alex? >> mike, want to get to cash for clunkers, because the house of representatives wants $2 billion for that program that just ran out of money a mere week after it started. what's the white house saying to car dealers, who you can bet have customers on their doorsteps right now? >> that's a high-class problem, isn't it, alex? this thing has been wildly popular. it is a success. what has happened a week into the program, they're moving the iron, as they say in the auto dealer industry. people are in the dealerships. they're taking advantage of this. you can get up to $4500 cash on the barrelhead if you go in there and you trade in a car that you've owned for at least a year, for a car that gets 28 miles per gallon combined highway and city, and people are taking advantage of it. congress originally allocated a billion dollars for this. they thought that billion dollars would last until november 1st. it lasted exactly one week. the program started a week ago, and now all of a sudden thurs

i want you to meet alex. he is a big fan of yours. >> the catcher congratulated alex on his birthday. for the last five years, alex has been in foster care. although he was nervous today, his social worker says alex has a great personality. >> alex has a very contagious smile and laugh. when he laughs he lights up a room, and enjoys telling jokes and making people laugh. that's one of his best qualities. josh gave alex a lesson and a few expert pointers for playing the game of baseball. >> you have fun. you light up when you throw the ball. >> alex has learning challenges but works hard in school and does well. he is hoping for an adoptive family that will be proud of all of he accomplishes. >> i would like a family to be caring and loveable and likes baseball, and respectful to me. >> we are looking for a single parent or two-parent adoptive family for alex. i want a family for him that will accept him for who he is, and will integrate him into their family in terms of family activities and holidays, because

let me tell you, alex. i was in my first campaign with richard nixon 196 a, 196 6, and republicans were out there. we were down to 140 seats after the goldwater debacle. we were working very, very hard, and we picked up 47 hit-or-miss seats. it was an unbelievable gain. in 1994 they got 5 had house seats. if you get a tide rolling against the income bebt party, which i think it's starting to roll against the democrats, 55% of the american people think we're still on the bronk course. obama is dropping towards 50%. you could be looking at a tide. a tidal wave. not a district by district thing, but one of the tides that takes out an awful lot of folks, and it's happened a number of times for both parties, and against both parties. >> yeah. all right, you guys. listen up. >> the only way that works -- listen, the only way they can do it, pat, is if they rally around obama because he is the only person that can rise above all the republicans and although the democrats. >> okay. pat buchanan, morris reid, good t

or is she just being set up, alex?they looking for somebody, they looking for an american, do the italians want to set an american up and make her a fall girl in this particular case? these are the two different, entirely different views, something like professor gates and sergeant crowley in cambridge, two different ways to look at the situation. that's what the jury is going to have to decide. where is the truth? >> well, but i guess what about the truth that would be offered up by all of these physical evidence there? you've got -- >> yeah, yeah. >> wouldn't that be considered irrefutable if you have analysis done on blood, fingerprints, all sorts of other specimens found in the house, how does that play into it? >> well, this is a little different, you know, than bill clinton and dna on that famous dress. this runs kind of a different story where the dna is not that strong. it could be amanda's or it could be meredith's, the victims. but maybe not. and then the defense offers up various reasons, if it is the dna, w

and welcome. >> dave. >> i was hoping you would put that to alex. >> alex. >> i will touch on that a bit. i think on the u.s. side, that is a -- an immense challenge, a bureaucratic challenge. the bureaus of the u.s. government, the departments, are strong organizations. the majority of them are focused domestically overseas and really are not part of their core mission and core culture and they have been responding. some i think deserve great praise, the department of agriculture is an example. they are generating a sizeable number of people for afghanistan. that is far beyond what the department probably was designed to do and originally stood up. there are more effective mechanisms in place. i think now part of those are stemming from what the pentagon is doing for inter-agency coordination. they have a sale that is having weekly video teleconferences and invite necessary all manners of players, both international and interagency to participate in btc and video teleconferencing with leadership in afghanistan and general mcchrystal typically sits in on these. the command on the mil

i'm alex witt. welcome to "msnbc saturday" tropical storm warning for massachusetts as hurricane bill barrels toward bur mermuda. less than 180 miles from bermuda, moving north-northwest 20 miles per hour. the waves are rising near hamilton, where the residents in bermuda are waiting out the storm inside their homes and hotels. storefronts are boarded up. road as long the northern coast have filled up with water. people along the east coast from northern florida to new england are bracing for the high surf and the rip currents. we'll have a live report later in the hour from orleans, massachusetts. todd santos is here with more on bill. good morning, todd. >> good morning, alex. the latest advisory that came in and one piece that's changed is that the motion instead of north-northwest, we're talking north. still the same speed, 22 miles per hour, wind speeds sustained around 105. still a nasty storm. at this point category 2. the north movement what we're looking for. the perfect way to look at a st

>> hi alex and david.rgia republican congressman tom price, a doctor delivers the weekly republican radio address and his topic will be health care. there will be a lot of volleys and his plans on that subject. >>> health care will also be in the news on senate when chuck schumer and orrin hatch are on "meet the press." also on "meet the press" afghanistan will be a big topic when david gregory interviews joint chiefs chairman mike mullen. >> as far as democratic schumer from new york, he's crucial to watch because he's been pretty strong in maintaining that there has to be a public option. so if somebody like him on the senate side comes out and says this has got to be there, that's going to be pretty big news, right? >> that's a great point, david. one other thing about chuck schumer is he was one who was actually drafted very early on to actually have a compromise of sorts. not the compromise we're talking about with the co-op plan that a lot more centrists and moderate democratic senators are pushing,

meet alex who just turned 15. and to celebrate his birthday he wanted to come to nationals park where his favorite team, the nats, of course, had a game on tap for later this day. this is going to be an exciting day for you. especially when you see who you are going to get to meet who is right here. josh bard, i want to you meetal zbleks nice to meet you, buddy. >> reporter: alex is a big fan of ours. catcher josh b ra d welcomed us and congratulated alex on his birthday. for the last five years jh has been in foster care. his social worker says although he was a little nervous today, he has a great personality. >> alex has a very contagious smile and laugh. when he laughs he lights up a room and he really enjoys telling jokes to people and making other people laugh. i think that's one of his best qualities. >> let me show you how to throw the ball straight. >> reporter: when the field was being groomed for the game, john bard gave alex a lesson and few expert pointers for playing the game of baseball. >> biggest

the waves have been steadily increasing here, alex, all through the morning.e've got good sets out there are. probably in the six to eight foot range. there you can see behind me the ocean. it's also cleared up. i know when i was talking to you earlier it was a little foggy this morning, but that fog has burned off now, and a lot of people have come down to the beach to check out the surf. it's pretty impressive, and it's getting higher as we head through the afternoon. high surf advisories are in effect here, alex, and we're under a tropical storm warning as bill goes by late tonight and early. >> that would be bill. i'm going to stay right here. i'm going to just -- i'm not going anywhere but sitting here talking to you. hey, i could entertain you for hours with some of my plugs. no worries. thank you very much, jeff morrow. appreciate it. >>> if you live on the east coast, you'll want to stay informed on the latest hurricane bill developments. make sure to log on to weather.com for newest information. let's go to politics now, and the political price of hea

meet alex. >> nice to meet you, buddy. >> reporter: alex is a big fan of yours. catcher josh bard welcomed us and congratulated alex on his birthday. for the last five years josh has been in foster care. his social worker says although he was a little nervous today, he has a great personality. >> alex has a very contain just smile and laugh. i mean when he laughs, he usually lights up a room and he really enjoys telling jokes to people and making other people laugh. i think one of his best qualities. >> i'm going to show you how to throat ball straight. >> reporter: while the field was still being groomed for the game, josh gave alex a few pointers. >> biggest game with baseball, i already see it in your face, have you fun. you light up when you throat ball. >> reporter: alex has some learning challenges but works hard in school and does well. he's hoping for an adoptive family that will be proud of all he accomplishes. >> i'd like the family to be caring, lovable, likes baseball. and -- >> we're really looking for either a single parent or two-parent adoptive fa

in the end of the day, it comes down to money, alex. if you're not one of the executors, you're not making business decisions. from where katherine jackson stands, she says listen, you two were on the outs with michael for a period of years. you happen to be on his will. i'm his mother, i want to help protect his image, too. i want a say? some of these business decisions. that's where that whole in the dark allegation stems from. while a judge have to sign off on any business decision that gets made, she's now part of the process leading up to that. >> courtney, we got the morning ahead. i'll ask you more questions next hour. thank you. >>> coming up in our next half hour, i'll be talking with two legal experts about what we can expect during tomorrow's courtroom showdown over the estate. stay tuned to msnbc all day for the latest on the jackson hearing. we'll have live reports throughout the day. >>> now that a house committee has passed a health care bill, is the whole reform thing going on holiday with congress? the house energy and

only at applebee's. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm alex witt.ur top story this hour, the nation now has its first hispanic supreme court justice. chief justice john roberts swore in sonia sotomayor in a private ceremony just a short time ago. and at any moment now she will be taking the oath publicly. sotomayor is the third woman to sit on the bench and the 111th justice. i'm joined right now from washington by nbc news justice correspondent pete williams to weigh in on things. i think we probably have less than a minute to go. but very quickly, what are we seeing here? >> this is 9 court's east conference room just down the hall from the main courtroom. justice kennedy is the man you can see in the left part of the picture, right by the flag with the gray hair looking forward. he's sitting next to soon-to-be justice sotomayor's mother and her brother. they'll hold the bible during the ceremony when chief justice john roberts walks in on that door that you'll see on the right. and she won't be a justice until she takes the second oath. there's a

i'm alex witt. welcome to "msnbc sunday." all of that plus the god father of michael jackson's children makes a surprise claim. first the latest on the midair crash over new york city. here's what we know right now. nine people are presumed dead including five italian tourists aboard a sight-seeing helicopter. the helicopter collided with a single engine plane carrying three people. that collision happened over the hudson river which runs between manhattan and new jersey, just about noon on saturday. new york's mayor calling the accident "not survivable" and so far three bodies have been recovered, two men and a child, all believed to have been on board that plane. >> oh, my gosh. >> well this morning we're getting our first look at the crash site moments before it happened. this is amateur video showing what it appears to be debris floating in the war. the ntsb chairwoman said investigators located the helicopter but have not yet found the plane. another helicopter pilot witnessed the collision. >>

they're not coming back until labor day, alex. the senate has one more week to do it. >>> on the cash for clunkersing one of the last things they did yesterday before leaving town is to give the program $2 billion more. it was a good program. it had only been in progress for about a week. they sold upwards of 200,000 cars. they thought they were going to run out of the billion dollar that was allocated for the program. it's supposed to last until november 1st when the program was over. they found out they might run out of money this weekend. the dealership association put out a notice last night, dealers who accept additional clunkers deals may face a risk that they will not be reimbursed, so the house sprung into action last night, allocated another $2 billion. the senate is here for one more week. they're expected to act. in the meantime, if there's a run on dealerships because of the cash for clunkers thing, the white house assures there will be enough money in the pipeline but who knows what's going to happen if this continues

. >>> good morning, i'm alex witt. we've got all that for you plus a youtube sensation spawned a spoof that's also becoming quite a big hit out there. >>> the u.s. military just found the remains of a u.s. navy pilot who was shot down during the first few days of the first iraq war more than 18 years ago. lieutenant commander scott speicher was originally declared dead but his status later changed to missing because his remains were never found. nbc's jim miklaszewski joins us from washington with all those details. things have changed now, mick. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, alex. sho shortly after the iraqi came forward, the u.s. military, the pentagon, even then-secretary of defense dick cheney were so convinced back there on the first day of the gulf war in 1991 that scott speicher was killed when his f/a-18 hornet was shot down in western iraq that he was declared dead. but subsequently because his body was never found, and in fact the wreckage was eventually located and his flight suit was found intact

thanks alex. crews are also dealing with damage the eastern shore, where lightning struck the tower used by emergency crews in queen anne's, caroline, and talbot counties emergency workers are currently using a back-up radio system while the damage is being fixed. it' tower in queen ann's. abduction, abuse, and an amazing outcome. a girl who was reunited with her family. we first learned yesterday that jaycee dugard was alive-- and her kidnappers were arrested. police say philip and nancy garrido snatched jaycee family. walked to the bus stop. then drove her to a home just two hours away a from her her in a backyard prison garrido was convicted rapist and registered sex offender before police say he bear when she neither of the have ever been to school or seen a doctor. thousands continue to f past the casket of edward kennedy. his family has been surprised -- and touched by the huge public response to his death. here's whit johnson -- reporting for wjz -- with the latest the latest from boston. >

alex is incorrect.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 are proposing, the less they like that. that's why the democrats ever so eager to highlight all these distractions and they want us on tv talking about rush limbaugh and a handful of bad actors out there when ignoring the larger debate over what we should do with the health care system. >> alex, wouldn't you agree that the debate is not going on because these shout downs? >> absolutely not. i think in congress the debate is certainly going on. republicans are offering lots of ideas. the democrats aren't listening -- >> alex, what about the debate at the town halls? >> i think congressmen are holding these town halls so they can hear from their constituents. >> but why do the town halls now look like an episode of jerry springer? >> i think the democrats are highlighting a few bad examples. there are a majority o

but for alex, it is more of a homecoming. >> thank you. and please and welcome. >> learning his native language. he is preparing to reconnect with test. he was born in russia with a host of the health problems orphaned at birth. >> we wanted to make the best home for him that we could. >> his parents vividly recall the wide spread poverty that plagued russia during the collapse of the soviet union. >> at the time we were there, nothing on the shelves. in the grocery store. >> the deplorable conditions of the hospitals. >> it was nasty. >> and the heartbreaking look on the face of the infant they traveled so far to adopt. >> he never had an opportunity or anyone to hold him. >> he would just get on his hands and knees and rock himself to sleep. >> he was 11 months old. but today he is a healthy heap teenager that calls america home. but never lost touch of his roots. >> they gave me life for 11 months when i was sick and not able to do anything. and i want to give back to them. >> when it came time to plan his eagle scout project, alex knew

>> alex, the jury is still out. i think between his town hall meetings and the dozens of ones held by members of congress that we've been watching, we've only heard from a few dozen american voters, particularly the louder ones, people who have yelled out questions and criticisms. we haven't heard from millions of people who are undecided about which way they want the debate to go. we know the president faced two critical audiences. about a quarter of republicans were still undecided. and a third, i think 31% of democrats and democratic-leaning independents were still undecided. that's the audience he was trying to reach. we haven't heard back from those people yet on what they think. they hold the key to this whole debate. >> okay. in the town hall yesterday, steve, the president hinted that the public auction is not the end-all, be-all of health care reform. if the white house appears willing to negotiate on that part of the plan, will the president pick up more support from both sides of the aisle? >> he could pi

no question about it, alex. likely to last through the fall and perhaps even close to the holidays. >> wow. the how gop leader john boehner said you have to adopt a philosophy to get the message out. is the gop offering viable alternatives to what just pass snd. >> they put out some parameters and bullet points of what they would like to see in terms of reform. one of the first things they often mention is tort reform because doctors have to pay such high premiums for malpractice insurance for what many regard to be frivolous lawsuits. doctors are very, very interested in seeing that put into the legislation. the president has been asked about that most recently at a town hall in bristol, virginia. he says he thinks that's a little overblown, he's not in favor of significant tort reform that doctors and republicans want to see. whatever the case may be, republicans are in the opposition. this is typical of the way congress works, especially the house of representatives, whether democrats are in charge or republi

i'm alex witt. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. >>> divers are pulling more wreckage out of the water and in this last hour they pulled out another body as well. so far, four bodies have been recovered. nine people are presumed dead in the crash. joining me on the phone is chopper pilot heather howley, she heads up a flight instruction program and one of their services is tours of the new york city area. good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> you know, you look at this incident, it was a beautiful day here yesterday. it was calm, there weren't winds. could you imagine there must have been a lot of people up in the air. what is it that you think contributed to this problem? how did it happen? >> well, the cor der itself is very busy and if you're not making the radio calls as you go down the hudson you can lead to a scary situation where people don't know where other people are so that contributed to the issue and then you had the teterboro fixed wing meeting up with the helic

>> reporter: i think it's just the music, alex.oung, old, in between, have been remembering the day, 40 years ago, when john, paul, george, ringo crossed this busy london street for the cover photograph on their album "abbey road." >> going to get one chance. here we go. >> reporter: beatlemania all over again. music lovers from around the world gathering all morning outside the london studio where the beatles made history in 1960s. a walking tribute to the street made time faimous by the most successful pop band of all time. 40 years ago, london was the epicenter of the swinging '60s. fashion, peace and love, and most of all, music. and nobody played it better than the beatles. ♪ let it be let it be♪ >> reporter: in 1969, they recorded the soundtrack for the film "let it be" but they delayed its release and made "abbey road" instead. the iconic photograph on the cover was shot on a crosswalk outside the studio. >> you can walk. >> reporter: richard porter leads tours of street for $10 a head. >> the picture taken by a guy stand on

i'd david schuster, live in washington. >> i'm alex witt in new york.dent obama is kicking off his first summer vacation as presidents. this afternoon, he boarded marine one bound for camp david. the obamas, who are paying their own way, they are expected to say in an exclusive mansion on the blue herring farm. the president's vacation comes as confidence in his leadership has declined. a new poll finds 49% of americans have confidence that president obama will make the right editidecisions for the co. the over all approve rating stands out 57%. >>> the president's vacation comes at a time when the country is facing major economic blows. a conservative group which helped with the election in 2004 is is using obama's va kags as a part of a new ad. >> >>> right now that we're in a recession and in war on two fronts, that is i'm sure, one of the reasons that president obama is just taking the one week, which is not very long. >> susan, thanks so much. we appreciate you coming in. alex, whether it's fair or not, you can sense the people in washington alread

then we are done with bill, alex. i guess in general, alex, this could have been a lot worse. it was 200 mills off of cape cod. you know, we got lucky with this one for the most part. >> yeah, we absolutely did. we are done with hurricane bill. not with you, though, bill karins. thanks so much. >>> keep it here for complete coverage of hurricane bill. we will have a live report from cape cod for you in just a few minutes. we will be checking out the surf there. >>> hurricane bill is delaying the obamas vacation by only a few hours. the obamas begin their nine-day trip to martha's vineyard this craft noon instead of this morning. the health care debate won't be taking a rest. a group fighting the proposed public option is launching a new ad this week. it is hoping the president will be forced to watch since that ad will be airing in massachusetts when the red sox take on president's beloved white sox. >> the beach is nice this time of year. but while president obama vacations, concerns mount about his health care plan. mr. president, when you go back to these things d.c., drop

alex? >> all right. mark potter in miami. thank you, mark, for that. >>> conservative talk show host rush limbaugh getting some flap. what he said about house speaker nancy pelosi that's got a lot of people all fired up. >>> and the post office facing big-time money problems. officials say it's time to get creative in order to raise some money. what could happen at your local post office. now that's progres. call or click today. ♪ ♪ i'm cool like that, i'm cool like that ♪ ♪ i'm cool like that [ female announcer ] there's a smarter, cooler way to get your clothes brilliantly clean. and it's a turn for the better. ♪ i'm cool like that, i'm cool like that ♪ [ female announcer ] tide coldwater. it's specially formulated to clean in cold better than the other brand does in warm. ♪ cool like that and by washing in cold, you can save up to $10 on your energy bill with every 100 oz bottle. and that's cool. tide coldwater. get out of the old and into the cold. ♪ i'm cool like that >>> now to the very latest on that deadly wrong-way c

>> reporter: good morning, alex. is it a strange story.t has been a part of women's sports for decades. caster's 18 years old from south africa a relatively unknown runner until this year. showed up at junior championships and shaved eight seconds off of her best time in the 800 meeters from the year before. then showed up aat world championships this berlin this week and won handedly by two seconds. raised red flags for the sports federation that monitors the races. they decided to launch this gender investigation. they say she has not been doping. so they're going to bring in a team of doctors to determine whether she's male or female. her supporters as well as south african sports officials are fearing that the way this has been handled, it should not be this public a process. it is both public and of course humiliating for this 18-year-old. alex? >> you can imagine. how long is it going to take them to figure this out? >> reporter: well, i mean, you wouldn't blame someone for thinking this should be a fairy easy thing to determine. >>

she was leaving michael and alex with me or with family or other friends.ng a lot of partying, distancing herself from spending time with michael and alex. but at the time, i just, you know, thought it was just because we were separated and she was trying to, you know, deal with things. i mean, because up until the time she murdered michael and alex, larry, susan was a good mother up to that point. but, you know, i don't know if there was anything that anybody could really, unless it's something dramatic, can really identify that something bad's going to happen unless it's just something, like, totally out of their character. >> larry: well said. candice, is there any thread that runs through people who never seem to do anything crazy and then do something crazy? >> well, in a lot of cases, what's necessary for the person to do something outrageous and there's never been a hint of violence is a perfect storm, a perfect storm of circumstances that leads to some kind of desperate, desperate move. and in the case of susan smith, i'd like to ask david, i've nev

welcome to msnbc saturday, i'm alex witt. past 9:00 a.m. eastern, 6:00 out west. a tropical storm warning remains in effect for massachusetts, as hurricane bill barrels toward bermuda. bill's downgraded to a category 2 hurricane with winds near 105 miles an hour. let's take a look at pictures just it to us from cape cod. some waves and rip currents are keeping residents out of the water. lots of fog as well. for more all of this, todd santos with the weather channel forecast. good morning. >> good morning. we've been talking about the wave action all morning. we did see some of the wave in the background. i'm on a map behind me, you can see numbers in feet abouys to te south, that was at 27 feet. you can certainly expect north of that, talking big waves. 8.2 off cape cod, that's off georgia's bank, that's where we go from a thousand-foot plus deep watt in the ocean to 200 and less than 100 feet off the coast lean. see how the waves build close tort coastline? the wave forecast certainly verifying at this point the coastline, even cape cod and areas near cape hatte

>> good morning, alex.the news of the world, that's britain's top-selling sunday newspaper, prince william and kate middleton had reached an understanding that they will marry within the next two years. now the plan has the blessing of the royal family which wants to see william well established as a hard working, responsible prince and heir to the throne first. he will represent the queen on official tours to australia and strik in the neck two years. the royals want to make sure william is a stand-alone royal in his own right before they release any news of any engagement. >> why wait this long? why wait to make an announcement? >> well, i think the palace on one hand wants to make sure william's ready but it also wants to safeguard the privacy of kate middleton. you'll recall when princess diana became engaged to prince charles all those years ago, she totally overshadowed him from that very moment and in fact she dominated royal coverage right up until the day she died. the royal family doesn't want to

alex sanchez, you agree? issue can be resolved one, two, three with a dna test, and if he is a child, he'll be splitting whatever money was left to the children. >>> new developments in the investigation of michael jackson's death. we are getting the clearest indication yet that jackson's personal physician, dr. conrad murray, is the sole target of the criminal investigation. >> the state of his financial affairs is highly relevant, and it does reflect, i think, on the quality of his medical care and that he could provide to michael jackson. i mean this is michael jackson. why does he have this doctor? >> the daughter, she says -- paris, she starts screaming, "daddy, daddy, daddy." we all started, you know, crying. something was wrong. and she's screaming daddy and starts crying, and then we start crying, and we all come together in unity in a circle, and we started holding hands, and we started praying. >> i'm jean casarez of the legal network "in session" in for nancy grace tonight. kai chase, who was the c

what are her plans, snashg. >> reporter: hi, alex.ny sanford says now that she's moving out of governor's mansion with her son she will continue on with duties of first lady but the first responsibility now is for her family. as you said, indeed a lot of people saw it yesterday, she was spotted moving out of the mansion with some om other women carrying clothing and suitcases and items. they drove away in a small convoy of cars, not going with them was the governor himself, mark sanford. he will stay behind in columbia, south carolina, as the two have separated, at least in materials of where they live. in noving out yesterday the first lady issued a statement. she said, quote i have decided to move back to our house in charleston with our sons for the upcoming school year. from there, we will continue the process of healing our family. the governor agrees with this, that this is best for everyone involved. he says it will not affect his ability to work as government mer. alex? >> okay. mark potter, thank you very much, live from miam

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their grandmother. >> what about it, alex? >> more likely than not these kids probably were evaluated. they've probably seen a psychiatrist or counselor at the moment to help them adjust to the situation. >> the only photos we've seen are of them around a swimming pool. everybody, let's stop and remember, army staff sergeant eric caban, fort worth, texas. a green beret highly decorated, awarded the bronze star, purple heart and three army achievement medals. remembered as a life of the party. big heart, loved sports. favorite team? texas rangers. dallas mavericks and new york giants. leaves behind parents, brothers edwin and efram jr. american hero. thanks to our guests. the biggest thank you to you for being with me. and thank you to the wonderful family who so we could make it to the airport and i could come back to work with the twins. >>> everybody, i'll see you tomorrow night, 8:00 sharp eastern. and until then, good night, friend. i'll clean the pool if you clean the windows. pick the windows, pick the windows! anything

. >>> good morning, i'm alex witt.ve trouble in the tropics, we'll get to that in just a moment. >>> but first let's turn our attention to the west and the president's personal pitch for health care reform. president obama will address a crowd at 6:15 p.m. eastern today. in his weekly address this morning, he once again criticizes the media for focusing on the disagreements at some town has. i'm joined by nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd. another and final good morning to you. >> another final good morning to you. >> i'll leave the explanation for the teepee until the end. what questions have resonated the most at thinks meetings? what do you expect we'll see today? >> reporter: well, i think obviously the two questions that seem to catch the president slightly off-guard yesterday was the one about the question from the nra member who was -- seemed to be concerned about how are you going to pay for this? that is one of the big items that comes up time and again when it comes to he

i stood by susan for those nine days. >> i remember. >> trying to find michael and alex. suspected her at all. it was very shocking. >> larry: we'll have more with our complete panel right after this. en they taste fresh... say it again! what? say it like, "mmmm, these healthy choice fresh mixers taste freshh!!" they taste fresh... wait. what are you doing? got it. you're secretly taping me? you were good too! but you know, it wasn't a secret to us, we knew... yes, but it was a secret to me. of course, otherwise i would be sitting like this and completely block his shot. so that's why i was like... didn't you notice this was weird? no. they taste fresh because you make them fresh. healthy choice fresh mixers. in the soup or pasta aisle. ( sir special interest groups are trying to block progress on health care reform, derailing the debate with myths and scare tactics. desperately trying to stop you from discovering that reform won't hurt medicare. it will actually strengthen it by eliminating billions of dollars in waste and lowering drug prices. tell congress not to let m

>> good morning, alex. to the news of the world, one of britain's top selling sunday newspapers, prince william and kate middleton have reached an understanding that they will marry within the next two years. their plan has the blessing of the royal family which wants to see william well established as hard working responsible prince and heir to the throne first. he will represent the queen on official tours to australia and south africa in the next two years. part of the heightening of his profile really. the royals want to mike sure that william is a stand-alone royal in his own right before releasing any news about any engagement. >> how much does that have to do with the lingering legacy of diana overshadowing charles? >> well, i think the palace wants to be absolutely sure. princess diana overshadowed prince charles from the moment they announced their engagement. she dominated coverage of the royals right up until the day she died. the royal family doesn't want to see that happen again. they see princ

alex, appreciate you coming on the program. >> thanks, great to be with you. >> jeff: our guest alex paul awk of the enterprise >> paul: the nation is mourning the passing of one of the most influential senators in our history. representing massachusetts for close to half a century, ted kennedy helped re-write the nation's laws on bankruptcy, immigration, and education. but as darren gersh reports, kennedy's passion and most likely legacy will be health care reform. >> reporter: for millions of families senator ted kennedy is one of the reasons their children have health insurance. health policy expert chris jennings worked with kennedy, as the senator pursued his life- long dream of extending care to every american. this was senator kennedy's, one of his big legacies, right? >> yes, this is the signing of the children's health insurance legislation. >> reporter: senator kennedy's passion for health care reform and his legislative prowess have been sorely missed this year. now, as has often been the case with the kennedys, jennings thinks the senator's death will inspire many of his

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alex is right t. base is in danger. there was a story in 2 "new york times," the grassroots people are not rising on this issue because they have been so unclear about it. i mean, people are not going to leave their houses to pitch something they are not clear what it is. >> anderson this is a very different obama than we saw in the campaign. obama the campaign is there is no red america, no blue america, no republican, no democrat. there is one america. tonight if what we are hearing is correct, if he says we are going to cling to the public plan no matter what, he is saying blue america wins. i'm the president of that america. this government-run plan doesn't have the support in the middle. that's why he is losing democrat support in the senate and thinking of trying to jam this through quickly with 50 votes. >> roy, do you think this is something they would go ahead with or maybe trying to float this idea to put pressure on everyone to come to some sort of agreement? >> i think that has to be part of it. just today g

and alex sanchez, defense attorney joining us out of new york. go ahead, sue. >> she dragged her son by a leash? she should be in jail. capiche? what happens at home? do they make this kid sleep in a crate? look. if this wasn't her son and she dragged some stranger by the neck with a leash, clearly a felony. just because it's her son, she should not be treated any differently. >> rene rockwell, earlier our reporter eric jens with wrga mentioned there was no lasting injury, which, of course, is not a requirement for felony child cruelty. i do know the child's neck was bruised and red from the leash around the neck. thoughts? >> nancy, i don't know that after they get down to the bottom of this investigation, i don't know that it's going to show that there was anything around the child's neck. this was one of these little monkey backpacks and if the truth be known, the child was probably enjoying it. the child's being dragged. you see it right now. >> put her picture up. >> you see it right now. the child is bug drug on the carpet, not from his nec

alex sanchez, there's not going to be a 20-year jail sentence. that's not going to happen. 20 year to life jail sentences on child cruelty or aggravated child cruelty as a result of severe beating, cigarette burnings, sodomy or rape of a child. she's not going to get 20 years behind bars for this but in my mind it does rise to a crime. >> well, i disagree with you. i don't think it does rise to a crime and i think if you look at that videotape, i think we need to clarify very clearly. this was not a leash around the neck that you might find on a dog, and if you're pulling somebody with a leash like that, you may seriously hurt them. this was a different type of leash entirely. this child was not being hurt. it turns out the kid did not suffer any type of serious injury. so where's the crime? she's never been in trouble before. >> you know, alex, when children are -- >> why don't we give her the benefit of the doubt. >> that's for a jury to do. say when a child is locked in a steaming hot minivan and left out in a parking lot for a couple of hours