derrick gunn reports on the voice we lost. >> this afternoon at a little past 1:00 p.m., harry callus passed away at the age of 73, a day that will live in imfa knee in philadelphia. >> this ball is out of here!. the philadelphia phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball! >> a voice so distinct and recognizable emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houston to philadelphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked for harry delivered and he did it on the spot, he would would hand him the script and we expected perfection and got it. >> we got the ball back in 57 seconds, a chance for both teams. >> upon the news of his passing, fans in philadelphia create add make-shift memorial

he was an assistant under del harris. he is best known in his career for the lakers, he spent nine seasons there in the show time era. he had his best seasons statistically when he played for the expansion charlotte hornets in 88-89. >> steve: he was known for helping kareem on the boards. what he gave to that team was physical play he looks a lot difference now as a coach. he had the hair and the glasses. he had the unusual look. but he turned into a pretty good looking guy. >> steve: the rebound with 1:07 to play. wizards beat philadelphia, 10098, then won their next game. they did not follow that game up with their best efforts. >> phil: no, they did not. minnesota was a little hungrier. >> steve: this is the kind of hustle this team has had. >> phil: this team has capitalized with second chance points. >> steve: tonight 85 points on 41% shooting. >> phil: look at the difference with the field goal attempts. i want to say 191? >> phil: it sure looks like it. >> steve: he gets his own rebound and gets fouled. randy will

harry truman and his family moved there because the white house was under renovation. in his biography on truman, david mccullough wrote about the president's temporary quarters. "the house itself, even with the quick cosmetics applied the year before, was not only nothing very grand, but a bit dowdy. it creeked and groaned, trembled noticeably when streetcars passed by outside. its dark old cellar was full of rats, as was well known by the seet hated ever to go down there. of all the presidents they had known, some of the secret servicemen would later say, only harry truman would have been willing to live in the place." but not everyone felt that way. margaret truman remembered it this way in her biography. "i fell in love with the place the moment i walked into it. every room, especially on the first floor, was a little

and that's the whole point of it. >> imagine you're harry reid. how do you get either, "a," you get four conservative votes from the democratic caucus, or, "b," pass the bill with viewer than 60 senators supporting it? >> well, you get those four -- those 60 votes, all four of them, all 60 of us by continuing to talk, continuing to be in these meetings as all of -- many of us are that care so passionately about this. ultimately you bring people together and say we need this, you're leaders in the party. four of these people we're talking about, three of them are committee chairs. all of them are on one of the two most prestigious committees in the senate. they're getting all kinds of push from home to vote for this. the public wants the public option overwhelmingly. democratic activists want the public option. it clearly, according to all polls, it clearly works for the country. it works for most people, will keep prices down and it will mean -- it will keep the insurance companies honest, as i said. we just know the insurance companies always try

just months after world war ii came to crease, president harry s. truman wrote in a letter to congress to this body and i quote -- "we should resolve now that the health of this nation is a national concern, that financial barriers and the way of attaining health shall be removed. that the health of all of its citizens deserves the help of all of the nation." decades have passed and these financial barriers have grown taller, but we will never solve the problem unless we find the resolve, which we haven't found, until, mr. president, today. this is how long we've waited. think of those who are just 1-year-old in 194 a 5 -- 1945. there are far too many who have lived their lives have not had any type of health care. any type of health care. coverage got more and more expensive each year. insurance companies found more and more excuses to leave them out in the cold. and for those who worked in small businesses or owned one or moved from job to job, the peace of mind health care can provide was merely a dream. today on the verge of the year 2010, those

the next night, harry reid shook hands with ben nelson. that produced the abortion adjustment.got a congratulatory phone call from the president. host: as drew armstrong told us this morning, this is not the end. there will be signed of reconciliation to be determined with the house bill which includes a public option parade in a few minutes, the senate will gavel in ended about 50 minutes, the senate will vote on final passage of hr 3590, the health care bill, $780 billion. we will show you bits of the boat. back to your phone calls on health care reform. middletown, delaware, you oppose the bill? caller: yes, i do. i feel that if you're going to vote on health care issues, go to the heart of the matter. that is the extent -- spent expanding price of health care. it is way out of control in every state in this country. there is no reason for these high health care bills. the cost is more than anyone can absorb. the co-pays are off the wall. i know people who have copays of $50-$100. they need to look at best, not this foolishness they have been doing in washington. they don't

derrick gunn reports on the voice we lost. >> this afternoon at a little past 1:00 p.m., harry callus at the age of 73 a day that will live in imfa knee in philadelphia. >> this ball is out of here!. the philadelphia phillies are 2008 world champions of baseball! >> a voice so distinct and recognizable emma knitting from a man that ca necked with fans throughout his career that took him from hawaii to houston to philadelphia. >> harry always had time to sign an you to graph, he always had time to take a picture with a fan. fans could would come up and hand him his cell phone and ask if he would record his outgoing message. >> you have reached kathy and kevin and they are not in writing now. >> it is out of here! >> it is a voice that provided the sound track for nfl films for 34 years. >> whatever we asked for harry delivered and he did it on the spot, he would would hand him the script and we expected perfection and got it. >> we got the ball back in 57 seconds, a chance for both teams. >> upon the news of his passing, fans in philadelphia create add make-shift memorial outside of ci

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but i have to take issue with his harry potter comments. just think about that. i like the fact that the distinguished senator from rhode island compares this -- this itty-bitty bill here to a "harry potter" novel. perhaps pretty appropriate, because both of them are what i consider to be works of fantasy and fiction. this thing has 14 pages of table of contents alone. you notice how my voice goes up as i'm holding it. it just puts that my pressure on your speech diaphragm. so i just -- just wish that it was as valuable and would be as valuable to the american people as these "harry potter" novels have been. but let me just say one last thing before i close and leave the floor. again, i appreciate my colleague and i appreciate his graciousness in all ways. we've worked closely together on the intelligence committee, the judiciary committee and in many other ways, and i think he's one of the great additions to the united states senate. and in spite of his -- his dogged determination to support this awful bill, i still think greatly, very highly of him. but let me

harris is on him.h collins, shot block at 11 tries to dish it inside, forces the pass, southern gets a piece of it. into the hands of scott with the putback. >> i'm not a big fan of your point guard lingering around the glass, back in position defensively. scott has a nice size to him. he gets five rebounds a game. averaging just about nine points a ballgame, coming off that effort against minnesota, had a season high of 20. >> miami with a four point advantage. southern can't get it and boston college as cold as it is outside. four minutes gone by an the first. nice job, running the floor, count the basket and the foul, cyrus mcgowan will go to the line. >> mcgowan with four points to the ballgame and miami leading boston college 8-2. whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... what are you doing? put... the jug... down. put it down... this one's cheaper. listen, your engine is the last place you want to skimp. right? you want to go with the leader. the one america has counted on for over 80 years. the kind

every time we see harry, something terrible happens.e from one of flight 253's heroes and what he witnessed in 60 seconds. without interrupting what you're doing ? does it alert you without interrupting what you're doing so you can continue to, say, send a video to someone ? holding your messages till you're ready to view them ? droid does. the notification panel-- your own personal gatekeeper. in a world of doesn't... >> larry: as we've reported a dutch terrorist, jasper schuringa is being called a hero for courageous actions he took. here is more of the account of what happened in his exclusive interview with cnn. >> when we heard the first explosion people were looking around, okay, this is not good. what is going on. the first person shouted fire. i got to my senses. first it was a pop. 30 seconds later the smoke started to fill up on the left side beneath this person. he put something on fire that was in his pants. apparently it was dripping. the liquid or anything like that dripped down on the floor and two pillows got ignited and

i want to commend senator harry reed, extraordinary work he did.extraordinary leadership and dedication having passed reform bills in both the house and senate we now have to take up the last and most important step in reaching agreement on a final reform bill i can sign into law. i look forward to working with members of congress and chambers over the coming weeks to do exacály that. with today's vote we're now incredibly close to making health insurance reform area all right. a reality. we can't have erosion of coverage and exploded deficits. we need to do and improve the lives of the people we serve for. the sake of citizens, economy and future let's make 2010 the year we finally reform healthcare in the united states of america. everybody, merry christmas, happy new year. >> have a holiday wish for the troops? >> do and i will be actually on my way right now to call a few of them and wish them merry christmas and to thank them for their extraordinary service as they're posted in iraq and afghanistan. host: that was president barack obama and vi

a lucky break, because the materials to do it were on board and it could have happened. >> larry: harryu agree it could have happened? >> absolutely. because of the positioning of the detonator relative to the base explosive, we were very fortunate in that it did not detonate high order. >> larry: harvey, are things getting worse? >> larry, i can't say they're getting better but i don't think they're getting better. we're facing a new kind of terror threat than we did prior to 2001. al qaeda has morphed into a very loose, configured group of individuals. we don't know yet how this is going to play out, whether or not we had a he direct link to al qaeda, whether he was trained by al qaeda. that needs to be seen. but larry, it's much more difficult when you have people all over the world carrying passports from 50, 60 different nations that want to do us harm. this is a monumental task for law enforcement both on the state, local, and federal level. it speaks to the issue when his father made the call. when a worked for a federal agency gathering intelligence, we had 22 people we were wat

every time we see harry, trouble happens. more from one of flight 253's heroes and what he witnessed in 60 seconds. >> larry: as we've reported, dutch tourist jasper schuringa is being called a hero for quick, courageous aks he took christmas day aboard flight 253 from amsterdam. here is more of the account of what happened in his exclusive interview with cnn. >> when we heard the first explosion people were looking around, okay, this is not good. what's going on? then the first person shouted "fire." i got to my senses. okay, this is not good. first it was a pop. 30 seconds later the smoke started to fill up on the left side beneath this person. he put something on fire that was in his pants. apparently it was dripping. i think the liquid or anything like that, it dripped down on the floor and two pillows got, like, ignited. but it went very quick. like we all were just reacting to the fire and everybody was panicking. the whole plane was screaming. the suspect didn't say a word. i basically reacted directly. i didn't think.

i was sent by harry evans up to a town named dundee in scotland expect was under the theory that harry had, that since i was an american, i was like woodward and bernstein, who had become famous for uncovering watergate. this is not true because one thing about writing about people how i do, you do it because you tend to write people. this is great for writing biographies, it's really bad for being an investigative journalist, because you totally sympathize with whoever you're writing about. so i was up there in dundee, and there was the mayor, the provost, and i-under covered the story there was shenanigans and a mysterious murder, and i write the story, and harry is so baffled by it, he send david blundey to help report it with me. and i was kind of embarrassed. i had gotten to the airport, gone to the count tore get the car, presented my sunday times credentials, and i was told i wasn't old enough to rent a car. so i head been hitchhiking around without telling my editor i hadn't been able to rent a car. so blundee gets a car, and the clerk says, by the way, somebody is in your room

jacob hacker, how real is this broad compromise, a term that harry reid used? >> well it certainly is a broad compromise but i think it's a complex one. it has a lot of moving parts and a lot of details we don't know yet. the way i would describe it is in sort of dickinson terms is the detail of public options. the public option one, the public option within the exchange and available to americans day one for competition for private insurance plays to give people a choice, that public option has been replace the, in my mind with an inadequate substitute, a national system of private plans. but public option two, which was never on the agenda before, a buy-in to the actual medicare program for 55 to 64 year olds is an enormous positive development. it's actually the original idea, if you will, for the public option, simply letting people get into the medicare program that provides broad secure coverage at an afford knowledge price. >> ifill: the original public option is not necessarily alive but this new one mightily. >> yes what i would say is this is an inter

harry reid is watching the video. this new system is going to improve health care, expand choices, lower cost. it's going to do none of this. that is the snow job and then my personal favorite, a year without a. kathleen sibelius will be appearing in this christmas special as the house miser. but i am an optimist. i am a glass half-full person and i believe in the miracle on main street. [cheers and applause] because when we set our mind to something, we can do it. we can do anything and everything. we have been through much worse. after all, we survived jimmy carter. [cheers and applause] it doesn't matter how many slick press conference as the left has and their cronies in the democratic arty. it doesn't matter how much they vilify us. when it comes to standing up for our freedom and our basic rights, we will not be denied. we will not be silenced. [cheers and applause] and let me just tell you. i don't know about all of you over there but i think about christmas and hanukkah and i think of the season as the christm

negotiations, majority leader harry reid mistakenly voted no before realizing his mistake and changing his vote. >> mr. reid of nevada. >> no. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> mr. reid of nevada. aye. >> the yays are 60, the nays are 39. h.r. 3590 as amended-- the patient protection and affordable care act-- is passed. ( applause ) >> through 24 days of grueling debate, republicans had done everything they could to stop the bill, and they warned it's not over. minority leader mitch mcconnell: >> i guarantee you that people who voted for this bill are going to get an earful when they finally get home for the first time since thanksgiving.

just months after world war ii came to crease, president harry s. truman wrote in a letter to congress to this body and i quote -- "we should resolve now that the health of this nation is a national concern, that financial barriers and the way of attaining health shall be removed. that the health of all of its citizens deserves the help of all of the nation." decades have passed and these financial barriers have grown taller, but we will never solve the problem unless we find the resolve, which we haven't found, until, mr. president, today. this is how long we've waited. think of those who are just 1-year-old in 194 a 5 -- 1945. there are far too many who have lived their lives have not had any type of health care. any type of health care. coverage got more and more expensive each year. insurance companies found more and more excuses to leave them out in the cold. and for those who worked in small businesses or owned one or moved from job to job, the peace of mind health care can provide was merely a dream. today on the verge of the year 2010, those

plus he doesn't say it the way harry blackmon as. justice scalia couldn't believe the way -- was to every single -- >> guest: yes in fact we wonder if we ever dropped a note where is in the file. justice scalia just doesn't save like that and doesn't kind of chronicle his life like that. harry blackmon kept a diary that has been useful to historians and journalists and i don't believe justice scalia does. >> host: with his relationship to justice ginsburg they could not -- you would say the difficulty to find two people that work to justices that were more different. he's italian, robust, and sporadic. justice ginsburg is slight, very cerebral, conservative -- >> guest: very soft-spoken. >> host: yes. yet tell about their friendship. >> guest: very long standing friendship. the first met in the 70's. she heard him give a speech. i wont get into the topic but it was on vermont yankee. an area of administrative law we very close to justice scalia's heart and he gave a speech that only the blackmon professor could love. but she was a pr

this becomes public through when harry blackmun files are opened.justice scalia really felt that he was insulted because here was reached out to buy a colleague, he lets down his guard and rights back and then it becomes public and i think he felt like that was -- he felt if sense of the trail there. for me it was great because i was able to see firsthand at the moment just how dejected he was. >> host: you think he was ready to quit? there was speculation. >> guest: there was definitely speculation. he was talking to pals over pizza for he loved to drink his wine and eat his into a pieces, he felt sick and tired of. he felt weary in '96 and also just turned 60 which wasn't that big of a deal -- we are looking at milestones' kind of thing. i actually believe he never would have quit because it was so much a part of his life blood. a job that he thrives on, but people close to him thought that he might. >> host: is ironic then is in that someone who is on the other side of the cases would reach out a hand to him and then he would respond and then lat

once against, harry reid is demonstrating why harry reid is sowing so well. >> that is from the las vegas sun. this is from the reno scammer newspaper. -- arena scam inner -- examiner >> only a third of nevada's votersq-l well-known for callin president obama a loser and liar while giving a speech to school children. telling the review journal director he hopes they go out of business. a means to help pass obama care and the slave master references. these come as no surprise. we are sure to see many more twone now and the 2010 elections. the question is now how deep they will sink. why do you continue to tout the healthcare bill. are you a representative of nevada's people? those are two different opinions on senator reed. fur from nevada, we especially want to hear from you. mark in little river, south carolina on the republican line. go ahead with what you think. caller: he has the best congress money can buy. mary lander got her $3 million for holding out. senator ben nelson is holding out. all you have to do is hold out and be a democrat and you can get what you want from harry reid.

harry reid has lead that fight and we've won it. fight."to max baucus who bent over backwards and not only went the extra mile but the extra hundred miles to involve the minority. to my great friend, chris dodd, who did a masterful job of leading our committee and getting the bill through and doing a masterful job. kriz and max and i are all classmates together. we were all sworn and the same day. -- as one in on the same day. -- sworn in on the same day. this is a starter home. it has a great foundation. we are expanding health-care coverage to 31 million americans. it has a protective rules -- were roof. this is not the end of health care reform, this is the beginning of health care reform. i am just proud to join my fellow senators and doing whatever i can to make sure we get over the goal in the next few days and have the president signed into law as soon as possible after the first of the year -- president sign it into law as soon as possible after the first of the year. >> [inaudible] >> i work with -- i worked with every democratic s

harry reid has led the fight. we have won it. . . what we are building here is not a mansion. it is a starter home. but it has a great foundation. coverage for 31 million americans. it has a great protective roof. and there is room for expansion in the future. but we might never get there if we do not start a starter home. so this is not the end of health care reform. it is the beginning. i'm going to join our leaders in making sure we can get done what we need to. >> i will take a few questions. yes. >> [inaudible] >> i worked with every democrating -- democratic senator for the merged bill, and now for the amendment. negotiations took place at this podiunm, sometimes individually, and ben nelson was like the rest of them. we worked for many, many weeks, as we did with other senators. so we have, as you look through the bill, you will see different interests in the merged manager's package. >> [inaudible] >>the doctor's fix was done because doctors felt that was the best way to move forward. we feel it should be

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so wtever is going on, i think that the nber one issue for the majorityeader harry reid is to really get this thin done. >> ifill: jacob hacker let' ta about the medicare part you like so much. is it going to cost a lot of money and won't that lose tes? >> wl no. mean it's going to be a stand-alonmedicare buy-in so that meanst would be self nancing. the people who areaying emiums to buy into medicare will be fully nding their covege. thatctually raises a bit of a technical ncern. it's just how to you insurthat coverage is afrdable. there e two parts to what's being discsed and we don't know all theetails yet. thfirst part is actually to low people to buy into medicarerior to the creation of these exchanges in 20 1. so prior to the creation of e exanges in 2014. that's aositive development, it's something that's concre that peoe will be able to see it changing lives very earlyn the rerm process. >> ill: you were on capitol hill today talking to people about is. did people say to u great, this is done? >> no. i n tell you that no one feels like it's ne. there's still a long wayo go. th

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harry reid says the same. this is opening the democratic party to inevitable tax.re not even getting the new deal kind of program we need. such as guaranteed. health care for guaranteed this is a travesty. we're giving the insurance industry huge subsidies. the medicare proposal floated in the senate -- now we find out the premiums for just one individual between 55-64 each person could be paying $7,600. this is not a social compact that guarantees health care. it perpetuates the idea or reality of healthcare apartheid. host: good afternoon to our viewers are watching us on the bbc parliament channel. we also welcome your calls. you can also send us a comment by twitter or by our e-mail address. let me share with you what mitch mcconnell said yesterday off the senate floor and where the healthcare debate is and is going. >> we saw two weeks ago in a gallup poll that there was a 9% more americans opposed then supporting. we saw a 40% more opposing in another poll. now in the cnn will we see 61% opposed. the argument i your friends on the other side making, they are

i was sent by harry evans while i was there up to a town called dundee, scotland. and it was under the theory that harry had that i was an american. this was 1973. and since i was an american i was like woodward and bernstein was suddenly become famous and was uncovering watergate. this was not true because one thing about writing about people, the way i do, is that you do it because you tend to like people. this is great for writing biographies. it's really bad for being an investigative journalist gives you totally sympathize with whoever you're writing about. so i'm out there in dundee, scotland, and there is a mayor who was the lord provost as he was called and i finally uncovered the story about all sorts of land shenanigans and rezoning and some very mysterious murder. as i write this story and harry is so baffled by it he sends him out to help me with it. i was kind of embarrassed because it was really proud to be sent up there. i got into the airport in dundee and onto the counter to get the car. and then i was told i was not old enough to rent a car. so i'

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harris trying to utilize that screen to his benefit and stays with it.by biko paris, pushing the issue. >> jim baron was concerned about rebounding, especially on the offense glass. we saw boston college destroy miami in that category last week, outread reigh bounding them by 25. >> ulmer stays with it. sort of a pass to himself off of the backboard. his first bucket. >> now with that success offensively, they can get him some pressure. they haven't been able to do that up to this point because they haven't been making baskets. >> biko paris, as we mentioned, certainly a different kind of point guard than what they've become accustomed to with rice. sanders, baseline was wide open. no one cut him off and he get the reversareversal. he has four. >> i've seen that tentativeness go away. it was with his first big layup. it was like a sigh of relief and now he's playing ball. >> rhode island has got long lengthy players but they don't have a lot of girth. every time boston college goes inside, they're in a strength advantage. here's an example of it. baselin

double clutch in the lane, and the miss by harris, the freshman on for the first time. gulley comes away with it for the cowboys. >> marques: you have the wrong guy -- or the right guy for oklahoma state taking that shot. keep the ball away from landry fields as much as possible. >> barry: what a night delivery by penn. franklin couldn't do it. >> marques: dauk kins is struggling to find somebody to advance the basketball. harris is the freshman out of birmingham, alabama is elected but at a tough position late here in the first half. the shot is blocked. >> marques: he got into jeremy green, and that's not easy to do. >> barry: take that rebound away from harris. fields right around muonelo leaves this time for zimmermann. zimmermann trying to get it up over franklin. banged it off the side of the basket. >> marques: landry fields, great idea, nothing wrong with that play. he has to be more aggressive. had a great move going towards the middle. a little jump hook right there about 5 feet. fortunately for him zimmermann made the catch and drew the foul. he's got to be t

plus ed harris tells us why a bloody world war ii battle is in the news now. next on "larry king live." tonight, penn gillette, author and producer, libertarian, a new webcast from larry elder called "we've got a country to save.com. and robert reich, good to see robert again, professor of public policy university of california, berkeley, former labor secretary in the clinton administration. and here in new york, s.e. cupp the conservative columnist of "the "new york daily news". obama pressed wall street bankers urging them to help rebuild the economy. listen to what he said. >> my main message in today's meeting was very simple. that america's banks received extraordinary assistance from american taxpayers to rebuild their industry and now that they're back on their feet, we expect an inordinate -- extraordinary commitment from them to help rebuild our economy. >> larry: let's start with miss cupp. what do you make of it? >> well, there's a couple of problems. tough talk is great, larry, but a little disingenuous when we're looking at a health care bill that

we are blessed to have harry reid with us.ence with the house of representatives. today, we stand ready to pass a bill into law but finally makes access to quality health care a right for every american, not a privilege for a fortunate few in our country. this year, many years ago, franklin delano roosevelt spoke of four religions -- for freedoms. one of the great fears that americans live with is that they would be hit with an illness for which they would not receive treatment because they could not afford it. this bill does not guarantee that you'll never get sick. it does not guarantee that you will not die. all the guarantees is that you are a citizen and you are struck with illness, you will never have that fear that you'll end up losing your home, your job, your retirement, your life savings, because you have been afflicted by an illness. we are dealing with a freedom that all americans have, that one day they will suffer the indignity to not be able to afford health care. the bill frees americans from the fear that if t

all under the direction of the majority leader, harry reid.a long way, back to the house. when we came to the senate, i wound up being majority leader and he was the whip. 100 amendments would appear for a bill, miraculously. usually 100. i would go to harry that was working with tom daschle, ken lanier this down a little bit? -- tan lee narrow this down a little bit? in a few hours -- can we narrow this down a little bit? in a few hours, we would get a product. he would work the floor, and have the confidence from tom daschle. at the time that you were the with and i was the leader -- toward the end of my time here, we wound up on one vote in 2007, we are in the well. john collins is down there. i want to mention the bill, because it might cause a little stir -- i won't mention the bill, because it might cause a little stir. finally, carey said it, i don't think we will make it. his troops were going at one or, our troops were going out the other. there we stood, the two leaders of the parties working together and losing. [laughter] one of my

if you ask harry reid, harry reid has said he ahad a few problems with lieberman, and lieberman has gotten the left, who feel that he has changed and altered his position, but he is the 60th vote and harry reid has to happen to break any republican filibuster. -- has to have him to break any republican filibuster. host: in "the baltimore sun," let me read you what they said. "if senate democratic leaders succeed in the negotiations and nail down the 60 the vote, they began a lengthy process for ending republican filibusters and moving to the final vote. three cloture votes will be required for each stage the bill must move through, each requiring 60 votes, setting the 30-hour limit on debate." white three cloture votes? -- why three cloture votes? guest: i'm not sure what they're referring to in that article. at this point, we are not sure what the final procedure is going to be, and one of my colleagues at "politico" wrote this morning about a 7:00 p.m. christmas eve vote. but when they get a final -- there is going to be a filibuster on bringing it up and there will be a substitute amend

harry reid is watching the video.his new system is going to improve health care, expand choices, lower cost. it's going to do none of this. that is the snow job and then my personal favorite, a year without a. kathleen sibelius will be appearing in this christmas special as the house miser. but i am an optimist. i am a glass half-full person and i believe in the miracle on main street. [cheers and applause] because when we set our mind to something, we can do it. we can do anything and everything. we have been through much worse. after all, we survived jimmy carter. [cheers and applause] it doesn't matter how many slick press conference as the left has and their cronies in the democratic arty. it doesn't matter how much they vilify us. when it comes to standing up for our freedom and our basic rights, we will not be denied. we will not be silenced. [cheers and applause] and let me just tell you. i don't know about all of you over there but i think about christmas and hanukkah and i think of the season as the christmas

i think harry reid has done a very good job grinding it out. as somebody who served in the senate, who values the traditions of the senate, who thinks that institution has been the world's greatest deliberateive fwody, to see the filibuster rule, which imposes a stikt-vote supermajority on legislation, to see that invoked on every single piece of legislation during the course of this year is unheard of. i mean, if you look historically back in the fests, the 60s, the 70s, the 80s, even when there was sharp political disagreements, when the democrats were in control and ronald reagan was president, you didn't see even routine items subject to the 60-vote rule. so i think that if this pattern continues, you're going to see an inability on the part of america to deal with big problems in a very competitive world, and other countries going to start wruning circles around us. we're going to have to return to return to some sense that governance is more important than politics inside the senate. we're not there right now. >> lehrer: is there anything

and of course, as senator dodd said, our leader, harry reid.t in biblical terms, harry reid has the patience of jobe -- job, the wisdom of solomon, and the endurance of sampson. -- samson. he has hung in there day after day. has put this together. and he is about to achieve what hasç alluded so many majority leaders going back over half a century. truly with the passage of this bill harry reid will have earned his place in theç senate's history.çqu! i thank all the groups for all their support behind us here who have gotten us to this point and without further ado, the person who has led us to this point of victory for the american people, our great leader, harry reid. >> we have a lineup here today that is the lineup that is the reason we were able to complete this legislation. i play baseball. i love baseball. i love baseball season. i can come home even if it's for a shortç time, turn on the tv, and watch an inning or two, it's extremely relaxing. i enjoy it very much. i know a lot about baseball.ççó ii] know a lot about why manage base

harry reid's only allowed some to win and others to lose.ure you in this whole process the american people are the ones who lose. this health care bill will be incredibly expensive, will cost jobs in this country, and as has been proven not just by republicans but by former dnc chair howard dean doesn't reform health care, it raises taxes too high, it spends too much money, the american people lose in an agreement like this. >> may i just very quickly -- what this provision does as senator nelson negotiated it is set up a supreme court challenge. row v wade is clear on federal funding for abortion and now we're seeing that law that was laid down years ago in row v wade thrown up in the air. and it's pretty obvious that votes have been bought. i mean, whatever it took to get a vote, that's what the majority leader did. if it was sending money to states, other states are going to pay for it. the taxpayers of america are sending money to nebraska to, louisiana to vermont, to nevada. and the list goes on and on, in order to get votes. is that th

just months after world war ii came to crease, president harry s. truman wrote in a letter to congress to this body and i quote -- "we should resolve now that the health of this nation is a national concern, that financial barriers and the way of attaining health shall be removed. that the health of all of its citizens deserves the help of all of the nation." decades have passed and these financial barriers have grown taller, but we will never solve the problem unless we find the resolve, which we haven't found, until, mr. president, today. this is how long we've waited. think of those who are just 1-year-old in 194 a 5 -- 1945. there are far too many who have lived their lives have not had any type of health care. any type of health care. coverage got more and more expensive each year. insurance companies found more and more excuses to leave them out in the cold. and for those who worked in small businesses or owned one or moved from job to job, the peace of mind health care can provide was merely a dream. today on the verge of the year 2010, those

harry reed had to say about his >> the question we are asked is, what is your disappointment? my disappointment is we have not had a single public statement from the republicans that they will do anything to help us with the bill. quite to the contrary. that is too bad for the american people. the american people last year called for change and change is taking place. the president did spend some time going to the things we have accomplished this year. even before he became president, in december 670,000 jobs were lost. february was more than 700,000 jobs. we have made great progress. we're going to continue to do so. host: what did you hear from the majority leader lech yesterday? -- majority leader yesterday? guest: they are working hard on some of the center republicans, a live yes no -- olympia snowe. she supported the senate finance version of the health-care overhaul. the plan that they're debating has deviated from that and she is holding out on her vote. she went to the white house to talk to president obama as well. they are locking in on her. the majority leader cert

and, of course, as senator dodd said, our leader, harry reid. to put it in biblical term thes, harry reid has the patience of job, the wisdom of solomon and the endurance of sampson. he has hung in there day after day, has hut put this -- put this together, and he is about to achieve what has eluded so many majority leaders going back over half a century. truly with the passage of this bill, harry reid will have everyoned his place in the senate's history. [applause] so -- [applause] i thank all the groups for all their support behind us here who have gotten us to this point, and without further ado, the person who has led us to this point of victory for the american people, our great leader, harry reid. [applause] >> we have a line up here today that is the lineup that is the reason that we are able to complete this legislation. i played baseball, i love baseball. i love baseball season, i can come home even if it's for a short time the, turn on the tv and watch an inning or two, it's extremely relaxing, and i enjoy it very much. i know a lot a

harry reid and nancy pelosi because of the fact that harry reid virtually was nullified during the bushion and now no one is paying attention -- the new dog, harry reid right in the middle. he is so impressive -- i think he should get credit for that. i think he is the most impressive. have a big christmas. host: springfield, ohio, betti on the republican line. caller: now is the time for mr. john boehner, a patriot, he is the one we follow and listen to. host: thank you for all of your calls. in the house of representatives will begin its legislative business.

i want to commend senator harry reid, the extraordinary work that he did.y leadership and dedication. having passed reform bills in both the house and senate, we now have to take up the last and most important step and reach an agreement on a final reform bill that i can sign into law. i look forward to working with members of congress of both chambers over the coming weeks to do exactly that. w3w3with today's vote, we areçw critical close to making health insurance reform or reality in this country. our challenge is to finish the job. i]we cannot doomç another generation of americansç to soaring costs, eroding coverage and exploding deficits. çwe need to do what we were set here to do and improve the lives of the people we serve. çfor thm@vake of our citizens, let's make 2010 a year we finally reform health care in the united states of america. çmerry christmas and happyççw year. çççççç>> do you have a leh for the troops? ñrçççç>> -- a holiday wish e troops? ç>> i do and i am on my way to call a few of them to wishç thm a merry christma