massive terror bust. it could be one of the biggest we've seen in recent memory. plus, what happened to debates about democracy? when did we take a turn toward nasty and violent? you saw those protests on capitol hill where tea partyiers reportedly shouted racial epithets at black members of congress. others held up signs showing guns. now some democratic lawmakers have seen offices attacked. they say they're getting death threats against them and their families. did sarah palin start this during the campaign when she accused obama of palling around with terrorists. palin told her followers to reload. her facebook page shows this map of 20 congressional democratic districts identified by rival targeting cross-hairs. this is the woman who may get her own reality show? the hunt is on for a fugitive in florida. as you'll see, the chase for this suspect means no monkeying around. let's kick off this hour with republicans mounting their

last stand against health care. with the rallying cry, repeal and replace. right now the senate's debate continues on the companion bill to the new health care law signed by president obama a little more than 24 hours ago. we're now into the 11th hour of the 20 hours required under reconciliation rules. republicans plan to offer dozens of amendments in an attempt to gum up the process and embarrass democrats. both sides have been going at it ahead of the vote. >> you can put lipstick on a pig, mr. president, but this is still a pig. >> this is not a fight between republicans and democrats, but a fight between democrats and a majority of americans who do not want this bill. >> you heard the old saying, men are from mars, women are from venus? i think that party is from mars and we're from planet earth. i think they've been out in our orbit. the planet earth that i'm on tells me to pass health insurance. >> nbc's luke russert is on capitol hill.

some of the amendments, these republicans are offering, they're already planning, right, luke, to use the vote against them or for them in terms of campaign ads later this year? >> reporter: right, contessa. what republicans are trying to do is to make one of these amendments a very tough vote for democrats so that in the event that it gets passed, it would send this reconciliation bill back, this fix-it bill back to the house under the reconciliation process. remember, if one thing changes under reconciliation, it has to go back to the house. the house has to approve it before it comes law. it strings out the process. also they want to force democrats to make a tough vote that could possibly come back and get them in november. understand when this votorama occurs there will literally be one minute in between votes. one democratic senator told me, luke, we don't know exactly what we're voting on because it will be coming at us so quickly. he went on to say this is really where the american people get so confused by what's going on in washington, voting on things we have no idea about, but ultimately come back to get us

in november. go ahead. >> harry reid tells his members, the democrats, listen, don't vote for these amendments. because we don't want them to pass. then it has to go back to the house. but when you have an amendment like -- i propose making this that you can't have erectile dysfunction drugs for sex offenders. imagine a democrat doesn't vote for that. imagine the campaign ad that comes this fall that says he voted to give erectile dysfunction drugs to sex offe offende offenders. >> reporter: hence you see it's an interesting strategy the gop mustered up. also senator mccain has an interesting amendment that says any of the sweetheart deals in the fix-it deal including money for louisiana, money for asbestos victims in montana, a hospital that chris dodd helped to get built, that would be gone. there are going to be some poison pills in these amendments. it's going to be very interesting to see if democrats will vote no throughout the entire process. that being said, steny hoyer,

house majority leader, is keeping the house around before the recess in the event it does go back to the house they will pass the final fix-it bill before the easter passover recess, contessa. >> there's going to be a lot of democrats hoping the american voters pay close enough attention to realize what's happening here. >> reporter: absolutely. we're wamping big breaking news overseas. 100 suspects busted in a terror plot in saudi arabia. today the saudi interior minister accused militants of plotting attacks on key oil and security installations in the eastern part of that country. 47 saudis, 51 yemenis, 1 somali and a monogol yan native were arrested. all of them believed to be linked to al qaeda. part of one network and two different terror cells and all three operating separately. nbc terrorism analyst roger kressy joins me now. how big a problem is this that you have outside al qaeda elements influencing terror attacks within these middle eastern countries? >> contessa, it demonstrates the

continued strength of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. i think what we'll discover is the same organization that tried to destroy flight 253 over detroit on christmas day was also behind this multipronged plot. the saudi interior ministry has talked about three potential cells, two of which were going to attack the oil rich eastern province. looking to attack the critical infrastructure of saudi arabia. i think what it also points to is the central role that leadership of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and yemen have. it's important to keep in mind the saudis have been dealing with this problem for years now. every year or so they will roll up dozens, if not hundreds of individuals either suspected or in the final stages of operational plans. it speaks to the depth of the problem saudis are dealing with. >> is this in some ways al qaeda cutting off its nose to spite its face? on one hand maybe they're trying to make a point in saudi arabia. if you're forcing saudis' hands

into taking action against -- i mean, 100 people arrested now, it just doesn't seem like a smart tactical move on the part of al qaeda. >> the saudis have been serious about this since about the 2003 time frame when al qaeda launched a series of very devastating attacks inside saudi arabia, killing dozens of innocents. at that point the saudi government finally recognized the problem they had inside their own country. the cancer that they had to deal with. what al qaeda often does is they will go after significant targets and recognizing that in doing so, sometimes it allows the interior security service to then go after the presence in that respective country. they believe that's a chance worth taking. i think a lot of people will look at what al qaeda has done in saudi arabia has a strategic mistake over the long run. the saudi security services have gotten extremely good at rolling up these type of cells. this is the latest example o how successful they've been. >> thank you for wrapping that up for us.

relatives of a seaworld trainer killed by a whale say they'll suffer severe harm if video of her final moments is ever made public. trainer dawn brancheau seen here just moments before her death last month was dragged under water by a killer whale during a live performance. at a hearing today in orlando, the family's attorney said the family's right to privacy outweighs the public's right to view the video captured by a seaworld camera. a news organization did not object to the extension of the injunction so all sides could reach a solution. brancheau's mother, father and brother attended today's hearing. the two men accused of burning five new jersey teenagers to death in 1978 say they are not guilty. 53-year-old hampton and 56-year-old lee evans made their first court appearance in newark this morning. until yesterday nobody knew what happened to those five boys when they disappeared. it was one of the state's longest running missing persons

cases. both suspects were charged with five counts of murder, one count of arson, being held on $5 million bail each. one of those guys reportedly told a family member what actually happened back in 1978. the national urban league released its annual state of black america report today. for the first time it also addresses inequality for hispanics. the nation's fastest growing demographic group. it shows african-americans are making gains in overall equality but still twice as likely as whites to be unemployed. and more blacks and hispanics lack health insurance compared to white americans. i'm joined now by congresswoman barbara lee who chairs the congressional black caucus. was any of what you saw in this report can be congresswoman, a surprise to you? >> no, it wasn't. members of the congressional black caucus and other members of congress live this each and every day. and that's why we have been working with the president and our speaker and leader reid to try to develop a comprehensive jobs strategy that includes

targeting resources, job creation resources, training, workforce training into areas of high unemployment where the chronically unemployed live. that's a big piece of what the congressional black caucus has been doing for many, many years. now, thank goodness, we have a president obama who understands it and we're working for -- we're moving forward to try to develop specific strategies. it's tough, though. let me just tell you. we've been working basically, first of all, to try to develop a summer youth jobs initiative. a jobs program for our young people, which is one of the urban league's recommendations. well, we have many young people now who have to pay the rent and buy the food because their parents are unemployed. today we're working on a $600 million package which will create from 300,000 to 500,000 jobs. we need three times more in terms of summer youth jobs programs. so when you look at what we have to do, we have to develop the political will to invest in people, to invest in direct job

creation. we've invested over $50 billion in helping iraq reconstruct. the urban league is proposing $168 billion. why can't we at least put $100 billion in a massive jobs creation effort? that's going to help us reduce the deficit and it's going to help create jobs. >> it's interesting, because reverend jesse jackson was pointing out to me earlier this week that the big cities across this nation are getting squeezed so badly for transit money. the mta in new york is cutting, just slashing bus routes, laying off transit workers. and the reverend pointed out, look, those are green jobs. and those are green jobs that african-americans use to reach middle class. when they get slashed, you're cutting green jobs and you're cutting jobs for urban workers. it's a real problem. that being said -- go ahead. >> it's also the life blood of many of our communities. senior citizens need buses to be able to go to their doctors'

appointments, grocery stores. in my district, we have a phenomenal bus system that helps our senior citizens get to the county hospitals. when that is cut, you really are dealing with the lifeline in our communities. >> does it need to be a black agenda? >> it's not a black agenda. we're talking about an agenda that's going to make america stronger. we're talking about developing foo tomorrow eformula and resources directed to chronically unemployed. wherever they're chronically unemployed we need to focus our efforts. i don't accept the fact there are those saying this is a black agenda. this is an agenda that's an american agenda. it's an agenda that's going to make our country stronger. we are americans. people of color are americans. they deserve equal treatment in any laws and any funding we present. >> congresswoman, before i let you go, can i just ask you your reaction to some of the -- happened -- >> well, it's a shame and a

disgrace. i tell you one thing. it just demonstrates what the congressional black caucus has been saying all along. that is we cannot sweep the issues of race and racism under the rug. we have to surface these issues. we have to have a healthy dialogue on race. only then can we move toward reconciliation. and i think what happened this weekend was just an abomination. it was an example of what the unfinished business is of america that we must, as a country, move forward to complete. >> congresswoman barbara lee, it's good to talk to you as always. thank you, ma'am. an avalanche warning now in effect for the entire front range of the rocky mountains. heavy wet snow creates dangerous conditions in jefferson county. it's near denver. they have had 16 inches of snow since the storm started yesterday. air travel is limited. crews are trying to keep the denver international airport at least partially operating. the snow is expected to taper off later today. sarah palin has announced her 2010 target list as she moves one step closer to her own

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market alert here. we got some pretty discouraging news today on the housing front. sales of brand-new homes fell for a fourth straight month to a record low last month.

they dropped 2.2%. experts are blaming the bad economy and stormy weather throughout the nation. yesterday the report was that existing home sales fell for a third straight month, which means lots of houses on the market right now. though a glimmer of good news, prices on new homes rose more than 5% since last february. let's take a look at the markets right now. you're seeing those red arrows across the board. dow jones is dipping. portugal had bad news about its credit rating been downgraded because of debt. good news for investors. orders for durable goods rose. so a mixed bag. in our search for stories far and wide, we found a real life rainman. a teenager with autism from glenview, illinois, has pulled off a nearly impossible feat. correctly predicting every winner in the first two rounds of the ncaa basketball tournament. the odds of that happening? even picking big upsets like northern iowa over kansas. cornell over wisconsin.

how did he do it? >> how good they are in defense and how good they are this year. cornell is such a good, good team. so i just went with them because they're so good. >> in case you're wondering, alex picked his older brother's alma mater to win it all. that's purdue. in jackson, mississippi, a judge ruled in favor of the lesbian high school student banned from bringing her girlfriend to prom. the u.s. district judge ruled the school violated constance mcmillan's rights by banning her from the dance. they didn't order the school district to hold the prom like the aclu wanted. when the big battle started the school canceled the dance scheduled for april 2nd. we'll talk with the teenager and her attorney at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. in raleigh, north carolina, three people were arrested, several others forcibly removed from a school board meeting last night. it was a contentious debate on busing. shortly after these arrests, the board voted 5-4 to reverse a policy that buses students to achieve economic diversity. instead, the board voted for a

new plan aimed at placing students in schools closer to their homes. the district's policy started in '99 and used socioeconomic factors to place students rather than race. it's been a contentious fight over politics, too. the tea party activists have become active players. and in all likelihood could influence the mid-term elections. take a look at a brand-new quinnipiac university poll out just this morning. in a hypothetical congressional race a generic republican candidate has the edge over a generic democrat 44% to 39%. trouble brews for republicans when the tea party is factored in. the democratic candidate would get 36%. the republican would get 25%. 15% for the tea party. brendan steinhaweser is the grass roots director of freedom works, committed to lower taxes, smaller government and dick army cochairs that organization. brendan, when we're talking about what happens this fall, are you more likely because of poll numbers like those to

encourage and support republican candidates than to fight your own tea party candidate? >> i do think that the beginning of the tea party movement essentially was a rejection of big government in both parties. and as the movement took to the streets, it was protesting policies. but as it began to look at the elections, i think this movement is very sophisticated. i think the vast majority of tea party activists will go to the most fiscally conservative candidate that can win. we are going to have a problem with candidates like charlie crist in florida or dee dee skoez fa va in upstate new york. those types of candidates won't be getting our support in the elections in the fall. >> is it likely any democrats get your support? >> i think right now you're already seeing a lot of people in the tea party movement thanking the democrats that voted against the obama care bill. they've thanked the people that voted against cap and trade. i think they've thanked the people that voted against the stimulus. so the potential for supporting democrats in competitive districts, democrats who've

stood on fiscal responsibility, that opportunity is still there for those individual congressmen and state legislators as well who've stood on principle. i think you'll see some of that. >> let me ask you about some of the nastier and more violent incidents that have taken place. i'm not trying the suggest all of these belong to tea party activists. but certainly there's a level of emotion and plummeting in the civility of discourse that's happened over the last year. and some of that we have seen at tea party activists. friday a brick was thrown through a window at democratic congressman's office in niagara falls, new york. last weekend another brick thrown through a window in wichita, kansas, through a democratic office there. anti-obama messages on it. anti-reform messages. the tea party face-off, i guess, with some of these democratic congressmen where anti- -- anti-black and homophobic

epithets were hurled, do you think it's time for tea party members to stand up and -- >> i haven't seen any concrete evidence of the hurls. we definitely have seen what happened in the slaughter district with the bricks. certainly no one in this movement, none of the leaders, none of the people that have been involved in this support that, want that to happen. absolutely condemn any sort of violence. that's not what this movement is about at all. there is sort of this double standard when you compare what happened with the world trade organization protests, the anti-war protesters that were here this weekend. those are really the groups on the left that actually do involve -- get involved in violence and destruction of property. that hasn't happened yet with the tea party movement. you're talking about a couple of very isolated events. no one really knows who's done that yet. if it does come out it was a tea party activist, someone who's a leader or someone who's attended that, you'll absolutely see tea party leaders across the country condemn that. that's not something we stand

for. we believe politics is something you have to get involved in at the ballot box, not with violence or threats or anything like that. >> it's good of you to join us today. i appreciate so much your time, your perspective. >> thank you, contessa. my big question today, have those few angry fringe lunatics co-opted american politics? their your perspective with me. tweet me, message me on facebook or send me an e-mail. contessa@msnbc.com. get ready to welcome sarah palin into your living room. the former vice presidential candidate is set to sign a deal for a reality show. "jersey shore," it's not. details on palin tv, next. plus, tiger woods has apologized to his wife, to the american public. but his former lovers complain he never said sorry to them. we'll get an explanation for why they think they're owed an apology. among the most viewed stories on msnbc.com right now, a girl's memoir about being married at age 9 and divorced at

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hello, everyone. i'm contessa brewer. a new poll out today on health care reform finds many americans now support it rather than oppose it. the "usa today" gallup poll finds 49% characterize the new law as a good thing. 40% say it's a bad thing.

if we dig a little deeper the poll finds only 4% say the new law makes the most important changes needed to the health care system. nearly half, 48%, say it's a good first step but more changes are needed. nearly a third, 31%, say the new health law makes the wrong type of changes. well, f-bombs away, vice president joe biden got caught up in the moment during yesterday's health care bill signs. as nbc's lee cowen reports, this one will likely ensure biden's place in the cursing hall of fame. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> reporter: the thing about historic moments is there are microphones to capture them. and on tuesday, posterity got an earful. whoa. wait. what? damage control was instant and brief. the white house press secretary simply tweeted, yes, mr. vice president, you're right. but the president's face seemed to fall as he looked at those two microphones in front of him.

no doubt fearing the vice president's f-bomb had just exploded in ears all across the country. >> thank you. >> within hours, there were t-shirts being hocked. with the vice president's profame phrase emblazoned in black and white. >> we actually had orders for this shirt within three minutes of the shirt being presented on the site. >> reporter: while many made mr. biden's gaffe into a laughable moment, to others, though, it was more of a teachable one. >> i'm really disappointed. >> reporter: mckay hatch. the 17-year-old founder of the no cussing club at his high school in south pasadena, california, says it cheapened the moment. >> him using that language is telling kids across the world and adults that, you know, you can cuss whenever you want. cussing is fine. >> reporter: it probably was a pressure valve of some sort. in fact, it was mark twain who once said that under certain circumstances, profanity actually provides a relief denied even to prayer. still, there is something about solemnlyç swearing that for so

politicia politicians, they just seem to take it too literally. president george bush was caught creatively cursing. and a california assemblyman was taped bragging about his extramarital affairs. even ronald reagan, the great communiqicat communicator, had some not so great moments. >> i'm pleased to tell you today i've signed legislation that will outlaw russia forever. we begin bombing in five minutes. >> reporter: in the end the vice president's boss can't really be too mad. after all, the president himself has let a few rip, too. >> he's a jack ass. >> reporter: unfortunate words, he calls them. unfortunately close to a mike. lee cowen, nbc news, los angeles. >> yeah. that's the trick. remembering when you're around a hot microphone. topping our hot shots, a florida man claims he bit off more than he chew last weekend when he found a screw in his

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hope you're having a good we wednesday, everyone. saudi arabia announces one of the biggest terror busts in recent history. officials there say 47 saudis, 51 yemenis and 3 others were plotting suicide attacks on security and oil installations. they've been arrested. live pictures right now from capitol hill where the senate is moving toward approval of a companion measure to the health reform law. republicans have been using the floor debate to repeat their criticism of the bill. democrats say approval is virtually assured. the postal service has taken the first step toward cutting saturday mail delivery. it asked an independent commission for its opinion on the cost cutting measure. the change would save them more than $3 billion annually. in about an hour and a half the delaware pediatrician charged with molesting more than 100 young patients will make his first court appearance. dr. earl bradley is expected to enter a not guilty plea. right now he's being held on $2.9 million bail.

nbc's rehema ellis is following the case for us here in new york. rehema, what are you learning about the case prosecutors are going to make? >> it's a very disturbing case. because this is a man that people trusted. a 56-year-old pediatrician, as you pointed out, dr. earl bradley. he has a total of 471 counts against him, against a number of victims. 103 children. all of them girls with the exception of one boy. and according to the indictment against him, he forced children as young as 3 months to engage in oral sex and intercourse. the ages range from 3 months to 13 years. how this whole thing came to light was back in december, a 2-year-old child went to her mother and told her that the doctor took her down into the basement of the office and hurt her. she took the information to authorities. they had gotten complaints about him before. they went to his office, arrested him. then they found that hidden within the toys in his office were video cameras.

through those cameras, they found videotapes. they say that there are -- there is evidence on tape of the doctor having -- it's even hard to think about. the doctor abusing these children. 7,000 case files they're going through. this could be the largest case of child sexual abuse in the history of the country. >> we'll keep a close eye on that one. rehema, thank you. in today's "world view" canadian police are investigating one of their own after this video surfaced on youtube. it reportedly shows a police officer kicking young men during an arrest outside a nightclub in victoria. six men were arrested. none of them filed a complaint. more fallout today from the church sex abuse scandal. the pope accepted the resignation of irish bishop this morning. the 73-year-old is accused of mishandling complaints about priests in his diocese. google supporters in china held a vigil outside the company's headquarters in

beijing last night mourning the search engine giant's decision to shut down operations there. does facebook help spread s syphilis? the virus has increased in three areas of britain where facebook is most popular. a professor explains facebook gives people a way to meet new sex partners. therein, the rise in sexually transmitted diseases. 15 and counting. another porn star now claiming she bedded golf great tiger woods. that makes 15 lovers that we know of. florida-based adult entertainer says her affair with woods began with a threeway. james says she and another woman were paid two grand each for what she described as dirty sex. that was the start of what she says was a 2 1/2 year sex relationship with woods. veronica daniels is another of woods' alleged girlfriends. she wants an apology from the golf star. she says she and tiger were together for three years even

though she knew he was married and a father. it's not clear if daniels has apologized to elin woods for having an affair with her husband. daniels now claims she's owed an apology from tiger who allegedly assured her she was the only woman in his life other than his wife. i'm joined by attorney gloria allred who represents veronica daniels. do you know whether she's apologized to elin woods? >> well, she has some time ago publicly said that she was sorry for any pain that she caused. and, of course, she'd be very happy to talk with elin if elin wished to contact her. having said that, part of the recovery that is alcoholics ano, ma'am mouse has a 12-step recovery program, which it doesn't really just apply to alcoholics, is that you have to make direct amends to the person that you hurt or the persons that you have harmed. given that tiger woods had a three-year intimate, intense relationship with veronica, my

client, given that he told her that they would have a lifetime of this and that there was no other woman other than his wife, given that he lied to her, he should make direct amends to her by contacting her and apologizing to her. >> gloria -- >> that's part of his recovery and that's the right thing to do. >> she knew, veronica knew tiger woods was married. she knew he was a dad. she was already another woman. why would she have any expectation that she's the only other woman when she's already cheating with him? or he's cheating with her? >> because he lied to her, contessa, and told her that she was the only one. and, by the way, she did release numerous text messages from him recently. and she has a lot of evidence of that relationship. i don't think there's any question that there was that relationship. he saw her several times a month for three years. just because a man is having an

affair, that doesn't give him a license to lie to the women he's having an affair with. and whether the woman is a former porn star, a secretary, a factory worker, a homemaker, a man does not have a right to lie to any woman. and if he does, he needs to do the right thing and stand up and in person or at least on the telephone, talk to her, acknowledge the relationship, acknowledge that he lied, and say that he's sorry. why shouldn't he be able to say that he's sorry? that's very important. >> he may be more worried about his wife right now and maybe calling former lovers is not high on the list of priorities. >> you know, contessa, he managed to have a wife and a relationship with veronica at the same time and make a lot of time for veronica while he was married. i think he can make time to meet with veronica or pick up the phone and say i acknowledge that i lied and i'm very sorry and explain why he did that. >> yeah, gloria, good to talk to

you. i appreciate you coming on and explaining. >> thank you, contessa. >> hmm. apologies. funny things, aren't they? all right, still ahead, we've been warned about the dangers of those baby slings. now one company is actually recalling them. if you have one, we'll tell you what you need to know. and who out there is screaming i want my palin tv? sarah palin nearing a deal for a new reality show. we'll have more on that ahead on msnbc. fill out and mail back the census today.

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he apparently didn't get word from the expert. a rhesus money con roaming the area and creating havoc. caught on camera. a rhesus monkey who's somewhat of a legend in these parts. it's believed he's off string of the monkeys used in the tarzan movies shot north of here. it's unknown if he was a pet that was released or if he was living in the wild. but it's likely he's been trained. one police officer reports seeing him look both directions before crossing the street. >> the scene of the cream. >> reporter: just days ago ra nay thought she heard her dog, bubba the bulldog, out back. turned out it was that fugitive. >> reporter: so you're crazy. >> i'm crazy. >> reporter: did you go ape? >> very funny. i can say it was bananas. >> reporter: she says she expected some monkey business

when her basket of fruit began to disappear, piece by piece. >> i'd come out. basket is tipped over and there are no grapefruit in it. at this point i'm like, those have got to be some seriously large citrus rats. >> reporter: vernon yates, animal traper, says he's tired of being made a monkey by the monkey. he's tracked this troublemaker for too long, he says. once he tranquilized him with a single shot. the monkey threw, how shall we say, feces at him and then retreated to a high branch, took a nap. when he woke up, he was back on the run. >> he's kind of made a monkey out of everybody who's tried to catch him. he's now traveled three counties, almost four counties i know of. >> reporter: in the last two years in monkey on the lam has covered an immense territory. he's been sighted across 50 square miles. getting from tampa to st. petersburg requires a trip. he either swam or walked the seven miles separating the two

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sarah palin may soon take on a new media project thanks to discovery channel. the former vice presidential candidate a bit closer today to signing a deal for a documentary style reality show based on alaska. palin would reportedly get $1 million an episode. nbc's top culture entertainment correspondent joins me. when you're looking at sarah palin, this is a woman who is loved and a woman who people love to hate. >> yes, yes. >> what do you make of this

deal? >> this might be wrong to say on nsnbc. this is a great tv deal for discove discovery. they're bringing someone who brings at least 1 million in the door. this is going to be a smart show for her to do. she's not going to mess up any future political potential that she might have. she's going to show us herself as a real person, outdoorsy, in the muck, in the water, not afraid to be out there with waiters up to here. >> this is a woman who has just posted on her facebook page a congressional map showing some democratic districts and instead of little push pins or whatever, you've got those cross-hairs, those rifle targeting cross-hairs. she's telling her followers to reload. this is a devicive figure who knows how to encourage rampant emotion. >> that's right. in a lot of hr television, a lot of her social media she's doing that thing you're talking about. here's she's going to step back, show us alaska, show us who she

is away from politics. >> we don't know who she is? >> we're going to see who she is away from politics here. >> yeah. >> so personality. i'm a regular person. i'm unafraid to get messy. >> you're loving this. you're going to watch. >> i don't know how much i'm going to watch. >> yes, you are. >> but i like it as a deal for her and discovery. >> thank you very much. believe it or not, some people who can shout even louder than conservative commentator ann coulter. hundreds of students organized a protest at the university of ottawa last night managing to shut down coulter's planned speech there. coulter's controversial tour of canadian colleges has ignited a heated debate over the limits of free speech. in one appearance, coulter told a muslim student to ride a camel. speaking of someone who knows how to really divide a crowd, still supporters say she's got the right to say whatever she wants. protesters say, no, she doesn't. >> i understand that there's a fine line between freedom of

speech and hate speech. but ann coulter consistently wades well into the territory of hate speech and that has no place on university campuses. >> freedom of speech in canada, especially on our university campuses, is in grave jeopardy. >> in an interview coulter called the university a bush league school. that will win you friends. she added, this has never, ever happened before. even at the stupidi isest ameri universities. in other words, even the stupidest american university is better than a bush league school in canada. that wraps up this hour for me. i'm contessa brewer. see you back here tomorrow, noon eastern. 9:00 a.m. in the west. up next, "andrea mitchell reports." among andrea's guests, republican senator judd gregg. for broccoli, say on for toys, say two. ys ! the system can't process your response at this time. what ? please call back between 8 and 5 ceral standard time. he's in control.

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