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added? >> senator demands and members of the committee we wholeheartedly the points that mr. may pointed out one industry and concurrence on these types of issues so that integrated data base of by the records is congress can direct the faa to do it and immediately so the access to this information is readily available to people as be higher. but better the information we have in the system the safer it will be. >> the other issue underscoring the use of cvr as you talked about in your remarks it is a tragedy that we are here with the issues that congress, faa's, are learning about are from, it had to be after the tragedy that is a shame. if there is a tool out there that can be used to help prevent accidents about how not to prevent accidents before they have been and we are not even touching it that is a tragedy. >> of like to respond we need to look at the system. the thought that somehow we can monitor cockpit voice recorder and improve the safety or compliance, let us focus on the professionalism and the training of those airmen who do this day in and day out. we're miss

senators. they took out a full paige ad asking the two democratic senators to vote against a concealed weapons amendment. that amendment wouldive people who are licensed to carry concealed weapons in their home state the right to legally carry their weapons in other states as well. >> the virginia gubernatorial race is heating up. but the democrat candidate says he has a plan to fix the sluggish committee. creigh deeds announced his plan today with new tax credits for businesses that create jobs and provide loans for small business in rural areas with high employment. he says fixing the state's transportation problems and creating green jobs are keys to fixing the economy. his opponent picked up an endorsement from a big tim kaine spurter. sheila johnson appeared with bob mcdonald to announce she's backing the republican. johnson,ho is a democrat, says she believes mcdonald can curran virginia's economy around. johnson has given more than $750,000 to governor kaine and the democratic national committee since 2000. >> maryland senator barbara mikulski broker ankle in three places walking down s

in an unprecedented move, the democratic national committee launched a national ad campaign today targeting senate democrats who have expressed concerns about the president's health plan. >> it is time for health care reform. >> reporter: one of the democrats targeted found the ads laughable. the democratic national committee is running ads in north dakota targeting you. >> you got to love it. is this a great world we live in? >> reporter: but with republicans in opposition, the president will likely need the support of every single democrat in the senate to get his health bill passed, and that is why we are seeing the democratic ads targeting democrats. >> all right, jonathan karl on capitol hill, thank you. >>> and our medical editor dr. tim johnson sat down with the president at the white house this afternoon, and tim is joining us tonight from washington. tim? >> reporter: charlie, i had ten minutes with the president, and i began by asking him who would decide what medical care is unnecessary, and therefore, should not be paid for? >> we don't think we have to force patients to use a generic

and senator nelson's spokesman jake thompson warn tuesday this new series of ads calling out the senatorsform were an indication of any politics going on into august in the health care reform may be dead by the end of august. i have something to say to the ben nelson office. i had a personal conversation with senator nelson the other day. he was mad at me because i told him to shut up and support the president. these conservative democrats have got to be called out. he says, ed, that's too personal. i said, senator, respectfully, it's personal to 48 million americans who do not have health care. it's personal to small businesses that can't keep up with the double-digit increases that are taking place in this country. you've got to do something to reform it. a public option is the best way to go. this president had a mandate. he won nine bush states. it's -- what else do you need to know? i'd like to know if the people of nebraska want a public option. now, i'm not going to go in there and do any polling bud i'd like the e-mails, i'd like some e-mails from people from nebraska to ed@edschu

. >> reporter: with tv ads aimed at wavering senators, mostly democrats, in 18 states. >> it's time. or healthcare reform. >> reporter: republicans fired back with their own ad campaign. >> a risky experiment with our healthcare. >> reporter: and in some of his harshest comments yet. >> it's too much, too fast. >> reporter: republican party chairman michael spiel said the president's plan for a health insurance option is socialism. >> this is an ill-conceived attempt to push through an experiment, and all of us should be scared to death. >> reporter: in one of the most incendiary comments, republican senator jim demint in a conference call with activists recently said -- >> if we're able to stop obama on this, it will be his waterloo. >> reporter: the president accused demint of using the healthcare debate for political gain. >> this isn't about politics. it's about a healthcare system that's breaking america's families. >> reporter: it's not just republicans giving americans headaches. >> we need to slow down. >> reporter: dozens of conservative house democrats are threatening to blo

. >> reporter: with ty ads aimed at waivering senators, mostly democrats, in eight states. >> it's time. >> it's time for health care reform. >> reporter: republicans fired back with their own ad campaign. >> a risky experiment with our health care. >> reporter: and in some of his harshest comments yet... >> it's too much, too fast. >> reporter: ...republican party chairman michael steele said the president's plan for a public insurance option is socialism. >> this reckless approach is an ill-conceived attempt to push through an experiment and all of us should be scared to death. >> reporter: in one of the most incendiary comments, republican senator jim demint in a conference call with conservative activists recently said: >> if we >> reporter: today the president accused demint of using the health reform debate for political gains. >> this isn't about me. this isn't about politics. this is about a health care system that's breaking america's families. >> reporter: but it's not just republicans who are giving the president headaches. >> we need to slow down. >> reporter: dozens of cons

striking thing i saw today was senator harry reid, the leader in the senate, saying the president's campaign organization airing these campaign adstic senators was, quote, a waste of money. >> well, you know why that is? because they're complaining to harry reid -- they're going to harry reid, get the dnc to stop running the ads. >> are they running -- >> they're running -- >> here is what i would think. i remember back in '93, a woman named marjorie, a democrat from the suburbs of philly was asked by president clinton to vote for his tax bill. she voted for it. the republicans mocked her on the floor and said bye, by, more jor ri and she got beaten by john fox. could it be a lot of democrats are scared, not just the conservatives. if they vote for this big health care bill with an increase in taxes for the rich, 4%, 5%, that they're going to get nailed? >> because they will be hit as tax increasers. of course they are. any member of congress their chief concern first and foremost is always their own behind. the fact is these moderate democrats, especially those in cycle are -- >> i will say this, this is why everybody was wonder

most striking thing i saw today is harry reid, the leader in the senate saying that president's campaign organization, airing his campaign ads >> you know why that is? because they're complaining that harry reid, you know -- they're going to harry reid, get the dnc to stop running the ads. >> are they running ads that pressure the conservative democrats? >> ea >> here's what i would say. i remember a democrat from the suburbs of philly was asked by president clinton to vote for the tax bill. she voted for it. the republicans mocked her and said bye-bye. and she did get beat on the taxes to a guy that isn't the coolest politician in the world, john fox. could it be that a lot of democrats are scared? if they vote for this bill with an increase for the taxes for the rich of 4% to 5% that they're going to get nailed? >> of course they are. look, any member of congress, democrat or republican, the chief concern is always their own behind. and the fact that these modern democrats and those in the cycle like linden are going up for re-election. >> this is why everybody is wondering why is the white house rushing? they're rushing b

senator. >> was added to step away from more legal battles? was it money? why me to step down? >> i wanted a chance to raise the issues that we thought had to be raised. a lot of folks have not been counted in their votes. we went to the highest court. the issues have been heard. this is the first court that fully considered it. they rejected. it is always been a balance. we need to ensure that voters have their votes counted and to understand the challenges that minnesota faces. as you weigh out that balance, we have reached a point that we move forward. >> do the their votes uncounted? >> if i didn't believe that, we would then have process the appeal. that is history. i am not looking back. i am not questioning what is counted on what is not. minnesota has decided. we are a nation of laws. not men and women. the court has spoken. it is time to look forward and not look back. >> [unintelligible] >> i think we have learned a lot about the nation throughout the process that we've never looked at before because it had never been disclosed. i anticipate that we will look for two

. >> senator graham added he would not have chosen judge sotomayor but understands why the president did and he says, quote, "america is changed for the better with her selection." >>> it is a date. a white house meeting set for thursday between president obama, a harvard professor and the police officer who arrested him. all stems from the ventrsro controversial arrest of henry lewis gates. last week president obama said officer crowley acted stupidly setting off a racial firestorm. he's since backed off and invited both of the men to the white house. he hopes the meeting will help all parties move forward. >> jimmy is a big enough man to shake a hand, sit at a table, appear in a meeting, make something good of this. >> the charge against gates has since been dropped. as for the choice of beers, crowley will have a blue moon. gates a red stripe and the president a budweiser. >>> the doctor who was treating michael jackson at the time of his death raided again today. this time it was his home in vegas. investigators say dr. conrad murray gave jackson a powerful sedative sometime afte

. >> reporter: the democratic party has an ad out aimed at its own senators waivers on reform. >> it's time for health care reform. >> reporter: the message war over health care, hilda vows no surrender. >> i'm going to face congress and meet the president and tell them, he got the responsibility to become the president and we are proud of it, but guess what, we need something in return. >> reporter: the president wants the house and senate to wrap up their work on health care reform before law makers take their long august break. the halls of congress may get crowded as supporters of reform plan to flood those hallways with more people like hilda. jim acosta, cnn, washington. >>> police are releasing more details about a motive in the killing of a florida couple. at least one rumor surrounding byrd and melanie billings is put to rest as family members and friends say their final good-byes. >>> investigators are working on the hotel bombing attacks in jakarta. they made a grisly discovery, the remains of another victim in the rubble. indonesian police don't know if it's a hotel guest o

senate would raise costs. despite the warning, the house democrats won a coveted endorsement of the legislation from the american medical association and the president is pushing his message with new tv ads, something the -- something the senate major leader harry reid is calling a waste of money and they continue to call the plan too expensive. >>> and ultimately. >> bite people in this country, the -- country, the middle class and the wealthy. those who can least ford it. all of us will be paying an astronomical cost at a time we can't afford this. >> a studyfo shows that 1/5 of all e.r. visits are from people with no insurance. >>> today's summer scorcher marking this the hottest day of 2009 so far. that heat could mean thunderstorms this evening. sue palka has more. >> reporter: i'm glad yo broughtht up, 96 degrees was the high and we have one severe rsth 9deuntorm wartengdeo tll you b. let's o to our fox 5 live doppler radar and you can see the county that is towarned the storm is just about out of spotsylvania county, you're warned until 6:3 is really fully into carol an -- carolline county, moving southeast at 10 miles an hour. he far from 95 and t thornburg area. so, as this move

assuming the ad has no direct connection to any republican senators in the hearing room particularly in the light of the fact of recent actual domestic terrorism, george tiller, other cases, don't those senators bear some responsibility for something that coarse when they fail to denounce it? >> let's put the so-called ad in context. as far as we know there was no ad by so this is a blatant attempt to jump up and down and get attention. secondly yes we don't know that republican senators are involved. no one senior in the party is involved. thirdly, it's pretty dumb and outdated politics. it didn't work in 2006. it certainly didn't work in 2008. having said all of that, they are following the script that senator sessions laid out at the top of these confirmation hearings. sotomayor hangs out with terrorists. well, he says that she ruled in favor of terrorists. she ruled in favor of foreign law and the u.n. and she basically was barely american and would look just after ethnic interests. it's not really about her. none of this has been. this is the campaign, a strong, vocal wing of th

of america, it is sending an e-mail to supporters saying sent us money to run tough ads pressuring democratic senators who have taken millions of dollars from the health and insurance interests standing in the way of one of president obama's top priorities. now you have democrats raising money to attack democrats at a time republicans sense a political opening here. what is wrong? >> well, first of all the republican party is trying to figure out who is leading them and what their charge is. i think there's a vigorous and healthy debate taking place inside the democratic party. >> including running ads against them? accusing them of taking money from health insurance companies? all raised money but they're saying they've been bought to block president obama. >> let me just say, this is probably the only time i'll say this, as vice chair of the party i hope the part party remain fiefi ed americans believe there was a plan date for change in 2008 and they're hoping that the democrats on capitol hill follow through on that mandate and not get up here in washington, d.c., and second guess the elector rate

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and then the senator added to that statement she would not be available for comment because she woulda place outside of cell phone service. >> jamie: have you seen this type of i guess the blogging and the writing and the papers where they've really attached her so personally? and do you think the risk of leaving is bigger than the potential for her to pursue another elected office? >> i think a lot of the level of the bloggers and the critical bloggers about sarah palin, they're making the same mistake that's been made throughout history with sarah palin, to underestimate her. she's clearly accomplished a lot and a lot more tenacious or a fighter than anyone gives her credit for. we don't have to discuss whether or not she's a political mastermind, because she has done a lot of things other people have not been able to do. we need to respect her on those terms. people would rather dismiss her at caribou barbie, which is a funny line but it doesn't convey what she accomplished. >> jamie: we'll follow the sweets, the facebook postings, everything that she has to say about what is next

adding up. >>> judge sonya sotomayor begins senate confirmation hearings today. will she set the bar set by lawmakers? more news, first warning weather and the first traffic report of the morning in a few >>> good morning, maryland. now don scott, marty bass, breaking news with mary bubala, your first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it's wjz, maryland's news station. >> hello, again in 30 seconds it will be 5:00. it is the 13th day of july. sharon will let you know how traffic is doing. marty over with first warning weather. >> a great shot. can we go back and take a look at it. a few high clouds in the area. every once in a while a peek of a planet over a star and a waning month to sky. generally what you are seeing the beginning of a nice day with sunshine and temps in the

and the democratic party is making ads targeting democrats -- one is targeting senator kent conrad, but not by name appeared where is this debate going? >> directly at the white house. i think what we are seeing right now is the empty place left by ted kennedy. he was going to forge these compromises and work consensus. he knows the subject better than anybody, and he is missed. deference to everyone else involved. but the president understands that his administration will rise and fall on the passage of a serious reform of national health care. if they don't know what, democrats in 2010, for get it, they will be associated and identified with a failed administration. >> colby? >> i don't see it quite that way. you see the first of the committee that authorizes this kind of thing. traditionally the committee -- the kennedy committee, now chaired by chris dodd, of the ones that pull out the benefits. the toughest job is going to come from the finance committee where they are going to have to figure out how to pay from it. that is whether robert will really hit the road. everybody knows i

ads. reid. senate majority leader slammed the democratic national committee on thursday running ads to pressure centrist democrats for the health-care plan calling it "a waste of money." his comments sent the staff in damage control mode but also reflect a growing frustration among centrists who have been reluctant to back a government- run self -- health insurance plan. liberals have been urging centrists to support it from of using various television and radio campaigns. this week a wing of dnc said it will run ads in states represented by centrist senators. he slammed the of dnc for starting democrats as the republicans or special-interest groups. new york. >> host: from auburn new york is a dale. what did you think of the president's speech last night? , very good. i have been listening to some minority's calling up, and all i can think is the doubletalk. i mean, they can't hardly articulate themselves. the thing to do, if i were them, is go to school and forget about all the racism. and i mean, so

that money will be used to make sure -- we can't keep adding to the debt. >> senator stab nenow is thatoy with you? >> i think one thing off the table is taxing employees benefits. employees don't determine what insurance companies are going to charge them for their health care for their family, and i think that's prot pretty much e table. >> senator alexander says it should be on the table. >> well, that may be his view. i respect that, but it is not, i believe, the majority opinion. but i think what's also very important in this discussion is that over half of the cost of reforming and changing the health care system is going to come with greater efficiencies. it's going to come with changing from quantity of tests to paying for quality, paying for health care, not sick care. >> but hundreds of billions of dollars, senator stabenow, and that money, according to president obama, he wants a deficit neutral plan. he doesn't want the taxpayers burdened with additional cost. that's going to have to come from somewhere. what i hear you say something you don't want it to come from taxing hea

believe me, from a senate to came here with one woman senator, senator kassebaum, and the second was added senator paula hawkins, is a very different place. today with 70 women and a bit much better place. there was a book out, nine women and growing, and now it is 17 and will grow even more to the benefits of this institution. and when she refers to being a latina, that is a little of ethnic pride. i think that is a pretty healthy thing. two have a little of ethnic pride. so i not only found, i did not find fault with the wise latino woman, i thought that was commendable. and then the business of empathy. there is no doubt about the history of the constitution and our country responding to empathy. the life of the laws experience, not logic, cardoza, shifting values, plus a versus ferguson, 1896, a separate but equal, the border reeducation, shifting values all the time and that is what makes this country so great. the one great concern, the one regret i have about -- connected and watch this event in its entirety on our website including the 13 to six committee vote approving judge sotomayor's n

no, but in the last several years we added 14 more democrats to the senate. host: he also said yesterday that he needs to serve the people who didn't vote for him, republicans in minnesota. what does it mean as he moves forward? guest: i would point out that barack obama in his victory speech said much the same thing, and he said no matter if you voted for me, a republican or democrat or independent, i will be your president, too. i think that was pretty much a standard line, that he is very serious about the job. i think he is very excited. notice when he and his wife bounded down to a microphones, they were more excited than i think i see many senators or elected officials or politicians ever. he was very excited to be here. i think he is serious about doing a very good job. host: we have one of the senators'constituents on the line. minnesota. tim, calling the democrats' line. what you make of all of this and what you see as the future? caller: a great, great day for minnesotans to finally have him be seated. i would just like to comment on the previous ca

you took out an ad today in "usa today" against this amendment. what do you think of what senatorba ras so said? >> i think the senate is wrong. the second amendment has restricti restrictions. the supreme court ruled clearly that reasonable restrictions by states are perfectly constitutional. number two, there's no evidence that if you have a gun, you're safer. quite the contrary. if you have a gun at home, something like 20 times pore likely to have somebody in your house killed, you or one of your family members. that's not true. the other thing that the senator i think is wrong on, and hopefully i get a chance to try to convince him, wyoming shouldn't be subject to new york state laws and we're going in that direction. if you trammell on states rights in this the next thing is one of the laws we have, we think is appropriate for our citizens is going to be forced on the people of wyoming. i don't think the people of wyoming want that. what this law is all about is trampling on reasonable regulations. and if the senate's position was well thought out and accepted by all the sen

the senator also pointed out that others had good things. benjamin cardin addedeading from the same source as senator gramm in which people describe her with words like, " bright, hard-working, and well- prepared." a lot more to come with this program. it will be back again tomorrow. complete coverage at foxnews.com. we could learn as early this week what killed michael jackson. los angeles corners office says toxicology results are almost ready. those tests should determine what killed the king of pop and what drugs may have been in him before and when he died. along with prescriptions, a drug was found that was rarely used up to operating rooms. meanwhile, his dermatologist certain with a second subpoena today, but not one medical records to figure out if his doctors played a role in his death -- saying that they what more medical records to figure out if his doctors played a role in his death. flying with pets has always been difficult. you could not keep your cat and dog in a car seat. the only other option was the luggage compartment. but not anymore. the fi

in north dakota and mary landru on the ballot next year and they are running ads in states where democratic senatorsive states who are worried about the price tag here and are worried about a greater government role in health care. you have a democratic president running ads to pressure democratic lawmakers. this is a critical step, an important step. they're making progress towards passing this legislation, but when it comes to paying for it, taxing health care benefits and taxing the rich and a government, some sort of a government option health care plan, there are enough jitters out there, a dozen, 15 or so, 20 democrats or so that are still very, very nervous. moving, but not at the finish line. >> ken conrad, a chairman of one of the key committees, a democrat, that this house version, the charlie rangel version of raising taxes and yesterday they went ahead with it for the wealthiest americans. that's simply not going to fly in the senate. >> absolutely so. you have, you know, here's what the president and that's what these ads speak to. the republicans are really a little irrelevant at this

and senators enzi, gregg and alexander sought workplace wellness programs with incentives for employees, a very sound proposal that was recommended to us by others. it was added to the bill. and senator harkin did a very good job in reaching that accommodation. and senator hatch's amendment dealing with follow on biologics, the full hatch proposal was adopted by the committee. our friend, tom coburn, of oklahoma proposed an amendment to. pour individuals to make healthy decisions by having the c.d.c. establish a web-based prevention tool for personalized prevention plans for individuals which was accepted, as well. we accepted senator hatch's proposal to establish a coordinated environment health tracking net at the centers for disease control. and senator murkowski offered an amendment allowing insurers to rate base on tobacco use specifically, allowing insurers to vary premiums by one to five for use of tobacco. several amendments offered by senator burr and accepted by unanimous consent to ensure the community health insurance option operates on a level playing field with all the insurers and provided a clarification that federal and state laws relating to

. >> this is a full-page ad that appeared recently. they want senator web and senator warner to defeat an amendment. it was paid for by 30 families of the victims of the 2007 virginia tech killing. >> we do not want anyone else to have to go through what we have gone through. >> this man continues to mourn the death of his daughter. a sniper opened fire. this stone memorializes his daughter. peter says this amendment named after the senator. >> it would allow virginians to get permits from states to have easier standards. >> senator thune said my legislation enables citizens to protect themselves. >> it is extremely dangerous because it allows people who have the equivalent of tests to carry concealed weapons and come to virginia. >> we're told the senate will take up the bill that the amendment this is a touch to this afternoon. >>> 18 rest areas in virginia closed overnight. transportation officials agreed to the plant last by to help ease a budget shortfall. one more rest will is slated to be closed in mid september. we will be live from there with m

you will see the ad and i will fact check it. >>> senators boroso from the right and brown from the left join me. so will you at this national conversation nurse, july 30th, 2009. it begins right now. hello, everybody. good to be back. this is a unique conversation. it is not a speech. it is your turn to get involved. this is the officer versus the professor story that continues. we are hours away from the president sitting down with both for what some are calling the beer summit. but, wait. there are now new and unfortunate developments in this story. just hours ago, a boston police officer, did you hear about this? he was disciplined for essentially trying to, well, throw gasoline on this controversy. officer justin barrett wrote an e-mail to a boston globe correspondent, who had written about this case. the thing reads unbelievably. i have chosen a couple of excerpts to take you through so you can kind of understand where this guy is coming from. he writes, if i was the officer he verbally assaulted like a banana-eating jungle monkey, i would have sprayed him in the face. number two,

b and c wasting its money on ads, says reid. senate majority leader slammed the democratic national committee on thursday running ads to pressure centrist democrats for the health-care plan calling it "a waste of money." his comments sent the staff in damage control mode but also reflect a growing frustration among centrists who have been reluctant to back a government- run self -- health insurance plan. liberals have been urging centrists to support it from of using various television and radio campaigns. this week a wing of dnc said it will run ads in states represented by centrist senators. he slammed the of dnc for starting democrats as the republicans or special-interest groups. new york. dale on the republican line. what did you think of the speech? caller: very good -- i was listening to some of the minorities calling of and all i can think is double talk. they can hardly articulate themselves. the thing to do if i were them is go to school and forget about all of the racism -- and i mean some of the egregious racism, you can't

negotiations between the house and senate could unrav thal proposal which added more than $40 million in homeland security bill funding. >>> now it's time to check out the weather. here's justin berk. it's been so nice lately. i think so. >> let's go to the beach, huh? >> yeah. >>> 6:15. the sun is coming up off of the atlantic and over the shorelines here in maryland. 65 degrees and north east wind at 12. it's going to hold temperatures down along the shoreline. you are traferring that cool air and water temperature onto the shoreline. that will hold our temperatures in the upper 70s, maybe low 80s in some spots today. we'll get you back to the beach forecast in a moment. officially down to 61 now at bwi marshal. the mountains back to our west and overall it's low 60s. not that much of a difference. generally, clear skies this morning. we take you back northwest, cluster of thunderstorm as long the upper level pattern. the clouds may filter into baltimore, but we're not expected to have the storms today. we remain on the cool side of this pattern and may lean in towards the weekend.

president, as always the senator from oklahoma is thoughtful and coursous an ad let me say we have cut the administration budget in the department of energy by $8 million as we brought it to the floor but more important than that we cut $643 million from the department of energy if the president's budget so as c.b.o. recalculates the president's request to the congress we have cut $643 million and we have cut $8 million in the department of administration in the department of energy so i sympathize with his notion and i certainly strongly support what he is suggesting the department of energy should do and i just say to him we have already made those cuts and far, far more in terms of what the president wanted for the department of energy. we're $643 million below the president's request and $8 million below in the administration accounts in the department of energy. i am happy to yield. mr. coburn: the senator would admit that the president's request is what he requested, not what was actually spent last year. that's number one. what you is done is cut $8 million from actual expenditu

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senator leahy would have been here but he's a little busy with the supreme court nomination. the hate crimes bill was first added to the defense authorization bill when george bush was president, a republican. where was the senator's disappointment then? i heard no big statements at that time. no one else did. second, the senator from arizona hassive departmentsly not always held the belief he discussed today. this is a new conversion. he has evidently not always believed that bills must only contain amendments that relate directly to the underlying legislation. it was just a while ago a bill came before the bill known as the motor voter bill to make it easier for people to register to vote. when they got their registration changed at the car they could at the same time have an opportunity to register to vote allowing millions the opportunity to register to vote. on that amendment, voter motor -- on that amendment, motor majority, senator mccain offered a line-item veto amendment. that had nothing to do with registration to vote. so it's hard to understand how his was the kind of related amendment that he demand

ad. and this is the one that came from the dnc, the democratic national committee, and took aim at republican senatorinority leader mitch mcconnell. we'll take a look at part of that ad now. >> when it came to supporting legislation to create and protect kentucky jobs, he said -- >> no. >> help for the unemployed. >> nope. >> health care for ken condition's children? >> no. >> fair pay for women? >> nope. >> there you got some pretty bold claims. what does the truth-o-meter say? >> a barely true. this one -- this is sort of a classic attack ad. it has a grain of truth in it. indeed, senator mcconnell did vote against the stimulus, as did most republicans in the senate and voted against schip, the children's health insurance program. and that's what the ad is based on. but there are many other votes he's taken where he supports helping people, helping the unemployed, helping children for health care. so this one gets a barely true. it is sort of a deja vu. it's like we're back in the campaign again. >> and lastly, we want to check on a campaign promise. this is prt from president obama. talking about

is putting up television ads in several states where there are centrist democratic senators like arkansas, louisiana, nebraska, florida, indiana, where these democrats have been somewhat skeptical about either the public option or ways to pay for healthcare, so essentially the white house is authorizing its own political committee to put ads on the air in the states tht say to democratic senators get with it, get behind reform, so that is a none too subtle way of the white house telling those within its democratic ranks, you better turn around. shepard: major garrett, we will be watching this one. thanks, friend. moments ago we heard the latest developments in the murder case of the florida couple. as this investigation continues to unfold, here is where we are. they are looking for a woman who is tied up in this thing some way and the sheriff was vague about it, because sometimes that's how they have to be. he has an investigation to run. he's live inside your t.v. box on this channel after this commercial break. is shepard: now back to florida outside pensacola where a woman and her hus

senator nelson. are these types of ads effective in getting people to call their senators and congressmen and say, you know, don't support this act? guest: this ad, in particular, i don't know. that's a pretty crude ad, i have to say. i mean, you union leaders a total thugs and workers completely under their thumbs. i'm not critical of the labor movement on a variety of fronts. i'm not gung ho on the unions. i think this bill is a very good requested, but, you know, that ad seems a little crude. whether it is effective or not, i don't know. they are targeting senators in key states. senator nelson is a target. senator lincoln in arkansas is a target. she has said she will oppose employee free choice act. the senator is friendly with wal-mart, i would point out. senator pryor in arkansas is another key target. senator specter, who is now a democrat and who has lobbied hard on the issue, so you have about ten senators who are really being intensely lobbied on this issue by the business community, and whether the a.s are effective or not, we will see when the vote comes down. it has been effective becaus

democratic national committee in six states where there are centrist democrats are running ads with the tag line senators, it's time, meaning it's time to get on board health care reform. well, essentially then, the white house is paying for advertisements by its own political organization to encourage, some might say, really campaign against senate democrats who have yet to fully get on board the president's vision of health care reform. so i guess when the president said he was going to break down all barriers of partisan politics, maybe this is what he was talking about. shepard: this thing is in trouble, isn't it? >> the president said in the rose garden today, shepard, we need to buck each other up. that's pretty remarkable to say when the president has the largest majority in the senate of democrats and the largest majority of the house of democrats that any democrat has had since lyndon johnson. he has a loft votes but he hasn't pulled them together yet. he says for the next three weeks, he will talk about health care reform constantly. shepard: major garrett live in the front yard there. major, t

ad slams crits. >> half a dozen senators on the finance committee, republicans and democrats sound determined. >> the group really wants to get to this. >> the latest compromise would drop the requirement that employers offer health coverage, and they make the plan a nonprofit co-op. that wednesday critical gop support. >> it's probably one that will remain in the final document. >> negotiators predict the plan's final costs would be under $1 trillion. but critics still worry. >> what worries me is washington's history of underestimating cost of plans like this. >> still no agreement, and no votes planned. >> reporter: the cbo says the public option would not drive publ private insurance out of business as first warned. in washington, brooke heart, nbc news. >>> during today's town hall meeting, the president will take calls from concerned senior citizens sponsored by the aaarp. >> it's starting to feel more like july in washington. three hs here, hot and humid, and the other h we should not stay on tv. >> which one, the hazy one? >> we'll tell you in the break. >> i did not get the memo today. 82 de

senate today defeat ad plan to allow gun owners with concealed weapons permits to cross into other statesith similar laws. gun control advocates are calling it a major victory. michelle franzen reports. >>> a measure allowing a citizen with a concealed weapon permit in one state to cross state lines was shot down in a vote on the senate floor. >> on had vote, the yeas are 58. >> reporter: the vote fell two votes shy of the 60 needed to pass. it followed a heated debate on the senate floor. >> criminals kill people and we are trying to do is allow law abiding people to protect themselveses from criminals when they travel across state lines. >> would you listen to the group endorsed the amendment? you know what's missing? not a single law enforcement group supports john thune's -- >> reporter: opponents including 450 mayors nationwide signed an open letter featured in a full-page ad in "usa today" argued it would allow the state with the weakest permit requirement to is he the bar. >> what you are really doing is starting down a very slippery slope here. where every state is going to have t

that money will be used to make sure we do -- we can't keep adding to the debt in the way -- >> senator, is that okay with you? >> well, wolf, i think realistically, the one thing that is off the table is taxing employee benefits. i think we'll see some other combination of things. but employees don't determine what insurance companies are going to charge them for their health care for their family. and i think that's pretty much off the table. what's most important -- >> senator alexander says it should be on the table. >> that may be his view. i respect that. but it is not the majority opinion. i think what's also important in this discussion is that over half of the cost of reforming and changing the health care system is going to come with greater efficiencies, it's going to come with changing from quantity of tests to paying for quality, paying for health care not sick care. >> the hundreds of billions of dollars, senator, are still going to be required and that money according to president obama he wants a deficit neutral plan. doesn't want the taxpayers to be burdened with additi

but what we have instead is a bill, senator dodd said added $63 billion to the deficit over ten years. but he didn't count all the people who will be dumped into medicaid and that would make it more like $2 trillion over ten years. if the program is fully implemented. you're right. he didn't mention the employer taxes and cutting grandma's medicare payment and spending it on something else. and the democratic governors are up in arms over shifting medicaid costs to states and the mayo clinic is saying we're headed in the wrong direction. i think we ought to start over. >> woodruff: let's turn over to the house and hear from you representative cooper. you do or do you support what senator alexander was just saying and as a democrat do you see a way out of this dilemma because right now there are so many different perspectives we're still hearing? >> judy, believe it or not there are bipartisan solutions to this problem. senator alexander mentioned one that both he and i support. we can figure out solutions that bring affordable health care to all americans. i think we can do that this

clinic came back and revisited the position supporting the president's notion that added to both the house and the senatelps enforce the kind of lower cost, high quality care, and what the head of the mayo clinic said is that proposal is accepted, if the president's recommendation which he's been making, really since early june, becomes part of the final work product, they very much think that this will be a work they can support and will, indeed, lower costs for all americans in the long run. >> you say that the president has said and he has reiterated in all of the interviews that he wants this to be deficit neutral. this is what the senate budget chairman kent conrad had to say to us the other day about the cbo forecast, and the challenge from the white house to the cbo's estimates that it is not deficit neutral. just watch. >> we can all question cbo scoring. there are things i don't agree with. i have argued with them strenuously that better care coordination would produce more savings than they will score, but at the end of the day we've got to have an objective scorekeeper, and what he's telling u