andr andrea san tears, jim pinkerton, and columnist and fox news analyst kirsten howard. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now >> i do not know what the future holds. i want to work right now for people who are in ofls or out of office for the right things for principles that built of america who are inspired for the values of america who will not deride or apologize for the values for america and i want to work for those people. >> sarah palin, after her decision to resign as governor. her resume' sparked a new criticism, an infamous analysis from new york times columnist maureen dowd. wrote in the column, with her announcement palin proved she's ready to be president because quote, caribou barbie is one t nutty barbie. carl cannon from aol inside politics daily had this to say about coverage of palin when she was running for vice-president. he wrote in the 2008 election we, meaning the press, took sides, straight and simple, particularly with regard to vice-presidential candidates. i don't know that we played in incisive role in that campaign and not saying that

kirsten powers is here in new york with me of the "new york post." when the question comes up, i thought we burgoyne to insure the uninsured, where is the public option, what is the president going to say? >> probably something like we are still working on the details. they have said that they are willing to go ahead without a public auction. i think obama always suspected that this was the case. i remember him being lukewarm about it, then he got pressure from the left and said that he would try to have said. i think he may try to come up with something watered down and passed it off as something big. martha: perhaps a signing ceremony, we passed insurance reform. at least it sounds like we are going in the right direction. of course, one of the question is how this will be paid for. we heard john kerry say that they are $2 billion short of that $1 trillion market in getting all of this paid for. tucker, do you find this heartening? >> i cannot believe they got even that close. martha: it is pretty hard to understand. >> even a year ago we did not u

had nothing like that last night. >> josh kirsten joining us tonight. what we saw last night was a president who did not want to do what bill and hillary clinton did in '94 which is jam something through. they went the other way. said i want this, i want that. but by the way, three republicans i really like. he wanted them to feel good. >> i thought it was as chuck said a rather unfocused press conferences. in the beginning he gave different answers to the same question. at one point, he said i'll never have to sacrifice anything in your care. but later he said i'll talk about a fairly dramatic overhaul of the health care system. what was the viewer at home supposed to do. supposed to call your congressman? feel better about the situation? were you supposed to get mad at someone about something. maybe he was telling us to stay calm. but it's strange to have a press conference. >> what does the timetable look like right now. the senate finance committee put out the word, you've seen it as we all have, we're not going to be able to get the bill through th

what's going on here right, kirsten? >> it's a tough situation.eality is that a lot of democrats are actually getting concerned with it bs, i think if you look at democratic voters. people are saying what's going on here? why are we spending so much money? i support what obama is doing. i think that there are people, there are liberal economists who think that they actually should have spent more money. i think that maybe that's what they are realizing is that they didn't spend enough. >> look, if the economy stays in the tank until the next election, obviously he is toast. but. brian: you think it's obvious with all the charisma? >> wait, but the premises is if the economy stays. now, remember, there was a recession in 1982 i saw the figure unemployment is getting to be as high as it's been since 1982. who was president in 1982? and how many states did he carry when he won again? ronald reagan? he had this terrible first term recession and then it ended and then he carried 49 states. we are very early on to be talking about election prospects. br

and kirsten powers, new york's post columnist and fox news analyst. i'm john scott, fox news watch is on right now! >>> i understand how easy it is for this town to become consumed in the game of politics to turn every issue into a running tally of who is up and down one told his party that even though they may want to compromise it is better politics to go for the kill. another republican senator defeating health care reform is about breaking me. so let me be clear this isn't about me. i have great insurance. so does every member of congress. this is about the letters i read when i sit in the oval office and the stories i hear at townhall meeting everyone >> president defending his plan wednesday night. nearly 200 members of the media were on hand in the east room for that event. only 10 reporters called on mr. obama, and all questions were on the president's chosen topic. given how much confusion the american public seems to have over this issue, cal, should there have been more questions or maybe more answers? >> this was the most controlled news c

steve: kirsten, why is he wrong? why is the governor wrong? >> never!ception by the middle class that this is going to happen. i think one of the problems -- and wrote a column about this, i think last week, that obama has not done a good job of selling this to the middle class. mostly what democrats talk about is we're going to cover the uninsured. well, most middle class people have health insurance and most middle class people are happy with their health insurance so i think that this sort of reflects a skepticism of what's going on? what's in it for he? am i going to end up paying for something? steve: the congressional budget offices say the president says it's going to save money but could cost us more money. that flies in the face of what he's been saying. >> essential with their argument has been that they have to get health care done in order to get the deficit under control. this is what their economic advisors are telling them. there's a lot of disagreement over whether that's true or not. but that is central to their argument. steve: politic

maloney will take on senator kingston build a brand -- will take on senator kirsten gillibrand. party leaders want to this day out. -- party leaders want her to stay out. maloney is from the east side of manhattan. she will make an official announcement in two weeks. they say the democratic establishment led by chuck schumer has cleared other would- be challengers from the primary fields. bloomington, indiana, phyllis, independence caller -- independent caller. what does the number 16? caller: i do not think it matters because i think congress is pretty much an oligarchy. we have such a group of mummified congressmen and their that we need term -- in there that we need term limits. i think it is appalling. i am a senior citizen and i am amazed sitting and watching our government. but anyway, i called regarding the single-payer bill on health care. there was an article in our local paper with a research the salaries of the ceo's. the problem is agreed at the top. aetna ceo, $24 million. cigna, $12 million. host: what would you like to see done? caller: it just goes on and on. hos

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congresswoman carolyn maloney's bid to unseat new york senator kirsten gilllibrand could be over beforet even starts. maloney is expected to announce her candidacy next week is now embroiled in a major controversy after she used the "n" word in an interview when talking about her potential opponent. the congresswoman was describing a call she received from somebody complaining about senator gilllibrand and said, quote, i got a call from someone from puerto rico that said senator gilllibrand went to puerto rico and came out for english only education and he said it was like saying the "n" word to a puerto rican. well, yesterday she issued an apology and said she regrets saying a word she finds disgusting. president obama has made no secret for his admiration for the mayo clinic. >> there are some places like the mayo clinic, many of you have heard of, provides outstanding care, some of the best in the world. people fly in from everywhere to go to mayo clinic. turns out mayo provides care much more cheaply than a lot of other health systems. >> places like mayo clinic in minnesota are abl

kirsten powers is here. and he has worked on michael steele's senate campaign. doug high alt is here and he is one of if not the most successful college coaches of all time. last week he was inducted into the college football hall of fame. former notre dame coach, all-around great guy lou holtz. how are you? >> i'm doing better. sean: there's a rumor you are run fog -- running for office. are you going to? >> oh, i can't run a mile. let's move on to other things! sean: ok. the professor henry louis gates issue. first, president obama's involvement. he said they acted stupidly. then he didn't say he was wrong he said this is a teachable moment. we need to calm down. >> he didn't call the police officer -- sean: he publicly excoriated him. publicly apologize. >> i think he actually has expressed that he shouldn't have said that. it's pretty clear. sean: how about the words "i'm sorry"? >> yeah, he could say i'm sorry and he shouldn't have said it. he shouldn't take sides just because he's friends with somebody. >> the political mistake was he -- it distracted from

on your right, kirsten powers indicated col upist and fox news analyst. and ann coulter.n. first teen that brown and the day by beef i think it is called says that obama is keeping her in a burke carl cameron. three times complain -- burka. vetting her appointees for the u.s. agency for international development et cetera. was she complaining or only complaining because she was flanked out by teen into burns. >> my theory is but by all means defer to the democrats on this is that she wasn'ts to separate herself from obama during his term. she couldn't do it at first because his population was so high. she does think his foreign policy is going to fail. >> she wants to separate herself out and now you are starting to see it leaking and the big division this week was she wanted to hire sidney blumenthal. she wanted that to be shot down. >> geraldo: was it? >> but is your theory she is separating herself to run against obama? >> perhaps if the rating -- if his ratings take a nose dive at six months in you are only we ginning to see the beginnings of the rumblings of it right

york times current number one best selling book "catastrophe" ann coulter a bunch of best sellers, kirsten powers syndicated columnist and fox news political analyst. let me start with you. obama 56 percent. he is not directly on the target year. he is down 6 percent from the average he has had up until then. >> they are probably concerned about it but it's not terrifically surprising either. he is trying to do so much. i think people are getting stirred about the deficit. they are concerned about if already all of the talk about raising taxes. it is concerning a lot of democrats. democrats are fight being it. i think they are going to have to probably take a look at this again and think about what they are talking about. >> yes, the one area where he seems to sit a home run is judge sonia sotomayor and with i predict 80 votes in favor of confirmation. >> first of all i am a little insulted you said the hearings were boring. this is my michael jackson deaths. >> is that true? >> yes. i had to wait for the replays in the evening and could not get a minute of them. >> i don't have a job. i w

huckabee, governor, former and i say future presidential contender mike huckabee joins me as does kirstenowers and an ann coltr who for reasons known best to her is in florida tonight. do you think the trip has legs or the distraction over the g 8 and all the rest was really the headlines? >> he did say some things today in gana that were historic. for an american president to speak as boldly and as bluntly to the continent of africa in saying you can't depend upon other nations bailing you out, you have got to start showing responsibility and deal with the corruption, which has really been the huge problem of africa's development. there are bright spots like rwanda where the governor has put a hiatus on aid coming in to his country that does not empower people to have sustainable jobs. >> geraldo: sounds like mark sanford. >> i think it is important to note that it is working in rwanda in healthcare, it is working in terms of job deployment. a lot of the starbucks coffee comes from rwanda with small acre and farmers farming that hunt specific partnerships with bucks and other companies.

kirsten powers is back. thank you for being here. let's look at the new lows.roval rating he has had. more americans blame barack obama for the bad economy. more people say that we are going in the wrong direction as a country. they are losing in key states. they think he is spending too much money. more people call themselves conservatives. more people view of the democratic party as liberals like you. >> most of that changes among conservatives. independents, gallup put up something to the. since january, he lost 3 points among independents. i think it is overblown. i will not say he does not have a problem. i will not say there should not be concerned. people are concerned about the spending. they are concerned about the deficit and the economy. these are normal concerns. i think people are overstating what is going on. sean: i think you are probably one of the people that was willing to give obama that chance. you were more open-minded than i was. i thought this was destined for failure. i want to say for the record that i was right and i am right. >> there

biggs says it is in the works.a >> kirsten can move that along. >> thanks to all of you. thanks for joining us. captioned by, closed captioning services, inc. >>> hey, welcome to "red eye." it is like the incredible hulk if by hulk you mine stench. go to tv's andy levy for the pregame report. what is coming up? >> big show tonight. coming up, what happened to an ohio man who lost his cool at the telemarketer. we can tell you except then we would probably disappear, too. then, if you never thought that formed abortions -- forced abortions or stair reconcilization were ways to control birth, raise your hands. why paul hogan has explaining to do. why are more and more people burying loved ones in their back yards. some say it is a money saving way to pay respect with dignity. >> where is your jacket? >> over at my desk. >> taking off your jacket means you are working hard. >> roll is up the sleeves. >> what if you take off your shirt? >> a lott of things, none of them having to do with work, unfortunately. >> see you at halftime. >> work it out, greg. >> i'm here with crimin

they will make share statements, and then two other senators, chuck schumer and kirsten gillebrand of new york will introduce sonia sotomayor, and then she will have other opening statement. we don't know how long that is. i'm guessing it will be at least 15 or 20 minutes, approximately that. then the session will be gavelled for the day. tomorrow the q&a begins. each senator, all 19 senators, will have 30 minutes of uninterrupted questioning time available to grill sonia sotomayor. jessica yellin, our national political correspondent is in the senate hart office building where this judiciary committee meeting has been going on. you know, whenever some of those republicans say something that the white house doesn't like, jessica, that white house action is pretty quick in terms of a response. >> reporter: that's right. they have hit back fast today, wolf, in particular when she was attacked, sonia sotomayor was attacked by her comments about a wise latina woman and senator sessions suggested that the president himself and justice ginsberg disagreed with her remarks, criticized sotomay

. >> and the thing, juan and kirsten, you talk about how she's going to play this up, i had rich experiencesifferent experiences as a minority and a woman coming into the bench, but that's not what she said. she said better. she said a wise latina judge will come to a better conclusion than a white male judge and is there any question that if sam alito had said that about a latina going into his confirmation hearing, there is no way he would have-- >> and white people have a different standard on race, whites are majority, dominated the united states in terms of racial politics and identity politics, and we don't call it identity politics wihen dealing with whites and more whites on the supreme court. >> didn't is discrimination either way? >> i would agree with you 100%, she she's now said and white house has said she wishes she could say that in a better way and that her spoorps brings added value to her ability to sit as a judge. >> and the timing of this, if this had not come out early, and been sort of absorbed and massaged, it would sink her. if it came out in the middle of the hearing

. >> another last-minute potential showdown that could stall the defense bill, new york senator kirsten gillibrand told fox she plans to introduce an amendment tuesday that would halt the enforcement of don't ask don't tell legislation for 18 months. >> we have missions all across the world right now that need the best and brightest. i don't think we should limit ourselves. >> the amendment would stop the pentagon from firing any openly gay members of the military in the next 18 months while the administration reviews the policy of don't ask don't tell. at the pentagon, jennifer griffin, fox news. bret: a south korean news report says north korean leader kim jung il has life threatening pancreatic cancer t says the 67-year-old dictator was diagnosed around the time he was felled by a stroke last summer. south korean intelligence would not confirm the report and some analysts are skeptical. kim made a rare public appearance last week. he looked thinner than he has in the past with less hair. we'll find out what the fox all-stars think about the c.i.a.'s supposed lan plan to assassinate a

then the troduction of sonia sotomayor by her oal state senators, chuck schumer and kirsten gillibrd, coming up. we're going to go to a break and after that chris matthews picks up our overage. i'll be joining him from the continuing msnbc secial covege of the confirmation hearings of sonia tomayo stay with us. cidentcan happen, t t wi liberty mutual's new car replacement, if your new caisis toted withinin the fst year, we'll give youheoney to buy arandew car. and withur accident forgigiveness, a accidt won't cause your price to o go up when you renew. if you q qlify, you could save an average of $345. these arare just t of our valule features plus, those who switchch to liberty mutuall ve an average of 20.6% over their prior pololy. because doing the right t thig isn't just for responsible drivers. it's'sor resnsible car susurs, too. that's our policy. find out how much you could save. us directly at... >>> 're back forthe afternoon session for the opening day really of this long fight we expect to have over the nomination of sonia sotomayor for the supreme urt. let's go to norah o'd

. >> and the thing, juan and kirsten, you talk about how she's going to play this up, i had rich experiencesd different experiences as a minority and a woman coming into the bench, but that's not what she said. she said better. she said a wise latina judge will come to a better conclusion than a white male judge and is there any question that if sam alito had said that about a latina going into his confirmation hearing, there is no way he would have-- >> and white people have a different standard on race, whites are majority, dominated the united states in terms of racial politics and identity politics, and we don't call it identity politics wihen dealing with whites and more whites on the supreme court. >> didn't is discrimination either way? >> i would agree with you 100%, she she's now said and white house has said she wishes she could say that in a better way and that her spoorps brings added value to her ability to sit as a judge. >> and the timing of this, if this had not come out early, and been sort of absorbed and massaged, it would sink her. if it came out in the middle of the hear

we have our political analyst, kirsten powers, and mr. madden.this was supposed to be his strength -- taking complicated issues and explain why his solution is best. he does not seem to be doing a good job at that right now. >> this is a failure of communication, for the most part. it was going to be controversial anyway, but i do think that obama has done what democrats have traditionally done, talking about the uninsured. the majority of people in the country are not uninsured. they have health care and are satisfied with it. they are not really on satisfied with the -- and satisfied -- unsatisfied with the quality of care. there is a poll out today that shows that there is great anxiety among the middle class about what is going on. rick: did republicans get credit for these poll numbers? is this an example of them knocking the president off stride, or are these wounds self-inflicted? >> i think kissed and makes the most important point, that public anxiety coming from this issue is driven by cost. we had a robust debate about status quo and s

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten e. gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business today for an hour. the republicans will control the first 30 minutes, and the majority will control the second 30 minutes. following that morning business, the senate will resume consideration of the defense bill. today we have two matters that are pending. one is the f-22. in the bill there is a provision to provide an extra $1.75 billion for more f-22's. senators levin and mccain, the two managers of the bill, have offered an amendment to strike that. i would hope that we could have a vote on that today. that's been pending for several days. in addition to that, madam president, we will have a vote in the next 14 hours on the hate crimes amendment to this legislation. we can either do it earlier today

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform te duties of the chair. signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. mr. reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks there will be a period of morning business for 95 minutes. senator durbin will control the first five minutes and the majority will control the final 30 minutes. the senate will then consider h.r. 292, homeland security appropriation bill. there will be 10 minutes of debate prior to the kyl amendment. there will be work towards completion of the appropriations bill. i filed cloture last night on the substitute amendment and the underlying bill, as a result germane first-degree amendments must be filed by 1:00 p.m. today there is a strong possibility, and i hope on my behalf that cloture won't be necessary. then we'll be able to complete action on the bill today. if we're unable to finish that bill, then we'll have cloture tomorrow morning and maybe int

new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand has a new state director. he replaces the former director, who is join her former boss, secretary of state hillary clinton, at the state department. the new director was previously chief of staff for don edwards' presidential campaign. the case of a guantanamo detainee goes before a federal judge today. the judge has expressed impatience with how the u.s. has handled the case of a man who has -- rolled a grenade at an interpreter. of what a statement from the taliban buttons to block roads to polling stations and mocks the august 20 presidential vote as part of what it calls a failed american strategy for the country. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> "washington journal" continues. host: it is back to you. we will hear your comments on what we're calling the health care thursday. the energy and commerce committee have been reaching a stalemate with its members, announcing a negotiated deal with the blue dog members of that committee. here are some of the headlines that come out of tha

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten e. gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business for an hour. senators will be permitted to speak for 10 minutes each. under agreement reached last night, we'll turn to consideration of h.r. 3357, the highway trust fund legislation, among other things. roll call votes are expected to occur throughout the day. the senate will recess from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. to allow for the members-only briefing with secretary clinton and secretary gates, who have both just returned from overseas -- the secretary of state and the secretary of defense. i have not had an opportunity to speak with the republican leader today but will probably have the four votes after the briefing that we have from the two secretaries. we'll stack them. we should be able to complete all the debate at that time. but th

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable kirsten gillibrand, a senator from the state of new york, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: robert c. byrd, presidet pro tempore. votes in relation to amendments are expected to go throughout the day and into the evening. that is time for people who have indicated they want to offer amendments to do so. we had a lot of down time yesterday that people could have. but we're making progress on the bill. it is my understanding speaking to the managers that the most contentious issues are -- there is a pathway to complete those. we hope that in fact is the case. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: last night the president, to his credit, reiterated what the american people have been saying for weeks, that the democratic health care proposals we've seen so far aren't where they need to be yet. i couldn't agree more, the rising health care costs are a threat to our economy and any reform must reduce the long-term costs. the problems

tricia kirsten from bloom field hills, michigan says she doesn't understand why some senators don't seem to understand the -- quote -- "unbelievable, daunting and debilitating effect the cost of health care causes their voters." she's right. we all need to be paying attention to that. the cost of health care today, as i mentioned, is crushing our families and businesses large and small. and that has to be part of -- and it is. it is part of the goal. in fact, it is at the top of the list in terms of our goals, lowering the cost. janet rodriguez of saint joseph, michigan, wrote her health care premiums for her family of three are over $700 a month. because her employer pays a portion of her premium and because those premiums are going up and up every year, she hasn't gotten a raise in three years. madam president, this is a very common situation for workers who get their insurance through their employer, as you know. more and more people are having to trade off getting a wage increase that would help pay for the mortgage and the food and clothes and maybe send the kids to college and trad