let me go to nancy giles. nancy, how are the democrats going to fare?e -- basically, nancy pelosi is asking the grassroots to get out there and go kick some tail on this. that's what it comes down to. >> that's exactly what they should do. i mean, i love that ad, that ben nelson ad you showed earlier. it's exactly what needs to be said. first, put some doubt in people's minds about how much money their different senators and representatives may be getting from the health care industry, so that at least they have something to sort of think about, where their representatives, elected representatives' agenda might be. it's shocking to me you could vote someone in office and they can take a different view than what their constituents want, to get health care, to get a public option. i just like the fire that seems to be coming out now with nancy pelosi. i like the fact that she's even saying that the health care industry is immoral. >> she's getting after it, there's no doubt she's getting after it. jeff santos, what about -- sounds like the democrats are b

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with u is nancy giles a social commento commentator. i want to talk tyou aboutthe social impact. here it is thiswhite kid from the midwest the cebring. i hate to put in in black and white terms but michael jackson's history is ashis song said, lackor white." >> i think alsharpton said earlr michael jacktonwas a trailblaze he brought black so music to a huge awed yen audience. when you think about his performance on t ed slin show which was 40 years ago. in 1969 heas one of e first artists that really wen global! and micel jacksonlone is a solo performer. he integratedmtv because of the song "beatit," and because eddie van halen fm van halen played that incredible guitar solo becse mtv didn't pay blk artists beforeichael jackson. s mureached acss so many diffent barriers for so many, many years. >> nancy, the interest in all of this, the last days, i think it's taken a l of le by surprise have you bn able to detect whether this does in fact, cut across every other sort of social and racialbarrier? is the a particular segment of our society that is more interestedn another? i mean,

and nancy giles is a social commentator. welcome panel. >> so much to talk about.ghter. why? >> this finally explains why they got a search warrant with probable cause that the crime of manslaughter was committed. why? because now there is the allegation that he may have administered this drug. this isn't just like prescribing a pill. this is like -- >> like ambien. >> this is like literally you use an iv. so that may explain it. that was an iv apparently found in his home, oxygen tanks, et cetera. i think that's why -- i've always been wondering, manslaughter. they've got probable cause to get a search warrant on manslaughter. hat do they have? >> but does he have a license to do that in the stat of california? >> that's another question, right? >> yes. and -- but the key question, though, is whether he has a license or not, let's even assume he had a license to do it in a hospital. >> we heard he doesn't in the state of california. >> even if he doesn't, then he's in even more trouble for doing it in a home. this is a hospital anesthetic. >> and it goes to the la