senator dean, will shorter patents cost lives?s? >> first of all, unorthodox views of the democratic party and secondly i worked for a law firm which represent some of these concerns. and the answer is, i don't think shorter patents will save lives, and i don't think longer patents will kill people.e. you've got to find a balance.e. most of the research and development -- this is the only company that pays its full bill on research and development. if you kill research and development in this country, these drugs won't be invented. the generics are great, 75% of all drugs are medicare part d in the program are generic, but you've got to have incentive for pharmaceutical companies and biological companies to make these new extraordinary compounds that really do save lives. so i don't want to get too dramatic. you need to find a reasonable, thoughtful fee and position here. >> so how long should a patent last, jim glassman? >> well, 20 years. and the president is a little wrong on this. there is no nuance to change the length of a dru

be the case, perhaps with all judges, joining us now with her thought, is joanne epps, who is the dean of the beasley school of law, at temple university in philadelphia, dean epps also testified on behalf of the national association of women lawyers. at judge sotomayor's confirmation hearings, recently and nice to talk with you, dean, thanks very much for being here and let's talk first of all, about your testimony, when you went down to washington and testified on judge sotomayor's half, what was the point you most wanted to make? to members of the senate sdmeet i wanted to make collectively three points. i wanted to say in her half she was exceptionally well qualified for the position, she was experienced and had the judicial temperament to make an appropriate an effective supreme court justice and i wanted to say by way of response to criticism that her series of opinions really screams screamed out that she did not deserve the label of an activist judge and i wanted to make a symbolic point that i thought her confirmation to the supreme court would allow her to serve as a role mod

lou dobbs thinks everybody is mad at him for calling howard dean a leftist not for saying howard deanded a stake through his heart. michelle bachman is praised for raising her son well so she lashes out at the newspaperman for writing what she called a hit job on her son. you're watching "countdown" on msnbc. ♪ (laughing through computer) good night, buddy. good morning, dad. (announcer) oreo. milk's favorite cookie. >>> rush limbaugh and karl rove on family guy. joe the plumber in a competition for d.c.'s funniest person. that's next. worst persons in the world, lou dobbs just keeps digging the hole deeper. apparently didn't get the idea when he called howard dean a blood-sucking leftist, i mean you got to put a stake through his heart to stop this guy, the public recoil was not about his use of the term "leftist" but the use of blood-sucking and the suggestion the governor had to be treated like a vampire. dobbs had this exchange with the former communications director of the dnc. she said because what you're seeing is tyranny is when you organize for the purpose of being disruptive

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governor dean, dr. dean, chairman dean, thank you. care. >> that's fascinating. political deansmanship, right? >> whatever worked. and then the president, yeah, the president felt it without the health care, without the public option and nancy pelosi futs back in and he ends up signing the bill. so they get what they want. >> coming up, we'll continue the conversation with dr. nancy snyderman but first michael vick speaks out. a live report from the eagles training facility when we come right back on "morning joe." achoo! (announcer) what are you going to miss when you have an allergy attack? achoo! (announcer) benadryl is more effective than claritin at relieving your worst mptoms. and works when you need it most. benadryl. you can't pause life. u naing onon ud r. weotototatatininci on us cars for everybody anont cfidedence ininin o. caususususlendnds s ve a a a t tcks. ququq n . >>> you know, same feeling i'm feeling right now is what people are feeling. >> the feeling you're feeling right now? >> disg

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john dean joins me in a moment. revisiting "the washington post" piece, john p.aid the former vice president is driven now as before by the nightmare of a hostile state acquiring nuclear weapons and passing them to terrorists. aaron freedburg, another of cheney's foreign policy advisers, says that cheney believes that many people find it very difficult to hold that idea in their head, really, and conjure what it implies. these are not small issues, hanna said. they cut to the very core of who cheney is, and he really feels he has an obligation to save the country from danger. let's turn now to author of "conservatives without conscious" and "worse than watergate," john dean. good evening, john. >> good evening, keith. >> mr. cheney has a unique grasp of this, there is expectationalism at work. is that how he sees this scenario? >> i think he's always seen himself as rather exceptional, keith, but his exception is that he's been able to get into big jobs and fail as those jobs. look at his work at white house chief of staff, look at his position as the gop leader

howard dean is a baby killer! >> take him out! take him out! >> howard dean is a baby killer!out! >> howard dean is a baby killer! abortion is murder! >> was eventually escorted out by police. meeting continued as plans. >>> nearly 40 people killed when a tanker truck full of explosives blew up in front of a construction company in kandahar, afghanistan, tonight. the head of the provincial council says the blast was so intense windows in towns more than half a mile away were shalterred. >>> in southern afghanistan today, four u.s. service members were killed when a roadside bomb exploded. president obama, take break from his martha's vineyard vacation to nominate fed chair ben bernanke to serve another four-year term. he credits bernanke with helping to end the economic free fall in the financial system. just north of atlanta, in georgia, some just released dramatic video of a high-speed chase. police say it happened on sunday. at one point, the driver of the stolen suv tries to get away by, there you see it, jumping out of the vehicle. passenger still inside. car still moving

john dean.n. >> thank you. >>> if you think cheney feels liberated to talk the way he wants about jordan w. bush, wait until you hear the secretary of state's remarks about the former president in nigeria. the evidence the national transportation safety board has been hoping somebody had somebody did have. we will show you the video obtained exclusively by msnbc news of the helicopter plane crash over new york saturday. when rachel joins us, she and her special guest bernie sanders will reveal who these astroturfers at the town halls actually are. ody washes, you might as well be. you see, their moisturizer sits on top of skin, almost as if you're wearing it. only new dove deep moisture has nutriummoisture, a breakthrough formula with natural moisturizers... that can nourish deep down. it's the most effective natural nourishment ever. new dove deep moisture with nutriummoisture. superior natural nourishment for your skin. but i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. w

chairman dean of course let with a lot of questions. he's drawn some criticisms on blogs today for what he said about republican lawmakers opposing the president's health care initiative. here's what he said on another program last night. >> this republican party, this shrinking republican party is just determined to undermine president obama and unfortunately you have to undermine the country in order to undermine the president. i think that's too bad. >> i tried to catch up with chairman dean and ask him a question. he seemed to have changed his tune a little bit as he was coming into this event. you said last night that the republicans op ogse the president's health care initiative were undermining the country. could you clarify that? >> i did not say that. >> i have the quote right here, sir. >> sean, interestingly enough they handed out the george washington rules of civility when 3,000 people showed up here. but here's how chairman dean was introduced when he -- received when he was introduced. . >> this country spends -- -- i'm s

cc>sus oficiales actuaron legal y correctamente, es lo que seÑalo el jefe de prince william charlie deanerefiriendose al arresto de una pareja de latinos durante una fiesta el pasado domingo 26 de julio... "basado en lo que tenemos ahora, las acciones de estos oficiales fueron apropiadas y bajo las regulaciones." la policia acudio a la vivienda en la cuadra 9-mil 600 de la avenida lafayette tras recibir una queja por musica con elevado volumen.... segun los afectados, edgar rodriguez y leticia elias, fueron victimas de abuso policial.... sin embargo, deane dijo que rodriguez estaba intoxicado, insulto a los policias, rehuso bajar el volumen e identificarse... y elias trato de interferir era del idioma no fue un problema, uno de los tres oficiales que llegaron temprano, era bilingue y hablo en español e ingles" casos similares son comunes en algunas juridicciones, dice este experto... recomienda hacer valer sus derechos, ero sin perder la calma... "para mi seria que una persona reacciona de manera moderada, incluyendo documentados, indocumentados, no int

howard dean on the state of the health care debate. stories this week the white house may be willing to accept a bill without a public option has disappointed many who see this provision as the key to comprehensive health care reform. also tonight, we recall the life and legacy of a giant in the world of television news, don hewitt, the creator of "60 minutes" changed the face of television when the venerable newsmagazine debuted in 1968. eight years earlier he broke similar ground as the producer of the first ever televised debate between richard nixon and john f. kennedy. glad you've joined us, health care with howard dean and remembering don hewitt coming up right now. >> there are so many things wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better but mostly we'e're looki forward to helping build stronger communities and relationships because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly spourts "tavis smiley." tavis and nationwide insurance. working to improve financial literacy and the

next is dean koontz.y with us. ♪ bustrange ♪ tavis: there are bestselling authors and then there is dean koontz. his books have sold 400 million copies in 38 languages. there are a few works out including a work of non fiction, including "a big little life." i know you don't do this much. you are always coherent. let me ask you this question, i am not a dog owner. i may get this better. waht is it about -- what is it about dogs that make for such good subject matter. every week, you look and there are 16 books listed, 3 or 4 about dogs. >> when you think about this, is there any other species that would risk its life to save a human being. dogs do this and frequently do this. there is something special about the bond. there is also the thing, i hate to admit this but what i lost my dog it was harder than losing my parents or a sibling or a friend. no matter how much we love them, it is a human relationship. it is imperfect. but with a dog, it is perfect. they never say anything mean to you. that is the id

haley dean is talking to the victim's mom. the book it says haley triedw to keep her an impersonal, professional tone. she steeled herself. define that for me. what does it mean for you or anyone to steel ourselves? >> well, you are saying steel as in saying steel as in steel. hardin yourself, block your emotions and think and speak with a clear head, which is something that was very difficult for me to do as a felony prosecutor because i would have behind me either a row of the victims and serial rapes, murders, it would be the families of the victims. expecting me to pull the rabbit out of the hat and somehow make everything okay again, which i learned after my very first murder prosecution of a young woman named mary. she was about 20 years old, she had the mind of about an 8-year-old child. she was murdered, and i got that guilty verdict, and there was no jubilation. there was no celebration, because when your heart breaks, you can't put your heart back together again. but there was at least the accomplishment of seeking j

you had howard dean making this statement today. huh a freshman democrat from colorado talking about the need for cuts to medicare and pete stark calling the moderates brain dead because they opposed the public option. it's just comedy to watch the democrats on this. bret: see where it goes. is the c.i.a. being devalued by the white house, and what is that doing for morale in the agency? the agency? the panel >> the president is responsible for any decision that gets made inside his administration, but there will be folks in the intelligence community making decisions about intelligence gathering. >> the issues of the f.b.i., how it works and has worked traditionally with the c.i.a., not all that well, as we know, so there are all sorts of bureaucratic and cultural impacts here, an among them is the fact that the f.b.i. is not experienced in terrorist interrogation. bret: ok. if bin laden was captured tomorrow, he would no longer be captured by the c.i.a. he would be questioned by a multi-agency unit set up by the white house called

>> yeah, dean, who would you put in that slot?ou know, unfortunately, most of the people who were obvious candidates probably would have made the same errors. one person i would like to see is sheila bair. we need someone who actually can stand up to the banks, and it's not just the conduct getting us into this mess, but i think he handled himself very poorly in trying to deal with it. >> >> you don't think he stood up to the banks? >> no, i don't think he stood up to the banks. i don't know why -- >> would you let more go under? >> seeing america outright -- he should have let them go under and goldman sachs, even though it's a bank holding company, continues to act as though it's an investment bank. basically, at the government's guarantee. i mean, this is a joke. these people are getting rich on our tax dollars. >> okay. we have to leave it there. >>> on a programming note, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we will have a special from jackson hole, the fed crisis and recovery. now, you do not want to miss it. >> definitely not. "po

you are a baby killer, howard dean. howard dean is a baby killer.ou are a baby killer. >> taken out. take him out. take him out. >> howard dean is a baby killer. >> if you would stay in the audience with the rest of the people. i know you think your special but there are hundreds of people. governor dean, if you would -- >> howard dean is a baby killer. >> as i said, i will be extremely brief because i would like to hear from you, not that i have not already. there are three problems that we have to fix. regardless of whether you work at a conservative, democrat, or liberal, or republican, we have to fix them. one is that health insurance is 70% more expensive in this country than it is in the next three most expensive countries. that is harming our economy and our business says. two, there are a large number of people in this country who have no health insurance. i don't know anybody, wherever you are in the political spectrum, that thinks that is ok. one thing i think that republicans and democrats agree with in the congress is that we need some k

governor dean, will you make five phone calls with me. it only will take five minutes. >> i don't even what's on my schedule. i'm scheduled to canvass with sisu tomorrow in pittsburgh. [applause] >> well, i really wouldn't be a good organizer if i didn't mention there are 2,000 people here. we all made phone calls that's 10,000 phone calls. so a lot of work. that's a lot of that retail politics and talking to people one-to-one. thank you so much for coming. >> thank you. it's my pleasure. thanks very much. thanks, mike. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. [applause] >> good morning. my name is chris shannon. two years ago we lost the dear -- >> we're going to leave this conference at this point to go live to the funeral service for eunice kennedy shriver. she died on tuesday after being hospitalized recently near her home on cape cod. she was 88. eunice, the sister of president john f. kennedy, best known for founding the special olympics. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> in every one of us to carry it through. i

howard dean on thetate of the health care bate. stories this week the wte house may be willing to accept a bill witho a public ption has disappoted many whoee this pvision as the key to comprehense health care rerm. also tonight we recall the life and legac of a giant in the world of televisio news, n hewitt, the creator of "60 minutes" changed the face of television when t venerable newsgazine debuted in 1968. eight years elier he broke similar grnd as the producer of the first ever televised debate between richa nix d john f. kennedy. glad youe joined us, health care with howard dea and membering don hewit coming up rig now. >> therere so many things l-mart is looking forward to doing, like helng people le beer but mostly we' looking forwarto helping build stronger communies and retionships because with your help, the bests yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly spourts avis smiley." tavis and nionwide insurance. woing to improve financial literacy and the economic powerment that comesith it. >> ♪ natiwide is on you side ♪

if not they can go back into the private sector. >> governor dean, how does this shake out?>> i think it's going to be a tough august for everybody. at the end of the day we pass it and with a public option. to put $60 billion a year into the private health insurance industry is insanity. >> mike? >> well, there is a lot of rationing in these public programs. there's a lot of concern about medicaid -- >> but you don't see this going through? >> do i see it going through? not in iz its present form. i think there will be another phase when we scale it back dramatically and try to convince them it's something more manageable in a legislative sense. >> good to have you both with us today. obviously a debate that will continue to roll on. >> thanks very much. >> thank you very much. >>> reporting the first increase in signed contracts in four years. with housing finally starting to turn around, the chairman and ceo of toll brothers gives us his tale take on the health of housing in an exclusive interview. >>> the home builders rallying after toll brothers reported the first annu

let's bring in money and policy columnist for reuters, and howard dean. thank you for joining us. james, why don't you have your say first? >> i think health care reform depends on how you define it. if if you define it as reform that is going to bring down cost, bend the curve, as they like to say, i think that's debt. i think that most democrats can hope for shoving something through reconciliation. it's going to be a truncated version. it will probably expand coverage, increase medicaid coverage, increase coverage for children, which i think is probably something governor dean would be in favor of. but that's not going to change the financial picture from medicare or how much we spend on health care. we need to do that, and we're not doing that. >> in other words, basically saying the administration needs to get some scores on the board, and needs to make it look as if something is getting through, even if it doesn't benefit anybody? >> listen. in december, obama wanted to sign something. i think he'll sign something, which will be costly and expand coverage, but leave us in th

you had howard dean making this statement today. huh a freshman democrat from colorado talking about the need for cuts to medicare and pete stark calling the moderates brain dead because they opposed the public option. it's just comedy to watch the democrats on this. bret: see where it goes. is the c.i.a. being devalued by the white house, and what is that doing for morale in the agency? the panel will discuss all this, next. my grandkids are a great reason for me to keep my bones strong but even with calcium, vitamin d, and exercise, i still got osteoporosis. i never thought i could do more than stop my bone loss. then my doctor told me i could, with once-monthly boniva. boniva works with your body to help stop and reverse bone loss. studies show, after one year on boniva, nine out of ten women stopped and reversed their bone loss. i know i did. (announcer) don't take boniva if you have low blood calcium, severe kidney disease or can't sit or stand for at least one hour. follow dosing instructions carefully. stop taking boniva and

♪strange ♪ tavis: there are bestselling authors and then there is dean koontz.ks have sold 400 milon copies in 38 lanages. there are a w works out including a work of non fiction, including "a big little life." i know you don't do this mh. you are always coherent. let me ask youthis questn, i am t a dog owner. i may get tis better. wahtis it about -- what i it about dogs that make for such good subject matter. everyeek, you look and there are 16 books listed, 3 or 4 about dogs. >> when you hink about this, is there any other specs that would risk i life to save a human being. dogs do is and frequently do this. there is something special about the bond. there islso thehing, ihate to admit this buthat i lost my dog it was harde an losing my parents or a sibli or a frnd. no matter howmuch we love them, it is a huma relationship. it is imperfect. but with a dog, i is perfect they never say anything mean to you that is the ide relationship and is a glorious, wonderful thing. tavi this ispolitically incorrectut let meay this. in th michaelick saga, nody cluding him co

dean. dr. dean, welcome back. where do we stand in your view at the white house on the public option? >> well, i thought the assessment was right. i think they are looking for wiggle room. the problem is there isn't any. the co-ops -- we tried the co-ops before and they failed. they were eaton en up by the private insurance industry. the public option is only to inject the kind of things the president wants. i think the secretary was wrong when she said it's not essential. you don't have reform without the public option. i disagree with the president. to say it's a sliver of the bill, but without a public option, you are pumping $50 billion a year into the insurance industry, and it's hardly a reform. >> is this a trial for the president? >> i don't know. this is a political season. the senate is not even in session. they need to be in session. that's when this stuff gets done. at the end of the day, i don't think the republicans are going to get a single vote for this health care reform, n

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we'll run the numbers past howard dean.he number for glenn beck meantime, 20, 20 advertisers now including walmart that now ditched him after he called the president a racist. worst persons ahead on kount. for your retirement makes sense, just stay on track. .dance you get from fidelity. thanks. stay on the line! whatever your destination, fidelity has the people, guidance, and investments to help you find your way. >>> rachel maddow violated the taboo yesterday again, that this one no one confront the opponents of health care reform about their philosophy or articulate what it really is. she did it on broadcast tv during her first appearance on "meet the press" to dick armey former house majority leader currently louse minority leader running the group freedom works which has helped stir up the ugly displays at town halls around the country designed to kill health care reform. wait. there's more. armey just having stepped down from its law firm after its pharmaceutical clients complained about the heat he was drawing, heat

dean come up. dr. dean is not a person in congress. he is not the one that is going to be butting -- a voting with but that is going to affect me, seriously. and then i saw something -- free speech is something that we all fight for. and my mom, i see my mom's social security check not being increased for the next two years. how can people not see things disappear underneath their nose? you know what? i am completely appalled with what i saw in this town hall tonight. i saw people wanting to be thrown out, i saw prescreened questions that i thought i would never see in my lifetime, from the democratic party that i was a member of for a long time that i just recently changed to republican. i am very proud of that. from what i saw on c-span tonight, it's time that they needed to-do's and -- to answer those questions and not call up another person's answer those questions for his constituents who are voting for him. thank you for taking my call and i love c-span. [no audio] >> that was our last call of the night from karen in california.

we'll be back with howard dean in just one minute. introducing the all new chevy equinox. with an epa estimated 32 miles per gallon. and up to 600 miles between fill ups. it's the most fuel efficient crossover on the highway. better than honda cr-v, toyota rav4 and even the ford escape hybrid. the all new chevy equinox. >> schieffer: and with us now from burlington, vermont, the former governor of that state, howard dean, who is also the former head of the democratic national committee and, in case you forgot, a medical doctor, though he doesn't practice anymore, his wife still does. governor, thank you for coming this morning. let's go right in to start with this public option. you have said -- you just heard what the two senators said but you have said that health care reform without this so-called public option is no reformat all. it would be worthless. why so? >> -- is no reform, at all. it would be worthless. why so? >> kent conrad is a great friend and senator but that proposal is a political compromise not a policy compromise, nobody knows what it looks like, when i

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former dnc chair howard dean responds to what sure looks like bad augers for the dems.ay on "dancing with the stars" doesn't realize the show is for has-beens right? these stories ahead. first, best persons in the world. dateline washington number three best delivered misunderstanding on how inner tubes work. dana perino mr. bush's press secretary trying to avoid the paranoia that was tried last week with the current secretary. she said imagine if it was three years ago and all of a sudden people across the country started getting e-mails from karl rove. the media would have gone ballistic and demanded answers and i would have felt obligated to give some. i think the standard should be that the obama administration should be held to the same standard. i know that if i all of a sudden started getting e-mails i would wonder how did they get my e-mail address? are you aware ms. perino of the share or e-mail this button at white house.gov the one that was there when you were press secretary and lets you e-mail something to somebody on the white house site? that's how david

it is entitled, "howard dean prescription for real health care reform brought -- "howard dean's prescription for real health care reform." he is a former physician. he was at governor who implemented a statewide health care plan that the people of vermont are very happy with. he is also chairman emeritus for the democratic party. he is going to provide a broader view of what health care reform means in real life terms for the american people. now -- man, really. -- ma'am, really. sometimes people say more about themselves than the issue when they are constantly talking. [cheers and applause] because i feel it is my responsibility to share with you how i feel and what we have been doing for the past several months, i am going to take several minutes to do that and then to address some of the inaccuracies that have been going around. i am sure that all of you have heard them. i'm going to address those and then turn it over to dr. dean. [booing] that will taken total of about half an hour. then we will take an hour and i have to hear from the audience. a three to one ratio of speaking to heari

with us now jim dean, the brother of former dnc chairman howard dean, and the childrairmf democracy for america which is sponsoring that ad you just saw. are you saying that ben nelson is in bed with the mutual of omaha and the other insurance companies out there in nebraska? are you saying he's in bed with them? you say he's taking their money. is he in bed with them? >> here is what's going on -- >> you're saying that in the ad. so just say it now, jim. what's the different if you can say it in the ad and saying it now? >> chris, this is part of a much larger campaign that we've been involved with in our million mex members of our community have been involved with. it's a campaign of letters to the editor, petitions, 150 to 200 meetings with congressional staffers. all aimed at getting citizens to take responsibility over this debate and take responsibility over this process. the democratic party is a big tent. it's a coalition party. with he no he there's some candidates -- excuse me, senators that are going to disagree with the president's plan. we support the president's plan, and

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. >> we're talking pork this day with paula dean.la is one of the great stars of the food network. a total classic. you know what? summertime, it's called grilling out. the morning edition continues. trust me, it's fun with us. 6:45. stay tuned. >>> it's 6:30 and humid but pretty nice day to start. sharyn's been keeping watch over your traffic for you. marty is over at first warning weather. >> it's a great day to start but i think coming home from work is not -- well, it's not impossible you might need an umbrella. i can see some showers around, but the big concern, let's go ahead and take a look at the day. there are going to be some thunderstorms. nothing happening out there right now but if you look northwest of pittsburgh, north- northwest of pittsburgh they are starting to see some returns. this is the day part, breaking out along the leading edge of a cold front coming our way. so from lunch and beyond through the early bed-time hours got to put the chance of a thunderstorm and an umbrella and a thunderstorm, spitting into the

one-time presidential candidate howard dean, joined jim moran to talk about the reform at south lakes high school. >> yes we can. >> no you can't! no you can't! >> demonstrators gathered outside the school. opposing groups, one side for refor. the other side against. inside the atmosphere was charged. dean, a former doctor had a hard time being heard over chanters on both sides. [ inaudible ] >> first, the cost of health care. >> i'm here because i don't want a nationalized health care system. i'm 26 years old. young, healthy. i don't think that the united states and the taxpayers of the united states should have to pay for a nationalized health care system. there is a free market solution we can enact. >> congressman moran interrupted dean to ask the protestors to settle down so everyone could hear the speech. >>> the crowd was more low key at a townhall meeting in prince george's county tonight. donna edwards held a gathering at a community center in germantown. 300 people listened as, she before asking their questions. the crowd seemed to be splilt, but heckling and chanting were k

howard dean is a baby killer! howard dean is a baby killer!rd dean is a baby killer! >> well, critics promised to disrupt the event, and the democratic national committee provided signs for the supporters. moran spent most of his time dealing with rumors about the plan. >> number seven, the passage of health care reform would mandate abortion coverage and all publicly offered options, thus making taxpayer dollars available to fund the mission. that's a myth. the fact is that abortion is not mandated in any of the legislation that's been passed by the congress. >> there is a lot of hearsay about the proposal, but you can check out the facts for yourself about the health care debate at cnn.com/robin. >>> singer chris brown has been formally sentenced for assaulting his pop star girlfriend rihanna, but a probation report reveals the couple were involved in two other domestic violence incidents before the february assault. brown will serve five years probation and do two years of manual labor like picking up trash. he is ordered to stay away from

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howard dean will lead another meeting at 7 p.m. at south lakes high school in reston. >>> a zoning dispute in poolesville is pitting neighbor against neighbor. it all started when the couple who live on the left side of a pipe stem driveway received permission from the town to open up optometry offices in their home. their neighbors, don and linda barnes say the tail part of the business, selling contact lenses is flooding the street with too many cars. >> made it clear to them i did not want their business customers coming down a driveway. it would impact the sellability of our house, increase our risk and liability to accidents, et cetera. >> reporter: the barnes say it is against zoning rules for the

dean, thank you. there are going to be a lot of discussions on this topic and i'm sure there will be a lot more. >> i was told by the producer we were supposed to shout at each other. >> you know what? you can come back, the next time i'm in town, and we'll get more aggressive for the crowd. how's that? >> thanks so much. see you soon. >> all right. gang. >> some people get sick, i probably will get sick in my lifetime, but a lot of people are getting sick because of their lifestyle. if i get in a certain amount of car accidents, guess what? my insurance gets pulled. i know that's not what everybody wants to hear, but start taking care of yourself and eat better. if you take better care of yourselves -- >> you have to have incentive. the whole thing is built on incentives. the one trade that stills comes to me is generic drugs. i look at the profits, and i see this company and all they do is go higher, and they continue to grow. right now 85% of their revenues come from north america and europe. they'

i have no interest in doing it. >> larry: we are now connected with governor dean. you can see a lot of this occurring across the country and comparing the president to hitler and conceptions like that. how did it get to this, howard? >> look, i think this is very complicated. and do you want to talk about this or talk about health care? i'm happy to talk about this -- >> larry: i do, but health care has come under this kind of concept. bi health care, larry. with health care. this is a group of very angry frustrated people well organized. this kind of anger politics has been going on for 30 years. look, we've had a huge shift in this country as a result of this past election. for the first time, more than -- more people under the age of 35 voted than over the age of 65, and there are a lot of people who are kind of feeling adrift, they're in a big recession they didn't cause and they're angry about that. this is a much bigger deal than health care, this mass anger and didn't have to do with health care. >> larry: have you been listening. i know we had a bad connect

dean's prescription for real health care reform."hank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> we just heard senator kennedy saying he hoped the old gridlock would be remove and that health care would be provide for everyone. we are seeing just that, the same gridlock he saw since the late '60s as he started the fight for health care reform. >> well, i don't think we are seeing gridlock. we're seeing a tremendous fight going on, but so far this bill has been through four out of the five committees it needs to go through. i think it's pretty evident at this point that the democrats are going to deliver health care one way or the other and if the republicans don't wish to be helpful, we can do it by ourselves. we have the votes do it. we had a huge mandate in the last election, very big majorities in both houses a democratic president who kept his word to senator kennedy and did put this at the top of his agenda. so i think this is a pretty big day. it's a sad day for america and the kind of day that ted kennedy would want us to have, a da