bennett. his comments are about 40 minutes. . . >> do not belong. [laughter] >> good morning, good morning, good morning. good morning in america. my name is west bollinger, and i make career-long educator. i have enjoyed every moment of my experience. this time of year is one i really enjoy, because it is the time we see all of our students going back to school. i remember a few short years ago i remember a few short years ago at the start of the school year , it two days inn, a young man was sent to my office. after a talk to him, i called his mother and said, i'm calling because your son was sent to my office for misbehaving. she said, hold on, mr. bollinger. i have had and all summer for three months, and i never called you one misbehaved. she was right. story's over. anyway, i hope you can tell that i have lots of fond memories of education, but would you believe that we have problems in education today? i think we will all agree to that. i have -- would you, or do you know that what the

one man, however, approaches lieutenant bennett with a summation. we agreed to obscure his face for his own protection. he tells lieutenant bennett that taliban were here just yesterday. two men on a motorcycle looking for places to planned ieds. >> what i'm saying is you need to come tell us when the taliban are in the village so we can stop them before they try to get out of the village. we can arrest them. >> do you trust the marines? >> translator: yes. >> yes, he says. but if the taliban spies knew i was talking you to, they would kill me. >> so there are spies around here? when the taliban comes to the village, he says, they talk first to the children about who gave information to the marines. >> you have eyes on him? >> the meeting is suddenly cut short when lieutenant bennett gets a call on his radio. >> what happened? >> someone threw a flare, they're saying. we're going to stop pushing this way. >> roger. >> what's up? >> they threw a flare at us. >> roger. >> this may be a joint patrol. but they instantly take charge of the situation. som

and a huge lean for bennett, off the left edge. gets about seven. third and shortcoming up. >> chris: talking about vision. watch duane bennett here. you see the hole opening up to the right. he misses that hole. he hits the hole, he's off running. all about vision for a runningback. if you had the vision, boom. to the right. you're off. >> dave: that's the difference so far, the backs on the teams we've seen in this game because bennett and eskridge have had trouble finding those running lanes. best and vereen have had no problem. weber, with time. decker, wide-open. handled inside the 17 yard line, by sean cattouse. another minnesota first down. >> bob: how does decker get this wide-open? take a look. comes across. all the way across. and when you're playing zone, nobody runs with him. just nice communication between quarterback and decker. the only way they're moving this football, is through the air. the running game is nonexistent. >> dave: they will try again with bennett. get good yardage. busting tackles. gets almost ten. >> chris: must have

bennett was the first president bush's drug czar, you'll remember. maybe congressman pence had to chase bill bennett out of the no czar zone he declared in d.c. aside from the conservative celebrity sightings, it's the topics of the breakout sessions at the values voter summit that can give you a sense of the overall direction of the group and of the frankly the types of things that these base voters will be looking to hear from the politicians who were there courting them. there's one that's called true tolerance, countering the homosexual agenda in public schools. another called global warm hysteria, the new face of the pro-death agenda. the description on that one reads "if people are the problem, what's the final solution?" there's also a session called the new masculinity. "feminism has wreaked havoc on marriage, women, children and men. masculinism to combat the evils of feminism. it's important to remember this isn't just a conservative for conservative christian activists. this is where the republican party goes for votes. nine currently serv

if you go to senator bennett's website at this very moment, you will see one of the things on his brag list of his accomplishments in the senate is "successfully urged president clinton to appoint a year 2000 czar." but that was for y2k, that was huge. that totally needed a czar. czarism is auditioning to be the new birtherism on the right. it's a fact-free but exciting slander against the obama white house, one that bridges the ever-narrowing gap between conservative conspiracy theorys and the beltway republican agenda. even as the birther theory that the president is secretly foreign is considered debunct in polite circles. 12 of them are still trying to push birther legislation in the house. and what might have been a disappointment today, a federal judge appointed by president bush in georgia just issued a hall of fame-quality smackdown to the birthers denying yet another one of their lawsuits challenging the legitimacy as president and saying in the process "unlike in alice in wonderland simply saying something does not make it so." if she keeps filing these same frivolous lawsuit

it was co-authored by robert bennett of utah. his name's on it. are 14 other republican plans on the table. the point is, nothing republican support is going to get through. >> the problem i've got with the wyden bill, it still has the fox garden, the hen house, that would be the insurance industry. sam stein, let's talk about mr. grayson. was he over the top or spot on? >> i think the rhetoric will end up disstrablgting from the debate. his message was the one a lot of progressives had been pushing or hoping to push for a while now. we're talking about 47,000 people dying because of lack of health insurance coverage every year. 50,000 will lose their coverage in the next week. i mean, there's a dire aspect to the health care debate i think the democratic party should have inserted into the discussion way in advance. i think congressman weiner's response to representative grayson's remarks arerunning aw. maybe saying republicans want people to die isn't the best way to frame it. >> sam, what about the public option, now, the votes that took place

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bennett still wonders what's the fuss. >> i'm sorry. get the big deal about it. >> that's something for a young resume. >>> well, as parents, you know we love our kids. we do just about anything for them, there are definitely some chores that some moms and dads would gladly pass on for sure. knsd's katherine garcia shows us how doing just that is easier these days from san diego. >> that's two and a half-year-old julian and this is his two and a half-year-old brother alex. the twins' home is about as safe as a parent could hope for. >> obviously, you don't want the chilen to get into your medicine cabinet. >> there are latches on cabinets, gates near stairs and dressers tied to walls andplexy glass to keep them from tumbling from the second story. >> we realized this is too big a task to take care of ourselves. >> when shelly realized she couldn't do it all herself she called brian microsoft with baby home safety. >> what i do in two or three hours could take the homeowners eight or ten hours. >> parents who are trying to balance career

the story started when officers say bennett and two other men, robbed a couple in columbus, ohio.o on sunday. police say less than two hours later, bennett came back to the house, to ask one of the victims for a date. >> ask her if she had a boyfriend or not. never happened i have been here eight years and a couple of months, and never had anything like this. >> bennett has been charged with aggravated robbery. the two other men by the way are still at large. >> cell phones and your health. >> one group reveals which phones may be the most trouble. here is judy kurtz with a list in tonight's "word on the web". judy? >> when it comes to whether or not cell phone radiation can cause health problems, the debate is on. but one non-profit organization said if you are worried about radiation, there is some phones you should avoid. environmental working group analyzed emissions from 1200 cell phones. it found that the t-mobile my touch 3 g. q sarah jacks 1300, and the motorola v u2 hundred four had high levels of radiation. some scientists believe high levels of radiation in cell phones

i and senator bennett made the case for bipartisanship. we think there is a natural opportunity.t this point in the united states democrats are right that you cannot fix this unless you cover everybody. you've got to have good quality, affordable coverage for everybody or else the uninsured shift their bills to the insured. republicans have valid points as well. there ought to be choices. there ought to be markets. stay away from price controls. we talked about bipartisanship, bringing democrats and republicans together building from the center of the political spectrum out, of course, we did discussion about the senate finance committee next week. >> let's talk about this in a we haven't don it done it yet. suppose someone is making $30,000 a year gross income. they are not rich and providing for a family but don't have insurance where they work. how will this help them? the bill that comes out from baucus where you'd like to go, where you think the president might go? how are we going to deal with that challenge? the uninsured family making $30,000 or $50,000 a year, somewhere

i'm charles bennett sachs. >> paul: recapping today's market action stocks slip as wall street wraps a winning quarter. the dow lost almost 30 points and the nasdaq fell 1-1/2 points. to learn more about the stories in tonight's broadcast, to watch our streaming video and to take part in our daily blog, go to "nightly business report" on pbs.org. you can also email us at nbr@pbs.org. that's "nightly business report" for wednesday, september 30. i'm susie gharib. goodnight everyone. and good night to you paul. goodnight susie. i'm paul kangas wishing all of you the best of good buys. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> announcer: this program is made by mpt, to serve all of our diverse communities, and is made possible by the generous support of our members. ♪ so get ready, ready, ready cuz here we come ♪ >> get ready for one of the hottest new shows on pbs. these women can sing up a sto

. >> these are seats -- >> reporter: that doesn't surprise engineer james bennett. >> the light blue is about a third of the contamination of the red. >> reporter: bennett's study show that when a sick passenger cough, droplets spread outword within seconds. those seated nearby get the biggest dose. 15 minutes later, those particles have migrated as far as ten rounds away. >> based on our preliminary models, there is exposure at that distance from a source. >> reporter: but exposure alone doesn't mean you'll get six. remember that flight to tel aviv? the passenger sitting right next to the sick person did not get ill. airlines insist, their air circulation systems reduce the risk. >> the air on an airplane is probably cleaner than in most indoor spaces, including your office or schools or even your home. >> reporter: cab bip air is refreshed 15 to 20 times an hour, compared to just 12 times in an average office building. and the air followups across seats, not the length of the cabin, so everyone on board is not breathing the same air. so, airlines are preparing to do battle with h1n

that is what senator bennett and i did, saying the democrats were right on coverage expansion. once you build from the center out i believe you are on your way to perhaps 68 votes in the united states senate. >> do you believe there is a good chance that the president will take your approach? >> my hope at this point is that it will be possible to export some of the key market-oriented principles from our effort into the finance committee legislation. i'd like to see us take some of our principles like making sure everybody has choices like members of congress and include that in the finance bill. one of the points i mentioned to the president today is he always gets tremendous applause at a rally like in minneapolis on saturday when he says all americans should get the same deal that members of congress get. unfortunately, in the text of this legislation 200 million americans are barred from getting the very pledge the president made to them. >> thank you. u.s. senator ron wyden of oregon. >> thank you, chris. >>> up next, the elephant in the room. the story the white house wo

and i'm on the wyden-bennett bill that is deficit neutral. but the baucus bill is getting bipartisan criticism. democrats are saying they don't want a 35% tax on so-called cadillac plans that union members are involved in, where if you have $21,000 per family, $8,000 individual, the baucus bill taxes those plans. they're taxing medical services that companies want to provide to their employees. the employees are willing to pay for it to cover the uninsured. it puts 11 million people on a medicaid system. it reduces medicare by $400 billion to get to deficit neutrality. i don't believe it. we tried to reduce medicare by $33.8 billion and couldn't get one democrat to vote for it, so i don't believe one minute that you're going to get the congress to reduce medicare by $400 billion to make this thing deficit neutral. it taxes medical device companies. it puts $6 billion of tax on insurance companies that are going to be passed onto to individuals. so the taxing plan and the spending cuts don't exist. they'll never going to happen. so let's put a

bennett will be charged with aggravated robbery. bad timing. >>> police in the san francisco area continue to gather evidence in connection with the 1991 abduction of jaycee dugard. more is being learned about what happened in the days and months following the kidnapping. >> the last time she was seen, it was 1991. 11-year-old jaycee dugard was at the bus stop near her house, when she was dragged by a car. allegedly by phillip and nancy garrido. >> once she was there, i pushed her down on the floorboards, threatened her and took her straight away to antioch, california. >> reporter: michael cardoza says police sources tell him it was years before jaycee was allowed in public. >> they put her in the backyard. in a at the point or one of the outbuildings whack there. -- back there. they left her in that backyard for 3 1/2 years before they let her get out into public. >> reporter: but in 1993, just two years into the ordeal, phillip garrido spent one month in jail on a parole violation. during that time, it's believed his wife nancy w

more than five republicans are considering bids for bennett's seat.nate bid to be taken by the sport's colorful reputation. linda mcmahon who's challenging connecticut democrat and veteran senator chris dodd. the republican spoke to cnn. >> so you don't care if the republicans try to use some of your best wrestling moments against you. >> i think the citizens will see th that it's an entertainment product that's on television, and the company that's behind that is a very strong company. >> in massachusetts, republicans have blocked the bill to give the late senator ted kennedy his dying wish. the med sure would let patrick temporarily fill his seat. republicans in the state senate were able to prevent debate on the matter until at least next joins with prominent conservatives in reaching out to so-called values voters at their conference here in washington today. carrie prejean took part in the event and talked about the event that turned her into a political figure when she was asked whether same sex marriage should be legalized. >> so there i was ab

meet with the widen/bennett senators. seven republicans and seven democrats have come up a compromise that requires everybody to be covered but allows you to be covered through the private sector and it's deficit neutral and do something serious about tort reform and we're off to the races. he's changed his rhetoric because the speech was a disast disaster. what he's trying to the american people they don't buy. they don't believe we're going to cut medicare the way they say we are. they don't believe we'll stop spending and pull a trigger to make it more responsible when it gets to a certain level so the president saying things that people want to hear but the details don't add up. he can be on every news show until the end of time. if he doesn't get republicans and democrats in a room and get off tv, we're never going to solve this problem. >> final point on this, and it's a political point. the president has accused republicans of dusting off the old playbook from 5093 and '94, but there are some political professional

. >> bonni quibbling, s bennett. >> the hden story is aut self employmenfor women.e predent of the chamber of commerce, a woman, deplo the fact that less than 5% the government ctracts that are supposed to be going to women in this country are going to wen in this country. >> bonn: women-owned businesses. >> wen-owned busesses. encouragg people to bself employed, which i am, women who own their own businesses en more, they work longe and can contribute to that economy that they can bld. >> bonnie: fr the benefit to the barriers. whe more americanseed to work longer, not allre finding it ey to stay employ. in theecond segment of our two-pa series, we examine e tax, bias, and lal barriers r americans o want to work longer. >>> in part 1 of ts series, we showedhat increasing life expectancies, rinking federal and personal retirement assets, and a high lel of job satisfaction for older amerins are combing to lengthen th numb of years americans stay in the workforce. the recession haalso forced many americanso work longer, asnly 13% of workers questionedhis year told res

. >> bonnie: quibbling, sam bennett. >> the hidden story is about self employment for women.e president of the chamber of commerce, a woman, deplord the fact that less than 5% of the government contracts that are supposed to be going to women in this country are going to women in this country. >> bonnie: women-owned businesses. >> women-owned businesses. encouraging people to be self employed, which i am, women who own their own businesses earn more, they work longer and can contribute to that economy that they can build. >> bonnie: from the benefit to the barriers. while more americans need to work longer, not all are finding it easy to stay employed. in the second segment of our two-part series, we examine the tax, bias, and legal barriers for americans who want to work longer. >>> in part 1 of this series, we showed that increasing life expectancies, shrinking federal and personal retirement assets, and a high level of job satisfaction for older americans are combining to lengthen the number of years americans stay in the workforce. the recession has also forced many ameri

would you be in favorite of wyden bennett and create a more environment for health insurers so they quitude that? no, no, the health care insurance companies are profitable to the extent to which they are able to collect money from individuals and not pay it back out for health care. are you in favor of systems that would improve the alignment of the health care system with the interest of actual patients? >> absolutely. but the way you do it is not by creating a government-controlled health care system which is the democrats want to do this. >> what about -- >> what about wyden/bennett? i'm talking about other proposals that would make it more competitive for health insurance companies, brad. would you be in favor of more competitive practices that disallow health insurance companies to make money at the expense of patients? >> within the private sector but not the government controlling health care. the government is already in the health care business and it's absolutely miserable failure. >> it is not an absolute miserable failure. >> you know that. >> we have three other systems of

bennett. he brings the ball back to the 38 yard line. >> cris: well, here you go. mr.ranchise. >> al: you want to write some headlines? >> cris: well, he has done it before. he has to be thinking you're kidding me, right? we put together a drive, we go down, we eat up most of the clock. all we have to do is keep them out of field goal range and they score a touchdown instead. now you have to go the distance. how significant is it? all of those wasted time-outs at this point? >> al: come back to bite you. first and ten. 38 yard line. bears have to go 62 yards with 1:06 left. knox in the game wide left. hester wide right and intercepted by al harris! only cutler to beat and he saves the touchdown! but harris just saved the game! >> cris: oh, boy. oh, boy. the inexperienced at the wide receiver position just killed jay cutler again. johnny knox, a rookie who has made big plays on the top of your screen is going to stop on this one and al harris doesn't. the old vet. won a playoff game one time against seattle with interception and return for a touchdown. and overtime. he

bennett will also get more touches. talking to the chargers this morning, they felt really good about how they were able to move the ball considering not only were they without l.t. but also two starting offensive linemen. they ran the ball better than the numbers indicated. so they'll sit l.t. and he'll sit if his ankle's not 100%. chris: how about the patriots, last week to see tom brady without his security blanket in wes welker and they lost to the jets, so now they get the falcons. are they going to have welker back? >> they're an angry bunch right now. the way you said it, you know they lost to the jets so you know they're upset in foxboro. wes welker, that was a weird situation, and weird patriots injuries that all goes hand in hand as we all know, but wes welker comes out and warms up before the game and all of a sudden he's just inactive. now, luckily for the patriots, they do have almost a carbon kevin: of wes -- carbon coip of wes welker in julian edelman. walker's probably going to be a game time decision th

tony bennett, a regular here at the open. gwen stefani.ary: her husband gavin, very close friend of roger's. dick: 1-2. mathieu broderick. mary: in the president's box. john: that's what he's got to be careful with because if he doesn't get the angle he wants he'll leave that side of the court open. john: the singer of "bush" and the singer of "no doubt" and they have a couple of kids. like agassi and instead of gli he loves tennis so much he'd probably before the -- prefer the kids to be tennis players. mary: i'm anticipating not seeing a lot of trick shots from federer anytime soon. this is all business now. this 20-year-old is growing up in a hurry on this court, his first major final. dick: playing with real conviction. didn't have that earlier. john: and this is where the fact that he is 6'6", imposing himself on federer is going to pay off. normally when a match went late into a third or fourth set it would be a problem for him but these conditions are good. the sun's down. it's not real hot. >> out. john: i would think it would be a

kirsten gillibrand, harry reid, banking committee chairman, chris dodd and colorado freshman michael bennett, all democrats. in fact, of the $10.5 million give tonight senate, $7.7 million has gone to democrats. one wall street lobbyist tells the politico , "it only makes sense that donors want to put their money into the coffers of hose who are driving the agenda. " finally, couldn't get enough of libyan leader muammar qaddafi at the united nations? well, now muammar qaddafi and venezuela's hugo chavez say they will form a defense alliance in the same vain as nato but geared poorer countries. muammar qaddafi said at the summit in venezuela for african and south american nations that the group will be a nato for the south. those who were betting on nato, we now say to them that we're going to bet on sato. muammar qaddafi criticized the u.s. and other powers saying that they face terrorism, but they, themselves have create the phenomenon. they live in a state offer to roar result of the hatred they generate. >> it's always good advice to read the fine print. now there is a move underway to ge

the other bill is the wyden bennett bill. it requires everyone to be insured. it is deficit neutral. if you buy your healthcare and the private sector. it takes deductions from business. it gives them to individuals so that they can use the tax code to empower individuals to buy health care through the private sector. the president is stuck on this my way or the highway. nobody seems to be caring much about bipartisanship. neil: or the highway. very good seeing you again. thank you very much. with the cost of that health care bill fast approaching $1 trillion, calls for the democrats to curtail their spending. this is not coming from republicans though. this is coming from what they are calling a moderate democrat. his biggest concern at this point is that a lot of the money we are committing to this is money that we can ill afford to commit, and least for a lot of the things that they want to commit it to. the senator joins me from washington now is 50. trace >> washington being washington, unfortunately not. i do not know what these amendments are because i a

drake is known to frequent the 1100 block of lombard street is, and 1000 block of bennett place. might be guiseing himself with a long haired wig. bradford drake is 5'8 and weighs 140 pounds. >> 26-year-old quentin harris is wanted for armed robbery, and assault. police say on september 11th harris broke into an apartment, held up the resident with a sawed-off shotgun and stole the victim's property. a partner in the crime was arrested. and police believe harris learned of the arrest, and is now on the run. quinn and harris is 5'9 and weighs 150 pounds. >> he also goes by the name kayon barnes. >> now, if you have any information on these suspects, pick up your phone and call us here this evening. our number is (410)637-8970. i am joined by lieutenant colonel jesse oden with the warrant apprehension task force. lets talk about drake. >> good evening joy. mr. drake is a very dangerous individual who assaulted a victim with a baseball bat. he has numerous outstanding warrants on him for burglary and narcotics. he uses numerous aliases and disguises himself and frequents lombard str

greta: he is safe from jill bennett was a heartwarming story, which is, of course, appalling -- he wasjail but it was a heartwarming story. -- he was saying from jail, that it was a heartwarming story. and how to they -- do they describe it? one neighbor made a call one time, and the police showed up, and the police do not investigate very far. is that the scene? >> yes, there was one neighbor in particular that was very suspicious of him. she called the police to say that there were people living in the backyard and just that there was weird things going on and that he had a sexual compulsion. that is what the sheriff came out but did not go into the backyard, although he could have. the deputy could have searched without a warrant. that is what the sheriff has apologized for, thinking that they may have found jaycee then. go ahead? you're saying? >greta: the allegations and would have been 15 years instead of 18 years, and i understand that three years is a long time, but it was still horrible at 15 years. jon, thank you. >> thank you. greta: coming up, that bone fragment that was ju

senator coburn has a good plan, senator bennett has a plan. it would involve helping people or hunt insured with tax relief when they buy their insurance picking insurance portable and giving people are power over their healthcare dollars to manage their healthcare. >> mike: what's right about the obama plan? if i listen to the president speak of the night and he makes is very powerful -- to me to post each, not a presidential one -- but a strong clinical advocacy for his plan even though i haven't seen it. what's right about it -- about what he sang to give. >> what's right about what is saying is he's good at identifying real problems. costs are going to high. can't live forever with healthcare costs growing at twice the level of our income. what about problems in the system, and access problem so the zero problems. but what he is proposing doesn't solve those problems, and makes it worse because he saves the doctor but he can do the diagnosis but not prescribe a treatment plan to make gasoline. he's going to kill the patient. >> mike: there

>> it should be a viable war cry, but the thing i keep coming to it had you heard the wyden, bennettre you pay the full tax. it hurts people unemployed and those aren't the ones you want to hurt and baucus proposed capping it and it got murdered by unions and workers, by polls and it's simply the most sensible thing can you do in the system. there is a situation which people who have something they feel like they are going to lose if they gt congress and the people who don't know what they are about to gain they don't. so it's congress where the mass is overwhelmed by the cries. >> a pleasure. mike, your reporting is always welcome and appreciate it. you can watch the president tonight in prime time here on msnbc at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. the coverage anchored by keith olbermann and tune in and stick with them through the duration of the day. >>> up next on the "morning meeting," on the heels. apple as latest announcement later today we will take a look at the hot gadgets and gizmos as we head into the fall season. i'm here on this tiny little plane, and guess what... i've still got

it was great listening to gil bennett. that man is elmer -- is amazing. i could listen to public bear all night long. -- to pop up bear -- papa bear. a year ago, there were quite a few people in this city who work ready to write off this conservative movement. they were enthralled by barack obama's promise of near biblical proportions. he spoke majestically, framed by greek colonists. he can spend a speech, but he cannot spend his record. i bet you never dreamed that you would look back at jimmy carter as the good old days. [laughter] i have had the pleasure of attending the values votaress summit every year since 2004. the security of our country, the defense of freedom in the world, the success and power of the free enterprise system, and the fundamental rights of every single person, including the right to life itself. these are the causes that unite us and inspire us for the work we have a head. we know that america has always endured a chorus of critics, people who claim that every ill, and reap failure in the world is america's all -- every failure

the republicans that voted for it, bennett, collins, judd gregg, orrin hatch, dick lugar, olympia snoi george voinovich. voting against closure on the republican side is webb and lincoln -- democrats, i'm sorry. judge, this does not mean that those people will vote for them, right, just up or down vote? >> right, it means just that they can get away from not voting for him but they facilitated the vote. glenn: how dramatic -- and please understand, cass sunstein, with what you know about him, good friend of barack obama. >> correct. glenn: went to law school with barack obama? >> they both taught together at the university of chicago law school. this is one of his best ideological academic friends and intellectual soul mates. glenn: would you say he is a radical, not in the marxist radical but wildly out of step with the american people? >> i would say he is on the far left of the left side of the democratic party. i would also say he will be on the short list for the next nominee to the supreme court to replace whoever resigns next. glenn: to the left of justice ginsburg, holy cow. ha

this is in the play, bennett and decker crossing the backfield. do your job. >> look at all the cal guys going one way, coming back. decker, the lefty, southpaw action. >> fired up after the touchdown pass, rightly so. second and goal. inside the gophers' 2. jahvid runs into the end zone. cal, goes on to win, 35-21 but there was one more. he ties a school record for five touchdowns, 26 -- he ran the ball 26 times for 131 yards. >> average isn't very good for him. having a round of three interceptions really hurt. couldn't overcome it. the difference in the game. >> let's talk about jahvid best. five touchdowns. great athlete. smart player but what allowed him to be so incredibly effective. >> the same thing that's always allowed the guy to be effective. first of all only 5'8". difficult to see behind the line of scrimmage but he has great vision. he accelerates extremely well. when he gets to his top end he's not going to be caught by anybody out on the field. he has all the tools he needs to be an incredible running back. has just tremendous late

bennett college for women. we do a financial literacy we every semester. we bring in experts trade we have our seniors run their credit scores. we get them to be fully prepared to deal with the fact that your credit score is your adult report card. those are the judgments we make. this is such an important gathering, coming together. john, i think we can make financial literacy a media driver if we make it exciting. if we may it exciting. how many people went to a platform to find out somebody's business? we will not go into that. somebody did. we could also say it is exciting to know that you can play in certain territories. there is our challenge, folks. an educated african-american is a dangerous person for a whole lot of people. we need to invest in education. our hbcu's are the front line of our drought. we are losing them every day. we need you to be hours trying, -- to be our strong, passionate advocates. we have made hbcu history. we will break the first ground in 20 years on october 16. we are excited about that. every hbcu is every time educating

bennett for example, and we all do this, we probably end up being a heck of a lot better country, don't you think? >> i think you're absolutely right and i have found that on a personal level, when i engage bishop jerry jackson who's a registered democrat, we can disagree on some issues, but we find consensus on some big issues. >> absolutely. >> and that's what we have to do all across the country. >> absolutely, i'm with you, amen, 100%. >> kenneth blackwell, it's always a pleasure, good to see you. say hi to your mom. >> i will do, take care. >> there's a baby in there! >> oh, what a story, we showed you this video when it happened in july. it's a pair of brothers safing a 5-year-old from a burning suv. we have got a new development in the story that we're going to be sharing with you. >>> also the young lab researcher killed days before her wedding. we're going to update you on our top stories. stay with us. [ thunder rumbles ] what is the sign of a good decision? in the world of personal finance, it's massmutual. find strength and stability in a company that's owned by its policyho

joining us to discuss whether he's right, addison armstrong from tradition energy and matt bennett, vice president for public affairs. addison, the prince come out and says the president's goals are unrealistic, groundless, and harmful and clearly impossible. is he right? >> i think regrettably the prince is right, and it's not just this president. i mean, we've had 30 years of this now where the u.s., not just the president, but policymakers from the cabinet level through the congress and even local politicians have touted this idea that somehow we can have energy independence in this country, and it's simply not related at all to what the market realities are. this is a product that's traded globally. prices, while the benchmark is here in the u.s., are not always set here. and, you know, it's just unrealistic to think about it. particularly in light of the schizophrenic policies and ideas that we have here in this country about how we can achieve it. we don't drill. we don't build refinerierefiner. there's a whole host of things. during the last administration we were building up this

had people out there and afghanistan it is all the more primitive and very feu of these explosive bennett traders, they have factories. so far relatively few. >> do you find that our response to the ied and suicide bombers over the ars is becoming more effecte and sophisticated? >> good question. you can see now i have been doing ts since 2001, you can see wedopt a countermeasure and they adapt we adopted countermre and they adapt they have their own techniques and procedures and a deaf ears to wt we're doing. they adapt and there's the ieds the defensive measure and the suicide bomber is the offensive measure. most of the suicide bombers to the extent that we can identifyhe remains are not loca. nearly a of them are impos. they were recruited some or all slyke syria or egypt or the palestinian liberation and dies and moved over been handed over him to gives them ready for the big martyrdom. that has happened to rethink the number is 854 90% it is up there. those lt week prior to the elections in afghanistan and most of the victims of those devis are not american allies or coalition fces

if you look at the bill that have been introduced in the senate by senator bennett and ron widen, i don'tith the tenets but there are a number of bipartisan pieces addressing the health issues. the commonality the republicans say, the public option is not a good option. it is something that will bankrupt this country. but there are many, many viable alternatives to ensure people who don't have health insurance, coverage, on to the rolls. >> the president made clear on wednesday night, his proposal would incorporate a number of republican ideas. and i think the democrats and the president in particular has always been open to incorporating republican ideas. when you look at thing like what tim pawlenty that, it becomes once again very clear that the republican agenda has nothing to do with insuring quality of affordable health care for americans. it has to do with the political agenda in trying to damage this president politically and make political gains in 2010. >> let me say this. for the last time, where is the president's plan? the president talked about his plan. there has not been o

but they're a telling crowd of moderates, olympia snowe, susan collins, judd gregg and bob bennett.y be the key to bipartisan reform? we're going to see. four republican senators stand with the president in striking down death panels. that's tonight's "big number." >>> up next -- can south carolina governor mark sanford survive now that most republicans in his state want him to resign? you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. ♪ the amazing always infinity. ♪ it's astonishingly flexible. ♪ unbelievably soft. ♪ and has an amazing material... that's 4x more absorbent than you may need. making fluids seem to... poof... disappear. just like magic. ♪ always infinity. have a happy period. the rest of the body is a no brainer. doesn't your whole body deserve excedrin strength relief? excedrin back & body. excedrin. what ache? this country definitely needs to focus on other ways to get energy. we should be looking closer to home. there are places off the continental shelf. natural gas can be a part of the solution. i think we need to work on wind resources. they ought to be carefully mappin

listen to the american people, start over, focus first on cost and use a frame work like the widen-bennett to start going step by step on some things we can agree on to reearn the trust of the american people. for example, we could agree on a small business health insurance plan to allow small businesses to pool their insurance and provide their workers benefits. >> i want to ask you about this quote. if you lose your job or change your job, you will be able to get coverage. now, he doesn't say you'll be able to get the same coverage. he says you'll be able to get coverage. >> i think he's talking about an exchange where people with pre-existing conditions could still get coverage without wor rig ability losing it. that concept is not a bad concept, but the problem, as senator alexander has explained is the proposals that have been put forth would cause a lot of people to lose their health insurance and drive up the costs for others. for example, senator baucus's proposals and others that i've seen would allow only four or five different kinds of plans to be offered. that could well drive

again, the reason this is so significant, and we're looking at senator bennett there talk sort of abouthich is being introduced next, but the reason this vote on the schumer amendment is so significant because this is the more conservative of the two that many democrats thought might attract at least some support by centrist democrats. but it did not get enough. and this means that the bill that's going to merge out of the baucus committee will not have the public option and it also means it will likely then not be part of the what the senate passes and tries to merge with the house. so, a major setback for progressive democrats today. we're hoping that a public option, some sort of version of a public government plan to compete with the private for-profit insurance companies might be tacked on. but it is not being tacked on in the crucial senate finance committee. we'll have a complete wrap-up on the drama over health care reform today at the top of the hour. >>> time for today's close-up topic. president obama's looming decision to send up to 40,000 more troops to afghanistan. the pre

one is the widen/bennett bill, can a comprehensive bill cover everybody through the private sector andy own bill, cpr, would cover every bub in a fiscally responsible way it would control the costs and not create a program where the government gets between you and your doctor. >> can you briefly describe that to me? >> well, essentially, the proposal i have has three parts to it. number one it requires everybody have insurance in the catastrophic form and it helps people who have low incomes subsidize that the purchase of that insurance, but it is a stripped down policy basically affordable. number two, this it strongly encourages prevention and healthy lifestyles through cash incentives allowing employers to pay people to live a healthy lifestyle and number three it focuses on the disease -- on the diseases which are the cost drivers such as obesity and alzheimer's that we know are driving the majority of the costs and also has tort reform in it and an effort to try to change from reimbursing on the basis as long as reimbursing on the basis of quality. >> i feel we have barely scratch