"i, keith olbermann." >> i, keith olbermann. >> jimmy: "want to apologize to you, glenn beck." >> want you, glenn beck. >> jimmy: "for all the mean and hurtful things i say about you." >> for all the mean and hurtful things've said about you. >> jimmy: "you have one of the most popular shows on cable." >> you havone of the most popular shows on cable. >> jimmy: "and america is responding to your message of love." >> and america is responding to your message of love." >> jimmy: "for white men over 45." [ laughter ] >> for white men over 45. >> jimmy: "i know you're a patriot." >> i know you're a patriot. >> jimmy: "and not just some guy who sounds exactly like he spent too many years of having tequila for dinner." [ laughter ] sorry. "batman uld not be batman without his joker." >> batman would not be batman without his joker. >> jimmy: "hating you helps me raise my game." >> hating you helps me raise my game. >> jimmy: wow, there you go. that's pretty nice. it's great. i feel this working. [ cheers and applause ] you should really think about doing it professionally. >> really? >> jimm

joining us now, keith olbermann and rachel maddow.ermann, how does the president achieve success tonight in this speech? >> i don't know, lawrence. i'm honestly i've been thinking about this more and more in the context of having been exposed to the latest version of our health care system over the last couple weeks in my own family again for the second time this year. i was thinking about this in the context of american history and the decision in the 1880s it was that reaffirmed the right for corporations to be treated as human beings without the responsibility of human beings. since then american history could be written about this battle between citizens and corporations. there have been many far more important moments in that struggle between those two often mutually exclusive nearly such categories of entities in this country. in our era i can't think of one more important than the current one. this will be the night we find out if barack obama works for the people or the corporations. simple as that. >> rachel maddow, how will

the site wrote it's not clear if olbermann volunteered to be in the ad.certainly couldn't have ended it if he wanted. how exactly would i have done that if i didn't know anything about it? i'll wait. >>> also, you should explain how you think you're a journalism website with a piece we reached out to msnbc for comment waiting for their feedback. that's not the way it works. you're supposed to get the comment first before you write. thank you. our runner-up senator jon cornin of texas asked -- asked recipients questions which include are you concerned that health care rationing could reed to 23 denial of treatment in cases where the patients' prospects are deemed not good? and a lottery system of who will get priority treatment. and a priority system who will get treatment based on race and age and sleaziness of that thing may be mirrored by a democratic mailing reading are you worried that senator cornin of texas could be a fascist or toe tailian or a knit witnenitwit? our winner, beck. he stepped in it this time. he thought this tweet would be a good ide

"countdown with keith olbermann" starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? going public, the new cbs/"new york times" poll, nearly half of republicans favor the public option. why are 100% of their senators opposed to it? and could their instructionist tactics be helping democrats? democrat ron wyden of the democratic committee is our guest. >> nuclear deception. the iranian secret is out. details of an underground nuclear-fueleded nuclear site revealed this morning. the president responds this is a mistake. they will be sorry. >>> will china impose sanctions on iran? >>> no classification on bill sparkman. >> they knock on doors of saintly people and really horrible people. missing him is real for us. >> joe. heckler is the gop's new joe the plumber. why the republicans continue to embrace and elevate their fringe elements to poster boy status? sarah palin's latest attempt to prove she is up to speed on global politics. also she changed her profile picture. how do you lampoon a human cartoon? "saturday night live" took their shot last night. >> th

i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann.ntinue with rachel maddow. >>> we begin with breaking news in the case of bill sparkman. the 51-year-old found dead in kentucky's daniel boone national forest. his death made news after the national law enforcement said he had been found and the word " d "fed" was scrawled on his chest. we have the word of what would be violence against an employee. the clay county coroner confirmed to us what had been the assertion of an unnamed soared that the word "fed sn" w written on his chest with foliate tip pen. kentucky police have not determined if his death was a homicide, suicide or accident. they did say yesterday the cause of death was efficientation. the associated press reporting one of the witnesses who discovered the crime came upon the crime scene unexpectedly, a man identified as jerry weaver, visiting the area. this witness says mr. sparkman's body was naked, his hands and feet bound with bucket tape, in addition to people briefed on the investigation but who spoke on the condition

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the site wrote it's not clear if olbermann volunteered to be in the ad.xactly would i have done that if i didn't know anything about it? i'll wait. >>> also, you should explain how you think you're a journalism website with a piece we reached out to msnbc for comment waiting for their feedback. you get comment before you write. and john cornian of texas asked recipients questions which includes are you concerned that health care rationing could lead to denial. and a lottery system of who will get priority treatment. and a priority system who will get treatment based on race and age and sleaziness of that thing may be mirrored by are you worried that he could be a fascist and just a nitwit? there would be some truth in those choices. our winner, beck. he stepped in it this time. he thought this tweet would be a good idea. september 28th, let's make it a day of fast and prayer for the republic. spread the word. walk in the founders steps. i'm not jewish but isn't that a full day of yom kippur? beck went further today. september 28th is the day of atonement

"countdown" with keith olbermann starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking aboutomorrow? markup mania hits the senate finance committee. senator max baucus hits he could support a public option trigger. most republicans continue to object to just about everything. >> i find it utterly and completely appalling. >> this bill is a stunning assault on liberty. >> the stunning letter from big insurance. the big described as the sweetheart deal for insurance apparently not sweet enough for them. >>> and in comedic perfect timing, will ferrell and funnier or die parody the health insurance companies. >> as the health care debates heat up. >> we need to remember who the real victims are, health insurance executives. >> meantime, the biggest health care developments happen well outside the beltway. massachusetts is a step closer to naming an immediate successor to ted kennedy's seat. the importance of getting the 60th democratic vote back in the senate for harry reid. >>> the race debate in the health care fight. first, it was former president carter. now it's former presi

"countdown" with keith olbermann starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the nation's health care crisis. a new study finds more people die from lack of insurance than drunk driving and murder combined. as we enter a critical weekend of negotiations, senator rockefeller says there is still life in the public option and now's the time to improve the baucus bill. >> i really don't care how long it takes us to do it. i want to get it right. i want it to be a real improvement in health care. >> and the pressure on republican senator olympia snowe as the gop tries to keep her in line. snowe says she won't be dictated to by her party. the values on display at the value voters forum. obamacare, rationing your life away, fighting the vast left wing conspiracy. and the new masculinity, which session does mike huckabee belong in? >> we've been the land of czars, clunker cars, and hollywood stars. >> speaking of czars, the dnc strikes back at republican hypocrisy asking if why it's an evil idea, why did the gop support them during the bush years? hateful sp

alongside rachel maddow and howard fineman in washington, i'm keith olbermann in new york. here's the sergeant of arms. [ applause ] the sergeant at arms of the house chamber will introduce the president who is to follow the escort committee into the house chamber. that was the diplomatic corps arriving. we're a little bit behind schedule. they hope to have the president on the way to the podium about 45 seconds ago. as we await that process, let me turn to rachel maddow. i don't want to overstate this. i think this is a pivotal moment, one of the first of this presidency. do you agree? >> i do. this is something presidents don't do very often. you save a joint address to congress for things like the state of the union and declarations of war for major, major issues. this is a moment that the president himself has defined as a huge moment in his presidency. he's created a high bar that he now has to jump over. i expect a speech that aims very high. >> there's the first lady entering the chamber with a hug and embrace with mrs. biden -- dr. biden. we are expecting the cabine

i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann.od evening, rachel.

i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann. maddow show." good evening, rachel. >> good evening, lawrence. i always believed in sucking up to the judges no matter what i am being judged on. i completely agree with mr. jillette. just for the record. >> there you go. i'm with you on that one. >>> thank you at home for staying with us for the next hour as well. amid the intense fighting over health care today, the other news of the day was a series of jaw-droppers. we learned the rest of the story about the chief of staff to the u.s. senator that claims straight porn makes people gay. it turns out that may now be an issue in the virginia governor's race. today also saw the return of condoleezza rice to the national debate over the wars that the bush administration started but never won. scandal-plagued senator john ensign is back in the headlines. and, of course, there's that story about gadhafi pitching a tent on donald trump's lawn. new that's sounds like the start of an off-color joke but actually isn't. it has been an astonish

i'm david shuster, sitting in for keith olbermann. are five health care bills in congress, three in the house, two in the senate, four have made it through committee so far. all of them include a public option that would let americans choose a government health care plan instead of a plan run by private insurance companies interested in maximizing profits. today in our fifth story on the "countdown," the one committee seen as having the best shot at enacting its vision of health care into law took up the public option and shot it down. the smoking gun was in the hands of democrats. the senate finance committee had two versions of the public option to consider today. one of them from west virginia senator jay rockefeller would have cost the drug companies billions of dollars by paying less for drugs. the other from new york's chuck schumer opened the drug prices up for negotiation among other concessions. rockefeller's version was first out of the gate. republicans, led by ranking member chuck grassley, raised a number of options. one,

i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann. on this date in 2001, this nation rallied together in the wake of the worst attack ever to hit these shores. eight years later, the pain of what happened that morning feels just as acute, but in our fifth story on the countdown, the concept of working together toward a common goal for the public good. in this case, improving access to health care, has perhaps never seemed so distant. congressman joe wilson's outburst at wednesday's joint address to congress in which he called president obama a liar for his claim that illegal immigrants would not benefit from health care reform appears to have become the new rallying cry for the right. at a rally organized by republican lobbying groups and attended by the republican leadership, once the name of president obama was uttered from the podium, the crowd, breaking into a chant of "liar, liar, pants on fire." >> last night, we heard our president address this country -- >> liar! liar! >> liar, liar, pants on fire! >> we were listening to hear

i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann. tomorrow, the single most controversial real element of health care reform goes on the line as the senate finance committee finally debates whether to give americans an affordable, reliable alternative to profit-driven health insurance. and in our number five story tonight, now it is the left firing warning shots to democrats. if you don't stand up for the public option, you'll have to stand up to us. last week, democratic senator jerry rockefeller said he will bring the public option up for debate and vote in the senate finance committee. in the meantime, several developments. among them, a health care fair held by tv's dr. mehmet oz offering checkups and care to those who need it. almost 1,800 turned up, a record, oz said, and not surprising, since it was held in texas, where a higher percentage of people lack health insurance than in any other state. but if the record-setting plight of their constituents fails to move texas republicans, several liberal groups are hoping home-state

"countdown" with keith olbermann starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the indoctrination has begun! >> here in america, you write your own destiny. you make your own future. >> this just in -- the republican party is now opposed to you writing your own destiny, making your own future, and especially writing your own future destiny. >> i'm george, george mcfly. i'm your destiny. >> and they don't like that either! the conservative national review calls it the finest speech of obama's presidency, the speech to school kids praised by laura bush and newt gingrich. but the deranged head of the florida gop, who had insisted obama would defend health care reform, the stimulus and socialism, is now back pedalling pastor than a unicyclist tornado chaser. >> this was never about the president speaking to children about the importance of education. it was about the white house writing lesson plans. >> 24 hours before the president's address to congress, the majority leader of the house says health care reform could pass without the public option. while t

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with keith olbermann, followed by a special edition of "count down" then, ""the rachel maddow show."" >>> south carolina governor mark sanford has again rejected a call to resign. this afternoon, 60 house republicans sent a letter asking the gop governor to set down. yesterday, the south carolina house speaker asked for his resignation. last month, lieutenant governor, andre bauer, also a republican, asked the governor to resign. sanford remains steadfast and says he plans to finish his final 16 months in office. >>> in a daring early morning raid, commandoes captured a times reporter captured by the taliban. he was freed by british come man dose but his afghan interpreter, a father of two, and a british commando, were killed. farrell was working on a story about nato air strikes on two fuel tankers on the area last week that killed dozens, including civilians. >>> investigators say a bone fragment found in a yard near philip garrido's home is probably human. remember philip garrido, accused of kidnapping and raping jaycee due guard? that bone fragment recovered from the backyard of t

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it's nice to see people like yourself, keith olbermann and others being sensitive to issues like thiswhat african-americans have been waiting for for quite some time. though there's always been people in white america that has been supportive of the black race. >> i want to ask you about the bus incidents, steven a. the bus incident where a white kid was beats up by a couple of black kids. disciplinary action has taken place within the school system. rush limbaugh was saying this is obama's america. black kids beating up white kids on a bus. >> that's ridiculous. that's utterly ridiculous for him to say that. it really has nothing to do with barack obama. this nonsense was happening long before brm brarack obama came a. there's racism in america but also a situation where you have a lot of black kids on far too many occasions that feel the need to be violent and putting their hands on the people of different ethnicity. there's no excuse for that. those black kids should be punished. they had no business putting their hands on that white individual. you do the crime, you do the time. >

"countdown" with keith olbermann starts right now.have a good night. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the 80% solution despite 564 proposed senate amendments, the president thinks that's the overlap of agreement in all health care reform bills. he's now done 80% of all tv programs. >> the key is now just to narrow those differences and if i don't feel like it is a good deal for the american people, then i won't sign a bill. >> if there's 80% agreement, there's also 20% disagreement and we all know who the national distributor is for disagreement. >> it's really time for the president to hit the reset button. >> you think the plan is dead? >> i think it is. >> good thing boehner says obama is not a socialist even though he's disagreeing with himself. beware the military industrial complex. eisenhower validated again in afghanistan. >> i am now going to take all of this information and we're going to test whatever resources we have against our strategy. >> the president hesitates on more troops to afghanist

>>> good evening from los angeles, i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann. the senate finance committee got bogged down this morning when it spent two hours discussing just one of the 564 proposed amendments in its long-awaited health care bill. at that rate, four amendments a day, 20 a week. 80 a month. in our fifth story on the "countdown," does the senate finance committee really need seven months to vote on its version of the health care bill? day two of the markup of the bill getting off to a slow start. if yesterday republicans were complaining that they needed more time to understand the proposal, today they were looking to delay the vote, starting with the handiwork of sometimes sleeping republican senator jim bunning, who proposed an amendment that would have required the congressional budget office to evaluate the bill in technical legislative language before voting on it. waiting for the legislative language draft to be written and for the cvo to evaluate that would delay the process by at least two weeks. republican olympia snowe of maine argued

how impressive s "countdown" with keith olbermann starts right now. >>> which of these stories will youh care bill? one amendment, two hours of debate. more than 500 amendments to go. penalty to the gop for delay of game. >> our job is to sit here and do it as long as it takes. >> i've got plenty of questions. >> senator sherrod brown of ohio on the need for speed on capitol hill. >>> from delelay to distraction. republican leader eric cantor said there are more pressing priorities than health care in this country. to make his point in his first town hall, he tells a woman pressing for the public option for a sick relative to turn to charity for help. yes, we can meets the u.n. general assembly. >> the time has come for the world to move in a new direction. we must embrace a new era of engagement based on mutual interest and mutual respect. >> tonight, on the world view of his young presidency, our special guest, her majesty, queen noor of georgia. >>> and then there's moammar gadhafi, a wild speech, but the drama about where he's going to sleep in the u.s. could be its own new reality

after that it is "countdown with keith olbermann" at 9:00 and "the rachel maddow" show at 10:00 and "the ed show" at 11:00. chuck todd is nbc's political director and "newsweek's" howard fineman is an msnbc political analyst. chuck todd, you have the best speech writers in the business worksing frantically for days along with the best speech giver in the business, in my time working in the senate, i never saw a speech save legislation. do these guys know something i don't? >> i don't think they believe they have to save legislation. i think the goal of this speech as far as that is concerned is to create a little bit of political space. i thought you set it up very well. it is about retaking control of the debate. the president this morning in an interview on as we say another network admitted something we've known for some time, he left too much ambiguity out there and too much of the details to congress. he admitted that may have been a mistake. the white house won't say that is a mistake, but they will say now is the time to bring it all together. we are going to take control of th

i'm keith olbermann, play and record, play and record. >>> now to discuss the discourt between the state who senators are the states with the worst health care reform, here is rachel maddow. good evening. >> thank you for that. thank you at home for staying with us for the next hour. during which we will report some stop you in your tracks news about something very wrong in the state of south carolina. it is something that you will not hear anywhere else. until every other news story takes our story and runs with it. >>> george bush's cabinet member is under formal investigation for corruption. we'll tell you who it is and how damming that case is. all ahead. >>> we begin tonight with an unexpected and dramatic appeal today from the most powerful figure on capitol hill. just days after a republican member of congress screamed at the president while he addressed congress, and thousands of conservative protesters descended on d.c. on the occasion of the anniversary of 9/11, some threatening to return with weapons, speaker of the house nancy pelosi, who ordinarily present an iron-lady facad

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i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann. our msnbc coverage now continues with "the rachel maddow show." good evening, rachel. >> good morning, lawrence. thanks very much. thank you at home for staying with us for the next hour. >>> today, bank of america announced it is suspending its current work and is not planning on entering into any future work with the part of the community group a.c.o.r.n. that councils first-time home buyers on how to avoid problems in handling their first mortgage and which represents people who are losing their homes to foreclosure. bank of america's actions to cut off a.c.o.r.n. follows similar moves by the census bureau and the irs. they've both said they'll stop working with a.c.o.r.n. as well. and of course it follows a move by the u.s. congress to cut off any source of federal funding for a.c.o.r.n. following a dramatically escalated campaign against the group by republicans and conservative activists and conservative media outlets. we have previously reported on this show how corporate inter

i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann and now our msnbc coverage continues with the rachel maddow show. good evening, rachel. >> bingo! good evening, lawrence. thank you very much, great job tonight on "countdown." good to see you. >> thanks, rach. >>> coming up this hour, we've got the latest on what may be the country's only known murder of an anti-abortion protester. it happened today in michigan. we've got that story ahead. and also, senator bob casey of pennsylvania will be joining us this hour. david serotta is on deck as well. >>> but we begin tonight with the eighth anniversary of the attacks on the united states on september 11th, 2001. this year, the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is being marked by conservatives marching on washington in what they're calling the 9/12 movement. the 9/12 movement was conceived, and in a sense, is being led by this guy. >> you know, it took me about a year to start hating the 9/11 victims' families. it took me about a year. and i had such compassion for them, and i really -- you know, i wanted to help them and i was behind them -- you kno

"countdown with keith olbermann" starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? health care reform lives. the president at the university of maryland. >> now, i've also said one of the options in the insurance exchange should be a public insurance option. >> but he mentions the baucus plan, the stage version of saving private insurance. how to steer out of the skid. the first lady to pack her autumn with reform pitches to soccer moms. and there is the memory to invoke. our special guest tonight, after the publication of his father's memoir, ted kennedy jr. limbaugh and the continuing coarsening on the public discourse. howard dean on racists, denying to each other they are racists and on the fears of nancy pelosi who witnessed political anger turn into political assassination in the time of harvey milk. >> i saw for myself. in the late '70s in san francisco this kind of rhetoric or -- this was very frightening. >> now czarers. lou dobbs drinks the kool-aid. >> 34 czars appointed by president obama during his first eight months in office was during the c

." >>> good evening from new york, i'm lawrence o'donnell in for keith olbermann. 45,000 people die each year because they don't have health insurance. put another way, that's one person every 12 minutes, five people every hour. more people every day than are killed because of drunk driving and murder combined. how many more people will die of the minutes, hours, weeks, and possibly years tick by before this nation achieves universal health care coverage? the senate finance committee is going to start debating and amending its bill next week. chairman max baucus is still hoping for support among members of both parties. the chairman of the health subcommittee, jay rockefeller told charlie rose he plans to introduce at least 17 amendments to the baucus bill. senator olympia snowe also a member of the finance committee, the most likely republican to support the measure if not the only one. she told cnbc that she's not going to let her party dictate how she votes. at a forum in washington today, secretary of state hillary clinton closely identified with this issue in the past was asked to w

"countdown" with keith olbermann starts right now. >>> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? the max tax. the baucus compromise. insurance premiums for middle class families to be deducted directly from their paychecks. 13% off the top right to the insurance companies. the republicans rejected the democrats can't possibly survive by supporting it. the insurance companies, they love it. their stocks all rose 2% to 3% today. this is the compromise? this is insane. >> it is balanced, a common sense bill that can pass the senate. >> pass the senate? senator baucus, after this turkey you'll be lucky if they let you keep your senate parking spot. >>> carter and courage, the former president elaborates on his comments about racism being at the core of some of the rage about the president. >> there's a feeling among many that an african-american -- >> and he gets the reactionary blowback from the racists he's talking about. >> the nation's [ bleep ] hole would know about the nation's hemorrhoid. >>> portrayed him as a witch doctor, called him family ghetto trash, no racism

i'm david shuster in for keith olbermann. you could see me usually weekdays on msnbc alongside tamron hall. the show is called "the big picture." tune in from 3:00 to 5:00 eastern every day on msnbc. in the meantime, our msnbc coverage continues now with the rachel maddow show. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, david. thanks very much for that. and thank you at home for staying with us for the next hour. chuck schumer and howard dean are both joining us live this hour. plus we've got a jackie chan patriotic cameo appearance, and we have a new chapter for you in our ongoing investigation into the truth about the lies about the community group a.c.o.r.n. that is all coming up over the course of this hour. >>> but we begin tonight in the middle of the health care fight. in the senate finance committee, where there is no more gang of six. there's no more face-based mythical kumbaya bipartisan compromise. finally the whole committee, 13 democrats and 10 republicans were able to vote today on whether americans -- at least some

the coverage will be ankered by keith olbermann, chris matthews and rachel maddow.e beginning of the debate people thought the playbook would be look at what went wrong with the clintons and try to correct on that. you have a mess of other entanglements this administration had found itself in. >> yeah, i mean, it's so fascinating on so many levels. the lessons they've learned from the clinton administration. here we are, 25, 26 hours before the president is going to hit the final send button on his speech to his advisers. does he hit the republicans over the head or anybody who stands in the way of reform? that's one way. does he reach out a fig leaf and explain to the american people in a calm fashion, here's what's in it for all of you? does he try to go to please the democratic caucus? against this, he has the moving parts in congress today which makes the situation more precarious and dramatic. >> with all the options, from the things we've read over the weekend and from speaker pelosi and reid, the option is not going to be to hit the republicans over the head

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"countdown" with keith olbermann starts right now. . >>> we need seg rate gaited buses. >> howard dean on racist, denying to each other that they are racists, and on the fears of nancy pelosi, who witnessed political anger turn into political assassination. in the time of harvey milk and george mascone. >> i saw this myself. in the late 70s in san francisco. this kind of rhetoric was very frielgtenning. >> worsts, birther, deathers, and now czarrers. lou dobbs drinks the kool-aid. number czars previous to the 34, 35 czars appointed by president obama in his first eight months of office was during the clinton administration, and he had only 10 czars. a remarkable change of emphasis on czar dom. "the washington post" reports bush had 36 czars in 36 czar jobs. and new developments in watergate? what john dean found in documents over a book published 17 years ago is nothing less than the answer to the question what exactly were the burglars looking for inside democratic headquarters? what exactly did richard nixon want? that's tonight exclusively on "countdown." >>> good evening from new y

as julia child used to sign off, this is keith olbermann bon appetit. >>> and now one-third of new jersey republicans believe obama might be the anti-christ. to discuss whether considering the source he should be offended or complimented, ladies and gentlemen, here is the 14th most influential pundit in america. rachel maddow, good evening, rachel. >> good evening, keith. i'm still sort of hung up on the brokeback texas two-step. >> michael will do that to you. >> i might ask him to stick around to elaborate on that. thank you very much, keith. appreciate it. and thank you for staying with us for the next hour for what i have to warn you it turns out is going to be a rather purant hour of cable news. i did not intend it to turn out this way, but we ended up with warrior robots, comic book heroes come to life by terrorists, people calling me funny names, drugs being snorted off toaster ovens and polling on the anti-christ. i will admit this is a very, very weird hour of television we have coming up this hour. but that's because it's been a very, very weird day of news. >>> we begin in d.c.