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. >> brian: icht the proud ear is expecting to hear from actor jon voight anymoment now the father oflaw make e, most lit the democrats trying to convince to vote no. joining us is one of the tea partiers, the vote is tomorrow, what message do you want to send to lawmakers? >> in their heart of hearts they know wh they're doing is wrong. i want my grandchildren to live the american dream just like i always have. and what they're doing is going to destroy our country, they know it's not right. vote no. >> brian: ellen batten from north carolina. one more note, brian, at one point in the rally everybody take out your cell phones, he gave the number of the switchboard in congress and had everybody call the switchboard and urge lawmakers to vote no. brian. >> brian: all right, well, i to that yesterday we checked for the story that i was working on, you can't get through the main switchboard. it's just overloaded and has been all week. thanks, molly. >> thank you. >> brian: many opponents of the health care bill focus on how much it's going to cost. we want to check in now with your world
. >> brian: icht the proud ear is expecting to hear from actor jon voight anymoment now the father oflaw make e, most lit the democrats trying to convince to vote no. joining us is one of the tea partiers, the vote is tomorrow, what message do you want to send to lawmakers? >> in their heart of hearts they know wh they're doing is wrong. i want my grandchildren to live the american dream just like i always have. and what they're doing is going to destroy our country, they know it's...
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jon voight later on. we hear from that young lady in a few minutes.'re watching cost of freedom coverage of the most costly piece of legislation we've seen in a generation. does it pass? it's close, very close. every day, 7,000 boomers reach retirement age. and they are rewriting what it means to retire. at merrill lynch, we have over 15,000 financial advisors to help you create a strategy to consolidate, manage, and invest your assets, which could make your second act better than your first. merrill lynch wealth management. >> neil: welcome back to washington. congressman just finished talking and she will no doubt make her way here very quickly to speak with us. tea partiers by the thousands gathering on washington to protest what they say is the biggest case of government boondoggling in american history. the rally will end approximately around 1:30. so another two hours or so. then they're going to go to the capitol complex, to lobby lawmakers directly. i don't know what capitol complex. is that they're going inside? they're outside now. then they
jon voight later on. we hear from that young lady in a few minutes.'re watching cost of freedom coverage of the most costly piece of legislation we've seen in a generation. does it pass? it's close, very close. every day, 7,000 boomers reach retirement age. and they are rewriting what it means to retire. at merrill lynch, we have over 15,000 financial advisors to help you create a strategy to consolidate, manage, and invest your assets, which could make your second act better than your first....
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the health care reform bill and joining them as they go into the office buildings will be actor jon voight and he also spoke to the crowd today and had a message that said was directed at lawmakers inside the capital. listen to this. >> i can only pray to god that each and every one of you, and i'm talking to all the people inside noi, that each and every one of you finds the will, the strength, the courage to turn your back on this destruction of america. >> reporter: this event, as you can see, people here are still filing out, but this event was put together just in the last couple of days. there was a tea party rally on tuesday and organizers say they were flooded with calls and e-mails demanding another rally when it wasn't a workday. so this event sort of grew out of that. now, let me introduce you to my guest, joining knee now is richard rogers from bucks county, pennsylvania, planning to talk to his member of congress or at least to the office right now. what's your message to congressman patrick murphy. >> my message to patrick is i feel this is a last ditch effort in my opinion t
the health care reform bill and joining them as they go into the office buildings will be actor jon voight and he also spoke to the crowd today and had a message that said was directed at lawmakers inside the capital. listen to this. >> i can only pray to god that each and every one of you, and i'm talking to all the people inside noi, that each and every one of you finds the will, the strength, the courage to turn your back on this destruction of america. >> reporter: this event,...
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several law makers are scheduled to speak there along with actor and activist jon voight. >>> you heardthere about the yeses and the noes and the undeclareds and undecide it is, and we have one of each of these. we have three congressmen who will be coming up in a little bit who will decide what happens with your health care. they will join us live, dennis kucinich, parker griffith and henry cuellar are all coming your way in 25 minutes. >>> all right. so from washington, d.c., to minnesota where we are headed to hang out with our friend reynolds wolf for just a little bit here. he's in moorehead, minnesota, where the river is expected to crest this weekend. reynolds, behind you, the light is coming up and now we can see where you are and get to see everything that's behind you right now. are there a lot of people who live in the area where you are right now? >> reporter: you know, it's certainly not the most highly populated place in either minnesota or on the other side of the river of north dakota, but it's still a decent population, i would say it's a medium-sized city and the peopl
several law makers are scheduled to speak there along with actor and activist jon voight. >>> you heardthere about the yeses and the noes and the undeclareds and undecide it is, and we have one of each of these. we have three congressmen who will be coming up in a little bit who will decide what happens with your health care. they will join us live, dennis kucinich, parker griffith and henry cuellar are all coming your way in 25 minutes. >>> all right. so from washington,...
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>> we're going it hear from actor jon voight, people from americans for prosperity, tea party expresscoming from texas to pennsylvania to california, all across the country. >> reporter: and as our anchor was asking, she was asking why specifically do all these people out here today -- why don't they like this health care reform bill? >> the reason they're denouncing it is because they're very concerned about first of all how their care is going to be. my husband has parkinson's disease. one of the problems is it's an ongoing progressive disease and in the future we know that our medical care is going to be limited. it's already happened and with medicare and medicaid and they're very fearful of their coverage and what's going to happen to them. >> reporter: this is not the only protest that's going to take place. this group is going to go to their house of representatives all throughout the day to pressure them to vote this bill down and they're planning a candlelight vigil later this evening. they say they will be here for the vote tomorrow. >> wow. it looks like quite the scene out
>> we're going it hear from actor jon voight, people from americans for prosperity, tea party expresscoming from texas to pennsylvania to california, all across the country. >> reporter: and as our anchor was asking, she was asking why specifically do all these people out here today -- why don't they like this health care reform bill? >> the reason they're denouncing it is because they're very concerned about first of all how their care is going to be. my husband has...
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several lawmakers are scheduled to speak along with actor and activist jon voight. ♪ working for a living taking what they're giving because i'm working far living ♪ >>> jobs. it's been the number one economic issue for president obama and this week he offered new hope for struggling americans. on thursday, he signed into law a new $38 billion package. it offers modest tax breaks for employers and only a relative handful of benefits for those willing to hire in such uncertain times. the bottom line, it falls short of what he and many other democrats wanted. the white house said it had sought sweeping incentives for employers to add jobs. >>> also on the president's radar today, the nation's financial crisis. a lot of stuff to juggle right now. >> the president calls for the biggest overhaul to the financial system since the 19 30z. the legislation calls for a creation of an agency to advocate for every day americans. >> the fact is, it's now been well over a year since the near collapse of the entire financial system. a crisis that helped wipe out more than 8 million jobs and that continu
several lawmakers are scheduled to speak along with actor and activist jon voight. ♪ working for a living taking what they're giving because i'm working far living ♪ >>> jobs. it's been the number one economic issue for president obama and this week he offered new hope for struggling americans. on thursday, he signed into law a new $38 billion package. it offers modest tax breaks for employers and only a relative handful of benefits for those willing to hire in such uncertain...
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jon voight the actor from hollywood will be in town. is a broad collaborative effort of all the groups that have been involved in citing this democratic version of reform. i expect a large crowd and i hope it will send a strong message to folks who still are not decided if they do decide to go go with the democratic leadership on this, they'll ignore being voters and constituents who disagree with them. we both a launched a website where people are voth against them who vote for this bill tomorrow. host: the website a.phq.org. there is the front page. chicago, illinois. good morning. rick on our republican line. caller: good morning. i have a question. i have heard different things on the radio. i have read different things in the newspapers. is there going to be a percentage of a tax on medical products? i heard that in puerto rico -- would be the only location that would have this tax. then i heard the entire country would have a percentage of tax on pharmaceuticals, any type of medical product? guest: there is a medical device tax in
jon voight the actor from hollywood will be in town. is a broad collaborative effort of all the groups that have been involved in citing this democratic version of reform. i expect a large crowd and i hope it will send a strong message to folks who still are not decided if they do decide to go go with the democratic leadership on this, they'll ignore being voters and constituents who disagree with them. we both a launched a website where people are voth against them who vote for this bill...
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there was also a celebrity at the tea party rally, jon voight was there.ere is what he had to say speaking out against the health care bill. >> we are here today to try to reach not only the american people, but our congressmen and senators who are being bullied and bribed into passing this very dangerous and destructive health care bill. >> okay. so, as we were saying, so, that was very peaceful, most of the thousands of people. >> that's the way it should have stayed. >> absolutely. and then it turned and got uglier. there were racist slurs hurled at some of the african-american lawmakers. >> awful stuff. >> awful stuff. it's stuff that in fact, john lewis, long time civil rights activist, lawmaker said he hadn't heard for 40 years, said it reminded him of the '60s. and elijah cummings, took the higher road and said look, there are differences, but said this, my vote will not be dominated by anger or fear, i will march into the house tomorrow to cost my vote. despite being spat upon and hurled with racist remarks. >> no charges were filed against the man
there was also a celebrity at the tea party rally, jon voight was there.ere is what he had to say speaking out against the health care bill. >> we are here today to try to reach not only the american people, but our congressmen and senators who are being bullied and bribed into passing this very dangerous and destructive health care bill. >> okay. so, as we were saying, so, that was very peaceful, most of the thousands of people. >> that's the way it should have stayed....