in the classic "peanuts" lucy repeatedly convinced charlie brown she would allow him this time to kick the football she held out for him. time after time she pulled it away at the last possible second causing him to fly in the air and land flat on his back. the allegory of charlie brown and the football possibly reflected in our fifth story in the "countdown," in one breath the president taking direct aim at unnamed republicans, accusing them of making a decision to deny him a victory on health care. pure politics. in the next breath the president adding that he wants to give the republicans negotiating health care in the senate a chance. the president addressing two very different audiences this afternoon fielding questions from supporters of the dnc. hours earlier from callers to the radio show of a conservative talk show host accusing the opposition of trying to restrict it at all costs. >> i think early on a decision was made by the republican leadership that said, look, let's not give them a victory. maybe we can have a replay of 1993/'94 when clinton came in. he failed on health

. >> did you tell him it was the little bird on charlie brown. >>> good weekend ahead. i think we're really going to like it. if you're staying put at home, you're going to be in good shape. even if you're headed out somewhere within a day's drive or so you should be in good shape too. it's going to be warmer but not oppressive by any means. the humidity is really going to -- wouldn't necessarily say comfortable over the weekend but it's not necessarily going to be uncfer act -- uncomfortable either. bwi84. we're going to be right in there for tomorrow. so it won't be much different than what we had today. a little more sunshine i think. bwi may be able to get up a little bit warmer than that as we start heading through the weekend. partly cloudy and mild overnight. mild with mid-60s out in the suburbs. it's 76 right now. dulles 75. bwi72 degrees. very pleasant this evening. the entire area in the 70s. ocean city out there on the boardwalk is so close to 80 degrees right now. here's the setup for the weekend. high pressure tries to build on in. the position of the high,

it is like charlie brown and the football. you have got to feel for new haven. they have worried that they will be sued for desperate impact under title 7 by minority firefighters who may be terrific lieutenants but they do not pass this test. new haven asked in its defense that it would be entitled to throw out the exam on the ground it was avoiding the serious prospect of title 7 disparate impact legislation against it using the results of the exam. the court 5-4 rejects -- not only rejects the argument, holding an opinion by justice kennedy, scalia, and thomas -- not only does it reject the city of new haven's argument, it says you need to have a strong basis in evidence to find that it would make you liable. mere fear of statistical evidence is not enough. there has to be a strong basis that you will be found liable. that is, you not able to defeat litigation on grounds of necessity or other reasons. a couple of things here. the court put a strong basis in evidence case for constitutional precedents, suggesting it will increasingly use constitutional reasoni

he provided probably the best imitation of charlie brown's teacher today than i have ever heard. difference today at the same time is what the obama administration in your talking points -- they don't seem to understand is that conservatives have never really responded like this before. organizing conservatives is like organizing cats. you can't do it. they are mistaking this for some kind of organized effort whereas, in fact, it is organic. they don't understand how deep it is. and they have no plan b. so the result has been to malign the average american citizen and nobody likes that. approval is, listen, i don't want him to stop. every time he does this now, the numbers go further down. people become more frustrated and democrats, republicans, and independents alike are realizing that an error was made in november of last year. laura: tara, the more the town halls take place the more sympathetic are the people attending the town halls. i know you are a supporter of president obama. i respect that something is not working here with what they're doing. it's not getting through t

you know i'm like the charlie brown running at the football, over and over again.it is a trick. you know, but i can't help it. so i go home and the first day she does okay. and watches him, i come home and he's got a pulse, and the bar for the babysitting event is low and i come home and he's okay. and second day she says, don't go for a run, let us come with you, we'll go to the park with you. so i'm like okay. and the second day we all go together and third day, she says i don't want to babysit. i just don't want to! and i was so pissed, i was jonesing for a drink and my skin was crawling all over my body and i said, what's wrong with you, you promised me and swore you would babysit and she said, honey i just don't do kids and she had four. and i said, okay you don't do kids. mother. you do not cook. you don't clean. i pay your bills. you haven't had a job in 40 years, what mother exactly do you bring to the party? and she stopped for a minute and looked up and she said... i'm a lot of fun to be with. [laughter]. >> and xiechd that's true, you are. and that's wha

>> i kind of feel like charlie brown. >>> a u.s.sile strike is believed to have killed a top commander in pakistan. baitullah mesud is suspected of having a role in the assassination of benazir bhutto. what would his death mean for al qaeda and the taliban? >>> and joining us now, general anthony zinny, former commander of the u.s. military central command retired u.s. marine four-star general, the author of a brand-new book entitled "leading the charge: leadership lessons from the bloomfield to the boardroom." we'll talk about those lessons in a few moments, general. thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you for having me, wolf. >> is this apparent assassination, this targeted killing of the taliban leader in pakistan, baitullah mesud, is that a big deal or a little deal? >> that's a big deal. the operations that the pakistan military conducted, there have been some comments about the leadership of the taliban fading back in the mountains, and they're not really getting the key people. so, this is a major i think positive for th

i think obama is a little like the lucy and the football with "charlie brown," and the media is charlie man that carried the first african-american nominee, car carried virginia and north carolina. and to me what strikes me as fascinating is this this is the first argument that he has not really controlled. why that is is interesting? >> i wonder, eugene, one question, if it's the economy that is bogging down the argument, and not the words being used? everything else going on, maybe it's just making people, when it comes to the public will for health care reform scared about making the massive leap forward at this time. >> i wonder if it's technology getting in the way, and so many conversations going on right now, and how can you have a closure around this issue? >> eugene? >> i think the economy is a factor in that it's made a lot of people anxious. clinical anxiety, about their future, about their children's future. so that has to be playing into it. i think in the health care debate, as john just touched on it, this is so personal. nothing gets more personal and individual, and it

she actually uttered ugg like in charlie brown. so i have to apologize to my own mother. it's gotten down right embarrassing at this point. but feldy was on fire. how do you compete with that? i'm speechless. >> but i'll give you credit. the last one you threw had fire on it. >> if you want to pick and choose a little bit here for the upside, i had a tighter spiral. feldy was lobbing it. the trajectory was right now. i was trying to throwith force. >> if only it was a spiral competition. >> it's not boding well for me. but next hour we'll talk to colt who is in his own right an excellent passer. he was up for the heisman trophy in hawaii. we'll catch up with him in about 30 minutes or so. >> a quick question, just to give you a shot at regaining some street cred. are there any sports that you're good at? >> wow. i challenge you next time. five events. >> and then if you lose, dave, to tony, you can retire and go back to virginia. >> to answer his question -- no. >> me either. i'm in the same boat. >> you're a stand-up guy dave ross. don't put yourself down. >> and dave fe

. >> you're a good man, charlie brown. >>> this morning in the atlantic hurricane bill is turning intoegory 2 storm. 300 miles across with 100 mile an hour winds. it's expected to strengthen further, but forecasters cannot say if it will hit the east coast of the u.s. or stay out to sea. >>> in afghanistan, pre-election violence intensified further this morning. a suicide bomber hit a western convoy leaving kabul. at least seven people were killed, including two u.n. workers. more than 50 were wounded. >>> and beginning in mid-october, the u.s. takes on the h1n1 flu virus with only 45 million doses of flu vaccine. that is far less than 120 million doses the government expected. earlier the head of the national vaccine program told us, there will be enough for those who need it most, youngsters, pregnant women, and healthcare workers. >> i think the people who are on that list need to anticipate there's going to be a vaccine available for them, talk to their doctors, talk to their health departments, and start to think about where they're going to get the vaccine when it becomes availab

classic and popular children stories on the stage and this summer we have running "you're a good man charlie brownr productions has a theme that's community related. >> yes. we try to tie in all of our main stage shows to community giving. for instance last year we did "go dog got" and we partnered with the humane society to have a dog adopg day. this yr for frosty we had a hat and mittens drive. >>> how will the grant help adventure theater. >> this grant is for one of our most cherished outreach programs. it's a partner with a group home and shelter for disadvantaged teens and kids in bethesda and this program is specifically for them to learn how to use that iter and theater arts to resolve conflict. so they work with an instructor through improv and play-writing and they put on a play. in the past we've only been able to do this for about sick weeks out of the year. this grant will let us do it for the whole year. >> they're real life drama. >> real life drama. >> let's talk to jeff franco and uno blessed kunz. >> the city of washed wor with are real life city urbanized type issue. jeff, you'r

charlie brown in memphis and terrance wall in new york.appreciate all of you for being with us today. first of all, let me start with you, lawrence, you basically support the current health care reform proposal. tell us why. >> because it has options. it, it covers a lot of people who i've seen as a case worker that were in eligible for medicaid and it does make sure that those people have some kind of medical insurance. >> okay. charlie, let me get to you. you, in fact a an insurance broker and you have serious reservations about the current health care reform proposal. what are some of those concerns you have? >> my concern y didn't get a chance to ask this question at the town hall meeting, how will it help my clients who have insurance. everybody wants to pay less and how is it going to help them? i don't see the current plan doing that. so, i think there are some things in there that we need to do, but i don't think that the public option will help americans in the long run. >> you say some things we need to do, like what? >> specific

. >> love the charlie brown tune. >> live, local, latebreaking.is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. let's check on the morning commute with kim dacey. >> things are picking up quite a bit on the roads out there. accident on the outer loop of the beltway approaching perring parkway. quite a backup. we will give you a live look in a minute. on the outer loop of the beltway at merritt boulevard, a water main break. role in the road. possible lane blockages there and water in the street. a downed tree at harford county. in glen arm, the downed tree is at harford road in both directions. we will give you a live look at the north side of the beltway. traffic on the outer lips barely crawling along there. in the back up from paste the'. 76 in baltimore, 73 at b.w.i., 77 and hagerstown. the afternoon will be warm and humid with thunderstorms. 87 to 91 degrees. we will do it again tomorrow. friday, a little bit of a washout at 89. things get very nice very quickly after that. saturday, 85 degrees with scattered storms.

it is like charlie brown and the football. you have got to feel for new haven.y have worried that they will be sued for desperate impact under title 7 by minority firefighters who may be terrific lieutenants but they do not pass this test. new haven asked in its defense that it would be entitled to throw out the exam on the ground it was avoiding the serious prospect of title 7 disparate impact legislation against it using the results of the exam. the court 5-4 rejects -- not only rejects the argument, holding an opinion by justice kennedy, scalia, and thomas -- not only does it reject the city of new haven's argument, it says you need to have a strong basis in evidence to find that it would make you liable. mere fear of statistical evidence is not enough. there has to be a strong basis that you will be found liable. that is, you not able to defeat litigation on grounds of necessity or other reasons. a couple of things here. the court put a strong basis in evidence case for constitutional precedents, suggesting it will increasingly use constitutional reasoning,

. >> love the charlie brown tune. >>> a nice day in the nation's capital on the muggy side out thereght now. already 77 degrees here in washington. good morning. time now 7:. in the news, investigators are looking for clues into the murder of a pizza shop owner in northeast washington. police discovered the body of 44-year-old shahabuddin rana in his pizza mart on fourth street yesterday. the restaurant was not open at the time. an autopsy is scheduled to determine the cause of death. >>> if you take the metro to work your ride may get more convenient. wireless carriers are installing equipment that will allow passengers to make call, send text and surf the web. the expanded service should be available by october 16. metro hopes for all of its underground stations to have wireless coverage by 2012. we'll take a break and come back with weather and traffic. >>> good morning. humidity increased overnight, temperatures in the upper 70s around the region and we're going to have a hot and humid day near 90. chance of passing afternoon and evening thundershowers. as well as tomorrow, frida

brown and we are indebted to her suggestion. >>> and that's "world news" for riday. i'm charlie gibson. i hope you had a good day. for all of us at abc news, have a great weekend.

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