did you have a comment, mr. hall? you looked like you needed to say something. >> i'm disagreeing with you. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> i think what we're seeing is a lot of things are beginning to slowly but surely work together. we haven't seen this since 2008. is that right? would this -- would this downward trend, mr. hall, with regard to the unemployment? >> right. is that right? >> yeah. although, i would say it's a flat -- we haven't seen a flat unemployment rate since early 2008. >> early 2008. >> so it's been a while? >> you know. i guess what i'm trying to say is it's so easy for us to look at the glass half empty as opposed to half full. we have to say we're not overly optimistic. but at the same time when we're talking about consumer confidence, when we're talking about giving people hope and we're praying that they'll go out there and, you know, spend, if they can. we want them to save but also spend. that keeps the economy going. i think it's very important that we look at these things and say,

i thought if you get paid on a performance basis as for example mr. hall has from citigroup fibro, the energy company, he got paid on performance basis, why are we vilifying him? in a sense, i neglected to mention the oprah factor, let's not forget oprah winfrey has a $275 million contract. i say, fine, fine oprah. i say fine, eli manning, fine to anybody who earns the wealth, the market rewards them, i want everyone to get rich and wealthy. why are we still vilifying goldman sachs and andrew hall, neil hennessey. >> the new economy to them is you print money, don't earn it. that seems to be the problem. go back to last fall, the congress was all over oil companies because speculators ran it to $147 a barrel. same thing happening today. this gittesing crazetting crazy. you would think they would be happy the banks are getting solid footing and making loans. if you don't make money, you can't make loans. i don't see the problem except they're getting ready for 2010 election this is wrong because we're trying to steer the future new york times city america f

did you have a comment, mr. hall?u looked like you needed to say something. >> i'm disagreeing with you. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> i think what we're seeing is a lot of things are beginning to slowly but surely work together. we haven't seen this since 2008. is that right? would this -- would this downward trend, mr. hall, with regard to the unemployment? >> right. is that right? >> yeah. although, i would say it's a flat -- we haven't seen a flat unemployment rate since early 2008. >> early 2008. >> so it's been a while? >> you know. i guess what i'm trying to say is it's so easy for us to look at the glass half empty as opposed to half full. we have to say we're not overly optimistic. but at the same time when we're talking about consumer confidence, when we're talking about giving people hope and we're praying that they'll go out there and, you know, spend, if they can. we want them to save but also spend. that keeps the economy going. i think it's very important that we look at these things and say, yo

did you have a comment, mr. hall?you looked like you needed to say something. >> i'm disagreeing with you. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> i think what we're seeing is a lot of things are beginning to slowly but surely work together. we haven't seen this since 2008. is that right? would this -- would this downward trend, mr. hall, with regard to the unemployment? >> right. is that right? >> yeah. although, i would say it's a flat -- we haven't seen a flat unemployment rate since early 2008. >> early 2008. >> so it's been a while? >> you know. i guess what i'm trying to say is it's so easy for us to look at the glass half empty as opposed to half full. we have to say we're not overly optimistic. but at the same time when we're talking about consumer confidence, when we're talking about giving people hope and we're praying that they'll go out there and, you know, spend, if they can. we want them to save but also spend. that keeps the economy going. i think it's very important that we look at these things and say,

. >> mr. hall. >> mr. chairman -- [inaudible conversations] >> do we have all amendment?naudible conversations] mr. paul, can you identify your amendment? does it look like this? >> i had hall wan and hall hall-2 and this may be hall-1 or hall-2 on medicare advantage. >> [inaudible conversations] >> it's hall-1 i think. [inaudible conversations] >> has the clerk located -- >> we have. to the amendment in the nature of substitute to h.r. 32 -- >> without objection the amendment will be considered as read and mr. hall is recognized to explain his amendment. >> i will be very brief because i think the committee is aware of the fact that the proposed bill, the bill we've been working on for several days cuts medicare advantage by roughly $156 billion, and my amendment simply reduces the cuts by half. now, we had a vote earlier on reducing the entire $156 billion, but that failed by a fairly close vote and i am trying now just to cut by 50%. actually current provisions in the bill are going to result in reductions and medicare advantage funding by more than 20%, and a lot of t

>> mr. hall. >> i yield my time to chairman stearns. >> i yield my time to you if i have the time. >> you have the time. >> i rise in opposition of this. i don't think many people know what payload is, it's a very small country, the country only has about 600 people in it, a huge number of islands that stretch out, supposedly 17 of the terrorists from gitmo, guantanamo bay are going to be sent there. we're going to $200 million so they'll take these terrorists. their all gdp is about $64 million. is a huge surplus. for the united states to say we're going to include in medicaid, to bypass the five-year waiting period, under. personal responsibility and the work reconciliation act, seems a little over the top. i'm not sure we need to do that. mr. engel mentioned that we have a military base there. so, i really think this is a huge amount of money we're gi giving to these folks and i just impose an amendment on the basis on why not let them wait five years under the waiting period for the law. i ju

i was looking at the african-american figures, mr. hall, and from what i can see here, in july the unemployment rate for african-americans is 14.5%. is that correct? july 2009? i'm on page four. >> yes. >> and that compares to when we go back to may, it was 14.9, and then in june it was 14.7, and then coming down to 14.5. that is substantially higher than the average rate for the country, is that right? >> that's correct. >> while there is an improvement there, does that improvement, does that surprise you? is that pretty much the way you expected it to be? >> it is actually kind of the way i expected it to be. the unemployment rate for minorities, such as african-americans, it runs higher than the average unemployment rate, and it goes up more during a recession, but the actual changes, the pattern of changes do sort of match the overall unemployment rate. so we have had a pretty flat unemployment rate the past couple months, and it has been pretty flat for african-americans. >> moving on to another subject, you mentioned we are going thr

now we can't overlook it anymore because this mr. hall who runs it, andrew hall, makes $100 million and they're a t.a.r.p. bank. now he basically -- he has to get rid of it in some way. >> well, good for andy hall. i know andy hall from the '80s. the guy made $700 million. citibank should be kissing his fanny, frankly. $100 million is fair. he's going to get paid 100 million bucks. >> 50 of those guys. >> well, they screwed it up. this is a pr nightmare because they let it be. >> you can make 600 -- you can help your company make a lot of money and you get a piece of that, right. you eat what you kill and you could be penalized. >> citi really screwed this one up. if they were smart, they would have paid andy hall back in july in stock. look what the stock has done since this news has gone public. >> but can they get away with that with the pay czar? >> they would have had to have worked that out with the government somehow. >> guys, there is no solution to this story other than, you know, don't -- don't make bad bets in a bond market and

also noin joining me by phone is jim hall who is a former ntsb chairman. you heard mr. wiley saying about how this particular corridor operated. it's very little control here. most of it is by sight and also just by radio communications, this is not handled by air traffic control. >> that's correct. as the captain explained, it's see and avoid. unfortunately it appears that in this situation, either for whatever reason, the aircraft did not -- they did not see one another. >> are there -- is there anything that needs to happen here? should this continue to operate as it has always operated or do you think changes should be made or is this something that was just unavoidable or not typical and unusual? >> well, of course, that's the purpose of the ntsb investigation. the board will look very closely at training, the experience of the pilot, the visual meteorology conditions at the time. and you will have to come with some conclusions. so it's certainly too early to tell, but that's the whole purpose of having an investigation is to try and determine if there are any chan

mrs. hallsglad to see you. >> as planned, kennedy played up their man's youth and war record, comparing kennedy's war hero status with humphrey's failure to receiver in world war ii, a fact that still amuses kennedy's friend ben bradley who served on a destroyer in the pacific. >> humphrey wasn't in ward war ii. he was a hospital maid or something like that. >> you guys are unbelievable. this is what i'm talking about, you guys kept score on who was in the front. >> we knew people's war record. we sure did. >> remember senator john f. kennedy can be our next president. >> with four weeks left, kennedy trailed humphrey by 20%, so his campaign turned up the heat, buying tv time to address head on when his pollsters saw his growing concerns about kennedy's catholic religion. >> i don't happen to believe that one of those serious issues is where i go to church on sunday. >> the strategy worked. senator kennedy crushed humphrey with 60% of the vote. but more went into this victory than appeals to pat

. >> whether or not mr. hall is entitled to his money legally is another issue. >> when you get a loan for your law practice from a bank, the bank doesn't tell you how much you're allowed to earn. it doesn't tell you what color the carpeting has to be. >> but what the bank does tell me is that i've got to engage in -- i've got to engage my practice and move forward with my practice in a way that's going to be not risky, where my compensation won't be tied to some strategy that will make me a lot of money now -- >> go ahead, joe. >> why are you trying to punish andrew hall? he made $600 billion for the company. why should he be allowed to receive -- >> i think we all agree -- i'll spak speak for myself. the issue is contractually sounds like he should get his money. the issue is what dennis asked early. should wall street get a blank check from the taxpayers. and as a taxpayer .pip said they screwed up their so badly, why should i give them more money to screw up even more? >> should the government be evolving its

then mr. hall will take his talents and his people elsewhere but the government did not do that. so don't blame him. and this gets to a bigger issue. how in the world did we get the bubble of this size? and this is something the federal reserve has to bear responsibility for. diane, if they hadn't printed so much money in the early part of this decade, we never would have had this disaster. if they get rid of this policy of a weak dollar which is the bush administration did, which was a disaster, this administration has to stop treating the dollar like toilet paper and this -- these crises will not reach the proportions they did. >> can't let you go without asking about what happened yesterday. we saw in a number of the talk shows administration officials, treasury secretary geithner and also economic adviser larry summers seeming to be softening the way for a tax cuthat affects not just the wealt in this country but also the middle class. some p people are lkg about t a value-added tax on purchases. >> equivalent of 15% to 20% sales tax which is what they have in europe. >> you

overblowing, playing and replaying the worst of the town halls and think by and large what they are hearing from members of congress around the country, mr. town halls are pretty boring. that is their respective and we'll see what happens in the president's town hall later in the day. >> savannah guthrie, thank you so much. we shift gears to a live press conference in philadelphia where we see tony dungy, the former super bowl winning coach and former coach of the indianapolis colts who was brought in to help michael vick. you remember that michael vick was a star quarterback for the atlanta faleds falcons and convicted in a horrific dog-fighting scheme and ultimately sent away to federal prison. was released and just announced now has been signed by the philadelphia eagles. one of the conditions he got mentoring from this man, the man you're seeing there, tony dungy. not only an impressive coach, but also an -- an award-winning author. we may hear shortly from michael vick himself. >> a long conversation about where i felt mike was and i'm just really happy that things turned out this way. i'm proud of the philadelphia eagles. i know th

mr. obama is to enacting real health care reform. iowa congressman leonard boswell at his own town hall recounting a discussion he had with mr.bama in february. >> we talked about some of these things, you know, whether energy or health care or whatever. and the president, i'm not going to kick the can down the road. he said that. and i said to him, well, that's something i'm kind of used to in southern iowa. i know about kicking the can down the road. he said, no, if it makes me a one-term president we're going to take it on because the country is in need of us taking this on. i respected that very much. >> returning to our program once again on this issue, former vermont governor howard dean, himself of course a physician and former chair of the democratic party, now serves as an independent consultant providing guidance to clients particularly in the areas of health care and alternative energy resources. thanks for your time again tonight, governor. >> thanks for having me on. >> all right. can you explain or refute, whichever is appropriate, mr. clinton's prediction that inc. enacting health care reform will ultimately be

mr. hall, aye. mr. upon tton, aye. mr. whitfield. mr. whitfield, aye. mr. shimkus, aye. mr. blunt. aye. mr. boyer, mr. baoyer, aye. mr. pitts, mr. pitts, aye. mr. walden, mr. walden, aye. mr. terry. mr. terry, aye. mr. rogers. mr. rogers, aye. mr. sullivan, @@@@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ >> mr. angle. mr. angle votes no. mr. rush. mr. risch wrote snow. mr. greene. i am sorry. ms. matsui, i am sorry. ms. matsui votes no. mr. bowsher. mr. bowsher votes know. matsui votes no. mr. boucher votes no. mrs. meyerick is aye. >> have all members responded? anyone wish to change his or her vote? if not the clerk will tally the vote. hold it. we have something else coming. i don't believe you are recorded. gentlemen wish to vote? votes no. mr. hill votes no. mr. space. mr. mathison. mr. mathison, no. mr. gordon, no. >> anyone else? clerk. >> no. mr. ross. mr. ross, no. miss baldwin is recorded as voting no. >> clerk will tally the vote. mr. rusch? mr. rusch is recorded as no. have all members responded to the role? clerk will report the vote. >> on that vote, mr. chairman, there were 24 ayes and4 noes. >>

returning to new hampshire, recognized as a birthplace of american town halls. mr. ama got a warm welcome. courteous questions. skepticism. that was inside the hall. outside, one protesters found it necessary to show up armed, which he was allowed to do under law. and the law kept him under close watch. picked up on sarah palin's warning. debunked by elected republicans, that mr. obama's health care reform would involve decisions about when old people should die. inside another child, posed a questions about these lies. >> walking in, i saw a lot of signs outside, saying mean things about reforming health care. how do kids know what is true? and why do people not want a new system that can help more of us? >> well, i've seen some of those signs. let me just be specific about some things that i've been hearing lately. we just need to just dispose of here. the rumor that's been circulating a lot lately, is the idea that somehow the house of representatives voted for death panels that will, basically, pull the plug on grandma. because we've decided that we don't -- it's

halls in detroit. joining me now is the dean of the democratic congress and that is mr. john dingle. mr. dingle, good to have you with us tonight. >> it's a pleasure to be with you. good evening. >> have you seen orchestrated town halls like this, in the, in your career at any time? does this remind you of the '60s at all? >> well, the last time i had to confront something like this was when i voted for the civil rights bill and my opponent voted against it. at that time, we had a lot of klu klux klan folks and white spr supremicists and folks in white sheets running around, causing trouble. >> well, this is serious stuff is what i'm hearing from you tonight, right congressman? >> well, i've faced this twice. and ed, there's something very interesting. you talked about this thing being stimulated. the hard fact is, it is. i have here before me, this thing entitled "right principles." it comes from an organization, it was passed out at the meetings we had. we had two, we had so many that we couldn't accommodate them all at the first meeting, so we had a second one the same night. it tells

mr. hall, he'll be in -- >> who knows.e may be -- i don't know. >> you could argue, joe, in their purest form the traders and hedge fund operators make sure we pay the best possible price. they are essentially -- >> huh?? >> i'm not sure i buy that. >> i don't know. >> hang on. they make sure that on the downside it is as low as it can be and on the upside it is -- >> really? did the hunt brothers make sure i paid the most appropriate price for silver and soybeans -- >> were you out buying silver back then? >> i wasn't. >> so you don't agree these guys help drive -- >> that's what they're supposed to do, unless -- >> not always. >> unless so many etfs and pension plans are buying -- it has no fundamental on -- >> so you're making an argument for curving the trading operations of these -- >> i'd like price discovery to be the main -- not momentum trading. >> you can trade these commodities if you qualify, just make it transparent. if you want to speculate, let us know. >> let us know you're running it up to $150. >> that wa

returning to new hampshire recognized as the birthplace of american political town halls, mr. obama got a warm welcome, courteous questions, respectful scepticism. that was inside the hall. outside, one protesters felt it was necessary to show up armed, which he was allowed to do under law and the law kept him under close watch. other parents who felt fine using their daughter to propagate lies picked on sarah palin's warning debunked by elected republicans and denied by ms. palin that mr. obama's health care reform would involve government decisions about when old people should die. inside another child posed a question about these lies. >> when i was walking in, i saw a lot of signs outside saying mean things about reforming health care. how do kids know what is true? and why do people want a new system that can help more of us? >> well, the -- i've seen some of those signs. but let me just be specific about some things that i have been hearing lately that we need to just -- just dispose of here. the rumor that's been circulating a lot lately is this idea that somehow the hou

it may outrage you more, the executive czar of pay, mr. halle executive's pay czar. >> may have to figure out how to hide 100 million dollars for this-- for this guy who could get a nine figure pay day of his profits because with his contract with citigroup. his ties to citigroup. there he is. could get a 100 million dollar payout. >> he's andrew j hall. he's 58 years old and basically has a country under citigroup, and what he is essentially, an energy speculators and you may have heard bill o'reilly talk about energy speculators in the past and he has a contract that basically says he's entitled this cut of the risky bets on the oil industry and he is due 100 million dollars as a bonus this year and of course, you know, citigroup has taken about 45 billion, in taxpayer-- >> remember all the hue and cry that rang out offense the land when aig, which had also been bailed out, was going to give out big bonuses to their top executives, so, congress stepped in to try to put the kibosh on that. and then the question now, should andrew hall be getti

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mr. frank also owned pool halls and shopping centers in and around baltimore county. >>> we have an ex-howard county band director who pleaded guilty to abusing a sentence. he'll be sentenced behind bars all but most of it suspended and has to register as a sex offender. >>> this sounds incredible. we have a 9-year-old child bitten at a baltimore day camp by a lifeguard. this took place in pimlico. the boy's mother says she needed to take her son to the hospital because of the bite on his back. baltimore's department of recreation and parks is investigating the incident and admits the lifeguard did bite the child but only after the child bit him first. >> i don't care if he jumped up and down on your foot. you are almost, almost a grown man. >> the lifeguard's still working at the gay camp. the little boy says he never bit the lifeguard but his mom says she wants her money back and thinks the department of recreation and parks should change its practices. >>> yubis kennedy shrierve -- eunice kennedy shriver will be laid to rest today. thousands of people attended a public wake yesterday for e

well president obama was treated more respectfully at his town hall in new hampshire yesterday although demonstrators did rally outside, mr. obama will hold another town hall meeting in montana on friday. >> and later this morning president obama and the first lady will host a supreme reception foral associate justice sotomayor will make her way to the white house for the first time since her swearing in. and a little later the president will award 16 americans the medal of freedom the highest civilian honor. among the recipients, hashry milk, the late y rights activist and sandra day o'connor. >> 6:08, 74 degrees. >> when good morning, washington returns, bernie madoff's right-hand man is getting ready to come clean. we'll see what it means for the massive fraud investigation. >> at bailey's crossroads and notice we have gray skies to start our day. that will keep our temperatures down. >> hi, there, and mymy name is jud fox reminding you go in feet first on your first title good morning, washington. >> hey, good morning on this wednesday, it's 6:11 a.m. meteorologist adam caskey at bailey's crossroads. mainly gray and c

approach saying there is absolutely nothing to do with encouraging angry town hall protests. mr. steele said in a conference call, we're not encouraging people to be angry. some people that's how they express frus trashgs but that's not something deliberately coordinateed by me or anyone one state party. you know it is being celebrated and publicized by the national republican congressional committee, which is the part of the republican party that's responsible for racism in the house of representatives, promoting the disruptions on public websites calling them recess roastings and taunting the democrats accosted and shouted down at these events. house minority leader john boehner on his website is gloating specifically about the way the texas democrat lloyd duggette was treated during his town hall. the congressman was treated to an image of his own tombstone, you recall. congressman boehner concludes, "it will be a long, hot august for democrats in congress." the republican party of texas has produced a video for the front page of its website, which includes footage of congress

i think that's why -- the president isn't out doing town hall meetings just for his health. >> reporter: tomorrow mr. obama hold as town hall meeting in colorado. the president's family will be making the trip out west with him and they all plan a visit to national parks. >> the only people convicted in the bombings of pan am 103 over lockerbie scott land might still go free after ten years in prison. that is sparking outraej from some of the families of loved one who is died on the plane. >> reporter: he was convicted of 270 counts of murder and sentenced to life for his part in the bombing of pan am 103. now the former libyan intelligence agent is dying of prostate cancer. scottish officials are considering granting him what they call a compassionate release. >> clearly he's terribly ill and there's other factors but i have made no decision as yet. >> reporter: even the prospect of his release has infuriated some families of the victims. kathleen flynn's son j.p. was flying home for the holidays when flight 103 exploded over lockerbie. >> you don't allow someone who has murdered, you know, premedi

a translator for a university student at a town hall event asked mrs.linton what her husband thinks of an inter national financial matter. >> you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state. i am. if you ask my opinion, i will tell you my opinion. i won't be channeling my husband. bret: we are told the translator made the mistake here and the student actually asked for president obama's opinion. we will get the opinions of several people involved with the offshoot of the cash for clunkers program targeting another big-ticket >> in news around the world, in southern taiwan, a mud slide resulting from a typhoon buried up to 600 people. so far, at least 14 people are chron firmed dead but that number is expected to rise. typhoon mordecai dumped almost 17 feet of rain in some communities over the weekend. saturday this three-story building collapsed into the floodwaters and was swept away. insurgents faced a series of bombings today in iraq, killing at least 42. the deadliest attack happened near mosul when two truck

a translator for a university student at a town hall event asked mrs. clinton what her husband thinks of an inter national financial matter. >> you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state. i am. if you ask my opinion, i will tell you my opinion. i won't be channeling my husband. bret: we are told the translator made the mistake here and the student actually asked for president obama's opinion. we will get the opinions of several people involved with the offshoot of the cash for clunkers program targeting another big-ticket item. and the story from afghanistan is coming up. (announcer) illness doesn't care where you live... ...or if you're already sick... ...or if you lose your job. your health insurance shouldn't either. so let's fix health care. if everyone's covered, we can make health care as affordable as possible. and the words "pre-existing condition" become a thing of the past... we're america's health insurance companies. supporting bipartisan reform that congress can build on. on the inside. my inner

mr. obama meantime has two town halls set for friday in montana and colorado. >> one of the arguments for reform is to control costs. here is an example of just how high those costs are, and why. it is the case of a techniques tec woman named debbie frazier. spending two days in the hospital recently to have a battery replaced in her defibrillator. the bill is $196,000. now that can be broken down to four parts. the cost of the care itself. overhead costs. and operating margin, that helps pay for new equipment. and subsidy costs. where the patients that have health insurance help to pay for those that don't. >> it is a significant part of the bill. you will never see it written in the bill. but it is sure there. it is a hidden surcharge. >> well, the american hospital association said the money is also used to train doctors. >> well, if you want to contact your lawmakers about health care reform, we are making it easy for you. their phone numbers and e-mail addresses are right on our website. go to foxbaltimore.com/ your voice. of course, stay with fox 45 news for the latest on the health

in related news, it didn't look good and has officially been inducted into the euphemism hall of fame. mr. jefferson's rank corruption and cartoonish money-stashing efforts came home to roost today when a federal jury found the former nine-term democratic congressman guilty today of conspiracying to use that freezer money to bribe an official from africa. mr. jefferson, seen here accepting a suitcase of soon-to-be genuinely cold cash, was also found guilty of ten other charges including bribery, racketeering and money laundering. prosecutors say he was using his office to broker telecom deals in nigeria, oil concessions in guinea and satellite transmission contracts in botswana among other things. the jury spared mr. jefferson on five of the 16 counts but he still faces up to 150 years in prison and forfeiture payments of nearly $500,000. sentencing is scheduled for october when we will all surely break out with the appropriate puns about freezers and cash and pie crusts once again. ♪ take me home ♪ to my family ♪ ♪ i need to be surrounded by ♪ the ones who care for me [ female announcer

mr. obama has been has gone to balk about health care reform. he'll hold another health care town hall this evening in grand junction, colorado. an area that voted overwhelmingly republican in last year's election. the stop comes on the heels of last night's meeting in montana, the president faced some pointed but civil questions about how he will pay for the plan to reform the nation's health care system. a process that has caused his once sky-high approval ratings to fall. around the nation, there's been negative feedback at many town hall meetings as average americans have questioned lawmakers about changes to the nation's health care system. in his weekly address, mr. obama says he wants the nation to move forward despite the challenges from opponents. >> the history is clear -- every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests with the stake in the status quo use their influence and allies to scare and mislead the american people. >> but in the republicans weekly address, utah senator hatch rejected the charge, saying americans just want the facts.

back at the town hall mr. obama was challenged by a man who sells individual health insurance. >> why is it that you've changed your strategy from talking about health care reform to health insurance reform and decided to vilify the insurance companies? >> okay. that's a fair question. my intent is not to vilify insurance companies. what i've said is, let's work with the existing system. >> reporter: there may have been 1200 people in that town haul audience in montana, but there was an audience of one for the president. max baucus, chairman of the senate finance committee, the president made numerous references to him yesterday, almost as if trying to praise him and trying to keep him motivated to write a bill that somehow can get out of the senate. by the way, the vacation part, he went fishing yesterday, fly fishing, may have been the first time the president did that. today, the entire obama family will tour yellowstone park and get a glimpse of old faithful. lesser? >> chuck todd in big sky. >>> here's am

hall of famers. ladies and gentlemen, coming from the dugout mr. earny tyler. --erniee tyler. empsey. up with of the great pitchers from the past, dick hall. one of the most recently inducted hall of famers welcome home chris hoyles. >> here he is. number 8 cal ripkin, jr. [ applause ] i would like to welcome and thank two advocate representatives here on the stage, president john ross and hall of fame chairman for 2009 bob murphy. it is a fraternity conceived in 1977 by the oriole advocates. it is administered by the advocates today. how about everything the group, the advocates does for the club. [ applause ] the first presentation and induction is no the herbert armstrong award that who made a contribution to the club. this year's inductee has done all three. it is fitting she is the first woman presented with the award. she joined the o's back in 1982 as a base belle, an assistant to the public relations department. while she was still a student at what is now towson university she went 26 years founding the communicate relations department in 1984 at a time when clubs focu

they passed by the historic hall and we're told that mrs. kennedy, vicky kennedy, the senator's wife for over 17 years turned around and said, wow. some of them were wearing old kennedy campaign buttons from his presidential campaign and she clearly has decided to stay inside a bit longer, lisa, to say thank you. you can see that. she's reaching this crowd young and old, black and white and latino and black and asian and some in wheelchairs. you can see them walking through and mrs. kennedy is saying thank you very much and occasionally bowing down to thank people to pay tribute to her late husband, senator kennedy. >> so remarkable. she just lost her husband a short while ago. she's holding out white well. john, we certainly appreciate your time and certainly appreciate you sharing that insight with us. well, on saturday, he was be buried at arlington national cemetery. a private burial will mark one of the most prominent public lives, as you've heard john mention. barbara starr has this report. >> reporter: the final resting place for sena

mr. bachus and the protestors at his town hall. i think his instincts were great about who they were and calling them agitateors but this phrase there were a couple people in the crowd with youtubes. this man is running health care for the democrats in the senate? why do we -- do we have nobody better? >> weren't people watching us on that radio with pictures thing right now? >> there it is. >> maybe he is more sophisticated than we know and knows most people will actually see him on youtube. but there is something kind of archaic about the whole debate. you showed that ronald reagan speech on medicare and how terrible or how badly off our children would be if they passed that terrible medicare. this whole argument against socialized medicine is such an ancient argument. it goes back 50 years and all of our competitors in the world, capitalist countries who have government led health care systems that insure everybody seem to be doing just fine so i think bachus with all his problems and his dependent relationship with chuck grassl

mr. grassley promptly tells a town hall -- >> you have every right to fear. you shouldn't have counseling as to human life but 20 years before you're going to die. we should not have a government program that determines when to pull the plug on grandma. >> we don't. we never will. it isn't in the bill. is senator grassley a charleton, an idiot or did the health care sector simply threaten to cut off the $2.5 million he has gotten from them in contributions? senator cardin's town hall in maryland -- >> it does want to kill people like myself. i'm 73. i'm one of those throw aways we've heard so much about. okay? i want you to know i'm not afraid of dying. >> but now senator murkowski of alaska blasts sarah palin for the death panel remarks. >> there is no reason to build up fear in the american public by saying things that are not included in the bill. >> reporter: but the conservative who was allegedly beaten at a town hall. his story is unraveling as is glenn beck's advertising support. sergeanto cheese cancels, lawyers.com, procter and gamble, geico, progres

today at a town hall in new hampshire mr. painted the industry in the most sinister fashion to date. >> because right now we have a health care system that too often works better for the insurance industry than it does for the american people. i don't believe anyone should be in charge of your health insurance decisions but you and your doctor. i don't think government bureaucrats should be meddling, but i also don't think insurance company bureaucrats should be meddling. that's the health care system i believe in. >> the president noted that as things stand right now, any american could suddenly be denied coverage after filing expensive claims. others he noted are routinely turned away from new coverage if they have pre-existing conditions. the president said reform would change the insurance industry practices. >> they will not be able to drop your coverage if you get sick. they will not be able to water down your coverage when you need it. your health insurance should be there for you when it counts, not just when you're p

he said, and i quote, the driving force behind the town hall mobs, his word, is probably the same cultural and racial anxiety which denies mr. obama citizenship. does race play a role in this? there was a person at one of your town halls, a rosa parks poster. apparently somebody ripped it up. a scuffle ensued. is race involved in this? >> i don't know. i think that there are certain folks that don't trust government and they haven't trusted government for a long time and i think we've done a lot of big, bold things in the last six months at a time of uncertainty. people are confused. what is the different between the stimulus and omnibus and a t.a.r.p. and i think all of that rolled up in addition to having a new president that they did not support i think has lead to a heightened sense of passion. but i think it's all within the confines of our democracy and we may be exercising the muscles of democracy. but that's okay. that's what this is about. people being able to express their opinions. >> an african-american said that race is involved, and the subtext for this debate. for the record, do you see any indication of that

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