during the time that i was a staffer, i was chief of staff for bob michael, who served during the time that ronald reagan was president and tip o'neil was speaker of the house. during the time that bob foley was speaker, bob michael was also the republican leader. and during the time that president clinton was president, bob michael was republican leader. that whole period of time was a very rich history and legacy of compromise. that's how congress has always solved problems, through compromise, through people working things out, through people putting aside their own agendas and their own egos, deciding what's important for the american people. this is a time that i think most of us that have watched politics have never seen before. because there are people in congress who don't like the word compromise, who don't believe in it. that's what we need today. we need for people to come together, set aside their own egos, a certain part of their own agenda, for the american people. to make sure we maintain the strongest economy in the world, to send a signal to the world that we can get b

during the time that tom foley was speaker, bob michael was also the republican leader. and during the time that president clinton was president, bob michael was republican leader. that whole period of time was a very rich history and legacy of compromise. that's how congress has always solved problems. through compromise. through people working things out. through people putting its either own agendas and own egos, deciding what's important for the american people. this is a time that i think most of us that have watched politics have never seen before. because there are people in congress who don't like the word compromise, who don't believe in it. that's what we need today. we need for people to come together, set aside their own egos and a certain part of their own agenda for the american people to make sure we maintain the strongest economy in the world, to send a signal to the world that we can get big things done. washington can still get big things done. this is about continuing to have a strong economy and continuing to compromise and take maybe a couple chapter

. >> bob: michael vick? >> greg: cora. >> bob: sorry.ble-a. >> greg: yeah. >> bob: on a somehow serious note one thing that bothers me, about to get it resolved and one thing they still haven't resolved are the former players who played in the '80s and some in the '90s whose retirement packages are measly $125 a month. it's outrageous they haven't take care of the players that built it. >> eric: whose fault? the owner's fault again? you side with the players union because that you what you do on the left with the unions. how about making at it free market, make it real or capitalist? let the owners who take the risk in the first place pay the players what they think is right. if the players are so worried about the benefit, they can take care of it. >> bob: the players union has not been good on this. >> i agree. >> bob: the free market system, the stadiums are paid for by the taxpayer. >> andrea: first, the taxpayer should express outrage. a lot of franchises have been built with tax-free bonds, public money, funded a lot of the stadium

thing with people who are consistent losers and ray lahood yesterday citing we need to go back to bob michael was a classic example. we have to go back to being full-time losers, that is our place in washington. well, you don't accept that and i don't accept it. and you have not accepted it and you have let it be known that you will not accept a loser attitude, a loser mentality among our leadership in washington. how in the world can we look at ourselves as losers with this man, barack obama as president? this man is on his back. he is on his last legs. the gross domestic product of this country is 1.3%. we are living in a man made disaster, personally made by barack obama. there is no reason to compromise with people who have not offered any substantive ideas of their own. there is no reason to continue to act like losers particularly coming off the november elections when we were landslide winners. >> greta: joining us is republican congressman tom graves who is also a member of the tea party caucus. good evening, sir. >> good to be with you. >> greta: you voted no in the house of represen

thing with people who are consistent losers and ray lahood yesterday citing we need to go back to bob michael was a classic example. we have to go back to being full-time losers, that is our place in washington. well, you don't accept that and i don't accept it. and you have not accepted it and you have let it be known that you will not accept a loser attitude, a loser mentality among our leadership in washington. how in the world can we look at ourselves as losers with this man, barack obama as president? this man is on his back. he is on his last legs. the gross domestic product of this country is 1.3%. we are living in a man made disaster, personally made by barack obama. there is no reason to compromise with people who have not offered any substantive ideas of their own. there is no reason to continue to act like losers particularly coming off the november elections when we were landslide winners. >> greta: joining us is republican congressman tom graves who is also a member of the tea party caucus. good evening, sir. >> good to be with you. >> greta: you voted no in the house of represen

. >> suarez: and you worked at the elbow of then minority leader bob michael.ing like this happened before during your time in congress? >> these kinds of controversies have occurred over time. but the kind of controversy that's been created by congress not passing a bill is simply not fair to our ability to work on these construction projects, to have construction workers working. we have a lousy economy. we don't need people out of work. for no good reason. if congress really cares about jobs, which every member of congress talks about, if they care about putting their friends and neighbors to work, pass a clean bill. you'll put your friends and neighbors back to work. building projects in your districts, in your states. that's the way to put america back to work. >> can this be remedied one way or another quickly? >> there's a difference put together as was suggested today can. these people be back to work in a matter of days. >> as soon as congress passes another clean extension the president will sign it. people can be back to work shortly after that. >> s

it will be al michaels and bob costas on the call. ts up 1-0, this hangs it high. 2-1 shot to take the lead. michaels in deputy. >> he is there and it is a tie game! >> in the mccovey cove, first flash 2-2 game. brian wilson, pinch hit are, anderson pulls one to the left. mets win it 5-2. arizona a winner tonight and they are now within a game of the giants in the national league west. >> thank you. >> "nightline" is up next. >> for all of us, thanks for joining us. >> we appreciate your time. hope you have a terrific weekend and good night. -dad, why e you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are the great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a perhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪

bob shrum, michael steele.nd former clinton budget director joining us next on what happens in the u.s. were to default. but first, the prerace prayer that stole the show at this weekend's nascar nationwide series race in nashville. >> heavenly father, we thank you tonight for all your blessings. you said in all things give thanks. so we want to thank you tonight for these mighty machines that you brought before us. thank you for the dodges and the toyotas. thank you for the fords and most of all we thank you for rowsch and yates partnering to give us the power that we see before us tonight. thank you for gm performance technology in our engines. thank you for sin ohç coe raci fuel and goodyear tires and bring performance and power to the track. lord, i want to thank you for my smoking hot wife tonight, lisa. my two children, elie and ema, or as we like to call them the little es. lord i pray to bless the drivers may they put on a performance worthy at this great track in jesus' name, boogdy, boogdy, boogdy, a

he is joined by senator bob casey, michael nutter.dent obama also attended a private fund-raiser at the house of david cohen. this is about 25 minutes. thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. everybody have a seat. i think i'm going to use this instead. is this working? there you go. well, what a spectacular evening, and thank you all for taking the time to be here. i want to, first of all, you just heard from somebody who i consider a dear friend. this is a guy who stood with me was sure whether you it'll come out. please give it up for bob casey. >> they have been supportive of everything we have been trying to do. i cannot be prouder of the work they do, congressman brady is here. thank you. your outstanding mayor is in the house. one of the great legislators in congress who also happens to be a political mine. -- a political mind. that is why we are so proud to have for as the chairwoman of the dnc, debbie wasserman, schultz. i see a lot and new faces out here. then i say a few faces i have no for

joining me now, is democratic strategist bob an former rnc chairman michael steele now an mooes moo msnbc contributor. bob, do they get copies at rnc or don't they care about what the american people think? >> well, they have a fundamental dilemma, al. and that is that people like mcconnell and people like boehner understand that this is now becoming a real political problem and that they can back themselves into a box canyon that they can't get out of. so they are looking for way out. boehner was willing to do a grand bargain with the president. wr whether it be $4 trillion of cuts, revenue enhancements spread out over the next ten years, he ran into terrible trouble with his own caucus and with a possibility after kof a cou pe from eric cantor. the tea party is going to pass the house with republican votes. it may or may not pass the senate, though i think it won't. if it passes the senate the president will veto it. it won't be overridden. the veto can't be overridden. then i suspect we fall back to the mcconnell plan slightly satisfied by what harry reid has been suggesting, which is

why can't michael vick reform? >> bob: it's fine. it's just hard for me to believe. >> greg: p.r. have to move on. michael vick will "on the record" tonight with greta van susteren so tune in at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here. can we take a minute and talk about the disgusting comments bill maher made on the show last week? greg, help me out. hbo hasn't taken action. but is he hiding behind a comedian label? >> greg: if he were a comedian, maybe. but you know what? comedians are allowed to say whatever they want. that is their job. that is their job. its just i wish he would spread it out a little and go after some of the other people in the political spectrum. i would never tell him to stop what he is doing. at times he can be funny. >> eric: bob? >> bob: i think he should join charlie sheen on the mental health deal. >> eric: cut him some slack. >> bob: do not equate him with other liberals. he has gone way over the line. i find it disgracement. >> kimberly: why is he still on hbo? he gets away with everything. teflon liberal. >> dana: the reason that charlie sheen is getting anot

al michaels and bob costas into the booth and take over for a few minutes and they bring good vibes becausee -- shoreholtz scores. the the first one off of bryan wilson. 12 of them against the giants he does it again. it was a battle in texas of two all star pitchers facing off against each other. only one played the role of all star though. unfortunately for the a's it was not their guy. gio gonzalez outpitched by cj wilson. first-inning after a costly error. the rangers load the bases, that's the law. mike napoli with a shot deep into the bleachers. 5-0 lead, scott seizmore tries to get the a's back into it with a solo shot of his own. but the texas in their second inning teeing off. ian kinsler finds the bleachers in that hot and not to be outdone, adrian beltre with a shot of their own. and the a's after this one now find themselves 10 games back of the west. not exactly the summer of love. on a fourth pitch hits a pop up. watch the pitcher he mouths off to big pappi gets an ejection. big pappi says what, he charges the mound. they go after it pretty good. some what standard baseball fi

al michaels and bob costas into the booth and take over for a few minutes and they bring good vibes becausereholtz scores. the the first one off of bryan wilson. 12 of them against the giants he does it again. it was a battle in texas of two all star pitchers facing off against each other. only one played the role of all star though. unfortunately for the a's it was not their guy. gio gonzalez outpitched by cj wilson. first-inning after a costly error. the rangers load the bases, that's the law. mike napoli with a shot deep into the bleachers. 5-0 lead, scott seizmore tries to get the a's back into it with a solo shot of his own. but the texas in their second inning teeing off. ian kinsler finds the bleachers in that hot and not to be outdone, adrian beltre with a shot of their own. and the a's after this one now find themselves 10 games back of the west. not exactly the summer of love. on a fourth pitch hits a pop up. watch the pitcher he mouths off to big pappi gets an ejection. big pappi says what, he charges the mound. they go after it pretty good. some what standard baseball fight. nob

and al michaels and bob costas on the call.gs the pitch high and makes had him pay 2-1 shot to take the lead. >> he drives one to deep right. it is a tie game. >> costas with the call, down to mccovey cove and first splash down. anderson pulls a homer to the left. they win it 5-2. arizona a winner last night. they are game back of san francisco in the west. >> i want to show you the weakest fight in major league history. red sox, royals, david ortis and kevin takes it and say run it out. not a single punch landed. both players ejected. sox win the game 10-3. >> we will always wonder what could have been for yao ming. he is retiring from the n.b.a. after 8 seasons, an icon in his homeland in china. he took the n.b.a. by storm when he was drafted by the houston rockets in 2002, chronic leg and foot injuries derailed a possible hall of fame career. >> memorabilia, will cost a coach his job is costing the football problem all the wins last year, that includes the buckeyes sugar bowl victory. they are under a self-imposed two-year p

from the republican party fallout, michael steele and bob slum shrum.s. >>> federal investigators are looking into accusations that minnesota's largest school district discriminates against gay students following seven suicides in fewer than two years. four students were gay, believed to be gay or questioning their sexuality. at least two of them reportedly had been bullied because of their orientation. the justice department and the civil rights office of the board of education are scrutinizing the school district. here's why. school policy mandates that staffers remain neutral on matters regarding sexual orientation and such matters are best addressed within individual family homes, churches or community organizations. justin killed himself last july. he was just 15 years old. his mother joins me now. tammy, good to see you. >> hi. >> first of all, you have my sympathy about the death of justin. and i know you're concerned about the way the school officials do or do not happenedle complaints. in what way do you think the policy discriminates against g

al michael and bob costas on the call. we go top five. giants up 1-0. ryan vogelsong hangs the pitch high in the zone. angel pegan makes him pay. >> schierholtz drives one to deep right. if it's fair, this is is tie game and it is! a blast! into mccovey cove and the fan is right. his first splashdown. brian wilson pitching a third straight game. hairston a solo homer to left. tack on two more and arizona winner last night. they are now a game back of san francisco in the west. >>> i want to show you the weakest fight in major league history. well, maybe i'm not right but it seems right. david ortiz, a routine pop in the eighth. kevin gregg takes exception. ortiz runs out. look at these guys. not a single punch landed. both ejected, i hope for ineptitude. sox win the game, 10-3. and we will also wonder what could have been for yau ming. he's retiring from the nba after just 8 seasons. an icon in his homeland of china. he took the nba by storm when he was drafted by the huston rockets in 2002. chronic leg and foot injuries derailed his possible hall of fa

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michael. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> coming up, virginia governor bob mcdonald flip flops on the debt ceiling, even though he nevertood what the debt ceiling was in the first place. that's in tonight's "rewrite." >>> and later, one of our favorite funnymen gets serious to deliver a very important message. stay tuned for stephen colbert's powerful anti-bullying video for the it gets better campaign. that's coming up. every day, all around the world, energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy developement comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing decades of cleaner burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within self contained well systems and using state of the art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities and the environment we are america's natural gas. [ dr. ling ] i need to get the results from the m.r.i. see if the blood work is ready. review ms. cooper's history. and i want to see katie before she goes home. [ male an

michael. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> coming up, virginia governor bob mcdonald flip flops on the debt ceiling, even though he neverctually understood what the debt ceiling was in the first place. that's in tonight's "rewrite." >>> and later, one of our favorite funnymen gets serious to deliver a very important message. stay tuned for stephen colbert's powerful anti-bullying video for the it gets better campaign. that's coming up. >>> playing tough with the debt ceiling is a lot of fun until credit agencies threaten to downgrade your state's credit and you're the republican governor of that state. that's in "the rewrite" next. >>> and later, stephen colbert as you've never seen him. he breaks character to say it gets better. but not your wrinkles. new neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. its retinol formula smoothes wrinkles in just one week. why wait if you don't have to. neutrogena®. >>> time for tonight's "rewrite." from day one of the debt ceiling crisis, which was actually november 2, 2010, when republicans won control of the house of representatives, yeah, that was when the debt ceiling crisis began, on election

michael. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> coming up, virginia governor bob mcdonald flip-flops on the debt ceiling, even though he neverrstood what the debt ceiling was in the first place. that's in tonight's "rewrite." >>> and later, one of our favorite funnymen gets serious to deliver a very important message. stay tuned for stephen colbert's powerful anti-bullying video for the it gets better campaign. that's coming up. >> announcer: this past year alone there's been a 67% spike in companies embracing the cloud-- big clouds, small ones, public, private, even hybrid. your data and apps must move easily and securely to reach many clouds, not just one. that's why the network that connects, protects, and lets your data move fearlessly through the clouds means more than ever. >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day wa

michael. reports say it will focus on 1982's "thriller" album and feature special performers. >>> on this day in 1965, bob dylan shocked audiences at the newport folk festival performing his first electric set. all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight, watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. the latest on the tragic death of singer amy winehouse and whether it could have been prevented. and 007 actor daniel craig talks about his new role in "cowboys and aliens" and what to expect in the next james bond film. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm amara sohn. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

bob is live to tell us more. good morning. >> reporter: yes, it's a road trip from you know what for michael ing of belmont and leertin. they are two survivors of this horrible boating accident sunday morning in the gulf in mexico when their boat capsized. the search continues for seven people. some of the friends of the two men. they were actually headed north, they crossed the border with u.s. and mexico driving leslie ye's truck, the one confirmed death in this accident. they got across the border. as they were approaching san diego the truck broke down. they didn't have any mean but decided it would be quicker to hop on a greyhound bus. they are expected to arrive at the greyhound station, expected sometime this morning after what has been a very long trip from mexico and of course i spoke with one of the wives of the survivors who described what they have been through. it's a horrible experience. the search and res kye efforts continue there for the seven people still missing. expected back here in the bay area sometime today. reporting looifrp live in san jose, bob redell. >> no doubt they just want to be ho

down for a couple weeks, he is back and then 6 runs in the fifth inning, bob melvin's team is being taken apart by detroit. michaelcks rehabilitation has continued was on capitol hill today shaking hands and working alongside the humane society to introduce a new anti dogfighting bill. he is pushing for tougher laws against dogfighting including a bill that will make it to be illegal and for spectators and a dog, or cock fight and making it illegal to bring children to either of those fights. >> i'm doing it for myself, for the humane society, for the animals, all the people that are involved because there is so much more that you can be doing for your time. and there are so many animals that can be raised in better household and use as an pets and having happy homes instead of being used for point is activity in being harmed. >> there are still people out there that will save how you feel is how you feel, that michael it does not even deserve to be back in the nfl. look at what he did last year on the field, and then see what he does off the field, and if anybody at the very least deserves a second chance, it see

we are here in washington with pat buchanan and michael steele and joining us now, bob woodward.. >> we are in washington like everybody is in washington, for one reason. >> yeah. what's that? >> the celebrate the anniversary of "way too early." >> it's two years old? how sweet. >> what would have happened if we wouldn't have had "way too early." >> thanks. john boehner moved the vote to thursday because he didn't want to compete with this. >> did not want to step on the two year anniversary. the london olympics will begin a year from today on the third anniversary of "way too early". let's look at the front page of the wall street journal. john boehner, who we just heard talking is now facing a rebellion in his own party because the cbo came back saying his plan didn't cut over $1 trillion. >> there's a lot of rebellion going on. earlier, you were talking about criticism of president obama and i think there's -- the question is, what's going on here overall. >> right. >> there's strong evidence that president obama has got what i guess could be called commander in chiefitis. it'

no more of the michael jordan cannot speak out because politics is not a good thing to speak out against. it will be the jamaican musicians, the peter toshes and bob marleys -- the people -- the politicians had to be responsive to what people were saying and doing because there was a movement around these high- profile folks. they cannot just represent the movement. they have to come out of the movement. it has to be present in our communities and schools and prisons even for that to happen. otherwise, we end up with the tail wagging the dog. these boats we have artificially created to be our saviors, and we need to be our own saviors. [applause] >> how do you see -- and this is to either one of you -- do you see the new disciplinary action, the prison system at this point, and where do we go? because you are doing wonderful work in the system. where we go to make that not happen anymore? >> i also want to throw out because sister davis is here and working with restorative justice for youth, to invite her voice into that question as well. >> what we are doing in oakland is to try to break the school to prison pipeline by coming up with alternative

bob graham. he will be discussing his keys to the kingdom in the conference rooms. i'm sure you all know that our guest, michael brown, served as the first undersecretary of homeland security for president george w. bush from 2003 to 2005. he was also director, deputy director, and general council of fema from 2001 to 2005. at the white house, he served on the consequence management committee, comprise of cabinet deputies, following the attacks of 9/11. and headed the white house transition team for emergency preparedness and response, department of homeland security. he also served on the national security could be -- security council deputy committee. also he's an oklahoma native. he attended the university central of oklahoma, the oklahoma university school of law, and holds a juris doctorate in law, he has held -- in his book, "deadly indifference" co-authored by michael schwartz, he described the coeversion of society facing natural or manmade disasters. in his books, you will read many exerts from a journal that mr. brown maintained when he was working for president george w. bush. eventually his journal

bob higgins. he is listed as a survivor. you can find continuing coverage of the search for the missing boaters at our website, cbssf.com. >>> former professional bicyclist from berkeley missing this morning. friends of anthony michael martin says the 29-year-old disappeared while riding his bike in the oakland or berkeley hills on saturday. later that day another cyclist found martin's cell phone on tunnel road in berkeley. anyone that might have some information on his whereabouts is urged to contact the berkeley police. >>> contra costa county firefighters are keeping a watch for hot spots in the east bay this morning. that is after several grassfires broke out within a mile of each other. the biggest was in bay point. it burned several acres of federal land near port chicago highway. a lot of smoke there and kids were seen running from the area. it's not clear if they started the fire. fire investigators say they are trying to determine if illegal fireworks could have been the cause. >> there are a lot of fireworks out. our fire marshals are out trying to determine what the cause of the fires are. but obviously that's one of the reasons that we try and -- we didn't have safe and sane fireworks in the county. the

michael gerston. >> it is an honor to be with all of you and an honor to be with robert zoellick. i get our former allies, bob and i were colleagues. i deeply admire his leadership at the bank. he is a voice for economic sanity and a voice for the world's poorest people. let me start with a question. what are the -- what a fax is the debt limit having on the global economy, leadership, and the u.s. political system? >> as i try to think about that answer, let me just start -- might was kind enough to talk about some of our work together. my budget career is a wonderful example for those of you who wonder about speech writers. it probably is not generally known, but it should be, that issues such as aids, malaria, sudan -- "our common challenge: a world moving towards a sustainable future" -- michael gerston was a constant driving many of these issues. i expect many people had these positions and they take the day today, but they do not go home at night and ask what legacy they will leave. this is something that was very contrary to his view of public service. he served the american people extremely well in ad

michael. >> it is an honor to be with all of you and bob zelig, the president of the world bank. we have been colleagues. i deeply admire his stewardship of the bank. he is a voice for economic for the world's poorest people. that is very important global -- role, particularly in the time of great uncertainty. before we get into things on the development side, let me start with a question that is in the news and probably on the minds of many people here. what effects are the current events in washington having on global confidence in the u.s. leadership and political system? >> let me try to think about that answer. mike's career is a wonderful example for those of you wonder about the power of words and speech writers. it should be known that on issues like aids, malaria, sudan, that mike was really a conscience driving many of these issues. many people have these positions and take them day to day. they do not go home at night and ask what legacy they will leave. this is something that all of you who know anything about mike know. really served the american people and the presi

michael. >> it is really an honor to be with all of you and an honor to be with bob zelnick, president of the world bank. in our former allies, bob and i were colleagues -- an honor to be with bob zelnick -- zoellick. he is a voice for economic sanity and a voice for the world's poorest people, and that is a very important global role, particularly in a time of great uncertainty, so it is great to be with you. [applause] bob, before we get into some of the substance on the development side, let me start with a subject in the news and probably on the minds of many people here. what effects are the current events in washington related to the debt limit having on global confidence in the u.s. economy, u.s. leadership, and in the u.s. political system? >> as i try to think about that answer, let me just start. mike was kind enough to talk about some of our work together. career is a wonderful example for those of you who wonder about the power of written words and speech writers. it is probably not generally known, but it should be that on issues such as hiv/aids, malaria, sudan, that mike was mu