limbaugh went in wednesday because he was having chest pains. doctors say tests showed he didn't have a heart attack. more importantly, he doesn't have heart disease. as evidence he was feeling better, limbaugh couldn't resist taking a political jab at a hospital news conference. >> based on what happened to me here, i don't think there's one thing wrong with the american health care system. it is working just fine, just dandy, and i got nothing special. i got no special treatment. >> at that news conference, limbaugh also said he wasn't taking painkillers. you may remember back in 2003 he admitted he was addicted to painkillers and went to rehab. >>> a california school board official was killed during a trip to mexico. his family says a group of gunmen kidnapped augustine salcedo and five other people from a restaurant wednesday. local media say their bodies were later found shot in the dead. salcedo, also known as bobby, was a member of a school board in a district in los angeles. >> bobby was a natural leader from a very young age. he was st

limbaugh went in wednesday because he was having chest pains.octors say tests showed he didn't have a heart attack and, more importantly, he does not have heart disease. as evidence he was feeling better, limbaugh couldn't resist taking a political jab at a hospital news conference. >> based on what happened to me here, i don't think there's one thing wrong with the american health care system. it is working just fine, just dandy, and i got nothing special. i got no special treatment. >> at his news conference, limbaugh also said he wasn't taking painkillers. you might remember that in 2003 he admitted he was addicted to painkillers and went to rehab. >>> authorities in new york city want to know why police apparently ignored an illegally parked zan in times square for -- parked van in times square for days before someone finally called authorities. the van had blacked out windows and no license plate. police evacuated times square wednesday and called in the bomb squad to check out the van after a security guard reported it. police say the van

but it's an odd coincidence we're here covering the president and one of rush limbaugh's chief nemesisnted barack obama to fail, very early in his time in office. very strange point in this. >> it is. despite the fact you've covered both the stories for us you've had time for sleuthing into the background of -- in the high school background, in particular, talking to some of the people who knew president barack obama when he was there. what did you find out? >> reporter: well i talked to a couple of his classmates from the class of '79 he was on the basketball team that won the state championship. they knew him as barry. on the core he was a slasher and one of his colleagues the point guard told me that that slashing, take no prisoners attitude he thinks is carrying over into the presidency because this is why barack obama is not afraid to make decisions. he's a trash talker on the court, even today, because friends get together to play with him. the funny thing his high school classmates were tell me a young barry obama used to scoop ice cream at baskin robins. on the side he used to

plus, a possible motive for the deadly attack on a cia base in afghanistan and rush limbaugh speaking out about his health care. i'm gregg jarrett in for shepard smith and the news begins now. >> who will take charge of security in the skies? week after an attempted attack, new problems for the president's pick to lead the transportation security administration. why the nominee is correcting the record about something he calls a grave error in judgment. a devastating attack on u.s. intelligence on the afghan-pakistan border, new details on the bombing that killed seven cia workers, what it tells us about our strategy in the region, the risks and the future of the fight. and as the ball dropped and the crowds cleared, they were watching. >> for our command post, post 8. >> catherine herridge takes us where reporters have never gone before. >> how tough is it? >> behind the scenes with the fbi at the biggest party of the ye year. >> but first almost a year after president obama took office, those in charge of keening us safe when we fly do not have a boss. running the transportation sec

limbaugh held a news conference, and we'll hear what he had to say. also want to begin this morning with president obama. he's making the strongest statement yet connecting al qaeda to the attack on northwest flight 253 christmas day. now, in his weekly address, the president links the suspect, umar farouk abdulmutallab, to al qaeda in yemen. >> i've made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with the yemeni government, training and equipping their security forces, sharing intelligence, and working with them to strike al qaeda terrorists. and even before christmas day, we had seen the results. training camps have been struck. leaders eliminated. plots disrupted. and al those involved in the attempted act of terrorism on christmas must know you, too, will be held to account. as the christmas day attempt illustrates, and as we were we re minded this week by the sacrifices of more brave americans in afghanistan, including those seven dedicated men and women of the cia, the hard work of protecting your nation is never done. so as our reviews continu

even a conservative rush limbaugh, the real policy is between the right and left. that is a decision that does not sit well with people that are on the right and left. andy is one of those guys on the right. he would have loved to have had fred thompson be elected president of the united states. consequently, when you get down to the choices that you have got, it has got to be the universe you live in, not the one you would pray for. >> when i asked you at the top of the show about the grade you would give, you gave goodwill industries an a-. i hear you trash congress. >> i was disappointed in the practice. the most exciting moment i had as a member of congress was before i even got there, the night of my first election victory. i'm sure a lot of new members are full of hope. i arrived in 1987 and served until 1995. three presidents came and went and i was able to split the difference between being a minority member and an effective member. by the time i left, i felt as if the process was imploding on itself. it seems trivial, now. we argued about deficit spending

limbaugh said doctors don't know what caused the pain. >> i wish i knew what it was. there's -- all people can do is make wild guesses about it. best guess was it might have been a spasm in an artery but this angiogram showed literally no heart disease or arterial disease whatsoever. >> rush limbaugh is expected to return to his radio hosting duties on wednesday. >>> now to the latest in the tiger woods drama. a british tabloid is reporting this morning that the golf star's wife elin has turned up at an exclusive french ski resort. nbc's stephanie gosk is in london with more. supposedly she's in chamonix? >> yeah, that's what the son is saying today. then have pictures in their paper. you look at him, it looks a lot like her but she's reportedly there with her twin sister as wef, a well, and josephine is a good skier. paparazzi on the ground have told nbc news they heard the rumor they believe that she's there but they have been frustrated by efforts to try to get a picture of her. the rumor on the ground is she's going to be leaving tomorrow. she's been there about a

good news from rush limbaugh in hawaii. i'm greg jarrett. now we return to "your world" in progress. >> it happened in 2010. it's the world wars going on, whether it's afghanistan, whether it's iraq, whether it's pakistan, now yemen, we are going to start seeing it. you don't need to be connected to anybody. you can do it on your own and that's what we are going to see more of. >> let me tick these five off for you. the bailout bubble, that's going a burst. catastrophic reaction. a great depression is about to start. and we are all going to become about protect its. there's a war on fat because we are all getting obese and the year of the lone wolf gunman. a great year, 2010. with all the doom and gloom, i take it you are buying gold. >> i'm a big buyer of gold. we forecast gold drives in 2001. we are looking at gold 2000. look what's going on in europe with the economic monetary union. >> you are extrapolating out from trends you can see now. >> exactly. >> i assume the trends will get worse and worse and there's no way out of the dire tren

rush limbaugh out of the hospital, and talking about what might have caused his chest pain. >>> the getaway. tiger woods' wife takes a trip far from the troubled golfer. she's been spotted at a resort. we'll tell you where. >>> plus how much will a trip to the top of the empire state building ten years ago? we'll compare a lot of price tags, then and now. good morning, i'm chris jansing in for alex wit. we'll have all that plus your weekend weather forecast. it's awfully cold in many parts of the country. but first, president obama explicitly blaming al qaeda today for the attempted bombing of a detroit-bound plane on christmas day. in his weekly address to the nation, the president revealed what the government has confirmed about the suspect. >> we know that he traveled to yemen, a country grappling with crunching poverty and deadly insurgencies. it appears that he joined an affiliate of al qaeda and that this group, al qaeda in the ararian peninsula trained him, equipped him with those explosives, and directed him to attack that plane headed for america. >> nbc's mike viqueira is at the w

i had rush limbaugh on the air and i followed with a friend of ours. alan is a dear friend of mine and alan is a great talk show host. i value him immensely but it did not work there because the conservative audience would not stick around. as soon as we figured that out and started programming the way a music programmer would program, you don't mix country music with jazz. you don't exurban with pop, whatever it may be. we put conservatives in the lineup and all of a sudden we have the conservative from lash-- rush limbaugh. on stations and i have tried liberal talk on, we have created the same environments but up against the conservative station, it paled. it wasn't even close. part of my job as a national program director is to keep tabs on radio ratings nationwide. i look at markets where there is little talk, air america or other avenues of talk and the stations are oftentimes rated 28, 29, 30, 34th in the marketplace. you can't exist that way. that really drives the liberals not. they can admit that their ideas failed in the free marketplace. the

that is why you will never hear us say ladies and gentleman, folks -- limbaugh will do that. others will do that. i considered to be -- it to be a one-on-one relationship. its that kind of intimacy that i think argues for a more contemporary, popular, even slang oriented speech. >> you are on a radio station that has rush limbaugh and sean hannity and marc levin and coast to coast at night and the midnight radio network. a couple of conservatives at of dallas, texas. mostly conservative radio. >> very conservative. >> what does conservative radio work better than liberal radio? >> people have written about that. i guess that from my experience, as a guy that has been a candidate, an office holder and a policy maker and now an info-tainer, conservative talk seems to get closer to the average american dilemma than does the liberal argument. i say this as a guy who went to harvard and to hollywood and was in the house of representatives. which will sometimes called the three great liberal past polls of the united states. when i went back to iowa and tried speaking like i was a h

rush limbaugh spent several days in a honoluluhospital.imbaugh was released and spoke out about what he experienced. take a listen. >> i wondered what a heart attack would be like. i never had heart disease or problem with it. at 2:30 i experienced pain in my upper left chest like i never experienced before. >> we are joined by the clinical instructor of the medical center. happy new year. >> good to hear that rush is doing fine. it makes a lot of us wonder. are these common to have these types was chest pain that feels like a heart attack and he has no heart disease whatsoever. >> rush was ruled out for a heart attack. the coronary angio gram that was negative. he had a typical chest pain due to overexertion or muscle pain and anxiety and acid indegestion can chest pain. he did the right thing for calling for professional help. >> the doctors told him it was the golden thing to get because they can see everything. >> road map of the arteris and supply blood to the heart much and narrow or blockage someone has heart disease. he ruled out f

rush limbaugh hospitalized with chest pains. we were glad it turned out to be serious. he held a press conference. >> based on what happened to me here, i don't think there's one thing wrong with the american health care system. it is working just fine, just dandy and i got nothing special. >> now, rush limbaugh didn't take questions, didn't want to talk about politics. certainly made a point about the hick system. >> of course he did. you've got to love rush. he did an in depth survey of how multi millionaire celebrity patients are treated. they're treated very well, thank you. everything is fine and dandy. ridiculous on the face of it. yet, he made his point. he slipped it in there. >> maybe it's true he didn't get any special treatment. he has a $400 million contract. there are 50 million americans, more than that, with no health insurance. >> a friend of mine was yesterday in an emergency room with a heart problem and spent all day there. and he saw the other side of the health care crisis, namely long lines and jammed facilities. so i think rush maybe had a little

. >>> new details this morning about rush limbaugh's condition following his release from the hospital. the 58-year-old radio talk show host left a honolulu hospital yesterday after he was admitted earlier in the week for severe chest pains. nbc's lee cowan is in honolulu with the latest. lee? >> good morning. a very relieved rush limbaugh resumed his hawaiian vacation here yesterday, calling his health care something that was very humbling but also very mystifying, as well. he described the pain that he had as some of the worst pain he's ever experienced. cardiologists now here in honolulu say that he did not appear to have a heart attack. but they're not exactly sure at this point exactly what he did have. take a listen. >> i wish i knew what it was. there's all people can do is make wild guesses about it. best guess was it might have been a spasm in an artery. but this angiogram showed literally no heart disease or arterial disease whatsoever. >> reporter: health care and health care reform are two of the key bones of contention that rush limbaugh has with the president and he didn'

. >> rush limbaugh, i hope the country fails. i hope his kidneys fail. how about that?tes were fine, but then she got me. here is my question. the remarks about rush limbaugh, sarah palin were mean. they flashed to obama laughing. i do not think that does him any good. >> i do not think she was a pro that night. a comedian is judged, and i know it was not pro. you get hired and she bill -- she did not fill what they needed. i thought she was kind of funny for a girl. that is a joke, wanda. all she is doing is explaining that. the way i look at her, i thought she would bring in reverend wright. >> i am not a spiritual mentor. bill:"borat" falls on eminem's head. roll it. >> it is losing. eminem, nice to meet you. >> are you serious? are you [beep] serious? bill: can you explain this to me? >> some people like their eminems plain and sum like them with nuts. [laughter] bill: i don't know what that means. why am i laughing? i swear to god, i do not know what that meant. somebody, tell me what that means. >> the whole interrogation torture situation -- barack obama might al

bill: did you cover this limbaugh on your show? >> no, it's a distraction. bill: there is a legitimate point within the debate. the republican party is leader hes. >> yes. i don't care about the gop. i'm a libertarian. i'll vote for whoever has the best idea. i thought somebody like you. bill: i'm not a republican. an independent. >> you always get hassled -- people, bill o'reilly is a hatchet man for the bush administration. i t watched your show to know yu hammered the bat snot out of both sides.do bill: in the media there are people pointing out this country is going in a direction you might want to think about. but in the political realm there is nobody there right now. nobody there. >> i talked to a senator a year ago, and i was on the air with him. i, said, senator, do you not understand here, look at what's happening with the economy. he said, well, glen, your research is probably better than mine. i said, you are a senator for the love of pete. >> we have to get colin powell back on. i did the children's miracle network in orlando, florida. and i got

rush limbaugh went to the hospital. he said this after he left. >> the treatment i received here was the best that the world has to offer. i -- based on what happened to me here. i don't think there's one thing wrong with the american health care system. it's working just fine, just dandy. >> the delightful irony about that is that hawaii man dates that employers provide health care to their employees. is there going to be deal done by the state of the union? >> i believe there will be. i believe the 60 people will stay in place, tlo though there's increasing pressure on people like ben nelson. he was one of the last people to come to the table for the democrats. he's felt the need to put up an ad defending his decision. he's getting pressure in nebraska. he cut a last minute deal. there's a little pork barrel in the senate bill for nebraska. they don't have to play the increased medicaid costs. a lot of nebraskans are saying, we don't want that. it mikes us look greedy. >> what rush limbaugh was say g i ing was great,

at least as they say sean hannity and rush limbaugh speak decipherable english.ome to think of it i don't know that is what arianna and soros and daily kos are saying. i can barely understand them. they could be talking about quilting or nba scores but i think they were america bashing. >> host: you also write in the book about david gergen quote and his. it was during a cnn debate about the 2008 election campaign. he was discussing a presidential debate in he said quote mitt romney tried to argue last night about some liberal establishment which does not exist anymore. up there has been at liberal establishment it shrunk a lot. that is the '70s concept. how can a christian who has been around for so long make such a remarkable assertion? loan. >> guest: because it is david gergen. the grit is part about the quote is he was talking to ellen castellanos. whenever they give you do you know that all sensible people agree you know liberals are lying that is what we used to get all the time from a left before there was any alternative at all. was just act like people

. >> rush limbaugh i hope the country fails, i hope his kidneys fail, how about that?nutes were fine, but then she got mean and here is my question to you, the remarks about limbaugh, about sarah palin were mean and then they flashed to obama laughing at the meanness. i don't think that does him any good there, dennis. >> i don't think she was a pro that night. you know, comedians judged by somebody whether they're a pro or not by how funny it was or it wasn't, but i know it wasn't pro. at some point you get hired and she didn't fill the requisite out. i think wanda sikes was funny for a girl. that's a joke, wanda all she's doing is explaining that was a joke and the way i look at wanda sikes, i thought he was going to bring reverend wright in. >> aim a pastor, he's a member, i'm not a spiritual mentor. >> borat falls on eminem's head on the mtv awards. roll the tape. >> and by attack, it's floating. >> oh. >> oh, no. >> eminem nice to meet you. (blee (bleep). >> miller, can you explain this to me? >> some people like their eminem plain and some like them with nuts (la

conservative radio talk show host rush limbaugh was released from a honolulu hospital yesterday afteroing a two-day battery of tests for chest pain. he says the results show nod heart problems. the he delivered a similar diagnosis for america's health care system. >> based on what happened to me here i don't think there's one thing wrong with the american health care system. it is working just fine, just dandy, and i got nothing special, i got no special treatment. >> limbaugh says he hopes to be back behind the microphone sometime in the coming week. >>> you see someone commit a crime. why not tell police? some say it's a no-snitching code of silence as part of his "class in session" series, tony harris spoke with high school students in atlanta about this code. when it came to the beating death of a chicago honor student. >> reporter: dereon albert, honor student, chicago. he's jumped. he's beaten to death. you saw the video, didn't you? you saw the people around him. there were people recording it that they didn't call. they're recording it to put it up on -- >> youtube and laugh a

. >>> rush limbaugh's heart tests so she did not have a heart attack and show nothing wrong. the conservative radio talk show host was released from the hospital after being admitted wednesday from suffering severe chest pains. doctors say they don't know what caused his pain. >> i wish i knew what it was. all people can do is make wild guesses about it. best guess was it might have been a spasm in an artery, but this angiogram showed literally know heart disease or arterial disease whatsoever. >> limbaugh is expected to return to his radio hosting duties this wednesday. >>> some brand-new tee tadetail on what could be a serious snowstorm for new england states and the plunge in temperature as cross the plains and midwest. nbc meteorologist bill karins has your forecast. obviously one of the problems here is a lot of people still traveling for the holiday, bill. >> yeah. cold is annoying but the snow and the ice is going to be the issue in new england. if you're anywhere near the great lakes. this is the coldest it's been all winter long. this may have been the coldest it's b

rush limbaugh used the word negro and he was widely disparaged for using it.vented him in large part from owning ann fl team and when he used word for that song, it wasn't him using it like in the first person. his own personal use of the word. he was making fun of the fact that an l.a. times opportunity editorial piece used it. people said i know what's in harry reed's heart. even when the right makes fun of the use by the left and word they're in turn, hateful and prejudice. i know what is in rush limbaugh's heart for raise and what he wants is equality and success. he was making fun of someone else's use of the word. harry reed used word himself and he should suffer the consequences in the media far more than someone like rush limbaugh. host: "new york times" says the video during the pakistan and taliban link. 7 americans were killed inside a camp in afghanistan and there's a related story honoring the shadow warriors inside the new york daily news. this story more details and a look at the camp. basically a reconstruction of what happened as a result of t

he got rush limbaugh to back him up with his friend.e morning, william buckly was on your program. brian was there. they were having a decision with another person. the subject of rush came up. the man said russian sulted jackie kennedy and bill clinton's mother at her funeral. he said, well i would be disappointed but the fact is that it was true. this man -- something has to be done. every time the democrats go after him about 8,000 graduating dodo heads come out. the way you do it. i'm talking to african american people out there. just boycott any station that carries rush limbaugh. he's a debtment to this country. host: one last call from california a republican. you get the last word here. caller: ok. thanks. i'm a republican, i'm black. i'm 68 years old. i see some of the things going on. i don't think there was any change in what is happening. i don't believe there's any change. i don't believe there's going to be any change. you have the majority of people democrats still calling in and blaming bush for what has happened and the

>> guest: you know, i have to say -- of course, the news about rush limbaugh getting hospitalized overhe weekend really shook me, and i'm glad he is okay. i don't know him all that way personally, but he has been a huge figure over the course of my development as a young conservative. he is really one of the first popular conservative figures i ever heard. so listening to him on my college campus. and when i looked at the daily news, he read one of my columns -- i never forget it. a column on the oprahic indication of the culture. this is during the menendez trial. i'm a news junkie, and i will never forget when he did this. and he read my piece because what i was really concerned about was the defense lawyer, who tried to make these cold-blooded murders look like victims. >> host: leslie abrahamson. >> guest: and this culture has taken over and ossified over the years, and something i rejected, the victim mentality. we see it play out with the war on terrorism, the jihadies make the victim card and milking it. it was a huge thrill when he head my column over the air waves, and a got a

. >> that would be rush limbaugh not because i agree with him, but he is usually on point. he is the best broadcaster out there with the possible sex -- exception of howard stern. those two guys are kind of the zoos and poseidon of talk radio. i do not think anyone else comes close. i do not know who the heirs apparent are. again back is good. those two guys are in a class of their own. >> fred grandy we are out of time. >> time sure goes by fast when you are having fun. >> for a dvd copy of this program call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. episodes are also available as podcasts. . . >> when the decisions were taken to launch this illegal room, he was the one that signed the checks. he should insist on going to the inquiry now. people are entitled to know, but for this nation votes in a general election, what his role was in this government's most disastrous decision. what has he got to hide? >> now from london, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. british prime minister gord

rush limbaugh is on the mend after suffering chest pains on vacation. tests show nothing wrong with his heart and yesterday he was released from a honolulu hospital. during a brief news conversation, he says he was not on pain killer, went through rehab for the drugs in 2003. doctors still don't know what caused his chest pain. >> best guess was it might have been a spasm in the artery. the angio gram showed little earl no heart disease or arterial disease whatsoever and for that i'm grateful and it's a blessing in disguise that it happened as it did with no damage whatsoever because it takes things like this in life to maybe prepare you for the eventuallity you're getting older, not assion as you were and not as invincible as you once thought you were. >> shannon: well, residents in ohio can expect more snow today and the storm passes through the reason. meteorologist domenica davis is at the fox weather center with the forecast and it's rough in a lot of spots out there, domenica, hello. >> certainly is and now, it's the cold temperatures that's keepi

at least ssa sean hannity rush limbaugh, speak decipherable english.now if there yen and sorrells and daily kos are saying. they could be talking about quilting or nda scirrhus are something but i think they are america bashing. >> host: you also write in the book about david gergen quote. it was during a cnn debate about the 2008 election campaign and he was discussing a presidential debate and he said quote, mitt romney tried to argue last night about some liberal establishment which doesn't exist anymore. there has been a liberal establishment it shrunk a lot and it is not in washington. that is the 70's, said. how can a christian who has been around for so long it's such a remarkable assertion? >> guest: the quaid is part about the quote, i was talking to alex castellanos, you know that alex. whenever they give you do you know that all sensible people agree you know liberals are lying and this is that is what we used to get all the time from the left before there was any alternative at all. was just to act like people were crazy for talking about t

david limbaugh had just started up fare as well.o we were sort of -- we became friendly and exchange congratulations in e-mail's and he had come up with one of his first books with regnery sa said it would you know anybody at regnery would be interested in taking a look at my book proposal. he passed it on, they liked the idea and it went from there. the second book i pitched was in the "in defense of internment" and they were behind add and "unhinged" and "culture of corruption" peering at had a couple of other ideas that didn't go anywhere and a couple ideas still germinating, but i have been very fortunate and blessed to be involved with so many good people in the conservative movement. >> host: who are some of your best friends in the media? >> guest: you know, i would have to say and, of course, the news about rush limbaugh getting hospitalized of the weekend really shook me and i am glad that he is up hang. i don't know him all that personal way, but he has been a huge figure over the course of my development as a young conser

>> that would be rush limbaugh, not because i agree with him, but he is usually on point. he is the best broadcaster out there with the possible exception of howard stern. those two guys are kind of the zeus and poseidon of talk radio. i do not think anyone else comes close. i do not know who the heirs apparent are. glenbeck is good. those two guys are in a class of their own. >> fred grandy we are out of time. >> time sure goes by fast when you are having fun. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and-a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. . >> "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. here on c-span. >> like, this february, "book tv" welcomes of paul johnson, author of over 40 books, his latest on winston churchill. join our 3 our conversation live from london, with your phone calls for paul johnson on february 7. >> he was not only in the r

rush limbaugh, if he would stop taking ought to come -- ox ycontin, maybe he would learn how to talko people. host: detroit, bill. independent line. your thoughts? caller: i am proud of this government and proud of this country. i think the soldiers that are dying -- host host: glad to have your opinion this morning, but please give us 30 days before you call in again. one month is the rule. martin luther king jr. day, what has changed in 50 years? "in 1963, blacks and whites came together in a great congregation on the mall of the city. confirming that history was on a new course. the nation was not wired for pre informed than. each sentence that rev. martin luther king jr. uttered on the steps of the lincoln memorial was new to most americans. "i have a dream, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners," and the exultant conclusion, "free at last." that from the open "the washington post" this morning -- that from "the washington post" this morning. one person who was instrumental in turning this into a day of service, during his single term in the u.s. senate he

rush limbaugh and others will not let that happen.people are not putting the ownership on what happened to our economy. it is republicans, same old thing. 8, agreed, that is the message. people want to go there, fine. host: one of the many photographs as workers try to free people from the rubble. america has always been there to help with any disaster anywhere in the world. commerce, okla., good morning to you. caller: good morning to you. is there any other organization i can go to to give money to the hd fund? host: we are not here to promote any organization. you can go to white house.gov with aid set up by former presidents bush and clinton. caller: i don't want to put my money and has a bill clinton because i do not trust him. i think i'll go with the free the children fund. host: seattle, good morning. caller: i am glad that our country is participating. i believe it needs to continue until the suffering stops. i do not believe we should have any sort of an administrative role. they are capable of straightening the country out.

sarah palin, rush limbaugh. independents don't like them.wn was able to win independents in a state that is 51% independent. that is what is happening. that's what republicans and democrats need to do to survive. the reality is independents are the largest gr and fasting growing party. >> as a liberal, i take personal offense. >> don't take personal offense. >> i take personal offense. when you see the speaker of the house and the leader standing up on for children's health insurance and helping americans with credit card debt and reducing the interest payments. that is not a liberal agenda. that is trying to help working people in the country. there is no sump -- >> i once but it's a liberal agenda. >> we have done a lousy job with messaging. agree with that. let's fight to bring people together, john. >> larry: david what is puzzlinging to an observer, everybody thinking we need health care reform. since everybody thinks that, bhi can't we get it? >> that's a good question. there was a time when republicans were closer to democrats in agre

beck, rush limbaugh. host: some more promises not get rated -- caller: only after it it -- guest: only after a natural disaster can we look at some of those. i think we have to wait until there is an opportunity for the president to act, in that case. host: here are the top 10 promises as we take the last call from houston, texas. pam on the democrat line. guestcaller: i was interested iw you rate president obama's promised to curtail free trade -- promise to curtail free trade, address the problem we are having. i have been in business for 30 years. i think the crux of our financial problems have to do with those two issues. guest: great question. of the 503 promises -- there are a few on trade -- but you can go on our website anc what we have done on -- and see what we have done on that issue. host: anything more about the future of politifact? guest: we believe there is a lot of desire and need for us to do this. our friends in texas have been doing this for a week and have been doing some great work l

rush limbaugh holding a news conference from the honolulu hospital where he was rushed wednesday afternoonevere chest pain. a very vocal opponent of government healthcare reform and he thanked his doctors and well-wishers and put in a plug for the current state of u.s. medical care. >> i feel very, very fortunate. i have been treated to the best healthcare the world has to offer. that is right here in the united states of america. >> other news, chaos in northwest pakistan. 75 people now dead. 60 injured. homicide bomber blowing up his car in a crowded feel of 300 people and volleyball tournament. it caused several nearby buildings to collapse. police believe locals are targeted for opposing the taliban. i'm gregg jarrett. now back to glenn beck. >> we played a lot of games on the show. any favorites? >> jenga is my favorite. that was my favorite. that was the favorite one. >> they have just committed you to debt of $116,000 -- it goes up every minute. $116,000. that's what your family owns. now, david, what was the problem we got into? we got into the problem partly because everyone was m

. >> consecutive -- conservative radio talk show host rush limbaugh is out of the hospital and medicaltests show nothing is wrong with his heart. he was rushed to the hospital on wednesday after suffering severe chest pains. there was no sign of heart attack or heart disease. now back to "on the record." ex. not traditional. ex. facebook you are now speaking to people on facebook are you actually doing this? do you have a staff? >> i have a small staff. no, i'm actually doing it. >> you have a very small staff. >> this morning i post -- last night couldn't sleep, couldn't sleep, kind of burning in me again with this reminder, all you -- i use facebook to remind americans on i'm this book tour. they shout loudly they say we to get this country back on the right track. the things going on now we don't agree with. why haven't congress listening with health care reform? couldn't sleep last night wants to -- wanting to put my thoughts, my heart on paper. posted this morning and facebook. those are my messages. wanted to let the american people know what was going through my mind last night.

. >> it's enough to make rush limbaugh's day. >> they are running for the hills, these democrats drank the obama kool-aid and they're committing political suicide. >> some perspective here. four democratic senators are retiring but so are six republicans. on the weather front, an arctic blast cased havoc across the country. 2/3 of the nation experiencing record low temperatures. >> snow has been piling up from kansas city to the carolinas and here in memphis at least three fatalities have been attributed to the bitter cold. kamikaze iguanas, plummeting from tree topper chs. these seemingly suicidal lizards are as a result of south florida's record cold weather. >> it is cold, snowy and terrible traveling in the midwest. >> the wind is picking up. >> we are dealing with windchills between zero and 15 degrees below zero. that is more commonplace up north, in the memphis area it is not so common. >> word of the day, layers, gloves, lots of pants and ugly hats. the bad news is it is going to be this way for several more days. >> there is hope on the horizon. forecasters say temperatures in

populism that's out there, to david's point, that's fueling the tea party protests, sarah palin, rush limbaugh, mike huckabee. independents don't like them. there is no connection. scott brown was able to win independents in a state that's 51% independent. that is what's happening, that's what republicans and democrats need to do to survive. the reality is that independents are the largest and fastest growing segment of the electorate. >> john, as a liberal, i take personal offense at demonizing people -- >> don't take personal offense. >> i take personal offense. because when you see the speaker of the house and the majority leader stand up to expand children's health insurance, you see them trying to help americans that are burdened with credit card debt and reduces the costs of their interest payments. that's not a liberal agenda. that's trying to help hard working people in this country. >> i understand, but it's seen as a liberal agenda. >> i understand the perception. we've done a lousy job with messaging. i agree with that. i don't take that personally. that's something that democrats m

eagles win the super bowl and donovan mcnabb will be the most valuable player and he will ask rush limbaugh, "what do you think of me now?" >> we were just talking about 2010. my money prediction is i'm going to be in a movie. "boys on the bus." it comes out in the spring. >> are you going to walk the red carpet? >> i hope so. if you're not on vacation that week so you can fill in for me. >> he didn't ask me to go, you notice. >> it's going to be one way or the other, a lot of people think it's going to be a better year. if you take return of conspicuous consumption and combine it with the year of fun gadgetry. >> that's what we spend it on. >> but higher taxes. >> i think so, too. people with money are going to find ways to start feeling better about things. people who don't have money will be deleveraging. >> and we'll talk about predictions of real estate and the price of gold and oil. >> and we'll turn to a professional next, a true professional to predict the future. these people are never wrong. %% >>> you might think by this time of the show we predicted everything there is to predi

everyone but rush limbaugh. why did you not have a mind?ost: we have asked him, he will not come on. caller: isn't that nice, thank you, sir. host: "the year of big obama is over." our next caller come from brooklyn, new york. caller: i am optimistic about the 2010 year. frankly, i have a brother that lives in north carolina, called me the other day after two years of having very little work at his job, a company that is spin- off of georgia-pacific, and now he told me how much work they have. working overtime, lots of new materials, all of the work that he has got -- they are doing like five truckloads every night. he has over time. i am thinking that the recovery act has begun to hit. even for myself, he lives in brooklyn, there are not a lot of the jobs but there are many little small jobs springing up right now. frankly, i have three jobs. host: speaking of brooklyn, new york, the cover of "the new york daily news," andrew cuomo is going to run for governor. they pointed out that andrew cuomo has $16 million in the bank. gov. paterson c

and the eagles will win the super bowl and donovan mcnabb the most valuable player and ask rush limbaugh>> wow. a long-term prediction. >> we were just talking about 2010. my money prediction is i'm going to be in a movie. >> you are. he's in "wall street." >> in the spring. >> excellent. >> i'm excited about it. >> are you going to walk the red carpet? >> if you are not on vacation that week so you can fill in for me. >> what i meant is -- it is going to be one way or the other, there are a lot of people that think it will be a better year. if you take joanne's return of conspicuous consumption so we can end and combine it with the year of fund gadgetry. >> that's what we spend it on. >> spend your money on new gadgets. >> people with money are going to find ways to start feeling better about things and the others will be finding out ways to deleverage their house hold. >> real estate for the price of gold and oil and your stocks throughout the show? we are going to turn to professional next. true professional to predict the future. a real professional. these people are never wrong. we

earlier in the week saying you wouldn't take back control of congress, you picked a fight with rush limbaugh people have questioned you for taking money and you said if you don't want me in the job fire me. until then shut up to your republican critics. are you an effective leader of the republican party? >> i think i am a passionate leader of this party, i'm a grass roots guy. i grew up in the streets of d.c. at 17, decided to become a republican. i've been fighting that fight ever since. i believe passionately in the principles that drew me to the party. i get angry when we walk away from those. i get frustrated when i see those principles not regarded because they have been the foundation for generations. as chairman i raised $80 million this year, i won two gubernatorial races no one thought. one in his back yard. i've got 370,000 new donors to the party, $8 million cash on hand when the budget i inherited said i would have zero, i would have debt. i have no debt. they have debt. i have the same amount of money cash on hand as my partner here who had the white house, both houses of congr

rush limbaugh and others have, to state they are against helping people in haiti.here were two polls, one from south boston showing her a couple of points ahead, another showing her 15 or 20 points ahead. you are only discussing the when the shows a couple of points ahead. it is typical. it is an orchestrated movement to bring down obama. i wish we had democratic strategists with a backbone to stand up and fight for the president. let me tell you, there are plenty of americans out there who are for the president is doing in healthcare bill. host: [unintelligible] guest: maybe people need to see the green room conversations where karen finney destroys my argument. guest: i just want to make one point. one of the things somber tone we have these opportunities for discussion -- i absolutely am a very strong democrat. we just discussed that i feel strongly republicans have not done a good job for middle-class americans. where there is agreement we need to be able to discuss that. we're not credible if we only take talking points. we should be able to say when we have d

with respect to rush limbaugh. there was no need to apologize, because there was no office taken. >> host: is rush included in right now? >> in the book? >> host: yes. >> no, i don't concentrate or focus on personalities at all. why isn't sarah palin in the book? >> well, this is not about an individual or personalities within the party. this is about our party. this is about those of us who are out here fighting every day to grow the party. in fact, the book is dedicated to the grassroots. to everyone who has licked a stamp or stuffed an envelope and had a roll to play. so this is very much a grassroots book, written from a grassroots perspective. that's how i began in the city. you haven't lived until you go into some neighbors. hi, i'm from the republican party. click. it's tough. but it's important work. and a lot of people do it every and i'm very grateful for them for it. >> host: we have a teeth. mr. steele, expectations of the upcoming tea party convention with former gop vs vp nominee sarah palin as headli

and number two question, why after criticizing rush limbaugh pretty severely one day, did you do 180egrees the next day and apologize to the gentlemen? i can't understood that. host: tom who did you vote for in 2006? caller: the incumbent. mr. steel? >> there was no incumbent in the i raise. the incumbent retired. there was - i don't have bumper stickers on my car and certainly wouldn't have a democrat one on my car and with respect to rush limbaugh we're good friends there was no need to apologize because there was no offense taken. host: is rush included now in the book? guest: no. i don't focus on personalities at all. i have a lot of people saying why isn't sarah palin in the book? this is not about a personality in the party but just about the party. those of us who are out here fighting every day to grow the party. in fact, the book is dedicated to the grass roots. everyone that's licked a stamp or stuffed an envelope and had a role to play in fighting for our issues so this is a very much a grass roots book written from a grass roots perspective because that's how i began. kno

and number two question, why after criticizing rush limbaugh pretty severely one day, did you do 180 degrees the next day and apologize to the gentlemen? i can't understood that. host: tom who did you vote for in 2006? caller: the incumbent. mr. steel? >> there was no incumbent in the i raise. the incumbent retired. there was - i don't have bumper stickers on my car and certainly wouldn't have a democrat one on my car and with respect to rush limbaugh we're good friends there was no need to apologize because there was no offense taken. host: is rush included now in the book? guest: no. i don't focus on personalities at all. i have a lot of people saying why isn't sarah palin in the book? this is not about a personality in the party but just about the party. those of us who are out here fighting every day to grow the party. in fact, the book is dedicated to the grass roots. everyone that's licked a stamp or stuffed an envelope and had a role to play in fighting for our issues so this is a very much a grass roots book written from a grass roots perspective because that's how i began. k