the only problem is the number listed is the district office for louisiana democratic senator mary landrieukesman says, quote, i find their attack ad on ben nelson to be pretty ineffective. their strategy of encouraging nebraskaians to call ben nelson at senator landrieu's office is ill-conceived, at best." getting back to cash for clunkers, we have brought you glowing reviews of this program, but some people are taking major hits because of it. correspondent adam housley explains from suburban los angeles. >> it's pretty bleak, pretty bleak. >> right way charity services in sun valley, california turns thousands of donated cars into money for local food banks, homeless shelters an boys and girls clubs. they say the recession has put a dent in donations. they're down 30% from last year. >> now people are very leery to donate their vehicle. they are holding on to what they have and fixing the cars that they have. >> now cash for clunkers has really put the brakes on, putting charities third in line. charities can offer a tax write-off for as little as $500 next spring that. can't compete wit

states, they have 14 people alone in louisiana, and because he talked about their senator h there, mary landrieu and called her a mushy democrat and we really need to work on her.ork >> glenn: need to work on her. let me go to he talked a littlo bit about -- he talked a little bit about healthcare here and something called i can. >> h-can. >> hi. >> glenn: do we have the video of him talking about h-can? >> the sciu has made a tremendous commitment to have operations in about 15 or so states to form a part of something called h-can, the h-can campaign to help the organization and others andn everything i know, acorn is still up to their eyeballs. >> glenn: this is something new because they deny it. in fact, we had something frome baton rouge recently and they were wearing these t-shirts and what is it called, organizing for america which is a barack obama democratic term, how is organizing for america and acorn or sciu, is there any for evidence that they are connected? >> sciu is a part of h-canng fr which also acorn is as well bur then there is another coalition called the healthcare equality

they have 14 people alone in louisiana, and because he talked about their senator there, mary landrieu, and he called her a mushy democrat, and we really need to work on her. glenn: "we need to work on her." can you tell me about what he said about healthcare with hcan. do we have the video of him talking about hcan? can we play it? the seiu has operations in 15 states with hcan which helps acorn. they are still up to their eyebrows. glenn: this is something new, because they deny it. in fact, we had something from baton rouge, recently, and they were wearing these t-shirts and they said -- we called, and it was "organize organizing for america," a barack obama organizing trick, and how is it for acorn or sei u or "organizing for america," are they connected? >> acorn is part of hcan and another coalition called healthcare quality project which is run by seiu. one of their staffpeople actually runs this, and -- 0 glenn: you were saying -- is there any evidence that they are connected to "organizers of america"? >> yes, they were holding town hall meetings all over the country. you talk

good thinking, white house, and the bipartisan effort by senator sam brownback and senator mary landrieuey have introduced the human animal hybrid prohibition act of 2009, which will, quote, ban the creation of animal human hybrids. i didn't even know we needed that, but i think this is the first thing i have seen congress do in a long time that i agree with. apparently they have been making animal human hybrids. we have a picture of -- this is -- we have created a -- is that the picture? is that the man-pig that everybody has telling me about? this is it, isn't? it? yeah. i don't know, maybe they were harvesting organs. there is the pig tour for you, the man-pig. america, wake up. use your head! >> hey, you at home, you're still watching this? but i thought congressman bob english told you to turn glenn off? next. my grandkids are a great reason for me to keep my bones strong but even with calcium, vitamin d, and exercise, i still got osteoporosis. i never thought i could do more than stop my bone loss. then my doctor told me i could, with once-monthly boniva. boniva works with your bod

senator mary landrieu has been trying to hammer on the army corps of engineer and keep a consciousnessu have to remember, new orleans' part of katrina, unlike mississippi which often unfortunately gets forgotten in their recovery, it was a man-made disaster in new orleans with the lego levees built by the u.s. army corps of engineers. a lot of the flood protection has been improved but it's an ongoing fight. and my worry is that our nation just kind of says, things are up and running. new orleans is back. a kind of boosterism sets in when there's still some deep problems. i'm not convinced if a category 4 or 5 storm hit that the levees are going to hold up. i don't think they've been revamped enough. i think we have to keep our focus on how can we build like the dutch have done in the netherlands, a category 5 sustainable levee system in the gulf south and in new orleans area in particular. >> doug is right. i will describe the levees as better than it was when katrina happened. and it's getting better. he's also right about the netherlands. my wife and i just went to the netherlands t

. >> claire mccaskill, evan bayh, mary landrieu, ben nelson, the arkansas senators, they cannot voteis feeling is out there. they have got to be given political cover and it's going to take a while to explain this health care bill to america. >> it's great you got claire mccaskill coming up because she's obviously a good, centrist democrat. she can tell us whether this is -- they are packing these meetings and coming after her or if this is reflective of real anger and rage. >> maybe a little bit of both. >> is it authentic or what some of these folks say? i think it's authentic. >> again, anybody that's trying to put a political crowd together in august will tell you if you get 10 or 15 people, i mean, and it doesn't matter if you have the most powerful organizations trying to pull people out to town hall meetings. i have in my district. i can tell you, you can't do it in august. this is authentic. now maybe people are out there because they've been misled. maybe there are some out there. but you just can't stage these type of rallies. >> the economy. look, 80% of all jobs lost have

merry land from mary -- mary landrieu. those members are not going to come back and a hurry to do anything if they do not like what they hear. >> another question. we have talked about foreign policy but at the same time the president has made the decision to relieve ramp up in afghanistan. the president has had a major block of supporters to one active military operations to stop. when you talk about the politics of that with his constituency and whether health-care cut all aid their concerns over? >> there is a real discomfort about the increase of forces in afghanistan. concern in a left is simultaneously -- there was good news on friday, where we apparently killed one of the top taliban leaders in pakistan. that is a sign of success. it will be interesting to see whether it that it's the type of play that it should. but the domestic front is so much hotter right now. the economy and health care discussions threaten to overwhelm important divisions on the left on farm policy. that is it for time. thank you for being her

majority of 60 but if you get the moderate -- there are a half dozen moderate democrats, ben nelson, mary landrieulouisiana, they may fall away. then it's a 60 majority that might become 56, 55. if the republicans hold firm they could filibuster. >> shannon: we'll all be watching. thank you, chris. >> shannon: it's crunch time in the debate over healthcare. the white house is targeting the big bad inturion companicompan -- big, bad insurance companies and reporting a big without a public option. mike emmanuel has the latest now. i have to ask you, we heard today that health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius may say the white house is willing to go along with a plan that doesn't include a public option. what are you hearing? >> that's right. sebelius saying on the sunday talk shows today, basically that the public option, the government option is not essential. here is how the health and human services secretary sold it this morning. >> what is important is choice and competition. i'm convinced at the end of the day the plan will have both of those. that's not the essential element. >>

missouri where claire mccaskill is, down to louisiana with mary landrieu, i would go to nebraska with ben nelson, and have these crowds and -- find a guy in the nra, and call on him first because that was the best part of the town hall meeting. that new hampshire town hall meeting where it was a love fest, we didn't pick that up because the president does get one thing right -- we in news love conflict and so we want people asking him tough questions and he can handle those tough questions better than any politician on the national stage right now. >> he did make a few references as you said to the media saying we love a ruckus. >> right. >> i think we can admit that does make good television but is it fair for him to say we overplayed it? >> no more than it's fair to say that soldiers and marines have been complaining for eight years that we'll show a picture of a school being blown up, but we'll never show the school being built. ask george w. bush or bill clinton whether we seize on conflict and run it in a loop. that's what the news media has always done. and the president underst

mary lynn drew is sitting there like it is wonderful and i do not think she has read it -- mary landrieuthis is communism at its best. it amazes me. if they could throw psychotropic drugs in the trash can maybe they could wake up and understand what is going on in this country. it is a terrible thing. i know people are hurting for insurance, but the need to pick themselves up and quit waiting on the government. it is a shame. host: thank you, next is new haven, conn., on the republican line. caller: good morning, i do not believe these protests will do any good. if anyone googles this, a town hall meetings began in new england. all this protesting is not doing any good. number one, there's not bill. there are four different bills now. i went to a town hall meeting in milford, conn., with the congressman. i not see anything like that. there were republicans, democrats, independents. i agree with the writer that the world big backlash against these protesters. i am republican, but we do need to reform health care. i served senator grassley on fox news yesterday. saying that they want to ki

mary landrieu is sitting there and saying it is a wonderful thing. i don't think she has read it. this is communism at its best, as far as i'm concerned. i sit here and watch this and it just amazes me. they have done to the people down so much -- dumbed the people down some much that if they put the drugs and the trash can, maybe it would understand what is going on in the country. i know people are hurting for insurance and everything, but they need to pick themselves up and quit waiting on the government to do it for them. it is a shame. it really is. host: thank you. next is new haven, connecticut. this is mike on the republican line. caller: i don't believe that these protests are going to do any good. town halls started in new england. all these protests, and yelling at senators and congressman, that is not doing any good. there is four different bills. just procedures that are going to get to the bill. i went to a town hall meeting with the congressman in milford, connecticut, and i did not see anything like that, believe me. there were republicans there, democrats, indepen