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these are the hottest to birchers' we have seen in a long time. we'll look at the forecast and a little bit. >> baltimore city's public works crews have been very busy for the last couple of days and are now working on a water main break. here is a look at the scene. we are told that a 16 inch main burst this morning. customers are experiencing service interruptions. >> officials have reported the state's fifth debt associated with the h1n1 one flu virus. meanwhile, the cdc issued new guidelines today for how schools should handle possible outbreaks this fall. we get the latest from tracie potts in washington. >> the cdc is not recommending extra screening, but fifth swine flu hits again this fall, have masks on hand. very few schools should have to close. >> it is now clear that closure of schools is rarely indicated, even indicatedh1n1 is in the schools. -- even if h1n1 is in the schools. >> kids with symptoms may have to stay home and schools may screen students and moved desks further apart and even whole class is outside. >> we want to keep s

i do feel that is a statement -- is a good to bircher taking moment of the disconnect. when you see the president of the united states doing a comedy sketch about the missiand missig weapons of mass destruction, those are interesting. i think that they televise them and that is not the smartest thing. washington has this fascination with celebrity that is counterproductive in terms of covering the news. >> this is august 31, 2008. before the election. the headline is, well, out what's the [unintelligible] >> no major bomb speech has been a disaster. most have been triple or home runs if not grand slams. what is most surprising is how astonished the press still is that the ground hog days replay of the identical outcome. the disconnect between the reality of this campaign and how it is perceived in presented by the mainstream media is now a major part of the years story. of election 2008. if i did not know by othbetter,i would say that was written by rush limbaugh. >> where i am coming from, the press got almost everything about this campaign wrong at various stages, sta

the conservatives believed, the birchers, not the birthers who were their grandparents, believed thatermine our iq. only problem with that was they fluorinated the water in russia too. it was hard to believe it was all some subterfuge to undermine our will. that said, this stuff about euthanasia, this stuff that's been talked about, the plug-pulling, the death panels, sarah palin who's become sort of the patron saint of these people -- it's really getting wild. chris first. it's really getting wild. >> you know, chris, in campaign col ticks, a little misinformation goes a long way. and i think that's what we're seeing. you know, you saw this during the campaign, and frankly after the campaign with the whole birth -- birth certificate debate. that people are looking for reasons and even when they are provided with evidence that these claims are in fact not factual, they are still sort of convinced by this misinformation. it's all based on raising enough doubt. that's all that it's about. it's not about offering a different plan, it's about raising enough doubt to beat back this plan. t