there are two townhalls in maryland. patients first is holding a townhall at 7:00 at the holiday inn on deer creek road in timonium. they oppose the proposal there. and another one at north point high school in north point. hoyer supports a public option but said he supports just passing a bill. we will be at both meetings and of course, show you what happened on fox 45 news at 10:00, tomorrow. >> well, the health care reform bill moving through the house of representatives is a massive piece of legislation. here is a look at one of the sections. 221 of the health care reform bill. creates a public health insurance option inside of the new health insurance exchange. it said the public option will be available only through the health insurance exchange. it described what kind of public plans will be available. it creates an ombudsman to handle complaints about the public option. and allows people to use federal courts to enforce rights similar to medicare. you can find out exactly what it said. the bill is linked to your

now switches from townhalls back to washington. tomorrow night, president obama will discuss health care during an address to congress. here in baltimore, senator cardin rallies support of the president's health care initiatives. spoke before a group called organizing for america. many of the members campaign for mr. obama last year. >> we need health care reform now. this is the year. this is our time. and with your help, we are going to go the job done in isnora2009. thank you all very much. >> but some small business owners worry that the health care reform bill will end up hurting them. >> new poll out shows despite all the shouting at the townhall meetings in recent weeks, opinions remain relatively the same. gallop pole released showed 39 percent of americans want congressman to vote against the measures and 37 percent want lawmakers to vote yes. and 24 percent still have no opinions. >> the nation's doctors delivered the u.s. physicians appeals to lawmakers today. sent to all 100 u.s. senators. with more than 10,000 doctors

political passion. >> this is so wrong. >> this is america. >> why is it difficult to keep these townhalleetings on topic? >> we have won the iraq war. i don't want to spend -- >> i am sorry, next. >> many americans finding these meetings the perfect place to vent. >> we have failing public education. >> your government has lost the faith and trust of the american people. >> (clapping). >> there seems so much frustration. >> and therefore, if people -- thank you. >> some analysts believe it may have less to do with health care and more to do with a summer of discontent. >> they watched while the government bailed out banks and other financial institutions, and when they sub diesed automobile industry with billons of dollars. and although many economists, and newspaper columnists tell us this is bringing about an end to the recession, they have not seen it yet. >> we are $99 trillion in debt. how are you going to go to my children in their eyes and tell them they will have a better future. >> it seems the health care debate has created the perfect political storm. >> thank you very much fo

white house is saying, time is -- time for bickering is over and then allf a sudden, you ar at the townhall in the augt. that's whathe white house loves. the demoats in the house today on fridadecided they're going to see if ty could mil this for longer y officiallyep manding congressman wilson ho apologized but not the floor. gwen: not with a l of contrition. >> could you help cleaup or e issue that he was shouting out, which is -- seems to be the one that is arused b most passion on the rightis will this coverillegal imgrants r not? >> it is not a imple answer. theris language inhe various lls. there's not just one bill. saying no subsidyforillegal immigrants fine. but the republican crics, incding people likejoe wilson say there's no verification in the bill. how do we know f we don't ask for proof citizenship whether or not you get that. the answero that is if you do these tax subsidies, the irs has chanisms of course, which legal residence. gwen: the federal government won't subsidize an ilegal alien program. >> it oes epressly ba that budoes it ave adeuate enforcement? and is there a

that's cnbc townhall with secretary timothy geithner's just wrapped upp.e've got exclusive sound for you right now. here's what the secretary there to say. >> today because of the effectiveness of the actions we've taken, it's just the beginning. we've had more than $80 billion come back into the treasury. that money goes to reduce how much we have to borrow and it means that we have more resources available to do the necessary things our country needs. >> all right you saw steve liesman there, erin burnett is also hosting that special townhall event. that's tonight 7:00 p.m. on cnbc. so do not miss that. he is fielding questions from viewers across the country. time now for today's edition of "pops & drops." we want to kick it off with a pop for p&g. >> got a drop here. tim. >> truck engines and school buses. happy first day back to everybody. a crazy day for you, i bet. >> pop here for ual. up 18%. i love school bus by the way. >> i bet you did. you are the type that did. >> that didn't come out very nicely, tim. >> you led me right to it. >> dr. j. >> u

. >>> another heated townhall ov the nation's healthcare system tonight. >> stipy higher -- steny hoyer supports baby killers. >> this time, it was maryland congressman steny hoyer in the hot seat. he was there to discuss the president's plan to reform healthcare and ended up being more shouting than discussions. lawmakers will vote on the bill later this fall. >>> new developments in the wildfires out west this evening. laura evans, everywhere at 11 starting in southern california. >>> officials say they're making significant progress on the wildfire raging north of l.a. some evacuees were allowed to go home; however, they're far from having the upper hand and 4,000 homes are still under an evacuation order. the fire is 22% contained. 62 homes have been destroyed. >>> a push to put same-sex marriage to a vote. the stanfordmarriagedc.com coalition is trying to preserve traditional marriage. they filed a ballot initiative with the board of ections. in may, the city council aroved to enact to recognize the same-sex marriage performed in other states. >> a major push to clean the chesapeak

because the trial lawyerr, but in townhall meeting after town hall meeting, that is a huge lightning rod issue. people know that medical malpractice is really one of the major drivers of costs, not the old one but one of the major drivers. and we have evidence of how you can begin to solve this problem. texas, for example, reformed its malpractice rules in 2003, 2005, fully in effect now. and they have seven -- a backlog of 7000 physicians who want to move to texas because i is a friendlier environment. this gets back to an earlier question we had about government does have a huge impact on the economy in the incident as it sets up,he disincentives this is something the government could fix, but it's not going to happen in this bill and probably in this congress. but the american people i think oupoken on that as well. >> the history of what gives rise to the need of tort reform is really fascinating to get started in the 1930s as a conscious doctrine of liberal that because you have poor people, average people being harmed an you can't necessarily find someone to compensate the. let

canter and bobby scott held a townhall meeting in virginia. crowd of 200 was civil.the two outlined different positions. >> we will guarantee a public option in the house bill. now, government and medicare and medicaid, based on polling have polled better than private insurance, neither party in washington has demonstrated an ability to keep down costs. neither party has. so you then enter a situation where you are going to have a very unsustainable situation unless you take drastic steps. >> you can get more information on the health care reform on our website, log onto foxbaltimore.com and click on the cure for health care icon. >> i run the gambit of emotions. >> later on fox 45 news at 10:00. hue laurie on the premiere of house. the one thing he does not want to hear from an audience. >> the growing concern over dementia, the chore that could be an early indication of the . >> another violent weekend in baltimore has the city's top cop ordering a redeployment of officers to troubled areas. 18 people shot in, at least, 10 incidents since friday. three people died.

after the townhall meetings --. >> gregg: pelosi says she can. >> she said she had the votes in july but she didn't. she still doesn't have the votes. in the senate, it's still a problem. i don't think in the senate at the end of the day you're going to have a public option passed. i think they may bring it up for a vote to satisfy people but after it fails they'll go with a more nonprofit cooperative thing. i think though can do that. you're not going to see a public option. >> gregg: do they have enough for 60 votes in the senate? >> i think if they do it in a particular way. here is what i think about the senate. if they deal with the cost issues at this point and they leave the public option out of it, i think they can get 60 votes. here is the devil and the details and that was the laughter during the president's speech, there are details still to be worked out and there was a roar of laughter into the room. until they get it into legislative language and satisfies people you're not going to see votes. i go back to early in the administration, he said he was for health care refo

president obama holding a townhall on health care reform. he is telling the crowd, now is the season for action and now is the time to deliver on health care. meanwhile, in washington, tens of thousands of folks taking to the streets protesting what they call out of control government spending. this is live shot. they are protesting the president's plan to overall health care. that is a lot of folks. >> search continues for a missing yale grad student, annie lee vanished. family members have called her wedding. >> jamie: plans for a new death row in san quentin prison. it's under fire. not only for the projected costs $150 million but money the cash strapped state doesn't have. but how some america's notorious killers will be housed from a new death row. >> california's death row is home to 670 of the state's worst offenders, from scott peterson who murdered his pregnant wife who richard allen davis who kidnapped polly klaas. due to the exhaustive appeals process it can take decades for a death sentence to be carried out. but executions have

. >> new poll indicates despite all the shouting and finger biting at some townhall meetings opinions remain the same. gallop pole released showed 39 percent of americans want congressmen to vote against the pending measures. 37 percent want them to vote yes. 24 percent have no opinion. the nation's doctors delivered the u.s. physicians appeal to lawmakers today. sent to all 100 u.s. senators with more than 10,000 doctors's signatures on it. asking lawmakers to include doctors in reshaping health care, including the cost of reform. >> president obama meantime met with top congressional leaders tonight. he told house speaker nancy pelosi and seatbelt majority leader harry reid that congress needs to pass reform measures soon. pelosi said the public option is essential to passing reform in the house. reed could not say the same for the u.s. senate. >> well, the debate over health care reform switches from town halls back to washington. tomorrow night, president obama will discuss health care during an address to congress. but here in baltimore, that debate still provoke plenty of emotio

the one whose suffer silently and the ones who share their stories with us at townhalls and e-mails and letters. i received one of those letters a few days ago, it was from our beloved friend and colleague ted kennedy. he had written it back in may, shortly after he was told that his illness was terminal. he asked that it be delivered upon his death. in it he spoke about what a happy time his last months were thanks to the love and support of family and friends his wife vicki, his amazing children who are all here tonight. and he expressed confidence that this would be the year that health care reform, that great unfinished business of our society, he called it, would finally pass. he repeated the truth that health care is decisive for our future prosperity but also reminded me that it concerns more than material things. what we face, he wrote, is above all a moral issue. at ske are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country. i thought about that phrase quite a bit in recent days. the character of our country. one of the

at townhall@cnbc.com. >>> larry cantor is with me. head of barclays capital. sarah from capital management. good to have you both on the program. >> thank you. >> larry, five days in a row. to what do you a tribute this market rally? >> hey, i mean, the economic recovery is looking a lot more normal. it's looking like a normal recovery. the market is behaving appropriately, i think. >> do you agree with that, actually, in terms of putting new money to work right here? because a lot of people, of course, are worried that perhaps this market has gotten a little ahead of itself based on the economic evidence out there. >> i'd say not yet. it hasn't gotten ahead of itself yet. remember, maria, i think a lot of people have really not participated in this rally. a lot of fund managers waiting for a correction to put money to work. and they're having to do that now. just look at where treasuries are at, how many people own treasuries, how much money is in money market funds. you cited the claims numbers earlier. those are critical if you're waiting for the consumer t

townhall protests and all of these talk show appearances, nothing is changing.define feature. 40% strongly oppose and 40% strong think in favor. people think it's going to raise costs, reduce the quality of care and 53% of those who have insurance say if this passes, we're going probably to have to change our own coverage. >> julie: so regarding health care, should it be available to the public or what do people say >> the question that was asked, the plan that members of congress get. 78% say yes, people should be able to buy the congressional plan. this is common sense 101. if you don't trust people writing the rules, you want to make sure you get the same deal. >> julie: should acorn reap the rewards of federal funding? >> 51% say all funding should be cut off. 17% disagree. 80% funding should be cut off. they are favorable numbers are just horrible. 15% of americans have a favorable opinion of acorn. clearly an organization that is struggling at this point in time. >> julie: so i guess i wonder what the feet back will be, if it will be more positive. do you

i think the anger in the townhall meetings in august was the result of the american people feeling like they weren't hearing the straight story. it was kind shifting the argument so they would provide something to the american people that the american people did not like. they would see a co-op constructed that he spoke of. >> gregg: if the u.s. government controls the co-ops through money and management which is what chuck schumer has been arguing for, isn't that jaws government run program that is disguised as something else? would you oppose that? >> as with anything the devil is in the details. it is going to matter how the co-op is constructed and what the level of government is in oversight and with the regulatory nature of the co-op, i think like in seattle it's worked. it's been in effect for decades. >> gregg: what if, what if the government subsidizes it and they staff it and they have a say who the controlling directors are would you vote against it? >> again, my concern is voting against the bill deals with cost could, impact on small business. i would have to see the entire

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