and adolf hitler they both like the military uniform. i always look what is the difference between hitler and stalin? hitler does not have a beer been a very famous mustache and comrade stalin has no beard but a famous mustache but it is the different it is the shape. look at that. [laughter] actually the two big influence, the one great idea from the revolution from the other side, it is a kind of political. >> [inaudible] is. >> yes. [laughter] they think about the revelations. stolid always did as well because he understand, russia it is a star. -- start. later we will get germany. it is the center. it is the homeland of marks. it has to be the evolution in germany. in november 1918 and the attempt to start second world war was november 1918. the red army made the first attempt to capture a country and come forward for germany. the second attempt, 1920 they come from poland and the intention to come to germany to start to the revolution at least a revolution in germany it is russia and germany, it will begin a revolution. so after that

. >> there are far more similarities between nancy pelosi and adolf hitler than these people showing up at town halls. >> white house press secretary robert gibbs today called for an end to these dueling charges of naziism, saying anytime you make references to what happened in germany in the 'p 0's and '40's, an event that has no equivalent, they're on thin ice and best not deployed. chris: james, thank you. as the president's poll numbers slide, there are growing questions about how much influence he will have on this fall's elections. wendell goler reports on the president's coattails. >> barack obama was the first democratic presidential candidate to carry virginia in 44 years, but experts say his push to give virginians their third democratic governor in a row is another long shot. >> it's the best indicator of who will win in virginia. >> president obama repriseed his message from last year's campaign. >> we will try to bring people together rather than push them a apart. >> but added the complaint that he has made since entering the white house that the white house saddled him

police said he had a tattoo of adolf hitler on his stomach with the words "he lives" beneath it. >> he has that is that would identify himself with racist -- historically racist organizations. >> leading up to this attack, it seems like he left a trail of a violent crime in his wake. in 1999, a 6 year old girl claimed that he winter at least four times since she was 4 years old. -- that he raped her at least four times in she was 4 years old. another one meant says that he beat her up with a flashlight and -- another one man says that he beat her with a flashlight and raped her. he remains in jail tonight without bond and could face harsher penalties under the state a hate crime law. police are still looking for two more suspects in this case. they could use all the help they can get. anyone with information should call baltimore county police. wbal-tv. >> police have charged four people in connection with an identity that scheme. about 100 victims have had their personal and financial information stolen. some people discovered some suspicious paperwork. they learned that residents in

there are far more similarities between nancy pelosi and adolf hitler than between these people showingke policy. that's being heralded by a hitler-like logo. >> now, this logo, we have to show you. rush is so -- well, i'm going to say it. lis logo looks like the coast guard academy. it looks nothing like a neoclassical nazi standard of any kind. what's going on here? >> what's going on is it's always a mistake to compare anyone. >> anything, including abortion or anything. >> i didn't like when seinfeld did the soup nazi. you just don't do it. it's always over the top, always wrong. he's wrong on the facts. the knots with not true socialists, in any form. even though it was in their title. he's just wrong and it's dumb, and -- >> why's he doing? >> could ratings be part of it? maybe he believes it? i don't know. it's the hardest thing for the media to do, overt its eyes and say we're going to less it pass by, not gawk at the car wreck. >> i think republicans are getting nervous. becoming more and more identified with the fringe. that's not a good place. >> do you really believe that? >

calvin lockner has a tattoo on his stomach with adolf hitler and his nickname is hitler. >>> when yourd about this, you're here all the time. you're here overnight like this guy was. what was your reaction. >> i was shocked and amazed and sad that you can't go out and enjoy yourself. >> reporter: yeah. >> i'm totally shocked about it. >> reporter: does it make you reconsider coming out here overnight? >> i mean, you think twice. i still love to do it. i'm going to continue to do it. i'm just going to have to try to be more careful. >> reporter: okay. you said in the past. you have been coming out here since you were 5. in the past there was more security. >> yes, they used to have police come and check every hour, make sure that nothing is going on that is not supposed to be going on. maybe they should start that again. >> reporter: thank you very much. we appreciate it. you can go back to the fishing. and michael is here and he comes here with his father. they are still going to do it overnight. they did catch one person and they are trying to catch two more of this alleged attack an

one group in ohio brought a photo of the president altered to make him look like adolf hitler. >> in it's a fascist bill. >> reporter: the lawmakers they're confronting are trying their best to keep the dialogue going. but they know cooler heads must prevail if they want to get healthcare reform back on track. joel brown, cbs news, the white house. >>> president obama had a more congenial conversation yesterday with a young reporter, a very young reporter. 11-year-old damon weaver covered last year's presidential campaign and was promised an interview with president obama. most of his questions dealt with education, but basketball has its place too. >> everyone knows that you love basketball. i think it would be cool to have a president that can dunk. can you dunk? >> not anymore. i used to when i was young, but i'm almost 50 now, so your legs are the first thing to go. >> the interview damon asked the president if he'd be his homeboy. medium macchiato, light hot chocolate hold the whip, and two espressos. make one a double. she's fiber focused! i have two cappuccinos, oncoffee with

lockner belongs to two white supremacist groups, and has a tattoo of adolf hitler on his stomach. authorities say he even uses hitler as a nickname. police are still searching for two other suspects. >>> and baltimore police are looking for the driver of a car that was involved in a fiery crash on interstate 83. police say the car was traveling near the ruxton road exit around 2 this morning when it hit a guardrail, flipped, and burst into flames. no one was inside the car when rescue crews arrived. police are asking anyone who saw the incident to give them a call. >>> uncle sam wants american businesses to help fight the swine flu by getting vaccines to vulnerable workers and encouraging all employees with symptoms to stay home. employees are also being asked to help develop strategies to develop swine and seasonal flu, including common-sense things like telling workers to cover their mouths when coughing or sneezing, and washing their hands frequently on the job. >>> well, it is not every night you see city workers firing a gun. in an otherwise quiet frederick county neighborhoo

the disagreements are getting increasingly ugly, with comparing president obama and congress to adolf hitler and the nazis. some house democrats are actually canceling public meetings. >> i think we can have honest policy disagreements without being either disagreeable and certainly without being violent. >> reporter: the next legislative action won't be at least until september 8. that's when lawmakers return to washington. t.j. winick, abc news, washington. >>> and it is just a terrific afternoon of weather here across the baltimore area. i mean, the humidity so low right now, and temperatures only just above 80 degrees. we're used to seeing 90s this part of august. we're seeing a few 70s on the map. the pawtuxent river 79 cool degrees. and clear sky right now across all of central maryland. off to the west there are a few clouds blowing in our direction, but i expect those to break apart a bit. 68 overnight. take a look at the sneak peek of the weekend there. climbing big time temperature wide. 94 by sunday, and this is not the hottest day to come. we'll tell you just how hot a few of the

. >> adolf hitler, like barack obama, also ruled by dictate. >> reporter: unions and liberal supporters of the president say they're now mobilizing, hoping they'll soon outnumber the critics at town halls. the white house hopes by remaining calm in the face of ferocious anger, the tactics of health care critics will backfire. >> we can discuss these issues without being uncivilized. it's the same thing i tell my six-year-old. >> reporter: to give an idea of just how nasty this battle over health care reform has become, capitol hill police say they are now investigating a possible death threat by a constituent against a democratic congressman from north korea. north california. >> chip reid in washington, chip thank you. now to the h1n1 flu virus, and concerns it could be stronger than ever this fall. it has hit the young in this country especially hard. at least 100 people 24 and under have died, and with 55 million children set to start school next week, federal health officials put out guidelines today for protecting them. dr. jon lapook has more. >> reporter: with h1n1 expected to su

centers which will obviously fund [unintelligible] by a couple of people who were avid followers of adolf hitler. host: we will stop there. we'll ask you what role the senator will play as the health- care battle resumes next week? guest: you will see him continuing to be on the senate floor early and often opposing the current version of reform. he is out there proposing a more incremental type of reform that would address access and cost. . . i believe he will be extremely adamant going against that kind of reform. host: things for joining us. guest: it is a pleasure. host: tomorrow morning we will look at three days, looking through the eyes of one hospital in virginia. we will also talk the politics of the town hall meetings and what the house will face when they return. we will have the perspective of congressman from fairfax county, virginia. then, the next two guests concern healthcare and are pressures at that hospital. finally, on this anniversary of hurricane katrina, the next guest is the executive director of the louisiana recovery authority. that is all tomorrow morning. "washington

. >> adolf hitler ruled like dictate, like barack obama. >> reporter: they're mobilizing hopes they'll out number in critics and the white house hopes that by remaining calm, the tactics will backfire. >> we can discuss the issues without being uncivilized. it's the same thing i tell my 6- year-old. >> reporter: to give an idea of how nasty the battle has become,the capitol hill police are investigating a death threat against a congressman from north carolina. chip read, cbs news, the white house. >>> at a meeting on the eastern shore, a congressman was one of many democrats experiencing that anger firsthand. republican senator martinez made it officials saying he'll resign 16 months early. >> today, i'm announcing the decision to step down effective upon a successor to take over. >> reporter: he says that the decision will allow him to spend time with his family in florida and governor charlie crist is going to replace another replacement. >>> meanwhile, sonia sotomayor is hours away from becoming the first hispanic to sit on the support. she'll be sworn in at not just one, but two ce

they compare barack obama and the congress to adolf hitler and the nazis. >> i think we can have honest policy disagreements without this it -- without being violent. >> it won't be at least until september 8 when lawmakers return to washington. >>> around the region, a man is dead at following a cabin fire at a boy scout camp. the victim was a counselor at camp shenandoah and was believed to be the one who called for help. the nearest fire hydrant is 8 miles away. the wood frame building burned rapidly. no children were injured. >>> a former miss maryland has pleaded guilty. she was crowned in 2004. she entered her plea in montgomery county circuit court. she was initially charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and drug possession. >>> after attending a career fair and tyson goes a corner, the three our event took place at the plaza this afternoon. dozens of employers were there and plan to hire employees on the spot. >>> time to check in with the traffic situation. >> a lot of friday get away volume. here's a look at 270. this is the first stretch at montgomery village avenue d

i mean, we could weep, couldn't we, for poor old adolf hitler there, gee, and maybe mussolini.orry for these people, i guess. >> relatives of some of the victims on pan am flight 103 believe he was a scapegoat, that it's not really clear who carried out the bombing. >> i want to see the closure of the justice, which is justice for the relatives of the victims and also justice for people generally because until we know the full answer to lockerbie, we shall be left in doubt. >> we want your views on this. there's a lot of passion here. what do you think of the scottish government's decision to release the lockerbie bomber because he's terminally ill? call us now, toll free, 1-877-835-5456. there's the e-mail address. click under "your views." or join the text poll right now. take part by texting views a if you think yes, he should be released so he can go home and die. or views b if you think, no way. he should not be released. >>> hurricane bill is still way out in the open atlantic but it has weakened slightly. forecasters say it's unlikely this storm will make landfall in the

. >>> and roseanne barr baking cookies dressed up as adolf hitler. i am not making this up.

. >> obama has a health care logo that's right out of adolf hitler's playbook. >> where is all of thiss for the safety of america's first black president. >>> also, remember when congress criticized the automakers for their corporate jet? >> couldn't you all have downgraded to first class or jet pooled or something? >> now lawmakers plan to spend $500 million on eight new aircraft for themselves. >>> and the other things we thought you should know. south carolina governor mark sanford's wife is moving out. >>> and hillary clinton is getting down. all that and more this hour on msnbc. >> good afternoon. i'm monica novotny live in new york filling in for tamron hall today. >> and great to have you here. i'm david shuster live in washington. the big picture at this hour, a significant sign the recession may be easing. the nation's unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly last month. the first drop in 15 months. the news was cheered by wall street. the closing bell just rang and the dow is going to finish up over 113 points. the unemployment rate dipped 0.1% last month. the numbers are encou

there are far more similar its between nancy pelosi and adolf hitler than between these people showingown halls! the protests a hitler-like policy! that's being heralded by a hitler-like logo. oh, another similarity! obama is asking citizens to rat each other out like hitler did! >> what? >> what i'm saying is, so listen. to engage is insane. what the man is trying to do is make a lot of money. he does not care what it says or where he says it or how he says it. it doesn't matter left/right. once you go to nazi conversation. >> i'm telling you about law which says if you're an intellectual argument whoever brings up adolf hitler or nazis automatically loses the argument and wins the case. >> in limbaugh's case that happens but he gets more web hits and more money and if you're willing to be reckless with the dialogue, and abdicate any responsibility of having the microphone or the audience, you're saying, listen, i don't care about my responsibility or the conversation, i can get rich if i say crazy things, get me -- where are the nazis? >> let's bring in our panel, karen finney and co

is the most misplaced compassion i can imagine, i mean we could weep, couldn't we for poor old adolf hitler there, and we should feel sorry for these people, i guess. >> all right, mr. mccaskill, what do you say to someone like mrs. cohen who lost her daughter and thinks about her every single day? >> well, i said all along and i say it in my statement, i'm very, very sorry for the grief. it started on the 24th of december 1998 when an atrocity was perpetrated taking the lives of 270 people. there's nothing i can say to mrs. cohen or anyone else that will ease the pain they feel on a daily basis. but the justice system in scotland is not based on seeking vengeance but balanced with compassion. even if they do not show to us as we would wish to show to them. city am heart felt sorry for mrs. cohen and every other victim. equally we are adhering to the values that we have and are following the due process of law that we possess. >> do you realize that you have made their grief so much more powerful right now because they see the picture of this guy walking on a plane and flying back home to l

one brought a photo of the president, altered to make him look like adolph adolf hitler. >> the lawmakers are trying their best to keep the dialogue going. >> reporter: but the white house knows they'll have to deal with opponents' fears if they want to get healthcare reform back on track. in washington, joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> we'd like to hear your thoughts about healthcare reform. e-mail us your thoughts to wjz thereto -- wjzwebalert@cbs.com. or click on the link at the top of the wjz home page. >>> weijia jiang is live in the newsroom with the news of the six deaths linked to h1n1. >> they say the latest victim is an adult from the washington, d.c. suburb. the person's sex and age has not been released. but it is known, they did have underlying medical conditions. the health department says they do expect even more flu-related deaths. and they're urging everyone to take advantage of the flu vaccines when they become available. today, more than 435 people have died from the h1n1 virus there the u.s. >> thank you, weijia. the trial of the schools of medicine are under way ri

one group in ohio brought a photo of the president, altered to make him look like adolph adolf hitler. lawmakers there confronting are trying their best to keep the dialogue going. >> i'm just telling you, you have to deal with your fear. >> reporter: but the white house knows they'll have to deal with opointents -- opponents' fears if they want to get back on track. >> are you for or against the president's healthcare bill? wjz would like to know what you think about the plan. e-mail us your thoughts to wjzwebalert@cbs.com. or click on the link at the top of the wjz.com home page. >>> a school band director in howard county is sentenced for molesting a student. robert johnston taught at mount hebron school for 35 years before his arrest in december. he pleaded guilty. and sentenced to nine years in jail, with all but 18 months suspended. >>> investigators looking into the fatal metro crash. backed often the statement made about when they learned about a safety problem. a crash like this was avoided in march, when the train operator used an emergency brake to avoid hitting another tra

plenty of air time comparing the president's the united states and house speaker nancy pelosi to adolf hitler. >> the obama health care logo is damn close to a nazi swastika. there are far more similarities between nancy pelosi and adolf hitter than between these people showing up at town halls to protest a hitler-like policy. that's being heralded by hitler-like logo. oh, another similarity. obama is asking citizens to wrap each other out, like hitler did. >> he's just like hitler. you know what that means? he deserves, right? that's where the actual republican party, the would-be responsible adult, opposed to health care reform. rnc chairman michael steele is going for the, who me? approach saying there is absolutely nothing to do with encouraging angry town hall protests. mr. steele said in a conference call, we're not encouraging people to be angry. some people that's how they express frustration, but that's not something deliberately coordinated by me or any one state party. you know it is being celebrated and publicized by the national republican congressional committee, which is the pa

. >> adolf hitler like barack obama also ruled by dictate. his cabinet only met once, one day. was it. hitler said he didn't need to meet with his cabinet. he represented the will of the people. >> the anger not just on talk radio. it's coming through loud and clear from some voters showing up at these congressional town halls turning them into shout fests. look at the scene in tampa, florida, during a town hall co-hosted by congresswoman kathy castor. check this out. >> get off of me. >> back up. >> hear our voice! hear our voice! >> because it is -- what makes us who we are. >> what you're seeing there is castor being escorted out of the room. she had to be taken out by security. what exactly is going on here? how far will this go? karen was at last night's protests and she is co-founder of the 912 project in tampa. we've also got down in tampa, roland martin. sanchez. in new york, daily beast contributor. john avalon joining us as well. karen, i want to talk to you for a minute and get a better sense of what's going on here. as we mentioned, you helped organization nice the

they are they are calling it socialism and some have gone so far to compare it with adolf hitler's agendai put the word nazi on it because i believe the bill has rationening of health care and anytime you decide who lives and dies it is a form of selective breeding. >> i think they are afraid of what they don't know and don't understand and the republican party is promoting that ignorance propaganda that keeps people in fear. >> reporter: if you think this was heated check out this scene at a health care town hall meeting in iowa on sunday afternoon. police in the audience brow people officials discussing the plan. >> here's howard with the virginia weather. >> good morning for you folks in virginia. nice moint out there. 60s and 70s. some haze an humidity. and some stickiness it will be here's h ugafternn. rrcuent he tecuatomfrlp cu erep. s 60from p to ma naasssand even ft. ther rgbutethermometer is running warm and will continue to do so all summer. 70 in orange and 70 w chester and fredericksburg. a mostly sunny day and a hot one. around 100 in fredericksburg, 97 leesburg, culpeper and

i am against comparing barack obama to adolf hitler or his health care policies to fascism, as severalple on this network routinely do. and i am against a general philosophy which made sense when thomas jefferson said it that says that we have to have blood in the streets, basically, and kill off the tyrants. having said that, the man at the town hall meeting or outside the town hall meeting in new hampshire is not in the same moral universe as timothy mcveigh. there is not an ounce of moral equivalence, whether david gregory meant there to be or not, between an angry but peaceful protester, even one with a gun on his leg, and a psychopathic killer. so david gregory had an obligation, it seems to me, to say but let me make clear i am not saying this man in new hampshire is a potential timothy mcveigh. i'm not saying he has -- he has anything -- that he is ever going to do anything like timothy mcveigh. >> if you look at the sum of nbc's reporting on the protest to the last five weeks. >> that's a bigger issue. bill: they are all the same. it all comes down to group think. and the group

. >> the suspect, 28-year-old calvin lockner, has a tattoo of adolf hitler on his stomach, even uses hitler as a nickname. lisa robinson joins us live from shock trauma, where the victim is being treated, and she has the latest. >> the victim, james privett, is suffering from severe head injuries. he's reported to be in fair but stable condition. mayor sheila dixon says she did speak with mr. privett and his family last night. she says that he told her he was doing what he loved to do in his retirement. he had simply gone fishing. >> but his family is understandably shaken from this. by the violence and what was said to him and what was done to him. >> the mayor and police commissioner with civic and religious leaders gathered at city hall to denounce this hate crime. >> the individual in custody, his nickname is hitler. we cannot glorify that. >> charging documents reveal the man in custody for the hate crime, calvin lockner, has ties to the white supremacist groups aryan brotherhood and nordic brotherhood. police observed a tattoo of hitler on his stomach with the words "he lives."

adolf hitler like was also called the messiah.ts to demolish america as we know and love it, then they better hurry, because obama is beating them to it. bret: was he telling them to scream and interrupt? >> he regards these people who disrupt are the meetings -- bret: couldn't you just say they are freerful and upset? >> yes, some of them are. why are they fearful? because people like rush limbaugh are telling them that rush limbaugh will rule like the nazis. they are freerful that the government will take over healthcare. >> when rush links me to mort, that is a low blow and i may not recover. there is a distinction. he says let's be civil. let's be quiet. there is a distinction between civil and quiet. i think people ought to be open, vocal, demonstrate, shout and scream outside the hall, inside the hall you are vifl. the reason is a tactical one. you are giving the democrats and the liberals an excuse of distraction that they are using against those who correctly, i think, oppose the plan. bret: tony in sheyboygan, wisconsin,

even after all the town hall protests, all the death panel talk, the comparisons to adolf hitler, more than half the country still supports reform. what people are losing is faith in the president and his leadership on this. he is still -- he is still offering an olive branch. i've got to calm down when i say that because i don't think he should be doing this. he's still offering an olive branch to the people trying to destroy his presidency. mr. president, put this on the republicans. you invited them to the table and they said no. the republicans don't want to negotiate. they're interested in doing one thing and that's destroying your presidency for political gain. now, the american people know their motives. 78% of them say they have no confidence in the congressional republicans that are going to make the right decision for the country. insurance reform should be a slam dunk. the majority of americans want it. democrats have huge majorities in the congress. americans don't trust the republicans. but once again, once again, it's our friends the democrats that are strew skroouing up

i mean, we couldn't weep for poor old adolf hitler and maybe muse lean mussolini.should feel sorry for these people, i guess. >> president obama also commented on the release. here's what he said. >> we thought it was a mistake. we're now in contact with the libyan government and want to make sure that if, in fact, this transfer has taken place, that he's not welcomed back in some way, but, instead, should be under house arrest. we've also obviously been in contact with the families of the pan am victims, and indicated to them that we don't think this was appropriate. >>> so, now, cnn's diana magnay is covering this for isin scotland. what is your take? is he being released based on compassion and his terminal illness, or do you think there's something else going on behind the scenes? >> reporter: no, kyra, i do think that that is exactly why he is being released. kenny mccaskill, the justice minister, went through all the various options that he had in front of him, and he justified releasing al megrahi on compassionate grounds, saying as a society we base our val

at these events and are throwing around buzz words like socialism, fascism, comparing obama to adolf hitler. see, that too i think is very telling. when you portray obama as hitler as some folks have done, what you're saying, and this is very interesting, think about hitler. we think of hitlers a not just a fascist, but a racial fascist. if what they're say something this man, obama, is a racial fascist, the question that gets begged in a lot of white people's minds is, hmm, i wonder what race he's going to come for. oh, yes, us because glenn beck said it's reparations and rush limbaugh said obama hates white people. it gins up this type of hostility and really white racial paranoia and white racial resentment at a time when we need to be seriously talking about issues that face us as a nation and not being engaged in this kind of racial politics, but that's what's going on. >> here is the thing, and what i think many people don't get is that just because you're on the side of the camera that i'm on doesn't mean you're always going to be objective, and i don't mean -- a lot of people are, b

what he was saying and they got away from him as fast as possible because what he was saying was adolf hitleras his hero for what he did to jews in world war ii. manson was a racist. would not allow minorities in the family and would tell different people who could get together and have babies. these killers, something resonated within them and they stayed. some of them were bright. leslie van houten has 121 i.x., in the top 5% of people in the u.s. she admitted in her cross-examination it took her two days whether or not she could commit murder and she made that decision before manson or anyone else asked her. >> i know you've over the years you have gone to a number of the parole hearings in california to argue against parole. we appreciate you taking time to speak to us tonight. thanks. >> thank you very much. >>> from manson to the moonwalk. 1969 was full of historic and horrific moments. read about all of them, the bad and of course many of the good at ac360.com. >>> a 360 follow-up for you. what killed billy mays? >>> an incredible sight you have to see. is it too good to be true? we'll

at these events and are throwing around buzz words like socialism, fascism, comparing obama to adolf hitlere, that too i think is very telling. when you portray obama as hitler as some folks have done, what you're saying, and this is very interesting, think about hitler. we think of hitler as not just a fascist, but a racial fascist. if what they're say something this man, obama, is a racial fascist, the question that gets begged in a lot of white people's minds is, hmm, i wonder what race he's going to come for. oh, yes, us because glenn beck said it's reparations and rush limbaugh said obama hates white people. it ginns up this type of hostility and really white racial paranoia and white racial resentment at a time when we need to be seriously talking about issues that face us as a nation and not being engaged in this kind of racial politics, but that's what's going on. >> here is the thing, and what i think many people don't get is that just because you're on the side of the camera that i'm on doesn't mean you're always going to be objective, and i don't mean -- a lot of people are, but

made his contribution with a bad card, and donations made under various fake names and finally adolf hitlerrlin, germany, donated under this name and address to demonstrate the absurdity of obama's online donation system. so i wonder how the president plans to reimburse them or maybe he'll just keep the cash. and even though the president's popularity is tanking here at home, he remains mr. popular around the world. especially among countries that aren't very fond of america. and i wonder why. a whopping 91% of frenchmen expressed confidence in president obama to "do the right thing in world affairs." while only 13% expressed the same confidence in president bush. in the palestinian authority's only 8% of respondents were confident that president bush would do the right thing. where 23% of those surveyed voiced confidence in president obama. now, this trend held firm in russia where despite lingering cold war tensions, 37% expressed confidence in obama. only 22% said the same thing of president bush. it's interesting those who dislike america see so much good in our president. the only nati

. >> they accuse us of being a nazis and obama has a health care logo that's right out of adolf hitler'sis it ever appropriate to -- look i don't think rush limbaugh really believes this, but the fuel he's throwing on the fire out there, does it have you concerned or do you think this is just sort of a political game? >> no, i think the irony meter is pegged at ten for two reasons. number one, the people interrupting are screaming the phrase, this is america, which i find so ironic because the america i know they would let people have civil discourse. the irony meter hits ten when asked, people say keep your government hands out of my medicare. a government-run program. so the people in these rooms, often they are recruited by outside interests, are there to shout down and deny civil discourse over this conversation. alex is incorrect. the majority of american people want some kind of program with a third party guarantee insurer. that's incorrect for alex to say america does not want a change in the program. >> no, the more that the m.a.s. american people hear about what the democrats ar

inflammatory -- >> adolf hitler called his program the final solution. i kind of wonder what we're going to all ours. >> often incorrect. >> i don't want the government to do it for me. >> right now it seems there's an intentional effort to distort what's in the legislation. >> now the president called for calm while he was at the summit of north american leaders. borrowing a page from his campaign playbook, the white house unveiled a new website called reality check. the office sent out their top health care spokeswoman, linda douglass, talking points in hand to push the president's case. here she is tonight "on message." >> health insurance reform is going to lower your cost. it's going to protect you from unfair insurance regulations. it's going to lower costs. it's going to get rid of unfair insurance rules. we're going to be lowering costs giving protections to consumers to the insurance company can't deny you coverage. >> so that more people have coverage, we're bending the cost curve and getting insurance reform so people don't get dropped because

move-on.org ran the ads that compared president bush with adolf hitler, i thought it was despicable they did it. >> move-on.org did -- >> you're going to get the chance to talk. i looked at move-on.org. it was a horrible thing. it was horrible to see this. but i haven't had town hall meetings since 1984. there are always a lotf colorful people who show up at town hall meetings, a lot of people with a lot of statements. when freedomworks encourages people to go to town hall meetings, we encourage them to go and make their points clearly, assertively, and with good manners. i don't know who these folks are. >> you say good e house leader wrote an op-ed when she said drowning out opposing views is un-american. drowning out the fact is how we failed at this effort for many decades. un-american, rachael? >> i think any time you're trying to stop discussion, i think that's un-american. i take issue with the idea that the government has done anything to earn the violence threats we've seen. >> it's indicative of the loss of confidence. people are afraid and they do things they normally wouldn't

with the calling people nazis thing, comparing all democrats and president obama, of course, to adolf hitler. again, a black congressman named david scott even had a swastika spray painted on the sign in front of his office overnight. knowing that this is the atmosphere surrounding what are supposed to be health care town hall meetings right now, the white house chose to put the president in front of a town hall meeting about health care in new hampshire. as the president was set to arrive, one man stood amongst the crowd with a gun strapped to his leg. he was holding up a sign that read, "it is time to water the tree of liberty." it's a reference, of course, to thomas jefferson's famous words, the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. for perspective on the implication of jefferson's words in this context, being quoted by the guy with the gun, at the event as which the president was speaking, when timothy mcveigh was arrested 90 minutes after the oklahoma city bombing, he was wearing a t-shirt with that slogan and a picture of abraham li

made his contribution with a bad card, and donations made under various fake names and finally adolf hitlerermany, donated under this name and address to demonstrate the absurdity of obama's online donation system. so i wonder how the president plans to reimburse them or maybe he'll just keep the cash. and even though the president's popularity is tanking here at home, he remains mr. popular around the world. especially among countries that aren't very fond of america. and i wonder why. a whopping 91% of frenchmen expressed confidence in president obama to "do the right thing in world affairs." while only 13% expressed the same confidence in president bush. in the palestinian authority's only 8% of respondents were confident that president bush would do the right thing. where 23% of those surveyed voiced confidence in president obama. now, this trend held firm in russia where despite lingering cold war tensions, 37% expressed confidence in obama. only 22% said the same thing of president bush. it's interesting those who dislike america see so much good in our president. the only nation in w

also, doug, rush limbaugh in his radio show today described barack obama as -- he compared him to adolf hitler said the democratic party was like the nazi party. is that appropriate? >> well, i didn't listen to what rush said so i can't comment on that. what i will tell you is we've heard a lot of carping from the democrats about organizations opposing this. the democrat national committee put out a web ad yesterday and a statement criticizing organizations. at lunchtime i got an e-mail from president obama for organize america. >> but isn't calling -- julian, there's a lot of conservative websites running essentially a shot of president obama where he looks like heath ledger, the joker from "batman" and it says socialism. he has sort of a white scary face s that appropriate? does that cross the line? >> well, again, i think there are crazies in both parties. i think the problem is in the republican party the crazies have gained a little too much legitimacy, and i think that there's nothing wrong with conservatives going and petitioning the grassroots. there's nothing wrong with the health ins

this opportunity to condemn rush limbaugh in that when rush limbaugh compares president obama to adolf hitleremocrat party to the nazi party, would you like to take this opportunity to tell rush limbaugh that he's wrong? >> i condemn anybody who compares anybody to hitler or brings a nazi-related rhetoric into a public discussion. neither side should be doing it. i think it's wrong for america, but the reality is both sides are heated on the right and the left. but the truth is to say that the republican party is not united in a week when the liberal left has single handedly made it difficult for this president to push through his signature issue seems misguided to me. >> there's a difference though. when the democrats have differences on issues, they have come together and they have worked them out. when the house leadership and the blue dogs differed on some of the details of health care, they got together and they came up with a compromise. when the republicans and those on the right disagree with one another, they're splitting apart and telling each other to get out of the way. >> john fo

. >> there are far more similarities between nancy pelosi and adolf hitler and people showing up at town halls. to protest a hitler-like policy. >> with that, former house speaker newt gingrich and former vermont governor and dnc chair howard dean. and also the author of the new book, "howard dean's prescription for health care reform." >> mr. gingrich, are you familiar with the tone, they say it's manufactured astroturf. they say the goal is to shut down conversation not encourage it. >> i spent 20 years doing town hall meetings. i once had 800 machinist members of an eastern strike for three hours, and they got to shout all they wanted. i thought senator tom harkin was the model. this week. his staff got nervous. he wanted to close down the meeting. harkin said, no. these are americans. they have a right to talk. they engage. people are very, very upset. they're upset because th stimulus was passed unread. they're upset because at 3:00 in the morning, pelosi introduced a 300-page amendment on energy tax increase and voted on it before the next afternoon. they have a sense of a machine