president obama looked at the region today. >>> the house oversight committee is looking into whether president obama's stimulus package is really stimulating the economy if we believe the job losses are unacceptable >. >> the president says the stimulus has done its job. >> we believe in has created jobs. >> the report released today shows in some states, stimulus money is t being used in the way it was intended. apparently, needed transportation projects are being ignored to repave highways and money is not being put into jurisdictions that really need new jobs the most. >>> things are heating upand a stalking case against d.c. councilman marion barry it. we're now hearing a voice mail from marion barry, who is accused of stalking his ex- girlfriend, donna watts- brighthaupt. sam ford has the latest. >> this all started on july 4 when 40-year-old donna watts- brighthaupt flag down park police officers and pointed out a man she said was stalking her, who turned out to be marion barry, age 73. he was charged with misdemeanor stalking, and the story has grown day-by-day. for councilmem

. >> president obama looks to put pressure on congress to act soon on health care reform. senate negotiations are inching toward a compromise. our reporter is in washington with the latest. >> president obama tried to be energized his health care push. he will look to the aarp as a reform ally. >> there is an urgency in health care reform. >> demanding action are the drugmaker's big lobby. they are in sync with the liberal group that has advertisements that slam critics for slowing down. half a dozen senators on the finance committee, republicans and democrats sound determined. >> their latest compromise would drop a requirement that employers offer health coverage. it would take the government out of the public plan making it a non-profit co-op. that has won some gop support. >negotiators predict the final cost of the plan would be under $1 trillion. but critics worry. >> what really concerns me about this plan is washington's history of underestimating costs of expensive plants like this. >> and no agreement ennobled planned. the latest from -- no agreement and no vote p

. >> after a string of appearances and interviews, president obama looks for his widest audience and health care tonight. he will offer a dose of reassurance about change. >> if you like your current plan, you will be able to keep it. >> polls say most americans backed his reform idea from an individual mandate to a government-run option. but they are wary of the $1 trillion cost. >> we are making significant headway. >> lawmakers are trying to figure out how to bring a down and pay for it. >> they want us to squeeze every ounce of savings as we can out of the current system. that is what we are demanding. >> either this bill fails or it will change dramatically. >> experts are split as well. email clinic says it would lower quality and raise costs. >> we do not think they have gone far enough even though they are moving in the right direction. >> by improving quality, we agree with that. >> barack obama is the quarterback. he has been calling the plays. >> he insists the health-care debate is no game and not about keeping score. it is about convincing americans that reform will cont

at obama's past, he was an organizer for acorn, their chief national trainer. you look at all the organizations that are actually doing the footwork to push through the elements of the obama agenda and it's clear that he is part and parcel of these radical movements. he really can't separate himself from them. glenn: i don't know how you can put self-acclaimed communists as a czar and claim you're not part of that. i don't know how you can is surround yourself with radicals and say you have nothing to do with that. this man is a radical. please talk me out of the crazy tree, america. >> i tell you, it is this kind of stuff that connects. >> "common sense" has been number one for six weeks on "the new york times" best-seller list. the reason request is people are trying to figure out what is going on. this book makes the case of what the weasels in washington have done, how they have put us on the brink of absolute disaster, but i'll tell you something. i'm going to white a second book, because i'm going to learn from these people and we are going to take it apart, as lo

up first, health care reform and middle class woes: barack obama looked more like candidate obama thisek as he took to the road, pitching his health care reform plan. he dried to stoke support among americans by focusing on the concerns of middle class families, that as public support for the plan is declining. a new associated press poll finds the number disapprove of the president's health care plan stands at 43%, up from just 28% in april. some conservatives call the plan another entitlement program for the poor funded on the backs of the middle class. the president supports raising taxes on upper income americans to fund the overhaul. a middle class rebellion killed health care reform back in 1994 when it was attempted by the clinton administration. but this president insists his plan will drive down costs for everyone. >> we have 50 million people, probably more, who are uninsured because of this recession. about a third of those people are actually quite wealthy. they earn more than the median family income in the u.s. but health insurance is so expensive. it costs $17,000 for a

obama looked gorgeous. she was wearing a beautiful dress. i walk in. i'm wearing a suit. the only guy wearing a suit in the whole place. the whole -- and i get there and they both start laughing at me. but at first they were like, "jimmy. jimmy, come here, jimmy, come here." i was like, "that's him or an impersonator." so i walked in. [ light laughter ] so, i walked in. it was rich little. and walked past him and i actually sa-- i kept practicing, how do you say -- how do you greet the president and first lady. so i was going to say, "hello, mr. president and madam first lady." ani kept practicing it. i was like practicing over and over again. and so i go and i meet them and they said "jimmy --" and they both start laughing at me because i'm wearing a suit and i'm sweating. and he goes, "are you hot?" and she's like, "you look hot. loosen your tie or something." and he goes -- and they both start laughing for like five seconds. he goes, "didn't you get the memo? it's a barbecue." [ laughter ] and i didn't even get my words out yet. i'm like -- "mr. president." he's like,

it was barack obama at the same time the europeans were stepping up. >> obama's sluggish condemnation? lookt obama abroad. no american president has ever established as much critical distance between himself and his country as obama has abroad. >> that verges on slander. does anybody here seriously think barack obama does not stand with the expression of desire for legitimate counting of an election in iran? and when you talk about crusading liberalism, what do you want us to do in attack iran? >> stand up forthrightly. >> barack obama believes this country is exceptional enough that we can recognize that other countries are exceptional as well. which is why he made that speech in cairo and recognized all the contributions the muslim world has made. >> before that speech in cairo, he made speech after speech on foreign soil apologizing for the united states. apologizing for perceived injustices. >> we are off the topic. >> why aren't you medaling in iran's affairs? what happened when barack obama rationed up the rhetoric, what happened? the iranians blame all their problems on us. [ inaudib

look at the money barack obama rates online and look at what ron paul raise online. here you have a libertarian conservative who raised more money than all of these mainstream candidates throughout the final quarter of 2007 a conservative leader can rise pri real conservative not want to find over the past quarter century that can raise millions and millions of dollars and make the republican party in the element it needs to reform itself or die. i am not sure what it will do. >> host: you talk in the book the u.s. house surgeons striking pieces of the advice of what this party ought to do or the republicans should do. quickly do want to tell us domestically? >> it has got to show restraint and spending first of all, that is how we got to where we are right now. yes. we have to spend money. the stage that we're in economically, but we have to understand again that the single issue that has unified conservatives throughout the years, moderate republicans, conservative or even liberals believe and less government. as i have heard you say and as i say in the book, that

meanwhile, president obama looked for the support from older americans. while it appears health care reform won't pass the senate until at least september, that hasn't stopped president obama. today he held yet another town hall meeting on health care, this time addressing seniors as aarp. >> nobody is talking about reducing medicare benefits. what we do want to is to eliminate some of the waste that is being paid for out of the medicare trust fund that could be used for effectively to cover more people to strengthen the system. >> reporter: on capitol hill, where negotiations continue, lawmakers are also eager to make some progress before congress takes a break for the month of august. >> specific amounts have not been decided on. but the idea is the whole purpose of this is to try to fairly make up for the gap so that this is a deficit neutral bill. >> reporter: house republicans insist they support reform, but they want a program that will lower the cost of health care for individual americans as well as small business owners, farmers, and working fami

to get a closer look of those results, go to a website at wbaltv.com back. >> tonight, president obama goes directly to the american people to push his health care reform. our reporter has more from washington. >> after a string of appearances and interviews, president obama looks to its widest audience for health care tonight. he will offer a dose of reassurance about change. >> if you like your current plan, you'll be able to keep it. let me repeat that. >> most americans back his reform ideas from an individual mandate to a government-run insurance option. but they are wary of the $1 trillion cost. >> we are making significant headway. lawmakers are trying to figure out how to bring it down and pay for it. conservative democrats went to the white house and threatened revolt on voters behalf. >> we want to squeeze every ounce of savings as we can out of the current system. >> republicans see the majority splintering. >> either this bill fails or it will change dramatically. >> experts say they are split as well. one clinic warns that health plans will lower quality and raise costs. >

it seems to me that still falls short of the goals articulated by president obama. >> look, i don't -- i saw the report that you are describing. i know that there are a lot of discussions by analysts on a lot of different sides of this issue about what the impacts would be of health care reform. and you've got to remember, this is a process. the health care reform, coming up with a comprehensive health care reform package is a process that we're just at the beginning of that process. so the president has outlined goals -- and i agree with you. the president's goals are getting everyone covered, getting the costs down for people that are insured or not insured, so that they can afford health care and making sure that we still maintain choice of doctor, choice and quality in the coverage. with those goals, you know, you've got to look into the details of each of the proposals. in this one the $600 billion figure was a smaller cost figure than a lot of people had anticipated and a smaller coverage figure than people had anticipated. but that's just one of many possible plans. i think the

>> well, look, barack obama is famous for this. he is an arm twister. he's done it before with the auto companies and with others. and this, for me, is the subtle arm twist. my big thought process here is one-fold. u a president that came in and said who he was and he was and what he wasn't. he's not going to be what used to be. he's going to be upfront, be the good guy. but yet he brings this guy in -- i think the first thing he did, by the way, this is the head of the i.r.s., i just want to you meet him, and got him in there, just so he's not -- >> that is not what happened. we know that's not -- >> no, i know. look, for me, it's just bad form. it's bad appearances. it should have been done another way. neil: i got you. bob stein, what do you think of that? >> i agree it's about appearances. i mean, what if he did have a question that he wanted to get an answer from somebody outside his inner sir zphell what if he wanted some clarity on that? i guess the way did he it does make it feel like a tony soprano arm twisting, but the truth will be in what ha

look tell money that barack obama raised online. look at the money that ron paul raised online. here you had ron paul, a libertarian conservative, who raised more money than all of these main stream candidates throughout the final quarter of 2007. a conservative leader can rise. a real conservative, not as defined over the past quarter century -- that can raise millions and millions of dollars, and make the republican party irrelevant. so the republican party needs to reform itself or die. and i'm not sure what it's going to do. >> host: you talk in the book -- you have certain striking pieces of advice of what the party aught to -- ought to do. do you want to tell us domestically and then foreign affairs. >> guest: domestically it has to show restraint? spending first of all. that's how we got to where we are right now. yes, we have to spend some money at the stage that we're in economically. but we have to understand again that the single issue that is unified conservatives through the years, moderate republicans, conservative republican, even liberal republicans, most of us b

let's listen. >> obama looks weird in jeans, doesn't he? in jeans. >> crease down the middle -- >> there it is. you expect the comedians to launch in there. but rush limbaugh didn't waste any time either going after the president and media. let's give that a listen. >> i just said the president throws like a girl. he golfs like a girl admittedly. he throws like a girl. george w. busch is a man. he fired a strike pitch yankee stadium after 9/11. they made fun of bush. gerald ford was an all-american college player. they called him mr. potato head. obama is an athletic clutz. and they try to portray him as second coming of michael jordan. >> he should stick to basketball and maybe even bowling. >> i don't care that he throws like the girl. the mom jeans bother me a little bit. >> that's what one of my producers said. what's with the jeans? he didn't notice. >> come on -- >> mike galanos. see you. >> breaking news we've been talking to you about. we've been telling you about the double murder of 17 children of 17 children. we're about to go li

plus, what was president obama caught looking at? >> after beautiful weather, will rain spoiled your weekend plans? >>> more on the hostage situation in leesburg. pamela brown has the details. >> two elderly people in their eighties have been held by the armed robber cents two o'clock. earlier today, there were reports of gunfire, but there is no reason to believe there are any injuries. swat team members and the snipers are surrounding the house. we're told they will not make any sudden moves unless it is necessary. crisis negotiators are in contact with the suspect hoping to reach a paceful resolution. this unfold it this afternoon when the suspect robbed a bowl jewelry store and fled on foot -- robbed a local jewelry store and fled on foot, then chose a house at random to hide out from the police. right now, the hostages are inside the house. officers are calling this stle. we will keep you updated on any developments. pamela brown, abc 7 news. >>> a photograph of president obama's from the g-8 summit is getting a lot of attention

look up the money barack obama raised. here you had ron paul a libertarian conservative who raised more money on these mainstream candidates throughout the final quarter of 2007. a conservative leader can rise. a real conservative, not a conservative over the past quarter century that can raise millions and millions of dollars and make the republican party irrelevant so the republican party needs to reform itself or die and i am not sure what is going to do. >> host: you talk in the book you had certain striking pieces of advice with the party ought to do, what the republicans should do over the next few years. quickly, you want to tell us domestically and in foreign affairs? >> guest: domestically it's got to show the strain on spending first ball. that is how we got where we are right now. yes, we have to spend some money at this stage we are economically. but we have to understand again the single issue that unified through the years moderates, moderate republicans, conservative republicans, even liberal republicans mos

. >> today, president barack obama looks much more likely to win the health-care battle on capitol hill. but he has had to give up more of the reforms that he wanted. 50 conservative blue dog democrats have blocked health care votes in the house. today, ross said he got what he wanted. >> it is a significant, huge victory not only on our part, for the blue dogs, but on behalf of every member of congress. >> ross says that 86% of all businesses will now be exempt from having to buy health insurance for employees. the uninsured will be able to choose either a public auction or a public one from a co-op pool. it is all good news for the president who is selling his plan for the skeptical, most of whom have coverage. >> it is updates 3 training camp for the baltimore ravens. >> the rest of the team reports today. gilbert joins us live in westminster. >> one of the big story lines remains the retirement of derrick mason. it is still not official, but he's also not talking about it. while the door may be closed for the no. 85, it will certainly open the door for somebody else. size, speed, an

obama looks like he's not senile.ndrew: i got to tell you, the government is going to have problems with this case. why? because it's against the law to fire someone and come up with an excuse afterwards. we will continue to follow mr. walpin's case. it is nearly 8 years since al qaeda attacked this country. we have made security improvements but are we safer or freer? a new report on$Ñ andrew: eight years after the terrorist attacks of september 11, we're still extremely vulnerable to an attack. a new report shows investigators were able -- you're not going to believe this -- to smuggle bomb-making materials past security in ten federal government buildings. fox's catherine herridge who watches all this stuff for you and for us is live in washington with the details. catherine. >> thanks, judge. in one instance, a real baby was put through the x-ray machine on the conveyor belt that. guard was fired but ultimately sued and got his job back because he was able to show that the federal protective service did not give h

. >> obama looks weird in jeans, doesn't he? [ laughter ] he looks like my aunt linda in jeans. down the middle. [ laughter ] last week obama was in rome at the g-8 summit where this photograph was taken. at first glance it would appear that he and french president nicolas sarkozy are checking out this woman's shapely bottom. this is when bill clinton really misses being in charge. everyone made a big deal out of it, but if you watch the video, you can see obama is just turning to help another woman -- watch this, down the stairs. sarkozy on the other hand is definitely staring at her ass. definitely. in france, it's considered rude not to. [ laughter ] but it's a funny thing because similar thing happened to me over the vacation. this picture was in the tabloids. now, i know it looks -- it looks -- it almost looks like i'm trying to squeeze that woman's breasts, but again, when you watch the tape you could see here that i was trapped in quick sand and i was just -- i was grabbing for anything i could. to save my life. that's actually the third time i have fallen in quick sand t

sean: the rush is obama -- look, rahm emanuel, the chicago way that he leads, he's not politically naive. i think he understandses that if they don't get this done and get this done quickly, especially if unemployment is headed for double digits, their political capital is gone and they're not going to be able to pass this. >> and the american public knows you don't need a government takeover to be able to deal with some of the real issues. we do have to have some health care reform in the country but we can do it without undoing the best health care system in the world. >> there's something next year calendar -- called an election that's going to make things -- sean: oh, really? >> yeah. the closer you get to that election the -- election the more contentious things are going to get on capitol hill. the blue dogs are going to go home in august, next week and we're going to be hearing from constituents. >> word of caution. there are 52 blue dog democrats out there. they need 14 or 15 to get past this. sean: well, they're talking about the public option and this new plan they're coming up

it apprs to show pside obama and french president nichololas sarkozyneaking anned ring look at a youngadm brazil. before you judge, if you lo at the videof that same moment in time, you notice president obama is helping another wan down the steps, and s appears be just watchingistep. naturally, we to the time to slow this down a bit. and again, and when we did, we could notelp but noticing choolas skozy maybe glancing, but the point is wn you capture a moment people can read so much in it but when youo your research you should be able to see whahappens. >> iit fair game for websites, blogs, andable ns neorks when auick look at th video clearly shows the photo omple colely misreprents what was happening. carl, this has been bouncing arnd the cservative neorks. what are thedoing here? >> well, let's put some conte to this. it started yesterday aernoon on freerepublic.com. basilly they posted this reuters pho asking their readers to ption it. what folwed was a string of racial expletives and jt kind of gutter smp verbiage that i don't think anybody would want to hear on television. abt 30 m

. >> the median looks relaxed. mr. obama would have been looking for reassurances that mr. putin backs the agreements signed on monday. -- mediant looks relaxed. the american president returned to the center of moscow to deliver his big speech, a chance to address the russian people. [applause] >> it included an important statement on the controversial of issue of georgia and ukraine to any nato, which moscow opposes. >> america will never a pose a security arrangement on another country. for any country to become a member of nato, a majority of its people must choose to. they must undertake reforms. they must contribute to the mission. let me be clear. nato should be seeking collaboration with russia, not confrontation. >> the audience of students also heard of the american president stressed that neither country should seek spears of influence in the world. mr. obama also emphasized the importance of democracy and year-old law. >> history shows that governments which serve only their own power do not thrive. governments that represent the will of their people are far like

obama looks like he's not senile.ndrew: i got to tell you, the government is going to have problems with this case. why? because it's against the law to fire someone and come up with an excuse afterwards. we will continue to follow mr. walpin's case. it is nearly 8 years since al qaeda attacked this country. we have made security improvements but are we safer or freer? a new report on security at some high-level targets, next. ♪ well i was shopping for a new car, ♪ ♪ which one's me - a cool convertible or an suv? ♪ ♪ too bad i didn't know my credit was whack ♪ ♪ 'cause now i'm driving off the lot in a used sub-compact. ♪ ♪ f-r-e-e, that spells free credit report dot com, baby. ♪ ♪ saw their ads on my tv ♪ thought about going but was too lazy ♪ ♪ now instead of looking fly and rollin' phat ♪ ♪ my legs are sticking to the vinyl ♪ ♪ and my posse's getting laughed at. ♪ ♪ f-r-e-e, that spells free- credit report dot com, baby. ♪ you all want to run your businesses more efficiently, so we've brought in a team of experts to

looking at it as a horse race. will obama win? will obama lose? count down clocks, the networks put a countdown clock to the press conference. they sit around with the tingles up their legs all day and marvel at how obama is so smooth and elegant. they are not reforming -- informing anybody about the details about his policies and yet 53%, over 50% in most polls now oppose this healthcare plan. so who it telling the people what's in it? alternative media, your network, talk radio, the conservative blog network. the mainstream media has cashed in its chips and have become nothing more than steno graphers for ram emanuel and it is breathtaking to see willingly sacrifice every characteristic that makes quality journalism. >> greta: up next, rush says president obama attacks pediatricians last night and the president just making up numbers out of thin air. what exactly does rush mean? the radio powerhouse also i never thought it could happen to me... a heart attack at 53. i had felt fine. but turns out... my cholesterol and other risk factors... incre

social security. >> charlie: how would you have fixed healthcare. >> many of the same ways that obama's looking at now. >> charlie: do you know the choices he's going to make. >> no. >> charlie: they're going to be written -- >> these are tuf choices. >> charlie: you're an economist. do you believe healthcare reform can be budget -- can be deficit neutral. >> i think if one of the goals is major expansion of coverage, it's going to be very hard to make it cost neutral. i do think that we need to think about how we can reduce the cost of healthcare. but the real truth is, the only way that's really going to happen is if the habits and norms of how we spend money in the last year of life change. i mean, the great expenditure in healthcare has to do with, you know, how much we do in the, you know, at the end. that's a social and moral and ethical question. >> charlie: there's much bigger cost. >> this recent article in the new yorker about disparities in healthcare in regions just by the norms of physicians, in the town of texas, mcdown texas he talks about. >> charlie: hawaii. >> where physicians

obama will make a speech. [unintelligible] and we very much look forward to hearing what president obama has to tell us. it is a very open forum because it counts numerous experts who are graduates of that institutes. if you read one moscow newspaper, hit you can read >> -- you can read every publication. i am looking forward to a very thrilling speech telling us that the u.s. is ready to change the way the world is changing a dramatically, have because we are not used to feeling ourselves as an object of change. we are not yet ready to except that we can preheat the initiators of change, but we want to go in line with a -- we are not ready to accept that we are the initiators of change. i would like to voice my admiration for president obama for his voice in america possibility to change in itself. you have your own problems. -- admiration for president obama for his voice in america's change in itself. thank you. >> just one follow a quick question. do you think this visit is going to influence the internal policies in russia? for example, in such areas as freedom of the press, the rule of law, and ma

think that's one of the reasons the people are looking at the hate groups and some of the incidents we have had where people are threatening barack obama and looking at some of the people who are acting out so that i think,yes, it could have an adverse consequence, but i think that as president, he has i think a responsibility, and because he is who he is, i think a responsibility to speak to it. >> i have to get to the idea i brought up earlier, white pushback, is there a sentiment that says you got your black president now, can you move back to your neighborhood? >> i think there's a lot of that. we have seen it in people who talk about the fact that you have a black president now. we don't knee affirmative action. you don't need all of these things that were compensatory. there's a lot of that not only with respect to hate groups and people in neighborhoods, but there's a lot of that among the elite class in this country. >> some of the people you wouldn't expect. >> absolutely. >> thank you, sir. appreciate your time tonight. >>> now is your chance to weigh in. where do you think we stand in this country when it comes to race? are

at obama's general performance, first of all, look at the job approval numbers. politically sensitive ohio. approval in february 67%. the political and financial realities are that they have not met expectations that they set out for the stimulus plan. the president talked about glimmers of hope. we see anything but over the first six months. as a political matter and a financial matter, as senator mccain said, he is not leveling now or he wasn't leveling then. something is not adding up. >> the rock star has come to an intermission here. barack obama now owns the economy. it's his. the american people are holding him responsible. we passed a $780 billion economic recovery bill in nebraska, and as was pointed out, since then we've lost 2.4 million jobs. we have spent billions and billions of the recovery money, and people are wondering where are the jobs? barack obama says we've got two years. this is a two-year plan. chuck schumer said we've got two years. they don't have two years. the congressional elections are in november of 2010

the first astronaut to land on the moon is urging president obama to look for the future. their plans for the bold mission. >>> a burning boat off the coast of a popular beach. see the dramatic rescue. join us for these stories and all the day's breaking news at 4:00 after dr. phil. stay with us. the five-day forecast with >>> welcome back, everybody. five-day forecast. thunderstorms late today into tonight and all that passes through tomorrow. it is out of here wednesday and a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm but the chances increase once again on thursday as a new storm moves our way. and it will be cool tomorrow but we warm it up toward the end of the week. >> all right. the first "csi" night of the week. tonight at 10:00, don't miss csi miami to be immediately followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. finally this noon it has been three weeks since the death of michael jackson, and in peru, a group of fans are paying tribute by creating the famous thriller. it is being accompanied by a jackson impersonator who performed with them. >>> thank you for watching, i am

let's take a look how it's tearing our government medical system apart right now. >> health care fraud in a nutshell. obamadministration is looking to drastically increase health care's entitlements adding 11 million people just to the medicaid roles. how will it possibly support all hese clients? to find a health provider to accept medicaid because hospitals and doctors don't think the program reimburse them. another factor, fraud. although the government admits it's impossible to come up with an exact number but estimates are 3% to 4% of the annual health care spending up to $72 billion is lost to fraud every single year. the inspector general says the federal governmental loses $18.6 billion just on medicaid fraud. what's even more shocking is how little is being spent on stopping entitlement fraud. medicare spends less than one fifth of 1% on anti-fraud measures. according to the acting administrator for medicaid center at the end of the bush administration, right now we way way, way underspend for fraud and abuse. so it shouldn't come to much of a surprise that health care fraud is attractive to organ

. >> president obama is looking to reset the relationship between moscow and washington.can president's terms at the center of moscow were to deliver his big speech here. it included important statements on the controversial issue of the georgia and ukraine joining of nato, which moscow bitterly opposes. >> america will never a pose a security arrangement in another country. for any other country to become a member of nato, for example, the majority of the people must choose to. they must be able to contribute to the mission. let me be clear. nato should be seeking collaboration with russia, not confrontation. >> the audience of students also heard the american president stressed that neither country should seek spheres of influence in the world. >> immemorial has been unveiled in london for the victims of the bomb attacks on a city transport four years ago. >> 52 people were killed when for islamic extremists blew themselves up. the memorial is in hyde park. >> a summer deluge on the head judge -- edge of hyde park, thoughts turn to that morning four years ago. london ha

>> i think he's coming from oklahoma which contains no county that voted for barack obama. look, the -- congressmen and senators don't get where they are by alienating voters. i think a mistake they make sometimes is not alienating anyone. i don't think there's a great political downside to taking the buzz aldrin approach to a conspiracy theorist and, well maybe not hauling off and whacking them like he did but saying, no, you're wrong. bill clinton is actually a ma master at knocking outs a heckler. taking it back to these people if they're not hecklers they're people who don't have a legitimate point and make you seem crazy by agreeing with them. a red state as oklahoma is, inhofe is really just appeasing a small part of his base and he's doing that as a politician but it's bizarre. i don't know why they can't get this right and say no a, no, yo wrong. here are the facts. >> i think this gets to the most important part of this story though. if the birther conspiracy movement essentially dovetails with some of the right wing hatred of obama as president on the basis of his race

obama. let's take a look. >> before you buy into barack obama's universal health-care plan, you may want tohear about the urban health initiative, and it has been stirring up quite a controversy in the windy city. the program began in 2006 as the brainchild of first lady michelle obama when she was the v.p. at the chicago medical center. its mission? to provide quality care to the area's poor and streamline the emergency room by directing non- emergency cases to other clinics. despite numerous phone calls and emails, we were denied interviews with any of their employees, but we did talk to a former student at the university medical school who was familiar with the initiative. >> this program helps by helping to identify people who are using the emergency room in ways that are not appropriate because they have no other options, and it turns away -- it is the biggest win/win, because the patient benefits, and the health-care costs go down, but require some investment. >> to get that investment, michelle obama, along with close friend and future obama advisor valerie jarrett, hired david axelr

look at our schedule. up next, president obama and president medvedev at a joint press conference in moscow. that is a look at topics to be discussed with russian leaders this week. later, senator-elect al franken.

obama chairing that major economy for them today. the u.s. felt that since passage of the house bill, it was able to say as secretary -- as press secretary robert gibbs said today look, we've now got skin in the gamement it's time for you to put skin in the game. they could say that now to chinda and to india and to brazil. that said, president obama is somewhat constrained by the limits that congress is put on what it's willing to do. i mean the house bill, i won't get into the numbers but the target of emissions cuts were really considered laughable, maybe too strong but way too weak compared to european standards. so president obama, has, you know, his own, and he referred to it today. he said in this meeting i understood the domestic reality force a lot of my fellow leaders because i've got my own at home, words to that at home. so everyone's kind of balanced all of these competing imperatives. but i think that the white house feels that at least they all emerge from this strengthened when they go back home. >> let's move to the iran situation. i understand there was a lot of intense discussion on that last night what can you tell us? >> yes, yev, last night was

obama. -- please look into our town hall president barack obama. [applause] >> good to see you guys. thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you, northern virginia. thank you very much. everybody, please have a seat what a wonderful welcome. i am so grateful to all of you for taking the time to be here. a couple of quick announcements. first of all, i want to thank the president and chancellor for their wonderful hospitality. we are grateful to both of them. we have at some extraordinary elected officials, a few that i want to mention. first of all, you have got one of the finest governors in the country, who is also doing a great job as dnc share. please give tim kane a great round of applause. [applause] part of the reason he is such a good governor is because he took notes while being lieutenant governor to the former governor and now-a senator from the state of virginia, outstanding public servant, mark warner. [applause] and three outstanding members of congress, bobby scott, jim moran, gerry connolly. thank you so much for the great job you do every day. [applause] i know there

obama is losing ground in ohio. that is a pretty big drop. we are wondering what is going on here. doug and brad, welcome. if you are the president's pollster, and you look at the situation, it is no big deal because it is just one state. >> barack obama is starting to inherit george bush's economic problems. people see it as the problems of this administration, not the prior administration. the stimulus has not started to work. martha: joe biden will talk about the stimulus program in ohio tomorrow. so far, the president has had to correct him twice in the past few days. >> you have to get health care passed and the climate bill passed. there has been a lot of spending and little progress. martha: put yourself in their shoes at the white house. what do you think is the best strategy? do you get the president out with the people? do you do the kind of town hall meetings that we saw with health care? what do you do to get the president back where he was? >> i would keep the vice president in washington. i would announce that i'm not going ahead with health care. i am not going ahead with climate change aggressively until this economy turns around. the pre

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