here is dennis kucinich announcing his vote. let's listen. >> each generation has grappled with difficult questions about how to meet the needs of our people. i believe health care is a civil right. each time as a nation we have reached to expand our basic rights, we've witnessed a slow and painful unfolding of a democratic pageant of striving, of resistance of breakthroughs of opposition of unrelenting efforts and eventual triumph. i've spent my life struggling for the rights of working class people and for health care. i grew up understanding firsthand what it meant for families who did not get access to needed care. i lived in 21 different places by the time i was 17, including a couple cars. independent the connection between poverty and poor health care. the deeper meaning of what native americans call whole in the body, whole in the spirit. i struggled with krone's disease most of my adult life to discover 16 years ago a near cure in alternative medicine and through following a plant-based diet. i've learned with difficult

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dennis kucinich was cosigner to that letter.nder and publisher and the co-director for campaign for america's future, roger hickey. both of you have worked very hard for over a year to try to push health care reform forward. marcos, you know dennis kucinich did the right thing. roger hickey, what do you think of where dennis kucinich from i will absolutely not vote for this bill because it's not good enough to today changing his mind. deciding to vote yes. is that the right choice? >> i think dennis kucinich did what the country needed him to do. he gave momentum to passage of this legislation this week. and so among house progressives, i think you see a united constituency of liberals working to make sure that health reform gets passed and gets passed in this congress this year. it's a good sign. >> markos, democrats of different stripes said they would vote against the bill if there wasn't a public option in it. some said they would vote against it if it had the so-called cadillac tax on union health insurance plans, and so on

the decision of congressman dennis kucinich to vote yes revealed the divide amongst liberals along theism and pragmatism. they threatened to back a primary challenger against kucinich if he voted no. jane hampshire asked them to donate money to encourage the stance and urge him to vote no. as for liberals drawing lines in the sand on certain elements in the health care bill like the public option, those lines have been crossed again and again. in august, 60 house democrats signed a letter to health and human services secretary kathleeny is bielia said they would vote no without a public option. dennis kucinich was a cosigner to that letter. we have the codirector of the campaign for america's future. thank you both for joining us. both of you have worked for very hard for over a year to try to push health care reform forward. we know you think dennis kucinich did the right thing in his decision today. roger, what do you think of where dennis kucinich went from i will not vote for this bill because it's not good enough just a week ago to today changing his mind and deciding to vote yes.

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instead it was dennis kucinich he is crazy.ike dennis kucinich -- and then i listen to you speak and i thought you didn't sound that crazy.- he doesn't sound crazy to me. was it frustrating -- and now of course i think you are right, i agree with what you said. but is it frustrating looking back on your presidential race in '04 to think that people were intentionally trying to prevent your message from reaching people's ears? they didn't want your words to be amplified. >> yeah, i have this kind of unnerving confidence to believe that i can win a rigged game. it comes from growing up in the streets of the city. and not being afraid of anything or anyone except god. and also it's backed up by some of my friends from english romantic literature to take shelley in "prometheus unbound." he writes of defying power which seems omnipotent. that this this is the way in which you are free. everyone of us must face a question about who are we and is there a moment in our lives where we really believe that we must take a stand because we

dennis kucinich apparently thinks it matters.e is what he said today. >> the healthcare debate has been severely hampered by fear. by myth. and by hyper-partisanship. the president clearly does not advocate socialism or government takeover of healthcare. >> glenn: what do they call the medicine in canada? socialized medicine. that is what they call it. please, dennis, play the audio clip, because it's new. i don't know where it was for the last year-and-a-half. it's new. let me pay it again. >> i believe not just politically but economically it's better for to us start to put a system in place. >> glenn: this is why i said, don't let it this pass. you don't know what is in the bill. this is the transition. it's a transition step. congress is creating rights. if they can do that, the "new york times" was right for running this picture for a while of the president. look at this. put it on full screen to see it. it's much more effective when you can see it. look at the cross there behind him. it look like he's come from god. maybe h

we're trying to figure out how dennis kucinich flipped without being tortured. do you remember this? >> nancy pelosi pulls you aside, steny highway pulls you aside and says dennis we need you because we want to address these problems down the road but half a loaf is better than no loaf. what does dennis kucinich stay say? >> i would have to say no. >> today this. >> after careful discussions with president obama, speaker pelosi, my wife, elizabeth, and close friends, i've decided to cast a vote in favor of the legislation. >> neil: and dennis insists it has nothing to do with this. that ride on air force one with the big kahuna this week and the rally mentioning dennis by name that day. >> your own congressman who is tireless on behalf of working people, dennis kucinich. come on -- did you hear that, dennis? say that again. >> [ inaudible ] >> that was what we call friendly persuasion. shandy is here to update us. what we're hearing is a lot of not so friendly persuasion going on. very good to have you back. what are you hearing? >> neil, there's a lot of politic

. >> dennis kucinich is here to make his case. >> dennis kucinich and ron paul are one thing. when you get somebody like richard lugar. >> i would argue if we go into a war with libya, we should declare war on libya. >> damn right. >> we have an unconstitutional war launched by the president of the united states. >> they say there was ample precedence for this in republican and democratic white houses. >> lied about a war and we're still there. >> what about bahrain, saudi arabia? >> we are at war? again? >> good evening from new york, it is day four of operation odyssey dawn, the u.n. sanctioned mission to enforce a no-fly zone over libya and protect the libyan people from moammar gadhafi's forces. gadhafi remains defiant, telling a crowd of supporters tonight we will be victorious in the end. in an interview with abc news diane sawyer, secretary of state hillary clinton said the libyan dictator may be planning an exit. >> we've heard about other people close to him reaching out to people that they know around the world, africa, the middle east, europe, north america, beyond,

you know, we just heard from dennis kucinich. what turned him around was a personal plea. ica. dennis moore stood up yesterday in our caucus all choked up talking about how a person who works for him, a congressman who's not running next year, is going to lose her job and has just been diagnosed with cancer and won't have coverage and will be turned down. that's the issue, and it's a question of whose side you're on. on the side of the people and making sure they get coverage or on the side of the insurance industry, and that's what this vote is about. martha: then how do you, you know, how does it sit with you when you look at polls, and i know you can say, oh, polls don't matter, but we see so many of them -- >> well, go into the internals of the poll. martha: 48% of the people don't like this plan. if you ask them if they want health care reform, they all say yes -- >> this process for over a year, anyone who's looked at this process for over a year is certainly unhappy and dissatisfied with it, but when you break down the internals, when you talk to the elderly about cl

you know, i respect dennis kucinich, but this really is a false choice. you can't always make the argument that while it is not a bright line, clear example of when we should use force, they barely rarely present themselves in foreign policy. we have a lot of difficult gray areas, but i think the president was right to say we want to make sure the arab states support this, we don't want to be the front edge of every single effort. and i agree with dennis kucinich, congress should have been consulted and we should have had a word here, but let's separate the issues. then the issue isn't whether the president is doing the right thing and power of our country to defend people, to be that becon we thought we should be. the president struck that tone. you can probably get six people opposed to just about anything president obama does, but i don't think we should be giving aid to those that are simply oppositionist to the president at all terms. >> congressman kucinich, if the president had consulted with congress, do you believe there would have been an overwh

joining us from washington is democratic congressmember dennis kucinich. this is his last again congress after serving eight terms. since 1997, dennis kucinich has been a leading progressive voice on capitol hill, into these articles of impeachment against george w. bush, voted against the patriot act, and advocated for ending the war on drugs. dennis kucinich ran for president in 2004 and 2008, down to create a permanent peace. he is former mayor of cleveland, ohio. congressmember, welcome back to "democracy now!" >> thank you. >> your term would be over except you have been called back on sunday, right, to do with the fiscal cliff? >> i have been in washington waiting to see if congress would be called back into session, as it should be. there really is no legitimate reason why the country should be facing serious tax increases for middle-class and also spending cuts that will further slow down the economy. we have made all of the wrong choices. we should be talking about jobs and more people involved in paying taxes. we should be talking about rebuildin

i want to know what you think about dennis kucinich. our tech survey question is -- in deciding to vote yet for the health care bill, do you think congressman kucinich did the right thing or sold out? teismt a, did the right thing. text b, sold out to 622639. i'll bring you the results later on in the show. congressman kucinich will be here tomorrow night to talk more about his decision. he is still catching some heat from lefties in the blogosphere. joining me is jim clyburn. great to have you on tonight in this very crucial time, i guess we could say. >> thank you so much for having me. >> you bet. what is the -- when is the cbo going to come out and score this second fix-it bill? what do you hear tonight? >> i hope it will be tonight, hopefully by the morning. i don't know for sure. i've seen preliminary numbers, but i think we expect something else from them later tonight or tomorrow morning. >> that really you can't do anything until you get that, right? >> that's true. we've total many of our members, many of whom we know are with

that's just wrong. >> larry: you may not agree, but do you respect dennis kucinich? >> actually, no, i don't. i'm going to be honest. i don't like him at all. he gives me the creeps. >> larry: because he's very liberal? >> no he has a creepy look about him. i'm sure he's a great guy, a wonderful guy, he's a much better human being but he gives me the creeps. >> ben, you give me the creeps sometimes. i respect him. i think he's realizing that getting a foot in the door means a lot more than not doing anything, which is what the republicans have been doing. nothing. >> larry: penn, what do you make of the kucinich switch? >> i'm proud to say no one gives me the creeps, but i listened to him say to lawrence o'donnell on ms nbc that he would vote no matter what, so obama takes everybody in air force one and flies to their district and does a rally and hope someone yells for them to vote. i don't know. i would like to think, one of the cool things about him was that he seemed to be so true to himself and changing around for a foot in the door all seems just a little bit l

let's take a look at what president obama did to try to win over dennis kucinich. this was monday, of course, in kucinich's own district. >> your own congressman who is tireless on behalf of the working people, dennis kucinich -- [ applause ] -- did you hear that dennis? you want to say that again? >> dennis kucinich is not someone you could arguably say was a predictable vote. >> no. >> because he is very liberal. and he isn't easily embarrassed. and he might have come out against the president even having taken that ride on "air force one." this is the end game. they're going hand to hand combat with every single member. >> well, it does show you how desperate they are for every vote. this guy loves to search for 15 minutes of fame. it's why he's had two runs for president just to basically get on the stage and debate on television. and then this whole charade of being able to stay out, hold out as a no vote so he could get his ride on "air force one", have the president shout him out. and have a press conference today. he got what he wanted out of this. he found

dennis kucinich's criticism coming from the left, point by point knocking down democratic talking pointsich and the vote he faces at this point? >> thank you, thank you for, 1 out of 435 is standing up for the 300 million. how truly sad is that? >> when the vote comes, if he's the decisive vote, would you tell him to go practical in the end? >> no, i would not. no, if i were a member of congress, i think what i would do is i would say i might vote for it if president obama, you'll stand in front of the cameras and tell the american people that this doesn't really cover preexisting conditions for the next four years and the insurance companies will still make outrageous profits. and they are going to be able to deny people care once they have insurance. tell the people the truth of these things, and then we'll vote for those things that are great about the bill. but i think, listen, i think having this discussion here on the day after keith's dad passed away, and keith has been so eloquent about this issue, he said on this air that he will commit an act of civil disobedience. he will not

later, in an exclusive, we will speak to dennis kucinich about why he sued his office cafeteria overg olive pit and if it was worth all of the grief. male announcer ] there's a new way to let go of some of the annoying symptoms menopause brings. it's one a day menopause formula. the only complete multivitamin with soy isoflavones to help address hot flashes and mild mood changes. one a day menopause formula. >> on this show last week, michael blam berg reaffirmed more detailed background checks. they released a video from an arizona gun show where the word background check was met with a laugh. that video is in the rewrite. later, dennis kucinich will speak up about the olive pit that brought him a lot of dental bills and bad press. it's true. you never forget your first subaru. >>> how easy is it to buy a begin at an arizona gun show? >> i would like to look at this one. >> here, sir. >>ar what you just saw is say violation of federal law that said private sellers at gun shows can sell to anyone without a background check unless there is reason to believe the buyer is not legally al

that is the mantra from people from david obey to dennis kucinich. there is no war we're supposed to fight. we are supposed to let the chinese and the russians run the world and we are supposed to retreat and build the ever, ever, ever-growing government. that is not the vision for america. we want an activist america to keep our country safe by being a leader in the free world and that means to go out to the enemy, who has attacked us. they were in afghanistan and continue to be in afghanistan and pakistan. we have to keep them on the defensive instead of giving them the opportunity to regroup. shannon: congressman, there is an immense price tag for this war. your colleagues have mentioned a war tax. are you behind that idea? >> i am against further taxes to pay for this war. i think it has to be pointed out, this is not a left-right issue. here is the cato institute, harvard wrote an article about "escaping the graveyard empire's." they have a plan that gets us out of afghanistan with advisers and a new approach to intelligence and a new drug polic

i want your reaction to what dennis kucinich was just saying.ith you first, peter, being the democrat here. it is not an easy decision for him and yet he's somebody who, without being asked, is going out lobbying for it. basically he feels it is at least better to get something on the table and then try and refine it down the road, how far down the road, who knows. but how much do you think that reflects a lot of democrats' approach? >> i think there are a number of them that are concerned about it, alex. they don't think it goes far enough. what dennis is saying -- he's one of the most liberal members in the united states house of representatives. he says let's not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. and also i think for those who have a sense of history, if you go back and you see what lyndon johnson did in 1957 on civil rights, passing the very first real civil rights legislation that led to the real changes in the '60s, it was a step, it was a movement forward, it was a tough thing to do, and you know, this is a kind of issue that's no

. >> larry: plus, dennis kucinich. his first press conference since changing his mind. and tiger woods and much more all next on "larry king live." >> larry: she's here, betty white is right here with us tonight. before we speak to her, we want to talk about the big news of the day. she's ticked that she's not on before him, dennis kucinich, democrat of ohio, he made headlines earlier today by announcing he's changed his mind and will vote for health care reform. was there any arm twisting involved here? >> no, i -- you know, the president and everyone else i spoke to was -- they made their case. i provided the counter argument as to the changes i wanted to see in the bill. now we've moved beyond that, i think the things i want to see eventually in health care, we can move toward over the years. i said it this morning, i'll say it again, it was a detour. you hit a roadblock, you have a choice, you can go straight and maybe go over a cliff, or you can take a detour and eventually get to the destination you want to get to. i hope as i work with the president on the next s

the point is dennis kucinich keeps trying.ng on often very important and irrefutablity core liberal issues. the congressman is famous for introduce things even if no one is with him on it if he thinks they are important. he goes for it alon. a lot of people on the left love him and look to her him for leadership. he has sent a bill every year to establish a department of peace. he proposes federally financing policical campaigns and setting up an organization to encourage corporations to be environmentally and socially responsible. he's the guy who doing the bush administration introduced a resolution to impeach vice president dick cheney for high crimes and misdemeanors. none of those things were enacted into law. which is why it was so -- this week to see this headline. gop fears cue sign itch resolution. this is politico.com. this is not "the nation." gop fears kucinich resolution. the resolution in question would direct the president to remove the u.s. armed forces from libya by no later than the date that is 15 days after

shout-out at the big rally. >> your own congressman, who is tireless on behalf of working people, dennis kucinich. >> reporter: vote yes, somebody yelled. >> did you hear that, dennis? say that again? >> reporter: kucinich said he will. >> i've decided to cast a vote in favor of the legislation. >> reporter: a good sign, said president obama. >> that's a good sign. >> what did you tell him? >> i told him thank you. >> reporter: a bigger problem for the president and house speaker pelosi is roughly 30 conservative democrats who they're still lobbying hard to vote yes. proreform doctors and nurses put on the pressure. >> trust me when i tell you that we cannot afford to delay meaningful health care reform. >> making affordable health care available to many millions of patients. >> reporter: republicans are urging democrats who voted no last fall to hang tough. >> we've asked the president, scrap the bill, let's start over. we can do this together. >> reporter: the vote count and the outcome still too close to call. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. >>> well, idaho has become the first s

defeating democratic congressman dennis kucinich in the newly redrawn district. each battling hard for a foothold in the northern part of ohio. we should point out in the republican nomination, it looks like samuel wurzelbacher will be the republican nominee. you may not know him but you know the name he came by in 2008. joe the plumber. he defeated steven kraus a licensed auctioneer. last night speaking to supporters, representative kaptur said i wish to say to dennis kucinich, i thank him very much for his spirited campaign. he worked hard and wants to help our country as well and i noelle find ways to do that. meanwhile, in cleveland, this from congressman dennis kucinich. >> now, i would like to be able to congratulate congresswoman kaptur, but i do have to say she ran a campaign in the media market that was utterly lacking in integrity with false statements, half truths, misrepresentations. i hope that is not the kind of representation she would provide to this community. and i don't think the people of toledo have any idea of the kind of campaign run here i

dennis kucinich who vote against it before. how big a deal was that? >> remember, dennis kucinich his criticism comes saying it doesn't go far enough. so republicans are trying to minimize that and to some degree you can understand why. what they're looking for are the democrats at the center who may have more reservations rather than wanting to do this bill and a whole bunch more. still, representative killdee, saying that the abortion restrictions are sufficient for him, he studied to be a priest, he's a popular guy guy in the house. that will certainly help encourage some of the other abortion foes on the other side of the aisle. >> woodruff: that could signal they made some headway with others who are prolife. >> we hear from the white house. they're talking to bart stupack. they're trying to work out something. it will probably have to be done in a separate bill. the democrats are confident they can do it with the existing bill. the argument from the leadership is that should work for other abortion opponents as well. >> woodruff: david herszenhor

his campaign manager, dennis kucinich, yes, dennis kucinich. what he says. thanks for cheryl casone who filled in ably yesterday. to manchester, new hampshire and parade of candidates teeing off this week. let's go to alexis mcadams who is there. >> reporter: neil, it is getting crowded in the race for president. former new jersey governor chris christie is throwing his hat in the ring. he will announce at this building behind me at a town hall tonight. we'll get more in a minute. he will get on the stage tell all the voters in the room, across the country, he has exactly what it takes to take on former president donald trump to go head-to-head with him in the debate stage. this is expected to kick off around 5:30 or 6:00 he is expected to show up. he will take that stage during the townhall at new hampshire institute of politics. christie has been spending more and more time in new hampshire. already had his second townhall in the state so far this year. he focused campaign back in 2016. as you know didn't go very well. he came in 6th in the the in primary

dennis kucinich didn't get brainwashed in the process.e a mindless cheerleader for a highly compromised bill. he never forgot the 26 million people who were going to be left behind without a plan to ever provide coverage for them. but many democrats did. they pretended they passed a universal coverage bill and as the law continued to be criticized, democrats pretended they passed a perfect bill. no legislation is ever perfect. it can never be perfect. all legislation is the product of compromise. the affordable care act is indescribely complex, even for experts. no one can recite to you the 15 taxes in the bill without checking the list. there isn't a nonexpert out there who knows the full mix of ways in which the bill tries to provide health care coverage for expanding medicaid, expanding the c.h.i.p. program, providing government subsidies to purchase health insurance for some people. no one knows how much those subsidies are, not even the experts. no one knows what the fines are and the enforcement for the individual mandate. none of t

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congressman marcie captor of toledo defeating lon-time throwing dennis kucinich in the newly redrawn ninth congressional district. each battling hard for a foothold in this new district in the northern part of ohio. in the republican nomination, it looks like samuel wur sell bacher is going to be the republican nominee. you may not know he is but you know the name joe the plumber. he defeated steven kraus, a licensed auctioneer, for the republican nomination. last night speaking to supporters in toledo, representative captor saying "i wish to say to my congressional colleague from the cleveland area dennis kucinich, i thank him very much for his spirited campaign. he worked very hard, he wants to help our country as well and i know he will find ways to do that." this from congressman dennis kucinich." >> i would like to be able to congratulate congressman captor. but i do have to say that she ran a campaign in the cleveland media market that was utterly lacking in integrity. with false statements, half-truths, misrepresentations. i hope that is not the kind of representation she woul

that you both had together. >> your own congressman who's tireless on behalf of working people, dennis kucinichar that, dennis? say that again. >> vote yes! >> someone in the audience saying, vote yes. did the president promise you or give you something, that he would campaign for you, raise money for you? obviously there was a lot of arm twisting going on. did he twist your arm? >> no. i was trying to convince him while we were on air force one. it wasn't the first meeting we have had. i have had four specific meetings with the president on health care. before that, we campaigned nati nationally together. i understood his position. he wasn't for single payer, but i was trying to use every opportunity i had to impress upon the president the importance of a pakistan option to have amendment to protect the right of states to go to single payer. he wasn't going to do that. when i finally understood when talking to him and congressional leade leaders, i'm faced with i've got to make a decision here. it's not the bill i would have written. but i have had to make a decision to see if we can move the

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provisions in the democrats' health care reform bill but only one liberal in the house, congressman dennis kucinich, went so far as to vote against it last november. he didn't just vote against it. he denounced it point by democratic talking point. it was assumed kucinich would definitely vote against it again but with the possibility that a single vote could decide the fate of the final legislation, the effort to change the mind of the gentleman from ohio is in full force tonight. ahead, my interview with congressman kucinich. first the latest details. president obama today delivered his most direct and energized pitch in months in support of his proposal to reform the nation's health care system. outside philadelphia the president literally and proverbially rolled up his sleeves to argue that now is the time, finally, to fix the system. >> since we took this issue on a year ago, there have been plenty of folks in washington who have said that the politics is just too hard. they've warned us we may not win. they've argued, now is not the time for reform. it's going to hurt your poll numbers. how's

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in ohio, richard cordray to be did former commerce member dennis kucinich for governor. cordray served as the first director of the consumer financial protection bureau. you will now face mike dewine in november to determine who will replace outgoing ohio governor john kasich. in indiana, vice president mike pence brother greg pence won the republican primary for congressional seat in eastern indiana that vice president once sat in. female candidates are also big winners on tuesday. politico reports there were 20 "it house primaries with women on the ballot tuesday night, and voters selected a female nominee in 17 of them. we will have more on the primaries later in the broadcast. in armenia, thousands of people took to the streets tuesday to celebrate after opposition leader nikol pashinyan was elected prime minister by armenia's parliament. the election followed weeks of anti-corruption and anti-government protests which toppled former president serzh sargsyan in april. the new prime minister is a former journalist and publisher. meanwhile, in hungary, thousands of peo

we're talking about dennis kucinich and he had a big press conference today announcing he would in factof fame or obama's attention. he's a hero of the left and she feels like we're kind of giving him this attention, he's been a brat and just wanted the 15 minutes of fame or the president's attention and he got a lot of attention today. let me know your thoughts. twitter.msnbc.com. are you fed up with congress? do you think this will ever end or will it be people just going back to the polls and switching out the man or woman that they consider their representative? >>> irish eyes are smiling all over the world today. take a look at the sights and sounds from ireland, st. patrick's day revelers taking to the streets in dublin. that looks fun. the festival draws a huge crowd as you can expect every year. >>> and the white house is going green. the waters in the famous fountain have been dyed green for the second year in a row, this one on the north lawn. but of course -- and they do that in chicago too and i think the first lady kind of stole the idea. of course here in new york the big

>> chris dodd is now the 37th democrat to want to pass it through reconciliation and dennis kucinich is the latest target to switch from nay to aye on health care. our guest, congressman dennis kusinich. the bizarre saga of congressman eric massa. first allegations of misconduct with a male staffer then details of a naked shower fight. and now one brave fox news conspiracy theorist is coming to the rescue. >> americans have a right to know the identity of the al qaeda seven. >> now 19 conservative lawyers and policy experts say that liz cheney ad undermines the justice system. one of them is former independent counsel kenneth starr. our guest? ken starr. back to the kodak theater. >> this seemed like a better idea in rehearsal. >> all the highs and lows and the history made at last night's oscars. and sarah from alaska continues to write tina fey's material for her. >> if it was good enough for god scribbling on the palm of his hand, it's good enough for me, for us. >> all that and more now on "countdown." >> we're going old school tonight. >>> good evening from los angeles. i'm lawre