in a moment, we will go to michael moore responding to this. david cole, in vermont, the point vermont does not have universal health care? >> well, i am vacationing in vermont, not an expert on vermont. again, i just think we should be or keep our eye on the ball. the question should be, should the supreme court overturn what congress and the president had enacted in attempting to extend to a large number of people who are not covered, health care insurance. the quid pro quo was to say to people who can afford it -- again, this only applies to people who can afford to buy health care insurance. look, you have to buy into the system or pay a tax break if you do not buy into the system, then you're part of the problem. you are a free rider. everybody has to be responsible to act together to ensure we can provide as broad health care insurance as possible. the question was whether congress has the authority to do that. i think we should be celebrating the fact the supreme court upheld that power. it does not mean this is the best law that could e

in a moment, we will go to michael moore responding to this.david cole, in vermont, the point vermont does not have universal health care? >> well, i am vacationing in vermont, not an expert on vermont. again, i just think we should be or keep our eye on the ball. the question should be, should the supreme court overturn what congress and the president had enacted in attempting to extend to a large number of people who are not covered, health care insurance. the quid pro quo was to say to people who can afford it -- again, this only applies to people who can afford to buy health care insurance. look, you have to buy into the system or pay a tax break if you do not buy into the system, then you're part of the problem. you are a free rider. everybody has to be responsible to act together to ensure we can provide as broad health care insurance as possible. the question was whether congress has the authority to do that. i think we should be celebrating the fact the supreme court upheld that power. it does not mean this is the best law that could ev

and filmmaker michael moore >> this really is a huge victory for our side. despite all of my concerns with this law, it did not go far enough, does not cover all americans, it is not true universal healthcare -- nonetheless, the right wing has been handed a serious defeat today. >> and what does this decision mean for vermont? which is moving toward becoming the first day with the universal publicly funded single payer health care system? all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the supreme court has upheld the affordable care act, president obama signature health care reform bill. chief justice john roberts proved to be the surprise deciding vote, joining with the court's four liberal members. citing the authority of congress to impose taxes, the decision affirms the law's individual mandate provision that requires americans who can afford it to either obtain health insurance or pay a penalty by 2014. shortly after the long-awaited ruling came down, president obama said the suprem

that really has to stop all across the board. >> and michael moore gets tonight's last word. dent obama, next time watch msnbc when there's a big historic decision to be made. >> yeah. we actually report what happens. >> right. > roberts rules. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington and let me start with one of the great days in this country's history. united states supreme court led by the chief justice himself decided that president obama's health care act squares with the american constitution. all the drum beating floated up from the right wing fever swamps are as of today, simply the hate vapors of the rejection. the rear guard funded by the koch and u.s. chamber of commerce. today's hero, chief justice john roberts who said yes to progress and no to the role prescribed for him by the right. he would not be the man, lead the court, let the court name for him carry historic plqyd health care to tens of millions of americans. right leaning partisan appearing supreme court ruling that would have been the third strike over the plate followin

michael moore will get the last word tonight. o'reilly once promised he would call himself an idiot if the individual mandate was ruled unconstitutional.ç and so tonight, the brave bill o'reilly let someone else host his show. [ morgan ] right now when you use your visa card, you're entered for a chance to win a trip to the olympic games for life. to cheer the summer athletes to new heights, starting in 2016... as you experience every moment, every emotion, every four years... for the rest of your life. visa. supporting athletes and the olympic games for 25 years. people everywhere go with visa. >> another highest court in the land has now spoken.ç we will continue to implement this lou. and we'll work together to improve on it where we can. but what we won't do, what the country can't afford to do is refight the political battles of two years ago or go back to the way things were. >>> joining me now for an exclusive interview, maryland congressman steny hoyer. i know you thought you had final passage of this bill two years ago

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among my exclusive guests, michael moore, the director of "sicko," and house democratic whip steny hoyers. full analysis of the supreme court's ruling on the affordable care act on tomorrow's "last word." but no matter what happens tomorrow at the supreme court, whether the act is upheld or overturned, some things won't change. i'll tell you what those things are, next in the "rewrite." >>> and later, the important reasons to vote for a presidential candidate. how they'll handle the economy, of course, the supreme court, as i always say, how they'll handle foreign policy. and now, how they'll handle an invasion from outer space. the man you'd trust with your life if the klingons showed up. "the daily show" is here to tell us who's the birth date best president in the case of an alien invasion. the president from interview: i talk to folks on rope lines and in coffee shops. people who have been out of work. you can tell it wears on them. narrator: he's fought to pull us out of economicrisis for three years. and he still is. president obama's plan keeps taxes down for the middle class, inv

michael moore/is one down the right-field line.arper comes home care and then ian desmond singles to right. that would send brian zimmerman in and the nationals win four-2 appeared in the phillies game, adam jones, you have seen this before. want to deep left center and he is 0-15. the french open women's final, marie beshear po via this -- maria sure pola -- maria sharapova dominated over errani. amazing. the new jersey devils-will be called the jurors a comeback. after dropping the first game to the los angeles kings, h game became a fight. tonight, it was no different. he shoots a ritzer. the devils have the game with a 2-1 win. then lebron james fires a from way downtown. that will do it for you. 31 points from the big man. they now lead as to the nba finals. and in the first big have said of the european championships, denmark beat the netherlands today. i had to end it with soccer. so now, the heat will be taking on the thunder. it will be right here on abc 7. yes, this is where they can catch it appeared >> we saw a lot of m

michael moore scores. game tied at 6-6. here we go. later in the inning. bases loaded. can you be the hero? yep. down for a base hit. his first for a walkoff. nationals win it 7-6. they lead the majors with six walkoffs. much-see match-ups wednesday night, 7:00 eastern. tampa bay rays, new york yankees. espn2, espn3, also live on watch espn. >>> a western ohio high school athlete is being praised for her sportsmanship. >> look at this video of megan volvo of west liberty, ohio. she was running this with 20 meters to go. passed arden mcmath who collapsed on the track. rather than continue, megan placed her arm around her shoulder and carried her across the finish line. >> wow. megan said afterward, quote, helping her across the finish line was much more satisfying than winning the state championship. >> another example of good american folks. >> well done. >>> coming up next, everybody, "the pulse." pregnancy, changing snooki, in more ways than one. >>> plus, a late-night appearance for the first lady. that a boy! this is my grandson. and if it wasn't for a screening i g

ryan zimmerman and michael moore score. the nats go up 4-0 and go on to win 4-2. the win. tyler clippard gets the save. he is now 7-7 in save situations. charlie manuel and the phillies for two in a row. out of the pen, the 42-year-old jim thome, the rbi single. juan pierre scores on it and that ties the game at 4-4. we go to extras. still got something left in him at 42 years old. adam jones, he ended 0-18, slump in the ninth. here he is in the 12th. walk-off home run. he was facing b.j. rosenberg who was a rookie his major league debut. so not a good day for rosenberg but a great day for adam jones. and that is his third home run in the 12th inning or later this year. so he's been clutch. the orioles win 6-4. one sore tendon. that's all it took to deprive the world of a possible triple crown winner this year. friday's news, the kentucky derby and preakness winner i'll have another would not race in the belmont stakes. that was a bummer, a little depressing. the race did go on and a crowd of 85,000 showed up at bell monday with they hundred yards to go, it was th

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leading us figures could or to accept achieving a saunders political asylum request at a song like michael moore all of a stone and chomsky among others has been delivered to the country's london embassy where sanchez been seeking refuge since last week and in fact chomsky joins us on to the latest edition of his show here noti together with your story entirely county you can get that discussion that thirty g.m.t. . now moving over to the middle east the deep concern in the united states and the other traditional imperial powers france particularly concern is that now they may the middle east may get out of control and that syria's much more serious than south america so i agreed that's why they invaded libya and i have no doubt about it was the real starbase going through. i agree but i think it's all over so for example if you take a look at what's happened in the arab spring or the countries that are crucial to western imperial power the oil producers they have been under a very tough. in saudi arabia kuwait. the major oil producing regions it never got off the ground the intimidation of the

those hoping to see michael moore's return to the lineup saw the rain instead.he nats/braves' rematch was postponed. august makeup is likely. meanwhile, steven straussburg supposed to pitch tonight will start tomorrow instead. rain coming down in st. pete as well. the orioles, facing the rays. but, luckily, the tropicana field has the a roof. like scott facing his opponent. with the bases loaded. he is going to make his former team pay. slaps a base hit into center. bj upton. matt joyce score. rays take a 2-0 lead. a 36-pitch inning for chen. two batters later. matsui makes it worse. to-run shot gives the rays a 5-0 lead. your final score. os have lost six straight. big night at city field. check this out. melts hosting the cardinals. santana, just one out away from the first ever no hitter in mets' history that if have been around since 1962. santana struck him out after 8,020, the mets have it on their books. padres the only major league team without a no hitter. >>> in the nba appears randy whitman and the wizards are closing in on a two-year deal to make him

embassy in london yet no decision has been made meanwhile prominent americans including filmmakers michael moore and oliver stone along with renowned philosopher noam chomsky have signed a letter in support of a song just bit now chomsky is in fact one of the gassed on the whistleblower show that's airing today here on art. you can watch it over an hour here's a preview. now moving over to the middle east the deep concern in the united states and the other traditional imperial powers britain france particularly concern is that now they may the middle east may get out of control and that syria's a much more serious than south america so i agree that's why they invaded libya no i have no doubt about it was to reestablish one crew. i agree but i think it's all over so for example if you take a look at what's happened in the arab spring the countries that are crucial to western imperial power the oil producers they have been under a very tough hand in saudi arabia kuwait the emirates the major oil producing regions it never got off the ground the intimidation of the security forces backed by the wes

of charging ecuador to accept julian assange just political asylum request a letter signed by michael moore oliver stone and noam chomsky among others has been delivered to the country's london embassy where songes been seeking refuge since last week a fact chomsky joins a song in the latest edition of his show on our two together with military historian tariq ali you can catch their discussion next hour. now moving over to the middle east the deep concern in the united states and the other imperial traditional imperial powers britain france particularly concern is that now they may the middle east may get out of control and that syria's a much more serious than south america by great that's why they invaded libya and i have no doubt about it was to reestablish encroach. i agree but i think it's all over so for example if you take a look what's happened in the arab spring are the countries that are crucial to western imperial power the oil producers they have been under a very tough hand in saudi arabia kuwait the emirates the major oil producing regions it never got off the ground the inti

a conversation that was featuring michael moore and others spread quickly, michael moore, who we share some particular space, he shares some very straightforward detail how and why the housing crisis came ob to be. he is a documentarian, he one obviously. he has studied this and more. the simple answer is, what isg the one thing doctor green, that the middle class has?r their homes.one thinthey the one thing they all have. one thing they all have equity in as their home. he goes into a deep treatment. i will let you read it in thet, book. about how in partly in part -- how we got into this housingd tt crisis by going after people wht were in the middle class, tryino to get into the middle class, wp know that home ownership is thew safest way to start to createhig wealth, and that was the onedidt thing that they knew that they had not figured out a way to rape and pillage. they figured that out, and the y rest, as they say, is history. t >> you can follow the steps.t yo first you have to have twou ha spouses working just to survive. then both spouses working, but you need a credit card

a new york fashion i said all right but i've done better i'm coming back then going to that's michael. moore. but does it for now for more on the stories we covered go to our website r r t dot com slash usa and you can also follow me on twitter at abby martin. wealthy british soil. is no time to write for. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to conjure reports on our. mission. critic a should treat in store charges free. range month free. three stooges free. download free broadband live video for your media projects a free video dog r t dot com. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm more in the store in washington d.c. and happy friday here are your headlines for june eighth two thousand and twelve spain is poised to seek a bailout for its banks possibly tomorrow that's according to media reports meanwhile figures show greece's economy shrank at a rate of six point five per cent for the first three months of this year as there appears to be a collapse going on i

asking him to in fact grant asylum to us i know you signed the letter also filmmakers oliver stone michael moore noam chomsky's name is on there daniel ellsberg glenn greenwald's i want to put a little bit of that letter up on the screen for people to see you know they're concerned i know you're concerned to have and it says we believe mr assad has good reason to fear extradition to sweden as there is a strong likelihood that once in sweden he would be imprisoned and then likely extradited to the united states as the u.s. legal expert a commentator glenn greenwald recently noted were assigned to be charged in sweden he would be imprisoned under very oppressive conditions where he would be held incommunicado rather than released on bail just briefly kevin because we're almost out of time why do you think that ecuador should in fact take a stand. well i think the key here is that people are suggesting there's a lot of paranoia on the part of assigned supporters to another just beating the narcissism of julius and i think the response to this sort of petulant argument is that there is this why gran

we saw a couple of films, one by michael moore and one an oscarar winner. do you think eventually americans get so overwhelmed by the min yourminutia that they say, hey, i am watching card ashians. they say you have to leave it to us. if we give you a price and tell you x is the price, then you should just trust us because we are the people who understand this stuff and they made the analogy. if your refrigerator breaks you are not going to fix it yourself. you have to go to an expert to fix it. we are the experts. we are fixing this stuff. we are telling you what the price is and you have to trust us. >> that's basically what they are saying. it's kind of sad but it's true. people do not know how to deduce their own prices for things like swaps and derivatives and guaranties. >> who is the watchdog watching out for taxpayers. >> that's what is so scary. wall street got caught in this instance. they found a company. they raided their offices, got all of the tape recordings of all of these conversations and the worst-case scenario was all of the companies in

very quickly, michael moore who we give space in the book to share his particular beliefs explains in simple and straightforward detail how and why the housing crisis came to be. he is a documentarian and obviously he has studied this and then work on it in the simple answer is what is the one thing dr. green, that the middle-class has that we can rape and pillage? their homes. the one thing they all have, the one thing they have all equity in is their home and he goes into deep treatment about how in part, in part, we got into this housing crisis by going after people who were in the middle class and trying to get into the middle-class. we know homeownership is the surest and safest most secure way in america to start to create wealth and that was the one thing they did that had not figured out a way to rape and pillage and they figure that out and the rest as they say is history. there are some deep stuff in the book about the middle-class. >> you can follow the steps because first you have to have two spouses working just to survive and impose burdens -- spouses working but you hav

michael moore just came back. harper, you would expect continued improvement through the the season for him. so, they should be getting enough of a bump or potentially enough of a bump from morris, zimmerman and harper in a perfect world. you love to say we would love to get a bat, depending on what it takes and who is available. a lot of variables there. they need improvement from within. >> the nats have to want off. they'll be back in a three-game series against the tampa bay rays tuesday. >> great job. >>> a stunning twist in the presumed death of a maryland woman in aruba. a legal war for the victim's insurance money. >>> controversy over plans to move the training camp out of our region and down to richmond. >>> i'm liz crenshaw. a crash course on t we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start here. >>> an update on the breaking news. roger clemens walked out

if the president was john mccain michael moore would be handcuffed to the white house fence.we take it. if the terry family is seeking answers politics or not we're obligated to talk about, obligated to pursue it. presidential debate they're obligated to ask that question. >> andrea: i think holder should resign. >> kimberly: why hasn't me? >> bob: he wanted to resign and was talked out of it by valley jarret. for him sake, get out from underneath it if he could. it's not possibly politically. obama couldn't lem him do it. >> kimberly: nice to have friends in high places. >> bob: he is subject to a witch hunt. typical republicans. >> greg: eric holder spent time suggesting strongly that americans were racist. c'mon >> right. racism. >> bob: who said racism besides al sharpton? >> greg: holder said we need discussion on racism. >> bob: that is politics. >> eric: it didn't have to come up at all. if he turned over documents 18 months ago. >> andrea: i love eric holder but we have something more important to talk about. katie holmes and tom cruise is divorcing. have you heard th

ryan zimmerman and michael moore score. nats win 4-2. gonzalez gets the win.t the save. he's now 7 for 7 in save situations. >>> charlie manuel and the phillies looking for two in a row against the orioles. top of the eighth, pedro straup out of the pen. want pierre scores. he ties it at 4. we go to extras. adam jones ended 0 for 18 slump in the ninth in the game. here in the 12th, facing b.j. rosenberg, he says, welcome to the big leagues, rookie. a walk-off two-run shot. rosenberg serves up the game winner in his first mlb game. that's jones' third homer of the year in the 12th inning or later. orioles win 6-4. >>> one sore tendon, that's tall took to deprive the world of a possible triple crown winner. friday's news i'll have another would not race in the bell month stakes was a bummer. a crowds over 85,000 still showed up at belmont. with 300 yards to go the horse paynter in front. that's union rags make ago push to the front. he was the favorite in the kentucky derby. remember he flamed out in seventh place. he skip the preakness. but he catches paynter b

which was a movie michael moore and i made. i came and i had to go through the receiving line with president bush. i'll never forget what he said to me, he said harvey, i used to love your movies. what the hell happened to you. >> he's got a good sense of humor. >> let's take a look at this footage from george w. bush at the white house. >> i'm also pleased, mr. president, that when you are wandering these halls as you wrestle with tough decisions, you'll now be able to gaze at this portrait and ask, what would george do? >> you know, speaking of uncool, donald trump has a benefit for mitt romney. i know donald trump to be a sane, smart businessman. but he has this benefit. romney comes. and he talks about that birth certificate again. how do you put that out of the minds of the american public once and for all? doesn't he realize how uncool he is? >> i don't know. you know, donald trump has been uncommonly nice to hillary and me. we're all new yorkers. >> me, too. >> and i like him. and i love playing golf with him. but the ev

. >> tomorrow, michael moore will be my guest and he'll be a "last word" exclusive. >>> fast, furious and fiction. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with a shocker. you know the story of thousand the u.s. government agents allowed guns to go to the cartel. the nra and entire american right? well, according to a new report from "fortune" magazine, not the nation or "the new york times," "fortune," it didn't happen. the u.s. government never used a tactic of letting the guns reach the bad guys in mexico. which raises the bigger question, then why is eric holder and the obama administration failed to kill the story? didn't they learn from the charges against john kerry if you don't knock down a story, it knocks you down. our guests tonight are matt miller and msnbc political analyst david korn. help me out here. it is great to have you on tonight. how did i and so many of our viewers and so many people in the country believe for the last 18 months that the united states government was so risk-prone that they sent guns allowed guns to

state representative rocky adkins, one of the most powerful politicians, thundered at michael moore,predecessor about american electric power switching out of coal. how much pressure are you from under from local people to keep using coal? >> jim, i think it just shows, the challenges we face. i mean, you have community that are finally realizing these plants are having phono to fund futures if they exist or not. if you don't exist, you have tax base, fire protection, police protection, all those types of things, and these plants are located in areas of the country, in many cases, they are the town. so it really is starting to come to bear here, what epa is doing and what the impact is it's going to have on communities, jobs, so forth and it makes it a tremendous challenge from a decisional process to find, oh, you going to spend a billion for a new scrubber or put in natural gas or nothing at all and take from the marketplace? so those kind of options are continually being evaluated. >> who is your real boss? is it the rate payers, the people who rely on you for power. the public ut

michael moore scores tying the game at 6. five batters later, bases loaded.arper singles to the left to bring in the winning run. nats win it 7-6. harper is the first teenager to hit a walkoff hit since 1988. >> he's living up to it. >>> it was extra innings in boston for the orioles and red sox. the first hit of the night for the os brought in the game- winning run. the win moves baltimore back into a tie for first place in the al east. >>> with a win tonight, the oklahoma city thunder can earn the city's first trip to the nba finals. the franchise hasn't been to the finals since 1996 when they were playing in seattle as the super sonics. they moved to oklahoma city. game five last night between boston and miami. 11 rebounds for the celtics. they topped the heat 94-90. the celtics lead the series 3- 2. everybody said the celtics were too old to do this. not so. game six tomorrow night back in boston. d.c. united and philadelphia union played last night. the u.s. open cup action. antwaan scored the game win forephilly in extra time. d.c. loses at the soccer f