right now, it's time for the ed show, with ed schultz. >> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." good evening, americans, live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc, good to be back after a week's vacation. tonight, it's an uprising, angry old white folks are storming into town halls all across america, spewing lies about health care reform. let me sed the record straight early on, these folks, think they're dumber than joe the plumber. and i'll tell you what i think we ought to do about combatting their misguided passionth and i'll go head to head with one of their leaders. pack in a few moments. thank god, everybody isn't drinking the cool-aid, in portland, oregon, man, was the crowd fired up for what, you got it, single-payer. and while millions of you are struggling to pay and scrape by and get your health care bills paid for, the ceo of united health care, this guy is raking in millions of dollars. award-winning film-maker will be joining me to blow the top off this story. and she never fails us -- sarah, barracuda palin. she strikes again. first she screams

that's "the ed show." i'm ed schulz. or check out we've got ed.com. chris matthews coming up next on msnbc with "hardball." we're back tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. right here on "the ed show." have a great one. >>> bombshell. let's play "hardball." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in new york. leading off tonight. suspicions confirmed. for a long time critics of former president bush suspected his administration politicized our national security for political gain. now they have what appears to be proof. tom ridge, who served as bush's first secretary of homeland security, says in a new book that he was pressured by top bush administration officials, including secretary donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft, to raise the terror threat level from yellow to orange the weekend before the 2004 re-election election. re-election of the presidency for president bush that is. in other words, the bush team tried to manipulate hype, if you will, the terror alert level to invite panic and win votes right before his re-elec

right now it's teem for "the ed show." >>> i'm ed schultz, this is "the ed show. good evening americans, live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show." what would jesus do while americans are vocal at town hall meetings, i find it very interesting that christian leaders are silent when it comes to the public option of health care in this country. i'm calling on christian leaders to step up and speak out, two passionate men of the cloth will join me. >>> dick cheney back in the news. he says the statue of limitations has expired on many of his white house secrets. it turns out there was some love lost when bush stopped listening to shooter. >>> sarah palin's doubling down on her death panel scare tactic, accusing the president of misleading you when it comes to end of life care. at the bottom of the hour, the congressman who proposed that very passage in the house bill joins me to separate fact from fiction. >>> also tonight, nbc news has obtained exclusive video of the tragic plane crash over the hudson river last saturday. you'll see it here first tonight on

right now time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >> i'm ed schultz. 6 this is "the ed show." good evening, americans. live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show." i want to see the president get hands on the cia prisoner abuse scand scandal. in president, now is not the time to cower to those folks. we're loaded up on the story with two top judiciary committee members. join me in just a moment. >>> plus, guess who is moving into the neighborhood? moammar gadhafi. residents in engelwood, new jersey, not happy who comes to dinner. we'll have the neighbor at the back of the hour to tell us what he really thinks. >>> and rnc chairman michael seale lands in psycho talk again. wait until you see what he back flipped on this time. medicare it will give you whiplash. be prepared. get your cell phones ready for tonight's text phone survey. but tonight, first, op-ed. all right, the details in this newly released cia report flat out disgusting. threatening to kill someone's children or sexually assault their mother, absolutely despicable. it doesn't matter if it was done to suspec

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." good evening, americans. live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. the president headed to the granite state, and i think he hit it out of the park on the key issues today. the death panel, taxes and public option. this guy is on the offense when it comes to the righty whack job scare tactics. basically reassuring you and me, americans, that he does have a plan for health care reform. new hampshire senator gene shaheen got a shoutout from the president today and she will join us in just a moment. >>> senators specter and mccaskill faced i think the dumber than joe the plumber crowds at their town halls. folks, these crazies are getting wilder by the minute. madam secretary. the african heat might be getting to hillary clinton. she blew a gasket when she was asked about bill clinton down in the congo. i'll show you what really got her really riled up and i'll tell you what i thought of that tantrum. >>> general motors is on a roll. the chevy vault is now on track to g

>> yeah, i think that's absolutely right, ed.tand for something you'll fall for anything. and i think the president is in danger of not really standing for what he believes in on health care. i think deep down he believes in the public option. he believes that's the only way to contain costs and to cover all americans. but now he's got to do the unpleasant thing. he's got to show the guts to fight for it. even at the risk of lose something support. some republican support. even some support in his own party. i mean, he got elected, the democrats got elected for a reason. they won the presidency. they won the senate. they won the house. you know, they believe that government is not evil, that it can be used for good. well, now is the time to show it. now, if he doesn't show it now i don't think he's going to get a chance to show it in the next three years. >> some of these numbers in this nbc poll are troubling for the white house i think. half the country's believed in four major lies. what do you think the president has to do ri

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." good evening, americans. live from 30 rock in new york it's "the ed show" on msnbc. tonight the president's in big sky country selling his health care plan. he was all hat and plenty of cattle. the governor of montana will join me in just a moment. plus, the dumber than joe the plumber crazies are ratcheting up the madness. congressman adam schiff, he drew a crowd of 3,000 people to his town hall. he'll join me to talk about it at the bottom of the hour, what he ran into. >>> the newster's got a six-point battle plan for caribou barbie. newt, i got one for you too, number seven. sarah, stop lying to people about how the death panel's going to be wiping out the senior citizen population in america. stephen a. smith is in the houston night. the national football league and the philadelphia eagles a have decided to give michael vick a second chance. are you ready to give michael vick a second chance? get your cell phones out right now and text "a" for yes and "b" for no to 622639. we'll

. >>> i'm ed schultz. this is a special edition of "the ed show."t this hour the body of senator ted kennedy is being moved in preparation for tonight's wake. the public viewing ended a short time ago. tens of thousands of people have walked through the jfk library to pay their respects to the senator. people lined up in the parking lot before dawn this morning for a chance to honor this man. many of the visitors were personally thanked by the senator's widow, vicki kennedy, kennedy's children and other members of the family. tonight starting at 7:00 p.m. a memorial service will be held to celebrate the senator's life and the work that he did. vice president joe biden, caroline kennedy will be among the speakers along with senators john kerry, chris dodd, john mccain, and orrin hatch. joining me now from the jfk library is nbc's kelly o'donnell. kelly, it has been very heartwarming to see the outpouring of love and support for the kennedy family through all of this the last day. >> it really has, ed. we've heard both from members of the kennedy fami

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." good evening, americans, welcome to the ed show tonight. i'm ed schultz, at this hour, doors of the kennedy library are about to open, open where the lion will lie in repose, where thousands of people will file through to pay their respects to ted kennedy. one man that senator kennedy really relied upon is senator chris dodd and he'll join in me just a moment. and we must not forget that ted does a hero to the working folk of america, the former secretary of labor robert rische will talk about the future ted kennedy's work. plus, we're going to hear a personal story tonight of a woman's crusade to change the insurance industry. she lost her husband to cancer, and in the end, he said fighting united health care was tougher than fighting his disease. i'll have my op-ed in just a moment. but first, senator chris dodd called ted kennedy his best friend, they served together in the senate for nearly three decades, senator dodd was the man ted kennedy chose to take the reins of his committe

ed is not deceiving me. ed is not pulling the wool over my eyes.stly, if there was problems on the home front, or if there's an issue, i am not going to deal with it in this matter, with, like, tabloids and rumors. i have learned from various seasons of "the bachelor," and "the bachelorette" and people in the media, i'm not addressing anything in the media. i'll say, for anybody out there that does care about this, which i don't know why because there's so many things in the world to care about, that this is the last time i'm talking about this. this is a waste of all of our time. it's hilarious. but ed and i don't understand where any of this is coming from. i'm not talking about this ever again after today. >> as i said, we appreciate you being here to clear up these rumors. ed, when something like this happens, you wonder, how real are these shows? how much of this is scripted? i mean, can you really fall in love like this? >> i certainly know that it's, in fact, not scripted at all. and it's very much real. you know, i think people are dealing

right now it's time for the "ed shultz show" with ed shultz. >> i'm ed shultz. this is the "ed show." good evening, americans. live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. tonight, believe it or not, it's democrats versus democrats in the heartland over health care. a key ally in the fight joins me in just a moment. also, ohio senator sharrod brown just wrapped up a huge town hall. he'll tell us if the dumber than joe the plumber crazies showed up and are they really going to stop real reform in this country. and a ron paul supporter showed up at a new hampshire rally with a loaded gun. the congressman will join us and give his take however people will go in this live free or die motto. the atf says the only thing a new movement is lacking is a spark. we'll show you the dangers and who these folks are and where they are. plus karl rove firing squad? ah-ha. new evidence reveals that the turd blossom himself was a driving force in the politically driven motivation of a u.s. attorney and eight others. we'll explain how the house judiciary committee i

>> ed, we do not know what the funeral plans are.hope to get that information later today or perhaps as late as tomorrow. we can tell you this morning, we have seen a roman catholic priest drive into the compound. we have seen other various people go into the compound this morning, but we have not seen any family members that we recognize. we do understand that last evening, as the senator's health deteriorated, his extended family gathered here at the family compound at his -- his house which was rose and joe, his parents' house and that when he died, he was surrounded by his immediate family. of course, his wife vicki and his son teddy jr. and daughter kara and his son patrick who is a congressman, along with two step-children curran and caroline. eye an hyannisport is forever change. the kennedys have been a presence here for at least six decades enanne they truly put hyannisport on the map. now, not everybody here in hyannisport which is only a small community of 130 homes might agree with senator kennedy politically but there wa

iechlt i have no idea what tom told the president, ed. i hope he didn't suggest that we compromise because listening to the beginning of your show, i completely agree with you. this thing doesn't work unless we have a public option. any more than the military care of veterans works without the federal government taking on the responsibility to make sure that every veteran gets medical care that we need. same thing with medicare. it wouldn't have worked if we had come up with some kind of nonprofit cooperative based upon seniors getting together and pooling their resources. when something is important enough, the american people need to get together, get the resources of their government in there and do it right. and that's what the public option is all about so people have a choice to get quality, affordable health care. and without the public option, i don't think they have that choice. and they're not going to get the kind of quality they deserve. >> we're on the same page undoubtedly. backing to this meeting about daschle today. when h

let's hear about ed shultz today. roll what ed shultz had to say today. are you familiar? >> yes, i am. >> actually, he said it tuesday. >> sometimes i think they want obama to get shot. i do. i really think that there are conservative broadcasters in this country who would love to see obama taken out. they fear socialism. they fear marxism. they feel the united states of america won't be the united states of america anymore. >> i don't totally agree with everything that ed said. i'm not as far to the left as ed is. >> no. but you are an ideologue. >> i am not. >> you are pursuing an agenda. >> absolutely not. >> you're upset because i'm expressing my opinion. >> i think ed shultz put his finger on something that is important. day in and day out. >> finger on something important? >> there are people, lou, i don't want to call any names, but there are broadcasters out there saying day after day after day that white house is preparing is concentration camps. that there are death panels s. >> if anyone is saying that, we should be saying their names. >> who are they? >> micha

that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz.ormation on the ed show go to ed.msnbc.com or wegoted.com. we'll have more with our panel tomorrow night as we do every night. "hardball with chris matthews" starts right now on msnbc. i'm chris matthews in washington. >>> to be or not to be. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, death to the public option. is it dead? over the weekend president obama said the public option, quote, is not the entirety of health care reform. he had two of his lieutenants, his secretary of health and his press spokesperson, both imply it was dead. then he wrote a 1,200 word op-ed piece for the "new york times" and never once mentioned the words "public option." senator kent conrad said instead there aren't enough votes in the senate for the public option to pass. so what happens now? senate republicans won't vote for a plan with a public option. will enough house democrats vote for one without one? that's the to be or not to be question right now.

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed shultz. >>> a great american, ted kennedy. the lion is gone but the fight lives on. remembering ted kennedy. >>> tonight, i'm going to take the liberty to speak to millions of liberals across america. it's been a sad day in america. we lost our man, senator ted kennedy. lost his battle with brain cancer overnight at the age of 77. every time he was on my radio show, i referred to him as the gladiator. he loved that. he was the gladiator for the people. a fighter, a believer. he fought for labor, for worker's rights, civil rights, human rights and social justice. kennedy was the gold standard when it came to fighting for the working folk of america and he left a huge footprint in this country. he was a champion of the cause, an unselfish man who gave so much to the united states of america. but i will remember him as a fighter. now, there's a lot of talk today about his ability to cross the aisle, his bipartisanship, his work, his friendships but he never compromised his principles. he fought for them passionately. if ted kenne

kids had come running out and said someone had shot ed thomas. >> ed -- okay. >> i remember 8:07 on mynd my mom told me -- she just said, aaron, your dad has been shot. someone shot your dead. i said what? >> ed thomas was 58. mark becker was quickly arrested and charged with first degree murder. trial has been scheduled for september 15 when he will claim insanity and/or diminished capacity. becker had played for thomas, as had his father dave and two brothers including scott who started as a junior for the falcons last season. attending the same church, the thomases and beckers had been family friends for more than 30 years. what difficulty is there in accepting the way it happened? >> if i did not have faith, i have no idea how a person would accept this or get through this. it's not for me to know god's plan. i just have to trust an believe that a lot of good is going to come out of this terrible situation. >> the service was close to camera -- closed to cameras. but pastor brad zinnecker remembers the words spoken by his oldest son, aaron. >> he gets up and he gives this passionat

her son ed locascio, jr.heir marriage quits for years. >> she cried a lot about it. but afterward i think she knew it was for the better. >> reporter: but once the garage doors closed, maggie locascio only had a few minutes of life remaining. homicide detective john butchko found a disturbing crime scene when he arrived at 2806 granada. >> reporter: there was an alarm that sounded, which indicated that the victim was in the house with the alarm on. it was a very bloody violent scene. there were bloody footprints into a kitchen and bloody fingerprints on a wall. >> reporter: maggie lay dead on the kitchen floor. she'd been bludgeoned in the head, an awful wound, then stabbed, kicked, even choked by her killer. >> there was indication that the victim resisted, that she fought back. >> reporter: so it could have been a home intruder at that point? >> yes, it could have been. however, there seemed to be more to it than that. >> reporter: an icon of the cruelty of this murder, a barometer of the rage in that kitch

ed shultz, i'll turn to you first. former college quarterback yourself, former sports director, sports junky. what did you make of this? impressed, surprised, expected? >> well, first of all, he has people of the utmost character and integrity around him. tony dungy is the gentleman of the national football league. andy reid, tremendous football coach, has managed a lot of personalities and dealt with a lot of situations in his career. what was so interesting about that is that was the most we've heard from michael vick in more than two years. in fact, he's not known for giving long press conferences and going on. he was not repetitive. he is well thought out. and i believe he is rendering a true heart here that he wants to be a part of the solution and not the problem and part of rehabilitation, the american people have to realize is getting a job. this is no great reward for michael vick. this is what he does for a living. and he believes in a second chance and i thought a key statement was he realized that there are

ed baig gave us his reaction. >> an interesting idea. one of those things that comes out of the why didn't i think about that before category. now, there are some issues here. if you had this second screen on all the time it could drain the battery. and how do you frame this to this where there's a lot more in the background? so there's some things that need to be worked out. >> both cameras are due out next month and start at about $300 and you can read ed's weekly

we'll break it down with donna brazile and ed gillespie. "state of the union" sound of sunday for august 9th. >> a dramatic statement this sunday from the senate's number two democrat, president obama says the so-called public insurance option is essential to health care reform. dick durbin tells us that if the votes are not there, democrats might have to at least temporarily scale back their goals. >> i support a public option, but yes i am open. just understand that after we pass this bill, and i hope we do in the senate, it will go to conference committee, we'll have a chance to work out all of our differences. so we'll see how this ends, but i don't want the process to be filibustered to failure. >> some democrats report town halls back home are being disrupted, but the senate's top republicans says those complaints are proof to him that democrats are nervous. >> to demonize citizens who are energetic about this strikes me as demonstrating a kind of weakness in your position. in other words, you want to change the subject. you'd rather

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed shultz. >>> a great american, ted kennedy. the lion is gone but the fight lives on. remembering ted kennedy. >>> tonight, i'm going to take the liberty to speak to millions of liberals across america. it's been a sad day in america. we lost our man, senator ted kennedy. lost his battle with brain cancer overnight at the age of 77. every time he was on my radio show, i referred to him as the gladiator. he loved that. he was the gladiator for the people. a fighter, a believer. he fought for labor, for worker's rights, civil rights, human rights and social justice. kennedy was the gold standard

ed henry, what's going on? >> the motorcade literally just arrived behind me, this is some of the press and pool with the president coming n he had been at yellowstone national park earlier with his family. they got a look at old faithful. he bought his daughter some ice cream cones, a little bit of vacation, but as you know, official business follows this president everywhere, of course, all around the world and issue number one for him is obviously health care. here in colorado, an issue affecting so many people as it does in states all around the country. the president is going to be early. we expect him to start in just a few moments. then he's going to take questions for about an hour from people here, some of the tickets were issued randomly online for people who wanted to sign up. other tickets given out by the white house itself to local officials, community leaders and the like. so there will be a mix of president supporters, some of his opponents as well. as we saw yesterday in montana, he got one ver

ed, i want to start you. president obama has an op-ed today. loud voices have ground some basic facts object our plan. a loud plan is por porting something that's not factually correct about death pams. does it bother you when they say things like that when it's not factual? >> it bothers me. i think governor palin knew what exactly she was doing in jarring this debate. there are concerns about the medicaid deductions. about the ratcheting of care. i think we have toe to be thoughtful. i i think that's true of sarah palin. i think it's true of the top two democrats in the house, who referred to the actions of people going to meetings as unamerican. i think health care is a very important issue. we ought to focus on the facts of this debate and let people come to their own conclusions. >> but you agree there are no death panels. >> i agree that characterizing the panels that are in there, in terms of determining how to make spending decisions on care, that there's a legitimate concern about those, i agree that they shouldn't be characterized as

let's return now to ed henry. ed, the kennedys really are regarded pretty much as royalty. they're almost regarded as a royal family within the united states. what will be the national reaction to his passing, do you think? >> reporter: oh, i think you're going to see several days of mourning in the united states. i think there has already been talk about the senator lying in state in the united states capitol. the united states he would be at the kennedy presidential library as well in massachusetts. i think all those plans obviously are being worked out by the family. people close to the family say they have been planning this for some time, unfortunately, because of the tragic nature of the malignant brain tumor and how they've been trying to come to grips with this in recent months. i think you're going to see several days of mourning in the united states because i think there are going to be a lot of people who want to pay their respects to senator kennedy because as you've been noting, as john king was noting, this is the end of an era. there are going to be people, m

for a deep clean feeling, deep cleansers from olay. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." i got a little heated last night. here we are, night number two. our passionate and honest debate, let's talk money if we can tonight. because if there's one thing the obama administration has not done is completely detail how they want to pay for any kind of reform that they're doing. the president has said revenue now? central, not going to add to the dpef sit. the math that i'm doing, i don't know how they can do it without a tax increase. let me ask you, what would be wrong with repealing the bush tax cuts and getting that money back from the top 2%. why would you would be against that? >> because i want people to continue to have jobs. in fact, right now one of the things holding back the economy is knowing the bush tax cuts are going to expire. so people know there's an automatic tax increase already coming up in the next year or two. and so they're already holding back. >> so you think people aren't out creating jobs because they think the bush tax krut kuts are going to be rep

ed lavandera reporting for our sister network, cnn. ed, thanks for the insights.good talking to you. >>> coming up, lots of new angles in the case of the murdered swimsuit model, jasmine fiore. her car is found, the white mercedes. we want to know, was it a crime scene? was she murdered inside that vehicle? and we're also going to hear from the ex-fiancee of ryan jenkins. did she have any inkling he was capable of this? but is there a faster way to find relief? try new and improved elations. this delicious, once-a-day joint supplement drink is clinically proven to improve joint comfort in as little as six days. elations contains effective levels of glucosamine and chondroitin and it's more absorbable than supplement pills. in fact, some reported improved flexibility in as little as three days. improve your joint comfort with a fast alternative. try elations today. brand power. helping you buy better. >>> welcome back to "prime news" on hln. a press conference just started a few moments ago about the girl missing for 18 years. jaycee dugard. abducted as she walked

. >> oliver: three years after ed arrived at boot camp, 18-year-old ed martin from tippen, ohio triedin the army. >> the army recruiter wasn't there and one of the marines, the marines recruiter wasn't there and the navy chief said, hey. >> oliver: step in here. >> i joined the navy. >> oliver: had you heard of vietnam? >> i had heard of it when i was in high school, but it was just another country. >> oliver: just another country? vietnam's dense jungles, cloud-draped mountains and waterlogged rice paddies are much like its history, complex and dangerous. >> the vietnamese are want to go spread the french out. >> oliver: he's a professor of history at clemson university. >> in the mid 19th century, catholic missionaries were being persecuted in vietnam and in china and this issue was a part of what brought france into involvement in both vietnam and china. >> oliver: the french colony of indoe china included vietnam, laos and cambodia. thousands of french migrated to asia in search of wealth, made second class citizen nz their own country, the vietnamese resisted french occupation wi

i mean, ed cannot hold his liquor. can he?really funny, through this process and i tried to explain it to people. you take your entire relationship with somebody and you condense it into point one. you get all that person in two months or one week or whatever time they're on the show. but with him i was only seeing this like serious, very business oriented guy. i like to have a lot of fun and i like to drink beer a lot. and i want to make sure that my guy can -- maybe not handle his beer, but he's fun. >> and ed can't? >> he can't handle his beer, but he's funny. there's a lot of the things that the guys could have done that night to impress me, because i was stressed out then. i don't know all this whole process, and then i tried to get serious with him and then he was doing the whole too many words in my face. and i was laughing all night. that guy would be fun to have at your wedding, right? >> yeah, maybe. i guess so. [ laughter ] as long as he wasn't the groom i guess it would be fun. >> come on. >> so i want to ask about

>> i have to agree with you tonight, ed, this rhetoric about the death panels is real ly overblown and not accurate. i agree, they should have read all 1,000 pages of it as well. if they're opposing it, i want them to have read it. look, i'm all for, you know, folks going and talking to a doct doctor, an attorney, whoever, and making these decisions before they reach the point where their children and spouses have to make the decision, very difficult decisions. my parents have made those decisions, my husband has made those decisions, i think it's very important. i think the real -- i think the obama administration has really dropped the ball, though, on the messaging on this. >> i think they've got to get tough, i don't think there's any doubt about that. todd webster, you were with tom daschle, there was always rumors about tom, they were trying to vilify him for years, it finally got him out of office. we just had a congressman say that grassley is lying. when does the white house start talking like that? when does the white house take off the gloves and forget this bipartisan stuff

i'm ed gordon. at the dawn of barack obama's presidency, the dynamic relationship between black america and the political powers that be is flipped on its head. it became even more important to lobbies for better jobs, housing and education. the new report, the state of black america 2009, message to the president, pinpoints these critical issues and offers recommendations. national urban league ceo marc morial is inspired by the administration's vision, but does not discount the amount of work that still needs to be done. today, we'll look at key issues from the report and see what the future holds. joining us are william julius wilson, professor at harvard university and the author of the new book, "more than just race: being black and poor in the inner city," warren valentine, attorney, author and nationally syndicated radio host, and finally, terrence samuel, deputy editor for "the root," a subsidiary of the "washington post." >> the state of black america is that these are the best of times and

show" with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz.rom 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. i'm lawrence o'donnell in for ed shuts this week who is gone fishing. >>> mix right-wing friends with the internet, stir it up with corporate lobbying money and what do you get? a coordinate the astroturf campaign poising as a grassroots uprising. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius recently had a run-in with them. i'll talk to her about how she plans to harm it next time. >>> bill clinton drops into north korea and gets two journalists freed. this is a single diplomatic success or a new breakthrough in our relations with north korea? >>> president obama hosted senate democrats at the white house this afternoon. what was his message as they head off into the august recess? i'll ask senator debbie stabenow at the half hour. >>> plus, new sources on barack obama's brand-new kenyan birth certificate. hint -- somebody in australia was robbed. >>> but first, tonight's "op ed." the public protest against health care refo

right now it's time for "the ed show." >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show."n new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. i'm lawrence o'donnell in for ed schultz who of course has gone fishing. >>> some liberals are outraged, because president obama seems to be overaccommodating to the party of no, but as of now that's better than the alternative. i'll explain why. >>> why are some democrats hedging on health care? because they fear socialist health care. i'll talk to a conservative who is plotting a run for the senate in 2010, to find out how he thinks republicans will use the issue in the next campaign. just how out of control are the screaming mobs now? today we got new details about swastikas, lynching jokes and death threats. >>> plus how liberal groups plan to step up their ground game. >>> and are all lobbyists all bad all the time? but first tonight's op-ed. liberals are fed up with president obama's effort to reach out. today the president invited six senate finance committee members working on bipartisan health care reform of to the white house. the poli

ed, you lived through this day with elizabeth. give us a sense based on your own experience what jaycee as family is going through right now. >> well, you know, i think it's the most wonderful thing you could hope for just with that nightmare coming to an end, this miracle happening for their family. and i know it's complicated with the number of issues. but to have that come to an end, the not knowing is the worst thing. and so many of the people out there, so many of my friends that are out there still waiting to see their child come back home. this certainly gives them great hope and we're so happy for the duguards and jaycee that had a this has come to an end. hear one more dcase being resolved and one more family being reunited, i just -- i'm just thrilled to death for them. >> ed, how does the healing process begin? i mean what were those first few days like when elizabeth came home? how do you begin those difficult conversations to try to bridge that gap after so long? >> well, there are so many concerns. you wonder what yo

. >>> i'm ed shultz.this is "the ed show." good evening, americans. live from 30 rock in new york, this is "the ed show" on msnbc. president obama heads to martha's vineyard this weekend. he's got a lot on his mind. he's probably thinking about the numb numbers. people are losing faith in the president on health care reform. we'll go inside the numbers. speaker pelosi, i've got something for you on this friday night. she said it again. the house won't back down on a public option. that's my girl. congressman jim moran is in the fox hole with her and he'll join me in just a moment on "the ed show." hey, how about this? cash for clumpgers ends this weekend. the government takeover of the car business is finally coming to an end. now, let's get this thing straight. this is a big success. let's understand that wall street, those guys got $787 billion and the car guys only got $3 billion? and they want to stop the program? why? michigan congressman gary peters has reaction to that tonight. and the former bushi

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." good evening. live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. i'm lawrence o'donnell in for ed schultz who's gone fishing this week. he'll be back next week. more town hall and one new york congressman may have found the way to beat the mobs. congressman anthony winger joins me in just a minute. >>> will the anti-reform campaign unite the democrats? rahm emanuel wants liberal groups to lay off the blue dogs. will they follow the white house marching orders? >>> and 44 years ago, lyndon johnson got government-run, single-payer health carapaced by a wide margin. what can president obama learn from lbj? i'll ask joseph califano, a top aide to president johnson, in "the playbook." plus "ed-lines." the latest twist in the florida senate race. >>> first, tonight's "op ed." the angry mobs at health care town halls are getting angrier. fists are flying. in tampa, a town hall organized by the state democratic party was shut down when a crowd of several hundred protesters tried to f

elizabeth, ed, thanks so much for being with us. elizabeth, what do you think jaycee is going through right now? >> for me, i felt relief, happiness, excited to be home and back with the people that i know loved me and cared for me and want what's best for me. i would think that jaycee is probably feeling something along those lines as well. >> and, ed, from a father's perspective, what was it like getting that call, being told that, you know, after so long your child is alive? >> the end of the nightmare. it was very surreal. the moment of finding that it was really her was just like this one miracle in life that i could have. it just was overwhelming and joyful. >> and elizabeth, that reunion, obviously incredibly emotional and joyful. there's got to be a lot of ups and downs with it. can you talk a little bit about what that's like? >> well, for me, it was just like overwhelming happiness, because i mean, i was out of that terrible situation. i was with my family and my friends. and i thought life was just going to resume back to

bill cosby, governor ed rendell. previously confidential ufo files. what's that? we will find out what's in those files next. but i did. you need to talk to your doctor about aspirin. you need to be your own advocate. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. you take care of your kids, now it's time to take care of yourself. there's no way to hide it. sir, have you been drinking tonight? if you ride drunk, you will get caught... and you will get arrested. >> larry: have you seen this week's "newsweek"? nasa is looking for aliens. the british government unleased more of their confidential ufo files. are we closer than ever than confirm extraterrestrial life? joining us with the latest news about space is dr. seth. a skeptic and senior astronomer. and author of "confessions of an alien hunter." in san francisco, james spock, filmmaker, ufo researcher. his new documentary, i know what i saw, premieres october 5 on the history channel. in london, nick pope. used to run the british government's

in harrisburg, pen, our friend the governor of pennsylvania, ed rendell. what do those test results show to you, bill? >> you -- well, it means that we have made a great improvement over the years that rent has been in office. and he will give you the mums. he sounds a lot better than i because he lived with them. the most important thing is with the improvements that we are making in the position we are in, why would anyone want to now make a cut or make cuts in something that is running towards perhaps 100% instead of 70%? >> larry: this has national implications. school systems all over the country are facing budget cuts. california is in a crisis. ed, what do you about it? it is a financial question. where does the money come from? >> well, i think we have to make choices, larry. one of the choices we have to make is for our future. our future depends on edge indication. you know, we used to compete against delaware, west virginia, new york, new jersey, and we are competing against china, india, singapore, and those countries are just off the charts in

ed, you have been on the losing side on some of these big debates. does this remind you at all of president bush's push for social security reform. >> a little bit. i have been on some winning sides, too. >> absolutely true. >> by the way, a point about palin's death panel comment, it's worth noting that the senate finance committee dropped the provision. >> they said they dropped it weeks before. >> they made clear to the public, they're not going to have it in their markup. let me go back to this, it it reminds me of president bush's push to social security reform. lot of folks from labor unions and from code pink who posted a lot of town hall meetings over time. it has that feel. they're having a hard time. not just the communications problem, i think it's a policy concern. as ron pointed out, not a conservative base, independents are showing real concern, too. they have a problem explaining how they're going to bring down costs, increase the deficit according to cbo over 2$250 billion. they got a real policy problem they're having to deal with he

now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz.is "the ed show." >>> good evening, live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. i'm lawrence o'donnell sitting if nor ed schultz this week, who has gone fishing. >>> the democrats are hitting back on the after-turf campaign against health care reform, but is a strongly worded press release an effective counterpunch to a screaming mob? i'll ask a congressman recently forced to flee his own event. >>> bill clinton to the rescue. there are so many angles to the north korea story. gore and clinton, clinton and clinton, clinton and obama. oh, and the two women who were reunited with their families today. yeah, yeah, they were there, too. >>> "new york times" columnist maureen dodd joins me to try to make sense of it all, coming up. >>> many of the republicans saying no to sonia sotomayor are facing tough primary challenges in 2010. why are republicans using the sotomayor vote to pander to their base instead of expanding their base? >>> but, first, tonight's "op ed." the foot

ed henry has solid sourcing, so does dana bash. first ed with what his sources are telling him.id you learn? >> reporter: the key is there is no final decision. top democrats close to the white house say they are actively considering a possibility doing a go it alone strategy. a budget maneuver, very obscure known as reconciliation where they would need a simple majority, 51 votes instead of 60 votes. republicans would scream this is a power grab, underhanded move. white house officials are laying the groundwork saying we have been working with republicans for months. if they don't get something done in the next few weeks we will take drastic measures. as one top adviser is to the president said to me, if we have to push it through this way no one will remember how messy it is. what they will remember is we got health care done. a win is a win. that is what people will remember, it will be messy, but if they have to do it they think people will forget about the process and remember the substance. >> do you know what that means for the public option? is this a way of guaranteeing

i'm going to start to you, ed tonkin. how well do you think this cash for clunkers program has done? >> i think it's been terrific, judy. even better than anyone expected. it's interesting because as you see in the media, in some of the publications, people are wondering is the stimulus program working, the government stimulus program. here you have probably the most successful. you have action and then reaction. the program came into effect on july 1, the regulations were promulgated, produced on july 24 and that's when it really took hold, it there's been an explosion in business. it's been terrifically successful for not only auto dealers but automakers, but the country as a whole because this will keep the plants going. >> reporter: bruce belzowski, what about in terms of getting gas guzzlers off the road and getting more fuel efficient cars on the road? how do you size up the success? >> well, when you look at the true numbers, there will probably be about 225,000 vehicles for the first round that will get taken off

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they are not going to waste resources on and so ed did something quite amazing. he set up skype communications with yoshi in kyoto. skype is an internet protocols allows you to communicate with boys and pictures in real-time and its all time and date stamped so everything said back-and-forth including his picture and when it was said in addition out of sight of yoshi's decision stated deily kaput another cameras and was trapped in a way that made it clear who was talking and when and yoshi very openly talked to ed about how to break the law. there's all different ways to break the law. some species illegal trafficking look like those that are illegal so if you get a permit for transporting illegal ones see from japan to the united states and stem a bunch of the legal ones in and put under them that illegal once these are old tricks, right? put the cocaine under the baby formula or whatever the equivalent would be, and so customs not necessarily trained because you have to be trained to recognize this even if they open the package might let it go by. these are the

right now it's time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. >>>. >> i'm ed schultz.30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. i'm lawrence o'donnell sitting in for ed schultz who, of course, has gone fishing. jonathon alter of all people is asking what is wrong with the for-profit health care system. he joins me in just a moment. and senator john widen in 1994, i'll ask him what the democrats need to do to win this time. sf now in the health care fight there is a line between change and status quo. but with the health insurance industry playing the villain. >> it's a shock and awe by the health insurance industry to develop a status quo, where they don't have to be responsible for anti-trust states. la make no mistake, we intend to set the record straight. >> nancy pelosi and house leadership v