harry reid refused to give a timetable passing a bill, signaling he may have trouble getting enough votes. >>> philadelphia's mass transit strike is over. the transit system and its largest union agreed to a new contract overnight, ending the six-day strike. about 5,000 workers walked off the job last tuesday over a dispute about pension benefits. the strike affected philly's subways, buss and trolleys. >>> 11 women were found dead at a house in cleveland. people marched with candles to the house where the women were found. anthony sowell lives there. he is accused of murder and rape. one of seven bodies identified so far is talisha fordson. her mom was there last night. >> as we stand here in front of this home where they found your daughter, what is that like for you? >> it's hard, because i want to

yesterday senate majority leader harry reid was asked if his health care bill would pass this year. he refused to offer a timetable. the budget office blew the deadline for analyzing the cost of the bill and the senate cannot vote until it's completed. that's the analysis. the delay could mean reid having trouble getting enough votes. on the other side of the capitol, house leaders hope to take a vote on their bill this weekend. president obama wanted a bill on his desk by the time of the august recess a couple months ago. >>> detainees at the u.s. facility at guantanamo bay won't get the h1n1 flu vaccines after all. the task force responsibility for detainees said last week they would get shots but lawmakers criticized the plan because of vaccine shortages in the u.s. the white house says there's no h1n1 vaccine for gitmo and none is on the way. >>> judging by these pictures, and the sounds, iran's opposition movement has not lost its steam or spirit defying a harsh government crackdown. thousands took to the streets of

we also heard from the senate floor yesterday, senator harry reid. let's show you what senator reid was saying yesterday. ok. to tomheart attackin on the senate floor. >> i think the american people, when they really learn what's in this bill, will be very thankful that we're moving ahead. this is a moe -- moe -- pivotal vote. as we move ahead in the debate, the american people will learn more and more about what's in this bill. this bill is a good deal for america. reduces the deficit. will cover, along with medicare, 98% of the people in this country. it will crack down and stop a lot of health insurance industry abusers. and it will, for the first time, provide enormous support for prevention and wellness to keep people healthy in the first place, to change the paradigm away from a sick care system, to a true health care system in america. that's what this bill is all about. we're rounding third. we're heading home. as our leaders said, it's a long way sometimes from third to home. but we're going to get there. host: we'll go back to your calls. r

harry reid did not for the public option out.our first phone call from buffalo, n.y. caller: good morning, regarding afghanistan -- the american people have been anesthetized. for example, we have done away with a draft so that only a very few american boys representing the total population served, and they primarily from lower income families. number two, we do not ask the american people to pay for the war. we continue to pay for it on the credit card and let our grandkids even our enabling meda contributes because they refuse to show photographs, horrific photographs of what war really is. is it true the american people have been anesthetized? guest: absolutely. let's pay for this and taxes. the president recently signed a $680 billion for one year defense authorization budget. our priorities are a little skewed these days. this does not include the wars in afghanistan and iraq. that is why they're coming forward by sentimentalists. host: one of our viewers is to call for a public option. what should this complelook lik? guest

yesterday senate majority leader harry reid was asked if his health care bill would pass this year, wellnot give a timetable. democrats say the congressional budget office blew its deadline for analyzing the costs. the senate can't vote until they're finished. it may mean reid is having trouble getting enough votes. >>> well, if you have lost your luggage, there is a chance it might be in phoenix. two people are charged with stealing more than 1,000 suitcases at sky harbor international airport. yeah, it started when an airport officer saw a guy take a piece of luggage and drive away. police followed him and found so many suitcases at his house they couldn't even count them all. >>> former miss california usa carrie prejean settled her legal battle over breast implants and her firing. this is popular on cnn.com right now. both sides dropped lawsuits here. the pageant demanded she repay the money she borrowed for implants, breast implants, right? well, she said by confirming that she had them the pageant violated her privacy. she also said that she was being -- she was fired for being aga

harry reid is considering higher taxes on the rich to help pay for health care legislation.t's from a democratic source. by rich they have a new definition f. you make more than $250,000 a year. so one option they're looking at or he's looking at would be to raise payroll tax that is go to medicare. right now that's about 1.4% of your income. no final decision has been made but of course we keep watching as the health care debate goes on and here we see an idea that could have a direct impact on your paycheck. >>> so you go to the pharmacy, maybe to pick up some medicine, some snacks, are you checking the expiration dates on all your products? i don't always remember to. well, maybe we all should. cvs is going to pay $875,000 settling claims in new york that its shelves had all kinds of old, expired products -- eggs, milk, over-the-counter drugs, baby formula. state investigators said they found egregious expired products, their word, at 60% of the cvs stores. some of them more than two years old. oh, no! i'm sure that's not the milk. they would have noticed. wow. cvs says j

group of senators and republicans writing a letter to the majority leader several weeks ago and harry reid was careful about releasing the bill wednesday night. this is not happening until saturday night. senator lincoln of arkansas, you have 72 hours to study the bill and once you look at it you will see it works for your folks. we think they're getting to the wint where they will have 60 votes. >> host: what is the tone from leadership on tonight's actions? what message are they sending? >> guest: a democratic side oere building unity among the caucus to make a strong case for legislation on the republican side. it is obviously the opposite to lay the groundwork for taking those arguments apart describing this bill as too expensive and unwise. yitzhak rabin >> host: what are we going to see on the floor today? >> guest: the vote is expected at 8:00 p.m.. we will get started a little bit before 10:00 a.m. and you'll see alternating hours the personal democrats and republicans going back and forth. >> we have a lot of attention being focused on the congressional debate concerning health-ca

senator reed, harry reid, has introduced a public option, there's strong support there, but we are far from the end of the debate in the senate. it will take time. it will be careful, thorough, and deliberate. i hope that a public option is part of the final bill. >> republicans in the senate are hoping to defeat any bill like the one passed by the house, which contains a public option. now, right now, some d moderate death democrats have expressed some reservations as well. also appearing on "face the nation" this morning, as well, was gop senator lindsey graham of south carolina. graham said he thinks the government option would destroy private health care and that the house bill passed late last night is doa. >> the house bill is dead on arrival in the senate. just look at how it passed, 220-215. it passed by two votes. you had 39 democrats vote against the bill. they come from red states, moderate democrats from swing districts. they bailed out on this bill. it was a bill written by liberals for liberal, and people like joe lieberman is r not going to get anywhere near the house bi

harry reid seems pretty confident.the last few we have been waiting to hear from is from louisiana and arkansas and nebraska and senators. a statement from the nebraska senator said he would put out a vote to proceed. that does not mean that he supports the legislation in its current form. he will put it out there on the form and begin to make changes. there are some things he does not like. >host: something in the legislation that refers to the state of one person. guest: it would increase some financing of medicaid for louisiana -- four states that have suffered a disaster. that provision in the bill -- some associate that with new orleans. some say that will be known as louisiana purchase. host: it is meant to get a yes vote from her. guest: yes. there are concerns about the costs. a big component of this legislation is increasing the number of those injured. because they contribute to the cause, many have said you will have a lot of extra cost, this bill would have the federal government pick up the tab for the fir

yesterday senate majority leader harry reid was asked had if his health care bill would pass this year refused to give a timetable. democrats say the congressional budget office blew its deadline for analyzing the bill's cost. the senate can't vote until they're finished. the delay may also mean reid is having trouble getting enough votes. >>> a justice of of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple has resigned. that's the word from state officials in louisiana. keith bardwell with says he does not regret his decision. but he told wbrz he was advised to step down after the couple filed a discrimination lawsuit against him. >>> kind of curious if we have snow to deal with today. let's check in with bob van dillen. i know denver lately has been snowy. >> last week they got hammered pretty well. not much going on when it comes to snow. we have a clipper type system dropping out of the upper midwest, rolling through the great lakes, throwing light rain into central ohio. all the blue you see is all rain. the white shading is supposed to be snow, but that's not reaching the gro

they said it would mean higher premiums and more taxes, but harry reid says for the first time, almost all americans are going to be covered. >> 98% of the american people, those who have medicare will be included in that number, will have health insurance. and we'll make sure that 30 million more americans who don't have health insurance today will soon have it. i want to repeat, we not only protect medicare, we're making it stronger. >> democrats say their plan will cost about $850 billion over the course of ten years. they would pay for it with fees on insurance, drug and medical companies along with higher taxes on the wealthy. there would be cuts to medicare and medicaid and other fees and taxes as well, and this is estimated to cost about $350 billion less than the house version that was passed about two weeks ago. it also calls for medicare and medicaid cuts and new fees and taxes, too. >>> the if i knfbi is checking whether two chicago men may have played a role in terror tax in india. the agency says one of the men was in contact with a pakistani group that india blames for la

senate majority leader harry reid says for the first time almost all americans would be covered. >> 98% of the american people, those that have medicare will be included in that number, will have health insurance. and we'll make sure that 30 million more americans who don't have health insurance today will soon have it. i want to repeat. we not only protect medicare, we're making it stronger. >> senate democrats say their plan will cost about $850 billion over ten years. they'd pay for it with fees on insurance, drug and medical companies along with higher taxes on the rich. there would be cuts to medicare and medicaid and other fees as well as taxes. it's estimated the cost about $350 billion less, though, than the house version. that one also calls for medicare and medicaid cuts as well as new fees and taxes. >>> the fbi's checking into whether two chicago men may have played a role in terror attacks in india. the agency says one of the men was in contact with the pakistani group that india blames for last year's attacks in mumbai. police arrested the men last month. they're accused o

harry reid refused to give a timetable, signalling hng troub. >>> two u.s.s were killed when their helicopter went down in iraq. the incident is still under investigation. separately, a u.s. marine died from non-combat injuries. >>> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> those were the words of then president ronald reagan as the site of the berlin wall in june of 1987. can you believe that was 20 years ago today? the events all around the world will mark the anniversary. in california, at the reagan library, they're doing to tear down a piece of the wall. hillary clinton will be among the speakers there. >>> if i remember correctly, i was still in college, but i already had my first job at a tv station and was watching cnn. >> i was in german class in high school. i'm not even kidding. basically what you heard from me. >> and that was your voice changing? >> can we get on the tv and watch the wall come down? that's basically what we were doing 20 years ago. let me show you the big satellite. hurricane ida, doesn't look very healthy at all. great news before

harry reid's bill does not take effect until 2014. that means more than 200,000 americans will die while the congress waits to do something. how out of touch can a congress the? hauck incompetent and dysfunctional canoy congress beat, a democratic party be when they allowed 200,000 americans to die while they do nothing? when medicare was passed it was put into effect within a year. why did delay? 200,000 deaths on the hands of the congress. i am going to turn to the economic impact and i want to put the health care bills into context of the economy that is what most, the real economy most americans are living through and there have been a number of studies that i think will highlight that. first the census cannot. the census found a widening income gap as the poor and working-class take a big hit on the recession. here is a report on it. recession has hit middle and ports families cardes wyden the income gap between the richest and poorest americans as rippling ravage households. household income declined across all groups. people so

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harry reid's bill does not take effect until 2014 for more than 200,000 -- until 2014. more than 200,000 people died. halling competent and dysfunctional can the congress be? when they allowed 200,000 americans to die while they do nothing? when medicare was passed, it was put into effect within a year. why does the light? 200,000 deaths on the hands of the congress. let me turn to the economic impact. i want to put this in the context of the economy, the real economy most americans are living through. there are a number of studies that came out this year. the census came out, finding a widening income gap as the poor and working-class take a big hit from the recession. here is our report. the recession has hit middle income families hardest. widening the income gap between the richest and poorest americans as crippling job losses ravages households. it declined across all groups. people got poorer across all groups. but the sharpest percentage was for middle-income and poor americans, those without insurance, by the way. there fell -- their incomes fell down to the lev

senate jorty harry reid has his own proposal. includes a government run insurance program known as a public option. most senate republicans oppose that. so it will take all 60 members of the democratic caucus to bring a public option to a vote and one independent joe lieberman of connecticut says he'll join the republican filibuster to block consideration of that bill. >>> 20 years ago today the berlin wall came down symbolically freeing eastern europe from communist rule and marking the beginning of the end of the cold war. several events around the world are planned to mark the historic occasion. secretary of state hillary clinton, in fact, is joining world leaders in berlin to celebrate the anniversary, and here you can see live pictures from the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. the library invited students and visitors to paint inspirational messages on its 32-foot replica of the berlin wall over the past few weeks. any moment now you'll see the fifth grade class from a local elementary school te

but senate majority leader harry reid says for the first time almost all folks across the united states are going to be covered. >> 98% of the american people, medicare will be included in that cover, will have health insurance. and we'll make sure that 30 million more americans who don't have health insurance today will soon have it. i want to repeat, we not only protect medicare, we're making it stronger. >> all right. senate democrats saying their plan will cost about $850 billion over the course of ten years. they would pay for it with fees on insurance, drug and medical companies along with higher taxes on the wealthy. there would be cuts to medicare and medicaid and other fees and taxes as well. it is estimated to cost about $350 billion less than the house version that was passed a couple weeks ago. it also calls for medicare and medicaid cuts and new fees and taxes. lots of details. >>> a suicide bomber killed at least 17 people outside a courthouse. it happened this morning in northwestern pakistan. this attack wounded at least 45 people and this is the seventh deadly attack in

harry reid said it should reduce the deficit while expanding health coverage to millions of americans. 98% of the american people, those who have medicare will be included in that number, will have health insurance. we'll make sure 30 million more americans who don't have health insurance today will soon have it. i want to repeat, we not only protect medicare, we're making it stronger. >> now like the house bill, the senate bill also includes the public option and so far republicans have stood almost completely united against that bill. >>> keep talking to your doctor. that is the big message from health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius about new mammogram guidelines. a federal advisory board said women in their 40s should avoid routine exams. the american cancer society, of course, disagrees. and sebelius says programs like medicaid will keep paying for the exams. the guidelines are recommendations not government policy. >> we want women to have a doctor, take the information but then have that conversation about your own health history, what the risks are of having a m

beginning with senator harry reid, our leader, who with patience and persistence and care has led to a bill that is before the senate. the question today is whether we should proceed. i would like to say that there are probably, in my view, maybe no other member of the senate could have accomplished what he has today, and i think many senators share my thoughts and belief. number two, i want to recognize the extraordinary work of a senator from oregon, senator ron wyden, who two years ago, before the process of election of a president really significantly got under way, before it was really ever clear it i as to who might win, he put down a bill called the healthy americans act, which i was very proud to support -- and still am so proud of his effort today -- that had the support of almost seven republicans and seven democrats, a truly bipartisan effort, that would accomplish, in my view, what many americans are asking for: a marketplace that's fixed and reformed, more choices, affordable choices for individuals and small businesses and families, and a real effort to curb the rising

"harry reid will attempt toi#@ host: what is senator reid's mission leading up to the christmas break? guest: trying to cobble the other the 60 votes presumably for some sort of a public option. this is what democrats really want. this is the legislative goal, ideological goal, to have some sort of a government-financed health care system by now there does not appear to be that amount of votes for some kind of public option. but that is what the backroom dealing will be all about and we will see where we end up in the next couple of weeks or so. host: what will be the republican mission be? guest: republicans will be to block the bill entirely or, if they cannot do that, offer as many amendments as possible and to push it down to 2010, an election year, or at least, force a vulnerable democrats to vote for controversial provisions, for the public option or the bidding access to abortion services, or any other controversial -- limiting access to abortion services, or any other controversial measures. host: "republicans won six weeks of debate and have -- democrats control of the debate

harry reid's bill does not take effect until 2014. that means more than 200,000 americans will die while the congress waits to do something. how out of touch can a congress the? hauck incompetent and dysfunctional canoy congress beat, a democratic party be when they allowed 200,000 americans to die while they do nothing? when medicare was passed it was put into effect within a year. why did delay? 200,000 deaths on the hands of the congress. i am going to turn to the economic impact and i want to put the health care bills into context of the economy that is what most, the real economy most americans are living through and there have been a number of studies that i think will highlight that. first the census cannot. the census found a widening income gap as the poor and working-class take a big hit on the recession. here is a report on it. recession has hit middle and ports families cardes wyden the income gap between the richest and poorest americans as rippling ravage households. household income declined across all groups. people so

this is the top senate democrat, majority leader harry reid, and he is considering higher taxes on thefor the health care legislation. and by rich, though, they mean if you make more than $250,000 a year. democrats kind of stuck to that as their definition of rich over the past year or so. one option would be to raise the payroll taxes that go to medicare. right now you are paying 1.4% of your income for that. and this is what they tell you as they try to get some kind of legislation together. >>> stocks hit a fresh high coming off the bottom last night. that's good news in a bad economy, right. at one point we were in the 6,000s, and starts off this morning from 10,291. enough to log a new high for the year. that's six days in a row of march get gains. we will see what happens this morning. we have the new up-to-the minute jobless report coming out in about 45 minutes. >>> you go to the pharmacy and pick up medicine and maybe snacks while you are there. are you picking up the products and looking at the expiration date? >> no, you think the store will do it. >> well, maybe you should

i'm hopeful because of the work of so many of our colleagues and the work of senator harry reid.he has put a bill before us that, as i said, will make life better for every single american. it's called the patient protection and affordable care act. first and foremost, if you have health insurance that you like, this bill gives you the security of knowing it will be there for you when you need it. and if you don't have health insurance, you'll be able to get affordable coverage through a new exchange which includes the public option. ultimately, under this bill, we are expanding health care to cover more than 94% of american people, and all the while we are cutting the federal deficit by an estimated $130 billion over ten years because there are real savings and real revenues in this bill to offset the new, important programs. when this bill is signed into law, mr. president, america's families will see immediate improvements to their health care. they won't have to wait. for example, right away when president obama signs this bill, your insurance company won't be able to kick yo

. >> senate majority leader harry reid presented an $848 billion health-care overhaul package this past wednesday. the congressional budget office determined that the bill would cut the federal deficit over time by $130 billion. now, reactions from some republican leaders. this is a little over 25 minutes. >> good morning everyone. we are here to talk about this massive 2007-2007 before page bill -- this 200 -- this 2074 page bill. this is not different from bills that we have seen before. it is a quarter of a trillion dollars in medicare cuts. it has higher insurance premiums for 85% of americans already have health insurance. that is the core of the bill. we also know that the majority has engaged in significant gimmickry in order to suggest, and i am hard pressed to see how they can do this with a straight face, that this costs between $800,000,000,000.-1918718098 dollars. a ceo would tell you that if you look at 18 year time frame, it is a 2.5 trillion dollar package. the gimmick that the deployed was to delay benefits. with that, let me turn to the center. >> by virtually every opi

this is the harry reid layaway plan for this holiday season. pay in for four years before you get the first benefit back out. in four years, you will find out exactly how expensive this plan was. >> we all have received a lot of calls and letters about this bill. i would say today come easily, over the last week, calls have been about 90 to 1 in opposition to the legislation. i pulled out a quotation from somebody that comes out of a rural area in nebraska. this is what this person wants me to be aware of tonight at about 8:00 when we cast our vote. this person says, "for the first time in my career, i am honest the questioning how much longer i can continue to constantly be up against regulations and funding when all you want to do is make a difference in someone's life. it is exhausting." ladies and gentlemen in all states are in rural areas. in nebraska, the majority of hospitals are small. their 25-bed and other. they're small, critical access hospitals. communities take a lot of pride because they know with the hospital closes, the communi

laid down their beliefs, sold out their constituents, rolled by pressure from barack obama and harry reid. they vote today move forward a government-run healthcare bill our nation does not want and can't afford. one member sold her vote to the highest bidder. one member sold out his principles. two more lost what little credibility they had on fiscal responsibility, another put the interests of the left of his party before his own state. and another voted one way after saying she was for another. it's no wonder why democrats voted in the dead of night. [cheers and applause] >> so i think laughter is the best medicine. i have a healthcare reform joke. you want to hear it? so this woman goes to her doctor she says, doctor, my back is killing me. she says, doc, i can't breathe out of this side of my nose. does my insurance cover a nose job? he says yes, it does. another woman goes to her doctor and she says, "my baby has encephalus. its brain is not there and it is fatal. does my insurance cover abortion? and he says no, it doesn't. >> sarah palin's book "going rogue" is a national best sell

host: they write about the tight rope that needs to be walked today by harry reid. "harry reid will attempt to do something that has eluded him all year, negotiate a compromise on the public insurance option and win over a public still leery of reform. -- reform." what is his mission leading up to christmas break? guest: his challenge is to cobble together those 60 votes into some sort of public option. this is what democrats really want. this is their ideological goal, to have some kind of government finance health care system. right now there does not appear to be that number of votes for some kind of public option. but that is what the back room dealing appears to be about. host: what about the republicans? guest: to block the bill or offer as many amendments as possible to push the bill into 2010, or at the very least force vulnerable democrats to vote on controversial issues. one of many controversial action said democrats would prefer to avoid. host: "democrats can short circuit the debate by voting cloture on the bill. when asked if he thought the debate woul

laid down their beliefs, sold out their constituents, rolled by pressure from barack obama and harry reidey voted to move afford a government-run healthcare bill our nation does not want and can't afford. one member sold her vote to the highest bidder. one member sold out his principles. two more lost what little credibility they had on fiscal responsibility. another put the interests of the left of his party before his own state. and another voted one way after saying she was for another. it's no wonder why democrats voted in the dead of night. >> you can watch more of those ads and read the senate healthcare's bill, the congressional budget office cost estimate and more online, c-span healthcare's hub and they have hearings and speeches and the health proposal on healthcare all at c-span.org/healthcare. the senate homeland security heard testimony last thursday on the fort hood shooting. none of the military officials investigating the shooting appeared at this public portion of the hearing. witnesses did include retired army weiss chief of staff jacque cane and former bush administrati

and there's at least one democrat seagrave take telling how we telling harry reid.everybody is worse than the other one. but i want my congressmen were to represent his or her constituents, not the leader of the party, no matter which party it is. first, second, third, fourth party. i want representation of my congressmen was elected by less than one percentage point, throughout probably the worst congressmen. a big step forward, but when it comes to the tight votes, when it comes to the war slashed boat this past june and his constituents want one thing, and the party leaders and the white house, the secretary and the generals want something else. and which way do you think he goes? most of the corruption of the party, and is related to money. so you clean up the money, you clean that up to. you don't necessarily have to get real parties, but these are people threatening challenges, threatening chairmanships, threatening votes, threatening aramark, promising weapons factory, for no apparent reason, to put a congressmen on the front page. and this goes against repre

that were the last two to hold out on how they might vote on this motion to proceed now, senator harry reid was able to move on to his proposal to start the debate when they come back from the thanksgiving break and recess. the public auction has gotten the most attention. senator lender and centre lincoln -- senator lincoln were the one of the last holdouts. senator lieberman said he could not vote for something that has -- to either one no public option, or something that is not national or something that is not a government run. something that is triggered by a portability so that it to extend. that is something that senator snowe has supported. abortion will come up as an issue. some senators do not want federal funding. they say that that is the issue. >> you mentioned the senators lincoln and landrew. they said they would not necessarily vote in favor next time. >> this had a 60 vote threshold which required all 16 democrats on board because no republicans would want to vote for it tonight. when they try to finish up with the debates, they will need to have another vote that requires

at the beginning i want to salute the majority leader, harry reid. for what he has done. we had our bill that came out of the committee that i am not privileged to share after the untimely death of a our esteemed colleague and friend, senator ted kennedy. our help kennedy bill came through under the great leadership of senator chris dodd. we passed on july 15th. and then the finance committee under the able leadership of my friend and classmate, senator max baucus of montana. they did their work and then the two bills had to be put together, and that was done by the majority leader. and he did a masterful job of putting the two bills together and getting it down to the congressional budget office and getting a score on what it would cost, what it would cover. and when we solve the bill combat that we now have in front of us, the so-called merged bill truly is a port of genius by the majority leader. i said the other day that he has the patience of job, the wisdom of solomon and the stamina of samson to get this job done. and i also salute of the senators, democrats and

last week senate majority leader harry reid refused to give a timetable for passing a senate bill, signaling he may be having trouble getting enough votes to do just that. >>> seven years on after one of the most frightening killing sprees in u.s. history. d.c. sniper john allen muhammad will be put to death tomorrow night. he shot at least 20 people, five in one single day. ten people died. the shootings came as the country was still reeling after 9/11 and the anthrax letters. muhammad's accomplice lee boyd malvo is serving life in prison. >>> stairs or the escalator? well, an advertising company figured it could make life a bit more fun for commuters by turning a subway staircase into a piano keyboard. ♪ left, right, right, left. this is part of the company's fun theory. they are trying to prove that if people have some fun in their lives they'll change their behavior for the better, get a little more exercise as well. viral videos of the fun theory have become a hit on the internet. ♪ >>> bob van dillen joins us. reminds me of "big." >> absolutely. >> but on a gargantuan scale. >> robert

that's what senate majority leader harry reid said yesterday, according to "new york times."re has been speculation he can't get enough votes for a public option, which is included in the house bill that passed on saturday. >>> new this hour, the attorney for the alleged ft. hood shooter is explaining why he took that case. the retired army colonel tells cnn that he takes pride in defending anyone in uniform. >> first and foremost, i share and extend my sympathies to all of the victims that were involved in this case, but i'd also caution and remind everyone how important it is that we ensure that as we go through a pretrial and trial process, whether it's within the military, outside of the military, that we remember why we all wear the uniform, the important rights we seek to protect and that is the right to a fair trial. >> so far, major nidal hasan has refused to talk to federal agents and only met with his attorney for about 30 minutes. >>> a spiritual leader who communicated with major hasan is wanted now. police in yemen want to know if he has ties to al-qaeda. he was

beginning with senator harry reid, our leader, who with patience and persistence and care has led tohe senate. the question today is whether we should proceed. i would like to say that there are probably, in my view, maybe no other member of the senate could have accomplished what he has today, and i think many senators share my thoughts and belief. number two, i want to recognize the extraordinary work of a senator from oregon, senator ron wyden, who two years ago, before the process of election of a president really significantly got under way, before it was really ever clear it i as to who might win, he put down a bill called the healthy americans act, which i was very proud to support -- and still am so proud of his effort today -- that had the support of almost seven republicans and seven democrats, a truly bipartisan effort, that would accomplish, in my view, what many americans are asking for: a marketplace that's fixed and reformed, more choices, affordable choices for individuals and small businesses and families, and a real effort to curb the rising and alarming cost to the

in this case, specifically, why do you have harry reid telling the president of the united states no, i don't even want olympia snowe, i'd want one republican supporting health care bill? >> the truth is -- i'm going to disagree right now. free enterprise does not work particularly well in health care and i will tell you why. the administration rate -- >> we don't have insurance companies competing across state lines 3 >> that's the worst thing you could do. >> are you kidding me? >> yes. i will explain why this is. in my state, everybody under 18 has health care. you cannot be refused by any insurance company, no matter what the reason is. everybody gets charged the same. you cannot charge a sick patient who is older more than 20% more than you can charge a young, healthy patient. that has been going on for 15 years. if you could let people buy insurance across state lines, you are making the texas health commissioner be my health commissioner. do you know what the insurance rate is in in texas? 25%. 22% of children have no health insurance in texas. i do not want health commissioner

since that day max baucus, harry reid, nancy pelosi, and others have cobbled together and comprehensible legislation. it is convoluted. it is confusing. but one thing is clear, president obama and the democrats have cut a dirty deal with the house insurance and pharmaceutical industries. a bomb attack single-payer off the table and an exchange the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries supported his drive for "reform." that is why harry and louise before again by the bigpharma are back on the air or drink for passage. there are 80 members of the house who say that they support single-payer, yet it was only congressman kucinich and eric massa who courageously stood up earlier this month to vote against president obama. and against nancy pelosi. and again hoyer and the democratic leadership in the congress. kucinich called it a bill under the blue cross. massa said it would enshrine in law the monopolistic powers of the private health insurance industry. single-payer action today is calling on the 88 single-payer supporters in the house and those in the senate including sumter bern

yesterday harry reid was asked if his health care bill would pass this year, reid refused to give a timetable there. democrats say the congressional budget office blew its deadline for analyzing the bill's cost. the senate can note vote until they are finished. that decision may mean reid is having trouble getting enough votes. >>> as the health care reform debate goes on, who knows how many months that will be. >> yeah, really. >> one thing we know for sure, the weather looks okay in some parts of the country. >> but it's the end of hurricane season, it goes through november 30th. tropical depression 11 just formed near panama and costa rica. high pressure dominating the eastern seaboard but we have a quick moving clipper system out of the great lakes into the midwest. you can see the rain wrapped up with that. that's all the blue shading coming in. basically coming in through ohio and towards western p.a. and new york state later today. rain goes back towards indy and wisconsin, near chicago too. but it's on the real light side. don't have to worry too much about the delays here. might see

i'm hopeful because of the work of so many of our colleagues and the work of senator harry reid. he has put a bill before us that, as i said, will make life better for every single american. it's called the patient protection and affordable care act. first and foremost, if you have health insurance that you like, this bill gives you the security of knowing it will be there for you when you need it. and if you don't have health insurance, you'll be able to get affordable coverage through a new exchange which includes the public option. ultimately, under this bill, we are expanding health care to cover more than 94% of american people, and all the while we are cutting the federal deficit by an estimated $130 billion over ten years because there are real savings and real revenues in this bill to offset the new, important programs. when this bill is signed into law, mr. president, america's families will see immediate improvements to their health care. they won't have to wait. for example, right away when president obama signs this bill, your insurance company won't be able to kick y

harry reid senator of nevada is not going to let that happen. they are not even going to green light an opportunity, you know, coming up a storage space for nuclear energy. so there's that. even if that was green lit, then you have to start actually getting all these nuclear plants online, which is going to take another, i don't know what, 10, 15, 20 years. by that point the global warming problem is going to be, you know, at a very -- far more advanced stage. so i don't think it makes sense for political reasons. i don't think it makes sense from a cost standpoint. and i also just personally feel very weird and uneasy about the idea of, you know, having radioactive waste underground, you know, that will essentially be toxic for, you know, ealternate. -- eternity. it stays radioactive for we don't know how long. thousands and hundreds of thousands of years. so going -- you know, putting the united states as a huge population onto a very heavy, heavy nuclear, you know, energy system would produce such a mountain of very, very dangerous waste that

that's what senate majority leader harry reid said yesterday according to the "new york times." recently he said he would not give a timetable on passing health care reform. there's been speculation he cannot get enough votes for a public option, which was included in the house bill that passed on saturday. >>> well, the man accused of trying to extort $2 million from david letterman says he was just trying to sell him a screenplay. joe halderman asked a judge to throw the case out saying this is all a misunderstanding. letterman's lawyer says the move was blackmail no matter how halderman's lawyer tries to dress it up. >>> police affidavits suggest comments made toward a woman apparently led to the stabbing death of a university of cold front football player. larry smith has more on that. >> reporter: john lomax iii will appear in court on friday accused of murdering jasper howard. the document reveals one of his had teammates disrespected a woman at a school-sponsored dance. that's what authorities believe sparked a fight broken up by police. however, a second fight started ou

ruled high pressure from barack obama and harry reid. they voted to move forward a government run health care bill our nation does not want and can't afford. one members hold her vote to the highest bidder. one member sold out his principles. to more lost what little credibility they had on fiscal responsibility. another put the interests of the left of his party before his own state. and another voting one way after saying she was for another. it makes no wonder why democrats voted in the dead of night. >> you can rea read the senator health care bill and the congressional budget office's cost estimate online. sees this health care hub also has a video of hearings and speeches town halls, and debates. that's all at c-span.org health care. >> next a senate hearing on distracted driving. the witnesses are transportation secretary ray lahood and fcc chairman julius genachowski. jay rockefeller of west virginia chairs the commerce and transportation committee. this is one hour and 35 minutes. >> this social event will come to order. and i'm

they already have some very important people, harry reid in power in washington d.c. >> glenn beck is of salt. >> but i think i want to see more, exactly. >> what about prop a? they were the ones who were blamed for prop a. >> that's when they moved to the right. they moved so far to the right. i know they are seen as an extremist. their history is being seen as an extremist. i think they are now being seen as that again and politically that's devastating. >> remember what during the primaries, romney was saying from a religion that was extremist. that was not good for them. they are trying to redo it. >> that's what they have been going through since the '70s. when i was born you could not be a full member if you were black. since the '70s try to change, trying to come more mainstream, don't want to be seen to the far extreme right. >> i don't think people most americans really understand. we hear things like magic underwear. what exactly is that? >> my mom had them. i saw them. i tried them on a couple times. i got to say it didn't do much for me. >> how did they respond to you when

for women of america, you you need to be calling senator harry reid. you need to be calling every u.s. senator across this country and saying it is unacceptable. >> everybody knows who their senator sflt it is not that hard to figure this out. >> but that fight has to happen there. that it is unacceptable. unacceptable. >> that language is included. >> thanks very much, ladies. maxine, we love you. coming up, who will fill diane sawyer's shoes over at "good morning america"? >>> i am not my hair. no more wigful that's it. not going to do it. >> how did you decide to do it? >> i was finally strong enough. the hair keeps us from doing the things we all want to do. i realized there was a part of me that was holding on desperately to the old robin. holding on desperately to how i looked nxt do you believe us when we say you are beautiful? because you are. >> oh! my mom says i look like a little greek boy. so i don't know. >> a tall greek boy, actually. she has certainly gone you through her shares. trials over the years on "good morning america" but they'r

they already have some very important people, harry reid in power in washington d.c. >> glenn beck is a mormon also. take that with a grain of salt. >> but i think i want to see more, exactly. >> what about prop a? they were the ones who were blamed for prop a. >> that's when they moved to the right. they moved so far to the right. i know they are seen as an extremist. their history is being seen as an extremist. i think they are now being seen as that again and politically that's devastating. >> remember what during the primaries, romney was saying from a religion that was extremist. that was not good for them. they are trying to redo it. >> that's what they have been going through since the '70s. when i was born you could not be a full member if you were black. since the '70s try to change, trying to come more mainstream, don't want to be seen to the far extreme right. >> i don't think people most americans really understand. we hear things like magic underwear. what exactly is that? >> my mom had them. i saw them. i tried them on a couple times. i got to say it didn't do much for m

why do you have harry reid telling the president of the united states, no, i do not even what olympiawe or one republican supporting this health care bill. >> i would disagree right now. free enterprise is not worked well in healthcare. the administration raised -- >> we do not have health insurance of is competing across state lines. but that is the worst thing you could do. what are you kidding? >> in my state, under 18 everyone has health insurance. we cannot be reduced by any insurance company no matter what the reason except non payment of premiums. everybody gets charged the same. you cannot charge a sick patient who is older and more than 20% more than you can charge eight young and healthy patient. that has been going on for 15 years. [unintelligible] the not an insurance rate in texas is that 25% of adults. i do not want the health commissioner in texas have anything to do it by health care system. -- to do with my health care system. >> i have one question. >> we are over time. you have 15 seconds to ask a question. >> if we force the insurance companies to compete, competit

for women of america, you you need to be calling senator harry reid.enator across this country and saying it is unacceptable. >> everybody knows who their senator is. >> that is absolutely right. >> is is not that hard to figure this out. >> but that fight has to happen there. that it is unacceptable. unacceptable. >> that language is included. >> thanks very much, ladies. maxine, we love you. coming up, who will fill diane sawyer's shoes over at "good morning america"? i'll ask robin roberts next.  >> i am not my hair. i am the soul that lies within. that's it. no more wig. that's it. not going to do it. >> how did you decide to do it? is there a particular reason? >> i was finally strong enough. the hair keeps us from doing the things we all want to do. i realized there was a part of me that was holding on desperately to the old robin. holding on desperately to the old robin, holding on to the way i looked. >> do you believe us when we say you are beautiful? because you are. >> oh! my mom says i look like a little greek boy. so i don't know. >> a

gave its qualified blessing to the version of health reform produced by senate majority leader harry reid, quinnipiac university poll of a national cross-section of voters reported its latest results. by a 16-point margin, the majority in this poll said they oppose the legislation moving through congress." david broder went on to say -- "i have been writing for months that the acid test for this effort lies less in the publicized fight over the public option or the issue of abortion coverage than in the plausibility of its claim to be fiscally responsible. this is obviously turning out to be the case. while the c.b.o. said that both the house-passed bill and the one reid has drafted meet obama's test by being "budget neutral," every expert i have talked to says that the public has it right. these bills as they stand are budget busters. here, for example, is what robert bixby, the executive director of the concord coalition, a bipartisan group of budget watchdogs told me." the senate bill is better than the house version, but there's not much reform in this bill. as of now, it's basically