but on what jamal said, anecdotally, i talked to someone?d of phone calls they're getting about the health care debate. they're getting overwhelmingly anti-obama phone calls. that's the problem that deeds is running into. >> actually, the more significant race i think is in new jersey. if republicans win in new jersey, it's tough for obama. >> but in new jersey the governor has its own set of problems. >> no doubt, but i think it shows that the democrat brand is not as great as it used to be. >> lawrence, you're a hollywood guy, and i'm upset we spent an entire hour that nobody mentioned that john hughes died and no reference to "16 candles" or "breakfast club." >> that's all the time we have for today. >>> a month of troubles. >>> a month of troubles. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. leading off tonight, the dangers of august. if february is the cruelest month, this one is no day at the beach. for barack obama this august could be the month of storms. his approval numbers are dropping as the health

jamal simmons, bill press, tom tancredo.s a little upset that bill was in vegas celebrating number 63 with the boys? and she was in the heat of the battle in the congo? what do you make of her tepid response there? >> i know we're going to disagree on this. we criticize our elected officials sometimes for not being humans, human beings. when they prove they are human beings then we criticize them because they make a mistake. she could have handled it better but i thought it was a very refreshingly honest moment. you would never ask a man that same question. it was her way of saying, dammit, i'm here, i'm in charge, deal with me, i don't care what bill thinks. >> jamal, your thoughts on this? i mean, she just have a rough day at the office or what was that? >> you know, she's been on the road for a lot of days. i'm sure there hasn't been a lot of sleep. and you know, ed, i'm sure you've probably been intemperate on your radio show before. >> never, never. >> i know i have, i'll cop to it. sometimes people make mistakes and yo

police arrested jamal's brother rashad alexis. today a grand jury indicted both brothers. a new maryland law will allow the dead witness's grand jury testimony to be used in the trial. >> the goal of the stat yacht is to -- statute is to make sure witness intimidation and violence doesn't prevent jurors and judges from getting the evidence they need to hear. in this case that's would will happen here. this new law will help us make sure the judge and the jury will hear all the evidence and that these murders don't silence the truth. >> if convicted the alexis brothers could get the death penalty. >>> it's all the rage but the end ever the line could be a reality and soon. >>> chances are it's in your pantry tonight. new reasons to chop it up and make dinner with it tomorrow. don't miss what fresh garlic means for your health. >>> iphone addicts rejoice. the security hold that could cripple your favorite tech toy plugged tonight. what you need to know still ahead. >>> a quick check of our rundown. the news edge at 11:00 is coming right back.  >>> we're followin

he testified this week that jamal alexa's wanted a witness against him dead. alexis is accused of conspiring to kill bobby arnold, who agreed to testify against him in the 2006 slaying of raymond brown, a prominent music engineer. two men were shot to death in october. even more disturbing details have come to light about the man went on a murderous rampage at a suburban pittsburgh fitness club. now more on his troubling blog. >> george so danny left a trail of clues to his motivation, including video posted on you tube year-ago. >> my objective is to be real and learn be emotional and to be able to emotiolly connect with people. >> if it is an up close and personal look over his frustration of not being able to get a girlfriend. >> women will be really impressed. they come over here, there is reading material. >> 1 buccola "how to date young women for men over 35." jahant two typed notes in his bag at the scene. >> the complaint over never spending a weekend with a girl. he has may be had sex a few times in his life. >> what may have been his final entry, he

>> jamal got it exactly right on the incomplete part. the president hasn't done anything yet.doesn't have a bill he can strongly support in the senate. i think the fact of the matter is he set up an artificial deadline in august. he let the house pass a cap and trade vote which hurts his votes with the blue dog in the house. it's incomplete and bordering on failure. i think he's lost the communications battle. and i just done think he's actually -- it's not clear to me he'll get a bill and if he doesn't, that will be a big, fat "f." >> john, i wouldn't bet against barack obama right now. we've seen this guy able to pull out a lot more trickier things out of the fire, out of the hat. >> health care has a long history of being tricky and i don't think he's handled it skillfully as i thought he would. >> take a quick look at this rnc ad that is attacking the first 200 days of his presidency, calling it simply a failure. take a listen. >> the presidency of barack obama, 200 days. it started star studded, high hopes, all smiles. photo-ops and reassurances. even an official white ho

>> jamal bryant in the empowerment temple is having a seminar. we're excited to be speaking. >> mimi, tell us about what you are going to be talking about. why bring the two of you up here? they have a lot of big names here. what is your message? >> i'm a big name. >> of course you are. >> i'm a big name. and i have a story to tell. a testimony. i have made mistakes and come through. there are a the loof people that can relate to me and my story. your ring fell out, i can relate to that. >> that happens. everyday life. people see you on tv and have an idea of you on tv. you're this way, that way based on this person they see on tv. what sort of message are you going to give today to talk about your real life, real personality. lisa? >> a lot of people see the drama but there's different layers to us and things we've been through before the cameras were rolling. they will see the softer side that we're human and have been through things as well. i'm sure we can say things that are inspiring to motivate everyone. >> is that the goal? tell me about

the verizon center and broad mix of retail and restaurants many brought in by developer cowgirl lass jamal. levy of cultural tourism d.c. says the arch is an iconic part of washington. >> this defines the center of the chinese experience in washington, d.c. this is our second chinatown. the first chinatown pennsylvania avenue, 4 1/2 street. >> reporter: the $300,000 renovation project paid for by the district may be complete soon enough to reopen the arch this weekend. tom sherwood, news4, washington. >> g street was closed for several hours while a major piece of marble important the arch was moved into place. 48 feet high, 75 feet wide. it is one of the largest chinese arches in this country. >>> a group of office workers from our area claimed a powerball lottery prize, pool of 27 employees at d.c.'s hilton hotel played the powerball last week. they matched all but one number and won $10,000. after taxes, that's a cool $259 each. when the woman that organized the pool told her co-workers about the win, at first they didn't believe it. >> i thought initially she was maybe just fibbing lit

police say an acquaintance, jamal strickland accidentally shot him. charged with making false statements, illegal possession of a handgun and two other firearm charges and awaiting a bail hearing. >> now a clarification for you tonight. more on the background of former teacher facing sex charges. 43-year-old jonathan dick of belair arrested for sending text messages to a teenage boy in back in march. indicted on 18 counts. including third-degree sex offense on. he was a education teacher but is no longer working. >> politically that doesn't sell as well in times when we are in terrible economic times. >> mayor sheila dixon's legal fees are mounting up. why taxpayers could end up footing the bill. >> here we have an 89 f 1 betsy. old chevy van. and land rover. to top it off. >> clunkers funding run dry. why the federal government is giving it a fill up. >> the new gdp numbers are out. and some say the recession is easeing and others say it is a play on words. >> cameras catching speeders. inevitable future for one maryland county. stay with us. . >> wi

essentially dedicated to demonizing local law enforcement and crusading for things like freeing abbu jamal, the convicted cop killer in philadelphia. glenn: ok. ella baker then now goes in with van jones to the apollo alliance. again, america, these organizations are opening up, closing down, opening up, closing down. what's happening is they are getting more and more mainstream, more and more mainstream. ask questions. when we come back. glenn: all this week, we are having questions. i may not have the answers but i have a whole lot of he questions and you should, too. these are just from tonight's show. who is surrounding the president at the white house? do any of the president's advisors have criminal records? president's advisors work to better the country or for their own ideals? who are the anti-capitalists in washington? what role do they have in crafting any of the bills, especially the jobs creations bill? what was storm? what happened to the founders? where are they now? what are the qualifications to be a czar or presidential advisor? what is the difference between a community

i'll put that to our panel next on "the ed show." a a a a a a aa >>> democratic strategist jamal simmondsus, joe, let me ask you, is there any evening wigle room with your audience on the radio when it comes to a government-run program when it comes to the private sector? >> absolutely none. not 100%, and you can't usually say that about my audience. as a matter of fact, today my frustration level got so high, and i understand inside the belt way politics, i understand the arithmetic in the house and the senate, but ed, i'm suggesting that the same coalitioning that brought barack obama to the white house has to step up now. i heard someone suggesting this is like the civil rights movement. we need -- and i'm saying this to labor, i'm saying this to hollywood, i'm saying this to 40 million uninsured people, we need a march on washington between now and october. and i bet you that those eight blue dog democrats, when they look out on that mall and they can see hundreds of thousands of people, it will make a difference. they said about martin luther king in 1965, make me do it. >> can the w

jamal, from indianapolis, on the independent mind, you are on the air. caller: yes, i think it denies people the right to the democratic process when they are there and disruptive. the pictures on the tv seem like a bunch of bitter white people who seem like they could be medicare recipients themselves. i think the fact that obama won the presidency, there is a segment of society he would never satisfied and it is rooted in race, and it is unfortunately that these bigots are willing to sacrifice health care for everyone. host: you say that is rooted in race? has your congressman held a town hall meeting and if so, would you attend? caller: we would have one, but if these people have come in there would have been violence. there are certain segments of society that will not accept a bomb on a matter what in their motive behind it is race. because of race is such a taboo conversation -- what people who do not feel that way still feel indicted by the broad indictment. we know that this is rooted in bigotry. some people would rather not identify the problem.

jamal with power simple joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning.or joining having me. >> what is the power summit? >> the power summit is to get balance in your life with unemployment, violence, the recession. how to maintain your ee qua lib bree anl. so for three days, august 10th august 10th through the 12th , we're bringing people from all walks of life, to equipment people to have power in their lievmentz less brown, a the graift american month to investigation nal speak e jeff johnson from cnn, and farnz worth to talk to the youth about how to overcome your past and rework the future. ar ma ro sarks how to take every the wis necessary place and even a relationship counter. it's an fair for everyone. who is this open too? absolutely for nifnlgt the cost is absolutely free. all right. all they have to do is go to our web site the power summit.could org. it's free to any one who comes in battle more. we're really opening it it up for people around the world to watch it on line them. will be able to do that by rig registering it on sciep or facebo

democratic strategist jamal similar mons with the raven group.lankley. thanks for coming in. did i say raven right? edelman? >> you got it. >> i knew that. let me read what paul krugman, the nobel prize-winning columnist for "the new york times" writes today. >> pretty strong words. >> those are strong words. but i would argue that he's falsely going after republican votes. people cast him as republican, but what he was really going after were conservative and moderate voters. and some of those people are represented by republicans and some represented by democrats. he needed to find a way to get people to say he lost like louisiana, arkansas, nebraska, montana, north dakota. those states had democratic senators who voted for john mccain. he had to win enough of them over the get this bill to the senate. >> is it always a waste of time as paul seems to to suggest that the president could reach out and find some republicans who would work with him the him on this? >> i think he's entirely wrong. the center of gravity of american politics is not in

in the fall of 19907, this guy, in 1996 jamal el fadl, also known as jr.re is no picture of him. he walks into an embassy in africa and is himself up. he embezzled $100,000 from bin laden and bin laden said you