spotlight. >> well, i think, you know, i would imagine he is doing some work behind the scenes while he is on vacation to broker a compromise between the two wings of his own party, liberal democrats who insist on the public option and the blue dogs who are concerned about the high cost of the bill and don't want to see a government plan.

i imagine this isn't going to be all fun and games on martha's vineyard no, matter what the pictures indicate. i think the negotiations within his own party must continue, and obviously, we saw democratic leaders say they might not do this in a bipartisan fashion come the fall, and there might be an effort to move this through reconciliation where they need a simple majority. >> the president previously stated and it is one fefshent belief that he wants to do this on a bipartisan level because everybody across the nation. if he continues to hold on to that stance, does the president risk losing support from his own base? >> i think he does. i think you had charlie cook on earlier who said that, you know, that democrats are really concerned about what this issue means for them politically in the midterms, and don't forget, when clinton health care imploded in 1994, democrats lost congress for the first time, and i think it was four decades.

it took them a dozen years to get it back. there's a lot riding in the balance on this issue for the white house, and it's a really big ask following an enormous stimulus package and an energy bill and the like. i think it's definitely safe to say things are in peril right now. >> what about the notion that the president is taking on too much too soon? if you look at everything he has on his plate right now, what do we have, with the bank bailout, stimulus measures, auto industry bailout, tobacco, environmental, two wars overseas. am i leaving out anything else here? if you look at that and add to it the health care reform, did the president have an option, though, on any of these issues to say i'm not going to deal with that one right now? >> i think that the economy was obviously the pressing issue when he took office and remains a pressing issue. >> i think they wanted to use the political capital he had early in his term to try to move on health care. it was a priority for him on the campaign trail. it's a priority for democratic leader and remains so, and

presidents are often never as popular or as influential as they are early in their term. i think he didn't have a choice to move on this, but as you mentioned in that long list, it's a lot for the public to digest and a lot for lawmakers to explain to their constituents at once. >> let's go to madrid where the animals are getting their licks. good weekend for these legalures. they're being given frozen treats and ice cream to cool them off. the lemurs especially like those blocks of ice that contain fruits and vegetables. well, that's good. it's healthy. watching msnbc saturday, and we're watching them. if you think all batteries are the same, consider this:

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she's asked that the flogging take place out in the open. they're usually done in a closed prison, but the woman says she wants to be caned in public to bring attention to the harsh treatment. the 32-year-old was caught drinking by religious authorities at a hotel back in pz. as the movie's hollywood premier, the buzz grew with the first ever red carpet twilter meet-up. the celebrity tweet veteran, another tarn tino classic. it turns out twitter is becoming increasingly popular in the way to critique movies. even starting to impact the box office sales in fact. here's a bit of brad pitt's performance in the movie. >> you probably heard wayne and

the prisoner taken. we're in the killing business. business is abooming. >> oh, yeah. >> business is booming. >> i love the way he says that. >> joining us me live editor at large of "life & style weekly." not to bad for brad pitt. >> not too shabby at all wrrn. >> this is a big shift. people can go see a movie from the premier or even preview screening, walk on out of there, and within seconds be tweeting. how is it affecting hollywood? >> it is definitely affecting the box office, prevent, and hollywood is a little bit nervous about this because, of course, you know, word of mouth has always affected box office numbers. what we have seen in the past is that people didn't like a movie, and there would be a sharp drop-off the second weekend. now what we're seeing is a really sharp drop-off overnight. up to 40%. that's what happened with bruno earlier this summer. that said, if a movie is getting good buzz, like "inglorious

bastards." >> has the buzz been good? >> fantastic. >> okay. just saw "inglorious bastards." they're amazing. and "inglorious bastards" was, in fact, glorious, and then it equals four and a half stars. there's a movie twitter page that was updating every few seconds. people critiqued some of the movies. >> suddenly everybody is a movie critic. >> anybody putting this out there, they can pick and choose, i would think. >> you would think. that's the thing. once you tweet or once you post a status update on facebook, suddenly hundreds or thousands of people suddenly get your reviews, and people like them because these are people who are you friends with or people you follow on twitser. it's different than a mvr critic or actor who has a vested interest. that's what we're seeing at "life & style weekly" is

sometimes you have a celebrity with no afl indication, and people say, oh, they liked it. maybe i'll like it too. >> you mentioned bruno, "g.i. joe" another film released this summer. was there a twitter factor in that? >> that's what people say there was a twitter factor also with something like "land of the lost." there was good buzz originally. the studios wanted to put out a certain image of it. exactly. that's the thing. in the past studios could spin it any way they would that first weekend, and the word of mouth would come, but not for a little bit of while, but right now it's just going -- it's really not working for them. they have to use it to their advantage. a company like the weinstein company, which produced "inglorious bastards." they actually packed a theater full of twitter fans who won a contest. >> oh. >> suddenly it got instant buzz. >> okay. well, if that continues to play an effect in the box office. thank you very much.

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>> absolutely. you bet. >> okay. >> a president obama burr ito. you would die. it's like, oh, my gosh. >> they're having too much time on their hands. >> you go into oak bluff, and it looks like an obama campaign stop. his image is everywhere, on t-shirts. it's in all the windows. people are and

she says, look, here's what you wear when you are on the vineyard. now, i don't see the president doing that, because he is a chicago white sox fan, but it really -- it's a laid back -- this isn't a place where people pose. people wear cut-offs. they wear t-shirts.

they just be. that's the great thing about martha's vineyard. >> i'm all for it except for the madra thing. ann thompson, thank you very much. thank you. let's go to the health care debate. republicans and democrats fight anew this morning over those details. i'm joined now live from washington pat buchanan, and democratic strategist maurice reid. neither of you wearing madras, so we will proceed with this interview. >> please tell me no. we're not going there. >> pat, the debate, the speeches, the town halls this month, have they changed the status of the health care bill, the health care conversation? can you get a sense of where it is right now? >> sure. it's losing support weekly, and one of the reasons is the

dramatic town hall meetings, some of them very raucus, and secondly, a lot of the negatives of the bill have been graut out by its opponents, republicans, and blue dog democrats, and they've benhamering it, and we've lost sight of sort of the overall idea of health care for 47 million uninsured. i'll tell you, alex, i looked at the drudge headline this morning, and the deficits for the next ten years are no longer $7 trillion. they've upgraded it to $9 trillion, and the idea that we're passing an entitlement program with a running deficit of and% ar 14% of gdp, it seems like these things will weigh heavily on it, and if they don't get it soon after they get back, they're not going to get it at all. >> hmm. so on the heels of that mahorri how worried about the white house be? >> you have to be nervous. any time you are taking on a big situation, you never want to count your chickens before they hatch. one of the things that's troubling for me is here's a

president whose mother was on her death bed, had to fight with insurance companies. we've lost sight of the fact that here's a guy who doesn't want any american family to have to go through what he had to go through and his mother had to go through. i think they have to take a step back. it is a bit nerve racking with all the shouting and the thee at ricks going on in these town hall meetings, but they have to get focused on ultimately the american people need reform of the health care system. >> they have to get it done this year, or it won't happen. >> are insurance companies holding -- those are reforms there. i do think you can get a lot of republicans for it. you can get a lot of democrats. almost all the democrats for. you come in, and you got bonnie

frank saying that, yep, that government -- or the government option, that is the trojan horse, and eventually we go into single payer and we get rid of all these private companies and things. that's what is driving people away, and they'll have the democrats -- they'll have to give up something. they got 60 votes. they got it70 house seats. they can get an awful lot, but they just can't get everything. >> can i ask you real quick. >> what's troubling, though, pat -- what's troubling for me -- go ahead. >> i'm curious about what you think about what charlie cook was telling me. whether or not you caught the interview, he basically said, look, he thinks in terms of the midterms next year, 2010, that the democrats could lose six to 20 seats, even more depending where the economy takes us, but why is that? is there something being lost in the translation here? is there -- is it the philosophy of what's being said, or is it just the communication of what's being said that's not working out? what do you both think here?

>> it was shocking for me, pat. i mean, we were talking about this in the greenroom. this is an issue where it really goes to the heart of people's fears. people want health care. when you have health care, you certainly don't want it taken away. it's troubling that it's being so skewed that people are not really understanding the fundamental truths of what's going on here, and it's really partly the republicans fault, but it's partly the democrats fault as well for not getting their message out. it's troubling, and if you are a democrat right now and you are in a john mccain district, you are worried. >> yeah. let me tell you, alex. i was in my first campaign with richard nixon 196 a, 196 6, and republicans were out there. we were down to 140 seats after the goldwater debacle. we were working very, very hard, and we picked up 47 hit-or-miss seats. it was an unbelievable gain. in 1994 they got 5 had house seats. if you get a tide rolling against the income bebt party, which i think it's starting to roll against the democrats, 55%

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the first major hurricane of the 2009 season has the same winds popping out about 100 miles an hour. it's expected to move northward in atlanta and approach nova scotia and canada on sunday. let's go to weather channel meteorologist mike seidel live in jones beach. looks like a pretty day, but looks can be sdooefring. good morning. >> hey, good morning, alex. yes, a beautiful late summer day here on long island. south shore. the sun has been out since about 7:38. once the storms moved out. deceiving is the surf. you'll see it. eight to ten footers. expected to go up to 12 footers. a lifeguard that said no way are you going in the water. they'll whistle you out of there. look at what has happened to the beach in the foreground coming over the sand. tide is now backing up. this entire beach area, thousands and thousands of square feet are under water from the higher than average tide due to the new moon and because of bill and the swell, the waves pshing the water and giving this area tides running at least one

or two feet above average. next couple of days we're going to see bill race off to the north and the northeast. it will go by here late tonight, and then the waves and seas will start to subside here. cape cod, alex, will take the brunt of the storm, but even there it's going to be a glancing glow. there is a tropical storm warning up for the cape, martha's vineyard, nantucket and the island. winds could gust 40, maybe that miles an hour. there will be rain and wind, as i mentioned, but, again, the full brunt of the storm will be in effect in atlanta, canada. halifax, nova scotia, sydney, and over towards st. john's newfoundland. east coast today is, again, a wave. rip current issues. things we have from south to north tomorrow, and we can all get back in the water, like they did. remember during jaws? they said it was safe, but we weren't so sure, were we? >> you had to bring that up. thank you very much. on the latest on hurricane bill, looking on to the weather channel website at weather.com. it may not be a state of bliss, but it is a place where

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checking on bill, a tropical storm warning remains in effect for massachusetts as hurricane bill barrels northwest out in the atlantic. bill has been downgraded to a category 2 hurricane, winds nearing 100 miles per hour. it is on track to approach the canadian coastline on sunday. anybody who is up in the northeast along the cape, do be careful today with rip tides and pretty strong currents out there in the water and large waves too. the countdown has begun for tuesday's scheduled laurnlg for

the shuttle "discovery." it will be heading to the space station to deliver supplies. a white house commission recommendations are expected any day now, but the main sticky point is the cost of it all, 3 to 5 billion each year leading up to the 2020 launch. ben bernanke is telling investors what they want to hear, that we are on the verge of recovery. gave his most optimistic outlook since the start of the financial crisis. joining me to talk about it vera gibbons. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we're getting close to the afternoon on the east coast. a new high for the year. >> we haven't seen that since back in november and it was in large part because of bernanke's comments about the recovery, globally things are looking better. and also, alex, home sales have

been rising, fourth straight time people are getting off the sidelines and buying and we're at new highs here. >> but you make a point there when it comes to home sale prices, it's the kind ofs homes being bought are the low end, not the high-end -- those are going down considerably. >> first time buyers taking advantage of the credit, low prices. >> 8,000 bucks. and good for them. meantime as we look at what bernanke said, he may have provided a positive assessment overall, but there are a lot of challenges still out there. mortgage declilinquencies all t high. >> more than 13% of homeowners with a mortgage are now behind in their payments or actually in foreclosure. it's not about the bad loans and exotic loans. one in three of the new foreclosures is a fixed loan, it's about rising unemployment. people are losing jobs and

sliding behind on payments and this is what's happening. >> you bring up a point, how can this economy really turn around if the employment -- 9.4% right now. bunch of analysts said the potential is to go up to 9.9, 10% this year. how can you have a jobless recovery? >> it's possible. what will bring this back, eventually when jobs come back and people are feeling more confident they will spend, people are spending on basics, necessities only. looking ahead to the end of the year, that is expected to be the case until the unemployment rate starts creeping down or leveling off which no one expects it to, supposed to rise to the double digits. >> when you talk about the shopper, consumer out there, they are thinking twice. there's evidence that they'll get to their checkout lines, right? let's put a few things back, right? >> interesting statistics on that front. people are thinking twice about purchases. people like to go out there and

shop and browse. what they are doing is putting a lot of stuff in their carts, when they get to checkout, they are thinking twice and turning stuff back and leaving it there. 25% of shoppers are ditching at least one item. in good times it is 10%. also seeing it online, as many as 59% of online purchases are dumped during the checkout. very high rate of abandon. just a sign of the times. >> i'm a starbucks, addict, right here everybody. and vera will bring it to me i'm no good without it. with that said, are they going to also abandon starbucks? >> raising prices. >> not on your drink, not on the -- whatever you have. they are raising prices on those fancy drinks, creamy drinks, by as much as 30 cents. >> people are still going to buy them? >> i don't know.

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