speaker nancy pelosi, mayor gavin newsom. mayor said some mighty nice things about me, but i tell you -- this would not have happened without the speaker and the mayor. i had been navy secretary about 10 minutes when the speaker called and said, "can we do something about treasure island?" i went up and talked to her, and and i talked to the mayor, and it was a group effort, a team effort, and we stood on the work that other people have done, and a couple of those folks are here today. mayor willie brown, and my predecessor as secretary of the navy, both of whom were here when this process started, and both of whom live the groundwork for what we are able to do here today, so thank you. united states navy in association with treasure island began 70 years ago, right after the completion of world expo, 1939-1940. the navy took this over, and from these shores, tens of thousands of sailors and marines left the fight in the pacific in world war ii, and a lot of those sailors and marines who left from here, this was the last time

i think the democrats and nancy pelosi, speaker pelosi, should be talking about health care. good god gerty, why haven't -- it's taken four decades to get some kind of health care reform through. you know, -- host: why do you think they're hesitent, then? caller: because of the david limb ba faction and the rush him baw. i call them lame bas. but it's so aggravating. can you understand the frustration in my voice? host: as far as making this into for those november elections, let me ask again then, specifically if they passed health care looking at the november elections why do you think they're not talking about it more? caller: i don't understand. i just don't understand. i know this much. dived -- david who was on there yesterday. did you see it? host: i did. caller: ok. that's the passion that i think democrats should get. he is exactly right. the republicans should get all the way to the right, and i think the democrats should get all the way to the left. and then let's let the chips fall where they may. and i think -- they keep saying, oh, the american people are to the

what nancy pelosi said should be embarrassment. him, saying he's an american and has a point of view. he was playing a character. playing this blow-hard right-winger, playing a character. didn't she understand that? if this is what this democratic congress, somehow their brains have been jellied. they think that this is something that congress ought to be doing, have a comedian there and do his act. it's not like when they invite some star in to talk about agriculture or global warming or something. they're saying what they believe. this was an act. >> bret: erin? >> i have mixed mind about this. look, we need a little levity around here. of course, he was making fun of congress. he said i haven't read the bill, but that is the way things are. i think congress should be made fun of. i do it a lot. at the same time, he got her attention than pretty serious witnesses. on serious matters get. so -- >> elmo did testify in republican congress. >> yeah, but elmo is not human. a little different. you invite a clown in to speak before comm

speaker nancy pelosi, mayor gavin newsom. mayor said some mighty nice things about me, but i tell you -- this would not have happened without the speaker and the mayor. i had been navy secretary about 10 minutes when the speaker called and sai

go along with nancy pelosi -- they're out there saying "i didn't go along with nancy pelosi." >> that'sheir record. we don't have -- sometimes washington gets used to a rubber-stamp congress which was the very homogeneous congress of the republicans. we are very diverse in opinion, gender, generation, geography, philosophy and the rest -- house democratic caucus -- and some members did not vote for some the bills and that's their record and that's what they go out and say. i just want them to win. they know their districts. they are great communicators. very eloquent communicators to their own constituents. and they are the ones who will be the independent representatives. i say to them, "your job description and your title are one and the same. representative." so they run on who they are. they don't run on -- and what this is about, again, just takes it to the middle class. it's not about me, it's about the middle class. they know that. that's what unites us. >> woodruff: even if they're implying criticism of you in a campaign? >> they took a different vote, so that's a disagreement.

speaker nancy pelosi, mayor gavin newsom.ayor said some mighty nice things about me, but i tell you -- this would not have happened without the speaker and the mayor. i had been navy secretary about 10 minutes when the speaker called and said, "can we do something about treasure island?" i went up and talked to her, and and i talked to the mayor, and it was a group

we challenged speaker nancy pelosi, leader harry reid to bring these bills up and change the. course of the we ask the american public to join our fight. thank you and we will open up for questions. a pair >> any compromising on the principles or specifics of this? you said you want tax cuts permanently and extended. does that mean you're not open to the idea of giving a temporary extension of a year or two? >> we believe part of the uncertainty that is causing employers to refine from reinvesting their businesses is the fact that no one knows what the tax rate will be tomorrow. if you have more certainty with regard to tax rates and regulations, you will see employers begin to reinvest. the extending of the current rates and making them permanent certainly provides more certainty. >> so no to a one or two-year extension? >> we believe the permanency creates more certainty for employers. that is why it is in their. >> on the red ink that you reference to -- how do you avoid that? even if you could enforce this cap, cutting $100 billion per year, you have a $1.40 trillion defic

yes. >> are you favorable toward nancy pelosi?er foot in her mouth. >> she is the biggest partisan we have had in years. between her and obama and reid they are creating more partisanship in washington, d.c., not less. martha: richard, to what do you attribute this anger towards nancy pelosi? they say they like president obama, but her -- >> i don't think it's drectd at her personally. she has come to symbolize everything that's wrong in washington. you wonder who that one guy who held up his hand that he liked her. but she really has come to symbolize everything that's broken about washington, everything that doesn't work about our government. she is a big symbol because she is head of the congress. i thought it was interesting this morning that there is a sister publication, the "wall street journal" has a poll out that says john boehner who is of course her republican counterpart, his numbers are slightly worse than hers. i think it's congress as a whole. the risk we have in predict what's going to happen is obviously voter wan

to nancy pelosi, thank you yet again. what a remarkable effort. deserve an enormous amount of credit. we thank you. we are proud of you. this is a big deal. on top of that, hunters point, which was a big deal. trans a terminal, doyle drive, the bay bridge. this is just getting things done. it is my honor now to ask up to the podium a fan of major-league baseball, who took the time to come out here a day on early and visit with the giants. they did not have the kind of day we were hoping on sunday, but someone who is very familiar with san francisco that has opened up his heart, of sorts, and his mind and his team to this effort, and someone that i can, we simply want to be here without -- we simply would not be here without his resolve to get us here. [applause] >> what a great day, and what a great introduction. i'm coming back

nancy pelosi's challenger has no chance of defeating miss pelosi. but he's going to try. mainly with this ad right here where he compares nancy pelosi to the wicked witch of the west. >> hello, my pretty! i will save you from those evil republicans. my pay $18,000 a month for my downtown office and then go to massive debt, the wall street bailouts. and here are my monkeys to make you pay for it all. >> step back, everyone. oh, i'm melting. >> thank you for saving us, who are you? oh. >> i'm john dennis. >> that's mr. john dennis. mr. john dennis pouring a bucket of water and melting nancy pelosi. yesterday we told you about lady gaga wearing a costume, a dress made out of meat, real meat, freshly cut meat. peta wasn't happy about that. as you might have gathered, she was on well len yesterday with lady gaga and ellen offered a responsible alternative to a meat dress. >> it has many interpretations. but for me this evening is if we don't stand up for what we believe in, if we don't fight for our rights, pretty soon, we're going to have as much right as the meat on our bone

nancy pelosi supported it. she thought it was great. ought it was an embarrassment. so, mr. vice president, who is right, pelosi or hoyer? you have to pick one. >> 36 years in the united states senate and i never got in the middle of a house fight among house members. i'm not going to do it now. look, one of the things that's going on is this march on washington that stephen colbert and jon stewart are putting together. it is all done with an overwhelming dose of humor and sarcasm. it is, i think, going to -- it's designed to make, quite frankly, a mockery of the position, extreme position of the other side. i'll let the house decide its own rules. i'll pretend i'm still a senator. it's against senate rules to comment on the conduct of events in the house. >> you're off the hook, mr. vice president. mr. vice president, thank you very much for making the time for us tonight. >> thank you. i wish you luck on the show and i hope you'll have me back. thank you. >>> coming up, more on the colbert capitol hill controversy. steny hoyer didn't l

nancy pelosi is going to get cast as the villian every time.st thing about your position is not this ad as interesting as it is. it's that you are a republican trying to get elected to nancy pelosi seat in san francisco. i wanted to get the poll numbers to see -- we couldn't even find anybody who polled it because they assume they know she is going to beat you. how do you get motivated in a race like that? >> i think we are doing well. my position -- if you go back to the ad i will notice what we said is people are sisk politicians. i'm sick, people of san francisco are sick. the american people are sick of politicians who say one thing and do another. i ran in the primary as post civil liberty and the war in afghanistan, fiscally responsible republican, and nancy pelosi has had positions some of which we agree on and she flip flopped. she voted or scheduled the reauthorizization of the itiate act without having a debate on it and the president quietly signed it into law over the weekend. nancy pelosi's numbers are very soft and the projections

you are an obama supporter but you don't like nancy pelosi? >> she has made a lot of gaffes over the years that have -- hurt the democratic party. she hated by a lot of americans. >> did you vote for obama? >> yes. >> are you favorable towards pelosi? >> no do you think she makes the democratic party look worse? >> she sticks her foot in her mouth. >> she's the biggest partisan we've had in years between her, obama and reid they've created more partisanship in d.c. rather than less. >> i believe since he came into office he focused on health care when he should have been focusing on the economy. health care is an issue, it should have been taken care of. however, the economy is more important. >> i think obama came in more wanting to be more of a centrist than a moderate in the middle, like clinton was. i think pelosi has made him much more liberal her policies have fractured the democratic party. >> you guys agree with that? >> i think it is funny that a lot of people are calling pelosi a partisan, splitting up the country when we have all the

i thought nancy pelosi was going to drain the swamp? >> why are you so shocked?e going to take extra for themselves. >> new yorkers have always been looking for a crook they can trust. and they found that crook in charlie rangel, but they can't trust him. it makes me laugh. it is laughable they would paint the tea partiers as nuts when you look at the things they said from nancy pelosi saying birth control is stimulative to unemployment checks create jobs. [ talking over each other ] >> you get an unemployment check that is stimulus. >> sean: you know what would have been stimulus? job creation. let's go to ted strickland and john kasich. part of the ongoing debate, a lot of personal attacks. >> he also called the leader of lehman a good friend and awesome leader. he said he's the kind of guy you want to go into battle with. now he says i was in a two-person office in columbus, ohio that office earned him a $400,000 bonus when lehman brothers was going into bankruptcy. doesn't sound like a two-person office to membership. >> it has been almost a full year of innu

nancy pelosi.ause] look at that button we got john. >> thank you, so much. i am john dennis and i am running against nancy pelosi. [applause] i never miss the opportunity to deliver that line. in this fire nancy pelosi campaign, a lot of literature says that my opponent votes 94% of the time with nancy pelosi. i can guarantee you one thing. my opponent boats 100% of the time with its policy. -- of boats 100 percent of the time with nancy pelosi. votes 100% of the time with nancy pelosi. i am glad that she made the time to let me have a few minutes. we have to do some special thing that says that it is a challenging district for those that are familiar with san francisco. you have to do unusual things. i do not know if any of you happened to see the video that we released last week. did any of the sea that video? -- see that video? it depicts nancy pelosi as the wicked witch of the west. it with a viral. -- it went viral. it has been seen about 638,000 times. there are wiccans that oppose us over th

the secretary of the navy was there with nancy pelosi. i have to tell you, this has been the most amazing six most g six weeks i have had since being elected in local office. i mentioned doyle drive. we had our first, since being mayor, with nancy pelosi and the secretary of the navy, we signed an agreement with the navy. it is a public-public-private partnership. and number of those individuals are here today. 8000 housing units. 32% of them below market value. 500 rooms and hotel. the most sustainable brain development in the country. we have been talking about it for 20 years. we are now delivering on it. we are a few months away from finalizing the eir but the deal is signed. trust me, this deal was dead a couple of years ago. it was going nowhere. these guys started to panic, for good reason. now it is real, it is happening. 2000 construction jobs every year. you can extrapolate that out over the 10-year construction phase. that is a big deal to this city. hunters point, arguably, even bigger. 700,000 square feet of new retail. 10,00

nancy pelosi represents the establishment.usly, we know washington is not incredibly popular now and she is emblemmatic of that. chet edwards is running in texas. he represents a conservative district. the only card he has to play is run against washington, run against pelosi and run against obama and hope to come back for another term. >> if the democrats hold on to power, are they going to face a fooisier republican party when they return next year? >> i think both parties are going to be feistier. no matter who comes out on top, it's a narrow majority. it's going to be a presidential cycle. everybody is going to try to score points. we thought we had gridlock these last two years, wait for the next two years. if nancy pelosi holds on and retains the speakership, how she's going to deal with the moderates. a lot of them are bitter. they had to take tough votes they didn't want to take. chet edwards voted against health care and the energy bill. chet didn't. now, they have to defend the votes and stave off the challenges and

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the result of a lot of people working together, but i do need to thank the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, who worked hard to make this program a reality, and we would not be here today except for her efforts. on behalf of american cities, i want to thank the speaker for her commitment and diligence. without her help, as i said, this would not be here. i also want to thank president obama and his administration for his support of the program as well as the american recovery and reinvestment act, which is also to fund a number of new initiative projects in a number of our cities. as i said, we are here to work for efficiency and reduce our carbon footprint. in my city, we are investing about $4 million to accelerate private city efforts to reduce energy efficiency in our city structures as well as some of our residential buildings, and we will hear in a moment from the mayors of other cities about what they're doing, but this program is exactly what we need to continue. it is really the only major funding source we have to be able to improve our efficiency and work on climate change issues

up here, the person sitting on this side of the stage, but let me welcome speaker of the house nancy pelosi and secretary mavis and all the people that helped make this day possible. welcome and thank you for your leadership and your stewardship, to mayor willie brown and all of his hard work. his then staffer, now my staffer, who worked so diligently through two administrations to get us through this day. i thank you. to the development team. to the residents of this island that have been patient beyond imagination.

>> you know, paul for the first time i almost, almost feel sorry for nancy pelosi.she's trying to put together this coalition. you know last week's dan greenburg, democratic pollster went to the house democratic caucus and told members look. the popular thing to do is raise the taxes on the rich cut taxes on middle class. what happened at that meeting according to my sources is look at this, look at this. and dan greenburg says he's not polling in my district. the truth is that cutting taxes for everyone is what is popular. i think the reason, paul is that our message we've been saying on the journal is demonstrate fd you raise taxes on the rich that hurts the economy, hurts small businesses and most american workers say wait a minute, a rich person signs my paycheck. kim, the president says this is how politics works. raise taxes on the well to do. don't worry. nobody will care. so... that isn't flying in some of the blue dog districts around the country. you think it's because of the shape of the state of the economy. iffy state of the economy? >> yes. no. this is

>> you know, paul, for the first time in my life i almost, i almost feel sorry for nancy pelosi.g to put together this coalition, you know, last week stan greenberg, as you know, the democratic pollster, left the house democratic caucus and told the members, raise the taxes on the rich and cut taxes on middle class, what happened at that meeting according to my source all the members looked at stan greenberg and said he's not polling in my district. the truth is, cutting those taxes for everyone is what popular and i think the reason, paul, is that our message that we've been saying on the journal has really penetrated. if you raise taxes on the rich, that hurts the economy, hurts small businesses and most american workers say, wait a minute, a rich person is the one who scenes my paycheck. >> paul: kim, the president says that like stan greenberg, this politics works, all you do is raise taxes on the well-to-do, don't worry, nobody will care. so, that isn't flying in some of these blue dog districts around the country and do you think it's because of the shape, the state of the

i'm not like nancy pelosi. what do you do with that?there's a reason my hair is graying a little faster than it used to. i'll tell you, the good news is i travel all the time and i'm with democrats everywhere who go out and talk with pride about the accomplishments of this congress. you know, women entitled to equal pay for equal work, health insurance reform bill that's protecting kids. >> you've come across a democrat -- you've found a democrat that brags about health care? >> i am at campaign events with gubernatorial candidates and members of congress all the time who are talking about it as positives. though the instances of candidates running ads distancing themselves, there are those. look, i respect people running ads that they think are responsive to their own concerns and concerns of folks in their districts. i do think, though, if you're running with a "d" after your name, be proud of it, be a happy warrior. celebrate the fact that the american auto industry is now hiring workers again and democrats did it with virtually no h

. >> suarez: judy woodruff talks to speaker of the house nancy pelosi about the battle over tax cuts and the stakes for democrats in november. >> our members left congress last night. they are confident that they would return in the majority. >> brown: special correspondent miles o'brien reports on a mississippi community's plan to use stimulus money for mass transit in rural areas. >> suarez: betty ann bowser updates the johnson and johnson story as company executives and the f.d.a. come under fire on capitol hill for a string of recalls, real and phantom, this year. >> brown: and we visit a project in pittsburgh that offers foreign writers whose lives are endangered, a new start, and the chance to write freely. >> i think i'm writing social issues, but in burma, social issues are political issues.

nancy pelosi. california senator barbara boxer.olitical analysts say several races are must-wins for democrats. >> they know if patty murray and boxer go down on election night, they've almost certainly lost the senate. if they hold them both, they're in better shape. >> reporter: it's not unusual for first ladies to campaign in mid-term election. laurie bush did it in 2006. first lady is no strainier to campaigning. she stirred controversial in 2008 talking about her husband's candidacy for president. >> for the first time in my adult life i am proud of my country. >> as first lady, mrs. obama in a recent poll had 68% favorability rating focussed on platform of healthy eating and physical fitness for kids. her office says he comes to campaigning as a mom. that is the lens as she sees the world. sabato expects she will stick to fixed, nice remarks. >> she says nice things about the candidate she's with. >> reporter: still it gives g.o.p. candidates, including carly fiorina a chance to suggest the democratic opponent must need help.

the mission is defeating nancy pelosi.e applause line is getting nancy pelosi out of there than getting harry reid out of there. it was all about that. the lack of focus on the presidency is kind of interesting. usually by this point in the year we're close to people declaring it. but they really -- give them credit, they really have gotten into this holy crusade of getting rid of democratic control of congress. that, if they fail, is the end of america and they believe it. much less interest in the presidential race than that. >> does that explain this? sarah palin is not there. she's head lining the gop ronald reagan dinner tonight. she's said. if the american people are ready for someone ready to shake it up and getting back to time tested truths and help lead the country to moore prosperous and safe future and if they i was the one the best for my family and our country of course i would give it a shot. i'm not saying that's me. i know i can make a difference without a title. i'm having a good time doing that now. for

i think it's great. >> so nancy pelosi liked it. some others didn't so much including house majority leader steny hoyer. >> i think his testimony was not appropriate. no, i think it was an embarrassment for mr. colbert more than the house. >> and he should not have been called? >> i don't know about whether he was called, but what he had to say, i think, was not the way it should have been said. >> steny hoyer calling it an embarrassment. >>> big story happening now, the future of middle east peace talks could be in jeopardy after israel's ten-month ban moratorium on settlement construction in the west bank expired last night without a compromise. to celebrate the end of that moratorium, jewish settlers broke ground on a kindergarten. still, palestinian president mahmoud abbas said late yesterday that he would not immediately follow through on an earlier threat to quit negotiations if israel did not extend the building freeze. and yesterday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called on settlers to show, quote, restraint and re

tonight, the first big meeting together and among the challenges of speaker nancy pelosi, trying to get big debates on tax cuts. you can see a packed hour ahead and a smart team to break down the big races and the lessons as the primary season winds down and we shift to the final weeks of campaign 2010. let's begin with the stunning updates in delaware. mike castle, nine times relekted to the house of representatives and when he decided to run for the seat held by joe biden, they were ecstatic thinking they could take a seat held for four decades by democrats, but now a tea party challenger has mike castle on the roeps. he says that christy o'donnell from the tea party cannot win in november. listen to this interview. >> i am convinced that she does not have the ability to carry a general election in the state of delaware, so, yes, it would have the effect of clearly taking a seat that could go republican and making it democratic. >> candidates under attack say wild things, but have you ever heard the word cannibalism? christine o'donnell is not only under fire from mike castle, but the

speaker nancy pelosi and dianne feinstein have stepped up in ways that you cannot fully appreciate until you are really out there and you know the story. they have done everything to leverage this with their colleagues. they have done everything to make this happen. again, a big round of applause for those two for their work. [applause] now, it is my privilege to introduce a number of supervisors. supervisor maxwell first. no one has lived through this -- the good, the bad, every election, the naysayers. all the folks who i thought were arguing for the status quo. i always save the windshield is a lot bigger than the rearview mirror. she was always looking out, as opposed to looking back. i want to congratulate supervisor maxwell. no one is filled with more pride and more fulfillment. no one deserves to be than supervisor maxwell. [applause] supervisor maxwell: thank you. thank you. thank you. let me just say that all that belongs to the community as well. yes, this has been a long time coming, but it has been worth all the time it took to get us here. along the way, what have we done? w

nancy pelosi has done a pretty remarkable job over the last two years. arguments you've been making, i've been making, keith olbermann has been making, a whole host of people have been making, she understands the arguments. can she basically get the blue dogs on board with that? if she bluffs them into it we'll hold a vote, maybe she can kind of convince them that this is in their best interests. it is crazy she has to do that convincing, but, yes, it is a good idea. i'm glad to see it is back on the table. >> chris hayes, thank you very much. >> have a great weekend, rachel. thank you. >>> coming up, democrats may not be psyched about running on the democratic party's political achievements for the elections this year. but it turns out republicans are. the actual dirty little signature bearing evidence on screen for you to see next. stay with us. yellowbook has always been good for business. but these days you need more than the book. you need website development, 1-on-1 marketing advice, search-engine marketing, and direct mail. yellowbook's got all of

the if my opponent wants to run against nancy pelosi, it's like what, 700 miles to the south.ome. >> independents right now will break toward herrera. some will go to heck but they break to herrera in general. if heck can't get enough democrats out this is herrera's race. >> the latest poll has the republican herrera with a nine-point lead. many believe it's closer than that and could tighten as the voters in the middle start paying closer attention to the people in the running and not the party labels. >> bret: president obama tried to defend his economic style in a town hall meeting. how did he do? we'll ask the fox all-stars after the break. if you are android user you can now download fox news application including a selection for "special report." get the latest news and the "special report" videos in the palm of your hand. >>> i'm exhausted of defending you, defending the administration, defending the mantle of change i voted for and deeply disappointed with where we are right now. i have been told that i voted for a man who said he was going to change things in a meanin

he spoke directly to nancy pelosi, spreading to destroy her home. exchange -- he will spend 21 months in prison. coming up, a toddler, in a videotape, a sequence of events that led to -- >> to of the three discovery hostages talk about the ordeal. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? did the little piggy cry wee wee wee all the way home? piggy: weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeeeee, weeeee weeeeeeee. mom: max. ...maxwell! piggy: yeah? mom: you're home. piggy: oh,cool, thanks mrs. a. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. >> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00. >>> the secret -- the sequence of events were terrifying. a gunman holding hostages. for the first time, we are hearing from two of the men held spirits they said down with oprah winfrey and described how it all went forward. >> and started thinking, why would somebody be showing a gun? the man pointed to me and said, on the ground. >> little did chris would know that they had a security guard it would be at the center of a hostage situation that g

just moments after that news conference, house speaker, nancy pelosi appeared.was asked at one point. is there any chance the top bracket tax cuts would be extended this congress? here was her answer. >> the only thing i can tell you is that the tax cuts will be extended this congress. >> bret: well, that barometproma clarification from her office. after that the speaker made her position abundantly clear and clearly said she supports president obama's middle tax cuts, opposed for the wealthiest percent because they add hundreds to the deficit and do not create jobs. obviously, that's a term they want to use now. the democrats do, the obama middle class tax cuts. let's bring in the panel. steve hays writer for the weekly standard and from "the washington post," syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer. >> republicans sense there is some momentum here they could possibly force a vote on this. what's your thought? >> what a fun game of chicken. last weekend you had john boehner, essentially tipping his hat or saying he could live with the democratic compromise an