thoughts on what nancy pelosi had to say?'s style. she talked about the corridor where congress folks from across the country came in. she remembered him as a leader, a man of action, and that is what i took from her portion. >> i also thought it was touching to see his daughter speak. she mentioned that they often spoke not of politics. >> that is exactly right. the service brought us the family, the personal touch. she was cheerful. it was very moving to hear her speak. she talked about her dad more so than the congressman. they described his love of gardening, outdoors, wildlife -- things that those of us who saw him in his professional setting did not sea. >> i want to talk about how he interacted with the community. >> he was a tall man. he was a larger-than-like character, too. he was seen a lot in this community despite his obligations in washington. he would meet with municipal leaders and business leaders. he spent a lot of time with state lawmakers who were often times working on similar projects. frequently, he wou

he's got to help nancy pelosi and harry reid. >> until this week there was no such thing as an obamaealth care plan. >> he dent want to step on congress -- didn't want to step on congress' toes. gwen: incrementalism is the key, right? this is what he's also embracing a little bit even though that bill is a big bill. >> but over and over again, yesterday, the president made the point that piecemeal reform just won't work. that you can't get -- and this is by the way something health care experts and economists agree with that you can't get costs down unless everybody is covered. gwen: but politically this is something that's very appealing. let's move on because incrementalism did work at least partially, later this week on the hill. and at the same time the smell of stalemate was in the air over at blare house it was a modest measure of bipartisanship on capitol hill. it was a $15 billion job creation bill. incremental rather than sweeping. was it a sign of things to come? >> well, in some ways, it was. but we shouldn't lose sight of how modest it was. first of all, you only had five

good morning, elizabeth. >> good morning, kate. >> tell me about what nancy pelosi has to say. >> she says it's going forward. she makes a good case that the current bill they're debating, she frames it as bipartisan. even though it's widely viewed as the democratic approach. republicans have a great deal of problem with it. she said, we would like to hear republican ideas, republican amendments and go over them. but either way, we're going forward. >> well over 100 republican amendments are in the bill. the house and senate bill. those who were making constructive contributions will -- can be accommodated. whether we get republican votes or not, the bill has bipartisan positions in it. if they have a good idea that works for the american people, whether they're going to vote for the bill or not, we want it in the bill. >> so either way, nancy pelosi has her work cut out for her. she must muster 217 votes in the house to approve it. the minor changes will be pushed through. that's not a sure thing. a lot of people are wondering if she can muster the votes and if so, how soon? >> i'm s

>> sean: first of all, i want to play a tape of nancy pelosi. nancy pelosi was asked the question today, she made a promise when she first became speaker she would have one of the most ethical house leadership ever and here's what she said. >> admonished charlie rangel given you promised to run the most ethical and honest congress in history -- >> and we are. >> do you think he should step down? >> sean: what do you think of that? >> well, it's ugly stuff and discouraging stuff and demoralizing stuff. i wish i could say it is just democrats, it's not. we've had troubles on our side too. they could seem to be running for the hills. stepping down, resigning, not runs. -- not running. this is a discouraged and demoralizing bunch maybe with good reason. in the book i talk about the same they had in the early 90s started ethical challenges to clinton early on. then '90 four, i don't know if you want to talk -- '94, i don't know if you want to talk about it. what we have is shaping up to a parallel of '94 the elephant stampede remember the 52 seats ne

while nancy pelosi an harry reid figured out the next step and figured out reconciliation. let everybody watch the summit instead of the legislative maneuvering. so things are more in line for them than a couple weeks back. but now they have to carry this momentum forward and really see if their votes are there. >> rose: mark halperin, i should say, has a number one best-selling book in the country, game change. so he knows a bit about politics. what did the democrats expect to accomplish with this, mark? >> well, go back to two things that occurred before today. one is that the reason barack obama spent the first year of his presidency trying to pass this is because he thinks it's right, he thinks it's necessary, and he thinks if he doesn't get it passed in this first year plus, he won't pass it as president. and that's one of his big goals as president. the other thing to go back to is the loss of the senate seat ted kennedy's senate seat in massachusetts. from that day, just a few weeks ago, the white house faced a choice along with harry reid and nancy pelosi which was

house speaker nancy pelosi urged democrats to make a bold move anyway without republican help and in heat they may get when they face reelections in november. speaker pelosi saying sometimes members of congress need to take action even if itless unpopular with voters. >> i know this will take -- it took courage to pass social security and medicare and many of the same forces that were at work decades ago are at work again against this bill. >> it appears dems will proceed with the process called budget reconciliation to try to push through healthcare reform without republican support. today, republicans continue to object. >> a bill that spends $2.5 trillion. 2500-pages. big tax increases. that is what folks are leery of. they don't want, washington making all of those decisions, especially if they think it might interfere between them and their doctor. >> it many coulds down to the votes here in washington. when pressed on whether the white house and dems have the votes to pass a bill the reform director saysrm correct he believes he will have the votes. what he is going to do to get

nancy pelosi. >> no, no. >> bill: nancy pelosi opens up. i went whoa.epublicans outsmarted them. they put lamar, who is as in -- and they throw in this bomb thrower. >> i think you are right about that. >> bill: thank you. >> notice the word and i'm going to get to you agree on, this the word you and i both keep using is obama is the moderator. >> bill: he is the moderator. that's what he did. >> that's exactly where he wants to be. >> bill: he wanted to be the statesman today. >> he wants to be the reasonable guy. >> bill: he came off that way. >> and that's good. >> bill: it's good but it's not going to help him in the long run because the country wants leadership. a few days ago i asked ellis to run a poll in news day, the socialistic newspaper. >> come on! amount am amman of my word by the way. >> bill: you are. >> runs the dopey poll in his column and the question is do you want khalid sheikh mohammed tried in federal court in new york city or a military tribunal? these are ellis's readers, ladies and gentlemen, people who actually buy the paper, o

first, nancy pelosi. this is a news story today. she has a good poker face mainly because it's looking like this all the time. but maybe that's just me. she has never claimed she was wrong on the whole, yeah, i was never bush -- i was never briefed on how the bush administration was using waterboarding. she's never disagreed with this statement. >> the c.i.a. briefed me only once on enhancement interrogation techniques in 2002 in my capacity of ranking member of the intelligence committee. i was informed then that the department of justice opinion included enhanced interrogation were legal. the only mention of waterboarding at that briefing was it was not being employed. >> glenn: see, here is the problem with that one. this is not the -- you might have wanted to believe nancy pelosi. that would be a lie about you. you told yourself. see the documents that have just come out? they've been made public by amnesty international. they cast doubt on the story. the ongoing interrogation thing, it's clear if you look at the documents. anot

and recovery is when nancy pelosi loses her job.n 2010 to turn this country around. we don't just need a republican majority. we need a conservative majority on capitol hill. [applause] >> we need men and women committed to fight for a strong defense to limit government and traditional moral values without apology. i have said for years, i'm a conservative but i'm not bad. [laughter] >> we need you to go out there and find more happy warriors. and back them all the way. cheerful conservatives who will take our message to every community, every neighborhood, and every american regardless of race or creed or color. [applause] >> and lastly, to win back america we've got to offer solutions grounded in the timeless pencils of american founding. there's nothing that ails this country that couldn't be fixed by paying more careful attention to the principles enshrined in the declaration of independence and the constitution of the united states of america. [applause] >> to win back america we have to offer the american people real solutions

he is considered one of the closest allies of nancy pelosi.lso, by the way, he is also from california and takes their airplanes back and forth. they are pals. if george miller is saying that we need to think about this, that is in nancy pelosi's cabinet. that is not an irrelevant member of congress. host: what happens next, paul? caller: i do not really know. my suspicion is that next the republicans are going to call for resolutions to have him step down. i do that no whether that will be before the democrats have an opportunity to caucus. by tuesday morning there's going to be a lot of swirl going around washington about what to do, exactly, with charlie rangel. we will see how long it takes the ethics committee. i think that the next move is a political move, not an ethics committee moved. host: more online epidote rollcall.com, paul singer work for that publication, thank you for joining us. caller: thank you. host: the cover story of "newsweek" has this point, "seven years later after the war began, something that looks like democracy is

so, nancy pelosi gets out there and nancy pelosi says there is no way we are going to tamp it down.e're not going little. we're going big. you have to give it to the speaker. she is very consistent. >> absolutely. >> bill: what's behind the scenes? are they going she is crazy? she has no clue or what? >> no. she has a lot of people in the house behind her. and, of course, have you got the liberal base in the party, 100 people in the progressive caucus in the house who are behind her. they are a all a little disappointed that the public option is not going to be part of a final bill, which it appears it will not be. their problem, bill, is that they have got to figure out how to get something passed in the house. the house bill has been set aside. now, they are trying to figure out how to get the senate bill through the house. then make changes in it to satisfy house members through a process known as reconciliation. >> bill: again, i asked the same thing of gator. what's the mood there? is the mood like oh, yeah, we are going to do this. now we turned it around? or it's like this is

did you hear what nancy pelosi said over the weekend? the gated close, we go over the gates, we go over the fence if the fence is too high, but we will get health care reform passed for the american people. for their own personal health and economic security. she knows better than the american people because who is building the fence. the american people. they decided they will possibly use side-car legislation, i'm sure this is what the founders had in mind. i told you for months "do not allow anything to pass from this congress or this administration." they are building something. i don't know what they're building but they are putting pieces of whatever it is they're building in all of these bills and we don't know it. again, we see it coming through. here they go. it doesn't work in one bill so they will break it up. health care, they break that bill up and pass it this different bills. i don't know what "fundamental transformation is," and what the president is shooting for, since the president said in the past the constitution is "

this came from harry reid and nancy pelosi -- president obama does not have a plan. fellow -- if i were a republican i would not meet with this shady community organizer. insurance went up 39% in california because obama wants to put them out of business. why is he on tv so long? host: this is "the baltimore sun" this morning. they have a statistic that says the 70% is the portion of americans who would back a health-care bill with tax credits for small businesses, according to the kaiser family foundation. the current bill -- that is an area where democrats and republicans agree, according to "the new york times" this morning. next fall and colorado, robert on our democratic line in alexandria -- next phone call, robert on our democratic line. caller: $1 out of every six is used for health care in this country and it will get worse. can you believe your eyes, that is the question. can you believe what is happening to us? the republicans gave us the bankruptcy bill, the health care bill -- i mean, prescription bill, no money allocated for it. they don't believe in th

out there on the field and the campaign because i don't know of any other better campaigner than nancy pelosi. nancy's vision and tenacity, resilience, patience and poise lead us into the next november elections. pi watch her every day and i don't think i ever seen a look of anger in her eyes. it's always determination. and asking -- what is your problem? [laughter] i know because she asked me once that. [laughter] >> that was my first month. i learned quickly. so my fellow democrats, it is my distinct pleasure to introduce a former california democrat, my speaker, your speaker, nancy -- how do you say that? bogacious, you know, the fighter, pelosi. [applause] >> thank you all very much. thank you all very much. good morning. and a good morning it is as indicated by the job figures this morning. thank you mike honda for your very generous and insightful introduction. let's hear it again for mike honda, a great champion for the middle-class of the d.n.c. thank you to our great d.n.c. chair tim kaine, a great leader. aren't we proud of our chair of the democratic national convex? alex german we

nancy pelosi blames the senate democrats. rahm emanuel criticized upholstered -- a pollster. yet again, president obama found some way to make this about george bush. [laughter] considering the recent concerted that elections --conservative elections, when you are 043, stop talking and start listening --when you are 0 for 3, stop talking and start listening. we have some advice for our friends on that side of the aisle. this is what got you into this mess. the obama-pelosi-reid agenda will leave us more under the thumb of big government. it is out of touch and out of date. if scott brown is any indication, it is running out of time. [applause] from virginia to new jersey to massachusetts, voters are sending a message. in places like nevada, connecticut, colorado, michigan, north dakota doss the liberal left is running scared. the bottom line is that it has been a year now. voters are going to hold them accountable. out here in the cities and towns across this great country , we have some big problems to solve. we have gotten tired of looking backwards. to look forward --we wa

nancy pelosi taking everybody to copenhagen and spending $100,000 on booze. >> i worked in the white house almost six years. the president has to have a life. but a president has to understand his constituents. they have to understand what go -- what is going on out there. more serious than the optics of bringing in chefs from around the country is the fact that politically speaking, he is so far out of touch with what is going on, on the streets of this country. >> sean: i agree. and it's -- you wonder how you could be that far out of touch. he goes -- he trashes vegas again and in the process says, look we can't let people blowing their cash during tough times you got to tighten your belts. i'm like hello! you have quadrupled the deficit and telling people again not to go to s go. who gets hurt? let's see the people that deal cards. the people that waiters and waitresses and bartenders. the restaurants get hurt. >> the mayor of las vegas says he's not accepting an apology this time. i don't blame him. he's really speaking out against it. he's putting this guy's city at stake, the s

now, and while they haven't talked a lot about healthcare, nancy pelosi and harry reid are still schemingnd plotting trying to find some way to pass the massive government take-over of the healthcare system. >> neil: what did you make when nancy pelosi said, congressman -- but essentially the climate events will nosedive -- if i'm getting this through, even healthcare. she is not giving up. >> no, she is not giving up at all! it's the policies that are coming out of this administration and the liberals here in congress that i think are holding back employers. they don't know what to do. they don't know whether the healthcare plan is going to pass with the new tax increases that are in that plan. they don't know what the tax rates are going to be come the end of this year. until there is some certainty out there in the marketplace, until employers feel more comfortable about what the future looks like and what washington is going to do, i expect to continue to sit on their hands. >> neil: you know, the argument the president has is that is what your republicans are doing. remember he talke

. >> sean: house speaker nancy pelosi hasn't been known to pinch pennies when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars on her transportation. now the website judicial watch the speaker's request for military aircraft which included several transportation orders for her son, daughters, grandchildren, extended family many look out for that thank you note in the mail. she and her family, they owe you that thank you. more james o'keefe in 60 >> sean: we continue with more on my exclusive interview with independent filmmaker james o'keefe. where were you arrested? how did that happen what happened from there? >> i probably shouldn't go into the details of everything because there's an ongoing investigation right now. >> sean: you can't talk about where were you arrested? i would assume mary landrieu's office call the police they came down, right? >> i the night in jail. me and my three buddies, we the night in jail. the following day -- we spent the night in jail. the following day we went to arraignment of some type. some time later we were charged the following day. >> sean: what was jail like? >

. >> sean: house speaker nancy pelosi hasn't been known to pinch pennies when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars on her transportation. now the website judicial watch the speaker's request for military aircraft which included several transportation orders for her son, daughters, grandchildren, extended family many look out for that thank you note in the mail. she and her family, they owe you that thank you. more james o'keefe in 60 seconds. [ engine revving ] [ gorilla ] nice move. but can your retirement income keep pace with changing interest rates? this new variable annuity from axa equitable has an option that can help your retirement income move with changing interest rates. but what do i know? i'm just the 800-pound gorilla in the room. [ female announcer ] make the retirement cornerstone annuity from axa equitable part of your retirement plan. consider the charges, risks, expenses and investment objectives before purchasing a variable annuity. contact a financial professional for a prospectus containing this information. read it carefully. whoo hoo! >> sean: we continue with more

. >> house speaker nancy pelosi says lawmakers must enact policies that will help the public, even unpopular at the moment. a key senate republican says he expects lawmakers to approve a bill extending unemployment benefits. arizona senator john kyl says he expects the measure to pass only because it is temporary. he says congress must find a way to pay for long-term tensions before repubcans -- before republicans will go along. it costs a little more to ride metro at least for now. the base cost for a train ride increases by 10 cents. metro rail fares for senior citizens and those with disabilities will climb by 5 cents. the fare hike is only temporary and will be in effe through june 26 to help close the budget shortfall. we had some beautiful weather earlier today, but winter weather could be ready to make a comeback later this week. steeg joins us with a look at the first forecast. >> changes on the way. looking at our live doppler radar, you can see a few scattered showers outside. it may mix in with a few flakes of snow, but we are not expecting any accumulation. it will remain breezy

. >> house speaker nancy pelosi hitting -- says hitting the reset button will take too long. >> what we do here must be relevant to their lives. for them, they do not have time for us to start over. >> both sides are drawing battle lines and the summit may mean that politicians will be scoring political points and to the progress and policy. >> the president needs something to move this parade is go to maneuver is to present himself to the republicans and have a public forum in which he can propose his proposal with the republicans' proposal. >> the republicans say they're willing to talk but democrats and the white house say they are willing to jam the red -- legislation through without that republicans help. >> we will see what happens. >>> are following breaking news out of prince george's county where firefighters are on the scene of a damaging fire. the planes appeared in a three story building. it was about one hour ago that the fire spread through the walls and ceiling of the top two floors. one person suffered minor injuries. parts of rhode island avenue and eastern avenue ha

nancy pelosi has brought her chief lieutenants on the health care issue and with the exception of jim cooper, a congressman from tennessee, it is a predominantly liberal group. the democrats from the senate are slightly left of center but that's part of the problem we were just talking about. the democrats can't referee their own differences let alone the divide with the republicans. three medical doctors among the republicans in the room and they are there because they know they're going to get into the policy in this and those doctors are in the room to essentially if they need to raise their hand and say, mr. president, or madam speaker, that may be how we talk about it in washington but that's not going to work in the real world. >> let me bring in john avalon, a columnist who has studied the independents out there and that's the key goal right now, to win over some of those independents, john. >> that's exactly right. >> hold on, john, hold on one second. i want to interrupt for a second because the president is now walking into this room. he's going to greet the democrats, greet

for example, people at the cpac will have a chance to take a whack at a nancy pelosi pinata. t a harry reid punching bag. there is a gender divide here. only women will be able to hit mrs. pelosi, only men will be able to hit harry reid. we're trying to find out whether they really would deny a conservative woman, the opportunity to hit harry reid when they would make that opportunity available to a man, not shockingly they didn't call us back. it has been a palpable undercurrent in conservative politics this year including now at cpac. awkwardly even the suicide attack on an irs building became fodder for jokes at cpac today. here's how grover norquist was introduced. >> let me say, i'm happy to see grover today. he was getting a little testy in the past couple of weeks and i was just really, really glad it was not him identified as flying that airplane into the irs building. >> i don't know. maybe wait until the building is not smoking anymore. maybe wait until after the funeral. >>> an ill-timed joke is not the end of the world. it is not humorous misfires. it's the deep co

so nancy pelosi is in mourning.ut it basically says, look, we're going to have oversight on the insurance companies raising prices. i think most americans want that you could do all of this, juan, without creating a big brother apparatus by just having the insurance companies compete there is no tort reform in here. i don't get it, juan. >> tort reform would be a nice thing because i think it would sell to a lot of republicans that are going on about it it's not going to make any big difference in terms of what i pay for insurance. >> bill: for doctors. >> not a lot. >> bill: yeah, it would. >> and neither would this stuff about cross state competition. that will mean people will rush to the cheapest. >> bill: good. >> but you know what? the question is do you want car companies to go away? do you want more pollution in the air? i think government has some important roles to play in keeping us as a capitalist society. because capitalism -- >> chrysler doesn't keep us a capitalist society. >> bill: not in a controlli

. >>> one of the fun activities at day two of cpac, is is the nancy pelosi pinata. take your best swing, everybody, at the speaker of the house. that's coming up. >>> and later, since it was tiger woods' apology day, i thought we should hear from somebody other than me about this. one of the smartest people about sports there is. max kellerman joins us shortly. please stay tuned. first i find the flight i want. then a great hotel my kids will love. yeah. but wait... here's the really cool part. when i book them at the same time... voila! i can save up to 450 bucks. and we all know that can come in pretty handy. book flight and hotel, and save more. where you book matters, expedia. ♪ dot com >>> speak rs this week want you to know fiscal responsibility is a bad, bad thing. >> we will ban the practice of air dropping earmarks into bills at the last minute so nobody knows that it's really there. and we'll outlaw monuments to me. this is for projects with their name on them. >> it's hard for me to believe that congressmen and senators that continue their addiction to ea

host: we are looking at kathleen sebelius and the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi.concluded, where does the issue go from here? guest: there is every indication that unless there is some breakthrough, the democrats will go off to work on budget reconciliation, which is the way they will get a bill through without republican support. to avoid a filibuster in the senate, it would need only 51 votes, as opposed to 60. all are ignoring is that it would probably require -- what people are ignoring is that it would probably require to past the house bill. there is almost as much tension between the house democrats and senate democrats. there is a lot of mistrust there. it will be interesting watching the body language between the house democrats and senate democrats as between the democrats and republicans. there is going to be a bill, they pretty much have to pass the senate bill, and then they can move on to the reconciliation bill that will enact some of the fixes, some of the compromises that they will work out between the house and senate on the ways they want to cha

and that's harry reid and nancy pelosi. they're going to become the number one targets that republicans face, republicans are talking about. because nobody wants to atit can the guy that everybody likes. so they'll attack the san francisco liberal who is the speaker of the house and liberal hairy reed. >> the searchlight liberal. his lynn rals in may be ableef debatable. but he is shepherding the agenda through the senate. it also helps that he himself is on the ballot and is facing very bad poll numbers. host: let's go back to the phone lines. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i have a question, and i'll take my answer off the air, if you will. thank you very much for talking to me. i'm a retired business man, and i am quite knowledgeable in economics. all of these intellectual politicians, all these intellectual politicians in washington have college degrees and then some. why don't thai know basic economics? 101. the problem with jobs is demand. there is no demand out there because people do not have th

now, if you believe that poll, you also believe nancy pelosi once dated dick cheney. the poll is a fraud as is the web site. but what is serious is the hatred that ideological internet nuts continue to spew out there. they have enablers on tv and radio as we all know. in fact president obama himself is very annoyed by the continuing intrusion that cable news has on his administration. earlier today he said this while addressing democratic senators. >> if everybody here turned off your cnn, your fox, your, you know, just turn off the tv, msnbc, blogs, and just go talk to folks out there, instead of being in this echo chamber, where the topic is constantly politics. >> bill: now, talking points understands the president's peak but when you consider that the mainstream media has been very friendly to mr. obama, his concern about cable tv news rings somewhat hollow. just about every major urban newspaper in america loves the president. so i don't know why he is so annoyed that there are a few verbal snipers on the tube. what mr. obama should be concerned about is the grow

>> nancy pelosi has a 7% approval rating. harry reid has a 3%. strongly positive rating in the nbc poll. that's part of it. >> would you do that again, howard? what did you do just do? hand gesture. >> 7% strongly positive -- >> i've never seen quotations. >> 3% strongly positive for harry reid. >> there's no one else who can do it. reid is going to have to worry about saving himself anyway. the president has to do it. >> chris dodd's retiring. >> there's nobody. look, in the media landscape in which we live, he can still dominate when he wants to. when he's this good and when they schedule him this smartly, they win the day. >> he still needs a balanced offense, four or five people out there selling it. he needs eddie rendell, schumer, he needs guys in government. i'm sure schumer's not joining the government. but they need him. congratulations on the book. "game change." howard fineman. >>> president obama vowed to end don't ask, don't tell. top pentagon officials were on capitol hill to make the case to end the policy. how would the pentagon g

nancy pelosi will have a lot of pressure on her to do something about this sooner rather than later. >>> now to orlando, seaworld officials say they'll keep the killer whale that killed a veteran trainer there on wednesday. this is at seaworld parks nationwide, they're suspending all of their orca shows until they decide if the shows themselves are safe. nbc's tom trung joins us from orlando. why aren't they at a minimum retiring this animal from shows? >> reporter: well, chuck, there is a lot of questions right now. you can imagine some of them will go unanswered. there is going to be a press conference with the ceo of seaworld later this afternoon, around 1:00. and we're hoping to find out the future, if you want to call that, of the shamu show. it is one of the biggest, if not the main attraction here at seaworld. you can imagine it is going -- the show is going to go on. but you can rest assured there is going to be some changes to how the trainers interact with the killer whales here. the killer whale in question there was home video of the interaction between dawn and the whale

i don't know any other campaigner than nancy pelosi. her vision and tenacity, resilience, patience, poise. i watch her every day and i don't think that i have seen a look of -- in her eyes. it is always determination. that was my first month. i learned quickly. it is my distinct pleasure to introduce a fellow california democrat, my speaker, your speaker, nancy pelosi. [applause] >> thank you all very much. thank you for your generous and insightful introduction. let's think mike honda. we are also proud of the chair of the democratic national committee. thanks to all of you who are here. i want to acknowledge the members of the california delegation. a member of our california delegation is now going to be the speaker. some members of the congress are here from california. and that the wasserman schultz, we are so proud of her turned dowr. we have congresswoman barbara lee. as you know, maxine is a fighter for economic justice. together and other members, we are working together with mr. cliburn. you will not be forgotten, he will not

harry reid, nancy pelosi and others. they talked about the way to move health care forward. no progress on that to report. the president has a number of initiatives, tax cuts for small businesses who add new worker, bolstering the small business administration, their ability to lend, lending to community banks, trying to get them to free up some capital to lend to small businesses across the country. >> add those up that's a lot of votes come november. >>> we'll bring you the president's remarks live from maryland, announcing new help for small businesses. that coverage begins when we see the president speaking, expected in about half an hour here on msnbc. >>> my big question today -- it's a simple one -- is the government doing enough when it comes to putting people back to work? you can share your thoughts with me on facebook, contessa.msnbc.com. in south florida, new information in the murder of paula sladewski. the one-time playboy model's body was found burned in a du s dumpster after she disappeared from a south beach nightclub last month. her boyfriend says he recogn

harry reid, up for re-election in 2010, which always matters in these decisions, or nancy pelosi?e >> reporter: well, if we were to just take one snapshot, it's this right now. pointing at each other, who must go first. and house speaker nancy pelosi told bloggers that she believes the senate has to act first to make changes on its version of health care, because she believes her house democrats simply will not go for it. senator harry reid came out and said that he didn't think that was procedurally possible. and what's interesting about harry re harry reid is while he gets a lot of grief for his public statements and leadership behind the cameras, he gets lots of high marks for his understanding of the legislative rules and how to get things done. how to count votes and how ho work procedure. that's interesting he doesn't think there's an easy way to do that. both sides think they have to put the pressure on the other. now, the house is going to take some smaller action. they plan to carve out a piece of their health care bill and try to put it through next week, again, on the h

. >> reporter: seducing democrats like house speaker nancy pelosi. >> i want to introduce something to the floor. it's called your panties. >> reporter: senator brown didn't get his panties in a twist over "snl." it was great, he told the "boston herald. t i think he's a little bit better dancer than i am. the cosmo centerfold is what turned him into a hunk of burning senator. >> are you worried this could make you a joke? >> no. i was 22 years old. do i regret doing that? no. >> reporter: would he have been sitting on jay leno's show impersonating the guy in one of his favorite movies? >> adrian, adrian, we did it, i did it. >> reporter: he did it, all right. made it into congressman's barney frank's imagination on "snl." >> you worried about a filibuster? because i'm about to fill a bust out of these jeans. >> reporter: he got into the head of the senate's oldest member. admirerers have put his image to music. ♪ i believe in miracles ♪ you sexy thing >> reporter: what's next? a nude action figure of the guy? well, actually, yes. herobuilders.com has rushed out the anatomically correc

harry reid and nancy pelosi to lose their jobs.f you cannot win with a super majority, then you are totally worthless. the republicans are the party of "np." guess what? they are right. the republicans are running the country. they have had their chance. they did nothing for health care. they did nothing for the homeless. they have done nothing to curb the debt and spending. they were freebasing on our money. host: virginia, republican line. caller: the baby before this last caller got it on the nose. the filibuster is designed so that we do not go for with a process that everyone does not agree on. that is a simple way to put it. if everybody really want to dig into their brain and think about -- it is very simple. this is all about partisanship. nobody is getting along on either side of the parties. it is getting worse. the division is getting wider and wider. they both have been using the filibuster for the last 20 years. it dishes picking up and picking up. it is not do anything. to blame the republicans or democrats is foolish

nancy pelosi is dismissing gop opposition.e told candy crowley. >> when we looked at the polling numbers from yesterday, we had almost 75% of americans who said they need to drop this bill. just stop talking about health care and move on to something else, or they need to start new. so don't the republicans have a point? >> the point is that we have a responsibility here. and the republicans have had a field day going out there and misrepresenting what is in the bill, but that is what they do. >> it has been a message you are saying? people don't understand -- >> no, i don't think -- there isn't a bill. when we have a bill, which we will in a matter of days, that is the bill we can settle. the house and senate bill had major differences which we are hoping now to reconcile, and then when we have a bill, you can -- as i say, you can bake the pie and sell the pie, but you have to have a pie to sell. when we do, we will take it out there. i feel confident about what is in there. >> you can see the full interview with the house sp

one of the big losers in that meeting what nancy pelosi. and he has sort of risen above washington as a reasonable figure. and i think people generally like the fact that he seems intelligent. he seems to have reached out to republicans much more than republicans have reached out backward. so there still is, you know, he doesn't have the approval rating he had a year ago t has fallen to 40 from 50, 60%. but it is still, he decent and i think it is a factor that he seems reasonable and intelligent. he does not seem caught up in a lot of the partisanship that the rest of the place does. >> lehrer: his fellow democrats. >> exactly. >> lehrer: dow read it the same way, mark. >> i don't, jim. in fact, i think, i haven't run into anybody who thought the casualty at the baltimore meeting was nancy pelosi. it was house republicans. president obama just dominated them. and his command of the facts and information and rebuttal of their arguments was really quite telling. but i think that one of the reasons that he continues to remain are those person

yesterday nancy pelosi said democrats are making tentative plans to use the so-called reconciliation process. basically, reconciliation means democrats in the house can vote on the health care reform bill the senate has already passed. when they would be able to use reconciliation rules that would only require a simple 51-vote majority in the senate to pass a package of changes that mirror the president's plan. >>> if you can't apply for unemployment benefits on monday, it's because of the efforts of one lawmaker. we're talking about republican senator jim bunting. democrats were unable to overcome bunting's objections to extend unemployment and health benefits that are scheduled to run out this weekend. the debate on the senate floor was intense yesterday, with bunting at one time cursing at another senator. well, in the end, bunting won out, and the senate adjourned without approving the legislation. >> i'm trying to make a point to the people of the united states of america. >> to help pay for groceries and rent and things of that nature and to see a guy nonchalantly say, okay, no

i want to pull up a quote from -- a e-mail sent out by nancy pelosi's office and quotes her spokesmantioned in this e-mail on the list, congressman garrett, let's put this up there. the office says on the day the g.o.p. with air rock cantor and other -- eric cantor and other republicans are planning to discuss the recovery act at the heritage foundation it is fair to remind them hundreds of thousands of families in their districts are benefiting from the largest and fastest middle class tax cut in history and for the president, first of all, you guys, republicans like to show up at the ribbon-cutting ceremony and hold up the check though you say you don't want the stimulus money. >> i hope you both will agree with me, that if anyone ig trying to score political points it seems to be the president on this one when he makes the comments. if you look at my record i have not been at any of the ribbon-cuttings from the stimulus dollars and i'm not sure what allegations, speaker pelosi is talking about and if she will make this charges she should have facts behind them and if she making cha

while the president was host and referee today, speaker of the house nancy pelosi must be the closer. >> what we do here must be relevant to their lives. the yays are 218. >> reporter: why? under the rules, the house needs to take the next step, voting on the senate's version of health care reform before taking up the fixes talked about today. and that's a very hard sell. no republican will vote for it. >> we just can't afford this. that's the ultimate, that's the ultimate problem here. >> reporter: and democrats in the house do not all agree. their internal party differences could be enough to derail reform. the issues? cost. >> the cost issue is legitimate and whether we can afford it or not, we'll be discussing that. >> reporter: a package estimated around $900 trillion over ten years. that's too expensive for a group of about 50 conservative-leaning democrats. >> health inflation is driving us off a cliff. >> reporter: you heard about the cadillac tax on high-value health insurance plans that might affect union and middle class workers. many democrats can't stomach that and then f

this game from harry reid and nancy pelosi. >> host: all right. ron on the republican line. go ahead. >> caller: good morning. if i were republicans, i wouldn't meet with the shady street organization. you know why insurance went up in california, obama wants to put them out of business. why is obama on tv all day long? i think obama is going to take over the tv. thank you. >> host: this is the "baltimore sun." in this peace they have a statistic here. >> host: that is an area where republicans and democrat agree. >> host: next phone call. robert in alexandria. >> caller: can you hear me? >> host: we can. go ahead. >> caller: one dollar out of every six is used for health care in the country. and it's doing to get worse. can you believe your eyes? that's the question. can you believe what's happening to us? i mean the republicans gave us this bankruptcy bill, the health care bill, i mean the prescription bill, no money allocated for it. they don't believe in government. they want to destroy the government. they are doing everything possible to destroy the government. i'm not

and nancy pelosi she blamed the senate democrats and rahm emanuel he criticized a pollster. and then again president obama found some way to make this all about george bush. you know considering the reason conservative elections sweep, it is time to stop blaming everyone else. when you are 0 for 3 you better stop lecturing and start listening. the only place that the left hasn't placed the blame is on their agenda. so some advice for our friends on that side of the aisle, that's where you've got to look because that's what got you into this mess. the obama/pelosi/reid agenda will leave us less secure, more in debt and under the thumb of big government. that is out of touch and is out of date. and if scott brown is any indication, it is running out of time. because from virginia to new jersey to massachusetts, voters are sending a message up and down the east coast and in good places like nevada and connecticut and colorado, michigan, north dakota, they've got the liberal left, that establishment running scared. the bottom line is this. it's been a year now. they own this now

[applause] it was a bit like meeting nancy pelosi has a child.believe in the free market system down to my bones, like you. [applause] four major reforms at the centerpiece of my campaign for governor are based and individual liberty and free markets. number one, we have to cut taxes across the board in the state of california. i propose 10% cut in sales tax and income taxes. a 50% cut in capital gains taxes. that is what it will take to make california competitive again. [applause] the second is we have to curb the power of public employee unions in the state of california. [applause] i am working with others to pass an initiative that would outlaw using a government computer system to pull money out of public employee union paychecks to create action committees. we have to get that passed to curb this out of control public employee union power. the third part of the reform agenda is that we have to solve the water problem once and for all in the state of california. some of you come from states where you do not have a water problem but the prob

we heard that nancy pelosi, who as we know has refused to support antiwar positions.his afternoon in response to the anticipated state of the union address tonight that she would not accept a funding freeze as president obama apparently plans to call for that did not include a military freeze. again, it's something no member of congress and no one in the administration is going to lead on these issues. they will be dragged, kicking and screaming when they have no alternative. so what we have to do is change the political dynamic so that it becomes politically expedient for them to do the right thingj so they feel they will get the right support for those in votes and those involved in lobbying and packet -- paxs. that it costs too much politically to do the wrong thing and it's easier for them to do the right thing. that's the goal we have. now, doing that is way, way hard. and i would say -- and i don't see that as a plug for my book only, although it's partly that. that education is key because there's an all of lot of people around who are against the war in afghan

nancy pelosi blames the senate democrats. rahm emanuel criticized a poster. yet again, president barack obama found some way to make this all about george bush. [applause] considering the recent conservative election sweep, it is time they stopped blaming everyone else when you are over, you should start -- stop lecturing, and start listening. [applause] the only blame is on the left agenda. some advice for our friends on that side of the aisle, that is where you have to look because that is what you got to into this mess. the obama-pelosi-read agenda will leave us less secure, more in debt, and more under the thumb of big government. that is out of touch. it is out of date. if scott brown is any indication, it is running out of time. [applause] from virginia to new jersey to massachusetts, voters are sending a message up and down the east coast and in good places like nevada and connecticut and colorado, michigan, north dakota, that the liberal left is running scared. the bottom line is this -- it has been one year now. they own it now. voters will hold acco