our panel with us tonight, bill press, mike allen and michael graham joins us. gentlemen, i was somewhat taken tonight because it's well documented the lobbying effort is at def con four on capitol hill. and the president never touched it tonight. if he's out there appealing to the american people to give him a landscape of what's going on and how heavy a lift this is, bill, i'm surprised he deposit bring it up. >> i would have gone back to declaring war. i think he should have declared war for the republicans. they don't have any plan at all. he should have declared war on the blue dog democrats and declared war on the insurance companies and get the american people behind him. ed, he did not do so. we have seen the professor. now i want to see the italian commando. take this hill. >> and speaker pelosi gave him an opening. she said on the show friday and in an interview with "usa today," she believes more money should be drained out of the drug makers. she told me they can do much more. i asked her if she was going to push for it and she said yeah. and the pre

la toya vows to protect michael's kids. >> larry: in this dramatic printed interview, caroline graham describes la toya telling you about accompanying the children in so see the body. what was that like? >> it was amazing moment of the interview. she got very choked up. she said that the children were outside with their grandmother, katherine. they were hysterical, crying, screaming. paris said, aunty la toya, i want to go in and see daddy. la toya went to one of the experienced nurses in the er room and said, look, is this a good idea or bad? the lady said, no, i've been doing this a long time. i think you should allow the children to see michael. it would give them closure. la toya said she took the children into a small room off the emergency room. michael was still in there. she said the body was still warm. he had a towel over his face. la toya removed the towel and the children, once they saw their father, immediately became calm. they rushed over to him, held his hand, kissed him, told him how much they loved him. this is when she started -- she was overwhelmed with emotion at

graham, jim moret and dr. pinsky. do you have contra ticketry claims about michael jackson's health? he looked terrific. didn't look like anybody under the influence. >> he may be on some sort of ma maintenance medication of something. whatever excessive medication he was on, he was becocoming off o. hot, cold, someone coming off medication. when you take otherwise the acustomary dose, no longer tolerant to that medication, it could be sufficient to kill you or interact with another medication. >> larry: why was the custody hearing postponed, jim. >> postponed because the parties were talking. one of the lawyers said as much. interestingly enough, one person, unifying both katherine and debbie rowe is joe jackson and his statement. debbie rowe said she might want to get a restraining order. katherine wants custody, alone. that might be enough to bring them together. >> larry: did la toya say anything about debbie? >> she was scathing about debbie. those children do not know that debbie rowe is her biological father. they've met debbie rowe on a couple occasions. at debbie's request, they were never intr

yesterday, we talked about la toya telling a london newspaper that she suspects michael jackson was murdered caroline graham" did the interview. la toya talked about michael being surrounded by people who took advantage of him. >> michael was isolated from his family. the family tried to intervene. they knew he was in trouble. they tried to stage an intervention, and every time they tried to get close to the house, they were prevented. joe jackson went to the front door on many indications. they wouldn't let him in. when la toya called the house, she couldn't speak to her brother this is all very suspicious. >> the report every also said that la toya told her jackson would not be buried at neverland. >>> you know, police say the wife of a former boxing legend strangled him to death. her lawyers say it's physically impossible. here is rafer with more of what they are saying. >> new developments. police say she killed him when he was asleep. now, the big question is, ar turto gatti, the boxer we are talking about, only retired a few years ago, in his prime and attorneys for his wife say she's too small and fr

la toya apparently told a london newspaper she suspects michael was murdered. kalin grahamucted that interview and says michael was surrounded by people who take advantage of him. >> the family tried to intervene. they knew he was in trouble. they tried to stage an intervention. every time they tried to get close to that house, they were prevented. joe jackson went to the front door on many occasions, she told me. he went to the front gates. they wouldn't let him in. when la toya called the house, she couldn't speak to her brother. this is all very suspicious. >> a lawyer for michael jackson's ex-wife, meanwhile, is denying reports of a custody deal involving her two children with the late singer. here is what we know. an attorney for debbie rowe calls a newspaper report false. the report said she had agreed to take $4 million not to challenge katherine jackson for custody. however, a source close to the jackson family tells our sister network cnn that katherine jackson's attorney is trying to hammer out an agreement with this woman whom you see here, debbie rowe. reportedl

graham, joined democrats in saying yes. >>> a coroner's report on what killed michael jackson is reportedly being delayed again. but the criminal investigation continues to target his personal physician. police and federal agents yesterday raided a second home and office of jackson's doctor, conrad murray. he reportedly administered the powerful drug, propofol, al known as diprivan, to jackson on the night before his death. on last night's "nightline," deepak chopra talked to chris connolly about the drug's allure to jackson. >> on one occasion, and i have not mentioned this to anyone. he said to me, deepak, you know, it's something that takes you right to the edge, to the valley of death and then brings you back. do you know anything about it? at that time, i had never you know, even thought of diprivan or anesthetic. what were you talking about? >> what did he mean when he said that? >> well, that's now in hindsight, that diprivan takes you right to the edge, if it's taken in sufficient amounts and it brings you back. it's a short-acting anesthetic. the diprivan, which can only be administered intravenously,

dc council member jim graham, however, helped him to find storage for his belongings. >>> still ahead, on 9 news now at noon, michael phelps rewrites the record again. >>> and we will tell you about his latest achievement. >>> kim? >> j.c., got my wedding hair do on. hope you like it and i'm sitting outside. what is proving to be a beautiful friday here in the district of columbia. i will help you with the weekend plans. don't you worry about it. i will see you on e thr heotth side of the break. >>> he did it again. michael phelps, the baltimore native shattered another swimming record last night. and so now he goes to indianapolis for the u.s. swimming championship. he set another world record the 100-meter butterfly. he did it in 50.22 seconds. can you believe that? it breaks a record set back in 2005 by ian crocker. phelps had already won the 200 butterfly and the 200 free- style event. he pulled out of the event in the swim meet today because of a sore neck and that's okay. we can understand that. he is something else. >>> congratulations for donald dell. the bethesda native will be inducted in the tennis hall o

michael was worth more than a billion dollars, she said, when anyone is worth that much money there are always greedy people around them. he's worth more dead than alive. caroline graham spent four hours with la toya. her paper paid la toya an undisclosed amount for the interview. >> she told me that she believes 100% that her brother, michael, was murdered and that he was surrounded by shady characters that didn't have his best interest at heart. >> reporter: la toya said michael was isolated from his family at the end. he had no real friends, she said. he was the loneliest man in the world. i knew something terrible was going to happen. when la toya arrived at michael's mansion, she saw oxygen tanks and iv drips everywhere. >> she said there's evidence in the private autopsy that will be a bombshell to michael's fans. >> reporter: la toya's new comments add new pressure to los angeles homicide detectives collecting more evidence, medical records from michael jackson's own doctors including dr. conrad murray with jackson when he died. >> la toya said she went to dr. murray and confronted him and said what happened to michael and she said that dr. murray mumbled a loa

. >> but even lindsey graham wished her luck and the long list of witnesses such as new york mayor michael bloomberg seemed to be too much. confirmation republicans conceded all but a sure thing. >> you are an admireable judge. you have very high esteem in my eyes. >> some, though, still said sotomayor has been too elusive in her answers, so much so they don't know how they're going to vote, they claim, because despite four days of testimony, they still don't know how she feels on certain issues. ve in the newsroom tonight, scott thuman, abc 7 news. >> there was a special flight for marine one today. an all-female crew took president barack obama to andrews air force base. today was one of their last days in the rotation. the rest of the three-person crew was made up of women to honor her. she has flown president obama and president george w. bush numerous times. >> it was a little stickier out there, whether you were on the ground or anywhere else. a little more humid today. meteorologist brian van de graaff with a first look at your forecast. >> it is hot and sticky out there. we hit 95

> with more on the sonia sotomayor hearings, michael greenberger is with us and he is a former justice department official. we just heard from lindsey graham and he said barring any moment down you will be confirmed. so are we showing any signs of a melt down in that first long day of question and answer. >> the short answer is no. i think she has held up remarkably well the republicans senators have a theme in some of her speeches she used language that i think she would like to take back. >> she admitted that. >> and it is understandable. someone who is in academic settings myself, people have rhetorical flourishes and a woman being wiser than a white male is something the republicans used to their advantage but overall i think she's been tremendously impressive. she's been cool, calm, and what i would say someone who was a litigator for 25 years i'm kind of remarkable her recall of her decisions. they are asking her about. she's had hundreds of decisions over 17 year career and they are picking out little cases here and there and very quick to get back and not only remember the cases but be able to articulate the law in a sophisticated

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graham was the only republican to join 12 democrats on the committee voting in her favor. >>> in las vegas today, police and federal agents raided the home and office of dr. conrad murray, michael jackson's personal physician. murray has become the focus of what is a manslaughter investigation into jackson's death. here's lisa fletcher. >> reporter: for six hours, police and drug enforcement agents searched the home and office of michael jackson's doctor. >> we are executing a search warrant here at the doctors office and at his home. >> reporter: less than a week after raiding his houston medical practice and storage facility, in search for evidence linking him to manslaughter, authorities again seized boxes of documents and records that might contain evidence that he killed michael jackson. >> it seems like the net is closing in on dr. murray, so if he's to be arrested, it could actually happen sooner than later. once the coroner issues his toxicology report, which should be very shortly. >> reporter: dr. murray was home while agents seized items including a cell phone and internet hard drive. and they even intercepted a u.p.s. delivery package. sources tell abc news that jac

graham was the only republican to vote in favor. >> federal agents haven't said what they find inside the home and offices of michael jackson's doctor. they spent 0 nine hours taking away containers and bobs. >>> they will be cranking the ac in seattle, washington that is if they have one. they could see a high of 100 in theaism remind city. they have never had a triple- digit temperature there. on tuesday it was only 97. >> even hoqium washington got up to 97. which is their record. unbelievable heat there. for us not a lot of heat this summer but this morning is steamy da steamy day. early morning thunderstorm. i wantto share a picture from newberg power ant at the bridge across 301 virginia to maryland. nice lightnkeg rist there. those are left but other things are out there on doppler hd. foris in the e th this wi the this morning. if you go to wusa usa and adrey adblog or se me a beautiful we ph e ch in the way of uch in thunder at the moment but i want to show you you we have hato, we have had lighshowers passing heavier this heavthr is morning as it moved across viinn irgto southern maryland and quickly raced up to the north

graham interviewed lat toya for four hours. she said she felt that it was murder, and not manslaughter, that somebody give him something and michaelwas worth more to some people dead than he was alive. >> and monday would have been jackson's opening night in london, and kickingoff his comebacktour. and so outside the arena, hundreds of fans came any way, with photos, and with anything michael. >> i think people need closure, and that's what is happening. >> that was jeff rason reporting. joe, back to you. >>> police have four suspects in custody for the murder of a florida couple, and they say more arrests could follow. police believe as many as eight people may have been involved in the murder of the billings. video shows them creeping across e lawn in black. and investigators say three of the nine children in the house actually saw the attackers. >> the children are coping very well. and they have -- we have kept them busy. they are wh family and friends that they truly adored. >> police say one motive in the billings murder was robbery. >> the u.s. supreme court stepped in and delayed the execution of a death row inmate in virg

michael vick will be released from home confinement and become a free man on monday. your thoughts? >> i hope goodell decides this is enough and he's suffered enough, but i'm not optimistic. grahamigned with the cfl saskatchewan roughriders, is that a perfect fit? >> the bombs away league and the bombs away quarterback. perfect fit. diana taurasi is suspended two games for extreme d.u.i. >> that's the legal classification. i had no such thing there was extreme d.u.i. until diana taurasi. the spurs gave d'juan blair a three-year guaranteed deal. are you happy for him? >> i'm happy for anybody who gets to play for gregg popovich and the spurs. levi leipheimer is out of the tour de france with a bum wrist. you disappointed? >> no idea who that is. aptdny morrow had 47 points in a summer league game last night. are you impressed? >> after 42 by anthony randolphs, wake up the golden state warriors. the braves are retiring greg maddux number. >> you need to do that as fast as you. can. >> we're out of time. i'm bob ryan. >> i'm dan live tard. "p.t.i." off next week but returns the 27th. bristol! awkward silence. >> "p.t.i.." >> nascar racing, jeremy mayfield continues to defend himsel

graham, voted in favor of sotomayer. critics remain concerned sotomayer is an activist, a full vote to confirm sotomayer is expected next week. >>> up next year law enforcement agencies intensifying focus on michael jackson's personal doctor. a report on the live investigation into the pop star's death. you won't believe who is defending me against the rant of those radical left wingers. >> isn't this partially the southern poverty law center was so outraged by mr. dobbs and the illegal alien tape that he came up with, isn't this a little payback? >> we'll have the latest on the controversy over the president's birth certificate and the media reaction. stay with us. i was in the grocery store when i had a heart attack. my daughter was with me. i took a bayer aspirin out of my purse and chewed it. my doctor said the bayer aspirin saved my life. please talk to your doctor about aspirin and your heart. i'm going to be grandma for a long time. >>> there are new developments tonight into the investigation of the death of michael jackson. investigators and dea a little searched the las vegas home and office of jackson's personal doctor, dr. conrad murray. yesterday a source close to jackson's family sa

michael steele did say i believe the president is a citizen and he's a legitimate president and i want these people to stop. but it's just been far too slow in coming. >> it's getting worse. lindsey graham is taking heat from the south from some of the right for daring to vote for supreme court nominee of the other party. it's unbelievable. congressman, thanks you very much for joining us. >> it's being taken over by the supremacists. the moderate republicans need to say thing. >> well, let's wait and see if they do it, if there are any left. sir, thanks for joining us. joan walsh of salon, thank you. a brand-new nbc news "wall street journal" poll to share with you with tough numbers for president obama and very tough numbers for his health care plan coming up on "hardball." you have questions. who can give you the financial advice you need? where will you find the stability and resources to keep you ahead of this rapidly evolving world? these are tough questions. that's why we brought together two of the most powerful names in the industry. introducing morgan stanley smith barney. here to rethink wealth management. here to answer... your questions. morgan stanley smith barney. a new w

graham was the only republican to vote for sotomayor. the full senate will take up a nomination next week. >>> the world swimming championships in rome, stunning loss for 14 time olympic gold medalist michael phelps. first individual defeat in four years. being beat in the world record as well. his advantage was a high-tech swimsuit, said to be banned sometime next year. >>> and a first look at billionaire sir richard branson's mother ship. the plane designed to launch everyday earthlings into space. known as the white knight ii. debuted at an air show in wisconsin. no word on when the first flight into space will be. 300 seats have already sold for $200,000 a piece. those on board will get five minutes of weightlessness and view of earth. takeoff to landing expected to take 2 1/2 hours. that aircraft, by the way, is not the actual aircraft that takes you sort of up close to space. it launches the spacecraft. takes you to a certain point in atmosphere, lets that craft go. you get to experience the weightlessness and you come back down. >> would you do that? >> i might. i don't know. there's intense training prior. i don't know if i would survive it. >> i'm not that interested. i don't know

michael steele did say i believe the president is a citizen and he's a legitimate president and i want these people to stop. but it's just been far too slow in coming. >> it's getting worse. lindsey graham is taking heat from the south from some of the right for daring to vote for supreme court nominee of the other party. it's unbelievable. congressman, thanks you very much for joining us. >> it's being taken over by the supremacists. the moderate republicans need to say thing. >> well, let's wait and see if they do it, if there are any left. sir, thanks for joining us. joan walsh of salon, thank you. a brand-new nbc news "wall street journal" poll to share with you with tough numbers for president obama and very tough numbers for his health care plan coming up on "hardball." ♪ ooh, yeah wiggle your day with jell-o sugar-free gelatin. ♪ ooh, yeah it's 10 tasty calories... loved by lips and hips alike. ♪ shake it, shake it, ooh, yeah ♪ jell-o. because every diet needs a little wiggle room. you must be looking for motorcycle insurance. you're good. thanks. so is our bike insurance. all the coverage you need at a great price. hold on, cowboy. cool. i'm not done -- for less than a dollar a