. >> i'm donny deutsch. >>> veteran senator chris dodd, a key player in the health care negotiations, just announced a short time ago that he has early stage prostate cancer. the democrat from connecticut says he'll have surgery during the august recess and will be back to work, he says, in no time. >> i feel fine, i'm going to be fine. we caught this early, and i look forward to getting back out on the trail and doing my job on behalf of the people. >> and we're going to have nbc's kelly o'donnell here to talk about mr. dodd's situation. and also how this all affects the health kay debatcare debate >> he's going to be fine and he's going to use this as a platform. we have kelly now. tamron and i were just talking about the prognosis for him is very good. they caught it early. he's going to take advantage of this to point out that a lot of americans don't have the kind of health care that he has that would have caught this. >> reporter: we saw that already, donny and tamron. what he did is he acknowledged to us he's known about this for a while, and he was quick to say that as a membe

. >> and i'm donny deutsch. >> just one hour to go before a beer outside the white house.ecretary robert gibbs says it will be an informal event for the men to talk about what escalated into a national debate on race. also traveling to d.c. gates' and crowley's attorneys as well as family members. moments ago we got this tape of crowley speaking at the airport after arriving in washington. >> very thankful to the men and women of the cambridge police department and police officers from all over the country who have shown their support to me. also thankful to the local police that have provided protection to my family, but right now i just want to get back to work, get back to doing what it is i do, and get back to being a dad to my three children. >> someone who was not invited, lucia whalen, the woman who called 11. her attorney says she's the only person involved who acted responsibly. nbc's savannah guthrie joins us live outside the white house with more details on this informal but i mean very important topically event that's happening at the white house. savannah? >>

. >> i'm donnie deutsche, david shuster has the day off. big picture at this hour. is the recession really over as "newsweek" proudly proclaims on its current cover? the closing bell just rang, and stocks shed a little today. the dow fell just a tad. that's after climbing 39% since hitting a 12-year low in march. >> there was also fresh evidence that the housing sector may be starting to recover. sales of new homes soared 11% in june. it's the third straight monthly increase. >> declaring the great recession is over, "newsweek" cited improving home sales, also the stock market rally. of that fueled by figures showing the economy is expanding at a 2.5% annual rate in the current quarter. it also credited improving earnings from big companies. joining us now, the one, the only, cnbc's jim cramer. thank you. i know you're busy, crazy. i'm reading the recession is over, but every ceo of every major company i talk to is frieden frie frightened. the earnings, anybody can cut costs. this is a different kind of are he session. we're coming out of a credit bust. are happy da

. >> i'm donny deutsch. a full hour on mattress dominos today. >> not this show. have the palin chronicles and what might be the former alaska governor's next big move. turns out she could be preparing for a career as some suspected as a radio star. the journal inside radio reports palin's reps have been quietly testing the water to see how much interest radio syndicators have for her. america sees her in a different role. in a fox news poll, most people say the best job would be "homemaker." in second place, 17% say she would make a good television talk show host. 14% say she should be vice president of the united states, 10% say college professor and 6% saying former governor palin should be the next president. chief white house correspondent chuck todd joins us. you could probably do a psychological study on what people mean by homemaker. the last on the list president, how big of a blow is that if she is planning for a bid for the white house? >> i think that's been part of the problem she's had to deal with since resigning the job, right? this was her big exp

. >> i'm donny deutsche in for mr. schuster. >> day two. >> didn't fire me yet. >>> breaking news in "the big picture," the focus on michael jackson's personal doctor intensifies. federal authorities conducted two separate searches just today, all involving dr. conrad murray. dea agents searched murray's las vegas home as part of a manslaughter investigation into michael jackson's death. at the very same time, several police cars pulled up into dr. murray's las vegas medical office. last week authorities searched that same office searching documents and computer files. we've learned that dr. murray gave jackson propofol on the very day he died. we're getting in details about how the troubled singer was living inside the los angeles mansion he was renting before his death. a law enforcement official tells the ap jackson's bedroom was stifling hot with the heating system cranked up. handwritten notes were stuck on the walls including one that read, quote, children are innocent." jeff rossen joins us live from burbank. we

>> earlier in tis broadcast, donny deutsch came on and said that -- wel some pretty interestin thingsas the recognition for michael jackso gone overboard? are there any in los angeles th think that this is overkill to an extent that mayb this has all gone t far? yeah, i think there's a certain degree in the cmmunity who thin you kno has this ju gone too far? i think there's always -- the death o a very well known person, loved b the cmunity. in the aftermath, there's oft a real outpouring of love for th person. yoknow, that's understandable. we may now see some pulling back and more analytical approach to what happened here. but in the shortterm, there are a certn degreof people who are kind of shocked at the adulation that he's receed. >> fro"the l.a.imes oirksz rid wynton with us here on "the ed show." >>> coming up, wha the sucss of michael jackson mea for black americans. you're watching "the ed show" ghhere on msnbc. stay with us. ♪ ieen my baby it roller coasas♪ ♪ and as you can sesee kinda bites! ♪ ♪ so sisingheyrics with me: ♪ when your debgoes up your score gs wn ♪ ♪ when you

. >> i'm donny deutsche to fill the big shoes here. >> the big picture. just three hours to go until the heavily much anticipated beer summit at the white house. president obama, henry louis gates and jim crowley. the three men at the national firestorm over race will finally sit down at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. that is show thyme, you might say. the president convened the summit after calling both men last week trying to defuse what became a tense situation and escalated into a national discussion after the white police sergeant arrested the prominent black harvard professor, but there has been one change of plans. the meeting will no longer take place at a picnic table outside the oval office, instead at a table in the more beautiful rose garden. the white house press secretary just spoke about tonight's big meeting. >> i think many people would have hardly imagined something like this happening this time last week. i think that kind of dialogue is what has to happen at every level of -- every level of our society if we are going to make progress on issu

i'm donny deutsch. >> i'm tamron hall live in new york. the big picture at this hour.ome major u.s. cities are getting left out as the government hands out $1 billion in stimulus money to help keep police officers on the job. vice president joe biden went to philadelphia today to announce the grant. it's part of the $787 billion stimulus package passed earlier this year. the major cities not getting money, new york, houston, seattle, and pittsburgh. and new york city mayor michael bloomberg says he's disappointed to put it mildly, and, quote, to punish our police department because they have driven down crime with fewer resources. says the backwards incentive system that is sometimes at work in washington. the justice department decided about 1,000 places needed the money more. >> okay. now the bigger picture, the affect on city that is won't be getting money to help keep police officers. as we said, one of them was pittsburgh. it was the scene of a deadly confrontation a few months ago between a man and police officers. three police officers were killed and a quiet st

i'm going to be asking donny deutsche why the president reframed the debate. he's lost so much momentum. i'm going to ask mark halperin why he believes it's passable anyway. >> is it? >> it is. you seem quite confident the president is going to get what he wants even if the american people don't want it. >> only compared to you. >> okay. i don't know what that means. now here is mika with the news. >> time to look at today's top stories. administration officials say they will not meet today's self-imposed deadline to complete reports reviewing america's interrogation and detention policies. much of that delay focuses on dozens of detainees at guantanamo bay, many of whom are considered too dangerous for relief yet too difficult to try in military or civilian court. the white house is committed to closing the facility by january. >>> meanwhile, president obama is speaking out about private bergdahl, the american taken hostage by forces in afghanistan. it comes in an interview with meredith vierra. >> it's always heartbreaking. our young men and women serving in

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. >> i'm donny deutsch. mr. schuster has the week off. >> we'll see how this works out.aki speaking of race shlly motivated, we'll hear the call that led to the the professor's arrest. the woman called to report a possible break-in, but we are now learning from the tape, she never mentions the race of the men. she talks about what an older woman standing next to her saw. >> she had noticed two gentlemen trying to get in the house at that number and they kind of had to barge in and they broke the screen door and finally got in. i went further to the house, after they were in the house. i noticed two suitcases, so i'm not sure if they actually work there, or i mean live there. i don't know because i have no idea. >> you think the possibility may have been there. they kicked the door? >> they were pushing the door in, like the screen part of the front door was -- like cut. they, i didn't see or hear anything because i was away from the door, but i did notice -- >> what did that have to do with anything? >> i don't know. i'm just saying that's what i saw. >> and there will b

. >> i'm donny deutsch. >> a big shocker for so many people. chris dodd just announced that he's been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer and is scheduled to have surgery during this august recess. >> i feel fine. i'm going to be fine. we caught this early and look forward to getting back out on the trail and doing my job. >> jonathan allen, good to see you. obviously, our hearts go out to senator dodd, his wife and their young daughters. the personal life aside, you heard senator dodd make the point that he's lucky that he has a health care our lawmakers have and wants to give that to the american people. >> he's got an opportunity to use something from his own life to make an argument he was already making, that lawmakers have been making about the kind of care that congress gets and how that compares to the public. it's a little bit of a comparison. obviously, there's not an attending physician in everyone's house, but the point remains the same. he's got good health care. he got a screening apparently and found this, not because of a

. >>> i'm donny deutsche. >> right now president obama headed to bristol, virginia.ing his second town hall meeting of the day. >> enough town halls. enough. dude, listen to me, it's not the way to do it. >> he's trying to reassure people who already have insurance. he's highlighting eight protections that consumers will get from insurance reform. >> which is good because he'll say we'll stop here. >> no discrimination for pre-existing conditions. insurance companies will not be allowed to refuse coverage because of medical history. no exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses. they have capped how much they will charge for out-of-pocket expenses. insurance companies must fully cover regular checkups and tests that help you proventilness. no dropping koj for serious illness and no gender discrimination. >> whether or not you have health insurance right now, the reforms we seek will bring stability and security that you don't have today. reforms that will become more and more with each passing year. >> kathleen sebelius, madam secretary, thank you for joining us. >> good to b

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. >> i'm donny deutsch and i'm going to whisper in your ear likedy earlier. >> up next, chris matthews "hardball." . >>> bend it like beck? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, suspicious minds. did you hear? obama pals around with terrorists? obama's not an american. did you hear? this one's the best just in from glen beck. obama's a racist. he hates white people. like his mother and his grandparents who helped raise him and all the people who voted for him? got you. the worst part is that people are getting paid to say this stuff. saying the whole thing was illegitimate. who holds a deep seated hatred for white people. that's also from glen beck. that's what we're starting with tonight. back to the real stuff of politics what, most americans think. we've got the latest from the new nbc news "wall street journal" poll out tonight. the headline, the president's health care blan is losing ground and so are the democrats at least from where they were in inaugural season. chuck todd and political analyst charlie cook will go throu

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. >> i'm donny deutsch. schuster is back monday. >>> lunatic fringe. let's play "hardball." >>> leading off tonight, well, good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight lunar watch a republican leader in congress put out word today that i am responsible for the weird word that president obama is from another country. actually, and we need to use that word more often these days, actually a new poll shows that a majority of republicans, nearly 6 in 10 now, either believe the president was born elsewhere than in the united states or are, quote, not sure about this. yes, this is a problem for the republicans. it's also a problem that while only 1 in 10 americans give any real creedence to this strange claim, the main source of this barack is a foreigner notion can be traced to one part of the country, the south. the rest of the country, north, west, midwest, thinks it's beneath any at the consideration. what does this say? why the south? why do so many southerners polled say they're not sure or say barack obama was definitely born out

. >> i'm donny deutsch. "hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >> you were great. >>> sarah palin declares war. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in new york. leading off tonight, the long good-bye. we don't know what sarah palin's going to do the next couple of years, but if yesterday's any indication, she's not going to hold her tongue. as we know, palin insists she's quitting her job so she can better fight for alaska. and in her good-bye speech yesterday, she took on -- well, she took off after what she called partisan operatives, hollywood starlets, and most of all, the media. >> democracy depends on you, and that is why, that's why our troops are willing to die for you. so how about in honor of the american soldier, you quit making things up. >> well, look at what's next for sarah palin in just a minute. >>> plus, this bud's for you. we now know that president obama, henry louis gates, and sergeant james crowley will meet at the white house for one of the most celebr

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donny deutsch. not from al america. >> and if you can be on the beachnd the bay l at the same time who doesn't want to do that. >> on radio today, we will talk about sah palin and michael jackson. >> and eah, michael jackson, our good friend, the congressman from queens. he did a littledancing. >> ladies angentlemen,we now present to you, t great dylan. >>> goodmoing, put on your pants,he meeting starts now. a busy ek squares up here. we will stt with sarah palin dropping a bombshell beforehe fourth of july holiday. why? we will talk abouarah palin and thgop. >>> president obama meeting with russian leadeas we speak here toy, including their former presidt and now prime minister, vladimir putin. he is the man thateduced freem of the press and all that. you thk we have problems with rus for capitalism. and it's called stealing there. >>> and we are talking about michael jackson. and his family is questioning his will. why are the california taxpers paying for his funeral we will have tt conveation. i