mike emanuel in minneapolis with more on this. >> president obama got a brand-new message with him to a rare saturday event selling health-care reform. the president's rally was in minneapolis, the site of the 2008 republican convention. a swing state for the governor -- the person who'll challenge in the 2012. he is a study that says 40% of all people under age 65 go without healthcare coverage at some point in a ten-year. the president is telling americans to you or somebody you love could easily become the uninsured. >> more than one third will go without coverage for longer than one year. we've got to do something. [ applause ] >> we have to do something, because it can happen to anyone. >> republicans say the president has rejected ideas to bring people together around overhauling the system has ignored the people's wishes. in minneapolis admission is free and many an estimated audience of 15,000 said they were supporters of fixing the healthcare system but wanted more details or mr. obama. >> i do need to hear how it's going to work with the budget and whether or not it will inc

. >> mike emanuel live from the white house with more. mike, the message was pretty much the same in all the five interviews, but we understand there was at least one exchange that really stood out. which one? >> well, julie, george stephanopoulos from abc went after a president a little bit, if you're mandating that everybody must buy health insurance, isn't that in fact raising taxes on the middle class, violating the campaign pledge. the president didn't like that. >> your critics say it's a tax increase. >> my critics say that everything is a tax increase, my krit exsay i'm taking over every sector of the economy. now that, look, we can have a legitimate debate about whether or not we are going to have an individual mandate or not. >> but you reject it. >> i absolutely reject motion, stephanopoulos went to the direction pulling out a definition of tax and the president calls that a bit of a stretch, julie. >> julie: a bit of a stretch, but a good question and obviously, george did his homework. these interviews were mostly though about

joining us from the white house is mike emanuel. s. what are the top officials saying because some of those missiles were short range yesterday and now they are ramping it up. >> you are absolutely right. good morning, all implications are the u.s. has been watching the situation in secret facility revealed late last week. yesterday defense secretary robert gates had this to say about that. >> certainly intelligence people have no doubt that this is an illicit nuclear facility if only because the iranians kept it a secret. if they wanted it for peaceful nuclear purposes, there is no reason to put it so deep under ground. no reason to to be deceptive about it keep it a secret for protracted period of time so. >> the digging at the site apparently gave it away. ultimately the u.s. british and french talked about what they know about that facility. since that revelation, of course, as you mentioned there have been the rocket tests, the long range missiles firing today. so the iranians continuing to defy the world and show that when he h

mike emanuel is live at the white house for us. what is the deal with the health choices commissioner? >> he or she would oversee a brand new bureaucracy that would run health care reform, if it is passed. they would set the standards of what is required to participate in government health care reform. if you are insured, you want to be involved in an exchange of sorts. if this person would have to set the standards. there would be a lot of power, considering that it is 1/6th of the american economy. megyn: how much power would have? people worry about rationing in the hands of the federal government. >> this person would have the ability to find health care insurance companies -- fine health care insurance companies. they would have the ability to kick them out of a health care exchange. some of it is still a bit vague, but this person would have tremendous power. a controversial option, this individual or agency would with the government squarely in the health-care business. there is a lot of concern for people that do not like t

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someone shaking off the dust is mike emanuel. mike emanuel has the speech and how it all went down.hing the president said was he was going to give specifics. there was also lot of discussion about the public option. first of all, specifics, did he give them? >> he did go into detail, which is something that everyone said he needed to do. the question is whether or not that moved the american public in favor of reform, or whether it remains unpopular with many americans. the reality is, he does not have the votes in the senate to get the public option, and suggested he would not go to the mac for it. >> we should remain open to other ideas that accomplished our ultimate goal. to our republican friends, rather than making one claims about a government takeover of health care, we should address any legitimate concerns you might have. ,?ps Ñiwhat does the gop feel abe 40-minute speech last night? >> a lot of people felt like it went on too long last night. the suggestion that he was agreeable to tort reform, that may have just been a gesture in the speech and may not be that serious ch

mike emanuel, the justice department says the terror investigation will go on. >> senior u.s. officials both at the white house and at the justice department are being tight-lipped over the terror arrests over the weekend. the court of forces are today in brooklyn and denver. it is an ongoing investigation and more charges are possible. senior officials say there's no specific information of timing or location of any planned attack. trace: terror suspect is about to appear in federal court in brooklyn. david lee miller, what is the news? >> it is our understanding that at the building behind me, the federal court in brooklyn, the queens, new york religious leader is facing charges of lying to fbi investigators during this terror investigation. the fbi says the religious leader, a longtime informant, basically told the defendants other phone call was monitored tear y. his attorney says this is not true. trace: now to colorado, where two colorado terror suspects are about to appear in a district court. >> the attorney for najibullah zazi just walked out of the federal courthouse

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mike emanuel is on the north lawn of the white house. >> he worked on the latest version of the speechregrets giving more specifics months ago, rather than allowing his critics to take shots all summer. we're told we will get details and some personal stories from people struggling in the current health-care system. trace: will we have enough swine flu vaccines? some companies are scrambling? >> yes, clinical trials are underway to see of the nation's limited supply of swine flu vaccine can be stretched by giving each dose a boost. researchers at stanford university are exploring the use of a chemical that will boost to the response. it could reduce the amount of vaccine needed for protection against the swine flu by making each dose more potent. it could be a big deal. trace: a very big deal. an unflattering documentary about hillary clinton is in a movie? free speech? shannon bream is live at the supreme court. >> makers of the movie wanted to air it at the same time that hillary clinton was running for the presidency. the federal elections commission found it was political advocacy

joining us now from the white house is mike emanuel. robert gibbs a short time a while ago. what should we expect to hear tonight? >> we are hearing that the speech will be specific. it will be bold. the question is the timetable. here's what the president had to say a short time ago. >> the intent of the speech is to make sure the american people are clear exactly what it is that we are proposing, to make sure that democrats and republicans understand that i am open to more ideas, that we are not being rigid and ideological about this thing, but we do intend to get something done this year. >> the white house is telling democrats in the house and the senate that there would like to get a bill done by mid october. steve: it does sound like the white house is still struggling with the government run health care, or the public option, and whether that is even possible at this point in the legislative process. >> you are right. the white house has been getting hammered from the left by speaker nancy pelosi. she says she does not have the v

mike emanuel, you are joining us right now to tell us, will everyone know each other in the room?ent will gather with his national security council team, with field commanders, and also with the original ambassadors to talk about the way forward in afghanistan. we're understanding that the president will anchorage a free- wheeling discussion and say that nothing is off the table. brian: what about general mcchrystal's plan? is that on the table? >> that will be one of the things that will be discussed. general mcchrystal feels that he needs of to 40,000 more troops for the mission in afghanistan. robert gibbs has said that there is no timetable set in this review process. here is more from robert gibbs on the situation >> i anticipate the decision is a number of weeks away. i think you saw secretary gates say that a resource request that he gets will not be sent here to the white house until he believes he and the president believe that we are in a position, having reached a consensus and moving forward, how best to resource that consensus. >> the buzz phrase here is that they are

and his daughter would get the senate aappointment. >> he would pass the bill. >> mike: and who knew this, did rahm emanuelnow about this? >> rahm emanuel i write in the book knew i want today the deal with matigan. he's the kind of guy, rough and tumble kind of guy who now how to get the deal done. >> mike: he knew about this. >> he had discussions, spoke to my chief of staff and was doing the right thing. he was trying to get a senator that they wanted, but he also was going to be part after process that would put 500,000 people to work, expand health care to 50,000, to 300,000 working families and a written guarantee mike, you'll like not to raise taxes. >> mike: that was the other end of the deal, the reason were you going to bring menendez and durbin and harry reid because they decided they wanted lisa matigan for the upcoming reelection to the senate. >> such a pleasure talking to you, mike, versus regular media they don't understand the intercassies of politics, you're a former governor and you understand how things work and you want to get things done and chicago is a different place in illinois th