i think that's part of athleticism. >> dan: that's my point.n't have to run really fast and jump really high to be a good athlete. >> rich: meyinsse, and he's going to the free-throw line. if it zoubek, it's his third personal. >> dan: you know, there was a time when people talked about somebody who was a good athlete who could do a lot of different things. that might mean play a lot of different sports, but just had a lot of different skills. that's what jon scheyer has. so he's an athlete in the old way. >> rich: it it's not like he's a rundown old jalopy when it comes to his physical skills in the new day. >> rich: in a 6'5" point guard who values the basketball, who has one of the best assist-to-turnover ratios in the country and scores 19 a game. is he the player of the year in the acc? >> dan: i really think that the player of the year in the acc is between he and greg. >> rich: they'll meet this week when duke and maryland square off. scheyer drains it. >> dan: just as we're talking about it, he gets himself in position, lets the ball go

>> i like dan's ibm risk reversal. >> dan?> i look my put spread collar with rimm's earnings next week. >> i'm sure you do. >> dan's rimm trade. everybody likes dan's trades. >> thanks. >> looks like our time has expired. for more "options action." go to our website, optionsaction.cnbc.com. and don't forget to watch our daily "options action" segment in "fast money." "mad money's" up next. >> "options action" web extra. more trades, more insight, more strategies. exclusive info you can't get anywhere else. get the action you need with "options action" web extra. only at optionsaction.cnbc.com. right after the show. at's on ths of independent investors? let's ask. when you're trading a stock, every penny counts. i hate when the trade is done and you find out you paid more than the quote price. i want it at the price i expect... or better. td ameritrade's unique trading platform uses multiple market centers to help you find the best possible price. i like those odds. i know they can't flat out promise a better price, but they're

so dan, this is your trade, in fact. but start us off with strikes. >> well, strikes in a risk reversal, i just want to make this very clear, this is very different than let's say a call spread, a vertical spread is that we explained last week. this is a riskier trade. this is not for everybody. but when i pick strikes i'm going to be selling a put strike that i'd better be very comfortable about owning the stock at that level. >> exactly. mike, time frame. this is easy. it's earnings. >> well, in this case we definitely have a catalyst and oftentimes you will -- one of the things you want to take a look at is how fast do you expect the stock to move if the direction that you're trying to play here. you know, typically you're not going to go out a very, very long time although sometimes the options can set up that way. i usually look for about a three to six-month time frame. but a little bit less or a little bit more might be appropriate. >> and the caveat is this does tie up some capital in your account. >> that's righ

dan balz is truly the dean of national political journalists. he has been writing for "the washington post" since 1978 and has a massive track record as someone who is not just been covering the day-to-day events, but really providing a level analysis and thoughtfulness that is fairly unique. he has been called i tom brokaw somebody who goes to the head of the class when the subject is presidential campaigns. and if class is the right word he used with dan for many reasons because in a field where it has a share of egos and prima donnas, dan is a somebody told me the other day, a true gentleman so we are lucky to have him here today. please join me in welcoming him. [applause] dan, yours is i think the subtitle calls it an extraordinary campaign. it is an extraordinary book as well, and it really is one that tells a story that is so thrilling, even for all of us who have lived through it over the past two years. as i said you have been covering presidential campaigns for three decades now. why was this-- why did you decide to write this book? b-

our thanks to alour players and to dan harris.ou can find the entire faceoff debate and join the ongoing conversation on the "nightline" page at abcnews.com. >>> and when we come back, a legacy moment for the obama administration, for better or worse? but first, here's jimmy kimmel with what's coming up next on abc. tonight, scott wolf, clark duke, music from neon trees, and me, jim. let's enjoy us together.

in class is the right word to use with dan for many reasons. because in a field where it has its share of it goes in prima donnas, dan, so told you they, a true gentleman. so we are very lucky to have him here today. and please, join me in welcoming here's today. [applause] >> dan, yours is i think subtitle is an extraordinary campaign. its next-door neighbor as well. and it really is one that tells a story that is so thrilling, even for all of us who have lived through it over the last few just as i say you've been covering the presidential campaigns for three decades now. why was this the race you decide to start writing her first book about a presidential campaign? >> when haynes johnson and i first got together to talk about this, he called me in early february 2007 and he said i've got an idea i want to talk you about. and we agreed we would have breakfast the next mordecai went home that night and i said to my wife nancy who is here in the audience, i said haynes call today and have a breakfast that he has an idea. and she said if it's a

i'm dan hellie. everybody, have a great weekend! >>> thank you, dan. a crime dog might be known for taking a bite out of crime. some dogs in tennessee are known for taking a bite out of a crime-fighting vehicle. a police officer was filling out a police report last week. he noticed his car was shaking. thanks to these criminal canines, they managed to rip off part of the bumper and the tires. the officer had to use a chemical spray. he was in the doghouse with the judge, the owner was. he was sentenced to

dan? >> let's go the general jack keene, a retired four-star general. you heard martha talk about the battle there. how difficult and dangerous do you think it will be? >> we're in the very early stages of changing the momentum. the helmand province is an important effort. >> just for those of us that don't know the geography. that's the marjah fight. kandahar is where the next focus will be? >> that right. we need the rest of the troops that the president is committed to conduct a comprehensive campaign there to change the momentum. that's going take well into 2011 to be able to get that job done. >> we're hearing that the taliban froops digging in, stocking up, this is going to be a tough fight in the city of kandahar itself. >> right. no mistake about it. that's been a strong hold for years. hay know they've lost it if they give up control of that to us. we have to right strategy, our very best leaders in play here. we have magnificent troops that are experienced. we know how to do this

as dan's medical bills piled out of control, pat and dan were forced to sell their land. pat said that the cancer ravaged her husband's body, but selling their ranch to pay for medical costs broke his spirit. that's why we need to enact health care reform. most bankruptcies in america these days are related to medical costs. just think of that. most bankruptcies in america today are related to medical costs. no one in america should have to sell everything that they have no one should have to go bankrupt to pay medical bills. i'm not going to let the opponents charge us about -- the idea that health care reform has been some sort of rushed job is a myth. it's a myth that deserves busting. the facts are that the finance committee and the "help" committee each went through a full and transparent process to consider health care reform legislation. by that, i mean fully open, totally open to the public at all points. this has been the fullest an most transparent process for any piece of legislation in memory. i might say, madam president, a journalist once approached me about

dan, thanks for being with us. >> good morning.>> so what parallels do you see between the president's health care fight now and your former boss's fight over social security back then? are some of the same mistakes being made, the same obstacles being run into? >> well, it is interesting. at the beginning of this process, there were a lot of comparisons to what this administration was going to do differently from bill clinton's first attempt at health care reform. and i didn't hear a lot of analysis of what was going on with the social security reform efforts or the immigration reform efforts that we tried during our presidency, just a few short years ago. and really, the difference here, at least the similarities of the two and why i think both came up short is that the legislative process and strategy trumped the communications process and strategy with the american people. what i mean by that is that by starting in the house of representatives, which means in the democratic house, it starts way to the left and our situation, it

dan hellie is in our news room and he'll have team reaction on this. we begin with jackie benson with more on how people in our community are reacting. >> reporter: there is strong community reaction tonight. gilbert arenas can be assigned to serve his 30-day sentence in the halfway house in the district or virginia where he lives. neither arenas or his defense attorney spoke to reporters as they left through the ar exit of the courthouse. >> we are really excited and happy. thank you. >> reporter: the sentence capped months of drama. arenas pleads guilty to bringing four unloaded guns to the verizon center on december 21st. he said it was to play a joke on teammate crittenton. arenas was charged with a felony after he made conflicting statements. what kept him out of jail after prosecutors strongly urged incarceration? the suspended wizards' star's own words may have helped him. he told the. >> i'm very sorry all this happened. i thought by lying about it i would protect my family and teammate i would rather keep a friend and teammate and lose everyth

. >> dan: boy, virginia has only made one field goal and they have missed wide-open shots. a wide-open one by jeff jones, a good tipout by sherrill. this is within zeglinski's range, wide open again. they're going to have to start making some shots. one for nine on the cavaliers. >> rich: mason plumlee is in to join his brother.

harris, abc news, cambodia. >> and dan will have more reporting next week on all of this. >>> and whene come back, the health care battle, pulses are pounding on capitol hill. we're going to take you behind pounding on capitol hill. we're going to take you behind the scenes. night, why would you go one more round using it ? pounding on capitol hill. we're going to take you behind the scenes. you don't need a rematch-- but a re-think-- with lunesta. lunesta is different. it keys into receptors that support sleep, setting your sleep process in motion. lunesta helps you get the restful sleep you need. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving or engaging in other activities while asleep without remembering it the next day have been reported. abnormal behaviors may include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations or confusion. in depressed patients, worsening of depression, including risk of suicide, may occur. alcohol may increase these risks. allergic reactions such as tongue othroat swelling occur rarely and may be fatal.

thanks, dan. >>> and we move on now. the battle of the titans racheted up tonight. and we mean the nation of china versus the independent nation of google. as we told you last night, that giant american company has mounted an assault on china's walle of censorship, routing all google searches in china through hong kong, where criticism is allowed. but today, the chinese matched google's breech in their wall with another wall. here's clarissa ward in beijing. >> reporter: in this heavyweight battle, google is trying to get around the so-called great firewall of china. moving its search engine from the mainland to hong kong. today, the chinese fired back -- saying "we can block you there, too." so, at the moment, if i go to google's chinese site, i am automatically rerouted to their hong kong server. if i type in a random search, like "new york," i get a page of normal results. but if i try to type in politically sensitive terms like tiananmen massacre, i get absolutely nowhere. the great firewall in action. >> china has expended an extraordinary amount of energy and

dan? >> as far as what this means for gilbert, the basketball player, that remains to be seen. the wizards said if he wants to play basketball, he'll be doing it in d.c. the organization released this statement a short time ago, we believe today's sentencing of gilbert arenas can help bring closure to the unfortunate situation that played out over the last three months. gilbert admitted his mistakes and will now pay his debt to our community. we are confident that he has learned something significant from the experience and we now look forward to moving on and focusing on building this team into coa contender that our fan deserve. there are a lot of differing opinions on what happened to gilbert arenas today. one member of the media who might be closer than others is washington post columnist mike wise. after the sentencing, hakem dermish caught up with him to get his take on the outcome. >> reporter: i think gilbert arenas polarized the district like nobody else last year, and especially last few months. and i don't know if this is going to be as polarizing, people felt he sho

>> dan hellie, thanks, dan. >>> the reaction from fans tonight is mixed about arenas' sentencing. john shiver has more. >> reporter: opinions are split right now as to whether the judge handed down a good sentence with gim bert arenas. one thing many people are agreeing on is that fans say arenas made a bad decision bringing guns into the arena. >> that's not acceptable. a lot of kid, eecially in d.c. we already have problems with guns in d.c. he's a role model. he'll do his time. >> reporter: wizards fans and out of towner glued to the tv at clyde's to learn arenas' fate. for some, it just isn't good enough. >> he should get the se punishment as anyone who brings guns into the city or the district would get. he shouldn't get preferential treatment for being rich or famous or an athlete in the city. >> if he was a regular guy on the street, he would have gotten more. i don't know if that's what he deserved, but i think he should have gotten more. just because he's a star, he shouldn't be awarded only 30 days. >> he's alrey been suspended by the nba indefinitely. some feel after he

as dan's medical bills piled out of control, pat and dan were forced to sell their land. said that the cancer ravaged her husband's body, but selling their ranch to pay for medical costs broke his spirit. that's why we need to enact health care reform. most bankruptcies in america these days are related to medical costs. just think of that. most bankruptcies in america today are related to medical costs. no one in america should have to sell everything that they have no one should have to go bankrupt to pay medical bills. i'm not going to let the opponents charge us about -- the idea that health care reform has been some sort of rushed job is a myth. it's a myth that deserves busting. the facts are that the finance committee and the "help" committee each went through a full and transparent process to consider health care reform legislation. by that, i mean fully open, totally open to the public at all points. this has been the fullest an most transparent process for any piece of legislation in memory. i might say, madam president, a journalist once approached me about a y

you can't have a book that's haynes voice, or dan's voice. every chapter if i was the lead writer on a chapter, it went to haynes. and haynes would rework it and insert and make suggestions and i would do some further polishing even before we sent it off to our editor. haynes chapter would come to me. one the campaign ending we had some reporting that still had to be done. including what turned out to be a really interesting interview with then president elect obama in 2008 in december of 2008. but we were on a very tight writing schedule. we had to turn the book in basically by early march. we were holed up in our respective homes grinding away every day and e-mailing stuff back and forth and sending it to our editor jim silverman, and wendy wolf, our editor, to try to get it done. >> you described the marathon at the speed of a sprint. i'm sure a lot of people here and watching at home who would be just fascinating with what your life was like in the terms of presidential campaign. what was is your day-to-day experience, what is an average

. >> dan was talking, roger, about choi falling all the way to 75th in the world. he was 93rd on the pga tour money list last year. made 13 cuts in 22 tries. to get back within two. he had it on the high side of the hole. hit it through the break. and carl pettersson at 14. dottie? >> this was the most bizarre second shot. it got stuck up in the wind. the line was bad. 154 yards, tree trouble. you have to hit a bubba-like cur curver. it is an okay lie. that grass is on the thick. >> he used to hit big hooks. he is trying to get away from that he told me yesterday. i'm sure he remembers how to do it. >> this is a 9 iron. >> sounded to be pretty good contact, dottie. >> it was. just wouldn't turn over. >> back at 13. jim furyk for par. retief goosen already missed his par attempt. >> this one is going to be dependent on the speed he hits it, i think. going to have to get it just off the hole on the right. with some speed. >> the players that have missed it roger, have missed on the left. >> this to maintain a three-shot lead. that is the magic lead that johnny likes.

>> trace: dan springer live in seattle. thank you.t night we reported that the teen received her abortion at a planned parenthood center it happened at swedish medical center. no, nasa did not take these stunning pictures of the earth. a father of three in england did. all he needed were cheap supplies from the local hardware store and the project prompting a phone call from the space agency. the man says he used a digital camera, duct tape, and a weather balloon. he attached a g.p.s. device to the insulated box to try where the camera landed. the man says nasa called him to find out how he got the pictures from 21 miles above the earth. he says the agency said it would cost millions to get those pictures. the amateur photographer says his ohio state buckeyes cost him -- hobby cost him a whopping $6,000. 64 start the tournament but only sweet 16 remain. cinderella going after that glass slipper and we're talking march madness after the break. [ female announcer ] treat yourself to something special for lunch. how about a coastal soup

maxine waters will be on the show, dan bartlet, savannah will join us from the white house and dan abrams. we'll be talking about that suicide story out of massachusetts. two kids have been expelled. the role of administrators and parents. >>> let's get straight to news. it is a time for a look at today's top story. the republican national committee is insisting chairman michael steele knew nothing of an infamous nightclub visit by a group of young republicans in january. party officials say steele will weather the storm and promise to tighten accounting practices. the rnc has since fired staffer allison myers. it's a girl. who helped organize the visit to the hollywood club, which features topless dancers and bondage. it was myers who initially approved the expense, but conservative website "the daily caller" by our friend tucker carlson, reports two top rnc officials also signed off on the expense. so why just allison myers? i don't get it. >> why are they firing her for approval to the bondage club, while clarm steele, 20 grand for private jets to go like six miles in six days. >>

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you see dan lothian and brianna keilar.ns vowing to fight to the very last minute. >>> right. plus a one-two punch. severe weather in the midwest and flooding concerning in north dakota and minnesota where the red river will crest next hour. reynolds wolf is there with stories for the flood zone. >>> our big story, history making story possibly by the end of the day is what's happening on capitol hill. the u.s. house of representatives convening at 1:00 eastern time to take up the $873 billion senate health care legislation. the house is going to take three votes today. one of them will be on the terms of the debate. the rules. the other will be on the compromise package of change, and then finally they will vote on the health care bill itself. it's going to take 216 votes to pass or kill that measure. >> iraq's prime minister is calling for a manual recount. it comes in response to demands by some of iraq's other political groups. there are concerns if the demands are not meant there could be an up tick in violence. at thi

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dan, what can you tell us about these appointments? >> the white house is putting out a statement this afternoon saying the president does need to intend to make these recess appointments. 15 names the president laid out in this release, including for undersecretary of domestic finance and assistant secretary for tax policy. in the white house view, these are people that have been nominated now for quite some time and has been stuck in the senate. and this white house has been critical time and time again, saying that there's a lot of politics at play here. and that, you know, the longer the time goes by where these folks who the president dominated have not been confirmed by the senate, then some of the agency where's they should be working are impaired. so the president is doing this, planned to do this. it's not unusual. this is something that other presidents have done. in fact, the white house playing out that president bush about this same time during his presidency also made 15 recess appointments. but what they point out is tha

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our guest host and dan greenhouse and patricia chadwick.e have never had this many people at the table at once. you need to be careful not to get in their shot. >> they told me to lean back. my stomach cannot lean back. i'm trying. >> good to see you guys. >> thank you for having us. >> we had this notion earlier in the week after talking to jack welch that we're in a v-shaped recovery but we don't know it yet. you say that's ridiculous. >> i believe there's a v shape occurring now but you have to think in terms of the cyclical tail winds but secular headwinds. there are industries that are impaired. automobile industry, finance industry, housing industry, retail. these industries might have some cyclical rebound. car sales may go from recently 10 million to 12 or 13 but they were 16 or so. there may be a rebound in jobs with steel production, they won't return steel production for the levels it used to be at because car sales won't go back to the 16.5 million or so that we used to see. we have to think in terms of positioning for the long-

that was dan balz discussing the battle for america 2008.overage of the national book award winning author timothy egan whose latest book, "the big burn," recalls the largest forest fire in american history. that's in about 30 minutes when we return to tuscon. [inaudible conversations] >>> next, a portion of booktv's monthly three our live program, "in depth." on the first sunday of each month, we invite one author to discuss their entire body of work and take your calls. "in depth" also includes a visit with the author to see when and how they write their books. that's what you're about to see. ♪ >> a typical day for me begins with mass in my church, breakfast here at home and then i spent the morning here. this is my bunker, this is my study, this is where most of my work and materials are, and my library, my files, etc.. i work from out lines. i think when you're doing complicated things like the biography of john paul ii or try to make a serious argument on a public policy matter it's good to think through the sequence of things before y

in our battle of dimunitive dan dandies porter is 2 for 11 and randle is 8 of 8. >> don: don't count him out yet. he's got to it going here soon. i talked about the league getting away from oregon. it's now to 15. >> steve: robertson with the fade. short. what must oregon do in the last 3:18, don, to give themselves a chance for the second half? >> don: they have to somehow get cal to miss. i know that doesn't sound very analytical or anything. they can't continue to let cal shoot this high of a percentage or they'll never be able to come back. they've got to get some stops and momentum going into halftime. >> steve: singler. zhang, again, affected that shot. the center from chinese really making a defensive difference for cal. zhang. will be back at the free-throw line. >> don: gutierrez can bring it up so that randle can play off the ball. i think that helps out a lot, too. gutierrez really not a threat from behind that line, or at least a big a threat as robertson, christopher. if he can bring it up and initial your offense, you can spread it out more. randle, robertson and christ

. >> dan abrams is nbc's chief legal analyst. dan, good morning. as we heard in kerry's piece there, the attorney for dawn brancheau's family went before the judge and basically argued that the video be kept private claiming that there is no constitutional right to voyeurism and there is a constitutional right to privacy. when it comes down to it though, in the constitution -- is there anything about the right to privacy? >> look, there have been cases that have interpreted a right to privacy but not in this context. cases have said that the government can't do x, y or z because people have a right to privacy. that's not going to be the reason that this videotape isn't released. if it's not released, the judge is going to basically balance it. the judge is going to say, yes, it's true that in the state of florida this sort of material is generally released. but in this case, i'm going to make an exception. in this case, i'm going to rule, if the judge rules this way, that the potential harm is too significant and the information in that videotape s

dan, is there an investment play based on all this? are there stocks you would be buying? don't think i would buy stocks based upon a political plan that is not through the process yet. i think there are companies that we like for their own merits without this plan. it's a free option. companies like schlumberger and the well drilling business we like a company like ensco, a company that would benefit if this passes. transocean another driller in deep water and very cheap stock without activity in these new areas, if you get it, it's a plus. >> make no mistake, five to ten years before we see any of this oil coming out, the fact that we're looking at oil prices below $83 a barrel has more to do with what happened with the inventory report. >> john harwood, talk to me about cold state democrats with respect to cap and trade. is john still there, i don't see him? >> yes. >> i know, i'm not saying you, i know the obamas are trying to pick off the republican for cap and trade, i don't believe that is going to be very possible, but the cold state democrats that stand in the way

i'm here with dan roman and cory henderson of universal records database.everyone on earth can be the world's best as something. and we've created a website that lets you invent any record you want. >> jimmy: so really don't need to be talented to just these set records. >> you just live your dream. you find something you're amazing at, and go for. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: that's fantastic. all right. very good, and you guys are here to make everything official. >> absolutely. >> jimmy: all right, very good. the first record attempt we're going to see tonight is by eliot glazer and his dog atticus. eliot, come on out. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: nice to see you, eliot. >> nice to see you. >> jimmy: hey, buddy, how are you? oh, very, very good dog. okay, now, you two are going to be attempting the record for most bench presses of a live dog in 30 seconds. >> right. >> jimmy: all right, very good. now you've done this before, i'm assuming. >> i have done it before. >> jimmy: okay, good. we've got 30 seconds, is the dog in place? [ light laughter ]

dan. >> caller: hello, jim cramer.thank you for a great five years of your service, and a big boo-yah from swansee, new hampshire. >> good to have you on the show. i always like the new englanders checking in. what's on your mind? >> caller: hey, i've owned smb, schlumberger, for a long time now, and since they've announced the buying out of smith's and geo services, the stock's got a little stagnant. it's getting a little slow. i'm just wondering do i keep it? do i -- >> well, someone downgraded it. people are very concerned that what's happened here, just so you know, they're very, very concerned that oil -- that natural gas is going down so low that they're going to lose a lot of natural gas business. and the guy who runs is, andrew gould, he is a very honest guy, and he too is throwing cold water on the idea that things are good. so when he doesn't like it, i get nervous. but let's think longer term. are we running out of oil, or are we finding more oil all the time? the answer is we need to keep drilling, and that

dan clifton of strategas joins us here on set where health care's seemingly off the table now. it's out of the way. so tell us which stocks, which categories of assets will feel the most pain. >> in health care? >> i'm sorry. in taxes. >> oh, that's right, in taxes. we're looking to the second half. taxes are definitely going up. so what we're trying to see is how activity pulls forward into 2010. when we've raised the capital gains tax in '86, investors pulled forward their gains. when we raised the dividend tax in '93 special dividends were paid to investors. but then you fall off in 2011 and i would say that tech and small caps are most affiliated with the capital gains tax. there's an inverse relationship between the nasdaq performance and the capital gains tax rate. >> what do you do about corporate america, though, dan? because those are the guys that are -- i'm a little bummed out. my effective tax rate's probably 50. why is corporate america getting away -- they're the ones with the cash on the balance sheet. aren't they the targets? and who suffers the most? what secto

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polÍtica que tenemos que tener para ganar en una campaÑa legislativa, han llamado, han votado y no se danque el presidente cumpla, que nuestros senadores y nuestros congresistas tomen su responsabilidad. >> recientes encuestas dicen que el 67% de la poblaciÓn, considera a la inmigraciÓn indocumentada una carga, es difÍcil el escenario? >> le digo, he estado luchando por la reforma de inmigraciÓn por muchos aÑos, cuando la economÍa estaba buena, no era el mejor momento, siempre alguna traba, el 80% de la poblaciÓn americana a apoyar una reforma, nosotros queremos asegurar que nuestros representantes electos nos escuchen. hay muchos nuevos ciudadanos, es tiempo de que los representantes escuchen a los votantes. la otra cosa que ha cambiado, es el uso de la tecnologÍa. hemos estado usando el texto, puedes mandar un texto y pedir justicia. por primera vez, hemos sobresalido en llamadas que los antiinmigrantes. nuestros representantes, senadores y congresistas, van a estar en casa, tenemos que demostrar que somos un pueblo organizado y que la reforma de la inmigraciÓn se tiene que resolver en

joining me now, the "washington post's" grand pubah of politics, dan balz. dan, where are we today with the obama presidency, where we weren't yesterday? >> well, it's always better to win than not win. and they have fought this battle for a very long time. they have taken a lot of hits on it. both the president personally and the democratic party. they feel like they have crossed a barrier here. they have a long fight ahead of them. they know that. the republicans are not going to stop battling against this health care fight. we're going to see it all the way through to november and probably see it in 2012. but they feel as though they now have something concrete they can talk about that will be different than the way the debate has gone up until now. one of the questions is whether they will be any more successful in selling this bill now that it is law than they were before it came law. that's the big question mark hanging over the president and the white house. >> it's funny you asked that. i saw charlie cook quoted over the weekend. he said, what makes

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>> dan simon reporting for us, thanks.hat story. >>> they worked their way into a white house state dinner, even they weren't on the guest list. now the couple known as the white house gate crashers are parlaying their incident into tv stardom again. >>> time to check back with jack for the kafer did file. >> have you started thinking who you might vote for for president in 2012? rob say, yes i have. the first candidate who wants to end the imbalance of trade and bring jobs back to the u.s. has my vote. ben in boston, too early to pick a specific person but i don't like back-room deals, lack of transparency, big spending, financial burdenens for our project enny, mandates and government control that we have now. so i'll be voting against the kind of change that we've seen recently. david in oregon writes, i'd like to see hillary clinton stay in politics. look at the political scenery, she's the most seasoned and wisest politician in the country. mark in boston writes, no, not at all, but it sure won't be the palin-beck tic

generar con la familia de can capitán ante >>> yo creo que le está aquí yn ellos y ellas tal vez no se danos consideran reales >>> el lunes conocemos a la psíquica mexicano que asegura que recibir los mensaje de selena >>> abrió la puerta en su rancho en méxico el cantante vicente fernández y por primera vez compartió escenario con carro vens de música pop >>> auspiciado por un emisora el guadalajara que atrajo a unos diez mil personas y estuvo enrique iglesia y camila muy arizona donde el alguacil de condado declaró la guerra a indocumentado >>> sigue declarado la guerra >>> ap menos 12 personas arrestado en un restorant de comida rápido que obtuvieron su empleados con identidad falso >>> ciento de tud estudiante se preparan para la marcha de los Ángeles. ante la reforma migratoria. con la prueba con energía son familias y activista que hoy se preparan para la cita de mañana en los Ángeles. para uno marcha pro reforma migratoria. esperamos más de cien mil personas mañana a la diez la mañana y estamos contento porque se viene ya un reforma migratoria todos estamos pero ando todos >>> josé

>> hay muchos temas que estÁn causando controversia en la ciudad del sol, pero hay otros temas que dandice la gran manzana? >> muchas cosas. todo lo que pasa en la economÍa y todo el mundo estÁ al tanto del tiempo. >> una encuesta pÚblica menciona que la mayorÍa de los estadounidenses estÁn muy preocupados por la economÍa. hay una situaciÓn de la que nos tenemos que preocupar, va a mejorar la cosa. >> muchas personas estÁn preocupadas y con razÓn, ven que sus inversiones bajan, hay muchos problemas. pero sigue siendo la economÍa mÁs grande del mundo. es un paÍs muy potente, pensar que va a colapsar la economÍa va mÁs allÁ de la realidad. es muy remoto y casi imposible. yo tengo plena confianza de que este paÍs va a salir de esta recesiÓn. >> quÉ hacemos? >> ser productivos, ahorrar dinero, no gastar lo que no tiene, son las leyes bÁsicas pero si uno lo hace para su familia, todo el mundo lo hace. siempre se trata de buscar mejor trabajo estudiando mÁs, con un certificado, y puedes aportar a tu familia y a tu paÍs. >> si lo peor de la economÍa ya pasÓ. el bajón que dimos hace unos cuant

dan pop than one-third twice and for the long negotiations, he was not there.it would have asked mr. le pen's. -- you would have to ask mr. lipinski. [inaudible] >> the best spoke directly with the president. there were conversations, but mr. bauer was the main negotiator for a spirit of our. -- for us. bob bauer. one more question and we will go. [inaudible] >> i agree with the bishops that we would rather have the stupak language. the reality is that we cannot pass it in the senate. there is a lot of things we love to have his like 250 pieces of legislation sitting in the senate, but they did not pass it. we need both chambers to pass it and the president decided third we cannot get more than 45 votes in the senate. the bishops are right. statutory law is better than an executive order. we cannot get there. what do we have come and nothing? or you want the same executive order that has the force of law? it insures the enforcement implementation of abortion restriction, and under this act, it says, the hyde language applies. it says that about four or five tim

>> yes, sir. >> dan, todd, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> procter & gamble is unchanged. coming up, the first details of how the administration may change home finance in america. >>> but first, the saudi stock market beating the s&p 500 so far this year. we're going to talk risk and reward, whether you can actually invest in saudi arabia right now. >>> talk to us. "squawk on the street" is on twitter. host: could switching o 15% or more on car insurance? host: does charlie daniels play a mean fiddle? ♪ fiddle music charlie:hat's how you do it son. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. because with national, i roll past the counter... and choose any car in the aisle. choosing your own car? now, that's a good call. go national. go like a pro. >>> we're back. it is time to bring your attention to some stocks on the move. starting with aflac. downgraded to market perform from outperform at bernstein. valuation -- there it is, and the potential for greater competition for

is dan's medical bills piled out of control pad and dan were forced to sell. pat said the cancer ravaged her husband's body. but selling their ranch to pay for medical costs broke his spirit. that is why we needed to enact health care reform. most bankruptcies in america as they are related to the medical cost. just think about that, most bankruptcies today are related to medical costs. no one in america should have to sell everything they have. no one should have to go bankrupt just to pay medical bills. i am not going to let the opponents charge about the process. the idea health care reform has been some sort of rusts job is a total myth, a myth that deserves busting. the facts are that the inez committee and the help committee each went through a full and transparent process to consider health care reform legislation. by that i mean fully open to the public at all points. this has been the fullest and most transparent process for any major piece of legislation in memory. i might say madam president, a journalist once approached me a year ago and said senat

dan, we have been certainly hearing for quite a while now that commercial real estate is the next shoe to drop, the phrase that you hear from everyone it seems, but is that still the case? >> yes. of course, it is the case. look, the situation on the ground is not very good. you have seen massive declines in asking rents n. manhattan we have seen the asking for rents down 32%, and office vacancy in manhattan which at a huge high over the 4.4% low that existed at the peak of the bubble. here nationally, you will see retail vacancies that are enormous, and drive up and down madison avenue here in new york and you can count the empty store fronts. there is a reason for the pessimism in the commercial real estate world and notwithstanding what some of the reit stocks may say in the overall market and certainly some of the etfs, but the reason for it is that the situation on the ground is very, very different from the situation at the banks. >> it is going to be worse? >> well, here is the problem, we have $3.4 trillion of outstanding commercial debt which includes a multifamily which for a

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dan is d.c.'s bike ambassador. how did he get the job?being willing to talk about how much i love buy cycles and i want other people to love bicycles. >> reporter: questions do he - why does he love them. >> invigorating. >> reporter: d.c. has announced a plan to double the miles of bike lines in the city from about 45 miles to about 80. some of these new bike lines will be lined with rubber posts to make sure that bikes are on one side and cars on the other. >> it makes it safer for the buick alsoists and downtown it helps keep the parking and the loading out of the bike lane. >> reporter: for cyclists, it may be safer. it's already faster. her community says 15 by bike and it can take 40 on the bus. >> the cars can cut diagonally across the city. i can on a bike and it's faster. >> reporter: pennsylvania avenue northwest, d.c.'s famous street may get bike lanes along the median. >> people know pennsylvania avenue, know the street and they know it by name, site. the visibility of the capitol and white house, it's beautiful. especially wh