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. >>> david gregory is moderator of "meet the press." id, was the president successful in diffusing the situation as he hoped to do or end up throwing more fuel on the fire? >> well, look he had a big role in escalating this which now he acknowledges. remember he is coming full circle on this. i think, by all accounts, talking to those who are close to him, this was a heartfelt response that he had during the press conference the other night based on what he knew and as an african-american man. he then was agitated yesterday that it got the media aten, it got. by today there was a recognition when the president weighs in, it is going to carry some weight. and i think the white house wants to extricate him from this but now he is talking about having a beer at the white house with gates and the arresting officer. i don't know if we have seen the end of this yet. >> david, this controversy, we heard chuck todd allude to this, has clearly overshadowed the president's agenda on health care reform. where does that all stand right now? wh this

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we'll check in with david gregory in just a moment. first, big developments in the investigation of a shocking murder of a florida couple. they were the parents of 16 children, many with special needs. mark potter is live in pensacola with all the latest. mark, good morning. >> good morning to you, lester. investigators say they found the van that they believe was the one spotted entering and leaving the crime scene and ininterviewing two persons of interest and one question they can't answer is why were these crimes committed. at the county sheriff's office police escorted one of the persons of interest from the building, officials say they're getting closer to solving the case. >> we have some very, very good leads that we're currently pursuing. >> reporter: their big break came when a tip line caller told them where they could find the red van that was seen by the home security camera at the scene. >> once we located the van and developed an address where the van was registered to and interviews with the friends and family then led

the confirmation hearings of the supreme court nominee. >> david gregory.o the nats and cubs in just a moment. start with health care. moving through the house and senate. congressional budget office issues a stern warning what they say and how that might affect the debate. >> the president said that the goal of all of this is to make sure that long-term health care costs go down. well, the congressional budget office said problem with this plan, the thing debated, it can only cause the costs to go up. so there is a big fundamental point here that undermines the president's plan. this is do or die time. the president is putting the pressure on and not clear he has the votes. a real question about what he will accept an in terms of tax hikes and a public plan versus a private plan. whether all americans who are uninsured would be covered under the plan. there's a lot of controversial material i here that does not make this certain. he will have a prime time press conference next wednesday to keep push thing and needs to do it. >> he has an august deadline on

not where david gregory, our next guest, is going anytime soon. we get -- david, good morning. the moderator of "meet the press." thanks for joining us this morning. you've got hillary clinton this sunday, great guest and great timing because of this little back and forth between the secretary of state, willie, and north korea. can you set it up for us because she started it, some would argue. >> the secretary of state, who was once the mother of a urge at that, chelsea now a grown woman, said north korea reminds me of the unruly child, they just kind of act out at certain moments. so north korea fires bang at our secretary of state. mind you this is a country led by a small man who wears pant suits. we cannot but regard mrs. clinton as a funny lady as she is unaware of the etiquette in the international community. sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping. >> david gregory -- >> ouch. >> -- this doesn't sound like they're getting along too well. >> and you don't have much evidence ever that the u.s. and

let's go to david gregory first. you have larry sommers, another harvard larry.his weekend. >> nothing to talk about, really. >> nothing to talk about. >> nothing to talk about at all. >> i think everybody wants a sense of where the economy is. i spoke to someone recently, let's not forget about what the economy is based on. it's base and housing and jobs. your house and your job. that's still the biggest challenge is, where are jobs? are they being replaced? even if there are signs ever the recovery, the president talked about at the beginning of the end the recession. what'sing that going to mean for people actually looking for work or stopped looking for work, working part time, but want to work full time again? a very real issue. >> look at the new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, everything that larry sommers touched, a guy i like from afar, the president's upside down on the stimulus package. more americans think it's a bad idea than a good idea. the economic recovery. even the president's economic policies. they're still blaming george bush for these d

this sunday morning in a "meet the press" exclusive, moderator david gregory goes one on one exclusively with secretary clinton about her role in the obama administration and the many hot spots around the globe. >>> now time for a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. >>> the san francisco transit agency has released video from the light rail crash this weekend which injured 48 people. security cameras on the platform show one train barrel into a second train which is parked in the station. two people are still in the hospital from that crash, including the driver of the oncoming train. >>> a fire truck in detroit last control while turning and smashed into two cars. surveillance footage here from a nearby business caught the truck plow through a car at a red light and slam into another vehicle. that second car was tossed nearly 50 feet. fortunately this accident only caused minor injuries. >>> elsewhere, in california, it was a strange sight on the streets of long beach. a 50-ton fuselage from the military cargo plane was trucked through the city. the 170-foot

david gregory, thank you. >> thanks. >>> once again, here's carl. >> jenna, thanks. severe summer storms caused a path of destruction on the central florida coast, spawning funnel clouds on land and sea. for a look at what's in store for the region today, let's turn to janice huff. >> that storm that hit that part of florida near daytona beach in port orange was an ef0 on the enhanced fujita scale is a weak tornado and most tornadoes fall in that category. most tornadoes that occur are of the weak variety. it did cause light damage. even light damage was quite a bit of damage for that area. three homes were destroyed, 154 homes damaged across the area. you can see the damage and the array of damage from the to t desk for more of this morning's headlines. we say hello to cnbc's melissa francis. good morning. >> hey, jenna, hey, carl. good morning, everyone. exiled president of honduras continues to camp out, demanding to be reinstated as president of honduras. joining us from the border with more, kerry sanders. >> reporter: coming back to the border here again today.

here to talk about this, is david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." good morning. >> morning, jenna. >> start with foreign policy. the president ordered 21,000 additional troops to afghanistan. that brings the total now to 60,000, and growing. with this latest video and the ruer is against of t er ir i erw it promises to get bigger. unfortunately a soldier like this taken as a hostage becomes a new face for war effort that a lot of americans are disconnected from a lot of time. we do have a renewed commitment to afghanistan. it is a very difficult challenge for the country, for our soldiers and for this policy. it's one that is experiencing what some observers on all sides say is mission creep. you have a developing mission there with more troops and a call, senator mccain on this program last week, saying there should be yet additional troops because of how difficult the fight is with the taliban. >> another big issue on the president's plate, health care reform. a lot of nervousness in congress right now, even nong some democrats that the white hous

david gregory, thank you. >> thanks. >>> once again, here's carl. >> jenna, thanks. severe summer storms caused a path of destruction on the central florida coast, spawning funnel clouds on land and sea. for a look at what's in store for the region today, let's turn to janice huff. >> that storm that hit that part of florida near daytona beach in port orange was an ef0 on the enhanced fujita scale is a weak tornado and most tornadoes fall in that category. most tornadoes that occurre of the weak variety. it did cause light damage. even light damage was quite a bit ofamage for that area. three homes were destroyed, 154 homes damaged across the area. you can see the damage and the array of damage from the tornado. that's from a weak tornado. even a weak tornado is dangerous, everyone. there was one minor injury from this. thank goodness it wasn't anything worse. today, we're expecting severe storms across parts of the northeast and parts of the mid atlantic states that could bring dangerous winds, hail and maybe even isolated tornadoes. burlington, vermont, to new york

secretary of state hillary clinton will be david gregory's exclusive guest. >>> there is new tonighto protect the public from a flying threat that's proven to be very dangerous to passing planes, birds. in boston they are testing a new bird radar system that could airport officials and mremts an advantage during the heavy bird migration months in the fall and spring. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: with six runways and 14 miles of taxiway, logan airport is boston's gateway to the world. 400,000 takeoffs and landings, 25 million passengers each year. but sitting right on boston harbor, it's also a favored for feathered flights. now six months after a flock of canada geese took out both engines on a us airways jet, forcing the landing on the hudson river, boston is testing something new. >> here we have heavy bird activity. >> reporter: it's called maryland, a 3-d radar sitting between two of logan's busiest runways, scanning the skies for birds, big and small. along a flight path that tracks millions of birds each year. >> they are tracking them 360 degrees. >> reporter: from

let's bring in david gregory. moderator of "meet the press." good morning to you, david.they say it will be a show about nothing. what are republicans going to accomplish? >> you heard senator sessions make the point that they want to try to lay a foundation here and really make the argument that she's practicing activist judging and making decisions based on identity politics and not on impartiality which is what a judge is supposed to do. they'll base it on comments that she made that pete referred to. or the richie case that pete also referred to. short of something explosive, the white house thinks this will be a low key affair. >> let me ask you a general question. we've been talking in the last four or five days on the show and other places about the softening of president obama's popularity numbers down about 11% from the start of his term. does something like that embolden republicans when it comes to a hearing like this? >> i think it does not just for the sake of judge sotomayor but also future nominees. this white house is preparing for more than one vacancy on

because we've got david gregory, the moderat of "meet the press" now joining us. david, good rning. >> good morning,ann. >> i going to refrain from asking you what kind of beer you actuly prefer. but firstlet's get to whether or not this ended up being a tehable moment, or actually was it tually a photo-op to end the media frenzy, david? >> well, i think it's th, actual. i think as chuck mentioned, thi was a president who was trying to cle up after thi mess, trying to put some kind of end point to it. an trying to do it in a w wherthere can b more discussion abo it. i thk the president wted to talk about this. he wanted to do it as t first african-american president who knows th "a," this is a racially charged issue. and two, that he uniquely can begin some kd of discussion about it. he took this issue on during the campaign, as well. the issue of race. so you know, talking to white house advisers, th said, look, th problem with issues like this is that people don't feel safe to talk about race in our country. so if anything se, this is a symbolicoment toayhat you

and for what is coming up on "meet the press," he is david gregory. >> thank you, and coming up thisterview with secretary of state, hillary clinton. it's her first sunday live morning interview. she logged 1,000 miles traveling around the globe pushing the foreign policy goals. now fresh off her trip to asia, we will ask her about that and some of the other world hot spots. it's all this morning on "meet the press." >>> last night's storms could not stop the nationals. they played until this morning and came away with a 13-1 victory over san diego. >> we start with baseball. the nationals are one of the worse teams, but they lead the league in waiting, waiting to win and waiting to play. a three-hour rain delay halted the game. >> bottom of the first, no score. and zimmerman changes. high and deep to left center. a two-run shot. zimmerman's 17th home run of the season. and the rains came in the second inning, and the game delayed for more than three hours. it's a common sightseeing the white rain tarp there. and then bases loaded for adam dunn. dunn had a monster shot to center. a g

david gregory, thank you as s wl for being on the show thiss momorning. >> thanks, mika.e care. cocong up next, rublican sesenator fr alabamand ranking member of the senate j judiciar committee, senator jeff f sessio will join n us. we'll be right b bk. tls are uncomplicated? nothing complicad out a pair of 10 inchohoselamp pliers. you know what's complicatated? shipping shipping's cated. nonot ally. with h iority mail flat rate bobofrom ththpostal service shipippi i is sy. if it fits, it shs ywhere in the couny for a low flat ra. that not complicated. come on. w w out...a handshake. ririgh prprioty mail flat rate boxes ly from the postal serervi.. a simpler way to s ship. >>> i am really flab earp gasted byhe depth and csistency of her philosophical critique of impartial juice. i think that a real expression hers and i think it does not show up as much on the lower court wheryou're superd by your circuit and the preme court. it canhow up much more on the supreme court k. >> all rig. welcome back to orning joe." a lotng on da here wh us nowo squoin the conversation, repub

watch here as nbc newsman david gregory prepares for go on air. >> tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary. it was on july 20, 1969. >> he's making his hair look insane all the time. what he's doing is called wolfing your blitzer. who brushes your hair -- let's look at that again. how hard he -- like he's trying to fling the hair off his head. [ laughter ] that's when -- when you give a chp hair brush that's the way they do it. also this morning on the "today" show meredith vieira asked the president about the mom jeans when he threw out the pitch at the all-star. i guess he was put in the position of having to defend his pants. >> you're mared are to one of the -- married to one of the most fashionable women in the world. do you want to defend the pant? >> no. i hate to shop. those pants are comfortable. for those of you who want the president to look great in his tight jeans, i'm not the guy. >> 'rewe not asking hieam tor wtight jeans buwt ree' uyto b the tm inhe men's ection. of the pr es i deof presidents who looked grea in jeans. lyndon johnson, william howard taft and president lyndo

for a look at what is coming up on "meet the press," here is david gregory. >> coming up this morninginrviews. first, 2008 gop presidential candidate john mccain is here to discuss the future of the republican party and we will ask him, of course, about his former running mate, sarah palin. and then chuck schumer takes issues from the other side of the aisle, and that's all this morning on "meet the press." >>> u.s. soccer continues its quest for the gold cup and t nationals overcome basic blunders to win big. here are the highlights. >> when you hear base-running blunder, and the other phrase is proves costly. but not last night. the nationals did the unlikely. top of the first, and nats lead 2-0. and then there is a shot into right center. and adam dunn scores all the way from first base. but not so fast, my friend. dunn, running around second, misses the bag, and the astros know it. so mike hampton throws to second, and adam dunn is out and it ends the inning and a run comes off the scoreboard. and dunn in the dugout thinking i can't believe i just did that. top of the sixth now, a

. >> announcer: this is "meet the press" with david gregory. >> let me talk about a another difficulta and that's russia where there has been an attempt by the president to say we're going to reset this relationship. vice president biden who was traveling in the region talked to the wall street journal and his comments raised eyebrows. this is what he said: the reality is the russians are where theyre, they have a shrinking population base, a withering economy, a banking sector that is not likely able to withstand the next 15 years. they're clinging to something in the past that is not sustainle. is he speaking for the president and is the message essentially that the u.s. has the upper hand when it's dealing with russia? >> no and i don't think that's at all what the vice president meant. remember the vice president was the first person in the administration in an important speechhich he gave in munich, germany shortly after president obama's inauguration that we wanted to reset or relationship with russia. and we know that that's not easily done. it takes time, it takes trust buildi

. >> secretary clinton will be david gregory's exclusive guest for the full hour on sunday's "meet the press." there are reports today that said one of osama bin laden's sons was killed in a missile strike in pakistan earlier this year. it's believed the 27-year-old was not the target of the u.s. attack but was among those killed when a predator drone fired a missile at an al qaeda target. investigators looking into the death of michael jackson continue to focus on 0 the pop star's personal physician. on wednesday officials raided the houston clinic of dr. conrad murray who was with jackson at the time of his death. it's the latest sign jackson's death is being investigated as a manslaughter. >> they always go after the doctors. remember elvis' doctors? >> anna nicole smith. >> certain situations that need to enablement. and the cambridge police officer -- the president talked about this last night -- that was so interesting. arrested harvard professor tells "the boston herald" he has nothing to apologize for. sergeant james crowley arrested gates for disorder letter conduct while poli

where she was on david gregory "meet the press" so statesmanly. now palin has taken on the role of the victim. he's doing this to me, doing this to me. fascinating. i don't know if that's, a, we need to take somebody down first like hillary or just the difference between one woman who is qualified and one woman who is not qualified. >> maureen is a friend. >>> still ahead this hour, this is a big one, right wing pun it dids and new very personal attacks, some say hateful attacks on president obama. will the republicans elected to office speak out against those making millions via radio and other shows? >>> plus, new speculation about hillary clinton's political future. why is she still raising millions of dollars for campaign donor sfs? >>> does the swimsuit beat the great michael phelps? why the sport could lose its biggest star because of swim wear. you're watching msnbc. undefeated professional boxer floyd "money" mayweather has the fastest hands boxing has ever seen. so i've come to this ring to see who's faster... on the internet. i'll be usi

hillary clinton joins david gregory for a full hour. check local listings for that time. >>> the international space station. it is charged up and sporting fresh batteries after a very long space walk. astronauts installed four new batteries during the 7 hour, 12 minute space walk. the last time one of the astronauts went out there, he was so fast, the air cleansing canister couldn't keep up and that relatsulted in an early eno his space walk. >>> california state assembly has approved a plan to close most of the state's $26 billion budget deficit, it calls for major cuts, including teacher layoffs and closed parks. president schwarzenegger talked about the budget cuts. >> i'm not happy about the one-time solution or the other solutions we have up there, but $8.5 billion, but there was no other way to go. it was necessary. but in exchange, we, of course, have changed major and lasting reform. >> lawmakers rejected two of the most controversial measures, a plan to take $1 billion in transportation funding from local government and allowi

he also passed along a critical twitter post from david gregory. tapper's hardly the first journalist to bad mouth the competition but admitted he was out of line, and apologized to the today show and gregory. and then, there was stephen colbert, who trumped south carolina. the comedy central throughout it was a joke about proclaiming himself the governor but got serious. if the governor is looking for a friendly place to make light of what i think is a small story na got blown out of scale, i would be happy to have him on. in person here, on the phone, or in south carolina. stay strong, steeven. >> why not hold me to the same standards as others in the conservative media? i'm just as much a journalist as foxs now. keith olbermann, i demand, i demand, you name me the worst person in the world! >> all right. fine. you're a disgrace to the ranks of right wing blow hard whose appear on comedy channels. for the real journalists you wonder how often this goes on in booking wars. governor sanford and a number of south carolina newspapers writing a piece

joining me is "meet the press's" david gregory. let's talk about health kir, since there's been so much talk about it. the senate says it's not going to meet the president's deadline. so what's the new deadline? >> well, that wasn't helpful, by the way. the president sort of set himself for a tactical defeat and that's what happed. he won't get it by the august recess. the goal is to get something through the house. perhaps by the recess and give the committee work done so that the fall is not wasted. so there's real opportunity for them in september to get it done and reconcile all the bills. delay can ultimately lead to defeat. and that's what thehite house is worried about. and that's what they should be worried about. and that's where they are. he laid down the marker and congress said, not so fast. >> part of the risk arises from the dogging he's taking from his own party. >> right. the call, he's a more conservative democrat. in 06, democrats skillfully recruited more conservative democrats from rural districts around the cou

hillary clinton joins david gregory for a full hour. >>> texas senator john cornyn is joining the list of conservative republicans who will vote no on sonia sotomayor's supreme court nomination. orrin hatch also will vote against sotomayor. hispanic leaders were quick to criticize both. the chair says cornyn's no vote will be a symbolic guester to the largest growing demographic in texas. >>> a new report says president bush considered sending u.s. troops to buffalo to arrest suspected terrorists. dick cheney cited a justice department memo saying it would be okay on u.s. soil as long as it was for national security purposes. fbi agents were sent to arrest the men. all six ultimately pled guilty to terror charges. >>> the international space station is charged up and sporting fresh batteries. four new batteries were installed friday. the last time one of the astronauts went out wednesday, he moved so fast the air cleansing can is in his suit could not keep up. that same incident happened friday, but didn't crop up until the work was complete. >>> california state assembly has come up w

w, wha impact at has on h politicafure i think is debatable ase heard david gregory a johnccain. it's up for debate. i do think stres and theay in which r family was being treated in there was aart of her decisn. >> we'll have to see what the higher calling is. that'still the mystery. as always, great tnks for the insight andthe time. thank you, keith. >>> thats "countdown" for this the 2,265th day since t previous presidentdeclared ion accomplished in iraq. good night and good luck. >>> now to discuss th intoel progra dick cheney ordered kep from ngress, here is rachel maow >> thank youery muchor that. 91 years agoun light was referred to as the best dinfectant. michaelkoff will bee this hour to dcuss a big blast ofun light on dick cheney and the promise of even mre on the bush admistration's torte policy. congressman zach wamp also says we got sething wrong on this show aboutsenator ensign, c street and the religious group known as the family, s one of will get corrected tonight. judge sonia sotomayor has been judged prejuce bide a certain notorious blican senator today. and it

now, wt impa that has on her political ture i think is detae as we heard david gregory and john main. it's up for debate. i do think sess and the way in which her family was bei tread in the press was a part of her dision. >> we'll have see what the higher calling is. that still the mystery. as always, great thanks for th insight and the time. >> tnk you, keith. >>> that is "countdownfor this the 2,265tday since the previous president declared mission accomplished in iraq good night and good luck. >>> now to discuss the intel program dic cheney ordered kt from congress, here is rache maddow. good ening, rachel. >> thank you very much fort. 96 years ago theery wise justicbranis referred to sunlight as the be disinfectant. michael isakoff will be re this hour to discuss a big bst of sun light on ck cheney and promise of even more on th bush administratn's torture policy. congressman zach wamp also says we got somhing wrong on this show about senator ensign, c reet and the religious group known as the family, so one of us will get correcd night. judge sonia sotomar has been dged prejudic

. >> now, speaking of a very different kind of political figure, hillary clinton on with david gregoryay. this was clinton responding to david's questions about all those reports that she's been marginalized and that there are tensions in her relationship with barack obama. let's watch. >> here was a recent headline that got a lot of attention, not surprisingly, in the "los angeles times." clinton seems overshadowed by her boss, some analysts say. you responded with a pretty sharp retort saying, i broke my elbow, not my larynx. >> that's right. >> but at times has this been a struggle? >> not at all. maybe because i understand the functioning of the united states government, the president is the president. the election is over. the president has to lead our country both internationally and domestically. i saw this when my husband was president. at the end of the day, it is the president who has to set and articulate policy. >> margaret, she got it pitch perfect there. and my reporting is that she and barack obama get along very well, that the tensions are at the staff levels, residuall

david gregory will talk with kathleen sebelius. plus a look at last week's supreme court nomination hearings. "meet the press" airing this morning on nbc. check your local listing for times in your area. >>> we have details now on funeral and memorial plans for cbs news man walter cronkite who died friday at the age of 92. a private funeral will be held thursday at saint bar that my's church in man lat tan. a memorial will be held next month at lincoln center. the final resting place will be the cronkite family plot in kansas city, missouri. >>> new questions today for san francisco transit authorities over what caused two light rail trains packed with passengers to crash. witnesses say that a tram rammed into the back of a stopped train unloading passengers. 47 people were injured including the conductor of the train that caused the crash. >> his head was down. he looked like he was asleep or passed out or couldn't tell. he was not looking up. he was not slowing down or braking. no signal, nothing. you could tell he was not going

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hillary clinton will be joining david gregory for a full hour. among the top picks, the upcoming talks with china and the nuclear threats with north kcorey yeah and iran. check your local listings for the time. >>> protesters across the country took too to streets in opposition to human rights abuses. crowds gathered at a civic center. demonstrators demanded the release of prisoners during the crackdown during protests last month. >>> in chicago, activists called for the need to end the violence in iran. >>> today authorities are searching hospitals in southern california for gunmen who may have been involved in the shooting death of a u.s. border patrol agent. at least two gunmen may have been wounded in that thursday shooting near the border in southeastern san diego county. on saturday mexican authorities announced the arrest of four men suspected in involvement of the shooting. the officer leaves behind a 2-year-old son and 11-month-old daughter. >>> across texas there are police officers patrolling for people watering their lawns and gardens

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david gregory on "meet the press" asked the secretary of state about her experience in health care. remember it was in '93 and '94 when the clinton administration right out of the box, there was a big speech before congress, said they wanted to reform health care. they did it a little differently. they formulated their plan behind closed doors here on the white house grounds, then sent it up to congress. the obama administration trying the opposite tack. let's hear what hillary clinton said today about her experience then and now about health care. >> it's different because i think everybody's now convinced there is a problem. back in '93 we had to keep making the case over and over again. well, now we know, costs will continue to rise. we know that our system left unchecked is going to bankrupt, not just families and businesses, but our country. >> in the face of all of this today, the prevailing wisdom in washington is that even though the chips are down in congress, they expect by the end of the year the obama administration is going to have a health care plan on the president's

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nbc's david gregory will talk to secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius. also a look at this week's supreme court nominee hearings, with the republican leader in the senate mitch mcconnell. he may also talk about health care. we will see. don't miss "meet the press," tomorrow on nbc. check your local listings for the time where you are. >>> today more questions than answers for investigators in jakarta, indonesia. they're analyzing debris from friday's deadly bombings at two luxury hotels that could help them capture suspects responsible for planning the attack. let's go to nbc news ian williams who was in bangkok, thailand. and indonesia is praised by a lot of people around the world for successfully tackling terror groups. what's the approach to this now? >> well, i think they're pretty puzzled. certainly this has been a big blow, because they have appeared to do so well over the last four years. they appeared to -- it has been a pretty big crackdown against jemaah islamiyah, which is the regional terror group affiliated to al qaeda, who are now suspecte

a reminder secretary of state clinton will be david gregory's guest for the full hour this sunday onet the press." it will be a great show to watch. >>> and in today's "crossing the line" normally in our first hour, but it's in this one, it may be hard for you to believe but there's a debate over whether a death threat was an actual cross of the line. the debate is because the alleged victim is a telemarketing company and its employees. 43-year-old charles says he received a mailer about a car warranty expiring. he allegedly called the telemarketing company to straighten things out. the call turned ugly to say the least. authorities say he threatened to burn down a building and kill employees of the local telemarketing firm. he was indicted for making a terrorist threat. if found guilty he could spend four years behind bars. some people jumped into the debate in defense of him calling him a hero of all these people tired of being bombarded with phone calls, e-mails, and letters. one person said the man, quote, should be alluded and a medal hong on his chest. in an interview his attor

we're also going to be talking about health care on sunday when nbc's david gregory interviews hhs secretary kathleen sebelius as well as senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. they're going to be talking about health care. and then monday, july 20th, will actually mark the end of president obama's first six months in office. it actually seems like a lot longer than that, but we'll be reaching yet another milestone in this presidency. >> all right. nbc news deputy political director mark murray. thank you very much. >> you can check out first read. it's always updated so just go to firstread.msnbc.com. i remembered that because it's not on the prompter. you can go there. >> what a week. health care, it's going to be a big deal j huge we. >> huge week coming up. thank you for joining us. >> "hardball" starts right now. >>> the president strikes back. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm lawrence o'donnell in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, the president pushes back in the health care debate. as the cost argument rages on capitol hill, conservative opponents of president obama's

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she was on "meet the press" for the full hour, sitting down with david gregory. pursuit of nuclear weapons is futile. here is hillary clinton yesterday on "meet the press." >> we believe as a matter of policy it is unacceptable for iran to have nuclear weapons. what we want to do is to send a message to whoever is making these decisions that if you're pursuing nuclear weapons, for the purpose of intimidating, projecting your power, we're not going to let that happen. >> all right, tough talk on iran from hillary clinton. a full hour with her on "meet the press" yesterday. overall i thought she did really well. was kind of great to see her out there again. she had that injury recently. pat buchanan, in terms of the words she's using pertaining to iran, how do you think she's doing in. >> i think she's moved to the position of the bush doctrine, frankly. she's saying that we will not let these -- this iranian regime get the world's worst weapons, which are nuclear weapons, so she's moved to the bush doctrine. however, i think she's begun a bridge too far when she s

he was on "meet the press" yesterday with david gregory. here is what he had to say. >> is the president going to get a bill by the house and senate by the august recess? >> well, i do not think he should get a particular bills that we have seen because they are not the right way to go. when is going on here is perfectly clear, it is the same kind of rush and spend a strategy that we saw on the stimulus bill. we're going to have a deficit this year of $1.80 trillion, bigger than the last five years combined. the past budget puts us on the path to double the national debt in the past five years, tripoli in 2010, and here comes health care on top of it. -- tripled it in 2010. even if you look at the pay-for s, it is a law on the backs of individuals and small businesses. this should not pass any point before later in the year. we need to come up with a truly bipartisan proposal. host: minority leader mitch mcconnell yesterday on "meet the press. this is sam on our democrats line. caller: the republicans complain about how expensive this is go