supreme court. >> shepard: bret baier live in washington, i guess if things go late, bret baier wille with us if it goes late. and live coverage throughout our weekday anchors in prime time with bret as a bonus and president obama plans to issue an executive order after the vote reaffirming the law which prevents taxpayer dollars to be used to pay for abortions. for the text of that order and any information about the hk reform or health care insurance reform bill. you can log on, foxnews.com and see where the place it was circled in red that's the spot, click the link and you're up-to-date. we're watching capitol hill through the hour as lawmakers in the house move closer to their final two votes on health care insurance reform. keep it here for continuing coverage. plus, the history and politics behind the health care vote. what tonight's decision really could mean in the short-term and the long-term and how it compares to other major pieces of legislation. some surprises or at least some things you might not have known, that's next. [ male announcer ] crunch, wheat thins. that's w

an does that make the letters that bret baier got of any less value? look, americans are divided right now. it is in the 60s, 63% of america feels that we need to fight to repeal this health care bill. and it should continue. but this is how the president is now responding: >> the president: they call the passage of this bill armageddon! armageddon! end of freedom as we know it! after i signed the bill i looked around to see if there were any asteroids falling or some cracks opening up in the earth! turned out it was a nice day. birds were chirping. >> glenn: before this president was inaugurated, i was looking at his speech. i wanted to get a sense of history. because it was a historic moment. i went that weekend and read every inaugural speech, i think until woodrow wilson and blood started shooting out of my eyes. i started at washington and read every speech. never once did i hear anything like any of this kind of rhetoric, especially from abraham lincoln, elected at a time like this when the country was really divided. he didn't antagonize the sou

obama was trying to make his point whereas bret baier was trying to underscore the fact that he was trying to get a question out without coming across as rude nonverbally. >> bill: bret's body language was humble you are telling me. >> some parts were humble. what i like the lower part didn't move. the lower part of his body was nice and steady. >> bill: that's because he was glued to his chair. >> they both were. there was no forward lean from bret baier. >> bill: is the president teed off? >> yes, he is brows are low. you can see he is annoyed and at some points he does gaze avoidance. that's when you are trying to tell someone it's my turn to talk. >> gaze avoidance not gays avoidance. >> yes. so the other person stops talking. >> bill: the hand was way out there. >> definitely out there. >> bill: miss tonya caused a little bit of a ruckus when she talked about mitt romney being on "the view" with joy behar. now, after that, on the factor, that conversation, "the view" actually took it up. so we have both clips together. roll it. >> joy behar, when she starts talking about him being a h

listen how the president responded when bret baier -- by the way, bret, great job last night.elievable. bret baier pointed this out to the president last night and here is how he responded. >> now, you keep repeating the notion it's one-sixth of the economy. yes, we're not transforming one-sixth of the economy in one fail swoop. >> glenn: all in one fail swoop. amazing moment of honesty from the president. just as he promised it will be gradual. >> i believe politically and also economically it's better for us to start getting a system in place, universal healthcare system signed into law by the end of my first term as president. and build off that system to make it more rational. by the way, canada did not start off immediately with a single payer system. they had a similar transition step. >> transitioning a system is a difficult, costly, lengthy enterprise. not like you turn on a switch and go from one switch to another. >> glenn: america, let me ask you this question. how do the c.b.o. numbers even make any difference? $954 billion. oh, well, party in my pants. thank you f

listen how the president responded when bret baier -- by the way, bret, great job last night.lievable. bret baier pointed this out to the president last night and here is how he responded. >> now, you keep repeating the notion it's one-sixth of the economy. yes, we're not transforming one-sixth of the economy in one fail swoop. >> glenn: all in one fail swoop. amazing moment of honesty from the president. just as he promised it will be gradual. >> i believe politically and also economically it's better for us to start getting a system in place, universal healthcare system signed into law by the end of my first term as president. and build off that system to make it more rational. by the way, canada did not start off immediately with a single payer system. they had a similar transition step. >> transitioning a system is a difficult, costly, lengthy enterprise. not like you turn on a switch and go from one switch to another. >> glenn: america, let me ask you this question. how do the c.b.o. numbers even make any difference? $954 billion. oh, well, party in my pants. thank you fo

listen how the president responded when bret baier -- by the way, bret, great job last night.elievable. bret baier pointed this out to the president last night and here is how he responded. >> now, you keep repeating the notion it's one-sixth of the economy. yes, we're not transforming one-sixth of the economy in one fail swoop. >> glenn: all in one fail swoop. amazing moment of honesty from the president. just as he promised it will be gradual. >> i believe politically and also economically it's better for us to start getting a system in place, universal healthcare system signed into law by the end of my first term as president. and build off that system to make it more rational. by the way, canada did not start off immediately with a single payer system. they had a similar transition step. >> transitioning a system is a difficult, costly, lengthy enterprise. not like you turn on a switch and go from one switch to another. >> glenn: america, let me ask you this question. how do the c.b.o. numbers even make any difference? $954 billion. oh, well, party in my pants. thank you f

and because in the bret baier -- i will tell you why.n the bret baier interview he asked him three times about the double counting of the medicare cuts. >> bill: right. >> he had no answer. he danced. he tried. he wiggled. he said well, some of the money is going to be spent on the doughnut hole, that's the prescription drugs. he knows very well that you cannot spend the half a trillion on cuts in medicare, spend it on the new entitlement and at the same time store it away to extend the life of medicare. he knows it, you know it, i know he it. >> bill: okay. so if he knows it and still purports that his formula that the c.b.o. seemingly backed up is going to pay for it, is he lying? >> i think he is being -- let's be generous. he is being disingenuous. he is an intelligent man. he knows. he knew from the beginning that the reforms he has introduced, which he wants to do for reasons that are noble, to eninsure the uninsured are going to cost a fortune. they are not going to be honest and open about the cost because that would have killed

glenn beck returns in a moment first bret baier previews special report. >> bret: the senate starts voteramaon amendments coming up. administration scrambles to fix something left out. behind the scenes on the president's meeting with israel's prime minister. at the top of the hour. >> glenn: tonight we are showing the progressives are putting together a voting coalition that will make republicans in national office extinct or anybody extinct that is not a progressive. as we talked about before the break why do the democrats have the minority vote? when the values of african-americans and hispanics are more in line with those of the conservatives? why? because the democrats are very good at articulating things, very good. they've played it this way. they've made a case for these voters on feelings. using lynn ski tactics. their marginalized conservatives by positioning them as racist haters. they are doing it now. why did you think it is all about race? along the way it has been forgotten in our country that abraham lincoln was a ran. it has been forgotten that progressive democrat woodrow w

first bret baier previews special report. >> washington reacts to the president's recess appointmentsr the weekend and brit hume is here to analyze the fallout from the new health insurance . law and national debt. join me in 26 minutes forry. special report. now, back to glenn.'ve >> you have seen his face everywhere. maybe on your son or daughter's t-shirts but hopefully you wil soon realize why that has got to stop. i guess we have to make a choice jizelle in a bikini. this is how to learn about th history.rn see, this is the hottestor. supermodel in the world. what is this? an it? this is chey and this too is. and so is this.. he is a fashion icon among his revolutionary peers and he is everywhere. in fact, all of this is chey. ernesto chec. irt the famous t-shirt. you can buy t-shirts that have images of the t-shirts on it. it sells beer and lighters and belt buckles and baby onesies.? >> why are you risking your life to fight for us?d >> no where is he seemingly in loved more than in hollywood,>> usa. >> you will see when is running things everybody will read and have food on th

let me throw it back to my colleague bret baier in washington. brett take it away. >> geraldo you are looking live at the house floor where the reconciliation act these are the house fixes to the senate healthcare bill being voted on right now. this is a 15-minute vote. right before that you had the motion to recommit sends this back to the committee. it failed by a vote of 192. you had congressman bart stupak making a passioned plea to reject this motion to recommitment we are back with our panel steve haze amy stoddard charles scott hammer. it was an interesting speech by stupak on the floor. >> it was a poignant moment. here is a man who for a month or two has been leading the fight to get strong anti abortion language in he lost and only a few hours ago. he accepted the president essentially a letter a blog entry. meaningless. in the speech he gave now supporting the language and the president's statement next to it he accused the people who were on his side of disingenuous that is a remarkable switch. i understand the pressure he was under.

. >> bret: welcome to washington i'm bret baier. the senate begins rapid fire voting on health care reform fixes. while the administration tries close a gap in coverage for kids. we have fox team coverage. william la jeunesse looks at how immigration reform and health care may have an expensive overlap. jim angle examines some changes house members want. molly henneberg on the ugly reaction by opponents to the measure. we begin with carl cameron on the fix-it job in the senate. >> reporter: the debate is over. it is all over now but the voting. senate democrats dieded this morning they are done talking. in a dry exchange on the senate floor, majority leader harry reid signaled the democrats had finished arguing and dumped their share of remaining debate time. >> the majority has seven hours and 32 minutes. the minority has eight hours and 30 minutes. >> i would now yield back all time on the bill on the majority's side. >> reporter: republicans attacked the bill on two fronts, points of order if successful would cut parts of the mea

welcome to washington i'm bret baier. the house is believed to be a few hours from approving a package of changes to the health care reform law. we have fox team coverage tonight. national correspondent steve centanni reports on violence and threats against lawmakers on both sides. senior white house correspondent major garrett shows the president's first effort in explaining the new law to the public. we begin with carl cameron and the legislative process and where we are tonight. >> reporter: vice president biden presideed over the senate as the health care reform act fixes neared final passage. the senate paused to honor the late senator kennedy. democrats beat pack a two-day barrage of gop amendments designed to derail the fixes bill. majority systematically tabled or defeated every one with giddy rhetoric. >> it a glorious bill and it is going to open up like a flower in the springtime to the american people. >> mr. president, at this time, i will make two owns of order. >> reporter: on close inspection the gop disco

percent an then the stupak amendment they are beginning the historic vote they go to colleague bret baier the anchor of special report will give us the count down to 216 it appears they do. >> geraldo, it is amazing. this is a consequential vote as you heard the house minority leader john boehner talk about. it is hard not to see the importance of this vote. you heard house speaker nancy pelosi ted kennedy and his life's work trying to get healthcare reform pass bringing up senator kennedy two months and two-days after the seat was handed over to republicans by a candidate who campaigned on being the vote on the senate against healthcare reform. soon after that it was believed healthcare reform was dead democrats turned to jobses. now you are looking at a vote on the highways floor that has started the magic number was 216. that is what we are looking at tonight. it a apoors the democrats will have it. steve hayes from the weekly standard and weekend columnist charles crowd out. you can't over state the importance of tonight. >> there is something remarkable about the story how the dem cr

we go to bret baier bear who joins me from washington. stion of the vote back and forth reports is that it is looking good for democrats and yet john boehner coming out and said not so fast. >> it is not clear they have 216 despite our estimated projection. we are looking at the november vote, how house lawmakers voted back then and not switching their vote unless we hear one way or the other. there are undecided that are on the fence and back and forth over the abortion language in the group of pro life abortion democrats that the prolife democrats that have not come to a clear conclusion that the presidential executive order to try to firm up the language is good enough for them. i think we are still influx with undecided. a couple of process things if we can, megan, one is that the first vote is on the rule. this will set the day. there are three important votes today. the rule, the senate bill and then the vote on reconciliation and in between there we'll have a lot of debate. each one of these needs 216. democrats can't have 37 of the

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able to read it and know what it in it but on wednesday, it was c conspicuous when he talked with bret baiern or out of the bill and it was posted on thursday and thereafter several changes have been made and they are still being made and pelosi may make more changes through the manager's amendment after the legislation, is brought to the floor tomorrow. so, in truth, this isn't transparent, is it? >> well, i think on the big items, you know, for example, regulation, the insurance industry, insisting, you know, for all the things the president talks about, that if a child with a preexisting condition is -- has and insurance policy the child cannot be banned or excluded and other benefits for families like a child getting out of college can stay on the parents' insurance plan until the child is 26 and i guess that is not a child but, gregg the point from -- in terms of transparency, has been a negative for the president. you know, in my mind, this whole episode, if we look back to a year ago and the failure to get anything done for a year, when the president had all of the momentum coming out

i mean, as early as the middle of last week when bret baier sat down with the president the presidentme to the special deal. what is "this", what have we got? that this is big question here. -- that is the big question here. >> that they have is a trillion dollars of new spending, amassing tremendous deficits, raising taxes, this is what the american people have got. i -- a mandate that is unconstitutional. >> i think, you haven't read the latest bill. >> 2,000 pages, josh. >> brad, come on. >> martha: give him a moment, brad. >> right. will save $100 billion in the deficit over ten years and will cover people with preexisting conditions, health care companies will not be able to drop people and it will lower premiums, at the end of the day, people will celebrate this, republicans are the do-nothing and want to stand in the way and at the end of the day, americans will see their premiums go down and coverage go up, and that is what they'll celebrate through the program. >> martha: thank you very much, josh and brad, good to have you both with us. thanks, gentlemen. >> bill: and, geral