democratic senators amy klobuchar and ben nelson. minnesota's republican governor tim pawlenty and the director for the centers of disease control dr. thomas frieden. >>> and waterloo, wisconsin, a dairy farmer who relies on cooperatives for feed, seed and now his health care, says reform doesn't have to mean more government spending. this is "state of the union" report for sunday, september 6th. labor day weekend means more than the final days of the minnesota state fair and summer vacation. congress is coming back from an august break, defined by feisty health care town halls and president obama faces a decisive test. support for his reform ideas is slipping and the president is betting on his speech wednesday to a joint session of congress to reframe the health care fight more to his liking. mr. obama's biggest challenge is bridging differences in his own democratic party over how much the government can afford, how best to reduce the cost and whether there must be a so-called public or government-run insurance option. as the pres

nelson? >> no. >> mr. nelson, no. >> mr. carper? >> no. >> mr. carper, no. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> thus the rockefeller amendment in a majority democratic committee dies, with only eight senators in favor and 15 voting against. senator schumer, your turn. >> there's no question that the public option would improve this good bill. >> so what say you, democrats, to the second public option choice of the day? the chuck schumer amendment. >> i will vote for the schumer amendment. >> senator nelson of florida switches sides. he's on board now. anybody else? >> mr. carper? >> aye by proxy. >> senator carper of delaware switches sides too. will the remaining three anti-rockefeller amendment democrats now follow suit? >> mr. conrad? >> no. >> mr. conrad, no. mrs. lincoln? >> no by proxy. >> mrs. lincoln, no by proxy. >> mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman votes no. >> no, no, and no. let me guess, mr. chairman, senator baucus, you voted against the democratic amendment for an option you say you support, again, why, because? >> i don't see a bill out of this

nelson goes with snowe and maybe something to that with lieberman. lieberman, by the way, was a huge player for this white house in getting snowe and collins to sign on to the stimulus bill. so lieberman is a bigger player here sometimes than we realize. >> so let me just underline that and put an exclamation point after what you just said this is a significant development that has just happened. that means now that there is a republican behind this bill, a lot of people were panning baucus bill, no republican support, now there is some republican support? >> let me clarify here. >> yes, clarify. >> let me clarify, in the way they commend the bill, not saying they support it, but come on, we know what the hidden message is here, basically, olympia snow is signing on with a group of three other moderate democrats saying, okay, i can work with this bill. >> pretty significant. nbc's chuck todd with that new information. chuck, as always, thanks so much. >> you got t. >>> let's take that new information and to the bigger picture now. michelle obama will

the clerk will call the role of the nelson amendment. >> the nelson amendment failed in a 13-10 vote.the finance committee is expected back here on amendments to the health care bill at about 40 minutes. one of the toughest democrats to corral in the senate confirmed today that he is not committed to helping his party block a republican filibuster against health care legislation. senator ben nelson has long been a skeptic of democratic led health-care reform. in the wake of paul kirk's appointment, democratic groups have renewed the hope that the nebraskan would vote for cloture. as of now, senator nelson is still insisting that such a promise will be premature. while we wait for the committee to return, we continue our live coverage on more debate from earlier today on an amendment offered by senator bunning that would provide a tax exemption for those who do not purchase health insurance. >> thank you, mr. chairman. just in case anyone is interested. >> is it legislative language? >> is. no, it is not. thank you for bringing that up. i just wanted you to know that the house of repre

nelson had the play made. watch the left hand from nelson as he gets in there.he left shoulder of the receiver. go ahead and get on the other side. block the ball. don't put the left hand on the receiver. i get back to running. iowa is very fortunate right now to not have one or two interceptions. arizona showing eight guys in the box. that's one of the reasons they can stop adam robinson. cam nelson, number 20, he's right on the line of scrimmage. you know what, let's go ahead and support what you're saying there with some video and show you, here he is, look at these numbers, bodies, even a safety close to the line of scrimmage. they don't respect stanzi. mark stoops, defensive coordinator got four byes that have all played corner at one time for the other. he knows he got coverage back there. >> mike: when you have eight men up front, you can't block them all. play action fake, stanzi in trouble. got away and throws it. there's the flag. that's going to be intentional grounding, as ricky elmore came in and would not let go. you're right about that interceptio

and i need every person from little jake bousier, like jack nelson, to grandma bousier, every single person will cast their ballot in their booth. here's how it's going to work. you're going to mark an x next to the family that you want to win $250,000. i will call you up individually, one by one. >> so first person to cast your ballot. chris nelson, go ahead. >> schiners, they played a great game. + obviously, two wonderful parents to have three children as they have. but cam johnsonton, that household over there is a special place. >> i'm not really sure how to go with it. neither up with of them really put my in danger. i never head butt with them. i have thoughts of maybe who won the last challenge. but then i have thoughts of do i know them better. it's tough. it's a real tough decision. >> i think every family is worthy of that amount of money. you have thoughts that the schindler family have more kids and they have to go to college. there's pros and cons and you just have to come up with a decision. >> i really don't like the fact that we have to vote. both families are awesom

but cam nelson had other ideas.ere to make the tackle. >> craig: there's a blitz where that ball was thrown too. if the tackle is missed, he would have mowed him down. blitz coming from the top of the field. there's one defender out there. >> mike: that's a hue gamble by cam nelson. you're right. he misses there is nobody else home. blitz coming, stanzi with a quick throw. that will be shy of a first down, however, out to the 38 yard line. sandeman again this time tackled by devin ross. a couple of good corners on this. >> craig: there secondaries are really strong. there's no weakness. there is no weakness on the defense. we're all pretty much the same and goldman and cam nelson, the two safeties, appear to have corner skills as well as being outstanding tackle. that's a pretty good group. >> mike: donahue to kick to douglas. call out on this. douglas wisely let this one go in the end zone. 6 it 2-yard punt. a net of 42 in af arizona state will have the ball by 20. down by four. you can't get kentucky grilled chick

this is jordy nelson. nelson will bring it back out to the 28 yard line with 2:28 remaining in the fourth. >> cris: for aaron rodgers, all of the comparisons to brett favre, he will never get away from them. he knitted that. but you have to remember that aaron rodgers has already had as many losing seasons as brett favre had in his career here in green bay. you would have to -- it's not about numbers, it's not about statistics. it's about winning games and now it is on him to win this one. >> al: they start from the 28. keep it on the ground. grant. a gain of six for ryan grant. second down and four. >> cris: i do like the call there. it was one that we're going to play this one all the way out, all our time-outs. >> al: that will be a first down as the pass is caught and that is greg jennings. it really didn't matter if he got out or stayed in because the clock is going to stop at the two-minute warning. so two minutes to play. first down for the green bay packers. chicago 15, green bay 13. . >> al: wendy

we're back with the senator from minnesota and ben nelson, two democrats.ant to move to another issue. also an issue is the h1n1 flu virus. there have been 4h students sent home from here because of confirmed cases. to you first. are you confident that the administration has a plan in place to deal with this as america goes back to school? >> they do have a plan, but everyone knows that there's going to be challenges, and i think they've been very good about getting out front about the challenges, the fact that the regular flu vaccine is more targeted to seniors and others, the fact that the new h1n1 vaccine really has to go first to kids and to pregnant women. so there's -- i talked to some of our health officials in smaller counties with their education challenges ahead. the admission made it clear and has been clear in the message so the minute the vaccine comes outs, people understand who gets it first and they're pushing the regular flu vaccine rights now, which i think is smart. >> governor nelson, from your perspective in a rural state and you're hol

. >> senator ben nelson, democrat of nebraska, wants republican support for the baucus bill, which isaseline for the amendment action in the finance committee. max baucus also wants republican support, enough to vote against things, he said, he supports. first, why are democrats like nelson and baucus more concerned about the other party than the members of their own that they might lose? and second, why all of this concern for a republican party that would happily steamroll the democrats? >> yeah, let me take the second question first, david. i think people like max baucus and ben nelson don't really understand the republican party of today. it's a thoroughly grassroots-based conservative party that's been back on its heels, thinks it found its identity and protest over the summer, and is not going to support this measure in any way, shape or form institutionally. maybe a senator or two considering it. but even they are doubtful. so that's the first part. i don't think they understand what they're dealing with. the republicans are in a rejectionist mood. that's number one. number two

nelson pico jr. has made some truly starting revelations. council hearing will be hearing allegations that he was deliberately order to crashed his car during the grand prix. he went on to win the race. an accident would require the intervention of a safety while he was cleared. he get his foot on the accelerator coming out of it turned. -- kept his foot on the accelerator coming out of a turn. legal proceedings have begun against nelson piquet junior and senior over the making of allegations in the latest attempt to blackmail jr. drive in the 2009 season pregame festivities took off, but the game itself last sparkle. antonio homes scored the last dozen of the last super bowl. the titans [unintelligible] tyson added a field goal. they have delayed when jeffrey tied it up with a cake. -- with a kick. the no. 3 favoring the number 11 and rain became so heavy they had to delay play. plenty of baseline rallies, lots of power, no breaks to serve in the opening. he took a medical time out and looked pretty uncomfortable. his uncle is also his coac

and hit in the backfield, this time jerico nelson, big hit on richard samuel.n talked to mark richt. >> erin: iside him about the resiliency of this team and he said we've been in the fire the last two weeks. we fought our way out of it last week, said that's the way it is with this team. keep fighting. i asked him what is the biggest key for your offense here in the second half? i'll quote coach richt, we better not turn the doggone thing over. >> brad: that was "doggone" spell ee eed d-a-w-g. cox, the throw and nice catch but sort of the first down. >> todd: nice job of making the tackle in the open field. good job by broadway. number 26, forced the punt. tried to just get it to the big receiver and if he breaks one tackle, it's a first down. broadway does a nice job wrapping him up with help from jerico nelson. >> brad: so willie robinson's defense forces the punt. just what they needed on the opening drive for georgia. drew butler to punt. with his first one over 50 yards. own 5 yard line. long punt again. but returnable back at the 26 yard line. trying to

ben nelson was on before her and he said there was no way you'd get a bill unless the president backs off the public option and maybe accepts a trigger where it would kick in if insurance companies don't do what you're supposed to. i asked her can you accept that and she said this -- >> it certainly is worth looking at, but we have to push competition. we have to do a better job of putting some rules on the insurance companies. >> worth looking at led me to believe she understands that's where the debate is going, but what happens if that's where the debate goes in the senate where you have some in the house and howard dean said just today if you don't have a public option forget about it. it's just not worth it. >> it does look like that's where it's going and she clearly knows that, but the second part of what she said about making sure that there is competition, making sure that costs are lowered and you put some restrictions and rules on the insurance company, that is going to be the carrot, i think, and that is going to be how the white house, if they do go down this road of not

lawmakers killed an amendment by bill nelson aimed at getting $100 billion from the drug industry to help low-income seniors. fellow democrats say it could hurt a deal made with the drug companies in exchange for supporting reform. >> the unintended consequence is that i think this may well undermine our ability to pass comprehensive healthcare reform in this congress. >> sirtely every g.o.p. amendment has been defeated, including one putting into law the pez's pledge that no one will be forced to change coverage. >> the insurance that americans can keep the coverage they have, this is one of the major points that the president has made over and over and over, and i think we ought at least to try to help that happen if we can. >> democrats were unanimous and killed it. there is no cost analysis still offered up by the congressional budget office, but the staff has said there are changes when they crunch the numbers. the price tag has gone up. it was $856 billion last week, and today it is $900 billion and counting. >> at some point they will talk about the c.b.o. estimate, right? >>

i don't think i've seen a crowd this big since i went to bob dylan and the willie nelson concert but i promise not to take a swey bandana all but willie nelson and tossed it into the crowd unless there's the big call for that. i imagine, if i named my book "the bonfire" the siege and burning of atlanta it probably would not have such a big crowd tonight, but i am gl to be in atlanta and it is wonderful t see you he. it is also great to be back at the atlanta history center. i spent seval wonderful weeks here. this is an amazing institution and you should be veryroud to have such a place in your town. they have a beautiful collection that is just a scholar's dream and i only wisthat i had more weeks to spend there. w, i am sure people in atlanta know that there is a very significant event coming up. and to my mind, it may well be the most significant event in american history. you of course all know what that is, don't you? well, this september 2nd is the 100-- the 145th anniversary of the fall of the atlanta in 1864. on that day, the confederates departed. they blew up a munitions tr

cam nelson came up from the strong orb or, from the weak safety spot and had a lot of help.cky elmore from his outside defensive end spot. was also in on the tackle. so it's third down and a yard. that's the first play that hasn't had an opening. >> craig: iowa red zone offense. 14 touchdowns, that's impressive. get down here and play attention to the tight end play action pass. and that's a first down, inside the three goes robinson, rich reed, number 42, was in on the tackle but then iowa offensive line moved him out of there that time. >> craig: talk about offensive line with adjustments and tweaking. brian bullock, left tackle, starter. he's not there. riley reiff comes in. has to play. he's got a big responsibility. big shoes to fill up front. >> mike: this will be the tenth play of the drive. they have an extra tackle. they're playing -- robinson dives, lost the ball. but iowa has it in the end zone for a touchdown. robinson may not have been across the goal line but the fullback was there anyway. >> craig: that's why it's good to have a fullback who stays in the game.

right now, we're taking a look at don nelson with the name here.xas. >> one of our unique configurations, two 572 cubic-inch chevys with 1471 superchargers on them, and then that dt 466 that you hear whistling out there, with three of those big, bag turbos on it. man, look at him take off. >> the front end way up in the air. transferring a lot of weight... one of those chevys. he'll spend some money here tonight. and the distance -- 271.01. that is the new mark to beat as it stands right now. >> well, you can see he's got an awesome run going. those chevys are running clean back there. not a lot of extra fuel coming out the cylinders. he's got the dt 466 to boost pressure up. it's rocking and rolling down the track. he's got plenty of frame flex and torque. front end carrying beautiful out there, and then it just goes kaput. it's all that action going on back there. i'm gonna say it's a rod, maybe a fuel line back there that's causing all that problem. >> yeah, you can see the bottom end of the motor came away, and then, of course, the blower belt

. >> one of the intriguing developments over the weekend, i thought political was senator ben nelson, a very centrist democrat, who gave remarks that suggested he might be open to a public option trigger which is, nks the position of senator olympia snow the republican the white house wants to try to get on board. when senator nelson is suggesting a trigger option is the way to go does that seem to be the position that democrats are coalescing behind centrist democrats and what might work? >> i think what it really signals is ben nelson is a very good indicator of where the extra might be. as you say, he tends to find what the promise will be and tries to get there as fast as possible so others are coming around him and it's not entirely clear the trigger will happen and makes a lot in the white house nervous and upset but it seems to be the place where the white house is moving for a long time. rahm emanuel in early july brought up the idea of a trigger and got beaten up in the press a little bit by liberals but at the end of the day that is what the white house has been talking abou

i want to you listen to ben nelson of nebraska. a public option if it were a back-up plan. if it were part of a trigger. let listen. >> i think he has to say that if there will be a public option, it has to be subject to a trigger. in other words, if somehow the private market doesn't respond the way that it's suppose to, then it would trigger a public option or a government-run option. only as a failsafe backstop to the process. >> do you support that? give the insurance company a chance but have hanging over them the prospect of two, three, four years down the road, it would have a trigger? >> they have six years of a chance. we've seen doubling of premiums. now it is time for a public option that can really help. here the thing. we have monopolized markets in nearly every mix major area with regard to insurance. how will we drive they will down? why do they charge more? because they can. how will we get them down? by introducing three things. competition, choice, and a competitive choice. i don't know how any conservative can be

and nelson mandela. and barack obama. here is three. why? in each case they were told that they couldn't do it. every time, nelson mandela sentenced to life in prison became the first democratic-elected president of south africa. they told him, he was lucky to be alive. much less and have his senses, and to get out of prison and to become its leader. and then there was martin luther king, who was advised against starting this movement in the south. and then vote nonviolence after having been to study nonviolent theory.ñbb they said no, this will never, never work. and then more recently tomorrow's special guest. you know the 44th president of the united states, jump started and stands on the shoulders of everything that has been done by this organization for 100 years. that's why he's coming tomorrow. [applause] i close on this observation. certainly there has got to be more responsibility, and a lot of the folks don't have any parents. and i think there may be a governmental responsibility to create a full-employment society instead of givi

need a little offense, nelson cruz, his 31st of the year. four home runs, 10 r.b.i.'is last six games. rangers win their fourth straight and improve to 25-17 against the a.l. east this season. feldman becomes the first rangers pitcher to reach 15 wins since kevin millwood and vicente padilla did it in 2006. >> crucial 10-game stretch for the rays -- the tigers, yanks and red sox in succession. begins with detroit, top sixth, miguel cabrera feasts on that, his 28th of the year. tied at 1-1 at the trop. we go to the bottom of the seventh, tied at 1-1, two outs, justin verlander, 98-mile-per-hour heater gets evan longoria. verlander eight innings, one earned run, seven strikeouts. in the ninth, adam everett. tigers scored three in the top of the ninth. go up 4-1. gets interesting in the bottom of the ninth. fernando rodney gets willie aybar to ground out. tigers hold on for a 4-3 win. detroit ends a four-game losing streak at the trop. justin verlander gets his 16th win of the year. that ties him with cc sabathia of the yankees for most in the american league. here is yo

garmenthe government than the amendment by senator nelson. the fact of the matter is that, in some drugs, the competitive model reduces competition. in many drugs it does not. first, there are many drugs that are patented. you have no competition by definition. second, for others that are not patented, there are unique usages. it is a trend that only affects a small number of people. there are not many drugs out there. perhaps one or two. there's not much competition when there's oligopoly -- there is not much competition. that is when there is oligopoly. [unintelligible] so the bottom line is, in lots of places, the pure competitive model does not work in the pharmaceutical industry. but the bottom line is simple. we are purchaser. uncle sam. and his uncle sam? the taxpayers. -- and who is. sam? the taxpayers. -- and who is ucle sam? the taxpayers. every dollar we savior, we do not know how much will go to medical research. maybe it will go to advertising. i do not know. there's no direct link. there is no certain length. i didn't -- there i

nelson, we appreciate you coming on and talking to us. thank you, sir. when we come back, this meeting could help shape the future of the gop. details on the values voter summit in d.c. and he was accused of reckless homicide in the death of one of his players and found not guilty after a 90-minute the liberation. will jason stinson be able to coach and teacher again? ") rick: it is called the values of voters a summit, and it is kicking off in washington -- it is called the values voters summit, and it is kicking off today in washington. one of the most anticipated parts of the event is the 2012 straw poll. what have we learned? >> we're getting protests from people attending this event that we should not be speaking during roy blunt of missouri's speech. you have seen a crowd members come up to reporters doing live shots, protesting them doing so. if i am yanks from my position, you have to bear with me -- if i and yanked from -- if i am yanked away, you will have to bear with me. carrie prejean is here, among others. it is a must-see event. excuse me,

nelson cruz has been a surprise for the ranger.man 14 victories, pitches 6 2/3 and win his 15th game. you can see how much stronger, last year he didn't want the pitch as close as he's pitching. he keep the hitters off balance. changes speeds. very good with his fastball. you heard palmer talk about that. good fastball command and got the defense behind him. kinsler look at this backward kind of double play. had the right runner. wieters not fast and a lot of the trouble for scott. he's struggled since the all- star break and feldman he had everything working and it was tough. the oars only getting 4 hits to night. >> feldman 6 2/3. one earned run. 4 hits, couple walks. on the road huh about feldman. you have to start wondering where the rangers would be without what feldman has done. >> right now he is looking, he tied the record with helling for the most wins to the road with 11. one more and he has the record. all the pitchers are pitching with confidence and you're starting to see a big difference in the way that organize is pl

nelson cruise comes up big. his 31st home run of the season. he's got a hot bat going. four home runs, ten ribbies in the last six games. the rangers win their fourth straight game. and improve to 25-17 against the a.l. east. becomes the first rangers pitcher to reach 15 wins since kevin millwood, and padilla did it in 2006. >> crucial ten-game stretch coming for the rays. they get the tigers, yanks and red sox in succession, beginning with detroit. sixth inning, miguel can a barrera. initiating launch sequence, yeah. his 28th of the year. we're tied at 1. bottom 7, justin verlander and evan longoria with the 98 mile per hour heater. top nine, tie game, adam everett, lines it to left. the tigers score three in the top of the ninth. go up 4-1. bottom nine. rays with two on. aybar grounds to first, detroit hangs on 4-3. the tigers end a four-game losing streak at tampa. justin verlander now 4-0 in had i see career against the rays, he's won he three straight overall, and ties c.c. sabathia with his 16th win. that is the most in the american league. >> so, in the american

willie nelson returns for american classic. it includes several guest duets, including nora jones and diana croft. and collective soul is back with a new album. it was recorded in 45 days in their home studio in georgia. it was produced by ed roland, the member of the group. it has their mainstream music. >> my mother would love that willie nelson. i should pick that up. >> he's done some standards in the past so it's a natural for him. but whitney houston, a lot riding on this. clyde davis pulled together a big team. she's going to be on oprah next week and we'll see how this album does. >> who does she play on now? >> the programmers say we'll take each single as it warrants it and we'll see how it is when it comes out. seven years is a long time in the business to be out. >> the beatles will be out next week. we'll tell you about that then. >>> and tucker is in studio b. >> and this is our guest chef. i've rolled up my sleeves. we'll woron the ultimate blt and you have a great end of the summer salad. >> and i'll let you mak

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cnn's john king discussed this with minnesota governor tim pawlenty and nebraska senator ben nelson oncnn's "state of the union" yesterday. >> if he were to do something like that, would you embrace a backup public option if they went to the trigger approach that we create a public option, but it only kicks in if in three years or five years, the insurance market isn't more competitive? >> there's lots of things we could agree to on a bipartisan baby, the public option is not one. the trigger option just kicks the can down the road. it just delays the inevitable. i think if the democrats embrace the public option, even in the form of the trigger, they'll shoot themselves in the foot. >> well, i think he has to say that if there's going to be a public option, it has to be subject to a trigger. when i say trigger, you know, out here in nebraska and in the midwest, i don't mean a hair trigger. i mean a true trigger, one that would only apply if there isn't the kind of competition in the business that we believe there would be. >> wednesday night, president obama addresses congress on his

and nelson mandela. and barack obama. here is three. why?in each case they were told that they couldn't do it. every time, nelson mandela sentenced to life in prison became the first democratic-elected president of south africa. they told him, he was lucky to be alive. much less and have his senses, and to get out of prison and to become its leader. and then there was martin luther king, who was advised against starting this movement in the south. and then vote nonviolence after having been to study nonviolent theory.ñbb they said no, this will never, never work. and then more recently tomorrow's special guest. you know the 44th president of the united states, jump started and stands on the shoulders of everything that has been done by this organization for 100 years. that's why he's coming tomorrow. [applause] i close on this observation. certainly there has got to be more responsibility, and a lot of the folks don't have any parents. and i think there may be a governmental responsibility to create a full-employment society instead of givin

need a little offense, nelson cruz, his 31st of the year. four home runs, 10 r.b.i.'is last six games. rangers win their fourth straight and improve to 25-17 against the a.l. east this season. feldman becomes the first rangers pitcher to reach 15 wins since kevin millwood and vicente padilla did it in 2006. >> crucial 10-game stretch for the rays -- the tigers, yanks and red sox in succession. begins with detroit, top sixth, miguel cabrera feasts on that, his 28th of the year. tied at 1-1 at the trop. we go to the bottom of the seventh, tied at 1-1, two outs, justin verlander, 98-mile-per-hour heater gets evan longoria. verlander eight innings, one earned run, seven strikeouts. in the ninth, adam everett. tigers scored three in the top of the ninth. go up 4-1. gets interesting in the bottom of the ninth. fernando rodney gets willie aybar to ground out. tigers hold on for a 4-3 win. detroit ends a four-game losing streak at the trop. justin verlander gets his 16th win of the year. that ties him with cc sabathia of the yankees for most in the american league. here is yo

public interest option is what senator conrad looked about, the co-op idea or insurance, senator nelson refer to as that. i think that also has promised. like i said, i think the most direct way to do it would be to set up a non-profit and tell them to go and negotiate rates with providers and compete. that is what we tried to do in the health committee. i think it would make sense to do that here, and hopefully do it, but the overwhelming conclusion i have, that i reached, whatever of these options we wind up with, we will be improving the situation because we will be providing more choice, so i compliment the senator on offering his amendment, and i will stop with that. >> mr. chairman? >> senator schumer is next. >> well-heeled? >> senator bingaman, you have the floor. -- would you yields -- yield? >> yes. >> as abundantly clear, senator rockefeller is offering an amendment. i am not discussing my amendment right now. i am here discussing senator rockefeller's amendment, why i support it, and let me just rece-- the basic idea year in should there be some kind of institutions and by t

he gave a speech at his welcome home bash invoking who else, nelson mandela.put his own twist saying, quote, if you want to know the true nature of a country you must go through its prisons. i know america, identify seen the other side of it and i don't like it. unquote. traficant told supporters the government, quote, had to cheat to convict him. unquote. back in 2002. he plans further major announcements by the end of the week this week. >>> moving on, the "politico" is out with its list of the top washington, d.c., area party animals. guess what? "hardball" regulars made the list. margaret carlton of "bloomberg news." "vanity fair's" chris hitchens and, of course, howard fineman of "newsweek." crazy, crazy party animals, all of them. they've got it all written all over them. >>> joe kennedy ii announced this weekend he will not be running for his uncle ted's senate seat in massachusetts which means no kennedys are in the mix in that special election. you could call this the end of an era. how long has massachusetts had a kennedy in congress? about 62 straig

but here's why -- jennings, driver, nelson, those matchups will favor packers. >> steelers-bears.d another out. >> but you have big ben and willie parker. what's the key for them to have success? the offensive line. for the last 10 days they have worked on the way they run the football, five guys working as one have more balance and big ben will still have his day but i think the running game will pick up based on how the chicago bears got after rodgers and the green bay packers. >> i told you he was a man of reason. >> speaking of parker, had an injury last week, we are told >> less than five minutes to nfl count downright through that wall. think of this as an appetizer. >> hello. >> hello and happy last weekend of summer. >> what? >> got to get a couple more rays. coach mike ditka and keyshawn johnson. i know brown lost a stone, had to get it in. was a rough one. missed the extra point, i know you were following it. so the 0-1 patriots when tom brady stepped in. the giants of a couple years ago and when emmitt smith held up the 1993 cowboys started off to win the super bowl. on

. >> kelly, that's important to point out as senators nelson and capper know, it's not about extending an ego. or is it just saying he did a good job, or does it suggest he may have additional saw port? >> i think people recognized he put himself as the front and center of this. as the chairman of this powerful committee, he has had to shoulder this. and i think it is the sort of collegial support that you see from fellow senators. all through this process, we have heard both kinds of comments but to be honest, we focused on the newsier stuff when they disagreed on issue. but often they would say they appreciate the hard work. so my sense of it, my reading of it is to say this is a way to give him kind of his moment applause, if you will, because it's been exhausting work for max baucus. and he's taken a lot of the hits for the work that the gang of six did. >> right. >> so i think it's certainly a positive sign but they have not signed on to the measure that they're looking at now. >> it is nice to see some civility. >> isn't that what we are talking about, civil it. >> thank you note

senator bill nelson joins us. it is sounding like the movie "jaws" more and more every day, more great white spotted off the coast of massachusetts. allergy relief, i promise not to wait as long to go for our ride. with zyrtec ® i can love the air ™ . geatmagi reen f a.. coatofigf poulida.. patti ann: more great white sharks sighted off the coast of cape cod, forcing several massachusetts beaches to remain closed. they're getting closer to shore, stopping the plentiful seal population. three of the sharks were tagged yesterday, bringing the total to five. the largest was about 15 feet long. the electronic tags will be used to track their movements and learn about their migratory habits. >> you know, i know that people in the state are focused on the deadlines. it has to be at this moment or it is all dead. but that is not the way the world works. the way it works is in legislative initiatives, you keep working to try to produce a result. it is not a matter of by 2:00, it is done or will not happen. that is not the

and nelson liechtenstein, whose name in a came up tonight, talking about the historical fr of worker occupation and militant factory takeove. to what extent did those historical chapters inform your approach to this book? >> seeing how different things are. not the them was ever a cookie cutter approach in labor but using tactics that work in the past would not work the sam way now. there are things that were developed using inspirationrom the past to address the current climate. >> to what extent did the workers in the factory take lessons fr other experaences, we talked about the role of the film, the documentary? to what extent, what were those discussions like? you weren't just making it up, you were making major existential decisions that you were not just making it up out of thin air, there were ideas, strategies, models. >> for years, we organized. for five years, in the past we have the union, that union comes of every other year. the union representative, two years after being a union mber, one of the union representatives came to me, he told me what is your name? i told him

we don't need a watered-down bill to get the bill nelsons of the world or max baucuss of the world orbill with a robust public option which actually is nothing more than guaranteed competition for the private sector. the righties have already been running a pr campaign against reconciliation telling americans that it is an extraordinarily parliamentary procedure in a gross abuse of power. yeah right. they ought to know they used it a number of times, you know, for like tax cuts for the rich back in 2001 and 2003. also to push this oil drilling in alaska that they're never going to get, and, of course, to cut

nelson garcia explains from denver. >> dr.wants educators to think. >> always body, mind and soul. >> about improving the brain by where you park your behind. >> all right, third graders! >> when students sit in rigid chairs, their bodies and brains are not stimulated enough. >> in an aesthetic way you lose concentration and you will fall into body and mind fatigue. >> he says students should use these types of chairs. >> it is a special ergonomic shape. >> shaped to their spines. >> it is flexible. >> which allow movement. he says that's when students learn better. >> then paired with an activity, yourhole postural organs are active. >> and so is your brain, he says. >> they have more blood flow. there is more muscular activity, there is more oxygen supply. the 14th school district is already using ergonomic chairs at younger levels and also in the new adams city high school which opens next fall. >> it does aid in pressure because it's slimmed a little bit. >> he studied students for four years who switched from rigid chairs

for more information, visit craig nelson .u.s. >> we're here at the oregon council for social studies conference in oregon with stephen dow beckham, author of oregon iians, voices fro two centies. this book is a collection of primary documents. why was it important for you to tell the story this way? >> i felt that native americans needed to help tell their own story, and their voices have not been well heard, nor readily visible. for 45 yea i gathered materials and dropped them in file folders, and eventlly they became this volume. and how long have you been workin on this? [laughter] >> wel the book really started in 1964 and culminated when it was published by oregon sta university press. but in addition to the documents, the volume has a series of essays that provide the htorical context or chronology that introduces each ofhe periods in federal indian policy. >> you talk a little bit about an introduction about anvent in 1792 that was kind of the genesis of the book. why don't you tell us a little bit about that event. >> well, in 1792, in the voyages of the enlightenment to the

nelson mandela. that's where it belongs to the "hardball" sideshow. >>> we begin with president obama's big moment. chuck todd is nbc news chief white house correspondent and political director. jonathan martin is politico's senior political writer. gentlemen, let's start with you, chuck, as you know better than most, chuck. i've been around a long time. i've got to tell you, this furor over the president's school speech to students, the continuing jam over which democrats are with him on health care, which aren't, and the continuing prognostications about all the different polls out there as the obama presidency at an end? what is going on here? >> reporter: well, i think, you know, i talked to one outside democratic adviser to this white house and it was put to me this way, that, look, they are aware in many ways this fall, and how -- and frankly, it starts tomorrow -- that the white house and the president, himself, is taking a character and leadership test. that this is a moment in time for him t

nelson cruz, with two men on. the 29th of the year for cruz. rangers continue to cut into the lead.is delgos. look at the catch by vernon wells. the sac fly run comes in. 11-10. top nine, same score. lind again. the blue jays win a shootout, 18-10. >>> that will do it for now. i'm the coach. jeremy and vinita, back in the studio. >> our thanks to jonathan. >>> now, a sad story for all of our dug lovers out there. a record-setting canine has passed away. this is chanel dixon. she had been the world's oldest dog. she wore goggles. >> but she had a hearty appetite p and recently appeared as a guest on tv shows. she was 21 years old. that's 147 in dog years. so, what's the problem? these are hot. we're shipping 'em everywhere. but we can't predict our shipping costs. dallas. detroit. different rates. well with us, it's the same flat rate. same flat rate. boston. boise? same flat rate. alabama. alaska? with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. dude's good. dude's real good. dudes. priority mail flat rate

a fearless customer, a bank robber, and a full nelson caught on camera.ternoon, i'm con tess abrewer. >> and i'm savannah guthrie. david has the day off today. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says without more troops the war could be, quote, a failure. on august 30th, general stanley mcchrystal sent a report to robert gates and stressed the gravity of the situation. quote, resources will not win this war, but underresourcing could lose. although considerable effort and resulted in had some progress, many indicate the overall effort is deteriorating. sunday on "meet the press," president obama spoke about defining his strategy for the war. >> i don't have a deadline for withdrawal, but i'm certainly not somebody who believes in indefinite occupations of other countries. if supporting the afghan national government and building capacity for their army and securing certain provinces advances that strategy, then we'll move forward. but if it doesn't, then i'm not interested in just being in afghanistan for the sake of being in afghanistan. >> nbc's jim

. >> mary, i think you have a situation here where some democrats, bill nelson even into the floridaator, he's worried about the fact that he may end up having to vote for medicare cuts and he's been saying no cuts in medicare advantage. >> yeah, what happens here with this particular argument is that it reflects more broadly on the plan that president obama and the democrats want to impose, which is that the government would become very much like medicare today and it wouldn't be affordable. what they're proposing does not do anything to create choice in competition, which is what we need to drive down prices and you can see that problem, specifically in medicare, which is why if we're going to go forward spending more money, we have to cut. . >> well, some of the democrats would say and some of our own critics would say, you guys are hypocritical. you've been saying for years that medicare spending is running out of control and now you're saying you don't want it reduce this program? don't you really have to joe at some point cut spending in medicare? >> well, i mean, sure we do, b

don't worry about ben nelson. ben nelson's an all-american nobody. he went with bush on the bush tax cuts. look at the economy. we have to deal with that. don't worry about conservative democrats. stay with your base, get it zdoe in the house and let's play hard ball in the senate. joining me, linda douglass, white house communications director for the office of health care reform. linda, maybe, are my expectations a little too high tonight? i'll take the liberty to speak for good lefties across the country. are we expecting too much? >> i think you won't be disapointed. the president is going to make it clear we are in a different phase, we have to move forward and take the pieces of all of the legislation crafted by the various congressional committees and enact health care reform that is going to provide security and stability for people who have insurance, going to make sure people who do not have insurance can find affordable coverage and is going to drive down the sky rocketing oppressive rising cost of health care that is crushing family and b

. >> it was a crash which left nelson p.k. junior unharmed. it appears that they have appeared unscathed from one of sport's most extraordinary deceptions. he was asked to crash his car on lap four of the singapore grand prix last year. they wanted the safety car out so his teammate, alonzo, who had already made a pit stop could climb up the leader board. the spaniard went on to win the race. today the world motor sport council described it as a breach of unparalleled severity but fell short of kicking them out of formula one. >> they are suspended for two years. what that comes down to, is provided they don't do something similar within two years, they won't have any problem. >> how did ren ausm l -- renault escape a ban? they admitted their fault and issued an apology. they claimed the drivers, who were responsible, left formula one, and they agreed to pay the full costs of the crash investigation. instead it is briatori, one of the sport's most flamboyant members, who had the biggest penalty. he has been banned for life. one driver has a fi