go to isitlowt.com to find out more. >>> we're back with roger simon and maria teresa kumar.r more of "the politics fix." betting against health care reform has been a very safe bet for the last 60 years or so. let's listen to what president obama had to say about that today. >> that's why those who are betting against this happening this year are badly mistaken. we are going to get this done. we will reform health care. it will happen this year. i'm absolutely convinced of that. i bee

and maria teresa kumar. thank you for joining us.tribal politics coming up, and i mean it. this gates thing, we had the congressman on, he's obviously well-spoken, we can say that. this guy, mccotter from michigan. you know, cillizza, do you know what astounds me about this whole thing, the whole thing about whether the president is american or not, anybody who thinks the map is simple, that new york state is all liberal and pennsylvania is a little more conservative. the country is blotchy. every part of the country has some far full mooners in it, states you think are liberal like michigan have some way over. isn't it amazing. i want to talk to you about this crowley, gates, obama thing. is the president sitting down with these two guys and having their happy hour thursday night, does this end it okay for him or is he still going to pay a price for this politically? >> i think it ends it okay, chris. i think the price he paid is that we're still talking about it, you know, five or six days afterwards which basically means some of t

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maria teresa kumar back in the conversation. jonathan is here. democrat, member of thehouse intellence committee going back to 003, one of seven democrats who sen a letter to cia director leon panetta arguing he misledcongress. i should point out panetta soon into the job said you' right, we misled congress but not on my watch. represtative, nice to see you. >> gd morning. >> i'm gng to startth a question i'm hopingyou'll answer and then we'll go into some you're more likely to answer. can you comment at all on coes's report about a possiblerivate army reporting to dick cheney being this thing abouwhich you and others were misled. >> no, i c't. itighly classified, and we can't discuss it. >> because my theory is we were either about to inva cana, we were going toick up st. bart from the french, or cheney had arivate army. more broadly, we obously have anssue with the trust and transparency between our congress and ou intelligence agency. we also ve broader issues in terms of theerall culture of are we getting the investigations andre the inquirie

military helicopter made an emergency landing in the eastern province of kumar in afghanistan and yesterday we had an eagle crash into the ground in central afghanistan. both two members on board killed. when we've asked spokesmans both for nato and the u.s. military, what are the causes of these crashes, they've all insist, none of these three incidents involved hostile fire. no hostile fire involved, but they cannot give us any information so far as to why these three aircrafts have crashed. in the case of that emergency helicopter landing in eastern afghanistan, we are hearing that the passengers on board were being treated, were being given medical care after that crash. >> it is very curious that three crashes in the past two days. the latest being that civilian helicopter where 16 people have died as a result of it according to nato. ivan watson joining us live from afghanistan. thank you, ivan. >>> a video has surfaced that appears to show a missing american soldier in afghanistan. the taliban is claiming to be holding the man. let's take a look at it here. the associated press repor

>>> we're back with howard fineman and ria teresa kumar. t ask you about this issu of the health care bill. the presidt announced today regina benjamin from alabama i going to be his minee for surgeon general. many interpreted this decision today, on the monday, his first day ck from his trip overseas, was to keep the exciteme behi h commitment to health ca high on his agenda. my wor is that in the hill today i watched senator hatch me on tonight and said they just voted narrowly one ve with bob cey joining his side, to not exclude artion from the health care coverage of is new plan. i st think it might be a deal-baker tinclude abortion when the president says 's gointo reduce the number of ortions in this country, through noncoercion, obviously. how can heo thatnd say i'm subsidizing at the same time? >> i tnk it's a difficult problem and this is where a lo of women's groups are going to look ahim critically to see if he's maintained his campaign promise push forward their issues. think he's going to have a fight. i think one of the reason

. >>> in india, the new spker of the lower house of parliament kumar is giving llow lawmakers a two-daytation progm on the nuances ofawmaking, and it's cutting into naptime. that y's sawing logs and so is this one and she's not even trying clearly, the lmakers mistook kur's address for a sleep study. the speaker s ked about the incident and insisted all of the listeners we awa, even though the man wou clutch his woobie and suck hithumb. >>> and in japan to a tribe to a bygo era. the wn's annual tub run, honoring tho w washed their clothes by t banks of the matskowia river. what better to respect the ancestors th dressing up like a beer mug with a fakeustache? while using spoo racing down a quarr-mile river and keep your tub afloat. e winner, it's a tide -- ha, ha. the event was success and many more are looking forward tnext year when competits ll float do the river in actual washing machines. >>speaking of rivers and paddles, or thlack thereof, governor sanfordtill does not regn, which enables his own party to censure h. why do i get t feeling david leerman's sarah palin monologues hav

>>> we'rba with howard fineman and maria teresa kumar. let me ask you about this issue of the health care bill. the president announced toy rnlg ga benjamin from alabama is going to beis nominee for surgeon neral. ma ierpreted this decision today, on the mondayhis first day back frohis trip overseas, s to keep the excitement behind his commient toealth care high onis agenda. my worrys that in the hill today i watched senator hatch came on tonight and id they justot narrowly by one vote with b casey joining his side, to not exclude abortion fromhe health care covera of this new plan. i ju think it might be a deal-breaker to include abortion when theresident says he's going to reduce thnumber of abortionin this country, through nooeion, obviously. how n he do that and say i'm bsidizing it at the same tim >> ihink is a difficult problem and this is whera lot women's groups are going look ahim critically to see if he's maintained his campaign promise to ph rward their issues. i thk he's going to have a fight. i inone of the reasons he came on

thank you, roger simon and maria teresa kumar. chris matthews will return monday night at 5:00 and 7:00 for more "hardball." "countdown" with keith olbermann starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? first class hypocrisy. governor mark sanford flying high on the taxpayers' dime. the phony fiscal conservative won't take federal stimulus money to educate the poor, but he will spend public funds on expensive airline tickets to south america. you know, the place where his mistress lives. >> i've let down a lot of people. >> a conservative think tank allegedly putting its thoughts up for sale to the highest bidder. do i hear two million? when fedex tells you it absolutely won't be part of your paper plate scandal, there's always u.p.s. what can green do for you? turns out not every mccain loves joe the plumber. daughter megan sets her sights on huss her father's unofficial campaign mascot samuel wurzelbacher. quote, joe the bummer is a dumb ass. he should stick to plumbing. crank calls gone wild.

thank you, roger simon and maria teresa kumar. right now, it's time for "the ed show," with ed schultz. >>> i'm ed schultz. this is "the ed show." good evening, americans. live from 30 rock in new york, it's "the ed show" on msnbc. you heard it here first. howe now it's official. the house intelligence committee chairman sylvester rayers confirms there will be an investigation into dick cheney and the cia and why they didn't brief the congress. yes! the right's talking about taxing and spending and some democrats are starting to get some weak knees on this again. we'll straighten them out tonight. one of them's joe lieberman. he's acting up again. i've got a message for them tonight, that's right. less than one year after the bailout, wall street's making some money again. how's this working out? i thought government wasn't supposed to get involved in any of this kind of stuff. another republican talking point bites the dust. this country, serious business. not doing right by our female veterans. we're going to talk about that ton

for a preview right now i'm joined by kamal kumar. and chars nortel. gentlemen, good to have you on the program. >> thanks for having me on. >> good to be here, maria. >> let me kick this off with you. what are you expecting out of this earnings period? arguably one of the most important earnings periods in a decade. >> clearly it is very influential period, maria, and we are trying to see whether the market is going to get out of the recession doldrums or whether it's going to go up. what we saw today i think was basically the meredith whitney effect or the animal spirits effect, call it what you will. but what you have to get over is to see what it means for the market as a whole. i think financial sector is going to do well earningswise selectively, but the question is does that take care of all the toxic assets which are still in their books? and as you go forward, my expectation is that consumer-oriented companies are going to continue to be hit because those are the ones which are not going to be given any support at all. the retail sales numbers

kumar, good morning and thank you for joining us. why is there such a big variation in hospitals?is could be the same city or the same county? >> there's such a variation because hospitals are going to offer different technologies or different specialties. major metropolitan areas will have hospitals that are major cancer centers. obviously, impatience with late stage cancers will be much better served in those hospitals -- patients with lace stage cancers will be much better served in those hospitals. the same with stroke centers. it will be harder to find that in community hospitals. heather: that makes sense. some hospitals are better known for their cancer center or their heart center. the study looked at heart attack, her heart failure, and pneumonia, and it found a huge variation within hospitals in the same city or the same county. i would think that for treating heart failure or anything traditional like that would be the same from hospital to hospital. >> not necessarily. you are right. it should be standardized care, especially in the emergency setting. beyond that, pati

the hour, eliot spitzer, and james hogue is here, and you know the former governor, maria theresa kumar. jim, i will start with you, what is china's thinking? when they come in the room, and they are aware of the yields moving up, and we are borrowing tons of money, and what are they thinking? >> short term and long term, short term what they want to hear from geithner is more evidence the asset value of their huge set up dollar reserves is not going to deappreciate too much. they don't expect they can put their money somewhere else short term. and long term, they want to diversify. and they will have $170 billion overseas assets. and that's the direction they are headed. beyond that, they want to create another reserve currency. they want it for the future. >> we actually prepared a version of what we think the secretary's pitch will be to chinese and others. >> since 1776, we believe that money can buy happiness. now you can own a piece of it at recession pricing, but don't take my word for it. >> the global economy is going through the most challenging periods in generations. >> we h

kumar kibell, united states customs enforcement and homeland security. mr. todd owens, assistant commissioner of field operations, u.s. customs and border protection, u.s. department of homeland security. mr. william hoover, assistant director of field operations, of fear of alcohol and explosives, united states department of justice. mr. robert mcbryan, office of foreign assets control, department of the treasury. it is our committee policy to have five minutes for your presentation and then you allow us an opportunity to raise questions with you. why do not we go right down? we can just go down the line. mr. owens, you first and then we will go down the line. >> good afternoon. thank you for the opportunity to be here today. i am pleased to be here with my colleagues from many agencies. i would like to express my gratitude to the congress for its support of the mission and people ofcbp, among the numerous parties that were recognized in the investment act of 2009. we provided cbp was $600 million for improvements to our infrastructure to enhance our techni

kumar kibell, united states customs enforcement and homeland security. mr. todd owens, assistant commissioner of field operations, u.s. customs and border protection, u.s. department of homeland security. mr. william hoover, assistant director of field operations, of fear of alcohol and explosives, united states department of justice. mr. robert mcbryan, office of foreign assets control, department of the treasury. it is our committee policy to have five minutes for your presentation and then you allow us an opportunity to raise questions with you. why do not we go right down? we can just go down the line. mr. owens, you first and then we will go down the line. >> good afternoon. thank you for the opportunity to be here today. i am pleased to be here with my colleagues from many agencies. i would like to express my gratitude to the congress for its support of the mission and people ofcbp, among the numerous parties that were recognized in the investment act of 2009. we provided cbp was $600 million for improvements to our infrastructure to enhance our techni